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^v-v:v ,: - J - : - . THE FAIRIES* TELEGRAPH^ Last night, when the chimes from the old bell tower i; ? Had slowly caroled the midnight hour, -The. fairies came trooping from every BBppl flower, v f To dance on the meadow green. p-'\' '*' And early, quite early, with rap, a-tap, - tap, p A woodpecker startled by morning nap, - - *?fx < To tell me what he had seen. Bt'v - * V. ' * \ x ' The fairies had fled with the waking day, i And left behind-, in a careless way, sv - fastened to tnora and dewy spray, H * Their floating telegraph lines. And the bee and the butterfly, ready for fun. C- v Were sending dispatches, every one. With the queerest of all queer signs. Iti.- ' Each line to a blossom thev carefully dvew, . And spelled out the message with drops of dew; 8|i I saw it mvself. I know it is true, Aft out through the meadow I went. Though some may call them but gossamer threads, v Ik . I looked right over the mischievous heads, And I read the message they sent. Blkv. f. Of course, I can't tell it, for bees' talk, you see, K&v/' mi . i 3 3 B5^-. j/nougn written witn aewarops as p.ain as can be, Could haru.- be copied by you or by me, ??&?. In the nrosy letters we know. ?!&> ' But look through the meadow some morning, I pray, ip.-V When the earth is just op'ning her eyes to the day. And see if it isn't all true. j ?Los Angeles Times. " SURE I jj|: SIGNS" 1 |i? Adele Barney Wilson H 3 right in. Miss Bridgej P* ^ *? ford. Glad to see you. I fells. ' i I ? told Melancthon I knew ?1^?:"' 1& you'd stop in on your way home from school," and < the little old lady bustled about to set ] Bcr y the cushioned rocker in a pleasant spot IWs*y tbe open window. J; "A case of telepathy?" queried the St.'- nchool teacher, laughing, as she seat5^v ed herself in the comfortable chair, look off her sailor hat, and leaned back restfully. She made a pretty picture > "in her pink print dress and white col"No; something more sure than that. None of those superstitions for me. I ;r>. dropped my scissors and the point ^\,?tuck in the floor, and I- never knew Ifv that to fail to bring company. Then ^ 'iwasn't but a little while after that my left eyebrow itched. That means S&'A woman coming. If it had been the ilg right I'd have thought maybe 'twas the minister, and would have put on my second-best dress. I'm real glad, J: 'though, 'twas you, for you always W eheer me up, and I've been dreadful r$:J jworried all day." "What has happened, dear Mrs. Per^rjrltos?" The teacher's voice was full sympathy. "Nothing's happened yet but it's -fcoand to. I sneezed twice before I BppgDt up this morning, and that means ^ you'll hear of a death before night. p| And Pd been dreaming of muddy wa.ter, and that's a sure sign of trouble. ^ Let's see, there was another. Oh, yes. i&'Last night I saw the new moon through glass. So the three together I || have made me fret all day, wondering | ? I^WHat was coming, seems 10 me i ve ? had my share without anything new, ^ but I suppose I can bear more, for 1 every back is fitted to it's burden, they say." Mrs. Perkins resumed her darning on the ragged heel of a bright red sock. "I have some good news to tell you ( about myself," said the girl. "Would < you like to hear it?" 5 "Yes. I'm always ready to rejoice 1 twith them that rejoice, even if I can't I .expect any good fortune myself," and 1 the little lady was all attention. 1 "It's simply this," Miss Bridgeford 1 explained, with a pretty blush, "that < I'm to resign at the end of this term to be married and go back to live in i the city." < i "I'm real glad, Miss Bridgeford." and < there was no mistaking the heartiness ? of her tone. "I hope you're going to do ! vrell. "What's the man's name?" 2 |* "Mr. Bascombe." '* "Bad, very bad!" cried Mrs. Perkins, 1 a look of real anxiety overclouding her momentary smile. "Didn't you ever hear, 3 ** 'Change the name and not the letter, pz ;r-;v.v Change for tlie worse and not the *' better.' jp*||? If you're got any other bean I wish | jpv^': you'd reconsider. Now, I might have g?