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AN APPEAL FOR iMI1 REV. DR. TALMAGE IN SE4ALF OF A FAMINE STRICKEN PEOPLE, "Blessad Is H e That Couttd'retk the io ti, L , 1' 7 1lt Deltvr LiTn la Tin of Trouble"-A Thirttt' Sto:y of a Pros trate People. Dr. Talmare is on a mits'ion "f.b r the famine sufferers of India. lie ing every day to va.t audi in Li'1 Illinois, helping to till the wip- provide the United States government for C.r corn to India The f clown ern was prea::hed on last Sun. T "This is Ahasuerus wii'ch reigr.ed :. dia unto Ethioiia. Among the 7:At r wu' the Bible once occurs the wo' Itti.- Iu thispart of the Scripture-. wiica ine ra1:is call "Megillah Esther." k-r :he voin of Es ther, a book soueimes i 'vainst because the word "God- i. .ot even once mentioned in it, although one righlv dis posed can see God in it from the tirst chapter to the last, we have it set fortu that Xerxe, or Ahasueras, who invaded Greece with 000,000 men, but returned in a poor ,iher'sI boat, had a vast dominion, armoun (ther re gions, India. In my text India takes its place in Bible geography, and the interest in in that land has continued until with mere and more enthusiasm all around the world Bishop Heber's hymn about "India's cor. strand," is being sung. Never will the thrill of anticipation that w7a th'u 'a my body and mind and soul when af :"' weeks' tossing on the seas arouMnd and India-for the winds did not- ac-o r'u to the old hymn. "blow soft o'er Ceyl1n's isle"-our ship sailed up one of the Mouths of fhe Ganges. past James and Mary isn, so named because a royal ship of that n:e was wrecked there, and I stepped ashore at Calcutta. amid the shrines and temples andI sculptures of that City of Paaces. the Stra nge physiognomies of the living and the crem=t tions of the dead. I had never expected to be there. because the sea and I long ago had a serious fallig out, but the facilities of travel are so increas ing that you or your children will probably visit that land of boundless fAscination. Its configuration is such as no one but God could have architeeted, and it seems as if a man who had no religion going there would be obliged to acknowledge a God, as did the cowboy in Colorado. His companion, an atheist, had about persuaded the cowboy that there was no God. bitt coming aid some of that tremendous scenery of hci rocks and awful chasms, and dept'hs dug un, der depths, and mountains pil.ud on m1o'un tains, the cowboy said to his a'heistic com panion, "Jack, if there is no Cod, I guess from the looks of things around here t here must have been a God some time.' No one but the Omniscient could have planned In dia, and no one but the omnipotent coul have built it. It is a great triangle, its base the Himilayas, a word meaning "the dwel ing place of snows," those mountains pouring out of theircrystal cup the Indus. the BriIh maputra and the Ganges to slake the thrist of the vast population of India. That coun try is the home of 240.000.000 souls. What ever be one's taste. goin there his taeeis gratified. Some go as hunters of grea- gamie, and there is no end to their entertainment. Mighty fauna-bison, buffalo, rhinoceros, elephant, panther, lion, tiger, this last to be the perpetual game for Americans and Euro- I peans because he comes up from the malarial swamps where no human being dare enter. the deer and antelope his accustomed food, but once having obtained the taste of human blood he wants nothing else and is Called "the man eater." You cannot see the tiger's natural ferocity after he has been humiliated by a voyage across the sea. You need to hear his growl as he presses his iron paw against the cage in Calcutta. Thirteen towns have been abandoned as residence be cause of the work of' this cruel invader. In India, in the year I877, Si10 people were slain by the tiger and 10,000 cattle de stroyed. Fromi the back of the elephant or' from galleries built among the trees 1,500 ti gers went down and $18,000 of government rewar'd was paid the sportsmen. I advise - all those who in America and other lands find amusement in shooting singing birds, coming home at night whi empty powder flask and a whole choir of heaven slung over their shoulder, to absent themselves awhile and attack the justifiable game of India. Or if you go as botanists, oh, what opulence of floral With no distinct flora of its own, it's the chorus of all the flora of Persia and Siberis and China and Arabia and Egypt. The Baptist missionary Carey, who did inonite good to India, had two great pas sions-first, a passion for souls, and, next., a passion for flowers-and he adorned his Asiatic home and the American homes of his friends and museums on either side the sea with the results of his tioral expeditions in India. To prepare himself for morning prayers he was accustomed to walk amid the flowers and trees. It is the heaven of the magnolio and abelmosk and palm tree. The ethnologist going there wil find endless en tertainment in the study of the races now living there and the races of whose blood they are a commingling. The historia going there will find his the ory of Warren Hastings' government in India; the reverse from that wh'ich Edmund Burke gave him in the most famous address ever made in a courtroom, its two characteristics ~ matchless eloquence and onesidedness of' statement. The archxtologist will be thrown into a frenzy of delight as he visits Delhi of India and digs down and finds seven dead cities underneath the now living city. All' success to the hunters, and the botanists, and the ethnologists who visit India, each one on' his or errand. But we today visit India as Christian women and men to hear the full meaning of a groan of hunger that has trav eled 14,000 miles, yet gets louder and more agonizing as the days go by. But why have any interest in people so far away that it .s evening there when it is morning here, their complexion darker, their languagetoua jargon, their attire unlike that found in 'ay American wardrobe, their memory and their ambition unlike anything that we recall or hope for. With more emphasis than you pta into the interrogatory "Why?" I ansvwer, firt, because our Christ was an Asiatic. Egypt gave to us its monuments, Rlome gave to1 us its law, Germany gave to us its pmlos ophy, but Asia gave to us its Christ. is mother an Asiatic; the mountains that looked down upon him. Asiatic; the lakes on whose pebbly banks he rested anu on whose chopped waves he walked, Asiatic; the apostles whom he first