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V'L. xvia. [MN EN WEDNESIAY. IECEM IT WVONT WORK. What Senator Tillman Says About Senator Morgan's Scheme TO COLONIZE THE NE-R07S. It Would Cost Too Muich Mooey ani Would Not solve the Negro Question in the Soulh. A dispatch from Washington savs Senator John T. Morzan. of Alabama. has succeeded after two yeras of en deavr in interesting the war depart ment and incidentally President Roosevelt in a plan to use t he Philip pine islands in cotonizing the negroes of the United States. The war de-.1 partment has made arrangements to test the practical possibilities of the plan and the president has sent a special envoy, T. Thomas Fortune, a negro leader, to the Philippine islands to make investigation and report on the conditions there. It is the Alabama senator's purpose in the lut'ure to start legislation in congress for the movement to colonizl the negroes in the Philippines. He has not pushed this part of his work because he believes the time" is not ripe yet for legislation: the farmers of the south, he says, think they need the negro now and until conditions are more favorable, he will withhold the proposed legislation. le believes, however, that the move now uider way will result eventually in mins or the negroes emigrating to' thoe Philippine islands and working their own salvation out. This. he says, is the solution of the grave nerro oues tion which now confronts the Aneri can people. Senator Morgan's plan is to incor porate for the negroes. steamship transportation companies: to give them homesteads of about twenty acres each in the island and to give them the best possible commer-ial ad vantages. The plan would not deprive them of their protection under the flag of the United States: it would not deprive them of citizenship. of which they are proud, and it would enable I them to become a selr-sustaining and prosperous race of people, because the land in the Philippine island is ex tremely rich and fertile. The climate, is exactly suited to the negroes' physi cial and industrial character. lie says. Under this plan Senator 'Morgan be lieves great numbers of the negroes. but not all of them. of course. would go to the islands. WHAT TILLMAN sAYs. A dispatch from Washington to The State says Senator Tillman is politically and emphatically opposed to Senator Morgan's plan of utilizing the Philippines as a colony for negroes. Commenting on the schieme the South Carolina senator said: "It seems we never go beyond the pen etrating stink of this lily-white-and black-and-tan business, it is contin ually popping up in one form or an-1 other. First it is~ giving the negro his rights then it is eliminating him from politics, with the educational question and colonization schemes following close in the rear. "I tell you none of these pians will ever succeed, that is, from the hu manitarian point of view and the American people will insist upon that being taken under consideration. Now. say that the negroes are taken to the Philippines, there will be the cost of transportation to the Pacitic ocean, of the ocean voyage, of the preparat ion of some temporary habitation until they are able to provide for them selves, and feeding them until they raise, harvest and market their tirst. crops. "If this is all the government in tends to do for them, why the item of expense would be something enormous. It would be necessary to tax the peo ple to the point of oppression. Su ppose such a plan is put into practice by the government possibly w.ith hurrahs. camp meeting fervor, anid promises of paradise, 2,000.000 people might be induced to go to the islands, but then you would have 7.000.000 left. The removal of 2,0C,000 negroes is not going to solve the problem. The race breeds so fast that the 2.000.000 gap wvould be tilled in no time and you still have that great expense on the other side of the Paci tic ocean. "It is too much like the 40-acre and-mule scheme that was suggested at the close of the war. MIost of the plans are suggested, I beneve, as the result of speeches by negroes who have acquired some education and the gift of gab,. like Thomas Fortune for instance, a blowhard who goes around lecturing in a highfalutin way. Why he has even made talks about advising the negroes to arm and assert them selves.' Getting Together. For rhe first time in the history of the MIethodist Episcopal churc'h sine the Civil War. commissions from the north and south have arranged to hold a joint meeting on interests of' like importance to both branches. This will occur on the 10th of next month. when a comnissioni of the church north of eleven memb1ers, who have in process of preparation a new hymnal for the denomin'tion. wil meet with a similar commissimon of eleven men from the c'hurch south at Nashvile. Tenn-, for the purpose of c.onsiderinig the adoption of the sam'e book fo:' bioth branches ofth ibhu'~rch. A Rail Removed. A southbound~ train' fromn Cincinnati to New Orleans on the Alaibama Great Southern was wreoked Tomie south of Birming~ham. Ala. Wedner day, a rail hmavinug been removed ronm a trestle which spans a small1 creek. The locomotive left the track m~ toppled over into the cre"k. I .e mail. bagrgaag and express ears asif two coaches followed. Exprn's Mes senger Colson was kiled. M1ail 'Clerks JKelly and itig:gs and Fir'emanl Duerr wvere seriously hurt. There were few pasengrSaned they were no ijured. THE BSU30uIC PLAGUE. This )Dreaded Disea-e Has Appeared A in Newv 'ork. .