Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r MY SKY SEA. The great sky bending over ne ' Looks just exactly like the sea; It seems quite near when cold and gray, When blue ic stretches far away. I watched the white cloud masses lie Close to the house*bps. round the skv; "T^iev iook like surf, all white with foam, And so I have the sea at home. But when the clouds move slowly by. Across the blue, blue ocean sky, Each one. as on they stately float, Becomes a shining fairy boat. The largest. fine>t one I hail, And jump aboard, and then set sailAs even-one must understandTo tind the port of Fairyland. The wind propels us and we slide Until we reach the Other Side; And there what joy and wonder wait. "Inside the port, and past the gate. For everything that lovely seems, And everything you sec in dreams, And^ all the longings that you feel-In Fairyland they all come real! : IN A ! jPERILOUS FIX: 1 ? I - i By Grace Leigb. ; * ? ? ? ^lQ*s+ T'S tlie strangest noise I ijj M Jj ever heard. The house 1? T O must be haunted, for onl.v ISi a ghost could be guilty of I making such an uuearthly souud." "Nonsense!" replied my sister Hattie. with a little, nervous laugh. "It's only the wind, or a mouse stirriug there." Hattie glanced apprehensively over her shoulder in the direction indicated, <]uite white and startled. "How foolish it was of us to think of staying two whole nights in this great old bouse alone! I wish Cousin .Tack were here, for if a gbost were really to make its appearance what should we ever doV" "I a;u not so much afraid of ghosts troubling us as I am of robbers. Thank lieaven. all the doors are locked, and no one can get in without our hearing ^hem." said I. I During the absence of our parents, Who had gone to visit a sick relative living in a neighboring town, my sister Hattie and I had volnuteered to stay at pome and take charge of affairs until jtheir return. The only person besides >urseives 111 me uous>e?11 ?reiu. uuijuing old structure, with many chimneys md gables and weather-stained porches ?was a female domestic, who slept in i remote chamber on the flrst floor. We kvent up to our room early in the evening, for we felt a little timid in spite of the often expressed assertion that we were not*a bit afraid. The silver was kept in a small safe n my mother's apartments, which communicated with ours and could not be eached otherwise without going through a long hall, the door of wnicli was both locked and bolted on the inside. The noise that had so startled us was unlike anything I had ever before neard?a kind of stealthy, uncertain ustling, as if made unintentionally ind entirely against the will of whatever or whoever it was that occasioned t. Naturally courageous, and accusomed to acting as well as thinking for nyself. I aro.se, locked the door. Iropped the shade, and took a look iround the room. No sign of either jhost or robber was to be seen. "A brave pair we arc, I must say," laid I. taking a volume of Scolt's >oems from the table and beginning to Iead aloud from tlie "Lay of the Last linstrei," but I had scarcely read hree lines before the same low, trauge rustling sound was heiird gain. Hattie quickly turned and looked in[uiringly at the big closet in the corler, the door of which stood partly pen. A large, old fashioned oak chest Fas in one corner, and above it hung ire6ses. skirts, wraps and ladies' aparels of all kinds. <;It must surely be a mouse. Grace, pr there can't be anything else in the Uoset," said Hattie, in a frightened phisper. I got up and fluiig the closet door ride open and gave the skirts a vigorp.!S shake. I even mounted the old pest and took a prolonged survey of be upper ohelvcs. moving bonnet loxes and shawls and everything rithin my reach, but mouse there was pne, nor any indication that one had rer been there. ixk is ici< uuu, uuscnt'u riiiiut', ill low tone, noting anxiously the result my search. "I wonder is there truly e any such things as spirits?" "Oi course not. We are only a little ?rvous, for there is really nothing ire," and I gave the skirts another take by way of adding point to my ords. Hattic said no more and I resumed iy seat, firmiy determined not to again jlow my fears to get the better of my a son. Hattie, after a while. said she would b to bed, and I might have Scott and le ghost all to myself. But it was [ther lonely sitting up all alone, so I [ought the wisest thing I could do las to follow her example?but not litil I had again made sure that the lor was locked and had placed a laded lamp on the stand at the head I the bed. Kit must have been near eleven o'clock Iben