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V The "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT, j INSPIRE 'OUR'SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE. BENNETTSVILiLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH ll, 1904. NO. ll. JAPAN AM) CHINA. Whata Japanese Merolia t Fays About Their Uniting Forceo. ONLY QUESTION OF FEW YEARS Before tho English-Speaking People '.Will Find themselves Arrayed Against thc Doctrine of "Asia for AHiatiCM." Tte Chronicle says Russia and Ja pan ure still discussed, sometimes ve hemently in Augusta. The Japanese sympathizers are in an overwhelming majority, but the Russian sympa thizers, though in tile minority, stick to their guns and are daily growing more numerous. Mr. Janies R. Ran dall, who, early in the day, gave Ids reasons tor favoring tho Muscovites, was asked it' he had anything more to say on the subject and replied: "1 think it is unite useless, at this time, to discuss the matter, lt is difficult to change people':, minds, es pecla'iy when, as Mr. Stephens put it, they are "sot" in their ( pinions. I have carefully read all that 1 could get hold of on both sides of this affair and endeavored, like Mr. Wedgie, to form convictions. Re imap?, however, it may interest your read >rs to have some peculiar evidence from other sources than roy own. The most striking and important testimony comes from a.lap mese mer chant of a high order, Yaniocluo, who I is on a visit to New Orleans. Inter viewed by a Picayune reporter, he ! said that while his countrymen, like j himself- wore gratified at the sympa- 1 thy displayed in the United States for i .lapan, he significantly added: "Hut 1 believe this will change. The English speaking nations sympa thize with us today, but it will lie dif ferent In a few years. If Japan wins' thiB war-and 1 do not doubt th?.t our country will he victorious -.tayan will be one of the first world powers. The yellow pei il, as ionic English ! writers' refer to it, is not remote. The Chinese and Japanese are very closely allied by racial similarity, and there is' naturally a strong bond of sympathy between the two nations, Just as there is a strong sympathy be tween the i wo great English-speaking . nations. If China is ever brought up to the high plane of enlightenment that Japan has readied, it will natu rally, with its immense population, its vast territory, and its untold and un-1 imaginable resources, lie the most powerful country in the world. Tin Japanese have already assisted China '."not a little. There are many Japanese (_"~ettcbeis io Chfnes?; institutions, and Japanese officials in the Chinese gov ernment service, both civil and mili *^tary. These are slowly bringing about a reformation. If this refi rmatlon is ever brought about completely and China brought out of darkness lt will be within the power ol the yellow races to overrun the world. The doors of nations tba", are closed today can be opened. Even European powers are now closing their doors against Chinese, but forcing the open- ! ?UK of Chinese doors to foieigneni, so will it lie in the power o? Cnina to close and keep closet its doors against j outriders and to force opel the doors of the western nations. T lat is why ; I believe Litis sympathy for the Japan ese will change." Mr. Yamochimo expresses the opinion that the J ap??ese- lt uss i a war will develop Into an international con-' flict. He thinks that either Germany ', or Franc will hr forced in lirst because of'tnAftU' interest in the Far East, and ' beeaus of drong sympathy for Russia. The lil 1 .' Empire, will come in later,' bul will get a full share ol everyiMiing, .just as it bas always dem:. Then I he Coiled States will be foie.M? lui . ?lie conflict. ll may be slower Iban the ot hers, even more so than Eh} land, hut t bis govern ment has assumed a position in thc Orient from which it cannot recede. "What will bc the result ol' the war no one can foresee, bul that thc conllicl now going on ls the bej inning of one of the great, period* the world's his tory must be ci meedoo I regarded Ibis te; imony of the intelligent, and .'er\ frank Japanese merchant as vcr j itnj because it reveals l be t rue. < ?rle ital ambit ion. A great many people mike Ight of the "Yellow Peril," ul til I Nit|.m did not and Karl \\ i does not. It may bc that t ho fen linen have minds superior to thi remarkable persons, but on thal pi ni lhere may be difference of jud) inei.i il any rate, if we are to accept Jw testi mony, expressed I Mi \ unocinio the triumph of lapau an i he conse quential reawakening o?< bina, asan industrial and mania nai ion, bodes ill for Etiroi .,1, and com mercially threatens the ! ni ted States. Some peopli thai I will take many years ; ?sh the reform of China, u>,- Indicated, but they for get that Japan luis risen gigantically, in their own dav, and in case off j Japanese domin?t ion, ( bina w ill be no lv?ggarji "llowe^" Ido not expect, to con vince anyuby, ..,,.itos1 his will, but simply suggest that Si;. Vainoclmo's| revelation be taken into account. Personally, I am quite cont eut to await events, for. as Fredrick the Great said: 'Battles are fought be yond the stars,' that is, the destinies of the world are shaped by the Killer of Nat ions, and not by the opinions of of mankind." Killed Herself. Mrs. Horace G. Allis, formerly a prominent society leader in Little Rock, Ark., committed suicide at the county hospital by hanging herself with strips of bed clothes. Her hus band was atone time presiden! o? the First National Hank, of that city. He was tried hy the United States court and given five years in the peni tentlary for wrecking that bank. His wife waB well known over thc state and the disgrace attending her hus band's downfall sent her Into seclu sion. Her husband was pardoned af ter sewing three years. On his re lease she pleaded with him to return to heil and live down disgface, tut he refused. He was the promoter and inciter of the Little Rock street .vay company and numerous other iclal concerns. " PREPARING* FOR A GRAB. . Cobgrfcss W'a?Tts tojttulsc Their Own "ami Offu'r S?hnten. It would seem from the various comments that were passed on the bill asking for au appropriation of $1)0, 000 from Congress.