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LOVE'S LITANY. ]* r. * Had I but known long years ago, The deep unrest, the weignt of wee, The pain of having loved >ou so! Had I but seen through mist of years 1 My bitter sacrifice of tears? Tr_ j t t a r_ u ? t j _ JCLOiU A UUl? UU liuw, x T^ese scars of sorrow on my brow, * No seeds of promise had I sown, h My. life were not so weary grown. > ^ ? Had I but known. -Had we but known?that summer day a Kjpi * We wandered forth, the primrose way, ti Our love would wither and decay! s Had we but felt one hour like this? , ^ , A barren time without one kissHad we but seen that we could ^tand 1 Parted forever in love's land. C1 We had not suffered?to atone We had not sighed, anart?alone! . . Had we but known. T< ?Clement Scott. P It ii m I 1 THE TRAGEDY I * : | OFTHEBRIDGE | \ | By Frederic Hewa Marion J * m? b HAD a fancy when Taver^( ' y )? nier first brought his niece, r< O I 0 Cataline" Kicci, to River- f( side, that some tragedy j| would be enacted there. ,Th? was so handsome and there r( was something so stormy in her Italian p] black eyes. I said so to Stanhope, of The Locusts, our lion. hi "The girl is handsome enough for a romance, certainly," he answered, rj stroking his blond beard. n; He was much at the villa, for he and -Ta vernier were friends?indeed, he i had brought Ta vernier over from h: Stance. He had been my husband's ft colonel, and since Frank's death had v< been my friend. It was my secret hope that he would marry my pet sis- tc ter, and he?but I will not anticipate, tr As I said, he went often to the villa. je Riverside, with its walks, terraces, and C( fountains, was a beautiful place, and b< ?avernier kept open house for his GI I menus, wneii ue wrst came iuciu, *. ^ occasionally attended his entertainments with my family, but after Cata- ta line Kicci came I went less often. Xhere seemed to me something hard r._ and defiant in her manner of meeting aril Tavernier's friends. tfc Stanhope was the exception. There ar jw&s something in the sunny, gay young 'Englishman that pleased her. I have sa thought since that perhaps I did not tt like her because I thought she would w jpin him away from my sister Carrie. I need not have feared. She never y( tried to please him; she was only thankful to be diverted from her sor- Cc tow. He would enter the drawing- to room sometimes to find her pacing the 0I floor like a caged animal; but at sight h< of him her mood would change; she would come and nestle at his feet, beg- ra ffing him to tell her war stories, which tb mueh diverted her. She liked best the ia scenes of fierce encounter and victory. *t was wonderful to me that he could p. recount these episodes, in which his th own heroic part was unavoidably conaplcuous, and she not worship him h( .with all her fiery foreign nature: but he ^en my jealous eyes could not discov- bi er the slightest desire for anything but 0f her own gratification. She was pas- w sionate, selfish, and yet her nature 0f held a depth of fervid sweetness which re I my cooler JNortnern Diooa couia not pr comprehend. r The most beautiful 6pot about the CJ town was where the river was spanned Ca by its bridge. The great elms on each bj side almost arched across it; woodbine hung from its mossy |liers; the h* slow, blue river ran silently beneath, and in both directions the water shone In a basky vista. Here the robins m built, and on moonlight evenings the ai Whip-poor-wills called melodiously. m j Cataline liked this spot It was the 0v only scene around her new home that C; was like Italy, she said; and as she said that, while we stood there one fC night, I knew that she was homesick; ry [ saw it in her great eyes. U1 "Would you go back?" I asked. I r "Would I go back!" w :' I shall never forget the thrilling pa- it tbos of that cry. Though I could not bi like her. after that I was very, very to I sorry for her. n< It was only a few days later tliat I se .went with Colonel Stanhope and my sister Carrie to spend the evening at t Riverside. .. . . , tt J We had music, chess, and refresh- d< ments. The time passed pleasantly to ai me, in spite of some secret anxieties, y Carrie had never met Cataline before, and'I saw, when she looked upon her dark, haughty beauty, that her heart died within her. Eer manner became e, unnatural, cold, constrained, and I was sorry to see that