commissioned, Asiatic; the audiences he whelmned with his' illustrations drawn from blooming lillies andF salt crystals and great rainfalls and bellow ing tempests and hypocrites long faces and croaking-ravens--allithos e audiences Asiatic.j Christ during his eartuly stay was never out - side of Asia. When he hat 10 or in vears to spare from his active wor: instead of sptend ing that time in Europe, 1 thn e' goes tar ther toward the heart of A-ia-rnamely, iu dia. The Bible says noth ing of Christ from! 12 years of age until 30, but there are re cords in India and tradtions in Indi whnicha represent a strange, wonder'ul, most exci lent and supernatural being as staying in in dia about that time. I think Christ was there much of the time between his twelfth and his thirtieth year, but however that niay be, Christ was oorn in Asia, suffered in Asia, died in Asia and ascended. from Asia, ant tll that makes me turn my ear more attentively toward that continent as I hearits cry of dis tress. Besides that, I remember that some of the most splendid achievemnents for the cause of that Asiatic Christ have been made in India. How the heart of every intelligent Chris tian beats with admiration a' the mere men tion of the name of 1henry Martyn: iavin~ read the life of our Aerican D'avid D'rainerd. who gave his life to evangeliziog our Ameri-i can savages, Henry 31"rtyn goes forward to give his life for the i'aivation o' 1' r i a from exhaustion of sece t:1yc-o age. Lord 31aeaulay, wrmn 't m- ,sas Hiere Martyn lies. In mna il l: The Christian hero founa mt':. Religion. sorrowing o'er her' 'avo: . Points to the glorious troes'~' whc n Immortal trophies: N~o with -l. . 'er red, Nor staitned with tears by fren e-s rh shed, But trophies of the cross. ta th't dei rn::e Through every scene of danger, tei nd shame, Onward he journeyed to that happy shore, Where danger, tol and shame are known no more. ace A coninitlee of the Kin, s rs had iecorated the ship with treoaue d untin. .\merican and u in rtwtttc. Tha n< f pi M e. on th harfs and on th le deck-.: ius in inv A dn t: I and the lon, kter lxotc. in -nld lin-ired" 'nde-. anly unI. amlid th~e maits and ratiin.. avingl hl the joy of seeinz Thatz shio ;u, >n --crated, we had- the a-.litiona .y o o the doc- s of St. I- r hen tie plank- of the rOief hip wr; -rown ot ani the reprre-enttivv- of th- mu ptiian-i of roval v ' > e Ina freiht train -at tle 1-:e i - r'! down te take tie food to h -trv ad on a'.(ernate ca ;iat trai a Anri.. id R ssia tin s t". atin '. MI:- now :h ia or sisia -ee ured tht to be the resnons-e arl on So vati ae that the oe shiZ w6u'1 1ecme: hie iotilla-New York enn . oe Ik-r n another. Phi.- ihia antjh. hr a n anctler. New 0rein an otaer. Th : :i al m' i0-ee- i n haror in India1 ha a p in c mercy for tbe nine enti cenury: I w i like to stan I r e wharf at 'alcutta or 1umbay and sci ch a tIeet cot-e in. Wit what joy it wouto wele':Id: The emaoiatel would li:i Wcr heads on shrtveled hands an-d elow: . with thin lips ask, '-Is it comiuitg-some dg to eat." And whole villages an wns, too weak to walk, would crawlout UT inds and knees to get the first grain o >rn they eoul.l reach and put it to theil .mished lips. 'May I cry out for you an'd r ot hers to those sufferers: -Wait n litti a nger. bear up a little more. 0 dying men o idia: starving women: 4) emaciate, ibes: Relief is on the way, an- nore re -f will soon be coming. We send it in th ime of the Asiatic Christ, who said. 1 wa :ng1y and ye fed me: insomuch as ye hav >ne it unto one of the least of these, i' -ethren, ye have done it unto me.' ' Christian people of America: I call you .eation to the fact that we may now, a Lver before, by one magnificent ztrok< en the widest door for the evangeliza on of Asia. A stupendous obstacle it te way of Christianizing Asia as beet e difference of language. but all those peo e understand the gospel of bread. Anothei >stacle has been the law of caste. but i: bat better way can we teach them thi otherhood of Man.' Another huge diticul - in the way of Christianizing Asia has beet itat thiose people thought the religion w, ould have them take was no better that ieir iinlooism or Mohammedanism. oa iy will now see ry this crusade for the re f of people 1,401) niiloe away that thi bristian religion is of a higher. better an, ander type than any other religion, fo: lien did ibe followers of Brahma. or Vish a, or Buddha, or Confucius, or Mohammo' rer demonstrate like interest in people ot e opposite side of the world? Havins ken the bread of this life from our hands ey will be more apt. to take from us th read of eternal life. The missionaries o ifferent denominations in India at 46 sta ons are already distributing relief sen trouch the Christian IL-rald. Is it not plait tat 'those missionaries, after feeding th anger of the body, will be at be-ter advan te to fucI the hunger of the soul? Whet hrist. before preaching to the 5,000 in ti ilderners. broke for them the miraculou: aves, he indicated that the best way t< repare the world for spiritual and eterna >nsiderations is first to lookafter their tem >ral interests. Oh. church of God in Ame ca and Europe: This is your opportunity e have on occasions of Christian patriotisr -ied, "America for God:" Now let us adt e battle shout, -'Asia for God:- In thi! ovement to give food to starving India : ar the rustling of the wings of the Apoca -ptic angel, ready to fly through the mids heaven proceaiming to all the kingdom: ad people and tongues the unsearchabh ches of Jesus Christ. And now I bethink myself of something: ever thought of before. I had noticed tha te circle is God's favorite figure, and ipt~O tat subject I addressed you some time ago at it did not occur to me until now that tm >spel seems to be moving in a circle. I arted in Asia, Bethlehem, an Asiatic vil ge Jordan, an Asiatic river; Calvary. ta siatic miountain. Then this go.