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Oh. the wovld is growing older. bu
All the wooing songs we whisper ar
And the softly murmured story in i
Is of Paris' love for Helen, told in ,
Oupid's eyes are bright with laught
My a? straight and true as ever: fo
Through the heart of lad or lassie. <
Is the same that c-upid tipped with
Oh. the moonlight's spell is eliange
"Lead love's footsteps in the pathwj
In the eyes of maidens lifted to the
rt.n unvlr ri'r.-'/t tli-it
When the earth was in its cradle,
Tells to love the blissful story tha
For the shyly whispered answer, t
is the speech tliac tinkled golden o:
And the bowl remains unbroken tli
Though the grapes of love be gathei
And the path by lovers trodden in t
Is the path the ages followed, thrc
Soft the skies breathe benediction a
Swell and tell a bridal chorus as th
Tis the song through untold ages r
.' ? % For the world is growing older, bu
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=rrr- y^IKST, I must tell you -who
u i 1 am, and how I came to
j,- I JT I be iu Tiie Baysville Bank
a j; i, in the "wee, sma' hours"
jj?-.' . one dreary December night,
some three years ago.
My name, then, is Olive Hudson, and
I was seventeen years old that samh
T*\AAA?v^b/,* on/1 CA rAIT cmnll
EI uuu ov ? v fcj v ?? ?
Mrs. Knight's Dollic. who was not
twelve, was half a head taller than
myself.
* We were rich folks once, but father
died and left us very poor. Mother
struggled along in a weary hand-tohand
light with poverty till I was sixteen,
and died. She had rented two
rooms of Mrs. Knight, a widow also,
.with two stalwart sons, an aged father
and two daughters. After mother died,
I was adopted by the Knights', and
although I was earning a support as
music teacher in the Baysville Academy,
I was like one of the family when
I was in my good landlady's home.
/ They were all in good positions, although
by no means an aristocratic
family. John, the eldest son, was in
New York in a wholesale sugar house;
Tom was the night watchman of the
Baysville Bank Building, and grandpa
?we all called him grandpa?was telegraph
operator of the town, while Mary
wgs a milliner, and Dolly still at j
school.
Baysville Bank Building was a large
granite structure, containing the postoffice
and bank on the first floor, the
I telegraph office and a number of pri- j
vate law offices on 'he second floor, j
and other private offices on the third i
floor. In the basement were post-1
office rooms for sorting the mail, and
also the large bank vaults.
I knew the building well, for I was
fond of telegraphing and spent half
my leisure time perched up beside
grandpa in his office, sending and receiving
messages, while he slept peacefully
or read the newspapers.
And that was the beginning of my
amusement at Dryden. the next sta
lion. The operator at Dryden was a
.wit,' and flashed nonsense to our office
when business was dull. It fell flat
when grandpa was in the office, but if
I were there, I sent back jest for jest,
and sometimes an'hour slipped by like
a minute as we talked over the wires
of every topic under the sun. He
called himself Lion, and I. for nonsense,
signed myself Elephant, laughing
while I did so at the reflection of
Sr- my tiny ligure in the office mirror.
Beyond Dryden, and only five miles
^ from Baysville. was C , a large com?? .
* mercial town, the nearest railway station,
and whore an office was always
kept open' for the accommodation of
travelers.
As I have said. Tom Knight was the
night watchman of Baysville Bank
Building and a lonely time he had of
it. The last mail came in by stage at
4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the
postoflice was vacated at C. The bank
closed at 3. and by every office was
& ; . ,* deserted for the night.
!At 7 Tom was on duty, and grandpa,
who was restless at niglit. was in the j
liabit of taking down some coffee and
luncheon, as the building was only a
stone's throw from our house.
On the December night I have already
mentioned, it had stormed heav-1
ily all day, and I had taken a new
class at the Academy, coming home
biter in the day than usual, and excited
over my increase of salary.
Everybody else had gone to bed. and
I was lingering over the kitchen tire
with Mrs. Knight, dreading the plunge
into -my cold room, where I had allowed
the fire to go out.
