University of South Carolina Libraries
THE AVERAGE MAN. k The average man is the mar. of the mil!, The man of the vallev. or man of the hill. The man at the thrcttle, the man at the plow? The man with the sweat of his toil on his brow. Who brings into being the dreams of the few. Who works for himself, and for me, and for you. .There is not a purpose, a project or plan Bat rests on the strength oi the average man. , 9 The growth of a city, the mijiht of a land. Depend on the fruit of the toil of his hand; The road, or the wall, or the mill, or the mart, Call daily to him that he furnish his part: The pride of the great and the hope of the low, The toll of the tide as it ebbs to and fro. The reach of the rails and the countries ' they span Tell what is the trust in the average man. The man who, perchance, thinks he labors alone. The man who stands out between hovel and throne. The man who gives freely his brain and his brawn. Is the man that the worldnas been builded I upon. The clang of the hammer, the sweep of the saw, The flash of the forge?they have strengthened the law, They have rebuilt the realms that the wars overran, They have shown us the worth of the average man. So here's to the average man?to the one Who has labored unknown on the tasks he has done. Who has met as they came all tbe problems of life, Who has helped us to win ia the stress and the strife, tie has bent to his toil thinking neither of fame Nor of tribute, nor honor, nor prize, nor acclaim? fn the forefront of progress, since progress began? Here's a .health and a hail to the average man! ?Chicago Tribune. J A NARROW_ SQUEAK, j ft FighUnjr a Black Leopard I H Without Weapons. 8 ejO p| N'^E I was a member of a Jw wild animal hunting ex1 II pedltion that worked lfrTiIrT) throush the southeastern iJljjLJ5H foothills of the Himalaya Mountains in the endepvor to collect fine and rare specimens for a great ioological park in the United States. iWe were not after tigers or elephants or other well known game of that kiud, but were looking particularly for such specimens as snow leopards, black Innnonlc n?U*1 <lncrc fin/1 thf* nil PPT 1'flP aooa-bcar and other similar beasts, of which there are very few specimens in captivity. Owing to the fact that we were trytag to take r.niinals alive there was a fen 'ral order against carrying firearm?, and only we leaders of the expedition were allowed to go into the jungle with weapons. The result was that even the white men soon got into the habit of entering the thickets without arms?not a wise thing to do, as it -turned out. One hot afternoon while Jim Charters and I were sitting in front of the tent we both saw the gaudy body K of a fine boa constrictor gliding away Into the jungle, and we both jumped up and followed at once. Jim Charters stopping only to snatch a lasso, which was just the thing for him. as he had been a cowboy in the West f? r many years. We bad taken several fine snakes with the lasso, and did not expect any * trouble Wltn tins one, so we presseu into the jungle without a second thought. We were doomed to disappointment, however, for the snake had disappeared entirely, and all our search i proved unavailing. The pursuit led ns pretty deeply into the jungle, and at last when we gave up the chase we found ourselves in a little amphitheatre of rock and bamboo. We sat down on a fallen tree to admire the ibenutiful &rot. when suddenly Jim Charters laid his hand gently on my arm and said in a whisper: * "Don't move, Captain, but just squint toward your left; we're in a box." I did as he directed and saw something that gave me a start, crouching closely to the pround and sauirming etlently and swiftly as a serpent, was a huge black leopard. Each eye was like a flat green disk, and his tail was quivering and writhing in that whked, snaky way (bat. a big cat has when it is mad. The brute was thin, and a mere glance was enough to show that rlhe was desperately nungry. No doubt our hunting had spoiled the hunting lor nlm, and now he was starved into jierieci itrarieaiiiicas. i "This is nice, this is," -whispered Uitn, without moving head or eyelash. "'He's coming on steadily. Now he's Btopped. Now he's coming on again. Not.' he's stopped. At this rate he'll be [vithin springing distance