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jl ' |: THE_S They say it is the wind in mi Loud shrieking past the w Each easement shudder with And the barrc-d door with p Ah. no! Ah, no! It is the s Their lot to run from eart Pursued by each black sin th From their sad flesh, to br They say it is the rain from 1 Doth slip, and roll into th That where the corn is tramp The heavy sorrow of the st Ah, no; Ah. no! It is rcnen By those let fall who make And drop by drop the angui Comes down around us a They say that in the lightnin Of clashing clouds, the tern And draw their chairs the g The casement close to shu Ab, no! The doors of Paradis A moment open for a soul . Then come together till the t Leave us hali-blindcd by G TORM. dnight skies indow, that doth mate its storm of cries, niching shudder shake. ;ou;s pass by h to God's high place, at death let hv eak thcai ia their chase. caf to leaf e thirsting ground, led sheaf by sheaf orm is found. tant tears *1? n ^ BESESSBHBDBDBSBBEBBBESSEin I HE LEAP YEA I By M Wqj DARE you to do it,'' said * El lal Mrs. Hillis. "I'll go fur- ' I ther; I'll give you this ring if you will, and let me hear ! p ML?^4 y?u say the words." Miss 1 Towne looked at her sister, then at the gpjp ring. ...... 1 "Really!" she said, excitedly, and as ?.. the other nodded, she lifted her eye- ( brows. "I must say that Danry would ' p: feel flattered if he could realize to g|' what length of sacrifice you would go 1 Kim for^Ilr T'71 fo?*A VA71 1 r-?- IV/ 5CI UlUi All vur , jl 4* iuuv, j v? - kt np on it. though." ?;/ "Yes you will:" .leered Mrs. Ho!!is. ! B "Why. my dear, think of how you 1 y would spoil the nicest man that either I > of us know. Ke will never believe it 5?! is a fake. Even if yon marry, he will I think that it is a wild love for him 1 that made you snatch at that nettle of < man's prerogative with the advantage t of the year. It will literally feather : his heels with vanity, and he'll parade 1 like a gamecock. Besides, if he should 1 accept?what then?" 'Twish he would?almost." returned * the girl, and added with asperity, "I ? believe that you are crawfishing 011 < that ring." < "Xo, I'm not." Mrs. Hiilis assumed j a superior air. "I'll give you half an ] hour after thev come up. I'll hide behind that curtain and watch his face. 1 Positively. 1 think that it will be the 1 richest thing. And Louise, you must j make him believe that you mean it. i I.; J5e serious. or no ring. ?>crc is going j i r. to take Middlcion into the library, so j ; that will give you aiul Dan forth a \ ] : clear field for a little while." j| "But if he took me up on it," object- i p cd her sister. c "There isn't a rlcrr fellow living. Fve tried hard enough to throw some t sentiment into, your chuumuness and you've both failed me. If I thought i - that'you cared anything for him. I i should dissuade you: but it's only a . & joke, and won't matter." ( Miss Tow no rose quickly and rr.->- 3 9;, tioned toward the curtains, as the : sound of men's voices neared the libra- i ry, and. with the upward wave of the If hand that were the coveted ring. Mrs. I Hillis swished behind the curtain into < k' hiding, taking with her a little silver 1 K: bel1- 1 Miss Towne settled back in her deor> )' ' chair as a tail, angular man entered i p the room. Ho had vivid electric blue eye- tnat were deep set under a very 4 & canopy of a brow, a high sharuly do- s ?? ' fined ncse, and an alert, whimsical |||5- manner. "Things all nicely settled now. Dan r, cy?" she asked, smiling up at him 3 Ipf; charmingly. "Beautifully, beautifully." be an- i Kwerod enthusiastically. "I knew we < would catch Middle ton if wo could ( I- Set one of Mrs. Hulls' dinners iuto him. By the way. what did you mean , by sayinc: that you were going away?'' ; "That I am, of course,*' returned the girl. easily. "Oil. I call that tea bad. Here I've v ? just come homo after six mouths of wishing I was here, and you spring this oil me the llrst thing. I'd planned some of our old jolly reads and walks together. I even