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TALKS PLAIN Congressman Rainey Replies to Harrmian and Others" DEFIANT IN SPEECH Says Two Methods of Progress Pre sent Themselves to Every New congressman-Either Represent the People and Be Frowned On, or the Trusts and Be Petted. Washington, Feb. 22.-Congress man Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois, today made a heated reply to the denials of William Nelson Cromwell and his associates concerning thE Panama canal purchase, made in an swer to Mr. Rainey's accusation contained in his sensational speecl in the House January 26th. Mr Rainey said in part:, "I have not been a member ol this body long, as terms of servic( are reckoned here. but I have beer a member long enough to learn tha to every representative in congress early in his career, two methods o: progress present themselves. One, , particularly easy and pleasant meth od; the other harder and more dif ficult. If you select the first an( the more easy career, it is onl: necessary for you to remember tha you must not antagonize great cor porations or men of great wealth unless you do it in general terms You must absolutely fail to see evi dence of individual guilt in publi matters; or if you do see it, yo1 must keep still about It. If yo pursue this course, your stay i: Washington will be pleasant an agreeable. White house dinners fo] low and an entre into the constantl Increasing winter colony of millior aires in this city. If you are a la-w yer of some experience this cours opens up for you possibilities of I crative employment and large r( tainers in New York city at the clos of your congressional career, an some times even sooner than that. "IA, however, you come .here wit a more serious motive and sele< the other course, you may expe to encounter diffic'ulties. In the fir. place, you must not expect to be II vited to participate in the socih functions of the very rich, even ! you would like to be invited. I in the discharge of your duties undE the oath you have taken, yon disco' er and denounce gross improprieti affecting the administration and me in high position, you may expei to be villified, abused and misrepri sented in the editorial columns< the newspapers friendly to the at ministration and you must expel to be abused and misrepresented C this floor 'by the representatives< the interests you attack. On the 26th day of January discussed at some length on th! floor certain matters pertaining I the republic of Panama and the col nection of the present administra tion and its advisors with the sami I followed it up with one or tw~ shorter speeches on the same sul ject later on, and I have succeede in bringing upon myself villificatio! misrepresentation and abuse almo! without a parallel in the history< the body." Mr. Rainey said he had been a< cused of obtaining his information S the Panama matter from ex-convici and blackmailers. "The president of the Unite States," he said, "finds it proper t give to the press a letter addresse to the representative of an allege republic, in which he refers to mz by name and makes a personal a tack upon me. The president-elec hurrying to this capitol heard als the tignals of distress, and if hej reported correctly in the newspaper: responded to me in the speech b made on his way here, he has grossi misrepresentated what I said. "I want now to say the the pres dent of the United States, who seem at the present time to be reading m speeches, I want to say to the pres dent-elect, and to all these new! papers so anxious to obtain favc with the next administration b abusing me and misrepresenting wha I say in their editorial columns, an I want to say to you who have vil lified and misrepresented me on thi floor, that I propose to continue thi fight and you cannot stop me by call ing me names and by directing a me a system of personal abuse an misrepresentation." Mr. Rainey denied that he ha ever asked the New York World fo any information in his canal inves ti-gations, or that they had ever ter dered him any. He knew of n reason, however, why he should nc get information from the New Yor] World or from any other reliabl source. In conclusion he warned Mr. Crom well's representatives on this floe and his "press bureaus" that at som future time he proposed to furthe discuss his resolution, particular1; that part of it relating to what ha become of the $40,000,000 paid to the Panama canal, "and when I di discuss it on this floor, I will giv. Mr. Cromwell and his representative and his press bureaus something ti answer." Horse Bit Boy's Ear'. V'aldosta, Ga., Feb. 23.