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W ' : ' IT IS TIME TO QUIT. ^ 1 , It is time to quit the grumbling, \ Time to Take a hopeful view, f>" Time to drop the foo.ish notion < * That the world is all askew; P? There are lots of blessings yet That the world is bpokc-a to get, And the good Lord in His mercy's saving some of them for you. p. It is time to quit the sighing. Time to look up with a smue, For the good old world's revolving In the same old steady style; Wicked people day by day Close their eyes and pass away, And there wont be any left here but the j |p?v - righteous, after while. I f It is time to quit the fretting ' ?* Over trifles that go wrong; ;; Think of all the joys you're getting, All the blessings, right along; Don't sit down disheartened, sad, r Over small rebuffs you've had, Fortune tries our spirits often, just to S? " make them good and strong. It is time to quit believing I That there's nothing left to do . For the ones who'd be achieving; Every day brings something new. - Don't give up the hope to rise, E?-.- Fair ahead tne future lies, And to-morrow may be bringing just the needed chance for you. It is time to quit the grieving ] For the good old happy days; It is time to quit believing Men are sunk in sinful ways; Stiil the morning may be bright, Still sweet dreams may come at night, Fate has favors for the cheerful, but our 'crumbling never pays. ?S. E. Kiscr, in the Woman's Home Companion. Two to Make a Quarrel - ? A Tittle Story of Suburban Neighbors Who Raises Chick ns. \XDERBEAU is known to Grasswold as a particular0 jy o ly cantankerous individual k al, but Binkford, who lives 'WOKf next door to him, declares thai ue always gets along with Ganderbeau all right. Binkford has a cheerful, happy nature. The residents of the suburbs laugh when Binkford says this. The reason is that when Gauderbeau meets Binkford he looks more bilious than ever and tries to take no notice of him. Binkford denies that there is any trouble between him and Ganderbeau. "Trouble?" he says. "Why should 1 have trouble with him?or anybody else?" It is good to have a disposition like a Ganderbeau came to the suburb first. He kept chickens, as he still does, and traded the produce to Stensou, the grocer. When Binkford moved in next Hpki- doer and proceeded to raise chickens also, Ganderbeau at first felt himself much aggrieved. He found, however. . [hat Binkford had no intention of competing with hiru at Stensoa's, using |p: - all his eggs for home consumption. Then Binkford's extreme frieudliness W&j&: won first his tolerance aud then sornej'V V thing like regard. The two walked to;; gether to the train in the morning, and ifr once Binkford induced his neighbor to gjv-': -. take a hand at whist on the 5.30.' It ?1^ is true he acted like the dickens and $?> accused Potter wrongfully cf revoking, but it said a good deal for Binkford's influence, however. Ganderbeau kept his chickens in an Kpd? Inclosure of his back yard, and never SpM / under any circumstances allowed them ' to roam. Binkford, on the contrary, allowed his the run of his whole prerngp i?es and the vacant lots at the back p - of the house. In fact, Biiikford's chickens went all over the suburb. But V-r; i they always came home to roost. 8|* v The friendly relations between the neighbors were maintained for some months. But one morning Ganderbeau v found three Plymouth Rock pullets :* - burrowing in the bosom of his azalea bed. He instantly confounded Bickfdrd's shiftlessness in not providing proper restraint for the birds and. picking up a lath, drove them out into the alley after five minutes of nervedestroying effort. If he had seen Bickford then the friendly relations would have been severed forthwith, but he had time to cool off a little before Bink? " ford came out. "Say, Binkford," he called, "why don't you keep your blamed chickens L' at home?" "Oh, what's the use?" said Binkford. "The poor things need a little exercise and fresh air." % ' "You're mighty apt to lose some of them if you don't," said Ganderbeau. "I guess the people of this suburb are tolerably honest out of business hours," said Binkford. "I'm not vv, afraid." "You'll need to be if you don't keep . , them out of my yard," paid Gander-J beau. "There were in here this morning scratching up my beds." "Is that so?" said Binkford, in tones of commiseration. "Say, that's too