Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 28, 1900, Image 1
FORT MILL TIMES. ' 1
VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1000. NO. 37.
ARP IN A CYCLONE.
Bill Goes to Mississippi To Deliver
Lectures.
RIPLEY ONE OF THE PLACES
Just As He Was About To Speak
Storm Strikes Place and Audience
is Terror-Stricken
Blue Mountain, Miss.?Some good
people called me over here and 1 came.
My wife said I had better go, for the
winter was at hand and the family
needed clothes and she waa obliged to
play old Santa Clans, as usual, and
provide some Christmas gifts for the
children and grandchildren. Thai is
a good part of her life and happiness
?'pleasing the children. She never
asks for anything for herself. Sho
don't have to. The girls tell me what
she needs and 1 surprise her with it
if I have the money, and if I haven't
I strain my credit and get it anyhow.
Professor lx>wrey called me here to
talk to his college girls, for he is a
noted educator and nas 260 girls out
hero in the woods and is building up
an institution that is the priue of
north Mississippi. He got four other
towns to join him in the call, and 60
I lectured in Tupelo last Monday
night to a large audience in a large
house and found a warm welcome. It
is wonderful how these old towns are
looming up and taking on new life.
Twelve years ago I was in Tupelo and
I thought It was pretty dead. I had
only about 100 people out to hear me
then, and this time there were near
400. Prosperity has done it. Ten cent
ootton and a cotton mill has done it;
McKinley had nothing to do with it.
I^ast night I was l.Ttcd for Ripley?
a nice old court house town not far
away. The evening betokened a storm
and by night the lightning was Hashing
incessantly all around the horizon
and the thunder peale? heavily. Coun.
try people became alarmed and hurried
home, for * everything seemed
ominous of coming trouble. There
seemed to be sometaing in the elements
that was brooding over us, and
sure enough there was. The court
room was about half full of people
who hod dared to venture out to hear
me. Suddenly the storm came with
fearful fury. There was an awful roaring
sound from the southeast that was
like the sound of many waters. It
hushed the audience into a soiemn
silence. I did not iake the platform,
but waited. In a few minutes some
wild, exc-ited messengers came rushing
up the stairs and called for me doctors
and other help, for the cyclone
had come and torn up everything in
the suburbs and killed men and woon.)
I 1A 'I
111*711 mill .1111111111. I 111: infill WiUi IIItonsely
dark, but the men rushed to
the rescue in haste and the lecaire
programme was broken up in a twinkling.
Everybody hurried to their
homes or to the scene of t.ho disaster.
What an awful thing is a cyclone!
What a merciless thing it Is! How
quickly It conies and as quickly goes,
leaving swift, destruction in its track.
HaHppily it gives no warning, for the
terror and apprehension would be
worse than death. This morning we
rejoiced to learn that nobody was
killed, though man)' were badly wounded.
Some bouses were wrecked and
blown away and many were unroofed
and some were set on fire. One man
was lifted up and carried away and
thrown to the ground in the woods,
with only a few bruises. How strange,
that so few people are killed by a
cyclone. It seems providential, and
this morning the question discussed at
the breakfast table was whether God
or the devil was the author of these
(terrible visitations. One said that the
spirit of evil was still 011 the earth and
was ever contending against . .e spirit
of good, and this spirit brought famine,
pestilence, tires, storms and all
disasters. Another saui that all these
things came from natural causes, and
that neither God nor the devil had any
agency In them. Another quoted from
Job where the l>ord delivered him
over to Satan, who was going to and
fro upon 'bhe earth nnd walking up
and down in it. He anlicted job awfully,
but was not allowed to take his
life. Another quoted from the Saviour's
words when He said: "Think you
that those upon whom the tower of
Slioam fell were wicked above all people?
1 tell you nay, but unless ye repent
ye shall perish." Professor John
Fiske, a very great and learned man,
hus written u little book called "The
Mystery of Evil." I have road it
twice and fnnnrl but ll?tl? ...
philosophy in it. His argument is that
evil is of divine creation and designed
to illustrate and exalt the good. That
but for sickness we would not appreciate
or enjoy good health. But for
an occasional famine we would not enjoy
the blessing of abundant food, and
but for sin we would not enjoy heaven.