-pel muovet a to Europe: witness the chapels ant urches and cathedrals and Christian uni rsities of that continent. Then it crosset SAmerica. It has prayed and preache ad sung its way aeross our continent. I as crossed to Asia. taking the Sandwicl lands in its way, and now irn all the gre. ties on the coast of China people are sing ig "Ilock of Ages" and "There Is a Foun .in Filled nith Blood." for you must knor st not only have the Scriptures been trans ted into those Asiatic tongues, but also thn rangelical hymns M1y missionary brother John translate:: ime of them into Chinese, and 'Jr. Glad one gave tme a copy of the hymn, --.Jesui over of My Soul," which he ha~d himsel' anslated into Greek- The Christ who i ems spent 10 or 18 years of his life in In. a is there now in spirit, converting and ving the people by the hundreds of thous ds. and the gospel will move right or rough Asia until the story of the Saviour> rth will anew be made known in Bethle. mi, and the story of a Saviour's sacrifice told anew on and around MIcunt Calvary. d the story of a Saviours ascension be told ew on the shoulder of Mount Olivet. Antd en do you not see the circle will he corn ete? The glorious circle, the circle of the .h. This old planet,. gashed with earth take and scorched with conflagration andI rn with revolutions, will be girdled with turches, with schools, wIth tiniversities, ith millennial festivities. How cheering id how inspiring the thought that we are, tether giving tenmporal or spiritual relief, >rking on the segmtent of such a circlean~i at the Christly mission which started in sia will keep on its way tuntil it goes cleat ound to the place where it started. Then e earth will have demonstrated thatt for ich it was created, and as soon as a world s completed its mission it dies. Part ot e heavens is a cemetery of dead worlds. i- world, built to demonstrate to the worlds dih have been loyal to God the awful re. ts of disloyalty, so that none of thema maty er attempt it-l say our world, hiaving ished its mission, may then go out of ex ence. The central sires of the world ich are burning out rapidly toward the ust may have reached the surface by that ne and the Bible prophecy be fulfilled, ich declar-es that the earth and all things at are therein shall be burned up. The usomned huma~n race at that timue on earth .1 start utnhturt in those chariots of -ire fc-r e gret metro polls of the universe, the aven, where the redeemed of the Lord all talk over the fatmines, and the plagues, d the wars which tihis earth suffered and ast which we struggled and prayed as gas there was any breath in us. Gloriotus aummatilon' M1ay 10, 1S'9, was a mtemor-able dtiy, for en was laid the last tie thtat connected the o rail tracks which united the Atlantic d Pacific oceans. The Central l'aciflc rai> ad was built from California tastward, Ce lnion P'acitic irailroadi was bailt west .rd. They were within arrm': reach of retig, only one more piece of the rail ck to put down. A great audience asen l, miidcontinent, to see tue la:-t lie laid. e locomotives of the eastern and wetrn tins stood pantng on thef tratcks close by. -ation explained the occasion, and prayer etmnized it aund :nusic enchanted it. yhe was made of poli:-hed laurel wood, bound .th silver bands, and three sptikes were ed-a gold spike, presented iby Califorraia; siver sp-ike, presented by Nevada, tand an a spike, presented by Arizona. Whtetn till as uncovered and all hearts tlhrilling h emotion, thle hammer struck the last icc iato its place, the cannon botmed it ta tue resound:aug mountin ecoes, and t ania - i of oe co'tintent. togte wia ct a "e- >rdIi "g o:-c'e wt i it 1 ea thas: tti of tat. tra' o :se ~ ence-ttrac" clea" roui - n- h wo-r - all ' e ld-am'd the -'-thetus a' a-' n eit -r--kes : ionedl out of the .riina nerosity of th:i he-mipheree. Thet ht mmater:-tro thi-t compl-et th wr wil heard by all thi rapturede and t -d u earth will shou it the threne~ --f heaven ialleuian: For the Lor w i U~eie: s world have become the kidosf r all l:Li an **-v. uetn-a or .,tl ; P us. T m,e 7, 'tarater than Wil- t allhn for t;' l idia, te r a It' 'a mt'::y ditacts,. "t' redemIption III ., e x o :.:hd at thin:, hle 0u t h[ I in the learned E.n cc v a11t te idea of what ' "-orn, lkwbrel mechanics' like w n.mvert the Urahmtan,. i --t e : nil he ha1 started in- n e:r-ty no more tan time, t b -e ' er o arrest. 'd:1,,ll Bibles iP - 0r. frm h" < t ritiu preses at a eu is s hnility showirg a tef . the epita1h he ordered froni the old h ee h-nin: Ihl 1'l A wrtche. por an-1 heple!i worm. (I ih kind arus I ifal NeezId I telvou of :Wh,11on-e L.eroix, tzhe Sws :sinr nlda rof WV;Oim .the Americai M hl r''in' i-'1;,n loin, or of t e roya1 =.1Vl :f the Siher, ct ofthe llcIrmued Churchf kmeri:-'. Iny de- n zher church to whom I *te (It of. ia pazsine. or tf Dr. Alex inder uf. the SCotch mis1onary whose ri t hs ennut r e of uz w-l' remiem S rve' When ne to I ic the old Broad *v tabern.:e, New York, and pleaded for nii until there was, no other depth of re .' -'us eotin for him' to s'ir and no loftier teight o Chrtian el ouence for hi M to scale d in a whirlwind of halleluiahs. d .s . hlVe t:t which was said of t'mh waplea i the cause of India ne of the e. of Scotland he vt so , he fel in the pulpit in a ;Iro.cn and was carried into the vestry to bc eueiae, and when restored to his senses ta1 p'repiration) wa<z heing maie to carry d aim 0u to sotue dwelling where he could be d 1t to bed. he compelled his frierids to take b m;u11 back to the pulpit to comnplete his plea vr the salvation of India, no sooner getting a ut with more gigantic power than before he 01 aintt d.ti But juit as noble as any I have mentioned re the men and women who are there now or Chrit's sake and the redemption of that P ctooe.Far away from their native land. 0 amine on one side and blatck plague on the AV ther s'de, wamps breathing on then malaria b ind- jungics howling on them with wild t3 -easts or hissing with cobrac: the names of1 :ose missionaries of all denominations to be ritten so hi:h on the roll of martyrs that t ao names o f 'the last 1.'0 years shall be mritten above them. You need to see them it their work in schools and churche; and C Lazarettos to appreciate them. All honor L apon them and their houeeholds. while 1 w Mtite the lying lips of their slanderers: Most interesting are the people of India. C 1t Caleutta, I said to one of their leaders. ti ho spoke English well: ilave these idols which I see any power ti >f themselves to help or destroy' b He said: "No: they only represent God. d: lhere is but one God." t - W0hen people die. where do they go to?" t "That depends upon what they have been tl loiiu:: if they have been doing good, to h acaven. and if they have been doing evil, to tell. "But do you not be'ieve in the transni ration of souls, and that after death we go ato hirds or animals. of some sor-'. -Yes; the last creature a man is thinking >f while dying is the one into which he will o. If he is thinking of a bird, he will go rN nto a bird; if he is thinking of a beast,. he e ill go into a beast." Iu "I