-for a new stable for the President, that this ab least would have detterred his friends from spring ing another surprise on the country, as Senator Gallinger did when he ask-jd that tlie President's salary be increas ed 825,000 per annum. The reipiest is in the shape of a hill. It is to be discussed al t his session. The (ballin ger bill raises the salary of tho Presi dent to $75,000; that of the Yiee I'resident to ilf>,000; of the Speaker of the House to $12.000; of Cabinet officers to $15,000: of Senators, Repre sentatives and delegates to $8,000. The proposed increase are to go into effect March 4, li)U5. lt is recalled that a bili increasing the salaries of members of Congress to $7,500 was passed in 1873. A storm of protest was aroused all over the country, many vet evan meiiiuers of Congress were retired to private life, and the succcding Congress repealed the law. lt is pointed out by friends ol' the Gallinger bill, however, that the in dignation ol" the people was aroused by a measure which, is absent from the present proposition-the retroactive. The Congressmen of 1S~3 paid them selves their back salary to the begin ning of that tenn, and likewise their mileage. This was generally denomi nated "a grab," and the Gallinger bill, it is claimed, seeks to avoid a like J condemnation. The ground for the (ballinger bill was apparently laid on February 2? by j Senator Hoar, who talked on the sub ject of Senators salaries being inade quate. The question was on provid- j ing suitable quarters for Senators, the, Democrats having urged that the j Republicans had known for a Icing lime, that the Democratic Senators, or a number of them, were g^ven quarters j in an unsafe and condemned building. In the course of his speech Senator Hoar made the following significan) iv marks: "Our salary is also now lower in practical value than it was before il was raised li ft y years ago. And yet the one thing that we do not seem to have courage enough to do is to say to t he people of t he United .States t hat t he compens?t ion of this important of fice shall be ut least in some degree adequate to its dignity and character. "Take the salary of a judge of the District Court of the United States. ls t here a judge of a district court of the United State who would not con soler his promot ion .to the Senate of the United States an advance lu dignity a?'d authority V And yet we have put up their salaries and the salaries ott lie judges of the . Circuit, ('oin ks to $0,000 and $7,f>iH) and do not venture to touch our own." And now the Gallinger lull is sprung. There is very lit t le quest ion that the proposition, in many respects, is one which has thc Pres'dent alone in mind and it is not improbable that Senator (ballinger wrote his hill after confer ence with leaders in the party who j bask in the White House sunshine. A Deserved llebukc. The Aiken correspondent of The News and Courier says when benjamin Buford, the white manTound guilty of manslaughter in killing the negro, Larry Blackmore, was presented he fore Judge Purdy for sentence, he was asked by his honor if he had anything to say why sentence of the court should not he passed upon him. Unfold replied: " Not hing your honor," and held up the lapel of his coat, on which was pinned thc emblem of thc Masonic Fraternity. Iii-had previously given a sign, which .Midge Purdy, heine, a Mason, did not fail to recognize. Thc man's objeel was evident and Judge Purdy st reidy said: "That badge can do you no good her?;. Voil arc not lit to wear it. Tn row it away. You have violated al! that is good and noble that emblem represents, and you are no brother ol mine. The sentence ol' the court isthat you shall serve t wei ve years in the state penitentiary at hard labor. You can thank your counsel for saving your neck. A Horrible Death. A horrible accident was reported Wednesday night to Coroner Green as happening to the lit Me four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Suydam, who live about lill ccu miles from Columbia, on the Garners' Ferry road. The parents of the little child caine to the city Wednesday, and the : child, on her way home from school, stopped to play on a pile of logs near the house. While on top, one of - the logs turned and she was caught be tween several and Instantly killed, her head being crushed. It, was some time later that the body was found and iL was late before the parents were, notified. Consequently they were not able to leave until after dark. ' Thc Inquest has been held and the funeral will he held, thursday. Co lumbia Record. A Kool is li Pair. A dispat di to the Augusta Chron icle says Willie Pincher, a lad of Ll, and Kinma Mann, a little, maid who boast of only l-l summers, the pair hailing from Goldville, Ala., drove into West Point Ga., Thursday in a rather dilapidated turnout and creat ed astonishment hy announcing their desire to lind a minister or justice who would make t hem man and wife. ' Young Pincher said he had the per mission of iln: girl's parents as well as her own, but, that the Alabama laws interfered with his happiness. Noone could be found who would tie the knot, and to make matters worse, the would-be groom found himself devoid of funds. A purse was made up for the pair and they drove, into Harris county hoping to lind some one to officiate at their wedding. State Campaign. State Chairman Wilie Jones has called a meeting ol' the executive com mittee of the Democarfic party, to be held in Columbia on Tuesday evening, April 5th, in the olllce of the secre tary of state. Tho state" committee will tlx the time for the stat ^.conven tion, at which delegates will ? i elect? ed to the national Democratic cwyen tion. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. ? Groat Skyscraper Frame Collapse! in New York. SEVERAL PERSONS ARE KILLED. Criminal CarolenHnCBB on thc Part or tho Contractors. Who Had OiHrcKiirilcil Kepoated Warnings. [n the city of New York fourteen persons, are believed to have been i killed, about a score injured and sev eral are missing through the collapse Wednesday of the steel skelton of the Hotel Darlington, a 13-story apart : ment house in course of erection at ; 57 Forty-sixth street. The steel ? frame work had been erected as far as Hie eleventh Moor and the structure was swarming with iron workers, masons and laborers, when, without an Instant's warning, the upper Moor sagged and collapsed and tlie whole structure fell with a crasii that was heard for blocks, and shook all the I buildings in tlie vicinity. A portion j of the steel frame fell upon th? rear j of thc Hotel Patterson, on West For- ] Ity-seventh street, crushing In the! wall of Hie dining room and killing ! Mrs. 1011a Lacey Stoors, the wife of ' Krank Storrs, a wealthy resident of Rye, Westchester county, as she was sitting at luncheon with the wife of thc Rev. Dr. Minot Savage, who escaped unhurt. Tlie cause of the disaster generally accepted is the overloading of the doors. Foreman James Halpin, in charge of the Iron workers, stated that there was a large quantity of cement and other building material on the fifth door, and that on the ninth lloor were tlie three Iron beams which were to have been used In con structing tlie remaining doors or the buildings. That criminal careless ness is chargeable to somebody is shown by the fact that the building department had placed repeated "violations" against the hull ling, thc last one being flied Wednesday at thc instance of Inspector Charles French, because "the side walls wi rc more I than two stories in advance of the front walls, and the ll tor beams were not properly hnlfcdand tied." In spite of this and previous warn ings, those responsible for J^c con struction of thc building we it ahead regardless of consequences. Adj.lin ing thc collapsed building on Jie west is thc four-story brownstone lesidence of Harold brown. S ?me of Hie huge iron beams struck the side of tbe house and stove li?les in Hie wall and roof and dislogcd a part of the brownstone front which was thrown to tiie street.! The occupants escaped uninjured. On the east s de is a house occupied by A. Walpole (Jragie as a school for boys. The pupils had gone home to luncheon a few minutes | before the crash occurred. S ime of j tlie beams struck the house tearing off a portion of the roof and s nashing holes in Hie side walls. Mrs. Storrs whose husband ls in bondon, langland, was sitting In lun cheon with M r.s. Savage w hen the crash came, and she and Ernest Meier, a waiter, were instantly burled under thc debris thc roof ani walls. | Mrs. Savage barely escape 1 being , struck but her skirt was pinned to the lloor by a mass of fallen bricks. ' Mrs. Storrs was breathing when ex tricated, but died within a few min- { utes. The waiter is believed to bc; injured. The other occupants of the . dining room escaped unhurt. The Hotel Tatterson was shaken to its j foundations and Hie rear tire escapes ; on seven stories were torn from their fastenings and all the windows on these doors were smashed. The oc cupants of these apartments hastily , quitted thc building. Kev. Minot J. 1 Savage was ill in his apartments inj thc front of the hotel at tile lime of thc collapse. At ll o'clock tonight thea ntractor in charge of the wrecking work said that his men had discovered seven bodies and that two were known to lie pinned under tlie wreckage on thc east side of the building; Splendid work was done by the tire men, who at thc i i sk of their lives, crowded under the tangled wreckage to rescue thc imprisoned workmen. They were accompanied by Chaplain Smith of the tire department, who ad ministered the last riles of tl cchurch to several of thc injured. Harold Clark, a watchman, was rescued un hurt from Hie cellar after teing im prisoned for four hours. He .'.aid that lie left Frank Allison,, one of the owners and builders, on the ninth tl >or a few minutes before thc crash. , Patrick Murphy, the engineer of thc hoisting engine, and six workmen were arrested and held as witnesses. Representatives of the district attor ney's olllce examined thewTick Wed nesday and liegan an investigation to place the responsibility for thc disaster._ Deadly Uran . Pin. A special dispatch from Marion to Tlie State says Mrs. E. I!. Boxworth is dead as the result of picking a fever blister with a brass pin. She was apparently In good health when a small blister appeared on ber lip and she picked it with a pin, after which it festered and blood poisoning fol lowed. She suffered a great deal until death relieved her. Mr. Boxworth was Miss Leola baker, a daughter of Mr. R. I?. baker, and lived in the Centenary neighborhood, about 1- ; miles from Marion. She was a noble? hearted, Christian woman. Her unex pected death has casi, a gloom over the community and caused sorrow in many bcai I.s._ A Woman Scalped. At Covington, Ha., Mrs. J. W. Wor sham, wife