she appeared only 3, a foil against which to set off Cataline's ease and grace. Travernier, ug- a, ly, polite and charming, as only a ^ -Frenchman of fifty can be, entertained a ns happily in spite of all this. m But the evening was at an end at S( last, and Stanhope, my sister and my- tj self were going down the avenue. Sud- ^ denly I discovered that I had left my ^ handkerchief. It was a delicate thing g) that had been one of my bridal gifts, gj and I was naturally uneasy. The S) I? colonel released my arm to go for It. S1 %. "No," said I, "I will go. I may have n gp; -dropped it roon the piazza; if not, I n know just v. ..ere I must have left it c In the music room." .1 sped back. It was not upon the pi- c gazza. I passed in at the open door? ^ glrVl for it was summer weather? v p;v }and through the long drawing-room to n p:; the music room, without meeting any jj 1^; one. There was the precious mouchoir n v v upon a chair. I snatched it up and a was about to turn back, when two per- s ' sons, talking, entered the drawing zoom. One was Tavernier; I knew his quick, imperious step, and I hesitated j t , about making my appearance after his (i; it? elaborate adieux. Then I heard :ataiine's voice: "I demand that letterf' "It is already destroyed,4* replied 'avernier, with polite malice. A storm of Italian followed. Though errified half out of my senses, I ?arned that Cataline had a lover in iaples, one Enriquez Beneditti, whom 'a vernier lmd forbidden her to hold ny communication with, but through he agency of her old servant, Hinda, he had been in the habit of receiving Dtters from him since her arrival in Lmerica. One of these letters her un!e had discovered and confiscated. She emanded it with violence, and failing > receive it, burst into a volley of reroaches and appeals to heaven and er dead father to save her from her muster of a relative. I never before eard anything like that tempest of rords and cries. Tavernier replied mockingly, or with brill curses on her obstinacy, that lade the scene so distressing and lud- j .tous to my Northern sensibilities and ense of propriety that a panic seized j le, and swinging open the long French j dndow, I leaped a distance of seven r eight feet to the ground and ran I irough the garden to my companions. "What is that noise?" was Stanope's first salutation. "They are having a dreadful quar?]," I replied, panting. "I never heme heard people swear in French and - a 11 o n " .CI J All u* Carrie uttered au exclamation of hor)r, but Stanhope die. not seem surrised. "Tavernler shall not bully the girl," e muttered. On reaching our door he left us. huredly, and went back to Itiverside that ight. He was much at the villa after that, began to fear that Carrie had lost im. And yet when I saw that beautill foreign girl's weary face, I was ery sorry for her. I knew that Stanhope was very kind her. He was that to every one in ouble. I learned, also, that Tavernr wished him to marry his niece. I mid not predict what the end would ?. They rode and drove much togeth\ and it seemed, scmetimes, that mattrs must end as Tavernier wished. But for the end that came I was toJly unprepared. Cataline had grown absolutely ill, id Colonel Stanhope begged her one rening to let him take her out into Le air. She consented, and he brought ound his carriage. She wished to go to the bridge, she iid. It was September weather, and le woodbine clinging to the old piers as red as blood. The blue sky was ill of amber light, and there was a >ung moon above them. Stanhope tried very hard to cheer his mpanion. He directed her attention ? the beauties of the sceue, but the lly words she spoke were: "Do you >ar the river?" The spirited horses were trotting * - - A? pidly over tne resounding noor ut e bridge, when Cataline suddenly id her hand on his arm. "You have been very good to me. arewell!" she said, and sprang from e carriage, over the railing into the rer. Her dying shriek frightened the >rses. They ran away. Before SLan>pe could gain control of them and iug them back to the spot, all trace the miserable girl was gone. The ater was calm and a few red leaves ' the woodbine floated down its curnt. Her body never was found. It obably went down to the ocean. And now Stanhope, with the traces this melancholy event upon him, me back to us. He seemed puzzled r Carrie's reserve. "What have I done to