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v ' ~vw ' "" "*' ~;- "Jl 1 ! u The Batesburg Advocate. VOL. II. BATESBUlttJ, S, (A,WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, IJ)02. NO, 24 A MANIA TO KILL. A Trained Nurse Confessed That Thirty-One Persons HAD BEEN POISONED BY IIER. Stic Wan Proven Insane anil Sent in an Asylum. Ilnw She Aeconi|ilishe?l Her Murders ami Other Crimes. All Massachusetts is shuddering at the deeds of an insane trained nurse by the name of Jane Toppan recently tried at liarnstuble in that State for murder. Suspected of the death of 11 persons, but indicted for murdering only three. Miss Toppan has confessed that she has killed during her career as a professional nurse no less than -'11 human beings. This statement was made to Judge Fred M. Itixhy of M rook ton, senior counsel at that trial at llarnstable, when Miss Toppan was found not guilty by reason of insanity on the charge of murdering Miss Mary 1). Gibbes. Judge i'.ixby said also that Miss Toppan had admitted that she had set tires and committed other serious acts. She said she could not help committing the crimes. She argued, moreover, that she was not insane. She said she knew she was doing wrong when she administered poison to her victims, and she asked Judge llixby how, under such circumstances, she could be of unsound mind. Morphine was Miss Toppan's agency for administering death. Many of her victims were unsuspecting and most intimate friends; others were the patients of reputable physicians who employed her on account of her ability as a nurse. Miss Toppan was so expert in her knowledge of how to employ drugs and poisons that she was able to escape detection for years. In ^ the detailed story as told to Judge liixby Miss Toppan did not enumerate her many victims, although she did admit the killing or Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. ; Harry Gordon of Chicago and Alden P. Davis, all of whom died at Calu-! mot Inct enmmor MissToppan was arrested last summer for these three murders, the State electing to try her on the (Iibbs count Monday. Miss Toppan was taken to the Taunton insane hospital to begin her life sentence. The easel rested on the testimony of alienists, who do not only pronounce Jane Toppan to oe insane, but to be a degenerate. They said her impulses irresistibly compelled her lo murder her patients in order that she might enjoy the sight of their struggles. The}' told of her confession of killing Mrs. (Iibbs by administering morphine and atrophine, hiding the clfects of tInformer by the use of the latter. To Iter senior council. Judge F. M. liixby of brockton, she first admitted killing the three persons named in the - ' indictment, and then of other persons until the list entire numbers .'U. This is held by her counsel and it is not expected that it will be made public. The remarkable incident in connection with this list is that when it was made up she repeated with a show of interest the names of her victims, checking oil' the number on her linger tips. She told how she killed each, saying she used morphine and atrophine mixed in mineral water and whiskey. Some times she used injections, as in the case of the deaths at Calutuet. She did not remember how each individual was killed, but where they were poisoned tin- drugs were those mentioned. A Woman's View. Women abhor cowards and still more sneaks, though 1 regret to sav they often endure cads in a way that belies their intelligence and good taste, says Lady Colin Campbell in the London News. They have a quite pathetic desire to look up to men, to feel their superiors in strength of body and of minil ill enlmnnvw of iiwlirmnni and clearness of intellect. And it is, indeed, a pity that men s<> often seem to go out of their way to destroy their most cheerful illusions. A hove everything a woman admires strength in a man. It may he strength of body she will worship a Hercules with the brain of a guinea pig. It may be strength of incllect she will adore a savant with the body of a (Sihlton monkey. It may be strength of character she will break her heart for a politician or a tinancer who is unswervingly wrapped up in dreams of personal advancement, and who possesses no more heart them an oyster. I tut strength in some form she craves unceasingly. It is a hereditary instinct that has been bequeathed to her through Kve's disappointment when Adam was tried in the balance and found v anting. Woman, secretly conscious of her own physical weakness and lack of intellectual strength, demands strenth from man to make up for her own deficiencies. Kven the strongest women strong in Ixtdy and mind, well