Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ggLifc-N.;.; . - r"-r ' . . | .. v " ^ \ \ ME V " Factory whistles blow Dawn From reverberant throats. Hollow and mournfully drawn Are the answering notes Chorused from harbor and snore Through the fog wreaths, and then Cityward ceaselessly pour ^Inundations of Men. ?ast from the Jerseys and West From the sea-girded plains, South from the hills is the quest Of the sinuous trains; Thronged is each wave-spanning arc, 'And again and again . Shuttle the ferry craft, dark With their burthens of Men, Men! Men! Men! Heavy-browed, ea^er-eyed, SL Tremulous, resolute Mem > ^-Arthur < _____ H . s *************** I I THE SHAD!'. ! OF DEAT] **********?**********$****?**?*?*$**( T DOX'T see why we need guides." I Harry Thurston glanced toward ; *r* jL the dark bulk of Vesuvius, from the summit of which a few curls j ^ tf smoke lazily floated upward against < . the blue Italian sky. Thurston, with ; two other young Americans of about 1 his own age, was "doing" southern Italy, walking whenever it was pos- i Bible, and employing guides only when 1 It was absolutely necessary to do so. : The three pedestrians were now seated on the veranda of the Quisisaua, at j Castellammare, having just finished j breakfast. 1 "The path is plain enough on- the map," continued Harry, "and I, for one, ; don't care to have a 'Pietro' or \Jaco- ! po' tagging after me all the way up." i "Tf i.rw/\L*c lib-o flip hp<*imiinfr of a clear EX L 1W UO 4iUV v**v ?9 ? ? day," said Bob Crothers. reflectively. "I don't really see how we could lose < 1 ? our way." ] "Come on!" urged Dick White. It ] was Dick who usually got the party into scrapes, and Crothers who extricat- < ed it. Harry, in either case, simply : helped form a majority. Two hours later the trio started <*ut : from "La Maison Blanche," a small < inn at the foot of the mountain, and < attacked the foothills of Vesuvius itself. The sun was shining brightly, < the air was clear and sweet, but the , district across which the path lay j was so drearily desolate that by de- , grees the gay talk and laughter of the boys languished. They had climbed the Mount Washington bridle-path the year before, but ; bow different were their surroundings now! In place of balsam firs, dancing ? hrnnte mnssr clnnps hrirrht with CTim son berries and starry flowers, they : looked out over an unbroken stretch of volcanic rock, dead lava and black ; ?& dust. "It's like a nightmare!" exclaimed ; Harry, breaking a long silence, during .which they had been plodding onward < and upward. "I'd give something for a drink of New Hampshire spring wa- i |X ter!" "I suppose," observed Bob, "the ? , moon looks something like this when ( you get there. Just a burned-out, < cooled-off, dried-up volcano." "Well." said Dick, "let's get on. J There's a sort of restaurant up there, at the end of this path, where we can rest before taking in the final cone and the crater." It was a long, hard, hot pull for them, experienced walkers though < they were, and they were glad enough for the brief halt for refreshments at the foot of the funicular railway?the i ery one which inspired the popular Neapolitan song, "Funiculi, funicula." And now arose a discussion as to the method of completing the ascent. Dick jwas for continuing on foot, following 1 the tracks of the regular porters up 1 through the knee-deep ashy dust which % covers the steep sides of the cone. ' < s Crothers, however, advocated taking the car. "It's of no use to tire ourselves all out," he said, "wading through that stuff up a slope like the roof of a house. It's all right coming down, but if you / fellows ever tried to climb a hill with jjip-* % ^ t ^ ^ two reet 01 snow on ir, you suuw uo-.v Rv - it feels. And it's hot, too." Harry sided with Bob, and the three x were soon seated comfortably in the s little car, gliding upward along the rails of the funicular. Near the upper terminus of the railway there was a cabin, where a number of guides were waiting to conduct tourists to the edge of the crater. They pounced upon the boys eagerly. "No. no!" said Harry in English, shaking off -ne of his tormentors. "No guide for us! We go alone?see?" One r-ord alone was intelligible to the Italian, the last, which he understood as "si? (yes), and affairs grew still more complicated. At last Bob, . who knew a little Italian, said firmly: "Andate pei fatti voslri" (Go about your business); adding, "Faremo a modo nostro" (We shall do as we please), md nushirg through the screaming circle, he led the way up the path. The guides sullenly fell back and gave up "he contest, muttering exVoOTinl itfl n TWltfliS. ^ICUVCO iU IX1U VW^/V*4H*? which fortunately the Americans could cot understand. Bob Crothers told me long after.wards that he had?not taken a dozen* eteps when .he felt a sudden misgiving:. and halted irresolutely. After all, would it not be better to take an experienced guide? If he had only obeyed his premonition of danger! but Dick bounded up ahead, shouting, "Come on, fellows! W^ve got clear of them at last, and we're going to have the time of our lives!" So the lads kept on, up the steep ascent, until they stood on the small, irregular plateau forming the summit eI Vesuvius. j 0 \ \ s N. Torrents and billows of life And, alas, for the spray! Highway and housetop are riff' With the turbulent clay. Men! in the rush and the stir And the roar of the street. Men! in the factory's whirr And the furnace's heat. Men! 