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; The Batesburg Advocate. | VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY* 'II LI 2, 1902. NO.24 3 I A MANIA TO KILL, A Trained Nurse Confessed That Thirty-One Persons HAD BEEN POISONED BY HER. Stic Was Proven Insane anil Sent in an Asylum. How She Accomplished Her Murders and Other (VI'"es, All Massachusetts is shudderithr at the deeds of an insane trained nurse by the name of Jane Toppan recently tried at Barnstable 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 l<\ss than .'(I human beings. This statement was made to Judge Fred M. Bixbv of Brockton, senior counsel at that trial at Barnstable, when Miss Toppan was found not guilty by reason of insanity on the charge of murdering Miss Mary 1>. (libbes. 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 Bixby how, under such circumstances, she could be of unsound mind. Morphine was MissToppan'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 Bixby Miss Toppan did not enumerate her many victims, although she did admit the killing of Mrs. Bibbs. Mrs. Harry Gordon of Chicago and Aldcn 1'. Davis, all of whom died at Calumet last summer. Miss Toppan was arrested last summer for these three murders, the State electine to t.rv ber no fh<> Uihlw count Monday. Miss Toppan was taken to the Taunton insane hospital to begin her life sentence. The ease rested on the testimony of alienists, who do not only pronounce .lane Toppan to oe insane, but to he a degenerate. They said her impulses irresistibly compelled her to murder her patients in order that she might enjoy the sight of their struggles. They told of her confession of killing Mrs. Gibbsby administering morphine and atrophine, hiding the elfects of the former by the use of the latter. To her senior council. Judge F. M. Bixby of Brockton, she first admitted killing the three persons named in the - ' indictment, and then of other persons until the list entire numbers .11. 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 otf 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 t lie deaths at Calumet.- She did not remember how each individual was killed, but where they were poisoned the drugs were those mentioned. A Woman's View. Women abhor cowards and still more sneaks, t hough 1 regret to say they often endure cads in a way that belies their intelligence and good uunlc, says ij.iciy ?joun * ampncii 111 the London News. They have a quite pathetic desire to look up to men,to feel their superiors in strength of body and of mind, in calmness of judgment and clearness of intellect. And it is, indeed, a pity that men so often seem to go out of their way to destroy their most cheerful illusions. Above everything a woman admires strength in a man. It may tie strength of Imdy she will worship a Hercules with the brain of a guinea pig. it may lie strength of incllert she will adore a savant with tin* body of a (iibbon _ monkey, ll may be strength of character she will break her heart for a politician or a linancer who is unswervingly wrapped up in dreams of personal advancement, and who possesses no more heart thein an oyster. I tut strength in some form she craves unceasingly. If is a hereditary instinct that has been bequeathed to her through Kve's disappointment when Adam was tried in the balance and found wanting. 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 t he strongest women Nit.r* intr in Iwulir -in/l m in/1 ix/oll Icilnno cd as Atlienie 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 by Adam, was intended to he woman's protector and refuge from all harm. A woman's association in Topcka iiad a dinner a few days ago, it is noted, and one of the toasts was: "Woman: Without Her, Man is a Unite." The trouble came next day when the local paper printed it. Woman, Without Her Man, is a Unite."' COTTON VERY FINF. ItaiiiH llnve Caused Deterioration I Sonic IjocrIitieti. The following is the weekly hulleti ' of the condition of the weather an tlie crops issued by Director llauer t the South Carolina section of til climate and crop service of the i'nite , States weather bureau: The .average temperature for tli ! weekending Monday, dune 22. was 7 i decrees, which Is slightly below noi mal. The highest was i?7 degrees a Darlington and Florence on the 20tl j t he lowest til decrees at Liberty on t h 21st. Partly cloudy weather prevai j ed during the greater portion of tli i time. The winds were generally