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f j I' ! \ ' '' V FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1901. NO. P I QNCLE JflfTBSS-'feHsMS At the St. Tf >r ^ S t ci ics (s ^ ?v Structure B3WW83 and Beau 1 HK GovprnnuMit ItuihliiiK \ H ^ ... . 1... n '<> iue nuriu > ran riiin\> o rl O with any on the Hxflibsiyj ^ J? tlon ground in point of architectural design and j sculptural beauty. The architect is' Mr. .lames Knox Taylor. Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury. The sculptor is Mr. James Far- ; ri net on Karly. the youngest pupil ever | admitted to the Uoynl Acadeniy. The exterior of the building is classic, stately and beautiful. The main I entrance consists of a portico of eight Ionic columns, live feet in diameter and forty-live feet high, surmounted ' by an entablature and attic. The attic is enriched by eight eulos \ sal female figuies eleven feet high. ' I lib *11 If f JhI *1 ^ i |h GLIMPSE OF T IK WOUI.O S FA 11 ACL ON THE LEFT AND representing Music, Fainting, Sculp- j turc. Architecture, Agriculture. Maim fncturcs, Transportation aiul Com- I ineroe. On each side at' the central portico and just above the top of the attic arc groups of four (inures each. A seated female (inure, fourteen feet hinh, represent inn America, *vith a torch in one hand and an eanle it her feet, is surrounded by three, .vomn athletes, each ten feet six inches 1 inh, typifying the youth and strennth of the Republic. F?.ch has a laurel wreath in his hand. The dome is surmounted by a ?|Uad riga. a Goddess of Liberty fourteen feet hinh, bearing a torch in one hand, and an eagle in the other, standing in the triumphal chariot drawn by four colossal horses. The horses are guhled h.v two nude nale figures, each twelve feet high. The Fisheries Huihdng. which is connected with the United States Government building by a colonnade, is se vorcly classic in outline. It Is as simple as tlie (Jreek temple of Poseidon, which still crowns "Kunium's Marbled Steep." (groups of uiiads, mermaids, mermen, sportive dolphins, sea shells and tridents adorn every available place. The friezes and crests around tlie building all suggest the sea. bUPERbTITlONS of MECHANICS. i Some Onocr That Obtain Among Craftsmen. Ual MeSimnis, of the Bricklayers' Union, speaking of superstitions known among his craftsmen, said: "Should a bricklayer drop a brick from a wall while at work and break it lengthwise it is a sure token of great luck, and that the man will get money, but if it falls and alights on its end and stands in that position for a moment, tie is sure to die in a month. Tim Miiintdrv hnv? rtnli nn? r??;it Kll perstltion, and that is that, if while one of their number b,at work fitting a pane of glass lie lets It fall, and It is broken into thirteen pieces, he will meet with ill luck within the next twenty-four hours. Many of the waiters In the restaurants believe if the first order they take In the morning s for ham and eggs they will have g< od luck nil thnt day. It is a conim? n superstition among the barbers ".hat if a man mines into the shop utrnl hns a long beard removed there will be n marriage among the barbers in t'be |>laoe soon. f WQRLb'J Louis Exposition tl ovcrnmcnt Has E: Which is a Model ty. BY MARK* BENNITT. The eeutrul ornament for the United | , States Government ltulidiiiK proper is" the statue of "Armed Liberty." The lirst plaster cast of this statue was made in Rome by Thomas Crawford, the sculntor. It was used bv Clark Mills in IHdO for making the mold In 1 which ho oast tho bronze statue sur \ mounting tho dome of the Capitol in | Washlnjito i Tin* height of this sta- < tin* is ninotoon toot six inohos. The < Sovernmont Hoard appropriated $15.- i ? <?