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& HODCE; THE CAT. Bi-vTy and big. his books among. Good .Samuel Johnson sat. With frowning brows and wig askew. His snuff-strewn waistcoat far from new; So stern and menacing his ailThat neither "Black Sam" nor the maid IFo knock or interrupt him dareYet close beside him, unafraid, Sat Hodge, the cat. s "This particle,"' the Donor wrote, ''The modem scholar cavils at. But'*?even as he penned the word J^soft. protesting note was heard. * Xhe Uoetor tumbled wun nis pen. The dawning thought took '.vines and | flew. The sound repeated came again? It was a faint reminding "Mew!" From Hodge, the tat. 0. '"Foot Pu?sy!" said the learned man, Giving the glossy fur a pat, "It is your dinner time. I know. & And?we'd, perhaps I ought to go; For if Sam every day were sent Off from his work vour fish to buy. .Why- -men are men?he might repent, * I And starve or kick you on the s.y? Eh! Hodge, rnv cat':" I The Dictionary was in id down? The Doctor tied his vast cravat, And down the buzzing street, he strode, Taking an often-trodden road. And halted at a well-known stall: "Fishmonger."' spoke thy Doctor gruff. "Give me six oysters?that is all; Hodge knows when lie has had enoughHodge is my cat.'* Then home; Puss dined, and while in sleep He chased a visionary rat. His master sat him down again. Rewrote his page, renibbed his pen: Each "i" was dotted, each "t" was crossed, He labored on i'or all to read. Kor deemed that time was ws>te or lost Spent in supplying the small need Of Hodge, the cat. "That dear old Doctor: fierce o: mien, IlL'nUUJ. , if.. What gentle thought? his name ciuVd! So generous; of his scanty gold. So quick to love, so hot to scorn. Kind to all sufferers under heaven? !A tenderer despot ne'er was bom: His big heart held a corner even For J lodge, the cat. / ?Susan Coolidcre, in Hartford Courant. 1 . Her Splendid Inconsistency. i?~ ^ """^ i wgrs.;.'.^. POM the open windows Kl Mtf <?tne music by the orchesulil F is'i lra *n tnf> on . .M further side of the house, >a! - - softened by distance. Moonlight. broken up by intervening trees into bars and splotches of golden radiance, lay all about them as they talked up and down the veranda. '"The right kind of a woman always appreciates a proposal of marriage from any man as a great compliment. Coming from you it is the much, more to be valued, but I cannot marry you.*' said the woman. "I have to thank you f??r bavin?: li*s| tened to me so patiently. Might I trespass a little more upon your good ifature and ask permission to discuss I tfce matter further with your" 1 I "No amount of discussion can profit gt' either of us. so far as I can see. But. ; as I have said, in asking me to marry ' yon a great compliment was paid me. and iu return for that compliment I suppose that I owe you permission to Indulge your love for discussion or arij gument." "Thanks for the permission/' said ' the man. stiil in liis stolid manner. "I cannot recognize my proposal as, in any sens*. compliment, hut I am ' ."Willing that you should, if you wish, take the manner in which I made it as a compliment. Kecognizing the splendid development of your own logical faculties, I have made my ofter of marr/ riage in perfectly business-like form. >?* I have heard you often dedard that a contract of marriage is like any ether - contract, and should be entered into only when both parties are fully aware If- of what they are doing." "Do you think women are ever en tirely consistent?" interrupted the woman. The man looked a trifle surprised and replied: "At least. I give you credit for having a splendidly consistent iuind. You ? do not mean that I have erred in my manner o? proposing, that you would have preferred mere or an air of romance, and all that sort of thing?" I tne summon is someming use this," continued the man in very much fy the same tone of voice that he would have used in arguing an important case ? before the Supreme Court. "You are v" twenty-nine?or is it thirty ??years old, have a reputation as a beauty, and all that. You can, I know, marry any one * of two or three men who can offer you at least as much as I, but modesty was never a prevailing characteristic of mine, and I have not feared to measT lire myself with these other men. y ' "On the other hand. I can give you a- pretty much anything you desire that costs money. 