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VOL XVI. C A MAMA TO KILL. . A Trained Nurse Confessed That Thirty-One Persons HAD BEEN POISONED BY HER. She W'ns Proven Insane and Scut to tin .Asylum. Mow She Accomplished ller Murders ntul < >i her < 'ri nies. All Massachusetts is shuddering at the deeds of an insane trained nurse by the name of Jane Toppan recently tried at Barnstable in that State for murder. Suspected of the death of 11 persons, but indicted tor murdering onlv t hree. Miss Tonnaii has eonfe^serl that she has killed during her career as a professional nurse no less than .'11 human beings. This statement was made to .Indue Fred M. Hixby of I > rock ton, senior counsel at that trial at Barnstable, when Miss Toppan was found not guilty by reason of insanity 011 the charge of murdering Miss Mary l>. (ilbbes. Judge Hixby said also that Miss Toppan had admitted that she had set tires and committed other serious acts. Site said she could not help committing the crimes. She argued, moreover, that she was not insane. She said she knew she was doing wrong when she administered poison to her victims, and she asked Judge Hixby how, under such circumstances, she could be of unsound mind. Morphine was MissToppan's agency for administering death. Many of her victims were unsuspecting and most intimate friends; others were the patients of reputable physicians who employed her on account of her ability as a nurse. Miss Toppan was so expert in her knowledge of how to employ drugs and poisons that she was able to escape detection for years. In ! the detailed story as told to Judge! Hixby Miss Toppan did not enumerate her many victims, although she did admit the killing of Mrs. (libbs, Mrs. Harry tiordon of Chicago and Alden 1'. Davis, all of whom died at Calumet last summer. Miss Toppan was arrested last summer for these three murders, the State electing to try her on the (libbs count Monday. Miss Toppan was taken to the Taunton insane hospital to begin her life sentence. The case rested on the testimony of alienists, who do not only pronounce Jane Toppan to no insane, but to he a degenerate. They said her impulses irresistibly compelled her to murder her patients in order.That she might enjoy the sight of their struggles. They told of her confession of killing Mrs. (iibhsby administering morphine and atrophine, hiding the effects of the former by the use of the latter. To her senior council, Judge T. M. llixby of Hrockton, she lirst admitted killing the three persons named in the indictment, and then of other persons until the list entire numbers JI. This is held by her counsel and it is not expected that it will be made public. The remarkable incident in connection with this list is that when it; was made up she repeated with a show of interest the names of her victims, checking off the number on her linger tips. She told how she killed each, saying she used morphine and atrophine mixed in mineral water and whiskey. Some times she used injec WOllS, iis III LI1C UASC OI LUC UCJILUS ?1L Calumet. She did not remember how each individual was killed, but where they were poisoned the drugs were those mentioned. A Worn All's View. Women abhor cowards and still more sneaks, though 1 regret to say they often endure cads in a way that belies their intelligence and good taste, says Lady Colin Campbell in the London News. They have a quite pathetic desire to look up to men, to feel their superiors in strength of body and of mind, in calmness of judgment and clearness of intellect. And it is, indeed, a pity that men so often seem to go out of their way to destroy their most cheerful illusions. Above everything a woman admires strength in a man. It may be strength of body? she will worship a Hercules with the brain of a guinea pig. It may be lill'mx.ll, ..f i.w.llrw.t L<l,n ../ill ../I/,.... .. inn in IIM IUM I; oiu- u ill auwir <1 savant with the body of a Gibbon monkey. It may be strength of character she will break her heart for a politician or a linancer who Is unswervingly wrapped up in dreams of personal advancement, and who possesses no more heart them an oyster, hut strength in some form she craves unceasingly. It is a hereditary instinct that has been be* Fqueathed to her through Kve's disappointment when Adam was tried in the balance and found wanting. Woman, secretly conscious of her own physical weakness and lack of intellectual strength, demands strenth from man to make up for her own deliclencies. Even the strongest women strong in body and mind, well balanced as Atheme herself, though they