light ! PVi-niit nvo|. limilixl i? | V x?tvi 1IIUIUVVI UlUtM V?IUIU 111^ winds accompanied thunder storms an?Tin lieaufort county, where almos i hurricane winds prevailed early in tli I week. The rains on the 14- 15th were Ken orally heavy over the western half o the State, where the amounts lancet ! from two to over tive inches, shadini 'off to less than an inch in the caster portions. There were frequent, scat tered showers over the whole State : except in the l'ee Dee sections wher the rainfall was limited, and when j more rain is hadly needed in man; places. The ground has been too wet to plo\ in the southeastern counties, especial! in the Salkehatchie valley,where gra> tields are becoming common, bu generally the cultivated tields are stii clean, and show the good etfeets o their previous thorough cultivation. The rains caused a material improve moot in corn, and the earliest ha about all been laidby in good condl tion. it, is in "silk and tassel." Late plantings look promising. Stubhl lands and bottoms have been plantei extensively, with the soil in conditioi J for quick germination. Hudwo-m 'are still doing damage, but on th ; whole there is less damage by worm | than heretofore. The condit ion of cotton is very tim except in a few localities where execs ; of rain has caused deterioration, am in other localities where lice have lire ken the hitherto almost perfect stands and checked its growth. Lice ar ' fast disappearing. Mexican weevil have appeared hi Marlboro county. A few tields hav become foul with grass i and weeds, blooms have been note) ! in every portion of the State, and i ; few points report the plants bloominj freely. Sea-island cotton made moder | ate improvement. Tobacco made rapid growth, and th ! crop is above average condition, bu needs rain in Florence and portions o Marion counties. Topping is general ! but curing has made slow progress. ltice is a very promising crop. I large acreage or peas lias been sowi on stubble lands. Wheat and oat thrashing is well underway; the yield of both crops is poor over the wester half of the State. The weather wa favorable lor transplanting sweet po tatocs: slips are scarce iti l'icken ; county. Some peaches arc rotting 01 the trees. The l'ruti crop will be i moderate one except blackberries am plums which are plentiful. Pastures gardens and other minor ciops wcr greatly improved by the copious rail fall and warmer nights. ROOSEVELT CRITICISED. Ilis Speech at Harvard t'niversit A tigers Democrats. The special correspondent of Th State from Washington says l'rcsiden I loose velt's speech at Harvard univei sit.y Thursday, in which he arnaigtie all those who have criticised the ac ministration of <Jen. Wood in Ouba a "unworthy of having their naau linked with bis." has st irred up a hoi net's nest anions the Democrats i i congress. They do not hesitate t criticise both the wisdom and the ?;oi rectness of the president's charges i this respect, though none of them et press surprise thai the president mad them. Representative Hartlett of (Jeorgi; who introduced a resolution in Hi house some weeks ago calling upo t he secretary of war for a statemen regarding the expenditures in Hub dining the occupation, said today i reference to t lie president's criticist nt 11iin and the other I >eitiocrats wh voted tor the resolution: "I am nci the least surprised at this last, inoppoi tline utterance of Mr. lioosevelt. 1 is in line with numerous others li has made si.ice entering the Whit House. It will, however, not det? me and my party from endeavoring t get at the truth of this whole Cuba business and the sooner the peopl know the truth the hotter it will I for all concerned." 11 is understood that .1 udgeltartletl : who never hesitated to call a spade spade will make a speech in the lions between now and adjournment whie will give Mr. lioosevelt even bett( t han he sent and will take rank as on of the "warmest" speeches of the sei |sion. ( 'Oltill of < ilitMN. A corpse in a colli li of glass wa carried t hrough t he streets of Kaleig N. C.. Sunday afternoon. The form < the dead man was perfectly visible t !h< crowds of curious spectators wli wuieneu iiic rcmai'KiiDic sigm. I ll deceased was William Mathews, prol a My the wealthiest negro in the sec t.ion. I lis flying request was that hi remains should In? encased in a gla* casket and deposit in .'t vault so 1 h;i visitors could see his liody at an time. The funeral was deferred tlin days