The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 12, 1903, Image 2
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M?IKCR??S,
'An empty room, and yet how full
Of her since she has gone:
No trifle but becomes a thing
For thought to dwell upon.
The very silence misses her.
And moves on noiseless feet.
Fearing to wake some memory
i The nrave heart could not meet.
Irrevocable fate is felt
In every place, and look! ,
How tirm its iron hand has grasped
That open half-read book.
?Edith Turner Neweomb, in Harper's Bazar.
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. I DR. JIM'S TEST|
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flga ..ifec THER TOM" and "DoeM
1 IN tor Jim" they were called
j p by the villagers. They
JS jJJ were brothers, Thomas
^ ra* and James Radcliffe, respectively,
old bachelors both, one the
village parson, who looked after the
souls of the brethren, while the other,
Brother Jim, doctored their bodies.
Father Tom lived in the little parsonage
next the church, with the oldest
woman inhabitant of the place?a
dame past seventy, but who knew how
to darn stockings?as his housekeeper.
Dr. Jim lived at the other end of the
village street and looked after his own
housework. " "Even brothers who are
so fond of each other as Tom and I :
ought to live apart." said Dr. Jim.
4Tt strengthens the affections."
The brothers passed every evening
of their lives together, one night at ,
the parsonage and the next at the 1
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UUtlWJi UUU liicj yuoocv* citij um,
over their pipes, for the parson wasn't ]
a prig, and the doctor was wont to say ]
that tobacco was the only known specific
for all human ills. 1
"Tom," said his brother one evening, <
*T see that old Bill Lamson has died
over at Leeds."
"Yes, Jim," said Father Tom, "and
I was at his deathbed." j
"I always suspected, Tom, that you ]
knew all about Bill Lamson's part in 1
the Johnson killing years ago, if he i
had a part in it which I am inclined j
to believe, by the way, and that you j
kept the whole thing to yourself." i
"Well, suppose I did know about it, '
Jim. If Lamson told me anything? i
which I won't grant even now?he j
told it to me because I was a clergy- 1
man, and it's not in the clerical prov- 1
ince to tell on a man who is repentant, l
no matter what his crime." 1
"Right you are, Tom, and I tell you 1
that a physician ought to hold secrets 1
just as tight if they come from, a pa- <
tient. I wouldn't give up a wounded 1
SL,- / murderer if He Had come to me ior j
treatment and had thrown himself on 1
my mercy and on my professional <
care. I'd consider myself a sort of a s
father confessor to his bodily ills, as i
yon might to the sins of his soul." 1
"You're all wrong, Jim. You can't 1
class the physician with the priest. <
/ The soul and the body are things 1
apart, and the touch of the sacred <
doesn't enter into your profession as it j
does in\o mine. You have no right to 3
claim the clergyman's exemption from j
giving evidence against an evildoer j
who has trusted you. In concealment 1
you do the state an injury-" !
"Likely I would if such a condition ]
ever confronted me, Tom, but I ]
X. , .wouldn't give the fellow up if he had !
once trusted me and I had cared for i
him. I might be an enemy of the state 1
in so doing, but I'd sleep better after 1
m: ? "
The brothers separated for the night. 1
Dr. Jim went back into the little labor- i
atory back of the sitting room, musing i
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over the tain witn ms Droiuer. iu i
would be a curious situation to be :
placed in," he thought, "to have a
-I. * wounded criminal on your hands and
to feel that the state might look to you
as an accomplice because you had
failed to turn him over to justice after
you had patched him up."
Dr. Jim sat up late studying. He
heard a noise outside the door at an
hour after midnight, and, throwing it
open, a man fell into the room and on
to the floor. "I seen your sign, doctor,
With the light behind it. I guess I'm
done for, but mebby you can fix me
up."
The man gasped and fainted. Sturdy
Dr. Jim picked him* up and carried
him to the laboratory, where he laid
his burden on the lounge and made a
hasty examination. The man had a
bullet hole through the thigh, and was
.weak from the loss of blood. Beyond
that his injury wasn't serious. Dr.
