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"po Thon Liberty Great. Inspire Our Soul? cmd Millie Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence." VOL. XXVI BENN li TTS VILLE, S. C.. 1JIID?Y, APRIL 19,1901 NO CAUSES OF SUICIDE Freely Discussed. By jho Coroner oflNewYoik. HOW;MEN FACE DEATH. . lt I* Claimed that More O.ermens Destroy Themselves Than Any Othur Nationality. Pitiful Caeou. Thcro wore 471 Buioidot in tho bor ough of Manhattan last yoar. Opti inibts may bo surprised that tho - num lor is largo, pessimists that it in . So small. Of all thogcuosomo statistio? that hi tor through tho oononor's ohio o and find oblvion in tho pigoon holes of tho hoaUh department thoso pertaining to the oity's suioidos aro perhaps tho moBt interesting to a studont of lifo an hu man nature. Evon tho men iu tho ooronti'i offioo philosophize, ovor thom and ita a raro thing for a man to spin philosophical conclusions out of n tr aged y ..that. ia. all a part of tho day's "Those suioides always sot ono think ing," said ooo of tho amaturo .philoso phers to Bun roportor. "There aro so man nays in every oaso. Its an oasy matter to return a vordiot of suicido by illvtminating gas, or oarbolio aoid, or Whatever tho met 1 od happons to bo, but there's suoh a lot back of all that "About ono person in a dc zen loavos o lettir. The Jaw forbids tho publioa tioh <?f thoeo letters now, but tho files of them mako queer reading matter. E?oh ono b?s its own individuality boars tho stamp of the porson who wroto it. Givon that letter you can eonstruot tho mao. Boroo of thom aro oarofully writtou on gocd poper; somo aro scrawled on tcraps of paper, mar gins of nowspapors, books or backs of onvolopop; BOW o aro in a firm, clear hand: somo aro blotted and almoBt illegible "Its quoor how differently men faoo death. Now, thcro aro tho Germans. Thcro aro moro suiciden among tho Gorman? in this eily than among any other notionally. Booms odd. doesn't it? Ono wouldn't cxpoot a stolid, boor? . drinking race'.to go in for euioide. A Gorman would be tho last man I would ej?peot to seo IOBO his balanoo and run amuok.. A dago, now, or a RuBBian or an Irishman-that wouldn't eurpriso me; but, bless you, thoy don't oommitt suicide. . Whon.they got down on tho world tho Russian throws a bemb at somebody* tho Iriehman breaks somebody's head; but tho German drinks his boor, goos to his-room and quietly puts a bullet bolo in himself. ; "They say its a racial ina tino t. It . oertainly is oasior on tho publio than tho othor methods of working off stoam, . but wo could aparo other oitizons bet tor than WO can 1 epat? tho Gormaoe'.' Tho trouble With tho Gorman is that ho thinks too muoh, Wo'vo decided that down hore. Ho usually hat a dtoont education and poverty or difigraco go hard with him. . Ho can't reoonoile himsolf to failure. Thoa tho aver ago German scorns to bo a good doal of an agnoBtio. Half tho timo ho doesn't boliovo in a hereafter of any 6ort, and of course its a toinpation to him to put an oud to things altogether. Now a Oatholio Irishman boliovos ho will bo damnod if ho takes his own lifo, and he'd, just as soon onduro the damnation ho's used to right hero as sample nnothor variety that may bo woree. "Vory few Hobrows commit suioido. Sometimes a man of his raoo will do it, i but the r uioido of a JOWCSBB ?9 a vory roar thing. Tho Russian and Polish Hobrows of the oast sido look melan choly onough for anything, but thoy usually onduro lifo, lt is tho Christian girl of tho cant side who drinks oarbolio aoid-not tho Jowess. Tho Amorio?n born girl is tho most frequent victim too. Bho hoads tho roll of woman suicides, j uot as tho Gorman hoads tho list of malo suioidos. Why's that? Is oho moro intolligcEt too? Doos oho suffer moro from unhappy conditions than tho othor girls, or is sho moro reokloss, and moro likely to got into trouble? Oh, I toll you, therm suicide filos mako an interrogation point of mo. "After tho Gormans on tho list como tho Americano, but the suioidos whose nationality oan't bo dctorminod aro lumped in with tho Unitod States list, so it isn't quito a fair guido. Next como the Austrians and Bohemians. Then a longway bo bind tho Irish. Tho -nor nationalities drop in by ones ar. ? twos. You seldom hoar of a negro suioido. A darkey is too irrepressible. No mat ter how hard luck goos today, ho thinks $will bo ooming his way tomorrow, and fixed depression is absolutely im poRsiblo to him. Whon bo doos got worked up to suicido, ho usually hangs himsolf. A Gorman prefers shooting himsolf. They've all boen soldiers moro or less and feel a ocrtain dignity eon neotod with a gunshot wound. "The Amorican affects shooting, too, but has a. liking for illuminating gas. Tho women almost always tnko poison or drown thomsolvos. You seo tho ordinary man can swim and its rathor hard for him to drown himsolf. He nerves himself up for tho plunge, and tho wator cools him off.' IIo eau swim and does. But with a woman it is dif ferent. "Talking about mon and women, wo'vo often noticed how fow womon kill themselves for lovo. Mon do it scores of them. A man's, swoothoart jilts him, or the girl ho loves will not have him, and ho blows out what fow brains ho has. You don't, onoo in a bluo moon, find a worx-an doing that ?ort of thing. A woman takes her own fe??*ttB0 ?