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.0P V 91JT+ iO 1," I JSoO ^: ' DEC V 1". i,9y' ESA LS E 1844 SPITT~ TLE LAW TIE PEOPLE MUST NOW LIVE LNDER. The Full Text of South Carolina's New Organic Law as Adopted. Space will not permit us to publish the entire document at one time, but we will give it in installments of about three columns a week until the entire Constitution has been printed in these columns. We rresent the first two articles this week: We, the people of the State o: South Carolinc, in Convention assem bled, grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitu tion for the preservation and perpetu ation of the same. ARTICLE I. TinZLARATION~ OF RIEBTS. Section 1. All political power is vested in and derived from the people only, therefore they have the right at all times to modify their form of gov ernment. -.Sec. 2. Representation in the house of representatives shall be apportioned Saccording to p'opulation. Sec. 3. The general assembly ought frequently to assemble for the redress of grievances and for making new laws. as the common good may require. Sec. 4. The general assembly shall make no law respecting an estabi: ment of religion or prohioung t he free e.ereise thereof a riding the , om of sn oof the press; or the r-g ? of . e Ieople peaceably to assemble "'. to petition the govern- L me,t or any department thereof for a redress of grievances. See. .5. The privileges and immuni ties of citizens of this State and of the Lnfted States under this Constitution sball not be abridged, nor shall an ~o_' shall any irson be denied the 4 eoLa'i urotectionL of the laws. ec. 6. A li property subject to tax ation shall be taxed in proportiOn to it v,alue. Sec. 7. No tax, subsidy, charge, ebiost tax or duties shall be estabnsa ed. eI, laid or levied, under any pzetext thtsoever, without the con sent of the people or their represenata tiv,es lawfully assembled. Sec. 8. No bill of attainder.e post facto law, law impairing the obhr :cn of contracts, nor la grantin a tiile of nobility or herecLtary emo lainent, shall be passed, and no, con victionl shall work c.rluptin of blood or forCeiture of estate. Sie. 9. The right of suffrage, as re gulated in this Constitu.tion, shall be protected by law re.gulatiung decuions and prohibiting, under &udequate pen alties, all undue inguences from pow er, bribery, tault or imroper con Sec. 10. Al1 elections shail be free ad oen, and ev .ihbitant of this te~uossessing the guana.tions pro aed for in this Constitutj.on shal ave an eqal right to elect omcers end be elce to ti11 puAhe odce. unless proscribe i thi ConstntuuOn, shal be-necessryfo a election to or theZ hold.ing of any one No Psrs0n ~hall be elected or approintea to oflice ~n this State for ife or during good be havior, but the teirms oi all oficers - shall be for soe spcfe per:od, ex - cent notaries puli and ojlleers in the militia. After the atdoptiOfl of this Constitution any person who thailtfight a duel or send o.r accept a challenge for that nurpose, or be an aider or abetter in ighting a dael, shall be de dored holding any ogiee of honor 'trust in this State, and shall be oth ~ise punished as the law shall pro ~cribe. Sec. 12. Temporary absence from the State shall not forfeit a residencee ence obtained. Sec. 13. The power of suspending the laws or the execution of the laws snail only be exercised by the general assembly or by its autnority in par t.iculr cases expressly provided for bv it. "See. 14. Ir. the government of this State the legislative, executive and judcial Powers of the government shah] be forever separate vnd istinct from each other, ahd no person or person exercising the functions of one. of sai~ departments shall assumeC or diseh:arg the duties off any other. Sec. 15. All courts shall be pablie and every person shall have speed3 rem'edy therein for wrongs sustained Sec. 16. The right of the people be secure in their persons. houses, pa pers and effects against unreasonabi searches and seizures shall not be vio lated, and no warrants shall issue bu upon probable cause, supportead b oath or afmrmation, and particularl; describing the place to be searched an the person or t.hing to be seized. Sec. 17. No pereon shall be heldt answer for any~erime where the