*yr married Silas Hinman. He was courting me the same time with Melancthon, and a good sight better-look- * . ing he was then, too. But I wouldn't ^ have" him because my pame began peiii. with H. I was a Hartwell. Must loo!: at Silas now. He's been in the pcorhouSe for over five years. Of course, fp; I'm not saying Melancthou and I are {Wg 'any too prosperous, but wc own this little place, and he has his pension, and Annie has sent us a hundred dollars fe&v of her salary every year since she began to teach, and so we are pretty p5 comfortable." 'There isn't a neater, prettier house all the way from the four corners* ~ school to the village," said the girl. "Tour garden, too. always looks so ? well kept. It must yield you a good J?- deal besides, doesn't it?" "Yes. but it would do a lot better if Melanctlion would only put things in in the right time of the moon. But he'll never pay any attention to ine about that. 'Twas all his fault that 1 saw the moon through glass last night. He seems to love to plague me. Say. > Miss Bridgeford, do you sweeten your tea before you put in the milk*?" "I never drink it," she readied, laughing. and wondering at the irrelevant question. a&tz, \ ;v;.. >. - ' "Well, in case you ever should begin, I'll tell you always to put in the sugar first, or you'll be crossed in love. I'm worried about that name Bascombe, you see. Now, don't look so unbelieving, for I could tell you a lot of cases. There was Miss Springer, who But here's Melancthon coming from the postoffice. Seemed like I couldn't wait any longer to know what that bad news was, and since no1 J . J A. - x.U 'i. *1 ..^i. ixmy uau come 10 ten it, it uuust ue m | a letter. I made him go earlier'n usual so I could have it over with." The old man greeted Miss Bridgcford cordially, hung his hat on its accustomed hook, and prepared leisurely fashion to read the newspaper. His wife watched him a moment anziously, then asked: "Was that all the mail?" "Oh, no; bless me, no! Here's a letter from Annie," and he fumbled in several pockets. Glancing at Miss Bridgeford,* his eyes twinkling merrily, he Said: "Mother thinks there's trouble coming. She says her signs never fail, and she's got some sign for this, though I've forgotten what If I worried as much as she does, my hair would be whiter than it is now," and he shook the snowy locks that surrounded his rosy face like a nimbus. Still holding the letter, he continued: "She's broke a dish this morning, and she said, 'Now I've god to break three before I'm through.' So I said. 'Why not break the other two * ?rrV,*>' on/1 T n-on(' on/1 rrnt t xvn nld Vii . UUU JL II w plates and told her to smash them, and she wouldn't. Don't you think. Miss Bridgeford, that woulcl be a great deal wiser than to spoil two good ones?" But his wife was too intent on the letter to heed his banter. "Why, you've opened it!" she exclaimed, as he gave it to her. "Of course. It was addressed to me," he replied, with mock dignity. "Oh, dear, I dread to read it, there was such a lot of muddy water in my dream, and you made me look at the new moon through glass, and I sneezed twice before I got up. Is Annie sick, or has she lost her school?" she whimpered. "Do read Mrs. Perkins," said Miss Bridgeford, seeing that Mr. Perkins did not intend enlightening her, and sorry to witness such a waste of nereous energy. She scanned the lines and drew a long breath of relief. "Isn't this splendid? Just listen. Annie's been, promoted to the principalship?a great honor?better salary?and she's going to send us two hundred dollars a year aow!" 1 Rising to take leave with kind congratulations, the girl looked at Mr. Perkins, expecting some disdainful 1 reference to the "sure signs;" but long 1 experience had taught him better. He : inew only too well that these refuta- < dons of their efficacy would speedily fade from his wife's memory, and be j; entirely gone by the time the next ones | < eame. ; Mrs. Perkins chattered on as she ( 'ollowed her caller out to the steps: Tm very proud of Annie, Miss Bridge,'ord. This is her third promotion. In ill her years of teaching she has never i lad a bit of fault found with her work >y the superintendent and never lost i day by sickness.'' i Then the forde of lifelong custom h nade her suddenly remember the un- ! < mown malignant powers that she be- j, ievcu must be warded off after asser- | ] ions of good fortune, and exclaiming: I ] There, I'm boasting!" she quiekfy ! ^ stretched her little tvithered hand up , :o the door frame and rapped threo imes