The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 27, 1897, Image 6
THE doom RECORD1
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LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Ed. <V Prop'r
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FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
The State Board Fixes the Regulations.
At an adjourned meeting of the State
Board of Education, held in Mr. Mayfield's
office in Columbia last week, the
following is the official report of the
toeceedings: Members of the county
board of education were appointed as
follows:
Berkeley County H. K. Jenkins.
Georgetown County T. B. Bamby,
A. J. Stokes.
Hampton County John T. Morrison.
Fairfield County W. S. Hall, Jr.
and J. O. McCants.
Aiken County J. Furman Barnes,
Ellington.
Sect ion 8 of the rules and regulations
-were amended so as to read as follows:
"Should a vacancy occur in the office
of county superintendent of education
it shall be filled by the chairman and
secretary of the board, subject to its
approval at its next meeting."
Section 15 was amended so as to read
i as follows: "There shall be but two
grades of teachers' county certificates,
a first grade and a second grade, the
latter being divided into Class 'A' and
Class'B."?
Section 24 was amended so as to read
k as follows: "No teacher shall be employed
by a board of trustees who is related
by consanguinity or affinity with.
in the second degree to a member of the
board of trustees or to a principal of a
school without the written approval of
i the county board of education, nor
-v-" omnlni' a +.Anr>}ipr holdincr a
WUU1 HUtJ VUiJTiV^ n _
certificate issued by a county board of
f another county until the certificate has
>?. been duly registered in the office of the
county superintendent of education of
I their own county."
Section 11 was amended so as to read
as follows: "All scholarships for the
State institutions to be awarded during1
the year 1897 for the scholastic year
vy 1897~'98, shall be awarded on competif
tive examinations to be held on the
second Friday in August, 1897, under
t. the rules and regulations of the respective
institutions. If for any
reason the scholarships be not awarded,
or aooepted, or the beueficiaries not
attend, the scholarship fund to which
they are entitled 6hall remain to the
oreait of the county.!'
The many propositions made to the
* a1 i a# /iliorfa arvyl
ootraior uie luruiouxu^ ui *.uv*
Supplies were duly considered and resuited
in the listing of Evans' aritht
metical chart and the Franklin Pub*
tithing Company's Language chart;
permission was given to F. M. Sheridan
? to sell pertain other supplies.
Jfcoh other important work was disPUMed
by the board and referred to the
propek oommittees with instruction to
1 report thereon at the next meeting of
the board.
Governor Ellerbe, as chairman of the
& v board, made tee following report: 4'I
beg to report that I have appointed
r . standing committees as follows:
"Committee on Bules and Regulations Julian
Mitchell, A. R. Banks,
W. K. Marchant, W. F. Clayton and
p J. ? MoCain.
U "Committee on Examinations and
I Certificates H. T. Cook, J. L Mo
{ Cairn A. M. Bakin, and A. R. Ranks.
'i "Committee on Text-books and
\ Courses of Study J. L McCain, H. T. I
r Cook, W. N. Merchant and Julian
p ISSea"
"Oofrimittoe on School Supplies,
CUlts, Maps, etc. A. B. Banks, A.
X. Bankin, i. T. Cook and W. N.
Marchant
K 'Committee on Scholarships W. F. I
Gprt^Tjuliih Mitchell and A. M. I
TEACHER'S EXAMINATIONS
V Wilt tMV ? UH/V UOVM w V
Jane 25.
The following circular letter has been
issued by the Superintendent of Education.
Columbia, S. C, May 19, 1897.
lb County Superintendent of Education*
Dear Sir: The next examination of
npplioants by your board fpr teachers'
eeontr certificates -rill be held on Friday,
the 25th day of June next Please
g^T# the proper notioe. I suggest that
Vfia gire this notioe as early as practicable,
and reapeat it as often as you
II t#ill send you a printed copy of the
rules and regulations just as soon as I
can get them ready for distribution.
The law requires your board to ap?
point trustees for all the school districts
an your county on the first Tuesday in
July. I suggest that your board take
71 up this matter at your meeting on
June 85, and get things in shape.
I Where no changes are to be made,
by resolution of your board, passed
July tod, those in office may be permitted
to hold over, under the law, untUtheir
successors are appointed and
qualified. A resolution of this kind
would perhaps save you some trouble
and expense. Shoula jour board afterwards
so determine, jeu can appoint
successors to any of the holdover members
at any time and make the Be* appointments
terminate on the first Tuesday
in July, 1899.
