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MONASTERY BELLS.
? ?. Sometimes, when weary, the sad soul re- i
bels I
Against the strife and discord all around,
c 1 One seems to catch the faint and far-off
??;, sound
"V Of melodv that softly sinks and swells.
It is the sound of Monastery Bells
In solitudes by sanctuary crowned.
From meditation peaceful and profound
& Calling grave Friars to prayer from silent
cells.
gjgyv Then yearningly one craves to have release
From the world's revelries and worthless
prize.
To find some V>ot where Glory's selfish
?$?'' stehs
N And struggle's endless tribulations cease,
gfefc. To Join in vesper chant as sunset dies.
And pass life's evening in monastic peace.
? But when resound, as day dawns dim and
drear.
Moanings of anguish, sobbings of distress.
? *" From hearthless homes of famished lone- |
liness.
With none to rescue, nothing to revere,
gC'.Again one feels one still is wanted here,
To aid. admonish, comfort, and caress.
? Smooth the hard pillow pallid sufferers
press.
Stanch the fresh wound, and wipe away
I So, though one longs as ever to depart, !
And to gross sounds and sighs live deaf
and blind.
Sorrowing one stays with sorrow, still
resigned
To work, unhired, amid life's hireling
mart.
To cherish in the crowd monastic mind.
And in a world profane a cloistered heart.
?By Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate of
England, from The Independent.
CM If Md Engines
BF HERBERT COOLIDGE.
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Sixteen engines on one snow-plow!
;t wzls a great sight. Snow on a level !
rith the tops of the cabs; sixteen en^neers
on one side, sixteen firemen on
he others, heavy eyes, their jays set.
The railroad needed men on the Sisdyou
grade in the winter cf "95; men
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IP;, BU 1C3& U1 11UU auu OLLV,! iuuu vuv ,
Mfc. gines driven by them,
g; For & week they had been bucking
??>/ the drifts. Back for a running start,
on at the bank with a full head of
steam, a sudden burst in the rear of
exhausts, a shower of sparks from two
long lines of screeching drive-wheels,
a few car lengths of snow forced aside
then with a jerk they would reverse
tor another charge. It was catch-ascatch
can for food and sleep, and back
and forth, day and night, sixteen engines
and thirty-two men ramming the
snow blockade. \
I.was there, not as an engineer or
fireman, only a lineman with instructions
to snow-shoe on ahead and inspect
the telegraph wires. All day long '
is I worked up the canon, I could hear
the snow-fighters?the signals for re- 1
rersing, multitudinous puffing of en- 1
gines in sullen retreat,- the down
l>rakes whistle, the go-ahead whistle, *
t prolonged chorus of barking puffs
merging into one long purring roar, \
ioubling in volume t oa violent burst,
lien quickly dying to nothing. '
Darkness and a blinding storm overook
me as I returned, and the glow {
f the headlights rising from the long 1
rench of snow gave a welcome promse
of food and shelter. The locomo- 1
Ives had been halted for some time. 1
rhey were six car lengths round a j 1
iurve from the end of the line. ' I 1
bought they were' at the face erf the 1
lockade, and blundered headlong into 5
he fourteen-foot cut. !
Snow-shoes are awkward things to *
ill with. The snow packed between *
he rails was as solid as a pavement, <
nd the shock knocked me half-con- 1
;ious. I heard the go-ahead signal 3
nd the puffing and clanking of locojj|
motives, and wondered without alarm 1
r:; If my neck was broken. The engines '<
?|, t pulled up a bit} then reversed. From t
ithe way they jiggled back and forth
I thought they must be jerking a derailed
comrade into line.
I sat up, rubbed my neck, and then
lor the first time became aware of danger.
