The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 17, 1901, Image 1
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE
U , ' VOL 1. BATESBURG. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1901 NO 27 8
OHIO CONVENTION, i'
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Democrats Maet end Nam* Jamas
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Kelbjure lor Governor. ft
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BRYANISM IQNORED. p
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The Names cf John R. McLean
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and Tom 0. Jshnsnn SpoK?n c
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m of as Candidates to 8uc- fc
ceed Senator Forakar. n
Tho Domooratio Stato coavontioD f
At Columbus Wednesday had more i
orominont moil an delegates than any 1
convention of Djmoor&ts of Ohio in f
many years. 8
Following is tho Domooratio ticket.
Hnvernnr limns K ilnoilPnn. "
Lieutenant Governor?Anthony How ^
oils. b
.Judge of Supremo Court?Joseph 8
llidy.
Clork of Supremo Court?Harry B 1
Young. u
Attorney General?M. B McCarthy.
Treasurer of State?11 P. Alahiro. 8
Member of Board of Public vVorka? ?
James B. Holtnan.
Tho nomination cf Col. Kilbournc 1
was appropriately called one of 4tspon '
'aneous oomluiiion.'' llowells, llidy, 1
Alsh.ro and Ho'man woro favontot E
trom tho start. Young was sprung as r
a surprise and nominated over Saioots, 1
vho had been nuoh a favorite that 1
others would not previouly enter tho (
raoo for clerk of tho supremo court. 6
Nono of tho delegates, outside of x
Cleveland, know loung asd h.i was
named because Cuyahoga wanted him 1
Cuyahoga could get anything it wanted,
cxcopt tho bead of thoStato ticket '
aftor tho Johnson atrcLdmcuts were (
engrafted into the McLean platform '
and that document as amended was *
adopted with surh unanimity. <
It was currently reported that John- I
son desired the nomination of Monott 1
as attorney general and that tho Mo !
Loan uion wanted Monctt defeated. '
k t Tho defeat of Monott was so dcoisivo 1
as to be a foaturo of tuo convention. '
Monott as attorney general had 1
brought suits against tho Standard Oil
company and other corporations to
oanoel their charters unner the anti
trust laws. Ho had sought a third
- term nomination from tho llopubli
jk can's on the issue that he should bo
retained in that office to continue 1
BE these proseoutions. After Lis defoai
for tho third nomination in 1SJ1) he
9H supported Bryan in 1900 on the anti
j^B trust issue and canvasbcd Ohio and
other States with Bryan
?**Act al riiririrr turn s\f t bin nrn
I JIVJ 1UUDI> DUIAlUg IU1U VI VUU Vl/U
vonlion was on Bryan. Tho.ypost bit
icr things wore said of his lc&dorahip
no reference to either of the natioaai
platforms on which ho made his cam- 5
paigns. After this plan had been '
? agreed upon, one of the 21 members
of that committee offered a rniaor
V lty report, reaffirming the Kansas City
B platform and txpiesbing oonfidcr.ce in
B Bryan. Ho received only six votes
B irom the 950 delegates on his tubsti
W tute for tho preamble. A few inmV
uies after the platform was adopiod,
uoo of thoBe six delegates called attention
to tho faot that pictures of
other Democrats wcro displayed in the
hall and nono of Bryan as heretofore
Ho started to carry a small Dooncr
with Bryan's picturo on it to the pi a:
form. Tho aisles wcro ordered cleared
I but tho picture did not reach its dos
tination. ll was trampled under fool
" and spoiled during ti e wild demon
titrations when Kilbourne was escorted
into tho hall. It i" generally believed,
however, that the inarching clubs did
not know they wore walkitg over Bry
run's picturo.
Tho members of tho commute! on
resolutions said over one hour was
spent after last midnight in efforts to
strike tho word "salablo" out of the
plank on railway t&xatioo, and several
hours in denouncing the Chicago and
Kansas City platforms and the teador
who stood on them. Tho platform
caused muoh comment tonight over
what it docs not say as will as cvnr
what it does say.
IJnsual interest is boiog taken in
the seleotion of members of tho State
oxooutive committee by tho State oon- *
tral nnmmittnn fiinnn th> ft.invention I
ooncludcd its work. The State central
committee today ajoumed until .July
20, without selecting its chairman or
secretary. It is said nono ot the candidates
ior cither of these places can
^ . securo a majority of tho 21 votes, and
that Col. Ktlboarnu will to compelled
to coopcrato with either the MoLoau
men or tho Johnson men, who arc not 1
talking froiodly to each oilier, to con ;
trol the Stato cxt cutive committee. In
this connection mere are all sorts of
rumors about the senatorebip, for
which tho convention endorses no ono
fc- as the Democratic candidate to succeed
Senator Foraker. The names of John
11. McLean and of Tom L. Johnson are
most prominently mentioned iu this
oonnootion.
Tho convention was called to order
about 11 o'clock by Uhairman Bruckor,
and alter prayor Hon. Charles 1'.
Salen, a member cf Tom Johnson's
cabinet at Cleveland, was introduced
as temporary chairman, whioh was later
mado permanent.
His closing deferences to ratlwaj taxation
wcro loudly applauded.
A lively fight caiuo when tho credentials
oommitlco reported in favor of
seating tho Dowhng delegates from tho
Daytoa district. Tho lie was priced,
and after a warm dtbtle, iu which
Dowling and alIi Dowling delegates
charged oco another with dofoat'ng
Democratic nominees, tho anti- D jwling
delegates were seated, thnJohohun do
mcnt and later McLean's Cii oinoati
foroea throwing thoir tu,?port ia favor
of a minority report. Tho issuo really
waa on looal control in Montgomery
oounty, whore Dowling has been a
ieador for twenty yearn.
The platform was then adopted.
Tho roport submitted by the, committco
on resolutions contained nearly
2,000 words, it consists of a prcamblo
uhd sixteen articl.n, undot tho follow
ing heads: Municipal governments,
taxation, oonduot of Stato affaire, etc ,
peoples' rights, tariff reform, monopolies,
merotiant marine, imperialism and
expansion, tho Boers, Monroodoctrine,
ms . ')
fie navy, civil service, election of sontors,
agridulturo nod labor, K^publian
responsibility and boss rule and
olitiosl corruption.
