The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 19, 1901, Image 2
"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."