The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 09, 1905, Image 3
" FREE AT LAST.
The Air of National Liberty
Breathed in Russia
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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Parades and Assemblies Allowed. But
lhe Revolutionists Are Not Satisfied.
They Take Advantage of a Patriotic
Celebration, and
March With Red
Flags,
On Tuesday of laat week all Russia
celebrated enthusiastically the
emperor's gift of freedom, which the
greater part of the people received
with deepest Joy, though in St.
Petersburg, Moscow aDd other cities
socialists and revolutionaries organized
anti government demonstrations
kucl red tl&g parades, which,
with tbf patriotic manifestations, led
to a nu\ter of cjutlicts between the
"Lt.di" aud "Whites" as the autigovernment
and royalist factions are
respectfully termed. On the whole
the day passed more quietly in Russia
than had been expected though
collisions between the people and the
troops are reported from various
places resulting in loss of life.
In each of the two capitals, *St.
Petersburg and Moscow, the day was
one such as the Russians never before
have seen. The Slav c people, which
curing the long war juifc closed and
the anxious period preceding the announcement
of the new era of constitutionalism
seemed self restrained
and apathetic, gave itself up fully to
tne exunerance or the moment and
spent the entire dav in parades and
assemblies, which for the lirst time in
the history of Ru?la, were freely permitted.
Under the orders of Count
Wittc and Gen. Trepctr the troops
generally wore withdrawn from the
streets of the cities and the fullest
reign given the people to let out their
enthusiasm in demonstrations which
so long as they were not destructive,
were not interfered with.
- SIGNIFICANT OMKN.
Sit was a significant omen that after
a fortnight of gloomy and depresv
sing weather symbolic of the days of
, \the strike, the sun shone out brightly
to day in St. Petersburg and
brought a radiant Indian summer
day. The scenes in St. Petersburg
reminQed the observer of events in an
American university town after a
great fuoiball victory, but a thousand
times magnified. From early mornlug
the streets of the capital were
tilled with a mass of demonstrators
who paraded up aud down the long
ani broad Nevsky Prospect and tramped
time and again the route between
the two principal centers of demonstration,
the Kaz.on cathedral. and
university, and, constantly augmenting,
reached a grand total of fully
200,000 persons, while do wn the Nev
hKy Prospect late la the afternoon
suoialibt agiiators, consisting of both
students ana worKaaen, and members
of revolutionary organizations jumped
Into the forefront of affairs in St.
Petersburg and converted the celebration
into a great revolutionary deI
monstration. There were long processions
in which hundreds of red
Hags were carried and to which everyone
was compelled to dtyT the hat.
A great majority of the p&raders
daunted on the lapels of their coats
rosettes and streamers of crimson ribbon,
and socialist orators delivered
tirery oratlonB from the balconies of
the university and the portico of the
cathedral or wherever they could
gather audiences. They declared the
f concessions of the emperor's manifes\
to were insufficient, and that they
| must have the freedom of all political
\ prisoners, the formation of a national
I \ militia and the banishment of Gen.
jl I Trepoff and all the troops under his
v I cjmmand 20 miles from the capital.
A I COUNTKH PARADES,
I Early in the day tho "Marsellaise"
I isupplan'ed the national anthem as
Jj I the popular marching song. The
{loyalists attempted to take tl^e lead
> ! (against the socialists and revolutionists
by organizing counter parades in
Uhioh they carried the red, white and
\>luo banners of Russia and chanted
he national anthem; but they were
Jrlven off the Navsky Prospect by the
verwhelming number of the/'Reds"
very time they appeared.
In the early part of the day, great
yowds of spectators tilled the broad
lewalk8 and remained until the
11 I monstration assumed so turbulent
h&r&cter that the well intentioned
sses tied to their homes and the
rohants hastily boarded up the
idows of their stores and shops and
[ red their doors, fearing an out
\ \ ik which might result in pillage
I M \ destruction. Snch an outbreak,
I \ , ever, did not occur, and the day
II i I I'd without serious collisions.
