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Eight Thousand Dead Celestials who
Died in This Country Carried in
Boxes Dark to the Cefestial Kingdom
to Do l>aid to Rest Beside
Their Ancestors.
New York, March 31.?The largest
number of passengers that ever
sailed from New York on one steamer
left last week on board the Shimosa,
bound for the Orient. They numbered
nearly 8,000 despite the fact
that the Shimosa is a comparatively
small steamship?not much bigger,
in fact, than the average coastwise
"tramp."
The 8,000 passengers, however,
did not object to the seemingly over^
- "** crowded condition. In fact, not a
word of complaint was heard from
L any one of them. It should be
L known, however, that every one of
the passengers was dead and that
fact doubtless accounts for their silent
acceptance of conditions which
would not be tolerated on a slave
ship. They were all placed between
decks several days before the steamer
sailed and not until the Far East
is reached will they be permitted
to come on deck.
It is not generally known, but
every ten years the Chinese in all
parts of the world gather up their
dead for shipment to China and final
re-interment in the soil of the Flowery
Kingdom. Unless a Chinaman
is buried in his native soil his chances
of getting Into heaven are about
as slight as a poor man's cnances of
getting into the Four Hundred. At
least, he believes they are, and consequently
he makes extraordinary efforts
to die in his native land.
The next best thing to dying at
home is being buried there and so
the bodies of nearly all Chinamen
who die in foreign lands are taken
to China for burial.
During his lifetime every good
Chinamm^^i foreign lands pays a
P small sp^^veekly or monthly to a
socl^p**v>nich guarantees him burial
in his native soil. Of course, it
would be too expensive to ship home
each Chinaman as soon as he died.
H so the American branch of the so
ciety waits until there are several
thousand to return and then sends
^ them back at a comparatively low
cost.
In the past ten years some 8.000
Chinamen have died and been buried
in America east of the Mississippi
^ river. These bodies have been dug
up and are now on board the Shimosa.
bound for their final resting
pl'iteg^n the Flow/ery Kingdom.
Laundry men and rich merchants lie
side by side in perfect harmony, and
scores who were deadly enemies during
their lives, members of rival
"tongs," are making the trip without
the slightest fear of not arriving in
the same condition in which they
stared.
Although the 8,000 passengers are
stowed between decks, and as dead
as the proverbial doornail, they are
i not making the trip without sorr.ething
to eat. The Chinese believe
that a dead man must never be sent
on his last trip without a first-class
meal, and consequently every Chinamian
on board the Shlmosa has roast
Lpork, chicken and rice in his coffin.
Th^^hlmosa does not carry a physiclaTjP0lhe
does carry a Chinese
crc.w, however. And for this reason
It is one of the oldest superstitions
among sailors that a corpse on hoard
a ship brings bad luck. That Is one
reason why those who die on board
are nearly always burled at sea.
If one dead man on board
a shlu brings bad luck,
always burled at sea. If one dead
man on board a ship brings bad luck,
It is easy to figure out that with
LOOK OUT FOR SELF
ELKINS SAYS THAT OF THE NEW ^
EXOLANHKKS.
THEY ARE VEXED
SKXATOH St*>TT AM) ELlvlNS
AUK MAD AT
Treatment of the South by the ltopublicans
in Framing the TarilV
Dill. '
Washington, March 30.?Much
interest attaches to the attitude of
Senators Scott and Elkins of West
Virginia, toward the distribution of
the membership of the Senate com!
in it tee 011 finance, because largely
of its possible bearing 011 tho tariff
bill iu the Senate.
In the Republican caucus Senator
Scott referred to tho fact that none
of thje Republican Senators from the
South had been given representation
on the committee and in the open
Senate yesterday his colleague, Mr.
Elkins, followed in similar strain.
Mr. Elkins was a candidate for a
place 011 this committee, but has had
no influence in coloring his views.
! Roth he and Mr. Scott assert that
their criticisms are due to the fact
that the South has been entirely n/glected.
With tho Southern Democrats excluded
from the committee room dining
the preparation of the bill they
declare that the immense interests
of the South, including iron ore and
the manufacturers of iron and steel,
cotton and its products, lumber and
the various other interests of the
entire section, south of Mason and
Dixon's line, are without representation
on the committee at this important
stage of the . proceedings.
Thews is much speculation as to
what will be their attitude when the
bill reaches the Senate, but the prevailing
opinion is that they will make
q of t*nn ii/\ue J - 4 i ?
<% oti vn uuuo cuui I lU (tllll'IKl 1 L 111
many particulars. Senator Scott
openly declares his preference for
the present tariff law.
