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V BILL ARP'S LETTER The Philosopher Writes Touchingly of Dead Poet HE GIVES US MANY QUOTATIONS The Bartow Sage In a Reminiscent Mood Speaks of Poetry That Gives Us Noble Feelings. Septimus Winner is dead. I never heard of him until the other day, when a brief notice in a New York paper attracted my attention. For sixty years he was a musical composer and a writer of songs. He was the author of many of tne sweetest pieces that ever charmed our households, and yet we never heard of him. Fifty years ago my wife used to play, "Come listen to the mockingbird." and I accompanied her on the flute, and was proud of my skill. Then there is "What Is Home Without a Mother" and "Whispering * * T J c? ? Ciroo* \ vn thn oui.i nv/n ^ v Roses." He made over 2.000 musical compositions and published books of instruction for every kind of musical insturment. After the seven days fight before Richmond. McClelan was removed because of his defeat and Halleck was put in his place. This displeased the soldiers very much, for they were ptoud of "Little Mac" and loved him. and so Winner took up their grietanee and wrote a song and composed the music. "Give Me Back My Old Commander." The air was simple and the words pathetic, and it soon was caught by the army of S0.000 men. and could be heard for miles along the lines and in the camps. It was inspiring and significant and made Stanton mad. He said it was demoralizing and an insult to General Halec-K and must be stopped, and he issued an order to that effect. Of course, the boys stopped singing in the daytime or on the march, but away in the dead of night a whole legiment would break out, "Oh! give us back our old commander." Then Stanton ordered its publication stopped " and threatened to arrest Winner. But Winner had sold the copyright and couldn't stop it. A famous singer dared to sing it on the stage in New York city, and she was warned not to do so any more, but she repeated it. and j staaton naa to give it up ana let :t wear itself out. Winner was the winner of that fight, and Stanton made a fool of himself. Stephen Collins Foster was another ! composer who was very dear to us in his day. and charmed millions with his exquisite melody. We old-fashioned people still ca'l upon our children to comfort us with "Old Folks at Home," "'Uncle Ned," "0, Susannah," "Old Dog Tray," "Nellie Bly" and "My Old Kentucky Home." The royalty on this last piece made him a good sum of money. What would the traveling minister ^ have done without his songs. But in his last years he aspired to a higher plan of composition, and wrote such beautiful pieces as "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming.' He was a man of fine cultnre and familiar with many foreign languages. He, too, is dead and there has no cne come to take their places as composers of these sweet fireside songs. Shapespeare says, "The evil that men do lives after them. The good is often interred with their bones." Well, It is often, but aot always. Isaac Watts has been dead one hundred and fifty years, but his beautiful hymns and his cradle songs are still familiar to every Christian household. "Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber," has soothed to sleep thousands of little children. "Let dogs delight to bark and bite," is the first little speech of childhood, and next comes "How doth the little busy bee." The hymn books of all Christian churches abound in his beautiful verses, such, as "When I Can Read My Titles Clear, There Is a Land of Pure Delight" and * While the lamp holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may return." These were not interred with his bones and will live through the ages. Sometimes the man or woman who did the good is forgotten. but the good remains. Not one chufch member in a thousand in this country knows who wrote the Doxology that is sung all over the world, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." Thomas Ken has been dead two hundred years, but those four lines will live and boubtless lie Is in heaven and hears more of bis own verse and music than any saint around the throne of God. Shakespeare might have said with more truth, "The good that men do lives after them." Our vererable Judge Warner went north in his old age to revisit the home of his youth and found the town adorned and shaded with beautiful elm<; around the churches and along the sidewalks?trees that he planted half a century before and had never seen since he came to Georgia to teach school. The hljsh tops of those trees seemea to react the sky and men and women walked and children played under their shade, hut not a human -Jbelng in that town remembered him'or krTew who planted those trees. Ke found one old schoolmate, but he was blind and in the poor house. Fifty-fire years ago when ( first visited the little town of Rome I noticed a good old man by the name of Smith?Johnny' Smith t he was called?and he. too. was planting little trees around the churches He was a lever of ornament and he was doing it withou' pay. but not without reward. They grew apace and gave some shade before he died, and kept on growing until they, too almost' reached the sky and are still there. - living, breathing monument to the good old man. But who knows who planted them?who besides myself? iAnd there is my old friend and parti.e.