Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LAND OF REGRETThcre is a city whose gates are wide, Its pavements pure anrl clean, Where shadow forms flit side by side On the road called "Might Have Been." But folks walk there with their heads bowed low. Aad heavy eyelids wet. For ev'ry corner is haunted so In this, "The Land of Regret." They meet the ghosts of those other years In dreams of memory sweet, And wet with passionate, frenzied tears The graves which lie at their feet; But never, long as their lives shall last, Can they again forget .Who once have walked with ghosts of the past In this, "The Land of Regret." They feel the touch of hand grown stifl, Its fingers softly press. The tender passion of kisses thrill Their own in a fond caress. Ah. me?but pity the folks who stray Where ions the sun hath set. Falk with the ghosts who're laid away lis, "The Land of Regret." ?Pall Mall Gazette. V.\V.V.W.V.V.\V.\\V."; THE CREW THAT j ^SUFFERED FROM THIRST;! $. := ^WWiVAVAWAWAWW. * jtOJC C is sixty years since I was g/ serving ns a midshipman ? T O on board H. M. S. Xeno'? -* ^ phon in the South Seas. '\tOiW She was one of the finest frigates then afloat. From Callao, twelve degrees south latitude, wo were ordered to proceed t>,a~ ~ ziAoot r\f TU OUJLI X>lii5, <X puiL UU iuc v.vaok vi Mexico, iu twenty-three and one-half degrees north latitude. The distance being about 2400 miles, the passage through boih trade -winds as a rule occupic?d three weeks, and for this the Xenophon carried more than a full supply of water, so that it occurred to 110 one to suppose we should run short of the first necessary of life. We left Callao oil February 16. and on the eleventh day out the Galapagos group was sighted, and we came to an anchor in Post Office Bay, Charles Island. Here we hoped to replenish our water tanks, but no water could be obtained, and we sailed without any further supply. It was from this time that our 111 luck began. For sixteen days we remained becalmed within sight of laud, drifting to and fro, crossing and recrossing the equator with wearyiug irritation. On the seventeeth day we got a slant of wind, and, losing sight of the islands, hoped we were fairlj- off at last. But it was not to be. In two days the wind dropped again, and we lay once more becalmed. Thirty-six days out, and barely one-third of the distance done! On March 20 the order was given to stop all water for washing purposes. It was a necessity, and as such it was accepted, but when it was seen that Captain Lordling had no intention of Betting an example, and that his own ablutions continued daily, it is not surprising that he became unpopular. An other week passed, and still we lay at be mercy of the wearisome calm, its ftnonotouy broken only by an occasional turtle hunt. It was now the seventh week out from Callao, but still our Baching eyes looked in vain for signs of a coining breeze. The sails were furled, for they were only beating themselves threadbare with the heave ?f the ship in the oily sea as they flapped against the masts and rigging. Coming on deck and glancing at the sailless yards made it seem a mockery Df being at anchor in a safe port. The sun stared vertically at us from a steel >!ue sky, and under the double awnings th* pitch ran liquid from the seams, "logging our feet as we walked the leek. And in the midst of these surroundngs the order was given to reduce the Miowance or armcing waier to one pint a day for each officer and man. l'his allowance was served out in one issue at noon, during the men's dinner iiour. The meal consisted of salt junk so long in brine and so hard that it ?ould take a handsome polish in skilful hands, or of pork that shriveled In the boiling to little more than hard "ind. The result of such a diet, of course, was that when their tinners were over lot a drop of water remained to the )oor fellows for the next twenty-four, lours of burning heat. The few who fried to save some found it impossible, !or they had no place in which to se:ure it from their improvident shipnates. In this strait the men fell back >n vinegar, of which each mess had a iberal allowance, but in their raging hirst they were not satisfied merely o moisten their mouths with the strong icid: thev mixed it with salt water and Irank it in large quantities, and the errible effect may be imagined as, ;nocked over by this horrible mixture, bey rolled in agonies in tbe forecastle. With the officers, of course, it was lifferent. although luo allowance of rater was the same. Their food was ot so thirst provoking; they could