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THE VERY BEST. A Grand Tribute to the Soilders of the Confederacy. FOUGHT GREVT ODDS But A1 -vnys Acquitted Themselves in a Way that Atad; Their linemies Respect The .it. Some Interesting Face and Figu-es from I riend and Foe. The subjoined extracts are taken ' from the writings or L^ev. J. Willlaui Jones, who was lirst a private and seived In the ranks, then a chaplain to the close ol the war These extracts are taken from Vol. XII, "Confi d r ate Military lli&tory." The author is now Chap aln General of the United Confederate Veterans. During the war he was fittingly drs'guatod as the ''Fighting Parson." Chaplain Jours is a man of marked ability, with tr tti pen aid tongue. He is a Hiptfst minister. In his testimony before "the committee on the conduct of the war," Major Gcnener&l Hooker? "Fighting Joe" he was affectionately and appropriately called by his men? uses this remarkable and emphatic language: "Our artillery had always been su perior to that of the rebels, as was also our infantry, except in discipline, and that, for reasons not necessary to mention, never did equal Lee's army. With a rank and tile vastly Inferior to our own intellectually and physically, that army had, by dictpline alone, ac quired a character for steadiness and eiliclency unsurpassed, in my judgement, in ancient or modegn times. XIT- I - A- % -11- - ? % we imve not ouen aoie u) rival it." Now, we may fully accept the latter part of this statement of General Hooker's as to the chatacter of the Confederate army, without c< needing that it was due alone te discipline. It was my privilege to be a member ot the army of Morthern Virginia. As a private soidieror asChaplian 1 followed its flag from Harper's Ferry in '01 to Appomattox in '05, mingling freely with the men In camp, on the march, In the bivouac, on the battlciield, and in the tospital. 1 knew its most conspicuous leaders and made It my es pedal business to know the heroes of the rank and iile. 1 marched with them alocg the weary road, bivouacked with them in the pelting storm, went with them into the leaden and iron hall of battle, ministered to them in the loathsome hospitals, labored with among them in those glorious revivals which made well nigh every camp vocal with God's praises, resulting in the profossed conversion of over 15,000 men; rejoiced witli them in that long series of brilliant victories whicu have illustrated brightest pages of Amerlean history, and wept with them when Lee was "compelled to yield to overwelmiug nuxibers and resources." omce ine war i nave careruuy studied the olficial reports on both sides and everything that has been published which throws any light on the history cf that army. 1 am pre pared, therefore, not only to fully indors3 General Hookers's opinion of the infantry of the army of Northern Virginia, hut to go further and say that our artillery, though inferior in guns, ammunition and equipment, was always a match for that to which it was exposed; that the men who rode with Turner Ashby, Wade Hamptm and Fitz Lee, or "followed the feather" of "Jeb" Stuart, though greatly inferior in mount and equipment to the Federal cavalry, were masters of the situation on any fair fields; and that the army of Northern Virginia as a whole, was, in gallant dash, steady resistance, patient cn durance, heroic courage, and all other qualities which go to make up the best soldiers, not only unrivaled, as the gallant, general says, by the army of the Potomac, but the < quals of any other army that eyer marched under any flag, or fought for any cause. ^ And 1 give equal honor to the other armies of the Confederacy. The men who defended Fort Sumter and Charleston and Savannah and Mobile and Fort Fisher; who fought under Albert Sidney Johnson, Heauregard, Ilragg, Joseph E. Johnson, Hood, Stapen D. Lee, PemberLon, Van Dorn, Price, Dick Taylor, ' Klrby Smith, Forrest, Joe Wheeler, John Morgan, and others, were the peers of thoso who followed Lee and Stonewall Jackson and deserve equal praise. The world never saw better soldiers than those who composed the Confederate armies. But we must utterly repudiate the reason General Hooker assigns for the ertlolency of the Confederate soldiers. So far from Its being due to "disci pline alone"?so far from Its being true that the Confederates were "vastly Inferior, intellectually and