His book loaves you just where it
found you, and the mystery is still unexplained.
We know that God loves'
His creatures, und that is enough. Not
a sparrow fulls to (he ground without
His notice, and He did not wish to destroy
Ninnovah, where there were
600.000 people and much cattle. "And
much cattle." Thht was always a
very significant expression to me.
Well. 1 had to come here fiom
Ripley by private conveyance. We had
a good team, but the road was fear
ful, for it had rained nearly all night.
Mr. I'itner, an old Georgian, had the
lines and did not anticipate trouble.
)
but when we got to the river we found
the lowlands flooded on both sides for
a quarter of a mile, and after we crossed
the bridge the horses plunged suddenly
into a washout and submerged
us into deep water. It fiowod into the
buggy and over it .and up to the cushions,
and for a time we were both
alarmed for fear of a collapse. Hut
we got out of it safely, and here I am
with a valise full of wet clothes and
no change for to-night. Here I am at
the college and will have to stand up
before two or three hundred pretty
girls to-night. Fortuna?.?.y Mr. L<owrey
is about my size and says he will
lend me some garments whjle mine
are being renewed at the laundry.
HaHrd, hard, indeed, Ls the contest fo
freedom and the struggle for Christmas
money. Cyclones and floods arcpursuing
me and disturbing my tranquility.
Hut one thing more may come
which I cannot fight, and that is a
Methodist revival, for like a cyclone,
tlioy are terribly in earnest and always
break me up. Old Simon Peter
Richardson says in his book that the
Methodists are all fire and the Baptists
all water, and some others are all
wind. I hope they won't all cotne
upon me at once.
Hut I am still hopeful and trying to
keen calm anil serene. Tn-nitrht 1
shall be inspired with the presence of
these college girls and for an hour or
so will be the cynosure of their beautiful
eyes. Yes., the cynosure. That
word conies from two Greek words
which mean the dog's tail, and bo 1
will be the dog's tail of the fair assembly.
Professor Lowroy's father
was the brave old eoldier known as
General Lowrey who succeeded to
General Claiborno as commander of
that corps in the Army of Tennessee.
He is buried near here, and 1 shall
visit his grave. I go from here to
Pontotoc, the oldeet town In the state,
where the Indian agency was located
and the chief of the Chcka-saws lived.
From there 1 go to New Albany, and
from there to my own home, where
there is always a light in the window
for me and many nappy ones to greet
me.?Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
RAW'S HORN BLASTS
r*T"^ he content with
'fI '?ss 's to liavo
Jless discontent.
y's~~?\ ^ very little
%child may open a
* very large door
A Wwl *uto heaven .
-/"^*v5Jnp\ 11 18 poor re"
Hgiotia exercise
UaS(* U balancing <111 one
W\?R k A A foot on the edge
of sin.
{^Y"'vCr The modesty of
I. I ' true worth is
only equalled by the worth of true
modesty.
Getting Christ into the people will
solve the problem of getting people
into the church.
A blank carttidge will make tho
inert, noise.
Fidelity to old t ruths demands hospitality
to new ones.
A man's wealth may be measured
by his capacities, not by his coin.
There is only one single stop from
the level rock over the precipice of
ruin.
When we think to thank God for
our pleasures it will be easier to bless
Him for our burdens.
Ie needs no courage to choose evil
in the face of good.
If you would escape all censure, do
not walk with Christ.
When you open your heaic to ln$>t,
love will leave your life.
Not man. but the Cnrist-inan, is the
crowning work of creation.
Modern murmurers are bitten with
the fiery serpents of their own tongues.
If men put more sense into tneir
sacrod service the world would put
more faith in their sanctity.
It is mockery to pray that your
children may be gathered home in
eternity while you do nothing to
keep aifim at homo in timet
Census of Two Stnlci.