I was awakened, not by a sound, Ir T did not hear any, but by someling that seemed like a shadow passIg between me aud the light. H sprang iip without disturbing Hat I;, and looked everywhere about the om for some sign of the mysterious escnce. or whatever it ivas that had unpleasantly awakened me; but I w nothing. [ drew up tlie shade and looked out 1 the lawn. Absolute slleuce reigned erywhere. With a sigh of relief I ew down the shade again and roped to bed; but 1 could not sleep, [d lay for more than hour gazing abhtly at the faint ray of light that pmmered across the carpet and Ifted, wan and shadow-Jike, on the kll. Presently I saw the lid of the old Ik chest slowly rise, and two fierce ack eyes, framed in a malted mass I long, jet-blnck hair, peered caulusly forth. My heart stood still: the pod seemed freezing in my veins. Id I felt for a moment as if I should I; of sheer terror. I I i A large, muscular hand next appeared, holding up the lid of the chest I with noiseless care, and the sight of it aroused within me a mad kind of desperate daring such as I never supposed I possessed. With a wild cry to Hattie to awake. I sprang from the bed, and. with all the strength I was master of. forced down the lid. '"Help! Hattie, quick!" I cried, "or we are lost!" With a single bound she was by my side, her face as white as a sheet. "Oh. Grace, for Heaven's take, what is it?" she gasped. "A man?a burglar?a murderer, for all I know! Hold hard, for your life!" I replied. The half-smothered wretch, by a violent effort, succeeded in forcing off one hinge in such a manner as to admit air enough to preclude the possibility of his being suffocated in his strange prison. Another wrench, and the remaining hinge was started. A second convulsive movement^ so violent as to make the stout oli! chest quiver, and five grimy fingers were thrust out in a vain attempt to clutch my throat. I bore down with all my might, but the terrible hand maintained its advantage, and inch by inch the lid was slowly moved aside until only our united strength held it in place. ilirl linr lnocf tn :1 ill 111V ?>fForfS! but when two glaring black eyes appeared 011 a level with the fearful hand she lost all control of herself and a loud ear-piercing shriek broke from her ashen lips. The nearest neighbor lived half a mile away. We were utterly alone, and entirely at the nnrcy of the ruffian in the chest, who, should he escape. would doubtless murder us both and burn the house afterward, perhaps. to hide the double crime. The thought was appaliing. and though she had no hope of help reaching us, Hattic continued to scream at the top of her voice, "?.nd every shrieK was like that of one in mortal agony. Hark! Some one was coming! An answering shout from the porch below, a shivering of glass and window sash, and up the stairs, three at a time, came Cousin Jack. Hattie flew to the door and uniocked it, aud then fell to the floor in a dead faint. . "What is the matter?" exclaimed Jack, as he entered. "What in the? Eli?" The man sprang from the chest and made a dash for the door. Jack instantly seized him. clapped a revolver to the villain's, ear. and in no senile tone admonished him to surrender if he did not want to die there and then. The ruffian, seeing that resistance was of no further avail, sullenly permitted himself to be bound. He did not speak a word, but his glittering eyes told plainly of the fury raging in his heart. A plentiful use of cold water quickly restored Hattie to consciousness, and as soon as she was able to walk we threw on our wrappers and went out in the ball, where (he burglar lay prone on the floor, securely bound hand and foot. "I happened to be passing the house at me monieui aim 1 ucuiu jwui screams," explained Jack, "so I made all haste to ?oe what was the matter, little expecting to find you in quite so perilous a fix, though I felt sure you must be in sore need of help, for never before did I hear such a series of blood-curdling shrieks as those with which Hattie has just been favoring us." Hnttie shuddered, and crept closer to strong, courageous Jack, and not till the next day did we know that the man we had held captive in the old oak chest for two mortal hours, was Nick Billings, one of the most daring burglars of the present generation.? New York Weekly. Vegetarians, Beware! The secretary of a rural English society for the propagation and advancement of agriculture the other day received this letter: "Sir?I partickly wish the satiety to be called to consider the case what follows, as I think it mite be maid Tranxtionable In the nest Keports. .My