may shield and protect the weakness > of the men they love and st*x>p to help * * them, will never do so without a secret feeling of contempt which is distructionofall Ideals. Man, in spite of that deplorable start made by Adam, was intended to be woman's protector and refuge from all harm. A woman's association in Topeka had a dinner a few days ago, It Is noted, and one of the toasts was: "Woman: Without Her, Man is a Brute." The trouble came next day when the local paper printed it, Woman, Without Her Man, is a Brute." ? COTTON VERY FINF. ltuliis Have Caused Deterioration in Home Localities. The following Is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops issued by Director itauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the 1'nited States weather bureau: The average temperature for the weekending Monday, June 23, was 70 degrees, which is slightly below normal. The highest was t>7 degrees at Darlington and Florence on the 20th the lowest. 01 degrees at Liberty on the 21st. l'artly cloudy weather prevailed during the greater portion of the time. The winds wore generally light, except over limited areas where high winds accompanied thunder storms, and in lteaufort county, where almost hurricane winds prevailed early in the week. The rains on the 11-15th were generally heavy over the western half of the State, where the amounts ranged from two to over tlve inches, shading olT to less than an inch in the eastern portions. There were frequent, scattered showers over t he whole State, except in the Pee Dee sections where the rainfall was limited, and where, more rain is badly needed in many ivlncnc The ground lias been too wet to plow in the southeastern counties, especially in the Salkehatrhie valley, where grastields are liecoming common, but. generally the cultivated fields are still clean, and show the good elTects of their previous thorough cultivation. The rains caused a material improvement in corn, and the earliest has. atsnit all been laidby in good condlthan It is in "silk and tassel." Later plantings look promising. Stubble lands and lmttoms have boon planted extensively, with tin; soil in condition for quick germination, Ituri worms are still doing damage, but on the whole there is less damage by worms thiui heretofore. The condit ion of cotton is very line | except in a few localities where excess of rain has caused deterioration, and in other localities where lice have broken the hitherto almost perfect stands, and checked its growth. Lice are fast disappearing. Mexican weevilshave appeared in Marlboro county. A few fields have become foul with grass and weeds. Blooms have been noted in every portion of the State, and a few points report the plants blooming freely. Sea-island cotton made moderate improvement. Tobacco made rapid growth, and the crop is above average condition, tail needs rain in Florence and portions of Marion counties. Topping is general, but curing has made slow progress. I vice is a very promising crop. A large acreage of peas has been sown on stubble lands. Wheat and oats thrashing is well underway; the yields of both crops is poor over the western half of the State. The weather was | favorable for transplanting sweet potatoes: slips are scarce in Pickens county. Some peaches are rotting on the trees. The fruti crop will he a moderate one except blackl)errics and. plums which are plentiful. Pastures, gardens and other minor ciops were greatly improved by the copious rain fall and warmer nights. ROOSEVELT CRITICISED. IIIn Speech nt Harvard University Angers Democrats. The special correspondent of The State from Washington says I'Tcsident Roosevelt's speech at Harvard university Thursday, in which he arraigned all those who have criticised the administration of ( Jen. Wood In Cuba as "unworthy of having their names linked with his," has stirred up a hornet's nest among the Democrats in congress. They do not hesitate to criticise both the wisdom and the correctness of the president's charges in this respect, though none of them exnross: ROt*ni*i?o. that, I ho nrosUflnnt, murlo them. Representative Rartlett of (ieorgia, who introduced a resolution in the house some weeks ago calling upon the secretary of war for a statement regarding the expenditures in Cuba during the occupation, said today In reference to the president's criticism of him and the other Democrats who voted for the resolution: "I am not the lciist surprised at this last inopportune utterance of Mr. Roosevelt. It Is in line with numerous others he has made since entering the White House. It