made a point of getting back in the spring on purpose. Unsay those cruel words." As Miss Town 3 laughed at the absurd intonation he lent to his speech there came the clear tinkle of a bell from the window. "Hullo, central, don't ring off yet," lie said. "What's that?" "Our or?er?burglar alarm." said Miss Tew no. dropping her eyes. "When do you go?" he continued, sitting down with his back to the cur- ; tains. Turning in their direction as j the bell jingled faintly again, he add- j cd. "That must be out of order." "It is." admitted the girl. "Oh. I j leave day after to-morrow. I shall be : gore for about four months." "That's r.me. very nice. You'll be, here just in tinm to wish me good-by | again. Well! If can't be helped, I : suppose." '? * "I suppose not. If is too bad. ! though." As she spoke a liar.d was mv- j tended between the curtains tanlaiiz- j iug'y holding the ring. ! "What a remarkable face! Is it a j rcw wrinkle of yours or just incipient? j i: it occurs again i shall suspect the LII v 11 UUCiUI sh of their fears 11 the awful night g flash, and roar pest is about; lowing hearth before, t the danger out. e, they swing night spent, hunder's ring < cd's element. ?Dora Sigerson Shorter. i "] R RIGHTS :. w. 1 uesuuauon mat you nave snrouucu so far in mystery." "I was?I thought I was going to sneeze," Miss Townc explained with a nervous giggle. Dauforth turned to look at the curtained window, and as his gaze came back to her he caught her iu the act )f shaking a plump fist apparently at tiis head. "Well, really! If you're going to got violent " he said, after an embarrassing contemplative stare, during which she turned scarlet, fidgeted, and laughed. "Ferhaps you will elucidate the psychology of these?shall I call them?seizures ?" "It was a " "The sneeze, of course. Took you in the hand." he finished, as she hesitated. "More effective and less noisy than :iie old-fashioned methods. But," he idded, with an air of concern, "it's a trifle incomprehensible until one is iscd to it." "How silly," - commented Miss Fowne, meeting his eyes with affected ;c*orn. As they both laughed repres?ively the bell sounded with a muffled lack. The girl stared over his head 11 the direction of the noise, which he jad not noticed. "Yes. I noticed that it was getting i bit thin," he said, regretfully. "But what is this sort of absent treatment ior the scalp. I wouldn't rub it in f I were you. Besides, whatever your nteutions, your conduct is strongly susceptible to explanation. In plain English, what is the matter?" Miss Towns glanced at the hand that Hashed wickedly between the folds :i the draperies. "This is leap year, you know," she ;egan desperately, and stopped. "Let me also add to this wild but itlractive conversation." he began, \\ i\.li ft t:uui.fc.ir, v^uiiiuiuas ui&cu\c*i i*u \meriea in 1492. Now your turn. ")uo of your chief charms has been rour unexpectedness. I've never seen rou in better form. You arc doing lobly. Don't give way." Jliss Towne covered Lor face with ier hands. After a bit, in which she iruggled for composure and won the juttlo, she wiped the tears of mirth from r.er eyes and began again. This is leap year, and?and I am gong to take my rights." "Bravo! Bravo!" ho cried, languidly. "Tl:?*ro spoke the right American :r. *? "Oil, hush!" she said, with an unwilling smile. "I shall lose my courage ic?to?to?that is"?she stood up and oioved toward the window. "Well," he inquired, rising and facing her, with the ready appreciation Df an expected jest quivering at the rorners of his mobile mouth. "Danny," she said, with frank scri^ icr.oco \Tk V\nn*i o tt? f 1171 *r yiu.iiivoc. m t i t vvvu unn.iy ^uvvi friends for four years. I don't love Von, bat I like you better than all the love In the world. Yoa are so fine and straight and?and white. I think I would have asked you?Aunt Cora died last December and left me two thousand a year, so it isn't as if I was asking you to support me. If you hadn't a penny in the world I'd share what I had with you. Jordan and the others are