Jim stanched the flow and gave the
, \, man restoratives.
"Where did you get this wound?" he
asked his midnight visitor when he
had regained consciousness.
"Don't tell on me. Doc. I trusted
you. I cracked a place with a pah He
got away all right and has the swag,
but I got shot when the old feller in
tlie house waked up. Maybe I done
for him. I don't know, though, but he
didn't shoot again after he hit me. and
I let drive back."
' You can't stay here." said Dr. Jim.
"Patients and other people will be here
to-morrow, and you can't travel for a
.week. I'll put you on a cot in a room
over the summer kitchen at the back
of the yard, and I'll look after you.
though it goes against the grain." And
the doctor smiled a bit grimly as he
thought of his conversation with Father
Tom a few hours before.
An hour later the wounded burglar
was bandaged, fed and secreted in the
upper chamber of the unused summer
kitchen. There was a fierce pounding
at Dr. Jim's front door. He opened it.
The village constable and a dozen excited
citizens were there. "Father Tom
has been shot!" they fairly howled at
the physician.
Dr. Jim felt his knees tremble under
bim. The constable, who had some ]
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sense, hastened to .say: "Ob. he ain't
hurt bad. but come along."
The doctor found his brother suffering
from a slight scalp wound and lamenting
the loss of $500, nearly all the
money he had in the world.
Dr. Jim treated his brother, and then
strode away toward his home. Sentiment
was all right, but when a man's
brother was shot. why. that was different.
"You shot and robbed my brother,"
he said savagely to the patient
tossing 011 the cot.
"Was lie your brother. Doc? I'm
sorry, and you've been good to a feller.
Don't give me up. Doc."
The doctor cogitated. "Have you got
'he *500 you robbed him of?" he asked.
"Xo, honest. Doc. I ain't. Sam got
the hull of it."
"A man should not do for his brother
what he would not do for mankind
at large," mused the doctor. He went
to his study, took $500 111 bills from a
recess in his desk, put it in a huge envelope
with a slip of paper, 011 which
i\e wrote in a disguised hand:
"Here's your money. I didn't know
you was a preacher. My father was
one?Snaky Sam."
The doctor saw to it that his brother
got the money next day. The patient
over the summer . kitchen improved
rapidly. Day by day be would repeat:
"So the parson is your brother. You're
a good, game one, Doc."
In a week the burglar was gone.
Three days later Dr. Jim received a
package. It contained ana a letter
which said: "I met Sam. I got the
money back, and, then I raised some
more; no matter how. The extra hundred
is ferperfessional services. You're
a good, game one, Doc. Lanky Ben."
The next night Father Tom and Dr.
Jim were sitting smoking together.
"Jim," said Father Tom. "if I'd hit
that burglar I shot at and he'd come i
here, what would you have done with
him?"
"Tom, my boy, the time has come to
talk of other things." ? Edward B. :
Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald.
An Unprofitable Convert.
In Burmah the drum major of an
infantry regiment, noted for his steadiness,
good humor and constant attention
to his duties, one day suddenly (
disappeared from the barracks at Rangoon.
At first it was supposed that
he had gone on a spree in the town,
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ana ne wouia turn up wueu uis uj<tu m
was over, but as day after day passed ]
ind no news came of him it was at last 1
assumed that he had gone off in one of '
the American ships which called at j
tnat port, it being no unusual thing j
Tor soldiers at Rangoon to desert in j
this way. About eight months afterward
a native Burmese came to the j
barracks one' morning and by means (
af the regimental interpreter made it ^
known that he had been sent by a i
j
ahoonghee (native priest) from a neighboring
Buddhist monastery in the for- ]
est to say that there was an English 1
soldier there whom they wished to get 1
rid of. An escort was despatched and
brought back no less a personage than
the absentee drum major. The only
explanation he had to give was that
the spirti of adventure seizing him one ,
lay, he had taken a fowling piece and
?one into the jungle to shoot. Com- ]
ing across the monastery, the phoon- ,
jhees had behaved hospitably to him,
md had allowed him to sleep there tj
r?5<rh* Tinrinf the niirht the fancy
seized him to become a Buddhist, and
making known his desire to the community
next mornihg he was accepted. 1
For a few months all went well.. He J
remained quietly indoors absorbed in 1
the study of Buddhist mysteries, which !