balanced as Athcmc herself, though they may shield and protect the weakness of the men they love and stoop to help them, will never do so without a secret, feeling of contempt which is dist ruction of all ideals. Man. in spite of that deplorable start made b.v Adam, was intended to be woman's protector and refuge from all harm. A woman's association in Topeka had a dinner a few days ago, it is noted, and one of the toasts was: "Woman: Without Her, Man is a Brute." The trouble came next day when the local paper printed it. Woman, Without Her Man, is a Brute.'' COTTON VERY FINF. ] Mains Have CnusMl Deterioration In ^ Some lioenlitleN. The following is the weekly bulletin ! of the condition of the weather and t lie crops issued by Director Matter of I j the South Carolina section of the | climate and crop service of the i'nited States weather bureau: I The .average temperature for the weekending Monday, dune 2.'i. was Tit degrees, which is slightly below normal. The highest was 97 degrees at Darlington and Florence on the 20th t he lowest <> 1 degrees at Liberty on the 21st. Partly cloudy weather prevailed during the greater portion of the . till... 'I'll.. .il.i.lo ??!!.. I u ....... .... ...umiiaiaiij iiKiit. except over limited areas where high winds accompanied tiiunder storms, aiilTin beaufort county, where almost ^ j hurricane winds prevailed early in the week. r The rains 011 the 1 4-15th were gen- n crally heavy over the western half of j. I the State, where the amounts ranged ^ j from two to over tive inclics, shading ! < to less than an inch in the eastern j | portions. There were frequent, scat- o tered showers over the whole Suite, P except in the Pee Dee sections where 1 the rainfall was limited, and where j V ' mure rain is badly needed in many r, places. v The ground has been too wet to plow [I in the southeastern counties, especially ; a in the SalWehatehie valley,where gras- S tields are becoming common, but r generally the cultivated ticlds are still ' clean, and show the good c Meets uf their previous tborough cultivation. ! The rains caused a material improve- p mciit in corn, and the earliest has n about all been laidby in good condition. It is in "silk and tassel." Later I plantings look promising. Stubble lands and luittoms have been planted 4' extensively, with the soil in condition ' for quick germination. Hudworms . jj are still doing damage, hut on tlic t wliole there is less damage by worms s tlian heretofore. p The eondition of eotton is very line k except in a few localities where excess ?i of rain lias caused deterioration, and ; 1 in other localities where lice have bro- :l ken t he hit liertoalmost perfect stands, -J and checked its growth. Lice are ^ fast disappearing. Mexican weevils v have appeared in Marlboro county. A few tields have become foul with grass p and weeds, lilooms have been noted " in every portion of tlie State, and a M few points report the plants blooming \ {.' freely. Sea-island cotton made moder- jl ^ ate improvement. Tobacco made rapid growth, and the crop is aliove average condition, but e needs rain in Florence and portions of s Marion counties. Topping Is general, a but curing lias made slow progress. c ltiee is a very promising crop. A 1 large acreage of peas lias been sown ' on stubble lands. Wheat and oaf.s 1 thrashing is well underway: the yields | 0 of both crops is poor over the western ; t, I half of the State. The weather was t favorable for transplanting sweet po- I ' taloes: slips are scarce in Pickens county. Some peaches are rotting on i '' the trees. The fruti crop will be a. \ moderate one except blackberries and ! , plums which are plentiful. Pastures, Ja gardens and other minor clops were | j? greatly improved by the copious rain jo fall and warmer nights. ia ROOSEVELT CRITICISED. '!; Mi-s Speech ai Harvard University ^ Anders lieinocrats. The special correspondent of The State from Washington says President j ! Roosevelt's speech at Harvard univer- a sit.y Thursday, in which he arraigned u j all those who have criticised the ad- 11 ministration of Hen. Wood in Cuba as v "unworthy of having their names ? linked wit li Ids." has stirred up a hnr- j' net's nest anions the Democrats in j congress. They <!