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p ' m m ; 11 LOST Ev L\ 'And it is fair and very fair This maze of blossom and sweet air. This drift of orchard snows, This radiant promise of the rose "Wherein your young eyes see Such buds of scented joys to be. A gay green garden, softly fanned By the blythe breeze that blows cr\o/*/4 V Ann chi 1 * At ilnoomo tA t hrt nr>. AV oyvvu %? C*iJ i VI UlV-UiiW IV VUV V A* chanted land. p ' W' | The End c K&> ' m< h * By Maui Pfv . R. THE NTH AM sat alone 4 __ ^ at his dinner, although Q I 1 o another guest had been ex1^ pected. He had no appetite, so the dishes were sent away almost untasted. Looking up presently from a reverie into which he had fallen, he met the servant's serious gaze, and, with a half smile, rose, throwing his napkin on the table. egg*. "It's no use, Farra'ut; I'm too tired to eat," he said. Plnnirimr both hands deenl.v into his pockets, the doctor fell once more into try his reverie, as lie walked away slowly Bpf- to the library. if;? Left to his own reflections. Dr. Trentham drew from his pocket a letter which he read by the light of a reading lamp. It was from his adopted t; son, Dick Earle, a rising young lawyer, between whom and the doctor the 2' ' strongest possible affection existed; it kt \ was for this young man that the second place at dinner was always laid. .But instead ot luck xo-uuy nau icomo a letter. "I know," it ran, "you will be surprised to bear that I am * engaged to be married; it has all taken place in a hurry, because sbe is unj|?. expectedly going away " And then it transpired that "she" was an actress, Eva Casillis. "I will look in on you in the morning," the writer concluded; "and will then tell you ^ more." With a slight frown Dr. Trentham ? replaced the letter in his pocket; he ?? had hoped great things for Dick, who would marry, of course, some day? Kp'-, but an actress! For some tim^ the doctor sat mo Itionless, gazing intently at tne giowmg logs?for there were faces in the fire to-night, and memories gathered round him with the dream of bygone day s. First and foremost the memory of a woman?the only woman he had ever desired to call wife. The day he had wooed her came back, with a quick heart-beat and a throbbing pulse. She was in the hayfield among the haymakers?he recalled the turn of her head as she looked round to greet him with a smile on her lips. His ideal woman?then and forever. She had Vorn a pink cotton frock that had just the color of her cheeks, and a suubonnet hung round her neck by the strings, leaving her head with its curling brown hair exposed to the sun. One of the glowing logs fell from the fire and the dream changed. It was October. She was coming , down the lane, treading softly on the thick carpet of beech leaves, the red light from the setting sun striking be (tween the tali trees and bathing her in light from head to foot. It was the day that the letter had come from the lawyers telling him of liis great-aunt's death, and of his sudden undreamed-of accession to her large fortune. Ilis lirst thought had been of the girl he loved. He was rich; they need wait no longer; happiness was theirs. He could see her face there, in the hollow of the tire?not fuil of rejoicing, but of a sudden sharp pain. The lines 011 his forehead deepened? and the flames sank low. "A lady to see you. sir." Fan-ant's voice recalled him. *'Au urgent case?" "I don't think she is ill. sir; just drove up in a brougham." replied Farrant, offering a card-on which was i:i? scribed. "Mrs. Casillis." Casillis! This must be Dick's no?' tress, although he had said nothing of her being a widow. Anyhow, he would see her. The servant ushered in a tall, elegantly dressed woman, who advanced with an easy "grace into the lirelight. saying as she did so?with a very musical accent: "I must apologize for this late visit, but. to tell you the truth, I rather fancied you would be > ' disengaged at this hour, and I wanted to see you alone." . "I am quite at liberty." replied Dr. Trentham, as he placed a chair for his visitor. "Mr. Earle may have mentioned my name?nay. do not turn the lamp higher; it is so nice to talk in the firelight. Won't you sir down again She liad thrown back her sablelined cloak. disclosing an exquisite gown that seemed a mass of glittering jet Some diamonds sparkled on the bodice, and one superb star flashed from the coils of her soft brown hair. The doctor had been skeptical about Dick's actress?but this woman was 2 revelation. "Dick wrote to me about his engage ment."' l:o replied. 