had a peculiar fascination for him. J
But after a time the demon of unrest 1
began to stir him up again. He made
repeated incursions into the jungle
find each time returned laden with
game. The taking of any form of animal
life is contrary to the principles of
Buddhism, and the phoonghees expostulated
with him, but without avail;
so, finding him an unprofitable convert,
they got rid of him by communicating
with his regiment.?Golden Penny.
Gum Chewing and Lunacy.
Who would have thought that doctors
would countenance the practice of
gum chewing? Yet here is the news
from St. Paul that the Minnesota State
Board of Control includes chewing
gum in the list of supplies for insane j
n cv in ma os its lisp is often found to !
have excellent effect upon patients,
soothing them during violent spells,
and enabling t]iem to concentrate their
minds upon various forms of work.
Doubtless it is the, muscular, not the
secretory, activity that produces the
beneficial result. The secretory activity
may deplete the salivary glands, '
and thus prove prejudicial to digestion.
Insane people are nervous, and'
almost every one inclined to nervousness
has discovered that there are
forms of fidgeting which enable him
to relieve the tension upon his nerves
and help him to concentrate his attention.
Many a lawyer and many an orator
would be at a loss in speaking if he
could not twiddle his watch chain or
twirl his eyeglasses. Many a traveling
man and many a politician would lose
Ills reputation ior ease ui iumma i? .
conversation i? deprived of the cigar J
lie gracefully puffs in the intervals of j
his talk. And the fan! What mistress !
of coquetry would be willing to sur- i
render her fan?
But while gum chewing may relieve :
the fidgets in the case of those who do j
the chewing, the sight of. it is likely j
to give the fidgets to other people
obliged to look on.?Milwaukee Even- ,
ing Wisconsin.
Hold to Your Friendships.
A man should start out in life with
the determination never to sacrifice his
friendships. He must keep them alive
or sacrifice a part of his manhood and
a part of his success. There must
be a live wire kept continually be- j
tween him and them.?Success.
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4 X T^l'T 'IVj TT T Jr T A T T TTTXT I T l
| THE NEWS OF A WEEK |
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New Industries Reported.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the folowing new industries for South
Carolina during the past week:
Newberry, $500,000 building and
loan company; Liberty, $50,000 cotton
mill; Charleston. $90,000 manufacturong
company.
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Appointed Deputy Collector.
Collector of Internal Revenue M. J.
Jenkins has announced the appoint**
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ment 01 jonn w. ?oiufii, ui uiccuwood
county, as deputy collector, to
succeed W. R. Dillingham, of Spartanburg,
who resigned recently. The
newly appointed deputy collector was
once collector of customs at Charleston.
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Cut to Death by Gin.
Martin Riddle, a well-to-do and highly
respected citizen of the Warrior
creek section of Laurens county, met
with a tragic death a few days ago.
While passing through his ginnery he
was suddenly jerked into the machinery
and terribly mangled and bruised.
Death ensued in fifteen minutes. Hel
was 60 years old, and a veteran of the j
civil war.
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Army Surgeon- Goes to Atlanta.
Dr. Francis A. Halliday, surgeon of j
^ A?ff f o t rfArf Mah It rip
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Sullivan's Island, has been ordered to
report for duty at Fort McPherson, Atlanta,
Ga. Dr. Halliday has been at
Fort Moultrie for three years, and has
made many friends in Charleston, who
will regret the departure of himself
and family.
Dr. Halliday will be succeeded by
First Lieutenant Henry S. Greenleaf,
assistant t. surgeon, who (is now on j
duty at San Francisco.
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Inspecting Railroads of the State.