offend her?" i asked me. "You had best ask her," I said. He went to her as she stood in the :tle flower room among her plants, id at the first word of love and longs' the dear crirl melted. Then it came it that she had believed that he loved ataline Rieci. "Love her?that stormy, half-ernzed, ireign girl! I never dreamed of marking her, or she of marrying me. Her aele persecuted her on my account: could not help being kind to her. I as very sorry for her and she knew ; but, Carrie, my little, soft-haired, .'own-eyed pet, I was never so wild as ?think of making her my wife. And jw will you forgive me that I have :emed to forget you?" Her white arms crept up to his neck, his much I saw and heard through le open door, and then I very pru?ntly retired from sight. But Carrie ad Stanhope are married now.?Is'ew ork Weekly. Too Nearly Related to Himself. "I tell you how it is," said the mildred patient to the asylum doctor. "I let a young widow with a grown stepaughter, and X married the widow, hen my father met our step-daughter nd married her. That made iny wife le mother-in-law of her father-in-law, modo mv stpn-daughter mv step other, and my father became my stepon. See? Then my step-daughter, le step-daughter of my wife, had a on. That boy was of course my rother, because he was my father's on; but he was also son of my wife's tep-daughter, and therefore her grandMi. That made me grandfather to my tep-brother. Then my wife had a son, jy brother-in-law. The step-sister of ly son is also his grandmother, beause he is her step-son's child. My ather is the brother-in-law of my hild, because his step-sister is my rife. I am the brother of my own son, rho is also the child of my grandlother. I am my mother's brothero-law, ray wife is her own child's aunt, nv son is my father's nephew, and I m my own grandfather, and I can't tand it." In England ninety-nine towns own heir own gas works, the average net Qcome being ?1,947,125 per annum. v . * '< iV'.?? \*S*X / '' * ' : -.<' -" - v *>'*~ ' v - v '" # , crNJCMrsjicsMMCsirjiii 2 Legislative 2 2 - Brevities 7; fMCMCMCMfMCMCMCNIli i In the house Wednesday the join. , resolution providing for biennial ses- , sions was finally passed by barely the constitutional number of votes requir- t ed. There was a hard fight, and at , ~ ? ii?* - mn/tK Of 1 ? uue uuue il iuukcu vcijr uuiu <xo u mw ( resolutuion by which the question of biennial sessions is to be submitted to the people would be defeated simply because of the absence of ^embers. It all turned out well in the-end, however, and the resolution, which has already passed the senate, has now gone through its three successful readings in the house by the constitutional requ'rement of S3 votes, and the resolution has been ordered to be ratified. It provides for biennial sessions, after 1906, and the people will hajre the opportunity of voting upon the question at the next general election. The bill . which exempts the stock of building and loan associations from taxation was recommitted. The remainder of the day was spent in the discussion of the scholarship bill for Clemson Col- . lege, which was passed at the night session?the first to be held since the assembly began. Notwithstanding the senate had put itself on record against the proposed establishment of a state fertilizer facory, Senator Warren introduced Wednesday morning a resolution, some what different in terms, from the first < introduced by him, which would carry out the same idea He asked for its immediate consideration. Senator ManniLg, of Sumter, pointed out that this was identically the same resolution that had been previously rejected. He suggested that it go on the calendar. This was done and the "bill," 1 which has already been twice defeated in the senate is again on the calendar. An unfavorable report was submitted on the bill to require railroads to y transport judges and court officers free of charge. The unfavorable report was adopted and the bill was rejected. J * * 1 The feature of Thursday's session of * the senate was the presentation of l the handsome oil painting of Arthur ] Middleton, a South Carolina signer of ( the Declaration of Independence, and c the progenitor of the well known family which bears his name. John Izard i Middleton, of Baltimore, Md., a de- 1 scendant of the illustrious Carolinian, ( presented the portrait to the state of I South