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VOL. X.
ARP ON CARNEGIE.
Applauds the Millionaire for the Gooo
He Is Doing.
HE MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS.
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Says the Great Steel Kins; Could
Reach the Masses ?: 1 a Better Way
I hau by Libraries.
"Scale it. Mr. Flicks, scale these
profits down "> per rent, for the ne\t
fiscal year. The books show that we
are getting rieh too fast. I'ut down
the jii i. ? of steel rails and put up iha
price of labor. We are hut trustees
for our fellownien and a million a
year is enough ! >r ua."
It .Mr. Carnegie had said that ten
years ago, lie wouldn't he so perplexed
now about giving away his money.
!!?' says it is a sin for a man to die
rich, and as life is uncertain and death
is sure, he seems to be in a hurry
about getting rid of his millions. The
live millions he has settled upon ii.s
aged and indigent laborers is a benefaction
that everybody commends.
The twenty-live millions he has given
to the cities far public libraries is not
imperially commended by anybody except
those who received it. It is
about on a par with Rockefeller's
Jwentv-fivo mill inn c in lli.? r^nni "?i -
versltlos. Neither Rift reaches the
masses of the people nor allioviote the
rendition of the poor. George Peabody's
and Peter Cooper's charities
were more sensible and effectual.
George Muller'R life work, who without
a dollar of capital to begin with, established
orphanages in London until
he had over 22.000 in charge when he
died, and from year to year maintained.
and educated them, was a much
grander charity than giving millions
to colleges and libraries. George Peabody's
millions built blocks of good
comfortable tenement houses for th-*
laboring poor of Ixmtion. houses that
sere furnished and equipped with every
comfort and every safeguard for
(he health of the tenants. Health s
that, he left a large fund for the promotion
of education in the South.
There are many charities fnr tnoro
needed by the people than giving them
\ chance to read free books. The poor
<do not have time to read very much.
A right hungry man can hardly get religion.
much less enjoy a story book.
But still we commend Mr. Carnegie for
his good intentions, and if he had given
two or three thousand dollars to
Cartersvllle, 1 would have said. "Mr
Carnegie, you are a big-hearted
Scotchman, sir!" I hope they will
elect him mayor of New York.
The reason why the public pra.se
Mr. Carnegie so is because the public
Is surnrisod Such mnnlflc0?c<-> So
uncommon that it is unexpected. The
Rift is really no act of generosity, for
as he savs himself it is a sin to keep
It and die rich. He got all his millions
from the labor of the people, and now
he is trying to pour some of it hack in
the jug. That is right and honorable
for the ore was God's and the labor
was the toil of his men. He ought to
pour it hack and give some to the tollers
whose sweat earned the money.
This is pure mornity and common
sense. Every man has a moral right,
and it is his duty to make sufficient
profit to maintain himself and family
in comfort, and even in luxury, and aiso
to lay up something for his children
and for old age and for the accidents
of life; but beyond that his rights under
a Christian civilization do not go.
11c then becomes a trustee for his fellowmen
who are in need. Not that he
should parcel out and deliver to each
one his share, for it cannot be done,
but he should make some Investment
that would insure the greatest good to
the greatest number. Nevertheless.
Mr. Carnegie is scattering his money.
He Is sowing wheat among the tares.
He is giving largely to the wealthy el*
lea who can provide their own li! raries.
He Is scattering hi3 money; I
mean the surplus, that has grown t.?
he n burden. He has Just finished a
million dollar mansion in New York
and haa another In Scotland. and a few
millions in reserve for contingencies.
We hope that these small holdings will
not Interfere with his intentions to
die poor No, there is no peculiar
grace in the gifts of Carnegie or
Rockefeller. They are a surpris \
that's all. for not one in a hundred of
the millionaires do such things. Most
of them hold oti and pile it up for th? ir
children to quarrel over. The Standard
Oil Company has just deviated 1
dividend of twenty millions for
Rockefeller. He eru -bed out and absorbed
all contpttlng mills and still
sella oil to the consumers at if? cents
per gallon. Cheap, isn't it? lint ha
could a< 11 it at 10 cents and mai.e a
hundred per cent. It is the comnn 1
people, the masses, the tollers and tl.e
poor who buy the oil, and every gallon
takes a nlcklo from them (ha! ? u-i t
not to he taken. God made th? eh
and gave the lahor. Vr. Rocker 11' r
had hut little to do v/ith if. Most or
his millions really belong to God
and the laborers. It la no sufficient
answer that he has endowed a coll.