on wood.?Youth's Companion. ' < Who Pays the Piper. j ! Free advertising, in the generally ac:epted sense of that term, says the Columbus Citizen, is not the most desirable kind; but it is nevertheless a ! fact that the great bulk of paid news- ! paper advertising costs the advertiser j nothing. That is to say, it indirectly 1 returns to him not only the amount in- ] rested, but a profit in which the whole " community shares. j The bulk of newspaper advertising is placed by merchants. The money it j rosts is paid almost wholly in salaries , md incidentals to individuals in the ' community in which the advertiser resides, so that his return is not wholly ' from the general trade he seeks, but ; also the injection of this amount of money into the trade of his community, with the result of enlarging it, perpet- < uating it and multiplying its resources ] in all forms of industry. j < The merchant feels the pulse of pros- j ( ~ ?/-I?nnn^if-inn o mnra ! , Ut aUVClOL Wlluiltvuu U4V.V , , ieately than almost any other member j of the community. Newspapers pay j by far the larger portion of expenses j in building up the community. Their ! investment is not nearly as great in machinery, stock and other forms of tangible property as in brains and brawn. That Is the reason why money spent 1 with them by local merchants brings two-fold returns in the present and the future. The newspaper is an institution working for the welfare of the com- j, munity in both material and other re- J speets in reality makes paid advertis- ? . - I ing free. The intelligent advertising patron of j such a newspaper contributes to the happiness and prosperity of the community at the same time he promotes his own business interests in the present and lays the foundation for greater profits and usefulness in the future, j Impossible. "I suppose," said a sympathizing neighbor, "that you will erect a handsome monument to your husband's memory?" Then, says the Xew York Press, the tearful widow replied: "To his memory! Why. poor John hadn't any. I was sorting over some of his clothes to-day, and i found the pockets full of letters I had given him to post" . " . . ?S.laMsSS *'t"l"l"l'4"H"t'^'l"t'^"l"i"r,t"?"v"H"?'^Y'l"' | THE NEWS OF A WEES I i IN SOUTH ' A DLINA.f . . H..J- M-++-M Woman Burned to Death. At Chesterfield, Miss Jenkins, who lived alone, met a horrible death by fire. Paseersby, attracted by smoke issuing from her home, were horrified on reaching: the house to find Miss Jen kins' body just outside the door, she having been burned to death. ' * Farmer's Mysterious Death. John C. Nisbet, a prominent citizen of the Jacksonham section of Lancaster county, was found dead on his plantation with a wire stretched around his neck. He had been engaged during the day in putting up a wire fence and not returning home at the usual time search was made for him. His death is a mystery. * * * OTd Confederate Soldier Found Dead. With his ax clutched in his hands, Jacob Jenkins, an old confederate veteran, was found dead in the woods near his home in Chesterfield last Sunday The old man had gone out to cut wood early in the afternoon, and not returning, members of his family took torches and went out to- look for him. When found he was lying near a log he had been cutting, with his ax still in his hands, dead. * * gviuwii v?i viimh un.. A. W. Love, of Chester, secretary of the State Fair Society, was in Columbia recently in conference with the local members of the Greater State Fair committee in regard to the recent purchase of the new grounds and the making of preparations ior erecting buildings for the next fair. So far the plans of the committee have been carried out without a hitch, and the probability is that a building will commence soon. * Crum Triumphs in Committee. A Washington special says: The senate committee on commerce authorized a favorable report on the nomination of William D. Crum to be collector of customs at the port of Charleston. All the members of the committee were not present, but there was a sufficient numbei4 of affirmative votes to insure favorable action snould all of the absentees have their votes recorded against the nomination. The vote was 8 to 5 in favor of confirmation, divided on party lines. The absentees were Senators Perkins, Penrose and Stone. There