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V -- - ' ??. . VOL. XVI. THE NEW DOCTRINE Pr?BCh*.d by S*irjt*tor McLhu in in Nt w Ydk THE COMMERCIAL AGE Hn Say# Furthtr lrdu>trin? D-vtlopmtnl lath? Rullrg Q j?stinn With All Oivil?z+d Notion*. At tbo annual dinner of tbo New York obambfr of orwmoro" bold Tuesday evening Sooretary IIay was tho principal speaker. Senator .John L. MoLaurin of South Carolina spoke to tho sontioiont: "Ti n Morroo dootrino of tho Twontieth ecn tury." Tho sonator doolavod that tho ruling question today with all nations, and ono to which all political question* aro subordinated is, "What o?n wo do to further industrial development and obtain substantial bwsinosB prosperity?" Spoakingof tho promulgation by "tbo infant republic" of the Monroe dootrino, ho raid that "any othnr policy would havo wrookod our government and boon an insurmountable barrier to our national growth, prosperity and progress." Now that wo havo beeomo "tho greatest exfort nation of tho world," tho "mightiest potentiality on earth for progress, civilization and human frocdom," wo can "do longer oontiuo our institutions and our destiny to this continent, but aro oompollcd by uDoontrollablo events to seek fraternity with other nations and to reach cut for now ohaDDcls of trado. "The Spanish war was tho ooeasion, not the cause. Tho report of Dewey's cannon in Manila b?v we-a Knt ?Vm mal announcement to the world of what you call on your rrograromo, 4lh? Twentieth century lUonroo dootrino,' but which I call tho 'McKinlcy dootrino, '?and a" 6uoh it will bo known to futuro ages " Senator McLaurin eluoidaUd iho McKinlcy dooliinc to bo ah follows: "FirBt, lbat as our own manifold fro duotiooB largely exootdod homo oon sumption tlo expansion of territory, trade and otuiiucrcc wan the only means of creating markets for our surplus products. "Scoond, that as a nation with a firmly established constitutional gov crnmcnt and enlarged national obligations, wo could no lomur abstain from participation in the affairs of tho world, but must tako our sharo of tho responsibility. "Third, that whi'o maintaining the dootrino that no government on tho American ooutinont must bo interfered with or oor.trolled by any European power, yet wo must cultivate friendly relations with thorn and bo propared to seek and control our sharo of the tiAdo of tho world. "Fourth, that wo should not and oould not as a nation safely shrink from tho full performance of all tho ro sponeibilitios cast upon us, but must mAwn forma r/1 ? V. .r. 1 A ?1 ? i.u.v.u.naiu VV VUU 1 U : U 11 ili t) 11 L UI CUT national destiny "Tho propositions cmbrao(d in this dootrino," said il>o speaker, ' will ho to the Twentieth oentury what the Mon roo dootrino was to tho Nineteenth. If, as a nation, wo would or.joy tho oouimoroial fruite wo nood and dosiro, wo must, liko individuals, inako na tional ventures and heroin efforts." Senator MoLaurin declared tho prinoiplos ombraood'in tho "McKinloy dootrino" to bo tho only ones which promiso tho stability ef rr^ tho full aooomp1 ibhuiooi of our national destiny. He prcdiotcd tliat this doo trino is to bo "our ohart aud compass until wo comploto another oyolo in na tional lifo and another movement to bo mado onward and upward." Tho spoakor spoko cf rcciprcoity treaties as ono cf tho features of this twentieth oentury Monroe dootrino and defined their principle to be that trado is not to bo frco on ono bielo and fettor cd on tho other; that goods aro not to bo taken from a foreign country froe of duty or at a low rate, uoloss that oountry take romothing from us freo of duty or at least at a low rato. "What wo need in this ccuntiy to ii ?