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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. isswmo seml-weekly, i. m. grist ft sons, pubu>her?. } % djamitg jtaspger: 4f#r (he promotion of (he jgoihiaal, social, agricultural and commercial interests of the |eopte. f rms c??cop*."rvice established 1855. yoekyille, s. c., saturday, june 8, 1901. no. 46. ? ; j if HUB 5- t ZBTT THOMAS T>. Copyright. 1901, by Thomas P. Montfort. CHAPTER XXIV. "all's well that ends well." Pap Sampson was expecting the arrival of Louisa. He had immediately after Sim's return sent her word in forming her or that ract. tie naa not asked her to come and bad made uo suggestion as to what she should do. He simply told her that Sim had come ?- u home and was going to give himself up and left the rest to her. He believed she would come. He felt confident of it. but he didn't know. He said nothing to Sim of what be bad done for fear of encouraging false hopes. If Louisa came, it would be all right, but if she didn't it would be better for Sim to think she didn't know. So It was that Pap Sampson was all on edge with expectancy and doubt and was In a continual fidget. He was so anxious for Louisa to come and so afraid she wouldn't. Then, toor If she did come he wanted to be the first to _ meet her. Of course Sim's old neighbors were anxious to learn the history of his life during the four years of his absence, and they plied him with eager questions until he was forced to tell much more than he wished. His career as a soldier bad been glorious in an humble way. for he bad fought at the front in many hard contested battles. awl he had performed more than one deed of uncommon valor. But Sim was modest, and it was trying to him to have to speak of these things, and even when he was driven to it be ^ passed them over as lightly as possi^ ble. Pap Sampson, however, was too fond and Droud of Sim to allow his heroism to remain unknown. So, notwithstanding his excited condition, he took time to tell the full story of how Siih had saved Thompson by bravely rescuing him from the field of battle In a rain of shot and shell. Pap told \s It all as Thompson had told it. giving Sim his full meed of credit. When he had finished, there was a long silence, during which everybody sat with open mouth, staring at Sim in astonishment. It was a full minute before any one spoke, and even then some one merely exclaimed: "Waal. I'll Jest be doggoned!" This broke the spell, and quickly Sam Morgan added: "Don't that heat you? Who'd 'a' ever thought of Sim Banks doin any 6ieh a way as that?" "Lord." some one exclaimed. "1 bet w he was skeered. though. Wa'n't you, Sim?' "I don't know," Sim replied wearily. "I don't mlr.d much 'bout it." Pap Sampson brought his cane down with a thump. "Of co'se Sim wa'n't skeered," he said. "A man that'll do like he done - - ? A. -ti. -? x 4.1.:~ ain t a-gwine 10 git sseereu ui uuium. i Sim Banks skeered! Lord, you make | me plumb tired." "My land. Tap, you're plumb right 'bout that. A feller fixed like Sim was thar don't have no time to think 'bout gittin skeered. I know jest how it are. 'cause I've been in lots of jest sich scrapes myself. I mind doin putty nigh jest that same thing once on a awful bloody battlefield, an I wa'n't no more skeered than I am this minute." ^ "Was that the time you fit Hicks' taters down thar in the cellar, Ebene zer?" Ebenezer Sparks tossed his head with an air of fine scorn. "I reckon." he said, "you think you're pow'ful smart, alius draggin that old cellar in ever' time I (last to open my mouth. But I guess you'll keep on a-draggin it In till you've wore it pluiub out." Tap Sampson, who had been out on the street, came hurriedly in and whispered something to Sim. No one heard what he said, but whatever it was it had a magical effect, for Sim was transformed in an instant from a state of listless apathy to one of eager and excited interest. Ilis face beamed, and his eyes glistened, and he trembled from head to foot. He sprang up and started out. but Sam Morgan laid his hand gently on his arm to detain him. Ttio npvf moment a woman annemed in the open door. Everybody looked up and saw it was Louisa. Then a silence as still as death fell over the scene. She paused for an instant and glanced around. Her eyes wandered until they rested on Sim. Then with a cry . full of joy and pathos she tottered toward him. His arms opened to receive her, and the next moment she was folded to his breast, and in silence they were weeping together. Nobody spoke. It was a scene too Impressive, too sacred, to be disturbed. Many stood with their heads ber.t. their hearts full and their eyes moist w with tears. Sam Morgan drew his handkerchief from his pocket and hastily turned his face away, while Ebe nezer Sparks stood smiling Idiotically, making heroic efforts to appear unaf fected. ^ No one moved but Tap Sampson. Ho stood thumping the floor with his cane 11. . MONTFORT. as though Be had a contract to thump a hole through It and was determiner' to accomplish his undertaking. All