> for the interior decoration of the ' i (lovernnient Huilding. This work was under the inunediate supervision i of Miss Craee l.inooln T? tuple, whose plans, however, were subject to the approval of the ineinhers of the United States Covernmont Hoard. 5 ' s y > yv-\ SIlOWINC A lUtANCH <)( Till-: \VA 1'IIK I'A LACK 1)1'' MINKS ANI) MKTAI A FEW WORLDS FAIR FEATURES. | | lu a short article sut'h as this. one ! an only refer to such great features | as the Philippine exhibit, covering forty acres ami containing more than 1 <HM? natives from those far off l'aeille Islands; the United States tSovernnient 1 Indian exhibit, covering many acres \ and occupying a large building; the ex- j liibit of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry, consisting of an out door map of the United States, cover- : I iliL' four inline llii. in I * 111..I n. Field. when* tho C>lyiiipiait (lanes of; I'.ttM will bo hold; tho Aorial Concourse whore tho airship ami balloon contests, having prizes aggregating $l!f>i?,<HH), will take place; tho Anthropology exhibit; tho forty f>r inoro Stat" buildings; tho niitfloor exhibits of tho Departments of ! Agriculture and ilortionlturo. covering many acres; tho Palace of Ilorticul- j turo, loo by St to foot. containing the largest exhibits of hortiottlturo over i brought together; tho beautiful Temple of Fraternity: the magnificent buildings erected by foreign nations; the great Inside Inn, where tSOOO guests may timl accommodation at rates from I $l..r?0 to $fi.00 per flay; the extensive Live Stfick Pavilion; the great land- | scape clock, made of flowers. THE.-CROWS AND THE BALU ! An IiiTincililH KfCK Tlint Until.mI All Tliplr Attnck*. During a piazza game of ping-pong one tif the balls was sent quite a dis; tance out over the lawn, where a crow I seized it and bore it off in triumph, j evidently thinking it was an egg. After I ium ii pfi-KiiiK, irora an 01 which tne ! frolicsome little ball bounced away unI broken, the crow had an excited conI sulfation with several of his fellows, and then deliberately carried the ball to the top of a high tree and let it drop. Again the assembly of black feathered experimenters gathered around In amazement. Was there ever such a i remarkable egg? It hail fallen from I a height that played havoc with their eggs and their little ones as well and i yet survived intact! Then one after , uikmim'i irampcu on 11, cawing loudly 1 all the while At last, in sheer exhaustion anil disgust, they all gave it up, flow to the top of their favorite tree, anil, still i cawing loudly, watched one of the ping-pong players caino out from the house and carry off the invincible egg I hat had battled their boldest attacks.? Itoston Wf chinau. jlKBUILDINQ ie United reeled a ^ O JT oi Grace 2s* u? :-: ggr^WK AUTHOR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR HYMN The selection of the veteran poet. Bdmund Clarence Stedman, to write the World's Fair hymn, seems to have t>een a popular elioiee. When the question was asked who should he invited to undertake a work of such moment, the name of Mr. Stedmnu was suggested from many quarters. The poem lias now been completed and set to music by Mr. John K. Paine, of Harvard University. The title is the "Hymn of the West." Permission to hear this notable composition is withheld from the public until . * V < . V vS ' ' ' I TERWAY. THK MIH'CATION PAL.LURMY IX TIIM t'MXTKR the opening day of the Exposition, hut that nil umiMinl treat in In store for the:u is assured. I'oeins by Mr. Stedman have been used for uiusie.