Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The negro cabman stood with his hand on the doer and bowed obsequiously. This was just the kind to give a half-dollar and ask no charge. "To Whaley's Hotel/' I "Whaley's Hotel! Good gracious!*' The negro stepped back and beckoned to another driver. Then he turned respectfully to his passenger. "Dey ain't 310 Whaley's Hotel now, sub, but a passel o' rocks an' a ole chimney. It done burn down, sub, 'fo' I was born. I reckon." "Hm-m!" The stranger was evidently disconcerted. "Well, take me to some hotel." As the negro gathered up the lines, his passenger put his head out of the window. "Driver, do we pass by the Presbyterian Church ?*' "Yass, suh. Go right down Main (street." "Stop when you get there. And here " "Thankee, suh," said Jeff. He had not mistaken the species. "Don't drive too fast. I want to see the places as I go." Judge Blashford was passing through an oxnerience that, under the most I favorable circumstances, is never -without its pangs. He was revisiting for the first time the scene of his early manhood. He had been educated in this little Missouri town. It was endeared to him by many tender associav . v tions. He bad left it a youth of twenty and now was returning, forty years later, expecting to find everything unchanged. As lie leaned back in the carriage and closed his eyes, blessed memories were forming a picture of the little old and bare church, which liad been the gate of heaven to his "Hyeali's de cliu'ch, suh." The carriage stopped before a handsome brick edifice with cathedral glass and stone "The church!" The judge sat upright and looked bewildered. "Yass, sub. Dis de Prisbyte'ian Chu'cli. Maybe you was tliinkin' 'bout de old one. Dat done pull down long time ago, suh." Judge Bashford experienced a feeling of keen disappointment. "Drive on," he said briefly. He was looking out intently as they passed down the street. "Yes," he said musingly, "there's the old catalpa in the Riley yard. That's the first j familiar thing I've seen;" and tnere came into his mind a whimsical recollection of Holmes' words: 'There's nothing on earth that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth." "Stop at the next corner, boy," said ? the judge. The next corner would be the old Dyer place. It rose before him j&->- as if he had seen it yesterday, the big, square white house with a brick pavement leading up to it. Set in this walk was a generous hear/ filled with flowers, "painter's brush" and "golden buttons," pink and portulaca. By the side of the parlor window on the east was a smoke tree, and a grape arbor was in the garden. The carriage stopped. "Hyeah's de corner, sub." ; . It had been transformed into a com%'z monplace business block. Xot a vestige of smoke tree or flowers left. "Drive me to tbe hotel," said the passenger, with a kindling sympathy for Kip Van Winkle in his heart. He felt bereaved. The depression that had fallen, upon him deepened as he taiked with the landlord after dinner. It seemed to him that he had returned to a place of tombs. The "boys" were gone; the "girls" had passed away. It was "some minutes before he could bring himself to the point of asking ' that for which lie had come back. "And Colonel Cailborne's family?" he said at last, interrogatively. "What has become of them?" The landlord shook his head. "Most of them are gone. The old Colonel died twenty years ago. I reckon, and his wife soon after. John, you remember John, the youngest boy: well, he was killed. Ills jrirl lives Here wiin Hiss Bettie now: she raised Iter. Mighty pretty girl she is, too. They say she going to marry young Falcs. You remember the Faleses. don't you?" And the voluble landlord switched off to a conversational sidetrack. The "Judge did not follow him closelv. He V" * ? had the information that he most desired. Miss Bettie Cailborne was at that precise moment making strawberry preserves. "I won't put up many." she was thinking rather drearily, as she measured out tlie sugar. "When little Bettie's gone there won't be any. Dody but Delphy and me, and?I'm I &r' My lmjjuamuex.jjRkumi , iiiiJioK.ij.iJitr.1kii vt_.". mi it Ttry are ^ slror*:. are <="> I all, h They K'ar u;? sior: >. > sorrow: ^ "Willi brave eyes io tT.: sis:!, they all , .fee tail for some :c-ir.o:rov.\ 1 ? ivc-- I !o*v* to ranee nr.d raar.i, \ ?\{v harbor ]'{ .; hc.vailirri: : iiitl" hoai.o .Mr.!-: bide at home, To gavly speed ill-' pailimr. _ * ?Helen Hay Whitney. r A 1 w*'/ ~^V3 *?'/ vs, yy<w ?a? - ;?