the while there was a smile on his wrinkled. tanned old face such as had not been seen there for many days. He was happy, and no wonder! He had worked and hoped and longed for this all those four long years. It was Sim who broke the silence. Taking Louisa's head between his hands, he raised It gently unti." their eyes met. Then he saw that she, too, had suffered. "Poor little girl!" he said tenderly. "It has been bard, cruelly hard, for you." "Yes," she sighed, "hard and dark, but it has been harder for you. Poor Sim!" "And ycu pity me too?" She drew closer to him and met his eyes with hers in a look full of tenderness. "It is not that Sim," she whispered. "It is not pity." He began to tremble. Ah, could it be that heaven was about to open right before him, with all its light and glory, after this long, weary night of bitter desolation? He dared not hope. It was too much to expect. In husky, eager tones be said: "Louisa, tell me, what Is It?" "It is love." Then to Sim Banks all the glory and joys of earth and heaven were unfolded. and in one moment all the dark sorrows and pains of the past, all the threatened dangers of the future, pass ed away as a dream. That was the nno mnmpnt of sunreme bliss in his life. Holding her close to his heart be said: "Loueesy, is it really true? Can It be possible?" "It is." she replied. "It is all true. I love you. I have loved you for a long time. How could I help it after all your goodness to me and the way you did when you went away?" Sim looked at her wonderingly. "I don't understand," he said. "I only tried to do my duty the best I could. It wasn't much." "It was much to me. It was enough to show me that you are the noblest and best man in the world, and 1 love you with my whole heart and soul." Sim was too happy to speak, so he stood silently stroking her hair, absorbing the joy with which the very air seemed impregnated. After a little while she said: "And now, Sim, can you ever forgive me after all I have made you suffer?" "Forgive you. Loueesy!" he exclaimed. "Cod knows I never had a hard thought for you an never blamed you for anything in my life." "No, but for all that, Sim, I was >1 ILACUt "You was not to blame. What you done you couldn't help. You was not to blame one bit." She nestled her head on his shoulder and drew a long sigh of happy relief. "I know now," she said, "that I never loved before?not with such love as this." Some there were who watched this reunion of husband and wife with curiosity, some who watched it with joy and two who watched it with malice and envy. These last were Mary Mann and Jim Thorn. They did not forget that Sim was under arrest and that probably the gallows or the state prison awaited him, but in spite of that they would have deprived him or the happiness of this brief moment Sam Morgan was rejoiced, yet troubled. He was happy to see Sim and Louisa joined in love, but he, too, remembered the future and what it likely held for Sim. Turning to Pap Sampson. he whispered: "I'd give the world if Sim was only free. It seems so hard to take him from his wife now." "Sim's innocent." Pap replied, "an I don't b'liove he'll have to suffer." "I wish I could b'liove that. Pap, but I can't. I don't see uo reason for hope." "I'll hope to the last, Sam. reason or no reason. It 'pears like the squire an them others is stayin a long time. don't it'/" "I Hies so. That feller must 'a* had a heap of business with 'em. I'd give a punty to know what it is." ' .Mebhy we'll know right soon now. for I see 'em a-comin." Presently the squire entered the roonu followed closely by Jason Roberts and Ilicks. The squire looked very solemn, and his face was almost sad. Ilicks was quiet and impassive, but Jason was smiling all over. The squire walked to his seat, and Ilicks followed and sat near him. Neither of them spoke to anybody. Jason, however, stopped long enough to whisper a word to Sim. What that word was no one knew, but they all saw that it caused Sim to start and look wonderingly around. The squire put on his spectacles, took a paper from his pocket and unfolded It. Then he looked around over all j those assembled and said impressively: ? "1 have here a paper that 1 am going C to read, but first I want to say, in the ~ presence of you all, that Sim Banks is an innocent man." A flutter of excitement succeeded T!l these words, and two or three edged up to Sim and extended him their hands s to show that they were glad. Sam Era Morgan gave a yell and threw his hat "of clear up to the celling, while Pap Samp- ha< son began a vigorous pounding on the err floor with his cane. un< Squire Beeson rapped on his table to t0 bring Pap and Sam to order. Then he th proceeded to read the paper he held In his hand. the That paper was the confession of Jo- th seph Thompson, formerly known to cei Hi Jenkins and Jonathan Turner as Pa-' Walte, but whose real name was Rob- lov ert Marchand. He confessed in the presence of witnesses and under oath r that be fired the shot that killed Frank ^ Shelton. alias James Melvin. He did Wii It, he said, to avenge the honor of his ha1 sister and the life of his brother, and ^01 he had no regrets for the act. He had mi< tracked Shelton to that place, and he Cor had come there under the name of dor Waite for the purpose of killing him. ^ After that he had gone to the army tIvi under the name of Thompson, and fate ecu had guided him to Sim Banks, the up man who was suspected of his crime. ??