-Willie Booth. the eleven-year-old son of 'W A. Booth, of this city, lost a portioi of one of his ears by the bite of horse yesterday afternoon. The la< was passing the lot of Cob. C. Oak man, in which the horse was stand ing, when the animal put his hea< over the fence and caught thie boy b: the ear before the latter could ge out of the way. A considerable por tion of the ear was bitten off anm partly chewed by the horse. A phy sician stitched the mangled membe: back and it is believed the ear wil be practically as good as ever In time Back to Navy Yard. Washington, Feb. 23.--The yach Mayflower hearing the President and his party, on their return from Hampton Roads, reached her docd a thenav yard here this mornins TRAINS COLLIDE THE ACCIDENT WAS FOLLOWED BY FIRE, Which Burned to a Crisp the Bodies of Seven Among the In jured. Philadelphia, Feb. 22.-The first section of train No. 49,'the Norfolk express on the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked in the Delmar yard at 2:51 o'clock this morning by crashing in to two "dead" locomotives standing on the main track. Immediately following the collis ion a combination baggage and mail car and a baggage car of the passen ger train caught fire. Seven bodi'es have been removed from the wreck. One has been identified as that of George Davis, of Seaford, Dela ware. It is almost impossible to identify the remainder of the bodies, because' they are so badly burned. They are known to be J. D. Mc Cready, of Wilmington, baggage man; Oliver Parry, Philadelphia, express messenger; W. B. Cochran, Philadelphia, mail clerk; J. W. Wood, Wilmington, mail clerk; R. M. Davis, Marydel, mail clerk, and G. L. Wilhelm, Wilmington, Del., mail weigher. The body of another messenger is said to be in the wreck. No pas sengers were seriously hurt. The cars were filled with pas sengers on their way to Norfolk to witness the home coming of the t world-circling battleship fleet. They were tossed from their seats and many were slightly hurt. Princess Trixie, the famous per forming horse, owned by W. H. Barnes, was killed in the wreck. Trixie and her owner were returning from a tour of Europe. The: horse was valued at $100,000. Lewis Brockway, groom, was found in the wreck badly 'ijured with his arm around Trixie's neck. NAMES OF THE SHIPS That Made the Famous Cruise eAround the WorlL First Squadron, first division, Rear Admiral S. Sperry, command er-in-chief. Connecticut (flagship), Captain Hugo Osterhaus. ;t Kansas, Captain Charles E. Kree L land. Minnesota, Captain John Hubbard. Vermont, Captain Frank F. Fletch er. Second division: Rear Admiral Richard Wain wright, commander. n Georgia (flagship), Lieutenant , Commander G. W. Kline. SNebraska, Captain Regnald F. SNicholson. SNew Jersey, Captain W. H. South ~erland. aRhode Island, Captain Joseph B. f urdock. Second squadron, third division: IRear Admiral Seaton Schoreder, I commander. 0 LouisIana (flagship), Captain Kos - suth Niles. - Missouri, Captain Robert M. Doyle. |. Ohio, Captain Thomas P. Howard. 0 Virginia, Captain Alexander Sharp. I Fourth division: d Rear Admiral W. B. Potter, com 1 mander. t iWisconsin (flagship), Captain |fFrank E. .Beatty. Illinois, Captaih John M. Bowyer. - * Kersarge, Captain Hamilton n Hutchinson. S .Kentuc~ky, Captain Walker C. * Cowles. 0 DIED IN THEIR HOME. dMother and Four Children Burned 6- to Death. Bakersfield, .Cala., Feb. 26.--Mrs. 0Minnie Beekman, widow of W. M. SBeekman, who was a prominent resi-, "dent of Kern county, and her four echildren were burned to death in Stheir home four miles south of Bakersfield today. The police say they were murder Sed and that the house was fired. 'The children were Verna, Raynmond. Annie and Arthur, ranging from 6 Sto 14 years. rThe charred bodies were found Sin bed. The half consumed mat tress, on which Mrs. Beekman had slept, was covered with what appear er to be blood stains. It was sent to a chemist for analysis. SMrs. Beekman's husband died a year ago. He had two children by a former wife. To - these he left -$100 each and bequested'the remain der of his $73,000 estate to his wid ow and her four children. * LYNCHING IS PREVENTED. tClarendon Sheriff Carries Negro in Haste to the Penitentiary. Columbia, Feb. 23.-Sheriff Gain ble, of Clarendon, has prevented probably the lynching there of' Wil liham Bethune, a negro murderer of Ben Mtims, wlhite, whom Bethune shot through the head while Mims had him under arrest for using his buggy, by bringing the negro to the penitentiary this morning. The sheriff got wind of a lynching party which was being organized by Mims' relatives. TARDY ACT OF JUSTICE. Name of President Davis Restored to Washington Bridge. IWashington, Feb. 22.-Official amends for the sensational elimina tion of Jefferson Davis from the tab let on' Cabin John Bridge during President Lincoln's adminis tration, is given in directions the President issued today through the secretary of War to restore the name. The tablet is on the bridge -that arches Cabin John run on the Mary land side of the 'Potomac river. May Go to Supreme Court. Union, Feb. 23.