physically," to the soldiers on the other side it can be abundantly demonstrated that just the reverse is nearer the truth, and that the world never saw an army composed of more superb material, Intellectually, physically and morally, in all that constitutes what we oall morale in an army, than the armies of the Confederate States of America. But perhaps the best evidence of the morale of the Confederate ^an^les is their achievements, notwithstanding the immense odds in numbers, resources and equipment against which they fought. The population of the Northern States was about 20,000,000, while the population of the Confederate States was only 6,000,000 whites. I There were enlisted in the Federal armies, as shown by the < flldal reports, 6,804,211 men, while there were mustered in the Confederate armies a total of only 800,000 men The block ade t lit i IT the Confederacy from the factories and general supplies of the world and shut the South up to its own seant. res< urcei; while the Federals had not only only the arsenals, the navy yards and ^tiie shops of| the government, and the numerous factories of the Nortli, but those of the whole world from which to draw their war material. The Federal armies were eq lipped in complete style, their arms and ammunition were of the most improved patter s, theitf supplies of every kind were abundant and even luxurious, their transportation v ry superior and their telegraph, pioneer, '"secret service," and every ovher department of the highest etllclency; while it e C >n fed rates were sauly d?*li dent in all cf these and, indeed, lacked everthing save devoted patri t Ism. able leadership and heroic hearts. And yet, with these overwhelming odds age ins . them, the Confederate armies for lour years maintained the unequal content, fought over nearly all trie terrhory of the Confederacy, and In over 2 000 engagements, gr^at and small, won many victories which astonished the world In evidence of the high mi rale of i the Confederate army, a letter from a gallant Union colonel, who served to : the cud of the war, is here quoted as it was i uollshed in the Southern Historical Society Papers (Vol. JX, pp, I 142, 143), in which he says: "1 take < pleasure iti reading the Southern His- < torioal Society Papers, and consider < them invaluable Taey show conelu- I sively the groat disparity of numbers and the bravery and great sacrifices i of the Southerners in battling for t their princip'es and for what they < honestly consider were their rights. I And 1 take a just pride, as an Amor- ; ican citzm, a descendant, on both i bides of my parentage, of English \ stock who came to this country about i 1(540, that the Southern army, com i postd a'most entirely of Americans. | were able, under the ablest American | chieftains, to defeat so often the over I whelming hosts of the North, which < were composed largely of foreigners 1 to our soli." General Hooker, In his testimony, surely overlooked this clo mcnt, or he would not have test!lied i that the Confederates were inferior to I his people, "intellectually and physi- 1 cally," and acquired their superiority < in ste adiness and etlloiency "by dis- i clpline alone." 1 Hut the point will he obvious by citing the results of a few of the many battles as illustrations. When on account of tho wounding of Gen J. E. Johnson at Seven Piiies, Gju. It E. Lee was put in command In Vlr- > ginla, June 1, 1802, the situation 1 looked dark indeed for the C >nfedcrates. The caDture of Fi\>rt? linnm and Donelson, the fall of New Of leans, the capture of Nashville, It >anoku island and Norfolk, gave the Federals conildence of success and tended to greatly dispirit the Confederates 1 The gloom had been somewhat bright i ened by the Confederate victory at Shiloh and Stonewll Jackson's brilliant | Valley campaign, which terminated at Cross Keys and Fort B'public a few da>s after General Lee assumed , command, Hut the slliution was ?x , eeedingly threatening, for McClellau was strorgly intrenched with 115,000 men within sight of the spires of , Richmond and almost within cannon , range of the city. lie had 10,000 , moro men at Fortress Monroe and vis confidently expecting McDowell, | whose troops had hecn diverted by the movements of Stonewall Jackson, , to join him with 40,000 troops. Gen. Lee t) oppose this strong force, after receiving all of the reinfoicements < that he