save he precious pint, and even eke it out vith a little wine or beer. Mine I ocked in my sea chest, nnd had it been he Koh-i-noor I could scarcely have alued it more highly. But Captain Lordling for himself ^ eserveci not oiuy au uuiiumeu supi>o Bf drinking water, but also an ample Sufficiency for washing purposes. Bjvery morning ilie steward used to Harry the dirty, soapy water down tlie Bidder on the way to bis sanctum, and Bvery day from the marines' berth at Hie foot of the ladder half a dozen or Biore stalwart Joeys were on* the lookHut for his appearance. The instant He descended the vessel was dragged Brom him and its contents eagerly diBided 'among the thirsty crowd. The Bteward complained to the Captain, but Hothing came of it. H It was decided to make for Yestapa, Hn the coast of. Centra! America, au Buchorage some'200 miles distant, and He arrived there when sixty days out Kom Cnllao. Who can describe our ^Klief when wc reached that marvellous B-opical coast, with its coral beach and Btately palms, backed by volcauic Hjountains, and saw between deep raHines the downward plunge of stream Bnel torrent to the sea? We thought Bur privations were ended, for, a'.Mwougb we could see no break in tbe ^Blundering roll of 3urf which the Blighty Pacific sent combing on the Bench, we learned from an English brig, Hrklcb Ktv there shicoioc a ear*? ?f indigo, that llie Indians had filled their I T v. uter casks and doubtless would do t Lie I I same for ours. The bor.ts were sent j to seek a watering place, but after * a careful survey i?ie officer reported tliat landing was absolutely impracticable except for tbe light Indian canoes j and catamarans. The Indians were f] appealed to, and immediately offered ' to raft off a full supply of water for the sum of $1200. When this news spread (and spread it did 1 ik*e wildfire) never a doubt had we but that our thirsty souls would drink and live. But well as we knew our Captain, there was a little yet to be learned about him. "Why." he said at once, "the Admiralty might make me pny the money, it's too much! 1 won't give it!" Still we did not entirely relinquish hope; a smaller offjr was made to tbe natives, and this they absolutely declined. Things having reached this point, tbe senior officers, with tbe doc- cc tor, took tbe extreme course of urging 411 the Captain to reconsider his decision, pointing out bow much the men bad suffered and tlie gravity of the responsibility which be incurred. But ^ all was of no avail; our chief was oh- ^ durate, and the sole result of their intervention was an order to get nnder way. The men, therefore, who would gladly have risked their lives to ob- g, tain water from tbe beach, bad now, without an extra drop to moisten their aJ parched throats, to heave up the anchor and turn their backs on the land of promise as we made for the m open ocean. Sore and suileu were all tt our hearts, and serious consequences m might have ensued among the men had p it not been that a breeze sprang up and ' 1 ? ?;nuaot mnnn meir uupes wuu n. xuc ujvu.. tains faded in the blue distance and night fell on the sails sweetly asleep to as the stately frigate swept through w the sea. Alas, next day the sun rose on a breathless calm! We had not out- pi sailed our ill luck and it* was with us again. One day the clouds began to gather, until a huge dark mass hung pendant in the heavens. Under this the sea be- K gan to boil and foam, then a long black arm descended; a rapidly moving spiral 'P column of smoking water leaped to meet it, and thus a waterspout was formed; soon that cloud was full to bursting. Oh! what a joy as it climbed . overx>ur mastheads! We Knew it muse burst on us! Then out of the gloom ^ and darkness came the blessed rain, as if the waterspout itself had fallen. Awnings were spread and looped up. Hoses were laid from them to the tanks. The scupper holes were ^ plugged, every receptacle was filled. w The decks became a surging lake, in 0; which all hands rolled and drank. Past privations were forgotten, and al- j( though the allowance of water was g still kept at a pint a day, yet every bucket and mess can was full, and Jack once more cut a shuffle on the forecastle and sang of the lass that u loves a sailor. The seventy-seventh day from Callao ti found us still some 600 miles from our destination, with only a few tons of e] water left. The sun, which had a d declination south of Callao when we left, had overtaken us and was sending slanting rays from the north, but still .the heat was intense, baking our black {l hull as if it were