_:J a. uny, o?iu iuu Beoaior, IB ft DOD pftrilH?n patriotism ard statesmanship, more dovoted to tho building up of our common oountry than lo party snoooss. Great national irni< a. involving the glory of our rej ublio aud i?? triumphant euootsf, as a free constitutional government, should not bo dwaifod into sectional and jarirsan questions. Lot us stand shoulder to shoulder, good Amerioans, no mattrr what our politics or what our 8'otior." In oonolusion Bcra'or MeLiurin said: ''All signs that cur mcdern oiviliattion is approaohiDg rnn of those momontous cris< n that oeour periodically in the hiBiory of ?ho human raoe. Antagonistic elements of feariul foroo are at work. It seems as if all prophecy pointed to America as the final battle ground between trror and truth, and it may bo that wo ?ro near tbat Gold of Armmagtddon dimly seen by poet aod painter, where tho brute nature of man and his immortal soul should Join in the groat battlo, which the good book tells us shall prcocdo tho dawn of that era of 'peace on oarth and good will toward mon.'" Governor elect Albert B, Cummins cf Iowa followed Senator MoLaurin Mr. Cummins said thero is a feeling in this oountry that industrial oombina tions aro tending to drift toward mo nopolies. Not a word oould be said, he deolared, againet industrial combinations, but a monopoly was quite a different thing from industrial oombinai tions, lit said thoro are two foroes to rcguUto priors?ono competition and the othor regulation by law. ' i know," Htii Mr Cummins, "that tbo peoplo of this oountr/ will not o! anH fni? i r 11 al ?i mA?A I IVA I UVI I ill 1'JVfUMVUIjr ?U/ mwic I than thoy would for a moD?rehial form of government. If we wish to prosoive the mtDbood cf our citizenship tho tiaio will ooino when it will bo neoes savy to Dationalizo Iho <iuostions whioh I aro now agitating tho publio mind in this particular domain." Tho last speaker of <bn evening was | tho Rov. Dr Dono'd Sago Maokay, who responded to tho toast "Tho higher ideal of civic rightet uhoobh." A REVOLTING CRIME, An Inhuman Mother Accused of Killirg Km Child. Tho police of Hoboken, N. .J , aro 1 investigating tho mystery of tho death ' of five-year old Euialiro Dale, who died Wednesday of stryebnino poisoning in Ilobokon. Tbo child was tho daughter of Harvov S. Dalo, manager of a lifo insurance agency in Chicago. Mrs. Dalo arrived at Bneoh's hotol Saturday night. Aooording to statements mado by hor, sho has not boon fooling well J and had boon taking stryebnino tab- 1 lots. Monday night, sho said, sho loft tho tablets on a dressing table, and wbilo she was asloop her child arose i and a?o three of them, thinking thov | wiro oacdy. "Hor orioH awoko, mo,' continued Mrs. Dale, "and 1 summoned Dr. Kudlioh." Dr. Kudlieh, who saw tho o'nild bofore and after death, said: ( "I was summonod to attond tho ohiid at midnight and remained with hor two hours, when sho had completely iooovorod and was fro ioking around tho room At 11 o'clock 1 was told over flirt frtlrt a\v?rtwa/\ # * 1% a - h . 1.1 ? ? ? -1 ? ^ w..?j ><>iU|iUuuo tu?v IUU UlliiU W?3 IIPRII bnd I sgiin went totho hotel. Mtb. Dalo told mo chat shortly after 1 left the ohild's hands and lcet began to got oold and that death soon followod." County Physician Converse, who was called in to view the body, declined to grr.ot a burial permit and the ohild's body was hold at the hotel pending tho mult of the polioo investigation and the arrival of the father from Chicago Mrs. Dale was a Miss Howe of Now Yora city. Her father was a physician who loft an estate from which Mrs Dalo roooived anincomo of $200 a month Mrs. Dalo was arrested on a charge of murder. Kdwnrd Waller, said to bo a friend cf Mrs. Dale, was also# takou into ou-jtooy, buf not uodor tho rr.urder charge. Mrs. D Jo did not show any unusual emotion when tho detectives placed her undor arrest until sho was told Waller, who had just arrivod from Philadelphia, had boon looked up. ''Well, if he's under arrest then take me, too." Polioo