The Census Bureau at Washington
announced the population of Rhode
Island as 428,550, as against 1545,500 in
IS'.h). This is an increase of 83,500, or
twenty-four per cent. The population
of Illinois Is 4,821,550, as against
8.S20.1151 in IS'.Ki, nu Increase of 005.100,
or twenty-six per cent.
ltrok?-r Fail* For KI.OOO.OOO.
Francis I). Carley, n broker, of New
i oik * ny.nns humi a petition In bankruptcy
with liabilities $1,000,000 am!
no assets.
M'niitH Kural Free Uellvorv Kxleiulfd.
All enthusiastic plea for a wide expansion
of rural free delivery is made
in the annual report of W. M. Johnson,
First Assistant l'ostinaster-C.eneral, at
Washington. lie says that the extraordinary
development of this system
during the past twelve months is eonelusive
as showing that hereafter it
must be a permanent and expanding
feature of the postal administration.
Vossll ltrnmlns Found In Missouri.
Fossil remains or men and animal
of enormous size have been found at
Montcsano, Mo.
Thibet is a country forbidden to European
eyes, and no "barbarian" has
>yei set foot in the capital, Lh'asa.
. '
TORNAUIJ IN TENNESSEE
Most Destructive Storm in Its His.
tcry Sweeps the State.
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Score* of Lire* Are I.out mid Many Arc Injured?
IIuiiilreit* Ar? M ule- Homelo**?
Toriindo Knlere-I TVnumMrc Kroia
Northern M l*HlN?ii>|>i I.onvluf; i* Troll o|
Dcntli nnd l>e*trtictlmi In Ita Wake.
[
Nashville. Teun. (Special).?Tennessee
was swept by the most destructive
storm ever known in the State. More
than fifty persons were killed and n
hundred more injured, while the damnee
to houses, timber and oilier liron
crty will rencli large figures.
The storm entered the State from
Northern Mississippi ami swept across
in a northeasterly direction. Croat
da ma Re is reported from the counties
bordering on Mississippi and. further
on. Columbia, in Maury County, is the
heaviest sufferer. Lavergue. Nolensville
and Cnllatin also felt tlio wind's
force, the storm finally losing its force
against the Cumberland Mountain
range.
At Lavergne. sixteen miles south of
here, the velocity of the wind was
marvellous, and from best reports
lasted only about twenty seconds. In
this short time about thirty-five dwellings
were turned into kindling wood.
Two lives were lost.
Many lives were lost at and near
l.agrange. Tenn.. forty-nine miles east
of Memphis. Property damage there
amounts to nearly Sio.ooo. The
streets are littered with the debris of
destroyed buildings, merchandise, telograph
ana telephone wires and poles.
The loss of life was greatest in the
vicinity of Columbia, where the number
probably will exceed thirty-live.
Most of the dead are negroes, about
about twelve or 'ourteen only being
white. Immense damage was done to
farms, and hundreds of liend of live
Ktock were killed. Considerable dam
nge resulted ut Martin's Mill ami at
liuliau <"rock.
In Williamson County great damage
was done, hut the town of Franklin
pscaped with compuratively small loss.
Houses mi l timber in Sunnier County
ilso suffered considerably.
The number of houses destroyed in
lie Xolcnsvillc neighborhood is six|
teen. There were two fatalities there.
Lumber firms whose mills are located
on Wolf River, the northern
boundary of the eity. suffered da mayo
Estimated at more than JfdiMi.tMM) by
the overflowing of Wolf River during
the night.
Hundreds of cabins 011 plantations
a ear Iatla, Miss., were demolished and
four negroes were killed. Near T11aiea
five negroes were killed in the
collapse of their cabin. A white man
Hid a negro were killed six miles south
vf Hernando. Miss. Many plantation
louses, a cotton gin and a church were
destroyed.
At Love's Station. Miss., a dozen
residences and churches were wrecked,
but 110 one was killed; only one perI011
was fatally injured.
Twenty houses at Dallas. Ala., near
lluutsvllle, were demolished, Imt no
lives were lost. At l'.oxley's a storehouse
was destroyed and three 110Iroes
were killed.
( ?ti* til New York State.