1 stand well in my profession, and have prospects cf soon be!ng near the top of it. Altogether, I am satisfied that any one would call it U very suitable match all around." "Does the prosecution here close its case?" inquired the woman, laughing I' c little. "I hardly care to regard the matter as one cf prosecution and defense," said the man imperturbably, "but it you wish to use the terms I am forced to admit their applicability. Will the defense rest its case on the testimony submitted by the prosecution, or will it elect to submit an argument?" V "Tile defense v."ill submit an argument/' replied the woman, "i admit that the match would he. as you say, pronounced suitable to every one. As tor the two or three other men whom you aver that I can marry at any time, f I caimot answer. I have noticed that the number of my proposals has been falling off of late, and I attributed the fact to advancing age. You were right Kv, > r C: . ' - r. when you said I was thirty. I may < lose the discussion by saying that I have made up my mind to become an old maid." "Far be it from me to say anything rcainst those estimable members of I society, the old maids," said the man, | ' but I do not think you will ever be one of them. A wise man once said - A -r W.t,^A A hMoc I 1121 L lilt* HMt I til it UTI uiuio either a disappointed lover or a great rascal, and. while I do not indorse bis opinion unqualifiedly, I am firm in the belief that every old maid is a woman who was disappointed in love or who was too ccld-bloodedly selfish ever to marry. Surely, you do not come in either class?"' "No," said the woman, reflectively, "I can't say that I do. and yet " "Perhaps." said the man, and now his voice was very gentle, as though he feared lie might touch some old wound unwittingly, "there is in your life some romance which I have not guessed. . Believe mo, I would not wound you for worlds, and I trust you will pardon my clumsy speech.*' "Oh. I am not a blighted being, never fear." this with a laugh that did not ring altogether of merriment. "Then your refusal to marry me is not based upon the ground that you prefer some other man?" "No, I am not in love?with some other man." "Then, why not marry* me?" "I have given you the best of all a woman's reasons, 'because.' " "But your refusal of me is final, J may take it?" "ICS ?u.p yes v.mi an iuaudible sigh. a sigh so nearly inauciib!e that it did not reach the man. He had thrown away his cigar and stood for a moment gazing out toward the trees. Then he began to speak, and his voice was harsh with feeling that had been restrained. *I think I quite forgot to mention one thing in my proposal. I did not say that t love you very dearly; that, not wishing to be a beggar of love, I have waited all these years to be in a position to offer you the things which I mentioned as rendering me eligible for your hand. You. who are so cool and calm, what can you know of love and passion? Now, I know that I have worked all these years in vain?no, not altogether in vain?for I am goirg to kiss yor: once, here and now, if it means the loss of the little that is left me of your regard." He gathered her in his strong arms and kissed her. not once, but mary time?, on her forhead, on her eyes ar.d ou her lips, and then released her, with, the full consciousness that lie had done a i unpardonable thing which he did not regret. But the woman held out her arms to him and said: "Oh, Jack. dear, why didn't you tell me that you loved me at hrst."?Yf. \V. Ilines, in San Francisco Call. A Little Story of Daily Life. "Most of the good stories get in oprint," said the commercial traveler. Perhaps this one has been in types, but I've never seen it. A traveling man stopped at a hotel in Monticello. The proprietor tokl him he c^uld not lodge him, not a room in the house. The traveling man protested. He mu st have a room. Finally the proprietor tokl him there was a room, a little room, separated by a thin partition from a nervous man, a man who had lived in the -house for ten years. " Tie is so nervous,' said the landlord, T don't dare put any one in that rcom. The least noise might give him U Jil'l *UIIS lllill n Vlliu cuunii0'.4 his life.' " 'Oh, give me room.' said the traveler. 'I'll be so quiet he'll not kuow I'm there.' ' Well, the room was given the traveler. He slipped in noiselessly and began to disrobe. He took off one article of clothing after another as quietly as a burglar. At last lie came to h's shoes. He unlaced a shoe, and theu, man-like, dropped it. "The shoe fell to the floor with a great. noise. The offending traveler, horrified at what he had done, waited to hear from the nervous man. He took off the second shoe and placed it noiselessly upon the floor. Then in absolute silence he finished undressing and crawled between the sheets. "Half an hour went by. He had dropped into a doze when there came a tremendous knocking on the partition. "The traveler sat up in bed trembling and dismayed. 