W | . he major portion of the citizens
J n| I! out by the long celebration of
V \% yrst day of Russian liberty, weht
1 i to bed and at midnight the
fir* f *ky Prospect was deserted, except
QtW4\ of roughs, armed with
* / J paraded the avenues sing.
Atlonal anthem as well as
"fcionary songs and who had frefusions
with each other, durshots
were fired.
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'The most serious encounter during
the day took place near the barracks
of the Semlncff regiment, where a
crowd of demonstrators In attempt
Ihg to maroh to the technological institute
was stopped by troops. Shots
wero tired on both sides with the re
suit that one man was killed and 10
wounded. A prominent lawyer and a
professor were wounded In a collision
at the polyt'chnlc school. Another
fatality resulted from the demand
made by the crowd that hats be doffed
before the red flags. All officers who
refused to obey the demand was set
on and beaten with the statTs of the
Hags, when he drew his revolver and
tired a number of shots, killing one
person. In an affray at the Putiloff
works between strikers and nonstrikers,
several men were badly
beaten. Ten or 12 men were wounded
in the conflicts on the Ts'evsky
Prospect.
During the evening rumors of collisions
resulting in heavy fatalities
attained wide circulation, but the
Associated Press Is unable to contirm
them and it is officially stated that
beyond the fatalities mentioned
above, no one was killed. The authorities,
however, are more apprehensive
for tomorrow, when the 11
quor shops which for the most part
were closed today, will be opened,
and when the agitators, after a day's
incendiarylspeecbes, may be able to
work a portion of the population to!
the point of a serious encounter with '
the troops or with t.he loyalists. The
soldiers off duty mini/led freely with
the demonstrators and fraternized
with the populace.
RUSSIAN FRKEBOM.
Tfio Imperial Declaration ot the Czftr
Ora n ttllK It.
Following is the text of the mani.
festo prepared by Emperor Nicholas
and over which Russians are rejoicing:
"We, Nicholas, the second, by the
grace of God, emperor and autocrat of
all the Russian, Grand Duke of Finland,
etc., declare to all our faithful
subj sets that the troubles and agitation
in our capitals and in numerous
other places till our heart with excessive
pain and sorrow.
"The happiness of the Russian sovereign
is indis8olubly bound up with
the happiness of our people and the
sorrow of our people is the sorrow of
the sovereign.
"From the present disorders may
arise great national disruption. They
menace the integrity and unity of our
Empire.
"The supreme duty imposed upon
us by our sovereign office requires us
to efface ourseif and to use all the
force and reason at our command to
hasten in securing the unity and coordination
of the power of the central
government and to assure the success
ui iucmuiot iui jjauiin an circles
of public life, which are assential
to the well being of our people.
"We, therefore, direct our government
to ca ry out our indexible will
in the following manner:
"First?To extend to the popula
tlon the immutable foundations of
liberty, based on the real inviolability
of person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
"Second?Without suspending the
already ordered elections to the state
douma, to invite to particltation in
the douma, so far as the limited time
before the convocation of the douma
will permit, those classes of the population
now completely deprived of
electoral rights, leaving the ultimate
development of the people of the eleotorial
right in general to the newly
established legislative order of things.
"Third?To establish as an unchangeable
rule that no law shall be
enforceable without the approval of
the state douma and that it shall be
possible for the elected of the people
to exercise real participation in the
supervision of the legality of the acts
of the authorities appointioned by us.
"We appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia to remember their <JUty toward
the fatherland, to aid in tpmninnMnu
these unprecedented troubles and to
apply their forces in co-operation with
us, to the restoration of calm and peace
upon our natal soil.
"Given at Peterhof, October 30, in
the eleventh year of our reigh.
Nicholas."
An Amazing Mtory.
This amazing story comes from Indiana.