\ dispat..h1 frmin New Yrk says th iree* cases 0 buniC plVue are Un (er treat ment illi > SW ite in tiie Island hospita! at Qu:aran tine. The sufferers are the first and sec(Id co ks and the second steward of the Prince line steamer Saxon Prince which arrived fron ID)rban. south Africa. at New York Wedlnesday. when on inspe-ction of the crew three were found to be ill. A t horough exa mi nation of the pa iients otnvinced Health Oflicer Dl)tv that they all had the symptoms of the 1ague and they were taken to Swine burn Island where cult ures were made. The result of the examination there contfirmed the diagnosis made at the 'u inpction3. at The history oif the cases rakes a cImplete chain of infection fro'm the d time of the exposure of the irst man at Durban to the time (of the arrival. Tne crew were ashore at, Durban. and t1 it is undoubtedly there that the dis- at ease was contracted. One patient is convalescent. but the other two are still under treatment. All three men slept together in a small compart ment. The total number of the crew h is 31. There are five passengers on w board. a woman and four children. II The steamer will be sent to sea to h. discharge the water and sand ballast w; taken on board at Durban. She will dz then return to Quarantine. when the ra passengers and crew will be transfer- hi red to Hoffman Island. where they bv will be held for ten days for observa- w; tion. The effects (Cf all will be thor- ry tuglyl disiifected and the steamer hi will be washed and disinfected in c every part before being release(d. Dr. fo k )otv says that there is no dangrer of a ed spread of the plague as the whole h matter is well in hand. pr OUR RAILROADS. CC The Ofliciai Figures of the Pre..ent Iti N V Year's iuiness. f0 The State railroad commission is! g now hard at work on the preparation Q of its annual report. All of the 1!g ures are in from the various rilroads lines and the synopsis of the earnings tb have been made up for the introdue- 1, tory portion of the report. This h( synopsis shows a handsome increase in the gross earnings for the year W ending .une 30th last, over those of - the preceding year, and an average net income per mile of $1.341.70 as against $1.327.09 for 19401 and $1.253. ->0 for 1900. 1 The summary for the year endingeC June 30th last is as follows: d Earnings from all sources ,-1.71. a 946i.52. Total expenses. less taxes: mainte- e nance of way of structures: mainte nance of equipment: conducing trans e portation: general expenses -.674. 1316.95. el Earnings from operation $4.111.-i al Txs472.171.14 Income, less fixed chargtes and taxes. 3,640,590. 24. i Increase in gross earniings over earn- CC ngs of 1901, 8618.3t7.94.t Gross earnings per mile $:3.845.15. er Operating expenses per mile 82.- P 04.15. P A verage income, all lines, less ex- o penses per mile. 1902, $1.341l.T0 at A verage income all lines, less ex- fo penses per mile, 1901, 81.3di.09.w This showing is a good one and in- tr dicates that the roads have enjoyed an h( excellent business notwithstanding ut there were practically no unusual 1 events to run the volume of business ht up. tt The tabulated statement showing W the growth of the railroad mileagre T from 1833 when 137 miles were in op- tv eration to this year whe the mileage en reaches the handsome total (Cf 3.064.- iN 30 miles. is also complete. There ca were :37.59 miles of new steam railway tl: line built during the year, against :9 tl miles the preceeding year. I Wants D~amates. I Alonzo H1. Glore, oif Mlariet ta. Wa., suig through his father as is next friend, has tiled suit in Cobb su perior court against the Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph company for i damages. Ihis father, .1. A. B. Glore, has also filed suit against the same company, the two suits aggregating a $50.000. Alonzo Glore, while on his way home, from the MIarietta Chair t cmpl]any. a few weeks ago, came in contact with two telephone wires on Kennesawv avenue, which were con nected with~ the arc light wires lead ing from the electrict plant to the . city and sutfered the misfortune to " h e both of his hands by having thenm burned otT at the wrists. J Death or a Vet eran. Gen. George M10orman. ad jutant general of the Enited Confederate ,e Veterans. died suddenly at his home in New Orleans Wednesdaiy, aged 'l1r years. Hie was on the sta!t of Ge-n N. I . Forrest and other Confederate h leaders during the war. earming~ many ~ seial mentions. andl was comman der of Moormnan's Cavalry battalin. Ie has been adjutat general of the .~ 1'. C. \. sinee its organization. He a 'xrd while at his desk in his New~ (reans olliwe.a The (crew. 1 rowned '(. s Sixteen men. olecrs anid crew. .f C the lBritis-h coal steamtier 31arlay are i beheved to have bee.n drowne as a result oh' thle foundering' Cf their ves sel 'he \lar.ia * t Liverpo'i for lubin Iaded n!!hV.~ coal. She ex peie ncedO hna v ; ete in mitdehn ni h lieba was ;.*4wered!. bunt was wahedi away wAIit''n mani in it. 'ITe sio was' resP" cued:it' he devIt'ares he saw For ot aeKei. u Ihe brutal 4.' 1' r f the' y\nn:e white man. ~n I aLwtey. wer tae to I A SA) 'S1A0. Stranger Dies in the County Aims house at Columbia. 