ROBBERS GOT SUSPICIOUS.
Intended Victim Resisted Instead ol
Submitting.
Columbia, March 29.?The Record
says if victims of highway robbery
consistently and regularly adopted
the tactics of Mr. F. B. Harmon, the
shoe man, employed late Saturday
night when he was attacked near
the northern limits of the city, there
would be a quick end of this crime
in this city, although when one recalls
the tragic end of Mr. Charles
Green, who was shot to death at
Shandon a few years ago, tho highwayman
dying at Green's hands, he
is not encouraged to follow in the
footsteps of Mr. Harmon, but rather
t n rlimwtun nf tlin mo (tan no T ,. ,1^
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Ernost Gary and many other have
clone, by letting the goods go.
Mr. Harmon, who had boarded a
10:40 p. m. car going out to his
home, was attacked near Newman's
cut, just after ho had left the car
with his little boy. Two white men
in overalls stepped in front of him
and demanded that ho throw up his
hands. Mr. Harmon, however, showed
fight right away, and grappled
with one of the men. The othei
either fired at him and missed him
on account of the dark, or fired tc
frighten his victim. The little boy
who has a good voice, set up a call
for help, which frightened the men
away before they got any loot.
As soon as he got homo, Mr. Harmon
notified the authorities, but although
good dogs were rushied tc
the scene, no valuable clue has yel
been discovered as to who the mer
were.
8,000 dead Chinamen the Shimoss
is doomed. Chinese sailors, howevef
are not up in this particular superstition,
and consequently they will
sail the Shimosa as cheerfully as il
she was laden with chop suey.
On her arrival in eastern waterf
me iMiimoHH win toucn at. ine principal
Chinese ports and unload hei
passengers who will be burled lr
their native provinces under the supervision
of the agents of the society.
He Says They Have Heen (Jivcn
Advantage Over the South and
Middle West.
Washington, March 29.?Objec- ' <
tlon was made in the senate today 1
to a statement by Senator Hale that J
the finance committee is holding dai- ,
ly sessions 011 the tariff bill. The i
criticism came from Senator Hnmn I
who said he understood that only ;
certain members were present. He |
referred to the fact that the Demotratic
members of the committee
were excluded.
"Perhaps I should have said subcommittee,"
explained Mr. Hale.
"Is it not usual to give the minor- j
ity representation on sub-commit- j
tees?" asked Mr. Tlacon.
"Not on tariff matters," replied
Mr. Hale, which rejoined provoked
general laughter.
Senators Money, Culberson, and '
Newlnnds protested against the exclusion
of the minority, but the criticism
appeared to be only perfunctory
and without hope of changing
the existing order of procedure.
T/\tnl? * *
.jwiuiiiK nun mo democrats In
their protest against the manner in
which the tariff bill is made up, Senator
Elkins (Rep.) of West Virginia,
declared himself and his State to h
of the South, the interests of which,
he said, are "being crucified." H?>
asserted that New England is overrepresented
on the committee while
the great Middle West and the South
are not. represented at all.
lie said that he understood the
committee would make a free trade
measure for New England, and in
the past the statement from the
South, like "poor, miserable deluded
people," had boon compelled to support
such propositions and had got
as a return only high protection on
articles they consumed.
He complimented the Southern
statesmen on their protest and declared
himself in league with them
To make his position more forcible
several senators from the ' South
asked questions of Mr. Elkins and
Mr. Hale sought to answer some of
these.
"There you have it." said Mr. Elkins.
"You can see what a close corporation
this New England crowd
is. Speak of one of their interests
and some New England representative
comes to his feet. Speak of
something in the interest of the
South and the New Rnglander comes
to his feet just the same."
Mr. Elkins referred to the fact
that the Democrats in the house had
no opportunity to criticise the tariff
bill before it was reported. Exception
was taken by Mr. Gore and in a
sarcastic speech he said that the
Democrats had been given four minutes
in which to examine the bill
before action upon it in committee.
Mr. Elkins grilled the New England
"domination" of the senate.
Speaking of the appointments of
Messrs. T,odge, MeCumber, Smoot and
Flint as new members of the finance
committee, Mr. Elkins said they had
been chosen from sections as far
away from the South as possible. He
spoke at length in defense of South^
ern industries and urged the senators
from that section to join him in demanding
that the South he criven
a fair show.
I Speaking caustically of the influence
of the New Englandcrs in the
senate, Mr. Elkins said they had seen
to it that the same influence preponderated
in the finance committee.
He protested against the summoning
of witnesses before the committee
unless other senators are given a
chance to listen to their testimony or
read it before the bill under consideration
is acted upon.