Send me the names and postoffice addresses
of your trustees, if you have
not already done so. If yon make afiv,
please inform me of the changes id the
1i4nr|fter July 2, and whenever a change
I will forward to you in a few days
fbjr express) the necessary blanks for
" trustees' annual reports. Please transrq.it
them to the trustees. You will
have to give some personal attention to
the making up of these reports by the
trustees.
* When all of the trustees' reports are
received by you, make up, by school
districts, the enrollment and average
attendance in each district and enter
the same in your cash book, so as to
preserve a record for easy ref rence.
Yours truly,
W. D. Mayfield,
State Superintendent of Education.
American Feet Are Small.
American women will be gratified to
learn that an experienced Parisian
ealeswoman considers that after the
women of Madrid, Peru and Chili they
have the smallest feet of any nation In
the world. The best shaped feet in
Northern Europe are in Sweden.
FOR AMERICANS IN CUBA. I
The President Asks Congress for $50,- ;
000 for Relief of the Destitute.
SENATE GRANTS THE REQUEST.
The Upper Ilonse Passes a Joint Resolution
Appropriating $50,000 for the
Distressed Citizens of This CountryAction
of the Honse Bailey, of Texas,
OfTers a Belligerency Resolution.
Washington*, D. C. (Special). President
McKinley sent to Congress a message
recommending an appropriation of not less
than $50,090 for th9 relief of starving Ameri
I cans in (juna. xnc senate promptly passea
Mr. Grllinger's joint resolution appropriating
$50,000 for the purpose. In the House
Mr. Bailey objected to the resolution unless
unanimous consent were given to an
amendment recognizing Cuban belligerency.
The resolution went over. The
President's message is as follows:
"To the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the United States:
"Official information from our Consuls in
Cuba establishes the fact that a large number
of American citizens in the island are
in a state of destitution, suffering for want
of food and medicines. This applies particularly
to the rural districts of the central and
eastern parts.
"The agricultural classes have been forced
from their farms into the nearest towns,'
where they are without work or money.
"The local authorities of the several
towns, however kindly disposed, are unable
to relieve tho needs of their own
people, and are altogether powerless to
help our citizens.
"The latest report of Consul-General Lee
estimates six to eight hundred are without
means of support. I have assured him that
| provision would bo made at once ?e relieve
them. To that end I recommend that Congress
make an appropriation of not less
than $50,000 to be immediately available for
use under the direction of the Secretary of
State.
"It is desirable that a part of the sum
which may be appropriated by Congress
should, in the discretion of the Secretary
of State, also be used for the transportation
of American citizens who, desiring to
return to the United States, are without
means to do so. William McKjslet. .
"Executive Mansion, May 17, 1897."
The sending of the President's message
was preceded by a special Cabinet meeting,
at which Senator Davis and Representative
Hitt were present.
As soon as the President's message had
been read in the Senate, Mr. Davis of Min- I
nesota, Chairman . of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, favorably reported, with
amendments, the resolution introduced by
Mr. Gallinger, appropriating $50,000 for
the relief of destitute citizens of the United
States in Cuba. The resolution as amended,'
is as follows:
"Resolved, By the Senate and Mouse 01
Representatives of the United States In Congress
assembled, that the sum of $50,000 be
and the same hereby is appropriated out of
any money In the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the relief of destitute clti-1
zens of the United States in the Island of |
Cuba, said money to be expended, at the:
discretion and under the direction of the'
President of the United States, in the pur-j
chase and furnishing of food, olothlng and
medicines to such citizens and for trans-'
porting to the United States such of them:
as so desire and who are without means to
transport themselves."
Mr. Davis asked tor immediate consldera-;
tion of the resolution, and there was no ob-'
lection. The only speech made was that of,
Mr. Gallinger, who spoke briefly. The reso-'
lution was then put on its passage, and \
without division it passed unanimously,|
there being no response to the call for the.
nays. It had taken exactly eighteen min-;
utes for the reading of the message, the'
presentation of the committee report, and|
the brief speech and the final passage of
the resolution.
When the message had been read in the<
House, Mr. Hitt, former Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign affairs, at once in- j
I tmrinoAd a hill for the aDDropriation of j
150,000 (or fuel and transportation (or
the Cubans. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, objected
to immediate consideration, unless
an amendment embodying Senator
Morgan's resolution (or recognition
of the insurgents was added. Mr.i
Dingley objected to the amendment, whereupon
Mr. Bailey objected to the resolution, i
and the Cuban question was sidetracked.!