Carolina. Ex- Governor John C. ] Sheppard, on behalf of Governor Hey- i ward, made the presentation speech, j He showed that it would be an inspire i tion to the youth of the state to view ! the portraits of distinguished citizens < and to reflect upon their character i and services. He said that he had vis- l ited the capitals of the various states 1 in this country and was impressed ] with the fact that South Carolina had i not shown proper appreciation of the < services of her patriotic sons. He re i ferred to th-e portraits of Hampton, Gary, Butler and Gordon, which were! 1 already in the senate chamber, and < spoke of the inspiration these por- 1 traits ought to give. He made appro- 1 priate remarks as to the constitutional! i learning and services of Calhoun, whose portrait was bac kof the preci- i dent's chair, and he said it would he i peculiarly appropriate that the per- < trait of another distinguished son ol < South Carolina, representing a differ- i ent epoch, should be received and i given a prominent place among the portraits now in the senate chamber. 3 In the house Thursday the entire ( session was devoted to the considers- j tion of the bill which sought to create 1 the new judicial circuits. The entire day was spent in argument. The bill 1 was submitted to a vote and failed to ? receive the"' required majority to ad- ' mit its passage to a third reading. Mr. Herbert's bill, which provides for i scholarships at Clemson College, was 1 given its final reading. i There is a standing committee of the ) assembly charged with investigating 1 affairs, especially financial, of the var- < ious state colleges. This committee ' furnishes valuable and important information to the people of the state as < to the condition and expenditures of ; the various state colleges. This special ;1 report has been filed with the general assembly and will be of general interest and a source of much general information. Anti-Lynching Resolution. In the house Saturday only uncontested matters were acted upon and a great number of purely local matters were thus disposed of. Mr. Toole, of Aiken, introduced a concurrent resolution on the line of Governor Heyward's recent recommendation to the general assembly with reference to lynching. The text of the resolution is as follows: Authorizing the governor to appoint a commission to inquire, investigate, consider and report what changes, if any, are necessary in our laws and courts to insure the effective, certain and speedy administration of justice in our state by the regularly authorized authorities thereof. Be it resolved by the house of rep?cpnate concurring, 1 Cbcuiau i vo, mv _ that the governor is hereby authorized to appoint a commission, one business man from each county (who is not an officer or candidate for office), in this state who, with the circuit judges, circuit solicitors and attorney general, shall be a commission, of which the attorney general shall be v; ?: v . ^Ifcllil stea secretary, to investigate and consider what changes, if any, are necessary ii our laws and courts to insure the ef fective, certain and speedy administra tion of justice by the regularly consti tuted authorities thereof. Be it resolved further, That saio commission be required to report their findings to the next meeting of th general asseuiuij. Mr. Herbert thought that the gener al assembly was in session for the rery purpose ths.t the resolution indicated, and that it would be rather a reflection on the house to pass such a resolution, and i' went over for future consideration. The first resolution looking to adjournment was introduced during the lay, fixing Saturday, February 20, as :he date of final adjournment. This is practically the forty days. The house, after considerable discussion, decided, Monday being salesday, :o adjourn until Tuesday at noon. The senate, after a. brief session Satirday, took a recess uuntil Tuesday at L2 o'clock. The fact that it was unlerstood that such action would be taten, and that nothing but uncontested natters would be discussed, caused nany of the senators to go home to be ready for salesday. As a conscience only routine business was lone. A favorable report was made 5n the house trill relative to beneiciary scholarships in Cleroson. Senitor Mclver, in behalf of Senator Mc Soli, of Marlboro, introduced a memorial of a large number of