The children of the laborers are not in
It. It's too far ayay and too high tip.
These colossal fortunes are becoming
alarming. They endanger good
government, for It is still a fact "tbat
riches and virtue are rarely found
combined." Laws grind the poor and
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rich men make the laws. It Is too Into.
The opportunity has passed, for rich
men make the laws. Millionaires control
the United States senate and will
resist any tax that limits or lessens
their estates.
Tint it is wrong for us to envy the
rich. In the economy of life and the
ursuits of happiness it seems necessary
to have rich men. They built]
ships, railroads, canals, telegraphs
ami telephones, cotton and woolen
mills, reapers, mowers, fl >ur mills and
a thousand other plants that furnish
us with food and clothing and add to
the comfort of mankind. The world
would make slow progress without
them, but when they begin to unload
their vast profits mankind will criticize
the manner of it. Generally they
unload it on their children, who never
earned a dollar of it. Some of them
would carry it all to heaven with them
if they could. Many of them give a
part of it to some church or charity as
a kind of passport to heaven. An old
friend of mine who was pretty hard up
burrowed $r? from me one morning to
pay one of those darn little just debts
as he called them, lie said his creditor
was annoying liim. but before ho
left my oflice a committee from tha
country catled and asked us to help to
build a country church. 1 gave them
a dollar, but my friend subscribed $~>
and handed over the bill that 1 had
loaned him. After they had left I asked
him why he gave me much and he
im. ih-ii, i iiiwujs givv: vuai r.usu
to help build a church. 1 do not belong
to any, for 1 have not vet felt
Rood enough to join, but 1 have lived
in live counties nnd practiced my profession
in fourteen and 1 have helped
to build country churches in all of
them. It may be that death will catch
mo unawares before 1 do Join the
church and St. Peter will refuse me
admission into the heavenly gate.
Hut I will have one credential, for I
can say: 'St. Peter, 1 know I have
not been a good man and am not fit
to mingle with the saints, but 1 have
got a little stock in every country
church from Rabun's (lap to Tallapoosa?and
maybe he will let me in?may
-be so. Major, could you lend mo
another $5 without inconvenience?"
Of course I did, for he was one friend
whom I never refused. He did join
the church and I believe he is in
lienven now.
Charity Is the greatest and most
blessed of all virtues. As the poet
says: "It is twice blessed. It blessath
him that gives and him that doth
receive." Put when a man with $100(JOO
income gives away of it t >
ease his conscience and secure a pass- '
port to heaven he makes a mistake.
It yill do neither. A man's standing
in the community is determined more
by his charity than anything elsa.
How much does he give to the church
and how much to the poor is discussed
by his neighbors and he is rated a - j
cordlngly.
Not long ago I pave a problem to I
the young people. If a man sells a ,
j sow and pigs for $ls and gets as much :
for one-tenth of the bow as h did J
for nine-tenths of a pig how many |
pigs did she have? I have receivi >1 i
Beores of answers?most of them making
it nine pigs and some ten pigsone
smart girl makes it seventy-two |
pigs and one smarter man proves that I
the sow had 1,791 pigs. Strange to I
say every answer is correct Nine
pigs gives J9 for the sow and $1 ea h !
for the pigs; Seventy-two pigs gives
|2 for the sow and 11 22 9 cents for a
pig and it would take seventy-two pigs
to make the $16. Nine cents for the
sow would give 1 cent for each pig,
and therefore require 1,791 pigs to
up the $ IK. It is a see-saw sum. As
the price of the sow goes down the
number of pigs goes up and any nam- |
her is correct. Now let mc ask the
school boys and girls to hold up a little
on compositions and speeehe*.