It is declared that the municipalities
f the State shcu'd bo radically ttorincd,
a d that no franohiso, ex'eaion
or renewal thereof shall borcafter
o granted except upon vote of tho
ecplo.
Oa thefubjoct of taxation, tho platorrn
?ays:
4 The acceptacce of fooo passes or
ther favors from railroads by public
ffijero or emplayrs shall bo made ado
uato grounds for vacating tho offices
icli bv thciu. All pub ic service oor
icratious snail bo required by law to
iiako sworn pubiio reports, and tho
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i jwer ana uuiy 01 visuatiuu ?na puuio
report shall be conferred upon tho
iroper State aad looal auditing othjors,
0 tho end that tho truo value of tho
irivilegcs hold by those osrporationa
hall be tuado plain to tho people.
'"Steam aud oluotrio railroads, and
itbcr corporations possessing publo
rar.ohiacs, Buall bo assembled in tho
(tuio proportion to their salable valuo
is are farm* aod oily real estate.
The Ropublioau administration and
bo Republican majority of tho geueral
issombly are denounced.
Tariff reform is demanded on tho
;round that production of the oouniry
ar exoicds its po*cr of comumptiou.
Tno enactment add rigorous onforee
neat of measures to frovent monopoics
and cembinations in restraiut of'
rado ant cemutoroo is domandod, as is
iso tno suppression of ail trusts and a
eturc to 1 Industrial freedom." As a
ueans to that end tho platFcr.11 declares
hat all trust produc s should be placed
in the free list and tho gov ramcnt
ihouid exeroiso a more rigid super
r'ts'on of transportation.
Restoration of the merchant marines
s favored wi h jut subsides, hewevor.
Oj tho buoj iot of "Imperialism ai.d
Expansion" the platform saye: "Po#
:ro granted tho Federal government
were not mcaat to bo usod to conquer
tr bold in subjection tno people of
jtfccr oountries. The Democratic
party opposes any oxtensioj of thv
av.tooal bouudaries not meant to carry
specduy to all inhabitants full, equal
rights wuh oursclvos. If those are unliut
d by Iceaticu, raco or character to
bo formed into te;t gorermcg torrito110.0,
and then incorporated into tho
Union of States, they should bo permitted
to wor* out their own doatiny."
Maintatnonoe of tho Monroe Doctrine
is demanded, a navy adequate to the
protection of Amerioan citizens and
property the world over; oleetion of
senators by direot vote; and tho ri^ht
01 lab jr to combine for ibo assertion of
its r.gbts and tho protcotion of its
interests, It it declared that tho bur
dens of the "Uojustand d sjriminat.ng
laws for which the Republican palty is
responsib o, fall obteUy on those whi
till tho toil or labor at other forms of
production. Tho Demoeia'.io party
pledged its ttijrt to iciicve tno ouraens
ABioh tjiua Kt-- * igjEmp
Ou the eubjsot of 4'Uepubiican rotpenbibiliiy"
it is declared the "li'put)
loan party always has upheld olasu interests,
aud canuot bi iruetcd to deal
wuh (hi evils ol iis own creation."
(Ji "lioss rule, cto," the party
pledges itself to 4 K:souo our govorn-I
xiutit from the ^ranpol beifishnt-jb ai.d
sorrupuon, aud roatoro it to its former
fairness, purity aid simplicity."
Widespread cuiruptiou," the art>oloa
ieoiaroe ''Now throa ena our frcemstiiu.lous
atid menace the destruction of
public virtues."
The K publican national bdministra.ion
is ueoouaccd for "(Jovious sympathy"
with aud aid to the lintish government
in its efforts to destroy tho
iouvh African republics.
W. L Finley made an unsuccessful
flirts to have tho Kiesa. tdty pUt;orm
reafS.incd aud continued conti
lenuo id W. J. Byan expressed. 11 j
laid ho wanted to aso.rtain whether
.his was a 1) mocratio convention and
whether the Ooto l).moorats were looltng
backward. Fioley's tuotioa was
)verwhelmintly defeated.
When tho platform w;h adopted
hero were again throe ohcers for Torn
Johnson.
Nominations were then made and the
.ickets ohostn, tho onief fight being
ivcr the attorney generalship for which
Vlonctt was a oandidsto.
Tho candidate for goyornor was born
in Columbus in 1S41, is a lawyer and
interested in a number of banks, railways
&ud other enterprises, lie rose
from private to oiiont.1 m the civil war
and is vice president cf tho Army of
Tennessee, lie was a o oso friend of
late Senator Alien G. Thurmaa.
Peabody Scolarships.
An examination for tho scholarships
in the Peabody Normal oollego, nanounood
some lime ago, will be hold
at tho following places: Columbia,
Spartanburg,Uroonvillo and Charleston.
Tho quoations will bo furnished by the
Peabody Normal college committee at
Nabhvillo. They will bo sent to tho
State superintendent of education, who
. _: 1 I -J it - - it
win sonu mem to uio various commit
lets. The questions wiil bo answered
by the applicants, in the prosenoo of the
ooniuiittecs, and the papers all forward
cd to the central committee in Columbia
who will dotcrunno tho successful ap
plieants. Thiro arc four appointments
to bo uiado, Tho tcholarships are good
for two years, ar d are worth $100 per
year and the stuiont's railroad faro to
Nashville and return. After tho first
year tho amount may be reduced from
$100 to #51). The cxaminaions will
begin at 9 o'clock, Tuesday. July 23rd.
Too following cou:nuttoeM will have
charge of the examinations at tho v.?ri
ous points: Columbia, Professors A.
G. lieuibcrt and 0 W. liain; Green
vtlle, Mr. O. li Martin and Prof. B.
ft. Grocr, Spartanburg, Mr. ft. C. ftlmoro
acd Mr. Goo. 8 Bnggs; Charleston,
Mepsrs. VV. K Tate a-.d (Jiaudo L.
liOgko Instructions havo bocn received
fro a Mr John M. UftiB, eoorotary of
the college, that tho appoiutco ohall be
re quired to mak i an average per cent,
not lower than (15.
Bags of Gold Missing.
A few months after N<.oly took o'iAr*n
of the po.-.t office at Havana ho sent to
New 1 rk i largo quanity of gold ooin
in matl pourohos 10 tho Sevonth N'a
ticnal bank. Tho sum amounted to
$9<i I 009 So far tho investigation into
the affairs of tho Sevonth National
shows that tho sum mysteriously disappeared
and no rcoord of it has been
found.