'IS HOME WAS IN CESTEB, PA. v MNysteriously Disappeare;1 on His Way fromI His Home to Winins!).wo. Where lie wVas to Work. Johin Dougherty. who left his lome Chester. Pa., on the 2Qth of list ugust, died in the almshouse in Co inbia. on the :lst of that month. id it appears that his relatives have en unaware of his demise. The sappearance of the expert stone cut r was the sub*iect of some concern ti lose who were interested in him. d the following appeared in the innsboro correspondence in The ate of Wednesday: "August 26th John Dougherty left s home in Chester, Pa.. to come t; >rk in one of the quarries of Fair ld county. and that is the last that .s been heard of him. hIis baggage is checked to Colunbia and a few yvs ago was delivered over iv the iroad authorities to be returned to s relatives. The railroad coipany Ls in its possession his ticket. which s bought by the owner of the quar who remembered the number. and s disappearance was after he reached urotte, for the ticket was punched r the whole trip. Ilow he disappear is a mystery. and his friends, who ve begun a trace of him. are ap ehensive that he will never be seen ain. Ile was about 60 years old." The State says tue attention of the v. T. .T. Ilegarty or -t. Peter's thlie church was attracted by this ?m and he called at The State otice ednesday morning and vave the in rmation tnat Dougherty had died the alishouse. Father legarty .ve the unknown the burial of the .tholic church. Capt. C. 1. Douglass, clerk of the unt board of commissioners, was ked for information in regard to e sad ease. lie called up 'Mr. .J. D. al. supeirintendent of the alms use. and the latter told all that he ew of the case. 'Mr. Dougherty is sent to the county home on the th of August. the commitment pa rs having been signed by Capt. ven Daly, chief of police. The ol] ntleman was waited on by Dr. irle. countv physician (now deceas .) Mr. Dougherty's cellapse and ath was unexpected and the olicers d in mates of the institution knew thing of his antecedents or of his iployment. It was known that his mne was .1ohn Dougherty a-nd that was a stone cutter by trade. The ceased had a watch and $1.15 in ange when he was taken to the ishouse. Mr. Ilial did not reinem r what was the specific cause of ~ath. Capt. Douglass added to the above formation that the almshouse is a untv institution, but is placed at e disposal of the city in cases of irgecy and that commitment pa is from the ottice of the chief of ice do not pass through the h ands the county otlicials. The cottages the alnmshouse are clean and comn rtable, but this is not a hospital ti a stafl of physicians and wvith ained nurses. lt is the county's men for those who are worn out and tabe to tight the battle of life. MIr. lal ministers to the suffering as best can. aud the inmates of the insti tiOn attend their sick companions henever they themselves are able. he county physician visits the home ice a week and responds to all is. The need of a large hospital re is emphasized by just such sad ses as that of .lohn D~ougherty, aT ough there is nothing to indicate iat constant attention of nurses >lhd have restored him to health. When Chief Daly was asked about e case he remembered very d istinct that Dougherty camne to him and ked to be sent to sonie place where could rest up and recuperate. Capt. ilv described hi'm as an elderly man. rhaps i60 years old, and the chief's ipression was that lhe was not a :k man but that he was broken down id needed to rest up. In reply to inquiry wvhy lie had not sent ugherty to the Columbia hospital. c chief said that h~e did not think ugherty was ill enough,.for that. id on account- of the crowded coin tion of the Columbia hospital it is istoery to send such cases to the nshouse. Hie had been surprised to ar of I )uugherty's death and had ed. but failed, to lind out whence had come. Has No V essels Letk The New Yoi k I terald's special cor spondent at. Caracas calls attention the pertinience (if 1'resident Castro's p to the .\nglo-Gernanl order that Vene:uelan warship leave the har r (f La Guayra after D)ecember 1 8. esident Castro answere id that as the ssels of England and G.ermny huad read' either coniscated or sunk all eC ships o: \ 'enezuela's little iu v :d not vllooI ked t he ()ssuni. \ene elas only commerci''al vessel avail I as a tr'ansport, hie begged to im rm them that Venezuela hall no yes s left in the harbor of La Guayra esewhere, except such as might be hing smarkis or rowboats. Ini view these fhiets he regardedl the orde'r riddiig vessels of the Venezuelan t to leave thal. harbor after i* e mber Is* as su peril uous. Cnsc-ijent in the con tinuel irai n v-c prsons were lrowne'd Ta is. a village in the Cap~e I-ou dist; c iih was sudldeinly 11 iudatedI last iiusdar night. . ic 'rding ti dipates from linun my, :: pe.rsions were f roz:en ti. death dur(il.2 theV layt t hree days5. es ar ie rbevistal ing the sheep .., uda .e d.mo red th.reeS shep T*he Star of' Bethlchem. n1Y H ENRY MKI KE wnI1'f E. When imarshalled I on e n iglItly pla :n Tit glit tering hosi lest uti hie sky. )ine stali ar one. of all le train. Can fix theC Siiier's wanderinlg eye. Ila rk hark! to GIod I he chorus breaks. 'rorm every host . f!romi every gem: 1'ut one alone Ihe Niviour S)eaks. It is I he Star o' liethleleml. once on tle raglig seas I roe: The st orm was 1011( . the night was dark: The oceal yawned. and rudely blowed Th11le wind that tossed my foundering bark. 1)eep ho'rror then my vitals froze. Death-struck. I ceased the tide to Steim: When suddenly a star Prose It was t he Star of Bethlehem. I\ was my guide, my hight . my all: n It hade ny dark fornCodings cease: 1 And t hrough the storm and danger' S t hrall It led me to the port of peace. Now, safely moored. my perils oer. V ll sin1g first in night's diadeni Forever and forevermore. The Star-the Star of Blthlehevn. he Two Olipnna. liv 1Y?