Please excuse me for 1 have not the
time. It would take every hour in
the day to comply with c.ll their requests.?Ilill
Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
A SLAVE OF TOBACCO.
l-ove of tlte Weid One of tlio Weak- i
nes.c* of the lireut Curlyle.
As is well known, Thomas Carl.vlc, 1
the great Scottish essayist and historian.
was a slave to tobacco. In his
home, his <*udy or out of doors, he was
seldom Been without his pipe, and ho
smoked the strongest tobacco he couid
procure. During the last part of bin
life he was a sufferer from insomnia,
and his friend. Sir Charles (laven
Duffy, oncp suggested to him that ono
who suffered so much from sleeplessness
and indigestion ought not to
smok- fo constantly. CNrlyle replied
that hi^ had once given up smoking for
an utile year at the instance of a doctor.
who assured him that his only aill.ient
v ts too much tobacco. At the
end c;f the year ho was walking one
evening In tiie country so wearv thnt
lie v..:s hardly able to crawl front tre
to trap, win a lie suddenly detcrmin* -1
that whatever was amirs with liltn
"that fellow at 1? ast did not understand
it." and he returned to tobacco'
and smoked afterward without let or
hindrance. In his latter days he used
a (lap pipe made in Pultlin and known
as the "Hepral." He was unable to
rem w the supply and Sir Charles Huffy
assured him that these pipes were
strictly reserved for believers in Irish
nationality and promised him a supply
if lie qualified in the ordinary manner.
Carlyle never qualified.
ivioft or us wofflfl rather profit by tho I
mistakes of others.
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MIL
HIT MILL, S. C? WED
IfSiTMu
Irregularities in the Commissary Department
Unearthed.
ncriPCDC AMn nTucD? ADDrcrcr\
vi i iuliio nnu vi n cno nnnto i i_v
Government Gnnl? rouml in tlti? Co??r>?ii?n
oT 1'ernni Not Entitled to
Theui-Army Ofilcei'8, Civilian Clerk*.
?t rroiutnent Contractor ami Other Perton*
In vol ve it ? Ne \r Disrnveries Dally.
Manila? Imercsi In the capture ai^K
fate of Agttinaldo is well-nigh overshadowed
l>y sensational developments.
present and prospective, of
frauds in tlie Commissary Pepartment.
How widely tlie.se extend lias
not yet been asoeriainod. but enough
is already known to justify the belief
that they are far-reach ins.
Captain I'rederick .1. Harrows, of the
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry. Quartermaster
of the Department of Southern
Luzon, together with seven Commissary
Serseants. several civilian clerks,
a prontineni Covernnieiit contractor,
the assistant manager of the Hotel
Oriente, the proprietors of three of the
largest bakeries in Manila, a number
of storekeepers anil other persons have
been arrested.
The investigation lias scarcely begun.
lint thousands of sacks of tiour, a
cpiantity of bacon, and wagouloails of
other goods, all bearing fJovernment
marks, liave been found in the possession
of unauthorized persons.
It is alleged that the contractor in
question, who lias been doing a business
approximating $100,000 tier month,
has spent huge sums in entertaining
otlicers.
It is asserted that large quantities of
stores have been lost or stolen in transit.
and also that there is a shortage
in the commissary depot.
New scandals are devcloneil dailv
lllirit transactions have been traced
back to June. 11100, and it is possible
that there are others of earlier date.
The exorbitant tariff on provisions
makes the surreptitious sale of commissary
supplies immensely profitable.
It is understood that other United
States oflleers may be arrested. lieutenant
Philip K. Sweet, of the Forty- j
sixth Volunteer Infantry, is prosecuting
the investigation, under the direc
tion of Colonel Wilder. Chief of Police. I
PROMOTION FOlt FUNSTON.
Ipimintfil a Ttrl~:idirr in the Regular |
Armv?Whnitnii Al*<> Honored.
Wasliington. T>. C.?The following
important army appointments were
announced at the White House:
To he Major-tleuoral United Stales
Army. Rritrudier-flenernl IJoyd Wiiea
ton. vice Miles, promoted Lieutenant<
Iciteral.