Advocates of the belligerency resolution
believe that if it could be brought before
the House it would be impossible for the
leaders of the majority to nold their side
together against it, and they propose to
try to attach it to the relief resolution as an
amendment.
~ THORNTON'S WOUND FATAL
He Shot Himself Because Miss Smith Rejected
His Suit.
Preston Thornton, who shot himself in
the parlor of Milton H. Smith's residenoe,
in Louisville, Ky., died from the effects of
the wound. His father and mother, from
Lexington, were by his side when death
came.
Mr. Thornton was a member of one of the
leading families of Lexington. Milton H.
Smith is President of the Louisville and
Nashville 'Railroad Company, and his only
daughter, Nettie Belle Smith, had rejected
young Thornton.
Chapman in Jail.
Elverton R. Chapman, the Sugar Trust
witness who refused to answer a United
States Senate committee's questions as to
whether he had acted as a broker for any
Senators in speculations in Sugar Trust,
occupies a cell at the District Jail, Washington,
and will continue therein for
twenty-five days. Chapman surrendered
himself to United States Marshal Wilson,
in accordance with an understanding prewiAiialv
Ed hem Pacha Takes Domokoi.
The special correspondents with the Turkish
forces in Thessaly say: "Edhem Pacha
has moved on from point to point, and
finally occupied Domokos. The Greeks
have sustained a crushing"defeat."
Bubonic Plague Increases.
The bubonic plague is making fearful
ravages in the Cutchmandvi district of India,
where there have been 2000 deaths in a
fortnight. Half the population has fled,
12,000 Men Working on Louisiana Levees.
There are now more than 12,000 men at
work on the Mississippi levees south of Red
River putting them in condition.
Minor Mention.
A gold mine has Been discovered at West
Milan, N. H.
New York City now has rubber-tired
patrol wagons.
Spain's four per cent, bonds are selling at
59 cents on the dollar.
Three towns of West Virginia have
adopted the curfew ordinances.
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' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Items.
The Interstate Commerce'Commission fa
n letter to the Committee on Interstate |
Commerce, points out defects of the Poolfug
bill, and requests that the powers of
thv commission be defined.
Ex-Postmaster Geneial Horatio King died
at his residence in Washington in the
eighty-sixth year of his age.
The State National Bank, at Logansport'
Ind., was closed by National Bank Examiner
George B. Caldwell. The capital of the
bank is 8200,000, surplus 855,000, and deposits
by last report about 8350 000. The
trouble * appears to have been caused by
loans to J. F. Johnson, the President.
Secretary Sherman sent a protest from
the German Government against the sugar
schedule of the new tariff bill to the Senate.
The President sent to the Senate the fol
lowing nominations: Joseph H. Gaines, to
be Attorney of the United States, District
of West Virginia; Myron H. McCord, to be
Governor of Arizona, and Charles H.
Akers, to be Secretary of Arizona Territory.
The President nominated Justice William
M. Morrow, of California, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Judicial
Circuit; George Morgan Thomas, of Kentucky,
to be Solicitor of Internal Revenue;.
Frank H. Elbridgc to be Chief Engineer in
tho Navy; Samuel G. Morse to be Agent for
the Indians of the Neat Bay Agency.
Many Republican leaders held a conference
with Senator Piatt in regard to tho
question of representation in the Greater
New York.
Domestic.
The failure is reported of the First -National
Bank of Orleans, Neb.
Simon Banks, a wealthy farmer and shipowner
at Southport. Conn., dropped dead
just after discharging a shotgun at a cat.
Mr. Banks was sixty-seven years old, and
was a sufferer from h^art disease,
James A. Marks, of Newark, N. shot
and killed JohnSauerbrei, who conducted a
delicatessen shop in Bayonne, N. J. Marks
attempted to dispossess Sauerbrei illegally
from the shop.
George Louis Shav, of Baltimore, was
arrested, charged with having aided George
Barnard, the dead cashier of the Fort Stanwix
National Banko! Rome, N. Y., to embezzle
or misapproi riate $32,000 of the
funds of the bank.