is one vacancy an the committee caused by the death af Senator Hanna. * * Alleged Forger Set Free. J. R. Hall, who was a few days ago arrested in Mansfield, La., on the charge of forgery, having, it is charged, secured $75 by forging the names af two prominent citizens of Spartanburg county to a note, has been released. The man made arrangements , by which the bank on which the note | was presented has been reimbursed, and in addition to this has agreed never to return to the county. The bank and the men whose named he forged 1 bave agreed, under these conditions, aot to prosecute Hall. * * * A.nent Charleston Navy Yard. A Washington special says: During :he debate on the naval appropriation j bill Representative Dayton, of West! Virginia, a member of the naval com-! mittee, explained why no provision ap- j A Hill frvi- the Charleston [jcaicu ill lug Via AVI v*.w ~ ? aavy yard. He said the Charleston ! yard originated in the senate and not I with the navy department; that the house had never favored or made an appropriation for that yard; that they i were opposed to it. Mr. Legare, however, is making a ' quiet fight for the Charleston appro- J priation and will at the proper time j offer an amendment to the bill now un- | der discussion. It is very doubtful if ! this amendment will pass the house, j inasmuch as these appropriations have ; always been put on by the senate. Mr. i Legare wishes, however, to establish a j precedent. Senator Tillman, backed by the sen- j ate, will make a fight similar to that j he made last year. He expects to sue- j * ' * ? * ~ Vioa tin ceeu, as me senate cumui llltt UUO Mv | intention of abandoning the Charleston yard, in view of the great progress made in the work, in spite of the delays evidently encouraged by the navy department. j ? ? - j Vetoed by Governor. G-overnor Heyward vetoed his first important bill passed by the general assembly. The act provides for giving the United States exclusive jurisdication over certain lands in this state, and was discussed at considerable length in the senate, the question of "states rights" being involved. The reasons are set forth in the message to the legislature as follows: "I herewith return without my ap proval an act entitled an act ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within the state, and authorizing the acquisition thereof. My reasons for not approving it are as follows: Section 8, Clause 17, Act 1, of the constitution of the United j States, contemplates that the consent ' of the legislature be freely given to the acquisition by purchase of a par- . ? j/inlow Tk1 OOAP VT71 f K ' ti^uiai jL?iaL.c, \jl ^ai uv.utai rw *tuin the state for one of the purposes enumerated in the constitution. The act goes beyond the intention of the constitution in consenting to the acquisition not only by purcnase, but also by condemnation or otherwise, not of a particular place or particular places, but of any place witnin the state without limitation or reference to its situation, locality and present use, or to the size or quantity of the lands to be acquired or the purpose for t which it may be acquired oy the United States government. "In order to protect the state and its citizens, the legislature in every cession of land and renunciation of its ^ sovereignty over the same, should first consider the situation, location and present use of the particular place to be ceded, the amount of land embraced in the cession, and the purpose for ^ which it is to be ceded in order to deQ termine whether such cession is to the public interest.?D. C. HEYWARD, " Governor." % t Sensational Charge Against Capers. t A Columbia special says: Ellery M. ^ Brayton, leader of the lily whue faction of the republican party in South 1 Carolina, in a card to a newspaper, makes sensational charges against Na t tional Committeeman John G. Capers. t After commenting upon the manner t in which Mr. Capers dominated the proceedings of the recent meeting of the republican state executive committee, of which he was neither a member nor the holder of a proxy, Mr. Brayton, among other things, says: "I am informed and beneve from creditable testimony, that Mr. Capers g was present and implicated in the v lynching of three colored men in Lexington county, South Carolina, about a twelve years ago. That