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HlTaRP'S letter. f Suminations of the Popular Sa?e of Barlow I m ?2!L05C?:?K IS REMINISCENT We Discusses L-vciits of the Past in tlij Mappy Manner ? Things Me Does Not Know. ? j Wanted?In 1SS1 General Henry R. vJaekson, of Savannah, delivered in . Atlanta the most notable, instructive < and eloquent address that has been 1 heard in Georgia since the civil war. 1 The subject was "The Wanderer." a ! slave ship that landed on the Georgia , coast in IScS. But the whole address t was an historical recital of many poli- < ticai events that led to the civil war < and of which the generation that has grown up since were profoundly ig- 1 norant and still are. It was delivered j by request of the Young Men's Library Association, when Henry Grady was its chairman, and I supposed was { published in pamphlet form and could * be had on application. But 1 nave sought in vain to find a copy. I have a t newspaper copy, but it has been worn j. to the quick and is almost illegible. I wrote to Judge Pope Barrow, who is General Jackson's executor, and he ; can find none among the general's ^ papers. Can any veteran furnish me a j copy? I would also be pleased to obtain a copy of Daniel Webster's peech at Capon Springs, which was "c suppressed by his publishers and to which Gen -ral Jackson makes alius- . ion. Generai Jackson was a great man. , He won his military laurels in the war . vrith Mexico. He was assistant at- |. g lorney general under Buchanan when j I Jeremiah Black was the chief. He was . the vigilant, determined, conscien- | <~~"<1ous prosecutor of those who owned and equipped and officered the only ilave ship that ever landed on the * Georgia coast. He was a man of splendid culture and a poet of ability and reputation. Strange it is that this magnificent address has not been compiled la the appendix of some Southern history as a land mark for the present generation. It is sad and mortifying that our young and middleaged men and our graduates from Southern colleges know so little of our ante-bellum history. The Northern people are equally ignorant of the prigin of slavery and the real causes that precipitated the civil war. Most pf them have a vague Idea that slav sry was b?rn and just grew up in tne South?came up out of the ground like the 17-vear old locusts?and was our sin and our curse. Not one in ten thousand will believe that the South sever imported a slave from Africa, but got all we had by purchase from our Northern brethren. I would wager a thousand dollars against ten that aot a mar. under fifty nor a school boy who lives North of the line knows or believes that General Grant, their great military hero and idol, was a ilave owner and lived ofT of their hire tud their service while he was fighting up about ours. Lincoln's proclamation of freedom came in 1863, but General Grant paid no attention to it. He continued to use them as slaves until January, 1865. (See his bography by General James Grant Wilson in Appleton's Encyclopedia.) General Grant owned these slaves in St. Louis, Mo., where he lived. He was a bad manager and just before the war began he moved to Galena and went to work for his brother in the tanyard. While there he caught the war fever l and got a good position under Lincoln, k but had he remained in St. Louis f \ would have greatly preferred one on our side. So said Mrs. Grant a few years ago to a newspaper editor in St. Augustine. How many of this generation North or South know or will believe that as late as November. 1861. Nathaniel Gordon, master of a New England slave ship called the Erie, was convicted in New York city -of carrying on the slave trade. (See Appleton.) Just think of it and wonder. In 1861 our .Northern brethren made war upon , us because we enslaved the negroes we had bought from them, but at the same time they kept on bringing more from Africa and begging us to buy them. How many know that En|land, our mother country, lever emaaciDated her slaves until 1848. when tjvelve millions were set free in the Ba?$ Indies and one hundred millions af dollars paid to their owners by act of parliament? It is only within the last half century that the importation of slaves from Africa has generally ceased, ftp to that time every civilize! j country bought them and enslaved tfrhom Wn?lUh etatpsmpn unrt rlorurv- < fien said It was better to bring them ' away than to have them cont' tie in their barbarism and canibalism. And 1 It was better. 