-rl settings of several ol the most, distinguished Ainerieau eoinposers, and lie is espeeially gifted in lyric composition. Tin- souk for the World's Fair is considered his host effort. Mr. Stcdinnn was born in llartford Conn., in 1S5W, and was graduated front Yule in the elass of 1S.">,*5. lie became editor of the Norwich (Conn.) Tribune and the Winsted (Conn.) Herald. and In 1859 joined the staff of the New York Tribune. He was war correspondent of the New York World from IStfl to 18(53. After the war he purchased a seat in the New York Stock KxcVange, and while devoting ids life to*literary work, lias also car rieil oil 11 successful business. He lias published many volumes of his own poems and is the editor of several eolloctions and libraries of poetry and literature. Frank Va iderstuken, director of the Cincinnati Orchestra, has written "Louisiana,' the W??i id's i'air march, and Henry K. Hadley. of New York, lias wrlttei the Exposition waltz. "Along the Plaza." DIGCINC UP GREECE. Sttlilvlnir Ar?hunlna>li?l If l~- - ?."i...? How th? Ancient it Lived. They are digging up Greece to find out how the men of olden times lived, carried on business and died. According to a dispatch from London, a large number of expeditions under the leadership of scientific men are at work studying archaeological remains. The American school under the di- i reetion of T. W. Ileermnnce will continue its excavations at Corinth, where the difficulties in connection with the 1 expropriation of landowners, stopped the work in 1903. These linve now been settled. The British school will now resume its excavations at I'nhieocastro, Kast- ^ . rn Crete, where a rich series of Myrenaean vases and terra cottas have been discovered. Trial excavations will he made at I^tconia. The first site will be the Temple of Artemis, at Kary. The French school will continue' more completely and more systematically the Delos excavations of 100.1, which have already revealed interesting traces of the commercial activity of liomnn republican times. TRPATV IS RATIFIED i Another Step Taken in the Isthmian Canal Matter. I Paris. By Cable.?The Associated Press is authorized to announce that the contract by which the ownership of ihe Panama canal passes to the ( United States, is signed, seeled, delivered and complete. The title to the canal route is now | vested in the government , of the United States. # The document by which this transaction is consummated bears the signatures of President Bo and Director Kichmau. of the Panama canal ( company, who signed for the company 1 as its responsible officials. < The transfer is complete and with- 1 out n -ct ration and the I'nlted States I secures a perfect title. This result has been accomplished quietly and most unexpectedly, as the public had been given to understand < that the contract would not be executed until after the meeting of the 1 stockholders of the canal company ' tomorrow, at which the question of ratification would be presented. As a matte of fact, however, when the 1 meeting takes place tomorrow I'resident Ho will announce that the sale ! . lias boon completed, and instead oi | : asking for authority to execute a fu ; tttro contr;e t. it will only remain to 1 ratify the ojitract of stile which, the officers ef the company have already | formally completed. I ft is con .'dent ly believed that the j completion of the sale before the ' meeting will increase the vote for rat| ideation, as it will be recognized thai j i nothing more remains but to aequi| esce in the action taken by the highest j officer of the company. When \V. \. nay aiul Charles W. ; Kiissell. the t'ni'ed Stutes Assistant j Attorney.^ (lett- nil. who are in Paris | to assist in the transfer of the prop! orty. were seen tonivht liv the A'isoci atod Press. they reluctantly admitted : that the transfer had been cousum ; litaieu. and in order to avoid mi- andorstandin?v; regarding a transaction i of this magnitude, tln-y furnished the 1 ; following otlii ial statement in writing: "Tlie papers transferring the rights and property l?y tlie new Panama > I Canal Company to the I'nited States ' have already been executed and de| livored. Tln-y will lie ratified tumori row by the stockholders' meeting. "The arrangement includes a goner al conveyance and provision for deeds and re-signing in the Kepnhlic of Pan j amn and in tlie canal zone now tini dor the jurisdiction of the i'nited ! States, in which zone tlie , I United States civil laws continue in ! force, by teason of 11: session of thzone front a civil law society. All formalities of the local law on the is- , ] ! tIntni.is liave lieen arrange'! for and j secured to tit.