On Monday last the railroad commision
Began to inspect the roads of
the state ,this being their annual trip.
This annual inspection always results
in new depots at some of the small
towns and better bridges at some
points. The Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta branch of the Southern will
be inspected from Charlotte to Augus:a,
and the Carolina Midland railroad
'rom Blackville to Hardeeville. These
inspections were delayed by the request
of the Southern's general superintendent,
who desired to accompany
the officials.
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Six-Year-Old Negro Criminal.
A Charleston news item states that j
charged with the larceny of silverware '
valued at $400,, Sam Fenwick, alias j
Peas, colored, aged six years, will be j
tried in the criminal court, which has |
just convened. Fenwick was arrested
by the detectives while asleep in a |
trundle-bed.
Fenwick, or Peas, as he is known to
the police, is the youngest thief, probably,
in the United States. According
to his own statement he has been
stealing since he was four years of
age, but he has never before been under
arrest.
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Gamblers Ousted from Columbia.
Columbia, it is said, has had practically
no gambling during the past
week. For some time there nas oeen
a movemeni in the city against the
gambling rooms, led by the Columbia
State. Appeals were made to stop
the wide open rooms 'along Main
street.
About a week ago, it is said, the
police visited the various gambling
houses and advised the pproprietors
thta it would be better for them to
close tightly. This they did and turned
the tops of their tables to the floor.
Nothing has therefore been going on
for the past' week in the public gambling
rooms.
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Improvement in Stock.
Says a Columbia dispatch: The exhibition
of live stock at the state fair
has thoroughly demonstrated that
South Carolina can produce cattle and
horses equal to any portion of the
TTT>;to^ ctotoe Tntprpst in the breed
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ing and perfect development of all
classes of stock is perceptibly on the
increase. The stock exhibit was much
larger and in better condition than
heretofore. There was a fine Jersey
herd of A. T. Smythe during fair week
and then there was the handsome herd
of Guernsey cattle exhibited by John
G. MQbley, of Winnsboro. It will be
remembered that this herd competed
at the Charleston exposition with
some of the crack herds or the north,
shipped to Charleston from the Buffalo
exposition, and evenly divided the premiums
wilh them, when judged by
Professor Scoville, of the Kentucky
Agricultural College, who was also the
expert who judged the cattle at Buffalo.
Mr. Mobley's exhibit of horses and
cattle at the state fair was extra good
and they won a number of blue ribbons.
To the management of the fair
is due much credit for the gcVd business
judgment displayed in the conduct
of the business of each department.
It is a certain fact, however, to
those who know the situation, that it
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lias outgrown its location, and that1
more commodious buildings and larger
grounds are absoluely necessary to en-;
able it to keep abreast of the times, j
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Senator Tillman Pleads for Keith. !
The following is from a recent issue
of The Atlanta Journal:
United States Senator Ben Tillman,1
of South Carolina, will appear before
the Georgia prison commission this af- j
ternoon in behalf of Robert A. Keith,:
an Atlanta man, who shot and killed j
Jesse A. Wall in Atlanta in the sum- i
mer of 1901. Keith is serving a life
sentence in the Georgia penitentiary, j
having been convicted of murder in j
the Fulton county superior court.
Refore romin? to Atlanta Keith was
a resident of Edgefield county, Soutli j
Carolina, the home of Senator Till- j
man, and the*South Carolina political;
leader knew the boy from infancy. He,
has interested himself in his behalf, I
and will appeal to the prison commis i
sion this afternoon for a pardon.
Senator Tillman and Senator A. S. j
Clay, of Georgia, were callers at the :
capitol and made the engagement with j
the prison commission. During their;
visit at the capitol Senators Tillman :
and Clay called on Governor Terrell ;
for a few minutes. '
The crime committed by Keith is
well remembered in Atlanta. He be-1
came suspicious of his wife, thinking j
she was intimate with Wall, and called j
to see Wall about it The two men j
engaged in a . fight and Keith shot
Wall, killing him. On the trial, J
against the advice of his attorneys, j
Keith pleaded guilty and received a j
life sentence. It is now urged in ex- j
tenuation of the crime that as soon as j
Keith approached Wall the latter |
threw his hand to his hip pocekt and ;
made an effort to get out a pistol.