an oven. The allowance of water was reduced to half a pint a day, and our sufferings e were greater than ever. Not Captain . tl Lordling's, though! He strode up and down the quarterdeck, healthfully perspiring at every pore, while on the forecastle ?rim death claimed its victims ? from the poor creatures who had sought relief from their thirst in salt water and vinegar. Every precaution had been adopted to prevent the men drinking this appalling mixture, but it could not be entirely stopped. Cast after case was brought into the sick bay and treated by the doctors with every care, but in vain. All through this trying time the Cap- I( tain's live stock, sheep and poultry, were supplied with no inconsiderable amount of water, while British seamen were thus dying for want of it. Tor- * mented as the men were by thirst, it is not surprising that many attempts ' " ? - * iUA were made to sreai water iroui me a dyck water tank. One man would decoy the sentry away, while another 0 rushed in and turned the tap. The j2 sentries were doubled, and some of the t] men, caught in the attempt, w??re p flogged, receiving after the cruel custom of the time three dozen lashes of the cat. At last, on May 20. we sighted the h anchorage of San Bias, and the order was immediately given to serve out s a gallon of water to each man. Discipline was forgotten in the wildest, most s joyful confusion as it was issued. And q so, ninety-three days after leaving Callao, our privations carne to an end. For the last seventy-seven days of our voyage we had averaged a speed of & just one mile an hour, a record for slowness which I scarcely think the t< annals of sea life could beat.?Macmillan's Magaziae. ^ c] The Chinaman in London. When the Londoner wishes to study John Chiuaman at his leisure there is no need to go abroad for the purpose. T He has only to take a cab to the 'a causeway at Limehouse to find himself ai in little Chinatown. There he will see slcnt-eyed sons of the Orient, some n, with Englisli names auci some without: r, ?some even with English or, more likely, Irish wives?and all looking as calmly picturesque as it is possible for a "hathen Chinee" to look. He will find several Chinese shops with Chi- cl nese names on the doors and smug Ce- ai lestials within waiting to overreach either a countryman or a Britisher in. f< a bargain. They have been there nearly twenty years now, ami they seem a quite as clean and respectable as their li neighbors. Strange to say nobody in d< that district has a word to say against John as a citizen.?Loudon Mail. la h A Clever Shoplifter. The Philadelphia police say that they have discovered a shoplifter, a wo- ^ man. who brushes the valuable ar- aj tides, such as silk waists, off counters in stores, and then picks them up with s] her foot aud tucks them safely under her dress. They claim to have caught the culprit and proved her guilt. y( The Boer colouy established in the s< State of Chihuahua, Mexici, two years ^ ?30 is doing well. a' With the Funny Properly Senxoncd. It made the young; recruit hot; No wonder he was flustered. The foeman peppered him with shot Eight after he was mustered. ?Philadelphia Pres3. Agroed on That. "These box parties are all chatter," 1 ??A(1 man twhrt 1iQ/1 hoon .it" 'UilfUilUCU I in Uiau 1TUV uuu e opera. Not an Ardent Lover. Butts?"Does he love money?" Nordy?"Only in a platonic way. He >esn't love it well enough to work r it." The Trouble in the Case. "I thought it was a case of lore at st sight." "Yes, but he had three days' grace id changed his mind." "That's what they are," replied the an in the flashy clothes, "especially lese four-flushers that pretend they'd lie to meet Jeffries."?Philadelphia ress. A Saggeatlon.' Tne.New Woman?"I am determined > have Mabel educated so that she ill not have to depend on any man." The Old Man?'^Why not make her a umber?" Many Like Him. "He never forgets a favor." "No; always remembers it and comes mud and asks for another on the 1 !* '' VTaw Arloone TitlliiCl. .reugiu \jl 11. ?cviIUUUO emocrat. j Two Good Reasons. Goofer?"In speaking of your auto- J lobile, why do you always refer to it J i the feminine gender, as 'she?' " Shoofer?"Well, the auto is so hard > manage and so blamed expensive!" Brooklyn Life. Wo aid Answer Her Purpose* Beatrice?"So Ethel is engaged to lgy Hicollar? Well, I'm afraid slie 1 ill find him a very ehaky reed to lean J Q." Angeline?"Ob, she don't want him ) lean on?she wants him to sit on."