< not hesitate to | criticise both the wisdom and the cor- j rectncss of the president's charges in ii tliis respect, though none of them ex- t press surprise that the president made ? them. c Itcpresentative Itartlett of (leorgia, 1 who introduced :( resolution in the r house some weeks ago calling upon h t he secretary of war for a statement regarding the expenditures in Cuba / during the occupation, said today in n reference to the president's criticism s of him and the other Democrats who voted for the resolution: "1 am not | , I lie least surprised at this last, inoppor- * t tine utterance of Mr. Iloosevelt. It | is in line with numerous others he ^ lias made sinee entering the White House, it will, however, not deter f 11it* and my party from endeavoring to * get at the truth of this whole Cuban 1 business and the sooner the people v know the truth the bettor it will he J, for all concerned." f it is understood that.Iudgc llartlett, < who never hesitated to call a spade a t spade will make a speech in the house I between now and adjournment which i will give Mr. 1 loosevelt even Ix'tter * than he seni and w ill take rank as one ' of the "warmest" speeches of the ses- ( Hlon < 'otlill of (ilUNN. * ' il e.ii leii i iiu nuiiruiwi uuiuik" j N. . Sunday aftermon. The form of | , tin' dead man was perfectly visible to ? t he crowds of curious spectators who | watched the remarkable sight. The ' deceased was William Mathews, prol> ably the wealthiest negro in the sec- ' * tion. His dying request was that his remains should Ik.' encased in a glass P casket and deposit in it vault so t hat ( visitors could see his body at any i lime. The funeral wasdeferr?*l three . days in order to carry out liis wishes. The frame ol this peculiar cotlln was t of heart cedar while the sides and top ' 1 were of solid glass. fiON. I). S. HENDERSON )elivers an Eloquent Speech at Co- M lumbia. tu tIGHT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED. Ul th le Stands S<|iiar?*ly on the Dcniocnit- J" wl ic Plut form mid in Full Sympathy j With the Pnople in Their Fi?;hf i'l wl AcainKt Corporate Creed. The following speech was delivered c" iv lion. I>. S. Henderson at Llie cam winn meeting in Columbia. tvilnu' fit ivaiiD. 'Pill, hi.rlioet i<ri?L S" ?ge 1 know of to lie enjoyed l>y the Unci Jean citizen is the exercise of the |,.| iglit of su tie rage. To ask the liestow- pj iieiit of the fruit of that right on you all < to ask of your fellow citizens a great wl leal; and it. should not. be lightly done. '"I A man who seeks public office w'th- Ti u the gift of the people should endeav- wi r to leave behind predujices and rC| lassions; and hope to be of some good to |?, he count ry ana the people as well as .. oelevate himself, heyaust we should . Ibor not simply for ourselves hut for he meloration of the day and time in khich we live. I am sensible of the fact that to hi sk the sovereign people of the great I wi itiite of Sout li Carolina i lie privilege to I ;l? epresent them in the councils of t he U,, ?nited States Senate is to ask a great I cal.ldonot pretend to have any merit . art he place peculiar to myself as cont ra i' istinguished from the gentlemen who Wl lave entered the lists with me. If a ho ife begun within the State and spent re; ontinualy wit hin the public gaze for sp< he public good is to count for any- ju, hing I offer it to the scrutiny of the eople. I would 11 >t desire to obtain lie office by any contest of personal '''' 111 agon ism, mud slinging or brow eating; but shall endeavor to enter cn lie canvass with the hope that tlie is- wa lies involved will be calmly and dis- an assionateiy discussed. One thing 1 now that in the consideration of the tji uestions involved and pertinent to L-j lie matters before the people you will , t least know where 1 stand, so that ,L ou can judge of my riglit toyoursuf- lai i' rage, for it is due tot lie people in sei lUhilc discussion to frankly set fort h j tli our opinions. W There is no need to liar row up the en ast unnecessarily and to bring to S(_t nemory things that are settled. The \n) rhlte people of South Carolina always s lave been Democratic, true to the . ait hot the fathers: and she always llil vill lie. fri Last summer in an off political year sei ang liefore t he time for t lie senatorial sei lection: with great blandishments the eeds of discord were being sown ( gainst the principles of the Demo- ??., ratic party within t his State; yea in ' he entire South. Along with others, j ^ ' nswering the invitations of the peo- j "a le. I helped to pull out of the dust ;-'1* nd cob webs of time the catechisms I cli ft lie Democratic faith and to read he hem anew to the people in tin- light j p,] hey were understood by Jefferson, I ;l,r ackson and Oallioun. it did not take i. ;>ng to ascertain the fact that the icarts of tin* masses were all right: !' hat t lie old tinie religion was good |'y nough for them: that they were not J o lie led away by new fangled ideas j nd Heresies: that they lielievedin pro-! at ress and advancement, in tlie influx j