will, however, not deter me and my party from endeavoring to get at the truth of this whole Cuban business and the sooner the people know the truth the better it will Ik; for all concerned." It is understood that Judge Dartlett, who never hesitated to call a spade a spade will make a speech in the house between now and adjournment which will give Mr. Roosevelt even better than he sent and will take rank as one of the "wannest" speeches of the session Collin of OIllSH. A corpse in a coffin of k 1 ^hh was carried through the streets of RaJoigh N. C., Sunday afternoon. The form of the dead man was perfectly visible to the crowds of curious spectators who watched the remarkable sight. The deceased was William Mathews, probably the wealthiest negro In the section. ills dying request was that his remains should be encased in a glass casket and deposit in a vault so that visitors could see his body at any time. The funeral was deferred three days in order to carry out Ids wishes. The frame of this peculiar coffin was of heart cedar while the sides ami top were of solid glass. V hf Hi CONWAY HON. I>. S. HENDERSON ! Delivers an Eloquent Speech at Columbia. i RIGHT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED. 1 Ho Stands Squarely on Oio Democratic I'lat form and In Full Sympathy | Willi t lie People lii Their Piglit ' AKiiliiHt Oorpornlc Orecil. The following speech was delivered * by lion. I >. S. Henderson at the cam- ( paigu meeting in Cohnnhia. Fellow Citizens: The highest privi- * lege 1 know of to be enjoyed by the American citizen is the exercise of the | right of sufTerage. To ask t he bestow- | niont of the fruit of that right on you ; is to ask of your fellow citizens a great 1 deal; and it should not be light ly done. I A man who seeks public ollice with- ' in the gift of t he people should endeuv- 1 or to leave liehind predujiees and passions; and honeto bo of some good to the country and I bo people as well as , to elevate himself, because we should lalior not simply for ourselves but for t be induration of the day : n.l t hue in which we live. I am sensible of the fact *t.hat to ask the sovereign people of t he great State of Soul li Carolina t he privilege to ; represent them in the councils of I lie United States Senate is to ask a great deal.I do not pretend to have any merit fort he place peculiar to myself as cent ra distinguished from I lie gent lemon who have entered i lie lists with me. If a life begun wit bin the State and spent eohthiualy within the public ga/.o for the public good is to count for anything I oiler it. to the scrut iny of I lie people. 1 would n)t desire to obtain the office by any contest of personal antagonism, mud slinging or brow healing; but shall endeavor to enter the canvass with the hope that the issues involved will be calmly and dispassionately discussed. One tiling I know that in the consideration of the questions involved and pertinent to t lie matters lie fore the people you will at least know whore I stand, so that you can judge of my right to your sufiferage, for it is due tot.be people in public discussion to frankly set forth your opinions. There. Is no need to harrow up the past unnecessarily and to bring to i memory things that are settled. The while people of South (Carolina always have been Democratic, true to the faith of the fathers; and she always will Ik. Last, summer in an olf political year jong oewre una urn* ior me senaroriui election; with great blandishments the seeds of discord were being sown against tlu* principles of the Democratic party within t his State; yea in the entire South. Along with others, answering the invit ations of the people, 1 helped to pull out of the dust and cob webs of time the catechisms ; of the Democratic faith and to read them anew to the people In the light they were understood by Jefferson, Jackson and Calhoun. It did not take long to ascertain the fact that the hearts of the masses were all right; t hat the old time religion was good enough for them; that they were not to he led away by new fnnglcd ideas and heresies: t hat they believed in progress and advancement, in the influx of capital and enterprise in our midst and its fullest and freest protection; in the opening of the markets of t he world to its fullest extent by peaceable means to all classes and trades, but they said it then and they say it now empathtically that in order to enjoy and perpetuate those advantages of the 20th Century progress it is not necessary to become Republican. It, is not necessary to forget the traditions