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v"?.w r- ? -* ? 7%. V()JL. II. NO. 46. CAMDEN, 8.C., THUR! Y. DECEMBER M, I90.r>. S1.50 Per Year* LITTLE MAKE-BELIEVE OR A CHILD OF THE SLUMS. BY B. L. FARJEON CHAPTER Ili. 4 ' ' Continued. He bade bis coachman wait for hlsi aud be followed Little Make-Bellevo, and was pleased to find that sbe bad not deceived him in the distance. Upon entering the wretched room In which Sara nne was lying he took In the ?ituatloii ht a glance. In his earlier days he had had a large experience of the homes of the poor. While he was examining Saranne be fasked her where her mother was. "There she Is, sir," said Saranne, pointing to Little Make-Belleve. "Where's your mother-?" he asked of Little Make- Believe. "Ain't got none, sir." "Where's your father?" "Doing a month, sir." "Who keeps the faniilv then?" ?"I do, sir." "Ah. Come and ?ee me to morrow morning before 10 o'clock. Here is my card. If you can't read ask some persou to tel! yon where I live." lie w^is , about to leave the poor room when an Incident occurred. Little Make-Belleve had heard some where that when a great doctor vlsitod a patient ho wus accustomed to have his fee liuuded to him wrapped In ita per. Determined to be in the fashion Ut ile Make-Believe had prepared accord ingly, and kIio now slipped into the doctor's hand a torn piece of news paper in which Rome coins were trapped. "What's this, what's this?" exclaimed the doctor; and Little Make-relieves heart sank within her, for she thought be was angry at 1 lie smallness of the fee. "It's every copper I've got. sir," said Little Makp-JiclJeve, nervously. "Don't , tjfy I in u sin* t come and see yer, air? don't. If I get n bit of luck I'll pay yer whatever yer asks!" He opened tho paper and found there in two ireiinies and a halfpenny. Little Mokc-Believe was not wise onough to read tho expression in his face; but indeed she could scarcely see for the tears in her eyes. <It is a very good fee, child," said y the doctor, and his l:::nd for a moment rested lightly on her head." "Ho now and attend to yhur sister; and don'l forget to see me to-morrow before 10." "No, sir, I won't forget," g.ild Little Make-Belleve joyfully. "You aro o kind gentleman." He turned, paused at the door, then atepped to the side of Little Make-Be ^eve, who was silting by Saranne. "Never min i t!i? ft>e" lie paid, hand ing her back the paper. "You can pay J me when you grow rich." With that he took his leave and the Sis; crs were left alone. p ?V'Wheii I grow rich!" exclaimed Utile Make-Belleve, laughing and beating her right list, i:i which she held the doctor's fee, f; i i:s?t tin* open palm of her left baud. "Thiol's a good 'un. 'When I gftivia rich, Scs i i??? bells of Shore ditch" " Shy s*aug tho lasl words. "Look here. Saranne, I'm go Jug to shut lev eyes and make be lieve I have jcvii >v ii rich. Now, then. ^ What's In my han.l? Tuppence ba penny, mil we iiiti'l nothink for dlui'.vr, I nin'i hungry, but yo.j are, |!p't yer?'' ''yen," sighed PiiiT.unn, ''\Vot\l yer like fur Ulnuor 7" "Peflioputldon," ??Ye#," FA!') Lltllo MnUo Bellsve, her ?yo* tightly elosod nr,.l her nst aim t. "Pcnuo puddon, .Anything elso?" ?'Somo plum duff," ? *Oh, my! Wot a spread! I think I #ee It! But It ain't much, now I've growod viol). Let's make IHIevo that tbU 'ore tuppcnco ha'penny turned Into two and ?l.\ thcro'd bo n go! We'd llHvo a bollle o<* ginger beer as well, wouldn't ui? renue-pudden, plum duff, inoro plum duff and ginger beer!" Hho smacked her Hps as though she Were enjoying tlicso luxuries, when a I ?Igh from Kara line restored her to the Reality of tho scene. "Never mind, Saranne, " pho said, ?w opening her eyes, "It w?? very good of him to give me hack the coppers. 