\ juage Branham. who for twenty-five years has been working on that beautiful cemetery cn Myrtle Hillmaking ncv walks and grading theni. ( laying off lots on the new purchase, building walls on the steen slopes, planting trees and flowers and in many W3y3 ornamenting nn;l beautifying the : city of the dead. Within a few more i years he will be one of its sleeping eit- I Jzens and l3ter on another generation i wHI frequent the romantic place sn l i wonder who shaped it into beauty, and I robc^y can tell. Dr. Johnson said that 1 every man ought to phnt a .tree or i write a book or do something for the < ?. i benefit and comfort of those who are to live after he is dead. "Our forefathers did much for us." he said, "and we must pay the debt." Last week our school girl wanted a speech. Her mother and I ransacked the books for one that was short and And now he walks the streets and looks to chose from. There was Mrs. Heman's beautiful poem on "Death!" 'Leaves have their time to fall. And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath." Then there was part of "The Fisherman's Prayer" by Jean Ingelow. and "TKo T oof l oaf " hv Olivpp W Holmes. which was not so solemn and I liked it the best. It just fits a man I know and I never see him but what I think of those sad and humorous verses. "I saw him once before?as he passed by the door? And again, The paving stones resounded as he totters o'er the ground With his cane, sweet, and we selected three or four at those he meets, Sad and wan; And he shakes his feeble head and it seems as if he said: %rhey are gone!" The mossy marbles rest on the lips that he has pressed In their bloom. And the names he loved to hear have been carved for many a year On the tomb." Our old man is in his ninetieth year and has seen trouble. He is tall and stooping and steps short and sure. His i friends are all dead, but he goes about with a .ong cane and looks hard at v"" vnn et/m* t n crroot him .mil then he tries to smile. If he knows you. "When he was in his prime?ere the 1 pruning knife of Time Cut him down? Not a better man was found by the ; crier on his round Through the town: But now his nose is thin and it rests 1 upon his chin Like a staff. And a crook is in his back and mel- j ancholy crack Is in his laugh." Then the poet repents and says: "I know it is a sin for me to sit and grin At him here: But his old-fashioned hat and his breeches and all that, Are so queer." And now it becomes me to apologize j to* the readers of my last letter and tell them that a friend from Augusta has supplied the missing links in my history of the presidents. I Franklin Pierce's mother was Anna , Kindrick. James Buchannan's mother was ! Elizabeth Speer. ' Benjamin Harrison's mother was i Elizabeth Irwin. Millard Filmore's wife was Abigail j rowers. Buchanan "was the only bachelor president. ' And Alfred Iverson was United ' States senator in 1861 instead of Ben < Hill. , When I wrote my last letter I was | laboring under some little excitement, < for that morning about 4 a. m. the burglars got into our house and perused the front rooms and hall and upstairs and found nothing they wanted. There was a feeble light in our bedroom and they could see my pants from the window, for they hfing on a chair near by, and they wanted the money that wasn't in the pockets. They cut out the lower slat of the blind and un- \ fastened it and raised the sash, but ; suddenly got alarmed and departed ; those coasts, for which I am thankful. for I had no gun or pistol. But I dare * them to come again. My wife never screamed or waked up.?Bill Arp in 1 Atlanta Constitution. ( ( LABOR W5nLD. Upholsterers in Kngiaud receive about S12.?'>U a week. All the carriage ami wagou shops in ( Albany, X. Y.. now employ union meu. A new union of steel ami ironworkers lias been formed in Sontbiugton. Conn. Union moulders in Connecticut have asked for a ten per cent, increase in , wages. j All the machine shops in Denver, i Col., arc unionized with a nine-hour work day Servant girls at Wheeling. W. Va.. propose forming a union to regulate hours and wages. Farm hands in Iowa get better pay { than the average wages for teachers in j the common ?cliools. There are labor unions in Chi- i eago. with an estimated membership i of more than 300,000. i Freight handlers at Albany. X. Y.. 1 will ]irobahly receive an increase of < wages in the near future. Detroit (.?nch.) bookbinders are on strike.Tor a raise of the iiiinimmu scale from *$13.50 to $15 a week. ( Employers at Chatham. Can., have ? sfcnied the new scale of prices as 1 adopted by the nuion printers. 