1 believe it was God's providence that they should be I brought away and placed in slavery, ; but the way it wag done was inhuman and brutal. The horrors of the middle passage, as the ocean voyage was called, is the most awful narrative I ever read and reminds me of Dante'6 "Inferno." About half the cargo survived and the dead and dying were tumbled into the sea. The owners said we can afford to lose half and still have- a thousand per cent profit. Rev. 1 John Newton, one of the sweetest i poets who ever wrote a hymn, the author of "Amazing grace, how sweet : the sound, that saved a wretch like me?" "Savior, Visit Thy Plantation," "Safely Through Another Week," and many others, was for many years a deck hand on a slave ship and saw ,ill its horrors. He became converted, but goon after became captain of a slaver and for four years pursued it diligently and mitigated its cruelty. Then he quit and went to preaching and says" in his autobiography that it never occurred to him that there was anything wrong cr immoral in the slave trade where it was humanely conducted. The Savior said: "Offenses must n cds come, but woe unto them by whom they come." In Appletou's long an:l exhaustive artie'e on slavery it is said that slavery in some fern has existed ever since human history began. And it appears to banc- been under the sanction of ProYWcttqe as>?nJiacl: a3 the 1 i. . . days of Noah and Abraham. The latter had a very gr at household and many servants whom h^ had bough: with Lis money. The word slave appears but twice in the Pible. It is synonymous with servant and bondsman. There has born on time since the Christian era that the dominant nations have not owned slaves?sometimes the ronh tt" was hard, hut as a general run; the master found i. to ills interest to ><? kin:1 to bin slaves. As Bo!: Tccmh.s said ip. his Iioston speech. "It ir. not to our interest to starve oni slaves any more than ii is to starve os'.r horses end home;! cattle." Shortly aft-J- the little cargo that the Wanderer brought were secretly scattered around I saw some of them at work in a large garden in Columbus. Ga., and was told that they were docile and juickly learned to dig and to hoe, but that it was hard to teach them to eat rooked meat. They wanted it raw and bloody. They were miserable little *unts, "Guinea negroes," with thick lips and fiat noses, but they grew up nto better shape and made good servants and I know were far better off :han in their native jungles, the prey )f stronger tribes, and made food for ranibals. No, there was no sin In slavery as nstitnted in the South by our fathjrs and forefathers, and that it why [ write this letter?perhaps the last I shall ever write on this subject. 1 wish to impress it upon our boys ana jirls so that they may be ready and viliing to defend their Southern an estors from the baseless charge of suffering now for the sins of their athers. A Northern friend writes: "Do ilease let up on the negro. We up here ire tired of him. Give us more of our pleasant pictures of domestic ife. etc.. but let the negro go dead." He does not know that the negro ind what is to become "of him is a luestion of tremendous moment wiih is and it must be written about. But will refrain as long as it is prudent, fust now I would like to hire a man o cuss the black rascal who came ino my baek yard the other night and itole mv grind stone. For Ave years hare let every darkey grind his ax vho wanted to. and now I can't grind ny own. The fact is I have no ax to ;rind. for they stole that first.?Bill trp, in Atlanta Constitution. r New Mill at Huntsville. Boston. Special?The Merrimac Manufacturing Company was authorized by vote of the stockholders at the annua! meeting held here to Issue preferred stock to the amount of $1,600,000 which increases the capitalization ol the company to $4,400,000. The additional stock authorized is needed foi the construction of a new mill in Huntsville, Ala., where the Merrima; Company already operates a substantial plant. It is the intention to build a mill that will give employment tc 1,300 or 2,000 operatives. Bloody Work of Crazy Man. Hopkinsville, Ky., Special.?Lloyd Nelson Young, a white planter, crazed by drink, went to Pembroke and got on a rampage Sunday night. After being put off a train that he had flagged. he secured an axe and brained Rebecca MacRay, an aged negress whom he met in the road. Leaving the axe with the body, he sprang on Joseph Landy, colored, aged 70, and cut his throat, fatally wounding him. Afte,terrorizing the citizens for two hours he was overpowered by a mob of several hundred negroes that had been formed to lynch him. Demand Federal Interference. New York, Special.?David Wilcox, vice president and counsel for the Deiaware & Hudson Railroad, has sent to President Roosevelt a letter demanding that the Federal government proceed against the miners' organization in the courts, on the ground that it is a conspiracy to prevent inter-State >?