of the superintendent ot thc Covington cotton mills, suffered Thursday from a distressing accident, as the result of which she may die. While in Hie basement of thc mill her hair was caught In some belting of moving machinery and she was scalped, the skin and hal: being torn from her nose to the back of her neck. The machinery was stopped as soon as possible and she was rescued from lier precarious position. Her condi tion is serious, and her physicians can- j not tell what may be the outcome, aside from the permanent disfigure ment. A H0? TIME. ?rover Cleveland Charged With Din ing With a Negro Man. There was a red hot debate in Uie house on Monday, During which Mr. Scott asked Mr. Gilbert if bc did not know th' ? a negro dined at the White ?louse during Presideut Cleveland's drat administration, to which Mr. Gilbert replied that thc Democrats were not particularly claiming Mr. Cleveland, and that he wat not a Urst class Democrat. Mr. Scott then said that C. H. .J. Taylor, a negro from Georgia, was brought to Washington and was taken to the White House when Mr. Cleveland invited him to dine with him, which Invitation be said, was accepted. Mr. Scott drew a contrast between Washington and Ta>lor, saying the former was a man ol' recognized abil ity and had been the guest of distin guished people at home and abroad, including Queen Victoria, and declar ed that the later had nothing to com mend him save the claim that he car ried the Democratic negro vote in his pocket. He said rurthcr that Taylor had been appointed to a position in Washington. "And by Cleveland," suggested a voice on thc Republican side. Continuing, Mr. Gilbert said that in the Spanish war there were Gener al Miles, commanding general of the army; Admiral Dewey at Manila, Ad miral Schlcy, < ?ener?is, Lee, Wheeler and Hell, all of whom were Demo crats. Cn the other side he said there was a member of thc Republican cab inet accused of sending embalmed beef to the soldiers. "Then," he said, "there was a Republican norse doctor sent to Cuba who was accused of be friending the gamblers and lawbreak ers." He referred to the conviction of Rathbone and Neely and alluded to General Funston, who, lie charged, had violated the rules of ci viii/. ;d war- j fare in wearing i/ne uniform of an enemy in the cap'urc of Aguinaldo. He next referred to General Davis, "who," he said, "sold rice and other provisions to starving natives at enor mous profits." Tlie Republicans had promised to destroy trusts, declared Mr. Gilbert, but tiley now had a bill in bbc senate "making lawful all reasonable trusts and repealing the imprisv' -.ment clause of the Sherman law as to crimi nals." Mr. Dalzell (l'a.) discusssiiig Cana dian reciprocity, said he had been un able Lo lind, after exhaustive research, a single, solitary argument which would justify thc negotiation of a re ciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada; Mr. Williams (Miss.), responding to Mr. Dalzell, asked thc majority why they did not pass thc Kasson treaties which, be said, represented McKinley reciprocity. [DISPENSARY EMPLOYES. Som.' Fal .lobs Mr. Tatum tina to Clive Ou.. Tl e Cdumbia State says sixty em ployes on a $2,-lui) a month pay roll at the State dispensary aie on the anx ious bench to know what the new commissioner, Mr. W. (J. Tatum, is preparing tu do with their heads. Mr. Tatum is keeping painfully silent on the subject, and while the greater number of the present employes are expecting to retain their respective positions, Lhe commissioner is being besieged from every section of the State Hy applicants for all sorts of jobs, lt is Lhought the tension will1 he relieved now in a few days, as Mr. Tatum is expected to announce his appintments when he. comes herc to take charge early this week. Only one man knows so far "where he ls at." This is Mr. G. Ii. Charles, vs ho as chief h jokkeeper and secretary to the hoard of directors lias been re appointed by the board with the ap proval of tiie commissioner. Mr. Charles has great strength with the management on account of his compe tency and long service, and he is pop ular with thc other employes. Ile receives a salary of i 1.10 a month. Thc Incumbents of the other lea 1 ing positions with the monthly salar- , ? es they receive are: Superintendent -T. K. Dickson, 412,-,. Assistant Superintendent .1. E. Kar hard t, 805. Shipping Clerk-Ctiarles .1. Lynch, .S12?. Receiving ('.erk -W. .). Powers,! $100. Five Traveling Inspectors- W. J. McCartha, N. II. S tansell, '/.. A. Sear son, A. IT. Dean and Clarence L. Brown, each $100 and expenses. Four Bookkeepers-M. H. Mobley, B. A. Hawkins, W. N. Kider and T. W. Collins, *r_\*. each. Revenue Clerk T. I'. C. Reasoner, &".">. The new board is expected to hold its lirsL regular monthly meeting on the ?Lb of Mareil. A Slander Nailed. In reply to news which has been talked, it is false. As 1 am well known over the State and 1 know that noue can prove such against me, as I now remain single. 