pu'. ishment exceeds a nine of 5100 or _in 30or days. with or -vitj olt hai tor, UIcrs on a preK.: aet or Indictmen of a gY:.::dJur the coin:ty wiler e theo crim;e .1hallf h. been committei, GxcC;t] ca es :s i i in the lna or naval force:, or i. ti m~i' l ii whe in~ acual service in tirj o wo r or publicdanger; nor shil ai person be subject for the sasuc ou'enc to be s1ice put in jeopardy of life < libert'-, nor shall be compelled in an criminal case to be a witness agaim himself. Private propertyshallnot b taken for private use without the con sent of the cwner, nor for publi :i without just compensation being flr: made therefor. .oc. I. .Ln all criminal .roseeu tious the accused shall enjoy the righ to a speedy and public trial by an irm partial jury, and to be fully informed of the nature and cause of the accusa tion: to be confronted with the wit nesses against him, to have com2pulso ry process for obtaining witnesses i his favor, and to be fully heard in hi. defense by himself or by his counse or by both. See. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fires 1iM posed, nor cruel and unusual punish. ments indicted, nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained. Corporal pun. ishment shall not be inflicted. The power to punish for contempt shall noi in any case extend to imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Sec. 20. All persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the pre sumption great. Sec. 21. In all indictments or pro secutions for libel, the truth of the al leged libel may be given in evidence, nd the jury shall be the judges of the aw and the facts. See. 22. Treason against the State hall consist alone iu levying war or in iving aid and corn Fort to enemies 2gainst the State. No person shall be eld guilty of treason, except upou :eatimony of at least two v.itnesses to Ie same overt act or upon confession open court. Sec. 23. The privileges of the writ f habeas corpus shall not be suspend cd unless when, in case o insurrectioii, ,ebellion or invasion, the public safe Smay require it. Sec. 24. No person shall be in risorcd for debt except in cases of Sec. 25- "he right of trial by jury hall o preserve iviolate. Sec. 26. A weil rculgd iilitia ein_ necsssar^ to the security of a ee State, the right of the people' to eep and bear arms shall not be in ringed. As in times of peace armies e dangerous to liberty, they shall ot be maintained without the consent f the general assembly. The military ower of tbe State chP11 (o~- s' l in time~of peace be auartered in v house without the consent of the ~ner, nor in time of war but in the anner to be prescribed by law. Sec. 27. No person shall in any case e subject to martial law or to any ains or penalties by virtue of that aw, except those employed in the .rmy and navy of the United States, nd'exeyt the militia in actual service, )t by the authority of the general as mbly. Sec. 28. All navigable waters shall orever remain public highways, :ree >the citizens of the States and the United States without tax, impost or :all imposed; and. no tax, toll, impost r whariage shall beimposedi, demand d or received from.the owners of any merchandise or conimodity for the use f the shores or daiy w-hart erected on the shores or'in or over the waters oi any navigsbe stream unless the same e authoriZad by the general assembly. Sec. 29. r'he provisions of the Con stittiton shijl1 be taken, deemed and onstrued te be mandatory and prohib itory, an& not merely directory, ex ept whe-. expressly made directory or permissey by its own terms. ARTICLE IL r or' sUrrAn. Sectiod! 1. All elections by the peo le shall > by hailot and elections shall nedr be held or the ballots counted a secret. Sc.' Every qu.alified elector shall be?ligible to any offBee tobe vot ed for, nless disqualified by age as p~rescrid in this Constitution. But no peran shall hold two ofiices of hon or or it at the same time, except that a person holding another offie may e e same ti:ne be an offncer in he m .ia and a notary pubhec. Se .3. Every male 'citizen of ths State d of the~United States 21 years of ag ad upwards. not laboring un~ der t disabilities named in this Con stt n and possessing the quahtica tion equired by it. shall be an elec -.4. The