At Wllll&msport in that state
last week 200 husbands whoso homes
had fallen into neglect and discomfort
owing to the idle and gadding
habits of their wives formed a processlan,
marched around to all the
clubs and unions where the women
were and complained loudly of their
worthlessness. The most surprising
thing about this uprising is that
tuttuy ui bii? women were moved to
confession and some of the organizations
were disbanded on the spot.
Town Wiped Oat.
Fire started shortly after 1 o'clock
Wednesday morning in tne Pine
Grove, W. Va. hotel from a natural
gas explosion, and it destroyed practically
the whole town. The buildings
destroyed are: Pine Grove hotel,
Commercial hotel, Pine Grove bank,
Methodist church, Morgan's business
block, seven stores and ten bwelllngs.
Dynamite is being used to stop further
progress of the flames. It is reported
that several persons lost their
lives in the hotel, but in the exoltement
this cannot be verified.
Hung Himself.
Prof. Sylvester Judd, aged 35. committed
sulolde by hanging near Baltimore
on Sunday, because he had lost
his position as professor in George|
town unlversitp.
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A GRAB GAME I;
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By Which Philadelphia Lost Over
Six Million Dollars On
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STREET CONTRACTS. !
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Report of Major Cassius E* Gillette, \
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Who Was Selected by Mayor <
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Weaver to See How Much
1
Graft There Has Been in
the Quaker City. {
Six million three hundred and thtr- 1
ty thousand dollars has thin far been j
lost outright to the taxpayers of ,
Philadelphia through the cjntractiug
combination which has been #ngaged i
in building the great liltratlon plaut
and the two b >u!evards, one in the
i
noitheastern and the other in thesouthern
district of the c ity accord
ing to tlye report just mad public. 1
'Ibis conclusion has been reached
by Major Cisslus E. Gillette, corps of 1
engineers, IT. S. A., and John Donald '
MaoLennan, experts employed by
Mayor Weaver to make a full Invest!- 1
Ration of the contracts and the work !
done. Major Gillette is the otlleer
who Investigated the jobbery in the
Savannah Harbor improvements and
procured the evidence by which exCaptain
Ooerlln M. Carter was convicted,
and against which Greene and
Gaynor must shortly stand trial.
John Donald MacLennan is an experienced
engineer, who recently completed
the construction of the government's
filtration plant at Washington.
John W. II111, formerly chief of the
Bureau of Filtration, is now awaiting
trial on charges of forgery, etc., in
connection with the iiltration contracts.
The contracting combination
which is accused is constituted in the
main, of Israel W. Durham, Republican
boss of Philadelphia, and associated
with United States Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, and State
Senator James P. McNichol. Tnese
two men, with D. J. McNichol. a
brother of the state senator, compose
the contracting firm of Daniel J. MoNlchol
& Co. Evidence brought out
at Hill's preliminary hearing showed
that in this firm J). J. McNichol owns
a one-twelfth interest, the other
eleven-twelfths being divided equally
between Durham and James P. McNichol,
WO UK COST CONTRACTORS 810 000
"omitting from construction all 1
small contracts, say, under 830,000," 1
the report sa>s, "we find for the til
tratlon work and the two boulevards, '
as constructed up to date, the city has
paid or pledged 818,7(51,741. First
class work under the speciti 'atlons '
Bhould not have cost over 812.430,000,
which includes an allowance of 20 1
per cent, or 82,075,208 for legitimate 1
contractors' profits. The difference 1
Js 8(5,330,000. In other world,818,7(50 1
000 in round numbers has been paid
for work costing the contractors 810-,
356,000.
"Of the 86,330,000 excessive cost '
there has gone to the contractors who
worked under the name of I). J. 1
McNichol 85,065,122, similarly to
Ryan & Kelly 8543,800, and to Vare
Brothers 889,128. Of the 818,761,141
there remains unpaid about 8568,000
to McNichol and 875,000 to Ryan &
Kelley.
"Some of these contracts are Incomplete.