To he "BrigadierGenerals in the
United States Army. Brigadier-Gen- j
oral Frederick Funston. United States
Volunteers, viee Wheaton. proniotetl;
Colonel Jaeob 11. Smith. Seventeenth
United Stales Infantry. Urigadler11
en era 1 Volunteers, vice Daggett, retired.
JV4_,
Agitinaldn Treated I.Ike a Client.
Manila.?Aguinnhlo continues to oxpress
himself as pleased with and impressed
by the eourteous treatment nocorded
him by General MacArthur.
"I am a prisoner." said he, "but I am
treated like a guest."
FELL OVER A PRECIPICE.
flothei* Meet* it shocking Dentil. While 1
Daughter is Ituiily Injured.
Poughkoopsie. X. Y.?A few days
tgo Mrs. Daniel Patterson, wife of a
ueehanie; her twelve-year-old daughter.
and Nellie Phase, aged fourteen
rears, all living in ('old Spring, went
jut for a walk. They stopped on Table
Koek, half way up Breakneck
Mountain. to wateh the forest tires
[turning on Crow Nest Mountain across
I lie river.
Suddenly the Patterson child slipped ;
and fell over the cliff. The mother (
sprang forward to save the child, and i
aDo fell over the reek. Dotli screaming
in turn as they fell. Nellie Chase tie- '
eame greatly evited as she saw her '
friends go over, and she. ioo, fell after
tliPut. - --- v.--** - Table
Ilo.k is litk> feet above tidewater.
and the side of tjie mountain
under it is very steep. A man named
McCarthy hoard screams and ran up
the hill. He found Nellie Chase in
the branches of a large tree, where
sbe had fallen. She was uninjured.
The Patterson girl was found a few
feet further down, with a broken arm
and a < lit and 1 mis -d hotly. Mrs.
Path rsoh was found further down the
mountain dead. She had fallen at
least 1(1(1 feet, and was <la--hed to
death on the rocky side of the hill.
She was ?'<oui fortyMho years old.
Her husband i- n. -loved in the Cornwall
Foundry ut Cold Spring.
CAM P.IJM 125 M LES A!J K0U3.
.Sitccc?ftfti1 1 A|iiMiiiifiil?i With I'AccI.
it* 1 tint iit (lerinanv
Washington. 1 >. (' i:\l l'ii'iir111 S
with fast electric trains between Berlin
and Hamburg. tiermnny. have
demonstrated that a speed of ai least i
1'J." miles an hour can lie attained
witliotii dltliculty. Consnl (b'ncial
fluent her. in Frankfort, in a report to
the State Department 011 this sub- |
Jeet, sa.v< that the high rate of speed
lias placed surface crossings out of ,
the question.
Tlie outcome of the experiments is
to bo a line of miles in length. '
from a point adjoining the city of
Berlin to a station just outside of
Hamburg, its estimated cost la ?33,- !
000,000. _ ? 1
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NESDAY, APRIL 3, H><
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WARHIXflTON ITEMS.
Republican National Headquarters
at Washington were closed.
Charles Monun. thirty two years old.
of the Patent <) I lice, committed snieide
by shooting himself in the head. Siekness
had unbalanced his mind.
The canturc of Acjninahlo pave pre at
satisfaction to President McKinley
and members of the*Cabinet, who consider
it the final blow to organized insurrection
in tIn* Philippines.
Secretary ltoot and Adjutant Conor
at t'orbin expect to visit the Philippines
in the snmmpr for the purpose
oL personally studying the military
Puliation.
The <liivprnmonl, through Secretary
Tiny. declined i<> protest against the
seizure of Manchuria l?y Russia.
TIip rpply <>f I he l'.ritislt Hovcrmnent
declining to noeenl tlip ntm-mlcd 11 si yPauncefote
treaty was made public.
AjUorney-i icneral (irigps tendered
Ills resb.intion to I'rpsiilptit M< Kinley.
ami nnnotiuppil liis plans for resuming
tin* planticp of law.
oril AIIOI'TK!) ISLANDS.
More emigrants sailed from Porto
Rico for Hawaii. 40o for Cuba. ami
2h(m> am under contra* t to go to Ecuador.