--IllCr t, eUJAPTER XXV. TORTURE. e Louise stood trembling with fear t Sand cold. as The old wvoman was thus tl preparing her to go out begging. and she had need of all her strength even , to stand. much less walk. Sue could hardly he worse off than c she was now. and she resolved to brave el I lie power of her tormentors. "Eh-eh? What net?*" asked the ti old woman. sharply. and ni-rning to ri Jacques. she said. wit h a sneer: "Do e you hear t1a1? She doesn't wish to go out. .We'll see about that."' and the threat imp!ied in Jacquies' brutal tones a caused tlie poor girl to tremble as if an agrue M.iL Pierre saw the storm that wasC gathering,. and knew that it must soon bl break upon i he blind girl's defenseless t head. Anxious to save her all the h trouble be could. lie went close to her and whispered warningly: "Take s care." "Come here, my little beauty," said I Jacques. coarsely, as lie attempted to w take her hand. I "I forbid you to touch me:" exclaim- W ed the poor girl, recoiling in horror o from his villainous touch. ai "Oh. ho:" sneered the brute in ht man form, "then we are no longer friends.' d "You: Friends:" exclaimed Louise. ai "You're cruel wretches!" ul "Yet you were glad enough to share I ( our hore when we picked you up h' I di the streets." F "Yes- I was grateful to you then, t because you offered me a shelter. Alas: I learned too soon I hat it was not pity for my misfortunes that W moved you. No--no, you wanted to Of make use of my aifliction. You have a] starved. tortured. beaten me: but now. ti feehle as I am. my will shall be stron- ej ger I han your violence. I will beg no e, more! As Louise thus declared her inten tion of submitting no longer to the demands of her tormentors, she stood erect. and her slight form seemed to et exoand. and for the moment she un- 0 doubtedly had the strength to resist: ti but alas! only for a moment could she w expect to have strength enough even c t o pernlit of her standing erect. "When 11er blood is tip she is su peh." said Jacqueis. gazing with ad- ~ mirai't ion nuon ner'. "Oh. well--well." laughed the old G woman. "'that is all mnighity line: hut a where is thle bread and butter to come C fom?'' t< "'I care not.'' said Louise. firmly. eC "l)o you hear?"' asked Pierre. of his i mother. while he gazed at Lomise in alarm. "Do0 y'ou know wxhat she mneanis She will starve rather than heg.'" S "Nonmsense:' was the sneering reply. li "She will get tirled of that soon1 enough." d' "Never:" cried the blind girl. tl "Well, we'll see if locking you up in the garret wont bring you to your seses ti And the old woman lauighied,.as she saw the flush of fear tnat passed ov'er the poor girl's f'ace. and she noticed d that her attitude was not so defiant. tl "If I enter that place I shall never C leave it alive," said Louise. piteously. y' "Poor child-poorchild:" exclaimed G Pierre. as lie turnedl away to hide his ear's. "Why. she is magnificent," said a Jagues, in admiration. "I' nee g have believed that she had so much a spirit.' .\s he spoke lie went. towyard the k rmnbhlng girl. and tried to kiss her: but shie mnagedl to escape from him. As .1 acques attempted this outrage, Pierie rushed forward as though lie would strike himn to the earth: but he hecked himself. and exclaimed, in ae voice filled with reproach: "Jlacques" "W'ell, what is it? You don't like P it, 1 suppose. 31aster Cupid. Well, C forbid it , why dlon't y'ou? And Pierre was about to rush for- u ward again: but .Jacques' threatening i at titudie caused him to stop, and he ~ went tol a furt her corner of the room11 :oitteringT t~o himself: ''hii serable, cowardly wi'etch tha it Iam:" and lie sobbed like a child. I as ne thbought or his own cowvardice. v I Come-.comeC along,"' said the old it w:iain, taimg Louise again by the r arm .and dIragging heri toward the f' steps.'' ou 're stron;. enough when oui wa nt to bet. t-p into tiie garret ~ wxit h you. n d the, old wretch half Icarried, hanf-dirged the poor girl ~ ang. util at te steps Louise fell 'I from iher rasp. an d lay iipon thle d stirls. seem.ilyI to" feeble to move. r1 "Yes ha is right, imotheri. take her ip saidl. Jacues. encouraginigly. '"get hlir out of thle way. Oh, conie. here.. -I I wnt to speak to vou. lie added as Ie suddl t ougl'ht of some message tat he had forgotten. IThe old wioiawn hurried down to hea r wxhat her' darling son had to say. and as she left Louise where she had fallen upon t he stairs. P'ierre took the' 1 0oor1tuii it y of silippinig a roulnd on thle o c opsite side of th. staircase, and whiisperingp:u "Yucn esc'ape. I have unscrewed d i edck The key to t he street door s under vnt' miat tress. Trust to c'n ha' ppeii thani Ihreat ens y'oui her. lie ii nisheid whliispermg'i just in iilme . toj hea" .iaeutes say to his ioter:d '' Lok her iup secu-ely. I hav mx i 'r"asens for dj ist rusting Mlaster C upm. hI old'an. shaking~ hert liead a "m'my innocnt, hard-workinlg a b rot ''r." ordered~ .;aegutis'. ini a snieel. ing ('le. ''rome wit hi me, 1 want yout.' I hi''v" wor'..:. ee.'' antsweredt i'.r. ,s he wenit to his whieel. ai.dy c"nnnenced to work. .ind I have work for von else c.nn 'edr oti n-are .4) i T'EN. LEE ON CUBA. n Address Before the Patrica Clib of New York. LOWING UP OF THE MAINE. ;panisi Outrages Were Reported to Cleveland, but He Paid No At tention to Them. Tribute to McKinley. General Fitzhugh Lee addlressed the -enbers of the Patrica club recently f New York on "The United States nd Cuba." lie said. in part: "Cuba was never so well governed y Spain as she is today. Congress caried of the wars in Cuba and pass d resolutions recognizing the right of elligerency of the revolutionists. hen came the war. "I want to say that I reported to resident Cleveland the exact condi ion of atTairs that existed there. I ported the rebellion with all its rutalities and horrors and told him bat it would continue for several enerations if not brought to a speedy nd. Mr. Cleveland gave-no attention i my reports and it was not until at gceat man now sleeping his last eep in Canton, Ohio. took charge of [Tairs in Washington that these atro ous conditions were brought to an ad. "Cuba is well worthy of the atten on or the American people. It is the chest spot on God's green earth. No )untry can ever rival Cuba in its roducts. It has been awaiting for alf a century for American energy d enterprise. If we had not sacri ed wisdom for sentiment, we would vn Cuiu todav When we did have uba we should have held on to it, it some of the people wanted to show e world that they- were acting for lmanity's sake, and not for the pus ssion of territory. "Prior to the war with Spain when was consul general in Cuba there ere repeated attempts to assassinate e. Wherever I went I had to sit ith my back to the wall and my hand 1 my six shooter. I received twenty 2d thirty letters a day in which I as threatened with all manner of saths. Some threatened to wavlay d strangle me: others to string me p to the nearest lamp post, and still hers to tie me to a horse's tail and rag me around the streets of Havana. ive Spanish women called at my of ye one afternoon and handed me a tter from some Spanish officers in hich they threatened to come to my !ice, tie me hand and foot, put me )oard the Maine and drive me out of ie harbor. I received reports that en the Cubans wanted to kill me be Luse they believed that by so doing ar with the United States would irely result." "When some of these reports were irrent. a man came into my otlice lc day with the purpose, as I iought, of killing me. le moved to ard me inch by inch, and just as he tne within reach I had him covered ith my gun. I asked him what h3e anted. and to my surprise, he said iEnglish. 'I have just come from eneral Gomez's camp suffering from wound in the thigh3. I want to leave uba. I want to go back to the Uni d States.' I asked him where he time from and he said, in the drawl st kind of a way. 'Fromn Kansas. hat man was Frederick A. Funston. you see I had much to do with the ter capture of Aguinaldo." General Lee then related the inci nts that followed the blowing up of 3e battleship MIaine and told of Gen. lanco's action after the catastrophe. "I want to say here and for all re." h3e continued. "that General lanco and his officers had no more to a with the blowing up of the MIaine an had the .people of New York ity. It is my belief that some of the ung ollicers left in the arsenal by eneral Weyler blew up the 31aine." in conclusion Gen. Lee advocated a increase of the navy owing to the rowing interests of the United States nd because."in view of recent events e may be in deep water before we now. They Are Watching Us. T~he State says that Italy should watch3 the United States, whose im erialism is a political and commer al menance to Europe, and especial ta Italy. th~e weakest of th~e great awers," was thec warning given his auntry by Deputy Santini during 3e debate in th~e Italian chamber hen the Venezuelan situation was p. The wvarning should have even iore effect in the United States than 1Europe: for it demonstrates to us. s nothina~i else that has been said i do. how our venture into the bus ess of being a "world power" is iwed by other "world powers." lie re our essay into the tieldi of impe alism we posses:;ed the disinterested iendship (if the European imations5 so tr as general International politics -as concerned, as this5 country was 'e from any suspicion of rivalry. 'he Italian deputy who spoke so can ily did not represent nis govern ient oflicially but he undoubtedly oed a sentiment which is pre valent (t oly in Italy but throughout :nirpe. A Minister Killed. Iev. S. Archer. a Baptist minister. as killed Thursday night by Casey lolland. a young farmer living inea" eeatur. Ala. T1he two quarrelled en a load of wood and 1Holland struck reher (in the head with a stick of 'ood. hreaking~ his skull and causing eath in a few hours. Holland made as escape. P ostomlce ltobbed(. urelaris blew open thle safe in the Otilice at 8ig Stone Giap. V a.. Vedneday morning taking about 00 i tmps and $400 in money. 'ey entered the room by boning out panel i'n the door. The same gang lite later entered a hardware stire ud got $100i in money. TlnEl-: are gro(winig evidencees that he people of New England do not elcome that kind of prosperity ihih increases the cost of living out f all proportion to the increase of' in ATTEiIPT AT ASSASSINATION. A Negro Shoots *jr. Thomas F. Davi From Ambush. T.here was an ugly affair in Rich land county Saturday evening. nea the town of Killian's, about 15 mile, ivrthi of C ilumbia. as a result f wh-i a prominent South Carolinian. Mr Thomas F. Davis. manager of the ex. tensive Carolina Fire Brick works. lo cated at Killian's, is suffering rom load of shot in his right arm. neck and leg. all fortunate!- being Ilesh wounds and Ma-istrate's Constable 'T. C. i Thornton has a shattered left arm. necessitating amputation. 