Z The Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson was electMAnnrotrvf
r\t fho Prochvfprifln AQSPITi
My; the retiring Moderator, Dr. Withrow,
preached the opening sermon.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard band has applied
for discharge from tho Government
service because It has been ordered to accompany
the Brooklyn to English waters
during the Queen's jubilee.
The Florida House of Representatives
has adopted a resolution appointing exSenator
Call State agent for the collecticn
of an In^iari war claim of $750,030.
Marquis Visconti Yenosta, the Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, suggests reprisals
for American tariff duties.
'A new loan of $4,000,000 has been sano- ,
tioned by the Uruguayan Chamber.
The armistice between Greece and Turkey
has been fixed at seventeen days. A
neutral zone is to be established between
the armies. The terms of peace may be
the result of long deliberation on the part
of the powers.
Jhere is in Japan of retaliatory
measures against tho new American tariff.
Five cannon, captured by General Scott
from General Santa Anna during the
Mexican war have been stolen from the
Pnint rw Y t Militarv Academy
grounds.
'Judge Chester, at Monticello, N. Y., declined
to vacate the order granted May 11
with reference to changing the place of
taking testimony In the proceedings
against the alleged Coal Trust. He did
grant an order, however, tending to delay
the beginning of the investigation.
At San Antonio, Texas, natural gas has
been struck at a depth of 600 feet In a well
on the County Cour; House grounds.
Mrs. L. C. Elliott, of Nashua, N. H., died
of excessive bicycle riding, according to
physicians. She sp snt much of her time on
her wheel, and recently cerebo-spinal m eningitis
developed.
By a fire in Jersey City, N. J., six houses
were destroyed, e.even badly damaged,
and seventy famllie* were rendered homeless.
No lives weni lost. The loss is estimated
at $100,000.
Miss Fannie Riciardson, a recluse and
miser, died in Taunton, Mass,, worth 150,000.
No will has been found, and as far as
is known she had r o relatives.
The Pittsburg juiy returned a verdict of
acquittal in the case of Lieutenant Edward,
8. Farrow, charged with conspiring tc defraud
the Mutual Reserve Fund Life As-1
sooiation of New1 York.
The members of the United States Bimetallic
Commission are in Paris waiting for
the appointment of French delegate;! by
President Faure before they proceed, to
England. I
Oscar Wilde, who was sentenced on
May 25,1895, to two year3' imprisonment
with hard labor, was released from Holloway
(England) Prison. He :refused *5000
to write his prison experiences. He will do
literary work in London under his own
name.
Superintendent of Streets Thomas P.
Maloney, of Buffalo, N. Y., was convicted
of attempting to bribe Superintendent of
Police W. S. Bull by offering him iiOO to
protect the Goelet Gambling Club last July.
The Presbyterian Union Theological Seminary
graduation exercises were held in
Now York City, and Miss 3riggs, daughter
of Professor C. A. Briggs. received the degree
of Bachelor of Divinity, being the flrst
woman graduate of the seminary.
A diver discovered that the leak in the
big navy yard dock at Brooklyn is e iused
by a ten-foot-square hole in the apron outside
of the caisson.
Much additional damaging evidence has
been found against Adolph L. Luetgort.the
rich sausage manufacturer, of Chicago,
111., who is accused of murdering his wife
and burning her body.
Phineas B. Sm th, a well-knowm citizen
of Roxbury, Mass., died of heart t rouble
resulting from o rerexertion in climbing a
hill while riding a bicycle. He was fiftynine
years of age and was a lawyer.
Governor Black, of New York, has signed
the General Tax Bate bill. The Stt.te tax
rate for the year is 2.67 mills. The revenues
from direct taxation r.re estimated at
$12,003 792.92, and from indirect taxation
at $10,043,7('3.
The Illinois Battlefield Commission has
decided to erect nine monuments each at
Lookout Mountain and at the north end of
"Mm thA Illinois reeiments
which participated in these battles.
In Now York City Helen Horsford, left an
orphan by the death of her mother, j rieved
constantly, and committed suicide by hanging.
There was a $25,000 run on the Fnmingham
Savings Bank at South Framingham,
Mass.
The Government Building at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition was opened.
George Bartholomew, an engineer for the
Crown Slate Company at Pen Argyl, Penn.,
was blown to pieces by the explosion of a
boiler. Bartholomew is supposed to have
fallen asleep and on awakening found the
boiler dry and turned on the water, thereby
causing the explosion. His sister,when
she ler.rned of her brother's death, attempted
to commit suicide by throwing
herself into the burning boiler house.