wif had Tombd Cat that dyd. Being a torture shell and a grate favrlt, we had Him berried in the Guardian and for the sake of the enrichment of the mould I had the carks deposited under the roots of a Gotsberry Bush (The fruit being up till then of a smooth kind). But next Sesons Frute. aftet the Cat "was berried, the Gosberries was all hairy, and more Remarkable tl.? Catpillers of the same Bush wad All of the same hairy Description." Armour's Kjjb Waterloo. The Iowa hen broke up the Armoui Egg Trust. Of course, the Illinois hen and the Missouri hen and some othei hens helped, but it was the collective hen that did the business. The Armours have been selling their eggstnrji??f> establishments in Iowa. At | Adel, Perry, Gowrie and several otbei places they bare "within a fortnight sold their plants, costing large amounts of money, to private dealers. It i? said that the house of Armour has lost a round sum in the big venture. The Iowa farmer takes notice that the Egg Trust collapsed without legislation. Some other combines are going the same way. It does not pay to worry too much about "monopolies." ?Burlington Hawk-Eye. Something to Think Of. Grit is a quality even more desirable j than wit. Life loves best those of her children who laugh. Ardent lovers don't always make amiable husbands. Who ever heard of a person being sorry for what they didn't tell? There is no originality in abuse: all those who don't like flowers call them "weeds." Every man who is Hearing the end of his days must regret the worry he has given the false alarms all through life. Some people can say a good dpi and nnf tnii.* tnn miif?h. while others sav too much when they talk to themselves. Marriage will be one grand sweet song when somebody invents a way of singing duets as a solo. Poorfarm Supported by Grupes. The Geary County poorfarm has a vineyard of eleven acres, and the inmates pick enough grapes in a good crop year to maintain the entire institution.?Kansas City Journal. Household patters To Keiuovo a Stopper. When a glass stopper is immovable expand the neck of the bottle by heatins on the outside: it will loosen its bold on the stopper, says Good Housekeeping. A Draft* Hint. Sew a piece of tLe goods to the waist band of -. ash dresses that it may have the same washings ts the dress, and when necessary make a less notable oatcb than a bright, new piece. WMh the Kye Clause*. An oculist suggests that glasses should be washed every uight in warm soapsuds, well rinsed, and dried on a ! t?it of old. soft linen. Few people, though otherwise neat and fastidious. I cleanse tl^-ir glasses frequently enough. Keep the Srreen* Clean. A coat of prepared black varnish or <par varnish given to the screens every .season will keep them looking bright and fresb. and f.ake them last longer. vppiy wiui a suuu pawn musu, ruubin? well into the mesh on both sides. ?.Margaret Sherwood in the Pilgrim. Pry the Soap Kirgt. You will need less laundry soap IC you make sure that it is thoroughly dried before using. For this pile it in such a way as to leave open spaces between the ban \j allow free access of air. After thus drying it does not wash away so readily, and does more jfifoctivc work. __________ To Keen Butter. To keep butter 911 a bowi with cold water. Put the butter on a plate and 1 put on top of the bowl; then take a piece of butter muslin and put over the butter and let both ends drop into the water. You can easily get the butter for use and you will hud it is quite | bUUU U11U L'UUI. Retaining Their Freshnen*. ^ Silk blouses retr.in their freshness a iiutcli longer when the sleeves are a stuffed with tissue paper before putting them away (this is an excellent plan for dress sleeves as well) and boots last twice as long if they are put on "trees" when taken off. The shape is kept and the leather doesn't crinkle. Both trees are so inexpensive nowadays tnat they* can be indulged in by girls with quite moderate dress allowances. fqbt recipes; i Cheese Spears?Four ounces of flour, one-half pint of cold water, one ounce of butter, two eggs, pepper, salt and cayenne; three ounces ot grated cheese. Dry the Hour in a cold oven, then sift. Put the water and butter in a pan and ^ let boil while adding the flour. Stir ja well, then take from the tire, and when nearly cold add the eggs, then the g cheese. Have ready some boiling fat and drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture ^ into it. Fry a golden brown and drain ^ on paper. jj Tomato and Pineapple Salad?Select :omatoes ef a uniform size, scald quick. <?, ly and peel. Cut a slice off the stem p end, and scoop out the pulp, being o: :areful not to break the wall; salt each y tomato inside, invert on a plate, and g chill thoroughly. Cut sliced pineapple h In one-fourth inch cubes, and blanch o md shred almonds cut into narrow p ? 