Keith's wife and his six-year-old j
1 daughter will be present at the hear-!
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mg Deiore me pn&uii cumiuia?n/u wio
afternoon. Senator Tillman is very |
much interested in the matter and j
will make a strong argument today j
for the release of his friend.
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Governor Stands by Constables.
Attorney General Gunter has gone to
work on the case of Constables Grady
and Hoy, who were imprisoned in the
Charleston jail in default of bond. Governor
Heyward was worried about the
matter, and is sorry that the case has
taken such a turn, but he will espouse
the cause of the constables and insi3t
that the constables continue to do
;their duty in all parts of the state.
Rudolph D. Wieters charges five dispensary
constables, Bateman, Hoy,
Gideon, Grady and May, with assault- j
ing him at his place of business. He
has indicted the constables in the
criminal courts and in addition has
brought an action for $10,000 damages
on the civil side of the court.
t? noco fnrmor ittnr.
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: ney General G. Duncan Bellinger deI
fends the constables, but as he is now
j engaged in court at Barnwell the case
| may not be tried at this session of the
court.
Mr. Wieters alleges that he is a subject
of Germany, and on that account
has brought his suit for damages in
the United States court. Grady and j
Hoy were arrested and the bond for |
each being fixed at $5,000 they were \
unable to give it and were sent to j
| jail, pending the arrangement of the !
bend.
Seme years ago, in the case of Cantini
vs. Gaillard and others, Major
Barker obtained a verdict in favor of
Cantini in the United States court, but
the judgment against the state has
never been paid. The bond in that,
case evidently was not sufficient, or it j
I would have responded to the judg- j
ment, and evidently in the present suit j
j there is a remembrance of the Cantini!
j case, in which there is an outstanding j
! judgment. i
The dispensary authorities think I
! that such a heavy bond for each of1
the defendants' in the case is entirely I
too much, and that a nominal bond |
would suffice.
WHAT TILLMAN SAYS.
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! Prognosticates that Race Problem Will j
Be Issue of Campaign. . j
United States Senator Ben Tillman,
of South Carolina, has given his opinion
as to the possibilities of the democratic
party in the -coming presidential
election. In a recent interview
j he said: . j
"The democrats have a good chance
of putting in their candidate. * The
elections in New York, Maryland and
Rhode Island are victories for the
i democrats that will be a great help
l in thp. rnminz election.
"The election of McClellan in New
York will have a national effect. You
see the election cf democrats here and
there will spread the possibilities over
| the entire country.
"Some people have argued that the
{ comparatively small majority in Maryland
is not a victory that will be very
effective nationally. I would like to
call their attention to the fact that
, heretofore-we have had no majority
j at all, and the election of a democrat
, is a great victory.
"Roosevelt's attitude towards the
negro is going to hurt the chances of
the republicans. The race problem as
an issue will be a good one. The people
over the country are taking an interest
in the election. The trouble
that the negro caused in the north the
other day during the election will
harm the republicans.
"The people all over the United
States are changing their ideas regarding
the black map."
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"if EXTRA SESSION
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Fifty-Eighth Congress Con-!
venes at National Capital,
PRELIMINARY PROCEDURE
Grant Enthusiasm and Crowded Galleries
Greeted Solons?Cannon
Elected Speaker and Both
Houses Organized.
The fifty-eighth congress convened
in extraordinary session a.t noon Monday.
in accordance with the proclamation
of President Roosevelt for the
purpose of enacting legislation to
make effective the Cuban reciprocity '
treaty. The day was devoted simply
to personal greetings and organization.
The house elected Joseph G. '
Cannon, of Illinois, speaker.
The hnnco. nssumhlorl tho larwet
membership in its history and the j
scene before the gavel fell in that i
. body was one of animation, both on I
the floor, in the cloak room and in the |
lobbies and corridors. The day was
crisp and bright, and the capitol building
presented the appearance of a
new structure with its coat of white
paint and complete renovation within.