qualifications for suf fra shall be as follows: .Residence in the State for tw< e in the county one year, in thn PC ng precinct in which the electo: o s to v ote four months. and then ent sxmonths bcfore any ele ii of any poll tax then due and pay~ 4; provided, however, that minis t.s incharge of an organized chumrci teachlers of public schools shall i td to vote after six months resi ee in the State, if otherwise guahi l) Registration, u hich shell provid .r the enrol!h.ent of every electo ee in' ten years and ,iso un enroll - ent during each and every vear o s ry elector net prev :iusly registere: - nder the p,rovisions of this artic. tI(c) Up to -January 1, 1898, all ma! 4ersons of voting age ppiling fo egeistrationl who can read any sctio Sn this Contiutoi sub~mitted to timer avy the registratior. onieer, or ndme ,tan and explaiu it when read to ther ithe ree-istration otilcer shall be en ti~tled to r.egisgad become electors 3 - ,-n all persons regin -c r -nnary 1, 15S, sworn byth :sitatiUon o iCc . i b e !iied ..10e copy with the" olkrk of cou:; aint g,:,ne in the oill_. of thc s retar o ti, on or beflre _brfr.arv 1. 1SS : tnad s'ich pjeroN%s Shall reua:in durir y life (u.ieiidec< ii tors unless disquali e b the other provisions of thi; r rt cle. The Ceeiiicate of the clerk of Y our't or seeretary of state 'hali bE ; icient eridence t establish th, e right of said citizens io any subse - quent rgistration and thie franch.is e o nder the limitations herein imposed. b An-ay person who shall apply for registraticn after january st, 15s8, if - ~thr ise uU::d, shall ie registered; prov:deL, that he can both read and rrite any section of this Constitution tsuibritted to him by the registiation - 1-ler. or can show that he owns and bas paid all taxes collectible during the previous year on property in this State assessed at 8300 or more. (e) Managers of elections shall re -inire of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to ote. prooi of the payment of all taxes, including poll tar, assessed ng"icst him and collectible during the previous year. The i-roduction of a certificate or of the receipt of the (:lic-e rauthorized to collect such taxi s shall be conclusive proof of the pay ment thereof. (i) The gr.^eral assembly snw:l pro p vide for iss;: to each duly registered elector a certificate of registration and shall provide for the renewal of such certiticate when lost, mutilated or destroyed, if the applicant .is still a qualified elector under the provisions of this Constitution, or if he bas been rcgistered as provided in subsection See. Any person denied registra tion shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas or any judge thereof, and thence to the supreme court, to determine his right to vote under the limitation i:nposed in this article, and on such appeal the hearir:g shall be de novo and the general assembly shall provide by law for such appcal and for the correction of illegal and fradulent registration, voting and all other crimes against the election laws. Sec. 6. The following persons are disqualiied from being registered or voting: First. Persons convicted of burg lary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses,perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife-beating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incest. assaiit with intent to ravish, miscegenation, larceny or crimes against the election laws; provided, that the pardon of the governor shall aaevgd gu'rsp~po tmarsz_r.sneptfne expense; -ia Tersonsollfined in any I oublic prison. Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting, no person shall ue deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employ ed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or the high seas, nor while a student of any institution of learning. Sec. 8. The general assembly shall provide by law for the registration of all qualified electors and shall pre sribe the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the results of the same; provided, at the first registra tion under this Constitution, and until Ithe 1st of .January, 1898, the registra tion shali Vse conducted by a boardl of three disrcect persons in each county, to be appointed by the gov ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. For the first registration to be provided for under this Constitution, the registration books shall be kept open for at least six consecutive weeks, and thereafter from time to time at least one week in eaca month', up to 30 days next pre cedng the first e!ccti'.n to be neld un der this Constitution. The registra ton books shall be public records ope toth inspection of any citizen See. 9. The general assembly shall nrovide for the establishment of pol ling p)recincts inl the several counties of the State and those now existing shal.l so continue until abolished or chaged. FEch elector shall be required to vote at his own precinct, lbut pro vision shall be made for his transfer to another porecinct upon his change of residence. See. 10. The general assembly shall provide by la w for the regulation of prtyi prmim.ry elections and punishing fraund at the same. S ec. 11. The re.gistration books shall close at least :30 days before an eec to, during which tine transfers and reitration snall not be legal; pro vied. persons who will become of age duing that periodl shall be entitled to regitration before the books are cloed. Sec. 12. Electors iu municipal elee~ tons shaIIll ossess the qualifications and~ be subject to the disqualifications5 her ein prrscribed. The production of a cer fiicate of registration from the reistration oilleers of the county as an elctor at a nreinct included in the incor')orated city or town in which he voaer1d ir s to vote is declared a condit.io prrequisite to his obtaining a certificat- of re'istration for imm einal el ections and in addition he m anst have' been a resident within the c- ororate limiits at least four months bfore the election and have paid all I taxes du1e and collectilde for the pre *ceing4 Isa, y'ezr. Tho general as Seml shall proide for the registra tion oI all voters before each eletior 1in muniilitis;. provided, that noth i herin~ eotained -hall appily to an. - mSniici -al elections which may be beh prior to> the gCeeral election of th - ear 1896. -Sec. 18. in authorizing a specia eeo in any incornorated city o: >0ton in thia St"e r the purpe .boning':-. !'c . iK general assen I bhy chij. pre.cib n, . ccnd:tion:pr fe-ler. t th- 1l di: of sid elect:o a pct'tionl from' av mjoity of the fre; Kors of stid cit. l: town as show hv its a Ou2S, and at such election all elector' of such ciry or town wh are duly, qualliid for voting uuder se tion 12 of this article. and who hay paid all t:es. t, coiunty an inmnicipal, for the or:. is year, shal be allowed to vote, and the rote of majority of tho:e vet n- zaid lec lions sb:ll be recor jo authoriz the issue of said bonls. See. I4. Electors sill in all case except trerson, felony r breach of th( peace, be p rivleged from arrest of the days of election during their at tendance at the polls and golog and re. turning thereLrom. Sec. 15. No po.er, civil or military, shalt at a-y time inteifere to preveni the free exercise of the right of suf. frage in this State. c-os MED NErt" WEE.J USEFUL AND CRNAMENTAL. Handy and Convenient Seats Which Arc Easitr Made. - One of the most usefui phases of fur niture in a well-equippd bed room is a shoe box, a clothes box, or a recep tacle for the childre':a toys. Every family has them. They're as popular as sofa cushions, and yet very few ron CHILDREN'S ToVY. business stores keep them, and the car penter has to be looked to for their manufacture. A simple and neat bos Is shown in the fist picture. It is the size of an ordinary wooden shoe box. arranged with the lid on hinges and covered with some light, fancy niaterial. such as cretonne, silkoline or denii The sec 1I ^_ tt,i BOX Fo sF;,. ond ;11":st_n-, _'eprs ... . -vritb iLtton book, shoe horn mratn-erGLsue dries pertaining to footwear. Another suggestion fJr a combined shoe bo:. and window seat is shown in picture namber three, which makes a very attractive and comfor::able piece sUoE BOX A-: WINDOW sEAT. c.f furniture- Ii can be made of two small boes and one long bx. or other equally good boxes of about these pro portions. made ef strong b)ords: the proportions should be carefully pre served. Remove one side from each small box, leaving tlhe ends, top, bot tom and one side; place them on the