'Wh?wha?what's the matter?' he asked. Then came the voice of the nervous man: " 'Blame you, drop that other shoe! " ?Indianapolis News. Three Thingi. Three things to admire: Intellect, dignity and gracefulness. Three things to hate: Cruelty, arrogance and ingratitude. Three things to delight in: Beauty, frankness and freedom. Three things to like: Cordiality, good humor and cheerfulness. Three things to avoid: Idleness, loquacity and flippant jesting. Three things to cultivate: Good books, good friends and good manners. Three things to contend for: Honor, country and friends. Three things to govern: Temper, tongue and conduct.?The Northwest Horticulturist. The Geld Piecein the Plate. It is reported by an Ionia County paper that the recent church collection included a five-dollar gold piece ami a notice was published that in case it was contributed by mistake the contributor was to call and got it back. It is unworthily^ hinted that the publi cation was lor tne purpose 01 ascertaining whether the donor really was J geenrous or willing to bo known l'oi I a mean, stingy cuss who intended tc | give only a cent.?Detroit Tribune. t I SOUTH CAROLINA 2j \ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j j ?CMTsic\jro?r^i?Nirsi \>?> j i New industries Established. The Chattanooga ira.lesman reports the following new industries in South Carolina the past week: Swansea, has ket and crate factory; uoiumoia, $10,-; 000 development company; Sumter, 1 $25,000 lumber company. ! * t * * Came Very Near It ' A remarkable election bet is said to have been made in Union, when one man put up a check for $300 on a : wager "that Roosevelt would beat Parker by at least 500 electoral votes." * * * o Explosion Killc Two Wen. Calvin McXiel! ami Xiell Barns colored workmen engaged in feeding the big cotton press at the Dillon oil mill ginnery, were instantly killed by the j explosion of a steam cylinder. The J negro operating the lever to open the valve threw it wide and the rush of steam burst the cylinder. ' I !> * .1 For Rivers and Harbors. The expenditures for river and harbor work (luring tne fiscal year have , been made. The items relating to South Carolina are the following: The Groat Pedee river. $5G.(?? 0: Winvali bay. SSS.000: Congarec- river. .?75,000; Charleston harbor. $3h.000. * 9 * Locked Up for Safe Keeping. Johnny Perry .the young white man who shot and killed Joe Denny Wills, another white man. at baluda. on election day. has been incarcerated in the state penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. This action v as taken on account of threats of lynching. * * # A New Market for Rice. Charleston has found a new market for her rice on the Pacific coast, and, the first and only shipment of the staple which has ever been sent there will leave port in the next few weeks for Sattle, Wash., via New York, and thence around Cape Horn for its destination. The shipment will consist of 20.000 pounds in 300 pound barrels. I * ? Electric Road Assured. Hon. John R. Hosch and Professor M. T. Edgerton, of Hoschton, and M. Eltrich, of New York, were in Commerce. Ga.. recently, in the interest of the proposed Atlanta and Carolina Electric Railroad. Mr. Eltrich represents a New York syndicate, which, he says, has ample ipeans and will furnish the money to build and equip the proposed road if .the peoQjc along the line will give the right of -way and subscribe $1,000 per mile to the construction. % The company will be organized and officers elected as soon as $50,000 is .subscribed. This amount has practical! been subscribed, and the organization will be perfected within the next few days. * * Cotton Mills to Be Resold. At Charleston, Judge Brawley, in the United States court, signed an order directing the resale of the DeKalb cotton mills at Camden. Standing Master Gilliland is authorized to soli the property on December 21 at not less than $150,000. The mills were first sold some months ago under an order of the court of $155,000. It was afterwards alleged that the bidding had been "chilled" by purchaser and the sale was set aside and the property offered again October 12 with upset price : of $75,000. There were nt> bidders and the property now goes to the lrlock for the third time. a Sermon on Lawlessness. At the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer Newberry, the pastor, Rev. W. L. Seabrook, delivered a forceful ' sermon on the "Spirit of Lawlessness in South Carolina Today." Rev. Seabrook took as his text. Phil. 1:27: "Only behave as a citizen ; worthy of the gospel of Christ." He spoke of the increase of law] Iessness in the state; of the cheapness of human life; of the frequency ; of murders, so frequent indeed that It ; is alleged that the safest crime that can be committed in South Carolina is the crime of murder; of the l i courts as being not always faithful i : and just. "We know furthermore."j i continued the speaker, "that our juries j ! arc not always true to their oaths, j that bribery, frauds and the use -fj ; intoxicating liquors as a potent in* fiuer.ce in our primaries is becoming more and more common; that The majority of the