The estimated cost of
completion of the existing filtration 1
contracts ao contract prices Is about
81,685,000. A fair price, allowing 20
per cent, profit, would be 81,218,000.
The difference the city will lose If
these contracts are completed.
"The price paid for tne three quarters
of a mile of Northeast Boulevard
already constructed is 8552,348, on
which there was a loss to the cltv of
8273,217. There are nine and a half
miles more of It laid out on the maps.
If completed at contract prices the
additional cost to the city would be
about $0,600,000, and the additional i
loss at least $2,250,000. On the i
Southern Boulevard the amount paid i
to date Is $286,289, on which the loss ]
on the one and a quarter miles built i
nas been $89,128. To complete at |
contract prices would cost $250,516, 1
and the additional loss would be $85-, :
555. In other words, the total cost '
of both boulevards as planned at con- 1
f ro/if r\?i/?Ao * .? -1 J *
uiovu vrnijiu IltkVe U66Q '
000 and the total loss to the olty of 1
520000, * J
MUCH OK WORK NOT FIRST CLASS.
"Much of the work done by Uyan ,
and Kolley and D. J. McNlohol is not ,
first class. The parts which show (
prominently to the public are fairly <
well done; the parts that oan be ex- j
amlned with a little trouble are dis- ,
tinotly second class and not to the (
specifications. We, of oourse, do not ,
know the condition of such portions
as cannot be seen without tearing up
the work, but wherever we have dug
into it we find it seoond class or t
worse. The Southern Boulevard work ]
so far as can be seen is good. As yet (
only the rough work of filling has (
been done." j
The report says that the crushed i
rook used in surfacing the Northeast i
Boulevard is excallent material, but <
me foundation rook was found to be l
of a very poor quality. The report i
also says that the investigators found <
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fault with much of the mathrlal that
entered Into the construction of tilter
beds and also with the workman*
ship.
One of 3he means by which excessive
profits were made possible, the
report says, was by not permitting
fair competition. The advertising
was wholly inadequate, scarcely more
than a pretense. The report give9
an example of the advertising for bids
for a 12,000,000 contract. The notice
appeared In looal papers only twenty
four days before the letting of the
contract. This was wholly inadequate,
the report says the work to be
lone was very complicated and very
iitlicult to estimate. The specifications
were voluminous and vague,
covering 112 printed pages. The
drawings covered no less than forty
three large sheets of complicated
work, each sheet over ten square feet
Iu area.
NOT SUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED.
Advertisements for bids for the
construction of the northeast boule
vard were published fourteen days
before the ordinance authorizing the
advertisements was approved and the
bids were opened three days before
the ordinance was approved.
"A cireful analysts of all filtration
advertising,' the report continues,
Indicates that everything possible was
doue to avoid any real publicity with
out letting that fact appear too prominently
in the records. The bureau's
preliminary estimates, instead
of being freely furnished to bidders
were rigorously guarded secrets so far
as tiie general bidder was concerned,
axcept that they were furnished in
the specifications for filtering materials,
where they were very little needed.
Thft RnoftlHcaHnns In ?v.ar??? -
r iui?ijjr
Liculars were unfair to bidders, and
<ave excessive and unnecessary power
to the city officials. In short, the
ipecilications were so drawn that the
mgineor in charge could harass an unwelcome
contractor to an almost uui
ml ted extent without the contractor
Deing able to prevent it or secure
egal redress."
CONTRACTS KOlt PAVOUKD illDDBltS.
Tho report, which makes more than
twelve thousand words, goes into details
to show how contracts were let
to favored bidders, and how other
nethods were used to help favored
contractors. A frequently used
nethod of guiding contracts into tho
lesired hands, tho report says, was to
eadvertise them whenever others i
were the lowest bidders. In some
cases contracts were let to the tirm
which promised to do the work in tho
shortest time and not to the lowest
bidder. The McNlchol bids always
proposed strikingly short periods for
the completion of contracts, and In
me case notice to begin work was
<lven to McNichol four months after
tip started the operation, so that the
tirm would have four more months In
which to complete the contract. In
many Instances, the proposed time
was exceeded by from 10 to 200 per
3ent. In the aggregate, the report
ays, McNichol could have been as
messed for liquidated damages for over
time about $532,000. He was actually
assessed $3,255.