>> s\i'.y l ?V>fe5*2Tfto?o >- <,'? ' :5>o^c2vi!or iSft 2 i, O Ac?? #.Vo\* ^ iiV^'C: /*%\ V5 o o\? ^o\i 1?0\5 rfiNS ^ I ItOlWANfTE } P JL&W ?L^JTiL? \l ViC4 I iiE!2?3?SE3 E E. WRIGHT. IlllgHSM&Illliljlllil afraid wo won't have much appetite." Life looked a little "ray to Miss Bettie.' Little Bottle had been discussing only the night before, the arrangements for-, her marriage. Ail of this called back a flood of memories to'Miss Bettie. as she sat in her own room late in the day, recking gently in the moonlight. Little Eettie's confidence had made her heart strangely tender. Did she ever love anybody? Ah, she rose from her chair, lighted the lamp, and opened a bureau drawer. Life from generation to generation is but a repetition of the old. In every lonely woman's heart there is a secret drawer, and in it is a faded picture or a bundle of letters, or a withered rosebud, meanirgless to all but her. Miss Bettie's secret drawer was only a little pasteboard tox. As she raised the lid, : the scent of June roses filled the air. But one solitary letter, taken from among notes and faded flowers, interested Miss Bettie. A tender, troubled look came into her eyes as she unfolded the paper, yellowed with age. "How strange it was!" she mused. "How very strange! I will never know E why he did not come!" 5 The letter was replaced at last. Then Miss Bettie knelt down to say her prayers. Dear, sweet Miss Bettie! Such a fragrant, beautiful flower to have been so long ungathered! The jam was going into the glasses when-the doorbell rang. Delphy ushered the visitor into the dim, shaded parlor, and left him to grope for a seat alone. After stumbling over an embroidered footstool or two, Judge Elashford, for it was he, sat thank- \ fuiiy down on the horsehair sofa and looked around. He reached over and turned the Venetian blind with an odd feeling of acquaintance. It had been a long time since he had seen its like. Ke could not have toldffor the life of him what that parlor once held, except a beautiful blue-eyed girl who had blotted out for him all lesser things, but when the sunlight fluttered through the slats it revealed a strangely familiar scene. A big figured brussels carpet, a marble-topped table on which "gift books" and "annuals" and little piles of family daguerreotypes were primly placed around the family Bible in the centre; a small square piano with flowered cover, surmounted by a wax cross under a glass globe, these were the salient features that met his gaze. For mural ornaments there was a long mirror over the high mantel, and a wreath of hair flowers. He rose and went to where the wreath hung. He renumbered it well. There was the same rose that he and Bettie Cailborne had lauahed over in . f those old days. It was made of Sallie Miller's red hair. How radiantly beautiful Beitie bad been in those days! Of course she would be changed, that was unavoidable, but such color as hers could hardly?There was a slight noise, and he turned. An elderly lady with a sweet, wrinkled face stood before him. Her liair was almost white, and there was a stoop to the shoulders. The judge started. He was sure the landlord had said that Mrs. Cailborne was dead. But he advanced to meet her. "Mrs. Cailborne?*' he said interrogatively. "Miss Cailborne," she returned in a voice that thrilled him with its familiar sweetness. "Miss Bettie Cailj borne." Judge Blast ford gasped. He had a strong inclination to run. At that moment happening to raise his eyes, he caught siglit of his own bald head and rotund figure in the glass. He had forgotten that time stands still for nc one. "Mar I ask vonr namo?" sain Miss Bettie. "I think, perhaps, I ought to \ know it.'' "I am William Blashford," he said ( "Will Blashford!" Miss Bettie stead- ' ied herself by a chair. It was the name signed to her letter. And this ( was the man that the slender, curlyheaded collegian had grown to be! She s had always thought of him as young * and slender. Miss Bettie felt as if she had been personally bereaved. When the lirst embarrassment was over, they entered cordially into con- t versation. They sat together on the < worn horsehair sofa and talked of old I times and old friends. They were i glad to meet: they laughed and chatted merrily: but each held a hand close ' upon the secret drawer. Each thought 1 that the other had forgotten all about < it. 1 Judge Blashford stayed to tea. Miss i Bettie had stolen from the room when little Bettie had come in. and hurriedly < donned her new black and white organdie and pinned a Queen of the i Prairie rose 011 her breast. Perhaps i it was the liurry that brought a flush to her faded cheek, but as she sat be- ! hind the silver coffee pot and po'ved ! out delicious coffee. Judge Blashford looked at her with deepening interest! i | I-Ie was beginning to see a little of tbe | ' I Bettie of old. i ; Miss Bettie "svas a capable Louse- j : :norrr. .Tudce B1ash ford was experli * ffivtjli io know Hi? sijres. Those ot wafi-es and broiled chickens v.ont rrnicijt to (ho heart hidden beneath lis capacious vest. lie had not had uoh a meal since?well, for some oars. Miss IleUie certainly looked nr.ch younger than he had