th f capital and enterprise in our midst j^i' ini its fullest and freest protection: in j he opening of the markets of t he world . o its fullest extent by peaceable means 0 all classes and trades, but they said K'1 1 then and tlicy say it now (mpathti- "n ally that in order to enjoy and perpe- Hi uate those advantages of the 20th de Jentury progress it is not necessary to ' de teconie Republican. It is not neees-| st< ary to forget the traditions and bis- ', ory of this glorious country, won by j , he blood of our fathers, in order toJe? dapt ourselves to the new methods of j Vl< ew times, it isourdutyasa people I iot to sleep and stagnate, but toad- th 'since and progoss taking advantage tu >f all the opening avenues of science a? nd civilizat ion, but at the same ; ^ hue to take along with us the must Hold (Sods of our fathers and' lie lied rock principles of American ' )emocracy, which were well defined ou nthe early days of the Republic as lie reserved rights of the people, as po ontra distinguished from the en- th rojichments of centralized govern- ve bent. fu There is no need to discuss settled .. natters. Some things are settled hut j ome are not and never will be. f WIk'U Lee surrendered to(Srant at Vpproinatox: andJoe .iobnston to Slier- ' 1 nan at (S reenslxiro; t wo things were efctled as far as the terrible arbitranent ??f arms could do it. Beyond cavil t was understood that never again in Vmeriea would a buniaii l?eing 1m- per- s'( nitled to In* a slave: and this union '* < tecainc an "indestructible union," but in union of "iiulcst ruct ible States." ! sp The legal status of the negro was 0p ixed, but il*- race problem was not ! ettled. Suddenly by the selfish:' uachinations of his ipiasifriends lie! vas embellished with the principles of j|'J! itizensllip 1h-fore be was prepared to xercise its functions. It was then sci orgotten that Anglo-Saxon blood re-1 of leemed this country and it was to be ' s?| heirs forever. The white man and lis axe cleared the urinieval forests for I limself and 11is progeny. And they vill solve the race quest ion as easily ;is :,f! hey did t he Indian question, and with *'' nore humanity,knowing t hat the black wi nan, left alone will help to build up A! he eountry; but Hooker Washington ca mist not expect to sit at the same so- (,ti rial board with us. fja ' TUB INIJKSTKUCTIBLK UNION!" |ol TNhat was settled beyond peradven- ch ure. The parole of every Confederate dc loldier who came home, foot, sore and Heavy hearted, wore the impress of it. The South has been faithful to the lecree and ever will lx*. She is part ,>f that union and a powerful part of it. she has a share in its glory and power, fo she should and will perforin her duty in nanfully and ought to demand her )U rights; and not be ashamed that she is Lhc South and always will i>e so,yet __ American in heart and soul. But we are a union of "indest rue- ?r liVx- States;" and therein rests our ('' [CONTINUKO ON I'AOK 4.] Ill ( jgr * BOY IN BOILER ukrs Trip O'er He it ami Kncnpca Or mat ion. UiviilinK the laics of mythical forne hunters is the experience of a Ltle Austrian stowaway in one of e boilers of the l-inbria, which has st come into port. After the lad. 10 is Hi years of ane. had traveled .(too miles In quest of America, he hist was put in the handsof a friend lio promised to care for him. ins name is i?unu itaciuo aim in* iiu's from l'almatia. a province of istria. His wondering liegan more an a year ago, when his father, a rail farmer, gave him inn llorins and id him to seek America. With ureal glee i he lit tie Austrian rt the village of Scberilco, for lie and s elder brothers quarreled unitiiiuly and lie had a friend in America join lie longed to join. After spendg thirty of his llorins he reached ieste, the sea pbrt. where lie fell in th an obliging fellow who for the maining 70 llorins agreed to embark i/.o for America. Ito/. i gave up his rins and the stranger diasppeared. iving a discouraged little lad to rern to Dahnalia. (iacino's father then apprenticed m to a druggist., hut the Iniy soon arlcd of long I ours and small wages d ran away to Trieste, where he hid a steam ship hound for ISgypt. In Alexandria he stowed away in e Fabyian and reached Liverpool a ek later. Then he crawled into the ildof the Cutiarder, Saxonli. Fpon idling this port last spring lie was I'Ctlily deported after he had a lleetg glance at the busy liarlmr. When he was taken hack to Livcrol he evaded the Knglish emigration icials and for twenty days lived otr [jsts found in the gutters, hut ally's keeping a weather eye open for American bound vessel. Fortune smiled upon his efforts on e night of