* When Sim came home, he had come the with him, knowing Sim would be ar- tioi rested and it would devolve on him to sori clear him. "So now," the squire concluded. jn "Sim Banks Is discharged and stands wit before the world an innocent and a ?he free man." ^ "An the happiest man this side of l&i kingdom come." Pap Sampson cried, tali "an I'm next!" of J Then was joy turned loose. Jim a( Thorn and Mary Matin slipped quietly exc in rT~T~y I ^ woi I tha 1 S 1 the re! Will1 / ^ ten due I L"tr V "Louecxy, is it really true?" c?r out and stole away, but all tbe rest re- ?t.. mained to congratulate Situ and re- erit Joice with biui and Louisa. It was a E great scene and one that was never ^ forgotten, and if Squire Beeson's office exJ floor was not punched full of holes It ber was not Pap Sampson's fault. cor "Pap Is my true and tried old friend," Sim said, with tears in his eyes, "for inB he stood by me from the first to the ger last." <h0 "Lord. Sim. nobody couldn't ever ^ make me b'lieve you done It." Pap re- SOn piled, "an when these felleru 'lowed it ans was you I knowed they was jest bark- * In at a knot." And this Is all. except that two days am later Robert Mnrchand died In Sim act Banks' arms and that Sim and Louisa lie; have settled down to a new life, with f^e the old dark past cut adrift, with ail thii Its sorrows, sufferings and misunder- ant standings. on Sim is happy and contented, for he nee knows his wife loves him. the the exd. por Pt'BLIC EXTRAVAGANCE. rea Old Man Grover Utters n Timely so i WnritiiiK t<? tlie People. son The public reads with interest and 't ^ the respect whatever ex-President Cleve- ?jv land says on the Issues and problems lint of the day. nec In a recent article he calls attention ^ in his usual forcible style to "another c0l] malign condition" which should not be hor obscured by the trusts, the imperialist v'd tendencies of our government or any thn' other danger. pre "It is," he says, "older and more the stealthv than its fellows; and if less! j one hateful in appearance, it is by no means C0ll less calamitous and destructive to our car national character and dignity. This E?c evil is the steadily increasing waste in me^ public expenditure." y Those who are familiar with the rec- thi ords of congress during the last few years will not accuse the ex-president of exaggeration or idle fears. He sticks jnt to facts and draws logical conclusions thn from them. He sketches the growth and increasing recklessness of appro- T] priations and shows that a great part mi.< of them have not been demanded by un< the public needs and concludes with j this solemn warning for which there is superabundant provocation: "The lessons of extravagance and paternalism must be unlearned; economy and frugality must be reinstated; "V and the people must exact trom tneir jie representatives a watchful care for rro the general welfare and a stern resistence to the demands of selfish inter- ('or ests, if our government is to be an 1 enduring and beneficent protection to mo a patriotic and virtuous people." The present era of prosperity has ' ' been attended, as such periods aways sf)t are. by a development of the spirit of 2, extravagance in the people and con- S(r sequently in the government. . The halt which Mr. Cleveland counsels would he a most fortunate thing 3 for the country.?Atlanta Journal. yes ittterrUimrmtji grading. TILLMAN AND McSWEENEY. e Senator and the Governor Exchange Warm Compliment*. lenator Tillman, on Tuesday, teleiphed to Governor McSweeney to know Ticially" whether Senator McLaurin 1 withdrawn his resignation. Govlor McSweeney telegraphed that he lerstood Senator McLaurin's letter be a withdrawal. Senator Tillman ;n wrote another abusive letter about lator McLaurin. . In the meantime > n-Avorr>nr Vi a rl olroarlv rAnll^H tn ) warm letter he had previously reved from Tillman. The two letters 3sed in the mails. They are as folrs: Till man to McSweeney. )ear Sir: I am in receipt of your jgram in which you say, "I undernd Senator McLaurin's letter to be a ihdrawal of his resignation," and I re read that worthy's communicati in which he graciously consents your request, "to hold on to his comssion as United States senator and itinue to serve the state as he has le in the past, to the best of his abil'his leaves me one of three alternaes. To appeal to the Democratic exitive committee to take the matter and determine what the best interof the party requires to be done, to >eal to the senate itself to determine question as to whether a resignan from that body, to take effect at ne future time is binding, or withlw my own resignation. There are precedents on this ubject, because