inside of ten minutes." "Haven't you any weapon at all f about you?" muttered I. trying to speak (without even moving my mouth. "Oh, yes I have," said Jim. "I've i got r. bea. y of a weapon to fight a black leopard -with. It's a penknife .that my little sister gave me when 1 .visited the folks in New York. I guess ithat it will hurt that hopr.ro. a Jot, capitain, won't it?" And I heard Jim chuckle even in the face of the iininiL nent danger. "Here he comes crawling again," (whispered Jim after a momeut or two. ''There's only one thing to do. Be ready -when I give the word. We've got to be quick and not miss a single trick." "What are you going to do?" asked I. "Just this." said Jim. "It's a wild experiment and may only hurry things g- up for us, but if it works we may win | out and get the leopard too. and lie's I ,-worth having, not to mention the joke Wk on him. I'm going to jump up in about another minute when Ihe beast makes anotuer crawi, ana i m soing xu viua-h <the noose arouinl his neck. The minute I (lo we must both tail on and pull like mad. running as fast as the beast']] let us." "I'm afraid that the beast won't let us run more than about an inch, Jim," eaid I, "before he'll be on us and get one of us sure. J don't think that you can noose leopards the way you can coyotes." "What I'm figuring on,"Tsaid Jim, "is that tlie brute will do whf t would seeia * : - - ' - j . - ' ' , . to be a natural thing. When ttp start I to pull Iiim toward u.t. he'll pull back instead of leaping at r.s. Now he's j coming on. In a moment I'll? j Whe-e-e-e."' Jiui jumped up and cast his noose ' with a thn-ce whoop and I scrambled to ' my feet instantly and caught hold of ' the line with him. The leopard was 1 holding back with his huge claws ' spread to tLeir full dimensions and ' every one of the talons digging deep ' into the soft earth while he tried to 1 draw his evil head back and free him- ! self from the noose that was Strang- * ling him. j 1 "Off we go and yell like sin for help," I panted Jim. as we started to drag the snarling brute from his foothold. Once we had succeeded in doing this, we scrambled along, floundering and stumbling but never relieving the steady strain on the line. I don't suppose that we were hauling more than a quarter of an hour before our shouts brought our men to help. But it seemed to me to be a month. All tbe time I expected to feel tiie impact of the great rurr.v body, because I felt almost certain that tbe leopard would get sense euough, sooner or later, to stop pulling back on tbe lasso and to leap on us. Jim afterward told me tbat be could feel bis sbouldei being laid open by tbe terrible claws and tbe warm blood running Town bis back during all tbat wild scramble through the jungle. But luck was with us. Tbe black leopard never once ceasec. to pull backward against us, and when the men arrived he was so wild with r.igo and so nearly worn out from the choking strain Jir.t he could not put up-any sort of -n effective fight, but uiere'.7 hit out blindlj- and snapped his jaws without any result. Two of the men had brought a great net of grass rope along. In a jiffy it was thrown over our snamy and he was rolled up in it before be knew what had happened. Then a dozen natives danced around here and there, passing ropes all over the net and cleverly avoiding the claws that were stuck through tbe meshes, until they had tbe beast absolutely woven in a great mass of twine. A huge, long bamboo was passed through I the meshes-, and the leopard was car ried.into camp, whero he "was soon ' safely encased in a strong bamhoo cage. He turned OHt to be a beast of quite 1 exceptional size and in magnificent J coat. We got bim to the coast safely, * and landed bim all right in tbe end in tbe Zoo tbat wanted him. ; I have always thought it a ~*.ty that 1 the thousands who adoi: e bim now cannot know the strange way be was caught. But though our way of bunting big cats bad turned out to be -?uch a success, neither Jim Charters nor I ( have ever cared to try u again. We ' shall never lorget thr.t quarter of an ' hour in the jungle with the brute iu * tow.?New York News. Condemned by a Pronoun. There i3 now being rectified !n France, after nearly forty years, a miscarriage of justice which in its origin