1 o?n git some peosepudden for yer, at ' all events. I'll go to tho ecok shop and bring It bnck on a gold plate set around with dyinens. I won't be long, Saraune." She jumped up and took the paper from the coir.s the doctor had returned to her, and there in her baud lay two half-crowns and a shilling. ! Her amazement and delight were un ^ bounded, but in the midst' of her excite* r .went ??he dl'.t r.ot forg*'t who it was V* had ly thank for this bit of good fortune. "It's as good as a pantcrmine," she ?aid. "He's the best harlequin I ever tor." 8Ue ran from the room, and soon re L turned with a dinner such as she and fftranne hod not enjoyed for many a Jk long day, and when she took a pull at Vtlxaginger beer, which they drank, turn *nd turn about, out of the bottle, she gave a toast: gij "Good luck to hlui. May he live long ?nd dlo happy!" Certainly not more than half this wish can bo sold to have been fulfilled, k for within n fortnight the good doctor M**4 ^ng wiooiJi, homftt, u impress upon Little Make-Believe that If she wished Saranne to grow strong It was necessary tliat the child should rest a great deal until she was nine or ten years old; she was not to be al lowed to run In the streets or carry weights; then there was a chance of Fnvanne getting over the weakness in her hack, and of her not being a crip ple for life. He had some benevolent hlea re specting the children, which, had he lived, would probably hare been a benefit (o them, but death stepped in i and prevented Its execution. I Utile Ma ke- Believe cheerfully look j np the burden, and was sTsiei'. mother. : nnd father to Saranne. who lived a life of idleness while her brave sister toiled for her. During Sa ran lie's/ lonely hours one idea warmed her, comforted her: "My I.ittlc Make- Believe will soon be liojr.e"' Crooked, ugly. pock-marked as she ? was. Little Make-believe had n con stitution of Iron. Otherwise how could slie have steod the wind and the rain and the snow which beat about and pin. red tboir cruel pranks upon her thinly-clad body when she was in the streets? Frequently tor fourteen nr fifteen hour* out cf the t.venty-four was she trudging r.p ntvi down, hunting f??r bread for Saranne and feeding 0:1 dreams herself. Her usual clothing: consisted of n skirt and a froek? nothing more, hail, rain, snow or blow. llad she been presented with a flan nel petticoat it is not unlikely that she would have gone with it tr? a police man, and R.iid,< "Somebody's made a mistake." On second thought, however. It Is not probable she won hi have acted In this way. She would have taken the flannel petticoat home to Saranne. Little Mnke-Bellcve and Thomas Dexter became accunlulcd in the fo'. lo wing manner. Standing at the door of li!s shop one evening, there marched pnst him on the pavement the queerest procession of children he had ever seen. He had not many idle half hour?, but this happened to be one. There were In all some fourteen or fifteen children, the poorest in t'lnre Market, and yon may be sure they were not dressed in silks and satins. Their garments, except In the matter of value, resembled the stock in his shop? they consisted of odds and ends. Perhaps half a dozen had caps or hats, one of them a woman's old bon net several sizes too large for her. fathers' worn-out trousers cut down, some too short, some too long, mothers' wowj-out gowns similarly adapted, three or four with one boot and one shoe; a ragged regiment indeed. Kacb of th?:n carried a stick with n piece of paper tied to it to represent a fipg. At the head of the regiment mni'vhcd Litilo Make-Believe, her high rank be ing designated l>y ihe color of her pa* I pee flair, which wes bine, tho others i being white, It was the Ci&i v/c.'U hi December, I ami the day had been cold nnd line? a j common phrr.Ro, which lmil something | of inocUcry In It \i\ connection wlih I ihcuo pew children, Cold tjK'y knew it to l?o s that 11 was ! line tlicy would liftvo vehemently tic i nlel, They wero shivering now as thpjr j pnised Thomas Debtor's shop. 