1? An/7 fAse fhn n!nfl? >iri|)s ii?ugiii?iotr? fwm iuoo iuc |/tuv apple and nuts together; the proportion t< should be one-third nuts and two-thirds p pineapple. Mix well with mayonnaise M dressing, and reiill the tomato cups, b Star mayonnaise on top of each cup, II and nestle each in a nest of heart let- t) tuce leaves. a A Delicious Dish?Whipped cream r with a tig border makes a delicious Q finishing touch to a luncheon or dinner. The only difficult part is the making P of the border. Here is the simplest P method: Tut a pound of figs, cut up l( very small, into a stewing-pan with b one pint of water, six ounces of loaf sugar, and a little lemon rind. Cook 0 iu the oven for two hours. Rub this C through a sieve (removing the lemon ^ rind), and add to it half an ounce of P gelatine, previously dissolved in water and strained. As it begins to cool, stir in a quarter of a gill of cream. Have ready a border mould, masked with jelly and decorated with chopped almonds and pistachios, fill in with the fig puree, and place on ice to set. Whip half a gill of cream and sweeten it to taste. Turn out the mould in a cold dish, and fill the centre with cream. Stuffed Ham?A medium sized sugar ham is boiled in the usual maimer, says What to Eat. When dcue, either slash with a knife, making long, slanting slashes, or puncture to the bone with the carving steel, Separ* a stuffing of bread crumbs seasoned with pre pared mustard until the crumbs are quite yellow. Moisten with the water in which the ham was boiled. Mix with the dressing one onion chopped fine, a few sprays of parsley, minced. I and plenty of pepper, black or rea Press this dressing in the slashes 01 punctures, and glaze the ham ovci with white of eg?. Take a large handful of crumbs, .some as large as a grain of corn, and others larger: spread these over the top o? th? ham and moisten tliem with cream. Vlaeo in the oreii long enough for the crumb.* to brown, which will ho long enough, aiso. to let the stuffing get hot. tarnish the dish with parsley or tine bunches of watercress. Good News for Coyote?. Hamilton County doesn't propose to be buucoed any longer. For years it! lias paid a bounty on coyote scalps. Adjoining counties never paid a bounty. and hunters for a hundred mile^i around would take their coyote sc-alp* to Hamilton and get bounty. Tlamil' ton has got tired of ftirnishin;: "in* centive" for the destruction of eoyotv.4 and has rescinded the scalp-bounty order.?Kansas City Journal. Epizootic lymphangitis i.s devastina the stables of the south of in?!:iud,.aud has stopped hunting for a time. I TWO FUTJ ' IMBBi L->iiSS";^>n ^^^sate! MBE ; Wri *!r v^S i'? -?+":< '" r^-lf- jL fflH _ V ' ' sUfir.-.-Ai \rv, - M| flv - JBPi~ r.'-: v.-i.fii w?-- . . patanit q ' : 1 smmmmmrn The German Crown Prince and little P King of Bavaria. The little Princ Otto. The picture w A DRAUGHT DETECTOR. How many times in the week do you iear your parents say: "I believe I feel . draught?" Doubtless a great many, nd then there is always an argument n r x%.pCix> a o c r / ? T ?4 X. / ^ xy ?\M?TTIHCj Nfcfcote PLAN OF CONSrBUCTIOIT. 3 to where the draught comes from, ; there not? And sometimes It is not draught at all, but just imagination, till, it is a very simple matter to lake a little instrument which will nd the draught if there is one and esides show you pretty nearly where ; comes from. Get a knitting needle, three large orks and four small ones, eight hairins, four bits of cardboard, and an rdinary button. The diagram shows ou so plainly how to put them toether that there is no use describing ow it is done. The top cork is the nly thing which is not perfectly simle. Make a hole all the way through the jp cork from top to bottom. A hairin will answer to drill thla hole with, 'ow make two or three nrore holes eslde this first one and very near it. Lun your hairpin briskly through tiese holes until their sidts are worn way and then form one hole. Now n a small tube of macaroni or a uill toothpick through the hole. This ^ - 1 ?rrV? tstK I 80 ilia I Uie RUllUUM llt'UUJU WliiUU lerces the top cork and acts as a ivot for it to turn upon will have a >ose socket and will permit the cork > move easily. When any one says "draught" get ut this little draught finder, says the hicago Inter Ocean, and put near ie place where the draught is suposed to come from. The slightest THORNS IN ' Drawn by Will Owen. Editor?"How much do you want f Artist?"Oh, I want ten guineas." Editor?'"Don't slam the door as rc JKE KINGS. | Br cl n h t n o r o a V \ '; . , v C ' ' ' ; ' "' " ' 'i t The Tatler. rince Luitpold, who will one day be e is a grandson of the mad King as taken at Munich. r r c I KfAo+h /vf olr ^rlll QCkt fho Rflflfl in mft - Ui^UlU Ufc Uil TT ill wvv U tion and the direction in which thes move will indicate pretty clearly when c the current of air comes from. . r SUMMER ICE ECONOMICS. I Saving of Ice is the chief household > economy in summer, taking the placl j of the winter problem of economic coa I sumption or coal. When it is remen> ? j ! : ! 