is probably the strangest in the criminal annals of the whole world. It may be said to have been caused by a pronoun. A young fellow named Gauth-. ier and his mother were iu 1SGT condemned to penal servitude for life for the murder of the woman's second husband, a worthless drunkard, who was drowned one dark night by falling into some deep water as he made his way home late, badly intoxicated. The evidence which mainly convicted the two accusel was that of r. witness who swore to having heard the dead man shout: "A moi; on me rnoie." The convict's mother is long since dead, and the convict son, now an old man, has managed to interest men willing to as- ' sist in his rehabilitation. In the pres- f ence of a past and of the present Min- j ister of Justice and of criminal experts the whole scene of. the tragedy has been reconstructed after thirty-nine \ years. Strangest fact of all, a villager , has been found, a woman, who though not cauea at uie iriai, uei juicu uai oiw heard the cry of tlie drowning man, T and that his words really end clearly were: "A moi; je me noie"?a pronoun that made the difference of almost life and death.?London Globe. Clever in His Line. George Westinghouse, Jr., in overalls and a jumper, has begun to learn in Pittsburg the great business which his father conducts. "I am beginning to learn the business at the bottom," said the young man recently. "I hope to be through, if not brilliant. My father, at the age of twenty-two, had invented the Westinghouse airbrake. I can't hope to equal such a record. If I am thorough, It will be enough." He smiled. "At the same time," he said, "there , is no reason why I shouldn't become clever in this business?clever as a ? Pittsburg hairdresser is. "A woman entered this hairdresser's while 1 was being shaved. She looked about nervously. Then I heard' her say to the man: " 'I'd like to see some false hair, please.' " 'Yes, miss,' said the hairdresser. 'And what color does your friend prefer?' " Paris vs. ETansvllle. "Uncle Joe" Cannon has a good story of au Indiana man whose birthplace, Evausville, will ever keep a loving memory in his heart. Some years ago this faithful son of Indiana was enabled, by reason of an inheritance, to make a trip abroad. Upon his return the Evansville people were anxious to have bis impressions of "furrin parts," a wish with which the traveler obligingly complied. "Tell us all about Paris," some one finally suggested. "Paris," observed the Evansville uian, gravely, certainly a wonderful place. But," fie added, thoughtful)}', "Evansville for pleasure." ? Harper's Weekly. Novel Dgnic?ir Signal. A remarkable invention for preventing railway accidents^ has been tried with success on the Western railways of j'ranee. The invention ir. placed ou an engine. If the driver for any causs passes an cdverse danger signal the apparatus blows a whistle on the engine continuously, and also throws up q small light under th<? engine driver's i nose. This will render all accident^ i except wilful ones, impossible. A Tn?t OH STILTS. * r Lake County, to tlie north of San Francisco, is so named from Clear i; L.nke, which is the largest body of r Fresii water i i tne State of California, f [n this region may be found much fine j| ake and mountain scenery, for which p reason it has been called the "Switzer- i, and of America." Clear Lake is about thirty miles long r.nd ten miles wide n its broadest part. While on a visit there last summer the writer came lcross the remarkable tree shown in the photograph. It is an oak growing a lear the edge of the lake, the waters I t , . ' fiiwti ?-*UHB3PH Tp?m6* ^ TREE 0 N \f* tttIi? aIi Tin tta wrt eli a/1 nnrnr? fllft COll . f\ /i. nuaii uavc naoucu a. yr u.j iuu ?v?. Brom the roots, and then, receding, s iave left the tree supported on stilts, s is it were. Several other trees on the s shore of the lake present a similar appearance, but the one shown was 0 the handsomest and also the most free c from surrounding trees ?r brush.? s Scientific American. f ROCKING BATHTUB. a s The ordinary bathtub is amply suffi- c ;ient for the average person, but any r >ne who is more fastidious and desires c something unique can have recourse to c Lhe bathtub illustrated below, the in- ^ a v ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. mention of an Ohio man.