June i:i. just before the utiria sailed, lie crept upon the ck looking for a hiding place. A item was Hashed in Ins face and the itry, believing that lie was one of e cabin lxiys, ordered liim below, itliout realizing his danger, the boy lwlcd into a boiler which furnishes ;am to tlie "donkey" engine. The Her was not used throughout the yage, or otherwise the luiy would ve been burned to death. Some endly strikers discovered his preice, tint instead of disclosing his ret they fed him duri^^Hic vovl)n Tursdav. however^^^Kechan, e refrigerator engineer, climlicd on l> of the hoiier and proceeded to ug up some of iiis washing u? dry. st as the engineer was preparing to tub down he was startled to see a ad ImiI) up out of tlie opening in the p of the hoilcr and then disappear ain. MeKeehan erawled over to e manhole and peered into the darkss inside the boiler, lie could dimdiscern the outlines of a person, d he shouted to him to come out. Receiving no response', the engineer tempted to reach inside and grab e Ixiy's clothing, but was severely 1 ten for his pains. Tlte engineer, satisfied thai soineing was wrong, went to Chief Knneer Hardy, displayed his bleeding igers and reported the occurrence. irdy, thinking he had a mad man to al with, called for volunteers to scend into the lioiler and two of the ?kers responded. I >r. Charles ihirld, the ship's surgeon, was also calland st<kxI tiy to render his screes if needed. Wlien the stokers t inside the lioiler they found that e Itoy had crawled underneath the bes 011 the top of the furnace. After druggie and some tight squeezing st the tubes they managed to get cir prisoner up to t lie manhole cniuce, where lie was quickly pulled t. All laughed when they saw the supscd lunatic, lie was locked up i:i e steamship's hospital and when the ssel reached port a vigorous search r the 1mild lad's friend was made. 2 was soon located in Harlem and fried papers which permitted the ling Dalmatian to remain in the riited States. Storm \ inits Spjirtunliurg. A terrific wind, tain and lightning >rm visited Spartanburg from s to /clock Thursday. A port ion ot the jilt wing and the left wing of the tartan inn tin rootling was blown the flood-soaked ceiling is falling id the furniture is damaged. Twen-three rooms were badly damaged. ?? the (lining and liall looms, verity-five square feet of tlie noith ttion of tlie roof of the fourth floor Spartan mills, No. 1, and .'to feet uare on Mill No. 2. was blown oil. :ic spinning rooms are in these porms and each room was hadly flooded id damaged. The entire rooting on oyd's undertaking estahlishiuent is blown otr and the stock ruined. Imost all the roof on the Southern feat the Southern depot was blown r, and the first and second stories imaged. There was considerable ss of property. St. John's A. M. K. lurch, a new building. was blown >wn. No one is reported injured or lied from the storm. TWO-\t'^ro Hoy Drowned. A special to the State from Iteaurt. says Coroner It. It. Sanies held an quest Thursday on the bodies of two sgro ls>ys who were drowned while ,tempting to swim across a deep eek near <>ak Mulligan, with bag* ' oysters on their shoulders. A verct of accidental drowning was renderI by the jury. The boys were a^ed I and 12, respectively. i A FEARFUL STORM. Over Two Million Dollars Done in Indiana. i THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL. Only Two Deaths Ko|>orto<l, l??it Over l-'ilTy i'foplo Were More or 'MS I ii,jiii t'll liy lilt* Storm. The entire north rentral section of of Indiana was visited Wednesday liy one of the myst disastrous storms t hat ever swept over the state. The storm swept sections covcrini; hun(iroils of miles, extending from Ilan! cock county northwest through the ' northern portion of Marlon county, i Hamilton and Itoone counties and doi inn much damage in Tippecanoe and 1 adjacent counties. Madison county also felt its tnry. : imimreus or nmidings wen: razed, ! thousands of trees were uprooted and now blockade highways, railroads and {traction lines, crops utterly ruined, causing a loss estimated at nearly *2,000.000 and tlfty persons were more or less injured. Hut two deaths have iK-en rep<uteri with authority. That i was the killing of .lames Van Hoy, ! who was caught in the ruins of a eolj lapserl barn near l'eiidleton, and Jas. Itailey. who was killed by tjylng timlxu's at McCordsvllle. The course of the storm was southeast and northwest. Its path was j clear across the state. In the ruins left behind are many factories, churches. school house*and frame residences. The most severe damage was in and near Hancock county. All wire communication between t lie cities