1 want one, and all to know lt. As 1 have been charged with having a wife. Now if there is any woman who wishes Lo make any snob claim against me, this is the time for I would like to know wno it may be. if news carriers would mind their own business, our county would be far better oil. As I learn, there arc many who seem to he interested in rac, Just bear in mind, if I ever get married, there, will lie many who will sing ann shout "Dixie." As 1 have been hearing bad news and my name is a dayly song: it must bc stopped now, at once. - A. M. .1., in Walterboro Press and Standard. Otv? lip tho Job. Postmaster E. S. Parnell of i nion Junction, Ark., bas resigned because he h. afraid of being killed by feudlsts. i Four members of his f iraily have been j assassinated within the past fifteen months, and be intends to hunt a saf pilme. GIVES IT THE LIE Grover Says He Did ^Not Lunch "Witli a Colored Man AS CHARGED T? Y A CONGRE SM AN. Social I equality ol' thc Itooseveltion 1 Variety Discussed in a Very l'iain Manner in the House Thurndny. In the houseThursday a letter from Grover Cleveland to Representative Webb of North Carolina was read de nying that C. H. J. Taylor, a negro, bad dined with him at the White j House while he was president, as! charged by Representative Scott of Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Webb said he had writteu the former presi dent sending him an extract from The Congressional Record und asking ii the statements made by Mr. Scott were true. ' "This morning," he said, "1 receiv ed tlie followiug reply," which he read amid, applause: Princeton, N. J., March 2. E. Y. Webb, 'House of Representa tives. Dear Sir: It ls a matter of small concern to me that Mr. Scott has seen lit to use my name in a display of lils evil propensities on the Moor of the house of representatives. lu an swer to your inquiry, however, I have to say of his statement that the col ored man, C. H. J. Taylor, took lunch with me at the White Hoi.se that it is a deliberate fabrication out of the whole cloth. As far as Mr. Taylor is concerned, I understiind, prior to his appointment as register of deeds at Washington that he had served as an assistant in the util ce of the city attorney at Kan- ; sas City. His nomination as register ? was con tir med by the senate and lie ? served in that place with intelligence I and elheiency. He has since died. | Some people restrain themselves Trom abusing thc dead. My Inquiries concerning Mr. Taylor before lils appointment, my observa tion of him during Iiis incumbency, and the little. I have known of him since sal isfy me that his character is very unjustly attacked in the diatribe of Mr. Scott. One (barge is made against Mr.! Taylor l y Mr. Scott whicli he doubly ! clinches with trutli when Jie declares, j "Ile wa; a black negro." I am led, ! however, to doubt his familiarity with his suggestion when he adds: "As black as you ever ssw." Yours very truly, . G nov EU CLEV ULAND. Mr. Webb, said he~wat ted this de nial t.o~*r?- '.UVrt??r-t bo.j.tatement of Mr. Scott n. ght fie overtaken.- -- '-' "Mr. Cleveland was a Irlend of the negro, but not a fool friend," said Mr. J Webb. "He never by wt rd or action encouraged thc dream of social equal- ! ity in the breast of the dacie man." I This was greeted with ipplause by j thc Democrats. "Again," he continuel, "he was the frier d of colored men. but he also was the friend of tlie soi them white nan and sympathized with us in our! n.ce problems and race burdens, and that, sir, is more than Mr. Roosevelt seems ever to have done..' Mr. Scott said lie accepted the . statement of Mr. Cleveland as true and offered his apology to the former president. In justice to himself, said Mr Scott, lie desired to say that he never before heard the report denied. Mr. Swanson of Virginia asked Mr. i Scott where lie had heard the report, to which Mr. Scott replied that he had seen the statement in newspa pers. Mr. Swanson asked further for a copy of tl newspaper containing tlie statement. Mr. Scott explained that these statements were made several years ago and the papers might not j ba easily procured. He said that he I had made full apology to Mr. Cleve land. Mr. Scott added that he had brought to Mr. Cleveland for the tirst time in four years applause from the ; I ?einocratle side. This was loudly applauded upon the majority side of thc chamber. Mr. Williamsville minority leader, charged that Mr. Roosevelt bad dined Hookes Washington to carry tlie light of example to the south which does not believe In social equality. When a ? question is raised, he said, against the appointment, of a negro to positions in the south the statement is made that there can be no discrimination on ac c amt of color: but, continued Mr. Williams, tlie administration would not appoint a Chinaman as a postmas ter on thc Pacltio coast if lie possessed thc ability of Li Hung Chang. Mr. William , said tlie whole incident was a telling blow at the abstract theory of general equality and tin t it "is a discovery of Hie underlying hy pro crisy of tile contention thu., all men are socially equal, regardless of color, race, traits and tendencies." Mr. Scott desired to know who had been asserting social equality. "I have understood," replied Mr. Williams, "that the political theory of your household political faith for tlie last 20 years has been that men, regardless of color, race, traits, ten dencies, characteristics, capabilities or what-not ought tobe strictly equal politically," and said social equality must follow. "Hut that is not all, the head of .your party set thc example of social equality In the only mannet it eau lie set by inviting a black man toa: table." Mr. Williams said thal; ir what thc! president had done was not to carry the light of example it was done for no purpose at all. "It was an unconscious exhibition.' continued the minority leader, "of tlie arrogance that teaches men now and then to shed the light of example upon thc benighted white population of the south." Mr. Williams went on: "Nor am I quarreling with Mr. Roosevelt, nor have I quarreled with him at all. He bas a perfect right to Invite a colored man If lie chooses, but as far as I know he waited until lie vas president of thc Uuited States so ty could bear an oflioial stamp before pe ever did lt." Mr. Scott said he had ^ade no Im putation of fault against? Mr. Clcvc land. He had simply pointed to>the allegation he made