* disgraoo, or pbysioal suffering' or discouragement, but sho ?oidora doos it booauflO sho loves a man who doosn't lovo hor. "You.don't suppose that that moans tho men lovo moro deeply than tho women, do you? I oant's seo it that way. I. suppose a woman's prido koops her from acknowledging, oven by death, that' she was jilted. Tho disgraoo of that acknowledgment would seem worso to her than tho death. Thon, too, whon a man's in lovo and hopeless, ho usually goes out and gots drunk. The depression following debauch is ro sponsiblo for a nig poroentagc of our suioidos. In that depression, a fellow's lovo .trouble looks ovon worso to him (han it did boforo begot drunk. So ho writes nnoto to tho heartless charin or ?nd makos way with himself boforo ho is thoroughly sober. "Tho vrouion soldom loavo leticia, thoy usually try in evory way to avoid identification; but tho mon seem to. take a eortain satisfaction in tho dra matic ond they aro making and want' all tho spootaoular foaturos Of oourso, thoro aro many exceptions to all ^thoso generalities. Tm only giving you my own improssions from study of tho re cord a. "Tho mothers aro tho porsons for whom mont of tho lottors aro loft. Thoro aro letters to husbands, wives, sweethearts, but a big majority of tho suicides ser m moro worried about tho effect of tho thing upon thoir mothers than about an j thing eine Lottor after lotter begs a mother to forgivo and not to grU vc, and a good many of thom aro not written lo the mother? but ask< that tho nows bo broken to thom gent ly. Its natural enough A ewcithoart or wifo or f rion J is all vory vol, but its a follow's mot hoi- who is going to bo hardest hit when ho thrown up the game ; and down at tho bottom of his heart tho fellow koows it. "Thero'b ono funny thing about tho loiters. If tho writer mentions God or tho hercafu r at all ho usually tu oms to fool pretty buio that God will forgivo him. There's Bomoanxiety about what surviving friends may think of tho move, but a fair certainty that God knowa how hard things aro and will un derstand. * Ono o'ass of suioidos inoludes tho oranks-all sorts and oonditions of oranks Thoro was tho man who thought bo had swallowed dynamite and would rather kill himself than wait to bo blown up. Thon thero was .tho man who bolioved that ho was hoing followed and would hi murdered. Wo'vo Boon a Dumber of BU oh oases Tho man who always heard angols urg ing him to dio and o imo to heaven was another; and ono eaid ho' had beon hypnotized by somo pooplo on tho street, and his lifo was spoiled. Of course, thoso mon aro simply insano. I'm norry for than, but thoso oasos aron't pitiful Uko somo. "When an old man of 70 commits suioido booouio ho oin'tboar hoing do pendent upon his children any longer it makos you think. Ono soldom Muds an old person taking bis own lifo. Things must havo boon protty hard for that old follow. Ho lookod like a good patient soul, too. "Thou I always havo felt sorry for tho men who inado away with thorn solves so that thoir wives and ohildron oould havo tho insuraooe money, and for tho invalids who faood lingoring death and drcadod tho burdon and ex pense for thoso thoy loved. "I vo novor had a tuioido oaso broak mo up as ono did yoars ago. A swoot faoed, worn woman had consumption. H?r husband oould earn vory littlo, ond abo finally got so sho couldn't work at all. Tho ohildron woro half starved; and at last tho mothor just put hor solf out of tho way, not booauso sho minded suffering, but bcoruuo that WAS tho only way in which sho coy W hoi p. along and make hor husband's burdon lighter. "Tho man who oan't got work-I'm sorry for him. Of oourso tbero *re charities; but some mon aro proud, and then a man oan starve to death while tho wheels aro gotting in mo.ion. Thoro's ono man I supposo I ought not to 1? ympathizj with, but I oan't holp doing it. Ho's tho follow who is an out and out failure and knows it. He ought to pull himself togothor and mako up for lost timo. It'p contemptible oowardico for him to conform himsoli beaten and ohuok tho whole responsi bility; but when a man roaohos-woll, say 40- and, looking back socs failure and wastod opportunities all along the lino, and realizos ho's awrcok, body and soul, ho basa pretty bad quarter .ol an hour. "A good mauy suioidos oovor dis graoo that novor oomcs to tho oars ol tho world. Wo don't havo so many Wall stroot suioidos as ia old days, though. Thoro seem to bo moro way t of wriggling out of tight financial placo; nowadays, or olso business mon hav( moro lu?k. "By tho way, there's a grim irony ii ono oolleotion that has accumulated ii tho oorencr's office. You'd bo surprisoi to soo tho number of rabbits' foot amulots, and lucky oharms of one sor and another that havo boon takon fron: tho bodios of suioidos and casualty oases. Thero used to bo a drawor ful of them, but I don't know what has bo oomo of thom. "Grip bas added tothonumbor o suioidos in this country, and oxtrenu hot weathor always swolls the list Comparatively fow porsons oommi suioido during tho wintor. Tho oasoi bogin to multiply during April an< May. I supposo tho spring stirs poo plo up and makos thom rostloss ant unhappy. "Juno is oallod tho suioido month b; statistioans, but August is usually th big month hero. Tho heat bas workc< on a man's nervo? by that timo, am whon a soorohing spoil oomes alon ho's half orazy and irresponsiblo 4 Suioido goos in waves, like variou kinds of orirao. Ooo man u*os a oti tain method and othor oases of th samo kind will follow. Carbolic sob has boon a great thing this la?t yeal It U60 tobo, always, Paris groon c rat poison. Illuminating gas suioidc have kcroasod wonderfully. But, ?I tor all, its tho pistol and tho wator th? koop tho suioido record? crowded." Now York Sun. Plant Less Cotton. Presidont Harvio Jordan, of tb Goorgia Cotton Growers' asssooiatior and of thc Interstate Cotton Growor association, said recently: "Wo are now confronted by th? mot difficult of probloms. It is, how to koo tho farmors from planting toomuohoo ton. Of oourso, wo can hope for nolhirj but ruin if theaoroageis very conoide r< bly increased. In tho first plaoo,supp) merohants sro selling on oredit moat t 12 1 2 conto per pound and oorn at i Eor bushol; mules aro higher than the ave boon in yoars, and ovei/thing oh is up in proportion. Therefore the mi who has these things to buy cannot hoi to raino cotton this year for loss than oonts por pound, If tho prioe goon don to 6 cents next fall, tho moro cotton 1 has triod to make tho (leonor in debt wi hobo. 