'mid the forges that ring And the shuttles that plv. Men! on the girders that swing In the vault of the sky. Swift through its underground lane, Like a snake to its den, Burrows the glowering train With its burthen of Men. Men! Men! Men! Pitiful, glorious, Conquering, desperate Men. Guiterman, in the New York Time?. k ? . . . OWii BY WILLIS ? * * [T ? ; BOYD ALLEN. \ L -*? * *********************** ?Jc*#* *** **?**? * ? The view was marvelous. Far away lay the city of Naples, a tawny crescent bathed in sunshine; vineyards and gardens stretched away from the foot of the mountain, dotted with villas and little hamlets; aud to the west lay the wonderful Mediterranean, a perfect turquoise in color, with shadings of deeper blue where the breeze touched the shimmering surface. In the distance slept the fair island of Capri. But the boys were more interested in their immediate surroundings than in the dreamy Italian landscape far uetow aud beyond tbein. Just in front of them yawned the iwful crater, its sides streaked with sulphur and dimmed by ascending curls of steam. The crust of slag and isli on which they stood was warm to their feet, and here and there were crevices coated with bright yellow sulphur and giving forth hot fumes of nauseating gas. "Whew!" exclaimed Harry, with a disgusted face. "I can't stand this long! Let's?" He was interrupted by a hollow roar from the volcanic depths, like the discharge of a ship's broadside. A shower of red hot stones flew upward, to fall back again into the crater, while a cloud of black smoke drifted away against the blue sky. The boys had started back, and were a good deal shaken. "Let's hurry round the thing, and then go down," said Dick. "I never thought of its being so awful, did you?" They cautiously circled the great pit. carefully avoiding the steaming cracks in their path, and then paused for a last look. "Wouldn't it be horrible to tumble in!" shuddered Dick, as they crept a little nearer the edge and peered down into the black, steaming depths. "They say an Englishman went down a few years ago," said Bob. "He got too near and?Dick! Dick! Come back!" he screamed, springing backward, with Harry beside him. Dick was a little in advance of the others. As Crothers spoke, a crack appeared in the slag, and a moment later, just as Dick started to his feet, a section of the edge crumbled downward, carrying the boy with it. His two companions gazed at each other with blanched faces. It was too awful to be believed. A moment ago there were three of them, talking merrily enough; now?now the.e wore but two! "What?what shall we do?" gasped the trembling* Harry. "O Bob, he's gone, he's gone!" At that instant a ramt voice was heard, as if from somewhere far away. "Harry! Harry! Bob!" The two boys dropped flat on the earth and wriggled to the edge of the crater. There, some twenty feet below them, they saw their comrade. He had fallen on his back, and glided helplessly downward with the mass of loose ash until his feet touched a layer of the underlying hardened lava, on the very brink of the sheer precipice which formed the real crater. Digging his heels in, he had succeeded in arresting his progress, and lay there with upturned face, knees slightly bent?he dared not straighten out his legs?and outstretched hands clutching the slag on each side. The loose ash almost covered his hair, nis hands and his feet. "Hold on tight, Dick!" screamed Harry, hardly knowing what he said. "We'll get you out. Hold on for your life!" Dick heard the voice of his friend calling to him. although he could see nothing but the opposite wall of the crater, the ascending steam, and a piece of blue sky above. He closed liis eyes as lie hung there within six inches of a horrible death, and nerved himself to wait. After a pause the voice came again: "Bob has gone for help. I must keep back from the edge, for fear it will crumble again. Hold on with all your might, old fellow. It will only be a few minutes!" The air was filled with sickening fumes of sulphur, and the hot sun beat down pitilessly on Dick's white, upturned face. To keep his senses, he tried to imagine himself on the green banks of a certain trout-brook in Maine; then he repeated, without moving his lips, the multiplication table; after