John Farrell was fined $5 for planting
potatoes on Sunday at Nanuet, N. Y.
The Holland, a small vessel owned by her
inventor and d<signed for submarine warfare,
was succtssfully launched at Elizabethport,
N. a >""
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^ CUBA'S DAY IN COMEggl
The Morgan Belligerency Resolution j
Passed by the Senate.
HOUSE ADOPTS RELIEF BILL,
i Heated Debate* In Itoth Chamber* In the
Senate 10 Republican*, 18 Democrats
and 4 Populist* Voted to Reeopnizf
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Cubansas Warring, and 13 uepuuiiram
and ? Democrats Against the Measure,
Washington, D..? C. (Special). The
United Slates Senate passed, after an exciting
debate, by a vote of 41 to 14, Mr.
Morgan's resolution declaring that a state
of war exists in Cuba, that the insurgents
be accorded belligerent rights, and that
this Government maintain strict neutrality
between Spain and her revolted colony.
The resolution is as follows:
"Joint resolution declaring that a condition
of public war exists in Cu ba, and
that strict neutrality shall be maintained;
"Resolved. That a condition of public
war exists botwoen the Government of
Spain and the Government proclaimed, and
for some time maintained by force of arms,
by the people of Cuba, and that the United
States of America shall maintain a strict
neutrality between the contending powers,
according to each all the rights of belligerents
in the ports and. territory of the
United States."
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas Messrs. Bacon, Baker, Bate, Beriy,
Butler, Carter. Chandler, Chilton. Clark,
flow Pn^L-foll fbillnm Davis. Deboe.
Foraker, GalHnger, Gorman. Hansbrougb,
Harris, Kansas; Heitfelri, Jones, Kenney,
Lindsay, McBride. Mantle, Mason, Mills,
Morgan, Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew, Tetts,
Pritchard, Rawlins, Shoup, Stewart, Thurston,
Tillman, Turner, Turpie, Walthall.
Nays Messrs. Allison, Burrow1, Caffery,
Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, H&nna, Hawley,
Hoar, Spooner. Wellington, Wetmore,
White, Wilson 14.
The following pairs were announced, the
first named Senator being in favor of the
resolution and the second opposed to it:
Faulkner with Elkins, Harris (Tenn.) with
Morrill, McEnery with Piatt (New York),
Daniel with Gray, Allen with Piatt (Conn.),
Vest with Nelson, and Roach with Perkins.
Murphy, of New York, was absent and unpaired.
RELIEF RESOLUTION PASSED.
Without ? Dissenting Voice the House
Votes 950,000.
Washington, D. C. (Special). After a
long debate the House passed, without a
dissenting vote, the resolution appropriattlng
$50,000 for the relief of Americans in
Cuba.
The Democrats made an ineffectual effort
to force consideration of therMorgan resolution
for the recognition of the belligerency
of the insurgents. They accused the Republicans
of endeavoring to evade this issue.
There was an Interesting passage when
Mr. Livingston was declaring that the only
sensible course for this Government to end
the trouble was by recognizing the Cubans,
and Mr. Hitt, the Republican Administration
spokesman, interrupted him to ask:
"Don't you thiuk it would be better for the
President to use his authority to secure independence?"
"I do," answered Mr. Livingston, "and
now that I have answered your question,
???? mA When will the President do
I thatr*
Mr. Hitt hesitated, while the House listened
intently, and Mr. Livingston pressed
him for an answer.
"I have no right to spealc by any authority,"
Mr. Hitt began, and, hesitating to
word his answer rightly, finally continued:
"I have reason to believe that the President
is taking as active and effective steps as he
can to secure the independence or Cuba, ,
and that fact, I am convinced, has reached
Spanish headquarters, for the news reaches
us to-day that the Minister who will probably
be in power in thirty days has said that
the Cuban war is utterly hopeless."
The debate was clo6ed for the Democratic
side by Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee,
who declared that two-thirds of the Republicans
desired the resolution for recognition.
Mr. Hull, of Iowa, and Mr. Brown, of
Ohio, closed the debate for the Republicans.
Then the resolution was adopted
without a dissenting vote.
FATHER KNEIPP DEAD.
The Originator of the Water Cure Succumbs
to Lung Trouble.
Father Kneipp, well-known throughout
the world through his water cure, is dead.