citizens in 'avor of the proposed Pee-Dee county. Senator Mayfielcl, from the judiciary jommittee, reported favorably on the )ill in reference to road working. This )ill is not the one relative to "good oads," as is generally understood in ;he good roads agitation, but has in riew a change in the law as to the iresent method of working roads. BLOODY WORK OF FIEND. i/Voman and Thi*eo-Year-0!d Daughter Horribly Mangled by Ravisher. When George J. Shields, a well inown young business man, reached lis home in the heart of Roanoke, Va., it the luncheon hour Saturday he bund his 3-year-old daughter, Mildred, ying in a pool of blood on the recepion hall floor, with two ugly wounds in the head. Following blocd stains from the dir.ng room to an upstairs chamber, he bund his wife lj'ing in pools oi blood in a clothes closet floor, with her :hroat cut from ear to ear, and her lead horribly hacked. Mrs. Shields nanaged to gasp: "A large, black nejro m an came through the kitchen and ittacked me in the dining room." Besides this there is no clue to the iriminal. Mrs. Shields had been out aged, after which her assailant dealt ier several blows on the head with a latchet, fracturing the skull, dragged ier nnstairs where he cut her throat .vith a razor and- threw her into the ilosel:, fastening the door on the outside. The little girl was struck to hush ier cries. The dining room floor was covered with blood and showed there lad been a terrible struggle. The doc:ors entertain but slight hopes for the ecovery of either the mother or child. When the discovery of the tragedy jvas made known a large crowd of eitzens gathered in the vicinity of the ;ity jail, watching to see if the officers :arried any one into the building. At ? o'clock Saturday night this crowd lumbered more than 1,000 men. Mayor Cutchin ordered Captain Francis, cf the Roanoke Blues Military Company, to assemble his men as a precautionary measure. The soldiers tept guard all night. A later dispatch stated that Mrs. Shields and h^r daughter were still ilive Sunday night, but physicians say if they recover it will be a miracle. Thus far no arrests have been made, and there is no clew to the identity of the assailant. The Roanoke Light Infantry and Roanoke Blues are again sleeping on their arms, and will not be disbanded until the guilty man is caught, or all probability or an outbreak is tfast. The city council will offer a reward of $500 for the capture of the negro, and this amount will be duplicated by the state. FLORAL TRIBUTE TO McKINLEY Birthday of Martyred President Com mem orated by House Members. A carnation adorned the lapc-1 of the coat of nearly every member of th* house Friday in commemoration of th< late Fresidentl McKInley's birthday The chaplain referred to the late pres ldent, saying: "We thank Thee, oh, Heavenly Fa ther, for the beautiful life and char acter of our beloved McKinley, whon we remember with grateful hearts to day for the things that he did in hi; life and for the beautiful example o: Qhristian character and fortitude h< left to us in his death." - noftrcrniNfifi. LIVELY Muuat niuuwb.. Thayer, Democrat and Grosvenor, Re publican, Clash Over Panama. The proceedings in the bouse Mon day were enlivened by a spir ted dis cussion of the Panama question. Mr Thayer, democrat, of Massachusetts declared the course of this governnien in Panama to have been contrary tc the provisions of the troa'v with Nev Granada. Mr. Grosvenor, republican of Ohio, made a vigorous defense o the administration. ' ' ITIENEW - I m SOUTH ^A^OLINA.f Seeks Pardon for Negro. A petition for a pardon has been re * ceived by the governor for Jesse Wright, a negro sentenced lor life for murder in York county. The petition ! states that Wright and two other negroes attempted to take a jug of whis' ky from an old negro man one night, representing themselves as state con1 stables. A row followed and several shots were fired, the old man getting killed. It is stated that there has always been a doubt as to whether or not Wright fired the shots, and new evidence is brought up to show that he came up after the row was over. .? * Governor Refuses Pardon. Governor Heyward has refused to pardon Jones, the slayer of the Press' leys, of Edgefield. Every governor since the triple murderer was convicted has received petitions in behaf of this prisoner, but they have all been rejected. 