thought you said that at death the soul m oes to heaven or hell?" h "He goes there by a gradual proess. It 1: nay take himn years and years." o "Can any one become a Hindoo? Could I ai ecome a Ilindoo?'' ri "Yes, you could." "hlow could I become a Iiidme"a "Iy doing as the Hlindoos do." Fromt the walls of one of their museums at laip'ur I had traslated for me these beautiful The wise maake failure equal to success. st Lire threads of silver seen through crystal lt beads, let love through good deads show. A Do- not to others that which if done to thee oa would cause thee pain. And this is the sunm cl of duty. A muan obtairns a proper rule of action by tC ocking on his neighbors as himself. ai From that continent of interesting folk, h: from that continent that gave the Christ, I: from that continent which has been endear- c: ed by so many missionary heroics, there ir comes a groan of 80,000,000 people in hun tt ger. More people are in danger of starving tI to death in India today than the entire pop- la alation of the United States. In the famine el n India in the year 1877 about 6,000,000 pople starved to death. That is more than se til the people of Washington, of New York. st >f Philadelphia, of Chicago put together. L ut that famine was not a tenth part as aw- tr al as the one there now raging Twenty se housand are dying there of famine every ,i ay. Whole villages and towns have died sa every man, woman, and chi d: none left at : bury the dead. The vultures and the th ackals are the only pallbearers. Though bi ~ome help has been sent, before full relief h< an reach themn I suppose there will be at be east 10,000,000 dead. Starvation, even for at ne person, is an awful process. No food. at he vitals gnaw upon themselves. and faint- t tess and languor and pangs from head to p. 'cot, and horror and despair and insanity et ae full possession. One handful of wheat qi >r corn or rice per day would keep life go- to g. but they cannot get a handful. The ci rops failed and the millions are dying. Oh, w .is hard to be hungry in a world where .at here are enough grain and nrett to fill all w he hungry mouths on the planet: But, alas. w, hat the sufferer and the supply Cannot be jth rought together. There stands India today.- A: ook at her. lIer face dusky from the hot Iat uns of many centuires. Under her turban jth eels; her eyes hollow with unutterable woe; t he tears rolling down her sunken chenk; hert >ak bent with more agonies than she . tows o, tow to carry; the ovens containing nothing w: >ut ashes. Gaunt, ghastly, wasted, the dew su~ af death upon her forehead and a pallor such es . the last hour brings, she stretches forth Ifit ter trembling hand toward us and with is toarse whisper she says: "1 amt dying: ive me bread:~ That is what I want: Bread:'c ive it to me quick. Give it to me now.t read, bread, bread:"thu Atmerica has heard the cry. Many tho-t audts of dollars have already been contrib -frr :tedt. One ship laden with breadstuffs has 1w ailed from Sun Francisco for I-ndia. Outr th enate and house of representatives in a hill he igedi by our sympathetic president have sh tthorizedI the secretary of the navy to char- at er a vessel to carry food to the fam'ine suf- a~ erers, and you may help :111 that ship. We lo ant to send at least t600L(00 bushels of corn. fco :hat will save the lives of' at least 600,000o 'cope. Many will respond in contributions th~ fuoney, and the barns andi corneribs of the Itw tire United States will pour forth their at reasures ,of toed. When that ship is b~den r i it ':an carry no more, we will ask him who I tlds the winds in his fist and plants his y ru'-phan-'t foot on stormy waves to let noth- n ug bu '-d 'appen to the ::hip till it an- r aors 'n 13e'tg-K te Arabi:;n waters. Tney I ro 'hep ty contributions of money or y *relctu"as 'oward illing inat relief shit' tr; si' lao thdr own tood for their lifetime I vir ppetin q...ualiis and insure their j 'a welare through the promise of himt tI tho said, --Uessed is he that considereth thes 'oor the Lord will deliver him in the tim e Ius >f trouble. a : 0h, what a relief that ship will be: It ar ball not turn a screw nor hoist a sail until h I se have had '-onething to do with its cargr w lst 17 years ago from these Easter times as trm on a saiiar errand went out ft-or" Ne :a -a-aror-the old war frigate ( f'-h 1'm -t ad ocee carriel guns of 'acath, buit. wcr wa '"'--ae in irelaat. an.i the Cut i laio l-ated. with ~.0 tons of too. e :t sai'. eace covered with s:nohe o:Tbattle. su -c'vered with Easter hosannas: Thatt w . costaee to battle England. going i - a overt the waters to carry reief to 'otme -Ia er san subjee:s. Better than swordti e. e::er than sp'ear into pra-iti a' .-e was t hat c ll war frigate turned g Sat' ;V w'* :a inge a'ngel of rsnurrection to he ro 1:-sv 'he 3:tne fromn thte mouth of Ire-h Una "uu crni tive yec.:s ago the ship ot Le r cu' *ou':ih many : jas tot food for fat nesrckR~is. Une Saturday afternoon. r0 on the deck o' that steamner as the lay at ti L~oovn warfa wnderus sene oo C DP: L: yE: ON T H COT TON TATF Q-IES2 N, to T.k for V1>bAi!:g zz Privat t Latter and ~ ~ ~ i M-1 mU Ht !IG P im-.hecL!n Te N: u c I L7 10, r ~ 1%) rep e - o a, O d yor rep . T4 n . n ic.I .: r er ad: w that it i: uOW' d, :-.C c' y insit uno:1 puh I :c di L sion at this t uie Bat.maik h:s v .iline la here.mises. rot h-armn-T b)eeu azc -rtained by you b do:ean. will tins awxay froau tie trasacion ' l-'su stion of bel f r Ei-l thI ia ve-: o'fsharp prac aie r :si stm a bes ve . 'Us u; have wari-n.d a rnr ci r0 't o o staU' d true to the' doctrim we~ hd toge her stood for in e ps ; u: I m arel: asked v-our c.reful a;tenio to a ulihd ru mnent, and emphasiz 'd so>ne additionaLl -oir, ts. Ev-ad in contectior wIth tOWa Let Inc to scar i0 .,,;oar cr -ei r alls utterly oi le istand q every staeni.u of faot in y 8te.as oucig matLirs th'rat came under my personal obIservanona or froi cn11sc: wit_ Rpub.i c an me-mb)ers; and time Will provie the coDr rectness of: my p oI Batt all L.:zt pawi. sinc Sa yo i sist upon discassioa of tariff noxv let us disuss it without heal, dispas0ion neiy. Yoa are a farmer: so am I. We are both producers of short staple cto; so are CU:: peorlI sud mle. Wanvzr the bearing of the gueion be it bears upon our interests alike. It we to obtain the relief -e desire fIr our irdus.ry we m_-iust keeo to r. e cau't ad'rd to divide, o. i we. continue to tra':el t'oez 7-r we M'Ust be patient and tolmuant Hence I pass over much in