He had been suffering for some days
:!rom inflammation of the lungs and r<>
m
FATHER KXEIPP.
(The famous water-curist and a group of
royal patients.)
ceived the last sacrament of the Church a
week before bis death at Worishofen,
Suabia.
Subsequently, however, he rallied, and it
was thonght early in the week that he
would recover. His fad was that all diseases
could be cured by walking bare-foot
in the dewy grass.
Mother and) Children Killed by a'Snake.
Two children of Edward Driscoil, who
lives on a little branch 01 state (Jreeic, near
Pikeville, Ky., were bitten by a copperhead
snake. Their cries attracted their
mother, who tried to kill the snake, but
was bitten herself. All three died within
an hour.
To Increase Spain's Army.
Gene al de Azcarraga, the Spanish Minister
of War, has introduced a bill into the
Cortes providing for an increase of the
army in Spain to 100,000 mer..
A semi-official declaration is issued to the
effect that Spain will never agree to the
sale of Cuba, nor to foreign mediation in
j "a question which she regards as exclusively
concerning herself."
National Home for Liwyen.
The Richmond (Va.) City Bar Associa- l
tion proposes to purchase the house where '
Chief Justice Marshall lived, and make it a ,
National home for lawyers. '
FLORIDA'S NEW SENATOR.
I
Stephen It. Mallory Elected to Succcc.1
"Wilkinson Call.
Stephen F.ussell Mallory, Floridi'3 new
i representative in the Senate of the T"r.;ted
States, to succeed Wilkinson Call, Ins had
an adventurous and successful career. At
;the early ape of sixteen years h;> entered
the Confederate service and, transferred to
tue navy, scrvwu inruuKiiuui tu - i.ivii mor
i as midshipman on the Florida, the rival of
the Alabama, the world-famed privateer;
STEPHEN E. MALLOEV.
(Florida's Senator-elect, ana an araem
advocate of free coinage.)
At the close of the war he matriculated at
the Georgetown Jesuit College, in the District
of Columbia, and was graduated after
a four years' classical course. In 1874 he
removed to Fensacola, Fla., and engaged
in the successful practice of the law. He
represented tho Pensacola district in the
State Legislature, and was then elected to
the Fifty-second Congress. Senator Mallory
is a typical Southerner, an outspoken
Democrat, and will add strength to the
silver wing, as ho is a bimetallism His
election makes the Senate a tie.
TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT.
Elverton E. Chapman, the Wall Street
Broker, the Contnmacloni Witnesa.
Elverton E. Chapjnan, the New York
broker, is one of the most talked of men in
America to-day. Mr. Chapman is in contempt
of the Senate committee appointed
to investigate the scandal concerning
United States Senators who were charged
with speculating in sugar at the time the
ELViaTOX X. CHAPMAN
Wilson Tariff schedule was under consideration
by the Senate. He refused flatly to
answer the committee's questions as to
whether Senators speculated In sugar at
that time. He was tried, fotxnd guilty of
oontempt and sentenced to thirty days in
jail, ana is now serving his term in the District
Jail at Washington.
SENATOR EARLE IS DEAD.
lie Pastes Awsf at Hit Home in Sonth
Carolina.
United States Senator Joseph E. Earle
died of Bright's disease at his home in
Greenville, 8. C., on Thursday.
Joseph H. Earle, though opposed to Till-'
man in State politics, stood for the new
forces which overthrew the old Sonth'
Carolina regime. He was practically chosen
United States Senator in September of last
year. Then Senatorial primaries were held
throughout South Carolina and Earle
carried the State by a majority of 10,000
over Governor Evans, who was actively
championed by Tillman.
Mr. Earle was formally elected Senator
at the joint session of the two South
Carolina houses on January 27, this year..
There was only one Bepublican in the General
Assembly, Anderson, the sole colored
man of the House. He voted for George
W. Murray. All the other vptes in the two
houses went for General Earle. :
General Earle was thirty-nine years of
age, married and a lawyer. His fellowcitiaens
always spoke of him as the "fighting
reformer."
H0I30KEN LOSES NEARLY A "MILLION,
Fire Destroys a Block and Makes Six Hundred
Persons Homeless.
The greatest fire in the history of Hoboken,
N. J., raged all Thursday evening
close to the river front and attracted
thousands from all parts of New York City
tp the North River piers to witness the
spectacle, many going over the ferry to get
a closer view.