THE SWARMING OF THE BEES. Ntoeon Reg:ined His Empire Twen.ty Days After Leaving Elba. At nine &'eock a mighty shout is heard without. "The Emperor! The Emperor!" The paln.ce echoes the cry. as across the bridge of the palace. and along the 1 ecine embankment, in threugh the Tuileries gote, thronged about by 3 clamor-ous crowd, and surronnded by his soldiers and his generals. Napoleon enters the courtyard.. Paris is wild with joy: The veterans ing ;.bemscelves upon the Emperor' carrlaje. They seize him in th1ir arml They 'rag him our, and, bearing bin on the.r shoulders, they rush with bin throu;h the doorway. even to the foel of the great staircase. The palace reeks with the shouts o. welcomne. The crowd bearing the Em peror, an'd the throng pouring dow the staircase to greet him. block th4 way. Prngressisimpwosslble. People an everywhere. and Philip, standing a the top of the noble Stair ray of Honor laughs, as he cheers, to see Corpora reyrolles sitting astride the great sil ver statue of Peace, his chapeau on th end of Liz cane, his face red with shout lng and wet with tears or joy. At last a passage way is brokot through the crowd. Philip and Mlon sieur deLIavatlette. back thi!r wa: aloft and keep the passa;e open, ant o. up the clamoring sta:rway. alo;: the Gallery of Dhmna. thro-zgh the Eilu Rom, and into the Empe-ror's'study amid tea's and cheers and shouts. an tossing of hzas and wat-.nz of hand kerhefs. the Emperor comes to hi cwn '-gain. In t wenty da7s after leas a Ela. Napoleon has regained hi eamire. With but a thoosand grent ders he has conquered tbiirty million o. neonle. The Swarming of the Bee fM . iN BRI 3GLETANNGS FR O.1 1ANY POINTS important Iiappenings, Both Homc and Foreign, Briefly Told. - ewvsy Soutn'ern Notes. There .ere five hangin s in Soutl Carolina on The Spotts Manufacturing Company, of Richmond, Va., makers of vinegars and ciders, have failed for $12,000. Rev. John E. White succeeds Dr. Durham as corresponding secretary oi the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Secretary Carlisle has accepted an ie vitation to deliver an address on the government finances to the business men of Richmond, Va. Col. W. 0. Bradley, the first Re publican to be elected Governor of Kentucky, was inaugurated with great ceremony on Tuesday. Comptroller Eckels has appointed J. F. Flournoy receiver of the Chatta hoochee National Bank, of Columbus, Ga., which failed a week ago. George Washington, colored, was hanged at Tarboro, N. C., Wed., for the murder of Charles Neville, a pump hand of the Atlantic Coast Line. The execution was public. The murder was for robbery. The murderer con fessed. The South Carolina Republican State ccmmittee at Columbia have issed an address to the people, in which the committee refuses to accept as final the new constitution foisted upon the State by the Tillman faction, on the grou;d that it is per se fraudulent, and because it is not i be submitted to the people for ratification. Northern News Notes. Dr. William J. Murray, an aged physician of Toledo, 0., died Wednes day, after fasting 47 days. M. H. Gibson, the Chicago member of the Illinois Lcgislature, who was in dicted for boodling, has been acquitted. Three hundred members of the De iroit chamber of commerce helped to I celebrate Michigan Day at Atlanta I Monday. At Kansas City, Mo.. the E. P. Cowen Wholesale Lumber Com.,any made an assignment. Its assets are >30,000; liabilities $100,000. Peter Conlin has been made chief e-i: of oNw Yoi p ou Xq by his father, the mi o A. 9Sster manufacturer, C. W. Deering, Jr., en listed in the army and is now a private at Fort Sheridan, Ill. The New York Reform Club's com mittee on sound currency distributed durirg the past year twenty-four pam phlets, of which 1,637,000 copies were dJisseminated where they would do the most good. At Cincinnati, 0., the furniture firm of A. E. Burkhart & Co. has gone to the wall. Attorney Louis Kramer has been appointed receiver. Assets $380, 000; liabilities $230,000. IAt New York the Morse Engraving Company assignecd Monday. The com pany did a large imsiness, especially in iphoto-engravin.g. Liabilities are $100,000 and nomiL'al assets the same. IThe "Pittsburg Flyer,'' a fast train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail road, which left Newcastle, Pa., at 6 oclock SaturJ.y evening, collided with an eastbouud freight train, near Newport station. Engineer, fireman and mail clerk are fatally injured. Special dispatches to the Cleveland, O,Press say that the smail-pox epi demic has again broken ou.t along the Ohi rie. There are now fourteen cases at Bridgzeport and four at Mar tin's Ferry. The epidemic was caused by the public funer:d of a man who died from th dsea-e WYashington. Attorney General Judson Harmno in his report recommends that the United States Supreme Court be re Loved of all criminal appeal cases ex cept where capital punishment is in volved. Foreign. A violent storm swept over England Belgium, Denmark and Germany. Rivers overflowed, and great damag is reported. A hurricane and earthquake shock were experienced in the upper lands of the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, oi last Sunday and Monday. 3Iiscellaneious. Everett B. Pomieroy, editor and pro rietor of the Oaklandt, Cal., Time died Thursday night, after a brief ill ness. He was one of the best knowi newspaper men of the West. New OJrleans Cotton Exchange State ment. TheO sn-weekly n'ov-em a n 23I~m i dterar tas Fo"cr .-.93-receipt- Si ,3Bay.rd Has Nothingi at A11 to Say. I n uted' States Amaaador E:Iyard st*'a - insiv acois to be interviewed by anybol 5on tue sub:ject of the re=olution of impreaec * xin the IHouse of Ilpr.snttives. Hfe hx w iot exception informed all enliers th; 3 Hlerring we?r" never so plenitifz I o ! th .da asahusetts co:tst us this 9-:WD arnd th .ca c ~r, ha !e..n Oenomr'diY largo. SONG CF THE AUTUMN SEA. sin ho! sing ho! for a siirper bold! For the white-winged cr:f: and hr jolly Cre, ITZ.or the whistling rind eroa the n:rtl, as cold Asan arclic bla . Sing ho! once more for the faiin; shore! For the cloudless sky and the ocean bl'e! For the foaming wake! and the gurgling roar. Where the boat has passed! ,in- ho! sing ho! for the weather rail! For tie sheet triomedt aft and the rtvr inc uffs! Or the sudden flap cf the wind lashed sail, And the-"Hard-a-:ee!' Sin, ho! at la:t for tho s ain . ast. For the soinnaker set to the fresh'ain; puffs! For the waves that rise and the spray that's On the rolling ran! .Out inz. PITH A ND POINT, Jeweler -- "An engagement ring? Certainly ! Here is a five hundred do. lar one." CustomLer-"What is the price of it?"-Puck. "There is nothing now to mar our happiness," as Bass remarked when his wife's mother took her departure. -Boston Transcript. "Pa, what is a trip harnmrr?" "it's the hummer, my son, that your ma leaves on the carpet when she hangs up a picture."-Detroit Fre. Press. "What kept you out?" said the thin man to the fat man at the jammed en trance. "Corporation influence," was the stout response. - Philadelphia Call. Cooked in His Own Sance: Prison er-"What, that man is going to de fend me? Why, he couldn't bring an innocent person through !"-Fliegende Blaetter. Bagiey-"And bow does your French chef suit?" Bradley-"Not at all! I'm afraid he's an impostor. Why. you can tell by the taste what is dishes are made of !"-Puck. She--"No, George, I like you, bazt I can never be your wife." Ho (haugh tily)-"Never mind. There are oth ers." She-"I know there are, George; I accepted one of them this morning. "-Chicago Record. Mr. Spinks - "Well, Willie, has your sister made up her mind to go to the concert with me?" Wilhe "Yep. She's made up her mind and she's makin' up her face now; Ehe'll be down in a minute. "-Great Divide. Assistant-"Here is a complaint oy Q- aarainst the conductoi- of car !a0 'were a u Z Puck. "s?octor," said an old lady the oth er day to her family physician, "can you tell me how it is that some folks are born dumb?" "Why, hem, cer tainly," madam," replied the doctor. "It is owing to the fact that they come into the world without the fac ulty of speech!" "Dear me!" re marked the old lady ; "now just see what it is to have a medical education ! I've asked my husband more than a hundred times the samie thing, and all tha; I could get out of him was, ".Be ause they are."