ASSAULT AND MURDER
Upon a Young Girl and an Old
Woman.
.Jessie Kinport, the 14-ycar-oM
daughter of Mrs. Carrie Kinport, who
resides at 11W West Nint\ avonuo,
Denver, Colorado, was ave lulled and
horribly mutilated in hor re-im, during
tho absenoo of her mo' "ve: Tu day
night. Mrs. Kinport upo i ra' ring
home found tho doors oprn and in her
daughter's room tho bed clothes wero
strewn about and blood spattered over
therociu Sho aroused the neighbors,
who about midnight found tho girl in a
vacant lot nosrby, unconscious and with
numorous cutB on hor body. Tho
authorities were notified but not boforo
Chris Jcnson had bocn brought to tho
station by Poliooman Limbcrt, who had
arretted hinn on the outskirts of Donvor.
AsL.mbrrt approached Jnsen whipped
out a knife and shouted to the officer
that ho would not bo taken to j ail
Limbert disarmed the man and brought
. .V,? k.
LI 4 LiJ VV tilU DIOVUU. V/U WUU T* O Jr UU 1U
poatodiy Rpoko of having boon com
polled try defect! himself from a woman,
Buying that ho had out hor up pretty
bitliy. Ilia knife was oovored with
blood. Ho ia believed to bo demented
and to bo tho man who lately oornmit
tod numerous assaults ou (vumeo.
Jensen confessed to the polioo that
ho assaulted Jesaio kinport and ako
said ho biaboed another woman during
the night near tho ond of the Uuivcr-ity
l'aik cur lino.
Searoti was at oecj begun and the
dead body of Mrs. Armenia A. Bullis,
about 60 yean old, who conducted a
dairy, was found Wednesday morning
at the plaoe described by Jonsea. She
had bcou stabbed in tho breast an! tho
blade of 'ho knife had penetrated tho
heart, causing instant death. Tbo body
lay in the roadway and there was no
evidence of a strugglo. Jensen said the
woman was ''after hiui" and for that
reason he killed her. Sho lived ou a
ranch roarby.
Later reports from Colorado says. It
has developed that a young wan was at
the Kinport home calling ou the girl
aod ri m lined until after 10 o'clcck
J onsen was arrested about 9:45 o'clock
in tho evening making it impossible fci
him to have committed tho assault.
A crowd of several hundred gathered
outside of the city j wl Wednesday
Digit and made throats of lynching
Jensen. Tonight ho was taken tc
Colorado Spring*.
Some Census Figures.
The census offijo issued a Lull, tin
Thursday concerning tho urban popula
tion of the country. It shows that23,411,61*8
people in the Uaited States live
in cities and towns of over 1,U00 popu
j'.iion This is 37 3 pur cant of th:
I ?"?irn population, a gain of almost
per cent binoc the census uifdiftP,
ttie percentage was 32.9 Compared with
the returns of 1830 iiic report shows a
gain in the uroau population of more
thau a third in percentage and of considerably
more thau double in ac.ual
numbers There wore in 1830, 581)
places of moro than 4,100 persons cajh,
with an aggregated population of 12,
936,110 or 25 7 pt r cent, of tho then
population. About ouo-haif of thu
urbaa population of 1900 was contained
?u cities of over 100,000 people, Tnore
wurs .10 .uiLiitt wilu commend population
oi 14,206,847. '1 here are now 1,158
places of over 4,000 peopio 1a tLe
country as agasinst 800 in 1800. The
population 01 the District of Columbia
is regarded aa urban, in the Siatua and
territories tho per ccntage of people hviog
in cities and towns aa compare with
tho population 0? tho places ranges from
01 (> to Khoae Island to 2.5 in inuian
Torruory, the entire list being as fol
lows: lltiouo Island 01 0, Massaohu
Halts 80 !?; Njw Vork 71 2; N itt .Jersey
0 75; ConncotLu. 05.5; I'wnmylva'.ii
51 1; Illinois 51.0; California 48 0;
Maryland 48 2; New Hampshire 10 7,
O.110 418; Delaware 41 4; Coloiadn
41 2; Micntgan 87 2; Washington 80 1
Maine 8(5 2; Missouri 81 1); Wiscon-m
34.5 Minuosota 810; Indiana 80 0,
Utah 20 4; Montana 28 8; Wyoming
28 8; Oregon 27 0; Hawaii 25 5; Ljuisi
aca 25 1; Vermont 21.U; Nebraska
I 20.8; Iowa20.5; Kentucky 10 7; Kansaj,
I 19 2, KiOrida IB.5; Vngiota 10 .5; i'exas
14.0; Tcnncssco 111; Georgia 18 0,
rioutn Carolina 117; West Virginia
11 0, Arizona 10 0; Njvada 10 0; Ala
bama 10.0; North Carolina 8 0, South
Dakota 8.2, Arkansas 0 2; Idaho t? 2;
Now Mexico 0 I; North Dakota 5.4,
Mississippi 5 8; Oklahoma 5 0; Indian
Territory 2 5.
More Gets 10 Years.
Tho court of appeals has confirmed
tho oorviotion of robbory in tho first
degree found against William A. R
Moore, of Now Vork city, and Mjore
must Fcrvo out his scntonoo of 10 year:
at hard labor in Sing Sing pnaon. Thil
is tho closing chapter in the MooreMahon
"badger" ease, whioh oicated
much interest two years ago. Martin
Mahon, a Now Vorkor, wts entimd,
according to his testimony, by Faync
Moorer, to apartments in a N sw Vork
oity hotel and wa^Burpris. d by William
A. K M joro, her husoand wao, at the
poiai of a pistol exrorted $170 ;n money
and a promissory nolo for $5,000 frou
Mahon. Moore was tried and c jqvioi
cd of robbery in the first degreo in L'o
ceuibor, 1808, and sentenced to 1!' year:
id prison. Tno court of appoa's bas af
tiruiod the conviction and rcfuici hi:
petition tor a now trial.
Hard on White Slaves.