Five members of tln> M.nndo-Pucnt
secret society in the Philippines wore
sentenced to death.
The Philippines Commission sailed
front Hollo for Sulti to confer with the
SuTfan.
fJeneral Miles thinks the Cubans
will nir'ee to the proposals of Conpress
and the Administration at
Washington.
The work of raislnp the wreck of the
vfaltte in Havana harbor was hepun.
fwovernnr Allen expects to leave Porto
Itleo in a fortuiplit for Washington
to confer with President MoKinley.
DOMESTIC.
Near Sir Mile. W. Ta.. Cliarles Cors
shot and killed a seven year-old son
of John Tlognn because some one
stoned his horse.
Till* flnw ill llir* cnrtAii.1
... . im .-v ? wimi m
tlx- I'.enumont (Texas! <>11 well is 20,000
barrels.
Four mon wore arrested at Thornvillo.
Ohio. suspeetod of burglarizing
the Somerset Rank.
A million dollar mansoloum as an
Abraham lam >!n mmnorial is projeeto<l
for Springfield. Ill.x
Now trials won* ordered in tho oases
of two of tin* iniMi convicted ami sontonooil
to lifo imprisonment in eonneotioii
with the Cocbel murder in Kentncky.
Corporal I Tarry K. Yeakley. Fortyfliirtl
Rettery of Coast Artillery, who
hail been a phv-Uian at Winchester,
Va.. I'onitniitoil suicide at New l.ondon.
(Vnn.. by drinking wood alcohol. I
Although no <lat<> has yet been set j
for tin1 launching of tin* battleship
Maine, now in process of construction
nt the t'rainp Shit) Yards, in Philadelphia.
it will take place in a few weeks.
Members of the Woman's Sabbath
Alliance, at New York City, inveighed
against compulsory Sabbath desecration
at colleges.
It was said that the Rogers Locomotive
Works, at I'atersou. N. were
sold to a syndicate headed by August
Relmuut.
The Minnesota State Senate defeated
an Anti-Cigarette bill, ami there
Were rumors of a hoodie fund supplied
by cigarette manufacturers.
The village of Sing Sing, N. Y.. gave
tip its name for that of Otsining. an
Indian Chief of the seventeenth cen- ,
lury.
John Keith, aged ninety nine years.
M Cpper Sandusky. Ohio, choked (
tvh'le eating and died two hours later. |
Fire, started by a stroke of light- i
ning. destroyed St. Andrew's Roman
Catholic Cathedral, at (Irand Rapids,
Mich. Loss, $.10,000; insurance, $20,- \
300. i
i in* new torpedo beat Tingloy was !
launched at the Columbia Iron Works, 1
at Baltmorc, Md. 1
A satlslii (1 mortgage for $100,000 was
burned in St. Andrew's .Methodist
Episcopal Church at New York city.
Several T'nion I'aeilie trams were
stalled by snowdrifts in Nebraska, ,
win re - hlir.r.ard was tacrine.
A one-legged man robbed Joseph r
Schultz. at Chicago, and fifteen crip ]
pl? s were arrested, but Schultx could |
not identify his man. I
Minnesota was reapportioned info t
nine Congressional districts.
Tito city Hall at Itutland. Vt.. was 1
destroyed by lire. All the records were '
save I. The loss is SfiO.OfMt.
By a compromise decree the celebrated
iliomp-on will case, involving
S1.XU0.000. was settled ;t( Brattleboro, <
Vt.. the heirs receiving $*J00,(M)() and
tlie rest goin^ to form ti trust fund for
charity.
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FOR1SIGN.
Russian stud< tils sent "sent? noes of i
death" to the War an 1 Interior Minis- '
tecs at St. I'? Tsl in . >
Mine, d Callil'et. wife of the former
1'rei: h Mini ier of War, died at Paris. }
Mrs. William Cowan, aired sixty '
eight. was found murdered in her (
home at (!alt. Out., rohhery was the
motive. (
ITeneh troops killed I'odi Kaldms,
tlie old slave trader; killed or wound- i
ed loll of h: follower*, and took til iy ;
pi isoie rs oil the west coast of Africa. ,
i nr? ? i.imcarian revolutionists were
com I. iiuiod to <te.ith at Salomon.