in order to carry out his wishes The frame ol this peculiar eotlln w.i of heart cedar while the sides and to 1 were of solid glass. HON. 1). S. HENDERSON Delivers an Eloquent Speech at Columbia. n d >f RIGHT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED. e d He Stands K<)iiarrly on tin* Democrate it ic IMull'oriit nml in Full Sympathy rt, With the l*eoplc In Tlielr Fij?ht (l Against Corporate Creed. Thp following speech was delivered bv Hon. I>. S. Henderson at the camlj meeting in Columbia. Fellow Citizens: The highest orivi J 'liege I know of to lie enjoyed l>y tlie e Auiet^cun citizen is the exercise of the ! right of sufferage. To ask t lie lies to wi meat of 1 lie fruit of that right on you ; 'f is to ask of your fellow citizens a great ' deal; and it should not. Ik- lightly done. ^ A man who seeks public otllce withu in the gift of the people should endeavor to leave tiehind?predujices and , passions; and hope to be of some good to c the country and the people as well as c | to elevate himself. Itc^ause we should 3 lal?or not simply for ourselves hut for ( the ineloratioti of the day and time iu y which we live. vf I am sensible of the fact that to v | ask the sovereign people of the great 1 State of South Carolina t he privilege to ; t represent tlieni in the councils of t he II l.'nited States Senate is to ask a great deal. 1 do not pretend to have any merit fortl)e place peculiar to myself as con t ra distinguished from t lie gentlemen who have entered the lists with ine. If a < <s life begun within the State and spent I- conliitualy wit hin the public gaze for < r the public good is to count for any- j c tiling I otfer it to Cue scrutiny of the 3 people. I would nit desire to obtain n the ofllee by any contest of personal i antagonism, mud slinging or brow ' ' heating; but shall endeavor to enter 1 0 the canvass with the hope that the iss sues involved will be calmly and <1 is- ; passionately discussed. One thing I ? know that in the consideration of the \ s *iliestions involved and pertinent to j | the matters before the people you will 1" at least know where I stand, so that . you can judge of my right to your suf- 1 ferage, fur it is due tot lie people in ! public discussion to frankly set forth ' vour opinions. 1 There is no need to harrow up the ? s past unnecessarily and to bring to , I memory things that are settled. The | a white people of Soul li Carolina always i, ,? have been Democratic, t rue to the j. s | faith of tlie fathers; and she always 1 " i will lie. 11 l Last summer in an olT political year i e long before the time for the senatorial s t election; with great blandishments the ; f seeds of discord were being sown | , against tlie principles of the Demo- , crutic party witliin this State: yea in ; ^ the entire South. Along with others, answering the invitations of the peo-j' pie, 1 helped to pull out of the dust j s ( and col) webs of t imc t he catechisms I < s I of the Democratic faith and to read j " i them anew to the people in tin' liglit j \ s they were understood by Jefferson, |. i- Jackson and Calhoun. It did not take:' W I long to ascertain the fact that the! , J hearts of the masses were all right: ' j t hut t lie old time religion was good |1 j enough for them; that they were not ;< |.to be led away by new tangled ideas >. I-..,.I ik.i n.... i...11 .i i.. I ?in? ui.ivr>iv.i. uiiii i iic^ iA iir>ru HI JJIIJ- ; e gross and advancement, in t in* influx i u of capital and enterprise in our midst and its fullest and freest protection: in i the opening of t he markets of the world j, to its fullest extent by peaceable means j to all classes and trades, but they said : i it then and they say it now empathti-H .. eally that in order to enjoy and perpe-! tuate those advantages of the 20t.li < Ontury progress it is not necessary to , liecome Republican. It is not neees- , sary to forget the traditions and fiis? tory of this glorious country, won hy i the blood of our fathers, in order to 1 adapt ourselves to the new methods of d new times. It is our duty as a people l 1- not to sleep and stagnate, hut to adrS vanee and progess taking advantage ,s of all the o|?ening avenues of science ; 7. and civilization, but at the same time to take along with us the ; " household (tods of our fathers and'' 10 i the lied rook principles of American r* Democracy, which were well defined ' ti j in t lie early days of t he Republic as j r-1 the reserved rights