homicides in our state during the past two years were committed by men who were either under j the influence of liquor at the time or | | whose moral sense was debauched j I by indulgence in liquor; that the j state for the sake of revenue fosters j ' a system which makes it easy for men J to beeome lawiess." ! "The Christian gentleman must dis- j , cern his relation to all these things. ; that he may do his full duty and to ' r live worthily of the gospel of Jesus ! Christ." The discourse was one of the strong- i est that has been heard from a New- ; berry pulpit in several years, the; speaker being heard with the closest j attention throughout. * * * Aged Woman Drops Dead. Mrs. Mary E. Graham, who was the ' sister of the late Hon. W, T. Bobo. j of Spartanburg county, a member of ; the state constitutional convention. : died suddenly of neuralgia of the heart at the home of her son, Mr. H. M. j Sparks, of Union. Mrs. Graham had eaten a hearty ! breakfast, and afterwards said she did I not feel quite well, and passed away ! before a physician could reach her. j She was 68 years old. SNOW WRECKS SERVICE.! i Storm Along Atlantic Coast Plays ; Frightful Havoc With Telegraphic Communication and Traffic. A New York special says: The storm which swept up the Atlantic ' coast from the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and Sunday night, developing into a ! gale as it moved northward, resulted i in the most complete tie-up of wire communication that the eastern states 1 - j 1 C'OC /?!oor. i iia.>e t-A.iJv'1 ivrnvtrii oiu^c i oo<_-, utot** ranging train schedules, paralyzing j trolley lines and piled several wrecks ; along coast. Rain and snow ac- ! companies! the storm, adding to the ! tlestrttciiveness of the gale. Tele- : phone and telegraph poies borne down j by the weight of snow and ice inc-rust- { ed wires gave way before the sweep ; of the wind, and whole states were f cut off. Both the telegraph companies and j the telephone companies with long dis- j tance wires reported their fields I of operation restricted to the territory 1 bounded on the west by Philadelphia, j on the east by Boston and on the j north by Newburgh, N. Y. The big j brokerage concerns in Wall street, j many of whom, under normal condi- i tions, operate thousands of miles of j wire, found themselves helpless. The general breaking down of wires j was almost entirely responsible for j troupble on the railroads. The move- j ments of trains could not be reported, j and delays extending into hours in ; many cases were reported. That the effects of the storm were j more far-reaching than any similar j disturbance since the great blizzard of i 18S8 became evident when the disar- ! rangement of wire communication con- ! tinued almost as complete as at any time during the height of the storm, j Up to 10 o'clock many points were ! completely isolated, while whole sec- j tions were reached only by most cir- t cuitous routes. To the west the only j points having direct communications j with 'New York were Philadelphia and ; Baltimore. The newspapers, however, had succeeded in reaching the west and incidentally many eastern points, by means of- a telephone wire between Baltimore and Chicago. The news report carried over the regular wires be- j tween New York and Baltimore when j it reached the latter city was tr^ns- | ferred a distance of ten blocks to the ! tlephone office by cabs, was then for- j warded by telegraph to Chicago over j a long distance telephone wire, and j from Chicago was telegraphed back to ; Washington and other cities which i could not be reached over the regular j routes. ____________ ? eleven die in wreck. ( i Disastrous Head-On Collision Occurs j on the Oregon Short Line. Eleven persons were killed and ten or fifteen injured in a head-on collis- j ion Saturday between Union Pacific ! westbound passenger. No. 3, and an j eastbound extra freight train, 1 1-2 ' miles west of Azusa, Wyoming, on the j Oregon Short Line. The injured were taken to the hos- i pital at Roijk Springs, and the coro- j ner held an inquest over the dead at ! the scene of the wreck. It is said that the collision was due to the error of a telegraph operator. < OUTLAWS YIELD TO HUNGER. I f Ed and George Jackson Surrender to i West Virginia Authorities. ; A dispatch from Charleston, Y7. Va., says: Ed and George Jackson, broth- I ers, for whom rewards have been of- i fered by both state and county author- j itles, surrendered Sunday and are i ?? * j ! now in tlie county jail, ine men uao : been secreted in an abandoned coal : mine just outside Montgomery, and ; were driven to surrender by hunger \ and cold. Word was sent to Montgomery by a mountaineer and on the arriv- ! al of Squire Davis and a constable I the men gave themselves up without a struggle. I ____ TENEMENT A DEATH TRAP. Two