Serious charges are brought againsi
oiran labor c mtraotora in securing
tucu to work on tho llm<i"iiu plant a
lions in \ uoatan Mexico. lHocntly i
is al'ogcd 18 married uion with thei
families and 22 single tnen wore ODgag
cd to go to Yucatan under a promise o
receiving $2 per day. They wero om
barked at l ampiao and it is olaimei
woro kept boiweon decks during th<
voyago, being fod on bard tack atd rioo
On reaching Yucatan they wcri
taken to the plantation, where tboj
claim that their wages woro but K"
oonts a day. Several men with thoi
wives and children ran away bu
wore pursued, caught and it iH re
portod brutally whipped, tho mei
roociving 50 lashes each, the women 2
and tho boys six.
PYTHIAN SCANDAL.
A Deficit of $225,OOC That Muit
8n Made Oord.
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HIN5EY REBI0N8.
His Prosflcu'ion In Civ.I Court
Seems Certain. H?w the
Croat Ordtr Will
Raise Deficit.
.John A. Ilinrcy, former president of
the board of control of tho endowment
rack, Knights of Pythias, appeared before
the supremo lodgo Thursday and
admitted the report f-ubmiltcd Tuesday
to bo true showing a deficit of $225,000
which u,u3t bo made good if tbo icsur
_ iL. i _ _ x a:
aaes icaiureB 01 lac orucr ah 10 gominuo
This roport shows that the ?.ffairs of tho
ondcwtncnt rank under Hinsoy's uiati
agemoat drifted into practical insolvency.
The former president of the
board of oantrol deolarod ho had done
his host to keep tho treasury in a sound
oouditon but that death olaim9 had
mounted up, investments had turned
out failures and it had been frequently
neeossary to overdraw tho rank's accouat
at tho bank. Tho report, which was
compiled by the presont board of control.
excepting Hinscy. doob not ohargo
the latter and others with misusing the
funds, but states that they were misused.
Hinscy occupied the floor dur
ing the ontiro forenoon session of the
investigating committee.
To reporters Hinscy said:
' I am proparod to defend my ad
ministration anainst any and all omors.
My conduot of tho office was perfectly
open and above beard 1'ho invett
uionts wcro good and 1 gitimite and all
will turn out all right. '
John A. Hinscy was ordered Wedncslay
n:gbt bv the supremo lodge of
th-. Knights of Pythias to appear bo
foro that body and bhow cause why be
should not bo expelled. This folio *t
as a direot re: ult of tho alleged irrogulariiiei
which ihc new management ol
the ocdowment rank has fcund in the
books under his twolvo years' adminis
tra'iou as president of the board of oon
trol. Tho supremo lodge of the
Knithts of Pythias adopted by a vote
of 130 to 1 the report of tho supreme
r ohaaoolior, with all its ori ioisms of Mr
Hinscy o management, and ordered il
i published as an effioial record of the
condition of tho endowment rank.
Thonch $500,000 ac sot 8 aro tn b?c
o?ndiiion, and though almost $500,00(
behind hand in the payment of deatl
i olaims, tho supremo lodgo docs not pro
lo.i ; that it shall loso s'&ndiug because
of tho trcublos that have been diaoLsod
By a unanimous vote of tho lodgo a:
! order has been mado that in the futur?
:. . . u_.i l. w.
iuv l u'?: z vinculo auan uu uiftuu n#vu uj
tho written crder of five oat of (b
') I coven in mbtrs oT tho boirTT oT~eyniro
a' This was formally adr.pt
i d Thursday and no one man management
will bo possible in tho future.
L i addition to this a resolution is bo
ing oociidcrod to raise the rates of payments
on insurance abont 5C per cent.,
o that more fuads will Do irovided
o m^ot death ohims and enough in
addition to make good tho losses and
create a surplus in the futuro.
1 this additional burden on benefiriarics
of insurance policies shall not
be enough, the supreme lod?n -rill also
oonsi ier a plan to .assess ail Knights ol
L'ythias 50 cents or $1 eajh for the
benefit of the rank. Too lower ar-sc*sment
on $500,000 members would bring
in $250,Putt.
Turkey Pays Uncle Sain.
Tho State de utmost at Washioglcr
has received tho amount of tho American
indemnity oiaim against Turkey,
$05,000, .hroug1 the- American legation
at Constantinople. As is always the
case tho claims in the aggregate oonsider
bly exeeed tho amount of the in
domnitj aotaally paid, but our government
ha-f xprossed itself satif-tl <d with
, the payment. it assumes full responsibility
for tho distribution the Turkish
government leaving u to the state doparducnt
to distribute tho mono)
am <Dg the claimants at its discretion
and after its own f tshion. These claims
t irj principally bas.d upon looses susi
taiucd by American mi.-socary anc
ouueationa! institutions in Turkey, cot
ably those at ilafpool ani Maosh, bul
thrro ore a number of inividual claims,
suci for instanco as thst of tho family
i of 'in unfortunate bicyobst, Lsnz tho
Pittsburg man who was killed by Turk
ish soldiers while attempting to g<
J around tho globe on his wheel. Tn<
state department officials feel th<
groatcst satisfaction at tho settlc-monl
of tbopo claims. Sooretary Hay had
been told by diplomats skilled ir
i oriental diplomacy and in tho politi
oal conditions of southern Europo. that
ho ue v-r would be able to collect them
i Not only was thcro extreme difficulty
i in bringing any pressure to boar be
i cause cf tho remoteness of Turkoy, bit
wo had to contend with tho jealous)
I of the groat Kiropcan poword, most o!
i whom had claims ?gaiust Turkej
vastly larger in amount than ours, an i
i whose total was boyonl the ability
; of tho Tuikish govemm"nt to mce;
i For more than a docaio these Amor
i iean claims have been ponding.
Tht) Sinews of War.
A statement prepared at iuteraal ro
vonuo bureau shown that the total ro
, ooipti from the war rovouuo aet frou
July 13, 1898, the date tho act w.. n
, iato effect to niay 31, 19U1, amouotot
to $310,053,363, as follow- Sohodah
A, documentary stamp), $108,722,674
schedule 14, proprietary stamps, $13,
922,138; boor, $97,717,971; spooia
! taxes, $11 095,636; tobacco, $17 274,
5 780. snuff, $'2,697 818; oiitars, $9,180,
027; cigarettes, $3,818,991; loyaeies
1 $8 96 420; excite tax. $2,652 982
r mixed fl >ur, $2i 536; adiitioaal taxoi
on boer and tobacco, $982 385.
f
Kills His Wife then Himself.