The clock struck 12. and Mrs. Knight,
lifting her face from over the fire, said:
'Do call grandpa, Olive; he's asleep
on the sofa in the sitting room. I'll
have Tom's basket ready by the time
grandpa has his hat and coat on. I
hate to call him. for ho was complaining
of rheumatism to-day, and the
ground is very wet. although the storin
is over."
"Let bin: sleep." I said: 'Til run over
with the basket. It is not a step."
"KiU i; is so dark. Are you not
afraid:"
"Not a bit. 1 "II slip on my waterproof
and rubbers, and draw the head
?f the cloak over :ny head."
;t> T!.t
II \i'il n :i!. ijj 'iiwij ? u 111
afraid Tom will si-old at my letting
you go."
"I'll j.ul the basket on the table and
rum and he v.*i!l never know who left
It."
"(Ir> into the rear hr.sr:r>ent door. lie
leaves that oner, for grandpa."
"i iil.OW.
I grasped the handle of the basket,
hurried across the spaoe between the
building and the house. and itole softly
in at the bcs^itest deor, is parswraeo
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GEABLE.
it the heart of love is young;
;e the songs for ages sung;
the maiden's ear to-day
iu>t another way;
er and the shafts of merriment
r the barbed arrow sent
iriven high or driven low,
love a thousand years ago.
less and the soft skies overhead
iv where the steps of ages led;
pleading eyes of men
have leaped and died again
while the love-impassioned tongue
t. was told when time was young;
old in trembling tones and low,
a t he harp of long ago.
lough the sped years sap tiie wine:
-ed. springtime thrills the budding vine;
he ecstasy of song
nigh a leafy way and long;
nd the muses of the air
e troth is plighted there;
?y the chorused angels sung,
t the heart of love is \ oung.
. -J. \Y. Foley.
I WIRES A '
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I of my plan to drop the basket and
run. 1
Ill my rubber shoes my steps were <
noiseless, and I had scarcely passed
the threshold when I stood rooted to
the floor in terrified amazement.
Somebody was talking.
I crept forward and listened. There (
were men in the bank vault, aud a (
light shone under the door. <
While I listened some one said:
"There's a confounded draught here. (
Did you shut the door, Smith?" <
"Yes, but the wind may have blown ,
it open." (
I had just time to dart under the
staircase and crouch down, when the
door of the vault opened and a man j
came out. <
He crossed the entry, drew the two (
heavy, noisy bolts, -fastening the door ,
by which I had entered, and returned ?
without closing the vault door. <
I could look in by the dim light to see <
two men working at the safe locks by j
the stream of light thrown from a dark j
lantern.
There was the outline of a man j
hound and gagged upon the floor, but 1
I could only conjecture it was Tom, 1
for I could not see distinctly. <
There I was nicely caged, for it
would be impossible for me to draw j
those heavy bolts without attracting
notice. And the bank was being ,
robbed, that-was evident. How could ]
I prevent it? I could not get out, I ?
could not reach Tom. Suddenly I re- (
membered the telegraph office on the
second floor. If I could summon help j
from C. . It was only five miles.
and there was a long: job for the burglars
before they could open the safe.
Could I creep around the staircase?
If one of those busy men turned his
head I was lost. I softly crept out
on all fours, slowly, watchfully, and
gained the stairs. Up I darted, blessiDg
my India rubber shoes, till I gained
the door of the telegraph office. All
dark there, and I dared not strike a
match.
I listened, and then. leaving the door
open, groped my way to the wellknown
desk, and gave the signal at
C . I could hear my own heartthrobs
as I waited for the answer. It
came! Still working in the dark. I
sent this message:
"Burglars in the Baysville Bank
vault! Watchman bound and gagged!
Can you send help?"'