1
I jumped to my feet, and started for J
the snow-plow. Two long blasts of
the whistle signaled "go-ahead." At t
the same moment I tripped on a broken <
sno wshoe, and fell head-long. j 1
Scrambling up, I plunged at the i
; white bank. The sncw tossed me back t
and I realized that the walls had been t
pressed aside and packed by the power <
-, of sixteen engines. The signal for j 1
r; down brakes sounded, and saved me <
f from being frightened to madness. i
Then I tried to rid myself of the 1
? broken snow-shoe, but I could not un- i
fhsten it with my numbed fingers. I
; found my voice, and yelled like a wild t
Indian; but the men were busy and <
Tound a curve, and no one heard me. ]
I finally got my knife open, slashed t
off both snow-shoes, and started on a <
run down the track. I rounded a curve ]
into the blinding glare of a headlight j
when the whistle scmnded the reverse,
and choc-chy-chy! choo-chy-chy! clang- t
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ity-bang: tne sixteen engines reteueu ( i
down the cut. I yelled and waved my j <
arms, but the lookout on the snow j i
plow neither saw nor heard me. ! <
I had matches and thought of build- j <
ing a signal fire of my snow shoes, but | 1
could find no kindling. I gave up all | i
hope, and was sure I must die. I j 1
thought of climbing out at the wedge- i i
shaped face of the blockade, and turn- j <
ing, raced up the track through the ! 1
darkness, only to discover that the !
mold of the long-nosed, broad-based i <
snow-plow was more like a trap than ; 1
a place of ascending. ! <
From afar down the dark trench one i ]
long blast of the whistle signaled down j j
blakes. For moments that seemed like ;
hours I stood thinking. The go-ahead
signal sounded, the sharp coughing of ; <
sixteen engines merged into an angry, j j
deafening purr; and still I stood? j i
thinking, yet without a thought. j <
Of a sudden it became clear that I | i
must burrow or die. But wfth what ; ]
was I to burrow? With a quick thrill j ]
of hope I reached for my climbers, bat 1 i
1 y
I ' . > ' '
did not find them. Supposing that they
had become detached from my belt
by the fall, I fumbled along the edge
of the cut, but found nothing.
Pr-r?r-r-r?pr-r?r-r-r! roared the
sixteen engines. The rails were snapping
and singing.
I snatched a heavy pair of pincers
from the other side of my belt. At the
same moment I discovered that I still
carried my open knife; and with a j
weapon in each hand, I began a tunnel.
A few seconds later common
sense told me to make instead a niche
the length and breadth of my body. A
half-dozen strokes shctwed me that
work with the pincers was wasted effort,
and I threw them aside. Then I
settled down to slashing the packed
snow with my heavy knife-blade.
I was over my flurry now. Without
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me loss 01 a quarier-secuuu u? ? i0.u, ,
stroke or one too hurried I worked at
my niche. From top to bottom and
return, from top to bottom and return.
Pr-r?r-r-r? pr-r?r-r-r! roared
the engines; louder and louder sung
the rails.
Every sweep of my arm peeled off a
six-foot strip of snow two inches wide
and knife-blade deep. Slash, slash,
slash I went, determined, if die I must,
to die digging.
The blinding headlight swung round
the curve, the cut filled and quivered
with a fresh burst of clamor. Then
the head engine whistled down brakes,
and tooted the danger signal. There
was the thud and the jar of sixteen
engines reversed, and I felt cheered
somewhat and less lonely.
I spared one glance from my task,
made ten more slashes, flattened myself
against the face of my niche, dug
my fingers and toes into the corners,
braced my elbows and knees, and
waited for the plow flange to scrape
off my back?one second. Then the
great blade shot by and shut out the
light, a set cf resisting drive-wheels
screeched past, the locomotives jarred
from a bunt against the snow, anotner i
set of drive-wheels ground by, the !
next approached more slowly, and
halted with a terrific jar as the locomotives
stopped and stood panting.
When they backed up I stepped out
unharmed, less scared at the time
than the brakeman who had sighted
me from the snow-plow outlook.?
Youth's Companion.
CITY IN PAWN 100 YEARS.