- United States. "The prop- rt\ will sitortly lie ie; livered on the isthmus, and iinon ti ,jt < | being: done ihe purchase price will i lie immediately ]?; if 1. i "Tho full text of the principal d?;? anient s will ho made public tomtirn v> night. "The I'nitod States nets an un cumbered title." j Japs on SwidLill Coast. Chicago, Spc? ial.? Aspecial cable to The Daily News from Stockhn suvs: "It is reported in responsible quarters that certain strange era;'', supposed to be Japanese suhmarim ! are hovering on the east coast Sweden. Tb y were last seen <>IT th fortified hirl.oi of Faro Sound, in tne Island of Cioetland. In the center of the lialtic s.ca. It is reported that the St. Petersburg authorities liave in vostigated the matter." .\c\vs Notes. The !Ir?s !:n correspondent of the London (iraphin is responsible for the latest ntntor regarding the betrothal of Crown I'rinee Frederick William of tlennany. He says that the Crown Prince nmy possibly return Ironi Copenhagen. where he is now visit ins. formally affianced to Princess Thyra. third daughter of the Crown Prince of Denmark. The increased length of the modern great Atlantic steamers has made the piers at New York too short for them, and there has been a project to have them extend farther out into the North lliver. The Secretary of War has just refused to permit this on tho ' ground that it would not be wise to encroach farther on this waterway, which is one of the busiest In the world. Link Rollis. a well known merchant u. i ui'Ki' ruimiy, is ucan. . ! The Mnmpton Celebration. Newport News, Special.?Preliminary to the 3t?th anniversary exercises of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia Day was cole hrated at the Institute Wednesday. Probably 600 educators, among whom are many of prominence, attended the ' opening meeting. Dr. Robert C. Og- 1 den and his party, numbering over 260. were among the visitors, as were Governor Montague, (levernor It. 15. Odell. of New York.'at. I .Miss Helen Miller Gould. At noon a reception wa> tendered in honor of the Ogden party and the Virginia guests. Governor Montague male an addr< vs. The keynote of witieh was: "I niver. al suffrage demands universal education." SS100T CASE AGAIN Crafty Mormons Still Facing Interrogation Points SOME WARM TESTIMONY IS GIVEN BrlgJtntr H. Roberts Examined As to the Relations Existing Uetwee the Church and Politics. Washington, Special.?With the reopening of the Investigation in the Iteed Smoot case, ltefore the Senate sommittec on privileges anil elections, the prosecution devoted considerable LItne to drawing from Birmingham 11. Roberts the character of the oaths which are said to be necessary for a Mormon official to take in onh r to have the support of the Church for political office. Members of the ommittee showed an eipiai interest in the obligations which are said to ho taken l?y Mormons who "go throngh the endowment house." Along both lines much evidence was lummht out which is e\ peeteil t;> have run. .dcruhio 'M in ing, on the fitness of a Mormon Church oli'i r ial to hold a .- at in Congress. It was shown by .Mr. Robert's testimony that without the consent o? the Mormon v husvh !m> failed of election to a s> at in Congress an 1 later with Church re wait.i n of his can.!: i acy he was eh- <!. 'n ivlat 11 to the endowment I . . ol Mgr.1011 .