1 A farmer named MoGrath, livin
a noar Hrockport, N. Y., killed his wif
laitnir.ht and then comuntttcd suicide
a Their badioa wcro found in a fieli
i Thursday. The woman had a tci
7 riblo wound over tho left eye
r whi h is supposed to have rondorcd he
t unoonsoious. McGrath then probahl
- stabbed her till sho was dead and thoi
n out his throat. A common two blade
5 jackknifo w*s used. They "have fiv
children; all under 16 years of ago.
WAR 8TAMP ON BONDSIt
Falls Hard on Rural Free Delivery
Hail Carriers
A spooiai from Washington Friday
nays. An indigDant and vigorous protest
has boon madn to the Postmaster
General because of the heavy internal
revonuo tax levied upon every now appointco
in tho rural froo delivery carrier
service. It appears that in tho
establishment of a now routo tho carrier
appointed is required to furnibh
bond and said bond must bo freightod
with 50 centB worth of internal revonuo
stamps. Somo of the victims do not
hrnitato to character zi tho imposition
of this heavy and onerous tax as a
bunco gamo on the part of UdoIc Sam
This heavy acd apparently unjust tax
is levied under the terms of tho war
rovenuo measure. Although the amount
acetun small it is uujust lo tax a poorly
paid official like a rural delivery o&rricr
fifty cents for bis appointment, when
all of iho other salaried officials of the
Gevornmcnt, from tho President down,
arc exempt from a revenue tax in congidera'.ion
for thoir commissions and a
place on tho Government pay-roll.
As tho salary of these rural oarriers
is only $500 per annum tho tax is a
hardship, but wlion, as is tho oaio in
many inrtauecs, tho proposed route
hangs firo in tho department and is indefinitely
sholved, it is adding inault to
injury. Tho would bo carrier has paid
out his fifty oents, but ho cover roooivts
one cent of pay.
Mr. 11. CoLqucst Olark, tho chief
special agout in charge of the rural free
delivery servile, said Friday: "It
soom3 to mc a great hardship for these
men to bo forced to pay this tax. Ab
the routes are almist, if not eutiroiy
laid out in the farming distriots, men
of very limited circumsta .oca are usual
ly appointed as carriers. To them
this half dollar means a great deal.
They invariably appeal to the postcffica
department for reimbursement when
tho route to which they have boon ap
pointod is held up, lu wo have no
! power or authority to return the amount
, ext ended for this revenue stamp.
"In several cateB," continued Mr.
f Ciark, "the iuFpeolors and special
, agents of tbo rural delivery systems
have been led out of tho kindness of
their hearts to refund out of their own
, pojkets to those men this rovoune tax
, Special Agent Acinic, of tho Wostorn
, divison of jural fico delivery, is one of
this kind-hearted class. lie reported
. to mc the other day that it was tho rule
, rather than exception for him to 'cough
up this ainouut to tho meD whose
1 routes bad been tied up in the depart)
ment. Ha said he was simply forced
t to do so by the way the carriers oomplaincd
of tho great hardship it was for
, them ?o bo thus deprived of half a doirnl",r,i
In in '
3 "Sinoo too 1st of July, when 6ocue
3 stamp taxes wero repealed," added Mr.
j Clt-k, Numerous inquiries havo
r> re?Lhtu.^H cfciy d*y ?sk;ng if this its
...Uw- ?.i miu wit) CtilCI
alhesiveT^tamp tax?s. When Con"H'llu.iuu
ilji'i'llk u^iUua'ji
ing many of tho special war taxes this
one impo?l on lu-al oarricrs was left
unchanged In almost every case the
taxes which wero imposed on men of
modera o means, snoh as the stamps on
j bank eheoks, express packages and
telegrams, vrero taken off under this
Aot to take effect oa July 1, but this
one, which is especially onerous to
iural carriers, was retained."
, it is likely that the Postmaster Gen
1 cral will call the attention of Congress
, at tho next session to what appears iq
have boon an ovorsight in retaining
, this tax and make a requcBt that it be
repealed.
Kalis Through a Bridge,
i A epocial to the Ptain Pjalors from
Conneaut, Ohio, says: Just after 10
o'clock Friday, three cars of the oast
and local lreight went through tho
i Nickel Plato Bridge at Springfield,
Ponn. Tho traiu left Conneaut only a
few minutes before the accident, in
charge of Kcgin&ur William Griffith,
of Beti *lo, and Conductor Pail A.
Mooro, of Buffalo. Tho latUr was
killed outright. The bridge gaDg was
at work on tho bridge, and tho ten men
' icjurcd aro mostly workmen. A fill
was being made at the bridge and about
i twenty-fivo workmen were about the
structure. Tho horr.ble affa;r oroured
I just after Passenger Train No. 3 had
pulled through. The local, after the
t passing of tho passenger traiD. pushed
, three oars heavily loaded out on the
' btruoture to unload stono for tho masont
i wotking boueath on tho largo stone
foundations. Tho work of unloading
> had hardly begun when without an)
s warning tho wholo structure, bearing
j tho throo oarp, fillod with laborers, fel
t with an awful crash into tho valley. 3c
i ruddoo was tho affair that only cm
i man had a chance to leap in time tc
save himself from injuiy. The list of
dead inoludos Conductor Phil A
. Mooro, Buffalo; J. Scaboss, workman
/il l J- n .? ?
i/icvoiaaa; ujorgo a.vart, workman
Springfield; Humor Beck with, Jforeuiaa
t Conneaut; fivo Kalians, Dames ua
r kcovn; Randall, West Springfield
Two Italian* Murdered.
A special from Greonviilo M?as , says
Two Italians wore killed aod anolboi
was seriously wounded at xirwin, iH
miles south of Grecnvillo somo tiini
Thursday night. .John Sjrio, aged 51
years, and his son, Vinoont Sorio, woro
. killed, and Salvadator Libcrto was
. dangerously wounded. Thoy all oamc
i from Cefaula, Sioily. Tho thieo hat
t beon living near (Hen Allen, but on ao
I c juul of some trouble wore ordered t<
j leavo Lv tho oilizens. Tho inen looatcc
at I'lrwin While they were asleep al
Erwin tho throo men wcro riddled witl
\ bullets, two being killed outright whih
tho third was soriously shot. Gov
. I< jiigino was notified of the ooourronoe
w iilo tho Italian consul at New Orlcan
was also apprisod of the killiug.