'I hero was a splca of comfort In the, i circumstance* that It wns evening, and | thot the shop* were being lighted np. i 'J ho mns Dexter had seen Little | MnkC'Bt'llove hundreds and hundred* i of tlmrn without noticing her, its in tho old days he had seen l'olly Ciwiver hundreds and hundreds of tiino with out noticing her, and it U likely that tho ragged regiment would have inarched pust him without attracting hit attention had not a man accosted them In his bearing; "I say, kiddles," cried this man. ?what are you up toV" "TVo're going to llyht the t>a vagas," wo* the reply. "Ha! ho!" laughed the man. "(join; to fight the savages, are you? Well, ulnd you give it 'em hot, for 1 lip glory of Old Knglnnd! lilt 'em herd, they've ;ot no f. "lends! Who's your captain?" He put his hand under the girl's chin aud raised her head. "Why, It's Little Make-Bclievc!" W|ien the old r.iun told thy children to "givo It 'em, for the glory of Old England." he spoke satirically. But what he suld in bitter jest, other and greater authorities were repeating in triumph, for had not the whole na tion been ringing that day with the accounts of a grand victory gained by British soldiers and British guns over a wild band of naked savages? To Judge from the pnens sung In the newspapers, not ancient Homo or Ore ? could supply instances of such prodigious valor as tlint displayed by our troops In what was at best but a miserable skirmish. "March!" cried a boy, and the ragged regiment, with Little Makc-Believe at Its head, disappeared down tho street. Tbla boy, who was nicknamed Dot and-earry-oue becauio be walked with I a lluip, was the real head of the expe dition. It was an expedition with a serious object In View, for which Dot-aud carry-one was responsible. It had not escaped the attention of the man who had accoxted the chil dren that LUtle Make-Bel leve's face wax whiter than usual, and that tdie exhibited symptoms of suffering sin gularly at vorlnnco with the exaltation with which her position and the blue paper flag she carried should uniurally have filled her soul. But In tlie very whirl of the highest forms of mental rapture there are hu man feelings which will not be denied. Huuger is one. . Litile Make-Belicve had been select ed to take the supposed command of the expedition by virtue of the rcput/. tion she had gained by always? pretend ing. It was at tlie suggestion of Dot-and carry-one that the ofllcc was bestowed upon her. The cunning young rascal, who. de spite his tender years, was sufficiently gifted to devise any act of mild vil lainy, and sufficiently brave to assist out of danger (in this respect resemb ling more advanced humans that way inclined), had formed a very definite scheme of plunder by which his sloe. aeh was to be substantially benefited In furtherance of his scheme he had gnthered his hand of juvenile waifs it ml strays and had supplied them with Hags, with which they were mightily tickled. The last soldier he enlisted was Little Make-Belleve. lie found her sitting disconsolately on a doorstep. Sha was in truth in ti:e saddest of mood?. It was seldom that her good s;?iri:s deserted her, h::t she had not lasted food tiiat day. and she had, besides, even a stronger cause for despondent y. In the morning siie had left. from iier stock of the previous day. ?o.ir boxes of matches. These she had so'.! for iwopeinv, with which she had putvha.sed fo.??i for Sara line, taking it home to her sister, and sitting patiently by it whi!e ii was eaten, touching not a morsel o" it herself. 4-lt ain't 'arf enough," said Sarnnv.e; "'my stomach's as cmpiy as a baedbus with liothink In it." "Wlint'd yer like for supper?'