--Notice has been given of an appeal to the State su preme court in the case of W. T. Jones, the plaintiff recently convict ed of wife murder and later refused ACTED AS A NURSE 70 DYING HUSBAND AND CON SOLES INVALID WIFE. 'he Noble and Self-Sacrificing Work of Miss Edna Dorman, an Actress, in an lEmergency. Atlanta, Feb. 27.--Miss Edna )orman, an actress who is playing t week's engagement at the Or )heum theatre here, is spending her lays in Atlanta on a mission of mer y, giving consolation to Mrs. Wil iam J. O'Neal, the Southern railway mgineer who was killed in a wreck Uonday morning. It happened that Miss Dorman was a passenger on the train which &1r. O'Neal was bringing to Atlanta. Having been a trained nurse, she ad ministered to the needs of the in jured man. Leaving her berth in the dark hours of early morning, she was by the side of the dying en gineer until death came to his re lief several hours after thL accident. He was conscious during most of the time, and he talked to his actress-nurse of his invalid wife who was waiting his return home. No one of his relatives reached him till after he died, and dying messages to his loved ones, especially to his helpless wife, were entrusted to Miss Dorman. All her talents as an actress have had to be exercised since her en gagement at the Orpheum began, for she has laughed and jested and danc ed with heavy heart. Immediately after the funeral she went to see Mrs. O'Neal, and most of her off time has been spent by the bedside of the invalid lady, consoling Mrs. O'Neal with the assurances of love and de votion that the dying engineer en trusted to his nurses care. Despite the sad and melancholy but pleasant days she has done her night work well, becoming a prime favortie with local audiences. Miss Dorman is the daughter of E. T. Dorman, a prominent hotel man who for several months about a year ago was connected with the Hotel Lan ier at Macon. She was not with him there, having already begun her stage career. She lives in New York. Her father is in the West. * SPRING IS COMING. Some Sure Indications That It Is On Its Way. The indications of spring are now fast developing. The air will soon be laden with sweet perfume of ap ple, plum and cherry blossoms and spring onions; the seductive notes emanating' from the interior con science of the festive tree agent and the persuasive lightning-rod man will soon be heard in the land. The lilac bush will soon burst out in its showers of blue and white, simul taneous with the dude whose exte rior measures the shallowness of the interior of his cranium, the ladies, heaven bless 'em, are arrayed in light and airy raiment, summer silks, charming head gear, just too sweet for anything. The great American institution, the tramp, starts out from his winter quartrs and he's off to the rural districts, beating sap out of railroad ties, and the farmer out of a square meal, giving a wide berth to wood piles, bull dogs and city marshals; the young men gather themselves to gether into parties of three and four, dig bait, cu'i poles, and then "cut sticks" for the happy fishing grounds, with a couple of sandwiches in, their pockets. The spring poet, the same one we killed last year, comes to life again, and springs more of the same kind upon the impecunious pencil pusher, putting the latter into a helpless state of lassitude, and a "tired" feel ing generally; the old man puts new hinges on the iron gate, whitewashes the chicken coop, <digs in the garden about five minutes, and then goes down to the drug store and swears for "back ache;" his better half has a wild look in her eye as she sits down and tells the hired girl that they'd better commence on "the best room" first. Indications on every hand tell us that spring is here Girls, Here Is a Hint. The young men whose pockets are filled with cigarette wra-ppers, mus tach combs, finger nail cleaners, miniature curling irons, looking glass, etc., and have their mothers crease their pants daily, are not the ones who will make promising hus bands. The pockets of those w'ho are helping to make the country bloom and causing two blades of grass to grow where God planted but one, will be found filled with barbed wire staples, and different sizes of nailes and screws. They are the boys the girls had better look after. Here It Is Again. The Fort Mill Times says one of that "town's oldest residents stated to the reporter a few days ago that those who are building hope for a fruit crop this year are doomed to disappointment. As a reason for this assertion the citizen says ihut Janu ary 1st was a fair day and that ihe fruit trees were perfectly dry. He has never known a fruit crop to fol low a dry New Year's Day." Negro Killed Self. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 23.