'Ibo nc conni ty for raising fl supplies at home wanh?yo/ ?oater th? it is right now, and if we- fail to impro this faot upon tho farmers of tho soul this year, thero will be gloom and ai astor among thorn noxt fall." \ \>\ " i ? y' ? > ' THE NEGRO HACE. A Minister AiguoB That Thoy Are Not DoBoended From Adam. In tho last numbor ol tho Biblo Bap tist, a religious monthly magismo, oditod and owned br Rev. li H. Oars woll, Jr., a woll known Baptist minis ter, is an arti?lo whioh oontains somo startling statement and mil create quito a sensation in tho roligio?s world. Boforo quoting from tho artiolo above referrfd to, ii is but proper to stato that Hov. Mr. Oarswell is a. nativo of this county, and is a gradu?to of Mor oor University, tho Southorn Baptist Theological Hominniy, and an author of sevoral works upon theology, bosidos havine filled as pastor somo of tho load ing Baptibt pulpits in this stato and Texas. That ho is a man of extraordinary ability, of great mental grasp, a bard student of tho Biblo and an editor, and lecturer, whom fame is bounded only by tho extent of tho Southern Baptist di nomination, gives groat weight to his oditorialo. Mr. (Jarswell is io hit fif tieth yoar, and rosides in North Augusta, but at tho prosonttimo is holding a mooting in Bake Oity, Fla Tho odi'orial in tho Biblo Baptist is upon ''Traditionalism,' and in it ho diBsonts from many ourront theological views, whioh h J Bays aro only baaed upon tradition, and whioh ho holds to bo erroneous. Ho says: "It is puro tradition that assigns to negroes a phoo in tho human family. Tho Biblo will bo explored io vain for Buoh a dootrino. Even tradition finds no nogro in tho original creation as a member of tho Adamio household. ' . _ M~-L?-lU--TT i'iCrCOfKl, iiumin mimi nunn, unui and Japhoth, woro whit o and produced only whito tribes and kindrods. Tho Canaanites, whom tradition taught us to regard as negroes produood by tho Hamatio oucso, wo know to havo boon a raoo of blonds-tho South Irish of later limos, tho prevailing typo hoing fair skinned, bim eyed and red haired. Truo they havo boon sorvants always, ditoh diggors and tablo waitois." Ho thon asko the quostiori: "What then will Biblo folks do with tboeo tradition* that class nogrooB with tho family of Adam? ' You soo tho quostion is up to us. If tho negroos bo not descended from Adam, thon tho orthodox view is that Christ did not dio for them. Henoo they aro lost, or a spooial provision is m ado for them in tho plan of salvation, or they still need a MoBsiah who will vet save thom. But Mr. Cars well con tinues : . > "For tho pro sont, wo aro not oon oornod about tho origin of tho negro, or whether, liko Adam, ho was mado immortal-in God's imaxo; but wo simp ly say tho Bible oontradiots that tradi tion which roads tho nogro into the family of Adam. That tradition is faino, lt ls unioriptural, It is un soient iib, It is wholly unten able. No man over boliovod it save iu 'ignorance :or.in .adyanco of, inyqstigft tlon," ; You seo, aooording to tho Bible Bap tist, wo havo all been wrong up to date. Wo iook in vain to find tho good editor's viows as to the origin of our "Brother in Black," but ho doon not attompt to throw any light on tho matter, but simply says: f "Whether the nogro is 'Pro-Ada mio,'or 'Post Adamio,' wo oaro not to Bay; but suro it is, ho is 'Extra- Adam io, ' Again: "The nogro is unknown to creation as a hum in." This sounds vory much liko an author who signed himsolf Arioi, and .who directly after "tho war, betwoon tho states," wroto a broohuro, endeavoring to provo that tho negro had no soul. If, as Hov. Mr. Oars woll states, "a ro study of tho Biblo account of oroa tion and all history" havo brought him to his conclusions, would it hot be be neficial to tho nogro for him to prooood further and solve tho problem of whioh ho writo9, and givo tho nooded infor mation to tho many Hookers of truth who are striving to fix tho status of tho j nogro in the divine plan of salvation. In tho meantime, it is noodles9 to stato that tho tradition of the origin of tho nogro will still bo held to by those who, in lieu of something bottor, aro obliged to hold to it "in their ignoranoo or in advanoo of investigation." Augusta Herald. Gold Brick Swindlers. Tho Stato says Gov. MoSwoonoy has issuod a requisition upon tho governor of North Carolina for tbroo gold brick swindlors oapturod in that Stato. Thoy are wanted in both No wherry and Aiken oountics, in this Stato, for swindling oitizons out of ?ovoral thousand dol lars, and havo boon identiQod by at loast ono of tho victims. Thoso follows had a slick sohomo. Thoy would tako an iron or brasa briok and havo it gold plated. They al no had hole? ' h or od in tho motal, whioh thoy filled with puro gold. Thoy would lot tho vio tim s soo I thom bore into tho briok abd thon givo him tho shavings of pure gold so that ho could havo thom tooted, Thoy would also lot tho victim mark tho briok so ho eould identify it later. Of course tho tests proved all riffht and tho sales woro mado. In one instanoo thoy worked in ono of their gang mado up as an In dian. The wholo thing was very smooth, and of oourdo tho viotims woro "dead easy." If tho mon aro brought i baok they will bo tried in tho oounty of Nowborry first. . What it Cost. Aooording to a spooial from Wash ington, nineo the rebol lion in tho Philip pines 60,000 mon is the loweitestimato of tho war department of the casual tics suatainod by tho Filipino forces; ,7,667 riflos have been oaptured or sur rendered and 605,142 rounds of ammu nition, as show by incompleto returns, havo been soiled. Tho numbor of Filipinos killed cannot bo aoourately determined, as Gonoral MacArthur in his diinatones staten that it io impossi ble to bo aoourato on this point. It would not surprise offioials should tho Filipino fatalities reaoh 25,000, and some say that 50,000 is closer to tho real figure. Adjutant General Corbin is satisfied that the casualties buffered by the Filipinos will in them?olvos form a potent reason for tho abandonment of further ronlo tan? 0 by the natives. ?