could draw from every source could only muster 78,000 men, the largest army he ever commanded. And yet, with this force Lee attneted MoClellan in his stronghold, and in i "Seven Days' battles" drove him i from every position and forced lilm to take refuse under the cover of his 1 gunboats at Harrison's landing, forty 1 miles below Richmond, after a sereis ' of brilliant Confederate victories < which Inlllcted immense less on the 1 enemy In both men and material. < Gen. J. B. Kershaw, of South Caro- < Una, published some years ago a deep i ly interesting narrative oonoemlng l "Richard Kirkland, the humane hero 1 of Fredericksburg," a sergeant tn the Second South Carolina regiment. After the bloody repulse of the Federals at Fredericksburg, near the foot of Marye's hill, they left their many killed and wounded lying between the lines, and the piteous cries of the brave men on account of pain and thirst appealed to the sympathies of the soldiers of both armies.?Kirkland went to General Kershaw, who was then In command of the Confederates at that point, and said with deep emotion: "General I eun'r stand this." "What Is the matter, ! Sergeant?" asked the general. He replied : "All day I have heard those poor people crying for water and I can stand it no longer, I come to ask j permission to give them water." The , general regarded him for a moment with feelings of profound admiration, j and said : "Kirkland, don't you j know that you would get a bullet . through your head the moment you ] stepped over the wall?" "Yes," he ] said, "I know that I may, but if ycu | will let me, I am willing to try it."? ( After a pause the general said : t "Kirkland, I ought not to allow you ( to run such a risk, but the sentiment ( which actuates you is so noble that I will not refuse your request, trusting that God may protect you. You may go." With light heart and buoyant i step the humane hero, armed with all 1 of the canteens he oould carry filled with water, orossed the wall, went t unharmed through the shower of bullets, which at first greeted htm, and reached and relieved the nearest sutl erer, pouring down his parched throat j the life-giving fluid, putting him in a more comfortable position, and leaving him a canteen tilled with water. Ills purpose i ow being apparent, the i Federals ceased to tire on him, and for an hour and a half, amid the pl&uiits of both armies, this angci of mercy went on his mission from man to man of the wounded enemy?his comrades gladly tililDg his canteens ] fir him and being prevented from joining him In his labor of love only oy the orders against their crossing 1 the line?until ail on that part of the 1 tleld had been relieved. 11 needs only < to he udded?since 4 the bravest are , the tenderest and the loving are the daring''?that S rgeant Kirkland so 1 greatly distinguished himself at Oct 1 tysburg that he was promoted for ''consplcious gallantly " and that he { fell on the victorious tleld of Cblcka- I mauga, bravely doing his duty. But be will be known io the anuals of the ' war as 4'The humane hero of Freder- 1 ickburg," and as he bed but a short 1 time before feu id "Christ in the * Camp," 1 doubt not that he w? ais : now a br:gut crown bestowed by Him ' who promises that a cup of cold water 1 given in the right spirit shall riot I lose its reward. As for the treatment of prisoners, 1 despite ail of the slanders that were published against the Confederacy and Are still unjustly repeated the. fact re mains that Confederate records have ? ! e -i) searched in vain for proof that ' . I.. _ ? 1 mf uonreaerate authorities ever ordered or connived at any ill treatment s pf prisoners. The Confederates did v Everything in their power to mitigate the tulTjrlng of prisoners and made varkui humane propositions to that 1 3nd, which were rejected by the F d- ^ prah; and while the sufferings of prisoners were very great and the mortality among them fearful on both sides, yet the fill ;ial reports of K. M Saan- li ton, United S!ates secretary i f war, b md J. K. Barnes, surgeon general, p ihow that nearly four per cent more a Confederates perished in Northern prisons than Federals in Southern d prist,ns, aud this notwithstanding the li Fact that the Confederacy was deti- o dent in food, raiment and medicines r for even its own j-oldiors, while the t Federals had an abundance of all sup- v plies. The truth Is that our