thought :t first. They went out on (lie porch ifter snnner. and little Bettlc came out villi a crocheted shawl and reminded ;er aunt that she would be having icuralgia if she were not more careul, and Judge Blashford remembered hat he had been a good deal troubled ately himself with rehumatism, and hey fell to talking about symptoms iid remedies and preventives. Strange o say. a sense of conmradeship came ipon them with this interchange ot ddcriy confidences, that had not ac'ompanicd the recalling of youthful scapades. They had grown old alike, md it did not seem to be a matter foi inmixed regret. They began to talk, :ow. of the sober, sad details of life, le spoke to her of the wife of his onth, of their separation by dcatb, if tlie children who had left him one iy one, until now his home was n Ireary place, and she listened with inly pity in her eyes. Then she bought of little Bettie, and confided o him that she had never let the dear ihild know how she dreaded to have ler go away. Finally the judge took a letter from lis inside pocket. "Miss Bettie/' he ;aid, and his tone was very sober, "do oil remember a letter I sent you on he day before I left college?" Did she? Ah, could she ever forget' t was the one she bad read only the light before. "Yes," she said. "You wrote an answer to it." Miss Bettie's head dropped assent ^.fter all these years her cheeks flamed o think of that answer, and how i1 tad been ignored. People used to say hat Will Blashford had a way ol ilaying with girls' hearts, but she had lever believed it. He held a letter, ellowed with age, in his hand. "I sent my letter by mail. I expectd the answer in the same way. Yon ;ave it to Henry Hillard and asked dm to give it to me." Miss Bettie remembered. His letter lad said in closing, in the romantic ashion of their age, "If I may hope, end me but one word, 'Come.'" She lad written that word. She had sent t by his friend, for she would not trust t to the uncertain mails. But he had lot replied. The next day he had gone way and she had not seen him for orty years. "I did not receive it," he said quicks'. Miss Bel tie looked at him wonderugly, for it was her letter that he was tolaing in his hand. "I did not reeive it," he repeated, "for just seven ears. Then Henry sent it to me with . humorous letter of explanation. He iad laid it away in his book and forr.-?troii nil nhnnt it till lip came across t by accident. Ke did not know whal ras in it. When it came I was maried and had children about my knees, t was too late then for explanation. 1 lut it away in my safe, and it has been here ever since." He stopped, but Miss Bettie could tot raise her eyes. He waited a monent, and then went on: "I would tot have you think that this blasted ny happiness. Life is largely made tp of substitutes. I had a loving, aithful wife and a good family. They nade for me a true home. I have had ill the joy of domestic life. You, J rust, have not been unhappy." "I have had much to be thankful or," she murmured. She would nol ay more just then. "But while this is true," he continted, "it is no disloyalty to the dead o say that the miscarriage of this etter has changed life entirely Xor both >f us." She could not speak. She was thinkng of those sad, sad years of waiting )efore hope died, of the girl whc hought each morning, "He will come o-day," and each evening, "He will ;urely come to-morrow." And it had >een to-morrow, and to-morrow, and he years had passed away. She had lad a useful, busy life; she had beer :ontent; but still she pitied that girl ;he knew so long ago. The judge was speaking again 'Miss Bettie," he said, "we have nol nany more years of life, you and I tVe are on the downward slope; but"le stooped over and took her thin )Iue-veined hand in his strong one? 'shall we not walk together the rest ol he way?* A mist was in Miss Bottle's eyes It hid from her the portly Judge. The over of her youth was beside her Tune roses were blooming again. Th< juestion she had waited for so lonf iad- come at last. "Will you not speak to me, mj lear?" said the judge. And Miss Bettie gave him the an swer that had been in her heart foj ,'orty years.?Florida Agriculturist. The lVHej Ways of Jiuinas. The well-known Paris theatre man iger, Doligny, relates in his "Keminis fences*' an encounter he once had witl the elder Dumas which furnishes ai ^lustration of the novelist's wiliness. Doligny produced Dumas' drama 'Kean," with the rather peculiar 3tip illation that the author should receiv< ane-third of the gross receipts whei these exceeded 30O0 francs, and noth ins at all if they fell below that figure Dumas, who was always hard up :ame late one evening to get his share "Luck is against you again," said th< manager. "You don't get anything to aight. Here is the account." Dumas glanced at it and went away In a few minutes he came