-.'??.?? " * "t?'i? A nine million bale crop theanr ten cent cotton, whilo atwolvomillion balo crop moan? five ? on ta 001 ton. Farmers whioh do you prefer? A STRANGE STORY told i>y Hugh \4 Haviland of Oreen villa- Ky. ---.. ' A REMARKABLE OASE. Says ?a ls th s Sen of Dr Th*q dora Keattle, Whofor Thirty Your? Masqueraded aa a Woman* Tho Louisville Courier-Journal pub lished tho following remarkablo story on last Friday: "Huish H. Haviland of Greenville, Ky., claims to bo ono of tho heirs of a fortuno left by 'Dr. Thoodoro Kiattlo,' another 'Murray Hall.' .* 'Dr. Koatilo' diod at Punta Gorda, Fla., in 1896. Thou it was discovered that tho 'doctor' .vas a woman and that for 30 years oho had so masqueraded. Tho woman was a mothor Thoso who wera supposod to know, say that in 1853 a li ttl o boy was plaood in tho Protestant Episcopal asylum by 'Dr. Keattlo' thon confessedly a woman, known as Kate Havilaadr Tho boy's namo was Hugh H. Haviland.. Ho was later bound out to a farmor and finally to an indopood ont position at Greonvillo. This is the story of Hugh Haviland, told by him solf, in a lotter to Tb o Cour ior Jour nal. For nearly ?10 yoars ho know nothing of his parents. Thon oamo a iottor from a No* York lawyor, G. Tarlotou Goldthwaito 141 Broadway, who wrote that while searching for tho hoirs of "Dr. Thoodoro Keattlo," whom doath rovoalod to bo a woman, ho had found that in 1853 Dho, going by tho namo of Kalo Haviland had put H igh H Havi land in the Protestant Episcopal' or phan asylum at Louisville. Hugh H. .Haviland at Groonvillo, is rogardod as that boy. That Kato Haviland was "Dr. Krattlo" was, it is said, practi cally established by witnotsas in Now York and Brooklyn. But Hugh Haviland is heir to but half the fortuno- A girl who is ex pcotod to divide it with him. Graoo M Clark Elliott, Haviland'B niooo, BO Lawyor Goldthwaito says, beliovoB hor solf sole hoiroas to Imbray Clark of Austria, who died worth $25 000,000, Hugh Haviland's littlo sister, Kato Haviland's ether ohild, according to Lawyer Goldthwaito, was put by tho mother with foster parents. Tho girl grew up, morriod Clark and wont west with him. In 1877 thoy wont to San Francisco, and thoro a ohild was born. Within two weeks the dolidato mother, Kato Haviland'B daughter; died, Tho ! baby was plaood in the hands of Mrs. j Martha A. Griswold, auponntendont of. I tho. Homo for tho Friendless? Im ;. I bray ?i??k, who>".?^ s^lod -.a/mosfc inlmer; diatoly for Australia, i Soveral years af tor Mrs/ Griswold heard of Clark's doath and advertised for somo ooo to adopt tho littlo orphan girl. Tho Elliotts rospondod, and oh August 21, 1878, woro grantod papors of adoption by a oourt in San Franoisoo. In 1897 tho Elliotts loarnod that Im bray Clark hal loft a fortuno of $25, 000,000 to whioh thoro was no hoir, and bogan a fight for thoir fostor daughter's rights. Tho estate is tiod up in tho English courts, and though hundreds of olaimaqta have oomo forward, nono has boon able to provo olaims to tho satisfaotion of tho British authorities. Graoo M. Clark Elliott had almost givonup hopo whon Lawyor Goldth waito's lottor oamo tolling hor oho was heiress to tho estate of her grand- | mothor, the spurious "Dr. Koattlo," of 1 Punta Gorda. Now Miss Elliott) ox I peots to provo her olaims. A Woman's Splendid Gift. Another southorn oollego has booomo a beneficiary of ono of those blosBod per sons who uso thoir wealth ' to tho glory of God and tho benefit of mon. Mrs. Josophino Lomoino Newcomb, who diod in New York Wednesday loft $3.000,000 to Tulano University. Sho had bofore hor doath givon at various times sums to that groat institution aggregating $750,000. Mrs. Newcomb has won a plaoo in tho largo and longthoning list of wealthy wo mon who havo u'sod thoir monoy for tho benotit of tho public, a list ennobled by tho namos of Mrs. Stanford, Gwendolen, Oaldwoll, Holon Gould, Mrs. Tubman, of Augusta, Miss To If air, of Savannah, and hundreds of othor womon whom God has given to our oouatry to bloss and holp it. Tu lano university is already a great school, Mrs. No ,v oom b's magnifioionfc bequest will holp to mako it a gloater ono. For many years tho university was presided ovor by that rino sob olav and splondid gontlomau, Gonoral William Proston Johnston. Ho helped mightily to givo it tho high oharaotor whioh has ' attrac ted to it young mon from all ovor tho south' and plaood it among tho leading educational institutions of Am mo?, lt is now tho richest oollego in tho south and its usofullnoss and influonco will bo greatly ovidonood by tho logaoy of Mrs. Nowooinb.