? irooklyn Life. Bli Job. "Yes, he doesn't do anything but pick p pins all the time." "Well, well; that's a queer superstion.'' "Not at all. It's an occupation. He's n l\nwlin or allov .Phl'Ifl UipiUJ UU 1U C4 l/v u uov^i ? ??? elphia Press. Instead of Lute Ones. Senior Partner?"What are you readig about?" Junior Partner?"The early settlers." Senior Partner?"The early settlers, li? By hoky, I wish we had more of iat kind upon our books."' Reaion Enough, Tube?"I say, old rnau, why do you >ok so sad?" Shell?"Oh! I was fired without any otice." ? New York Evening Teleram. ( No Auster. [ Miss Gabble?"No, indeed, I'm not l ccustomed to fish for compliments." I Miss Pepprey?"I can see that. Any i ne who is accustomed to fishing real- c ses that one isn't likely to get any- f aing if one else talks too much."? f 'hiladeiphia Press. r Two Girls! j Elvira was dressed for the ball when c er girl chum dropped in. "How do I look in this new gown, t tella?" she asked. t "Positively handsome," answered r tella. "Why, I really didn't recogize you at first."?London Tit-Bits. Sure Sign. Grayce?"I want to introduce you to [iss Soandso." Reggie?"You needn't bother. She's ^ >o ugly for me." t Grayce?"How do you Know mat: c ou've never seen her." p Reggie?"True, but everybody says $ lie's such an awfully sweet girl." d e None Too Tainloil For HJm. "Would you refuse a tip from me i* s ou knew it was tainted money?" ^ sked the customer in the restaurant v s he finished his meal. "No, sir." replied the waiter; "I'd t ot refuse it. sir, even if you had to 5 in it through that piece of Camem- 0 ert cheese, sir!"?Yonkers Statesman, t t The Limit. First Cabman?"What did you [large that stranger for driving him round the corner to the hotel?" I, Second Cabmen?"I charged him ^ >ur dollars and ninety-sev^n cents." First Cabman?"Four dollars and inely-seven cents! That is a queer gure. Why didn't you make it five ollars?" Second Cabman?'"Becausc four dolirs and ninety-seven cents was all e had."?Lippincott's. IncocTenlcnt. Physician ? "You will be glad to uow, madam, that your husband will Imost certainly recover." Wife?"Oh, dear me, doctor, what jail I do?" Physician?1''Why, madam, what do ou mean? Aren't you anxious that our husband should get well?" Wife(8obbingj?"Yes?only, when you lid last week you didn't think ha / ould live a fortnight I went and sold J II his dothes."?Harper's Weekly. THE FOOL AND Joseph?"Do you believe all this. Arth Arthur?"Oh, I expect so! Some men LUTHER. BURBANK, R MIRACLE MAKER OF GARDENS The hundreds of valuable new fruits, j* luts, grains, 'grasses, flowers and in nunfahtfto ?m O t* fl ti II fr frflm PXDPri. P* uental farms of Luther Burbank at aI Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, California, 01 lave made Iiis name a household word ai :he world over, and so marvelous are d' :hese creations that men and women P< everywhere are watching the progress pi if his work, and seek to know more of sc lis methods. la Varieties of fruit have been produced to :hat are more prolific and hardier, ol jrowing in regions where the old varie- to LUTHER BU - . w ? I x_ :ies failed; the fruit season nas ueeu ir jrolonged several months by early and C< ate bearing varieties; keeping qualities lave been developed so as to stand he ong distance shipment; many years of fo :ostly waiting have been saved the sc ruit growers by precocity In trees; is ruits have been much larger, stones th emoved, thorns eliminated, shells in nade thinner, flavor, color and odor oti mproved, and entirely new fruits pro- th luced. Grains and fodder plants have >eeu made larger, more prolific, more lutritive and to have less waste; c?ton, rice and sugar cane have been im>roved.?The National Magazine. GUARD FOR BABY'S BED. _ The means of keeping a baby or even tlder child in bed after it has been tenlerly placed under the covers by its nother is one which Is a matter of oneern to parents. Children are all iroue to toss or roll, and painful accilents are often the result. A great leal of gray matter has been expendd in various means of fi stening the 'oungsters in their beds, but such ichemes are frequently a source of langer in themselves, particularly vhen rope or cord Is used. A recent patent has for its object he accomplisument of the purpose In a imple manner, consisting of a barrier f metal bars .which is supported from he floor and fastened to the frame of he bed. forming a very substantial ? ;uard. The standards resting on the of loor are clamped to the bed rail, and sis nil adjust themselves to a bed of any ret eight. The guard rails are secured to Rf hose standards toward their ends, and - CV ! * jj J co D( TO KHKP THE BABT IK BHD. ce ;acli rail consists of two telescoping ' >arts so as to adjust themselves to a th >ed or crib of any length. 