--Ben Patrick, a negro butcher of this city, committed suicide at his dwel ling in the Tin Bridge settlem-mt of the city early this morning by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. The facts develop ed at the inquest show that Patrick had become desperate by brooding over domestic troubles. Must Serve Sentence. Columbia, Feb. 23.--Unless par doned Wash Hunter will have to serve eight years, got at Greenwood for the murder of a cripple, Elbert C. Copeland, in Laurens county, over a game of cards, the supreme court today denying the appeal. Forty Lose Their Lives. Buenos Ayres, Feb. 23.-Accord ing to a dispatch received by the minister of marine forty persons lost their lives in the wreck of the Ar PROBABLY LYNCHED TRIED TO ENTER HOUSE AT WILLISTON. Was Arrested Later and Was Taken From the Lock-Up About Mid night by Posse of Men. Willison, Feb. 23.-About eleven o'clock Saturday night a negro by the name of Mayes, whose wife cooks for Dr. Frank Willis, made an effort to enter the residence of Dr. Willlis, first at the back door, and afterward through the window of Mrs. Willis' room. When the negro was discovered at the window a sister of Dr. Willis attempted to shoot at him through the window-glass, but the baby of Mrs. Willis being near the window, she begged her sister-in-law not to shoot through the glass as it might injure the infant. Finally the ladies, who were alone at home, decided that one should raise the window and the other do the shooting. When the first shot was fired the negro darted under the house, where he dropped some bundles that he had purchased dur ing the night. He then ran off in the darkness. The alarm being sounded, a num ber of persons were soon at the Wil lis residence and it was not long be fore the chain gang bloodhounds, which were nearby, were on the trail of the negro. He was tracked to his home in the outskirts of town and placed under arrest. After be ing placed In the guard house Mayes confessed that he was the party who tried to enter the house, but gave no reason for so doing. About 10 o'clock Sunday night the mayor of the town hearing rumors of violence notified the night watch man and the deputy sheriff to keep close watch upon the guardhouse. About 20 minutes afterwards it was discovered that the locks on the guardhouse door had been forced and the negro was nowhere to be found. - By some it is stated that the locks were broken open, while others con tend otherwise. No trace'of the ne gro had been found up to a late hour tonight. Dr. Frank Willis is absent on a visit to Baltimore and New York. REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY Causes One Thousand Workmen to Be Turned Loose. New York, Feb. 22.-One thous and men were thrown out of work by the closing of the Shooter Island - Shipyard at Mariner's Harbor on Staten Island. The yard, which has one of the best equipped plants in the country, was closed on Saturday night Explaining the reason for shutting down, Robert Legerie, the- superin tendent, said that the laws here are killing American shipbuilding and that it was impossible to build ships at a profit under 'them any more. He said that the only salvatiol for American shipbuilders must be in passing a subsidy law and until such law was passed the plant must remain closed. MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWENT For the University of Virginia Now' a Fact. Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 21. -The $1,000,000 endowment for the Uni versity of Virginia, is now an ac complished fact. The news, with very brief detsails, has been commu nicated to the faculty of President Alderman, but public announcement will not be made until Founder's Day. President Alderman has been at work on the matter ever since he came to the university. Andrew Car negie subscribed -$500,000 on the condition that a like amount be rais ed, expressing his great pleasure at his ability to serve the University of Virginia, and through it the States of the South. THE UNLOADED GUN. Trigger Is Jokingly Pulled and a Man .Is Shot. New York, Feb. 22.-That danger ous weapon, the unloaded gun, was the cause of the death of Edward Staub, who lies dead in the Bronx this morning with a bullet in his brain. Staub died after having been shot yesterday morning by Mrs. Mary Schmidheime at the latter's home. The woman was handling a suppos ed empty pistol and pulled the trig ger in response to Staub's jesting command to shoot him. The victim was an engraver. DISPENSARY CASE POSTPONED. Court May Not Take Up Case Until Next Week. Washington, Feb. 23.--Because of other cases being ahead of it, the South Carolina dispensary case was not reached in the supreme court to day, and may not be taken up be fore next week. Attorneys Mordecai, Stevenson, Roundtree, Ray and oth ers interested in the litigation, be sides Attorney General Lyon, are here, and will probably have to re main in Washington the remander of the week waiting for the case to be called. AVENGED HIS DAUGHTER. Shot Her Assailant to Death in Sheriff's Office. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 2 6. While James Brown, a' negro, was in the office of Deputy Sheriff Jones at B~essemer, awaiting a preliminary trial on a charge of attempting to criminally assault Miss Jessie Rob inson, daughter of James Robinson, merchant of that place, the father entered and fired four shots at the negro, killing him instantly. The negro was hand'uffed to another prisoner at th' '. Mr. Robin son made no -'get away and BACK HOME Fleet Returns After the Longest Cruise Ever Taken BY A WAR SQUADRON The Great Armada Steamed Majes tically Into Hampton Roads Mon day in Battle Line Ten Miles in Length-The Greatest Navel Dis play Ever Witnessed at Any Time. Old Point Comfort, Feb. 22. When the globe encircling battle ship :leet cast anchor today in the immense watery triangle, bounded by Newport News, Norfolk and the gray old walls of Fortress Monroe, there ended one of the most spec tacular and successful cruises in the history of the world. The fleet an chorged after the review at the place where it started more than a year ago and it is home in almost as good condition as when it began its 42, 000 mile journey, more than twice the distance ever sailed by any fleet in the history of the world. For a week the cities bounding Hampton oRads have been fleet mad and the culmination of the enthusi asm and excitement \Was reached this morning when the great battleships steamed majestically into the roads, with the flagship Connecticut lead ing the procession and Admiral Sperry on the bridge. With the sixteen battleships was the third squadron, commanded by Admiral Arnold, which had been sent out to sea last week to meet and escort it home. When the ships cast anchor in the roads there were twenty-six in all, of which twenty were bat tleships. Saturday and Sunday every incom 'ing train and steamship brought an immense multitude of people into the cities around Hampton Roads and the number of sightseers has never before been witnessed in these wa ters. It is estimated that between 20,000 and 25,000 visitors lined the shores or were in the scores of pleasure crafts afloat in the roads. The crowd was even larger than the great throngs which saw the fleet depart. People are here from every State in the union. The marine spectacle and review today was something extraordinary, an event which will live in the mem ory of every beholder. Early. in the morning the day :promised to be ideal, but about 10 o'clock the sky became overcast and a light driz zling rain began to fall, which con tinued throughout the review. This marred somewhat the great pano rama. The ships filed past the Mayflower, under a lowering gray sky, and at times the rain and the mist almost obscured the .tail of the fleet, while the saluting guns sounded muffled in the, fog. Otherwise the marine picture was perfect. The review co curred at the tail of the Horse Shoe, which lies between Cape Charles and Cape Henry, eleven miles from Old Point Comfort. When the ships were first sighted coming up through the Virginia capes, grim and gray looking, they began to fire the presidential salute of twenty-one guns, and a vast pall of smoke hung over the scene. Then as they filed past the president's ~yacht, each ship fired itwenty-one guns. Again at 12 o'clock each .ves sel fired twenty-one guns, the nation al salute in honor of Washington's birthday. At 9 o'clock this morning fifty or more excursion steamers, private and small pleasure crafts of various kinds left Norfolk and Old Point Comfort and raced down the bay to meet the fleet. They were black with people and covered with immense signs of "W'elcome Home." When the Connecticut arrived ap posite the Mayfloler, the excursion fleets' sirens screamed, whistles blew and the bands played the Star Spang led Banner. .The Mayflower, having on board :President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Navy Newberry and Mrs. Newberry, the Roosevelt family and Represen tative and Mrs. Longworth, and sev eral friends, arrived at Hampton Roads early this morning, having come down the Potomac from Wash ington Sunday afternoon. The Mayflower was in Its position at 11 a. in., at the Horse Shoe tail, and the battleship fleet, ship ,by ship, headed by the flagship, steamed slowly past In review. The ships amid the thunder of their guns were In a line which ex tended for almost ten miles and from the time that the Connecticut pass '4 the Mayflower until the last yes ..a1 dipped Its flag and the last salute has been fired, more than two hours elapsed. The vessels steamed four hundred yards apart and the division eight hundred yards apart. After the review they dropped an chor in a two-column