rich, but I den't care for that. Danny, stop looking at me that way. Oh! this is too hard. Why don't you help me?" "Do you mean what you are saying?" he asked sternly, laying a hand 0:1 her shoulder. "I am sorry?" he began in answer to her nod. His eyes roved beyond her. then he suddenly swung on his heel and paced to the cr.d of the room and came back 10 where she stood with, scarlet cheeks and compressed lips. "There's a girl that I thought of for a long time, but until this iast trip"? he spoke gently, looking away from her?"I have r.or felt able financially to speak. I am quite hones., you see. I intend to speak shortly to her. so I want?I thank you for the regard i-s which yon say you?why don't you hehi me out?" "I understand," said .Mis? Towne in a thin, bloodless voice. "1 truly hope that she will be as kind as you want her to be. You don't think?oh. of course you will think that I am a fool. " * \ i7< ' vf"-5' I wish I hadn't done Ibis. I wish I hadn't." "I* wish you hadn't," echoed Danfortli, looking at her with inscrutable eyes. "I've spoiled everything, all our good times, our friendship, our?Mildred." she called sharply and swept back the curtain. "Give me that ring. I've earned it. Tell Mr. Danforth?tell him. and let him in on the laugh, too." Mrs. Hillis dropped the ring in her palm and looked quizzically into her sister's eyes. "It was perfectly fine." she said, with the utmost enthusiasm. "Don't yor. think that Louise is a talented actress?" ' "He'll never believe it was acting." said Miss Towne. with her eyes upon the ring. "The curtains were not quite to the floor, and " Danforrh caught his lip between his teeth and laughed. Both women glanced up at him. In Miss Towns's face the color came and went, and her eyes dropped before the disquieting mockery of his look. "Oh. pshaw!" exclaimed Mrs. Hiliis. "Foozled it myself." "Let's see the cause of all this." Danforth said in a coldly impersonal tone. Miss Towne extended her hand and he took it. noticing that it trembled. "Very charming. Quite worth the jest. By the way. would you like to see the rina that I bought for?I picked it up in Florence." He searched in at least three pockets, and dually brought out a box and opened it. "It's a beauty.'' Mrs. Hillis gasped and Miss Towne looked at it dully. ! "Lucky girl," she said, with frigid airiness, and walked away. "I wish that you'd put it on. I'd like to see how it would look and fit before I ask her to wear it. It's to be hers in any?contingency. Please." With raised eyebrows and an expression of utter indifference. Miss Towne withdrew her implied negative and put on the jewel. "It's too big, unless?it's too big for my finger at any rate, and I suppose her hand is smaller than mine." Dan forth stood, looking alternately from the girl's hand to her face. Then he turned to Mrs. Hillis. "Do you mind my troubling yon? I wish that you would see how things are going in the library. Thanks." As she kissed her finger tips to him he wheeled 011 Miss Towne. "Now." lie said, "let's start right. That liking that you have, for instance: could it staud the weight of ma i i iug "Danny, what!" Slip lifted her clear brown eyes to bis. He saw her lips tremble. "Is it all right, dear?" he asked. "7. was?this previousness of yours hart quite upset the speech I have had ready a long while. I don't. knou* where I stand with you, but " "My rights. Dan. Will you marry me?" she cried, with a little laugh. Then she fitted her head on his shou' der. in an exquisitely comfortable way.?Xew York Commercial Advertiser. The City Flower Trade. "People outside the trade have no conception of the enormous business that is annually done in plants and cut flowers in this city," said a leading Madison avenue florist. "On the principal main and cross-town thoroughfares between Fulton street and 135th street there arc more than 200 large florist concerns, each of which pays a rent of from $1000 to $7000 a year and does a business of from $5.000 to $50,000 annually. The capitrl invested in land, greenhouses