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WIt * 1 ''T-?.-'-"-I?_1"'-^ ANOTHEI There are heroes who are lauded There are heroes who on engines There are heroes who rush boldh There are heroes who give liungr; l>ut another merits mention as a For the man who doesn't grumbh Let us give the heroes medals wh In the crash and roar of battle, a Let us honor them that nd/v he iir> /vin-Jtt to have :i :,f:,r,ir fi Who refrains from boring ethers Who works cn witkouc coniplai 11 & I sgaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaQ I | 3 r HE READ Hi I S ^Lii990 3 A R.OMANCE OF 2 THE MOUNTAINS :: <3 |_ saoacr^cjcjcjacrcracraaisasrcr "V w IG-riG-PIG-OO-EH!" | Nance Hooper was standT3 - ing at the head of a little X. open ravine which wound away toward the foot of the mountain. There was ?|v a low rail fence across the head of the || ravine a few yards from the mountain highway, and against this fence Nance was leaning. A great mass of flowing brown hair reached far down below her waist, about which her homespun frock was tucked into a large roll, thus shortening her skirts, in order 'M that she might move about more freely. |?.V Up to the right of the ravine was a E&, . iitue log caoin wnere sue nveu. It was late in tlie afternoon, and as g? Nance called the hogs a great crowd of v ' them came galloping up the hill to j& ; scramble over the apronful of vegeKp tables which Nance threw over the |>* . fence. From far down the ravine came * the roar of the Tuckasiege River as its |ji' waters tumbled over the ragged . bowlders that marked its bed. With her elbows on the fence and her chin ip resting in her hands, Nance lingered to , 'i|? listen to the roar of the river while she ^ dreamed. Small clouds were gathering p in the sky all around, and the young girl's eye watched them slowly change Bp; from one shape to another, forming to reh.; her mind the outlines of various anigp? mals and birds. fe : . While Nance was thus lost in her ||t dreaming and picture-making she sud- . denly felt an arm placed about her. . Whirling around she found herself in g?. the embrace of a tall young nioim||f taineer, who held her llrmly about the ?|- i-Waist and was looking a world of ten|f|:' derness down into her eyes. :. "Oh, Zeb, how you scared me! Turn me loose this minute!" cried Nance, ?? struggling to free herself. At the I:-, same time two bright tears came into . f:, her eyes. "Won't yon kiss me, Nance?" asked P . the young man, eagerly. ' "No, I won't. You didn't have any business to scare me, that's what you l|f didn't." ig; V 1 Zeb released her and stood back. , ?>' For a moment neither of them spoke. Nance again stood holding the top ^ rail of the fence, and was gazing array . Idown the ravine. Zeb stood a few feet . away, with his eyes turned toward the |||^' ground. At last he spoke: "Nance, I'm powerful sorry I scared it'-, you." x The girl did not reply. There was H'r;. another long pause, after which Zeb I!* spoke again: "Did a big day's work yesterday and another one to-day, Nance. Put forty- ( five logs into the river, nearly all big grp ones." ' * He waited a moment, during which he cautiously raised his eyes to a level srith the back of Nance's head. f?|r "I?I sot that strip of land paid for last Saturday: and?and I've got enough left to build a house on it, Bfe v Kance." ; Still 110 reply. ''Wages are better than they have ||;V been," he went on, "and I thought we I*' might as well get married now. That's what I've come to see about. Nance. t? I think we've waited about long Ik;' 'enough." Silence still. Zeb sat down on an old ' stump near by and waited a long while. Finally he rose again and gazed up at the sky all around. "From the looks of the sky the river'll ??>' ; be high enough to float logs in the i?' morning," he said, thrusting his hands K- . down into the pockets of his pantaloons ||| and striving hard to clear a strange f;r hitskiness from his voice, j ' "They're putting in machinery down ; at Dillsboro to start up a locust pin *> factory, Nance. Reckon I could get a good many locust blocks off of that piece of land I've bought." Again Zeb's vision, wandered toward Nance, but she still stood motionless by the fence, her long hair waving "gently in the light breeze that was stirring. And the longer Zeb gazed upon the woman he ioved the fuller grew his bosom, until he could no longer withstand the pressure; and his words were J; almost in the tone of a wail as he sank Ip. back upon the old stump: "Oh, Nance, ain't you ever a'goin' to say anything?" Nance continued as immovable as before. At last Zeb replaced his big hat upon his head and arose. "T know what's the matter Nar.ee." he said. "I can see it all now*. Pole Dorsey's been a-eomin' to see you of late; and?yes?I can see it now*. Nance; you don't love me any more." Zeb paused to steady bis voice, which had grown a little husky. "Nance." he continued. "I'd a -died for you any time, and I thought you would have loved :r.o right on, Nance, right on. Put now?I?I can't say any ?ore. Good-by. Nance." He turned and walked toward the road. But he had only gone a fewsteps when lie turned ana came back II Kg|;. ilfcSi... ... ... . 