and history of this glorious country, won by the blood of our fathers, in order to adapt ourselves to the new methods of new times. Jt is our duty as a people not to sleep and stagnate, but to advance and progess taking advantage of all the opening avenues of science and civilization, but, at t lie same time to take along with us the household Cods of our fathers and t he bed rock principles of American Democracy, which were well defined in the early days of the liepublic as the reserved rights of the people, as contra distinguished from the encroachments of centralized government. There is no need to discuss settled Simile I hiinrc <iri> tint some are not and never will lie. When Lee surrendered to Grant, at Appromatox; and.toe Johnston to Slier111 an at Greensboro; two things were settled as far as the territile arbitrament of arms could do it. Beyond cavil it was understood that never again in America would a human being l>e permitted to lie a slave; and this union liecame an "indestructibleunion," hut a union of "Indestructible States." The legal status of t he negro was fixed, but the race problem was not settled. Suddenly by the selfish machinations of his quaslfricnds he was embellished with the principles of ritixenship licfore he was prepared to exercise its functions. It was then forgotten that Anglo-Saxon blood redeemed this country and It was to be theirs forever. The white man and his axe cleared the primeval forests for imuseii anu ins progeny, aihi nicy will solve the race question jus easily sis 1 hey did the Indian question, and with more humanity .knowing that the black man, left alone will help to build up the country; but Hooker Washington mutt not expect to sit at the same socuaJ board with us. "Til K INDESTRUCTIBLE UNION!" Tliat was settled lieyond per ad venture. The parole of every Confederate soldier who came home, foot sore and heavy hearted, wore the impress of it. The South has been faithful to the decree and ever will lie. She Is part of that union and a powerful part of It. She has a share in its glory and power. She should and will perform her duty manfully and ought to demand her rights; and not be ashamed that she Is the South and always will lie so, yet American In heart and soul. Hut we arc a union of "indestructible States;" and therein rests our I CONTINUED ON I'AUR 4.) mat | , S. TILt'HSDAV ? BOY IN BOILER "T" ! llakoN Trip () OP Not* ami INonpew frentut ion. * 11 Rivaling ttales of mythical fortune hunters is the .experience of a little Austrian stowaway in one of he lxiilers of the I'tuhHa, which has just come into port. After the lad. ,vho is 1(1 years of aire, hail traveled If).000 miles in quest of America, he it last was put in the liandsofa friend who promised to care for lilin. Mis name is Itozo tiiidno and he .'.nines from I>ahnatia. ji province of Austria. 11 is wondering he^an more than a year ago, when his father, a tinall farmer, gave him 100 llorins and told him to seek America. With great glee t lie little Austrian left t he village of Sehenlco, for ho ami ids elder brothers (piarrcled coutinuilly and he had a friend in America whom he longed to join. After spending thirty of his llorins he reached Trieste, the sea jrort. where he fell in with an obliging fellow who for Ihe i remaining 70 llorins agrcei} toeinhark I>o/.o for America. Motto wave up his llorins and the stranger diasppeared, i leaving a discouraged lit.tie lad to re- i I urn to I >almat ia. (iaeino's father then apprenticed him to a druggist, hut tlijf boy soon wearied of long I ours and small wages mid ran away to Trieste, where lie 11i?I in a sleam ship hound for Ifcypt. In Alexandria he stowed away in 1 - .Iwwl i i ? .1 Iii<> i aoyian inhi n iu in ii inn . ,, work later. Then he crawler! into the hold of the ('unarder, Saxonla. 1 poo reaching this port lust spring he was speedily deported after he had a Heeling glance at the busy harlMtr, When he was taken back to Liverpool he evaded the Knglish emigration ollicials and lor twenty days lived oil crusts found in the gutters, tint always keeping a weather eye open for an Atnerican bound vessel. Fortune smiled upon his efforts on the flight of June l.'l, just before the Umbria sailed. He crept upon the deck looking for a hiding place. A lantern was Hashed in his face apd the sentry, believing that he was tine of the cabin boys, ordered him *)elow. Without realizing his danger. t>hc boy crawled into a boiler which furnishes steam to the "donkey"' engine. The boiler was not used throughout the voyage, or otherwise the boy would have been burned to death. Some friendly stokers discovered his presence, but instead of disclosing his secret they fed him during t he voyage. On Tursday, however, McKeehan, the refrigerator engineer, climbed on top of t he boiier and proceeded to hang up some of bis washing to dry. Just as the engineer was preparing to climb down he was startled to sec a head bob up out of the opening in the '* * 1 ? 