LOSS OF BE Alt I > FATAL.
Removal Sapped Resisting Powers of
Divine Healer.
St. Louis, April 5.?(Irieving over
the loss of his luxuriant beard that
had been growing for the past 50
years, Frederick Mundt died in the
City hospital, in St. Louis, Mo., this
week. He was 73 years of age and
a faith healer. He insisted that the
removal of the beard sapped his resisting
powers and rendered him too
weak to combat his ilness. It was
uncombed, long and rank and gave
the old man the appearance of a
Druid when he was admitted to the |
hospital. It was cut away for neatness
and sanitation. The old man
had been in St. Louis 12 years, and
had been practicing his theory of
health during that entire period.
He said that he had a large clientele,
i many of whom wore persons of prominence
and wealth.
k Fought Eagle.
St. Charles, 111., April 1.?Fight
inx aiviy 101 iwo iiuiiih yesI
terdny-^ith a monster eagle to keep
f his baby the menacing talons
of the great v^'rd, Peter Johnson, a
? farmer, with aidneighbors, flnal
ly captured the kiri? of the air.
-\
i Galloway cattle are \J>eing raised
in Alaska, their hides l^ns consid
ered equal to bearskinj^fcjtf beauty
and service. h
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I
HE FOOLED US
Hitchcock Will Hand Out thn Pin
in the South
ONLY REPUBLICANS
Or Those Who Claim to Ik* Republicans,
Will lie Allowed to Rot
Near F.nough the Pie Counter to
(let a Slice of the Pie as it is (liven
Out.
Washington, April 1.?The idea
that Democrats would he appointed
to the oilices in the South by President
Taft has gone glimmering, and
the indications now are that none
but good Republicans will be allowed
tip to the pie counter.
off.,.. >1.... *_ ?
?.? .? tu ^ 01 un;nit; 11 m are givon
out at the White House defining
what "will be" President Taft's policy
in the matter of federal appointments.
This has continued so long
that it is becoming somewhat threadbare.
First it was stated that in the
South Democratic, senators would be
"consulted" by Mr. Taft before uny
appointments of importance would
be made. The Democratic senators
know too well that no such thing
will be done, and they are too
direwd to be caught by this.
It is generally known that Frank
II. Hitchcock will be the real appointing
power with reference to
all Southern ollices; and Frank II.
Hitchcock's record in the pine line
just before the Taft nomination,
when he rounded up all the Southern
postmasters and other job holders,
does not tally witli the statement
that Democrats are to be
"consulted" in regard to Southern
appointments.
The (latest statement informally
furnished from the White House it
in r< gard to judicial appointments,
and is to the effect that such appointments
will not he a part of the
patronage of United States senators
It says:
"The president does not propose to
have judges made through political
deals and influences. He considers
that he is competent to pass upon
the fitness of men for the bench
and he will do so. At the same time
he will be glad to receive suggestions
from senators and representatives
as to the oualificationn of ?n.
plicants for judicial places.
Upon other matters of federal ap
pointments the policy of the now
president Is to place upon the senators
the responsibility of lirst clas1
selections. In a way he will defer
to their recommendations more gen
erously than did his predecessor.
Mr. Roosevelt frequently departed
from senatorial recommendations
and was often in hot water with senators
over nominations not suitable
to them.
This will not be so with Mr. Taft.
He will take it for granted that
recommendations made by senators
will be of reputable men, and he
will not make investigations to ascertain
whether these recommendations
are proper."
If Mr. Taft keeps up with the
"policies with reference to Southern
patronage" that have been attributed
to him, he will have a strenuous
time of it in the White House.
Hut, as stated, Mr. Hitchcock will
relieve him of most of the burdens
along this line.
FIXED FOR KILLING SONGSTER.
Death of Mocking Bird Costs Slayer
Ten Dollars.
Aiken, March 20.?This morning
John Wilson was tried in the Mayor's
court for shooting a mocking bird
with a sling shot, and was fined ten
dollars, which ho paid. Wilson is
a colored boy employed by Mr. C.
Oliver Iselln. Ho shot the bird
last week, but the case was made out
against him on Saturday, and the
trial took place this morning. Mayor
Sal ley is determined to brt?ak up
sling shot shooting, as well as the
flagrant slaying of song birds. Every
violator of the bird law that
comes up before Mayor Salley never
fails to have the burden of rendering
the city financial or manual aid.
CAPERS IN TIIE SADDLE.
W ill Continue as Pie Distributer for
This State.
Washington, March 21.?There
are indications today that John G.
f'ancrs is to hr? r?f?nHnn??l na tv>?.
patronage boas of South Carolina.