formation and the barges of the admiral's fleet carried each captain to the Mayflower where they were received by the president The reception was brief, the officers returning to their respec tive flagships. Half an hour later the president proceeded ;o the flagship Connecti cut, where he was received by Ad miral Sperry and the officers and where he remained some twenty min utes. The next ship vistied was the Lou isiana, which is the flagship of the second division, and the presitdential party spent twenty minutes aboard of her. The flagship of the third division, the Georgia, was visited next, where an equal amount of time was spent, and the last visited was the battleship Wisconsin. the flag ship of the fourth division. The president arrived~ at the Wis consin at 4 o'clock. After the visit to the Wisconsin he returned to the Mayflower and the vessel will leave for Washington late this afternoon. On each flagship the president made brief congratulatory speeches to the assembled officers and crews. Mending should be regularly done and not allowed to accumulate from one week's end to the next, for it will. prove almost imposible to ac 3RAZY MAN'S CRIME [ILLED HIS FOUR INNOCENT LITTLE CHILDREN. tabbed His Horses and Cows and Pigs, Fired His House and Killed Himself. Mondovi, Wis., Feb. 22.-Hans B. [-anson, a farmer living near Strun, :ut the throats of his four children, a boy and three girls, whose ages range from 5 to 15 years, today with a butcher knife.. After killing his "children, Hanson went to the barn and stabbed sev eral horses, cows and pigs and killed a cat. He then poured Paris green in the hog trough. Then, having poured kerosene about the house and barn, set fire to the buildings, Han son drew a sharp knife across his own throat. Hanson attended church yesterday with his four children and nothing was noticed in his actions. He was an inmate of an asylum about twelve years ago. CRIME CONFESSER May Be Released for Lack of Evi dence to Convict. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23.-Though he has confessed to many crimes and laid claim to planning more, H. C. Gray, who has been held by the po- IV lice several days, will probably be released. This is due to the fact that detectives have been unable to secure evidence corroborating Gray's c confessions. On the other hand, a they find evidence of a contradicto ry character, and have come to the e conclusion that the man is a romanc er. . Gray was arrested here in connec tion with safe-blowing and Inforia tion he gave 1ed to the arrest of several who are believed to be guilty. I He had hardly gotten behind the bars before he began confessing on a raffie like scale. Police got busy with the wires, and in twenty-four hours Pinkerton men and postoffice inspectors in a half dozen sections of the country were investigating the man's crimes. One of them, the robbery of a postoffice in Nebraska, was found to have occurred as nar rated, but the evidence was found 1 to show almost conclusively that I Gray had nothing to do with it. De spite his protests of guilt,' postoffice authorities have declined to take him West for trial. It was Gray who evolved the pro posed Fourth National Bank rob bery. The plan was to burrough under the'building and blow open and then empty .the safety deposit vauIL. Since then he has been pull ing off experiments in Imaginative crime that would put the blush to Raffles. One of his confessed schemes is the invention of a machine by which he claims signatures may b~e trans ferred verbatim from paper to paper. Growing weary of detention, he brought forth a secret criminal code today. He gave to a prisoner who was about to be released, the follow ing message to -be delivered to .a "Och blingo due what for de bench." It was caught by the police, and Gray was 'Sequested to interprete It. "Why, certainly," he,replied, po litely. "It means keep location of machine secret till you hear from me." The prisoner is a good dresser almost as good in that line as In. talking. He has offered to co-op erate with the pol~ce in Tunning down former associates, and resents the suggestion that his confessions are spurious. FARMERS SHOULD CO-OPERATE For Their Business, Social and Edu cational Advancement. The Farm and Factory Journal says If farpiers and other dwellers in the country begin to organize and co-operate for their own business, educational, social and spiritual good, they will be following the ex ample of the people of the cities, who have found It necessary to act to gether to solve the great and intri cate problems that have confronted them. In this age of organization the class whose individuals do not or- 2 ganize, do not exchange views for t the common advancement, do not co operate in the promotion of their common welfare, must inevitably fall into a relatively background posi tion. i This country which is fundamen- ' tally an agricultural nation, whose strength is peculiarly founded in the soil, cannot afford to let its rural life fall behind. For this reason t the movement now inaugurate~d a should have the most sympathetic s support of the whole nation, of the whole population, whether rural or a urban. LIBEL TRIAL0 n Publishers of New York American r Are in Court.b New York, Feb. 23.