C*pt. Hayes and Assistant Prosooutor Vickors questioned her at length, after which it was decided that she bo kipt undor polioo guard at hor room iu her hotel uuttl morning Waller was kept in tho look up ??nd it is tho intention to arraign tho two be fore tho reoorde* in tho moruing. Twenty- Two Perished. What is likoly to prove tho most cirfa^tcrous accident that has ever oocurrod in a metallic mino in Colorado, resulted Wednesday from a fire, whioh burnod tho buildings at tho mouth of tho bullion tunnel, through which tho Smuggler Union mino is worked and under whioh tilled tho mino with deadly gaaos and emoko. It is impossible to give ovon an approximato of tho loss of life, but it is bolievod it will rtaoh nearly, it' not quit? 100. Twonty-v^o arc Known to bavo perished. Tho tire staitod oarly this morning from a defect iyo tluo in tho bunk house at tho mouth of tho tuncoi. it quickly communicated with tho other buildings. Tho douse stnoko from tho burn?ng converter hou?o, whioh was saturated with oil began pouriDg into tho tunnel, whioh with tho shafts of tho mine actod as a chimney. Tho day shift of 200 mon had just gono on duty and before they could bo warned of their danger tho lovols and tho elopes wero filled with gas. As soon as tho mon booamo awaro of their daogor, offorls were made to rcaoh tho tarfaon through various oxits and about half of thobo in tho mino esnspsd. It will bo nnpoBBiDio to aaoortain tho number still in tho mino for sovoral hours, on so oount of tho gas in somo of tho lovols. Seventeen of tho 22 bodies found wore found on tho seventh lovol. Between 75 and 90 men wore working ou tho ninth lovol and this has not yot boon explcrtd. Oa aoount of tho gas and smoke, thoso levels oould not bo onter od bcoause of tho danger of suffocation for 12 hiurs sfcor tho lUmos started. A Horrible Death. A few moments after midnight Thursday an unknown man threw himself into one of the furnaces at SohoenOerger's mitls, Fourteenth an! F< ua streets, Pittsburg, Pa. Almost his en tiro body was roasted beyond identification, bis loft foot being tho only part not disfigured. A fow moments befo'o midnight tho man was s< on to enter the mill >ards and stand at the foot of tho hosting us go which carries ore and otbor supplies for the furnrci. Tho moment that a warning was sounded for the oago to asoond with its load three workmen saw the sulc'do Jump on tho platform and stand within a few foot of thorn. lie was pullod out about throo minutes later, evory part of his body rosoaibling a pieoe of half oookod meat. No one can remember having soon him before. It is piobahlo ho will never be identified. Tho body was removed to tho morgue. The man wai about 35 years of age, medium height, sandy mouataoho and apparently an Amerioan. He wore blaok laood shoes. \ . CCNWAY, S. ( FOR BETTER ROADS. Dsl<tgat*s App to tha QrsirCnrwenticn 3Y COVIRNOR McSWEENEY, From th ? at La'go as W?ll as From Each District, Thi? Nam*s of Thoss Who Art; Appoin*?d. In roepooso to tho rcquost of Former Lieutenant Governor Mauldin, ohairaian of tho oommittco on iuvitatiou and arraDgiuionta for tho big ^tato good reads gathering it ia proposed to hold in (Irrnt \:l!n nhnut thr* r.f nrvt month, Gov. McSwoonoy Tuesday announood tho appointmout of a number of dolegatos from tho Slato at largo and from oaoh of tho congressional districts. Tho govornor nays thai ho hap al ways felt a deop iutorcst in tho subject of good roads, ami hopes in thiij in 3tanoo to bo able to attond tho oonvonlion in person arid no'o tho ideas eugsoalcd by tho exporto with tho Southern good roada train llo will also by request addresB an official invitation to Sia-.o Geologist Holmes of North Caro lina to oouio to this gathering. Mr. Holmes ban already dory much for the building of good roads in this Slate. The governor in tho