1 Union clerks ..t Iiinuinyham. Ala.. ' have reached an agreement with em- ' ployers respecting l.ours of work. Iron workers at Ivansa; City. Mo., are very scarce, there being not nearly enough men to supply the deniaud. Iron moulders and K'udred trades in Stockton. Cnl.. have been conceded the ? nine-hour day with no reduction in i pay. ( Ileeent figures on the cost of farm ^ labor in Cerniany show that hand * work costs less than the use of ma< \ chines. ' Union workers in the United Slates and Canada receive in waves every month the ye-antic sum of ?1,000,? WO.U'd. 1 r Thirty-nine Indian hoys and girls I have just received their graduating t degrees at the Indian schools in far- r lisle. Pa. Sixteen of them are girls, r and in the entire class of graduates nearly every one of the principal tribes ( Is represented. All of the boys have i learned trades and the girls have < served apprenticeships in the sewing < department, laundry and kitchen. j m ?- -vV. - . ? ... ;C\ ti-i DEATH OF MR. REEDl Ex-Speaker Thos. B. Reed Suddenly / Passed Away DEATH FROM BRIGHI'S DISEASE. I nr. Reed Was One of the Best Known f of Modern Politicians and a Noted Parliamentarian. Washington. I>. Speciai.?Hon. Thomas B. Hoed, ex-Speaker of the s national house of representatives and a v well known Maine suuesman, died I hero at his hotel Saturday night of / Birght's disease. b The remains left here Sunday after- j noon for Portland. Maine, his former \ home, where the interment will take a place on Tuesday afternoon. They ( were placed aboa-d a special train C leaving Washington at 4:50 o'clock, g scheduled to arrive at Pottland torajv- S row. Accompanying the body were I Mrs. Reod. the widow; Mis? Catherine C Reed, the former SpoaV.e > : o Hon. Anios I.. Allen, Mr. Rood's sue- c ecosor in the Mouse of Represents- I lives; Mr. Ashe: C. Hinds. Mr. Reed's C parliamentary clerk, and Mr. August G G. Payne, a life-long friend. At Mrs. Reed's request there uere no c?:e- ? monies of any kind here, and at Port- e iand, thev will be of a simple eharao- s b Wkl&S!*w! ? Iff ^ f?I i ^Ifjr ii u THOMAS B. HF.ED, a ter. Din ing the entire day then? was a jj; 3tr t am v)f sympathetic callers at the c Arlington Hotel, where the body of g] Mr. Reed lay awaiting removal. They included President and Mrs. rtoorivelt. 81 who also sent a handsome floral offer- jj lug: members of the cabinet, the Sen- ^ ite and House of Representatives and t] >f the diplomatic corps. The body was o enclosed in a casket with heavy, it jxydired extension iiandies, and on the ? op was a silver plate on which had c] jeen engraved the following simple in- ^ script ion: ^ ft : b Thomas Bracket t Reed, : Sj October 13. 1S33. : 0 ; December lTih, lf>02. : w : : ii w tlirfiilrncir] vt'itinn when O ho train departed wore Senator and tl Mrs. Lodge; Justice McKenna. of the tt Supreme Court; Geneial Draper, of b Massachusetts, and Representatives f< Hitt and Littlcfield. ti The arangements for the obsequies tl it Portland have been left in the hands d )f Hon. Joseph W. Symonds and John t* J. Small, an old neighbor of Mr. Reed, a! \s far as tentatively arranged here, ci he funeral will take place some time Tuesday afternoon, from the First tl Parish 1'nltarian church, of which the o; Ftev.. John Carrol! Perkins is pastor, it The interment will be at Evergreen oi >metery. S< Killed Mother and Himself. Evergreen. Ala.. Special.?At Castle- jj, jerry, 11 miles from here. J. A. Stubbs q( shot and killed his mother and then w killed himself. Whether the first kill- s) ng was accidental or the result of v ;eraporary derangement is not known. a! The family is prominent. Ji Wreck a Halteras. tl Haiieras. N. C.. Special.?The ob- tl server of the Weather Bureau reports R hat a four-masted schooner. Wesley tl M. Oler. went ashore at Hatteras Inlet ?' ife-saving station, early Friday morn- 03 ng during the storm. She was pound- ^ ng in the surf about a mile off shore st intil afternoon, when the four masts n' vent to pieces. The life-saving crew *ould do nothing to save the crew. Pi STo bodies have been washed ashore. Zones Established. Manila. By Cable.?Preparatory to fa in aggressive campaign against the gi -adrones in the Rizal. province of n( !mzon. Governor Taft has established p :ones of concentration. The land will >e tilled uduring the day time and the a jeople will retire within the zones at M ^ fniv./. A!' AAUCto IC I. *V OL> Ultg IU1 CV w i v v/no ku uuiu> ,* ? vi11 be used against the bandits. a: Suicide of Col. Lamb. ac London, iiy Cable.?While the Can- te ird Line steamer Ktruria was ascen 1- io ng the Mersey. Saturday morning, ci Colonel Umb, a member of the Eng- ^ ish