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'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
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chanted land.
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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.
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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&
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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:
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[ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Distressing Accident at Reunion.
Two visiters to the recent Confederate
reunion, at Charleston. J. D.
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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.
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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
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' [ 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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