airl stock in this city and vicinity is abort $15,000,030 ' The number of plants and flowed sold includes 500,000 violets, 3C0.0C3 roses, 1.200,000 carnations, 500,000 lilies of the valley, 00,000 miscellaneous plants, 100,000 bushels of ferns, 1000 cases of holly, 5000 cases of mistletoe, 200 cases of Princess pino, 500,000 yards of garlands and S39.000 wreaths "During tne nouaay season uu? ill rough ihc month of January the ascortmcnt of Sowers in the New York market embraces fifteen choice varieties of roses, sir varieties of camellias, several varieties of carnations, orchids and violets in abundance, heliotrope, hyacinths, mignonette, primroses, nnalias, forget-me-nots, the sweet clysium, etc. The amount of smilax r.sed here is enormous, some florists estimating that from 1,000,000 to 1,"000,000 feet of this beautiful vine are made up yearly in this city. "The general average of prices at the present time is for cut roses ?1 n dozen, except for choice specimens, which command lift:.- cents, or even a dollar each; calla lillies, twenty-five J? ? 4 V /i.'ivfo vfl * cems. Cni'iZ; MUI1UA, llUiiJ .1 ,j?4.?.?? heliotrope, carnations, bourarJia and other small flowers, about fifty cents a do::en; hand bouquets from $2 to $23, recording to size and composition: table designs from $"? to S100; funeral designs from $2 to $130."?Now York . Press. Structural Steel. The reports cf tests of structural steel at the Boston insurance experiment station show that if structural steel is incased in a sound covering of good concrete, it is proof against corrosion for a period of years, which is so long as to make the subject of more interest to our great grandchildren's children than to us. Steel, probably eov' ored with concrete, may be expected to last until the substitution of a yet move ; modern < oiisiruedon necessitates li* j removal of the building. * j Are Good SiviimcerP. 1 All German soldiers must learn 1<> 11 swim. Some of thorn are so expert j t'nat, witii their clothing o:i their heads : | and carrying guns and ammunii.cn, | they can swim streams several kun, divd yards wide. TO RUSH THE WORf Panama Canal Will Be Push ed to Completion. MANY WORKERS SECURE! Eight Hundred Jamaica Negroes A ready Employed on Canal, Will Be Retained c:n Most Proficient Part of Force. A Washington special says: Pros dent Roosevelt hatl an extended cot ference Saturday with Admiral Walks chairman of the isthmian canal con mission, concerning matters connecte with the canal work. They discusse particularly the, regulations which ar to be issued by the president gcveri ing the canal zone and operations c the commission. Absolutely definii decisions regarding the scope oi tn regulations has not been reached ye but Drobablv will be in a low davs. Admiral Walker said ca leaving lb white house that at present the laoc supply on the isthmus was ample fc the purpose of the com miss-ion. Jus now between 700 fend 800 men, princ pally Jamaica negroes, are employe on the canal. On the transfer of th property to the United Statee, Admin Walker telegraphed authority to coi tinue the work without interruption. Thus far it has not been decided b the commission whether the wort c construction shall be done by contrac or directly by the commission. In eith event, the laborers now on the isthmu probably will be given employment 1 is expected that when the constru* tion work is In full swlng.several thoi sand men will be employed. The da laborers on the isthmus receive i wages about 50 cents a day, Unite States currency. They are generall good laborers. Major William M. Black, of th corps of engineers, United State army, who returned recently from th isthmus, after more than a year speu there investigating conditions, had talk with the president. He wi: return to Panama, leaving Tuesda with General Davis, of the isth.ana J commission. He expressod the beii j that the sanitary problem confron ing the commission was not a seriou | one. Few mosquitoes, which carry th j germs of yellow fever and ma'arii i are found