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Bali of Schooner Davis Palmer Ashore Near Boston Harbor CLEARS UP A MYSTERY The Captain and the Entire Crew of Eileven Men Went Down With the [aimer?Another Disaster Added to tho Long List of These Caused By tho Storm. The wreck of the five masted ncnocner Davis Palmer was located Tuesday morning just outside of De t?s Bank buoy, north of Commis sioners Ledge, at the entrance to Bread Sound, Boston harbor. The biij vessel He3 submerge!,. but tne mut heads project from the water. It is thought that the Palmer touch ed a shcal spot early Sunday morn Ll-t, the seas during the terrific storm sweeping the ce;ks clear and carry ing tae crew of twelve men to their death. The Palmer was bound from New port Newa fcr Boston, with a cargo of coal, and carried a crew of twelve men. The vessel lies in ths channel, and is a dangerous menace to other vessels. The less of the Palmer be came known Monday when wreckage bearing her name was found on Pull Beach. The discovery of the wreck of the Palmer was followed by the re port of another wreck In the outer harbor. Ihis second victim of the great storm, which swept New Eng land Saturday night and Sun :ay, was reported by Capt. Kemp, of the tug Ariel, who asserts that he saw three masks of a schooner projecting above the water near the shoals known as "the, graves." Although Capt. Kemp locates the vessel three miles east of the wreck of the Palmer, some marine authori ties think that he may have been mistaken In his bearings, and that bo saw the Palmer's masts. Seafearlng men, who believe that the tug boat captain is net in error about his bearings, are discussing the possibility of a collision between the Palmer and the unknown schoon er. Probably the last person to see the Palmer before she sank was Capt Sookamp, of the barge Hopatcong, which docked a.t. Lynn .from Hobo ?"tcenr 116"reporfe"! passing"the Palm-' er o?. Cape Cod late Christmas after noon. At that time the Palmer's 'sailors were on deck singing and c*l .ebrating the holiday in true sea fash ion, all unknowing of the fate that .awaited them within a few hours at the entrance of their home port. Tueday's roll of wrecks was in creased Wednesday. The schooner Ada K. Damon, the sole suppore of her aged master, Capt. A. K. Brew ater, of York, Maine, went ashore near Ipswich. She will probably be a total loss. Her crew managed to reach shore safely. .. In Chelsea, where a tidal wave broke a dyke and flooded the homes of 2,000 people, a high tide opened two new breaks. Many of the cellars on higher ground which had been pumped out by Are engines were again flooded. It will be weeks be fore the people In t^?? el?hty acres which are under water every high tide, will be able to return to their homes. WALL OP STORE FALL8. The Front cf Building at Bishopvill* Tumbles Down. Saturday about two o'clock in the afternoon the front of two stores occupied by the McLeod Drug com pany and J. D. Hill furniture Btore, at Bi8hopville, fell to the sidewalk. This front wall which was about ten feet high gave way and fell with out any pause apparently other than the little wind which was blowing. Fortunately no cue was on the side walk near and therefore no damage was done other than to the building itself. Had It fallen at any time the day before, Christmas eve, it prob ably would have killed and injured a score or more people as the sidewalk was crowded all that day with the Christmas ?hoppers. Didn't Know Their Danger. Fire was discovered in the hold of the White Star liner Celtic Wednes day, when the vessel was four days out from New York. When the liner arrived at Liverpool Tuesday, the fire was still burning, but its presence was unknown to the 400 passengers aboard. The flames started in hold six, filled with cotton bales. Abovr* deck there was no evidence of any thing unusual. The hold has been flooded. Much Booze. At Dawson, Ga., officers raided the store of Clayton Aaron, colored, and confiscated 1,100 pints of alleged blind tiger whiskey. Three wagons were required to transport the goods to the courthouse. The whiskey was cleverly concealed in the cealing of the store, the officers finding it after a very close search. McLaurin's Successor. Oov. Noel Tuesday announced the appointment of Cel. James Jordan of Oklahoma, as United States Senator from Mississippi succeeding the late Senator McLaurln, who died a few days ago. TJLHES A WJS12K. LEFT ?IS WIFE AND CHILD IN COLUMBIA FOR ANOTHER WOMAN. I . J. Thomns FrankBn, Claiming to Represent a Church Paper, Wonted 1 on Sorlcus Charge. The State says that J. Thomas Franslln, a former resident of Col umbia, is wanted there to answer to a charge of wife desertion, and Sher iff W. H. Coleman Tuesaay seat re : quests to officers in a number of (.nies, which will doubtless result in his spbe.y arrest. A warrant Issued by Magistrate T. J. Roberts and sworn out by Mrs. Mamie H. Frank? 