Again the agony and suspense of
listening, but at last the sound reached
me: *
"Will send help immediately!'*
I crept to the head of the staircase,
afraid the clear ring of the instrument
had been heard in the vault; but no
one came upstairs. The window of the
telegraph office faced the street, so I
returned, bolted myself in safely, and ?
sat down to watch. 1
The town clock gave one resonant <
stroke, breaking the deep silence, aud t
no signs of life were visible on the 1
long stretch of road leading to C . i
I was numb with cold, wishing heart- ?
ily that I had not left Tom's basket J
under the staircase, thinking regret- c
fuly of my own cosy bed, when I heard ?
afar off the sound of horses' feet. 1
Xo sister Anne, in Blue Beard's i
tower, was ever more watchful than '
I was then. ?
Would the burglars take the alarm? 1
The building made a corner of two- <
streets, and I saw eight mounted men 1
dash up the road, separate, and while J
four dismounted in front, four went <
to the rear. 1
The burglars were unprepared for 1
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tins nans movement, iui *?umr
police in front were thundering at the I
main entrance, the robbers rushed to i
the rear basement door, right into the i
arms of the police stationed there. *
I could hear the hubbub, pistol shots i
fired, the shuffle of feet, cries, oaths, i
and general confusion, and I slipped 3
down stairs, out of the now deserted 1
main entrance and home. 1
Everybody was abed, and I went to 1
my own room, had a good crying spell. 1
and comforted my half frozen body i
in double blankets, where I soon fell
asleep.
All this was on Friday night and I
j had no teaching to do until Monday,
j so I slept late; but on coming down. 1
! found all the family prepared to make
] a heroine of me. i
"I never knew until mother told me
j this morning." said Tom. "that it i
! wasn't grandpa who sent the telegram
J to C . By Jove. Olive, you're
1 srvimfcr. if von :ire little. I gave up ?
| when four of them pounced upon me' <
j from one of the upper rooms. They
| must have goj in through the day and ;
I hid there/'
j I tFi=ed to make the Knight* puoodse !
not te tefi ?y a?tre?t?re, but not. j <
Before night all Baysvilie knew liow
Olive Hudson caught the burglars. I
was in the office with grandpa, when
over the wires came this message:
"What does Olive Hudson look like?
Everybody in Pryden is talking about
her great exploit."
I flashed back:
"What do you suppose such a woman
would look like? She 's nearly six
feet, broad-shouldered and loud-voiced,
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a poriocL
"Was it really yourself. Elephant?'*
"Dear Lion, it lvally was!*'
"Do you know, I want to soo you.
T am going to Xcw York to-day, but I'll
bo back next spring."
If ho came to Baysville. ho did not
ceo me. I ran away in a fit of shyness.
In March a wonderful thins: happened.
My mother's brother, who had
been seventeen years, nearly all my
lifetime, in Cuba, came ?o Now York,
found mo out and took me into a life
of ease ami luxury, making me his
pet in his splendid house. He was a
bachelor, over fifty years of ago, and
with large wealth.
He introduced me to old friends of
his own. and my circle of acquaintances
widened every day. I was entirely
happy.
One day Lucie Ooorgo brought home
to dine a stranger, whom he introduced
as:
"The son of an old friend, Olive, Mr.
Roberts."
I made myself agreeable, as in duty
bound, to Mr. Hohers. a man of thirty
[)r thereabout*, with a face that was
downright ugly, bur pleasant from the
expression of frank good humor and
- - i e
intelligence upon it. w c TaiKvu <>j *-ver.vtliiiitr.
and I was surpris* at the
congeniality of raste that we soou discovered.
In an animated discussion
if heroines, Mr. Roberts, turning to
Uncle George, said:
"You were kindly inquiring this
morning about my fortune since father
lied, but I did not tell you one little
episode. Before I was fortunate
enough to obtain my present lucrative
situation, I was for a time telegraph
iperator. in a small place called DryJen,
and there I heard of a real herone
of whom the world will probably
lever hear."
I knew what was coming, but I kept
my face perfectly composed to listen.
When the story was finished, giving
Uncle George a sly pinch to keep him
luiet, 31 said:
"What kind of a looking person was
:he wonderful heroine?"
"I never saw her: for although Baysfille
was the nest village to Dryden,
[ never went there. But she was described
to me as tall, strong and masculine."
VIn short, my dear Lion," I said
gravely, "she was a perfect Elephant."