Sweden, Failing to Redeecn Wismar,
It Becomes a German Town.
Wismar, a port of IS,000 people on
the Baltic, situated in the German
duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, but
belonging legally to Sweden, has recently
become a German city, says the
Chicago Chronicle. It was pledged to
King Gustavus IV. for a loan of $1,000,000,
and the king of Sweden hav- 1
ing failed to redeem it witnin the
century it has passed to the Duke of >
Mecklenburg-Schferin, from whose ancestors
the money was borrowed.
In the early part of the eighteenth
century the most powerful enemy of
Sweden, after the destruction of the
Hanseatic league, a kind of trade
union established by certain German
cities for safety- and commercial purposes,
captured. Wismar and razed
the fortifications. Afterward peace'
tvas declared and the city reverted to
Sweden, but with the provision that
she should not rebuild the fortifications.
The place thus lost its strength
md importance and became instead an
clement of weakness to the Swedes,
[ts great sea trade was ruined and its
nland' trade lost.
Under these circumstances it was
aot surprising that the Swedes tired
it last of their white elephont. So in
:he reign of the incompetent and ex:ravagant
Gustavus IV., with the territory
lost to the French in one war,
.vith Finland lost to Russia, with de'eat
in a war against Norway, the
Swedes seized an opportunity to reieve
themselves of the burden of possession.
The direct opportunity was given by
;he cancellation by Gustavus of his
engagement to the daughter of Duke 1
Frederick Francis I. That person not
innaturally resented the insult ' and
;hreatened dire things. Finally x his
ihreats crystalized into a demand for .
in enormous indemnity. The money
lad to be raised at once. The duchy
>f Mecklenburg advanced 1,258,000
ichsthaler and took Wismar, Neukoster
and the Island of Poel as secur- '
ty.
Under the conditions of the loan,
he city of Wismar and' the two government
districts were to remain in
pledges for 100 years. At the end of
hat time Sweden might claim and (
>btain the pledged city and land by '
paying back the original loan, with 3
percent compound interest.
A further provision, however, of
:he loan was that should Sweden fail
:o take any notice whatever of the
expiration of the time, the contract
tvould thereby be renewed for another
100 years. The sum which Sweden
would- have to pay if she wanted
:o claim Wismar and-the two govern- !
nent districts is figured as amounting
:o $27,000,000, and this alone, quite
apart from considerations of policy,
operated, doubtless, as a bar against
:he assertion of her rights.
It will be seen that while the immediate
business transaction dates back
but about 100 years, any diplomatic
squabbles over the city now would
liave to revert to the surrenders and
armistices of the Thirty-,Years' war?
C1S-48. And the fact that heretofore
Wismar has been Swedish territory
t!X]?lains why Germany has not fortified
the port, which is considered the
finest harbor site of the entire Baltic
coast. Under the Swedish-Danish
treaty fortifications were not to be
built, and when the Duchy of Mecklenburg
took over the place the stipulation
was renewed.
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Finger Scratch on Nose Fatal.
As the result of blood poison in his
nose, developed from a scratch of his
little finger, W. G. Haughton, a well
known insurance agent and broker,
died a few days ago in Spartanburg.
The deceased was one of the best
known men in the city.
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Board Bill Leads to Killing.
B. F. Fortner, a farmer who lives'
near p#?i'/*r was shot and killed by
Neil Banks, his brother-in-law. The
trouble arose over a board bill due
Fortner by Banks. Feeling runs
high against Banks, the killing being
unprovoked. The slayer made his
escape.
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No Boo^s For Vets.
The Richland Memorial Association
has adopted a resolution which
condemns the giving of beer or any
other intoxicant to the veterans of the
reunion to be held in Columbia, and
recommends instead the plentiful supply
of coffee and soft drinks.
The most influential women in the
community are members of the association
and resolution will likely be
respected.
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President Fires Opening Gun.