-Atlanta Journal. Qeh. Rosser Accepts. Tho Stato says General Thomas L. Hosier of tho Confodorato army has written to Capt. Wade H. M anning, soc orotary of the rounion exooutivo com mittee, that ho will nttond the coining Stato reunion in responso to tho invi tation extondod him.' /He says ho will attend this gathering with groat ploas* uro. It may bo mentioned hero that it was Gon. Kosaor who recaptured at Tre valian Station tho roorotary of tho lo* oal oommittoe on June ll, 1863, Bishop Thomas Frank Gailor of Tom nosseo has written Capt. Manning that ho regrets that ho will bo unable to attend the reunion hero, Ho is the commandant of oamp N. B. Forrest of Nashville, Tonn._. "Blaok Death." Robort MoWado, United States con sul at Canton, China, reports that 10, 000 deaths from tho plague known as "Blaok Doath" have ooourred there du ring tho past six weeks, and that there are ?3 oases of smallpox on board the United States monitor M?ntery, Only ono death haa resulted on tho M?st?ry, and the other oases of smallpox aro progressing favorably. i HB CHKX8TIA? EEDEAVOR Tho'Cowing State Convention to he j ? Hold in Charleston. Tho following Is# tho programme of the louth annual meeting of tho South Carolina Stato Chriotian liodeavor con vention to bo hold in tho Ciroular Con gregational ohuroh in Charleston tho 16$'to 18th Inst: Tuesday Kyening-Woloomo "orvioe, 8;'IO.1-!0.30 p. m. by Christian Endoav orors' ?f tho oity. Wm. Shaw, tho troasuror of tho TJaitod So ?io ty of Christian Endeavor, will bo present. . Wednesday-Morning session, 6:30 ?urivj?o prayer mooting; 10 o'clock, ''How may wo inoroapo our mombor ahipa) Discussion. 10 30, "How may wo inorcano intoroat in our prayer meet* ing'rV*< Discussion, ll, ''How tutywo in^ohaso iatorost in misBiooe? '-W, H Hubbard, Oharlcaton. DUOU?B?OU led by 8|ito prosidont. 11:30, "How mav wo iaorea'0 intoroBt in tho ohuroh nor vioe?^'-Rov. Arthur Crane, Oharlrs ton. j Opon discussion. 12, Evangtlistio Borvib'o-Rov* Mr. TJador, tno ominont Swcdiab evangelist 12:30. .adjourn mopW Aftornoonsoasion-3:30, Junior rallyl; lcd by Miss Ooralio Harvoy. Pa Eer bn junior work, Miss Charlotte itneo World Wido Junior Eadoavor, Mr.'^Vm. 8naw, Boston, Mass. E/e nin#/ session-8, devotional, Uov. Tj?d,or. Addro?s, Mr. Wm. Shaw, Boulon. Mass. R?ooption. Thursday-Morning session: 10, do votiohB, Rov. 'Tjader. 10:30 addross. 11:15; appointing oommittoos, 11:30 ad orons. 12.15, roport of soorotary and treasurer. Roport of proas oommittoo. R?port of suporintondent of junior works Adjournment. Afternoon aos siOty-3.30, ovango?iatio address, Rev. TJadrjr. 4:15, proaidont's address, Boy. J, Ev Kirbyo.. 4:30, roports from sooio 't?fo;'?E?o~Ctdon of offioora. Adjournmont. Evortj?g soB'ston-"8? song service. Ad droda)"Rev. J. Y. Fair, D. D., Savat> nah,.'(>a. Oonsooration sorvico. Wm. Shaw. Tho Southeastern Passongor aasooia tionl has granted tho following roduood ratos; govorning from tho juootional points namod: Abbeville $6 35, Allen dale $5, Anderson $10 40, Augusta, Ga. fl> 20, Barnwell $4 65, Blaoksburg $10. 20,<?Calhoun Palls $9.65, Camden $6 35, Curlislo $7 60, Cattwba Junotiou $8 60, Charlotte. N, 0 , $8 80, Choraw $6 35, Ohplter $7 90, Clinton $8 55, Oolum bia M 85, Djnniftik $4.05, Fairfax $4 Vpi, Groonvillo $11, Greonwood $8,60, Lancaster $3 35, L wrens $9 05, Newberry $7 30, Orangeburg $3 85, Prosperity $7.15, Rook Hill $8 60, Sav/.nnab, Ga., $5 25 Spartanburte $9, 1,1 ir $4.45, YoroMBOO $3 25, York ots oro rostrioted to oontinnous ;o in onoh dirootion to bo sold 15, 16 abd 17f with final limit 22, 19Q1 inclusivo. Work of a Mob. Tt^?o^weol?^go^ ?sm^lp?i^a^p dor Vo.^yt^cVat Bd?'dioid, Pa., ?hu patient' bring a railroad mern named William Meyers. Tho viotim was isolated in his rooina in tho Armstrong block, tho board of health Uoking a pest houso, and soon roooverod. La'.or, fivo now canon dovol opod, and tho board of hoalth dooided to soouro a tomporary post house. A vaoant sohool house in tho sooond ward was soourod and oarpontors and plumb ors woro put to work fitting it up. Whon itbeoamo known, tho people living nearby booamo greatly wrought up ana rosolvod to mako ttoublo. Thursday night at 8:30 o'olook a mob of oyer 300 mon and women surroundod the sohool houao. Their leadors olutohod tho night watchman, Charles Story, and hold him firmly whilo tho incendiarios buttered opon a door and sot firo to tho plaeo. All who attomptod to prevent tho firo woro kopt baok, and in a fow minutes tho ontiro building, a largo two and a half ut o ry woodon H true turo, was in llamos. Plumbors' tools ana othor aniden in tho house Woro burnod and tho oxoitomont ran high, mon and womon running up and down the streots, crying against tho board of hoalth. As tho flames rolled and orAoklod, tho mob howled its delight. Throats woro made as to what would be done if polioo or hoalth officers inter foiled, but thoro was no interference. No arrosts have boen mado. Good for Beaufort. A Washington dispatch Bftys Admiral Crown ubi old, who has j nat returnod from an inspection of southern ports j with a viow to tho establishment of a naval training station, has rooommondod ! to tho scorotary of tho navy that tho naval station at Port Riyal. S. 0. be utilised for this purposo. Tho soorotary heartily approve? of tho recommenda tion and informod Congressman Elliott that tho buildings at Port R yal would bo used and improved for tho ac comodation of from 500 to 1,000 boya, ohiofly from tho south. Tho station, ho told Mr. Elliott, would bo mado a most important ono. Tho maohinery ! now at Port Royal dry dook will bo transferred to Oharloston in aooordanoe with tho reoont aot of Congress remov ing tho dook station and now buildings will bo oreo ted near Charleston for its roooption, it boing impossible to ro movo tho?oat Port Royal. An English Fortune. Tho Columbia Stato Bays a lottor has boon roooivod in that oity saying that Mrs. MoSwoonoy, wifo of tho govornor of South Carolina, is among tho heirs entitled to a fortune of ono hundred and forty niuo millions of dollars in Eng land. This fortuno ls to go to tho heirs of Gov. Mooro of colonial timos, 1700 to 1720., and Mrs, MoSweeney and sovoral others in this Stato aro de scendants of that oft!oed, and tho family troo has .boen very well preserved What stops ?ill bo takon by tho hoirs in thia Stato aftor conforonoo with one anothor remains to bo soon. A Good Idea. Bishop Horny M. Turnor, of tho