Chris- r tian President, JtiT^rson Davis, and o Ids generals conducted the war on t the highest plane of civilization; that jur rank and iile caught their spirit and showed in this, as in other direc j tions, their peculiar and lofty morale. ,j The great English scholar and p >et, Prof. P. S. WoReley, wrote the truth in lines of blended strength and beau In his poem dedicated to Gen. U, E. Lee, in which he thus refers to the 1 Southern Confederacy: ^ v "Ah! realm of tombs! but let her bear (J This blazon to t he last of times: No nation rose so white and fair, Or fell so pure of crime." v E CllMl'K<Hl lO UMrOlOHHIlOHH. j] The Undines and opinion of the t court of inquiry which investigated 1 the fatal explosion on the gunboat Bennington has been made public by 'j Secretary Bonaparte. The court cx ^ presses t.he opinion that the explosion was caused by excessive steam pres- ^ sure in her boilers, resulting from closing the steam valve connecting with the guage. The court says that D. N. Holland, the llreman on duty Olosed the valve. The court finds En- ? sign Charles D. Wade of the engine ' department of the ship at fault In falling to see that the steam and safety lj guage valves were closed at the proper [. time, having accepted the report of subordinates that this had been done In March. lie was declared negligent in the perform mce of duty and that he " should be brought before a court matial. Jb'OOliMtl itoyN. J At Santa Fe, N. M., two youths 0 named Jose Martinez and Hudore R > a mero have been killed by the explosion of a box of dynamite they used . Tor a target. The boys were rabbit (, hunting. Not finding any game, when they reached the powder house * >f the Denver and Rio Grande railway near Uhama, they set up a box )f dynamite as a target. The box sontalned 400 pounds of the explosive ind it's explosion set c ff four tons of QOWti?r In flhama mimi \zrimir\m r _ ? ? w?ai?i*4w mmuj niuuun" panes were broken. 0 o Hailly Stuug. o In an elT >rt to rescue her cow which rlad been attacked by bees Mrs. Bert ii Goodrich, of Davenport Centre, bad a b larrow escape from being stung to s< ieath. The cow, which was tied to a h itake by a long rope, upset a hive of si jecR and the insects attacked the ani- ^ mal. Mrs. Goodrich rushed from the t riouse with a razjr and severed the rope, but the bers fell upon her so si tiercely that neighbors bad to rtscue b Her. Scores of bees wet# taken from w the woman's hair and one was found c In her ear. S Itlowil lo 1'ii'CCH. ^ Three Slavs and an Italian were blown to pieces by the premature ex- p plosion of a blast near Safe Harbor, b Pa., Thursday night. Another Slav Is missing and is believed to have been blown into the Susquehanna river, *nd two Slavs and a negro were badly t Injured. The men were engaged in a loading a blast hole 50 feet deep and * bad Just placed In the dynamite and r< ietonatlng oap. It is supposed the c tamping rod struck this oap. The G concussion exploded a similar charge ? >nly four feet away. t Hsllor Kills Himself* Guy Earle flowett, a yoeman on the receiving ship Franklin, at the Nor- ^ folk navy yard, oommitted suicide 0 Thursday by shooting. No explana- p Lion was given. tl TRIPLE ALLIANCE Suggested Between France, Fngland and the United 8tates. Such A Combination Would Bo Most Pew riul and Diotate the Policy of the World. The most interesting Idea which has occupied the attention of the diplomatic world for a long time past is the suggestion, mooted a few days ago by an inlluential New York newspaper of high standing to theetliot that the time was rip^ for the formation of a new triple alliance, the high contract log parties to which sh< u'd bs Groat Brtian, Freucnaud the Uoltrd States, <ays II. U. Wilson in The London Express. The idea is not quite a new one, out its novelty consists in the fact that it was put toward at a time when the relations beteewn the three countries are of an unusually cordial char icier, and by a lober aud frequently csplred journal. It is probably very nuch "in the air" at present, but its ,,w. nl l.i 1 li 1? A- A J ' uiiiLy j? ikju so remote, aria lis importance is so great tbat it is at east worthy of serious consideration. Wltlithe adhe-iou of Japan practl sally assured the combination would )3 one of su jh enortuous power that It dmost amounts to a truism to say .bat it would icsuie the peace of the vorlcl. it t IT cts may perhaps