Young Girls and Old Man Cremated in Fire at New York. Three persons were burned to deatn : half a dozen others were overcome by smoke and saved only with the greatest difficulty, in a fire which practically destroyed a five-story apartment house in New York Thursday. Of the three victims two were girls, 15 and 18 years old. and the other was ! their grandfather, 09 years old. who war, a helpless paralytic. I LATEST FROM THE FRONT. Jap and Russian Outposts Near Mukden Engage in Lesu!tory Skirmishes Day and Night. Aflvirea cpnt nnf from Opnpval Knrn. pat-kin's headquarters, via Mukden, state that frequent fights between the opposing patrols occurred Monday. The Russians, with heavy howitzers and 6-inch gun batteries, shelied the Japanese trenches and gave the working parties a little respite. Large numbers of Russians are arriving at the front to replace those who have fallen. The Russian army is-realizing more fully day by day the enormous task involved in driving back the Japanese. Great hopes, however, are placed on the Russian second Pacific squadron. Another dispatch says: Since Sunday signs ot a serious engagement taking place within the next few days have been increasing. The Japanese are displaying great activity eastward. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The latest indications from the front point to an early resumption of military operations on a large scale. Field. Marshal Ova ma has received heavy re inforeements from Niuchwang and evidently is about ready to wage battle for the possession of Mukden. The Japanese are showing particular activity on their right flank, as if they were contemplating a turning movement from that direction. General Kuropaikin has fortified his position along the Shakhe river, and as he seemingly is prepared to accept a battle, he doubtless has made dispositions to block a flanking operation. GEORGIA WINS BIG SUIT. United States Supreme Court Passes Upon Important Tax Case. By a decision of the United States supreme court rendered Monday, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, or its lessees, must pay into the treasury of the state of Georgia taxes for at least four years, perhaps for seven, and possibly for fifteen, on $1,500,000 of the capital stock of the Western of Alabama Railroad Company, which it owns. In rendering this decision, the supreme court has established on a firm foundation a principle of Georgia law, and hereafter all stock in foreign oorporations held by individuals or incorporated companies in the state, must have taxes upon it. This will affect hundreds of shares of stock of corporations in other states held and owned in Georgia, all of which will now oe called on to pay tax? , state, county and municipal, and that, too. under a decision from which there is no appeal. The supreme court 01 tne unitec States has reversed the decisions of two lower courts, the United States district court for the northern district of Georgia, and the United States circuit court of appeals for the fifth circuit. Judge W. T. Newman held that the state could not collect taxes on this stoclc. The court of appeals, at New Orleansfc by two to one, upheld Judge Newman's decision, and by certiorari the case was taken from that' court to the United States supreme court at Washington with the result stated. ???x ANOTHER BLAZE IN KNOXVILLE. Tennessee City Suffers Loss of Valuable Public Library.. Knoxville, Tennessee, suffered another serious fire in the business district Monday afternoon. Shortly before two o'clock the Lawson-McGhee Library building was discovered on fire and was soon- doomed to total destruction. Many rare and valuable volumes were in the library, and ic is difficult to give an estimate of the value of this property. The building was worth about $25,000. It wa9 presented to the city by Colonel McGhee. in 1885, as a memorial to bis daughter. The library is the property of the oitv. The loss to this library, Vance Furniture Company, Commercial Club and Business college located in the building, it is believed, aggregate more than $100,000. SOUTHERN TRAIN DERAILED. \ Several Cars Leave Track and are Overturned?Passengers Escape. Train No. 14 on the Southern railway which left Atlanta Thursday night at 11:50 for Brunswick and Jacksonville, was ditched three miles below Cochran. Ga., at 4:30 o*dock Friday morning. Seven coaches were overturned. but nobody was seriously injured. The wreck was caused by a misplaced rail, the spikes of which were either broken or which had been removed. Fast Train Records Broken. All records on the Pennsylvania railroad tor long distance runs were broken Friday by a special train from Crestline to Fort Wayne, Ind. The distance of 131 miles was covered in 118 minutes. Gives Cash to Atlanta College. la the will of the late Mrs. James Schuler, of