TbifTalo. X. Y. (Special). The wind
Mew at the t.ite of sixty-live miles ail
lour. At the Rail-American grounds
!lie building for the eyelorama of Mistinrifirv
i*i. ?*
j i. .1.1 imin ii iiiiwii ami
mother Midway building was scriousy
injured.
North Tonnwnnda. N. Y. (Special).?
I hurricane wind rushed through tliis
lection at eighty miles an hour. Over
JJoO.noo damage has been done.
Lyons. N. Y. (Special).?A torriflo
A*ind storm swept over the surrotmdng
country. Orchards were upturned
tud buildings unroofed and blown
lown.
Schooner Wrecked In I.nUo Krle. a
Lorain, Ohio (Special).?The schoon r
St. Lawrence, hound from Kelly's
Island to Cleveland. with a cargo of
limestone, went ashore near here during
a heavy gale. All on board were
rescued.
Olio Man Klllod In
Paterson, N. J. rSpeciab.?One man:
Was killed and live were seriously in-'
lured by beiug liuried under the wreck
Sf ??ve half built iee-liouses which
Were blown down by the high wind,
lames Spcer was killed outright.
IN FAVOR OF ICE. COMBINE.
Ip|irttnt? DIvIkoii of tlie Supreme Court
>ii)? Testimony Ih Not CoiitptilHory.
Albany. N. Y. (Special).?The Appel
late Division of the Supreme Court
decided to grant the writs asked foi
by President P. \V. Morse, of t lie
American Ice Company, and the Attorneys
lencrnl is restrained from com
peiuug ill" directors and ?>tll crs to appear
before the referee npiiointed to
tuke testimony as to an alleged combine.
It is not thought nny appeal will bo
made unless ccrtiiicntion therefore is
made by the Appellate Division. The
appointment of Kefereo Nusbauin is
vacated by this decision.
Attorney (lonoral Da vies will take
tin appeal. I'nder the decision the
combine cannot lie proceeded against
or its officers prosecuted.
REDUCTION OF WAR TAX
Ways and Means Committee Decides
on a Decrease ot $30,000,030.
FOR AN ARMY OF 100,000 MEN
riip Committee llt-nrM n (aooil Flnnnrlnl
lU-port From Secretary (ihro- l'liuin
For HrlnKlnK Homo Voluntooro Kroin
tlx. IMllllppltlCH Will lt?< SUH|MMX|?'<1
I'cmllnK the Action of CoiiKrcm.
"Washington, I?. C. (Sm'cinli.?The
Ways and Monus C-omuiittee lias deoldod
on a reduction of about $3p,0tK),(XX)
in tho war revenue taxis. A few
days ngo Soorotnry Cage expressed
tho opinion, niter a meeting of the
Cabinet, that a reduction of only about
$ir>.OOO.OO0 should bo made. Later the
President expressed tho intention of
recommending a rodiiotlon of $20.bCi>.000.
but the nnnouneeiuent of tho
Ways and Means Committee shows
that there is a tendency to indorse tho
views of Senator Aldrlch and members
of tho Senate Finance Committee,
calling for a swooping reducMon.
President McKinloy's doterniination
to ask Congress for nil army of 100,00(1
men, increased naval expenditures
and prospects of the passage of the
Nicaragua!! Canal, Ship Subsidy and
Pacific Cable bills were taken into eonsiderati
m by the Hepubliean ineinbers
of the House Committee on Ways and
Means when they met to consider the
proh.em of reducing the war revenue
taxes.
Secretary Cage was before the committee,
and presented the financial
condition of the Covernnicnt in rather
better light than had been expected,
lie predicted iliat tho surplus of receipts
over expenditures for the present
fiscal year would amount to about
?SO.OOO.OOO, this ill Spile of tlie fact i
that it is only a little more than !
sy,<Mu),<MXi up to date. The heaviest
receipts ntul t lit* lightest expendit tiros
usually fall within tin* latter half of
tin* tiscal year.