of the people, as j [e contra distinguished from the en- i craachments of centralized govern. ment. There is no need to discuss settled IC matters. Some things are settled but " some are not and never will be. d Wiien Lee surrendered to(?ran? at ' a Appromatox: andJoe Johnston to Slier- ' n man at Greensboro: two things were ti settled as far as the terrible arbitra[(, ment of arms could do it. Beyond cavil it was understood t bat never again in America would a human lieing !? per-1! initted to bo a slave: and this union ' lieeaine an "indestructibleunion," but J lt* a union of "indestructible Slates." c J Tlie legal status of the neirro was . r fixed, but it** race problem was not o settled. Suddenly by the selfish,' n machinations of his quasifriends lie! e was embellished wit h 1 he principles of ; citizenship liefore he was prepared to I' exercise its functions. It was then : forgotten that Anglo-Saxon blood re- i deemed this country and it was to be j, a theirs forever. The white man and! ie his axe cleared the primeval forests for h himself and his progeny. And they ,r will solve the race question as easily as |(. they did the Indian quest ion, and wit h more humanity,knowing t hat t lie black s~ man, left alone will help to build up the country; but Hooker Washington < I must not expect to sit at the same soi cial lioard with us. J* J 'rilK 1NDK8TKUCTIIILK UNION!" .1 T^hat was settled beyond peradvenj ture. The parole of every Confederate 0 ; soldier who came home, foot sore and o | heavy hearted, wore the impress of it. ie I The South has been faithful to the y- I decree and ever will be. She is part jof that union and a powerful part of it. jS nSlie has a share in its glory and power. : She should and will perform her duty ! manfully and ought to demand her rights; and not be ashamed that she is y tin1 South and always will be so, yet e American in heart and soul. 4. Kut we are a union of "indest rue- j is tiV.*' States;" and therein rests our [CONTINUED ON I'AOh I. ] \ ST ' BOY IN BOILER MukoK Trip O'er Hen ami h'.HcapOH t'rciuat ion. Rivaling the talcs of mythical fortune hunters is the experience of a little Austrian stowaway in one of the boilers of the t'lnhria, which has just come Into port. After the lad. who is Id years of age. had traveled 15.UOO miles In quest, of America, he at last was put in the handsofa friend who promised to care for him. His name is liozo Radio and lie comes from Dalmatia, a pioviuee of Austria. His wondering liegan more than a }ear ago, when his father, a small farmer, gave him I on tlorins and told him to seek America. With great glee i he lit tic Austrian left the village, of Setjcriieo. for he ami his elder.brothers quarreled continually and he had a friend in America ...l' ... i,a 1.\.r../1 to Willi I rii.rciwuul. WIJWII1 IJ? vw JVUI. .litvmpviiu ing thirty of his llunns lie reached Trieste, the sea port, where he fell in with an obliging fellow who for the remaining 70 il< rink agreed to embark l.o/o for America. H0/.0 gave up his llorins and tlie stranger diatsppeared. leaving a discouragef! little lad to reLurn to Dalinat ia. Gacino's lather then apprenticed him to a druggist. hut the boy soon wearied of long I ours and small wanes and ran away to Trieste, where he hid in a steam ship hound fur Lgypt. In Alexandria he stowed away in the Fabyian and reached Liverpool a week later. 'Then heeruwled intothe hold of the Cunarder, Saxonl.i. l'pon reaching this port last spring lie was speedily deported after lie had a Heeling glance trt the busy harlior. When he was taken hack to Liverpool he evaded t he lCnglish emigration llicials and tor twenty days lived off trusts found in the nutters, hut always keeping a weather eye open tor in American liouiid vessel. Fortune smiled upon Ids elTorts 011 the night of June 1 .'I. just before the Umbria sailed, lie crept upon tlie ieck looking for a hiding place. A lantern was Hashed in his face and tlie sentry, believing that lie was one of the cabin Iwys, ordered him below. Without realizing his danger, the boy ;rawled into a boiler which turnisho.