because thc Demo cratic party had gone luto hysterics because one man bad invited a col ored man to his table." "All right," said Mr. Williams, "1 am glad to hear that because I thought the gentleman had a sharp stick and was after my dear and much adored old friend, Grover Cleveland." (Laughter.) Further discussion was cut short by a point of order. A LOCAL OPTION MEASURE Pcrmlttiuft Townships to Vote Upon Special Hoad Tax. The special township road tax law, recently enacted by the general as sembly, is of much Interest to the residents of South Carolina. The ast is so explicit that it is reproduced lu full: ''The voters or electors of any town ship who return real or personal prop erty for taxation, are authorized to levy and collect an annual joad tax, to supplement any special or other funds for like purposes, in the following manner: Upon the written petition or request of at least one-fourth of the resident electors of the township and a like proportion of the resident free-holders of the age of 21 years, as shown by the tax books o? the county, hoing tiled with the county board of commissioners, asking for thc same and stating the rate of the tax levy proposed which shall not exceed two mills, the said county board of commissioners shall order tho township board of assessors of sa d township to lind an election at some place within thc township, after giv ing notice of the time and place there of f ir at least tvro weeks in some newspaper published within thc county, and by pissing notice there of in at least three public places within such township, for such length of t'me, unless there be no new sp iper published within thc coun ty, which event the posting of the no tices as above shall sufllee. At which said election only such electors as re turn real or personal property for tax ati >n, and who exhibit their tax re-1 eel;.ts and registration certificates as required in general elections, shall be all? wed to vote. For said election the tov nshlp Kiard of assessors shall ap poi it the managers, and the election Shi 1 be cinducted as is provided by law for tl e conduct of general elec tio :s. At f-aid election each elector fav iring tl e proposed levy shall casta ballot cortaining the word 'Ves,' printed or written thereon; and each elector opiosed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word 'No,' prb.ted or writen thereon. Within ten days af ter such election, if the majority tf those voting shall vote for such J?vvj thc board ot assessors Shalt furnish thc county auditor with a statemei t of the amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter the same in the tax 3uplleate; and he shall an nually, for two years only, enter said amount in bbc tax duplicates; and the county tre; surershall collect the same as other co ?uty and State taxes. Such levy shall I e a lien on the property In such township, which shall be subject thereto In ':ase of default of payment. I Sa'd tax sc collected shall be used for the improvement of the public rtads of the township, and shall be paid out by the coin ty treasurer upon warrants drawn by t ie county board of commis sioners, countersigned by the chair man of the township board of asses sors: Provided, That any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer at the expira tion of any tiscal year shall be paid out the next year for tbe same pur pose." PROTECTION OF BIRDS. It Would in IJAI-KO Measure Solve the ?oil Weevil Problem. In all this talk about expenditures for helping the farmers in the cotton belt to kill the boll weevil-govern ment help that, wc believe, is never extended io northern farmers when their crops are menaced-it is strange that not on,e congressman bas blt upon the cause of the trouble. The weevil multiplies because the birds tbat would otherwise consume it are being killed otT. Here is a preposition to spend large sums of federa money to help the men who have been killing their best i'riends. Last year the ra va- i gesof the boll weevil in Texas amount ed to $2?,l)?u,00?. Did the gains of the compensate for that? Will the profits of all tbe feather corkers In the world imcnd for the hus to be In dicted on the cotton growers In our southern tier, if the weevil Increases bis pasturage? If so, and the whole cotton belt suffers as Texas has suf fered, it is estimated that the loss will equal a quarter of a billion annually. The man who kills the bird that bas been eating the grubs and beetles in Iiis orchards and plantations, be cause be can convert the bird's skin into merchandise worth a few cents, brings upon himself the means of fail ure, and deserves that failure when lt co .nos, for the wearings he bas receiv ed have been plentiful!. The women, who are responsible for the enormous slaughter of our songsters, because they wanted their dead bodies to wear in hats, arc realizing the necessity for reform in this matter, and among tin thinking members of tbe sex the fashion of bird wearing has gone out. Tl :re are, however, thousands of the Ign ?rant and iii bred who advertise th ir vulgarity by the wearing of dead au iials upon their clothing, and so loi < as tbe want exists there will bc foi nd mc i base enough to supply it, j though tb J cost is a high one. Take ! tin-shotgun away from the southerner I for a few seasons, and wo shall bear less of weevils, and less of appropria tions. _ Helps Japan. Tho Turkish government has resolv ed to forcibly prevent the Russia Black sea Meet from passing through the Dardanells, and a light will prob ably occur should such an attempt be made. The defenses along the straits have been strengthened and minos have been laid. An olllcor has also been appointed especially to supervise defensive measures. The reason for Turkey's bold action, it Is learned, Is that strong representations have been made by the powers against such a breach of Russia's treaty obligations. ? HOMES AND LIVES Pay a Heavy 'Tribute to tho Haging Prairie Fires. A dispatch from Lawton, Okla., says prairie tires that sweptover large portion of Kiowa and Comanche cou?