the 125 years of our national life, h more man 200 resignations from senate, no senator has hitherto in willing to occupy the despicable itude now assumed by Senator Mcurin and forced on me. I am certi of one thing: that the executive a. state has no authority to decline a ignation that has been tendered, 1 I am equally certain that had your ellenev confined vour action with legal bounds that your appointees uld be seated in the senate when t body meets in December, and hold ir seats until the legislature should in January. My chief regret is that m forced by your action to engage what the outside world will consider rame of opera bouffe, by withdrawmy own resignation after Senator Laurin's undignified and puerile acj; but the purpose for which it was dered has been thwarted by Senator Laurin's precipitous acceptance of cutive advice. Bob Acres has been done for once. As I have already d I had no motive or purpose in rening except to force McLaurin's, 1 there Is nothing for me to do but ept the situation and withdraw my n resignation, if it be lawful to do Yours respectfully, B. R. Tillman. McSweeney to Tillman. ir: Your letter of June 1st has been' eived. I have carefully noted its. itents, and the most charitable view, an take of it is that it was writ-1 in the heat of passion and without ' i consideration, note that you say that I have anscended" my authority and that governor "cannot compel a member J the United States senate to hold his nmission and exercise the functions 1 that office if he chooses to surrender and that vou "decline for the presto withdraw" your resignation. j fad you read carefully my letter ad-: ssed to you and to Senator McLau. you must have seen that I did not >ress any desire to "compel a rr\em-; of the United States to hold his nmission and exercise the functions that office," if he chooses to sur-, der it. My sole purpose in return- I the resignations was to ask you1 itlemen to consider caimiy anu; ughtfuly the consequences to the pie of what I judged to be a hasty . and I must confess that I am newhat surprised at the tone of your iwer to my request, consider the course which I took in s matter to be for the best interests' the people of South Carolina, and I responsible to them alone for my ion. And, furthermore, I still here that my course has met the ap val of a majority of the citizens of state, nor do I consider them "unnking citizens." but men who know 3 recognize as fully as any people earth the rights and duties and remsibilities of citizenship, and do not id the services of any one to tell m their duty. ou insinuated that I have been "imtuned" to "await the convenience" any present or would-be aspirants 0 "are not just yet ready for various sons to enter the contest brought on 1 unexpectedly." and that for this rea- I 1 my action has taken the direction Koo ic nnu'nrthv nf n man holdiner! high commission which has been en you by the people of South Caroi. and deserves notice in this contion. However, I may say for your lefit that I alone am responsible for reply and will give account for the irse I have taken to the people who lored me and not to any one indiual. n this'matter I have done what I ught best calculated to promote the sent prosperity and contentment of people of my state, and shall conue to do so regardless of what any 1 man may say or think of my irse. I did not think that a political npaign this summer could do any >d. However, had the resignations n unconditional and unrestricted, action might have been otherwise, nth due respect for your opinion, I nk I have as high "conception of the ce of senator and its powers" as you any other citizen of this state, and i must have known that the brief erview to which you refer meant t I would simply meet the responsity and perform my duty under the iditions. f you still wish to resign your contusion and will send to this office an onditional resignation. I will exer? the authority and power vested in by the people. Respectfully. M. B. MoSweexey. f if at Tillman* Sees.?The Bamberg raid draws the following conclusions m Tillman's effort to bring on a itest with McLaurin this summer: . That the so-called "McLaurin vement" is very strong all over the ite. Ben Tillman doesn't fight oks. . That Tillman thinks he is the ongest man in the State, and the y one that can beat McLaurin. . That the idea of a primary this ir is to prevent as far as possible the dissemination among the people of the views held by McLaurin. 4. Tillman sees ahead the downfall of himself unless he can kill this movement in its infancy, and that is why he has thrown himself into the breach. 