Such a stare as greeted me I am
certain never came upon Leo Roberts'
!ace before or since that hour. His
>yes dilated until I thought they would
>op out of his dear, ugly face, and his
nonth opened in utter amazement.
Finally he gasped:
"Pardon me, I?was it really you?"
"Uncle George," I said, "will you
jlease introduce me properly to Mr.
Roberts? I believe be thinks your
liece must share your name."
With a flourish Uncle George arose,
mil gravely introduced:
"Mr. Leo Roberts. Miss Olive Hudson?Miss
Hudson. Mr. Roberts."
After that we could not certainly be
Grangers. Mr. Roberts came "many a
irne and oft" to dine with Uncle
Reorge.
And one day there was a wedding,
vhere the bride was very small, buried
n lace and orange blossoms, and the
iridegroom was ugly and good natured;
nit it was a true love match, a fit endng
for the flirtation commenced at
Dryden and Baysville, over the wires.
-Waverley Magazine.
Bliss Jane Addnms.
It is her habit to be rather silent,
md yet, curiously enough, she has
nought about her at one time or an>ther,
the most brilliant thinkers and
alkers in the country. At the long
.able with its simple fare, where the
esidents of Hull House break bread
ifter their day of diverse duties, have
gathered, first and last, most persons
)f original, peculiar, or dominating
bought of the present time. Some
lave been refugees, some revolutionsts;
some have represented the conrentions
and have been distinguished
is achievers of modern forms of pros)erity;
some have been passionate theirists,
others heroic demonstrators of
his or that system. But one and all,
speaking in this tongue or that, have
lone their best to explain and justify
:hemselves to Jane Addams. I don't
enow why.
Miss Addams has incurred those
renal ties which are inevitable to one
,vho thinks and acts counter to popular
deas. She has enemies. Hull House
md its policy are not infrequently misrepresented.
At least cne newspaper
n Chicago misrepresents the acts of
Hull House with deliberate attempt
But I really do not think these things
lave much effect on the general public,
which has, indeed, reached the point,
ivliere it is willing to wait until she
nnkes her motives and meanings clear.
-Elia Peattio, in Harper's Bazar.
Some Women Would.
' The Chinese woman is ridiculed fci
tier small feet/' she said.
"True," he replied. "Civilization does
not sanction foot binding,"
"And the woman with large l'ect i3
:ilso ridiculed."
"True again."
"Oh. dear." she sighed. "TVrj:a:i
does have a hard time i:i this world,
doesn't she? I wonder if she waul/n't
h? hettor off without feet/'
Possiblj'." he replied, "brti I ean't
help rhinkiug she wodd attract aansuierable
unfavorable cenuuefit wafeiaig
Bii her ka?4s."?New Y?rk Press
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I SOUTH CAROLINA \
i STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
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Williams Given a Respite.
Governor Hevward has respited the
sentence of Aaron Williams, a negro
who was to have been hanged Friday
at Camden, to December 23. Wilj
liams was convicted of having corn??
n con i-1 (- nnnn a whifro wn.
UlllLCU Clil aooaua upvii M < .. V
man. The respite- was granted on the
' ground that new evidence had been
discovered and a petition saying that
the negro did not deserve the punishment
imposed upon him.
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Capitalists Visit Lancaster.
j Lancaster had some distinguished
! vistors a few days ago, a party of
Northern capitalists, who had been
spending several days in the South
! in charge cf Colonel M. V. Richards,
! of the Southern Railway land and industrial
department.
I Colonel Leroy Springs, president of
i the Lancaster Cotton Mills, met the
| party at the depot, from whence they
| were driven in carriages to the mills,
i A thorough inspection was made of
! both mills and the visitors express!
od thpmselves as being delighted with
I v? - ? - - ~ w ?
J the properties, especially with the
i new mill, which is conceded to be one
, of the largest, handsomest and best
i equipped- industrial plants in the
I South..
Homicide in Spartanburg.
At Spartanburg J. L. E. Jones, dealer
in bicycles and proprietor of -a repair
shop, shot and killed J. M. P.