that the twenty-third Psalm, which he had learned as a child. Just as he reached "the valley of the shadow of death," he heard an increased rumbling in the volcano, far below him. A new terror beset him. The crater was about to belch forth a volley of stones again. Would the concussion shake him from his position? "I?I?will f-fear no evil!" stammered poor Dick, in a whisper. Thea the crash came, and the coiumn of black snjoke rolled upward. He was indeed in the "shadow of death!" The stones rattled sharply against the rocks round him, and fragments of slag slid past, disappearing in the abyss. Still the projection against which his heels rested did not give way. Halfsuffocated with nauseous gases, his limbs cramped and aching, he grimly held on. Meanwhile Bob Crothers tore down the path to the hut, where he found the guides half asleep. When the white-faced lad came rushing among them, they listened at first J sulkily enough; but as soon as they understood the real nature of the catastrophe they sprang to their feet, and snatching a coil of rope from a hook, hurried up the cone, headed by Bob. j "Dick, my dear old'fellow!" It was Bob's voice, and it came just in time to rouse the boy from the stupor to which he was fast succumbing. "Yes!" replied Dick, feebly. "We're going to throw you a rope with a running noose at the end. When I give the word, you stick your arm through the noose, quick, and grab the rope with both hands!" "I?I don't know whether I c.tn hold on!" trembled Dick. "Yes, you can!" replied Bob. fiercely. "You've got to! Here comes the rope!" Two sturdy guides had stretched themselves flat on the ground at the edge of the crater; lia!f a dozen of their comrades planted themselves firmly, with the rone twisted round the Ir bodies, a few feet farther back. Dick felt the loose particles of ash sliding past his face as the rope slid down slowly toward him. The dust got into his eyes, but he could not rub them. At last the noose glided over his head and rested on his chest. At the same moment he heard the premonitory rumble of the volcano foretelling another discharge. T>~W "i\ow: screuiueu. 1dvu. Dick drew a long breath and caught the-rope, thrusting an arm through the noose. The quick movement and involuntary bracing of his feet dislodged the slight projection which had arrested his fall, and he began to slide downward. It was a moment of terrible suspense. Would the rope hold? Dick could not help himself a particle, if indeed he was still conscious. But his grip was firm, and the noose, which had slipped up to his armpit, clutched him tightly. Slowly the silent form was drawn up the slope, farther and farther, uhtil his rescuers, cautiously reaching over the edge, caught his wrists, and drew the half-dead lad to safety. It was a trfcimphal procession that wound down the path to the hut, carrying Dick, who feebly protested that he could walk, but was not allowed to set foot on the ground. The boys were pretty silent, but the guides chatted volubly, laughed, shouted and threw up their hats, now and then turning to shake their fists at the volcano. All ill-feeling was forgotten. iiTTTU.i Jl'1 +Viinl- r\f fplIftW. > V JJit L U1U JVJu v., as you were lying there waiting for us?" asked Harry that evening, when the three were once more on the moonlit piazza of the Castellammare hotel. He threw his arm over the other's shoulder as lie spoke. It was good to feel that his friend was alive and well. "Think?" said Dick, slowly. "I don't know. I've forgotten. About mother, I guess, and?well," he shuddered a little, "that place, you know, about the 'shadow of death.' I tell you, fellows, I've been in it!"?Youth's Companion. Superstition* In Maryland. Planting by the moon and the signs of the zodiac, avoiding Friday and the thirteenth day of the month, breaking up a drought by killing a snake and hanging it over a fence, taking care not to present a friend with anything sharp?how old are these beliefs, and where first did they arise? The origin of some is not clear; the number thirteen is a reminder of the Last Supper, and so also is the spilling of salt fateful, because it was Judas who spilled the salt, according to tradition, at that holy meal. Most of the signs and omens, however, seem to have no basis of tradition for their origin, or, if they ever had any, it has been lost. The subject has been humorously and curi ously entered into by "A Country Doctor' in "Popular Superstitions in Maryland," in which many of these beliefs are mentioned which seem to belong exclusively to this State. The colored folk are among believers in good and bad signs, and the doctor mentions a number of curious omens. These superstitions, he explains, are almost innate with us; they are among our earliest and most ineffaceable impressions, and, practical and philosophic as we may become, they cling, from