rifle team, returned from the in . ernational competition in Canada. n ommitted suicide, ending his life with w i rifle bullet. w Raise in Wages. Scranton. Pa., Special?The Delavare, Lackawanna & Western Rail- jn oad purposes a substantial increase re n rates of pay to employes in the d( ,-arious departments. The officials are j low at work on a general plan of m eadjtistraent and equalization to be cj ome effective at an early date, probtbly from December 1. All branches jn if the service and practically all the (j employes will be affected by the com- j ;any's voluntary action. *' i- ? .V-.v/:.ft - 4 I STEAMER WRECK { Score of Men Were Seriously In. jured. I PERSONS MISSING; HEAVY LOSS tollers of an Oil Steamer Explode Breaking the Vessel In Two With Fatal Results. San Francisco, Special.?While the teamer Progeso was lying at the <rharf of the Fulton Iron Works at larbor View, ar. explosion occurred. is a result eleven men are missing. A core were more or less seriously inured and property valued at 5200,000 ras destroyed. The missing: First Asistant Engineer Sparks. Joseph Rex, lharles Glenn, Howard Dowe. James Javatt, Dan Gallagher. Joseph Ma;uire, F. Nelson, C. C. McGuire, Jack Itrand, Jack Ashton. First Assistant Ingineer Sparks, Joseph Rex. Chas. llenn and Howard Dowe, of the crew f the Progeso. were shipped only this aornlng. Joseph Rex is a son of Mate lex, of the ship W. P. Babcock. Chas. llenn is a brother of Second Officer llenn, of the.transport Sheridan James /avail, was an electrician ana uanaher, Maguire, F. Nelson and McGregor /ere ship builders. Jack Strand was mployed as a fireman, and Harry imall, a boy. was working as a riveroater. His home Is at Vallejo. Ashton ras a fireman on the Progeso, and )owe was a seaman. The list of seriously injured inludes: Henry Conma. aged 18, arm mputated; Robert Gibson, both legs roken; A. Kane, fractured leg and oot; R. Bucoll, fractured left wrist; leorge MeNeemy, severe burns; J. lorgan. injured about arms and legs; McGil, severely burned: Willie VanerSet, head bruised; Peter Hanson, racture of rlgh;: leg. The disaster occurred a: 9:45 o'clock, rhile 40 inechanics of the Iron works nd twenty employes of the ship were n board. Below the decks the mehanlcs were busy completing the /ork of changing the vessel from a oal-burning eoal-carrler, to an oilurning oil-carrier, when suddenly one f the tanks blew up. Men were hurled gainst steel walls a id a sheet of flame ame sweeping into their faces. On the pper deck men were hurled Into the lr or thrown into the water. Three ailors engaged In washing paint outIde the pilot house disappeared as the loud of black smoke carae up from the hip and were seen ;io more. Following the explosion, the ship agged in the centre, showing that she ad broken in two. In the office of the on works. 20 feet away, every winAWf TJ-Q n <1 nnJ Atflniv nlflnn Alii WW nao OUOUCICU dUU 11J ill ft 61MB UUl tie faces and hands of many of the fficials and clerks. Aa they rushed out lto the open, survivors, who were ble to help themselves, were leaping om the ship. A great crowd of raebanics came running out of the works, s soon as the panic had subsided lese men set to work to rescue men om the burning vessel. A stream of urning oil, running from the tanks pread out until the ship lay on waves f fire. The flames crept under the harf and soon the timbers were blazlg. adding to the difficulty of the ork of rescue. As the ship was built f steel, the fire was nearly all below le deck. There were fourteen oil inks containing about four hundred arrels of oil in all and despite the ef)rts of the fire department, this connued to burn, fiercely for hours after le explosion. Several minor explosions ue to the flames going from tank to ink. occurred at short intervals, but II the Injury and loss of life was a used by the first. rina 1 J \/uv j/vvumuiii; VI IUC CTA piVDIVlJ W?D iat several men who were on the ther side of the bulkhead from where occurred, were uninjured, while ' thers farther away were badly hurt, everal men In the yards were Injured y flying debris. The loss to the Fulton Company by le wrecking of the building and the urning of the wharf will exceed $20.)0. It is estimated that the Prcgeso as wbrth about $175,000. The e:cploon shook all the building at harbor lew and the shock was felt a mile way. In many instances windows ere broken several blocks away, imes Spriers. Jr.. general manager of le Fulton Iron Works. Is positive that le explosion was due to the oil and ot to the bursting of the boiler. His leory is that gas was generated in cne f the oil tanks. "It waB certainly vhe cplosion of a tank." he said. "If it had ?en a boiler explosion, a cloud of earn would have arisen, but there was o steam. Instead it was black smoke om the oil. There was only a small ressure of st?am at the time." Kelly Released on