your letter thact s-ems ill considers d and unjun, not to sayd, and will con die myswif to the question at issue. Sinc' yuon sEem to retent considera tion from the stand;oint of the Demo cratic paozm, and challenrge me as an Alliancea--n to defend my posi tior. I -, il i-ideavor to treat tlie qus uon specially wiLL re-ferenc- to the AliaCC de-a'ds. You s-eem to for get, howev&..h.At on the tariff, aut'. a:ry cth ' issus-s the Alliance de mauss and the D-mrcratic pla-form (State am rtina*) are idontical. You seem to s . s- t of ihe fact that we framed the Aliiance demands be; cause we thought they were right; and for the sane reason we placed those demands in the State Democrat ic platfor-. So that, in appealing to te platforms, I was simply appeiding to tuat which you and I and othershad accpted as rit and eneficial from the farmer's standoint. in e trat pisace, then, ycu say that I ami ethcer Alliar ce kaders industri OUsl-' taughtA 3ou tht "tJhe money qu stI n, not~ it tariff, wtas the issue." T a stue; but who is agitating the tait isu ad iusistincg upon its di csinno~v? I have oleaded wit yo'u and with e'hers not to agitatei now In miy published article, which y ou sy yrou re:J. I distinctiy prote - ed-.'aL~n ai'g , taas civeruing j attention from2 thle money question tt .a time when wa saould beu ulosiOu up our raais for the grand assault upon g old monopoly in 1898 au d it..1900. Ip pead~ ith you not to agitate the tarifl question nouv, and you seem ua accountably irritated anid conumued Iwith indiguationf on account of it. I am sin'ing the "sme old tune" nowv that I 'u--g when 1 was, as you say, "i nutriously teaching that the moo ey qu'-iono not the tariff, is the is :sue" You say you "took us at tue w~ord" trcer why not now? IIn a modest way I did teach that ~ alorng with others, ana I am still pro Ltestig aga inst any diversion or atten tofromc the money quesuoan, esp-c Icially vsince you1 admt 'that the pro. posed taritt on cotton couid not benefit 'oroducers of short staple cotton. Ta-at the proposed tax cannot be adopt rcd at this tium is cooclued alt round. The present tariff bill will probably remnain in force at least four 3 ears Then why agitate it ? But what did the Alliance atnd its >rders really teacti on the tariff issue ? T ae Oaa demand on the tariff, whicti you and I and others heloed place in our State IDemocratic platform, r.:ads thus: I"Believing in the dcctrine of equal riots to all and special privileges to none, we demand that our national legislation shall be so franmed in fu ture as not to build up one industry t ther demand a removal of the exist ing heavy tariif tsx from the necessi I!es c.f life that the poor of cur land must have." You quoted the preamble to that de mand in your Jec ter-whiy did yournot quote it all? You challenged me to the Alliance vie wisrd then you quot ed o-nly a prt. Wvhy quote a halfj truth, ' heo mhe whole tr;'h lay right5 alonwide Di you oelieve tbat. de mandf( wa"s right, CL'tn. we" you he lted to p'laceit in the ~St Dem-C cratc platorm, or when yo~u edor-sed itas an Al'lia~nce m? If you w ee siuceie thr. and in. not chan ed sinc, 'r-hat rgt hav~- 'e you. r'n a een sistent tAiance man, "ot to .ia: D' crat, to adv c cie outingt up --u~e in dustry at the exer~s of auct-or, and r t us add t, r-er than 'emo've, mar-ff 1 taxes? Can the fa 'that the bestiit i': ar:, is comi~ng South altr the prmn ciple involvedt or changetbe coanoiex ion of te Ac'? If r e advncaite a protec"t iv t-rItf en c o o, we canot con-. I s--t'-'y (op e. a i tariff en ot-e mineI mi seesomeacus fo i I fruitis m y mEt yo wourslfad1 mit that cr to 7:p-r aif tx culd '.j psitsot eae~ th ica thel lon sta otn aiy people donts'c d o e -os mder fromL JX n st a oleO I the~-u' i pric bcr-sd yu pre I to py 1:- it cpce upo wat I the ou or c. huld Ja r ple Io y1n ca be v.'d.. e \.a, soden-lo.d cIn:-:stency enmy phtu, toaud uv 'i not en ed pou-d, sout standeranud hne T do -St he ri:C ;An volved. ad when 2.oa adait h a so fr :s y r -pe e *nsspepo u c . e to e pr!,h. .:d er t I ae c01 t-.ded ad ii 10i co usi rate r a .iL I V- p i.. vCma Uopon .: r r Ss; to be lIe ve r: c. r ht. A.- r t U lV. s are comirm Snuta no:t Y.'u1 sqc. i I I c. t - i pCf 1- t~ a Y arn co rm isw -: r i-' .li n t . d 12 you dOc trie i t-: T s -. ('.rae of um odrp:: 0 I: --G-t i r rn-o, - r e C.e y pu1e. 0but Seao y i"nor 'q Cti i-l tnd r e sor : T-y 3 iv o CA .oitALTr a tim ithe:. rfi tica' . yn-ran~si t o o iz -, s~C to : sre wib, wa jt.s te: prii pinsd j ir s ti tax av n, oud -d - oe otryther;ev wille du .c p 's babve parsoe or police as a rulA :onduct ;n-, public mntand you cn oapteped,- shrspsib for rLek! doctrine you ttacig. The isport taplex owr.h- at .nd cars is iea * wit in me published crtit .udyi fu rcally reamcd i ft? Isf th..y poivear thin , he prov e inte calp. S-10.1 the corre-:ct t cant lp tee 'rice to P.oduces :>I' ain ex:port erop. The_ StatIis Ces S aow th-' i1-: spaite of the imi :-rt du.-, (in wnc a' anua .or., and i:I S.. i. t o of Aec:eased production .;f b_)h. tVie puLce o the pro'duers of ct stie de aliued -afe r tae tax was :-d As one o' the e; fr , aCo rss I ha-.e sought to vieew thi ion,' Jcom the sztanno'int Of t1'_e fr-.n r-lloe produceer of shortb apie cotton L know 'by expeice t he: stiugle of h: short stap ie grower. Ali15t I beis Li sevesed igo apl oton. I lave aiven tahe subjet the closst study of aich ao cpable from ali se::ts. i elieve I have otuen at Lue bottom fac;ts, anud I can se e noth Lg -r othe prducer of short stap pleYo in a proposed tax. I atVe set forth U; ndings in my publisuzdar nlent, an:d ayt I a~s o' ruy brother auers is vht I asked of ou, a car ul reading. I do no,- ish to forc iey mana's judgmrent. bei.ee m y: rellow prod.ucr o suor.r sple cot on wili give s a hearir, and I be-I idve they will ause beore c mm i ng themsevs to a proposition hose duc.yes admi to be r ng in pri _ple and incapable of be~nedting the hort- staple rod irucer. er is o i;iutmy argument theronl cthod by whch the protective piea ol be made effective to te pro uc-r of tcshort staple. You figh t hy of tht in your reply. You rad t ihe propoed imp yrt taxen cm on cannot es the short staCle pro u e-r, ard et hen I u emt )rly mrethod byi whicht, upon- thec szslrue rinciple, yoac.'pu cd-p s h->rt sna ple grow.,ers, you ure dumb. D,; you avr a bunty on crt stple cotLtI and, if or. short tap'le ctton, r ou wijlingto extend it so as to in niude ail, the other export crops? And . !to, you should point out o the uEy s to b-3 pad, and hov it is :reach ibe produetr itt certaity. [t is nfo uictint aory sentesan-to x.:iealthe the hat; e mus also oin ut the los. Yorr ndsc-inatn dneerh resonentionelith 1y ada iur n or no'ation a buth irrtinal. [t iop'e fro l respe cnhe tinki~ hen it 0s base on drincole. hvo rtoen for mere sake * ou inovme-, ithou~at oprineipa 'raso i ry ane li:r 1oeit is efors toceh.tt oesar ts i ap.