Tha block between Washington and Hudson
streets and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets was destroyed. It consisted .of an
immense storage warehouse and factory
building and a row of fourtoen high class
flat houses. The flying embers which filled
the air carried the Are to the Hobokeif
basins, half a mile north, and a number of
canal boats moored there were destroyed.
Before the great fire was under control
not less than six hundred persons had
been rendered homeless, fully a thousand
thrown out of employment, and property
valued at not far from a million dollars destroyed.
New York anrl Railroad Franchises.
Justice Beach, in Now York City,
handed down a decision denying the injunctions
asked to restrain the Eighth
Avenue Railroad from changing .s motive
power. In his opinion, the .T..stiee says,
whatever option the city may mve: had "to
purchaso the franchises Is outlawed.
Tried to Wake His Head Mother.
At Shreveport, La., Mrs. J. H. Clat&noff
committed suicide by taking morphine
after quarreling with her husband. She
said he did not love her. She was good
looking and twenty-three years old. Her
three-year-old son found her dead, and
putting his arms around her cried: "Wake
up, mamma!"
Fatal Gasoline Fzplosion. """**
An explosion of gasoline in a St. Louis
(Mo.) house caused the death of five per- ,
sons. Mrs. Mohr poured the fluid over the t
wood in the stove to make the Are burn 1
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[ IN THE QUIET HOUES. ].
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE.
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
Love Will Perfect Sowing of Lljfht How
Habit Grows-God's Presence Dwiredt?1,..
A Prayer-To Rebuke Sin Before tMK ' .
Cross All Rewarding Love of Christ* V- *'
0 mighty Potter, to whose steadfast eyes <
A thousand years lie open as one day. Thy
patient hand set firm on life's grew ,'TL.
wheel
This heavy, shapeless clay.
Rough and imperfect, yet it owns Thy 41
touch;
Spare not. nor stay, the pressure of Thin* <
handMake
known Thy power; and, soon or late, ^
let love j
Perfect what love hath planned. ' "'l
L. H. Hammond, in Outlook.
Sowing Light In Sorrow.
God will not always be causing grief. He .%
traverses the dull browu acres with HIS 1
plow, seaming the yielding earth that He .H
may be able to cast in the precious grain.
Believe that in days of sorrow He is sowing ?
light for the righteous and gladness for the.
upright in heart. Look forward to tho
reaping. Anticipate the joy which,:* sot before
you, and shall flood your heart with "fa
minstrel notes when patience has had her
perfect work. You will live to recognize ^sj
the wisdom of God's choice for you. Yoa *
will one day see that the thing yon wanted
was only second best. You will be
surprised to remember that you once
nearly broke your heart and spilt the. wine of v?
your "life for what would never have satisfied
you if you had caught it, as the child the t
butterfly or soap-bubble. You will meet
again your belovod. You will have again' '
your love. Y'ou will become possessed of ,
depth of character, a breadth of sympathy. . fcj
a fund of patience, an ability to understand r-7
and help others, which, as you lay them at ,
Christ's feet for Him to use. will make yoa ;
Slad that you were afflicted. You will see
rod's plan and purpose ; you will reap Hla K
harvest: you wil! behold His face, and ba
satisfied. Bev. F. B. Meyer.
How Habit Grows and Strangle*. ' J
Mr. Spurgeon says that he saw, while on m M
visit to the gardens of Hampton Comt V j
many trees almost entirely covred and ?
well-nigh strangled by the huge coils of ivy.
aVvAt?a fkam Ilka thn Vfl
YV III CII Wt?ru HUUUU nu\j uw kucrn u?v .WW .png
snakes about tbo unhappy Laocoon. There . 5
is no untwisting the foMs, they in their
giant grip are fast Axed, and the rootlets of I
the climbers are constantly sacking the life ;?
of the trees. There was a day when the ivy
was a tiny aspirant, only asking a little aid T
in climbing; had it been denied, then the <.
tree need not have become its victim, bob -?39|
by degrees the humble weakling grew in >i
strength and arrogance, and at last it assumed
the mastery and became the destroyer. 1
Just tbo same with the beginning or sin ;
the least little act of disobedience, it may
be a lie, then another, then something else,
and they become alarmingly frequent, ana v
each time a little more wicked, until they
gain the mastery over us, and overwhelm
us. and at last drag our souls down to heiL
"Every man Is tempted when be is drawn *
away of his own lusts, and enticed. -Then
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth 1 - Ja
forth death.'-C. W. Bibb.