habit and childhood's influence, almost to the last?Baltimore News. Bees Obey Orders. In a communication to the Academy of Science the celebrated naturalist, M. Bonnier, makes some interesting observations on the habits of bees. In the afternoon when they are collecting water from the leaves of aquatic plants, he says, they will not torch honey offered to them on these leaves, or on floats of various colors. But if honey is offered to them in the morning in a similar way, it is carried off. He explains this as arising from the ?nhnr /\r^OT?c strictness tvilu ?uilu iu^j v&uv? If they are sent out for water they will not stay to gather honey. An Ancient Thimble. Among the treasures of the Hapsburgs in the Hofburg at Vicuna is a clumsy thimble, engraved "A. V. W., 1084." It is said to be the parent thimble of the world, and it was fashioned of a silver coin by some ingenious Dutchman, who presented it to his lady love. To call a man a "Dreyfus" in France renders the user of the term liable to a fine of 500 francs (?1004 for libel. . / t 11 * Palmetto State Newst Fire Causes $26,000 Damage. Fire, at North, a small station on the Seaboard Air Line between Columbia and Savannah, destroyed property valued at $2G,000, with insurance of $12,000. Blair's hotel, two stores and a residence were burned. * * First Spike is Driven. The first spike of the interurban rail WAV has heen driven, and | tlVVVI ?V m, ?. , - . _ _ ___ I the other worlds of grading, crossties, etc., is progressing rapidly. The line will soon be completed to Belton, after which it will be continued to Williamson, Pelzer, Piedmont and Greenville. This will put Anderson in direct touch with the main line { of railroads, and will be of great benefit. * * * More Trackage for Southern. . | It is understood that the Southern railway will in the near future begin the work of placing a large addition to the trackage at the Spartanburg junction. There is already several miles of side track at this importan* junction point, and it is said that the present facilities are inadequate to meet the demands. It is understood that the officials are looking ahead as well as recogI nizing present needs and that the amount of trackage to be placed will be to such an extent as to obviate any danger of a block or congestion, as was the case several months ago. * * * I Death and Damage by Lightning. * ' __ _ Fire which was started Dy a. uyiu of lightning at St. Matthews, Orangeburg county, last Sunday night, destroyed property worth about $50,000. The property, was insured for onethird of its value. The block centering about Cain's hotel was destroyed including the hotel. Lightning struck Bethel Baptist church, colored, a few miles from Columbia, during service, killing Claude Williams instantly and perhaps fatally injuring William Rice, both negroes. A number of others were stunned by the'bolt. The incident threw the congregation into a panic and the pastor is said to have led the rush for the door. * * * Almost Whole Town on Trial. Almost every prominent citizen of Greer, a town of about 3,000 population, has been on trial in common pleas court at Greenville the past week, with a woman, Mrs. Nannie J. ihiller, as plaintiff. The woman brought suit for $10,000 damage against W. Wi Burgess, Frank Burgess, J. S. Burnett, W. W. Marchant, James .F Gilreath, McD. Littlefield, John T. Taylor, James P. Taylor, Joseph Vaughn, Henry Brown.. Edwin C. Bailey, Samuel ames, jonn H. aines, John D. Wood, Thoma? Smith, B. F. Zimmerman, ohn Zimmerman, William A. Pennington, Austin L. Green, I. P. Few, Isaac Robertson, James H. Philson, James J. Wood. M. B. Cunningham, Oliver W,ood, 0. A. Gaines, Thomas Brockman, M. A Drummond, Thomas Alarchant, Augustus Holtzclaw, Noah Cannon and Vernon Smith. The complaint sets forth that on the 8th day of July, 1905, while her husband was away from home and nc one was present except her two small children, the defendants, and others, about fifty in number, with intent to overawe, frighten, intimidate, humiliate and otherwise injure, dashed up to the house, riding for the mos-t part in buggies, and without warning, invaded her home in search for her brother, so shattering her nerves that she was overcome by nervous prostration. -r It is the first time in tne msrory oi the county a similar suit has been brought * * * Cotton Oil Men of State Organize. The cotton oil men of South Carolina met in Columbia a few days ago and perfected permanent organization. About fifty mills were represented. A feature of the meeting was the discussion of the practicability of extracting denaturized alcohol from Irish and sweet potatoes during the summer months. The mills are practically idle at this season cf the year and the scheme would no doubt be profitable. Persons familiar with recent events recall that after next May the government will remove the tax from