>ces twe. I- andatd to ne wno knou~ then sitatin believes ors atmoent thatd anyl schmeurt B. i'te shr the oes toratciz Sinf theo lastCngs. and dimur d~n s to retr ae Then y an urhae s for nOf oiafutie thengyo Aer olongt~ yd paisakn expect I>eopwe rot allarties o th-aink~ oursentmnt Unceain b deard have oln~ ta toTe -only grouide y.; apart n helsustesr an o er eand cou offr is to crr-stto .e ther tarie forcsw av-, woud add to em iDiort yo thn thisb can Po-e ectic-ersin. Batemio to u deadsu out nte ol ofeeltu cold to But ispport for vte peor it ac his R~relymats. Ie delaye: bym ctirezs in additn tocthvey ar miag ceipts of youre pubhen. o omey trul ogrs, yoIilepc h ame.- tremetta aesp~ih If th leer oeru of Barous ill' ourreentmen aain. yrfrnet px2itting thei ay of' fionar cial refrmn woud ssttheayo t es onlyrrolndt n whcth an Alir.a ma oraem o racul offer oueie prpstion .sbte tarif on a a cato ud as a letterin of rt stamv at s'in1 hei insince rpo trhe fpub-n ro-s ectionis t. ButI tundersaud. T., uallyn spr ad ve~ forv -itr~ ickners in aition t hdy a -L2r rendir-grecp of -our pubhlicn Terst-lyyo r r Wahie ton,:i D.a Co- .. a I5.1897.e" og te letr of..~ Cap..Badac wl .id so- publh this. I( Kmeldd by a Tn.oeth A specal dispatchw froramer to-'.x afe Columbi R"egisterd Wednes day ight; acnto'clocn, some cro ofs thi wa- hmerom chre ourt te body.. o bar ieas rnl ou :ybr. The ha was" cV ushd an I beban fthe uaior.emaI ro d.Th uptai 1r.--nak ud had evidely stu-. Th., LL -oe' ici Casi last ~ see alv usc. 7 'eo in the ,vs i .r ontesr Is The i-ae ofy liqor. e~Ab hrli. .-aileg Tuhsh.n a otx-r 3 e nd Aoss ailnd bGJ the -noi -ain. eecaldnodcle to heath.uy01t a ers.mudr fNe ok os A TAK W:T, MCLAUR:N. Haw he X -. - ak - ! Twa F?moaus p.ch f-M 1n : i. T 01r , s :,r:. Th W ls of I o I Nr Rp r g*-.io L -' se ar m msI * r ::*u1't. u wich m? rd e i z t ,:ithsta e a i-i & ae dfSn~eh I h( a se - - r 'u C .n 'n' II; e rA:e w u r. d o0 S:eNo :un fotr G r nor f St Sl . -r: yer. .: Ther is rien pr. ssure up~on him tc mn .'e ie rc When I c41-d unnn Mr. McL urii z *t di medence Thursda)y e ve Li I I f u'd hn in a particularly happy frarme C n( i d, lf oo0in over a pile (I let.rs that h-id accumulated duri!;; z his a bsence. "Myv mail." said h-, '-.-a:; nearly 7 cuadrapi .d siuc' ry two last speec- 1e s.Tne fr.s seem to hlare s':uez aie respardve c-ord hrouzbout the : otwh1ifle th:,e J',st h!as R d to a vaA - anunt of app.,renly anxious Icq rscocer-i th0~&e condition a:d adj art sofour Sectio)n ' in quswe-r to an inquiry Mr. Mc L iu 0 hIs pii n -.1he wa s o rd means com'mittee was the prime i: cais-, for making the Erst speech. - "I would sit there," said hr, "day after dtty listening tn the indi. iduals and celegations dewanding recogn tion tLrough national legislati-n, and :ot hear a single s->hitary reention of a me great indIstries of the Srouth. Finally one man came before Ls in a th-e interess of long suple cotton, but : ai l, d to rake muc of an inpre-sion, I ' lie fou d S.ichern members op p mrscd to such a aoaad. I be"'n tot .Get letters frrwl different s cUns of s 1!2 South calhin my atte Ltion to the t rie schedule~s. Parti -s Jnterested ins e e,tto seed oil productions wrote me e ecrsin- taliov bsitg on the fr'e - .s:, wicu wculd :.ed to cheapen ol. a and thirby cheapen the price of cot- l ton s- ed to the planter. Men enga I~ ed La miaa'Ga c-)tton began to mrite sig if it wouid not be fair to de- t, m-.d a dut7 on cotton, at 'ohe some v time reminding me that there was a 1 neavyut on coy ctton lo.a. The ine jusice of sitting idlv by and permi- t: Siig th rt a and E to obtain all - :c:dantages of such sg-iation, and t th2 samne time realize that my o n sactica a:d o.-ople were beir g p.us.dered throuzh its operation. fore- - nd me to miake a pro.est aid take the p:ition I hzve. A I cor.tinied the preparation of' that q.:eech I bc-ime more and more C ncprusscd tbat the interestsi of the s South had been neglected, and more firmly dtermined t mzake a demand s for fair and equitable divieion of ben. t ctits and responsibilities. I am -ot a j Protectionist, and rejected thiat state- - menLt m.any times in ;ie cou-se of my s-eech, bdi if that d:.cirine was to ob d taia i? this country I simp}ly demand ' ed as a matter of right aa d justice that V the South shouldi not, he thie victim C 01:c p:-eis of the South, with rare ex I ~Cp'Ls, ha .ecepted noy conrention as rair and jit, and I loo:k'r suo stt i ssinc roiL utniera memn oa a makng - cxntest, not ornly for t: ..a stpie ci'?on, buti fr a .tquare re. c '1.io of "ji Soutaer itess iI I th r'nal tatus of the tariff b~il. jt said Mr. M cLauri, sh'>ing a ii jle case filled wih 'rem, "tan afran pa-n persila the South endorsi:'g my posil tion and ene )waig me to furtherj action. Tus~e letters also," p~iating to a krge number, "are fromt promi nent men, not~ oQIV in the South, but V in other sections, declariang my poiP tion corre::t, and urging me to contin ue tbe fight. In order to round out my first speech and show the true situjf suori I mace the last one. Ss'ne pa-i pers have caltd it an imimigpation i sueech an~d an advertisement for toe; SLuW. I donr't care anytnaing ab:>ur b ts. sice: my purpose was aCcou piish~d wnen I attrnett~d the attee f the balance of 1h*-: country t:> our if se2ionl. 