- The conitruetion is such lhat the person sitting n the tub can rock it back and forth, jausing -the water to swish over him, md, if he possess a vivid imagination, )e will think he is at the seashore aking a salt-water bath, with the t< vaves dashing over him. P The body of the bathtub is supported n lpon rockers by uprights at the front o ind back. Pivoted to the front of the c ockers is an arm which extends4o the :op of the body. A pulley is attached 0 this arm, through which passes a ope, the latter being secured to the ii )0dy of the tub, and, passing through a 1 second pulley, connects with a han- y lie. which is operated by the person tl n the tub to rock the machine, causing (s :he water to flow up into a back por- o :ion above the seat. It will be readily d seen that by pushing the handle the c jpper part of the arm will bo pulled s forward, raising the front end of the c :ub. The lining of the tub is arranged t: somewhat in the form of the seal and p jack of a chair, with a deeper portion o for the feet. n A casing extends around the back a md partially along the sides, at the p TH3 WILL-O'-THE-WISP OF leight of the shoulders of the oecu* lant, when seated. A covering can be placed over this tack portion and be supported upon ods, the covering having an aperture or the head, and can be used for takng Turkish baths. When used for this urpose a box for holding a lamp Is ung in the front end of the tub. HOVEL LIFE-PRESERVER. A chair which serves in case of need s a life-preserver is shown herewith, n a moment's notice it can be quickly w JhESBXBXK STILTS. onverted into a raft. It is so contructed that it can be locked in the poition of either a chair or a life-preerver. The hack is similar to that of an rdinary chair, with the exception of a ork cushion covered with canvas intead of a hair cushion. The bottom rame of the chair has an opeuing In he centre, an auxiliary bottom having cork cushion attached, fitting into portion when the device is used as a hair. The chair is pivoted in sucti a nanner that when the catches are disngaged the whole spreads out, with a ork cushion at each end, which gives tuoyancy to the raft?the form it them ssumes when it is thrown in the rater. The auxiliary bottom, being folded to he bottom of the raft, the opening reaains in the centre, enabling a person fforTu'5e'~"y As a Life-Preserver. ) sit on the edges, with the legs assed through the opening. Under ormal conditions the chair can be used n deck as a steamer chair and in the abin.?Philadelphia Record. Adventurers' Rich Booty. When Drake sailed the South Sea 1 the Golden Hind upon his piratial voyage of circumnavigation in the ear 1577-79, and when he captured le Nuestra Senora della Concepcion ;urnamed the Cacafuego or Spitfire) CC Cape San Francisco, it took three ays to transfer the treasure from the aptured ship to his own. In that ingle haul there was realized a "purhase," as it was called, of over twenp-six tons of silver, besides eighty ounds of virgin gold, thirteen chests f pieces of eight containing over a lillion in money, .and an enormous mount of jewels and plate.?Harer's Magazine. 1 THIS DISMAL SWAMP. - Drawn for tlie Witness. - - I - CUBAN CROPS FALLING OFF "El Hea Aid Needed For Tobacco and Sugar Planter^. Hi* THE ISLAND'S CONGRESS MEETS ?' l Fresldent l'alinn Siijrjrent?, in Mediate, ^ That Immigration Be Encouraged QO naS and That MortRiiee liankg lie K/u aj-e(j tabllfllied?Isln of Fine* Treaty?The m llepublic'8 Condition Told In Report* Havana, Cuba.?The Congress met. 1'ece la his message President Talma referred to the outbreaks during tbe re- , ceut elections and to tbe brutal attack "Fii on tbe rural guard station at Guana- Dc bacoa. He said it was to be hoped P ' tbat tbose behind the scenes who were jrau attempting to encourage disturbances sbar would cease their absurd anti-patriotic trav endeavors. Referring to agricultural matters he jang said the sugar crop on March 1 was wr0] 205,783 tons smaller than the crop of Jo 10U3 on the corresponding date. The and tobacco crop had suffered a decrease was of twenty-live per cent. The price of clan sugar was low, and this would neces- Dov sitate State assistance for agricultur- decl; ists in