A Shower of UlasH.
Breaking glass at the plate glass works
Kokomo, Ind., Friday night irflicto*
g frightful injuries on fivo of the 10 mci
0 who wore oarrying tho sheot uprigh
i. from the annealing oven to tho grindini
1 tablo. Tho plato which measured 12:
by 11*0 inches and weighed 2,200 pound
i, broke and oamo showering down oi
r tho hoads and shoulders of tho work
y mon. Tho \iotims' soalpa woro out am
a tho tlosh was literally eorapod from th
d bones of 'Loir shoulders and arms. Al
o fivo will loso thoir anus if not thoi
lives.
j WILLING TO BALANCE ACCOUNTS
Russia Will Vacate Raised Tariff ii
U 8 Will Do the Same.
Another important chango has oocur.d
botwocn tee Russian government
and the Uoiled S'atca rolaiive to the
tariff. The Russian minister of fioanoc
M. DoWitto, has proposed that Russia
will vaoate all tho additional duties
lovidcd on American goods sinoo the imrofitioD
of the sugar differential if the
(Jailed States will vaoate its aotion oc
he tugar differential To this Secretary
Gage has replied that the offer of
a. I U f a. l L . __
me i\ubbi?q ^overuiurui c?tjdoi do ao
coptod *s tho question of tho sugar
differential is now in tho hand) of the
oourt. thus preoluding action by the
executive branch.
The proposition of tho Russian min
ister of finance was the result ol
Socretary H^y's note of about twe
weeks ago. In that noto Mr. Haj
poiatod out that tho aotion taken a) tc
petroleum was not new, nor was il
meant to have any oonuootioc witii tin
previous aotion of tho government 01
sugar. This appears to havo rooon
cilod Russian officials in their viov
that the pnotrolcuin ordor was only an
other s:ep in tho policy previously
takon respecting sugar.
M. DcWitto's response is not long
but it is quito to the point, it makci
no further issue as to the pctroleua
ordor. Tho ohicf attontion is givon t<
sugar and the specific ordor is mado t<
vaoato immediately the increased du
ties whieh Russia has levied, if the
United States will vacate its action 01
sugar This would amount to re
establishing tho status quo whioh cx
isted bofore tho United Siates took it
initial aotion relative to Russia.
Tho Russian proposition was com
municated to Socro ary Gage, who?ro
sponded promptly that as the suga
question is no w before tho courts it i
not possible for him to avail himself o
Che Russian suggestions. ThuB th
matter stands.
Tho reductions whioh would havo re
suited under M. DeWitte's tender ar
those affecting cast iron wares, manu
faelurcs of iron and Btcol, boiler wor
tools for artists, factories and work
shops, ga3 and water meters, motor
and dynamos, 6ewing machines, pott
ablo engines, not including thrcshin
machines, tire onginee, acd other mi
obinery of iron and steel; also whit
rocio, galipot, brewers pitoh an
bicycles.
Port Royal's Station.
Port Royal is to bo made ono of tb
i prinoipal recruiting stations for th
Navy. Secretary Long has adopted th
report of tbo board of naval officers ri
oentlv appointed to examine viriou
sites along tho Atlantia coast acd :
rrinmmnnil tho molt donir&blo locatio
for the cstabhshuiont of ? naval rei
i dezvous. The former naval station :
Port Royal is to be transformed into
rcoruiiing station for "'landsmen," an
: it ip to be n^yisted on the same lil
eraltealo tliat the rcorurci'iiytrtkuon te
aval apprentices is maintained at Nov
'' ' ' '
charge of the rcorui'ing bureau of th
navy, says the secretary has decide
that Port Royal shall bo fitted up as
first-olass station. All of the building
'ormerly used in connection with th
Port Royal dry dock will bo oonvertu
into quarters for rooruits. It is ala
desirable and necessary tbat a numbo
of additional buildings shall bo erootod
Negotiations are already pending b
which the government proposes to ac
quiro ownership of the entire island o
which the station is located. Tho ad
dilional space is required to allow am
plo accommodation for quarters and a
the Barue time afford plenty of facilitie
for training, exorcise aod rccroatior
while the recruits arc undergoing pr<
lim'.nary instructions. Three hundrc
appront'eo boys and landsmen are a
ready located at Port Royal, and tli
training ship Topeka is thero for pra<
tico in practical seamanship
Returns to Work.
A special Irorn Newport News Va
says: fho strike ni the machinists is i
i an end. Tho climax oiuio sudden]
i Thursday at a mooting attended by pra'
tically all tho machinists from tho shi|
yard when by unanimous consent, tl
men deoided to return to work Monds
i at tho old scalo. Tho facts that tl
machinists could doL obtain funds wit
which to support tho idlo men, and th
i tho ship) ard management demonstrate
l its ability to fill the vacant plaocs a
? responsible for the defeat of tho stri!
i crs. Tl.is morning a oomruittoo waitc
i on Acting Superintendant Hopkins i
; tho yards, and ask. d that the men 1
' allowed to return to work Monday
I tho old wages. This request was gran
I cd, Mr. Hopkins informing tho con
i mittoo, that tho men many of who
i havo loft tho oity would ho giving the
> old places back and would bo allowi
tou days in which to return to wor
He told the committee that immcdia
, action was nccsfsary on the part of tl
, machiois.s if they would head off tl
, new men destinoi for this place. Th
immcdiato action was taken Fridi
night and telegrams wcro sent stoppii
the shipment of outside machinists
this city. Tho ond of the strike is hai
cd with joy here.
Bund iigers Worried,
j Tho two squads of oonstablos und<
, Chiefs LiFar and Howie arc giving tl
blind tigera considerable trouble i
Charleston. Tho Equ&ds aro oompotii
against etch other and as a result tl
j liquor dealers aro having a hard tin
of it. Tho Calhoun hotel bar was rail
} ed Friday, and tho plaoca of Chios
[ Sohiadaressi and othors wore visit!