1 /li.M. Lop or LI10 Doner tinu im-u uirt?i again. McKeehan crawled over to the manhole and peered into the darkness inside the boiler, lie could dimly discern the outlines of a person, and he shouted to him to come out. lieceiving no response, the engineer attempted to reach inside and grab the hoy's clothing, hut was severely bitten for his pains. The engineer, satislied that something was wrong, went to Chief Engineer Hardy, displayed liis bleeding lingers and reported the occurrence. Hardy, thinking lie had a mad man to deal with, called for volunteers to descend into the boiler and two of the stokers responded. Dr. Charles norland, the ship's surgeon, was also called and stood by to render his services if needed. When the stokers got inside the boiler they found that the hoy had crawled underneath the tubes on the top of the furnace. After | a struggle and some tight squeezing past the tubes they managed to get j their prisoner up to the manhole entrance, where he was cpiickly pulled out. All laughed when they saw the supposed lunatic, lie was locked up i:? the steamship's hospital and when the vessel reached port a vigorous search for the bold lad's friend was made. He was soon located in Harlem and signed papers which permitted the young Dalmatian to remain in the United States. Htorm ViHitH Hpartaiilxirg. A terrific wind, rain and lightning storm visited Spartanburg from 8 to !?o'clock Thursday. A portion of the right wing and the left wing of the Spartan Inn tin rootling was blown olf: the liood-soaked ceiling is falling and the furniture is damaged. Twenty-three rooms were badly damaged, also the dining and ball rooms. Twenty-five square feet of the north section of the roof of the fourth Moor of Spartan mills, No. 1, and .'10 feet square on Mill No. 2, was blown olf. The spinning rooms arc In these portions and each rr>om was badly flooded and damaged. The entire rooting on Floyd's undertaking establishment was blown olf and the stock ruined. Almost all the roof on the Southern cafe at the Southern depot was blown olY, and the first and second stories damaged. There was considerable loss of property, St,. John's A. M. 10. church, a new building, was blown down. No one Is reported injured or killed from the storm. Two-Nogro Hoy Drowned. A special to the State from beaufort says Coroner It. It. Samcs held an Inquest Thursday on the bodies of two negro boys who were drowned while attempting to swim across a deep creek near Oak Mulligan, with bags of oysters on their shoulders. A verdict of accidental drowning was rendered by the Jury. The boys were aged Hand 12, respectively. II Will , .Jt'LY U><)2. A FEARFUL STORM. Over Two Million Dollars Dono in Indiana. ? THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL. ?>nI> Two ItontliH Kepoitrd, luit Over I" i l'? y People Wore More or |<rwH Injured by llic Storm. The ent Ire north central section of of Indiana was visited Wednesday by one of the most disastrous storms! that over swept over tho state. The storm swept sections covering hundreds of miles, extending from 1 Inn-1 cock county northwest through the northern portion of Marion county, Ilamilton and itonne counties and doinjf much damage in Tippecanoe and adjacent countles. Madison county also felt Its lury. II'.indreds of bnildin^s were ra/.ed. thous'ihds of frees were uprooted and now blockade highways, railroads and traction lines, crops utterly ruined, causing a loss estimated at nearly $2, ouo.uoo and lifty persons were more or less Injured. 