All preparatiotts for bringing homo
tlu* volunteer troops now in tho IMiilippinos
havo boon suspended pending
tlu> action of Congress with reference
to the Army Reorganization hill. It
Is now almost certain that the work of j
transporting the volunteers hack to |
the *"nlte?l States will not liegiu until
about .1 tin nary 1.
Recent reports from the Philippines.
Including (leneral Mat-Arthur's declaration
that he could not spare any of j
the military force now in the archipelago,
has convinced the War Do- :
partment authorities that there can he j
no material reduction of the troops in
tla> Philippines for some time, and
that ever.* volunteer regiment will
have to he replaced if returned to the
I'liilcd States. To do this will require
the passage by Congress of a bill an
thorizing an army of about HNMMhi
men. and the present intention of the
Secretary of War is to have presented
to Congress as soon as possible a bill
for the reorganization of the army. It
is expected that by January 1 it will j
he apparent what Congress will do
along the line, and the War Department
otlieials eno I li< 11 ohm f?n* <i <r..n. I
crul reorganization <?f tin' military ,
force in the Philippines. Reports from
recruiting otlicers in this country,
however, show that there will he no
trouble whatever to secure tnen to
raise the regular nriny to 100,000 men.
PRESIDENT OILMAN RESICNS.
II end of doliUH llopklnx f ill vt>r*lt v Will
( tire ?t Clone of Mcltnliisiir Year.
Raltiinore, Mil. (Special).? President
Daniel Colt <lilni.an. of Johns Hopkins
University, litis notitied the Hoard of
Trustees of his intention to retire at
the close of the present scholastic
year, after a service of a quarter of a
century.
Dr. Oilman in a letter to the trustees
referred to Ills approaching seventieth
birthday, and said he felt It was
time for a younger man to take hold.
An unwritten law recognizes seventy
years as the^ige limit for university
president-1.
Itorlie*t?-r flirt Slain In the Street.
The body of .Miss Theresa Keating,
a respectable young woman, who lived
with her two sisters at Rochester. N.
Y? was found in a vacant lot near the
New York Central Railroad tracks.
The girl had been robbed of assaulted
and then choked to dentil. The
police can lind no clue to the murder
"Oon*rl?*iice" l'ayin--nt to 1,'nclo Sain.
Treasurer Roberts, at Washington,
has received n "conscience ilopusit" of
*'J00 from Boston, Mass. The letter
accompanying the money stated that
it was due 011 account of internal revenue.
.
Trial For I?r. Kennedy.
Because of errors at his trial the
Court of Appeals at Albany, N V.. has
granted a new trial to l?r. Kennedy,
the dentist who was convicted of the
murder of "1 tolly" Reynolds at the
tlrand Hotel, New York t'ity.
Effective Method. ,
"She attracts a Rood deal of attention."
"No wonder; she's so outre!"
"In what way'/"
"Well, for one thinR, she tries not
to attract attention." Detroit Journal
inpr*
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Tn Tts preliminary report to the Pros
Ident the Isthmian Canal Commission
favors the Nicaragua route against
nil others, ami recommends a thirtyfoot
waterway ut a cost of ?ll!0,000,boo.
The Secretary of State sent a new
note on China to the Powers, appealing
from the extreme course suggested
by some of the Powers.
The population of South Carolina as
officially announced is 1,340,310,against
1.131.149 In 1890. Tlris is an increase
since 185)0 of 189,107, or 10.-1 per cent.
Secretary (Inge announced that
Treasury refeundlng operations are to
be discontinued after December 31.
Captain W. M. Meredith, of Illinois,
was appointed Chief of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.
Negotiations for a reciprocity agreement
between the United States and
ltusln are In progress.
Iu an Interview Count Casslni. the
Russian Ambassador, emphasized liis
country's unselfish aims in China.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means has decided not to remove tlie
tax on tea.
OUIt AI?OPTKI> ISLANDS.
Secretary Itott sailed from Nnevitas.
Cuba, on his return to the United
States.
Dorotion Karrainlnp. an insnrpent
T.ioutennnt-Colonel, and Mantielo Lastars.
were arrested In Hularan Province.
P. 1. Karrapdap had previously
been arrested and paroled.