-> steam to the "donkey" engine. The joiler was not used throughout the rovagp, or otherwise the hoy would lave been burned to death. Some j rricndly stokers discovered his presence, but instead of disclosing bis J secret they fed him dur^^^Lie vov* On 'Tursdav, howcver^^PHveelian. j tlie refrigerator engineer, climbed on top of the boiier and proceeded to! lang up some of his washing to dry. i Just as tlie engineer was preparing to diiub down he was startled to see a 1 bead bob up out of the opening in tin'' top of the boiler and then disappear igaiu. McKeehan erawled over to tiie manhole and peered into tlie darkness inside the boiler, lie could dim ly discern the outlines of a person, ltid he shouted to him to come out. Deceiving no response, the engineer itteinpted to reach inside and grab the 1 sty's clothing, but was severely bitten for his pains. The engineer, satisfied that something was wrong, went to Chief Engineer Hardy, displayed his bleeding lingers and reported the occurrence. Hardy, thinking lie hud a mad man to deal with, called for volunteers to descend into the boiler and two of the stokers responded. Dr. Charles Borland. the ship's surgeon, was also called and stood by to render his services if needed. When the stokers got inside the boiler they found that the boy had crawled underneath the tubes on the top of the furnace. After a struggle and some tight squeezing past the tubes they managed to get their prisoner up to the manhole entrance, where he was quickly pulled uut. All laughed when they saw the supposed lunatic. He was locked up i:i the steamship's hospital and when the vessel reached port a t vigorous search for the bold lad's friend was made. He was soon located in Harlem ami signed papers which permitted the young Dalmatian to remain in the t'nited States. Storm \ i.sits Spartanburg. A terrific wind, rain and lightning MUI ill ? l.^lLV-U "j'tii i ?i 111 'it i i, i n>ui iw tf o'clock Thursday. A portion ot the right wing and I lie 1?-ft wing of the Spartan Inn tin motiing was lilown i?lf: tlie Hood-soaked coiling is falling and the furniture is da marred. Twenty-three rooms were hadly damaged, also tlie dining and hall rooms. Twenty-five square feet of the noith section of the roof of the fourth Moor of Spartan mills, No. 1, and .'10 feet square on Mill No. 2. was hlown ofT. The spinning rooms are in these portions and each room was hadly flooded and damaged. The entire rooting on Floyd's undertaking establishment was blown oil and the stoek ruined. Almost all the roof on the Southern cafe at the Southern depot was hlow n off, and the first and second stories damaged. There was considerable loss of property. St. John's A. M. K. church, a new building. was hlown down. No one is reported injured ?>r killed from the storm. Two-Negro lloy Drowned. A special to the State from Keaut'ort says Coroner It. It. Sanies held an inquest Thursday on the bodies of t wo negro boys who were drowned while attempting to swim aeross a deep creek near < >ak Mulligan, with bags of oysters on their shoulders. A verdict of accidental drowning was rendered by the jury. The hoys were aged Hand 12, respectively. A FEARFUL STORM. 1 n Over Two Million Dollars Done in I Indiana. j THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL. Only Two IN'iiIIin Kcportcd, t?n? Over 'il'ly I'oople Wcr?* Mom* or l.e*s Injured liy I lie Slot-in. The entire north central section of "f Indiana was visited Wednesday hy one of the most disastrous storms I t hat ever swept over the state. The I storm swept sections covering hun- i (keels (tf miles, extending from Hancock count y nort Invest through t.lie , northern portion of Marion county, i Hamilton and I>00110 counties and du, ing much damage in Tippecanoe and ; | adjacent counties. Madison county also felt its fury. 1 Hundreds of buildings were ra/.ed, ! thousands of trees were uprooted and , now blockade highways, railroads and | traction lines, crops utterly ruined, , causing a loss estimated at nearly ?:!,- ; 000.000 ami Ufty persons were more or less injured. Hot two deaths have lx-en reported with authority. That', was the killing of .lames Van Hoy, j 1 who was caught in the ruins of a col- j, lapsed barn near I'endleton, and Jas. ! j Itailey. who was killed by tjylng timbers at McCordsvllle. ! The course of the storm was south- ; east and northwest. Its path was 1 clear across the state, in the ruins | left behind are many factories, church| es, school houses and frame residences. ! The most severe damage was in and | near Hancock county. All wire communication between the cities and towns in the devastated districts is cut olT. Telegraph and telephone ( |M?les are down for many miles and it , will require several days to establish j any wire service. I, At Maxwell, Hancock county; the! United