1 tut two deaths have been reported with authority. That was the killing of .lames Van Hoy, who was caught in the ruins of a collapsed baru near Pendleton, and das. Itailey, who was killed by Hying timbers at McCordsville. The course of the storm was southeast and northwest. Its path was (dear across the state. In the ruins left behind are many factories, churches, school houses and frame residences. The most severe damage was in and near Hancock county. All wire communication between I he cities and towns in the devastated districts is cut oil'. Telegraph and telephone poles are down for many miles and it will require several days to establish any wire service. At Maxwell, Hancock county; the United Stales Chain factory was ruined, all the buildings being destroyed. Seven workmen were injured by being caught beneath the wreck. All will recover. The New It rot hers Hour mill and grain elevators were totally dest royed and the friends church was hk wn away. One house was totally destroyed and several damaged by having roofs and kitchens blown away, At Cleveland, six miles southeast of Maxwell, the storm broke as the funeral of Mrs. Mary Marie was being held. The roof of an adjoining house was blown away and a piece of timber was hurled through the side of tile house of mourning. It struck exCounty Clerk Sample, breaking his leg. Several others were slightly Injured. (hitside three horses hitched to carriages were hurled by the wind against trees and killed. The hearse was demolished and the horses harnessed to it were injured so that one of them had to he shot. The funeral had to be postponed, finest Hurst and 10. Holms were badly hurt by being blown against t he side of a bouse. The postoHlee was unroofed and one ni /In 1.1/ ? Mill" I ) 11 I \V 11 (Jilt. At Wilkinson live people were seriously injured, one perhaps fatally. This was Charles Shepcrd of lied Key. Four houses were destroyed and general havoc created by the wind. A t Stringtown Mrs. Cicero Hamilton was seriously injured by being caught under the wreck of her house. A Koinuntic Marriage. The Spartanburg Journal says a romantic marriage took place at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the residence of the bride's parents near Cedar Springs, when Ceo. A. brooks, a teacher in the school for the di#f at Austin, Texas, wedded Miss Nettie lingers, both bride and groom are totally deaf. Ilev. Lewis M. Roper performed the ceremony, with Superintendent N. I '. Walker of Cedar Springs as Interpreter. The couple will go to Savannah for their honeymoon. Miss lingers is considered one of the brightest pupils who has ever received training at Cedar Springs. After graduation there, she went in the fall of 1801 to Gallaudct College, Washington, I). C. There slm first met the groom, who had graduated from the Texas school where he is now teaching, and entered Gallaudct at the same t ime ...HI- I Ml * i ? ' wu<ii him. logcbiier nicy graduated from tlic latter institution in June, 1890, and just three years later, he has returned here to claim her ashls hrido. A Serious Charge. P. II. Madden was arrested at Cross Hill Wednesday morning, charged with burning his own and three other stores at Cross Mill on the night of June 12. The arrest was caused by a detective. Madden is an elderly man | and is well connected, He had $500 insurance on his store and $2,000 on Ids stock. The Governor and town | council of Cross Hill each oiTered $100 reward for the supposed Incendiary. It is stated that detectives searched j Madden's house and found articles that had come from his store. Madden claims to be able to satisfactorily explain this. CriiHiof lllown |Tp. A special from London Sunday says a dispatch to the Central News from Shanghai says that the Chinese cruiser Kai-Cld was wrecked Saturday by a terrific explosion while lying In the Yang Tee River. The Kai-Cld sank in thirty seconds and 150 others and men on )>oard were killed or drowned. Only two men on lx>ard the cruiser escaped death. h M. f JQHN J. HEMPHILL. Sketch ol"<>ne ol"the <'aii<ll(liiton lot' the I'iiIIimI StateM Senate. John .1. Hemphill conies of good old Chester stock, and has heen a citizen of tluitcounty till his life. (Iraduat iit^r from the fnlverslty of South Carolina to ISttlt he entered in 1st I the 11 rm of Hemphill \ Hemphill, attorneys. ' which has lasted thirty-one years. In 1 m71? he led the Ifemoeratle ticket for the legislature and heeame a metnher of the famous Wallace House, distinguishing himself in debate, and having ureal lulluenee in shaping legislation. Elected to congress issj he was the youngest member of that body, but soon made himself useful to his ' party. His speech on the financial < question advocating a commission to | securo International bimetallism was I pronounced hv Morrison, the HemoI cratic leader, 1 'the alilcst, fairest and ' most creditable present at Ion of t hat < side of the question." 11 is power of < repartee was marked. In the contest between Elliott and Smalls the report ( favored the seating thelatter; hut Mr. | Hemphill as leader of the tight for | Elliott tarried the war into Africa and proved the hyprocrisy of the llepuhlicans by showing that they excluded the negro from politics, schools ( and employments in the north. The , sharp arraignment brought a doy.cn |, Itcpuhlicans to their feet at oner, tail ( single handed Mr. 1 lemphill mot and ! vah?