all possible ways. ston He suggested in this connection that mot! immigration be assisted. Last yenr in t 54,21'J immigrants arrived in Cuba, and failc with State assistance this number the i could be largely increased. Mortgage callt banks should also be established. This they would tend to end the constant sale of Tt In ml +/\ foroi<rnora nivin? tn tllfi l'flpt rppp that the native owners have no money Ale: to cultivate their property. seer Senor 1'alma added that he hoped It s the reciprocity treaty with the United cane States would be renewed on better kno1 terras for both sides. Tab Referring to the monetary question D( he said that the high value of Spanish Gar silver offers an opportunity for the es- Mex tablishmeut of the Cubau monetary liva, system on a gold basis, which would tern end the fluctuation in the rate of ex- asso change. seer Duriug the last half of 1903 the rev- vol! enues amounted to $10,383,131, and the iow( ovrionilitiiros Slrt fiSR (K!7. tho During 1905 imports were $94,806,* Mi GGG, uot including money, against $77,- very 028,316 iu 1904. The imports were di- beer Tided about as follows: From the Uni- City ted States, $42,931,S88; from Germany, the $5,784,784; from Spain, $10,360,409; +foey from England, $13,424,630; from other crjSj countries, $12,522,000. of ti The exports lu 1905 were valued at exec $110,167,484, against $S9,012,756 in ing 1904. Of the exports the United States Conf took $95,530,475; Germany, $3,905,000, mjn! and England $5,795,350. a v< The available balance in the Treas- to a ury is $5,744,741. T1 Treating of yellow fever, the Fresi- nooi dent said the recent outbreak here to t served to show the competence of the raes sanitary board, the fever having been that suppressed. The fact that Congress that had not voted the money asked for san- weri itar.v purposes had compelled the Ex- was ecutive to take the necessary amounts i)Urj in order to meet special obligations in chai sanitary matters. It had been the in- him teutiou of the Marine Hospital Service fcjm of the United States to quarantine cers against Cuba, but thanks to the efforts mut of the Government, made through Wjj(] Minister Quesada at Washington, this deli* bad been averted until yellow fever actually exists. Owing to tbe frequent communication between New Orleans and infected ports in Central America jn it would not be strange if yellow fever _ rt till suouia reappear, xiie uovvmuieui jjuu. therefore sent a physician to New Or- D leans to examine the situation. bam Referring to the Isle of Pines ques- Lon tion, Senor Palma informed the Con- atte gress that the treaty on that subject is ton, under discussion in the United States Wri, Senate. The committee considering the was matter had made a favorable report, Mrs. and he believed the treaty would be shei approved and ratified in view of the at t justice of Cuba's cause. Cral The President urged revision of the plac civil code in order to rectify the ef- Wh< fects of some of the military orders, Mrs which modified the law, ill-advisedly in my certain cases. pera He recommended the establishment of h of civil marriages as the only legal to rt form, leaving the contracting parties let s liberty to fulfil the rites of their relig- She ions. v the neec CHAUFFEUR A PRISONER. wou WE Man Who Fatally Injured Two Women Gives Himself Up. Wils New York City.?The chauffeur, John Mi! Johnson, who ran down and fatally injured Mrs. Bettie Ivuchler and her at 1 sister, Miss Alvina Stein, at New Rochelle, while they were coming: home ^aii from church, and then ran away, leaving them lying by the. roadside, surrendered himself to the police, through maj( ex-Judge John J. Crennan, a lawyer re- In(Jj tained by his employer, John C. j?or, Rodgers, the wealthy subway contractor, who lives at No. 10 St. Nieh- eng olas place, Manhattan. Both of the spea victims are dead, and there is intense i ml isolation in New Rochelle against gjjet the prisoner. gle . forn MAN, WIFE AND CHILD DROWN, brid A1 Wagon, Stalled in Swift Stream, Over, turned by Current. p0 Overton, Texas.?A wagon in which coup Shiner Sheffield, his wife and daughter rece; .were riding became stalled in Harris ""'he Creek, and when Sheffield alighted to by 1 unhitch the mules he was swept n way by the swift