1 One of the most notable appeals for ' this pardon comes from the governor ' of Georgia. Governor Terrell says: "At the request of a number of distinguished citizens of this state I write in behalf of the application of Robert T. Jones for pardon. He was convicted of murder thirteen years ago in Edgefield county, S. C., and sentenced | to twenty years in the penitentiary. His health is now very precarious, and VIm f A lit V /* 11 /I IO 1115 LO.LU.liy 1CC1 LUCLL 11C will DUUU U1C unless pardoned and restored to them. They have satisfied me that it is their intention to bring him To their home | in Columbia county, Ga., and care for him the remaining days of his life. I trust that you may find it consistent with your views of official duty to look with favor upon his application for pardon. Very truly yours, "J. M. TERRELL, Governor." * Odd Fellows' Orphan Home. The committee appointed by the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows to select a suitable location for' an orphans' home to be established by the order, have decided on Greenville. The decision was made known through a letter received a few days ago from Chairman L. N. Zealy, of the committee. There were many towns and cities throughout the state that had submitted propositions, and the decision of the committee is a victory for Greenville. The home will probably be on the Carpan place, two miles from the city, containing eighty acres, on which is located a four-story brick building, the original cost of which 512 000 * * Oil Mill Charter Wanted. Application has been made for a charter for the Home Oil Mill, at Greenville, capitalized at $200,000, with the following incorporators: M. A. Norwood, C. O. Allen, John T. Woodside, L. M. McBee, J. H. Morgan, G. H. Mahon, I. C. Poe; J. D. Woodside. The well-known reputation of these men guarantee the success of the enterprise. J. D. Woodside is to bf, at the head of the company, which will build a complete, modern plant, with gins of the latest design. * * * Remarkable Road Building. P. H. Hyatt, vice president of the National Good Roads Association of South Carolina, wno lives at Columbia, made a statement at the recent good roatfs convention at Daytona, Fla.. that the cost of the 500 miles built in his county during the past two years ranged from $200 to $500 per mile. In the first place, the county has less than 100,000 inhabitants, and that there has been 500 miles of hard-surface roads built is a remarkable record. The cost is ^so remarkable, as it is estimated that good hard STTrface ! roads could not be built under $1,000 or $1,500 per mile. Mr. Hyatt arrived at Daytona direct .from Washington, where he and forty other enthusiasts, .one from each state in the union, appeared before congress in the interests of good roads. He stated that the congressional committees on roads and highways of both the house and senate seemed perfectly willing to form a bill making a liberal appropriation for } good road construction, provided a tanx gible plan should be presented by [ which good results might be accom-j Timps.TTnion. piisueu.~~jatiiavu ?luv * ? Wohlers Restored to Citizenship. "Governor Heyward has restored the j citizenship of Mr. Henry Wohlers, of Charleston, who since 1895 has not j had the privilege 6f voting. Wohlers f was indicted for storing contraband i liquor, the whiskey behig the property of I. Blank and found in Wohlers' place. According to statements made it seems that Wohlers did not know that the contraband was kept in his place, and the stuff being brought in through a side door, anu when found Blank advised Wohlers to plead guilty, stating that the fine would be paid and I that this action would save unneces. sary delay. This Wohlers agreed to do , and Blank accordingly paid the fine t of $100. It was some time afterwards 3 that Wohlers discovered that he had t lost citizenship and he waited 6ome . years before tpplying, but as soon as I the facts were made plain, the citizenship was restored. Bmmmmm?mm?m?mmmmmmmmmm?mmmmm?ummaammm?mmmmmmmm Spartanburg Wants, the Meeting* An effort is being' made by the ; chamber of commerce of Spartanburg to induce the state democratic executive committee to hold its meeting there this year. The meetings have always been held in Columbia, but there is nothing to prevent their being held in other cities of the state, and hn. UnAti A ATI <" ?