5. That Tillman and other old-time politicians believe the only way to defeat McLaurin is to have the tight on him made this year, and that they actually want the extra primary. That is about the summary that will ut: icauucu uy must taiciui uuacivcio. ?Charleston Post. -? m ? CREED REVISION. TIieolo?ry Did Not Come to a Stop With Wentmlniiter Contention. Rev. J. F. Carson preached on revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith, Sunday in New York, explaining what the revisionists mean and what they tV-ant. He is reported as follows in the New York Herald: "The movement for the revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith is one of absorbing interest to the Presbyterian church, and of more than passing interest to the rest of the Christian world. The movement for a revision has been growing for many years, and will continue to grow until such definite action is taken as will 'vindicate and clear the doctrines of the church from false aspersions and misconstructions' and 'give a better understanding of what is most surely believed among us." "The decision is a happy one. There is no disposition anywhere to change or modify the vital faith of the church. The Presbyterian church is calvlnistic to the core and thoroughly loyal to its creed. The only proposition before the church is to change or explain the credal statement of the church's faith. Not one of the essential doctrines of the Presbyterian system is to be discarded or imDaired. The Confession of Faith Is not to be Impugned or set aside. That confession is the queen jewel in the cluster of gems of the calvlnistlc system. It Is the cosummate flower of the reformation movement. "But more than that. The revision of the Confession of Faith is in line with the fact of the continued revelation of truth. I am told that creeds are the product of historic development, the outcome of keen controversy, of conflict, of witness bearing. That is true. And that is the solid basis on which an appeal for revision rests. Truth comes to men by the way of a progressive revelation. The church is not simply to retain the truth which has been transmitted to her, but she is to increase her volume of truth by her own fuller studies of experiences of God's revelation of Himself and His plan. A church which is satisfied with what she J has received from the former generations and does not seek to add to what she has stored uo in her creeds and cat- j echisms and systems may be orthodox,! but its attitude toward truth is wrong; ! at heart it is disloyal to the truth and' dead to the love of it. "I have profound respect for John Calvin. I believe in the doctrine of the Westminster Confession. But I am persuaded that theology did not come to a stop with Calvin or the Westminster divines. I believe that God has yet more light to break forth from His word. Truth is always the same, unchangeable as its author, but with the changing circumstances and conditions of the times, with the progress of Intelligence, with the varying phases of hpiipf and nnhelief. there comes a ne cessity for a new and different emphasis upon truth and for a new expression of it. "Creeds are a development. They are not made, they grow. Every creed, and every proposition of every creed that lives was first a fact in the life of the church before it was formulated into an article of faith. Creeds are not framed to create a belief, but to express it. The need of credal revision arises from the fact that new questions of vital importance come to the front demanding explicit statement, and new experiences in the life of the Church demand a credal statement. When the unwritten creed of the church is found to be broader and richer than the written creed there is need of revision and change." FACTS ABOUT PENSIONS. Roll Won't Come to nn End For Another Fifty Yearn. A pension official in Washington has been trying to figure how long it will be before the national pension roll comes to an end. He practically admit3 that he is unable to solve the problem, owing to the fact that there is a difference from year to year in the increase of pensions, and there are also the Spanish war pensions to be considered, for which, outside of the Philippine service, there have already been filed two-thirds as many applications as there were troops actually engaged in the war. According to his figures, there were at the close of the year a total of 9113,529 names on the roll, an increase of 2,010 from the previous year. During that year the names of 43,334 pensioners were dropped from the list; but this was more than offset by the 43,344 that were added, 4,699 of these being names restored that had been previously dropped for various reasons. He then figured that if there was no increase at all and an annual average decrease of 43,000 a year, tne pension roll would be exhausted in about 23 years, or in 1924. As throwing a little light on the question, the statistics of the Mexican war pensioners may be quoted. This war ended 55 years ago, and yet there are today 8,352 survivors on the roll, as well as 8,154 widows, with a.total number of beneflciaries.