current of the swollen stream. A moment later the wag- T1 on was overturned and Mrs. Sheffield adoi: and the girl were drowned. of pi T3r>v a A VMS A TT? A IN. T1 Flags EDgiue With. Coat?Close to Big 1 ... . . IIov Washout. der Greenville, Pa. ?A heavy property Frnt ios.s and probable loss of life was avert- mitt cd by the timely action of Clyde Kirk? life i twelve years old, near Hadley. High water washed away 100 feet of the St< Lake Shore roadbed near the boy's ?pi liome. Kirk discovered the danger, 210m and hearing a train approaching tore d0j off his coat and flagged the engiue just 1 dan; iu time to avert a disaster. boul Other Side of the W'y.' Japan's disbursement this year for ship subsidies will be about the same p. as last year?$1,400,000. crea New Zealand's lire insurance com panies have abandoned the special an(l higher ratings 011 a number of large fl.jei risks. M New Zealand shipping legislation rs kiilii to requiring second mates is seriously js hindering the export trade of the island prpf colony. '* New Zealand's proposed South Afri- ^on can steamship service is not favored. jn? Tenders were few and unsatisfactory^ le?r None was accepted. LIJAH" DOWIE CAST OFF jg d of Zion City Repudiated by Si* Thousand Followers. I Telegram From Mexico Caused tlif * ICa 3volt? Wife Denounced the Fropliet clo it a 3Ihu Meeting, Son Agreeing. Wt r licago, 111.?John Alexander Dowio ^ formally and emphatically repudi- f I by the people of Zion after the pa t stirring meeting ever held in the pe< he founded. Mr. Voliva, who was ' ntly appointed deputy overseer, of licly cast oft" Dowie and Dowieism pa received the unanimous support ] nil the former followers of the gri st Apostle." foi mie was openly denounced by Sti itically all the officials of the < :ch as having deceived and de- <ji( ,ded the people and as having qq, nefully wasted their money in ex- ja? agance. Jane Alexander Dowie, ? of the self-styled "Elijah," rented her husband, and in stirring . uage told how she had been nged and abused by him. hn G. Speicher, a former overseer second in command to Dowie, who recently peremptorily deposed, de;d that Dowie was insane, and Mrs. fie, iu her address, upheld th^ q< aration of the physician. Glad- >yj e Dowie has cast his lot with his th her, Voliva and Zion, and not one he congregation of 6000 persons re id to rise and pledge himself on side of the new leader when Voliva pr ;d for a rising vote as to which co would follow, Dowie or himself. ^h le climax came about through the j0 ipt of orders from Dowie that rnmlnr firanwr nnn nf tho nvsr. s of Zion City, should be dismissed. 7^ tirred to life the slumbering vol- *?' > of revolt when tbe order became jv tvn at the great meeting-in Sbiloli ernacle during the afternoon. >wie's order for the dismissal of dner came in a telegram from th :ico City. It wrs addressed to Vo, and was couched in no uncertain P< is. Immediately Voliva called his sp ciate overseers aud deacons into tli et session to consider the order, de va led the revolt and the others fol- lej ;d. It was tentatively decided that command should be disregarded, eanwhile news of the receipt of a iaiportant communication had l disseminated throughout Zion . The subordinates did not know st exact nature of the message, t : ci] were aware that some kind of s had been reached in the affairs . he town. Auother meeting of the ^ :utive heads was held in the morn- " . nd the action decided uyon was irmed, with the r.dditioual deter- -A-1 *tion that S;ieicher chould bo given sa 3te of confidence nd be restored AD place of authority. ln lie rc-.il climax came in tte after1. The tabernacle was crowded C< he doors. When Voliva read the Y< sage from Dowie and announcd he and his associates had decided q( Granger must be retained there 2 cheers; but the demonstration at as nothing compare . to the out- jn it whan Voliva called the dis- C( ged deacon to the platform, took warmly by ihe hand .?nd advised , of tne action oi the executive offl- V . The audience . ;t moment in ? e astonishment .'