and towns in the devastated districts is cut olf. Telegraph and telephone jK?les are down for many miles and it | will re?juire several days to establish any wire service. At Maxwell, Hancock county: the United States Chain Factory was ruined, all the buildings being destroyed. Seven workmen were injured j by Itoing caught beneath the wreck. All will recover. The New brothers Hour mill and grain elevators were to, tally destroyed and the Friends church was bl? w 11 away. Due house was to! tally destroyed and se'veral damaged | by having roofs and kitchens blown | away, At Cleveland, six miles southeast'of Maxwell, the storm broke as the funeral of Mrs. Mary Karle was being held. The roof ot an adjoining house I was blown away and a piece of timber was hurled through the side of the j house of mourning, it struck exCounty Clerk Sample, breaking his leg. Several others were slightly injured. < lutsidc three horses hitched to carriages were buried by the wind against trees and killed. The hearse was demolished and the horses harnessed to it were injured so that one of them bad to be shot. The funeral had to Ik' iHistponcd. Krnest Hurst and K. Htiims were badly hurt by be; ing blown against the side of a house. The postolllce was unroofed and one | side blown out. At Wilkinson live people were serij ously injured, one perhaps fatally. This was Charles Sheperd of lied Key. I Four houses were destroyed and general havoc created by the wind. \! Jstrintrtnwn M re < 'iimm II 41 - . v . .. . vvtf it . V.iV\ ? W M 1 (4 1111 *1 on was seriously injured by being caught under tae w reck of her house. A Romantic Marriage. The Spartanburg .lournal says a i romantic marriage took place at a o'clock Wednesday afternoon at tlie rcsid nee of tlie bride's parents near Cedar Springs, when (Jeo. A. 1!rooks, a teacher in the school for tlie deaf at Austin, Texas, wedded Miss Nettie lingers. I loth bride and groom are totally deaf. Rev. Lewis M. Iloper performed the ceremony, with Superintendent N. ! '. Walker of Cedar Springs as interpreter. The couple will go t< Savannah for their honeymoon. Miss Rogers is considered one of the brightest pupils who has ever received training at Cedar Springs. After graduation there, she went in the fall of lStH to < iallaudct College, Washington, 1). c. There she tirst met the groom, who had graduated from the Texas school where he is now teaching, and entered < lallaudet at the same t iuu with her. Together they graduated from t he latter institution in June, I s'.ui. and just t hreeyears later, lie has returned here to claim tier as Ids hride. A Serious Charge. P. II. Madden was arrested at Cross II ill Wednesday morning, charged with burning his own and three othei stores at Cross Hill on the night ol .I une 12. The arrest was caused by a detective. Madden is an elderly man and is well connected, lie had $50t insurance on his store and $2,000 or his stock. The (Jovcrnor and towr council of Cross 11 i 11 each offered $10( reward for the supposed incendiary It is stated that detectives searcher Madden s In use and found articlesthal had come from Ids store. Madder claims to he able to satisfactorily ex plain t his. < 'rosier lllown l'|?. A special from London Sunday say! a dispatch to the Central News fron i Shanghai says that the Chinese cruisei Kai-Chi was wrecked Saturday by ; terrific explosion while lying in the , Yang Tee ltiver. The Kai-Chi sanl in thirty seconds and 150 officers anc men on I>oard were killed or drowned I Only two men on Imard the cruise: escaped death. JOHN J. HEMPHILL. ! Skplch ufOtie oi'thc fa ml id lit on Ibr J the I'nltol Slates Senate. John J. Hemphill comes of good old Chester stock, and has been a citizen of that county all his life. (Graduating from the University of South Carolina In 1809 lie entered in 1871 the ttrni of Hemphill & Hemphill, attorneys. ! which has lasted thirty-one years. In ! 1870 lie led the Democratic ticket for i tiie legislature and became a member of the famous Wallace House, tiistin; guishing himself in debate, and hav| ing great influence in shaping legisla| tion. Elected to congress 1882 lie was I the youngest member of that body, ; but soon made himself useful to his party, liis speech on the financial < question advocating a commission to secure international bimetallism was ( pronounced bv Morrison, the Democratic leader, 4'the ablest, fairest and | most creditable presentation of that ' side of tue question." Mis power of I repartee was marked. In the contest U'tween Elliott and Smalls the rejiort , ; favored the seating the latter: but Mr. ^ Hemphill as leader of the tight for | Elliott tarried the war into Africa j I and proved the hyprocrisy of the He- ^ j publicans by showing that they ex- ( : eluded the negro from politics, schools , and employments in the north.