1t was all the work of a ne'gro as. sassin. whose murderous wo; k failed of fatal consequences of no fault or his. Saturday MIanager Davis accompa nied by Miss Davis. and tie ottie stenographcr. Miss iDubard, went out on the place near the works for an af ternoon's bird shooting. In the morn ing Mr. Davis bad reprimanded a ne gro named Adam Lowman, employed about the works. for shooting on the -reserve, and had ordered him otl. Saturday evening as Mr. Davis and the ladies were returning just at dark they had to pass through some thick bushes close by the road. As they drove by the flash of a shot gun from the boughs blinded them momentari ly. Then Mr. Davis' right arm fell helpless to his side. le was power less to return the tire, and the vehicle moved on. There was no scramb!e from the bushes the assassin evident ly waiting to give the other bArrel of his gun. As soon as the town was reached the alarm was raised and a message we-it to Blythewood for Dr. Langford, the nearest' physician, while 'Magis trate's Constable T. C. Thornton and others, hearing of the incident of the morning. went in search of the negro Lowman. The doctor did not arrive for two and a half hours and when be did get there he found other and more serious work for him. Dr. Hanahan. of Winnsboro, was 'pioned and asked to come down on the midnight tiain. Constable Thornton and a number of citizens found the negro Lowman in a negro house in bed. Ile had the shot gun in bed with him. When Mr. Thornton attempted to pul! him out of bed he tired the gun point blank at him, jumped out and fled like the wind. Many shots were fired at him. and some say at lest one of them was effective, but the negro made his es cape, for the others had to turn their attention to Mr. Thornton who sank down with a groan. His left arm was badly shattered by the shot, so much so that when the phsician examined it he said that amputation would be necessary. At midnight the chase for the ne gro had been abandoned for the night and Dr. Langford was with the two wounded men, awaiting the arrival of Dr. IHanahan whose assistance lie needed. Both men were resting easi ly at that hour and Mr. Davis' wounds while painful were not considered seri ous.-The State. A Sad Tragedy at Bamberg. A messi,.e from Bamberg says that Thomas W. Pearlstine, son of S. W. Pearlstine. shot and killed "Bill Creech at the latter's home on factory hill about 9 o'clock Saturday night in the presence of his wife and only one other witness whose name was not given. The facts were na-rd to get bu t from all that could he ascertained seem to be about as follows: Pearl stine cailedi at the Creech house for the purpose of collecting a debt of 8C cents due him by Creech. Creech had been sick for some days and was in his bedroom sitting in front of the tire. His wife was with him at the time. Pearlstine entered the room and ask ed Creech for payment. Creech told him that he would pay him. A bout this time a young factory hand whc had had some business dealings with Pearlstine during the day entered the room ahd made some remark to Pearl stine in regard to the transaction. It is said that Pearlstine began cursing the young man when Creech ordered him not to curse before his wife or in his house. Pearlstine continued his profanity and drawing his pistol shot Creecih twice in the back, killing him instantly. TVhis is the testimony of the only eye witness to the atfair. Pearlstine immediately tied but every effort is being made to apprehendhim. Mules in South Africa. The Augusta Chronicle says "if the South African war accomplished no other good it introduced the Ameri can mule to th~e Boers, and he did the rest. At one time there was talk (f international friction because the nited States allowed the British a-my to ibuy mnules for their use in the South A frican wvar: but the B:ers found it so much cheaper to capture lritish army trains and help them selves to the mules than it would have been to buy them in America and transport them. that they made no complaint against the trahtc. On the contrary they redoubled their etforts in wayiayin g tr-ains so as to force the British to buy as many as possible. That the American mule made a good impression in South A frica is proven by the fact that the Boers are now buying them. Recently an agent of the Boers was sent to the United State to study thle induvstrial methoids and agricultural i mplements. and, see what thlings of ours shoui be in troduce~d in South A frica. it is re crded as a fact that (ne of he ;irist things this commissioner invested in was a thousand Missouri mules. it promises to be an imnportanit tratlic." Work ot'an Air itte. Tihe IUion Progress says Mr-: Charles Linder. whose eye was put out hv an air rifle in I $9. had] to undergo tie operation Sunday of having the injured eye removed in iirder to save the other one. 