, but no very largo amount of liquor wi
( soized. The liquor dcalors have hidd<
t away tho groator part of thoir goods
anticipation of tho visits of tho oo
stables, sinoo the prosont aotivity w
^ starnd and the raids consequently <
not yield much of a haul tothooffioer
In several show cases glasses and oth
fixtures and furnishings of tho ba
have boen removed. Tho bukeopo
' aro worriod, but thoy wear a bold iro
( and attomp; to mako light of tho wo
t of tho oonstablcs.
g biight Men Blown to Pieces.
Tho migszino of tho Burlington ai
H Missouri railroad, filled withdynauiif
D exploded and oight men wore killed a
many injured. Men woro blown
a piooos, parts of their bodies being strei
0 over tho prairio for hundiods of yar<
Buildings a mile away woro damagod
r tho concussion. It is thought tho <
I rem 3 heat eausod tho explosion.
FOURTEEN KILLED,
1
Two Trains Oollid* on Chicago
and Alton Road
Fourteen person* aro dead, three
1 others probably fatally injured and
more than a score of others less soni
ously hurt is the result of a head-ond
collision between a passenger and a
, fast live stock train ou the Ohioago and '
Alton railroad, near Norton, Missouri,
at7o'olook Wednesday morning. Si*
woro killed outright, four died on a
train convoying them to Kansas City
. and four died at a hospital in this oity.
, The dead are:
, P. J. Andcrsoo, Slater, Mo., engineer
of freight train.
Frank Briggs, engineer of passenger f
f train. I
, 1 8. Rogers, Ch'cago, U S. ExprosB <
r company messenger. <
, Mrs Gilland and daughter of Good.
t land, Ind.; both killod outright.
5 D W. Hooker, Syrecaso, N. Y.; died :
, on train.
Mrs. 0. W. Snyder, Jaspor, N. Y.; '
j died on train.
G. L Roy, casbior of the Wilming.
ton, Ills., bank; died on train. ,
Sydney Jones, Kansas City, died in
the hospital, as did Daniel Donnelly
j of Mexioo, Mo., fircman-of freight train
! and R J. Curties, Gonesoo, N. Y.
3 Miss Lala llidor, 20 years old, of
3 Kent land, ind.
Mrs. Dickson, 67 years old.
, The passenger train was traveling in
3 three sections on account of tho heavy
. Epworth Ljaguo business to San Fran*
. oisoo. Too wrooked train was tho first
s section, and contained no L?aguers.
Conductor MoAnna of tho freight
. train, castbonnd, had been ordered to
meet the second section rf the passonr
gcr train at Slater, the next station
B east of Norton, but apparently overf
looked the fact that tho first section,
o which was 55 minutes late, had not
pat-s:d. Tho head brakeinan on the
i. freight, who was about four oars from
c the engine, says Conductor MoAnna
L asumod the throttle himself on leaving
^ Marshall, and was running tho engine
when the collision ooourrod. Tho trains
9 met two miles west of Norton, on a
curve surmounting a high ombankg
ment.
k. A relief train starlod from Kansas
0 City at noon and returned hero with
tho injured at 6 o'clook Wednesday
evoning. Those who died on tho way
thers woro delivered to tho undertakers,
while the others wero distributed beo
tweon two hoepitialB.
e The trains collided while going at a
o good rate of speed. The engines wero
j- pushed to either side of tho traok and
is practically demolished, while the fcr,o
ward UHH v^lhe passenger train teleu
Hooped etch other,
i- Ttie forward Pullman and the tourist
at sleeper in front wero burned. The baga
gage oar was wrooked and freight cars
d were piled up on both engines and
>- hurncd. Tho traip. whioh was Wrooked
ir was one of the finest passenger trains
r- in the United States. Tho equipment
n,_was_all__new, inolnding the sleeping
olcars7ooa3hca^h7vcaff(^ar^arrrtr!nnmrtlHi
d tivo. T
a Tho injured suffered mostly froqp
s 60*lde, due to esoaping steam from the
o wrecked locomotives, t ero being no
d broken limbs. Some of tho victims had
0 inhaled steam and wore in worse eondir
tion than the first examination indicated.
Soon after the arrival here,
y t :rcc of the iojurucd died at Uaiversi1
ty hospital. Identification of the dead
n was difficult, because the clothing had
been removed to apply relief to tho
i- scalded surfaces.
it Mrs. Hilda Ilasslip, of Chonoa, 111.,
!S T. C. Bray, of Chicago, a shoe dealer,
i, and Mrs. Franoos Walker, Brook'yn,
3- N. V., and an elderly woman unidentid
tied, are in a critical condition.
I.
te Navy Recruits.
3" lloeiuits for Fcclo Sam's navy are
arriving almost daily at the Port Koayal
Training station. Some forty men and
boys from the uppor section of Sonth
> Carolina who had been enlisted as
Landsmen and apprentices by a reoruitly
iog party which left Beaufort for
?* Columcia, S. C , a week ago havo boen
P* assigned to duty aboard the training
10 ship Topeka. Many of tho apprentices
ky are mere boys in their toecs who have
ie beon resigned by their parents or guar
dians to the government until thoy
at arrive at twenty ono years of age. Most
of these men and boys hall from tho
re Pieumont seoiion of South Carolina
^ and havo never before seen salt water
^ and consequently their observations are
often very atnmusing to their more exporienoed
ship mates. One incident
that caused a deal of amusement was
l' related to your correspondent by an eye
witness. A number of landsmen wero
m instructed to get into a small oenter
>r whioh lav along tho port side of the
!l* Topeka, they oomplied in an awkward
^ manner and when a botswain's mate
10 took his soat in the storn of tho oroft
10 aud gave the command. "Up oars each
10 of tho eight landsmen seized a metal
in i.-.i, i. i,;.. l > i i 1 - J
Kftai ata 1U UIO UAUU AUU 11UI1CU II 1U
*7 the bottom of the boat with such foroo
3& as to almost spring the outten boards.
10 The lads aro being well treated, howcvor,
by their superior effiosrs on ship
board and will soon learn the ropes in
hpile of their awkardnoss whioh is not
surprising when the faotthat they havo
or ncvor scon the oooan is taken into con10
sideration.
in
>8 A Strange Suicide.