Afrloan Methodist ohuroh, has boon conducting Easter serviooi in sovoral of tho colored ohurhos at Msoon, Ga. Ho is advocating among tho negroes the banishment of the criminal da?aos of their, vAoo.. having them carried to Af rio*. Ho says this will do a great dealtoward sQlvinf thc raoe problem. Ho also advises the building of steam ships, to build up commerce between this oountry anet Af rios. Ho say? suoh An ontorprhto would soon enrloh tho southern ports. "BLACK DEATH." Thousands off Oasos Reportad to Marins Hospital Sm vic? FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, lt Ha? Lodgrnentln Europe, Asia, Atrios, Australia and 8ouih America 1MB Depopu lating India, Thouuauds of oasos of bubonic plague in all parts of "ttte^world sioco Nov. 1 last havo boon roportod to tho marino hospital sorvioo. M Rio Janoiro from Fob. 1 to 20 thorp ?pourrod fivo now oasos and three doaths. At Hongkong', China, 34, all fatal, occurred during tho wook ending Feb. 18. Tho plaguo is steadily inoroaaing in Oapo Colony aooording to roports roooivod both in London and Paris. Tho offioial report f.-om Capo Colony for tho wook ouding March 2 shows 24 new oases, two deaths and four suspoots, for tho following week 50 oasos. 18 doaths and ll sus pects. Sovoral Europeans havo beon attaoked and a nnmbor of nativos havo i boon found dead from tho disoaso. The rats aro roportod to bo "trekking" from Capo Town in groat numbers and at Simonstown tho rats aro roportod to bo dying from tho plaguo. At Mauri tius during tho two wcoks ondina Maroh 8 h there wero in tho island 18 oasos of plaguo and 23 doaths. On Maroh 14, two frosh plaguo oases aro reported to havo ooourred in Perth, Wost Australia. j Tho marino hospital sorvioo surgoon in charge- at London has roportod that [tho rumor ot euspaotod plague at Ifotit&ftiapiapj. published in tho Paris pap ora, probaow is* ""unT?Mdod" bufe-es* tra pr?cautions ar? hoing exorc?sod at that port in vlow of tho largo numbor of troops rot urning from South Africa. Tho plaguo at Karakuga, Russia, is statod in tho offioial report from raris to bo on tho deoroaso, tho same roport saying that 13 doaths from cholera oo ourrod at Singapore. Strait Settlements, during tho last wook of January. A roport published in a Berlin paper and forwarded horo says the plaguo at Capo Town is now attaoking the well? to-do pooplo. Tho marino hospital sor vioo Burgoon, Dr. Groono Albertin, has just roportod that in tho Kirgiaon re servation Koranuk, Russia, 13 por sons havo fallen viotims to tho plague and in -tho presidenoy of. Bombay, British East India, during tho week ending Feb. 8th thoro.occurred 1,770 plague oasos and 1,293 death?, an in crease of 519. oases and 314 doaths ovor thp proviouo wook. In Bombay oity that wook, there wore .1,050 curios of the plaguo, au. inor?as? Of 309 ajad . 1,359 deatW^ 2 fifty plaguo oasos had occurred in Caps Town/ of whioh 12 terminated fatally. In Argentina five plaguo pa tionts Were in tho isolation hospital at San Nicolas on*Feb. 7 and plaguo wa? suspooted in the cities of Belleville and Marios J nares. Offioial notioo has boen received that tho govornmoot of tho Danish West Indies had - raised tho quarantine against Port Said and Smyrna and de clared tho port of Brisbane, freo from plague. PROFESSIONAL PALLBEARERS. They Have a Funeral Uniform and Con duot Themselves With Propriety. . Milwankeo has taken a step in ad vanoo of Now York in tho way of eon ducting funeral?. In ordor to provide pallbearers at funorals where familios oannot or will not make arrangements for them, a pallbearers' association has boon formed whioh will furnish at short notioo and at roaeonablo cost a uniformed escort for tho dead. Tho uniform will consist of a blaok ooat with laoo millos at tho wrists and wide whito laoo collar. Kneo breeches, blaok stockings, buokled shoes, a blaok hat | liko thoao worn by tho Knights Tem plar, and a sword oomploto tho outfit in ploasant weather, but when it raius or in oold woather a heavy blaok mili tary oloak will bo worn over all. There are many pooplo in Milwaukoo -mostly Gormans-who ' are "free thinkers" o nd bolong to no roligious organisation. Many of thoBo are mom hors of tho Turner sooioties, and fun? orals in tholr families aro oonduoted by tho Turners. Others do not bolong to any sooiety, and when a death oc curs in tho family a professional funoral orator is usually called in to conduct tho servloos. The f unoral orator's cuc ?os ? and tho love for display when a bo lo vod relative is laid away doubtless suggested tho organisation of tho pall bearers' association, and it is believed that it Rill be financially successful. An undertaker whoso plaoo of busi ness is in tho crowded tonomont houso district said that a similar association would probably roooivo good support in Now York. In tho Italian district elab orate funorals tako plaoo daily. Pa rents may nogleot a ohild while it is in good health, but when tho little ono dies thoro must be plumes on tho hearse, tho coffin must bo of an expen sive kind, and a band of muslo must prooodo tho funeral prcoosnion to the ohuroh, whore there is moro show, and from tho ohuroh at loast to the limits of the Italian dis tratet. . Thc uniformed pallbearers would probably find patron age in that part of the oity. In many places in Europe there aro businoas concerns whioh -furnish not only uniformed mourners and pall bearers, but funeral trappings for tho horses in the funeral prdoession. Tho uniformod pallbearer is the first step in that dlreo tion, and if he suoooods in Milwaukee this now knight of tho mel ancholy aspeet many booomo a feature at New York funorals.