Holeotion of tho dc-lcgatoB has, ho nays, boon guided largely by his doeiro to eoooro men fooling an interof.t in iho work, men who would attend tho gathering and carry back to their several counties tho idoas j to bo presented by those giving tho obit ot lessons. Tho delegates named aro as follows: At Large?Gon M C Butlor, Edgcfiold; Hon Joe U Shopyard, Kdpofild: Earle Sioan, Siato geologist; Gon hi3ward McCrady, Cbuloston: F II Hyatt, Columbia, .1 1) M Shaw, Lau roos; VV S King, Darlington; Col It B Watson, Saluda; .'no B Cleveland, Spartanburg; Capt A A Browning, Hampton; T S Williams, Salnda; W 1) Evans, Marlboro; C S McCall, Ben notlavillo; .1 II Whatton, Waterloo; J no C Mobley, Winnsboro; and Capt Thomas Wilson, Salem First District?W P Cantwcll, .J Adger Smy'h, Charleston, W F Saunders, Beaufort; Nathan F Taylor, Boikoloy; B B Chandler, Kiogs>reo; S W ltoquie, Sr, Oeorgotown; W D Morgan, Georgetown; W Newton Jonoe, a .i i> ? iiunai n xiuLi. Hoooi d District?James M Boll, .Jr., Bailey Matthews, Saluda; W W A<iaius, Eigefield; .J no K Ei^aou, AikoD; F A Emanuel, Aikru; J J*' Gording, Damp iod; E J Bruco, Bsmberg; Washington Ilaiford, Barnwnl); .John Staubes Aiken; W It Parks, Parksvillo; W Scott Allen, Saluda; Col W 0 Mnuldin, llaujpiou. Third Pie*riot--.J N Niohols, Duo WcBt; .J N Yandivor; Anderson; S M Pool, Westminister; D D Stevens, Ptckonr; J no M Sohuinpcrt, Newberry; .J M Mtjore, Greenwood; D A P .Jordan, Greenwood; .J N Sullivan, Andsr son; W J Stribbiing, Ooonco, ar.d C F Tol.oy, Andorsou. Foarth Du-triot?S 11 Owons, J B Eikin, F S Karle, I) 11 Goblr, Columbia; Maobeth Young, Union; Aroh B Calvort, Spartanburg; J 0 Kiohio, Lin rens; J S Drummood, Laurens; ?J L Howell, Campobollo; T .J Bodonbaugh, Union; Adam II Hood, Winnsboro; J B Loonard, Spartanburg. Fifth Disiriot? .J C Wilborn, York; Jno F Gordon, Yorkvillc; W Q Cabkey, Lancaster; L A Wittkoweky, J B Pjrclps, Cauudot; Lo liuy Spriogs, Lanoastor; T A Crawford, Book Hill, .John K Culp, Chester; E H I)j Camp, .J B W'elohol), G*tJ<ny; K A Jolly, Grassy Pood; A W Love, Obouur; W J llod doy, Hook Ilill. Sixth X>istriot?W A Howling, Parlihgton; .James Staokhuuso, Marion; I) H Traxler, Timmonavillo; .J F Bokon, Tatum'e; J> D MoUoll, Jr., Bencottsville; E f King, Chesterfield; Thomas 0 Owens, Mauniug; A B MoBrydo, Klorenoe; Jos. Todd, Conway; J T Dosior, Marion; M E Coward, W W Mooro, Bonnotttvillo. Seventh Distriot?F .1 1) Felder, Lono Star; N F Tayloi, llugor's; J H Knight, Summerville; W H Knight ! Summorvillr; W H Hoc', Sumter; P II Cross, Lexington; Harry Adams, Con parse; J C .lacquer, Walterboro; Dr A E Williams, Uottagovillo. The Gospel Truth. Pay your dobts it you can; r.nd if you oan't, go and soo your orcoitor and make an honest, straightforward statement to him of yout conditio^ and prospects Don't wait for him to moo jou; don't dodge him on the streets; don't avoid him in a crowd; for ho of all others is tho man you ought to soo, ai d you cannot foel yoursolf to bo a man to tho full nv'r>nf nf *Via nntil ? ? v. >uu nviu uillJl JfUU JIHVU UiUb him with your head ercot, looked him >n the faoo and talked to him like a man. Thero is nothing tha-, will tako tho manhood out of one fastor and moro etfeo uilly than dodgiDg aDd hiding from a orcdilor.?