'p "I assumed the t such increased in- es trest and inquiry rrearding o~ur see-| io would aufist mneeri lly in secur li iog fair play, and i tina it as. Taisj speech L as been printed ic Tull in aG uany leading papirs, andI liberal ex racts have found thcr -.a inte d housands of n'ovspapers throughout b :e endre nation. Tde Ne~w York t; Financier, the Boston Journal of b ommerce, the Onicago Record.,t and numnerous j->urnals of thi caracter have printed much of the speech. an commneQed editorially up omit. TteSoutherrn Railway Co-panyv has printed a, large: portiou of i a;"d eat out thousands to uts correspon- i C ents and inserted it in thousands of aois interes ed in our section. [( nane this s;atemnent not boasting, but! a ordler to show what an easy matte t is anid, I beltieve, might have bee. ears ago to obtain the prompt at L ention of the business element of the North to our advantages as a section B E sincerely hope that tnis line of in-I vestigation may be stimulated byID ohers, so that the South may in the 1 :nd obtain its rights." ~ As1cep on then Track. A special dispatch to the Columbia Stte svns w.hen the passenger train ue at E.1eeeld a.. :3.:3 p m. Thaurs iy had. ro:c'ed n point about one , e .iie iramf Edgtd, in curning a snerp'~ urve the engiceer sasv lying onth "'ek betwan the rails, not 50 fetj m''dc t wo boy, one of aem evidei.a 1asL[co Tne disia-ace was too stier a t stop tuie train. Jim Blkcker, a m d pa tro O.ot 10 ye-ars old, was struck by~ a] h: nouot and knsckedi dar'a an emn 4km ut iour fet. ILs irgs and kulwe crusacd aad ne wvs killed' N n'oily. Tue other iboy e.n't oe bk N' -'' Ba E2:a ni'"r wll "ei" w armin rem~s adefe n ithe re eor 15o pr :-i*i' f' or :a" elctio 0. L:.ce of c no Q teC or wasphid; I . sweAvsi o:. Gn,ue.ral Tshibat n a i o amend thet cth oruppers be .ormaiy c.la to in. attenim of n he: nox u'nrl jAs "iinly. I: verL iasy las narord at a . ~eu? i . .i S reI e was raepg i~rs: wi Crhmslf j c Yic'g t to g-d to "t it Co. i"' iere and. figtt it out, they say, if it lia aen l s .tn .>. I to A FLYING MACHINE. TI a S iifd A rw.y from Nashvlfle in Alrship. A; r:irs:ip, c' whict' Prof. Barniard, ;r-, eo Mscltann ithe (. M C . Of Nseilli, Ten.., as v:or k for a lote time, m2de its rlitini journey Thursday. The ship: c as in process of copnoletion or -eks at a iecladcd pl2ac rxear the xprsition grou'ds, was brouht (-ff his Lorrii-e to the ?reat .sonish nie: Tf even -st c' the c flie-a's Cf e- p-sition). --s te s- r-:t had b:en At 11:15 oclc':. th;e Dr:-fasCo: an one-" d to ib ev.eral offiai pr-s n " I off " and muntud a -Iewe conttri-ance a". chid to a tr . -v.lo oa t 'he ton with sails r p rots at 'he front nnd sids. The cuou craft arose as gracefull an eagle. In inute wondermeat the si'mblage stood ng a-. the ship as rote to a great hughL and then just, s Prof. BAriard had d--clared, he asde a bpe line over the course of the 4ortthwestern railway at a great speeo f about 15-nils an hoor. "The wiod is ratherstiff,"said Prof. laraard, "and would bear me in thc .rcctioa of Clarksville, but I don't - ropose that the wind shall dictate my u.'rse, and I shall select my ;r, n aad o toward Memnohis." Tce last trace his aerial bicycle visible showed 'c ,at he was ke--pin . his word, as weli 1: s can be judged of the rectdiug oh- d :'ct. The sbip attaind a height of 1 bout alf a mile and moved wr-st- 1 card t about 15 miils an hour. Pio F essor Barnard stated that aftEr reach i; 1g an attitue of 510 feet he would fi e,erse the shin as evidence that be N ad control of it, and that all was well ti ith him. Tais he did. The ship is of weer mr-lor slapE, 1E 6 fct long and 20 leet in diameter ' nrd sails lengthwise. Instead v the C asket attachment of a ballcon, it has bicycle frame, and by mzans of the si edeIs and the hatndles, the propeller a ad the side sails are controlled. The s: ropeller exteads 10 feet in front of Li he machine and c nsists of reversible u ails about one-twentieth the sizi of k be balloon part overhead. At either - ide of the macaine is a kite shaped iil about three feet haIm by t vo feet I ide. Theise also are reversible and 0 re coatrolled by revolvia:r levers C 'e balloon is fided with hydrogen N s5, and is made of silk and cotton. Prof. Barnard returned to the city : ,night. He had gre about 12 miles N -hen one of the propel'ers broke, and ie .e was obliged to deicead. which was asily done. He will make another .3 rip in a few days. He is greatiy !I based wiih the s.secess - f the trip. a Couldu'c Beat Bca. A Washington Times reporter tells good joke on Congressmsu! Latimer. s . says that Tilimam ard Latimer n ot up a bt on the art cf riding a k 'bike," Mr. Laimer saying that he v ouid ride one at firt sight, and Sea. a tor TilIman saying that if Mr. Lati 2er could do that he would do the 3i ame thing himself. The senator had 3 leave for New York for a few days 2 > take in the Grant ceremonies. and a kongressman Latimer saw his chance c nd -took a dodge" on the senator by . cing a little practicing while Senator e: 'illman was away. The opposing ti arces met at a bicycle school yester- it ay afternoon with their referee Mr o ~atimer got astride of bis machine in u n awkward manner and wabbled con- a, iderably from side to side, but man- u etd to keep goine. When the sena a ~r sa y this he appea red to be a little ismay ed, but took his medicirne like a is ida. Herefused to be helped upon o ae maschine, but getting on himself a roe' the hindmost part thereof, pro eeded to spin around like an old a zer. He was considerably applaud- t * d by the assemnblec spectators, and it Er Latimner declared that the senator ti ad beaten the famous Josh Ashley in t< is first attempt After the little bet p -as decid..d and the senator' took the bi :ize, the opp'enenlts compar-d notes al nd they found that Congressnmo e itimer had eeen learning to abble ia >r several days. Senator Tiluman a are Mr. Litimier a good look anid b rid: "What do you supon~se I hate sen doing in New York ? You can't al eat Ben." T Cotonels and Adjutants. tl Gen. C. L. Walker has issued the a >llowing general order, w bic'a wilt it rove or interest to Conf'-derate Vet a< '~ras throughout the S:.ate; Headquarters Sc'uth Carolina Divis >n, United Co i~reder te V-'terari Charleston, S. C , May 4, 1897. B -e::eral Ordzrs N. 2S 1. Ini accord.ace with General Or ~ ers No 26, the followicg regimnents tl ave been . rganiz::d, have held elec ~ ons, the followine clox'sls have. S ren elected anid it ey hasve appoi-.ted O1 ie follinig adjutens: - .dt. Jc's Brunsoin.L Anderson R.gimneat-Coli. J, L Barnwell R a iAt-yl F. H. D reech.F ChareAton R ':r-c -'1A Zm- B .ermaau Davi. rt.A H. Prince.S Ott. Adt S L. Ready. Florence Rerun - M. ' E W.;' tova. Greenville R?imert-el J. A. ? :oyv. Adt. P. T. Hayne. Spar~anourg Reg-m'imet -Cl . ean,. Adt. J. M. Harrdson. York Regiment-Col. S. E White. B 2. Other regimnnis wvill be organizedH soont as the~ various other countiesN Irm three or more camp-,s. By c:>mir?ei a Maj. Gen . I. Walk-L Jany' G Hiolraes, ol., ujt. Gen. and L of Stdf. A Profoun~d Myster.c Th9-c is aprofound miysey JitL Ei sma i cou~Ite:. town ne r Hu: vi,r a ?vo months a~o J. O. 1 :, ominent farmer nurs-'rvman.-er members :> his family andrj a o ir of tenauts ,ver.: poisond. 