1 tin charges the accused with the de ?seiticn cf his wife and infant child j in C-lambia, September 13, 1909. i Franklin 13, or represented himself ' to be, a traveling representative of ! j.he Christian Observer, a well known religious publication issued by Con verse & Co., of Loui3cille, Ky. It is to be, a traveling representative of ueserticn, he may be also con i frcntei with a bigamy charge as he ! has married again since leaving his wife in Columbia. It is allege! that he came to Col umbia last September an! succeeded in inducing his wife to let him hav? certain money that she had in the bank here and since that time has uot returned. Shortly after leaving on this trip, he i3 sill to have mar red again an! removed his residence to another State. The seccnl marriage, not having occurred in South Carolina, nothing has been aone on the bigamy charge an! Franklin is wanted to answer to the charge of desertion. But there Is seme indication that he has even a third wife, and that at least t*'o ? live in this State. That will make 1 out a case of statutory bigamy if the facts can be established. I It 13 als:, sill that he has been i criminal before, and will not be in the toils for the fir3t time, having serve! two terms in the penitentiary for forgery. Representing such a well known publication as The Chris i tlan Observer, which has been for i many years a visitor to numerous I Christian homes, indicated that ho was above reproach ani the news of the warrant Issued in Columbia will be a surprise In many parf3 of this State and elsewhere where he is sup ! posedly well known. Sheriff Cole xcan Tuesday .communicated'' with Converse & Co., telling cf the charge agarfnst their representative. ATTACKED BY A FIEND. Brave Young Woman Faced Death to Save Her Honor. With both feet so frozen that they probably will have to be amputate! and suffering from shock, Miss Neliie ' Straver, twenty-two years eld, Is at the home of an uncle In Eau Clair, Butler county, Pa., following a des perate experience in which she brav ed death to save her honor. The young woman arrived at Par ker station during the night and en gaged a young man to drive her to her uncle's heme. Instead the man drove in an opposite direction, and when in an isolated spot attacked Miss Straver. After a fight in which she says she was divested of nearly all her cloth ing, Including her shoes, she escaped and fie! down a hill, through deep snow to the river. After wandering around all night she was discovered in the morning and given aid. Offi cers are searching for a young man who is sal! to have disappeared from his home in Parkers. TRAINS CRASH. Five Trainmen Die in Railroad Mixup iu Indiana. Five trainmeu were killed ad two were fatally hurt Monday in a head on freight collissicn on the Balti j more an! Ohio Southwestern railroad j near Fort Ritner, Ind. The dead are: ! Lawrenco Aniich. engineer; J. L. j Routt and Jacob Emly, firemen; Fin ley Lee and Frang Hattabaugh, 1 brakemen, R. J. Cjnley, brakeman, and Frank M. Walls, engineer, wer?: j fatally hurt. The trains mtt on a sharp curve, apparently because of misunderstanding of orders. Loco motives and cars were smashed aul their wreckage was piled high. The injure! sufferel terribly in the cold I before help reached them. Burned to Death. Legare, the three-yuar-old Bon of I Postmaster Wilmot L. Harris, of ! Charleston, died Sunday from the re sults of burns receive! at the Christ mas tree celebration at his home. The little fellow was playing with a sparkler which was sal! to be safe when his clothing Ignite! and before the flames could be smothered, Le I gare was burned so badly that medi j cal skill could net avail and death j came to his relief at an early hour. Dragged to His Death. At Augusta. Ga., Edward A. Springs, a driver of the Augusta fir? department, was thrown from his seat on the engine Sunday afternoon and both wheels crssed over his body, causing instant death. The horses balked and then lounged for ward, one of them