1,< a^rn^m?m 1 . , . - ~m EXPRESS ROBBERY \ $101,000 Cash Package Stolen From the Adams in Pittsburg, IT WAS ALL IN SMALL BILLS EAmit G. Cunl'ffV, a Clerk, Mining?* Leaves a Family Behind?Receipted For the Money In Pittubnri; When ' Acllnir an a "3nb"?Snonoptotl Thief fc - r: ?? ^ fjj$ J - ' " I . ,> &V.:V^.' ' ' 'v ' ' > V.V',:.v:v" -. '- - ' : . . V:;,v,:'.* > . V- ' - ' 'i' v' ' \ "N -/<. . r*;>. <*-W *:>t ... : . . ; *< _' HIS MONEY. ur, about men buying wives?" will buy anything."?1The Tatler. BUSY PRESERVING SEASON. The crusade cf the pure food authoi ies and the educational campaign b< g conducted by the Government's e: jrts in Washington have brougt Dout a change in attitude toward th le-tlme indispensable preserve close id a new vogue is promised for aring the coming year. It is to be eJ ?cted, therefore, that the crop c reserving jar inventions and accei >ry contrivances will be unusuall rge. The one-time, universal screv p jar is to have a. rival in the shap ! a patent cover, flat-top jar, with at imatic fastener. One style is illui RBANK. : ated herewith, and is the work of i madian inventor. In connection therewith a fruit ja Ider is shown which is intends r use with the old-style jar, both fo rewifcg and unscrewing the top. Thi a simple wooden collar that clamp e jar securely while the lid is be g removed or fastened. Tension i itained by the use of set screws. A e pressure is applied at the bas 1: ? | NEW PRESERVING KINKS. the jar, where it is best able to re it same, the danger of breakage ii tfuceci to a minimum.?Pliiladelphh ;cord. No Deml-Tasse For Him. Some years ago Thomas B. Ree< ?nt; to Ohio. On his journey ou ere he went into a little railway sta ?n to have dinner. At the end of hi: tier he said: 'Bring ine a demi-tasse, also." The waiter stared. "What's that?' ! asked. 4A small cup of coffee," Mr. Ree< claimed. "A small cup of blacl ffee; see that it's good coffee, please smi-tasse means half a cup." "Aw, g'wan," said the waiter. " u't a-goin' to bring you no half-cup e don't sell nothln* less than flvi nta here."?Boston Herald. The immigration to this country fo: e fiscal year ending June 30 foots uj >27,429 people. Got Fourteen Hours' Start. Pittsburg, Pa.?A package containing $101,000 in cash was stolen from the. general offices of the Adams Express Company In this city. Edward George Cunliffe, money clerk of the* company, and one of its trusted employes, is missing, and'the police of every city in the country have been asked to arrest him on the charge of stealing the money. The package containing the money was made up of $80,000 in $100 bills, $10,000 in $50 bills and the remainder of the money was iir $5. $10 and $20 bills. It was learned that i" part of the money had been shipped by the Bank of Pittsburg, and the remainder by the Farmers' National Bank, of this city. From the same source it wa3 learned that the money was consigned to a bank in Cincinnati. Cunliffe, who received the money after banking hours in* the afternoon, left his office at the usual time, about 6 o'clock in the evening. He stopped in tho Tinllirnv nf hiiilH!n<r anrl cliatted with several of the other employes before he started for his home.' When he reached there he said nothing to his wife, but went direct- to" his " room, where he changed his clothes, putting on a new winter suit He ate his supper, and then said that he was going out for the evening. He kissed r. his four children au affectionate good^ bye and left the house. That was the last seen of him. " When he did not report for duty ne?t morning nothing was thought of 10 the matter, but when his wife a few t, hours later called up the office of the it company, and asked if he was there c- the suspicion of the company was aroused. A hurried examination was s. made of his books, and it was found that his accounts were $5 short. It y was fully an hour afterward that a telJ~. egram was received from Cincinnati ie announcing the fa'ct that the package i- containing the money had not been rci ceived there, and asking why it had j not'been sent. A further examination ~ of Cunliffe's books was made, and it was found that the money which had been intrusted to his care had never been forwarded. Detective agencies were at once notified, and a search was started for Cunliffe. Fourteen hop.rs had elapsed from the time that he had ieft his home In the West End until the company was convinced tliat he was guilty of the theft. There