* The , ! sharp arraignment brought a dozen ^ i Republicans to their feet at once, but , | single handed Mr. Hemphill met and , | vanquished them. General Spinola l characterized his speech as "a shower j | of brickbats into the Republican camp. | : livery fellow was hit before he saw , | where the blow was coming from," , and a correspondent wrote, "except , ltutterworth and Cox 1 have never , j seen a congressman more ready in his ] reply to savage thrusts." The Rich- | I mond Dispatch declared "the coolness . land self possession of the speaker, who ! made not one blunder, won the case * | for Elliott." j In the Fifty-tirst congress. Dodge ) of Massachusetts, introduced the fam- | I ous force bill, putting all Federal elec- . | tiors in the hands of the Federal gov- ] I ernment with an unlimited number of ; irresponsible Federal marshals. This t j would have destroyed every vestige of t civil liberty in the south. Mr Hemphill , led the light against the bill, measur- ( ?.ng swords witli the brilliant New , Knglander and holding his own with , ease. Lodge was rewarded for his tight t with a seat in the United States sen- | ] ate, but the iniquitous bill was killed. Mr. Hemphill also scored a point in | ! opposing tlie admission of Utah as a , State "until the men could manage , ! to get along with fewer wives." , In tariit debates he strongly expounded the doctrines of the South. , and strenuously opposed all increase of t taxation. Since his retirement the . t'.xes have been doubled. j For eight years he was on the com- | i inittee on the District of Columbia, and four years chairman. This disI trict is under the exclusive control of ! congress and the people have no vote, so that the committee is all important. ; The Washington Star said of its chair| man. "The people of Washington I have no better or wiser friend than he. and they appreciate the fact. He has the contidencc and respect both of 1 , the community and the house, and ( the district congratulates itself that j | he will consent to act as chairman." i Another paper said: "Mr. Hemphill ' is conceded to have been one of the 1 ablest chairmen the committee has ; c had for years. He is the most con- ) spicuousof the new generation of the ( jsouthern congressmen." In 1HU2 losing the nomination for : : congress by a few votes, though his 'county sustained him strongiy, he ; urged his friends to join him in sup- 1 port of his opponent. He has always attended to the minor duties of aciti [ /.en. being an active, member of the ' j Chester Democratic club and preserv- 1 , ing his registration as a qualified voter of Chester county. In 1895 he was a member of the county convcn lion to choose delegates to constitutional convention and helped to arrange a "peace and harmony" ticket, j lie was nominated from the Moor: i as a delegate, but declined in favor of others. He has at different times canvassed a number of doubtful States for the Democratic ticket under the auspices of the national committee and has ever supported the Democratic ticket, county. State and na- , uonai. lie lias recentIv received an j t invitation to speak 011 "The Southern 1 Democrat," at the approaching Demo* cratic iovefeast in New York, to I which Cleveland, Ilill, Itryan and oth, ers are invited, lie believes in tile' . old Democratic idea of peaceful expansion in commerce and in theacquisi lion of such territory only as may tie admitted to Statehood, lint he strenk ously opposes the bloody conquest and I depopulation of the Philippines, the . subsidy to rich lines, and the protec( tion that enables trusts to sell to L foreigners at prices .'to percent, chap! cr than those charged home consum, ers. Mr. 11 em phi 11 is an able lawyer, and j is frequently called beyond the limits , of the State in important cases, liefore the court of claims and other j tribunals. ^ Ten years in congress, in association , with able statesmen tit him to enter the senate not as a novice, but as a well equipped veteran. His ability, experience and readiness in debate would make him a strong addition to the Democratic array in that body. I Two Tramp* Willrtl. r A freight train on the Norfolk and ' Western railroad was wrecked ten ' miles west of here Thursday by the < breaking of a car wheel. Forty Ihix 1 cars were derailed and two white tramps who were stealing a ride were r killed. They have not been identified. None of the train crew was hurt. ? i. m mi GIVEN ASSISTANCE. Senate Agrees to Appropriation for Charleston