--Now York Tribune. . _m Two Tyrants. ? A dispatoh to the New York Herald from Habana nava that La Disposion is reeolvlng tolograms from all puta ' igjdpport of its jmt with a new . .loading, readiegi ...Suppressed-by Weylor? Ootob?r23, 1896; Busp'ondod by Wood. April 6; 1901/' Evidently that Cuban editor 1 Judgo of an advertiser1 [^v?'?oo^ I IN A TERRIBLEJ5I0RM Bohoonor Wrcoked and Her Crew. Adrift en a Raft. The steamship S tat o of Texas, which arrived at Baltitnoro on Tuesday had on board Capt. Berry and tho crow of oix mon of tho wreokod oohoonor ICrio, picked np at sralast Sunday. Thc ISrio AVaa wrookod tho day before, oh Frying pan Shoals, and her mastor and orow Wore drifting, almost exhausted, on ? raft, whon rt?souod by Capt. Eldridge of tho State of Texas. Capt. B?rry of the Brie, whioh bolong* to Jaokeonvill?, Via., said tho vost ol was bound, with lumber, from Savannah to Yarmouth, N. S. On Saturday, April - 6, sho on oounterod heavy fleas and'denae fogs. In a fioroo gale sho was drivon on Frying pan Shoals. At tho timo tho Erie went aground tho wind wau blowing a terrine galo and tho wo at her was 00 heavoy that it was impossible to BOO moro than a foW yards ahead. Tho sails wore blown to sbrwds, and thon tho vossol booaine uomanagoablo. Ship and 01 ow woro at tho mt roy of tho olemonts, and late Saturday tho vossol was sont crashing on tho dangerous shoals. The ship Was leaking badly, but her 0argo had kopt her afloat. Shortly nitor striking ?nc began to go to pic?os. As wav? aftoi wavo swept tho lumber elf hor dooks il also carried away tho masts, /and thou Capt. B?rry aad his mon lashed thom* solves to tho aftor houso. Albthrougl tho night tho no von mon woro buffeted about by tho rough sots, whioh con tinuously broke ovor them, and whiot woro boating thoir littlo float to piceos When thoy w?ro takon off by the Stat? of Texas, the littlo house was slow)] sinking and tho mon were up to thor knee?, in water. They had neither pro' visions or drinking wator, and whoi renoue d somo of thom v/oro so wo a' thoy had to bo assisted aboard thoir ros oner. ,j_? ? ' " ? /? , Foresaw Cuba's Fate, While Captain Raphael Soiumos wa roving tho soas in the Sumter, ho cai "Yied six pri?es into Cionfuogos,.^2?Jy^ have iJiamturne.d over to.Jf?b?r owner by tho Govefnur.iteflcfai of Ouba. Thi was naturally annoying to tho onto* prising captain, and ho says in hi menions, published in 1868: "I plan nod a vory pretty littlo quarrol botwooi the oonfodorato states and Spain, ii oaso tho formor should establish thoi indopondonoo. Cuba, I thought, woub mako a eouplo of very respeotablo states with hor staples of sugar and tobaoco and with her similar systom of laboi and if Spain rofuaod' tb feet our bill fe tho robbory of those vessel* wo woul foot it OUMOIYOO at hor expenso." .Tha plan fell through, bttt Oaptain Somme continues with a passage tho oonolusio of whioh may striko some pat plo as ouriously prophotio: "Poe old Spain 1" ho oxolnims, "I thougt perhaps to forgivo theo, for. thou wat afterward kicked and cuffed by tho vor .power to whioh thou didst trudklor-th f?doral steamers bf vr'&i making froo u* of thy 9owt.4f!^no^Kve?,,8,aitbful Ii land of Cuba,' ohasing vossols Oin' ehoi and buming thom in eontompt of tb jurisdiction and in api to or thy ri monstrances. And tho day is not fi distant when tho sohoolmaam and tl oarpot'bag missionary will encamp 0 the plantations and hold joint convoi t tolo s with thy. f roe mon in tho intovo of goldlinoss and the said nohoolma'n and missionary." Aceording to somo ' tho Havana papsrs tho day whioh Ca] tain Sommes foroBaw is como, ar thirty years is "not far distant" in. tl realm ef prophecy. What tho South Ca? Do. The importance of S out horn man faoturers of ootton goods going into ? Hnos of manufftetuco instead of 00 fining thoir efforts to ono lino whor they bcoomo competitors with 01 anothor, has boen many times omph siced by thoao most familiar with tl field. Tho adyioo is wino, for it o< talnly is truo that tho mills boro tho ootton fields should produ everything thatdB maufaoturod from t ootton, and oan. Tho recent vontu of tho Langley Manufacturing Co: pany at Wost Point has domonstrat tho possibilities in a lino horotoft practically untoujhod. This oempai of whioh Captain Edward langley gonoral manager, ii manufacturing 1 roboB, fancy towels, portieres orooh Marseilles and tho Mitphellino quil all of whioh are deeignatod, woven t dyed at West Point. Samplos of work of this company whioh h roaobod Atlanta show that evon in infanoy it has attained a high stand of ouoooHs. Thors aro other linos as practically untouohod in whioh cot manufacturers oan find opportun! for a remunerativo markot, Dosj the groat growth of tho industry in past dooado, it is still oomparativol its infancy.--Atlanta Constitution, A Tragedy in Now York. Bon j. Forst, a brokor and mombo tho Consolidated oxohango, Now Y< eommittod suioido . Wednesday tho Hoffman House. Aftor a nigh meditation, spoat no ono soemstoki where, he went to the ho toi at 5 o'ol this morning and .was found dj three hours lator. Bofore m?dical arrived hoexpirod. A bell boy dis? or od the body. A lotter addressed Mrs. B. Forst, anumbor of shares stock, somo promlsory notes, $67 oash and a bottlo which had contai carbolio acid wore found in tho roor /? Light was thrown on tho sui whon his suspension was announce tho opening of buslnoss on tho < solidated exchange today. It is a of the exobango that if a member not show a olean sheet at tho end the day's transactions or if he lina debts outstanding to mombors bf exchange ho is suspended for 24 h with the privilogo of reinstatomer Boon as ho soulos tho; differoneoi, was learned today that Mr, Forst outstanding debts amounting to tit the cloie er business- yesterday and is bolieved to haye been tho oaus hiSRuioide. Tho agricultural department hat covered, as the result of oxporin covering eovoyal fioason?, in diff