2 HERO. for their daring on the fie'd. let their courage be revealed; r to save others in distress; y little orphans happiness, hero?ring the bell t when lie isn't feeling well. o go forth to dare and do nd where flames are leaping, too; h> the poor and weak and small, nely wrought and white and tall, with his troubles, just for spite, iug when ho isn't feeling right. ?Chicago ilecord-Herald. D D S ANSWER. 1 : By f Charles Sloan R.eid g 1 fg OTOTOTOTOTOTOTTTCTOtjS again, going close up to Nance, where he stopped a moment. Then he spoke: "Before I go, Nance, won't you teli me, fair and square, is it me or Pole?" There was no answer. "Never mind, then; I know that you just hate to tell me that you don't love me any more, and I won't make you. Once more, Nance, good-by." He stealthily lifted a wisp of her long hair and fervently pressed it to his ' lips, then walked rapidly away. Nance heard the sound of his footsteps grow- ; iug fainter and fainter as he ascended the hard roadbed which turned over the hill just above the cabin. Finally ! she looked around. Zeb was just disappearing beyond the turn in the road, and to Nance it suddenly occurred that he might never return. A 1 scared look came into her eyes, and 1 for a moment she stood undecided ' what to do. Then she sprang away from the fence and ran up the road, a hundred fears taking possession of her bosom. But Zeb was gone. "Oh. why ' did he go? Why did he not wait just a moment longer?" She quickened her 1 pace and when she reached the top of 1 the hill was almost out of breath. * Zeb had gone out of sight down the 1 mountain. She tried to call his name, but her utterance was only a whisper. 1 But at last she managed to call; "Oh, Zeb I" ! The breeze blew the echo of her own 1 tones back into her face. Tears gushed from her eves, and she sunk down Ul)Oll the roadside to sob awa3* her sudden < heartsickncss. The clouds began to gather and at ^ midnight the rain began to fall in tor- j rents. By dawn the waters of the Tuckasiege were high between its 1 banks, and the boom-loggers were busy with their rafts, but Zeb Norton, their , former foreman, was not among them. J Sis years had slipped away. Nance 1 TT V./V,. ,'n ^ nuupci Mill u\cu tuui lie:. i u LULL iu . the cabin on the side of the mountain. She still went out each evening to call ( the hogs at the head of the ravine, and j in her heart she still lived the old love find deep regret. Zeb Norton has never * been heard of since his sudden disappearance. Gold had been discovered on J the Tuckasicge, and the community was wild with excitement. But what * seemed unfortunate to the prospectors 1 was that the rich vein had been dis- J covered 011 a body of land belonging to one Zeb Norton, whose whereabouts '' were unknown. They feared to pro- ' ceed with mining operations without ( having first having secured a lease of some kind, and since this could not be obtained from the owner the enterprise 1 was at a standstill. Half a year passed by. One day a passenger stepped from the morning , train which stepped at Dollsboro, and stood with his hands rammed down ' into pockets, lie was dressed in the style of a "Westerner. A wide-brimmed sombrero rested on his head, and a heavy brown mustache ornamented his . upper lip. For a moment he gazed all around him. "It's not exactly like it used to be. ( though it ain't much changed, either," he muttered, as he picked up his valise and walked toward a little l>oarding house a few yards away. It was noon, nn<l tho trnvplcr was liunsrrv. Meet ing the landlady at the entrance, he gave her a fifty-cent piece and asked the way to the dining room. After dining the stranger spent several hours in wandering about the village. Late in the afternoon he suspended his valise on a stout staff which lie rested on his shoulder and set off up the river road afoot. Ever and anon, as he tramped along the highway he would stop at some high point and gaze across the hills and valleys. "Just like they used to be, all just the same," he would usually mutter as he turned away and continued liis journey. . At last he reached the highest point in the road where it turned down the mountain on the other side of the river. "Just the same," he said, "there's not even a change in the road. Wonder if Mark Hooper lives there yet." he contiued as he looked toward the cabin off to the right. A little farther along he turned away from the road and walked slowly down to where the fence crossed the ravine. Here he seated himself on an old. fastdecaying stump, allowing the staff ar.d valise to carelessly slip from his shoulders. Then, pushing his sombrero back upon his head he locked his