- XTTil i*. U commerce, .yr. ihua, n is ocuu wu authority, represents all the coal opoizi~\s in this action, and was select* c' a.> their spokesman. Thirty Bodies In Cold Storage. Louisville, Special.?Thirty dead bodies were found in a cold storage plant in the rear of an ice cream factory on Eighth street. The same pipes which were used in congealing the cream for table use were connected with a small plant in a shed in the rear where they kept the bodies cool. The heads of the several colleges Interested in the establishment asserted tonight that the bodies were obtained legitimately from the penitentiaries, insane asylums and other institutions of the State of Kentucky. In a wreck which occurred on the Cotton Belt at Sulphur Springs, Texas Tuesday, an unidentified rfian was caught under the wreckage and instantly killed. The dead roan la said to be one of the train crew. The damage to the railroad property Is heary. Sir Thomas LIpton's third challenge for a series of races for the America's cup was signed Tuesday afternoon at Belfast, Ireland, by the officials of the loyal Ulster Yacht Club. Many letters containing small contributions are being received by the National McKinlcy Memorial Association. A 40,000-Acre Farm. The agriculturist who carefully cultivated 40 or 60 or SO acres and calls it a farm is likely to look upon a "quarter section"?the regulation homestead of 160 acres?as a large estate; an entire section (a mile square) he would doubtless regard it as a tremendous area, and a half dozen sections would seem like a whole province. What would such a man think of a faon which 100 to 159 men a~e employed; a farm whose farthest corner is 17 miles from the farm house; a farm that requires three bookkeepers and stenographers to make a record of its activity. That is the scale on which M. M. Sherman conducts his farm in central Kansas. He has more than 40,000 acres. Evpry year he sells more than 2,500 fat beeves. If a man were to start to ride around his farm on horseback, following the fence line and riding 50 miles a day, he would not make the circuit in two/ days. * * * ' X 1; ^ . J % ^ ' ' - ??< I SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Silk Culture and Manufacture The Sericulture Manufacturing Co., has applied for incorporation at Atlanta, Ga.. placing its capital stock at 12,500,000, with Messrs. Lewis B. Magid of New York and W. R. Sweet of Atlanta as incorporators. The company will be organized to carry out the extensive plans thai Mr. Magid has in progress for silk culture and manufacturing in the South. Mr. Magid has been mentioned several time? in connection with extensive plan3 of this character, and several months ago purchased 2.500 acres of land at Taallulah Falls. Ga.. and he has planted about 2.500 mulberry trees for feeding silkworms. At the falls the company will develop two water-powers to furnish power for transmission by electricity. This power will operate the machinery for unwinding the silk cocoons. Mr. Magtd's plans include the establishment of colonies of Italian and French farmers who are thoroughly versed in the silk industry. Another Mill at Anderson, It is announced that another large cotton factory will be built at Ander j son, S. C. The company that will build and operate it will be organized with capital stock of $600,000, but it is probable the stockholders will not meet until Janilary to elect officers and determine details. An equipment of 25.000 spindles and complement of looms (about 750 will be installed, and a high grade of cotton goods will be manufacturer. R. S. Hill, president of Farmers and Merchants' Bank, is the promoter of the new enterprise, and has announced positively that the plart will be established. Textile Notes. Manufacturers' Record. Brenham (Texas) Cotton Mills, which contracted for its buildings and textile machinery (5000) spindles and 160 looms) last month, will open bids October 16 for furnishing and instilling the required steam-power plant. Bide are to he submitted at prices free on board at Brenham. This steam plant is to include a cross-compound Corliss engine of 250 horse-power, with flywheel to admit of Increasing 200 horse-power later; also two 250-horaepower water-tube boilers to burn olas fuel and arranged to be changed to coal when desired, and feedwater heater. wilh two Worthington boiler-feed pumps. Work progresses steadily on the Washington Mills at Fries, Va., and the company expects to have its 40.000 spindles and 1100 looms In operation early In 1903. This extensive enterprise was announced about a year ago, and the power development ana erection of buildings have since been in progress. The company's dam on New river is expected to develop about 6500 horse-power, but only about half of this energy will be used at first. The