Crowds of eager spectators, both
men and women, thronged the corri- j
dors and rotunda of the capitol early i
in the day, and the galleries, to which ;
admission was had by card only, were
taxed to their capacity long befo-e
the hour of assembling arrived. Committee
rooms, which had been in the
hands of the renovator during the recess,
weer thrown open and many formal
receptions were held by popular
chairmen.
With galleries crowded, with the
chamber a mass of elaborate floral
tributes and nearly every senator in
his seat, the gavel of President Pro
Tern. Frye sounded at the hour of
noon, calling the seriate together.
The special session of the senate following
the adjournment last spring of I
the fifty-seventh congress eliminated
much of the routine work which otherwiro
wnnlfl liava hepn nprformpri /it
thfc first day's session.
Senator Hanna's pronounced victory
in the Ohio election won for him what
was one of the 'most pretentious floral
designs ever seen in the senate, a
shield 5 1-2 by 4 1-2 feet of blue immortelles,
in which was wrought the
American flag. The oUering bore the
inscription "Senator Mark Hanna,
from his friends, 'the Irish Democrats'
of Cleveland."
Fully a score of smaller tributes ;
were banked around Senator Hanna's ;
desk.
Senator Gorman's triumph in the
Maryland election was recognized by
the second largest floral piece, a
handsome wreath more than two feet :
in diameter, with a crossed luster of j
roses, carnations and chrysanthe
mums at the base.
The senate adjourned at 12:14
o'clock.
Many familiar figures of the last congress
were missed. Galusha A. Grow, {
the veteran member of Pennsylvania |
and a former speaker, were among I
the absent ones. I
The democrats rallied around a new j
leader, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi,
who was chosen to take the place of
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, who
retired from the leadership of the
minority.
A call of the roll by states developj
ing a quorum. 350 having answered,
the clerk called for nominations for
speaker. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, chairman
of the republican caucus, formally
nominated Mr. Cannon.
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m.r. Hity, U1 Viigiuia, wallrnau va |
the democratic caucus, nominated Mr. !
Williams, of Mississippi. No speeches ;
were made in making the nominations. J
The mention of Mr. Cannon's name J
was received with applause on the re- i
j rublican side and the naming of Mr. j
! Williams as the minority candidate r
I was likewise greeted on the democrat- j
ic side.
The roll was then called, resulting
in 198 votes for Mr. Cannon and 166 j
for Mr. Williams. Mr. Cannon was !
then declared duly elected speaker of i
the house.
In a brief, felicitous speech Mr. Williams
presented Speaker Cannon, and
i the latter delivered a short, but comj
prehensive inaugural address.
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, upon
whom falls the titular honor of "father
of the house,"- bestowed by reason
of his having seen the longest contin
I uous service, in accordance wun cus- j
! torn administered the oath to the j
j speaker. The members were then
| sworn in by Mr. Cannon.
, Following this, a resolution was
! adopted re-electing the old officers of
the house: Alexander McDowell,
clerk; Henry Casson, sergeant at
arms; Frank B. Lyon, doorkeeper; J.
: C. McElroy, postmaster, and Rev. H.
j N. Couden. chaplain.
BOOSTING SENATOR GORMAN.
| Southern Democrats in Congress Show
Preference for Mary lander.
| A Washington dispatch says; One
of the most notable features of the
: democratic situation is, the almost
j unanimous sentiment among southerners
for Arthur P. Goran as the democratic
nominee for president. The
: southern state delegations are talking
Goran in and out of congress.
BISHOP IS THANKFUL
Lauds President Roosevelt for Having
the Courage to Eat at Table
With the Black Man.
The general committee of the Frcedman
Aid and Southern Educational Society
of the Methodist Episccpai
church began a two days' business
session at Lincoln, Neb., Monday.
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald presided. '
Nearly all the bishops of the cbnreh
were in attendance.