1'ding almost re conciled to his adopted son's choice bur. judging that the lady must be at ieast ten years that impationi lover's senior?he was just seven-and twenty. "He will have told you thai lie ha; or.Iy known my little girl a very shor time." it was her daughter, then! II< slified an exclamation just in t;me. r HOPES. NtSEIT. But 1?beyond the budding hereon Of green and red. and white and green, Behind the radiant show Of things that elinc and grow and glow, I see the plains where lie The hopes of days gone by; Gray breadths of melancholy, crossed By winds that coldly blow From that cold sea wherein my argosy is lost. ?Collier's Weekly. >f a Dream. ) Shields. "He mentioned that the acquaintance was a short one." "It is. So. without a word to anyone, i I though I would come and talk it over with you. He is your sou by adoption, lie tells me." "Yes: his father?poor Earle?was my greatest friend. Dick's mother died when he was born, and Earle just twelve years ago. when the lad was showing himself full of promise. He had n? relations?and I was a j bachelor with no ties, so ho came to J me. and we have been constant companions ever since." "He speaks of you with the greatest affection." "Dear fellow! He is the best fellow living." "It struck me"?Mrs. Casillis leaned forward slightly?"thpt you might have some objection to his marrying? an actress " The doctor's face flushed quickly. "And I wanted to know more of the man to whom I was giving my daughter?who is as dear to me as Dick is J to you." | "Exactly." "I reserved my consent to the engagement until I had seen you." "I could not withhold my consent In any case?Dick is not dependent on mo. you understand. Eaiie left ampie provision for him?he is his own master in every way." 1 "But your wish would influence him, I am sure?if he thought you objected. I knew youiby repute, and I thoughtbeing a woman of the world?that jou might look upon his marriage with an actress as a^a mistake?likely to influence his future." "I admit that I think a rising professional mail is better unmarried." "So you remained single?"' "Precisely." "For that reason?" "Not altogether." "Forgive me. I find I am crossquestioning you somewhat rudely. So you tliink Mr. Earlc would be better unmarried?" "I think Dick is the best judge of his own happiness. I merely expressed a general opinion."' "Perhaps you would like to see my little girl's picture"?drawing a small morocco case from her pocket, which, on being opened, disclosed the miniature of a girl's head. Dr. Trenlhani took the case, turning up the lamp to its full height as he did so. Vhe miniature represented a girl with curly brown hair and sweet, trustful, hazel eyes. A pink sunbonnet was pushed back so that the curls fell in a cluster on her white forehead. His hand trembled, and his pulses beat quickly. Mrs. Casillis had I risen and was standing beside him. "Does she?remind you of anyone?" : At the sound of her voice he was in j the hay field again?a young, eager lover?singing . "And you didn't know me. Willie? I should have known you if it had been in another world." "But you have com ' back?I aiways knew you would?my love?my love!" He bad taken both, her hands in his and held them tight against 'his breast. "I was dreaming of you to j night, Rosie," ho wont on, "and of that day we were haymaking?you remember?and now I am an old man!'' She laughed softly. triumphantly, because of tl?e- great love in his eyes. "Old. dear? You have altered less than I thought. I must have changed I sadly that you did not know me."' -You forget that in the dim light ! I hardly saw you?and in the old days it was a pink cotton frock." ! She laughed again, she was so very happy. "Clothes do alter one. don't they?" -Yes?but it is the same Ilosie, the same voice, too. now." -Now?what of all these years? What of my ruined lonely life? I have . a right to some explanation after t-o many years. Why did you go away when our happiness was in our own keeping?" Still holding her hand. Dr. Trentham sat beside her on the sofa. "I thought as you do, Willie, that a wife is a mistake to a rising man.*' "You were very wrong?very wicked." "But you said so just now yourself. : Ah, my dear!"?very seriously?"it was i so hard, it nearly broke my heart." [ He drew her gently to him and their lips met: then, quickly recovering her: self, for the tears were very near her ! I eyes, she went on: "I was only a farmer's daughter, - j you know." -; -And I :\ country doctor's son." -I had to look after the house ard ? dairy " t "And 1 had to go about in one old - ! threadbare suit all the year." j "Until tin? money came?that made > | all the difference. I was wiser than t you. because I avus a Avoman, and I loved Ah, it Avouid have ruined ? . your career then. Willie, to have marJ rieu an ignorant girl, Aviih a limited et& - ? ucation. So?I went away. There?in-1 stead of being a great city doctor, my ' dear, with a world-wide reputation, j and .soilness knows what all?why you might have been only an ordinary practitioner, wasting your time over | measles and rheumatism. Oh, you've ! a great deal to thank me for.'' 