The Cuban Constitutional Convention
decided that its sessions shall la
public.
Filipino correspondence at Honp
lvonp shows that Apninaldo lias been
severely wounded.
The natives control both branches
of the Hawaiian l.epislatnre, but have
not a two-thirds majority.
The Philippine Commission at Manila
discussed a bill for a provincial
povernment in Itenpuet.
Cotntnamler I.neien Younp. Captain
of the Po-t of Havana, called for proposals
for removinp the wreck of the
Maine from the bottom of Havana
ll-ll-lior
I?OM KSTIC.
The Vermont Somite passed a 1)111 lo
abolish capital punishment.
tioverno"* Huosevelt dismissed the
charges against Mayor Van Wyek, of
New York City, for connection with
tlie to called Ice Trust.
Kentucky's liailrond Commission in
creased the assessed valuations of the
I.otiisville and Nashville and other
railroads n the State.
Two white men whipped a big mob
of negroes who were looting the town
of Ilyndman. l'enn.
The Tobacco Trust notified .the retail
dealers in Iowa to stop selling cigarettes.
as a will not light the prohibitive
tax law.
Chicago's commerce for the year
11100 will show a great falling off, as
compared to tout oi previous years.
At a meeting of all tin- World's l-'alr
Committee in St. Louis about 'Jolt leading
citizens were present and more
than S'JOO.OIM) was subscribed.
Mrs. N.'lllCV 1 lollittobl u-lin iti.nl .i I
Clin riot tt\ N. (was said to have
I ecu 1'Jl years old.
Five persons were killed by the upsetting
of a stage at Santa I'.arbara
cm.
Frank Spenstnaker. Mayor of London,
Ohio, eoniniilted suieide.
Charles Hartley, a hunter, arrived
at Watertawn, N. V.. after wandering
four days without food in the Adirondack
s.
Coventor .lolin Cripps Wiekliffe
r.eekliatn and Miss .lean Kinpta were
married at Owenslioro, Ky., the wed
ding being the most largely attended
and one of the most notable society
events in Hie Mali's history.
I'.rooks Story, ji well known express
jobber, escaped from tin* Mississippi
J'cnitentiary. This is liis fourth us*
rape.
John Beert. of Chicago, died from
fonr of liydrophnhln nfh-r lighting n
m range dog with his own tuutli ami
hands.
Major-General I'it/Jitigh Gee arrived
nt ,Ncw York City from Havana to
take uonitnand of the Department of
the Missouri.
The anti-noise ordinance was defeatid
in the City Council of Chicago.
KOICKION.
General Roberts reports n British
/lisastcr to an outpost of "Buffs," six
being killed, live wounded and tliirtyone
eapt tired.
The typhus epidemic at Copenhagen.
Denmark, is asuining serious propor
lion-.
Three steamers sailed from Corunna.
Spain, for the Culled States, having
on board -Tot) emigrants.
The Colombian rebels at Buenaventura
have been completely crushed.
A Rome dispatch says the I'ope visited
tlie Basilica and became so fatigued
that lie had to take to ids D-d.
It i-- reported that lie fainted twice.
A house collapsed In Darmstadt,
Germany, burying a score of workmen,
of whom tweive are dead.
The I'orle detlnitely refused to grant
an exequatur for the American Consul
at Harpoot.
The Ami Semites and a number of
Ci liservatives introduced a Dill in the
German ltcichslug against the imiui
gration of Jews.
AN OVATION riflifel
He Receives an Enthusiastic Welcome
i
on Landing at Marseilles.
MS BRITISH ARE BARBARIANS
/ormer Itulcr or tlu> Trmi?vimt I'rorlnlm#
III* ll.-llcf on Arrl\tug oil Krvncli Noll
? Il?> ll.-t-Inr.-M Tlinl llir llorr. Will
Novi'r Sui ri'iulrr mill Tliul the llriliiilt,
Wu|(i' it Snt RKr Warhrc.
fttarsellles. Franco (Ry Cable).?A"
saSute of twenty-one puns from the
French shore batteries greeted the
Dutch cruiser Gelderland when she arrive;!
here with former President Kruger,
of the Transvaal Republic, ou
board I>r. Catalan, the Health Ollieer,
at once boarded the vessel aud
granted free pratique.