(Hftuoy Ledger. He Knows It All. Tho breadth and depth of mind of President Eliot of Harvard were stHk ingly displayed in a speeoh he made tho other dav in Boston, says tl>o Albany Evening Journal. In litt o more than an hour ho diaouseod sukjeots ranging from foot ball to mnnioipal ownership of streot railways. Ho talkod on marriage for lovo, money, on tho European peasant women working in tho fields, on tho freo silver and divorces. Tho variety of his subjjots was amazing. Yet they all were handled in an expert and masterly wav. And moreover, ho was practical and oonvinoing. _ r i ... . . , ivvit J ,1 % II THURSDAY, NOVR KSPU8UC1N.1 AT ODDS Serious Diicussiou* May Occur iu the Ccmlng Congress. A dispatoh from Washington says unusual intcrost in tho ooming session of Congross is bcir.g mauifcstod in advaDoo of tho Assembling of tho liouso aud Scuato. l'ubiio mon aro discussing with groat oag.Tnoss tho many important questions ponding and whioh will corno up for oonsidoration during tho winter and npring months. Tho faot that there aro wide dif foronoc a of opinion ovor thoeo questions in tho party in power adds to tho in 'orostof tho oo-asion and drawa attention to tho viowa of \ romiuont mcmbc ra of tho national legislature as thoy roaoh tho oity. It looks a little now as if tho tables might bo turned and tho spirit of dis bonsion transferred from tho Domooratio aido of tho liouso to tho llcpub lioan honohoa. Tho Hopublioans aro protty badly torn up ovor tho quostious of tariff roviaioD, rooiprooity, war tax roduotion and ship aubaidioa. Thoro is fhis ditforoDoo botwoou thorn and tho Domoorata, howovor?it is poaaiblo to hold a oauoua and harmonizo their oon flioling opinions in a dofinito polioy. whioh would bo scrupulously followed when onoc decided upon. Sigua multi, ly that tho ship subsidy bill, propoHod by Sonator Fryo and backod by Sonator llanna, will moot with vigorous opposition in ltopublioan quartors. Troublo id brcwfng for tho bdl in aovrral Suto dologations. Indiana and Wiaoonain furnish tho moat oonapieuoua examplca, but opponents of tho bill aro aoattorcd generally through tho Wostorn d jlogatioui. Somo Hopublioan rcprosontalivoH in privato convocation declare poaitivoly that tlio bill shall cot becomo a law. Itr presents ivo Burton of tho Clovolar.d, Ohio, district, Senator llanna'n owd bailiwick, who id ouo of tho proui inont UepubMoaDS of tho llouso and will bo chairman of tho rivora and har bora oonmiittoo, is outapoken against tho nliip subsidy bill. Souio Woatorn representatives who havo airivod iu the past fow daya aay iu privato conversation that thoy foar th~ro will bo a tendency ou tho part of this House to ho extravagant in appropriations. Thoy roport that thero ia a fooling of that kind among their con etituonoios, and aay that ixtravaganoo, whilo kooping up hoavy iuternal rovo uuo taxo->, will ooitainly bo roaontod by tho pooplo in tho (Jocgroiaional oloo tiona ni xt fall. A Postoflioe ltobbed. Tho fiafo in tho postoffioo at .Jonravillo was blown opon WcdncBday nigh, and $2ljl) in stain i a aud cash wore taken. Tho town marehal had a fight with tho robbora, who osoapod. Too posteffioo ia iu the atoro of Williams Bros. Aoout a month ago this atcn waa broken opon and robbed. Night Marshall Claude Walkorwas about 200 jards from tho atoro when ho hoard an explosion. Ho hurried to tho atoro and found three men whom ho triod to arroBt. Afior a fight with pistola the men got away, starting in tho direction of Union. Dynamite had bjon used in gotting tho safo opon. Thrco strangers, whoso business was not discolored, woro soon about tho town yostoruay. Safo blowing has booome as common as onicicou atoaling in tho upoounlry. Scarooly a small town has eaoapod in tho laat year. Tho improasion ia do oidod that a gang ia at work, but so for no oluo has boon found and no ono has soon tho robbora until laat night. Safoa havo boon blown in Paooiot, Fair Foroat, Wollford and Oouvcrao. Two attempts havo been mado on Bonaon'a atoro at V/oliford. A lator report from Jonosvillo Rays tho amount takon from I tho aafo was $400. Tho aafo wan ruinod. No ono was hurt in tho fight botwocu tho watchman aod tho robbers.? Spartanburg Journal. Railroad Earning. According to compilations by tho Financial Uhroniolo, tho gross earnings of 105 railroads in tho United Statoa in October aggregated $77,583 000, an inoroaao of $8,232,000, or noarly 