'Tm not a bit grateful. (Jo on." 'T couldn't bear the idea of giving you up altogether?so I took up nurs- j ins. which seemed in a humble way to : he following in your footsteps. I was ; strong and energetic and had no j trouble in getting into Si. Peter's Hos- j pital as a probationer. I spent some i time there?and then went as matron j of a nursing home in Boston." "And there you married?" "Yes?the doctor who had founded i the home. I knew you were getting j on?and?and rumor spoke of your j marriage with a millionaire's daughter j j whose life you had saved." "You knew it was not likely to he ; i true." I "I?I couldn't be sure." ''But this man you married?" '*1 can only speak of him with re- ; spect. Willie! he was many years older j than I?a clever, wonderfully good ' man. He has been dead some years." "So. with your child to live for, you j forgot me?" She smiled, but did not contradict him. "By Dr. Casillis' wish she was edu- j cated in a Boston seminary. However, I when she left school last year, she \ begged me to let her go on the stage? J she has a lovely voice?and I?foolish- j ly, perhaps, consented?partly because Mr. Enderwick offered her a part in | the company he was bringing to New York?and I longed to return. "Then we met Dick?it was some ; time before I heard from his lips that he was your adopted son?and a great j longing came over me to see you, [ Willie, to know whether you had forgotten me." The deep voce of the clock in the hall j bcaf out the hour?eleven. "Surely not eleven!" she cried, rising. "I am forgetting everything?but you ?I was due at Mrs. Aysgarth's at ten ?and I promised to send the brougham back for Eva." "I suppose Dick will look after her; j I am not going to lose you again. I I * n-oifinnr nil Ihoco VO!lV? fftl' Vftll I ' I feel as if I cannot let you out of my | sight." I She laughed merrily. "I'm afraid I must go. Come and I dine with us to-morrow. Dick is coming?and a few friends of my little | girl^s. We propose having a little dance?and some music, perhaps." "The music of your voice is all I shall ever want to hear," lie replied, placing the rich fur cloak around her shoulders and gazing lovingly into her eyes. [ With such a charming mother-in-law for' Dick, who could object to Dick's choice, even though she was an aci tress.?New York Weekly. Gutenberg's Achievement. In the Ceutury, Augustine Birrell thus characterizes Gutenberg's epochmaking invention: r * i * - fi'nae tl'OC [ i-Jit HiYt'iiuun ui uiytauiu ?????? . j the greatest distributive invention that | J ever was or probably ever can be { ! made. It circulated knowledge among ; j the children of men. and plays much [ I the same part in human life as does the transmission of force in the world ; of physics. It was marvelous how i quickly thought was circulated even in the age of manuscripts. A book like | St. Augustine's "City of God'' was; soon copied thousands of times, and | traveled through Europe after a quicker fashion that most printed j books can to-day; but St. Augustine j occupied a unique position, and hand- j copying, though a great trade employ-1 ing thousands of scribes, could never I have fed the New Learning or kept j alive the Reformation. The age of Gutenberg was an age of ideas, and demanded books, just as our day is a day of mechanics, and demands cheap ; motion, telegraphy and telephones. Gu-1 tenberg's first printing office is marked i by a tablet. Go and gaze upon it, and j think of New York Herald, the Lon- j don Times and the Bible for two- j pence. The power of the press, eou-! pled with the name of Johann Glen- j I fleisch, commonly called Gutenberg,! would bo ;i tine toast, but I dare say I Mr. Choate would respond to it after j dinner in litter terms than ever could j the oid-fasliioned printer, who led a hard life and died dispossessed of his ; business and in poverty. New Approach in Science. At present the phenomena of physics are, as it were, divided into two j camps?acoustics and heat, which are J explained from the laws of median* ics, and electricity, with its subdivis-j ion light, which has not been satisfac* i torily thus explained. For half a eon- j tury we have tried to explain electric* j ity mechanically, and may be said to j have failed; let us now try to explain ! mechanics electrically, and see where j that will lead us. Perhaps it is a! j mere matter of words whether we say j that all matter is electrically charged I or thai all matter is modified electric-1 ity. But it may lead to the most far- j reaching conclusions if. in explaining; phenomena, the laws of electricity j should be ink en as the premise from j which we start, instead of. as hither- j to. the inertia of matter.?Nineteenth; Century. rcrmic Acid a* Stimulant. The Journal des Debate recites experiments with formic acid, a secretion of ants. Eight to ten drops ol; the tfeid taken three or four times aj day had a marked effect in stimulat- j itig muscular activity, which might i.