I The Postofflce Department baa ?ent |
! him a formal request to name a aim 1
ceaaor to the late Poatmaater Polnler
at Spartanburg, and Mr. Capers has
notified all candidates that they must
have the backing of the beat citizens
of the town, including the bust
ness interest*. Mr. Capera has thus
far successfully withstood the brunt
! of a heavy fight and the tire ia apparently
turning his way under powerful
Influences in his behalf.
HEROE'S MEDAL
AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
AWARDED TO
Section Master Goldman of Waterloo
for Savings Life of a Negro
Laborer.
Columbia, March 30.?The Record
Hays several persons, of both sexes,
have been awarded Carnegie hero
medals In this State. James 11. Gold
man of Cambridge, Greenwood County,
a new entry on the list, has just
received a medal and has been awarded
in addition $1,000 in cash. lie
has been rewarded for saving the
life of a negro.
Goldman is a railroad employe and
was in charge of a force of hands
at work on the C. & W. C. road near
Waterloo in 1907, when he performed
the act which is remembered.
A freight train came suddenly
around a curve while Mr. Goldman
and his crew were going down the
track on a hand car. As soon as
the train was seen, the brakes were
suddenly applied and tho abrupt
stop threw Warren Finley, a negro,
to the ground, fastening him between
the track and the car.
All the hands fled, but Mr. Goldman
stood by his post and succeeded
in pulling the negro loose. The oncoming
train struck Flnhy and broke
several bones and injured Mr. Goldman,
but if it had not been for his
hard and perilous work the negro
would have been instantly killed.
The Carnegie commit toe was re
centiy interested in the rase through
Mr. W. H. Nicholson of the Greenwood
bar, and the result is the medal
and the money and a man had
been sent to Greenwood to investigate
the ease. Mr. Goldman says he
is much more proud of the medal
than lie is of the money, though he
is "awful glad to got the slmoleons."
On one side of the medal is a picture
of Andrew Carnegie and on the
other this Inscription: "James B.
Goldman, who saved Warren Finley
from being run over by a train, Waterloo,
S. C., June 29, 1907."
Where Napoleon's star set Goldman's
has begun to rise.
FOl'NI) BODY IN COTTON SIC 10D.
Men Working in Seed House Make
( rusome Find.
Clinton, Mtireh 20.?About 8
o'clock this morning two negroes,
hauling cotton seed from a store
house on the plantation of Mr. Henry
Young, about a mile from town, to
the oil mill, discovered the body of
a man buried deep in the cotton seed,
it was so decomposed that the crowd,
which speedily collected, was unable
to decide whether the man had been
white or black.
All day curious crowds thronged
out to the place and Inspected and
speculated. The man wore a gold
ring and had in his pockets $2 1,
two knives and a pistol, lie had a
gun also. There were no papers,
and the only means of identification
were the ring he wore and the
gun, which bore the initials "W. M.
11."
Thefioroner, Mr. Hob Hairston, fnipanteled
a jury and held the inquest.
Dr. Lawrence Bailey examined the
body, and found no evidence of niur|
der. It is probable that he was intoxicated
and hid away in the seed
barn to sleep, and was smothered by
| the seed piling in on him. The coroner's
verdict was "probable suffocation."
! There was no clue to his identity
j at the inquest, but later a woman
j named Mrs. Martin and her son cane
from CJoldville, and from the clothes
and belongings identified the body as
Mrs. Martin's son, who has been missing
from his home for several weeks,
lie had quarrelled violently with his
brother and left home on account of
it, which accounts for the fact that
no alarm was raised at his continued
absence. The body was turned over
to the mother and brother.
OXK I*LACK FOR FIFTY YKARS.
Faithful Domestic to Have Celebration
in ller Honor.
South River, N. J., March 30.?
Mary Grogan, a servant in the home
of Mrs. Ablal Price hero, will be the
guest of honor at a celebration which
will be held at the Price homestead
next Saturday afternoon. The occasion
of the demonstration will h
thv> fiftieth anniversary of Mary Gorgan's
entrance into the home as n
servant. She was employed by Mrs.
Price In April, 1 8f?0. There are sev
on eniiaren, tnirto n grandchildren
and five groat grand children in th?
Price family who will nnite in makinp
it a pleasant day for the faithfu
woman.
Dies of llum*.
Montgomery, Ala., April 1.?Elis<
Wood, aged 13, died yesterday a
Equality, Ala., as a result of burn!
received while standing before ai
open grate. After her clothin*
caught she ran into the yard, when
they were burned off. and left he:
llesh horribly cooked.