back anc said: "Just look over the account again and then pay me 1000 francs. Tin ticket that I just bought for tlire< francs brings the total up to 300< francs 50r" ? . I ! I?? i ii ni i SI ^ | Palmetto state News: ; rVVVWWVWVV h Sore Throat Prevented Speech. Senator Eavid B. Hill did not ad; | dress the general assembly before its j adjournment, as he had been invited ' to do. However, he personally pub[ j lisiied his declaration. He felt that i ! the condition of his throat would not . ! allow him to deliver a speech. ' t * * k * if ; i Ships Go to Mardi Gras. . i The coast defense squadron, conl ! sisting of battleship Texas and the , j Monitors Florida, Arkansas and Ne' ; vada, under command of Rear Admiral > j Dickens, sailed from Charleston for i the gulf, where the vessels will be 1 i distributed among various ports for ' Mardi Gras festivities. :! ( | Atlanta South Carolina Society. The Atlanta Constitution says: On . ! Monday evening, February 126, the , j South Carolina Society of Atlanta, [ Ga., will entertain its members at an , J informal smoker at which several uis> tinguished sons of the Palmetto State i are expected to attend. l The entertainment will be entirely informal, and a general good time .s I expected. The secretary of the soci( . ety desires to hear from the members who will attend. * * * Declines Position at Augusta. L Immigration Commissioner E. J. ' Watson has declined the offer of the , Augusta chamber of commerce secre' taryship at a third more pay. He feels it his duty to himself and his ' state co get his new bureau on a better basis before leaving it. ( Mr. Watson was appointed to the I place in March, 1904, when the bureau was created. He was then doing news? paper work in Columbia as city editor of the state. His work as commis, sioner has attracted attention through> out the north and west. * : * * 1- Fata! Family Quarrel. > Jess Bush shot and killed James Israel on a public highway about three miles from Spartanburg. Bush imrne' diately surrendered to the sheriff. It is reported that the killing was the ' result of a famiiy quarrel. Israel was arrested several days L ago on charge of making improper proposals to the wife of a man named [ Greenway, but the matter was settled. . Both parties are prominent planters. . The remains of Israel were interred . at New Pisgah church. There was a large attendance, the tragery having ; caused considerable interest throughl out that section of the county. Jesse Bush, Israel's slayer, is still in jail L and it is not known now when appli | cation for bail will be made. He has ! retained attorneys. The trial will he 1 held during the April term of court. | * ? * * Dago After Bank Officers. Warrants were sworn out at Charleston a few days ago against H. I. . Greer, president; L. Dunneman, vice . president, and F. J. Seel, cashier of the defunct Columbian Trust and Sav, ings bank of Charleston. The warI rants, which are signed by Peter Ma. nos, a Greek, allege that the officers , are liable to criminal prosecution under section 259 of the code of the , state for accepting a deposit knowing . that the bank was insolvent. The , Greek alleges that he deposited $100 > in the bank on February 8, and that [ a short time afterwards the doors L were closed and the affairs of the L bank turned over to an assignee that t night. Under the section, the receipt i of money for deposit by a bank ofll' cial' when the bank is known to be insolvent in a felony, and a penalty : of one year's imprisonment or a fine ^ of $1,000 is provided. * * ? ' Cotton Mills Bankrupt. r The Union Cotton Mills of Union was adjudged bankrupt in the United States court at Charleston and an orj der was taken referring the case to Referee E. W. Hughes to take testi? irony. The court signed an order, r however, providing for the continued operation of the mill, pending the apr pointment of a trustee, which is to be made at a meeting of the creditors - at Union on March 10. During this f time the mill will be operated under a + intn h\f a money agreement, cuiucm the Union Cotton Mills of Maine, and the actual control and management - of the property will be in the hands - of E. W. Robertson, recently elected 1 president at the reorganization of the 1 property. The hearing of the case occupied ' an entire day, with a discussion of ~ the details affecting the adjudication of the mills to be bankrupt. The (ontention of the attorneys was largely over the contract between the reorganized company and the main corporation. 