breaking the col ' lar. Springs had his hands hi the ! grips on the lines and was dragged j from his seat and under the wheels. ORA-N HEB UKfc* 8. REIGN OF CRAFT New York Jurist Declares fhat Patriotic Age is No More. I -, DOLLAR USURPS HOMAGE! Suprea? Court Justice Wesley O. j Howard, of New York, in an Opin- j Ion Reducing Compensation Com missioners, Declares that Graft ia a Product of Our Times. "The age of patriotism has yield ed to the ag3 of commercialism. Uppermost in the human mind toaav is not the Stars and Stripes, but tae dollar mark." Such was the declaration of Su preme Court Justice Wesley O. How ard, of New York, in an opinion Tuesday reducing the compensatio? of members of a commission appoint ed to appraise carnages to property resulting from the construction of Ashokan reservoir in Uister countv, which is to furnish a water supply for New York city. "While the commission furnishf-s avenues for the reckless escape of many dollars, there are other chan nels of leakage as wastefully appall ing," said the juage. "It is greatly to be regretted tnat no public enterprise can b3 projected and consummated without this ap palling loss, called 'graft.' Graft is net necessarily an Illegal expenll ture of money, but It 13 that unnec essary wasteful use which character izes the construction of every public venture. At least 40 per cent, of all the money appropriated for public U6e Is lest in graft. All coulJ be possible if this frightful leak could be stopped?roacs, canal3, libraries, asylums and hospitals. * "Graft is a product of our times ani institutions. It is the people who are responsible. They expect 'graft,' anl even spell and booty, to leplete their resources whenever any great undertaking is ventured by them; anl then lcok with complac ence and toleration and indifference ?t ravages upon their property. Graft Is a? much a^ element to be reckon ed with In computing the cost of 3 public structure, as Is cement or lumber. It his come to be a matter of- course?this' rake off?a loss re cognized by all who make estimates of erst in such cases. A public struc ture built hone^'y would be a freak." Justice Howard declares that the "whole project of the condemnation of the lani in the Ashokan valley is characterlred by waste, disorder and confusion." POLL TAX FATAL. J. J. Hemphili Misses a Gocd Fat Job for Faying It. The payment of his poll tax In South Carolina has cost ex-Represen tative John J. Hemphili a $5,000 dol lar position in the service of the government as a commissioner of the District of Columbia. It is state! en good authority Mon day night that the president has de finitely dec!led not to Fend Mr. Hemphills name to the senate be cause of the fact that his eliilbility Is questioned. The Star Monday night said: "The j question cf the eligibility of John ). Kemphill h?s been decided against! Mr. Hemphili. The president prefer Ing to do nothiDg that will establish an unsatisfactory precedent that might cause citizens of the District trouble in the future." STATE SUES STATE. Much Ante Bellum History and Civil War Incidents Revived. An argument bristling with ant? bellum history and later incidents of j the Civil War In Virginia and West j I Virginia, involving a claim of $50,-! I 000,000 en behalf of Virginia against j the latter slate was heard in New I York Tuesday before Charles E. Lit I tlefield as special master in equity ; of the United States Supreme Court. The case is to determine the ques tion of the apportionment of the in ternal debt of Virginia at the time when West Virginia was a part of the "Old Dominion." A special report on the case will ultimately be filed la the United States Supreme court by the master in equity. Wrights Not to Fly for Trophy. A dispatch from Dayton, Ohio, says the Wright Brothers will not again contest for tho Michelin cup awarded to Wilbur Wright in France over a year ago for the record long distance flight in an aeroplane. This was announced by Orville Wright, who aided that for some time the Wrights will make nv flights at all. When they begin, again Orville said, it wlil be In Flor ida, where they expect to have an aviation course. Parts Hair With Bullet. At a Christmas tree frolic In h negro church at Weutworth, N. C. Dan Wooten. a half-drunk negro, quarreled with an enemy and In at tempting to shoot him fired two shots. One bullet parted the colored minister's hair on the side and th? other lodged In a bystander's arm. c. tiiuksdav. djsce SWEPi' BY sruKM ? '! T ; ..