* asUed Little Make-Believe, with a remark able assumption of checrfidnesn con sidering the slnte of her own stomach. "A pie," replied Saraane. her lips at work in anticipation, "a meat pie." "All right," s:iid Little Make-Believe, "I'll get yer one. Ka ran tic." She spoke with tlie air of a peron who possessed a magic ring, with which she intended to go direct to an Aladdin's cave l'.ilrd with meat pic*. She had o linn faith In her own re sources, and believed, if they failed, that something would turn up tr? I. -ad lo the fulfillment of Earunue's wish. As sho went out into the streets she Indulged in delightful visions? saw shops crammed with n;ent pies, smok ing hot, qnd a man with a beaming countenance behind the countcr. to whom she appeared and tald, "'Ere, old chap, k ive us arf a dozen." She went home and laid them before Saranr.e, who said. "You're >?o:ne*,li!n!; like a sister! Take a hite at cue yer self!" Tlie airiest of r.iry Imaginations, i he afierr.ion waned nr. I the meat pies were as f.ir off as the Promised Land. Then she began lo despair. Noi fcr herself. Hanger sh'? had borne, aval could hear. She suffered not only f;uiu her own pangs, ? ;il fioni S:ir:in:icV. She looked upon it rs a crinr* that ? lit i.-ou!:l not satisfy Sara rue's lovg in Her loving heart made her self-tor men ling luo.-t unbearable, ?ho tried hard, very l.r.rd, to ch'.alri a copper or two: went to thrt s'.iop ; whore k!io bought her n:r.tehes?, nnd In; I p'.ored tho man to ^ive her credit for j a doxen boxes, MrongthonJng hev n ;>? I pen I by tho so'.eum declaration: i "May I never drink another drop o' i water !f I don't pay yer honest fo.;:jo> how morning! I'm ?uro to sell 'em, sir, if I stop out all night, Wont yer, sir. wont yer?" No, he would not. nnd ho was r.ol lo be blamed Tor It. being himself n si rug* /I 'us man with an enormous fnnil'y? M'iplvls {lie last presentation, for whi b lie tee-! vel thr?o pound* I'rir.n Her Majesty tho tjr.een. Mournfully Utile Mnke-lielievo left the shop, nnd It Is not too much to sry Hint If Satan himself lind suddenly ap pea re. I and had proposed to make a bnrgnln with her In that bviiusione depot she would havo Jumped nt any rcaronablo ofi'er. She ventured In the Ktrcsta to pull ?h :? ccat tnils of benevolent looking ;onl!cineii. but tho was impatiently shaken off, and each tlmo fell back, fearful lest dreadful consequences should follow her boldness. Tho per ?>us froui whom she endeavored to ob tain practical sympathy for her rllent agory were not in the main of an r.n kliidiy nature, but theso appeals were .\> ? c-iiir.ion, the streets were cr> full of iji.ldorii.g faces! If by n mlrr.cie U eould one day happen that angels should descend froui lleaveu a::'J by i simultaneous Divine .movement lift the weight of suffering from tho hearts of those in went of food, it flood of such snoet sunshine would illumine the narrow thoroughfares of the mod ern Bah.vloii that this City of fain would suddenly become a very garden of fclail souls! On the doorstep sat Little Make Re lieve. worn out and exhausted by tlie struggle. To her. accompanied by the children he had enlisted in his enter prise, familiar faces nil of thcui, ap peared Dot ? and- carry -one. To bo continued. Reporters on Paris newspaper! rurn fioiu $30 to $80 a month, NOT REDUCE ]W Harvie Jordan Issues Letter to Cotton Growers / , . NORMAL PRODUCTION AN0 PRICE President Harris Jordan Issues Cir cular to Planters Stating That a Re duction Prom the Present Estimat ed 27,000,000 Acres Will Not Be Asked, Bnt That the Association Urgently Insists on No Increase. Atlanta, Oa., Specie!. ? President Harvie .Ionian, of the Southern Cot ton Association, issued the following letter to the farmers of the South re garding a reduction in cotton acreage for 1906. The letter says in part : "The Southern Cotton Association will not ask the farmers of the South to reduce the cotton ncreage for 1900 less than that planted in 190."). The as sociation does ask and insist with nil the force at its command, however, that the acreage planted in cotton throughout the belt in 1905 be not in creased during the planting season of 1900. Let the watchword of every Southern farmer be "diversilication" and