TOO BIG TO SAW
WASHINGTON IIAK TIIK IHOOUSI
I TKKKS IN TIIK WOUIJ>.
A Mouse Mailt' I'rom a Mingle Ui|<>
Ited Cedar Is the largest Tre?
I That Crows.
I Washington, April f>.? The Htat?
of Washington I ourtts the largt-st
I logs and the densest 11 m!> *r tracts
I in the world. It i? estimated that
I there ?ir?' ,''">.000 acres of timbered
1 land in th?? 8ta'?\ containing tlniehr
I enough to build a plank roa?l Litre?
I Inches thick and C>P0 feet \yiile,
1 twice around the world. It would
load 10,000,000 cart' of 20.000
I feet each, each l[> feet long equal
I to 85,227 miles of trains, or three
land a half times the measure of tb?
I globe at the equator.
It would build 3.000,000 si* or
1 eight-room houses, enough to house
lone-third the people of the United
I States. Tire timbered area runs
120,000,000 fe?t to the square mile.
I One acre recently showed 000.000
feet. One mill cut C?00.000 from
less than two acres, the logs running
between 12,000 and 14.000 feel
leach. Washington has the logs to
back these claims.
On his recent trip to Panama
I President Taft noticed several spud
jsticks 30x4 0 inches and 00 feet
? " r>
land asked where sin h timber could
be found. Thes? wt re cut at Hellingham,
Wash. Last w?*ok a firm
I operating at lluckley hewed a > Ilow
IIr log 60x60 Inches and 9C fe? t
i Ioiik. It was too big to be handled
in a mill.
The prize winm r, according to
iiiiUnien at Seattle, should he U'log
sent from that palce to San Fran- .
I el8co which was so big that no mill
I could saw It, the trimming having
to ho done by hand with axes. The
log measured 114 inches hy 114 inches
and was 104 feet long when hewn
into shape. The largest log eve?
cut in any mill In the State was 7 2
inches in diameter at the smaller
end.
Near Elnia, Wash., a woodsman
built a house from the lumbt r sawed
from one tree, 300 feet In length,
I house toontnius 38,000 feet of
I timher. On the west slope of the
Cascade mountains a red cedar blew
I across the railroad. It was quicker
I to dynamite the old giant and repair
the tracks than build a track
I around it or seek saw that could
I not make the two cuts in les than
eight, days.
There is a cedar trfc in Snohomish
county owned by the Weyerhaeuser
Timber Company which is declared
I to be the largest tree on the contlI
nent, exceeding in girth by three'
inches the largest of the trees of
the famous redwood forest of California.
This cedar measures 104
feet 4 Inches In circumference and il
lis over 1 r?0 weet to the first limeb,
which is believed to be over 5 fed
In diameter. The most famous treb f
I of the redwoods is 1U4 f?-et in eirIcumferenee.
ASSETS VERY SMALL.
Hut Liabilities Hun up to a Million
and a Half.
I Cleveland, O., April 1.? Rev. William
Mahon, pastor of St. Hridgctt's
I Catholic church, of G'levf land, anil
I editor of the Catholic University,
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
in the Federal court today.
Mis total liabilities are stated to
I he $1,594,141, with t?. ...?
I gating $7"),207. Father McMnhon
was director of the Fid< lity Funding
Company, of New York, founded by
P. J. Kleran, and which now is in
the hands of receivers. Thus it
II came about that his name was signed
to the papers issued by the company,
and for which he is now held liable*
by the receivers.
FOI'RTKEX BODIES RECOVERED.
They were From the Ruined Steamer
Altenburg.
Havana, March 31.? The bodies of
ail the men missing from the; Hamburg
American steamer A 11? n burg,
which was ciestroyed by fire Monday,
were found in uhe harbor today.
I The bodies numbered fourteen and
include Second Officer Rudolf Horn,
I of Senshurg; Carl Wlttkopp, of Sedition;
the cook, steward, cabin hoy,
four white members of the crew and
five St. Thomas negro* s. All evidently
were drowned while attempting
to escape from the burning ship.
KILLED HIMSELF.
Rather Tlmn Re Arrested for Oom'
milting Forgery.
Rlackville, March 31.? Roland
' I Coleman, a negro 18 years old, comI
mltted suicide two miles from her?
I last night. Coleman forged Me fa
ther's name to a check on the Hlack)
v J lie bank and when the forgery was
t detected a warrant was sworn out
s to arrest him and a constable went
1 out to arrest him. As soon as the
; negro found out that the constable
3 was after him. he borrowed a plsr
tol from his uncle and shot himself
through the heart, dying instantly.