'i.' as thought to have b-oee the r'-' o' rs ."ell ca i sai" - o a cal"r.Kiy aiarC oy A pa"-y of ci-~n. siting up to . after ?dly d.ca, To day'i b- at to apoeur- th--t therei.; a' plo t'es so the -rmly r brea~kfast Dc tlyill E11 : and six ns hites wer srously ' >:1ad t o ca av di. A-non' the- ii i~ a du-w er- from Cleveland, Te , who h t.et the- nigha Kelly's. to Mardere d for his Money. Joe Samz. a pro 'iWZen o -.-,r-id ie, Ga .was nu d et .rd'r ':as r.'lx. Mr . ar~iaz' d re stoen C e *ro...b-rs have nt a nas o:.en otfre or taer4 tA: A. ScENTiFIC mian who has given $5 e-n st-uy to the quston has come or -s cosc-iusi aat the weight of vi .xpmd by a uigu-e six followect th a t: tlive ..hat this estimnate is sc irly cav e and also to be thianj us 1 tiatin nenature~ of thir'es it Iinm ipossible to drop the earth on one's th POWDER A bs '.y Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening strength id healthfulness. Assures the food against umn and all forms of adulteration common the cheap brands. EOYAL BAING POWDER CO., NEW YORX. A TERR!BLE DISASTER. vo Handrtd People Killed at a Charity Fair. The grand bazaarde charitie, which as inaugurated Monday in Paris, ce, ended Taesday afternoon in a saster which caused the loss of at ast 200 live-s and which has thrown any of tne best known families of rance and other continental c:uatries to morning. A fire started in the msv structure in which the b.zaar as beiug held, and in a fl -., rainutes e whole place w; a aheap of ashes. in hich were the bodies of many of the aders of contitiental society and of omen promimently identified with iaritable work. The building was aly a temporary o.ie, being built naply of planks a:d cloths. The zaar was held by a reoresentative ndictte of the caf chait ible i istitu uras of the city. which. every year lite for the purpose of selling all nds of articles which are devoted to .e relief of the poor. Tae receipts tch year have a:mouuted to about 000.000 francs. Tue baz tar was un ?r the patronage of the leaders of so ety and m-tny of the stail holders 'ere ladies of rank. Tie fire started at half past 4 o'clcck the cino~latograph installation, hich was near <e stail of the Dach se d' Uz-s. L is supposed to have riginated froii an imperfectly in ated electria wir-. There were fal 1.800 persos attending the bazaar. id the morueii the cry of "fire" was ied, there was a fearful panic. A ild rush w4s made for the exits, hich quickly became blocked with up~gh.g musses of humanity, and s oy of those seeking to escape were in', d down and trampled to death, 0il e ohers were sufocattd in the Vful crush. It was at FEcst thought tat the loss of life would not exceed , as that mumber of dead were eedily recoverered and laid side by de on the ground, but it took little rther search te reveal the fact that ie catastrophe was of far wider extent Ad that tbe deata list would be far in :cess of that number. In addition to ose who were crushed or suffocated, appears that man4y others who mnight her-ise have esc aped were caught ider tue roo', which collapsed in a w minutes after tne fire started, thle pgihts supprting it having burned vay. Fr'irm stories told by arsivors, it is arad that the dr esses of a number ladins caugiut n:-e before tuey scarce had an opoortuntity to attempt an cp3 r-ud ineir shrieigs of .r~ony as ey ran~ uLz e rud tnither in blind tror added to the panic. Tt~ey ran to the crowds near the exits and in is manner the fire was communicated the clothing of persons w ho either ~rished miserably or were frightfully rned So far as csu be learned, )out 500 persons were enveloped in e inmes, the others in tne building vitng manat d tovffect thleir escape ~fore tue fire gamned head .vay. Oae ndred an~d Jitty srriously injured r5ots have been taken to the flospit s or are being treated at their homes. e rutas are stul smoging. and ua they have cooled off sutficiently to lo w of a thorougna searc a oeig made, will be impossiole to know tae ex t number of the victims. The Arbitration Treaty Defeated. The United States Senate voted on e Arbitration Treaty with Great itaina last Wednesday. The vote suite d in the defeat of the treaty by e vote of 43 for to 26 against-a two irds vote being nece.-sary. The nate decided that the time was not portine for a general peace treaty th Great Britain. The necessary o thirds vote failed by three as fol For the treaty-Allison, Bacon, Bur' ws, Caffery, Clay, Callom. Davis, e'oe, Fair ban ks, Fauikner, Foraker, ye, Gallinger, Gear, Gcay, Hale, ana, Hawley, Hoar, Kenney, Lind 7, Lodge, McBelde, McEcnery, cMillan, Morrill, Nels 2, Pasco, ~rins, Piatt of Conne::ticut, Platt New York, Prit'chard, Proc , Smith, Spooner, Tnurs:on, Tar e, Vest, Walthall, Warren, Well ton, Wetmore ad W ilson-total AMainst the reaty -Baker, B.ae, aler, C.rrtur, Cockr-ll, Daniel, nsbrough, Harris of ifentiessee, ~itfield, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of vada, Kyle, Martin, Mason. Mills, rgan. Penrose, Pe:tigr-ew, Pettus, ay, Rawlins, Roach, Sdioup, S'ew and Wh ite-total 26 bsent or paired -Aldrich, Allen, rry, TiillLaU, Caniana, Chandier, iler. Clark, Chilton, Se well, Earle, kins, George, German, Mantle, khell, Mc:-phy. Turner, Wolcott Ser.ator Tillman was paired in favoi the treaty. Gold Brick swindler. srzccial frcma Macon, (i-t, to the asttu-.ion says: A smeidler from : Nor:.a reached M5- can a fewv days y and soon afw-r his arrivat met by ointmueui one o f Geora:ia's wrealth t planters. NUither th.e swindler r taie planter is here now. The ludler has ietu; 'd to his Eastern uts, wearing a happy smile and ryin~ a 6 :300 of the planter's money, ile the plaoter has gone home to let three gold bricks he benzt, and kep secret, ii he can, the knowl ; that he has been daped. No e seems to know who the s windler but it is .a well known fact tbat the iter is Phil Jackson, probably the athiest of Sunter Coty. A few fs ago Jackson was suriuroned 1o ion by a letter, odvisinig him of a od invest~nett," and here he met plausible stranger, who exni'oited ee gold brieza. Jacksou r alljsed a bait, and X e.. c .rdull y examin f the gold bricks pid~( the stranger 300 in cold cash and a check for .000 for the nariai. O0 c.>ursC ih-i eks were only brass andt now tne tm is e-ndeavoring to keep the af Lr a secret iostead o'f reporting it to authorities and miag an effort coture tme uianipuiatwr of the ene. Tiae gold brick art is thle a story of ?u Irdla fnding the .ne in a iecltded spot in1 Nevada and samples oaly being sold to get nywhebnareith to develop it