|uisli<Ml 11 it'll). (ieneral Spinola characterized Ids speech as "a shown! of brickbats intothc lb-publican camp. Every follow was bit before be saw j wboro tbe blow was coming from." j and a correspondent wrote, "except 1 tut terwortb and Cox I have never j seen a congressman more ready in bis reply to savage thrusts." The Kiclimond Dispatch declared "tlie coolness and self possession of tbe speaker, who made not one blunder, won the ease for Elliott." In tbe Fifty-first, congress, Lodge of Massachusetts, introduced tbe famous force bill, putting all Federal elections in the bands of the Federal government with an unlimited number of irresponsible Federal marshals. This would have destroyed every vestige*' civil liberty in the south. Mr Hemphill led tbe light against tbe hill, measuring swords with the brilliant New Hnglandcr and holding 11is own with ease. Lodge was rewarded for bis fight with a seat in the i'nitcd States senate, hut tlx; Iniquitous bill was killed. Mr. Hemphill also scored a point in opposing the admi^sio^i yf as a State "until tltft rtlon aWifa manage to got along with fewer wives." in tariff debates lie strongly expounded the doctrines of the South, and strenuously opposed all increase of taxation. Since ids retirement the taxes have been doubled. For eight years lie was on the commit tee on the District of Columbia, and four years chairman. This district is under the exclusive control of congress and the people have no vote, so that t lie committee is all important. The Washington Star said of its chairman, "The people of Washington have no better or wiser friend than he, and they appreciate the fact, lie lias the confidence and respect bot h of the community and the house, and j the district congratulates itself that I lw? ...111 * * - * 1 ' I im; win t tuiniMiL m act as cnairman. I Another paper said: "Mr. Hemphill ' Is conceded to have been one of the ablest chairmen the committee has < had for years. He Is the most conspicuous of the new generation of the southern congressmen." In 181)2 losing the nomination for congress by a few votes, though his county sustained him strongiy, he urged his friends to join him in support of his opponent, lie has always attended to the minor duties of a citizen, being an active member of the Chester Democratic club and preserving bis registration as a qualified voter of Chester county. In 1805 he was a member of the county convention to choose delegates to constitutional convention and helped to arrange a "peace and harmony" ticket, lie was nominated from the lloor as a delegate, but declined in favor of others, lie has at different times canvassed a number of doubtful States for the Democratic ticket under the auspices of the national committee and has ever supported the Democratic ticket, county, State and national. lie lias recently received an invitation to speak on "The Southern Democrat," at the approaching Democratic lovcfeast in New York, to which Cleveland, Hill, liryan and others are invited. He believes in the old Democratic, idea of peaceful expansion in commerce and in the acquis! tion of such territory only as may lie admitted to Statehood, lint he stren ously opposes the bloody conquest and depopulation of the Philippines, (lie subsidy to rich lines, and the protection that enables trusts to sell to foreigners at prices 30 percent, diaper than those charged home consumers. Mr. Hemphill Is an able lawyer, and is frequently called beyond the limits of the State In important cases, before the court of claims and other tribunals. Ten years In congress, In association witli able statesmen tit him to enter the senate not as a novice, but as a well equipped veteran, ills ability, experience and readiness in debate would make him a strong addition to the Democratic array inthatlxidy. Two Tramps Killed. A freight train on the Norfolk and Western railroad was wrecked ten miles west of here Thursday by the breaking of a car wheel. Forty Ik>x cars were derailed and two white tramps who were stealing a ride were killed. They have not been Identified. None of the train crew was hurt. *v * ' (ilVKN ASS ISTA^K^JBM * ienate Agrees to Appropriation for Charleston Exposition Company. I $160,000 APPROPRIATED. i n Help Out I fir llrnve People Wfiii Were Wllllnu fo Suffer Tliut Their < tiy Should Proa per. During the comparatively brief line the senate was in session Tlnlrslay Mr. Morgan of Alai>ama presented he conference report on tlie Isthmian anal l)ill, tlie liouso conferees acccptng the senate substitute. On motion >f tlie Alabama senator, the report was agreed to without comment. Tlie general dellciency Will, t he last if the big supply measures, was passed practically witliout debate. A slight protest \v;is made against tlie appropriation of $f>oo,ooo for tlie buffalo exposition and $hln,000 for the CharlesIon ex posit Ion, I nit dually t hey were In luded in the hill. The measure also carries $!."