The fifth triennial fest of the National
Scheutzenbund, of America,
was opened in Charleston Monday by
President Roosevelt, who, at the white
house at Washington, pressed the
telegraph key that fired the rifle placed
in electric communication. Several
thousand riflemen from all over
the "United States were present, and
prizes to the value of $35,000 will
be contested for.
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Anderson Ready for Pythiani.
The twenty-first annual convention
of the Grand Lodge 6f Knights of
Pythias, which convenes fn Anderson
on the 28th of this month promises
to be the most largely attended
of any convention ever held in the
state. The committee on entertainment
has been industriously at work
for the past few days and have gotten
the situation well in hand and
are now prepared to handle the large
crowd of visitors in a manner highly
creditable to the hospitality cf the
city.
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Routed Assailant With Ax.
William McDuffie, a North Carolina
negro, has been lodged in the Marion
county jail, charged with having broken
into the home of T. W. Sellers,
agent at# Zion railroad' station, and
attempting to criminally assault Mrs.
Charles Sellers, who was spending the
night there. There was no one else
in the house at the time except Mr.
Sellers' little daughter. Mrs. Sellers
managed to get hold of an ax, after
having been severely choked, but the
negro made his escape unhurt. McDuffie
was carried before Mrs. Sellers,
who identified him. There was no
attempt at lynching.
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Long Staple Exchange Planned.
The Jong staple cotton planters of
the sea islands near Charlestoo have
taken another step to perfect their
organization by providing for a cotton
exchange at Charleston. The
long staple cotton crop of the sea
islands this year is some two or
three weeks behind, and the planters
say that even wiCh perfect weather
conditions for the rest of the season
they cannot make a full crop. It- is
figured now that about 11,000 bags
will be picked. The West Indian planting
seems to have failed, and the
Georgia and Florida planters must
get their seed from tl*s Charleston
sea islands.
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Coffin at Pastor's Door.
When Rev. E. M. Lightfoot, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Orangeburg, opened his front door one
morning a few days ago a coffin with
this inscription met his eyes: "This
will be your box on June 10, 1907, so
goodby to E. M. Lightfoot. P. S.?
Peace to your ashes. Ann."
Mr. Lightfoot came to South Carolina
from Pennsylvania about seven
years ago. Hjs firm stand for law
and order and denunciation of crime
has gained for him enemies among a
certain class, and it is believed that
the coffin incident is the result.
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Another Murder Shocks Columbia.
Another mysterious homicide in a
Columbia suburb, shocked that city
one morning the past week, when
R. T. Westcott, a butcher, was found
dead with a bullet through his brain,
soon after he left home for his butcher
shop about 4:30 o'clock a. m.
The scene of this homicide is in
the suburb which adjoins the suburb
of Shandon, where Charles B. Greene,
a grocer, was held up and killed and
his supposed assailant, Edgar Marshall,
was also shot to death several
weeks ago.
Westcott leaves a wife and several
children.
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Shelton Swings at Last.
After escaping the gallows for more
than one year for the murder 01 Alf
Briggs, his father-in-law, John Shelton,
colored, was hanged in the Spartanburg
jail, the execution being carried
out without hitch or accident.
Shelton stepped on the trap door
with steady step and while his hands
and feet were being bound there was
not the quiver of a muscle.
He was asked if he had anything
to say and replied he had not. The
drop of several feet broke the neck of
Shelton. The execution was witness
ed only by officers and newspaper
men.
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Whiskey Dumped Into Sewer.
Sheriff Gilreath had his second public
"emptying" at Greenville a few
days ago under the Carey-Cothran
liquor law. Fifty gallons of "fire water,"
ranging all the .way from rye |
to corn juice with the moonlight
woven In, found Its way into the
court house sewer. This represents a
month's work of the sheriff's constables.
Many citizens are of the opinion
that this whiskey ought to be sold to
the county dispensaries to help defray
the expense of the constabulary, but
nothing can be done in the matter
till the next session of the legislature.