Young in J. R. Fant's fruit store on
Magnolia street. The ball entered
Young's left side just above the heart,
severing the large artery.
Jones was arrested immediately after
the killing and committed to jail.
Jones claims that he acted in self-defense,
claiming that about an hour
prior to the tragedy Young entered
his place of business and made an attack
upon him.
Later, while Jones was in Fant's
fruit store, Young entered and the
difficulty was renewed, resulting in
Jones killing Young.
It seems the men have not been on
the best of terms of late, and though
I they both live over their places of
business, which are close together,
they have quarreled frequently.
Young was unarmed, but carried a
large walking ?tick when the fatal
affair occurred. Both men are married
and well known in Spartanburg.
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Columbia Place Selected.
The Conference of Education of the
South will be held in Columbia next
year. The announcement is made in
a letter from Dr. Edgar Gardner Murphy,
the secretary to State Superintendent
of Education Marti/. This
means that 1,000 or more of the most
intelligent and progressive men of
the country will spend a week there
next spring as the city's guests. The
date for the meeting has not been
definitely fixed, but it will be the last
week in April most probable.
The attendance will include the
governors of several states, the state
superintendents of education, college
presidents, professors, city and county
superintendents and people , from all
portions of the south, besides the two
dozen or more northern men who usually
attend the meeting. The president,
Mr. Robert C. Ogden, a New
York millionaire, generally comes in
a private train with several personal
friends as his guests.
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Cheese Industry Profitable.
A Columbia news item says: The
commercial development of agriculture
ought to be the first thought now
of every one interested in the material
development of the- State. There
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is no reason in the worm wuy mjo
development should not be material
in South Carolina. The commercial
side of agriculture is what has made
ehe great Western States to immensely
wealthy. It is one of the chief purposes
of the work of Commissioner
Watson.
There is one apparently small line
that is showing fast and substantial
development?the dairy and cheesemaking
industry. Within the past
few years six or eight cheese-making
establishments have been started.
They are all said to be making money
and the industry is growing. There
is a great future for the work in this
state and especially so in the section
of the state below Branchville, where
cattle can thrive and where there are
fine possibilities for cattle raising.
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Fire in Orphans' Home.
One night the past week, the heaviest
blow that has ever befallen the
Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton fell
suddenly. One of the matrons was
awakened by a light in the kitchen.
It was soon discovered that in some
way the handsome memorial hall used
as dining hall and cook room was on
fire. As quickly as possible help was
summoned.
With the inadequate fire protection
- ^ tito o fnun /I
| tti&t. xne [own ciiiui ui it ** <-*o iv/uM^
] impossible to stay the flames and after
a few hours the building was in
ashes.
Now only the great stone walls of
the building remain. There was absolutely
no insurance on it. The walls
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were not completely destroyed.
Two hundred and twenty-five ciiil- .
dren and officers are taking their
meals from the good people of the
town. Help is needed immediately to
rebuild. The work of rebuilding begins
at once. Georgia owns and loves
the Thornwell Orphanage. About $7.
000 worth of property was destroyed. !
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' Thou Shalt Not, Kill."
The News and Courier prints in its ^
Monday morning's issue, outlines of .
sermons preached Sunday in all parts 1
of South Carolina, having for their i
general topic the crime of murder. In '
The Sunday News preceding reports. 1
were printed giving briefly the facts J
about the homicides committed in this
state in ten months of the current j j
year. These reports merely assem- j
bled for the sake of convenience facts i j
about a condition which was already I ,
.receiving the attention of all God-fearj
ing and country-loving people. They j
j sharply defined and aeentuated the j *
{extent of the homicide evil as it af-M
[fects South Carolina. They were not'3
I printed with the design of providing j
sensational news, and The News and ! j
Courier hoped that an increased awak- i 1
ening of the moral sense of the people ! i
and a step forward towards a remedy j ]
j would follow their publication. With i <
j this hope and aim in view, The News \
j and Courier suggested to a number i
! of ministers it wou^d be glad to pre- i j
j sent to its readers sermons that they !
j might care to preach on the 6th ?.fj5
; November on this theme. A number of ! '
ministers responded. i
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A Story of Stolen Jev/elry. i <
(From Atlanta Journal. 1
The arrest of Frank Johnson, 15
years old, a negro, who was brought <
to Atlanta Thursday night from Co- ]
lumbia, S. C., by detectives of that
city,, has unearthed a gigantic diamond
robbers conspiracy which radiated
from Colombia all through this '
state and South Carolina.