Then.) was a great crowd on the quay
when Vlr. Kruger landed. He was
out hus|j?*t ic.ally cheered by the people
ami thora wore cries of "Vivo Krujror!
Vivo los liners!"
Tlio foinior President of tlio Transvaal
walled to a carriage which wits
in waiting ami lioforo Heating lihnsolf
lorom piously salutoil tlio crowd.
A prooosi^jn was formed around the
carriages o 'tupicd by Mr. Krugor tnr4*
tho Tloer delegates and they woro osoortod
to tho hotel amid continuous
cheering.
When Mr. Kroner reached tho lloto)
Noailles at noon. In response to olioor*
l>y the crowd ho appeared on the billcony
and made .a speech, lie salt! lie
was glad to land on the soil of France
?a country of liberty. He felt that
lie was nmntm a free people who received
him as a free man. lie thanked
the French t.ovornmeiit for the many
marks of sympathy that had been
shown him. lie declared that ever
since 1 >r. .lameson's raid he hail always
desired to arbitrate the differ"
dices with Ureal i'ritain and was convinced
that the enemies of the liner*
would be obliged to recognize the justice
of the cause of the South African
Kepublics.
inn me j.ngiisit 11:i<I always refused
to arbitrate tho differences ami they
wara now waging a war of barbarism.
He was not Ignorant of tin* usages of
savap- warfare. he said, hut had never
known a people more barbarous
than tho Kngllsh. who had pillaged
and plundered and hunted farms and
driven women and children from their
homes and left them without liretul to
eat or a roof over their heads. If tin?
Itoer reptthlies must lose their indcpemleuee
every Itoer man, woman
and child would have to he killed
tirst.
Mr. Kroner wore :i dark gray overcoat
and a high hat bound with a deep
crepe hand, lie had on gold rimmed
spectacles and his wludc personality,
was much more striking than Is suggested
hy liis portraits.
President Kruger is much neater in
appearance than had hern expected
from his portraits. Ilis hair and heard
have heen trimmed. He walks with
a thin step ami shows no sign of illness
or age.
Mr. Kruger sent the following dispateh
to President l.otihet:
"In deharkiug upon the hospitable
shores of France my tirst act is to
greet the worthy chief of the French
Kcpublir ami to forward to you n testiinony
of my gratitude for the marks
>f Interest your tioverninciit and country
have so kindly wished 1o offer me."
Will I'roxioottK tin* ('ulnrnilo I.ynrhem.
fdstriet-Attorney MeAllister. of <'olorado
Springs, Col., has ordered Sheriff
Freeman, of Lincoln, to proceed
against the members of the mob who
burned the negro, Preston Porter, Jr.
c.t the stake.
Sir Arthur Sullivan licml.
Fir Arthur Sullivan, the popular musician,
whose name lias been known
more familiarly, perhaps, to persona
of Hngllsh lineage than any composer
that ever lived, died in I-nmlnti ?(
heart failure. Ill* dentil was wholly
unexpected. He was horn in 1 Sill.
I.icutt-iiniit lt?l'ie?il It.v I'lllpinoH.
Lieutenant Ai* uetler. who was recently
captured ny Filipinos, was released
and arrived at Manila.
I.i'lior World.
The Cornwall Ore Conipnny, of Lebanon,
l'enn., lias discharged nil for
eigners, and ! employing only married
men.
A thousand American clgarinnkcra
in Tamp , 'la , llnd themselves out
of employm ut because of a strike of
Cubans in no trade against American
workmen, t
Nearly .000,000 women in Spain
work lu tie fleld as day laborers; 350,m?u
\vo11h i are registered as day aervints
Ilia is, they work for their food
and lodj-tng. There is 110 such clasn
anywhe*_* else.
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The eeent feat of a Long Island
wonmt! bicycle rider ought to result in
cbangng the view eonuuonly held on
the s.liject of tnnsciiline as compared
with feminine endurance.
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