3 The plaintiffs are many, including . the Union Cotton Mills Company of Maine, Charleston Savings Institution, . the Chesapeake Shoe company, Spool 1 Cotton company and others. * * * 2 Preparing for Musical Fete. * | Ten soloists have been engaged l>y * the Converse College Choral Society | at Spartanburg for the twelfth annual j ' music festival, which will be given : f t : this year. They are Madame Shot-1 'well Piper, soprano; Madame Kath-J arir.e Fis'.t and Miss Margurcite Hall,; contralto; Ellison Van Hoose and Rev | ley Cole, tenors; Francis Rogers, bar-1 iicne; William Harper, bass; David | I Mannes, violinist; Leo Sliulz, violin-; |cellist, and Clarence Eddv, organist.! i The music fete will be given some-: ? t. ? t 'a Vlrt v* 1101101 f | \\ Ui.tU Cctl iiCl LUIS tMl Luau uouui, I ! dates being April 25, 2G and 27. ! It is the cause for genuine gratifi; cation that the management has been able to sign a contract for Walter Damrcsch's renown orchestra. The festival this year promises to measure up fully to the standard of ! the past which is known throughout the South Atlantic states; in some re- j i spects the concerts this year will j prove stronger than these given dur- j ing the eleven years previous. Mr. j Manchester has conducted the rehear- { sals of the choral society with great | carc and the members have responded j with sympathetic and earnest work, j There is an unusual opportunity of- | fered the music lovers of the south \ this year, and arrangments are being | mada for the accommodation of visi- j tor? who are expected to be present in j large numbers. i }\ GIFTS COSTLY AND VARIED, j Tributes of Affection for Miss Roose? velt from All Parts of World. Few brides not of so-called royal birth ever were the recipients of so j many and so valuable gifts as were received by jMiss Roosevelt" For weeks, previous to the wedding, these tributes of love and affection poured Into the white house. The bride and the members of her family were almost overwhelmed by the number and character of the presents. It was not that they were so valuable intrinsically, although, in the aggregate, they represent - a great sum; but it was the spirit which animated the givers which appealed strongly to Miss Roosevelt. Many of the presents were accompanied by oral and written expressions of the esteem In which the bride is held by all classes, in her country, and throughout the world. Weeks ago, on behalf of their daughter, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt let it be known that certain proffered presents could not be accepted. It was their desire that the wedding, so far as the presents were concerned, at least, should be stripped of an official character. An intimation was conveyed tnrougn cipiomanc ccannels that it was the desire cf the president that no gifts should be made to Miss Roosevelt on behalf of foreign governments; that presents of such nature properly could be received only from the executives of the governments through the ambassadors or ministers accredited to the American government. The only present, therefore, which may be said te come directly from a nation is that from the Cuban republic. It was provided for prior to the president's delicate intimation, and under the circumstances could not be declined. Cuba's gift was a splendid necklace cf selected pearls, the design of the piece being made in Paris on the order cf the island government It is one of the most valuable gifts received by the bride. GIRL ASSAILED AND KILLED. Resisted Would-Be Ravisher and Bullet Ended Hei\Life. While returning home from school, Margaret Lear, aged 15 years, was attacked in the public road near her homefl two miles west of Shrevepoit, La., Monday afternoon by a negro who attempted to criminally assault her. The young girl struggled with the man and screamed several times. The negro than drew a pistol, and, pressing its muzzle against the'girl's neck, fired. The girl fell unconscious to the ground, and her assailant fled to the woods. Negroes who witnessed the act immediately gave the alarm. Miss Lear was dying when neighbors reached the scene, and died within a few minutes after she was removed to her home. . The negro was apprehended by a posse led by Sheriff Ward two hours after the murder in a cabin not far from the scene of the crime. He gave his came as Charles Coleman, and has been employed in the shops of the Kansas City Southern railway, in Shrevepcrt, and was at once lodged in jail before the crime had become generally known. One hundred armed men, composed of officers, soldiers and private citizens were quickly placed on guard inside the building. ALBERS IN ANGRY MOB. Erstwhile Prisoner in Nicaragua Re* turns Home Angry. William S. Albers, the American citizen who was imprisoned in 'Nicaragua last summer and served about six months of a three and a half years' sentence, arrived in New York on the steamer Panama from Colon and told his story of the arrest, conviction and release. "I am going to Washington to try and secure justice," said he. "The case has already cost me $20,000, and I shall fight the Nicaraguan government for its recovery." ?' ? FOR A LOOK