this is a vital and disqualifying accusation, if true against any one seeking to control the , ^ action oi the republican party is mani-} fest. No argument or appeal can be j. needed to cause the repuDiicans to|g spurn and repudiate the leadership of ' one tainted with this crime. a "Others may condone and even approve of this fast-threatening evil, but i no one would believe that the race! which is the victim of this barbarity | ^ would entrust its political interests in i ^ the keeping of a lyncher. M "I could say much as to the manner in which Mr. Capers is believed to j( have trafficked with the federal offices in this state, his utter failure *o do anvthincr to build ud tiie party, and by methods which he expects to control j( the convention, but these are matters that can wait for another opportunity. "When the administration sees Mr. ^ Capers in close fellowship with Chair- g man Doss whom he has been denounc- ^ ihg, and with whom he said his selfrespect would not allow him to confer J ^ as a member of the sub-committee ap- d pointed to agree upon a "candidate for collector of customs (neither one of them having retracted the vile things said of each other) and take dote of [ ^ the charges and complaints against; p him, he will find himself discarded. He cannot stand an investigation and j n will not seek vindication. | p "My first insight into the ingrained I s duplicity of Mr. Capers was at the con-1 ^ gressional district convention, held at 0 Orangeburg last summer, when to my astonishment he proclaimed himself e in a set speech as the champion of the n negro, and boasted how. at the conference with the sub-executive committee he voted on every ballot for Dr. _ Crum for collector of customs, and taunted Chairman Deas with having ^ deserted his race and prevented Dr. Crum's selection?for not ten days be fore I heard him declare that under no circumstances would he support a ne- ^ gro nr that office." * D g PRESIDENT PUGNACIOUS r i] According to Declaration of New York s Congressmen on Floor of House. a A Washington special says: The a house, Friday, began consideration of a the naval appropriation bill, ten hours t being allowed for general debate. Dur ? ing the general discussion Mr. Fitzger- g aid. democrat, of New York, declared a I that our naval program was to procure 1< a naval force greater than that of Ger- r many. He further said: "in all sections of the country the conviction, rightly or wrongly, is firm that the g j present occupant of the white house is t is pnt tn Involve U3 in war with some c I ~r ! other nation," adding that the same j belief held wiith respect to the head j of another great nation, "which may account," he went on, "for the fact that at a dinner on Lincoln's birthday at Grand Rapids, Mich., the highest i compliment that Baron von Sternberg ! thought he could pay President Roosevelt was to declare that he verj- greatly resembled the emperor of Geri manv." j SIX SEAMEN LOSE LIFE. j Schooner Wrecked in a Fierce Gale Off j New York Port. i Ow mrtn tnr-inHinr* Gantain Harvey j I OlA Uivu, *?*v? ux....0 ! McLean and Mate John lacCumber, j t were lost Monday In the wieck of the ' three-masted schooner Benjamin Crom-1 < well off the New York port. Two men | < of the e.'ght on board came ashore on J J pieces of wreckage, and were *aken to 1 the Bellport life saving station ex-1 i hausted. I < ' - ffz?.-r.; . -- - ? .* r rj SENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS ' losing Proceedings of the State's ( V Lawmakers at Columbia* The general assembly of 1904 conluded its work at Columbia Saturday , iter a session of hard and diligent ' <rork. The legislation looking towards liennial sessions, the creation of. a { epartment of immigration, placing the elephone companies under the raiload commissioners, the passage of he franchise tax, the library olll, the xtreme liberality of the law-makers r*ere among the uistinguishing features i the session. It has been iar above ^ he average general ",ssembly. It tas worked hard and deserves every c redit for good intentions. I It was intended that the session ? hould adjourn early in the day, but it r ras after 10 o'clock at night when Governor Keyward reported to the ommittee that he had no further com- 1 aunication and the courtesies of the I wo houses were exchanged. r The house cleared its decKS early in ^ he day by refusing to consider any , hird reading bills, and that relieved t he engrossing department very much, mt the senate kept pegging away on t ts calendar until late in the day. At ? 