denatured alcohol, which will enable the product to be sold at a low price. As I it happens, potatoes are at certain seasons more in quantity than in demand and are fully matured at the time when the oil mills close down for the season. It can readily he seen that the product is a great possibility in the business, meaning a profit I to the mill men and the farmers as j well. ! The subject was fully considered I by the members of the Association ana there is strong likennooa mat a ??? product will eventually be put on the market from the southern states. * * Senator Tillman's Opponent. A Columbia news item says. AI thought it was expected that Senator B. R. Tillman would be returned to the senate without opposition, on the last day of the time for filing pledges Colonel W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia, entered the race for United States senator from South Carolina, and is now making a vigorous campaign for the seat occupied by Tillman. Along with candidates for congress and the state offices Colonel Lumpkin is stumping the state. Colonel Lumpkin was born February 14, 1849, in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, in the same plantation home in which his father was borm His father was A. J. Lumpkin and his mother was Nancy Pope Lumpkin. He is a relative of Wilson Lumpkin, who was governor of Georgia, and Joseph Henry Lumpkin, who was chief justice of the Georgia supreme court He was raised on a farm and at 15 years of age, in 1564, he enlisted in the confederate army and served in the western army until the war ended. After the war he farmed for several years, studying law at the same time, and was admitted to practice in all the courts, both state and federal. Colonel Lumpkin is a ready speaker, and by many it is believed that he will be able to hold his own with Senator Tillman on the stump. At one time he was president of the Old Capitol railway of Georgia, but his road was absorbed by larger systems and for a number of years he continued in the railroad service. He has no interest in railroads now and is an attorney of record in the courts of South Carolina, where he has resided for more than twelve vears. He is at present one of the trustees of the University of the South and is a member of the Episcopal church. COLORED JUROR MADE KICK Because He Was Not Allowed to Sit at Table with* White Jurors. In court at Savannah, <Ja., Friday, E. D. Desverney, a negro juror in the case of W. L. Bunting, who was suing the Savannah Electric company in the superior court for $30,000 for personal injuries, raised the color question. He gjt little satisfaction out of his effort, however, and found that the court would not force eleven white jurors to sit at the table with him. When the dinner hour arrived the jurors retired to their room. The eleven white jurors sat at one table. At another table the bailiff told Desverney to sit. Desverney sulked ar.d wouldn't eat. The court was informed that one of the jurors wouldn't proceed with the consideration of the ? /Vinn thoronnnn nollnH t'r.o UitSC. JUUgC vauu iuvi vuj/uu jury in an engaged in a colloquy with Desverney, bringing out that tlie negro thought that he had been insult. ed in not being permitted to sit at table with th? other jurors. Judge Cann listened to Desverney and then ruled that he should continue wiih consideration of the case. CASH FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Provisions for Southern Cities Contained a Bill Reported to House. The omnibus public building mill was reported to the house Monday. Among the buildings authorized in the south, together with the amounts to be expended, are the following: Alabama ? Montgomery, $12,000; Selma, $60,000; Bessemer, $50,000 ; Florence, $50,000; Tuscaloosa, $150,000; Dothan, $40,000; Demopolis, $5,000; Gadsden, $10,000; Troy, $5,000. Arkansas?Little Rock, $125,000 ; Pine Bluff, $75,000; Fayetteville, $50,000. Florida?Gainesville, $25,000; Ocala, $85,000. Georgia?Gainesville, $45,000; Valdosta, $125,000; Albany, $125,000; Americus, $50,000; Atlanta, $200,000. This $200,000 is the first instal ment of the $1,000,000 to be spent by the government on the new federal building. ROBBER ATTACKS WOMAN. Postmistress Knocked Unconscious and Officer Looted of Money. A bold and sensational robbery was accomplished at Dallas, Ga., by a masked highwayman, who entered the postofflce, suposedly by the back entrance, and noiselessly crept up behind the postmistress, Mrs. Sallle Golden, and with an open dirk slashed her on the right arm, then dealing her a blow on the head, which knocked her into unconsciousness, shoved her into the postoffice vault and closed the door. She remained in the vault some minutes, when a customer, coming in, heard her calling and opened the door. Mrs. Golden was not seriously _ ?j u Hurt, Tne uner seoureu, lL la ^ about $260 in