through that agency produce an abundance of food supplies to main tain each faim. "The present estimated twenty seven million acres planted in cotton is sufficient under normal conditions to produce enough cotton to meet the demand for the American staple. Any material increase ia the cotton acreage for 1900 will tend to stagnate the cot ton market and depress prices below their legitimate value. The legitimate law of supply and demand is the only i rue medium of regulating fair and iegitiniate prices for cur great staple product." President Jordan closes the letter with a strong appeal to the farmers to plant an abundance of small .".rain, corn and side crops and urges them to raise more hay, cattle and hogs, tbul the farmers may beeoni? self-sus taining. Ramey Acquittal of Mnnlcr. ? Manassas, Special.- ? A. .1. Ramey, on trial here for I.wo days charged with the murder of Lucia r. Ilea vets last August, was acquitted. Bcavets, who seemed t-j be., half era-'.'^l with drink, made an attack on the family of a neighbor, who called in Ramey ?s assistance. Heavers followed Ramey home, where, Harney claimed, he killed Heavers in self-defense. The connnouwealth 's attorney was as sisted at the trial by A. B. Nieol, of Alexandria, and J. J. Havies, of Man assas. The defense wes teprcsented .y John M. Johnson, of Alexandria; Thomas P. Lion and Robert A. Hutch ison, of Mr.uassas. Senator Mitchell Dead. Portland, Ore. Special. ? United ?States Senator John II. Mitchell died >it the (Jood Samaritan Hospital, in this eilv. at 11:40 o'clock Friday orenooM. dentil resulting from com nlicationx which followed 'h? removal ?f four teeth at a denial office Thurs Ia\ naming. A li'Mimn liage of un gual severity followed tin* removal ?f I h<* teeth and. despite, the appli ?ali'?n of 111- mo-it powerful styptics Viiowii to den'al science, the flow ?t blood could not be stayed. Corl Famine in Narfolk. Norfolk, Special. ? Norfolk is threat - ?n?d with r? soft-coal famine. There s plenty of hard coal, but there e.re c'oestwise vessels, including the big schooner Thomas W. Lawson, having i i capacity of 100,000 tons, wnitine ! '!) ru-os'M at the Norfolk and Western I ie;?, here. There in no slonni eoa' ?t (he eitv piers. In addition t?i hc<<e, there are *ix big bm^es. | \v< ? three three>mn*lcd Hohoonnm nnd several large steamers oil the pier. Leaky Schooncy Puts Into Cbarle?to?. Charleston, S, (\. Special.-- Tha schooner James |). peMell, t HpUiil Uitmtiioud, lumber laden from Satilla liver, (la., bound for New York put in for harbor, having sprung a leak Friday night off prying Pan Shoals. She met the galo and high seas off Frying Fan and strained her beams. She will be repaired here and proceed on her voyage. Store Building Wreckrd. Saluda, Special. ? A furious wind has been sweeping over the mountains lit this section Sunday and consider able damage will likely result. On? store building here filled with genera merchandise was blown down and t vacant storehouse hovod from it* foundation. The former belonged to Mr. T. C. Former and the stock wa> worth about $2,000. The lo*s on goods is probably $.">00, vliile the building, which was a large new struc ture. is a total wreck. The vacant house k* the property of Mi>. Counei and is damaged about $2 Towboats Caught in Storm. Hawsville, Ky., Special. ? The tow boats JJurry Hrowu and Raymond Horner with tows <? f coal for New Orleans were caught in a severe wind stoim and the Brown lost 27 barges while the llornor lost seven. Kaeh barge contained 25,00(1 bushels of coal. The coal was valued at $120, 000 and the barges at $04,000. No live? were lost. The boats are owned by the Monougahtda River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company of Pittsburg. CONGRESS AT WORK lawmaking Body Organizes ^ and Gets to Work WILLIAM* DEMOCRATIC LEADER Speaker Cannon is Re-elected and Rnlea of List Congress Are Adopt ed After Humorous