4'We have receiied testimony from
many contractors," the report says in
3 mnectlon with favored contractors,
''that the conditions described kept
them from bidding. We have also
received statements that city otlicials
ilrectly discouraged bidders from
submitting bids. This tield has not
yet been fully explored."
Tho report says the tiltr&tion system
OUCht, tV"? Iiuua Vvonn n/tm ?l*?f ~~
n-. W wvr ??i? ? V UVUU WUi UU
January 1, 1904; that since June 6,
1904, when the West Philadelphia
district began receiving tiltered water
there have been only ten deaths from
typhoid fever out of a population of
forty one thousand. At the same
proportional rate the deaths from
typhoid fever in the whole city since
January 1, 1904, when the tiltered
water system ought to have beeu completed,
should have been fifty seven
or less, whereas 1,257 have died from
tlje disease. Since January 1, 1904,
the total number of eases of typhoid,
Including deaths, was 11,978. The
ditTerence between 57 and 1,257, the
report says, represents the loss of life
due to the methods that have been
employed in conducting the tiltration
works.
Crazy Man Ittllmlf
At Phelima Ga. 2 miles from Leesburg
great excitement was created
Wednesday night by a shooting affray
In which J. L. Darby who precipitated
the trouble, was killed and three
jther people narrowly escaped with
bhler lives. Darby, who is said to
have been drinking heavily, went to
the residence of L. W. Mlms and be<an
shooting through the windows of
the house, narrowly missing Mr.
Mims, his wife aud W. C. Manning.
The two men rushed out of the house
to investigate the sudden attack,
when Darby fired first at Manning,
ui? * ? - *
wuuuuiuk mm in i?ne leg, and next
it Mims. Minas then opened tire on
tils assailant, and pub four bullets
Ghrough his head and breast, killing
aim instantly. He deeply regrets
jiie killing and only acted to save hlB
jwn life. The two men are reperted
A) have been good friends. Judge J.
VI. Himes went over to Phelima and
aeld a coroner's inquest. The verilct
of the coroner's jnry was justiti
ibl homioide.
Murray Hah Hklppml.
A dispatch from Sumter says a
isnoh warrant was issued for Geo. W.
Vlurray Wednesday afternoon by
Ulerk |of Court Parrott, and turned
>ver to Sheriff Epperson to serve.
Nothing is known of Murray's present
whereaboutsi but there is a persistent
rumor that he left for Canada four
lays ago. If he is still In the oounty
tie will be arrested at once and pub on
Ghe chain gang to serve his seutenoe
!>ut.
CONE TO REST, j
Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at Mis
Home in Columbia.
A GALLANT SOLDIEU
And an Excellent Christian Gentleman
has Passed Away After a Prominent
Career. The End Came
Unexpectedly After a
Very Short Illness.
The Columbia State of Thursday
made the sad announcement of the
death In that city of Col. Thomas
Stobo Farrow on Wednesday night
after an Illness of only 24 hours. Ills
death was due to an attack of uremia,
which followed a tirst attack just a
month ago and which came near proviug
fatal. He was tiken ill Tuesday
night and although Ids condition did
not at Urst excite alarm, be steadily
grow worse Irona yesterday morning
until the end last night.
Col. Farrow has been identified with
the history of this State in time of
war and of peace and the greater part
of his life lias been in public service.
Ho was engaged at the time of his
death in compiling a history of the 1
Reconstruction period which but for
his untimely end would have been ;
completed In a short time.
He was a sou of Patlllo and Jane
Stobo Fir row and was born In the '
village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. 1
At the age of 10, he entered the
South Carolina college and graduated I
In the class of 1852. He then read law ]
and was admitted to the bar the following
year, and began to practice in 1
Spartanburg with his brother, James
Farrow, who afterwards became a 1
member of the Confederate congress.