mill building is four stories high, 130x419 feet, constructed of brick. Capital stock is $2,225,000. The efTorts recently mentioned to establish a cotton mill at Ringgold. Ga. have proven successful, and charter has been applied for. Company will be known as Ringgold Mills, capitalized at $100,000. half of which will be furnished by local Investors. Water-power will be used to operate the machinery. W. H. Odcll will be president; W. W. McClain, vice-president, and J. E. Satterfleld, secretary. Walter N. Brown of Monticello, Ark., will be architect, builder and superintendent. A $200,000 company will be chartered and organized at Laurens, S. C., for the purpose of building a mill for the. ni-nHnMtnn nt fine cotton eoods. Lau rens investors have subscribed $75,000, and the remaining $123,000 will be largely taken by New York capitalists. W. E. Lucas, president of the Laurens Cotton Mills, is at the head of this new enterprise. All further details will be announced later. Victor Cotton Mills of Charlotte, N. C., will resume operations October 9, after an idleness of several months. In making this decision the stockholders also announce that the question of changing from a spinning to a weaving mill will remain open until the annual meeting in January. The company was recently noted as considering suah a change. Messrs. J. H. Parham, J. B. Mllligin, w b Fothereill. J. A. Carter and O. K. Wilson hare Incorporated Chattanooga Cotton Felt Co., with capital stock of $10,000. Weatherford (Texas) Cotton Mills has decided to install a knitting plant, and thus be enabled to utilise Its production of yarns. The company has had Its cotton mill under construction for some months, and the 8500 spindle* are now being installed. Oxford Knitting Mills of Barnesvine, Osu, is preparing to increase the present output of its plant for manufac turing high-grade ribbed vests, etc. At 80-borse-power boiler, a 60-horse-power engine, additional knitting machines and finishing equipment will be installed, and the company is in the market for the equipment James M. Catlett of Philadelphia, Pa., does contemplate establishing a knitting mill at Wilmington. N. C., as was stated last week. He can be addressed at G06 Arch street, Philadelphia. A movement is on foot for organization of cotton-mill company at Central, S. C.. and it is said that D. K. Norriss, president of Norriss Cotton Mills Co. of Catecchee. S. C.. will be president. Atlantic & Gulf Mills of Quitman, Ga., has declared an annual dividend of 6 per cent. This company operates 5000 spindles on the production of cotton hosiery yarns, and is capitalized at $100,000. Columbia Metallic Roll Co. of Columbia, S. C., has been incorporated, with capital stock of $100,000, by Louis !. Guion. J. W. Babcock, L. J. Wringley. W. B. Smith- Whaley and August Kohn. Com^atfy's purpose is to control a valuable patent on cotton-mill machinery, recently issued to Mr. WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE UNION A Good Meeting of Temperance People Last Week. Leesville, Special.?The convention of the South Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in it3 annual session here last week. The evening was devoted to welcoming the convention and reception. A very large audience gathered in Leesvilie college chanel and was presided over by the State president. Mrs. L. B. Haynes. A large choir sang White Ribbon songs; temperance mottoes and banners were everywhere and everything was propitious. Dr. A. C. Wilkins of the Baptist church welcomed the convention in behalf of the clergy of the town, Dr. E. J. 12theredge in behalf of the town, Prof. W. Aug. Shearly in behalf of the college. Dr. D. M. Crosson in behalf of the physicians and Miss Bertha Able in behalf o fthe local union. Mrs. John Rcbb of Brookland responded in behalf of the convention. All of these speeches were happy, pleasant and profitable, but the chief feature of the evening was the annual address of the president. Mrs. Haynes surpassed herself. It is no extravagance to say that it was one of the happiest efforts of its kind ever heard here. Absolutely void of sentimentality, full of good sense and reason, delivered with perfect care and grace, the charm was irresistible. The evenine- ended with a pleasant | reception heartily enjoyed by everybody present. Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the convention met :'.n its first business session. Much routine business was transacted. Mrs. M. E. Cartland, president of the North Carolina W. C. T. U., will deliver an address before the convention. The convention will be very busy for several days. Dead in Cotton Seed Pile. Kingstree, Special?There has reached here somewhat of a sensation created at Greeleyville, a small town 10 or 12 miles from here, by the discovery of a dead negro buried in cotton seed in tho house on the farm of the Mallard Lumber Company. The dead negro, Luther McKnight, an employe of the above company, was last seen Sunday afternoon. An examination of the body disclosed the fact that the skull had been battered in, the eyes mutilated, the neck broken, and the face badly disfigured by the heat of the cotton seed. The body was discovered by a wagon driver who had gone to the building to unload seed, and the facts were thus disclosed. Acting Coroner Windham empaneled a jury and held an inquest. A post mortem examination held by Dr. A. D. Eppe showed that death resulted from the wounds described above. The Jury rendered a verdict in keeping with the testimony, the perpetrator of the crime being unknown to the jury. The negro McKnight, was a quiet, peaceful work man nnd the affair appears to be entirely shrouded in mystery, no cause being known for the murder. A Bad Mix. At the last session of the general assembly a new pension act was passed, as was an act providing for county pension commissioners. An examination of these acts in the comptroller's office preparatory to getting out circulars of information developed the fact that a general mixture has occurred which it will probably take amendatory acts to cure before the pension machinery can get in shape for work this year. The pension act requires all county pension boards to meet on the third Monday in January of each year. The pension commissioner act requires that the county pension board at its first meeting in January shall elect one of its members to be county pension commissioner ana that he shall be at the auditor's office to make out and properly arrange the applications every Saturday during the month of January. Three other meetings of the pension boards are provided for. It can be easily seen wherein is the tangle. Another feature is if all the meetings are held and the commissioners in eatih county are to be paid as required quite a snug amount will .be taken from the pension fund. It is probable that an act curing the defects in the existing acts will be introduced on the first day of the coming session and rusnea tnrougn. Florence's Federal Building. Florence, Special.?Chairman Clayton of tne citizens' association received the following telegram Saturday: "Washington, D. C.?City of Florence, care W. F. Clayton, chairman; Department letter addressed you 9th inst. accepting Edwards site for federal building hereby amended to accept 150 feet on Irby by 158 on Evans street. Letter follows. O. L. SPAULDING, Big Order of Rolling Stock. Baltimore, Special.?John Skelton Williams, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was in Baltimore in conference with Vice President Middendorf. Subsequently he left for Richmond. He announced that the Seaboard had just ordered the construction of SOO freight cars to ac commodate increasing business and 1,000 tons of steel rails, making a total of 30,000 tons ordered since July. In reference to the Louisville & Nashville deal Mr. Williams said there was nothing to add to his previous statement, which was that the Seaboard expected fair treatment and would respond, if discriminated against. Bled Profusely. Mayesville, Special.?There was negro cutting scrape last week on Mr. It. A. Chandlers' farm near Mayesville. It seems that a colored boy named Julius Johnson had possession of a banjo and Robert Moore wanted it, and one word led to another until knives were drawn and Moore cut Johnson's arm. severing a large vein. He was . immediately , brought to a doctor, but he lost several quarts of blood which came very near costing him his life. Next time he will probably give the banjo a wide berth. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of Genera! Interest la Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. Trie merger of six Southern naval stores companies was effected at Jacksonville, Fin. The National Council of the Boys' Brigade decided to hold its ce\t meeting at Baltimore. A Mount Pleasant, Tex., dispatch says: "The engine attached to a Cotton Belt nassencer train jumped the track nine miles west of this place, turning over, and killing Engineer Cicero King and Fireman L. V/. Ashecroft. None of the passengers were hurt," Roancke, Va? Special.?Monday nigh tburglars broke into the postoffice at Tazewell Court House, about midnight, and blew open the safe with dynamite. They secured $S00 in stamps and $200 in cash. Besides these losses, the office books of the postmaster were blown over the office and almost destroyed, Before breaking into the postoffice, the party broke into a blacksmith shop and secured the necessary tools for doing the work on the