12 por oout. Tho oarninga of tho Northwes torn group woro bonofittod by tho hoavy spring whoat yiobl, whilo othor Hyatoms had to oontond with a smaller production of corn, barloy and oata. in spite of tho ootton shortage, the Soulh, woatcrn group inoroascd 10 por oont. : Tho gain in gross oarninga of 100 roads for the ton months to Novembor 1 ia I itSft 27.'t nnn iun . OOO 7 ? Twenty Eskimos Arrive. Twenty JOskiaiOH acd their dogs havo arrivt d in tho oity and arc at the midway ou tho exposition grounds. Tho K* kniio village will bo ooo of tho many attraotiona on tho midway during tho oxpoaition. Tho Eskimos attraotod oonsiderahlo attonlion upon thoir arrival, and when it was loarnod in tho oity tha?. thoy had gono into temporary quatcrs at too exposition grounds a largo crowd of poople wont out to the 'Tvorv Uity" to take a look at tho Es kimon, who oould be soon olad in fur suits walking about tho grounds ?Charleston Post. The Iconoclasts. Tho man who bas discovered that Gon. Putnam never rodo down that rooky preoipioe to ebcapo from the British ought to be supprersod. That is ono of the inalienable beliefs of Am orioans, and we have no patienoo wit! tho man who would disprove it. Noxt thing we know somebody will provt that there was no Paul Kevero, no Bos ton tea party, and wo know not wha next. Wo had rather believe a few iiei than have all the traditions of ohild hood dispelled. ""-"' I bo add M UK It 28. 1001 BEES 10 KILL MICK. Ajflcu'tural Department F<ndt Al?y in thn Philippine*. ftTiNOS OF THE LITTLE Insect Onld to fc* Poisonous to the flmal! Animals Will Be Introduced Into This Country. The ?gricultur?l dopurtuncnt at Washington in to tuako a dotoruiiriod nlteuk upon the Auocriean tiold inouso. 11 in extermination in ocrtain localities lias boon resolved upon and tbo Philippine burubloboo is to bo brought into sorvioo as the cxcoutiouor. This vas tbo Rtatoinont wade by l'rof. C 11. Kiloy, of the doparttnont, who passed through Ohieago last week An rilllt A in St? n l('p?nn!unA i* nil tlm I * 11 ... pines. Prof. Uiloy, of tho division of ontomology, will devote a year ia tho Philippines to tho study of bugs and inHoots of tho arohipolago. Tho "humming bird" bumbloboo of tho Philippines will bo ono of tho main objootn of his inquiry. It is planned to import the big boo of tho Philippines into tho IJnitod Htatos that ho may mako war upon tho Amorioan hold mouao, i? rodont which has oausod tho farmers of thooountry a Iobb of thousandH of dollars. "It is an old Haying among farmers," Faid Prof. Kiloy, ronorts a Chicago pa por, "chat whon thoro is plonty of olovor thcro aro lots of bumblebees. What tho farmor really means is that whon thoro aro lots of burnb'obocs thcro is plenty of olovor. Uo might carry his logic furthor by paying that when he'd mioo arc soaroo thoro aro plonty of bumblobiiofl, and that whon thoro aro plonty of oats thcro aro few field mioo. "lu ordor to savo tho olovor orops of '.ho country tho agricultural dopirt mcnt has tho ohoico of two things, to jnorcasotho number ol oats inthooouit.'/, which will destroy tho field mouc\ or to tako away from the rodent Ins fupply of wintor food Kithor method if suooessful would rosult in a gain of thousands of dollars to tho farmers j Tho field mouse is very fond of hum blcboo houoy and never losis an opportunity to doprivo tho inpoct of tho Towards of his work. Tho honoy taken away from tho bumblohso cames him to porish in tho wintor timo Home a short olovor crop for tho bumbloboo is a oirricr of poilou from one olovor plant to another. Thus wh<u there uro lots of buunblobooi olovor comes to porl'ootion. If tho field mouse ha* do stroybd tho bumbloboo thcro is no in 8*'ot that oan do its work in tho turn racr time and tho farmers losi accordingly. This is not only tiuo of olovor, but many other plants. "Wo hold that tho bumbloboo is a valuable member of ins ot society and that tho Sold mouio is a worthless HOufnp who likes a good dinnor but doos not want to work for it. 