\b Roberts was extremely r? tleent. Mr. Roberts said he bas three wives, i n* married in 1^77 t! ccon 1 in 1V and the third in 1 stn?. lie said lie has had children b* all the wives and by the tirst plural wife since Iris election to Congress. Senator Overman inquire I of Mr. Roberts whether his tirst wife and his second wife had con-cnted to his third, w i fe. "No sir." said .Mr. Roberts. "They did not learn of the marriage for three or four years." "How was that?" asked Senator Rev triage. ' Do you mean to say that the marriage was not known to any one?" "It was known to some of my friends*, hut not to toy wives." was the answ *r. "Why \\as this marriage concealed fro in them?" asked Chairman Burrows. "Because I did not want to embarrass them." "Hoy embarrass them?" "Well, we know the marriage was illoobl i ? * i??l?* i* * ' * m-,4 ii infill in- ill li.l I i III them they should for any n ason he ailed on to testify." Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Rohens why tie thought it incumbent upon hint to take plural wives. "From boyhood." replied the witness. "1 hRd been taught the rightfulness f plural marriages and I beiioved this liraetIce to he the law of (Jod. I knew Liiat this practice was cont arv to the mattc'.Htes of Congress, but heli? ved that the law of C 1 was the highest rule and 1 felt Impelled to obey." Chairman Rurrows asked a runnier >f pointed <[nesttons which brought out t!u onve sation from Mr. Roberts that he still believes in and practices r<olygamy. He said that he belli\? the Wood riff manifesto was t! ?'i!if'v in i:j?;ii;i . aim uiai now in | n i'.rin:; !?olygnnr.y ho knov.s ho is d'soheying roth the law.-: of the land and tlie laws d fir J. Ho wan aske 1 why ho continmd to disobey t ie laws of Cod if h<* believed thoni to ho the highest laws, md with a resigned air. ho said: "Well. I.e manifesto le t me in the midst of hlightlons to thfse views. I am trying o do the best. I ran to live within the aws, hut these obligations f cannot ihirk." \t the afternoon sesr >11 Mr. Uol>rts said no notion had over been taken >y tlie Churoh in r( spoil to Lis living with more than one wife. tjuostioiis were ashed re *!>' ? ring Mr Roberts' view regard.ng the manifesto ?f lSldt against plural mnrriages and ving in polgygamy cohabitation, and he witness said he regarded the nianiesto as an a<lministratlve act or ttie hurch and of hindilfg force upon all members. He admits that to disobey r.y of those laws would subject the member to liability to Church lijcidine. Tlic witness was asked then in gard to polygamous cohabitation, and raid Mint he and many others were livr.g in polygamy at the time tue rules ,t:?? rii'i/ln 'i fhinct ciic)i ulitiMtuf inn .nd that they considered themselves inder moral obligation to live with the \ives they had married. "Do you think you are morally bound o cohabit with all <u your wives.' chairman Burrows asked. "I do." "How many children have you?" "Thirteen living." "How many not living?" "Two." "When was the last one 1 on. " "About two or three years ag< ." Mr. Vaneott in crosvexaminati ?n isked in regard to the rule which p< nits officials of the Church to enter ii o polities, and the witn"S3 6a'cl he egarded it merely as a leave of ah>ence from Church official duties durng icumhetx y of political offices He said he did not regard it as an odors' ctent hy the Mormon Church. It .as brought out that in his first <an,'ors for office, when he had not the onsent or leave of absence, he was h feated. In his second canvass he <>bained the "leave of absence" and was I i elected. Senator Hnlley asked a nnmher of lit stions regardlm; tlio witness' views e" lis obligations ;ts a iti.* n and whet! r there tould be a r lic.ous oblination which wonld justify him in i'.' ii\ tit; Irs s. rvici's t?? his S* He to <!;: < Intr^e duties with h would evolve upon hitn by tlit* acceptance of a political position. .Mr. Uobert- said t!