- ? one op the worst blizzards in St went y years. The Whcle Coast Enfolded in the Grasp cf the Ice King on Christ mas Day. The blizzard that started on Xmas day is said to hare been one of the worst in recent years, the worst that we have had in December foi a long time. The death roll. Is mounting high in the northern latitudes. Ship- ' ping has suffered terribly, and among the ships to suffer is the Iriquois of the Charleston New York lln. I Here the blizzard hardly amounted to anything more than making peo ple uncomfortable and freezing water pipes, but in New Yc?rk ani New England, many people freie to death, communication with different parts of the country was cut eff or serious-1 ly interrupted. ' The United States weather bureau announced Tues'ay that the snow storm had been the heaviest for De cember in aiearly t.venty years. Be ginning at 11 o'clock Saturday morn ing snow fell continuously for twenty j four hours to a cepth cf more than : ten inches. The mcximum wind ve locity for five minutes in this time was fifty-eight miles an hour. The storm covered all the country east of the Mississippi Valley ani in creased In intensity as It moved from | the inserier toward the Atlantic | coast. The wind blew harder end the 1 encw fell faster in New York than anywhere Jlse. First Assistant Fore caster E. S. Nichols at the New York station, No. 100 Broidway sali: "Away , back cn Dec. 26 and 27, 1890, we had a fall of fourteen in ches during twenty-four hours. That Is the only snow fall durtnr. Decem ber that compares with the present one. "The greatest snow fall on record for New York for twenty-four hours occurred on Feb. 17 and 18. 1893. seventeen and eight-tenths inches fell. On Jan. 24, 3 908, nine and a half inches fell. That's the only Btorm during recent years that, com pares with this." MADE RESTITUTION. a Men Is Converted and Returns .Money He Tfad Stolen. The Hamilton, Ga., Journal says about twenty years ago Messrs. C. H. and John A. Cook were doing busi ness in Hamilton unaer the name of Cook Brother. One day a sack con taining silver coin to the amount of at le3?t $185.00 was mysteriously stolen from their stcre, every effort to recover the same proving a fail ure ani the money long ago given up as forever lc6t. Last week a letter from Mont gomery written cn a letterhead of the Montgome'y Bank and Trust company, ani containing a draft drawn by this company on New York exchenge for $199.00, was received by Mr. C. H. Cook for the former firm. The letter Is unsigned and reado as follcws: "Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 1 4, 1909. Cook Brothers, Hamilton, Ga., Dear Sire?This money comes to you from a man who was converted under my ministry, you will never know who. Nor do you know mo. This shows you what the Christian relig ion can do. Now we owe one-tenth of cur inccme to God. If you want one-tenth of this used for tho Lor.', send It to Mr. A C. Davis, Mont-Tjm ery, Ala. It will be applied properly. He is not a preacher. Yon will Jever know who is sending this money even though you should come to know me. I pray it may bo a blessing to you spiritually. "Yours?1 Lighthouse Burned. The Thimble Shoal lighthouse, in lower Chesapeake bay, was burned Tuesday. The keeper of the lig'.i. and his family are believed to have escaped in lifeboats. The cause of the fire is unknown. One of the scout cruisers lying in Hampton Roar.'s sent a relief crew to the scene. Thimble light marked the shoals ar' pri<aching Old Point Comfort and wns the guide to all Chesapeake bay steamers. Heavy Snow Storm. Tragedy and humor came on tho wings of -the heavy snow which ov ers New England, most of the Mid die Atlantic States and a fringe of the Middle West and South. Sunday morning papers at twilight, morning milk at supper time, ni;!:ts spent in street cars, in trains or stations con tributed picturesque and amusing scenes to soften the general touo of such deaths as occurred. Two Negroes Drowned. Robert Bennett and Elias Hey ward, colored man and boy, respec tively, fell from a small boat and were drowned in approaching Cain hoy on Chrietm;:s eve night. Bennett and Hey ward had been tu Charles ten, doing their Christmas shopping and were returning to their home with their Christmas purchases. Burglar* Shot. While attempting to force an en trace into the home of C. M. Donal at Lexington, Ga., on Tuesday night Jim Nelson and Harley Smith were shot and probably fatally