'Tho Philippine bumbloboo is an ontirely diff.r^nt insect from hi-- Amori can oousin. Ho is fully an inon and a b*l) long and looks like a small bird. 11 ? ?..ii - r i : j l ? ? nu ta i uu vi uu^iDCiis ana n i no icar oi yuoh t buiail animal as tho fluid roouso. Ho in & hr rmlcBH follow when let alono, but his oting is deadly to smaller forms of animal life. Ho will fight for his own with the tonacity of a pugilist and any unscrupulous field mouse invading his domain will havo to tight for ovorything ho gets. 4,A field mouso aftor roooiving tho sting of a Philippine bumbleboo would uiu^h roaomblo tho wrecked app> aranoo of some of our oollege boys aftor tho Thanksgiving football tamo. Ho would havo to lay up for ropairs. * 'It is tho intontiou of tho agricultural dopartruonfc to introduoo this bco into tho United Sta'cs if climatic conditions will permit. Ho will ho sent to tho warmer parts of tho oouotry at first, whero ho may gradually bcoomo hardonod to tho moro povoro oliniato. Lt is then hopod he will grow and spread until ho oovors tho entire country. Tho dopartmont has its oyc upon othorinscocs in tho Philippines which mayprovo of valuo to agricultural intor obts. Thcro are aovoral varietios of honoy boos which will bo given a trial. A species of troo toad, whioh has a deally antipathy for oortain kinds of oitrus insootfl, will bo iDtroduood into southern California with tho hopo that it may bo usoful in tho extermination of thn hi tnlf A r *rmAi?Ail O A a i A vr* Ji'/iuvl PVNiV) rv U1UH has oausod oo groat a loss to fruit growing interests of lato yoars." Negro Coach Lino. Tho nogroes of Jacksonville, Kla., who oonatiluo 52 por oont of tho popn lation, have instituted a oloso boycott against tho Jacksonville stroot railway system on aoeount of a roocnt ordinanoo by oity oounoil which soparatof the raocs on the oars and gives to th( oonduotor and motorman polioo authori 1 ty io uoforoing it. Several mans meetings havo been held by tho negroes, and boibo disorder has resulted At a bi* mass mooting the negroos decided to incorporate a company for the purpose of oporating a uystom of stage ooaohca to bo usod exclusively for no i gro travol. It is proposed to rut 2,00(1 sbaros of stook on tho market, to be ) soil to tho nogroos, the ontorpriao t< l bo managed by mon of that raoo. The - better elomont of negroes oppoco anj i v.olonoo in tho onforoinont of this boy t oott, but dospito this opposition of the J leaders oars havo boon shot into oc - more than ono occasion. Couooilmar t Wetmore, who is a negro, eays a bit i to repeal the ordinance will bo intro duood at tho next mooting of theoouo oil. iwrairv Vvffif ENVELOPE!) IN FOO. Two Mon Killed Outfiqht and Numbers Seriously Injured. The densest fog over expo ionood in Chicago osustd uuulerous collisions between traius early Wcduo^ay. In thoHO collisions two men woio killed, two wcro ho badly injured that thoy will probably notrecovor and lb otbora wore seriously hurt. Sooroa of othora, the police say, worn injured in uiiuor accidents, duo to tho fog, but as thoy were ahlo to assist thouisclv ;h no official reports were uiado. The more norioua aoaidontB occurred on tho Metropolitan and the L?ko S root lOlcvatcd roads. Collisions botweon vehicles aud stroot oars were frujuont but wlulo a great nuuiboi of peoplo wcro injured bv thorn, none of the itjurios inoapaoitatod thorn and tho damage was ehictly to tho colliding objects thomsolvoa. Tho log at an early hout was so thiok that porHonf. standing on tho sidowalks could scarcely distinguish strcot oars passing within a few foot of thoni aud mo tor m on kept their gongs clanging a constant warning. Tin collision on tho