States Chain Factory was | ruined, all the buildings being de- , stroyed. Seven workmen were injured I by being caught beneath the wreck. : ! All will recover. The New brothers Hour mill and grain elevators were to- 1 1 tally destroyed and the Friends church was tdi \m? away. One house was to- j; ' tally destroyed and several damaged by having roofs and kitchens blown I; away. . | At Cleveland, six miles southeast'of 1 Maxwell, the storm broke as the fun-! oral of Mrs. Mary Karle was being held. The roof 0! an adjoining house jj was blown away and a piece of timber was hurled through the side of the house of mourning, it struck exCounty Clerk Sample, breaking his j | leg. Several others were slightly in- j jured. Outside three horses hitched to carriages were hurled by the wind j( against trees and killed. The hearse j. : was demolished and the horses har- 1 nesscd to it were injured so that one j ] of them had to lie shot. The funeral ] ! had to be postponed. Finest Hurst | and K. 1 I trims were badly hurt by be- ] j ing blown against the side of a house. | The postoltlee was unroofed and one ; side blown out. At Wilkinson tive people were seri- ] ; ously injured, one perhaps fatally. I This was Charles Sheperd of lied Key. I Four houses were destroyed and gen- i ; eral havoc created by the wind. At Stringtown Mrs. Cicero Hamil- : i ton was seriously injured by lieing caught under the wreck of her house. , A Itomantic Marriage. The Spartanburg Journal says a romantic marriage took place at .V o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the! resid nee of the bride's parents near j Cedar Springs, when (ieo. A. I'.rooks, | a teacher in the school for tlie deaf at Austin, Texas, wedded Miss Nettie j lingers. Itoth bride and groom arc totally deaf, lie v. Lewis M. lioper performed t lie ceremony, with Superin-' tendent N. F. Walker of Cedar Springs as interpreter. The couple will go to I Savannah for their honeymoon. Miss . lingers is considered one of the brightest pupils who has ever received train- , ing at Cedar Springs. After graduation there, she went in the fall of 1894 to tiallaudet College, Washington, 1). C. There she tirsl met the groom, j who had graduated from the Texas school where he is now teaching- unit entered Callaudct al ll 10 same time j with her. Together they graduated from 1 he latter institution in June,' ISU'.t, and just t lireeyears later, he has j returned here to claim her as his bride. , A Serious Cliurcc. 1'. II. Madden was arrested at Cross llill Wednesday morning, charged ! with hurtling his own and three other stores at Cross Hill on the night of ; June 12. The arrest was caused by a detective. Madden is an elderly man ; and is well connected, lie had $500 insurance on his store and $2,000 on : , his stock. The Coventor and town council of ( toss Hill each offered $100 reward for the supposed incendiary. I It is stated that detectives searched Maddens house and found articles that had eotne from his store. Madden claims to he able to satisfactorily explain this. Crusier I (town t'p, A special from London Sunday says ] a dispatch to the Central News from Shanghai says t hat the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi was wrecked Saturday by a terrific explosion while lying in the Yang Tee lliver. The Kai-Chi sank in thirty seconds and 150 officers and men on Imard were killed or drowned.! Only two men on lmard the cruiser, escaped death. JOHN J. HEMPHILL. sketch of'Otte oi'thc 4'antll<lhtcH fo the 1'iiltccl States Senate. John J. Hemphill comes of good olt Chester stock, and has been a citizei of that county all his life, (j raduatini from the I'nivcrsity of South Carolin; in 18t>9 he entered in 1871 the tirm o Hemphill & Hemphill, attorneys which has lasted thirty-one years, li 187U he led the Democratic ticket foi the legislature and became a ineniliei of the famous Wallace House, distin guishing himself in debate, and hav ing great influence in shaping legisla tion. Elected to congress 1*82 he wai the youngest member of that body, but soon made himself useful to hi: party. His speech on the tinancia question advocating a commission t< seem 3 international bimetallism \va> pronounced bv Morrison, the Dema eratic leader, "the ablest, fairest ant; most creditable presentation of that side of the iiiips.1 if in " 11 in repartee was marked. In the contest between Elliott and Smalls the report favored the seating the latter: but