Exposition Company. $180,000 APPROPRIATED. To Help Oat the Hruve People Who Were WHIIiik to Hufl'er That Their City Should Prosper. During tlie comparatively brief time the senate was in session Thursday Mr. Morgan of Aluhuma presented the conference report on the isthmian canal bill, the house conferees accepting the senate substitute. On motion of the Alabama senator, the report was agreed to without comment. The general deficiency bit', the last of the t>ig.supply measures, was passed practically without debate. A slight protest was made against the appropriation of $">00,000for tiie liufTalo exposition and $100,000 for the CliarlesUui exposition, butllnally they were iucluded in the bill. The measure also - arries $45,000 for the payment of the jxpenses of the last illness and death >f President McKinley, that amount including the pay of tlie physicians. When the appropriations of $500,000 hir ijic Iudfalo exposition and $160,000 lor the Charleston exposition were reached Mr. Hailey of Texas protest d. He insisted that if congress ihould meet the present demands it would lie called upon to meet a still argor Uetleit in the St. Louis exposiLion lie thought it was a gross misipplieation of public money. Other senators, Mr. Hale, Mr. spooner and Mr. Teller, while they sympathized with Mr. Italley's views, thought that the calamity which had Ltefallen the people in Huffalo in the issassination of President McKinley iiad much to do with the deficiency, uid should be taken into consideration. Mr. Hale believed the example of these cities would be a means of stop- ' *? _ ping the mad rush of cities for expositions. He hoped that not again in a generation would the government ex- ^ bend financial aid to exposition enterWith the understanding that the present appropriations were not to be considered as a preccedent. Mr. Bailey withdrew his objection and the amtndiients wore agreed to. By a vote of lb to 30 the senate, on notion of Mr. Money of Mississippi dedined to consider the bill to revive uid amend the act which provides for lie payment of cotton seized by the L'nion forces during the Civil war. D0EST0BACC0 DISIITEECT? The 1'ron and Conn of the Ouentlon Considered. Despite the fact that the general public are continually being warned >f the evil etTects which will assuredly 'oilow indulgence in soothing weed, imoaking continues in much the same nanner as usual. There can be no ioubt that smoking to excess, or following the habit when young, is hurtful to the health, and to some people 4 jAwntifv. . nig niscoi naj ir> to steer ;i middle course. There are, too, enthusiasts with regard to tobacco, and who attribute to the weed all the virtues under the suu. These eulogies, of course, arc as much in error as those who deny it any saving grace. A discussion was raised in an English lay paper of a recent date as to the merits of tobacco as a disinfectant, and much interesting matter was brought forward. The Lancet was called to give, so to speak, expert opinion, and further information on the matter was forthcoming. The belief that tobacco posesses extraordinary properties in warding off certain diseases of a contagious nature is almost as old as the introduction of smoking into Europe. During the great plague tobacco was largely ased for this purpose, and children were encouraged to smoak as a precautionary measure. "In 1888," says the Lancet, "I>r. 1 laid Tassinari of Lisa subjected the germs of various deadly diseases -such as anthrax, cholera, and typhus fever to the action of dense clouds of imprisoned tobacco smoke, during periods of 100 to 1.10 hours, and he eame to the conclusion that in most cases, and especially when large cigars had been employed as generators, the development of pathogenic l>acteria was either partially or wholly arrested." This experiment,however, by means proves the ease, for, as The Lancet says, 110 one keeps a cigar in his mouth for lou hours at a time. Workmen in tobacco factories are often pointed to as examples of the disinfecting properties of tobacco. It is declared that they are immune from epidemics. On the authority of some experiments conducted in France, it would appear that there are some fairly good grounds for this belief, but the investigations have not been carried out to a sufficiently wide extent to justify the passing of any authoritative opinion. The matter is as yet subjudice, and will probably remain so for an indefinite period. Strong tobacco will keep away insects, and certain mild species of mosouito, but that it will render a person immune to contagion is a theory that will not commend itself to | the common sense of a sane man.