best be bowu bv a few c>mparative tables vhlch will reveal some startling facts. Sq Miles. Phe British Empire 12,750,000 Prance and her possessions 5 000 000 Phe United States 3 115,000 Total 20 805,000 When it is stated tbat the total and area of the world is computed to ie 197 000,000 square miles, the Jm ortance of the above figures will be ppreciated. The enormous area of the British lominion?easily the greatest empire n the world?was staled in the hon** f lords only a few davs ago to be 12i{ nillions of square miles, although in looks of reference it is placed somewhat lower tliau this. T.ie j tint teritcry would constitute more than tie-tenth of the total laud surface of he globe. POPULATION. Phe British Empire 400,000,000 Prance and her possessions 90,000,000 Phe United States 83,000,000 Total 573,000,000 I n rruinrl fl rvn i*na f Ba f/\fnl A. Ll 1UUMU ll^UICfl unci llUiai Ion of the earth is 1,500,000,000. so hat the subjects of the new alliance vould number more thau one-third f the world s Inhabitants. ^ The armed strength of the alliance vould be s'-upendous, and it would be radically impossible for any combilation of the world p twers to bring to ear a force capable of even threatenuk it seriously. F1Q1I1ING FOWKK. Men. Guns. [*he British Empire 1,000,000 12,000 France ai d iier possessions 3 500,000 5,000 ?he United States.. 200 000 500 Total 4 700,000 17,500 In compiling the above, the whole trength of the armiss has been taken nto account. Thus that of Great Jritian inc ud s the regulars, reserves, nilitia, volunteers, the troops In lnia, and all the native colonial forces, ^he U ilted States army Is almoRt in ignliicant in comparison to that of 'Vance, hut 200,000 perfec.ly trained den constitute a force that Is not to e ignored. GIGANTIC NAVIK8. When we come to the navies of the hree powers, the : v Twhelming force f the combination is more strikingly pparent. G. B. France. U. S battleships 07 36 20 Iruisers 130 20 44 ^rpedo craft... . 240 284 51 uhmarines 40 09 4 Total 477 454 125 Total ships 1,056 These ligures Include battle ships misery, and submarines now building f the tree powers, and this vast comined navy would be manned by, :.ughly, 000,000 men. The similarity l the total number of ships possessed y Great Britain and France will be >on t r, V*.n /liw. *- v- ~ i- T'^- ? wu uu us uuo uu una lauu buab r rituut/ as a large excess of torpedo craft and ubmarines, but the total lighting weight is much in favor of this counry. An examination of these figures hows that Great Britlan, when her 'hiding programme Is completed, rill posses* 197 bittle ships and rulsers. France 101 and the United tates 70 This Is a much greater orce of heavy fighting ships than the est of the world could muster altoether. Germany, when her navnl lans are comple, will only have 87 attle ships and crusiers of all types. COLOSSAL WKALTH. The combined Income which the hree allied powers would enjoy mounts to the tremendrous sum of 1392,545,000 a year. The individual evenues for the year 1904 (excluding olonles) were as follows: Ireat Britain ?141,545,000 'ranee 143,000,000 Jnlted States 108,000,000 Total ?392,645,000 As against this they have national ebts amounting to the almost inredlble sum of 2,170 millions of ounds, whlob France's share la by ar the largest; * Great Brltlan ? 750.000,000 Prance 1,220,000,000 United States 200,000.000 I Total ?2,170,000,000 The shipping controlled by the three powers constitutes two-thirds of the total shipping of the world. Worked out in tons, it is as follows: Great Brltiau 12 000.000 France 1.200,000 United States 5,198,000 Total. 18 398,000 These are but rough calculations, and touch only the fringe of the prob lom. The power of nations consists not only in ships, men and money, but in the volume of their trade and commerce, and to enter Into details of these would require much more space than is uow at my disposal. W-KNT TO PRISON Katlior than Expose ? Weak Woman to hor Husband. A New York dispatch to the Baltimore American says: Carl Fisher Hanson, a millionaire philanthropist and lawyer, In his office at 3 id Hrnartwar tirlau ra?ar>l. J - WW \JB J ) rj WJ 1 V|T t-Ul' ed a strange story of love, devotioD and self sacrllico to save a woman's name. Mr. Hansen absolutely refused to divulge the names of the parties In the tragedy. It was learned, however that a young and pretty woman, dressed