are night trains on both the Pittsburg and Lake Erie and the Pennsylvania Roads for Buffalo, andLit was believed by the officers that he had boarded one of these trains, with the hope of reaching the Canadian border before his crime was discovered. At the little home of the Cunliffc family, in the West End, the members of the family of the man are almost heartbroken. Cunliffe, according to the neighbors, was a most devoted husband and father. He was. absolutely fre* from bad habits of any kind, and nlf Qf his. time, when not at his office, was devoted to his wife and chfldreu. Cunliffe came to this city in March, 1904, from Hartford, Conn., whore all of his relatives live, and wlfere he was held in the greatest esteem. Prior to his connection with the Adams Express Company, he was employed by lhe American Express Company .in Hartford for a number of y^ears, and came to Pittsburg with good recommendations from them. His salary was only $900 per annum. The company issued the following description of the missing clerk: ''Edward Qeorge Cunliffe is thirtyfive years of age, looks to be forty; Ave feet seven inches tall; weight Ufl pounds"; medium build; dark brown a hair, heavily mixed With gray; wears a Leavy, short-cropped mustache, dark, r and partly mixed with gray; could 1 raise a very heavy beard; has blue eyes. r When last seen he-wore dark blue, doug ble-breasted sack suit, a black derby hat, turned collar, and a black bow tie. He wears a silver ring with an acorn design. He is an inveterate cigarette s smoker, and the second finger of his s right hand is badly discolored with e nicotine. Cunliffe is afflicted with what is known as the 'cigaretto cough.'" FELT THE APPROACH OF DEATH. Engineer Stops His Train to Get a Drink of Water and Expires. Albany, N. Y.?Feeling the approach ef death, Engineer Joseph Marks, on a Delaware and Hudson locomotive, stopped his passenger train filled with people as it was approaching Albany, stepped from the engine to get a drink of water in a switchman's shanty alongside the track and dropped dead as he was raising the cup to his lips. His presence of mind averted a disaster. Japauese Dead 72,450. Advices from Japan say the official returns of the casualties of the Japanese Army throughout the war show that 40,180 were kftled. 10,970 died from wounds, and 15,300 died from disease, a total of 7^,450 dead. w '!. Mutual Money For Republicans. Officers of the Mutual Life Insurance Company testified tlwt $92,500 of the policy holders' money was contributed 3 to Republican campaign funds in the i last three Presidential elections. Hearst For Mayor. William R. Hearst for Mayor. John 1 Ford for Controller and J. G. Phelps t Stokes for President of the Board of ililarman ia tho tlplrol" linmpil hv tho 3 Municipal Qwuership League, of New York Cltjr. ? Labor World. 1 Labor disputes in Canada last year J involved a losg of 1,450,000 working days. The quarterly New York State labor 1 bulletin shows much improvement In trade conditions. B Orders for 100,000 tons of shipping have been placed with Clyde builders at London, England, r , There are now affiliated with tbe American Federation of Labor 110 international trades unions, l i BITS I NEWS1 WASHINGTON. Judge W. J. Calhoun, who was sent, by President Roosevelt as Special Commissioner to examine conditions Ini Venezuela, has arrived here. He has prepared a report as to the difficulties with Castro. The famous "womau in blue," Mrs. Lucy G. L^e, of Manhasset, L. I., who made several unsuccessful attempts to call upon President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, wag arrested at the White House. Bri?adier-Genera! Williams, commanding the Department of Columbia, in his annual report recommends the retirement of evenr army captain at the age of forty. Attorney-General Moody was directed by the President to begin proceedings to break up the monopoly existing at St. Louis. Mo., where the owners of bridges and ferries have entered into a combination in restraint or trade, exacting terminal charges from the railroads entering St. Louis. At the Cabinet meeting at the White , .1 House it was decided that the building of the Panama Canal should remain under the supervision of Secretary, Taft. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Will ask the Cabinet to consider a plan under which email packers may have meat inspectors as well as the larger houses. In order that the damages resulting from the recent typhoon in the Philippine Islands may be at once repaired the quartermaster-general of the army has cabled to Manila that an extra allotment of $50,000 Las been made to meet the expenses. , OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Mnior-General Gorbin and his wife "sailed from Manila, P. t, for Australia on a two sfcantlis' leave of absence. The arrival ta txawnri of thousand* of Japanese laborers has driven out many American workers from Honolulu and the country plantations. Hawaii is importing minnows to de.vour mosquito larvae. y-: Government reporta show that in the recent storm at least 200 natives and twenty-five Americans and foreigners were killed in the Philippines. DOMESTIC. Left alone only a few minutes by lirt mother. Pauline Lieberman became entangled In the coverlet of her baby carriage and suffocated at her home, In New York City. John Phelps was shot and killed by IiIr cousin. John Honaker. while Ma- * ' eonic services were being held at the grave of their uncle, John Honaker, in Warren County. Kentucky. The cousins quarrelled about Honaker's estate. >) According to the ofBcial registration figures, the entering class at Harvard University this year numbers 3885, a decrease of 139 from 1904. While hunting near Millville, N. Charles Steelman killed a huge brown bear, the first slain in that vicinity In many years. The gunboat Paducah left New York >? for a cruise to shake down her machineyr and to drill her crew. This is her initial trip to sea. Public bequests amounting to $245,< 000 nre contained in the will of Charles Tidd Baker, a Boston insurance broker, which wes filed for probate. The.be* quests become operative at the death I of the testator's sister, Susau P. Baker, y 'who enjoys the income of the residuary ;; estate during her life. Fletcher Gladden,jon his third trial og {he charge of criminal assault, was convicted by a Simpson County (Ky.) J rTK * 4?t/1/wA 4-V?A? ann+Artsiari itY* jury, aui? juugr iuvu to death. * * # On President Roosevelt's. homeward voyage from New Orleans, La., the armored cruisers West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colorado will race unde? forced draught for 1200 miles. ^ > FOREIGN. A strong earthquake shock was felt at Mohteleoud, Italy, and it caused a panic among the inhabitants, who are. still suffering from the terror and , privation resulting from the previous disastrous shocks. Famine is prevalent in 100 districts of twenty-three provinces of Russia. It affects 18,000,000 persons, who will have to be fed until next July. The merchants of China who have been prosecuting the boycott against American goods have decided to suspend that movement to await possible action of Congress In mitigating the harshness of the administrative features of the exclusion act The British Consulate at Monasttr, Macedonia, has received a package containing a human ear, which, a letter accompanying the package declares. was cut from an Engiisnman named Wills, recently employed by the Turkish tobacco revenue department. When the Cuban Senate Committee on Foreign Relations met to consider the Anglo-Cuban treaty no quorum could be secured. The treaty is vigorously opposed, and the report on It may be delayed until after the election. Senators Zayns and Bustamente, members of the Cuban Foreign Relations Committee, oppose the treaty with Great Britain. Germany will accept the Russian invitation to a peace conference at The Hague on condition that the subjects for discussion be settled in advance. An Imperial rescript has been issued thanking Count Witte for his achievements at the Portsmouth peace conference. Count Waohtmeister, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has called at;ention to the treaty of 1855, which provides for British and French aid igainst Russian encroachment in Scandinavia. The Ericcson Telephone Company, of Stockholm, Sweden, the largest manu'acturer of telephones in Europe, iiiiends to ercct large workshops at Buffalo. General Ivondratchenko, who was killed at Part Arthur, was burlad with Military ar.d civil honors at St. Petersburg. It was reported that Earon Fejervary lad again been appointed Hungr.rian Premier and that the coalition would . online its action to protests against he Cabinet. The situation in Moscow is reported ess tense, though the strike continues [ :o spread; there were two large ineetngs of workmen, at which red flags ;vere 'waved, but the troops apparenty did not interfere: the dispatches ihow signs of censorship. i The Workmen's Federation in Argen:ina decided to begin a general strike,, tnd Congress has resolved to declare<; martial law all over the country for lluety days. /