-4 ties Thursday night, destroyed hun dreds of farm buildings and much live stock, made 1,000 persons homeless, caused tho death of several persons, threatened a number of towns and swept away Fcores of buildings on the outskirts of the towns. The follow ing deaths are verified: Dr. Harmond, 6ix miles from Law ' ton; body found. Unknown boy, body found OD ! prairie near Lawtoo, burned beyond identification. John Harmond and a daughter of Mrs. Henderson, living near Lawton were fatally bumed. The country was very dry, no rain having rallen for months. Grass and stubble tires, set by farmers as is cus tomary at at this season of the year, were driven beyond control by a vio lent gale which rose suddenly. Estimates of the loss exceed $200, 000. Report says that more fatalities are expected as the reports from some dis tricts are meagre. At Hobart, the county scat of Kiowa county, the tire appracbed from the east, destroying the stables and fifteen race horses, tifteeu residences, two business houses aud various small buildings. Spreading to the south west, the tire swept seventy-five thousand acres of military and timber reserve and Indian school reserve, de stroying several Indian houses and forty head of government cattle. Spreading westward the flames cov ered miles of the homestead district, destroying houses, barns and stock. It was in this district that tive per sons are reported to have perished in attempting to protect their property. L HO Ut.uj^.i . tjii i \r \- ..l* ? \s Jvvu .V.U.. UVU . They are as follows: Dock and John Harmon, brothers, and a man named Fisher. The other two were women and their names have not yet been learned. Late at night the tires began mov ing ?ou th ward''toward the city. At midt.ight tive thousand people of the city were battling with the approach ing llamos. The advance line of thc fire was fully two miles in length and caiDt in a semi circular form. A thousand men turned their ef forts to checking the grass hurders of the reservation at the city limits. Water from every source, carried in every conceivable way, was distributed along this line and all around the city limits. This served the purpose of checking the advance lines of the fire, but wasof llttle^avail in hindering the continual rolling of the fire brands into the street of the city. In more than a hundred places Hames arose from dwellings, barns and outhouses, but wherever a blaze'grew nen were present to quench it with water. As a result of the ecol judgraeit of the fire-fighters the city's loss, was only 810,000. Families lay out in tlu prairie throughout the freezing nil ht after .he storm had passed with only thin clothes on their backs. Hundreds of n< opie are destitute and are suffering Intensely from the cold. AN INSANE SOLDIER Violto tlie War Department und | SbootB Down Two Soldiers. At Washington armed with a 38 callbre revolver, Wm. J. O'Brien, alias Wm. Duffy, an insane discharged soldier Thursday entered the war de partment and going to room 227 in the mail and record division, shot Robert J. Manning, a messenger, and Arthur Wiecker, a clerk. Miss Emma Saxton, another clerk, barely missed being shot through the head. The injury tc Manning is on the right side Just above the kidneys and is regarded as dangerous. Wiecker was shot in the left arm above the elbow. Before t he maniac could Ure a third time he was overpowered by James J. Dawson, a, messenger. It required the com bined strength of half a dozen men to finally subdue the man. Piominent among them was Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Ohat?ee, chief-of-staff. The lunatic still held the smoking weaptn In his hand when Gen. Chaffce noticed it and with his left hand took the wea ; pon from him and also the pipers in j his pocket. Majs. Kean and Ireland, j if the surgeon general's sti ff, were ? hastily sent for and gave tint aid to i thc injured men before tl ey were taken to the Emergency hospital. O'Brien or Duffy in talking to Charles Brandt, thc chief of the divi sion, expressed di:;r.atlsfaction with his discharge papern. Then without a word of warning he drew the pintol from his pocket and aimed it directly at Brandt's head. Brandt ducked and the bullet entered the arm of Wiecker. He then turned the weapon on Miss Saxton and fired. She, too, dodged and thc bnllct struck Manning. O'Brien was taken to the police station, lt requiring four men to get him out of the building. O'Brien was admitted to St. Elizabeth's asy lum In 1893. He later wan paroled but returned In 1897. Ho served in the Sixth cavalry ana Third artillery. No Sloop in Ten Years. A bert Herpin, born In France in 18(52 and for fifteen years a hostler in the employ of Walter Phares, of Tren ton, N. J., declares he has not slept a wink in the last ten years and that his eyes seldom closed in slumber for several years preceding. Notwith standing this, he does not seem to suffer any discomfort from his remark able condition. He goes to bed re gularly, but says he never closes his eyes, or at least never for an Instant loses consciousness of all that ls go ing on about him. In the morning he arises refreshed and ready for another day's work. He-declares tho ohange of position and the darkness of tho room seem to give him all tho rest he requires. The man's story ls sustain ed by physicians who have examined him and who have made vain