-The case of e the Star Company, publishers of thea New York American, against whom an indictment was found recently on a charge of criminal libel pre ferred by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., B was called for trial today. The charge is based upon a news item printed in The American soruxe time ago in which Mr. Rockefeller's name t1 was used in connection with a case al of alleged peonage In Chicago. Ji Georgia "Billy Possums." m Atlanta, Feb. 23.-Georgia will di be represented by the largest delega- w ion of any Southern State at the al Taft inauguration. Two companies ca f the National Guard, 180 cadets Erotn the Georgia Military Academy a~nd the Donald Frazer Military bE chool, and Atlanta Firemen's Fife ai Ind Drum Corps of thirty-five pieces dC will leave Atlanta Monday of next week for Washington. In addition cli Lwo hundred citizens of Georgia will pi narch in the parade carrying a lot is: O i - an and and using it has re dence that her sweet, and perfectly whole! guard against the cheap al the greatest menacersto he ROYAL IS THE ONLY I MADE FROM ROYAL GRAP ARDY OFFICER A SUICIDE. feut. Moller Tried by Court Martial in the Philippines. New York, Feb. 23.-Lieut John oller, of th.e Eighth United States fantry, who died at the Belevue ospital last night after shooting T imself through the head- at the rand Union Hotel, figured in a urt martial case in the Philippines bout a year ago involving a charge. f allowing Fillipino prisoners to be ruelly tortured, but he was acquit- 7 d, although Brig. Gen. Albert L. files, commanding officer of the de artment of visayas, protested tl gainst the finding of the court. h With Lieut Moller, Lieut. Clare i . Bennett, also of the Eighth in- S antry; was tried by court martial. he charges were that they permit ed the president of Tolosa, Island . if Leyte, and his friends to torture h prisoners. The fingers of the vic- c ims were crushed in a vice. it was leged, to extort information they b ere supposed to possess; Captain E. B. Smith, U. S. A., of 1 ;overnor's Island, was asked if he ought that the court martial had ad any effect on Lieut. Moller's life i Lnd he said that he could see no rea- f mn why it should have made him norose, owing to the fact that he e as honestly and fairly acquitted. .s KTLLED BY AUTOMOBILE. [achine Doesn't Slow Up-Church Goers See Ac'cident. New York, Feb. 22.-A young S an who had not been identified to- I ay, was run down and killed by I n automobile last night in view f the members of the congregation I f Christ Episcopal church in Wil- N amsburg. The machine, which con ined two men and two women, I ~ped onward after the accident. A* ~eneral alarm with a description of t e automobile, has been sent to ev ~ry pol~ce station in the city. The ictim was evidently on his way to I Lurch when he was struck. ANTI-TRUST LAW UPHETD. acking Compan~y Fined $10,000 by e Arkansas Court t Washington, Feb. 23.-Deciding v he case of the Hammond Packing ! ~ompany, of Chicago, versus the tate of Arkansas favorably toe he State, the supreme court of the. c nitd States today upheld the con- c ;titutioliity of the anti-trust lawa f Arkansas. The company was fn- o :d $10,000 in the Arkansas State urts for failing to observe the, law. t Engineer Killed. t Atlanta, Feb. 22.-Southern Rail ay limited No. 35, from New York oNew Orelans, was derailed at arbin's station this morning and ~ngineer William O'Neal, of Atlanta, as instantly killed. His fireman ras seriously injured. The cause of ~ e derailment is not known. Let us cultivate the habit of cher lness and know that when we C d uench the innocent joy of a fellow eature by a ,word or a frown we rc deliberately destroying a part of b e world's most precious treasures.a MUCST FILE REPORTS. b p: ew Law Regarding the Duties of it Magistrates. Columbia, Feb. 26.-In the magis.. s: 'ates' bill adopted today there isd provision that all magistrates ~ould file with the clerks of Courts g statement of all cases and their dis- tl osition, a statement or all costs and fc nes collected, a detailed statement all cases compromised. This state Lent must be sworn to and the oath' Lust further state that all money T1 ~ceved and fines and costs have en paid the county. Unless this -rn statement is filed the treasur is prohibited from paying the sal y for the month. This provision e s Inserted in free conference.* GREAT DIVORCE RECORD. t rooklyn Court Grants Thirty-Two de in Five Hours. New York, Feb. 22.