safe. Bloodhounds have been sent to the scene. So far there is no clue to the robbers. At The National Capital. The President has appointed to the rank of brigadier-general Cols. Amos S. Kimball, Chambers McKibbln and Charles C. Hood, all of whom will b? retired. Veterans are already beginning to arrive to attend the Grand Army Encampment in Washington, which opens Monday. Washington, Special.?Alfred W. Bew, said to be a well-todo resident of Philadelphia, dropped dead in the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad ticket office here Monday. Mrs. Bew was across the street and saw her husband fall, but he had expired before he could reach him. He was 71 years old. They reached the city from Florida, where they had been visiting their daughter. It Is said that President Roosevelt may suggest to the striking miners in Pennsylvania that they return to work under assurances that Congress will make an investigation and enact legislation for their relief in the future. Ser.r^tflrv nf tha Twxkaiinr SVinur baa issued a circular to national bankable regard to the maintenance of reserve against Government deposits secured by United States bonds. At The North. Former Delegate Uthoff testified in the case of Robert Snyder at St Louis that he was offered $100,000 to pass a traction bill. Alderman William Dickinson, df Brooklyn, is charged with bribery in offering to vote for a bill in return for for a favor to a constituent Senator J. P. Dolliver, of Iowa, discussed tariff revision and trusts at the convention of the League of Republican Clubs in Chicago. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews has declined a profferede advance In his salary as chancellor of the University of Nebraska. Twelve men were killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Lawson mine, Washington State. A son was born to the Duchess of Manchester, who was before her marriage Miss Helena Zimmegman, of Cincinnati. I Governor Bliss has tendered to Gen. Russell A. Alger the appointment of Senator from Michigan, to successed the late Senator McMillan. Bishop H. C. Potter and Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark were married at Coopertown, New York. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, at San Fran cisco, charged with the murder of Mrs, Dunning and Mrs. Deane, hopes for acquittal, because of the death of J. B. Pennington, father of the victims. From Across The Sea. King Alfonso of Spain wants to visit the United States. Dr. John Byrne, a well-known American gynecologist, died at Montreaux, Switzerland. A plot against Dowager Emprese Marie Dagmar of Russia was discovered at Copenhagen. Premier Balfour announced that the British -government education bill would not be withdrawn. The new Russian ordinances for Finland were promulgated at Helsing> fors. president uastro naa retreated to a strong position near Carcas and awaits attack by the revolutionist. The Bank of England raised the rate of discount to 4 per cent. A $25,000,000 Japanese loan is to be floated in London. Pietro Mascagni, the noted Italian composer, arrived in New York to begin a tour of the country. Subscriptions for a monument to Emile Zola were begun in Paris. The official Gazette of Caracas publishes a protest against the British occupation of the Island of Patos. King Edward ordered that special courtesies be shown to Generals Corbin. Young and Wood in London. Woman's Christian Temperance Union women have begun a crusade against alleged harmful advertisements on billboards and in magazines. Sultan Abdul Hamid is paying high honors to Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, in Constantinople. Mtsref'snmus Matters. Thomas F. Ryan states that Americans wiH control two-thirds of the international tobacco combine and also get a share in the British trade. Thomas J. Sharkey, who was arrested on the charge of causing the death of Nicholas Fish, the banker, in a barroom brawl in New York on September 15, has been indicted for manslaughter in the first degree. tm tmEm : flESe _ i ' ' . 'iNEffGOHIAHDEB OF6.?. | General T. J. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, Elected Commander-in-Chief, RECEPTION FOR VETERANS'WIVES Mrt. Fnn,ef?lt Meld Conrt In Corcoran Art Caller, ?Woman's Keller Corp* ?.t:>en<iei 442,0110 During the Year Z"" ? Jledlcftl DIvUIom of tho Pension Ba* reau Scored by Special Committee. * Washington, D. C.?The new Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Array of flic Republic is General T. J. Stewart, of Xorristown, Pa., 'who was a leading candidate for the honor a year a So. His competitors at the election of officers were General John C. Black, of Illinois, former Commissioner of Pensions, and Colonel John McEIroy, of this city. The Dame of General Daniel Sickles, of New York City, was presented to the convention, but he withdrew from the race. The first ballot resulted in the election of General Stewart who was nominated by Thomas Sample of Pennsylvania, the vote being as follows: Stewart. 