The affair was first brought to light
by the recovery of a diamond ring
lost by a traveling man said to have '
hailed from Atlanta, in Wright's ho- ]
tel, in Columbia. The police suspect- <
ed the Johnson boy, and he was ar- J
rested. He made a confession which
implicated the porter in the hotel. He <
declared that the porter took jewelry j j
from guests in the hotels and made i
him take is to other cities for dispos- 3
al, thus throwing the detectives off ,
the track. j
Johnson stated that he had disposed (
of this jewelry in various places,
among them Atlanta. He was brought
here to locate some of the missing articles.
and with Detectives Simpson 1
and Campbell went to various places '
here-in the city.
The detectives found two diamond 1
rings; valued together at about $400.
The boy enumerated other articles dis- 1
posed of in other- cities and towns 1
which may aggregate several thou- ]
sand dollars. Johnson was taken back ]
to South Carolina Thursday night. 1
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LEFT MONEY TO NEGRO CHILD. ,
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Will of Deceased Savannah Citizen to .
Cause a Legal Fight.
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says: j
The will of Charles Tutty, white,
leaves his estate, estimated to be
worth $33,000, to Rosa Otto Tutty, thu
10-year-old daughter of the testator by 1
his colored wife, Rosa O. Tutty.
The will was executed three weeits 1
ago, just two weeks before the eld i
man died. After stating that he is of | i
sound and disposing mind, the testa- tor
states that it is his wish for all of
his property, real and personal, includ- 1
ing money in bank, to go to his daugh* ter,
Rosa Otto Lee Tutty. <
There is no doubt that a caveat <
will be filed to the will. The testator
left three sisters unprovided fo".
One of the attorneys interested in the (
estate said that his caveat would fjt ,
out the fact that the old man was no:
of sound and disposing mind, but that !
he acted under duress of Rosa Tutty, !
his colored wife.
The Tutty woman is well known in
the community. Her incarceration 1l
jail for the alleged detention of three <
$1,000 bonds belonging to the old man
and her subsequent release, after fro 1
quent and futile attempts had be 30 ?
made by him to repudiate his actlor 1
In having h?r placed in jail, are of re
cent occurrence.
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TREATY WITH GERMANY.
Negotiations Initiated by President
Roosevelt and Ambasadcr Sternberg.
A Washington dispatch says: Negotiations
have been initiated for a trea'y
of arbitration between Germany and 1
the United States. Several days ago
President Roosevelt suggested to Baron
Sternberg, the German ambassador,
that a treaty of arbitration between
the United States and Germany would '
in his opinion be very desirable.
Ambassador Sternberg coincided
wiih this view. ! <
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OUTLAWS SURROUNDED.
J Capture of Murderers and Bank Rob- ,
bera Expected at Any Moment.
The different hands of men hunting 1
parties who killed the cashier of the ;
First National bank at Cody, Wyo., j
have the robbers practically surrounded
in the foothills of the Owl Creek
mountains. 5b miles away, and their
death or capture is certain within a i
short ttae. )
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I Cream of News.| IBrief
Summary of Most U
Important Events I i
of Each Day. t J {
?The Temps and The Journal dcs j
Cebatfc, Pans newspapers, devote leadmg
articles to the Franco-American K \
arbitration treaty, the former pointing 1^1
aut that this is the first agreement of 1
its kind that the United States has
made with a European nation.
?A fire has destroyed the Central - N
Hotel and a number of stores adjoin- \
ing the hotel at Tazwell, Va. Total
loss about $15,000. Several. people
were hurt. o
?The Japanese reservists residing s.
n the Philippines have been called \ 4
to the colors. Their number is estimated
at 600.