For a number of years prior to and up 1
to the beginning of the war, he served 5
as master In equity of Spartanburg 1
county.
He entered the Confederate army as {
captain of the Forest Rules in 1801 1
aud served on the islands along the (
coast until after the surrender of Fort y
Sumter, before going to the front this 1
company was presented with a silk (
battle llag by the young ladies of the 1
Limestone Female college, which was 1
at that time the leading educational 1
Institution for young ladies in the 1
northern part of the State. After the 1
reorganl/.itiou of the Confederate '
forces lie was elected lieutenant colonel
of the Thirteenth South Carolina 1
infantry; Gregg's brigade, Army of. '
Northern Virginia. He was engaged !
in most of the Important battles and
was twice wounded, once at the second 1
battle of Manassas, where lie was
struck In the body by a fragment of a
shell and seriously wounded. He was
again wounded at the battle of Fred
erlcksburg.
After the close of the war ho moved
to Atlanta, whore he resided for four
years. He then returned to Spartan
burg to live, in time to assist In the
redemption of his State from radical
rule. He was In Columbia during the
stirring times of '7(1 and acted as a
courier between the headquarters of
Gov. Hampton and the otllclals of the
famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was
elected o'erk of the senate, which place
he held until 188(5, which he tendered
his resignation to accept the position
of second assistant auditor of the war
department in Washington under the
tirst administration of President
Cleveland. During the term of President
Harrison Col. Farrow was out
of otllce but when Cleveland was elected
for the second time he was again
appointed to the same position he
had occupied during Mr. Cleveland's
tirst term.
After the election of President McKlnley,
Col. Farrow returned to South
Carolina and opened a law otllce at
GatYuey. He remained here until his
marriage to Mrs. E. Adele Pjllcrbe in
1900, when he moved to Choraw and
from there they came to Columbia
about three years ago. For the last
two years and a half, he has devoted
his life to his work on his history of
the Reconstruction in South Carolina
from '(58 to '7(5, which had ho lived, a
few months longer, would have been
given to the world.
Col. Farrow was married three
times; tirst to Miss Laura Henry of
Spartanburg in 1854. No children of
hum marriage survive, lie was married
to Miss Janie Bedcn of Walterboro in
1861, and by this marriage there were
eight children, three of whom survive.
Ills third marriage was to Mrs. 10.
Adelle Kllerbe of GafTney on January
11, 1900. He Is survived by his widow
and two daughters, Mrs. Riohard Geddings
of Ashevllle and Miss Julia Farrow,
also of Asheville, and one son,
Mr. Patlllo H. Farrow of Charleston
He is also survived by one sister, Mrs.
Juila McGowan, who resides with her
son, Mr. Samuel MoGowan, in Washington
and one brother, Col. Henry
P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentleman
and was dlstlnotly a representative
of the old school of southern manhood.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian church and has for 40
years teen ai elder in the Presbytertan
ohi roh at different places. He was
also a Jziid degree Mason and was a
member of the Scottish Chiefs, his
membership being with the order in
Washington.
His remains will bo taken to his
| former home in Spartanburg Friday
morning for Interment. The funeral
services will be held at the residence
this city at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and will be conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of" the First
l'rosbyterlad church and the Rev. Dr.
W. C. Lindsay of the First Baptist
church.
MORE RURAL ROUTES.
The Number in 8outh Carolina Reflects
Credit On Us.
There Aro Now on Kilo OrorOne Hundred
Pot i t ion h (or Additional
I ton t oh . Number In Operation.
The Washington correspondent of
the Columbia Record says on account
of the elTorts the people of South Carolina
living In the rural districts have
recently boon making to go1 better
mall facilities, and owing to the good
work of her several representatives In
congress, there are at this time In operation
In the slato 5111 free delivery
routes. During the year there have
been presented to the post< ill^e department
1,100 petitions for routes In
dilterent parts of the state, and of
these 501 were ad versely reported for
one. reason or another.