in the interior of the coui try, even in the swampy districts. A Panama and Colon, however, there ar millions of mosquitoes, the breedin of the pests being due to the can lessness of the inhabitants. Major Black is of the opinion tha this condition may be corrected easil by the enforcement of proper sanitar regulations. *""" Shaw Ready to Pay. | Secretary Shaw, Saturday afternooi j signed a warrant for $40,000,000 i: j favor of the Panama Canal- Company The secretary himself will take th warrant to New York and deliver i to Morgan ec Co., together with th appointment as disbursing agents c the treasury department for this func Morgan & Co. will deliver to Seen ! tary Shaw $25,000,000 in United State j bonds to be deposited in the sul j treasury at New York as security fo ! the disbursement of the money. ! DEBENTURE COMPANY FAILS. i I Augusta, Ga., Concern Swallows U Earnings cf Poor People. j The failure of the Augusta, Ga j Debenture Company is a severe bloi ! to many poor people of the city, wr. have been putting their savings iut ! its treasury for several years. Th ' worst feature in connection with thi j ! collapse is the fact that ?he losers ar ! people who cannot afford to lose anj thing.from their meager earnings. The assets at the very highest marl are valued at $30,000 and the liaM ities at the lowest are $30,000. When the expenses of the receive! ship,' administration and attorney" fc??s r.re taken out of the assets, it 1 doubtful if the investors will get mor than 25 cents on the dollar. I ' : DEADLY WORK OF CYCLONE. i | Additional Fatailt'es Reported fror Various Localities in Texas. It is reported in Cisco. Texas, tha many people were killed and mucl property and live stock was destroys by a tornado just south of Moran, 1; miles north of Cisco. Wires are ul down and it is impossible to get par I ticulars at this time. Relief partie: I cannot start cn account of the impas ! sability of the roads. At Moreland, in Shackelford county j several people are known to kav< ! been kujed. i j . . FIRST DAY'S AT7ENDAMCF. I j President Francis Announces Numbc ; cf Visitors on Opening of the Fair. j The official announcement of the a j tendance at the Louisiana Purehas ! Exposition at St. Louis on April 3( | the opening day, was made by Pres i dent Francis in a report issued Tue* | day. The total attendance, in roun j figures, was 187,792. \SOUTH CAROLINA \ \ . Jf STATE NEWS ITEMS. J N Negro Killed by Constable. g ) State Constable Davenport sbot and a killed Bill Williams, a negro, at Nine- c ty-Six, a few days ago. From accounts v j. received it appears that the officer at tempted to search the negro's house j for whiskey. Williams and three other j (negroes who were present attacked the j r constable, who used his pistol with the result as above stated. c i- * t * * Atlanta Gets a Big Contract. r? The lowest bid for the construction l- of the new building of the ship fitting d shop of the United States naval s*a- J ~ d tion at Charleston was made by Grant j 4 Wilkins, of Atlanta, Ga. The amount v ^ was, in round numbers, $145,000. A v ^ slightly lower bid was a condit'onal 8 bid made by the Penn Bridge Com' pany, of Beaver Flails, Pa., but- as T t Mr. Wilkins* bid was unconditional 1 the contract, will probably go to nim i e * t n ^ V ^ Fire in Columbia. * >r Early last Monday morning fire de- c ^ strcyed Strickland's livery stable and * ^ several residences at Columbia."Twenty-eight horses together with $5,000 in * ^ vehicles and appurtenances were burn s 1 ed in the stable. Three horses were * with difficulty saved. Strickland's ioss a y is estimated at $13,000 without insur- t )f ance. One of the residences valued e at $2,500 was partially insured. The e * other, worth $2,500, was occupied by s J. W. Wheeler and belonged to chas. t :t L. Walton, a negro doctor of George- J i town. A cottage in the rear of the t J. stable, occupied by Will Anderson, col-' 1 y ored, was also burned. Mrs. Wheeler i n received slight bruises in getting out a .j of the house. a y The total