Extended reports were submitted by
the general treasurer and correspond-.
ing secretaries. The report 0/ the
board of managers showed that 11,161
pupils .are attending the schools maintained
by this society. This surpasses
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an recoras) m me nisiory 01 me socxe- <
ty. Appropriations have increased
and the faculties have been materially
added to. The total receipts of the
society ajad schools for the vyear
amounted to nearly $500,000. ^
Short addresses by a number of the
bishops following the reports were
marked by the freedom with which
they discussed the attitude of the two
leading political parties toward the
negro race. Bishop Cranston criticised
the national party in power for its alleged
remissness and declared his belief
that it was time for the Christian
people to desert any organization that
thought more about itself and its politics
than about the welfare of a pfepyv":
pie down trodden and in need of assistance.
Bishop Hamilton e/oked applause
by an eulogy on President Rooseveit, w
saying in conclusion:
"I thank God that we have a president
who is not afraid to sit down with
a naorj-A on/X tft cViftur Vi 4 m tVi.o rpfinp/T.
that is due."
Bishop Walden said he was glad
they had a Senator Tillman in the
south, because he was needed to stir
up things. '",J
Bishop Hamilton made the princf- ^
pal address of the day. He said that
the Leland Stanford Junior university
cost $30,000,000, and that notwith- |
standing that great outlay of money
its instruction was confined to ahout. ?
1,200 or 1,300 students a year. The ^
Methodist schools in all the south cost . :
about the same amount of money and l
they were called on to educate 50,000
persons, a year.
Bishop Hamilton said that Booker
T. Washington was not the first per- son
to introduce industrial training -.
among the negroes.
The Methodist schools did that long
before Washington began his work.
More than 20,000 capable school teachers
were the result of the Methodist
education in the south. Bishop Ham
ilton ^said that a race could not be elevated
by industrial education alone. 3
The head and heart mu^t be taken care
of as well as the hands and other
parte of the Dody.
"The north must solve the negro
problem," the speaker declared. "The
north signed no protocol that would
allow southern sentiment ta prevail in -ili
the settlement of the negro problem."' $
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WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED. -;J?
Five Negroes Found Dead in Their ' t
Cabin Home, Near Marianna, Fla.
In a negro cabin near Blue Springs,
eight miles from Marianna, Fla., last
Saturday morning H. Y. Kelly, his
wife and baby were found in bed with
their heads crushed and two other *
children with their heads cut off. The
bodies were very much decomposed.
The woman's mother discovered
>v
blood on the porch and called the
neighbors to her asistance. The door ^
was found to oe locked.- A plank was - \
prized off and All the family of five
were found dead.
The coroner's jury found circumstantial
evidence enough to hold Allen
Roulhacs and a boy. named Gerdon.
the nearest neighbors, who were at
the inquest and acted suspiciously.
On Saturday previous to the find,
Kelly was in Marianna and paid a
bill at C. M. Messers' store, and that
was the last seen of him alive. .
Minister of Finance Suicides.
Italian Minister of Finance Rosano
committed suicide at Naples Monday
by shooting He was found dead
in his room, with a revolver at his
side. He had been wrongfully accused
of malfeasance in office.
COLOMBIA MAY REPENT. r
Prospect of Negotiations Being Resumed
in Canal Treaty Matter.
Reports were current in Washington
Monday night to the effect that an
effort was making whereby negotia- ' %
tiens for a Panama canal treaty might
yet be resumed with Colombia, notwithstanding
the defection of the department
of Panama and the establishment
of?an independent government ^
there. - '
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WARSHIPS GUARD PORTS.
Colombian Troops Will Not Be Allowed
to Menace Panama.
Embarking of Colombian troops <
from Buena Ventura or any other Colombian
port of the isthmus of Panama
will not be permitted by the ' ;
Washington government and American
warships will be ordered to any
port upon receipt of an intimation
that Colombian troops will attempt to
sail for the isthmus.
The Washington government holds
that this policy is in the interest of
the general good.
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