The constables captured 164 gallons
of corn whiskey from a negro
grocer, named Goldsmith. The blind,
tigers hide liquor in all conceivable
places. One negro woman recently
had a rubber mattress on her bed
filled with many gallons of booze.
STATUS OF CUBAN AFFAIRS
Reported Fairly Satisfactory by Taft,
Who Has Just Returned.
Secretary Taft and party arrived
at the Washington navy yard on
board the Mayflower Monday night
after an absence of exactly a month
on a trip that included Panama, Cuoa
and Porto Rico. The secretary and
Mrs. Taft.were immediately driven to
their residence. Former Governor
of Porto Rico Beekman Winthrop and
Mrs. Winthrop were guests of the secretary
on the return trip. The others
in the party included Representative'
Burton, of Ohio; Kittredge, of South
Dakota, and Miss Margaret Ifle.
The party arrived shortly after 11
o'clock. Later Secretary Taft gave
out a statement in which he says he
found matters in Cuba "in what, under
the .circumstances, must be considered
a very satisfactory condition;"
that there is every ground for
hope that the plan adopted for a census,
preliminary election and then
again an election six months later,
will result in the selection of a president
ana congress who will be able
to maintain themselves and give a
stable rule to the island; and that
the delay in taking a census is known
by Cubans as an earnest of the American
government to secure a stable
government before it leaves, "so
there will be no. excuse for a second
intervention."
He stated that in Panama the engineers
reported to him that the foundations
for the locks were entirely
satisfactory.
MEXICO GROSSLY INSULTED.
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her Legation < at Guatemala City
Searched for Criminals.
The Mexican legation at Guatemala
City was searched Wednesday by Guatemalan
authorities, to ascertain
whether or not there were sheltered
in it Guatemlans who were suspected
of complicity in the attempted assassination
' cf President Estrada Cabrera,
which took place in Guatemala
City Monday morning, while the chief
executive was out riding, accompanied
by his staff.
, The search was made on the invitation
of Mexican Minister Gamboa as
soon as he learned of the suspicion
ican legation was suspected of being
of Guatemala. The fact that the Mexican
legation was suspected of being
an asylum for criminals, has caused
great indignation and excitement.
It has been learned from a reliable
source that the Mexican government
is preparing for an emergency. Rumor
has it that 30,000 men are being
fully equipped for a two months' campaign,
and that troops are being rap
idly moved in small numbers to the
l Guatemalan frontier.
NEW RAILWAY CHARTERED.
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Savannah and Southwestern is Name
and Capital is Seven Millions.
The Savannah and Sou'Ji western
railroad company was granted a charter
Thursday by the secretary of state
of Georgia..
This company proposes to build a
line 350 miles long, start,ng with Savannah,
which will be its principal
m:ce, and running thro-sh the counties
of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty,
Tattnall, Appling, Jeff Davis, Coffee,
Berrien, Colquitt, Thomas, Grady and
Decatur in Georgia and Lecn, Gadsden,
Liberty, Franklin, Calhoun and
\Vashington in Florida to a point on
the gulf of Mexico.
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lTchton butchery"
Mystery of Wholesale Murder
in Florida Cleared.
TWO MEN UNDER ARREST
Prisoners Are Charged With Murder
of Ackerman Family of Nine'
People in Florida About
a Year Ago.
Although a year has elapsed since
the Ackerman family, composed of
husband and wife and seven children,
was murdered and then burned in
Santa Rosa county, Fla., near Pensacola,
detectives have just procured
information which on .last Monday
caused the arrest of two white men,
Joe Stanley and William C. Smith,
who are charged with having com*
' mitted the crime. Stanley was arrested
in Geneva. Ala., while Smith
was found at Gonzales, Fla., and earned
to Milton, the county site of
Santa Rosa county.