Spccch in Op position by Mr. Williams. Washington, Special? Congress con vened with little of the pomp aud circumstance of other days. The presence of so much fuss and flowers conflicted with the idea of the eternal fitness of things entertained by the eld*r statesmen. Hence, the formal ity of the o|>eiiing session has become a somewhat less spectacular affair. However, much fine raiment in the galleries relieved the sombre aspcct of the floor, where flowers were bare, and the event proved as interesting in many respects as of yore. The following caucus nominations were elected: Clerk ? Alexander McDowell, Penn sylvania. Serjeant-at-Arms ? Ilenry Cassoin, W isconsin. Doorkeeper ? 1'\ B. Lyon, New York. Postmaster ? Joseph C. McEIroy, Ohio. Chaplain ? lie v. Henry X. Condon. Michigan. The rules of the Fifty-eighth Con gress, including the standing orders relating to the considcrat ion of pen sion and claim bills on Fridays, on motion of Mr. D:il/.c!l, of Pennsyl vania. were ord:-ied continued during the Fifty -ninth Congress. This reso lution wiil be offered by Mr. Dalxcll, when the (louse is organized next Monday. Sevcr.il Nav/ Senators Sworn In. \\ ashinyton. Special ? In the Senate Monday Several new Senators were sworn in. including Mr. Frabler, of Tennessee. The credentials of Sena tor Taliaferro, of Florida, were pre ented by Senator Mai lory. Sena tors Allison and Morgan were appoint ed rs a commit tec to wait upon the President, together with a similar committee from the house. ' Tho Mecsase Read. President Woosr'velt's message to Congress received the attention of the House for I w. and a half hours Tues day. Its reading was listened to with marked attention and at its conclu sion the documents was applauded. Preliminary steps were taken toward appropriai i:i.? the needed emergency funds for the Panama Canal. Should itiiHiiimous consent he refused for its consideration, a special n;!o from the committee <.u rules \\:li be available which wiil put the '>iil on its passage after a limited period for discussion. Mr. Wfbb, of North Carolina, in troduced :> hill to have daily reports made on the amount of cotton ginned,, dining the ginning season, ?n tho Senate. The Senate was i.i session for al most three houts Tuesday and gave practicially ail of its lime to listen ing to I iie reading <u the President's annual me.5i-.-ugc. There v. as a large Attendance of Senaiois and the gal leries were well tilled, most of I lie time with lepresenlalivs 0MI10 gen eral pu'rlie. I j; ? d< ; anient received c|ns"" ;i! teul ion I'ioim i ! Ji classes, scu.ittnx following I lie reading l|om beginning to end with printed copies i?l their June's. Wednesday in the TIoubp, With p.n oppoj i is ii* f v l??r itiiiiniiled j debate on tin* Mihject c.f thv> Panama j Canal, the House e:.!i. l isted its ora tory on that subject in a session of I four and three-quarter hours Weduoa* ; day, The bill appropriating 41 0,300, ? j '100 for the canal work, which was ilie ; subject of d s!Tssi??n, will he read fov j amendment a. id placed on iin final passage . The feat me of the debate i was the criticism indulged in by both ; Republicans : : i ) . I Democrats regarding Ilia incompleteness of ;he statement of ' expend i lutes an ! es!iii,a!e.< furnished bv the canal iciumiss'o:!, Mr. 1 lephui :i (Iomis) reviewed the canal work, stating tlnit #10,000,'WO had been expended and that pai lieu lar attention had been |aid, to lions iug employes or. t he isthmus and in reliHbitating the muchhery the French company had left there, ' In the Senate. Senator Km inter reintroduced his pood roads bill. Senator Simmons in t rod need a hill providing for a per manent commission to investigate the executive departments. Senator Oxer man presented a bill providing for a commission whose duty i' shall bo to enlarge tho foreign market for Amer ican cotton. Senator Culhei'MMi inttuduccd a hill makin? it a fel-uiy