> cmertiaiiy mialtl arise wo--- by an o;"ti al honld sijtn his political r.ffii-e if tIs * will of ltls ronstittu-nl; wonld not perm ' hini to perform bis ditto s in lianno:i> with the Church nsa1, 1 -os Commits Suicide. Little Uoek. Ark.. Special \ spe? rial to The Arkansas tiuzett.* I'.- .1 Hot Springs. Ark., says "C. V l'aylor, president of the Morristown i'-im.. I National Hank, eotntnitted uit-i-b ear! tv IVIilnf Uf . ..... ?.I Ii I ?... '? . iiwouii^ ?iiimiikii tlif breast He lived lonjs cihmil after the fatal shot was tired l? make his will, disposing of a large < at*'. !!* had lieen in the eity several " eeks. The remains will he shipped i his former home. \ new man in Miehiuan ' - is .lnstns S. St* a: lis. the million* . lntnhernian of l.mlin-lon. Mi S iias ! long maintain*'*l an an *>11:; > . iiiic | attitude **n the tpiestinn , o.id ! taxation atnl primary <! a ''*? hei I mires tli?' railroads ot av*? I 11< 11 been paying their h i ;.?. a of I tnxnt' in: als?? ilia polit ai 'a kery } en-' trem-h* ry an* fostered am -al \ e of t h"' p* ople s'l i)\ t1 ! he j'vonvi-ntion" system in vo-.i Mr. S: otis's ambition is to 1 1 love nor of Michigan and he - *tn? if publican nomination. V II l'n\ 11 -?: R ?T l.ineoln Noli. i*? rial W itry an anm tun tliai lie ? : ' " a j political a M r., ai i!i.' :is? Kink, in C'lii ;i< Satin- day , ] Tin; Now York nl.ti I .inn." ln? I ? . ?n re! forred to I- the nn. .! . i by i lie X \\ Viii l I? tin- :. . i "litly. i Thrro will lie erve ministers and newspaper nun. ?t is i \\ iso ii ;i . will ln? free Mr 1'. n -av In* \ will 11:*> tlu* ball rent ail e\potiKi'S. This \? 111 lie d '.nation ; as to platform and a p i ' il canI di.lati . Golden Cross Pe-oph NaT.villi*, -'pecial I'l.c , ' ni.il Fcy-s'on of til" t!:: ti I iv I of !'renin'; .- ? e. orde;- of ;i<. a is ; in -a'ssi'in here, !{ > . t . . how a in Sliliership in ;>i?* St o i. J. urn and ! til.n In.mi. the past two vea t lias I held it.- own. Atnonn the j>: .ntiii lit ntetibeis from Knoxvilb pns"tit are K. W Adkins. grand treasn; l-'rank : May. i,rand warder of the o ; >r a.ite. ami It. f?. Osborne, tn :nb iv oni1 mittee on laws. The visitors \ ? entertained tonight by Pearl nr.ian dory. Sixty representatives front It eouinianderle.8 are pros nt li? v;i T> C?nn tifiit Lincoln. N?*h. special W'rv ! I!r,van nave 11> 1?:. pros. 11 1 'viuu statement Mincintn:" 'ho : : of i i:? Now Vo. k Sin' Demit r:i: > i\ ntion: l <h> not '! ink the it ions will Kiv" .l'i:l I*: * 1 ?m an i.H!' nial strength, 1 lit t!,. pin form a>lo oc;| hy tho convention nitwit t to 't . n; his nomination i:n!f! tn ::: ran ! wlton they i\y einnie at >t ' . s il<?l iilc to ntt' *i:|?* a a-: i -a ^ uu , the |Ulhli<-.' DRAUGHTI STOCK and | POULTRY! MEDICINE! Iriloc.K ami J uiirv nave lew h troubles which arc not bowel an<i H liver irregularities. it lack HI I'raught Stock ami I'oultry Meili- K( cine in a bowel and liver remedy 3 for stock. It puts the organs of W| digestion in a perfect condition R) I'roniinent American breeders and H fanners keep their herds and flocks fikj healthy by giving them an ? < asional dose of Black I draught Stoe.k R? and I'oultry Medicine in their B food. \nv stock raiser may buy a ft? 2o-cent half-pound air tight can jjjl of this medicine from his dealer (85 and keep his stock in vigorous B health for week-. Bealer- g->m r- fl ally k- >p ltlack-1 tranght Stork and MB I'oultry Medicine, if yours Iocs B not, send 25 cents for a sample K5 can to the manufacturers. The CS Chattanooga Medicine Co C'.iat- t% tunootfa. 'Prim. P.oriiKt.M:. Oa.. .Ian :w.l.v?2. fcd llliwIi-UraiiRhl Stock and Poultry mi Medicine la t hu In -tt i ov.?r tucil. t.iur jjii S3 atock wna looKintr hn?l when you i ut ' mi- the medicine and now they are 1.TM Rl *re"i'M! "" They are looking20 per cent, oottor. [ij w 9. P. BKOCKINOTON. t?y) mmmmmmmsauam.