states, that flavo* may be fed into ?nd that many eggs whioh aro posed to bo injured through pat noouro thoir flavor and oolor boonu something which tho boni have 0 Se ail tho strong things wnioh h k??pora nay and think about eggs ?l hot be charged indlseriminatelyac j tho shippers and dealer*. GOEBEL'S MURDER. The Former Ohlsf "Counsel for Taylor Tolls of Conspiracy. SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY. According'.io' This RepuB'lcar/,'?; Testimony Taylor Knew of Impending Fat? of Qov. Goobel. Ex-Gov. W. O. Bradley, ohiof odun sol for ex-Gov, W. 8. Taylor ia tho gubernatorial oontostf OSBO boforo tho legislature last yoar, gavo sensational testimony Wodnoaday at Frankfort Ky., in tho trial of OaptC G*rnoUB. Hiploy, who io ohsrgod with conspiracy, with others, to bring abqut tho murder of Wm. Goobol. Mr." Bradley dotailod a conversation whioh, he said, ho had with Oapt. - Hiploy whllo tho latter was in oh&rgo Of his military company dur ing tho oooupanoy of tho State capitol by tho Taylor troops last spring, in which Hiploy told him of frequont con ferences with Gov. Taylar prior to tho as? aa si nation. .... ; Tho witnoeS said Hiploy told lum ho . was in tho oxooutivo oiBod: tho dew bo foro tho shooting and complained to Taylor booauso ho had not called out his (Ripley's) company and nskod him whoo ho should havo tho company ready. Taylor ' replied: M 'My God, haven't you.brought thom yot?. ,Goobol will -ot live !-^4 Lours,' or 'osnuot live i~uB 24 hours,' I havo forgotto'n which ho ssid," declared tho witness. Judgo W. H. Yost, assooiato counsel with Bradloy in, tho ooo tout caso, ac cording to tho witness, was prcflont, and hoard tho convers?t ion. lu yo spqnjo^t?^^uostion as Jo whether ho.. .Jn^o' witno?S,. hTayot'^any'c^s'p^rAdy LQPV kill Mr. Goobel, tho witnees stated that oh Jan. 26tb, tho day. tho train load of mountaineers arrived*-''.- some ono, ho oould not how rc callabo, told him that ?>ar?ies in tho crowd woro wallira in rout of tho Stato houao to kill Goobol.; .' "I said,''continued tho witness, '"it. ; shall bo stoppodi I will go iii tho son- , ato oharabor and como out with Goobel. . and soo that bo is not hurt or inj ?'-.' suited." " looked up rind say/What ton Gold en and told him to get Finloy,-Hulton and others and send thom to mo. i Ho ?sid: 'Goobel is not going to bo hurt.' Chilton and Finley told; mc.'it waa a f ako and that there was nothing in it ; .thoy condo*janQd violonoo, a? I did;" A Jury was: Boourcd Wodnosday to hear tho oaso of Garuoty Hiploy, aooui Q& of oomplioity in tho shooting of G6v, Goobol. ' ". A ' , V. D?tendant ontor/jda.iloa of not guil ty," In opening the$?so for tho proat was a:conspiracy to-kill .Goobol;; that Hiploy >was oohnootod with it through out; that ho loft Frankfort tho ovohing boforo tho assassination With informa tion that it was to tako plnoo tho next day and that ho contributed to it by going homo and equipping his company . to bring it to Frankfort when Goobol had boon killed. Tho Largost Vessel. Tho polioy of tradsjportalion com panies thoso days is 'to make big-jor onginos, biggor freight oars and biggor passongor conohos, yni in ships, to got as much ton ungo no possiblo in atingi? bottom. Thoro aro fast passongor trains and fast passdngor ships, add a ' constant o if ort to roduo.o tho sohodUlo timo of trips by soa aud land., Thon thoro aro hugo moguls and. loviathan ships that aro not bullpfor raolng timo, lr v ? but whioh oarry immonso tonnage A t Belfast afow d?ysago thei'oWas launch-, . od a now steamer:<for tho ; whitq$t*f : . Lino whioh surpasses all that havo gone before in this later particular. While' not hoing ablo to oom no to with nomo others in tho mattel* of spood. Tho Ooltio will havo a passongor oarrylbg oapaoity of 2,859. lt is -.? designed csv f Sooially for tho emigrant trado, and as 1,700 borths for thoir accommoda tion, W hilo tho Ooltio is excooded in length by tho Oceanic 24 foot and by the Buotsohland G foot, it is 'never theless the largest vesBol for ita' ton?^;/ nage is 3,600 groator than that of tho -'-^ Oooanio and noarly doublo that of tho Kaiser Wilholm dor Grosso, and its dispiaoomont of 33 000 tons is 12,500 groator than tnat of tho latter vessel, whilo its displacement arid tonnage aro 10.300 moro than thoso of tho Groat^ Eastern. information Wanted. Gov\ MoSwoeney has rocoivod from Mr. H.'do Oootlogon, tho British- con- . sui at Ohavlofitdn,- tho following lot tor. the requosts of which will bo oompliod with: t?ir: I havo the honor to inform your oxoollonoy that I havo rocoivod iii" ?trnotions from his Britannic majes ty's' government to furnish * report rotativo to tho purohaso of public lando and the holding of lands by allons, in your State, and I should, fool greatly obligod if you ooUld givo mo a copy or an abstract of tho laws on the ?uo jootnowin foroe, together with tho addVoBs of the proper Stato Und o Ai cor (if any) who should bo applied to for turlhor details, by prospootiyo foreign investors if tho existing laws permit of their buying publio lands for mining or othor pUrposos. Hi? Mind Gone. , j A-London dispatch say,? that Goa. Do Wot, tho Boer oomnia?dor, is to disturbed by tho hopolossno&o of his oaueo ijiat ho oan truthfully bo des orlbod as insano. Ho goos in four of his Ufo amidst his own troops, and koop? himself surrounded, night and day, by a body guard of qhoscn adhor ont?. Ffomhls own ranks voioosi aro now' moro 'frequently heard cal??ng irapo/a* tivoly for posos. . . jftard on Lawyers. Tho Springfield Mass. Kbpupllojri .aaypv-^^ae jfailo.ro of reform; legisla-; lion for tho div?rco ovil in llhouo IB laud is charged up against tho Rilado ' i Island lawyers, who orgih?BCd an op? position when thoy porooivod that tho Wily KU|UK ivn/vin havo a tow argument."