A Prayer for God's Presence.
0 Lord. I have come into my closet an4J *'J|
shut the door, that I may be alone with thee; j.
for a little. 0 wilt thoa meet me and give '>g?;
me a sweet sense of thy presence, and let me
know thou art near to hear the petition*.jS
bring thee. I thank thee for thy love, so rich \ ,
and abounding, which yearns over me unceasingly.
I thank thee for the tender syisKA
pathy,which reaches down to ail the varyingy Jai
circumstances of my dally life, In l"||lliWT^W|
needed help and peace. I thank thee thqf^^H
thou dost understand the desires and long- .j
ings of my heart before I have ventured to!^H
express them In words, and that sometimaa *0
IOUU UUBl ftUBWOI WIUIO X vau. ^IVOW
my home and in the conduct of my family U
duties. Bless the dear children thou hasC f
given me, and lead them In unerring wan -: ?
of obedience and love,and hold them in right V
paths. May they love thee and count toe* * 4
as their best friend and strive to please thee >, in
all they do. day by day. So may our en- k
tire household rejoice in thee,and find it
supreme joy to follow thee in ways
praise and service for Christ's sake. Amen.
A Prayer for the Spirit.
Most holy Qod! let not the largeness of
our sins and errors make us forget the large- ?
ness of thy mercy; our great need the greatness
of thy supply. Teach us to trust la ,.y?|
thy love. Help us when we seem to be or- ,ijB0
phans in this world that grinds on with suek :*>
sternness of unbroken law. Comfort us It -iSS
in the midst of the vastness of thy kingdom ^
wo cannot help thinking we are forgottsa; cm
if our poor cry seems unable to pierca- ,fB
through the rolling majesty of thy
worlds. In the hours of our pain J
and passion and sorrow, in our lonely ?.#
and forsaken days, let the Good Shepherd .'JB
come unto us, for he knoweth his sheep by
name. Forgive our sins, and let the beauty
of the*Lord our God be upon us; such beauty 4
as wo can bear, not the burning beauty of V
thy brightness and thy maiesty, for we are |
all too weak and feeble forthat, but the gea-;JD
tie beauty of thy holiness and purity. Hearg?fl
our prayers through thy dear Sou. JesoS
Chil t. Amen.
Rebuke Sin by Righteousness. * *:
We may not all be called upon to speak;
we ore all called upon to be. You con shine, dug
and by shining show how dark the darkness
is. The obligation is laid upon us all; the :
commandment still comes to entry christian >'
which was given to the old prophet, "Declare
unto My people their transgression,and
to the house of Ja-'ol'their sin." W.-can all ?
rebuke sin by our righteousness, and by oar 'Ig,
shining reveal the darkness to itself. Wedo
not walk as ciiildn-n- f the light unless we
keep ourselves from all connivance with
wotks of da-kness, and by all means at out ??3?
disposal reprove and convict them. "Come
out from among them, and be ye separata,
and touch no unclean thing.saith the Lord.
Alexander Maclfjrcn, Dj j[). ,
Before the Cross.
0, what a lead of struggle and distress 1J5
Fails off before the eross! The feverish ;
The wish that we were other than we are,;
The sick regrets, the yearnings numberless, '
The thought, "This might have been,'^o
apt to press
On the reluctant touljeven past despair,
Past sin itself, all. all Is turned to fair, aJWl
Aye. to a scnemo ol ordered nappiness,
80 60on as we love God, or, ratlier, know
1 hat God loves us!
?C. 11. Townsend. , J|
Christ's All Pervading Love. \
The love of Jesus Christ is to be ssen In 7?
that warm affection for him whicn leads the > tf-C
faithful to wish that his soul may become 1
almost a part of that of Christ, and that thfl '-J<
jiving principle in the Lord may be repro- ra
duced in himself, not in the way of an eater- ::7"3
nai image but as an inward and divine in- jel
spiration. This love is omnipotent, uniting i
the creature with the Creator. Man.in fact, "jp
rises continually from humanity to something
divine when he is animated by this
love, which is the sweetest of affections. j
penetrates the soul, and causes the faithful '?
to walk on earth, rapt as it were in the Vga
spirit.?Savonarola.
We know not, verily, that which Is laid up Jaj
'or us. There are such beautiful things
>ut by. In God's house and in God's time