Metropolitan was between trsius g'*ing the samo way, as was tho caHO iu other accidents. Both trains wore orowdod, many passengers stanuing on tho roar platforms. On tho first traiu liioso woro aimoht tho only oucs to suitor. Tho moLorinaii slowed up going around a curve and whilo waiting for a signal to inoreajo speed tho Humboldt J'ark express train crashed into tho roar oar without wriuiDg. Thomas Moony was killed. On tho Lake Siroot Klovatod tho aoo doiit was almoBt exaotly similar. Tho pooplo injured were standing on tho rear platform with thoexooption of tho Mnn>. ?? ' -.vvivnu) 1-4UUU, uti vnu mai" irnill. lio Haid bo did not hoo tho train ahead until too lato. Liter in tho <Uy news of auothor collision which had occurred on tho .Metropolitan, became public. Ono train was ovcrtak.cn by auothor. Otto Loinhcrt, tho conductor of tho lirtit train, remained on tho roar platform frantically waving a signal lantoru while tho passengers who had boon standing with him went inside. Iiib efforts wore in vain. Ho was oruahod and died at the hospital several hours later, la all (li. ro wore nino collisions on elevated structures during tho fog. Miracle* of Development. Poor's Manual, whio'u is always in teresting and remarkably roiiablo, in its lai.oit editions gives a sutemont showing how the investments in rail loads in tho IJuitc 1 States havo growr. aiuoo 1870 Thirty years ago tho total ra'lrnad oap.tal in tho United S'atos was $954,380,431. By tho oad of tho year 190(1 it h d r'flon to tho onormous sum oi $3,418,790,071, or moro thanthroo and a halt liiu< h us amount in 1870. Surprising as this showing is, it i; surpH H<d by thatwhioh Mr. Anthony N. Brady makes for tho development of olootrioity in rooout years. In 1870, wlion thoro was noarly a bil lion dollars invested in railroads in thi country tburo was not a oont in eloo trio eutcrprisos. Thi y had their bo ginning several years later aud hav< progressed at a rato that is withou prcooudont in any lino of <3 .velopmont From nothing in 1870 to $3,750,000, 000 is the growth of tho capital in vested in olooirio railways, lighting companies and other otootrio oompanie in this country. Tho fact that theri is now $332,000,000 moro monoy in vestod in oieotrioai dovolopmont in tin United States than in railroads w.l surpriflo most noraonB. Aud tho faot that sinoo 1870 tho valui of investments id railroads and oloo trio ontoi-priso* io this oouutry has io oreaicd f(5,21 (,410,210 is almost in orcdiblo, it is odo of the many proof of the uuparatlolod inoroaso of th woahh aud industrial dcvolopmonts o iho Doited Slates.?Atlanta Journal. They Were Buncoed. Now York ooofidoooo men havo sc cured $1,3H0 from W. H. Hunter c Uoahon, Oa. b'rank Daluior was take into custody on a ohargo of being on of tho operators. Too viotima had jut roturuod from Koualor, whoro thoy ha boon working on tho construction of now railroad. Huntor had 1170 an i Dell possessed 11,190. Thoy were a( oostcd by a largo, woll drossod ma ' near City Hall Dark, in Now York, wh said ho was a clothing manufaoturc ana no induced them to go to a rosoi oo oast Sevontoonth atroot, whoro tho ' wcro joined by two uioro mou, one c whom wsH gotten up to roaomblo u wosl orn ranoheor. Ho produced cards an proposed a g^mo. '1 ho two southornei wcro loath to bot, but were inducod t show thoir money, which they lai upon tho tab'o. The stock man, it i . ailogod, grabbod and passed tho mono ovor to anolhor, who quickly disaj i pcarod while Palmor and tho othor fo ) low hold tho two victims. Palmer an tho othor man then started to mak thoir osoapo but Hunter grabbed Pal in< and hold him until Doll ran to th '> slroot and found an oflioor who mad ; tho arrost. A Hichmond Mystery. Tho vcrdiot of tho coroner's jury, i i tho oaso of John W. 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