(On June JO, 1006, there wore In operation
in the state 470 routes, and,
as stated, there arc now in operation
510?an lucrease of forty-two since
the lirst of July. There are now pending
before the department 143 petitions
asking that additional routes hd
established In South Carolina. Considering
the short time in which free
routes have been In operation, the
number which South Carolina now has'
speaks well f r the people of the state,
The showing made by South Carolina
!\!imnnrnQ fo ^0 -
k/MiAJ pi?i v^n i ?% t v/i t?'njr mr i lil | tl HVt ui uiauy
other sections of the country.
In the tirst congressional district 71
petitions have been referred to the department;
of these 45 have been adversely
reported. There were In operation
In this district on Juno .'10, 1005
14 routes and on November 1st, 21,
wid there are live petitions now pending.
In the second district 10.1 petitions
liave been referred to the department
md of this number 43 have been adversely
reported.
On June 3)% 31 routes wore In operitlon
and on November there were 35,
with 25 petitions pending. In the third
ilstrlot there were 229 petitions prolented
during the year, of which num>ered
89 were unfavorably reportedjj
Jn June 30th there were 118 routes
n operation and on Novembar 1, 122,
with 18 petitions pending. In the
fourth district 238 petitions have been
presented, and of this numlier 113 were
reported adversely. On June 30, there
were In operation 103 routes and on
November 1, 118, with 23 petitions
pending. In the tifth district 224 petitions
have been presented, with 83
adverse reports.
On June 30 there were 103 routes In
operation and on November 1, 118,
with 23 petitions pending. The slxih
district presenttd 116 petitions and of
this number 42 were adversely re'ported.
On June 30, there were in operation
49 routes and the same number
on November, 1, with 25 petitions
pending. In the seventh district 170
petitions have been presented, and of
this number 80 havo been reported adversely.
On June 30, there were in
operation <>3 routes and 72 on November
1, with 21 petitions pending.
During the year the total number
of petitions referred to the department
In the United States amounted to 50,808
and of this number 12 585 have
been adversely reported. On June 30,
1905, there were in operation a total
of 32,055, and on November 1, 33,948,
with 4,335 petitions pending. Of the
4,$35 pending 530 have been assigned
to be established prior to Daoember
31, leaving 3,789 unacted upon on November
1.
The HlKiilhoanoti ot the Harvest.
"God hath visited his people"?
that is the docpest reading of the
harvest, that the spiritual interpretation
of its significance. The provision
of bread is not the final issue
of our wisdom, and ingenuity and
toil; it is still the good the gift of
the good Father in heaven. All our
ingenuities and devices and triumphs
of mechanical contrivance have not
brought us one whit nearer to this
possibility. When we have done all,
we can but stand with dumb trust
and In helpless dependence before the
face of God. Every bit of our food
we take from his hand, and whether
we seo the iiand or not makes no difference
to the fact. Wherefore let
every man to-day confront the reality
see the thing as it really Is; then
shall we bend before His high throne
with lips full of gratefull songs, beOb
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of a mercy that reaches to the heavens
and of & goodness that oovera
ever> human need.
Fatal Aooltlenc.
James II. A. Brooks, a well known
manufacturer of Philadelphia wss
killed; Michael G. Price, a business
associate was seriously injured, and
their wives were painfully hurt in an
automobile accident Thursday near
Absecon, N. J., about 50 miles from
Philadelphia. Tne accident was
caused by a tire slipping oiY one of the
rear wheels of their automobile while
they were riding at high speed.
The Wages of Sin.
Edward Bearden, money order clerk
in the Augusta, Ga., postortice, committed
suicide on Monday by shooting
himself through the head with a pistol,
just after having been detected
in using postoftioe funds in playing
the bucket shops. The amount of his
shortage Is not stated.