bad! See here, Ganderbeau, if they get in again, don't you hesitate to . drive them out." "I won't," said Ganderbeau grimly. They got in again and he drove them *>- out. He mentioned the circumstance v to Binkford, who expressed his deep regret and his admiration of the flying powers of the chickens at the same time. Nevertheless, he nailed upright strips along the length of the fence and told his neighbor that he was confident that would keep them out. The next morning the pullets were scratching away among Ganderbenu's azaleas as energetically as ever. Ganderbeau suggested to Binkford that he should forthwith clip the wings of his predatory birds and get them inside an ? ' v " L* . . - . x inclosure of netting, "or carbonized steel bars, blame 'em, if that won't do," be concluded. "I'll see them jiggered first," said Binkford. "They don't deserve such luxuries. I'll wring their necks firstif I can find out the guilty ones." "I'll do it for you," said Gandcrbeau, threateningly. But Binkford onlj laughed in his good-natured way. I The next morning as Binkford wa; carrying his furnace ashes through his back yard something fell a dull flor at his feet, and at the same time Gam derbeau's voice called over the fence in rasping accents: "There's a chick' en dinner for you, Binkford." Binkford set down his ash pail and picked up a Plymouth Rock pullel with its neck wrung. He looked at the chicken and then he looked at Gan derbcau, who was scowling over the fence at him. But, being a very good natured man, he said pleasantly, "Thank you, old man. This is very kind of you." Then he took the chick en back into the house. Two more Plymouth Rock pulleta with their necks wrung were discoV' ered by Binkford In bis garden the morning following, and the day after that there was another one. Shortly after this he saw Ganderbeau in his garden and remonstrated with in hif good-natured way. "It's all very well to be neighborly Gand," he said, "but you're carrying it to an extreme. Those pullets are dandy eating?tender as they can be I believe I could eat such pullets for another week without getting tired ol them, but I don't want you to rob yourself." "What do you mean?" snarled Gan derbeau. "If you've got too many pullets, why don't you turn 'em Jn to Stenson?" said Binkford. "He'd be glad to have 'em By the way, have you noticed thai there's a hole in your wire netting? It'? big enough for rats to get in?or pul lets to get out. Bight over in the cor ner there. There's a hen trying tc get through now." Ganderbeau looked and then dashed for the hole with a howl of rage. It is since then that he has been sc particularly grumpy when he meets Binkford. But Binkford says "Shucks! It takes two to make a quarrel."?Chicagc News. IRELAND'S ANIMALS There Are No Moles and No Snakes, Bat Many Varments Abound. It is not correct to say that there are no frogs or toads in Ireland, though it is very remarkabTe that the com* mon toad is not found there. The nat* terjack toad is a native of Kerry, though it does not appear to be found elsewhere. It is an example of the mania which some people have for meddling with nature that a Dr. Gui* tkers in 1G99 took the trouble to procure frogs' spawn from England, since which time they have multiplied in Ireland. But the common lizard is found in many parts of the island. The slowwonji is not. Though the common toaa, ana unui recent time:? the :frog, was not found in Ireland, it is worth remembering that the English reptiles and batraohians are very local in their distribution. The natterjack toad is only found in certain counties. The edible frog was formerly only found in Foulmire Fen, in Cambridgeshire, and the sand lizard is most capricious in the choice of a home. The "beautiful green laeertae," which Gilbert White saw on the sunny banks near Farnham, are to be found there still, the males being of the green color; and also near Bournemouth, and in Doreetshire beyond Poole Harbor. Yet there are many suitable places where none are seen, and then they reappear again on some sand hills on the coast of Lancashire, near Southport. On the other hand, the absence ot many species in Ireland, which are, 01 were, commonly found in the larger island, can only be explained on .the supposition that they never reached the country. Among these are the wildcat, the polecat and the weasel. Ye1 the marten was ; lways plentiful