CANAL I Hi President Goes on Record in j Transmitting Report. / A LETTER TO CONGRESS - | Roosevelt Says That Type of Canal I Will Be Built Unless National / \ * vSJj<9 Lawmakers Should Decree 1 Otherwise. | President Roosevelt Monday trana- * | mittea to congress the report of the f ' v;'-J beard of consulting engineers on the Panama canal commission, together jrith tha letter o? Secretary Taft, the . report of the isthmian canal commis sion and a letter by Chief Engineer - "'*11 Stevens. The letter of <he president in part . is'as follows: . c" "To the Senate and House of Rep- . resentatives: I submit herewith the ^ letter of the secretary of war transi mitting the report of the board of consulting engineers on the Panama ',1 canal and the report of the isthmian' j j canal commission thereon, together 1 I with a letter written to the chairman. ,^8S| of the isthmian commission by Chief 'j Engineer Stevens. Both the board of consulting engineers and the canal > ^ ! commission divide in their report. t . j ; The majority of the board of con' suiting engineers, eight in number,. tfOf ; : including the five foreign engineers, ^ | favor a sea level canal, and one mem- ^ 5 I ber of the canal commission, Admiral i : Endicctt. takes the same view. "Five j I of the eight American members of the jjl! board of consulting engineers and five ! members of the isthmian canal com- ^ mission favor the lock canal, and so does Chief Engineer Stevens. The- ^ ; secretary of war recommends a lock % I canal pursuant to the recommendation-; | ot the minority of ^the board of con1 suiting engineers, and of the majority C& of the canal commission. After care- v| ful study of the papers submitted, and" ; full and mature consideration of the whole subject, I concur in this rec* ommendation. | "It will be noticed that the Amerl I can engineers on me consulting uoaru ,. ; and on the commission, by more than.-;y ' a 2 to 1 majority, favor the lock i canal, whereas the foreign engineers - : are a unit against this. ' "Each type has certain disadvan- . 'i tages, and there are advantages very much greater. in a lock canal, sub- 1 ! stantially proposed as in the papers ; forwarded herewith, and the chief en-*j [ gineer, who will be mainly responsible V I for the success of this mighty engin- t ; eering feat, and who has therefore. | a peculiar personal interest in judging! aright, is emphatically and earnestly J in favor of the lock canal project, and M against the sea level project. . ' j "The sea level canal would be :J| slightly less exposed to damage la the event of war; the running ex- } penses apart from the heavy cost of interest on the amount employed to build it would be less, and for small .tjjjjpM ships the time of transit would prob- ; ably be less. On the other hand, the lock canal at a level of 80 feet, or thereabout, would not cost much more < 4 Vi?lf 00 TniK-vVi tA hnlld anH mnlif' " LIJCAU iiO.il. U.O iilli^ii , ^ -1 " "'fjJtM be built in about half the time; there ifpfSg would be very much less risk con- .. nected with building it, and for large ships the transit would be'quicker. while, taking into account the interest saved on building, the actual cost jj of maintenance would be less. After ' ' : '-S ! being built, it would be easier to ? enlarge the lock canal than the sea x level canal. "Moreover what has been actually demonstrated in making and operat- ' '$$?2. ing the great lock canal, the Soo, a - < more important artery of traffic than O'MJs the great sea level canal, the Suez, goes to support the opinion of the minority of the consulting board of 5 engineers and of the majority of the isthmian canal commission as to the superior feasibility and desirability of V Qfc building a lock canal. ' "The law now on our statute book seems to mean a lock canal. In my , judgment a lock canal as herein recommended is advisable." ;; _ .. ASM ? ? ? ?. ~ a nr? r>a eecrv TRIU Of- DIULd ?nc rnosbwi . One Forestalls Gambling In Terrlto- 1 ries of United States. Three bills were passed under sus-. 1 pension of the rule requiring a twoihirds vote in the house Monday. The first make3 gambling unlawful / ^ in the territories of the United States, including Arizona, New Mexico, Okla- ill homa, Indian Territory and Alaska. The second provides additional work for the census bureau by requiring * -?|j| statistics on insurance, fisheries, savings banks and crimes. . * I The third appropriates $50,000 for the purchase of 300 acres of coal lands of the island of Batan, in the Philippine archipelago. . DEATH MENACES HENDERSON. Ex-Speaker Has Suffered Stroke of Paralysis. ^ A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says: Speaker David B. Henderson has suffered another paralytic stroke, which have deprived him of his sight His general condition is worse. It is believed that the end is near.