'Te operation was iuite succ-essfutl an~d lie is doig as well as couilld be expected. Dr. Geo. Heinitsu. of Spartaniburg. performed the ouerationi. WVomn'zs P'icture~ on Stamp. An unusual thing in postotlice ci: eles is the new 8-cent Martha Wash ington'u stamp being placed on s.ah throughout tile country. This stamp is unique in that it is the fir-st stampr issued by the United States govern ment bearing the figure oir portrait o1 a woman. BANK OF MULLINS LOOTED Five Thousand Dollars Stolen by E.xperienced Cracksman. A special dispatch from Mullins to The State says a boid and daring rob hery occurred in that town on Wed- ] ne;dav night. when the Bank of Mul lins was burglarized, the daring rob bers securing the tat sum of 85.000. For the past few months the bank carried cash on hand of about $20,000 in order to meet the demands of the tobacco interests, but just now the season for selling the weed is nearly over, and lucky for the bank they were only trying to carry enough cash to transiat the nominal busi.iess. I From all reports that can be gathered C the robbery oxcurred about 3 o'clock a. m., as the night watohman for the Mullins Lumber and Brick company. stated that he heard the report just as the 3 o'clock watcb was punched. The work of the robbers shows that t they were fully up to their business. P as they knew the location of the rivets 2 that bolted the combination on to the a vault and after getting into the vault n they then had to break open another safe of the Hall make, which was ap parently entered without the least S trouble. as great pieces of plate steel 0 was found lying on the floor in the 0 vault, and the big door was lying at 9 the foot of the safe in a demolished I condition. Evidently some great ex plosive was used. Every effort h' s been put forward to secure the where- s abouts of the robbers, by sending dis- e patches to all points along the Coast f Line notifying the town and city P authorities to look out for any suspici- a ous characters, also messages were fly- t ing in every direction to secure the services of bloodhounds. Finally the dog of Mr. Wrlght, p general superintendent of the Butler el Lumber company, was secured. Tne . dog was brought to Mullins by private i conveyance and carried to the black- n smith shop where some of the tools were taken to do the work, but the C dog seemed to take no notice of any particular trail. le was then carried to the bank with the same result. t The bank is thoroughly protected by V insurance, which will occi in no loss. e The bank will be ready for business again in the morning. The work S seems to have been done by a profes- Ii sional cracksman. C Texas Fever in Blackville. The Columbia State says Dr. G. E. ti Nesom, State veterinarian, arrived in e: that city Saturday evening from .3 Blackville where he had gone in re- f< sponse to a telegram from Mr. J. D. v Whittle. Some weeks ago Mr. Whittle C bought in western North Carolina h one hundred and fifty steers for his b feed pens. About a week ago fifteen of them began to show signs of being a sick and soon four died. The State veterinarian examined them and fonnd p that they were dying from Texas t fever, or southern cattle fever. Mr. P Whittle has just gone into the busi- t ness of feeding cattle and will no t doubt be very much discouraged with t such unexpected results. Two other I gentlemen who have recently sustain- t ed similar losses are Mr. W. E. Rut- p land who is feeding 200 steers on his a farm at Batesburg, and Mr. 'J. T. I B'and. .Jr., of Mayesville, feeding 12 + head. The three have a total of near ly 500 choice steers, from Western o North Carolina, valued at about $13,- C 000, and the aggregate loss from t Texas fever is about $1,000. When t it is known that similiar losses are oc- s curring all over the State from June ] to Jan nary the disease must be reck- t oned as one of great importance to the e stockmen. Dr. Nesom estimates that c last year it caused losses amounting to I over $100,000, and says it will be con- a siderably more for 1902. Five Children Killed By the explosion of a gas tank Wednesday at Fort Lee, N. J., the t residence of John Puglughi was de- t molished, his five children instantly c killed and his wife so seriously injuredv that her recovery is despaired of. The a dead: Ida Puglughi, aged 14 years; t Tilly, 12 years: irene, 10 years; Ade- f line. 7 years; and George, 5 years. The s mother was found 200 feet from where e the explosion took place, her rightv arm almost torn from her body. .Just e returned from school, the children t were at their lunch table when the c explosion occurred. The roof and c sides of the house were blown out. e An adjoining cottage was also partly I destroyed. The debris immediately il too'k lire and the bodies of the dead t were badly charred. Mrs. Puglughi, v who was waiting on the children at l1 the table, was blown through the side p of the house and was found in the t road. The father was away from t home. The tank which exploded was v in the cellar and supplied the illumi- g nating gas for the building. il Cupid Invades Convent. C A dispatch from Madrid says the ~ ynung Marchioness of Pidal. 24 years L old. the daughter of the former con servative minister, wvho became a nun e last year at the desire of her parents, has escapedl from the Monastery, t where she was living. She gives as a reason that her life will not provide for the sacred vocation and she wishes 9 to marry. Three other aristocratic nuns escaped for the same reason. A Duel to the Death. At adance beiug given at the Natatorium hotel at Beaumont, Tex as. Thursday night a nde was fought between John Brouch, street commis- r sioner. and Frank Matthers,both men using pistols. Brouch was killed, H1. p M. Matthe'ws was fatally wounded and 3 F'rank Mat ithews received a bullet in his leg. The shooting took place out- I side the dan0ce hall. s (herry Tree Swindle. d In the U nited States District Court W~ednesday at Charlotte. N. C., R1ev. a TI. Bright.' one of the parties implica- I ted in the cherry tree swindle, was sentenced to four mouths in jail and to pay a tine of $1.000. Others impli catedl in t he swindle were lined 81,000. Th'ie women~f who wer vi'ctimized to the extent of 210.000. wvill not