fingers across his knee and gazed away through the opening over the ravine. It was almost sundown and there were a few clouds in the sky. "Just the same," he muttered again, after a few moments' silence: "everything just like it was. I wonder if Nance did " lie closed his lips tightly against further utterance. There seemed to be a sudden breaking loose of someihiug which had been long tied up in liis breast. At last lie arose, and, shouldering his staff and valise, started back to the road. And just as he turned his back toward the cabin Nance came out with her apron full of vegetables for ihe hogs, and came on slowly down the path toward the fence. The traveler, who had walked on without looking backward, had scarcely disappeared beyond a turn in the road, when his ears caught the sounds: "Pig-pig-pig-oo-eli." as Nance called the hogs. Again the staff and valise slipped from his shoulder, and. with his hands rammed down into his pockets, he listened, while his heart heat heavily against his breast. At last he turned about and slowly retraced his steps, leaving his baggage, where it had fallen, in the middle of the road. He approached within a few feet of Nance before he stopped. Then, steadying his voice as well as he could, he called her name. Nance suddenly turned about and. gazed upon the tall form of the Westerner. Then, bursting into tears, she dropped her apron and impulsively sprang toward him. "Oh, Zeb I" she cried through her tears, "I didn't mean it. you know I didn't! Oh, why did you go away?" Zeb caught her in his arms and for a few moments there was sweet silence. "\i\ance," said z.en. ac msr. ~i never could think of loving anybody but you. But when I came back to look after that gold mine I didn't expect to find such a jewel as this waiting for me. It appears like I am mighty rich all of a sudden." "Ain't half as rich as I am now. Zeb, for I've got you back again," and, reaching up. she took his rough cheeks between her palms and kissed him under his big mustache.?Chicago Record-Herald. Source of Radium. Radium exists in combination with lead and chalk and silica and iron and carious other things that must be got rid of one by one in a series of reactions and operations that are complicated and costly, says Cleveland Moffat, in McClure's Magazine. For days the powder must simmer over a slow fire with water and soda, then it must be decanted into big barrels, where a tort of mud settles; Ihen this mud must be washed and. rewashed. and finally put back on the lire to simmer igain with carbonate of soda. Then comes more decanting and the settling of more mud and the repeated wasting of this, followed by treatment with hydrochloric acid, which gives a coloifess liquid, containing small quantities )f radium. To isolate these small quantities from the rest is now the chemist's oblect, which is attained in a series of eactions and crystallizations that inally leave the precious chloride (or cromide) of radium much purified. In lach crystallization the valuable part emains chiefly in the crystals, which jecome progressively richer in radium md smaller in bulk, until finally you lave the product of six weeks' manipulation there at the bottom of a poreeain dish. 110 bigger than a saucer, >ome twenty-five grams of white crystals, and these at so low an intensity .about 2000) that the greater part will je refined away by M. Curie himsc-lf, is we have seen, in succeeding crrystalizations, and at the end there will be )uly a few centigrams (at 1,500,000), cvhat would cover the point of a knife jlade, to show for,a ton or so of grante powder and months of hard work. Gladstone's Strength of Will. A remarkable illustration of Gladstone's strength of will is given in Mr. Justin McCarthy's "More Memories of Gladstone," contributed to Louis Wain's Anuual for 1903. It was just after Gladstone's operation for cataract. The doctor told him that liis eyes must be kept closely bandaged for some time, in order to prevent the admission of light in the delicate organs. Gladstone asked why a man could not close his eyes, and keep them closed for any period of time, if such a course were necessary for their restoration to healthful condition. He was told that it was not likely any man could have the nerve and the strength of mind to keep his eyes firmly closed for long hours after hours, without a chance of his forgetting for a moment the obligation that was on him, or yielding to the mental temptation to test his sight. Gladstone, however, assured the medical man that he could keep his eyes closed as long as it might be necessary, and that he did not like the idea of having to submit to the bandaging process. So he was allowed to have his way, and during all the required time he kept his eyes firmly closed, and only opened them when assured by the proper authority ihat the darkening injunction had been removed. This was in its peculiar way another