wounded. UHER ZO 190:?., SIGNS Of STORM Aod Shattered Wreckage Tells of Grid Disaster at Sea VESSELS GONE TO RUIN Many Ships Axe Stranded on the New I England O oast and Flotsam From Bis Schooner Loads to Grave Fears for the Safety of the Grew of Twelve Moo. With the news of the probable loss of the big five masted schooner Davis Palmer with her crew of 12 men, off Boston harbor, and the wrecking of nine other vesEeis along i the Massachusetts coast, the open-' ing cbapUr cf the toll taken on the sea by the great storm which s?vept New En.?l?iid S.turJay night and Sunday was hired to the world on Tues ay. Cape Cod is still cat off an 1 with the restoration of communi cation it is feared that a tale of marine cilsasters and storm damage unequaled in years will be relate I. Wreckage borne Into Boston har bor 13 believed to be the mute evi dence of the loss of the schooner Davis Palmer, Newport New6, for Boston, somewhere near the entrance to the harbor. A signal box among the wreckage contained a burgee with the Palmer's name as also did a quarter-board found near. The wreck itself has net been located. The three-masted schocner Natas ket was hurled ashore at Situate and probably will prove a total wreck, Voluntee life savers with the breech es bouy rescuod her crew of ten men. With a cargo cf lumber she was bound for Boston from North Caro lina. The schooner Belle Hallllay is ashore at Barnt Point, Natucket. The fate of her crew Is unknown, but It Is believed that they have been res cued. She was from Philadelphia loaded with railroad iron. On the rock shores of Martha's Vineyard, two water-loggei schoon ers are being swept by every sea. They are the A. K. McLean, a British vessel, bound from Perth Amboy to Halifax, and the Stonington (Me.) schooner Maude Steward. Port Red ing from' Pr?vIricetoWn. The crews of both vessels have been taken off. At Provlncetcwn the Bloop Bonitn Is aground and In the flats of Ply mouth harbor are four small schoon ers similarly distressed. The work of filling the gaps In telegraph and telephone wire Sys tems and In railroad and trolley lines which had been ononed by thp blizzard is procee'ln?. The telegraph companies report a capacity of about ?T> per cent, of the normal while the telephone nn-1 trolley line schedules were largely Allel, although delays of frem onehalf to three hours wee nr.t^d rn railroads trains. Snuthe'-st.orn Mappichrsetts, Cane Cod's sandv peninsula particularly, ^nd Rho-'e Island suffered most from the Ft~rm and nro still In the most -'emoralbed condition as far as wire and transportation service goes. Manv places In southeastern Mass achusetts have not witnessed the ar rival of a train for two da.ys. New Bedford and P*?11 River have bean cut off from telegraphic communiea t'on with the outside world since Sunday morning. ERSKTNE SUFFERS. Wylle House, Girls' Dormitory, Burn ed to thp Ground. The Wylle home, the dormitory for rdrls. rn Ersklnn campus at Du.? West was burned Monday morning at two o'clock and but little rf the furniture and almost no trunks we"? sived. Only oi>': of the hoarders and the matron. Miss Belle Pr.?s.sb y. were In the building at the time. ?I! t^e girls having cone off to spert'l the holidays. The fnrnPure '.nd trunks on first doc woi'c all that coul 3 be taken from tho burning home, nnd the contents of almost every room above the first floor was complete less. This dormitory was given to FJrs kine college by Mr. .Irs. Wyll*. de ceased, of Chester some years airo and has been made the home for girls since coelueation was accepted for Ersklne. Tho estimated loss is $10,000, with Insurance amounted to about $.r>,000. It Is supposed that a new building will In time replaco this one but nothing of course is known at this hour. Horsrs ami Mules Burned. The barn and stables of .1. D. Moore, near Cnkesbury, were burned Thursday night. to?pfher with 2C - head of nurse and mules, all his ~orn. forage, wagons and agricultur al implements. The loss is estimated at about $10.0(10. The mules prob ibly cost $200 each. The barn and stables were new and very large, the building being 200 by 60 feet an l 'hree stories hl/rh. There was only *500 Insurance on the building, and nothing on the stock. Killed Whole Family. At Hillsville, Pa., a whole family was wiped out Friday as the result of an explosion of an oil lamp, which -aused the death of eight persons, and the serious Injury of two others. TU vV ?i TALE OF THE SEA HURLED LITTLE CHILD