4<?7; Black, 272; McEIroy. 83. William M. Olin, of Massachusetts, was elected vice commander-in-chief, and James M. Averill, of Georgia, junior vice commander-in-chief. Aside from the election of these officers, the most interesting feature of the encampment was the report of the Pension Committee of the G. A. B. This committee severely scored the medical division of the Pension Bureau, declaring that it was a dead line; where were executed the claims of veterans seeking pensions. It accused the persoonel of this division of approaching representatives of examining surgeons throughout the country with suspicion and distrust, and aa made in bad faith. It denounced the reports that extensive frauds were pracucea in pension Claims as aosolutely baseless. A resolution was adopted expressing the grief of the convention over the death of President McKinley and ft? regret over President Roosevelt's Indisposition. A collection of photographs of. most of the past national officers of the order was presented to the convention by Delegate Beath, of Pennsylvania, with the condition that they are to be preserved in the Congressional LI- " brary. The twentieth annual convention of the Women's Relief Corps, which tai held at the Church of Our Father, was one of the largest in the history of the organization. Mrs. Calista N. Jones, of Vermont, the national president, presided, and was the recipient of several historic gavels. The order was shown to be In a flourishing condition. Over $42,000 was expended during the year, leaving a fund of over $11,000 on hand. Mrs. Clara Barton, of the Natipnal Red Cross, the only surviving honorary member of the organization, wa? escorted to the platform. Her feeble health would not permit her to more than murmur her thanks. Amid classic setting, surrounded by the masterpieces of Michael Angela and Donatelli, standing between fluted marble columns with ornate Corln tninn capitals. Mrs. ttooseveit ana tne ladies of the Cabinet received the ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic at the Corcoran Art Gallery. Tbq reception lasted for two hours, from 4 to G o'clock, and was attended by 1000 of the G. A. R. ladies. The Marine Band played at the reception to- . day. and as the afternoon advanced the place was brilliantly Illuminated with electricity. Prominent among the callers were Mrs. John A. Logan, Miss Clara Barton and Mrs. John C. Black. DRIVEN INSANE BY OVERWORK.1 ' 'j Foar Naval Officers Have Killed Themselves Under Great 8traln. Washington, D. C.?Overwork haa been reported to the Navy Department as responsible for the death, probably the suicide, of Lieutenant Frederic R? Holman, United States Navy, who was lost overboard on August 13, 1902. "On the morning of August 14." reported the Board that made the investigation, "careful Inquiries and & close search of every part of the ship was made and there is no possible reason to doubt that be is dead; and circumstances lead us to believe that bo took his own life during a temporary fit of insanity brought on by weakened condition of the nervous system and worry because of his physical inability to perform his duty." Lieutenant Holman Is the fourth officer reported to the Navy Department in the last two months as having committed suicide. tUSE OF X-RAYS BRINGS DEATH. Surgeons Thought They Discovered Hissing False Teeth in a Han's Throat. Cleveland, Ohio.?Frank Buettner, a well known contractor of this city, died as the result of an operation performed ' to rpmovp a apt of falap tppth which it was supposed he had swallowed while asleep. An X-ray machine was used on Bnettner, which, the surgeons declared. showed the teeth to be in the oesophagus. Just as the latter had been opened its entire length a relative of Buettner's rushed into the opr eratiug room with the missing set of teeth, which had been found In Buettner's bed. It was learned that Buettner was suffering from a severe case of acute laryngitis. The pain in his throat led him to believe he had swallowed the teeth. Sarmnla Guaranty Deficit, 1385,000. Receiver George Keefer has filed In the Kenton Circuit Court at Covington, Ky., his report on the condition of the Germania Guaranty -Company, showing the face value of the assets to be $205,374.63 and the liabilities $590,980.63, leaving a deficit of $386.586. Carncffie's Gift* Accepted. Andrew Carnegie's gift of $75,000 : to Belfast and $36,000 to Limerick. Irelaud. for the establishment of^ libraries j hire been accepted.