When it was discovered that the
house in which the Ackerman family
resided had been burned, an investigation
ensued, and, while it was
j at first thought that the entire family
had become suffocated and, thus
unable to leave the building, it was
! later discovered that several of the
older members, particularly the father.
wife and older son, had been
struck on the head, the skulls being
crushed. It was also found that the
father had arisen from the bed and .
had evidently seized his > shotgun to
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ligui. iur cue lives ui nib iaiuii^, an
the gun was found lying near his
cnarred body, with one hand resting
upon it.
The jury could not fix the crime
upon any one, and shortly afterwards
both Stanley andv Smith left that
county. Rewards amounting to near*
iv twenty-five hundred dollars were
offered, and detectives were induced
to work up the case, and,* while it
required a year to do so, they now
claim that they have strong informs*
tion against the two men.
NOTED AUTHOR GOES HENCE.
Dr. John Watson (Ian MacLaren)
Victim of Blood Poisoning.
Dr. John Watson (Ian MacLaren)
died Monday morning at Mount Pleas*
ant, la. The cause was blood poisoning,
the result of tonsilitis. He was
taken ill at Mount Pleasant April 25.
The Rev. John Watson (Ian Mao
Laren) was born at Morning Tree,
. Tn orlon/1 O I Off A tT/s
?| Q'""") iiuigwuci Of iOOU. X1C
received his education at Edinburgh
University and in Germany; was ordained
a minister in 1875. He was
appointed Lyman Beecher lecturer
at Yale University in 1896, and was
made minister of Sefton Park Presbyterian
church, Liverpool, in 1880, retaining
that position until 1905.
Among the publications of Ian MacLaren,
were, besides the "Bonnie Briar
Brush," "The Days of Auld Lang
Syne," "A Doctor of the Old School,"
1 etc., and among the work signed
John Watson are "The Mind of the
Master," "The Cure of Souls," "The
Potter's Wheel," "Companions of the
Sorrowful Way," "The Life of the
Master," "Doctrines of Grace," "The
Homely Virtues," and "The Inspiration
of Faith."
LIST OF THIRTY-FIVE NAMES
Included in Lottery Indictments by
United States Grand Jury.
The federal grand jury, which has
been sitting In Mobile, Ala,, since
April 1, has just made its final report.
The lottery conspiracy indictments
include a list of thirty-five
"names, of which twenty-three have already
been printed. Five of the
names are still withheld, the persons
not having been arrested. All
except twelve of the persons indicted
have been arrested and four of them '
have entered pleas of guilty and have
secured suspensions of sentence until '
May 27.
INURtASE IN RURAL ROUTES.
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Report on the Operation of Service
Up to First of May.
The report on the operations of the
rural delivery service up to May 1,
last, made public at Washington Monday
by the fourth assistant postmaster
general, shows that the total number
of petitions for the service re- '
ceived up to that date were 54,837, ?
upon which 15,537 adverse reports
have been made. There are now in *
operation 37,597 rural routes. }
WALTHOUR BADLY HURT.
Champion American Cyclist Meets
With Accident in Germany. 1
A dispatch from Berlin, Germany,
says: Bobby Walthour, the American
bicycle rider, met with a serious acci- J
dent at Erfurt. After winning a 50- (
kilometer heat, Walthour fell from his s
wheel just after crossing the finish
line, striking his head against a wood- ^
en railing. He was carried to the a
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TORNADO HITS TEXAS.
Swath Cut Through Northern Section
of State Resulting in Death and
Great Property Damage.
A storm of wind and rain which
was general throughout a considerar
ble area in northern Texas Monday;
and which, at some places, assumed
the proportion of a. tornado, according
to meager reports received in
Port Worth Monday night, has resulted
in the loss of at least three
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lives, the injury of many other, persons
and great damage to property
and crops. Several villages were
wiped out, hut because of the prostrating
r\f Knth tolpnhriTiP ?Twt tplpcrttnh
wires details were almost impossible
to obtain.