on the other side of St. George's Channel, and stoats abound in the west. Five oi tn# fourteen species ofobnt found ic England have rot been taken in Ireland, neither is the common shre-rc found there or the water shrew, or the mole, though the last is found in An gelsey. Only six of the lifteen British rodents arc found in Ireland, and of these, one the squirrel, was probably introduced Neither is the roe deer indigenous In support of the general theory thai | the immigration of the English faun? was difficult in the earlier periods, anc ' subsequently checked altogether, ma? be cited the ana'ogous instance of th< Isle of Man. There, as in Ireland there are no moles, no snakes, no toads ?London Spectator. Decline of the Goat Industry. "The goat industry in the Unit'-; States is on the wane," said It. C Beard, of Austin, Texas, to a report er. "A few years ago the Departmen 'of Agriculture called attention to th I fact that the United States was im porting annually about $25,000,000 i: goatskins. This information had a: immediate effect in the South am , West, and there was an Angora goa boom, during which vast prices wer paid for genuine- imported Billies am Xannies. But this fact had no apprc ciable effect upon the amount of goal skins imported. There were also com paratively no American goatskins sole The American Angora was a beauti ful goat, but he was too high bred fo ;his skin to be valuable for manufac turing purposes. He also showod . tendency to goat diseases. The goa industry has practically collapsed, au very few farmers now attempt to rajs I goats for profit."?Washington Star. ' " : \ . , 1 fsjrvJCMifMrMrvjfMiii [ Legislative \ ; ? .Brevities / rvKvjrj(\JCMrs>cMr\io Impcrtant Bill Passed, j At Thursday's session the genera! ; J assembly passed a bill establishing s ; j state department of commerce and im ) UUIgl dllUU. The bill is; elastic in character and > enables the department to look no! alone to securing settlers of desirable character, but to inducing all kinds o! ' investments in the state. * j The move is due to the peculiar con J j ditions prevailing in the south, result [ j ing from the cotton growing and man j ufacturing situation the demand foi farm labor, the probability jf the open ing of the Panama canal and the de . velopment of the West Indian frade. Once the department is establishes i other southern states will doubtless . move on similar lines. k * The matter of making fuller assess ments on al classes of property con 5 sumed most of the time of the genera: ' assembly at Wednesday's session. Mr. Jeremiah Smith, of Horry, had a bili ) by which he proposed to get all class | es of property up to the full markel value. After a considerable discus 1 sion the house killed the bill by a de j j cided majority. Mr. Dorroh's propo . i sition to provide for a process of gar nishment was killed. There was an effort made to take up and considei the general appropriation bill, but the r j house was disposed to act upon othei 1 ! matters and the eeneral appropriation bill had to go over until Thursday. t The house and senate have agreed * upon the Charleston license bill bs accepting the senate's amendment ^ which reduces the maximum license which can be imposed by the citj ^ council of Charleston to $2,500. This bill left the house with a maximum ol > $25,000. A protest was received againsl i requiring separate compartments en the steam ferries, such as are now J provided for on railroad trains. This > was ordered printed in the house jour nal. Senator Latimer officially called the attention of the house to the ne cessity of taking action relative to the good roads movement. The supply t bill, which fixes the levy for all state purposes at five mills, was introduced ' This levy is the same as it has been for some time. LThe senate met at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, instead of 11, the journal showed it had adjourned I to. There were a large number ol , senators who misunderstood the hour , and so they were present at 10 o'clock Among those who thought the hour . 