ACROSS I ANGRY WATERS. Wlfo of Captain of Wrecked Ship, Brought to Port With Others, Tells Thailing Story. i Capt. Elgar Eigelow, his wife and small child and the four members of the crew of the American schooner Eugene Border, which was wrecatd cn November 29 while carrying a cargo of lumber from Nova Scotid to t-niia.elphia were brought to New York Monday by the Red Star Line steamship Va.erlan.1, which efie:tel I their thrilling rescue while on itsj last eastward trip. The Vaderlan 1 took the rescued persons to Antwerp and then brought j them back to this country. The cap-; trln's wife, la srenking of the rescue at sea, sail that t'-e small bjat from the Vaderlan 1 could only get within! twenty feet of the schooner and that from that distance her four year old i daughter was hurled frcm the deck \ cf the Border to the Vaderland's res cuing party. i All on the schooner were suffering fr^m hunger when picke l up a-j the entire food supply had been soakel with sea water. When the lights of the Vaderland were seen l'te at | night, Cipt. Bigelcw with difficulty1 'cund a piece of ^ry material to seek with cil so that a r'istress signal coull be lighted. The night before they had ma-'e distress lbbts from > their un'erwear when a big line hove In sight, but the signals were not serm and the sufferers were left to their misery. At Antwerp It was necessary for the American consul to obtain p?s <nge home for the shipwrecked peo ple. HUMAN BODIES BURNED On the Battlefield of Ramo Down I In Nicarcuga. A dispatch from Bluefield, Nicar- j auga, uays hundreds cf dead are burning en the Rama battlefield Tuesday. With pathetic speed, piles of bo its have been incinerated daily for the last few days, and reports re ceived by the provinlcal government state that the gruesome work Is near ly done. Stacked like railroad ties, and ar.turated with oil, the.bodies of the victims are set afire. ' Many children and some dead women were found among the dead of the gov ernment troops. Famine is increasing the horrors of war In tho Interior of Nicarauga. The situation In a score of towns is reported to be serious. The opera tors cf the Zel~ '.n troops before their defeat near Rzma by Gen. Es trada prevented traffic in supplies during the weeks the government, troons were stationed there. The drnln cn the country's re sources?n.cngre at the best in many districts?made by the government commissary in it? futile attempts to keep the array in condition depleted the natural supplies greatly. This development is an important fictor In the Insurgents' fight. The people place the blame on the Zelaya and Madrlz factions and advices from the hill 'owns say that Insur rectionary f^irlt Is rife. The situation In Bluefield is in proving under the constant labor of the American surgeons. Sanltatten Is better but suffering in the hospi tals is still Intense. Scout parties are still bringing wounded and pris oners frcm Rama. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Shoots His Mother-in-Law, His Wifrt and Himself. At Macon, Ga., Mrs. Martha Exum, who was shot by her son-in-law, Ed ward B. Alford, Monday night, died Tuesday, the bullet, which entere 1 the neck, resulting in complete par alysis of the body. This is the se cond death resulting from injuries Inflicted by Alford, his wife having been shot and almost instantly kill ed at the same time he shot Mrs! E::uin and himself. ? D'.ctors gave out the statement flint Alford c.annct live throuyh the night. The deputy sheriff, who has fiiar led him since he was sent to the hospital, was relieved from duty Tut sday afternoon, the surgeons stating that death would bar the law from its course. Killed by Step-Son. At Radfcrd, Vn., Tuesday W. L Luck was killed by Otho Snyder, husband of his step-daughter. Luck had been drinking seteral days and his wife went to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Snyder Monday nigh'. W.hen Luck appeared at the Synder residence early Friday morning and was denied admittance he began bat terfr.g down the di.or. Synder fire 1 two shcts at Luck, !>cth of which teok effect. Luck died in a short while. Fasted TwentyF<:ur Days. As a result of fasting twenty-four days, J. W. Tippin, a well-to-do busi ness man of Rome, Ca., died Tues day. Several weeks ago, Tippin In formed his family that It had been decreed by the divine powers that he should fast until "God had bilden him eat." After he had fasted 24 ?