At Deport, one of the largest villages
in Lamar county, 20 miles from
Paris, the storm passed northeast,
cutting a path about 100 yards wide. . ;
The business part of the town was v
not touched, the damage being in the ;
residence portion on the east side.
The Baptist parsonage was blown ?e
pieces, its timbers and the furniture
scattered over the ground. R. H. Bry- , :
son's residence was demolished and
several other residences damaged. As
far as can be ascertained no one was
hurt at this plaoe. Crops are badly,
damaged and many fences andb arna
were blown away,
A terrific wind passed over Sulphur
Springs about 2 o'clock, travel- . \
ing from the southwest to the north-. W'J
east While it was of. great veloeity
the damage in Sulphur Springs v:
was trivial. But west of Sulphur v %
Springs the wind assumed the proportions
of a tornado, carrying death apd ;
great property damage in its wake..A
passenger train on the . Cotton Belt .
was held up by the train crew mt> . f
til the storm passed. The engineer A?
could see the twisting cloud as It
swept across the tracks and cut^ a A'J
path through the country. As soon AA
as the storm passed, the train pro- A*
ceeded and no one was hurt ''S
At the village of Antioch or Plea*.
ant Grove, as it is also called, the 3
whole village was practically, d*
stroyed. Antioch is about seven
miles north of Sulphur Springs. This
is the tornado belt and most of tie
homes are provided with storm eelTo
this fact is due the escape or a
number of those who were caughV;^3
in the pdth of the storm. . . ^
SERIOUS OUTBREAKS IN INDIA. I
Anti-European and Anti-American
Sentiment Increases.
The Hindoo outbreak at Rawalpindi;
British India, appears to have been
anti-Christian, as well as anti-European.
The mission buildings were
the special object of the fury of the Vi
rioters. An attack was made on ihe .
American mission church, the mob " -J
burned the Young Men's Christian As- ^
sociation hall, looted apd damaged,
the houses of the missionaries and . '
violently assaulted native Christian
in the streets.
A riotous outbreak under the leadership
of Hindoo students, has occurred
at Amritzar, about thirty miles
from Lahore.
The schools and colleges of
gal, which are affiliated with the University
of Calcutta, have become such
hot-beds of political agitation that the'
government resolved to take drastic
action. A circular has been sent to , 5S
the university, college and school authorities,
prohibiting the participation
in political movements and nqtifyi^vSll
the university that unless H carries ^
out its duty in controlling the ?ffiliated
colleges all the government rJpj
scholarship endowments will be with- ^
drawn.
THEY DON'T SPEAK NOW. \
Mexico and Guatemala Have Broken i
Off Diplomatic Relatione. 1
The state department at Washington
is advised that diplomatic relations
between Mexico and Guatemala *
have been severed, owing to the re-'
fusal of Guatemala to surrender Gen- 'M
eral Lima, who is accused of being V ":
implicated in the murder of former
President Barillas.
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"DIXIE FLYER" LEAVES RA1L8.
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Bad Wreck on Central of Georgia En- |
dangered . Many . Lives.
The "Dixie Flyer," the fast Fldlfc
da through train of the Central of .IV
Georgia, No. 91, was wrecked at T ^
o'clock Thursday morning at Orchaipi :.j?
Hill, six miles from Griffin, with, the >;?
result that a negro express helper
tv^s killed and several passengers in- /i
jured.
The entire train of nine coaches was
almost completely ruined, and it was ' |
jut a miracle that the loss of life was I
A. ' ..o
1UI ayiKUiLUfc.
SLEUTHS TO CHASE JERE.
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ifforts Will Be Made to Locate Par*
son Who Eloped With Girl.
Every effort will be made to locate
fere K. Ccoke, late rector of "St. %
George's Episcopal Church at Hemp*
tead, L.I., who eloped with Floretta
rVhaley, although married. As Mis^
Vhaley is. under eighteen years of
ige, a charge of. abduction may; Joe
irought against the clergyman. >