-? TTITY1 On f 1 tUCIC uafi UCUU WAMlUViUWiV VVIIMVM? in the state papers in regard to haying the convention held in varions towns of the state. Spartanburg has . > taken the matter up, and will put forth * every effort to secure the convention. -' $ ^ ; .* M ?, . r-jc Registered Distilleiy Seized. .. The registered distillery operated by T. F. Trammel, of Marydell, 16 miles from Greenville, was seized a few days ago by Deputy Collector SCruggs. In addition to the plant, which is valued at about $2,000, there were thirtynine barrels or eighteen hundred gallons of liquor confiscated and shipped ? to Columbia. Trammell is charged with violating internal revenue law Dy ' removing liquor from a cistern room. j \ t ' # ' * April 29th Date for Oratorical Contest At the meeting of the executive committee of the South Carolina Golleg- ;|j :ate Oratorical Association, held. m Greenville, April 29th was decided , cl upon as the date for the next contest. Judges were elected and medals solected. ., ' : v. % ; Pepper Blocks Court During the session of the criminal , 1 . court at Greenville some mischlevoas boy placed a quantity of pepper on a stove directly under the court room. In a few minutes the court officials % and the hundred or more spectators were coughing. Business was temporarily suspended) Despite the efforts - * of the sheriff, the guilty boy could nofc be found. " * ' Is Now Up to the Voters, > . 'Hie resolution which passed both branches of the general assembly'providing for biennial sessions of the legislature is the first step in the process necessary to the radical change from annual sessions. Having passed the two houses by a two-thirds majority, as required by the constitution of the State the proposi- , tion goes before the people as a "whole in the general election in November next. If it carries In that election, the sue- S ceeding .general assembly will- go, ;\~ through the form of ratifying it and t'.% It will ,become an amendment to the state constitution of 1895. <* r..o , It is - thought that the proposition \ will carry in the general election, and : the change will .be a welcomed ope, It trill be a saving of about $100,000, possibly more, in every four years to $6 state treasury. ^ / < ' " - 0 ' i Charleston Joints Raided. The police have started a crusade ok 4 the gambling joints in Charleston. Three dives were raided as an initio tive and their paraphernalia seized and destroyed by the police. Jn/'one . ' 7 of the dives that was raided a number of young men were standing about a ; ? crap table, playing the game, and fn the excitement and hurry to get out they lost their hats, which were taken in hand by the police and sent to headquarters. . \ - :j? i , -"i i i i X ASK GOVERNMENT AID. 4 Memorial to Congress Formulated at Convention of National Guards. The committee on resolutions made its report at the Tuesday morning session of the Interstate National Guards, 1 M in session at St Augustine, Fla. Briefly, it is recommended that congress be urged to provide for the establishment cf proper camp grounds in such number and at such places as will facilitate the holding of camp mar neuvers, to increase the appropriation for the organized militia from one to two million dollars. ? ' ^ ??????? > . > >i "GRANNY" LOGGINS NOT DEAD. She Is Very Much Alive, Notwitfcstajid-. Ing Reports to the Contrary/*;!'' "Granny" Loggins, of GillsviHe. the - . oldest woman in Georgia, and midtfabtedly the oldest woman in the- United States, is / ot dead, as nas been published, but very much alive, although she has been ill recently * "Granny," who is 120 years old, enjoys the unique and unusual distinction of living in three centufiesJ She ? ' - I- l?__ - was born in spartanourg cotraiy, &oduk Carolina, In 1784. ?. . .. < f j j.. REYES NOT CULPABttE. Colombia Representative Know* NothIng of Reported Hostile Movement. General Raefel Reyes, special envoy >, from Colombia, who Is still in New York, said Sunday regarding the report that his country was about to send an army against Panama: "If Colombia is thinking of going to ' * war i khow nouuug auuut ?v ^ nothing to do with it," Central Pacific Pays Government The Central Pacific Railway Company, part of the Harriinan Pacific system, at New York, paid into the. nbtreasury Friday 52,800.000, representing another installment of its old obligation.