^ays he was Induced, by a ruse to eat, but he was In such an exhausted condition that he could not recover. CENTi* 1?KK CO PI HAD NEVER MET Dream Lever Cime and Claimed Her for Bis Bride. READ LIKE FAIRY TALE Mies Bertha Cate Dreamed of Clar ence H. Harne, Whom She Had Never Seen, Was Later Introduced to Him By Friends end Later Mar ried Kim. "Last night in the land of dre?.ma I met the man who may some day become my husband," whispered pretty Miss Bertha Cate, of 47 MU le-ge avenue Atlanta, to her mother, one morning several months ago, as the two were seated arm in arm, exchanging confidences as mother and daughter should. "It was a s^eet and beautiful dream," continued the young girl, "so vivid that it seemed almost like the prophetic visions sent in the old en times by the goo I faries; and in '.t I saw outlined distinctly as if it were here before me in the sunlight, tlw face and form of my future mate. It was a streng, goo 1 face, and I knew at once that my fate would be sealed forever if I chanced to meet him in real life?net only that, but I knew I should be unhappy always if I fail um t him?au i even more than that, mother dear," continued the g;n. "I Stemel to receive with the vision the bleEsel assurance that some day I woul 1 meet him,' and that all would be well." This was months ago. Weeks followed weeks, and love's younj dream remained unfulfilled. Woul I the vision ever come true?' ' The girl began to wonder, and he 'confidence in kin'ly providence be gan to waver, when one day on Peacbtree street, as she sat in a street car with her mother, she sud denly beheld entering the car the very man whom she had first beheld in dreamland. It was he; the same fine cameo features, the same nohlo traitb of character gleaming from aifl eyes. '' Being of a sweet and modest na ture, Miss Cate did nothing- to be tray herself, and presently alighted .from .Ute car. her. maidenly reserve nreventing her from attempting to learn the identity of her hero. Weeks parcel on, and the young woman, stricken to the heart with Cupil's e'arts remained firm1 in hej resolution to await with patience whatever culmination fate might bring. "He must come to me; he must reek me first," she 6aid, and set her lips, and remained true to her woM. Then he came. Of his own free will and accord, he came, introduced by a mutual frienl. And Miss Cate, who had not even known his name, wns so surprised when he was intro duced Into her own sweet parlor that she seemed to be again walking in In the land of dreams. The man from dreamland provad to be Mr. Claren"e H. Home, former ly of East Point, Ga., now a promi nent yourvr business man of Fort Worth, Texas. He had seen Miss Cite In Atlanta, and without ev^r meeting her fallen as desperately in love with her real self as she had with his vision. -.. A brief courtship followed, in which the course of true love ran deep and smooth. ??? ? And on Chrismas morning the ro mance reached its climax, at the family resi 'ence on Milledge avenue, when the happy pair were made man and wife, in the presence ,?of their parents by the Rev. Dr. -.John F. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church. . Immediately after the -ooremony the happv pair left fcr the.-.west on an rxterslve wedding tour. The above romantic story js vouch ed for by the Atlanta Journal, from which wo cr.py it. Pinch't Score Interest. Giffiord Plnchot, chief lobster of the I'nlted States, declared in a speech at New York Monday before a number of prominent publishers at the University club that special in terest have made repeated attacks on I the United States forest service and these attacks hive increased In vio lence just in proportion as the ser vice has offered e'fectivj opposition to predatory Wealth. Seven Children Burned. Seven children, ranging in age from 2 to 1? years, were burned to death ,.nd three persons perhaps fa tally injure 1 late Tups !ay night, when a fire, followed by an explosion of pow.:er, destroyed the homo of Steven Bronosky, a miner of Sjkes ville. Pa. All of the victims ari for eigners. Holds Posse ut Kay. At Memphis, Tenn., James F. Roach, who shot, and probably fatal ly wounded his mother, Mrs. Sallie Miller, following a quarrel over money matters, on Tuesday held the sheriff and posse at bay, hiding well armed In a little dwelling house. Kilis His Rival. A few minutes following the mar riage to Miss Rose Butler, Gabriel Len, a farmer, was shot and killed by Joe Jackson, a rejected suitor, near Lynn, Ga., on Wednesday.