Mr. I lemphlll as leader of the tight foi Elliott tarried the war into Africa and proved the hyprocrlsy of the Republicans by showing that they exeluded the negro from politics, schools and employments in the north. The sharp arraignment brought a dozen Republicans to their feet at once, but single handed Mr. Hemphill met and vanquished them. Ueneral Spinola characterized his speech as "a shower of brickbats into the Republican camp. Every fellow was hit before he saw where the blow was coming from," and a correspondent wrote, '"except Rutterworth and Cox 1 have never seen a congressman more ready in his reply to savage thrusts." The Richmond Dispatch declared "the coolness and self possession of the speaker, who made not one blunder, won the case for Elliott." In the Fifty-first congress. Lodge of Massachusetts, introduced the farudus force bill, putting all Federal elections in the hands of the Federal government with an unlimited number of irresponsible Federal marshals. This would have destroyed every vestige of idvil liberty in the south. Mr Hemphill led the tight against the bill, measuring swords with the brilliant New Englander and holding his own with ease. Lodge w as rewarded for his tight with a seat in the United States senate. but the iniquitous bill was killed. Mr. Hemphill also scored a point in opposing the admission of Utah as a state "until the men could manage to get along with fewer wives." In tariff debates he strongly expounded the doctrines of the South, and strenuously opposed all increase of taxation. Since his retirement the taxes have been doubled. For eight years he was on the committee on the District of Columbia, Mid four years chairman. This district is under the exclusive control of congress and the people have no vote, "?o that the committee is all important. The Washington St-irwiiH nf man, "The people of Washington have no better or wiser friend than lie. and they appreciate tlie fact, lie has the confidence and respect both of the community and the house, and the district congratulates itself that be will consent to act as chairman." Another paper said: "Mr. Hemphill Is conceded to have been one of the ablest chairmen the committee has bad for years. He is the most conspicuous of the new generation of the southern congressmen. In 18t?2 losing the nomination for congress by a few votes, though his county sustained him strongiy, he urged his friends to join him in support of Iris opponent. He has always attended to the minor duties ot a citizen. being an active member of the Chester Hemocratic club and preserving his registration as a qualified voter of Chester county. In 1lit was a member of the county convention to choose delegates to constitutional convention and helped to arrange a "peace and harmony" ticket He was nominated from the tlooi as a delegate, but declined in favor ol others. He has at different times canvassed a number of doubtful States for the Democratic ticket under the auspices of the national committee and lias ever supported the Democratic ticket, county, State and national. lie litis recently received at invitation to speak on "The Southern Dem.icrat," at the approaching Democratic lovefeast in New York, t< which Cleveland, Hill, Hryan and others are invited. He believes in tin old Democratic idea of peaceful expansion in commerce and in the acquis lion of such territory only as may Ik1 ulmittiwl tnCt'itAlouwl i.~ . * II .null muni. I >111 lit' MII'll ously opposes the bloody conquest anc depopulation of the l'hilippines, tin subsidy to rich lines, and the prot.ee tion that enables trusts to sell t< foreigners at prices .'to percent, chap er than those charged home consum ers. Mr. 1 leinpliill is an able lawyer, ant is frequently called beyond the limit: of the State in imptrrtant eases, l>e fore the court of claims and othei tribunals. Ten years in congress, in assoeiatioi with able statesmen tit him to entei the senate not as a novice, but as i well equipped veteran. Ills ability experience and readiness in debut* would make him a strong addition t< the Democratic array in that body. Two Tramps Killed. A freight train on the Norfolk anr Western railroad was wrecked tei miles west of here Thursday by tin breaking of a car wheel. Forty 1*? cars were derailed and two whit tramps who were stealing a ride wer killed. They have not been identitied None of the train crew w as hurt. " i _ < GIVEN ASSISTANCE. ! |;-fl ' Senate Agrees