recover a dollar of their money. Rt. C. W~haync, of Louisville, was c found dead in Louisville, with a gun- '] shot wound in his breast. His lifea wvas insured for $:;40.000 and suicide is suspctedI. hut his friends and rela-e tives claim that his death was ac ci<1ental\. ANTI-TRUST LAWS. 9, Special Appropriation Made by the House for the ?URPOSE OF ENFORCING THEM' rhe Large Sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Made Im mediately Available for that Purpose. Unexpectedly and without warning Vednesday during the consideration f the legislative appropriation bill in he House, Mr. Bartlett, a Georgia )emocrat, sprang an amendment to ppropriate $250.000 to -enforce the herman anti-trust law and to direct he attorney general to proceed tot:he rosecution of all violators of the law. LIthough such a provision was plainly menable to a point of order, not a iember on either side of the house iised objection. Indeed both sides rheeled into line. All agreed that >me such action was advisable. Some f the Republicans, however, raised bjection to the looseness of the lan uage of the amendment and Mr. lepburn of Iowa offered as a substi ate for it the language of the bill he itroduced on the opening day of the ssion to appropriate $500,000 for the iforcement of the law. This was irther strengthened tomake the ap ropriation immediately iahaable and amended the substitute was a'ftei. ) without division. Mr. Bartlett iianted Mr. Hepburn incorporate in his amendment a rovision directing the attorney gen ral to proceed with prosecutions but this Mr. Hepburn objected because contained a reflection on the attor ay general. Mr. Bartlett said the attorney gen al should be criticised because he ad not enforced the anti-trust laws [e said there had been no representa ve of the people's interest In the Thite House, cabinet, or on the fed ral bench, in the fight against trusts. Mr.- Grosvenor, of Ohio, iaid the herman anti-trust law was a Repub can measure while a Democratic ad tinistration had cast doubt upon its ynstitutionality. The legislative bill was passedprac cally as it came from the committee, Kcept for the amendment. January 1 at 3 o'clock was fixed as the time >r holding the exercises in connection ith the acceptance of the statutes of harles Carroll and John Hansen, [aryland's contribution to statuary all. The language of the Hepburn mendment is as follows: "That for the enforcement -of the rovisions of the act of July 2, 1890, be sum of $500,000 is hereby appro riated, outside of any money in the reasury not heretofore appropriated, be expended under the direction of be attorney general In the- employ ient of special counsel and agentgof be department of justice to conduct roceedings, suits and prosecutions nder said acts in the courts of the inited States; Provided, that no per an shall be prosecuted or be snbject J to any penalty or forfeiture for or n account of any transaction, matter r thing concerning which he may estify or produce evidence, documen ary or otherwise, in any proceeding, uit or prosecution under said acts: 'rovided, further, that no person so estifying shall be exempt from pros cution or punishment for perjury ommitted in so testifying. This ap ropriation shall be immediately vailable. The Tale or a Corsec. A new and fearful illustration of he danger of trusting to circunmstan ial evidence is furnished by the case f a woman in Brooklyn. She is the rife of a traveling man and some time go when he returned from a western rip she found in his valise a beauti ul silk and lace corset. Taken ab olutely by surprise the moan had no xplanation ready and the Inference las plain. The wife promptly gath red her personal belongings, returned o her father and began divorce pro eedings. Meanwhile, out in Cin innati, another woman, almost qually mad, was strong at the pro rietor of a leading hotel and demand og the arrest of all his house-maids ecause she had lost a corset which ras the pride of her life. After a ng course of correspondence and cross urposes and a comedy of errors breatening daily to develop a tragedy, he facts were ascertained. They rere that the owner of the article in uestion had carelessly left it hang rig in a closet of the room she oc uplied. -The unhappy traveling man ad the same. room next day and sent p the porter instructed to pack his alise. and t 1c faithful porter put in verythinzg he could find. The result' ras the mysterious disappearance of he lost garment in the baggage of a ian enticely innocent and unsuspect aig. Peace has been declared with iany tears and much penitence and is safe to say that one woman at east will not believe any more evil ven it she sees it with heir own eyes. Schooner Wrecked. The steamneI Allegheny which ar ived at New York Thursday from 'Vest Indian ports, reported having assed onl December 14 the schooner taggie G. Hart, from Jacksonville to ew York. abandoned and in a wate-. >ggedl condition. The foremast was tanding, the mainmast broken at the eck and hanging by gear from the >remast. The jib boom was broken nd the fore deck was continually nder water. Afraid to Stay. A dispatch from South Bend, Ind., ays: "Four shootings and one mur er in which negroes took part, have een followed by closing clubs and sa >ons conducted by negroes and many olored people are leaving the city. They are afraid to stay here, owing to feeling against them among the rhite people. The negroes say they annot get food and service at the estaurants although they have the nner to npay for it."