for an insurance company ?? any ot !:???!? ? -orporation to contribute money or anything of \al uo toward tho election of a President or a Vice-Preside. it of the United States. To Apportion Direct Tax. Mr. William Kitchin has introduced the following joint resolution, propos ing an amendment to 'the Constitution relating to direct taxes: Resolved by the Senate and House of the Representatives of the 1'nited States of A me i iea iii Congress as sembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), that the follow ing amendment be proposed to the Legislatures of the several State# which when ratified by the legisla ture* of three- fourth* the several State* shall beeome, ppd he a pavt of, the Constitution, to wit: "Direct taxes ?diall 1m* apixMioned among the several States aceovdin to the real ami persona! proper! y, ah assessed lor taxation, situated >n ejeh State not belonging to each State oi to the United States." For Public Buildings. Congressman Dlo.-kburn has intro duced a bill appropriating $100,000 for the erection of a public building at Salisbury, and a bill appropriating $50,000 for a public building at Mt Airy. Representative W. Kitchin ha? introduced a bill appropriating $-">0, for a public building at High Point. MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS Items of Foreign and Domestic News Gathered For Bnsy Readers. In the South. MiH^^^au Williamson died at Warre^^^^t the age of 104 years. The M^^^^tSchool building, at Parkersbtn^^^K^a., was burned, and citizens hcli^^^Bfe* set atirc. North Carol tnfl^^^^oai ing to send a car load of agr^^^^^^ exhibits to New England and^^^^^^Noi thcrn William Gallagher, he was held a prisoner on a ( ?Wpeak bay oyster boat, reached KichiuoifiLin err. of a United States deputy ma^tal. Colored Altamont Moses, an Tid ing politician and prominent legist^ tor of South Carolina, died al his home on Fiiday. A confer.? nee has been called be tween the American Cotton Manufaet nrers' Association and the Southern Cotton ( 1 i owci s * Assoeiation ti? he held al Charlotte, N. (*. Fire destroyed a large purlieu oi the business section of Wr'vne, W Va. Cppt. William .1. Tyler, yardiuastci jf the Chc'apcaUe and Ohio Railroad it Staimton, was stunk by the yard engine, his left arm being crushed ?>;! near the shoulder. National Affairs. Senilor Depew s ?n' in his ivsi'ina tiou a>" director of the Equitable Lif? Assuian ?? Society, and il:e investi gation before the Armstrong commit - See wen I on. Secretary Root and S; nator Lodge presented plana for the complete re organization of the diplomatic and consular servite. In the Senate SJ0 lulls were intro duced, iui'luding a large number ol important measures. At the North. There ore rumors of possible crimi nal action following the completion oi the insurance inquery in New Yoik. An unfounded rumor thut the First National Dank of York, Pa., had fail ed started a run on the institution. Gov. Robert K. Le Follette wn< elected I'nit i??l States Senitor by the Legislature of Wcsconsin. Mis. Ira Parry, who dclicd the authorities of Giniai-1, Ivan., to re move her from a rail.vav ear, which -die defended with ii pistol for live days, was captured by strategy . Foreign Affair?. While it i* generally admit led I'ml Premier Wille is rapidk h sing hi- i:i lluenee. il i? believed lb.il lie max vet I'Xli iealy tin* t ?o\ eminent 1>\ ;i i;ian?: coup. In the (Ict'inan lieiiiii-lag the Sccie- J ! l?iiy oi' 1 ho Admiralty ytatcd th:ii more and larger eruitfeitf nie needed to I protect Hud count i'> '<> growing for j tradp, I All of Col. Wiliiain F. C.?dy'* | ! Isorura worn liilied 'i! Marseilles, j Frame, to ailr-.v a foav among fainieis j j of !ln> spread nf glnndc?r\ i Field Marshal Oyama \v?\? mco'ded ! ! nn ovation upon hi* return to Tokio, j ll is itniod : l.at in order to ?voi?' : (anarchy, ijinriji) law must be dc.-lnre? j ! In JUiusia, Sir Henrv Cuinpbdl PanncMinan j j tiia Liberal I??ader, ac.'cpjed the !.?