5 I I I 1 u In UJ SAVES THE ICE. bered that water from melting ice has just the same temperature as the ice itself, although a large amount of heat has been absorbed in changing the physical form of the vapor, it will be seen that this -water, which is just at the freezing point, is a good refrigerating medium itself, and should be utilized. The difficulty is that all refrigerator designs disregard this fact, and allow the cold water, derived from the melting of the ice, to flow away to a drain or waste pipe. By equipping the refrigerator compartment with a reservoir presenting a large surface area, and collecting the drip water therein, the* melting ice is reduced to a mini mum, toe water .uusurumg a laijo amount of heat that -would otherwise ? be consumed In transforming the ice into -water. Means, of course, should be provided to carry the cold water to ^ the bottom of the reservoir and to per- E mit the surplus water to escape from i the surface.?Philadelphia Record. Mo Strain on Hit Eyes. "You must take a nap this afternoon, for we -want to go to a band concert T to-night," said mamma to her little 0 three-year-old. "But why do I have to take a nap?" E he answered. "I will hear the band 1 with my ears/'?Mrs. Louis Theilmann, ? In Little Chronicle. _ fc rHE CUSHION. v . ' . > E t 'I: -f " -';"*:1 q ^a I Mas. , ,-^MAMlii^aia r HI Wmm AHk jam 83b? Sgw^g j^HH/ i^HHnnnMH 1^^^^ Hw^4i^^HHuV9fiB^BBSui Bt^HnBSils mHHinHI sn \ vfl^HHnpi ySBn ?ssV:-'" MnHMHV W SmSA \ 9p0HHp^^^||ifl ^^^S^^SBi^Sil^SESi fi aHU_|pH Th: Tatler. .:i 'or tnose sketches?" t c >U 80 out" I' (. IINDB EVFNTSOF THE WEEK I WASHINGTON. ' All the city, including the Govern- P lent ofticials, from the President own, wore excited over the news of lie defeat of Admiral Rojestvensky by lie Japanese. The Isthmian Canal Commission was ? otlfled that Acting Governor Gorgas ,Jl elieves yellow fever in the canal zone a have been entirely checked. The Senate Committee on Interstate n lommerce engaged Henry C. Adams nd H. T. Newcomb to make a digest f the testimony taken at the raiiway ate hearings. Commander Dyer, Naval Governor f the Island of Gnam, has cabled the ^avy Department that a disastrous fire ccurred at Agana, the principal town n f the island, destroying many houses {{ nd causing great loss among the ^ oorer natives. The Americans there, e says, are subscribing to a relief f< und, and be suggests that aid from he United States would be acceptable. J ijrana has a population of about 10,000. President Roosevelt received the new ^ Lmbassador from Brazil, Senor Juan fabuco, with all the ceremony due his 18 ank. Q e OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS., ? The death rate among the white race p n Manila, from a late report, is nnder en per 1000, while that of the natives ti 3 over fifty. & The Hawaiian Legislature has: passed V ver the Governor's veto n law allow- H ng baseball and similar amusements Q n Sunday and permitting cigar stores o remain open on that day. * There are four towns in the Philiplines with a population exceeding 10,00 each, and thirty-five with a popula ion exceeding 5000, according to a reent census. Manila Is the only Incor- ? (orated city in the Islands, and Its In- ? labltants number 219,928. p DOMESTIC. ' b The Old Dominion steamer Hamilton c eturned to Norfolk, Va? with a se- a lous fire in her forward bold. The y rew were exhausted from fighting it, nd wreckers finally flooded the hold. y Pastors in many Philadelphia C hurches urged their parishioners to irepare to back up the Mayor in a long t ight to completely destroy the- corrupt tl olitical machine. r Twenty-two immigrants landing in n sew York City with bogus citizenship ? >apers were sent to the Kings County ^ ?enitentiary in a moving van. ' Manhattan members of the New f fork City Board of Aldermen Deax Jrooklyn's at a game of baseball . 