.nd thei. rose in a ^ ler demonsti'ation of approval and jht. . be ELOPING WIFE KILLED. la Struggle With the Sheriff Who Pj ight Her His Revolver Discharges. iiblin, Ga.?Fearing to face the husi from whom ohe had eloped, Mrs. in i Crabb, only six mcnths wedded, mpted to escap" from Sheriff Wal- jj. who hal her *s a prisoner on a ghtsville and Tennille train, and shot and killed in the struggle. , Crabb fled from home r.nd the iff pursued her and her companion In he request of her husband. Mrs. aE jb was overtaken and the sheriff ed her or. a train to take her home. W in the train stopped at a station 57 . Crabbi screanir.g, "I can't face stj husband." began to struggle, des-. tely with the shsriff. She got bold ^ is pistol and at; he was attempting ;cover it it was discharged, the bultrik.ng Mrs. Crabb in the forehead. h, 1.--1 At- - ..i :??>? nrtian U (Ilea 1U IL.K 8UC1IU 9 aiuio. HUM J husband was told he said: "She I not have feared to meet me. I Id have forgiven her." *0! fls DDING AT INDIAN SCHOOL. $5 son Charles, an Oneida, Marries th< 5s Knudsen, a Klamath, at Carlisle. tjj' irlisle. Pa.?A militai*y ceremonial Yc the Carlisle Indian School made p0 ;on Charles, an Oneida Indian basepitcher, football punter and all indi athlete, the husband of Miss ior abeth Knudsen, a charming Indian Qa Jen. Miss Knudsen is a Klamath an, from near Lake Klamath, Ju :liern California. I tarly 1200 Indian braves and maid- rlc representing ninety tribes and king nearly a hundred dialects, :.w i several hundred invited guests, - ? - ? mu . ?t.. or L the scnoors audii?ium. me em- j ring Epi'" ipal 6' :vice was per- | led, Major Mercer giving away tin ' e. I ^ 1 the attendants were Indians, the foi being attired in the blue and yei- Ve cavalry uniform of the school. x llowing the ceremouy the bridal In? ile and Major and Mrs, Mercer cifi ived 125 guests in the gymnasium, tio re later a dance was held to music i Jae Carlisle Indian Band. Br tril Check Use of Niagara, in le Canadian Government has ( >ted a policy to check the export cai )wer from Niagara. ?fc James B. Howard Gets Life. le mandate of the Supreme Court fro Kentucky in the case of James B tha rard lcr the Governor Goebel rmirwas filed in the Cour t of Appeals, j lkfort, and Howard will be coin- iW( ed to the penitentiary to serve a sentence. pas ark Visits Mother and Daughter. De ie stork paid a double visit to the tQr e of Harry Briefman, Wilmington, presenting Mrs. Briefman and liei* ^ ?hter, Mrs. Hannah FrW. with icing babies at the same hour. lvC ] #? j c Fersonal Gossip. str ofessor Wilhelm Wundt was the we tor of experimental physchology. ] hen Senator Hoar was alive he fat Senator Tillman were great mo ids. gn Fallieres, who has .just had a new eal ard table fixed up tbe the Elysee, only one of the ]rast six French th< .idents who plays. the game. Is ilph D. Bin in enfold, editor of The orf don Express, is/tin American, hav- fl 1 been born i a Milwaukee. He ned his profusion in Chicago and F0i r York. ml ' '1 UTS IHEWS 1 WASHINGTON. scandalous conditions in some Amer-: n consulates in the East were dlssed in the report of H. H. D. Peirce, lich the President sent to Congress. Hie United States Supreme Court held the Railroad Taxation law of chigan. The President has pardoned John W. ce, of Dadeville, Alu., convicted of onage. \ The bill authorizing ft reorganization; the medic 1 corps of the army wa? ssed. Secretary of State Heat urged Con- 'i ess to provide for payment of just 'M reign claims against the United % ates. Ihe Legislati.^, Exec Jve and Ju- -' v? lial Appropriation bill, carrying $30,- _ ;% 3,000, nearly $700,000 less than the ' >t appropriation bill, was passed, af two weeks' consideration. The State Department announces vr at it is now practically impossible' r former Turkish subjects to regain ' c M trance into their country. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. -|j The inaugural of Henry C. Ide as ? )vernor-General took place at Manila ; 'rfj itb civic and military display. 