in black, called at his office at an eur;y hour to day and requested ao interview with Mr. Hansen on Import ant business. She was ushered into Mr. Hansen's private office and, amid sobs, told Mr. Hansen a romantic story. "I have come to you," she said, "to secure the pardon of a man who 1 know is Innocent and who is now serving a Renter ce of three years in Sing Sing on the charge of attempted burglary. "He went to prison to save my honor. He is Innocent, and now that my husband is dead I want to try and have him righted in the eyes of his friends and the public, because what he did was done for my sake." According to the w( man's story the man was arrested a year ngo. He had called upon her at her home during her husband's ab<ei c^. Her bushand unexpectedly returned, and, tiud* ing the man in his room, made a rush for him. The young man bolted for the door, but the husband, who was a much bigger man, grabbed him. The husband shaking the Intruder by the collar, said; "What are you doing here?" The young man thought a minute and then said impressively: "I an a thief. Lock me up." The husband called a policeman and the man was taken to the stationhouse Later he was indie*ed and taken to court When aTaiuned the young man said: "Your Honor, I am guilty. I entered that house for the purpose of robbery and 1 was caught. That's all." lie was subsequently sentenced to three years in Si )g Sing at hard labor. The young woman was greatly excited, and fainted when she reached the end of her strange tale, On reviving she begged Mr. Hansen to make an effort to have this man pardoned. "1 will do anything," she said, "suiter any ditgrace, if you will only petition the governor to pardon this ( man, who has suffered all this humiliation to save my honor. 1 couldn't 1 confess : hen; but now, that ray hus band Is diad, I am willing to do anything to nave him pardoned." Mr. Hanson, while declining to give the nan e of the woman or the convict, saia: "I wlil certainly dj every thing in my power after I investigate the story of this young woman to have this man pardoned, I don't doubt the young woman's story in the 1 least, and I will certainly petition Governor lUggins in the hope that 1 1 may have this young man, who so willingly sacrificed himself to save a woman's honor, pardoned at once." The prisioner, sa!d Mr. Fisher Han- ' sen, was a young college student, who disappeared from one of the colleges when he was arrested. "I will not say whether it was Harvard, Yale or Princeton," said the | lawyer. "No one has ever koown , what became of him, as he was tried 1 and sentenced under an assumed name. ! "The woman In the case has also , peid a penalty for her indiscretion, as a servant who knew of the affair has collected $86,000 in blackmail from | her within a few years. She is a i member of one of the best of the old < families of New York, and her late j husband owned several factories in < new oqrscy." ] Thr? e Burnfrt. ] Mr. and MrB. K. I. Martin and child, 1 of Hostou, Saturday lost their lives in { a tire which destroyed the Maranacook Hotel at Lake Maranacoolf, Maine. Five other persons were burned or otherwise injured, none , fatally. Over eighty guests and em ( ployees escaped in night attire, many , leaping from windows. The lire was , probably caused by a defective ohim- , ney. The hotel is a wooden structure, twenty-seven years old. ( Many toat. The correspondent of the London Dally Telegragh at Leghorn sends a . report received from Nagaskl of the overtaking of a hundied fishing boats ( by a hurricane off Goto Island (belonging to the Japanese archipelago in ' the channel of Korea:) The report says 400 men are missing and it is feared they have been drowned. \ fcHJDtl TWO LIVJW. ' A Barber Kills His Wife and Then Ooiuinito Suicide. After cutting his wife's throat with a razor and while her dead body was lying on the ll>or, William Washington, a negro barber, who lived at i Greene street, cut hisown throat with tne same razor Wednesday night about 11 o'clock and fell dying by yie woman's side. g j The double tragedy return??