^imounting to 16,464, while on June 30, 1900, there was still on the pension list one survivor, and 1,742 widows of the war of 1812. If the Civil war pensions and those for the Spanish war are to run at anything like the same rate, the present century will be more than half gone before there is any promise of the wiping out of all pensions resulting form our wars of the past; and it may be stated that from 1861 to 1900 the pension system has cost Uncle Sam no less than $2,562,974,010.?Boston Herald. A DEMOCRATIC COXIEST. Whatever the Object of the Mexican War It Reunited In Expansion. The Mexican war grew out of the annexation of Texas by the United States. March 2,1836, Texas seceded from Mexico and declared her independence, which she maintained by the defeat of Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. The United States, England, France and Holland recognized the new government as independent. December 29, 1845, Texas was annexed to the United States. A dispute as to the boundary induced President Polk to order General Taylor to take a position in the disputed territory on the left bank of the Rio Grande. Here (near Matamoros,) he was attacked April 23, 1846, by Mexicans under Arista, and a portion of his army was captured. Taylor advanced into the north of Mexico, leaving garrisons at Corpus Chrlsti and at Fort Brown, opposite Matamoros, and after the battles of Palo Alto (Mav 8, 1846,) Resaca de la Palma (May 9, 1846), Buena Vista (February 22, 23, 1847), and a number of lesser fights, in which the Mexicans were defeated, he gained control of all northern Mexico. General Scott, landing at Vera Cruz, advanced to the City of Mexico defeating Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo (April 17, 1847, Contreras (August 19, 20, 1847), Churubusco 'August 20, 1847), and Molino del Rey (September 7, 8, 1847), causing the surrender of the capital and the termination of the war September 13, 1847. During these operations in Mexico, General Kearney and Lieutenant Fremont occunieH Co Hfornla and New Mexico with American troops. Under the treaty of peace signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico, upon payment by the United States of $15,000,000 and of private claims which amounted to $3,250,000, ceded to the latter the territory now comprislne Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, a large part of New Mexico, portions of Colorado and Wyoming, and all of California.?Richardson's Messages and Papers of the Presidents', Vol. X, page 470. THE PROFESSOR'S PRAYER. Some Terrible Erlli From Which He Would Have Deliverance. "The Day Book of John Stuart Blackle," consisting of selections from the manuscript of the fearless old professor, has just been published in London. The book starts off with the old professor's "Litania Nlgelll," from which come the following typical clauses: "From the presumption of orthodox theology to define God in scholastic terms, from the degrading superstition that worships God with blind and the negative sense, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From beggars for my clients, from fools for my worshippers and from untidy women for my servants, "Good Lord, deliver me. From the impertinence of youthful critics, from the unreasoned giggle of silly young ladies, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From the barren subtlety of lawyers, from the slippery shiftiness of nnUHrlnns and from the blind rest lessness or calculated selfishness of commercial speculators, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From a man that simpers sweetly, from a woman that laughs loudly, and from a young woman ambitious to play the young man, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From a scholar who smells of books, from a sportsman who smells of horses and a mother who smells of babies, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From genius without sense, from talent without love and from creeds without humanity, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From a spinner of fine phrases, a spinner of senseless rhyme and a woman who paints, "Good Lord, deliver me. "From the three infallibles, the Ro man Pope, the editor of a party newspaper and a woman when she is wrong, "Good Lord, deliver me." The Appointment of Capers. Washington correspondent of The News and Courier: Your correspondent stated in yesterday's dispatch that the importance of Mr. Caper's appointment, as far as Senator McLaurin was concerned, is very much exaggerated in any event. This position is sustained by a glance at the endorsements which went in with Mr. Caper's application. For instance, there was a petition signed by a large number of mill presidents, bankers and business men generally of the state; strong letters from United States Circuit Judge Simonton and United States District Judge Brawley, of South Carolina, (these iinwover nniv referring: to Mr. Caper's capacity), also from the four Southern Republican senators?Scott and Elkins, of West Virginia; McComas, of Maryland, and Pritchard, of North Carolina ?from ex-Attorney General Griggs, Solicitor General Richards, and Assistant Attorney General Pradt, from the justices of the United States court of claims and many other endorsements from similarly high sources. tST The Russian government is considering plans for a canal from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.