'Three /'< ousand troops attended. Since the native Judges at Manila cently acquitted the editors accused libeling Colonel Baker the native '* /, ess has been severely criticising the: nstabulary, indirectly condemning e Government and praising native urnalism. Gomez, a labor agitator, of Manila* ho is affiliated with the Renacimien, threatens to eliminate the America? \ (.A nnters by preventing them from ob* imug lauurerb. All provision for fortifications in tb? ^ land possessions was eliminated fronrt < ,V e fortifications appropriation bill. Governor Beekman Wintbrop, of ;; :>rto Rico, sailed for New York in re? J ionse to a call from a committee off | e House of Representatives, wbichf isires to confer witb bim regarding ^ gislation for tbe island. DOMESTIC. . Bernarr MacFadden, publisher off (alth periodicals, was convicted, in ew York City, on Anthony Com*- . /yza ock's obscene beauty show poster targe, and sentence was suspended. The residents of Juneau have raised renty tons of provisions for tbe stirrers by fire at Wrangel, Alaska. Accompanied'^ her children, Ethel? * # rchie and Queritin, Mrs. Roosevelt' : /Jj iled from Fernandina, Fla., for West '-MS idian waters on a cruise of ten days the yacht Mayflower. The Sugar Trust and the New York ' jntral Railway were indicted in New? tj>j >rk City for rebating. George P. Pinnigan, of Chenango >unty, obtained from Judge Greenium an order to explore the Equltile's so-called "yellow dog" account* the vaults of the Mercantile Trust , jmpany, New York City. The Ohw Legislature adopted reso- ( S tions asking Congress to investigate arges against Estes G. Rathbone in | nnectiou with, the Cuban postal; V andal. The Theodore Roosevelt, Intended to ( the fastest steamer on the great" kes, was launched at Toledo, Ohio. . \ The receipts of the engagement in; ifsburg of tie Metropolitan opera ^ mpany were not quite $50,000, al-' ; a ough $80,000 had been expected. The $100,000 dam at Alcova, Wyora-f g, erected by the Government recla-; . ation service, has been washed away, j " - - ? *1.- DlaMa.' - ' Tlie HUOUJIlg VI LUC UU1W naiw irer. Justice Dowling granted Mr. Jer- J ae's motion for a special Grand Jury,: ? New York City to investigate insurice matters in May. It was declared that the De Forest ireless Telegraph Company had sent* 2 words from the Manhattan Beaciii ition to Dursey Head, Ireland. A. bill designed to make betting on' ."? 'ft irse racing a felony in New York wa?s lied in Senate Committee at Albany. ; ' Masonic Temple, the largest business > ock in Dover, N. H., was burned.- -.#0 ?ss upward of $200,000. The Philadelphia mint will be closed; : ? r three months during the comingcal year because of a decrease of 0,000 In the appropriation for wages. ' Daniel Strauss, who fought under e French flag in two wars and under] J e Stars and Stripes in the American! vil War, committed suicide at New >rk, where he was a doorman in-the'. Una Tlonorfmonf ^? '-* Morris Buck, who shot and killed: . ..> rs. Canfleld, the wife of the oil milllalre, was sentenced, in Los Angeles,,- ' I., to be hanged June 1. [t was decided to perform an autopsy,? the prosecution of Albert T. Pat-; k, now in Sing Sing (N. Y.) prisonr siting execution, on the bodies of. o paupers treated with embalming]. Id similar to that used on the body W. M. Rice. ________ FOREIGN. Prance is snid to be preparing to en ce the maximum tariff law against nezuela. \ German syndicate is reported seekr to buy Fanning Island, in the Pa-' ic, where there is a British, cable sta-; , n. < ; \dvices from London say that aItish campaign against Abyssinian besmen who have attacked natives' Somalilaud is expected. _ , vf Chancellor von Buelow, of Germany. led the reports that he would resign' >o!ish." Count Witte sent this message to the, aerican people: "Russian will rise; m tliis crisis regenerated, greater' in ever." dispatch from Harbin to Moscow: d that hostilities were imminent be een uninese ana itussiau irowpa. The elections in St. Petersburg ?sed without disorder. It is genery conceded that the Constitutional) mocrats have won a sweeping vicy V band of Russian students unsuc* isfully attempted to rob a bank at raraboff. Disorders were renewed in the coal tricts in the north of France. Th?ikers used dynamite and the troops re kept busy in checking riots. Peasants in Russia threaten an ese owned by Princess Cantacnzene, ?ther-in-law of General Grants rnddaiifihter. and troops hare beenrled to keep order. >. V meeting of mayors representing ; cit.es, towns and villages of Spaia being tirrf.nged for the purpose off" ;ani7.iu?s a public subscription to buy* oyal x-rown for the future Queen. By an explosion in the TakashimaJ mine, near Nagasaki. Japan, 250 ncrs were killed.