less is estimated at $18,- c 000, with insurance of not more than t e $2,500. e ? f e * * ? lt Charter for New Railway. a The charter for the Atlanta and Car- r ll olina railway, granted by the secrey tary of state of Georgia, was reeeiv- ^ a ed at Hoschton, that state, a few ,? days ago. The people of Hoschton,' j t- and in fact all along the line seem to j i s be very much enthused and now h^ve j j <> better hopes of the road than ever be-, \ i, fore. . j i i- Subscriptions will be solicited at j ,t once, and doubtless the required e amount will be easily raised, and the! $ g grading will begin in the near future, j j- The road will, pass through or ncai a Stone Mountain, Lawren'ceviile. Hosch,t I ton, Jefferson, Commerce, Carnesville, j y Ga., and then to Anderson this state j ^ y Along this line is one of the best i j farming sections of the state and is ( j doubtless the best opening lor a road j in the state.. i A meeting will be held in Jefferson, ^ n Ga., in the interest of the line in . le; f r-# near future. ( e * [ t t " * | 4 e Whipped Wife at Church. I j tf "". hile the congregation of Rar.dall c 1. Baptist church, colored, near Aiken, j j. were holding religious services vVil- j s liam Knox, a member of the church,; ). gave his wile a clubbing outside the ^ r building. The congregation went to ihe woman's rescue and for a time a j general row was imminent. Knox sud- i denly broke away from ualf a dozen ' p stalwart negroes who were holding p him and rushing into the church, cursed, defied and threatened all comers.1 . He was finally overpowered and eject- i v ed. The woman was painiuiiy out not | o seriously hurt. Later Knox returned . t o and offered humble apologies to the * e pastor and congregation, declaring that Q s he had been crazy for the time being.: . e The Randall Baptists refused to be : . r. conciliated, however, and intimated a j prosecution. ! ? l? t Revised Bible Favored. The diocesan convention of the ? s Protestant Episcopal church, South i. s Carolina, recently in session at Flor- j e ence, with Bishop Ellison Capers pre ' siding, adjourned to meet next year ' , in Camden. | * The most important action of the j i council was the adoption of a favor- j n able report on an overture from the ! g diocese of San Francisco proposing; that the use of the revised version of! * the Holy Scripture be permitted in tne I * church in America. j 1 J Provision was made to bring this n g report before the general council when ^ j it meets in Boston The council al3o j recommended the establishment of a 1 ^ diocesan school for girls in this state: and passed a resolution for the apnnintmrmt nf a committee of eight ] I with the bishop as chairman to take ! measures for the location and found i +, 3 , i ing of the scnool. I The cities of Florence and Andeison [ it is said, will offer inducements to ^ ob'ain the school, and it is likely that j * oilier cities will enter the competition, jj r The standing committee 03 the. state of the church reported that the j t- general condition of the diocese was u e favorable and that the outlook for fu- ]< \ turc progress was bright. 1 M 1 1. ! Life Sentence for Curtis Jett. j U y Curtis Jett, who killed J. B. Mar- si d cum in the court house of Breathitt g county, Ky., has accepted a life sen- o: ' ?ence rather than face a raw trial lr __________________ ? 30ber gets nomination vtff v? \ Contest Over ApriJ Primary Settled at Meeting of Georgia Democrat* ic Executive Committee. ( ? The first contest, under the primary lection law, in the history of Geor;ia, was begun at Atlanta Wednesday " .t noon before the state democratic executive committee when that body ^a's called upon to decide who was ntitled to the judgeship of the Blue iidge circuit, Newton A. Morris, or $ Jeorge F. Gobcr. Both sides were repesented by able counsel. Mr. Morris based his contest on ? .lleged gross frauds in Fannin conn-.., ? y, in the primary election of April 10, while Judge Gober made counter harges as to Gilmer county. Thirty-four members of the