Lord Laiisdnwne, the Hritish For- (
eign Secretary, stated in the House of (
Lords that hotli (2rent Britain and
tierniany had warned Ciutia against
making separate agreements with other j
Powers involving territorial conditions.
IMES
01.
WILL BE HO COAL STBIKE"
Statement to Miners Issued by the
General Committee.
WAGE SCALE WILL BECONTINUED
riio Committor Roj.'.rtoil That It lln.t
AsHur:tiir?%* of l-*iittirc Kcrot^nIt ion ??f
!!?? t nion if lVtfv Sli*iUt?* ami |ti<.
tm liam rs r?* niMcouliiuitM! ?Motliod
of iiiR (Srit vavicrs l'r.ivl?l?*tV.
Wilkes Carre. I'ciiii. The threatened
strike or 1 I".'MM) uiittois in t lu* hard
coal region v.-ill not take pince. At :i
mooting o<" tin* executive Committee
of tho 1 idled Mino Workers of tho
throe anthracite districts. held in tliis
city. 1t wis decided that the men
should oontinuo at work.
This Committee was given arbitrary
powi'i' liy tho guttural convention of
miners, hold at llazlcton in the fort?
part of the nionih. to declare a strike
if the circumstances warranted it. In
the opinion of the Commit tee. in a
lengthy address, which was prepared
by Mr. Mitchell hints If. the circumstances
did not warrant a strike at
this time.
Some members of tlie Committee, so
It is said, were in favor of pursuing a
radical course on the ground that if
the operators did not recognize the
miners' union now the opportunity
would In* losl forever. 1'resident
Mitchell, however, soon convinced tho
Committee that a conservative course
was tin* only one to pursue at this
time.
The statement issued by the Committee
is. in part, as follows:
"A conference was secured with representatives
of the coal carrying railroads.
at which your Committee presented
the claims of the mine workers.
The representatives of the operators
listened attentively to the presentation
of our arguments, and while they
would not agree to meet in general
joint conference with the miners this
Viet P 1 lo>?? .11.1 4,1 4 1
...... ..... .no iiui.f 111 :t i me notices
which were posted continuing
the advance in wages until At?ri 1 1.
T.kiJ. nml agreeing to take up ami adjust
with their mine employes any
grievances they migltt have should
he interpreted ami construed to,mean
that such grievances should he considered
and adjusted with representatives
or committees of the Mine Workers:
and they hold out the hope that
if during the present year the mine
workers demonstrated their willingness
and ability to abstain from encaging
in local strikes full and complete
recognition of tlie organization
would umptestiotiahly lie aeeorded at
n future date.
' In consideration of vast interests
involved and in view of the fact that
tit least partial recognition of our or- :
gani/.ation lias heen secured, and with
tic hopes that a greater degree of justice
will he obtained in the not distant
future, your Committee would respectfully
recommend that work he continued.
and that committees tie selected
at each mine, colliery, stripping and
washery and instructed to wait upon
the mine superintendents or other persons
in authority and in a respectful,
conservative, fearless and aide manner
present any grievances, either as
to prices or conditions of employment.
I hat the mine workers may have, and '
ask that such grievances he adjusted." ;
S 1.000.000 FIRE IN RICHMOND.
S c aVi'son Hotel lliiriicii ? fluent* ! " sou perl
Willi Ultltriilt.v.
Iliehmoiul. Va. The Jefferson Hotel, <
at' this city, which was erected by the
lull. I I.w is I lint,... >. i ' '
... .. ......... . ,1 . . >.-.| III I Ml IHI I
ins; ami Itirnishim; of about Sl.OUUJXHt,
was destroyed I?y li.o. '
The llanu s w. iv discovered in tiio
ui?I??-r part of tin* main street side
shortly before inidiiitrht. and in a 1
short time that part of the lutddini;
was a roarinn furnace. Although tin*
lionr was late when the tiro broke out,
:n immense crowd was attracted.
The yui'Hls who were driven out of
lie Main street portion and those In
he Franklin street part took retime
it tiie lobbies of the latter, and there
he scenes of distress and excitement ^
red description.