10
le p' k. Kingslcy, a oivil engineer oomj
mitted suicido at Blaoksburg Friday
0 afternoon about 4 o'olook in his rooms
at tho Iron City hotol by taking an
M ovoidoso of laud mum. Ho loft a note
,D giving instruotions for his burial and
in money to defray the expensos. Hisina.
struotions wero to bury him in a cheap
a9 coffin and at night, whon no one was
j0 eround, no preachers to bo present and
to employ fonr negroes to carry his
or body to the grave, eaoh to be paid one
rs dollar for their cervices. Mr. Kingsrs
l?y was a r?3idcut of Blaoksburg for a
Dt numbor of years and was regarded as a
r)t fine oivil engineer, well eduoatod and a
man far abovo tho average intelligence.
Ho would oooasionally got on asproo,
but was ai parontly sober when he oom*
od mitted this aot. Little, if anything, is
:o, known hero of Mr. Kingsloy's family
nd oonneotion, but it was gonerally sapto
posed his pooplc rosidod at llaleigh,
sn N. C., and that he oamo from there to
is. Blaoksburg a9 a oivil engineer in the
by employ of tho Augusta division of the
)i- old Charleston, Cinoinnati and Chicago
railroad.
A.FTER THE TIGERS.
3ov McSweenoy Sands Naw
Off (cars to Charleston.
THEY FIN J VIOLATORS
tnd Procaad to Salza Fixtures
and Liquor and Show the
B ind Tigers a Thing
or Two.
For the first time since the dispenary
law was put into operation blind
.igers in Charleston had to turn away
justomers. It was a reccrd-breaking
lay for tho outlaw liquor dealers, and
whon the constables finished there was
not even a whiskey glass in many plaees
in whioh a drink could have been
jerved. Everything was seized. JCizInrna
trorn ? ????
?VM nwav ivuiviou, 11UU UVUUbCID WUTU
nailod to the floor, and big refrigerators
were turned to tho wall and sealed,
handsome mirrors were oartod away
with tho oontraband liquor. The wholesalo
raiding wrecked business for the
time and oausod suoh oonatornation in
tho blind tiger ranks that tho "talent"
got frightened and refused to sell until
it is known what is up the oonstabulary
Bleeve.
In tho raiding Thursday tho small
dealors wore not oaught bo much as the
big establishments, but all suffered in
a way. When tho state board of dispensary
directors passed the resolution
about the enforcement of the law in
Charleston the blind tiger dealers saw
that trouble was in store, and there was
proof of this Sunday night when a squad
of constables arrived in the oityanu began
to look around. Tuesday night four
other constables roachod the city. They
did not make their business known until
yesterday morning and by noon tho
news had Bpread to every shop and every
bar that there would be something doing
in the afternoon. The constables
were all new in Charleston. They oame
hero under tho command of Chief LaFar,
who had instructions to smash the
head of overy tiger that was stuok from
tho dark. During the day it was not
known just why tho extra foroe had
been sent hero, although it was stated
that tho dispensary management in Columbia
had heard of the alleged
"friendliness" whioh it was allogod existed
hero between tho raiders and the
tigers. There was nothing friendly )
about the work Thursday, hwwevrrr. and _ *
it was cot until Cue officers had crossed
tho threshold <of. the. bus. that their
identity was . discovered. And then
there was a scramble for cover and a
rush to got the liquors safe from the
hand of the law, but it was too late and
everything in sight and sonnd was >
seized. Whc t^tho oon&ablc^bagan tp
seize the n.-rnxuure AaJ made men J
with the stuff a pout the rooms the
keepers rtSjjraod that the end of their
hoin^^^^^VI^Fioorswh^^m^^^^^^^N^Hj
morly a welcome for the thirst^w^W^H^^^^?
oloiod and looked.
When the wiser tigor keepers heard
that others in the business were being
dosed they promptly had all stook on
band removed and their doors shut. One
OBtablishmont which has been famous
in tho history of beer and whisxey
drinking in Charleston was closed at 2
o'clock and the regular patrons who
went thero were disheartened when
they saw tho sad outlook. After 4
o'clock five constable visited the place.
The man who looks after tho needs of
the thirsty recognized the officers and
promptly offered them tho keys. The
tfficors went through tho place, peeped
under tableB and into closets and then
ion in iuo ommncys. i tie most tney
saw a half dozens helpless bottles of
ginger ale that were left alone to stand
tne danger when the stronger bottles
wero quiokly removed to spots that
oonstaoles could not fathom. It was
really touching to look at the lone bottles
of gingcraie. In another ioo box
two moro bottles wero found. When
the lid was raised one bottle fell down
as if from fright and then slid quiokly
under the uneven chunks of 100. The
constables saw the flan* movement,
lie fished out a thirty-pound ohunk of
the ice, had the other offioera rush up
and help him, and when the little bottle,
looking sheepish but innocent, was
putlcd out and was flung back with a
silont oath and then the raiders loft
the room.
Justjas fast as ono place was oleaned
out the officers hurried to another until
nearly ovcry bar of any prominence was
made to fool tho sting of tho law. It
was about the only successful raid over
mado in Charleston. While the amount
seized was not as largo as might hnvo
been expected, tho oonstables for onoe
wero masiors of the day, and thoy lot
tho tigers know that thoy would oall
again in the evoning. This kopt the
talent guossing. Those raids wero different
from somo others, inasmuch as
thero was an absenoe of tho friendly
grooting. Whon the officers left it was
not with tho assuranoe that they would
not oall agaia for a week or a month.
Heretofore tho tigers have boon on
Kasy street. One raid was all that they
oould roasonably cxpeot in the oourse
of a week, and about the only thing accomplished
by tho law was in seizing
what little liquor was showing on tho
counter. It was significant of many,
many things that the tigers wore closed
last night. This was nevor done after
any other raid, for, on the other hand,
it was after a raid that a tigor got on
its happy spirits.?Mews and Courier.
c u: i . -\ ?
v^umicu iui omgiu iuun.
Hose 0. Davision, Hawaiian oommissionor
to tho Buffalo Pan Amerioan
Fair is at tho Sherman Honse in Washington.
With her are two Hawaiian
womon, >1. Mapsuano Smith and Hi
Karpo Phillips. Miss Davison said:
"1 have oomo to learn something that
might add to the fclioity of onr island
people. Frankly, I don't expeot to
find it. Wo are snfiioient unto ourselves.
Your overworked Chicaao
youths ought to oome out to the island
and marry some of tho nioo Hatvaiin
who have plenty of money and who
want white husbands. They are lovely
as dreams and as rich as the ordinary
Amerioan heiress."
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