10 o9. ' I Justice Maddox, of the Supreme j 3ourt, New York County, N. Y., en- & oined the plan proposed to mutualize he Equitable Life Assurance Society, g Tiffany & Co., the great New York f ewelry firm, offered a reward of t !50(K) for the return of some stolen a Uamonds and $5000 for conviction of f be thief. ii The Citizens' Union Nominating Committee, In New York City, decided 0 o send a declaration of Its principles * o Tammany Hall as well as other or- a janizatlons. William C. Jutte, coal man, of Pitts- a >urg, Pa., losing fortune of $15,000,000 ^ n three years, killed himself In Atlan- * 1c City, N. J. 0 Much vegetation was killed around ? loosick Falls, N. Y., the other night ? >y heavy frosts. ^ +halii hnrnlnc hnnsa Jit i r -.11 VUi ,1UVU MUkiMUQ MWWWV J yiufiel<t, W. Va., William Lark and g lis wife were shot at from ambush, j nd Mrs. Lark wan wounded in the r oot. j An explosion of nitro-glycerine on a c acant lot in Denver, Col., killed M. E. I IVailey, a union miner, it being sus- t lected that it was a case of suicide. ( Seeing some one peeping into her "* vlndow, Mrs. Emma Flynn fired and ;llled J. M. Specht, her cousin, at Mc- t Arthur, Ohio, and was arrested for I nurder. Our Dumb Animals, published by the Jj Massachusetts Humane Society, was j xcluded from public schools In the * District of Columbia because it con- ? ained criticisms of President Roosevelt j1 or shooting wil(r animals. * More than 250 Confederate veterans r lslted Mount Hope Cemetery, in New fork, and deArated the graces of for- ( aer comrades, a Grand Army man deIvering th? oration. j FOREIGN. Thieves in Paris, France, took $2000 rorth of jewelry from the apartments if Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia. Hebrews of St. Petersburg and other j tussian cities will aDstain irom axieuuag theatres and concerts for three onths as a mark of respect for those . ;illed In recent riots. j Empire Day, the anniversary of the g ilrth of the late Queen Victoria, was widely observed throughout England. Increased taxation will be recom- s oended as means of meeting addl- j ional' expenses of Russia due to the g var. ' B The British Board of Trade Is to In- t julre Into the condition of the bond X nvestment companies operating In the Jnited Kingdom. 3 Strike riots occurred at Banracaldo, tussla, as the result of attempts by the 1 trlkers to compel all workers to cease heir labors. Troops were summoned, nd in the disturbances which followed r aany persons were wounded. The trikers obstructed the railroad line by ? iling furniture on the tracks. A state ^ f siege has been proclaimed. ' Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwe- ? :ian poet, in a speech at Aalborg, Norway, on the consular crisis, said that fc Norway, with her papulation of 10,- b 00,000 persons, must oe free. $ The Russian Government has taken aeasures to prevent the zemstvos and the* provincial institutions from Inulging in unrestricted debate or adoptlg resolutions favoring a change in the f orrn of Government. a Argentina needs railways. More tnan ^ 00,000 tons of wheat are piled up at ailway stations, awaiting transporta- 1 Ion to tidewater. Secretary Hay was in Paris. France, or a three-day stay. He refused all ocial and official invitations, but went or a motor car ride in the Bols de ^ toulogne with Ambassador MoCormlck r nd former Ambassador Porter. E The body of American Consul Albion V. Tourgee was crematcd at Paris, 'ranee. As a result of the renewal of hostili- a ies between the Armenians and Mos- a iMiis twenty-two Armenians were s illed at Xakhiehevan. four of whom rere incinerated. The village of Paslcend was destroyed and several Aroenians killed. Fifty Turks wore reported killed in fight with Macedonian insurgents. The Russian Emperor has ordered ho establishment of a national counil of defense, which merges the delartments and supercedes the present t ,'ouncil of War. J1 rM * vssH M TAKER WINS HIS FIGHT j J 4 hiladelphia's Mayor Defeats the Corrupt Durham Machine. MJSEOF PEOPLE TRIUMPHANT be Gas Grab Bill la Acknowledged u Being Lost to the Itloc-Clernmeo'i Astoria ti on Back* Up the fllayor In Hot* For Good Government ? Municipal ' Ownership Qneftton. Philadelphia, Pa.?Beaten at every lrn, State Insurance Commissioner jrael W. Durham, the boss of Phila elphla, hauled down his flag and surjndered to the people. The Committee of Seventy met and ecided to carry the battle for decent avernment into the homes of the rafters, while the Committee of Nine isued a call declaring that the tattle is ot yet over, and that it will not be nded "until every Vestige of the diarchy that has prostituted Phlladel nia Has Deen removea rrom power/With