The tnau'uilieeiit structure covered
tall" a I dock in the ultra fasliionalde
lart of the city, was loiiii of buff
hrick. and granite foundation, and
was regarded as semi lire proof.
There were in the note! many fine
works of art, itu-ln?Ii11ir. in the Frankin
street court, Valentine's niarablc
statue of Jefferson.
DENMARK'S OFFER TO US.
"oilititIoiih rioter Which Slic Will Sell
W est Initio I -.liiioW.
I.omlon. The < 'opeiihngcii correpomlcnt
of tin- 1 laily News says he
lll?! tin- lievl mil to.fin- r..i. ?...
iv iil dint i ii* iiovi*r11HH*iit litis romiitiniotcil
tn tin* I iiiiivl Stales 11 o
> llnwiii- (Kiniiiicii- under wiiidi ic
\ ill *11 11. I 'ill! i Ii \V< 1 I miles
J li s!, till. sunt I.I s l.uniMMM) s 11*111 tie
aid Io l>< mm rk; - * ,?:nI. the pojnilaion
: I j111 ileeiili* wliftlier they Will I*
n. .ii Danish nr i trniisferred to 111 *
nit< ! St.'iti s; ihii it. it tin* inlialii' Mi's
>te i In* ir;iiis|'ern il I liny shall inlinelintely
I m '<*1 ?i lie not only Atnerii an
lil.jeets. hut citizens, and fourth, that
he proline! Of tile island- :: I: :;11 be
ill ill it t <*, | into tin* Initial States free
>f duty.
:*l.|o?t?.n Killed tin* < lilff'H I mlv \Vi\c
III eoiltieetiou Willi the defeat of tile
lative ehief, Kodey Kttlihn, by a
'reneh expedition til .Matulina, West
\frieti. it is iititiotitieoil that tin explo
don of the eliiof's powder magazine
tilled his forty wives.
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NO. 3.
DIED A HERO'S DEATH
Lieutenant-Commander Roper Suftjcaied
on the Petrel.
MANY OF THE CREW PROSTRATED
A Trujoily in CuvitCommuiiiioi Hojier
Lo?t lltH :,ir~ hi :in iH'iii'l to
si IVri*liin? failor in Hip ltiii'i<iiig
Silil foil in o." t"n* ( unlmsit I'rlift ?Navy
lio.iarii i >:ii'* TriimtP.
l\ I.?Kiiv ilisi'oviTfil a?
the sailroom of the United States nlmat
Petrel. I.mm -.tenant Commar icr
.lesse Minis Itoper < .>niniatidiiig 1'iif
sail room is a small compartment adjoining
tlit nr.gay.iite. Tin1 heat was
intense. |lie* sm?i<i' sulYccnting am! tlie
Unities dillicitlt to cNiinguish.
Lieutenant Command r Uopcr was
the tiist to deseeud into the liohl. rut
he was lor. Ml to return to the d< < titulars
then weni ilowti. Seaman Patrick
'l'oner was prostrated apd a! out
to perish, when l.i. meiiani t'oniitiauilcr
Koper etnleavoted in rescue hitir
and was stift'ocated in the attempt
Lieutenant .losiah MeKean and
Cadet Lewis suffered severely iu
bringing the hody id" Lieutenant Commander
Itoper to the (leek.
Twenty-two of the crew were prostrated.
Toner, Kvnns. Flaherty. I.arsen.
Ivessler. Cahey. Utirion. Smith.
Sullivan atul Forsboon seriously, liul
all will recover.
The contents of the saih'oom tvite
destroyed, hut the damage to the gimhoat
was slight. The origin of th??
lire had not been ascertained: possibly
it was a case of spontaneous eotubustiou.
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Washington. P. C. ? The Navy I>epnrtiueiit
received the following ?lis
patch from Hear Admiral Uemey. r.nuniitnder-in-Chief
of the Asiatic Station:
"Fire discovered snilroom Petrel,
seven litis morning. Itoper commanding.