0:22 p. m. Speaker Smith formally losed the legislative session. During he day the house heard tue reply 01 he old commission, which is an inensely interesting paper. Provision /as made for the completion and re airs of the state house at an expense i $45,000. The house resolved itself into a ommittee and unanimously adopted he following resolutions: Be it resolved, That this house and ach and every member thereof, indi- . idually as well as officially, desires to lace on record full acknowledgement .nd appreciation of the untiring enery and exalted character and eminent bility of the Hon. M. L. Smith, the istinguished speaker of tnis house, c rhich is about to adjourn sine die. * luring the two years 01 his speaker- ^ hip he has upheld the dignity and hon- j r of the house and Ue state at large, t nd has commanded the respect and t egard of all with whom he has been ? ssociated, by reason of his courteous, j et firm and impartial rulings, and t hereby enabled us to dispatch the t usiness before us with that dignity t rhich becomes a legislative Body. ( Thanks were also extended the other . 3sser officials of the house. . In the senate the following resolu- ( ions were adopted: Resolved, That on the eve of its ad- j j :>urnment the senate desires again to ( ut on record its high appreciation of tie ability, courtesy and dignity with rhich its president, the Hon. John T. loan, has discharged the difficult and j elicate duties of his office. Resolved, That the senate tenders to be Hon. John C. Sheppard, its presient pro tem, its thanks ior his able, < ourtly and efficient performance of i tie duties of the chair. , Resolved. That the senate extends to t :s said officers the assurance of the ( ersonal esteem of its members, and t herishes the earnest hope that they ; iay long be spared to adorn the high ] csitions which they have filled with \ 0 much distinction, and to illustrate ( 1 their public life the noblest" virtues i f the officer and citizen. , As in the house, the senate clerks t tc.. were also voted the thanks of the j lembers. * * t The work of the general assembly t 'riday was very much disarranged y the speaking of Mr. Bryan and the acident commition. The day was ta:en up in giving various bills their ! hird reading. There was an incipient ght ready for the third reading of Mr. layfield's railroad lease biif; but the 1 iill went to its third reading without a 1 ght. The house refused to rescind 1 ule 50, which permits the third read- 1 tig of bills on the last day of the ses- 1 ion, and, after this haa been don?, nd the clincher had been put on this .ction, there was an effort to undo the ction so as to permit bills to receive i heir final reading on' the closing day. J L great deal of time was taken up in i ;oing over matters from the senate, j 1 nd agreeing to committee reports. A j' i ong list of bids were given their third j eading. * The senate devoted its morning ses- j ion Friday' to routine work incident j o the approach of the close of the j ession. When the senate met Sena- j or Sheppard, on behalf 01 the attaches j if the senate, presented to President! loan a handsome gold-headed icane, ' appropriately inscribed. President Sloan was taken completely by suririse. but feelingly responded to Senaor Sheppard's appropriate remarks j md thanked the attaches for this hand-: ] ;ome evidence of their esteem. The : ollowing house bills received their j hird reading and were ordered enroll- j >d for ratification: Mr. DeBruhi's bill j o amend Section 1,779, civil code, re- j ating to tormauoii 01 iureigu wipuia- ( .ions; Mr. Dennis's bill to prohibit; he false marking of food products; i llr. Jarnegan's bill as to magistrates j tnd constables in Marion couunty; Mr. { Thomas' bill to provide for the issu- I mce of certain bonds in Greenville j %ountv; bill to amend the act providng for the erection of a new court i louos in Darlington county; to provide j 'or school book9 at Castin, Marion :ounty. * FHE HAGUE VERDICT 1 . " : -1 * .