to Appropriation for Charleston Exposition Company. ] $160,000 APPROPRIATED. i f , To Help Out tlie Brave People 1 1 r Who Were Willing *?? HulTer That Their City Should 1'ronper. During the comparatively brief Lime the senate was in session Thurs1 day Mr. Morgan of Alabama presented > the conference report on the isthmian ' canal bill, tlie house conferees accept* I ing the senate substitute. On motion , of the Alabama senator, the report r was agreed to without comment. ' The general deficiency bill, the la?t ' of the big supply measures, was passed practically without debate. A slight protest was made against the appro1 j priation of $500,000 for the liutTalo ex is<_k>inun iiim jiou.uuu lor inc Charles' ton exposition, but finally they were lu1 eluded in the bill. The measure also carries $4.">,ooo for the payment of the ' "expenses of the last illness and death ' of President McKinley, that amount including the pay or the physicians. When the appropriations of tiiOO.OOO for tjie Buffalo exposition and $160,000 for the Charleston exposition were reached Mr. Bailey of Texas protested. He insisted that if congress should meet the present demands it would be called upon to meet a still ; larger deficit in the St. Louis exposition lie thought it was a gross mis' application of public money. ' Other senators, Mr. Hale, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Teller, while they sympathized with Mr. Bailey's views, thought that the calamity which had befallen the people iu Buffalo in the assassination of President McKinley ; bad much to do with the deficiency, and should be taken into considers; tion. Mr. Hale believed the example of these cities would be a means of stop- ? ping the mad rusli of cities for expositions. He imped that not again iu a 1 generation would the government ex' tend financial aid to exposition enterWith the understanding that the 1. present appropriations were not to be ' 1 considered as a preceedcnt. Mr. Bailey withdrew hisobjection and the amendmcntfi were agreed to. By a vote of 18 to .'10 the senate, on motion of Mr. Money of Mississippi deI dined to consider the bill to revive and amend the act which provides for the payment of cotton seized by the Union forces during the Civil war. DOES TOBACCO DISINFECT? The l'roa and Cons of the Question Considered. Despite the fact that the ireneral public are continually being warned of the evil effects which will assuredly follow indulgence in soothing weed, smo&king continues in much the same manner as 'isual. There can be no doubt that smoking to excess, or following the habit when young, is hurtful to the health, and to some people . | a positive danger. The wisest way is to steer a middle course. [ There are. too, enthusiasts with rei gard to tobacco, and who attribute to the weed all tire virtues under the sun. These eulogies, of course, are , I 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 opin1 ion, and further information on the > matter was forthcoming. .1 The belief that tobacco posesses ex[ traordinary 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 used , for this purpose, and children were en,1 couraged to smoak as a precautionary I measure. ( "in 1888," says the Lancet, "Dr. Haul Tassinari of Pisa subjected the . germs of various deadly diseases - such as anthrax, cholera, and typhus fever I to t lie action of dense clouds of im, prisoned tobacco smoke, during periods of 100 to 1 r.o hours, and he came to I the conclusion that in most eases, and .! especially when large cigars had been _ 1 employed as generators, the develop , merit of pathogenic t>aeteria 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 inouth s for 100 hours at a time. Workmen in . tobacco factories are often pointed to r as examples of the disinfecting properties of tobacco. It is declared that , | they are immune from epidemics. On . i the authority of some experiments t conducted in France, it would appear that there are some fairly good p grounds for tills belief, but the inves ,, i ligations have not been carried out to a sutticicntly wide extent to Justify the passing of any authoritative opln: ion. 1 The matter is as yet subjudlce, and a will probably remain so for an indeti? nite period. Strong tobacco will keep x away insects, and certain mild species e of mosquito, but that it will render a e person immune to contagion is a theI. ory that will not commend itself to the common sense of a sane man.