10 was Senator Sheppard, the presid. | ing officer. He called the senate to > order, and then there came mucn questioning as to whether the hour was 10 or 11. Senators differed, buut there was a quorum present, and Senator Sheppard submitted the question to them. By a vote of 10 to 7 it was decided that 10 was the hour. Second reading bills were taken up upon which there was understood there I would be no debate. Nevertheless ' there was some debate on the local , bill which had reference to increasing the salary of the auditor of Richland. Senator Ragsdale, or Fairfield, objected to the bill unless the increase should come out of the county and not the state treasury. There was some discussion theh as to wnett.er the ( state uniformly paid two-thirds; of the 1 j salaries of auditors of counties, and ' j Senator Marshall suggested that fur , j the'r consideration of the bill he post ; poned. The telephone bill was read , the third time, and then this actioi] , was recommended, Senator Von Kol | nitz saying that he had some amend. ments he wished to offer. Senator A1 ; drich offered some amendments as tc i the matter of costs in suits, but these L were rejected py a vote of 19 to 10. ! At the night session of the senate th< i Clemson College scholarship bill final ly passed, the amendments offered bj Senator Raysor b'eing adopted. These i provided that the scholarships sha1. be open only fo those wbo will take the agricultural course, striking, oui 1 the provision that they shall be oper ' to students in the mechanical couse, There were a number of other amend t ments offered probably with a viev t of defeating the bill, though, of course I that did not appear on the face o: r them. > * The house Wednesday conslderec . and acted upon two most importan matters. First it ordered to a thin reading the senate bill providing fo the establishment of a department o t immigration. The senate bill wai . passed with an amendment which wil * most likely be dropped from the bil t in conference, as it does no good 11 L*. the law. The purpose of the amend ; ment was announced to be to restrlo '* | the immigrants to be sought to wha * j are known as "desirable settlers," bu J i the amendment went further and indi * i cated exactly from what the countr; lf ! settlers were wanted, as if the door ** i rrmid he closed to any. At all event ! the house and! senate have approvei >. . the general plan and have almost fin [. j ished the necessary legislation to pre [- j vide for the bureau. The general ap ? propriation bill consumed the remair : ! der of the day. The disposition o ?l the house seemed to be to leave th 1 appropriations at what they had beei in former years. Generally the com c mittee report wds-Saopted and Chaii V . ? : ^ ' V y-r -- T1 . '*/? -"i :n" ''-V'. . - - ^ i 'V ,'-. .. A* ' .** . jF\ ??* A man Moses saw that no considerable , harm came to the bill. At the night ) session the report of the state house i committee on the state house worn I was the cause of some lively proceed i ings. ' * * In the senate Wednesday the regular annual commutation tax bill camf I up and there was a long discussion ! about it, and whether an amendment . olfered by the house should be concurred in the amendments made and the I bill was sent to a free conference committee. Senator Brice's bill relative ? to the way dispensaries are establisht ed and how they may be voted away came up for consideration. The bill . had been generally debated previous. ly, and the question came up on the . amendment proposed bj Senator Ray nor. * Appeal of State House Commission. There wa,s a meeting of the mem[ bers of the old state house commis5 sion Wednesday morn:ng in regard to the recent report to the general as sembly, all but four being present. . Those in attendance were: Ex-Go v. eruor M. B. McSweeney, former AtI torney-General G. Duncan Bellinger, State Treasurer Jennings, R. J. Gantt, [ J. Harvey Wilson, W. J. Johnson. . Those not attending were: Former t Comptroller General J. P. Derham, for. mer Secretary of State M. R. Cooper, former State Treasurer W. H. Timmer. man and Colonel J. Q. Marshall, the . latter having submitted the minority [ report, upon which the finding of the new committee was based. These had ? been notified of the meeting, but did not attend. * *' - - - ' 1 P/O. I Alter a sessiuu 01 au uuur, iuc iur low'ng memorial way prepared: [ Gentlemen of the General Assembly: ' From an examination of the report , of the joint committee "to consider > the several reports of the commission ' on the completion of the state house i and facts relating thereto," we, the I undersigned members of the commis: sion, authorized and dirocted "to comi plete the state