*' i .il' lurmlng u hc.v I'rhi-ii ??*?< . li,? v agreed to \ ichl i t | - 1 Hi I elpal to Hip demands ol the poweis S'oi ? financial reforms in Macedonia. The Iriuli Nationalist < 'o:iv -ention | assembled in Dublin mid (('solutions j demanding an Irish logislathe assent- j bly were unanimously adopted. According to reports of special com inisnioneis sent by a relief committee, i Jewish massncieH occurred in 171 towns, not to mention many small j placcs. Miscellaneous. Lord Roberts is expected I" com mnnd Ihe delegation fiom the Piitish army which will altcud the .Limes town K\po>iliou. Cluules A. IVabody will !)'? eh * led pr.-fc-if.lcnt of the Mutnul Lite 'umji anec Company. A strike of III" students ol lh< ; Pennsylvania State College was ended J by a compromise. Rumored Depew Has Resigned New Yoik, Special.-- A tumor has unincd firculetion that Ciipuneey M. Depew had resigned from the United Slates Senate. When questioned con cerning the rumor, the Senator said, "I am tired of making denials of un pleasant questions, and arn resolved not. to tulk further to newspapers. I will deny nothing nor will I nlTlrrn anything, 1 have learned a leymn from th* pnM," 1 1 A WOMAN IjANtitl) The firrt Female Legally Exe cuted in Years LEGAL EFFORT TOR MRS. ROGERS Hira Rogers I?9ft Her Husbmd Over Two Year# Ago? Afterwards Af ..fectinj ItcccncilUtion at a Mcetirs Placo Agreed Upon. W indsor, Vt., Special.? Mi*. Mary Rogers. the woman who murdered her husband some '? years ?eo mil f?r whom so much has Wen done to '!*\\* the sentence of death ch?u';cd h'1' Imprisonment, was l anded ^ r,-> ifternoon at 1:40 o'clock, at \\ind jor, Veimont. This ends one ?>1 ' .? most celelnatcd eases in the ennua .1 history of this count ry. ^ ^ . ) Mis. Rogers went to her death v.-f. ?>ui any show ol emotion. J*.'" ;?? st?i< unit or confe>?-:o". A ?elisions c.'ivmony w: s ^ 'j! father 1> ;!ns: \v. .just before e ?.?mre.j ?o the "allows. Pci'i-re ?h ^ s: u*? *vas uiven to spur" ;he ti ?;? she :io?, led her Siead that sae v as ready. livery i.ivenions device, known Jo law, v, as i sed to saw Marv iio.eij; fivni the gibbet, and it was not nn il the ease v.rs disused of hy the Su I ..-el 10 Cov.rl of I he I nited Slate* Pi.1.? laK^WirsoMtli tli?-t s'M !:oj e w,'s up oVsavinr the wonum * lite. Had there Iven on ; mit sua! o t irc;.i" st^iic'-; l-.:? I the-e b*v.*?. on* spa l? wotn^yl 1 ?' '?! Mnr\ Lou- is. ? n diownNli i-t pos.Mhilisi*'* ? / ? " - ration, <iu\ei no:*. ? \ .i. 1 ?U. ?l ? ; iliont. llti-lV iistv<*s iio'tie.ed. I I n ?nnrtl'M- wn* > ?"??? ?" . > Mnrtlri H: <??'. '*h" I .h;i';:l'i<*v '.?? pi u "} J ;n Brooklyn C?.v. I.*"--" ?le :.f? interim ? and ? ?? 1 *' socrtion i;? Marc:'. 1 \( Glnnc.s' Arrool-iion ? Dallas, Speci:-.!.? -T':e fo'lov l?e cotton of t !: ? Naii ? "loss * Associ::t ion !ie)>orts ?.. ?:t . '? 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' rndal.y, m> i oi II. < ?i,l,:l:;f a ; ! lionaiic. To Rfduc? Naval Force. WoHiin^ton, Special. ? Reduction of tlio Ainerieon naval forces in Domini can waters form a squadron of pro tected emii.-rs to a "mosquito fleet" of gnnhoi:!-, luis heen determined up on by the President. Hear Admiral Royal B. I'.cadfoid, eomD'auding the squadron v. ill he ordered North. His squadron ?? ?!l he relieved in M >mini i;an vafr hv a sqaadron consisting of ih<> i rn i *ct l>i.\ie. flagship and the (MihVvfs \'ai)kee. Dtd-ttqae. I'adiicah, Nat?l:\ .lie ?'.ad Scorpion. The T>i.\ie will eai'V a iraard of sevr.raJ hundred Qiarirtc j. T.\ v ire vnd Ciill v At (?<ci- : In .I'M, V. (' I 1 1 1,. I 1? Mathevs v.as I eld wr pi lion o!' tii?? CrnninMl Court without 'ail on Ihn ' ehnrne of havin; caused the death of liin uil'e hy administering 'm?;soii to her. Viee-I'rt sident Kldridpe of the Mu tual Reserve Insurance Company told ol what he termed "hold?upw" hy various poisons before the Arrnsiivn/ corainittco, N