After going below once. went,
again against advice. Attempted to
rt'c/ivid* i??i??i Itolo"- II-. -
. . .... I. in* ^Ull IIK'H 11*11 P
<iif.l :u V. I~t. Twenty-two other <>flleors
and men cut in ly prosl rated. All'
roenverini;. 'Ire out. 1 hint a ire immaterial.
Send iioper's remains 1 >> I'.uffalo.
"REM l-'.Y '*
Tho department at nnoo sent a telegratn
to II. K. Kay. (lit' lnotl.t r in law
of rJeutouaut-Pnmmaudor Itopor. at
I.onv:\vooil, Mass.. imkir tliat In* inform
Mrs liopi r of tlimn-ws. *1 1m- following
expression of $.. itip:>i liy arid
approeint ion Is also made.
"With this sail now ; the depantmift
sends to Mrs. Kopi-r deep sympatIn n
tlu? groat loss she has sttsta noil arul
tlto highest appt'ooiation of tli Kalian-*
; y ami self saerithe with \\ deh '.i. utouant
Commander Kopor gave his
lifo for his fellow-men. It \v:ts a hoVo's
death."
Tho deceased oflicer was' horn* ia
Missouri, ami entered tho naval service
Juno lsits ]li> was ooniiiiis- sinned
to tho rank hold hy him at tin*
linio of his death oil Maroli 1 Silt),
and ordered to command tho Petrol
Novemhor h~?. IS'J'J. .. n'
Tho I'etrel was otto of tho vessels
under Admiral Ih weyjtt the.hat tic of
Manila Hay. when site was in ? Tiargt*
of l.ietiteiiant- Pontmander 10. P. Wood.
Tho latter odioor on mo homo shortly
iftor, and Lieutenant-('oniniamlor
Itopor sneooodod him.
Tho Hnffalo. on whioh tho hody
will ho sent home, is now used for Jlu?
trnnsportation of troops, and is nhntit
0 reittrn to the I'nited S'ates hy way
d* the Mediterranean.
DEATH OF THE RF.V. JOHN JASPER.
ritr \rjrn PrMilifr Who Ailvoratcil lt??
Theory Tlint tlir "Sun Ho ItfoTc."
Richmond, Yn.?Tho Rev. John Jasper,
tho famous eolored advocate of
1 ho "sun do move" theory, died at lots
homo hero aged eighty-nine. lie had |
Sixth Mount /ion Church, anil was
hohl in high esteem l>.v the people <>t
(lis race. He once ma le a tout of the
North, delivering his "sun do mote""
k'Ciure or sermon. .....
WOMAN STOPS A LYNCHING '
vivct the Man Wlin hilled Iter tlnxi .iini
I'rniii the Fury <>f a Molt,
Coluiuhia, S. (. Mrs. Walter \V.
Alirams save I'reston Hilliam fruit*
being lyn< he?l for the murder ?.f Iter
.voting husband. Ahrains ivprinutmleti
his farm hand for < <.min^r late to work
and :is he inrned his hack Hilliatu
er.lshi d l< skllll Willi I' rot It. lie"
murderer tied and was captured hv
le-i cii i oi i ; i?!;1 ai or. who w re
t: ?111*_r to lyii'-h him when Mrs. ,\l>ram.appeared
and hogged h r husband's
l i ieiitls to let the law take .its eottrsc.
I.ulioi World.
A stit re loan company in AsliI
. - I I I'.ii.ln; II e ' .ial*
: i.I :
" i \\ - m law i>r hilniu. '
iiiii:.. n<<ii j^t numbers of labor
' b: ^ I i ii <h iaroil un<oieaiUiI'::c
adiiicr vrocor.S ? f f*aiii"!"n. fi.
' . >> al. il :. 11 enrl\ di.s nii
: i ' 1'iut iit, witli favorable pyo peels
of <?? < ( >??.
\ :lemon lias be u rendu <1 w 11ft
i le i .strikers ai tlit* . Ijieb 'th (Mass
Woiks. at Marion, In*!., ami business
..as boon resuinci!.
Tlie pepiilntir.ii of Loinleii lias ir?"
or? nsoil from O.'S.TSS in l.sol to 1,<KK),OUU
iu l',KJl.
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