efforts to afford relief. j TEACHERS WANTED By the United States in the Philippine Island Schools. HOW TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. Unmarried Women Not KUiglble for Kxamlnatton, but Wll'be Glvon -, Proforeo.ce If Their HUB bands are Selected. ^ The United ' States Civil Service Commission announces an examina tion on March 29-30, for the position ?of teacher in the Philippine Service. Information has been received from the Insula Bureau of the War Depart ment that 150 additional teachers will be required early in June. The salary of this position ranges from $900 to $1,200 pc- annum and will be based upon the experience and the rel ative standing in the examination. Those appointed will be eligible for" promotion to the higher grades in the service, ranging from $900 to $2,000 for teachers, and from $1,500 to $2, 500 for division superintendents. Women will not be admitted to this examination, excepted that the wives of male applicants v iii be permitted to take the examination and, if they . pass will be preferred in appoint ments, provided their husbands are also selected for appointment. This examination is held in view of the ueeds ol the service and will not take the place of the examination schedule to be held on April 19. As peace has been established in the Philippines and the conditions of living are improving every month, this examination alfords an excellent opportunity for young men to enter an attractive service. Applicants for this examination should be devoted to their profession, and conscientious, energetic, aod successful workers. The examination will consist of ten obligatory subjects. There will be no optional subjects given at this Linie. Two days of seven hours each will be allowed for this examination. The tirst live subiects will be given on the tirst day, and the remaining subjects on thc second day. The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned below, which will be weighed as follows: Thesis (of not les.* than 300 words on. either subjects given, to test knowledge cf syntax, style, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization) 12.5; penmanship (rated on thesis), 5; Arithmetic (as comprised in the ordi nary grammar school text-books,) 12.5; English (as treated in the jrdi nary giammar school text-books, in cluding analysis and parsing), 12.5; Geography (mathematical, physical and political) 10; History aud civil gov ernment of the United States (ascov ered in the grammar school text-books and the CoLstitution of the United States),-12.-5: Physiology and hygene (as found in the grammar school text books), 7.5; Natuaral study and draw ing (involving a knowledge of the de velopment, growth, habits, and pecu liarities of thc more common animals and plants, methods of interesting pupils in the study of the same, and skill in the execution of illustrative drawing), 7.5; Science of teaching (comprising school governmenl, meth ods of teaching, duties of the teacher, etc.,) 10; Experience-, training, and titness (rated on Form 2), 10; total, 100. Age limit, 20 years: but preference in certification will be given to those who are under 40 years cf age. Each applicant wiii be required to submit to the examiner, on the day lie ls examined, a recent photograph, not more than three years old, of him self, which will be filed with his ex amination papers, as a means of iden tification in case he receives appoint ment. An unmounted photograph is preferred. The date, place and kind of examination, the examination num ber, and the year in which the photo graph was taken should be indicated on the photograph.-^ This examination is open to all citi zens of the United States who com ply with the requirements, and olfers an excelleut opportunity to entera service which has many attractive features and to see a most interesting part of the world, China and Japan are near at hand and are favorite places to visit during vacations. The Philippine Service ls classified, and the law contemplates promotions on the basis of merit from the lowest to the highest position. Appointees will bc required to pay their expenses from their homes to Manila. Persons who desire to compete should apply for application blanks at once._ Good for the Governor. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says a big cocking main was in terrupted Thursday by Sheriff J. D. Gilreath, acting under instructions from Gov. Hey ward, and there was great disappointment in the crowd numbering 150 who had come from North Carolina, Georgia and various points in this section. The rendevous was nearly live miles from the city, at McHee distillery, and the cock fight ing was about to begin when Sheriff Gilreath and his deputy drove upon the ground, which caused such con sternation a large number took to tho woods literally. A messenger was sont immediately to tire city for legal advice, and when Senator Dean was consulted this afternoon bc informed all that the sheriff was obeying in structions from the governor. The courier hurried back and it was agreed to stop any further proceedings. Sn bj oe I fur the Kool killer. A Brooklyn min ster, Rev. Cort land Myers, slated to his horrified congregation one Sunday that ho had not washed his hands s'nee he had shaken the band of President R >cs2 vdt the week before. Thc Minnea polis Times svys the congregation has been on the lookout for their pastor's resignation ever since, feeling con vinced that be ts qualifying fora pro fess jrshipinJjlmJD^ Thc .Japanese Won oiled. Seventy-one wounded ofllcers and men from the Japanese fleet arrived at Sasebo on the hospital ship Kobe Maru from Port Arthur. All these wore wounded in the attack upon Port Arthur.