-s continued a long time without re-1 sultant fatigue. "That tired feeling" i also disappears under the influence cl the acid. / ~ /fv- /' k - r V ? fsirsjwvjrsjrsMsjrMro* \ SOUTH CAROLINA I fe STATE NEWS ITEMS J I i ? csirsir^icsjcMfMf Became Entangled in Harness. Alex Mason ,a white farmer. 43 years of age. was thrown from his buggy near Oakway, a few days ego. and becoming entangled in the harness was dragged a considerable distance and killed. This is the third accident of this nature in this s ate within two days, and two of the victims were killed. In each instance the men were dragged by running horses. * * New Railroad Organized. The permanent organization of the Greenville and Knoxville railway was perfected at Greenville a few days ago. The officers elected are: H. H. Price. Greenville, president and general manager; W. H. Patterson. Atlanta, vice president and treasurer; :D. C. Patterson, Atlanta, secretary. The road will o^en up the Tennessee coal fields to South Carolina mills. The work of construction will begin at once. Body Cannot Be Exhumed. Circuit Judge Ernest Gary, at Co iuaibia, refused a motion by tho attorney of Morgan. Thrailkill to allow the body of B. B. Eurton. of Saluda, whom Thrailkill is charged with killing. to be exhumed to permit further search for a bullet supposed :o be in Burton's body. Burton was killed a month ago. The judge held thai there was no law permitting such proceedings. The purpose of the defendant's attorneys was to obtain evidence as to the course of the bullet, in contradiction of prosecution's testimony. It is the first case of the kind ever raised in South Carolina. * * * Senator Latimer at St. Louis. A St. Louis dispatch says: United Slates Senator A. C. Latimer, of Sou'ih Carolina, author of a bill pending in congress providing government expen diture for improving roads, opened tn? first day's program at the good road:; convention with an address on 'international Aid." He was followed by Wrathrop E. Scarrett, president cf Che Automobile Ciub cf America. Manuel Dicnisce Eiaz, of the department of public works, Havana, spoke on "Read Building in Cuba." =? ~ * Distressing Accident at Reunion. Two visiters to the recent Confederate reunion, at Charleston. J. D. - * TTT 7Ta? Carmichael. of Dillon, ana vv. naimon, a Confederate veteran, cf Lexington, were drowned in the harbor between Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. Two other occupants of the small boat swam' to Sullivan's island and the three others of the party were nearly drowned, being rescued just in time by men from, the life saving station. The harbor was calm as a mill pond and the sma'l cat-rigged beat capsized in#an endeavor ;o put about in order to pick up the hat of one of the part; which had blown off. The rescued men, after being brought ashore, were carried to the army hospital and given immediat e attention by the surgeon and his corps. * * 4 it His Money or His Life. At Charleston a few days ago. a young wemtn. Mrs. Marie Voight, wife of a well known salesman, was arrested and sent to police headquarters in the patrol v.agon. Her arrest grew out of a threat she made to rake the life of Mr. W. Fiat. who refused a demand for money made upon him by the woman. \frc Vefffht ancrccched Fiat on Bread street while lie was on his way tc his business and demanded $9T?> s^yi*ig she wanted to lake a trip to Europe. The request was refused, whereupon the woman said she would kill him if he did not give her the money. An officer v.*a5 standing nearby and heard the threat. Mr. Fiat called on the officer to send the woman in. which was done. Xo charges were made at police headquarters and later she was released. Mrs. Voigi; is well known in the city and is striking locking and is possessed of a handsome figure. Her arrest v, as made at an hour when business men were hurrying to their places of business, and created quite a .sensation. Muray Convicted. George W. Murray, the negro who represented the seventh district in congress for two terms., was convicted at Sumter, the past week, of forgery after dcsper?