- -Punch. Somc (Qaeer Bones. The Lakeview (Oregon) Examiner has this correspondence from Silver Lake: I have lately returnea from a fossil hunt on what I count the great Oregon desert, which has become famous to the scientific world on account of the many fossils of extinct animals that it contains-many of which have never even boeen classified. On my recent trip, in company with H. J. Rinehart, who was my associate and helper, we fun d some new and very interesting fossils that I had never observed be fore. One is a foot of the equine, not larger than a small Shetland pony and from the appearance of the coffin joint the foot must have stood quite vertically. The other foot, or part of a foot, is hard to describe, being well sustamned by a strong joint and deep grooves. We also found the toes of some animnal that must belong to the naltor or ungalatesall. All told, we brought in quite a lot of bones of different animals, and among them a beast whose bones I had found before, but was never able to describe. The bones were broken, but enongh were gathered to see that he was rather a ingular beast, as the bones are short. and very crooked. These fossil beds were named by Professor Cope the eques, or equine, beds of Oregon, because the norse predominated in numbers. There were two varieties o f this animal. One was very .large and clumsy, while the other was small, and, from his organ ization, must have possessed greas speed. _________ .The Ambition ot Our Boyhead. "Few of us ever achieve. the ambi tions of our boyhoo:1," s;aid a well. known lawyer to a Star reporter. "Now, I have a friend who, when he was growing up, had a yearning de. sire to be a railroad engineer. When a mere baby, he liked no toy sc well as a train of cars, and no game suited him at school like that of being :.an engine and have boys clinging to each other's coats for cars. It was nu~ hobby by day and his dream by nigh; but he could not obtain a railroad po -sition when he left school, and became a clerk, and, subseqiuently, a mer cant. bnt ne has never felt satisfied a not being able to follow nxis natur.! oent ; o, -realizing that a~ was roc at e in 1ife to ever become an ar ner, ie wrote me a few cdays ago ta'il ae nad& bought a raijrrnc, ana conid de in an enzine, if iac wanted tc." I WeinnrliDon Qtar. VALK(R!E'3 OWNER TO TESTIFY. Tho "Defe::der" Inve-tgation Assuming Itarnational Importancr. The bitter feeling aroused in the United States and in England by the extraordinary charges of unfair play, made by Lord Dun raven against the Defender syndicate, has caused their investigation to assume an in ternational aspect. The special committee of the New York Yacht Club having the matter in hand has shown its appreciation of the gravity of the t ask entrusted to it and, at the same time. its determination to reach a decision which sportsmen on both sides of the Atlantio should accent as conclusive, by adding to its number Edward J. Phelps, formerly Min ister to En_land. and Captain Alfred T. Mahan, of the United States Navy, whose works have probably made him even more pooniar in England than he is here. Lord Dunraven c"bled his intenlion of sailing from England on the Germanic to appear before the committee wit"i sucz evi dence as he can obtain in support of his charges. A statement issued by the Investigating Committee-J. Pierpont Morgan. W. C. Whitney and G. L. Rives-rontainedthe sig nificant information that the Royal Yacht Squadron had declined to take any. action in the matter. regarding the controversy as a personal one so far as concerns Lord Dun raven's participation in it. Thus he is left to fight his battle alone. But the names of those comprising the committee is a guarantee that he will receive the fairest of fair play in his endeavors to prove that ballast was surreptitiously added to the Defender to give her an unfair advan tage over the Valkyrie in the first race for the America's Cup. FOUGHT FOR LIFE. Terrible Struggle to Escape From a Ruti away Locomotive. A detective switch outside the freight yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, at Port Morris. N. Y., derailed a locomotive containing a train's crew, causing the death of three men and the injury of four others. A still more seri ous accident was averted by the presence of mind of one of the injured men, who stag gered up the track and flagged an ap proahing fast freight. which was only stopned when within