<3 Sustains Contention of the Powers Against Venezuela. J \WARD IS FINALLY MADE v jgj . England, Germany and Italy are Grant ^ ed Thirty Per cent Preference of Customs?United States Given Duty to Perform. ? ^1 The arbitration tribunal at The * ' - > 11 3ague, which has been considering the :laims of the blockading powers for jreferential treatment of their claim igainst Venezuela, has decided unan!nously that the three blockading powsrs, Great Britain, Germany and Italy, lave the right to a preference of 30 >er cent of the customs duties at Guia a and Puerto Cabello, the litigants to >ay their own costs in the procedure md divide equally the costs of the ribunal. The United States is commissioned o carry out the decision of the tribunal within three months. In giving judgment, the tribunal )oints out that it has been guided by nternational law and the equity of the :ase and that the protocols signed at X^acMntrfnn Pohnianr IS ind particularly the protocol of May 7, vhereof the obligatory nature cannot )e doubtful, form the legal basis of its :entence; that the tribunal is not nuch competent to judge the jurisiiction of the mixed commission at Caracas, nor to judge their action or :haracter of the warlike operations of he blockading powers, nor to decide f the three blockading powers exhausted all pacific means to prevent the lecessity for employing force. The ribiinal decides that it is only in a po;ition to certify that since 1901 Vene- ^ :uela refused arbitration proposed on V leveral occasions by Germany and England; that after the war no formal reaty of peace was concluded; that he operations of the blockaders were stopped before they had received satsfaction for all their claims, and fnr,her that the question of preferential reatment was submitted to aroitraion. The tribunal declares that it >und and recognized in those facts jrecious evidence in favor of the great * irinciple of arbitration in all phases )f international conflict The United States is charged merey to supervise the carrying out of the lecision regarding costs. ij WOMAN ROBBED PAYNES. J# _ - - 7? J Urs. Agnes French, Arrested at Mew York, Admitc Guilt. Mrs. Agnes French, recently employ- ^ >d as a nurse in the family of Postnactpr funeral Pavne. in WashingtOB. ' vas arrested in Brooklyn, N. Y., by Jeectives. Sbe is said to have decamped from the Arlington hotel, Washing- -IC"! on, with $1C0 in cash and about $1,TOO worth of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Payne and other members of the famly. The theft was committed during he excitement attendant upon the fua?ral of Senator Hanna. Mrs. French vas traced to New York and when )rought to police headquarters, acknowledged her guilt, saying: "I a mguilty and I am willing to + ake the consequences. The fact te hat I needed the money." t BRITISH VESSEL SEIZED. / J ' vif steamer Rosalie Held by Russians at Vladivcstock. 4 The owners o! the British steamer itosalie from Cardiff, November 22, for fladivostock, ahd which sailed from Nagasaki January 18, have been notfied that she has been captured by the Russians at Vladivostock. Judge Winter Dies Suddenly. Judge John G. Winter, judge of the lewly created circuit of Alabama, died ' J suddenly at Montgomery Monday light. He was writing a win for a iriend who had called at his ofBce vhan he suddenly expired. ' MANY SMUGGLING CASES. ~ Found by Assistant Attorney Genera! Leaken on Visit to Cuba. Special Assistant United States-' Attorney General W. R. Leaken returned to Savannah, Ga., Monday, from Cuba, f ''7 where he went to prosecute his investigations of smuggling cases. He reports that he found that many goods other than cigars had been smuggled into and disposed of in this country, and that there will he $5,000 more coming to the government from those who will have to make the duties that were temporarily evaded. The recipients of these goods are to be found in Savannah and other cities. Mr. Leaken said. ' 4 TO MEET IN WASHINGTON. J ? , Ji Swayne investigating Committee Flu- ij, ishes Taking Testimony in Florida. The sub-committee of the judiciary iXA . ? kAlf.A A# MHMM. commutes ui me uv/uoc ml tatives, which held three sessions in .. f - -J Jacksonville, Fla.. investigating the charges against Federal Judge Swayne, jadjourned Monday to meet in Washington March 8, when it wil report its findings to the judiciary committee.