\
?J. Samuei McCue, for four years ^
mayor of Charlottesville,. Va., has '<
^ J tl
been tonne guiny 01 iae muruer ui jlub
wife. The verdict was murder in the
Srst degree, which carries with it the
ieath penalty. . . !
?Fire has destroyed the entire west
side of the little town of Marion, in
Tuscola county, Michigan, a hun^rtu
miles northeast from Grand Rapids,
entailing a loss of $200,000.
?A hundred Algerians have been
irowned by the sinking of the French - ;
3teamer Gironde, after having been vin
collision with the French steamer A. '
Schiaffino near Herbillon, Algeria. ,
?The Texas quarantine which has
existed against Mexico for many v
months has been called off. , -i
?Two thousand alumni were present
a few days ago at the one htm- 1 j
Ired and fiftieth anniversary of the i *
founding of old Kings College,. Co- J
lumbiL University, in Nev York city.
?The bat! if ships Oregon and Wisconsin,
the cruiser Cincinnati, the tor- ^
pedo boat destroyer Decatur and the
collier Sterling, of the Asiatic squad- >.
ron, have arrived at Manila.
?Timothy i. Lee. the American locomotive
engineer, who was held responsible
for the railroad wreck on
the Central railroad, in Mexico, about 1 ;
nine months ago, which resulted in
the loss of about twenty lives, has t ^
been sentenced to four years' lmpris- ^
onment . \ ' .
?Extra guards of marines have i
been stationed around the partly constructed
$2,000,000 dry dock at the
Norfolk navy yard oa account of the
threats that had been made by die- '
charged Ital.'atf workmen. j, j
?The Virginia state . corporation
commission has granted a charter to ?
the Virginia and the Southwestern 1
Railway Company. The capital stock .1
la placed at from $1, 00,000 to $10;- |
060,000. The main office erf the com- < '*|
pany is at Bristol, Tenn.
?Judge Babcock, of the/ common v|
pleas court, at Cleveland, O., handed
down a decision declaring the Chap- v
man law closing the polls at 4 p. m. * i
Instead of 5:30 p. m. in the. cities of
Cleveland and Cincinnati, to be un- v
constitutional.
?Rev. Albion W. Knight, dean of f A
Bt. Philip's Episcopal Cathedral, At-?-. / j
lanta, Ga., has decided to accept the
appointment as bishop to Cuba, to |
which he was elected at the recent
general conference of the church in ?!
Boston.
?The president has issued his -j
Thanksgiving proclamation, setting 1
aside Thursday, November 24, to he
observed as a day of festival add
thanksgiving by all the people of the. \
United Sttaes at home and abroad. . /|
?A cotton compress company in %
Oklahoma has contracted to furnish '
$30,000 worth of cotton to a firm of J
Japanese for Immediate shipment to '1
Nagasaki. It will go via New Or- ?
leans. |
?It is understood that Steps have J 3
been taken to bring about another fj|
conference between representatives of
On* strikinz cotton mill operatives and <;
tie manufacturers at Fall River to
discuss a proposition to submit the
itrike issue to' arbitration. ,
?Negotiations between Great Britain
and Russia looking to a settlement
of the North Sea affair are pro- greasing
favorably and there is not
the slightest danger of any frktfcm
arising between the two governments.
?J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. an- ^
nounces that they have sold the Dhl- i
ince of the $30,000,000 New York Cten- A
tral and Hudson River railroad 4 per j
cent debenture bonds purchased by j|
them last June. ' * " ? I
?Real estate valued at fully $100,000,000,
and in the possession of about
280 persons, is involved in a series of
legal actions, in New York city, one j?4
of which has just been brought is' |?
Bupreme court.
?Charles A. Manston, under charge 9
of counterfeiting, was found "not gull- ^ i
ty" in federal court in Atlanta. M
?Italy and Austria seem to be on ?
the verge of war, owing to outbreaks 1
between Italian and German students
at Trmftshriu-k Austria. jg
?The total value of'real estate In
North Carolina, aa shown by a report 4 d
Jast made up., Is $220,303,339. The
last report, a year ago, showed a total J*
value of only $178,892,819. >