*e efforts by able counsel to save him. Murray was a thrifty politician, and saved considerable nmne". which bo invested in lend. Me now own- fully eight thousand acres. This lan 1 ho h ?s boon selling to nogro'.', on long time, under contract to make title when last payment is made. In 1c07 he sold a tract lo Soipio Chapman, but refused to make title after a railroad was built through it, and in a civil suit piv i na forged contract to defraud Chapijian of the land. Chapman had tha original contract. of which Murray's should have been a duplicate, but a comparison showed that Murray's was a forgery and different in vital particulars. It ' J'' *v''.' ' W ' *- '' v.. ' [ was proven that the forged contract. ' was on a blank form that was nor. J printed until four months after the ' original contract wr- signed in duplij cate. showing that Murray had destroyed his original duplicate and sub! sti'/utcd the forgery, counting upon the ignorance of the negroes to escape detection. Later a motion for a now trial was ! argued before .Judge Purdy. The mo- j tion was denied. .Judge Purdv stating that in his opinion no other verdict ! was possible. Murray was sentenced to j three years on the chain gang and to j pay a fine of $250. Notice of appeal \ w?.?. given and Murray was released on $2,000 bond. j * * * Wcrk of the State Convention. At the recent state democratic con- ! vention in Columbia eighteen dele- j gates were chosen by khe democrats j of South Carolina to the St. Louis j convention. Though unins'lructed all of j them are said to favor Judge Parker, j The unit rule was adopted. Senator B. R. Tillman, Governor D. j C. Heyward and Mavor R. G. Rhett. | j of Charleston. and General Wiley j J J' lies, the state chairman, of Colum- j | ilia, were elected as delegates at large, j f?he senator and governor were elected ! |j> acclamation. A resolution adopted calling for ex- J pressions from the .candidates to the ' ip? evidential nominee. Senator Tillman declared that Judge Porker was not objectionable to him, Am* he could not tell how he would vote, because conditions might change jn a night. Governor Heyward. Mayor Rhott and Colonel Jones and the fourit eon district delegates declared that as ai present advised they favor Judge Fa' ker. Ex-Governor John C. Sheppard is among the district delegates. The platform commends the admin- j lration of Governor Heyward and the course in congress of the United J States senators and condemns the j president for the appointment of Dr. ! William D. Crum as collector of the j port of Charleston. On national issues j it declares for such a tariff as will compel the manufacturer to sell as cheaply at home as abroad, and demands economy in public affairs. There was no reference to the platforms of 1896 and 1900, and none to the financial question. The convention was harmonious, and there were no outcroppings of former factional divisions. E. M. Rucker, of Anderson, was temporary chairman, and D. S. Henderson, cf Aiken, permanent chairman, the latter having defeated ex-Governor j M. B .McSweeney, of Hampton, for the j position. SHOT WOMAN AND SUICIDED. Tragedy in the Tenderloin District cf Atlanta Results Fatally. Begging and pleading for her life j and asking him net to shoot her. Gen- j try McNew, a woman 20 years; eld. was j shot and fatally wounded at 19 Col-1 lins street, Atlanta, at 10:15 o'clock j Monday night, by Jasper D. Carter, oi j Tampa, Fla. Immediately av er sncoting the woman Carter placed the muzzle of the revolver against his own j head and sent a bullet crashing i through his brains. . The refusal of the woman to go to j Florida with Carter led to the nag-1 edy. Bo.ii parties were removed tc Grady j hospital in an ambulance. Carter died at 2 o'clcelt Tuesday morning. The i hospital physicians say the woman j will also probably dia. I ARE FELLOW SERVANTS. i Fireman Can't Recover When Operator ; Is Responsible for Damage. A Washington dispatch says: The! supreme court of the United States has laid down the principle that a telegraph operator for a railroad com| p*ny and a fireman on the railroad en- j I gine are fellow servants, and that the j j negligence of the former causing the I death of -the latter in the operation j j of trains was a risk the fireman as- ! j sumed, and was not a ground for dam-1 ages against the railroad company, j The case was that of Alline A. Dix- j on against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for damages for the death of her husband. C. A. Dixon, a J fireman on the road, killed in a collision caused by the negligence of a telegraph operator. PRESBYTERIANS SEN.B ANSWER. ! Assembly in Mobile, Ala., Replies to j Assembly in Buffalo, N. Y. i ? " coccion r;f the I AT. lilt; lllilu c.u; c ! general assembly of the Presbyterian j' church in the United States at Mobile, [ Ala., the following was sent to the northern assembly at Buffalo: ' The general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States ! learns with joy of the action of your | assembly in the removal of all asI persiens upon the Christian character of she Presbyterian church in the United States 2nd declares its readiness to follow the leadings of Provi- ; denco in the matter of closer rcia- ! j lions, overtures touching upon which are new before us for consideration. Senator Quay Seriously Hi. A dispatch from Washington says: Lnitc! States Senator M. S. Quay's condition is reported to be less enccuraging. Every