twenty feet of the wreck. The list of killed is as follows: Thomas Fitzgerald, engineer; Frederick Maples; brakeman: Thomas Nally, brakeman. The panic stricken crew knew the danger ad fouht to get out before the catastrophe came. Fitzgerald had at last regained his feet. and he reversed the power as. quickly as possible. It was too late. The momentum carried the engine to the edge of the em bankment, and it dashed over, landing with a crash in the swamn below. The tender turned a comnlete sonerset falling on its side in the mud. The encine plowed Its way along for ten feet after the plunge be fore it stonned. One of the steam pipes burst at this mo ment, deluging Maples, Nally and Fitzger aid with boIling water. literally scalding them to death, The body of .Fitzgerald fell out of the cab. and as the engige settled down on one side, finally failing over, he was crushed under it. KENTUCKY LECISLATURE TIED. Louisville, the Democrats succeea r serving the tie of the Legislature. He is a sound money, anti-Blackburn man. Mr. Carroll won by 452 votes over Charles llatz. the vote being greatly increased over that of the regular election. Carroll was a candidate then, but some friends of his were said to have bribed his Republican opponent, Charles Shreve. to withdraw before the elec tion and fail to notify the Republicans -in time to nominate a new-candidate. Mr. Car roll repudiated their action. resigned and ran again, the Republicans putting up a new candidate. The Legislature now stands on joint bal lot sixty-eight Republicans and sixty-eight. emocrats, with two Populists. One Popu list is pledged to Blackburn and one to the e publican cau.cus.'s FAVOR MORE MILITARY CADETS Test Point Visitors Want Congress to In crease the Number. The repcrt of the Board of Visitors to the - West Point Military Academy urges Con ress to pass an act which will permit the ppointment of twenty cadets by the Presi ent, one by reach Senate: and one by each Representative and Delegate. Increasing the strength of the corps from $71, as now au thorizea, to 469. The report discusses at length the low standard for admission to West Point, as compared with the better colleges of the United States and the military schools of Europe, and says there seems to be no rea sn for committing the power of fixing the requisites for admission to the Naval Acad emy to the Secretary of the Navy which cold not be urged in favor of giving the Secretary of War the same power regardiag W.st Point.-; American Gift to Faris. The monumerntal bronze groupe, designed and constructed by Augusta B3artholdi, rep resenting Washington and Lafayette, pro seated to the city of Paris by Joseph Pulitzer, was unveiled. The figure of Washington is ten feet in height, while the figure of the Marquis de laFTayette is some inches len. The inaugural ceremony consisted .f sneeches, military music being interspersed. Balard Sinith, London correspondent of the New York World, made the presentation in behalf of Mr. Pulitzer. 3L. Bompard. VicePreident of the Municipal Councl,~ made the speech accepting the gdlt. Germany's Merchant MIarine. United States Consul Stephan at Anna berg. Germany, has sent to theState Depart Inent some tgures bearing upon the mer hant marine of Great Britain and Germany to dc.enonstrate the fact that the later coun try is steadily pressing forward in the de velopment of this important commercial adjunct and becoming a formidable competi tor of Great Britain. He shows tuat smaller ships are giving way to larger tonage and that this is particularly true in Germang Died of Starvation. Gilbert Eveleth,-an old half-witted man, died in the town of Busti. N. Y., under sus picious circu:nstances. A coroner's jury re turned averdict that death was due to star vation and the gross neglect of- a brother Remarkable rsicycle itace. M'embers. of the District of Coilmbia Miitia Bicyeie Corps enga-red in a relay race :-e:a WVas;ington. to Newi York -City with s '--ac ir.ns Genaeral Mile.s to General 10:.,. c:r':e the 2 .8% muies in t wenTy .:,urs. ;oty-eight ri ou;g, twelve mun General Master Workmdu' Sovereign, ofr tne Kn.hts of rabor, savs he wid positively deline a re-election. He declarems that at thle endt of his pres.nt term he will go to arin in Arkansas.