money and stamps. He effected his escape. "UNION EXPOSITION" PLANNED. Achievements of Organized Labor to Be Shown at Fair in Chicago. President Samuel Gcmpers of the American Federation of Labor sent representatives to Chicago Monday to arrange for a "union exposition." The object of the fair is to celebrate the achievements of organized labor throughout the world, and especially in the United States. % A TILLMAN OPPOSES Rate Bill Agreement in Statement Before Senate. "FIXED BY OIL COMBINE"' Such is Charge Made by Wielder of Pitchfork, Who Declares He Wont Face People with "S. O." Brand on His Forehead. A Washington special says: Immediately after the senate met Monday the clerk of the house of representatives announced the action of that body on the railroad rate bill, but it. was allowed to lie on the vice president's desk until 2:30 p. m., when it was called up by Senator Tillman. After the conference report wa* icau, ivii. ixjimau cancu aneuuuu uu the fact that his name was not attached. He presented and defended, it at the request of the republican sestate conferees, but he said he was opposed to the agreement regarding out*, amendment, to which he would later move that the senate. disagree. He had reference to the MCLaurin amendment divorcing the carrying fcnd producing business, which was amended so that it does not apply to pipe: lines. The change in this amendment, "in plain English," he said, "meant than Standard Oil had got in its work."" The agreement in reference to thisamendment, he said, reKeved the Standard Cil company from control and regulation by the interstate commission. \ When the bill was sent to confer ence the second time, Senator TIll^L man said he found an entirely different atmosphere from that of the first conference, as the house committee ^ Insisted on opening up the whole subject, Including all matters on which . an agreement had been reached. "Then I began to smell a mouse, or something," he said. "Or something, probably," Mir. ElkIns remarked. N '^Jl Continuing, Mr. Tillman said he "became more or less skeptical as to motives, etc., as . one is likely to do af- i ter service in the senate." He . said i fho niutnpp would simDlv destroy the effect of making the pipe lines com- ? mon carriers. 'There you see the Tesult of this * additional deliberation," he' added. y , "The house had us up <a tree and Insisted upon taking the senate pipeline amendment as it was originally inserted, thus changing the commodity amendment. "By this change the divorcement of /transportation from production would be confined to railroads, thus leaving the Standard Oil company from the operation requiring that transports* % tion companies shall not carry artt ^ cles produced by themselves." \ f; So firmly was he convinced of the : instrumentality of the Standard Oil t'-Vcompany in securing this change, that In his estimation "every senator who voted for the conference would have 'S. 0.' branded on his forehead." He did not mean to vote for It because he did not want anybody saying; "You've got 'S. O.' branded <m your forehead, Ben Tillman." tt~ ?+V10 idp.n^ndent com I 'I1C CUUOlU^AVu VMV I panies whose interests are supposed to be involved to be myths. iSenator Bailey took the position: that the change made by the conference committee in the^commodity provision would nullify the pipe line position. It was equivalent to making the Standard Oil company the oneexception to the requirement that producers shall not transport their own b articles. He did hot ('.large the Stanr dard Oil company with a direct effort 'to influence legislation, but to frighten independent companies, who, it had transpired, sell their oil to the Standard. ? ; Uxorcide and Suicide. Sherman Collier, a member of a - ; London, Ky., family, shot^ and killed his wife and then ended his own life. Domestic differences are said to I have caused the tragedy. ' i - <nsmz : - e "^k EAST COAST TO TAMRA. ' $ Flagler May Build Railway Across the State of Florida. i It is stated on good authority that Henry M. Flagler has instructed his A chief engineer to ascertain a point in Florida from which to construct his road from the east coast to Tampa. It is well known that there has been an activity in railroad circles for some time past regarding the posI sibility of a road across the state from the east coast to Tampa, and it is thought that Mr. Flagler is interesting himself in the movement. . - iuattcdcom JOHN5>UN ??n i k.nw.. ' ' Will Be Central Figures in Hom*? Coming Welcome to Bryan. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland has accepted an invitation to preside at the reception to William J. Bryan, in Madison Square Garden, /on Mr. Bryan's return to this country. . Henry Watterson will deliver an Address on behalf of the south, and Jar. Alexander Troop of 'New Haven will speak in the name of the east 1 ? I J'