precaution is being ttken by those about him to prevent t: relapse * ^ MASSACRE BY MOROS. Bloodthirsty Renegade Filipinos Giving Americans Lets of Trouble in Mindanao Island. . A report has been received in Manila from Camp Overton, on the island of Mindanao, dated May lc, stating that a massacre had taken place on the 12th instant near Malabang, on the southern coast of Mindanao. Fifty j.i Filipino men, women and children, the families of employees of tbe military government at Malabang, were surprised at midnight by the L?atto Ali and a band of Moros from tbe Rio Grande valley and slaughtered. The chief and his followers' escaped bet ore the alarm couid be given. ^ Governor Wright has cabled the secretary of war making the following quotations frcm a dispatch sent to General Wright by General Wood: "No disturbance in Cottabatto valley. Affair was a fight with, a hand of outlaws under Ali, who is as much an enemy of peaceful Moros as of ourselves. All Moro? in valley are at work and friendly, and for the first time in the history are taking out cedulas. Have taken cu.t 2,500 in last two weeks. Not the slightest cause for anxiety." Governor Wright adds: "Leonard Wood visited me, Bagnio about two wefeks since. He went over Moro matters fully. He was then sanguine there would' he no further disturbance excepr. that involved in running down Ali, who is a fugitive in the * mountains with a small band of Moros. I am inclined to think him correct in his views. Incidents of this character are always liable to occur and 4 indeed may be looked for. Aside from what Leonard Wood says in the above telegram I do not believe it possible d hat there will 'be any concerted oi>- ?, ; position by Moros. They have no chief , of prominence around whom they could gather; they are divided1 into very small groups, commanded by in significant dattoes, Intensely jealous and at general war with each other. The Mcro act abolishing slavery and establishing a form of government wholly at variance with what has existed heretofore naturally has produced some dissatisfaction, but for the reasons indicated , I regard serious opposition as improbable if not impossible. The Philippine commission has appropriated cut of the congressional relief fund $150,000 to enable him to build roads through Lake Lanao region. Had expected to visit Moro province before this to make per- . sonal inspection, but they have been detained by press of other matters.'" TO LOOK AFTER JAPS. Presbyterian Assembly at Mobile, Ala., Names a Committee. At the fourth day's siession of the 1-1 iV. ' genera! assemuiy ui me j. icouji^hu^ church in the United States at Mobile, Monday, Moderator Neel announced the following committee to consider all overtures from the churches of other Calvanistic creeds: Dr. W. E. Boggs, Jacksonville, Fla-, < chairman; Dr. J. R. Lyons, Kentucky; \ Dr. J. H. McNeilly, Tennessee; Dr. J T. R. English, Virginia; iDr. J. D. Leslie, Texas; Dr. A. W. Milstcr, Arkansas; Dr. I. Y. Fair, Georgia: * Dr. G. G. Windbrldge, Louisiana; Dt. W. M. Langtry. Missouri; Dr. 3. W. Vvibane. North Carolina; Elder F. P. Glass, Alabama; Elder J. C. Scot?'f South Carolina; Elder S. M. Sheiton, Mississippi. An overture from# the presbytery of # Brazos. Texas, for special precisions to be made for a Japanese colony located in Texas for work among them was referred to the heme mission committee. Moderator Neel said a returned missionary from Japan could be sent to the co'.cny. AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. Commencement Sermon Preached for ? Colored School by Bishop Galloway. The twenty-third anniversary exorcises of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Booker T. Washing- * ton, president, began at Tuskegee, Ala.. Sunday, at which time the commencement sermon was preached by the Right Rev. C. B. Gallcway, of , Jackson, Miss., bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Souliu day refuses eishopric. ' Elected by Methodist Conference at ^ Lcs Angeles and Resigns. The mcst sensational incident of the Methodist General Conference at Los Angeles. Cal.. occurred Monday morning in the resignation of Bishop x H James R. Day, cf Syracuse. N. Y., who had jus; been elected to his exalted ' position. His. resignation was accepted The conference then voted .:o indeSnitely postpone the election of a successor to Dr. Day cn the episcopal board, thus eliminating the eighth ^ bishop. SMALL BUSINESS DONE. < Cotton Mills at Fall River, Mass., Show Decrease of Dividends. Dividends paid by thiriy-three corporations operating seventy cotton . mills in Fall River, Mass.. in the oast quarter, show a decrease of 2S per cent, as compared with the correspond- r ing quarter last year. The dividends i aggregated $239,630 on a capitalization of $21,743,000, and the average r . was 1.10 p'er cent. J