C9m- w nittec were present when the meet- ' ng was called to order. - The conention room at the Piedmont hotel vas filled with leading politicians from * .11 sections of the state who came " lown to attend the hearing. They vero greatly interested in the irgu aents which were made. After a lengthy session, lasting well ^ nto Wednesday night, Judge Goher ras declared to be the nominee of he party for judge of the Blue Ridge (ircuit, "the contest made by Hon. N. L Morris being rejected. * i This conclusion was reached liter ' he committee had gone into secret :" > ess ion, it is said, for the 'first time n the history of the party, and after i warm discussion, during which four- * een votes were cast for a new primary in the circuit, though twenty nembers opposed this plan. The resolutions favoring Judge Go* >er's claims were introduced by Hon. ^ L A. Lawrence, of Savannah, and hese were adopted by a vote of 23 to 2, after having been amended as pro- j x>sed by Hon. Clark Howell, the r* 4 jnendment being to the effect that the illeged frauds in Fannin county about fTset those in Gilmer county, and / hat, therefore, the sum total of the ** ( illeged frauds would not affect the Lnai result of the primary in the cir- f >uit The aye and nay vote on the Law- ^ ^ ence resolution was as follows: For the Resolution?Hamilton MeShorter, A. A .Lawrence, Clark How(II, M. J. Yeomans, L. D. Shannon, ^il Lanier, J. S. James, S. T. Bla- ? ock, J. Z. Foster, S. P. Madtox, ? doses Wright, L. M. Heard, C. J. _ : >3 Veil born, proxy for M. lx Ledfurd; t. F. Ousley, S. C.'Atkinson, J. R. ' '. <\>ye, J. S. Turner, proxy for S. T. Vingfield; J. T. Oglesby, A. C. . Jtone, H. J. Rowe, J. W. Goldsmith, fames Taylor, proxy for John A. Cobb, ^ ind J. H. Witzell. . \:*A, Against the Resolution?H. W- Hill, L R. Gray, J. J. Spalding, Boykin JjS Vright, George P. Monroe, J. D. ioward, C. D. Thigpen, J. R. Philips, M. L. Cornett, John Trlplett, A. ^ ; I. Russell, W. C. Hamilton. The contest excited great interest hroughout the state, as both men are rruimueiii in uic pvuciuki . -# Jober having* been prominent in pollics for many years and the judge of he Blue Ridge circuit since 1892, and dr. Morris being the present speaker v >f the house of representatives. VISITATION OF BISHOP3. ,."f ** lollege Fixes the Plan of Methodist Episcopal Itinerary. A dispatch from Waco, Texas, says: ."he college of bishops, nine being >resent, promulgated the plan of episopal visitation for the present year ;nd next year in the south as tol- * ows: , First District?Bishop Wilson; Vir ;Inia, Lynchburg, November 9; North v ilabama, Tailed ega, November 23; Al- . .bama, Selma, December 7; South Cardina, Darlington, December 14. Bal imore conference, Winchester, Ya, ' . ^ larch 22. . ' Second District. Bishop .Eton-can ? Tennessee, Gallatin, October 5; West- ' rn North Carolina, Charlotte, Novem- ' ier 9; North Georgia, Marietta, No ember 23; South Georgia, McRae, November 3; Mississippi. Gulfport, ^ )ecember 7. Sixth District, Bishop Candler ? . ?' Torth Carolina, Henderson, Novembei 0. Florida, Orlando, December 7. , p FOUGHT IN SNOW STORM. ? AJ. ' X v-j Iritons and Tibetans in Battle and % 200 cf Latter are Slain. . ^ A stiff fight Friday to drive the . 'ibetans from their positions two iiioa hpinw Kftiro Pass lasted for six ~ j ours. | The Tibetans, numbering 15,000, l eld the positions with great tenacity j* nd lost nearly 200 before they were w j xpelled. *|| The British losses were Captain Be- # v .j hune .and three men killed and j wentr-one men wounded. A snow- j torm prevailed throughout the fight. i , v f j OSTLY BLAZE AT INDIANAPOLIS. fr : Inion Stock Yards Burned, Entailing a Loss of $300,000. Fire at the Union stock yards in ^ adianapclis Tuesday resulted in a >ss of $300,000 to the Belt RaP.rood nd Union Stock Yards Company. Thir- \ u ir-flve head of cattle were burned and $ )rtv acres of cattle sheds and live kocl< pens were totally destroyed toether with about five hundred tons f hay and 10.000 bushele of com. The