Intervale, N. H., just filed for probate, Atlanta, Ga., university received a bequest cf $1,000. \vm MBmKnHMWNHmMmMMMBMMV:qaan'BaiVMBnBi PEACE TALK FUTILE | | I Russia is Determined to' Fight to the Bitter End. . . AN FMPHATin STATFMFNT ' > Ambassador Cassini, at Washington, f'^J Puts Quietus on Reports ' 1 Regarding Possible Mediation. * ?L ' Russia will pursue the war in the Jra Far East to the bitter end?that is, ' \,*i until Russia has conquered." ! These are the opening words of an Trj emphatic statement nlade at the R?k. sian embassy in Washington Monday v-- y:by Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador. The statement continues: "I deem it my duty to reiterate N what I have so often said, that Russia >?:| will not suspend in any case her mill- -v ..J tary operations in the Far East. All ' * rumors and reports regarding the ?o?<cess of the direct overtures for peaee^ x >1 which Japan is said to have made to V iv i Russia, and regarding the mediation of y the powers, are, in my jpinion, started - ( for the purpose of convincing" the public that the end of tne war is close ~;-s hand. In this way it is hoped,tji?t tipf public may be led to believe that Jap anese loans offer attractive invest- ^ / ments. "All Russia cannot more admit of interference than Great Britain in the Transvaal, or than could the United : States" in her war with Spain. Where \ : the prestige of a country is at stake, . all other considerations are and must < j be put aside. Some people may think V . \ that financial difficulties will influence P :f/Russia to end hostilities. Such an opinion is based on the false assump- tion of Russia's financial resources. y There is no doubt whatever that Bus; sia, whose annual income exceeds one billion of dollar^, cannot be influenced, ! in her attitude toward the outcome of the war by the amount of war expcniB- 1 tures. It is not altogether out of the question that Russia, who did not expect war, should in the moment when she has mobilized her army and is sending corps after corp3 in fighting , readiness to the Far East, suddenly call a halt on hostilities, particularly after she has for nearly a year, without any difficulty or recourse to extra- ^ . i ordinary measures, been able to carry y the extra expense.' WARE RESIGNS HIS POST. ' > , Pension Commissioner Sends in Resig- _ I nation to President Roosevelt. * ~A A Washington special says: Com-' inissioner of tensions Ware tendered i his resignation to the president Bfoo day, and it was accepted to take effect i January 1. When seen later Commissioner ^ j Ware refused to discuss his action in ' % ' any way/except to state that the ,j newspapers of the country had been ~ / "resigning" him for the past two :'#f\ years. For at least one year, how- *' ' t| ever, it has been definitely known A that Mr. Ware would retire from his t office socn after the fail elections and / / return to his home in Kansas to resume his law practice. It is believed ' f that Commissioner Ware's action was t not due to any suggestion that the I severance of his relations with the pension office would be agreeable to V $ ! the president. On the contrary, it has | M been no secret that Commissioner Ware socn after assuming his duties found the duties of his office distaste- . ful to him and that this distaste Y ! steadily increased. There is no iatJmaticn as to who his successor WIB tf'.s -f CASTRO EXPELS AMERICAN. : Yankee Editor Incurs Wrath of Vene- j zuelan President A. F. Jaurez. editor of The Venezae- % lan Herald, has been ordered expelled ; ? n T.J 1. / from Venezuela oy rresiueut unuv. v . ^ ! The news came to the state depart- | i ment in a cablegram from its legation . ; at Caracas. No details are given, but' |j : it is stated that Mr. Jaurez has always ^ defended American interests in bis * 'paper, ,v'h LANDED ON PEC STR!AN. < ' " . . jfii ??? i Small Boy Falls from Second-Story Window and is Miraculously Saved. ' At Atlanta a four-yearold boy. fell ?>' -0 from the second-story window of a building on the Whitehall 6treet viaduct, and, as a result, sustained minor 1 injuries. i } ! ff. 1 That the littler boy was not killed | H bv the fall was due to the fact that - ? his body struck the shoulder of an nn- -j known man who chanced>to be passing at the time of the accident. The force of the fall was thus broken, and f | the life of the child saved. 7 ] FATAL BLAZE IN WASHINGTON. One Man Meets Death While Others f are Injured by Jumping. i Fire Sunday morning in a row o! _ f, houses on Thirteenth and C streets, I'1 Washington. D. C.. burned one man to death, caused another to jump from a second-story window and break both t -4 legs, while two women who jumped each broke a leg. All of the inmates ' 1 have not been accounted for. and it ,1 feared several dead bodies may be ia . jfl the ruins.