but a few* unimportant ercep* ,:J ons ev*ry ward leader waited upon layor Weaver and sued for peace. Vithin an hour these same harpies ned up in Durham's office and re* ewed their oaths of allegiance. Later, however, Durham sent for. sme of the ward leaders and released hem from their pledges to stand by, lm, and made the following announce* lent: "I have advised my friends not to ppose the confirmation of A. Lincoln _ \ .cker as Director of Public Works and lolonel Sheldon Potter as Director of "ublic Safety, if their names are sent > Seloct Council by the Mayor." Tt is ranroriprf hv all ronrerned that louncils will confirm Messrs. Potter nd Acker. The Durham organization 5 doyvn and ont. The Presbyterian Ministers' Associaion at its weekly meeting adopted thai olio wing resolution: r ... "We, the ministers of the Presbyerian Church, pledge our support to* he Mayor in his conflict for civic ighteousness and urge him to make o compromise with the organization hat has plundered our city, but, as id General Grant, demand 'uncondilonal surrender/ We promise Mayor Veaver our continued support and will o]low his leadership In the right." Resolutions of encouragement and remising to support the Mayor were dopted at meetings of the Methodist teachers' add the Baptist Preachers' ugociations. * ( municipal ownership will be the Sloan of the new organization. Men who avor municipal ownership will event tally be recognized as ward leaders, nd the November election will be ought out on the municipal ownership ssue. Chairman Winston, of the Committee f Seventy, will sail within six weeks o study this problem intimately broad. It developed that one of the main! rteriee of the Philadelphia Rapl^ .Yansit system may be taken over by, he city at any time under the terms of . franchise granted years ago, it being xpressly stipulated in the franqhlsa hat the city may become possessed of he property upon payment for the m^ erlal assets at an appraised value* lie Keystone Telephone Company Is :la uch a condition that it could be readly acquired by the city, and the Fairaount Park Transportation Company s also for sale. It was reported that ompetent counsel has advised the rfayor that the special legislation that >rought the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Into existence will not hold rater before a high tribunal. THe idea is tnai me cuy ?uuu uim be properties and lease them, as thd ,*8 works are now leased. It was reported that Director Pottef . las suspended Lieutenant Carey, of the. C^iird District. If this proves to be the act it means that Mayor Weaver has leclared open" war upon Leader Jaloney, who challenged him to comel nto the Fifth Ward and give him batle at the polls. Carey is the only eal strength behind Maloney. JORTELYOU WILL SOON RETIRE larry S. New as Vice-Chairman of Republican National Committee. Washington, D. C.?Postmaster-Gen* ral Cortelyou will soon announce his etirement from the Chairmanship of he Republican National Committee, le has been endeavoring to adjust ome differences among the Republlans of Louisiana over the selection of hat State's representative In the nainnni nrranization. The matter has ;lven Mr. Cortelyou a little more trouile than be expected. In accordance with a decision reached ome months ago, Mr. Cortelyou will, ust before his retirement, name Harr^ I. New, of Indiana, as Vice-Chairman. Ir. New will be in charge of the Nalonal Committee until it is reorganized hree years hence. 1AY MAKE ARKANSAS PAT UP. few York the Plaintiff in Suit For Redemption of Repudiated Bonds. Little Rock, Ark. ? Information eached Little Rock that an effort vould be made shortly to compel the Itate to redeem the State bonds that rere repudiated by the Flshback mendment to the State Constitution q 1880. This time the State of New York will >e the plaintiff. The bonds repudiated y the Fishback amendment aggregate 9,725,846. Thieves Steal Bronze Fence. Thieves carried away the bronze ence, the doorknobs and other bronze ttacbments of the entrance to the Terkes mansion in Fifth avenue, New fork City. Assassin of Prince Arrested. The man who assassinated Prince 'akachidze, Governor of Baku, was arested at the Hartisoff factory, ia laku. Keep Jap St on mors in Port. Orders have been issued that all Japnose steam shins arriving at C'heefoo re to be detained to await further intructions. Russian Ships in Port. Seventeen ships of Rojestvf>nsky's eet stopped at the Saddle Islands, Lxty miles southeast of Shanghai. Choates Leave England. Mr. and Mrs. Choate left London, higland, and sailed from Liverpool for <e\v York City.