house," feel that the r report of the committee does us mani; fest injustice, as it wittingly or unwic tingly condemns our acts and the work [ approved by us without giving us an . opportunity to be heard and even re> fusing to allow us a hearing. Many of the allegations of the error and > incompetency are easily explained. . Certain conclusions could and would i not have been drawn, had available evidence been heard. Above all, we j feel that an impression, that must | : necessarily result from the tenor and ; terms of the report, would not exist [ if we were allow ed the opportunity to ! be heard. Therefore, believing that the general assembly can have no intention of con demning us without a bearing, as members of a commission upon whom i you imposed an involuntary public duty, should be allowed to account for i that trust and to give their answer (j and explanation to any allegation or ' j insinuation, we most respectiuuy mei' morialize your hanorable body to make J provision for giving us a hearing in . J order that further and all evidence t j may be produced and give light upon ! | the question before the committee, and ; j that our evidence should become a [ | public record of your honorable body j of the same permanency and dignity j as the report itseif. Respectfully: M. B. McSweeney, G. 11 Duncan Bell'nger, J. Harvey Wilson, ; R. H. Jennings, Robert Gantt, W. J. i Johnson. * In the house, Friday, the senate [ bill provid'ng for the establishment of . I a department of immigration was re. committed. This b'll has already 1 j passed the senate and in the house, on t its third reading, was recommitted on a vote of 49 to 51. In other words, if one of the majority had gone over to . the minority the vote would have > been -50 to 50, and the motion to re! j commit would have failed. Twentyfour members did not vote as the rec> ords show. The greater portion of the . day was taken up on the ffgl t relative r to the bureau ot immigration and the i j remainder of the session during the 1 j morning, with me exception of the i i time devoted to commiltee reports, t was given to the supply bill. The t house early in the morning sent the . appropriation bill to the senate. There - was no fight at all made on the supply p bill, and the only changes were from . individual counties, and in those cases no debate whatever was indulged in. The state levy was fixed as usual at five mills; the usual three-mill individI ual tax for schools, of course, has to t be imposeu, and in addition to this. 1, each of the counties has its individual r, levy which differs according to the f needs of the county. The bill of Mr. s Herbert as to scholarships at Clemson II College came up for concurrence in I the senate amendments. Mr. Herbert a favored concurence fn ail of the ssn[-; ate amendments and was discussed at t. some length. t| * II At Friday's session of the senate [ bGnnor i diuiru up itowiu y tion as to the state house commission s and its work, and as a result a coms mission of one senator and one repred sentative was appointed to prosecute i- the contractors and the architect for >- damages in connection with their feily. ure to carry out the contract. This [-! specifically refers to Frank B. Milburn f and Mcllwaine, Unkeier & Co., cone tractors and architects. At a joint a session the folowlng acts of state int terest were passed: To prevent the shipment of shad outside the limfts of M - : v s- , v.k. , ' - > v. - ':< ' 'V ^ '*" - V " ? rr - '-? : vr^Srs -V*V' ;. A .y y?ti$ >~*:y -> * *fv y ?'; -;g ^ i the state; to give the United States ex- j elusive jurisdiction over lands granted for public building purposes; relating to the state monument at Cnickamauga. There were about forty acts ratified, but outside of those mentioned Al"'? ?r\f r\r\ Ivr frvoo 1 r\V I Ill try WtJlC CAV-IUOlTCi; V/4 UU1,> *v?v- U1 vr? I township concern. * * The house practically spent the entire day Saturday in disposing of matters of local interest, under a resolution authorizing the consideration of uncontested matters. Quite a number of more or less important measures were passed in this way. It was a hard and most successful day's work. Among the bills that met with no opposition was that of Senator Von Kolnitz. which includes steam ferries in the separate compartment law. Among the measures that went through without opposition were bills ceding lands to the United States government for public buildings. ? ? After the disposition of a number of j third reading bills Saturday morning ! the senate took up the bill to divide j the state into ten judicial circuits, i Senator Mayfield ofTered a resolution ! that it is the sense of the senate that j some relief should be had in the mat- J ter, and that additional circuits are necessary. He said that be offered the resolution because there are two bills ?one creating ten circuits and the other four, and the question ought to be first decided whether any cbange was desired at all. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 21 to 6. There was much debate as to whether ^ 4hA nnd. ilil lil^r CUUAliUU Qi*UUl\A Uv j^/vwv poned un(!l Monday night. It was final ly agreed that the whole matter should be taken up and settled one way or the other Monday n'ght. The house having concurred in the resolution offered in the senate, .Senator Aldrich was appointed as the member oT the commission which is to institute proceedings against Architect Milburn and McIIwain, Unkefer <? Co., in reference to the state house work. The resolution passed in the house1 that the members of the commission and others interested should be allowed to print their statement, was presented but on objection of Senator Mayfield I it went over for consideration on Monday. The objection was chiefly on account of the printing required as the resolution called for placing the state ments in the journal and in the permanent records. The antl-treating bill at elections was passed to a third reading, with notice of amendments. [ | BIG CUBAN LOAN FLOATED. i Speyer & Co., of New York, Contract to Supply the $35,000,000. j A special irom Havana says: Spey| er & Cc., of New YorK, nave contract- ; i ed to take the 5535.000,000 Cuban loan, j The price to be paid ior tne bonds is J 90 1-2, which is one-half per cent above ! the minimum rate. The Colonial Trust uomp2ny, of j Boston. Mass., is associated with the j handling of the bonds, but the contract j is solely in the name cf Speycr & j Co. The government has been assured i that the money will be forthcoming In j June. According to reliable report, the | contract does not contain any provi3- j | ions other than tnose which are usual j :n such transactions. No further iegis- { lation is required by the terms of the j contract. It will require three months j to prepare the bonds and. attend to I other details of the undortaKing. The bonds are to run tor forty years, and they will draw interest at the rate of 5 per cent a year. Besides the internal revenue taxes on liquors, tobacco, etc., which will be levied especially to pay off the loan, an additional guarantee of 13 per cent ! customs collections is given. It is be- J Hnvnri hnwpvpr that the international j taxes will prove sufficient to pay prin- | cipal ^pd interest. Payments will Da ! made on the principal semi-annually. J beginning six years hence. Speyer & Company agreed to supply j the $35,000,000 less 9 1-2 per cent in i three payments, not later than June, ! September and November oi. this year, i The company may, however, furnish J the whole amount in one payment. . ! MURDEROUS BANDIT BAGGED.' j William Rudolph, Bank Robber, Once | More in the Toils. William Rudolph who, with George j Collins, robDed the bank at Union, i December 26, 1902, of $15,000 and who i after arrest made a sensational escape j i from the officers at the h'our Courts i on July 6, 1903, is m the Kansas state j prison, having been sentenced for a , safe robbery under the name of .Albert Gory. A Kansas pardon will je asked for j Rudolph at once, tiiat he may be ta- j ken to Missouri on a requisition and tried for murder and bank robbery. J - - - - - ? X V ? TTr. 1 Collins, RudolpH's partner in uo uu- j I ion crime, will be hanged oil March il. ! i I NEW STATE DEPARTMENT i | Created in Bill Passed by the South j i J Carolina General Assembly. Tno South Carolina legislature, j Thursday, passed a bill establishing a { state department of commerce and im* j migration. The bill enables the department to j look not alone to securing settlers or | desirable character, but to induce in- ; vestments of all kinds in the state. Other southern states may in time j move on similar lines. % - ^ ,. -. ./ :y * ~ ^--. * JAPS MAKE APPEAL , k _l II l_ O i- Ox * L1 ASK uncie oam 10 oiraignien Out Affair at Port Arthur. JAPANESE SUBJECTS HELD Serious Breach of Amenities of War\ Charged to Russians?Text of See- \ rettary Hay's Note Seeking Integrity of China. L A Washington special says: Japan will appeal to the United States ? prevail on the Russian government | 4 to release the one hundred Japanese subjects reported detained at Port Arthur. Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, it is expected, will present the appeal to Secretary Ha-' at once. In a cablegram from Tokio Sunday the minister was informed that according to news brought from Che Foo by a British steamer from Port Arthur, one hundred Japanese refugee* had been taken from the steamer by the Russian authorities just before the vessel sailed, in spite ot the pre- tests of the Japanese. Having agreed to look out for Japanese citizens in Russian te/rritory i during the war, this government will instruct Mr. McCormick, the American ambassador at St. Petersburg, tc> innn!i.a rvf fVio fiiicelan (rnvprlimpnt. AI? the subject as to the Japanese la question. The best naval opinion in Washing- t ton is to the effect that the detention of these Japanese at Port Arthur is a strategical necessity to prevent the Japanese gaining information as the fortifications, troops, etc. An official said: "During the siege of Paris, in th* Franco-Prussian war, Representative Hitt, who was then in charge of lie' American legation there, looked after the large number cf xiermans whe were detained at Paris by the French government" Although Russia's answer to Secretary Hay's note, asking her to respect ? j the neutrality of China and localise V $ hostilities as much as possible, has not yet been received, the state de-. partment knows indirectly from ' ^ London and Paris that Russia will reply favorably. It then will remain for the powers to fix the scope of their note and to draft a more definite proposition for acceptance by the tv? countries. Satisfaction is expressed in admi*istration circles that Great Britain, a* well as Russia, has decided to waive. ^ objections to the note. ~ -* - ' v Text of Secretary Hay's Note. The state department issued this . . . ? . i i statement saturaay: After some preliminary exchange of 4 views between th.'s government and s the government of other powers interested in the Chinese matters, the do- >. J* partment on the 10th of February sent the following instructions to the ?. American representatives in St. Petersburg, Tokio and Pekin: "You will express to the minister , / for foreign affairs the earnest desire of the government of tne United States that in the course of military operations which have begun between Russia and Japan, the neutrality ot China and in all practicable ways her * * administrative entity shall be respected by both parties and that the area of hostilities shall be localized and limited as much as possible so that undue excitement and disturbance of the Chinese people may be prevented and the least possible loss to the com- f. merce and intercourse of the wotM will be occasioned. JOHN HAY." SUICIDED IN COURT ROOM. , V. Prisoner Moved to Self-Destructlon by Caustic Charge of Judge. At Butte, Mont.. Saturday, as the judge, was delivering his instructions to a jury in the case of Alfred Beclr man, accused of murder, Beckmac' deliberately drew a razor, cut his throat and fell to the floor, fatally wounded. MILITIA WILL BE READY. \ Governor Frazier Determined to 3top Lawlessness at Coal Creek. L Sheriff Williams is to have full authority at Coak Creek, Tenn., as the A governor wishes to maintain order '--fj through the civil authorities in preferonce to the military. But if neces- J 6ary to enforce the law, he says be 1 will call out the militia. Governor Fra- / J zier has made the following statement: "For fear they do not. the militia will bo held ready to go at a moment's notice. I believe cny good people at Coal Creek deplore any unlawful, act* f > and are ready to help the officers preserve the peace." RUSSIAN TRANSPORT BLOWN UP. a Admiral Afexieff Reports Destruction ^ | of Vessel By Submarine Mine. A report was received in St. Petersburg Friday morning from Viceroy. AlexiefE saying that tne Russian tor- I pedo transport Yenisei has I.een blown r | up as a result of accidentally striking a mine at Port Arthur. The Yeniuert sank and Captain Stepanoff, three officers and ninety-one men were lost -J I : . jl -T;:.