-All within 'T1 O space of five hours thirty-two solute divorces were granted by istice Thomas in Brooklyn. ~ The ord case was disposed of in three nutes. This breaks all Brooklyn di vorce records. The dispatch in fo ich the legal machinery moved is'Y ributed to the fact that none of the 01 ses was defended. c Sometimes people talk but little fir: caue they ase the time thinking, Ur d sometimes it is because they n't think. Patent leather shoes should be it aned with sweet oil applied with a soa ce of flannel and afterward po1- wI ted with a isoft duster or wad of rul +ton Swl housands of millions anm of Royal Bkn v-der have been used king bread, biscuit cake in this country, every housekeeper sted in perfect conf food would be light, me. Royalisasafe mpowderswhichare d of thepresentday. 7CREAM OF TARTMA BIRDS OR BUGS HY FARMERS SHOULD PREFE 7 THE FORMER. lie Useless Destraction of Bird 4 Alows Inurious Insects to XuWIa ply and Destroy Crops.' While the birds are generally neg eted and often wantonly kiled, is clear that thekindsofwildbrd iat do the farmer more good than. arm -are much more numerous than generally supposed,,says C K . cherer, in the- Progressi Farme. irds are often.detested for wokig mong crops when: they are theze unting something harmful.to then rops; when th-ey are there. e ie farmer: mike- better cropsthan. e possibly could withouthen omR of the helpful birds ocosioal r eat a little of the cro,.but rill at the same time doso m ood that tie balance is in avor from the stand'pint o arming. - This is true for- th rd-nazfa rand for theonewhois pecialty of truk.ofruit. ngs an rorms ark tihe enemies t:dfc he harvest off thiefarmer; isth6'2 z irds are theenemies f thebug ad worms. Nong ca >lace of. the birds-in this-god-wor Vith the exception of a fe alnl, our-footed creatuzres, birdsan'bg, ad worms are the onIyw ures that persistina thickly ated territory.. On then one side .re the birds as man's friend, aniom he other- side are the other~aa .th inemies of mn. n All States should have law to rotect man's fr'lends2the 'birds; aid@. he laws should be enforce ntemssN here is a strong~iiblie entimeath n favor of them,. As owners' or . orkers' of. the land, the attitudi of he farming population iallke he; - -E 1 y important. Each farinr can sag est to those who represent himLIn tis legislature,. that 'hewatshian riends to' have the 'benefit .of : ~orabI' laws. Thatd s - oe ting' ach farmer . can do. FEh fari an also post- his-land, iving notice iat hunters are not-to trespass,'pro ided he has Ia-won his'elde;'-and'in lost States he will bave Every fruit .grower, has -~vite in' erest. in protecting the 'birds' -do ause wit'hout' them insect:enemies f fruit -and truck would soon be oiie almost uncontrollable. They .re serious enough - ow, as every rehardist has realized. Birds are not slow to learn wheri hey are hunted and where thleyare ot, and will. tend to Increase Ia hose places where they axie safe. By he means 'of this 'habit of thefrs;r a' armer can do something to/Nake irds more numerous near-his crops,' 1 whieh the 'birds can go ot andi ill man's en'eies. It is a ,queer' condition of publi'. entiment that -protects game for he pleasure of sportsmen and. does ot give protection :to birds that are elpful to farmers, the largest cla's f citizens in the country.; May the ay come when those who live under iws favorable to "the protectionof4 irds will help see that such 'laws re strictly enforced; and when those -ho do. not live under such laws ow will bring pressure to bear to ave such laws passed. There is more than sentiment In rotecting birds-there'is money in for the farmer. It -will depend costly on the farmer whether 'laws roset the birds and 'him. The ortsmen are far "less numerous, it they have usually found 'lttle' fficulty in getting their wishes put. to the form of laws. Will the bli est class of citizens In' the country, ie farmers, demand what-is good >r them? CHmLREN SUFFOCATED. aree Are Dead as a Result of a Charleston, Feb. 22..-The Post ys as a -result of a fire on Saturday 'ening, a little after - 8 o'clock, In e rear of No. 35 1-2 Cannon street, ree negro children were suffocat ,and a fourth barely saved from ath. ' The fire was readily extin ished, some $150 damage being ne the two-story frame building. le children belonged to Mary and bert Wilson. Verdict Affirmed. Washington, Feb. 23.-The ver :t of the United States circuit court. r the Southern District of New >rk imposing a fine of $108,000- up the New York Central on the arge of granting rebates to the nerican' Sugar Company was af med by the supreme court of the ited States. If a shoe is accidentaly scorched ' can be restored by spreading soft t over the place immediately and, en cool, wiping off the soap and bing the leather with a little