illustration of that strength of will, guided by conscience, which Gladstone liad shown at so many a great crisis in his life.?Scottish American, 9 The Largest Grapevine. The largest grapevine in the world is growing in the Carpinteria valley, twelve miles east of Santa Barbara, Cal., and is called La Para Grande. It was started from a cutting sixty-one years ago by a young Spanish woman, Donna Ayla. It is eight feet four in dies in circumference at its base, and one of the horizontal branches measures more than three feet in circumference. The trellis covers about a third of an acre, and heavy posts support it. The vine produces as many as 5000 bunches annually, at a conservative estimate, and in good years many clusters measure twelve or fifteen inches in length and weigh siz to eight pounds.?Kansas City Journal*. -- V.-~. - \ SOUTH CAROLINA jf STATE NEWS ITEMS J c ^ ? rsJCMCMCsirsJCMC nKsJ ? I I DeKalb Cotton Mills Sold. The DeKalb cotton mill at Camden i was sold there a few days ago. There j were only two bidders, Morris Israel, i of Charleston, being the successful bidj der at $155,000. This is considered less j than half the value of the property. * * * Verdict Won by Moore. J In the Yorkville court of common : pleas, J. B. Moore, Jr., received a j verdict for $10,000 against the Cataw- j ! ba "Power Company for the loss o? an i arm and the sight of both eyes while | blasting for the company last May. j j Motion was made for a new trial. i i 1 . I Knitting Mill at McColl. A knitting mill to make underwear; has been organized witli a capital of! I $50,000 at McColl, in Marlboro coun-1 | ty. It is proposed that the mill use | the yarns spun by the Marlboro Man ufacturing Company, a $1,000,000 cor-j pcration, which operates a mill at Mc-1 Coll. I ! * * Magistrate Kills Lawyer. Monday afternoon at Manning, Clar- j endon county, under the court house portico. Magistrate S. M. Youmans shot and instantly killed Lawyer John R. Keels. Youmans fired five shots, all taking effect, and immediately gave himself up to the sheriff. The quarl rel was over a business transaction. ! Subterranean Noises Heard. Subterranean noises like the ~oar j of a distant train were heard in Bates- j ville one morning the past week. There J i was no shaking or movement of the j ! earth at all. Noises were distinctly i | heard by many reliable people and j j seemed to come right up from under I i the feet. * * * Big Haul Made by Constables. Liquor constables held up two ear| loads of liquor at Columbia last Monj day consigned to "X.'" The wagons of I W. H. Sellers, an alleged wholesale "tiger," were caught in the act of hauling off the stuff. A recent de| cision of the supreme court prevents I j the constab^s from seizing the liquor i till it is removed from the cars. t * * Commission for Crum. At the meeting of the cabinet last1 | Friday Secretary Shaw presented to; l the president the new commission of I Dr. W. D. Cnim as collector of the i port of Charleston, and the president I signed it. The commission was made out at, i the time by the direction of the pres- [ I ident given Monday. * v-. j *% j Miles Vice President of Company. j The secretary of the state of South j Carolina has chartered the Pope Clay j ! Products Company, of Aiken, to do j business. The company has a capital { of $700,000 and will develop the clay j lands of Aiken county, mining kaolin i and other materials on a large scale, j The president of the company is Al-; bert A. Pope and the vice president | is General Nelson A. Miles. * * 0 ; j Tillman and Sheppard Are Delegates. J In the Edgefield county convemion , United States Senator B. R. Tillman j and ex-Governor John C. Sheppard. j both declared for Parker in ringing j cnpAPhps Senator Tillman severely \ criticised ex-President Cleveland. Mr. j Sheppard was elected at the head of; the delegation to the state convention ; and Tillman was also elected delegate, j receiving the next highest vote. * Collecting Funds for. Orphanage. Good progress is being made in col- j lecting the funds and subscriptions for \ the Georgia home at the Thornwell | Orphanage, at Clinton. Already some. $3,000 has been promised and paid, and about $1,000 worth of materials j also. The plan is to raise some $2,000 j j more in cash, so that a building suit-1 able to the majesty of the state and i comparable to the generosity of the i Georgia synod may be erected. i ? i * * Indorsed Judge Parker. At a meeting of the Richland coun-; j ty democratic convention in Columbia j resolutions were adopted instructing j the delegation to vote for ATton B. : tho ctatp mnvention. This I r cli zw^i uu vuv v.