* In a *^j three- room house on the portion of Greene street which passes through D*rktown. Neighbors heard the couple quarrelling and later heard a fall. A sister of \V*vshlngtou, who lived across the street*, went to the house and when she opened the front door she saw Susie Washington lying dead on he iloor with a gash aero s her throat, and the man lying by her side, with his throat cut and gasping for breath, lie died before the hospital ambulance re?.ched the scene. Call Otlloers Dorsett and Pharr investigated the a IT sir. They ascertained that Washington, who had been working In a barber shop on Decatur street, separated from Ills wife several months ago. Wednesday night he went to his wife's house and found her alone. Exactly what occurred could not be known, but from the condition cf the rooms, the i diners believe that Washington cut his wile's throat as ho held her on a bed ia the middle of the room. She tried to run and fell In the doonjr&y leading into the front room. Washington must have stepped over his wife's dead body and when in the front riorn drew the razor across his own throat. lie fell with his head near that of his wife. The police at tirst believed there had been a double murder, but a search revealed therazir with which the crime and suicide had been committed. It had fallen from the man's hand and lay a few feet from his body, dved red with the tiluod or himself and wife. Tae raz ir was one which Washington used at the barber sbop. Toe coroner was not!lied and he directed the police to remove the bodies to the rooms of a negro undertaker. Au Inquest was held Thursday morning. Washington was well known la the city,J aviug been a bather Jiere I for several years.?Atlanta Coiislitu- B Found Dead. A special to The State from Charleston says Frienge Proluge, a Norwegian diver, was found dead in his bed at a Market street boarding house j Wednesday. An attending physician gave a certilieate that the man died of natural causes and an inquest was not held. Pruiuge was regularly em- B ployed by the Riverside Iron Works I and he did considerable work about the harbor In examining the hulls of vessels and other work b >low the surface of the water, lid was 40 I years of age. Ho was svlthout relatives there and his body will be interred by tho 11 vorshi ^ T'o^ w->?ks. i'aitimlo (Jbho. At Atlanta Mrs. S. J. Stewart, who B was in charge of tbe linen department I at the Piedmont hotel, has been ar- I rested, charged with stealing linen I and other articles from the hotel. It I is said nlie confessed to a friend that 1 she was being worked over time and took the articles in lieu of salary, I which she thoughtought to have been B paid her. Tne Stewarts are said to I be in destitute ctrcumstances and the I case presents a pathetic side. She fi waived examination Thursday and H gave a $200 bond. Killed in tho Air, At Greenville, Ohio, Aeronaut Bald- I win of LosAntivnle, lad., wasTaurs- I rlay blown to shreds as his balloon was I lloating in the air. lie was giving at I the county fair an exhibition of the fl use of the dynamite from a balloon B for war p Jrposes. He had three sticks B of the explosive with him. When he I had reached n height of 2,000 feet the I dynamite accidentally exploded and I balloon and man were literally torn to I fragments. Baldwin's wife was one B :>f the several thousand persons who I *aw the accident. In Hruptton. Mount Vesuvius ivS in full eruption B md is throwing out an enormous I mass of lava. Daep rumblings aerfl heard in the Interior of the crater I and lava Is tlowing down the right I lide of the cone. The ancient crater is the island of Rtromboll, is also in I full eruption. Panic prevails in theH villiages around the volcano. Oorpso in Well. The New tf>rleans authorities oon-B tinue td hav^n great deal of trnnhieB wit,n Italians in the parishes justH above New Orleans. Extraordinary? jfforts are made to conceal cases and! report is made of a body of one yellow? fever victim being thrown into a well? near Kenner, in order to prevent dls-fl covery of the case. Kiowa Up. As the result of a race war at Oar-fl lisle, Ind., the negro Baptist ohurctiH was destroyed early Wednesday by* dynamite which was placed under thqfl altar. Bloodhounds have been put oil? the trail of the dynamiters. Threats H are being made that if any arrests & 9 made every negro in town wilKbi^kr driven out. T Murdered lor Money. | \1 Murdered for their money and% V? mated in the building where lived, to hide the evidence of thlfl crime, was'the fate Thursday ofPhBT?^ lip H. Rob# and his wife, a younlO couple who had been living near Ken reystown, a small town on the NortnM em Pacific Railway, near Kan.ow m - . %