?,000 for the payment of the expenses of t he last, illness and deat h if President Mclvlnley, that amount including the pay or tlie physicians. When the appmpriat Ions of $500,000 f<ir t he ItutTalo ex posit ion and $100,000 for the Charleston exposition were reached Mr. ItaiIcy of Texas protest* ed. lie insisted that if congress should meet the present demands it would he called upon to meet a still larger deficit in the St. Louis exposition lie t hought it was a gross misapplication of public money. other senators, Mr. Ilale, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Teller, while they sympathized with Mr. llalley's views, thought that the calamity which had befallen the people in Buffalo in the assassination of President Mc Kin ley had much to do with the dellciency, and should be taken into consideration. .Mr. Hale believed the example of those cities would he a means of stopping the mad rush of cities for expositions. He hoped that not again In a generation would the government extend llnaneial aid to exposition enterprises. With the understanding that the present appropriations were not to tie considered as a preceedent. Mr. Bailey withdrew his objection and the amendments were agreed to. By a vote of is to 30 the senate, on motion of Mr. Money of Mississippi declined to consider the bill to revive and amend the act which provides for the payment of cotton seized by the t'nlon forces during the Civil war. DOES TOBACCO DISINFECT? Tlic I'i'dm mill Coiih ?l' tin* i^ucmiou < 'oMHhlereil. Despite the fact that the general public are continually being warned of the evil elTccts which will assuredly follow indulgence in soothing weed, smoaklng continues in much the same manner as usual. There can lie no doubt that smoking to excess, or following the habit when young, Is hurtful to the health, and to some people a positive danger. The wisest way is to steer a middle course. There are, too, enthusiasts with regard to tobacco, and who attribute to the weed all the virtues under the sun. These eulogies, of course, are as much in error as those who deny it any saving grace. A discussion was raised in an English lay paper of a recent date as to the merits of tobacco as a disinfectant, and much interesting matter was brought forward. The Lancet was . llli./i I < > irl V.I U? i I / ? 1/ AW v.iiii* *! u' ? >" UA|A;IUU|MIIion, ;ind further information on the matter was forthcoming. The belief that tobacco posesses extraordinary properties in warding olf certain diseases of a contagious nature is almost as old as the introduction of smoking Into Europe. During the great plague tobacco was largely used for this pnrposc, and children were encouraged to smoak as a precautionary measure. "In 1888," says the Lancet, "Dr. Haul Tassinari of IMsa subjected the germs of various deadly diseases such as anthrax, cholera, and typhus fever to the action of dense clouds of imprisoned tobacco smoke, during periods of 100 to I "?0 hours, and he came to the conclusion that in most cases, arid especially when large cigars had been employed as generators, the development of pathogenic bacteria was either partially or wholly arrested." This experiment.however, by means proves the ease, for, as The Lancet says, no one keeps a cigar in his mouth for 100 hours at a time. Workmen In tobacco factories are often pointed to as examples of tfle disinfecting properties of tobacco. It Is declared that they art1 immune from epidemics. On the authority of some experiments conducted in France, it would appear that there are some fairly good grounds for this belief, but the investigations have not been carried ouf to a sulllciently wide extent to Justify the passing of any authoritative opinion. The matter is as yet subjudlce, and will probably remain so for an indefinite period. Strong tobacco will keep away insects, and certain mildsoecies of mosquito, but that It will render a person immune to contagion is a theory that will not commend itself to the common sense of a sane man. * : #' ' "Sf