-? : is the first official endorsement of the i : candidacy of Judge Parker and not | I a single Hear?t man was at the con- j i vention. | The Greenville county demo:ratic! ! convention indorsed the action of the; | New York state convention. Delegates j I to the state convention were onin- j I structed, but will likely put in a solid j I vote for Parker. i i Mayfield Will Stick. S. G. Mayfield will not withdraw! from the race in the second district, j : For several days there have been ru- j mors that in case of a race Between j i I Croft and Mayfield tbe latter would I withdraw. There was an agreement I made at one time and entered into by all with the exception of L_. J. Williams that there would be a withdrawal in case of a second race with Mr. Croft. On account of Mr. Williams' refusal the agreement was null and void, and Mr. Mayfield states that1 he will not withdraw, but will be ir. the second race. * * * Pawned Gun Causes Tragedy. At Monetta ,a little town without j a marshal, about 40 miles from Co-; lumbia, on the Augusta-Columbia 'ine j of the Southern, in Saluda county, B. j B. Burton, who runs a store, and lives i on a farm about a mile and a half ! from the town, was shot and instantly ! killed by W. W. Tra'ikhill, neighbors j of the Burtons, and living about two j miles from town. The shooting is said to have been the | result of a quarrel which fhe Thrailkills had with the Burtons, about a month ago, growing out of the bop-owing cf a revolver by one of the Thrailkill negroes, who pawned the weapon to Burton. The shooting started in front of Burton's store. L. M. Burton, who was ; with his father at the time,was wound- j ed in the thigh. Neither of the Bur-! tons was armed. They- retreated to j Stevens & Cato's store, about 50 yards, j the elder Burton falling in that store door, with his body riddled with buckshot. Young Burton was wounded with a revolver shot. Both the Burtons and Thrailkills are j highly spoken of as sober and industrious farmers and good citizens. The elder Burton leaves a widow and three children. t ? * Mistook Mother for Burglar. Mistaking her for a burglar, Capers ! Folk shot and probably fatally wound- j ed his mother at an early hour of, the morning at their home in Branson. I Folk had retired about midnight. Hear- J ing a noise, he reached for his pistol, J opened the door of his room, and, see- j ing some one standing at the front j door, fingering the latch, he fired. Instantly, his mother, Mrs. Henrietta j Folk, spoke, and he realized that he j had shot her. Mr, Folk is a young j man of high respectability, and is almost crazed with grief. 9 * * Weather Bureau Work Delayed. It is probable that there will be i some delay in the erection of a j weather bureau building at Columbia j by the United States government. The | total appropriation for the purpose is j $10,000, and it is uesired to buy a lot from the City with a part of that J sum. The property, however, is direct- J ly opposite the magnificent residence j of E. W. Robertson, president of the Loan and Exchange Bank, and com- j mands a magnificent view of the j city. p j Mr. Robertson opposes the purchase . of this property as he desires to turn j it in/to a public park. The matter is j now before the . street committee of city council, and it will be some time before it is acted upon, as Mr. Robertson desires a hearing. CRU.M AGAIN RE-APPOINTED. ?__ I Colored Collector at Charleston Con- j tinues to Hold His Job. A Was^.ngton special says: President Roosevelt ha^ again given Dr. ' Crura, the negro collector at Charles- j ton, a recess appointment. He did this almost immediately at- j ter the senate adjourned Thursday, \ without taking action upon the pend- j ing nomination. Crura will continue to hold the office, therefore, and with the promise that he shall be continued as scon as the senate meets again. . Senator Alison, chairman of the committee on order of business in the senate, in a public statement, gave notice that the nomination of W. D. ! C'rum, to be collector of the port of j Charleston, S. C., will be pressed to j a conclusion at the next session re- j gardless of ether business. The stat> j ment is as 'follows: "The committee on the order of . business, at a meeting today, decided J that if the nomination of Dr. Crura i is again made and sent to the sen- ! ate, that it will be taken up immc- ' diately at the opening of the next ses- | sion of congress and made the order j of business until disposed of, the mi- j nority senators having given notice | that its consideration at this session i would require a debate of at least two ' weeks. "This action was taken because it 1 was impossible to complete the con- ! sideration of the case at this ses- | sion." FAIR TRAIN WRECKED. | Eight People K'lled and Twenty Hurt J While En Route to St. Louis. Eight persons were killed and a score were injured, none fatally, Sat.ur- j day, at NV-ckles* Siding, ne&r Kimras- J wick. Mo., in the wreck of a fast north | bound train on the 'St. Louis. Iron j Mountain and Southern Railroad. ' Through a misunderstanding of orders, j the train ran at full speed into a side- ! track. The locomotive and several cars turned over, causing death and injuries. -1 * T?tv? ? Dqi'lmr OM o-ir?_ 1 lie utrau ais. jeiucs ?-uf,iu cer: A1 Gumpert, fireman; A. E. Taber. master mechanic; Express Messenger Groat; EdwaTd Bisibard, and three other unidentified passengers. ? ' ^ v.* PRAYED FOR ROOSEVELT. r ' Unique Proceeding in tne African % Methodist Conference at Opening Session at Chicago. ^ V A prayer -that President Roosevelt might be returned to the white house caused an unusual demonstration at Chicago, Monday, says a dis- * patch from that city, during the opening exercises of the twenty-second quadrennial conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Shouts of "Bless him, O God!" "Yes, * yes!" and "Amen, amen!" greeted the words of Bishop W. J. Gaines, of . Georgia, when he invoked the bless- m ' ing of Gcd on the president of the * : United States, "who had had the manhood and courage to stand up and do his duty at all times to men of every " - * - ? ? ~ t- w '-V coior ana creea in spue 01 oilier cm- ** ^ icism." "If consistent with Thy will, O God, when his term of office expires," continued the speaker, "send him back- ? * to the white house to serve another four years." The utterance of this sentiment was the occasion of deafening shouts by * . the assembled delegates. ] Delegates from Africa were a center of interest at the conference. These delegates, fourteen in number, are from the Transvaal, South Africa, and > ' west coast of Africa. With tWo exceptions they are natives of the sections of Africa which they represent in the conference. A formal program, including a march of the bishops and f delegates, preceded the organization of the conference. Bishop Henry M. Turner, of Atlanta, Ga.. then called Dr. T. H. Reynolds. the secretary of the conference, to the platform and the conference H was declared organized. Bishop Salter delivered the quadrennial sermon. , TYNER TRIAL BEGINS. * . * Aged Former Postmaster General Arraigned at Washington Under Charge of Conspiracy. The second of the postoffice cases to be taken up at Washington was be gun Monday, when James N. Tyner ? , and Harrison J. Barrett were placed on trial under an indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with their alleged failure to prosecute certain in- r vestment companies operating in violation cf law. For several years Tyner ?who was postmaster general in Grant's cabinet?held the office of as- i t sistant attorney general for the post- * ^ office department, while Barrett?who is his nephew?served in the same office as ta w clerk.' The work of securing a jury had be- * gun when the discovery was made that neither defendants had been arraignea. Mr. Barrett was in court, but the venerable postmaster general, now in his seventy-sixth year, was not. *rpresent. his counsel having waived all formalities until the jury had been completed in order to save his strength. Owing to the feeble health of General Tyner it was announced that it would take several hours to get 4 him into court. Justice Pritchard thereupon directed a recess. When court met for the afternoon session General Tyner was brought in in an invalid chair. He was accom- * ? J u - !.!<? ?"if? on otfondant anH jJilllltJU U} UIO ?nc, on ? his physician, the letter's presence being deemed necessary because of the fear that the aged defendant might ccllpase under the strain. Counsel for the defense waived the reading of the indictment and the two men pleaded not guilty. The work of completing the jury then was resumed. With three challenges left to each side, the panel was exhausted and court adjourned until Tuesday. ' Justice Pr.Vchard, after conferring with counsel, announced that owing to the infirm condition of General Tyner, he would not be further required * to attend court and that the trial\ would proceed without him. v Robbers Murder Steamship Captain. While resisting an attempt of two highwaymen to rob him, Captain Carl Uphoven. of .the steamship AJps. of the United Fruit Company, was murdered on the levee at New Orleans early Monday morning. DATE FOR RATE HEARING. Fixed by the Georgia Railroad Comsion for May 16th. 9 The Georgia Railroad Commission has set May 16th as the date to resume the hearing of the petition of the * Atlanta freight bureau against the various railroads relating to discrimination. , At this meeting the question will / he thoroughly investigated and many witnesses^ will bo examined. The freight bureau has prepared its evi- * dence for the hearing, and the railroads. too, are getting together their evidence. CRUSADE AGAINST CHINAMEN. ? Savannah Attorney Will Seek to Have Celestials Returned to China. Special Assistant Attorney General t W. R. Leaken. who has just returned to Savannah from Augusta, where he instituted a case against a Chinaman who had not a proper certificate of * citizenship, said that a crusade will be begun against the many Chinamen in Savannah who have not the proper certificates. ? . m