Bond. St. Louis. Special.?Chas. F. Kelly, irmer member of the House of Deleites, arrived here Wednesday afterion in charge of detectives from hilarlPlnhfn whom ho ti-aa nrrocto.l fit week as a fugitive from justice, ore than 500 curious people awaited elly's arrival at the union station, id as he stepped from the train, :companied by Mrs. Kelly and Dective McGrath. the police were reed to clear a path through the 1 owd. The prisoner was then taken 1 ifore Judge Douglas and gave bond 1 the sum of 530,000. Kelly and his i ife then left the court room and < ent to their home. ( To Consider Farm natters. I Dallas, Texas. Special.?At a meet- ' g of business men here to consider < medies for the boll weevil evil. It was I (termined to call a State convention Dallas on December 14, to which l embers of the Legislature, State offi- i als, representatives of commercial 1 idies and farming interests are to be ' vited. The Legislature is t.o be call- j 1 upon for an appropriation to be us t [ for extermination of the weevil. 1 i ' /' V f' ? NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. What Our Congress is Doing Daj? by Day. HOUSE. Second Day?The House was in session an hour and forty minutes. One hour of that time was consumed in the reading of the President's message The reading was listened to with attention by members without regard tt party. bu? without demonstration, except at the conclusion of the reading, when the Republicans applauded genornn al r Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, gave notice that the bill to defray the expenses of the Coal Strike Commission would be called up tomorrow. The deaths of the late Representative De Graffenreid and Sheppard, of Texas, which occurred during the recess, were announced and after adopting the customary resolutions of regret, the House adjourned as a further mark of respect to their memories. Third Day.?The House passed the bill to appropriate $50,000 to defray the expenses of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission and then adjourned until Friday, when the London dock charges bill will be considered. There were two hours of discussion on the commission bill, during which the President's course in creating the commission was highly commended. except by Mr. Ponton, a Missouri Democrat, who contended that the commission was created without authority of law or constitution. There was some criticism of the feature or the bill allowing double salaries to members of the commission now in government employ and because the bill left the amount of the compensation of the members to the President But all amendments were voted down and the bill was passed without division. Fourth Day?The House had the consideration of a number of anti-trust bills under way. The bills with amendments were referred. Fifth Day?The House devoted the day to the consideration of bills on the private calendar. The most important bill passed was one to adjudicate in the Court of Claims the claims of certain importers of steel blooms, who. between 1879 and 1882. paid customs duties equivalent to 45 per cent, ad valorem, when it is claimed the correct rate should have been 30 per cent. The sum involved is about $350,000. A bill was passed authorizing the following persons to accept presents and decorations from foreign governments: Captain B. H. McCalla, U. S. N.. Doctors Eugene Wasdin and H. B. Geddings, U. S. M., H. S.; Henry E. Alford. W. A. Taylor. H. W. Wiley. M. A. Carleton and John I. Shultz, of the Department of Agriculture; John A. Okerman, of the Mississippi river committee; Casper S. Crowninshield, United States commercial agent; Miss Anna Tolman Smith ac:d Lieutenant C. F. H. Phipps. SENATE. Second Dav?Interest in the session of the Senate was heightened by the fact that the President message to Congress would be read and' also that General Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, former Secretary of War under President McKinley, would be sworn in to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator McMillan. His desk and chair were hidden beneath a mass of flowers, and as he took his seat, he was surrounded by a number of his colleagues who extended hearty congratulations. In the gallery were a number of General Alger's personal friends and members of his family. One hour and fifteen minutes were consumed in reading the message. Virt nrlnto/1 AAniftQ W h f P h h AH X" I Ulii IUV pi IUIVU VW p.vw f. been placed on the desk of each Senator they were enabled to follow every word as it was uttered. Almost the entire Republican representation were in their.seats, while not more than half of the seats of the Democratic side were occupied. The closest attention was paid to the message as it was being read, and frequently Senators would confer regarding some particular portion of it which had attracted their particular notice. A number of bills and resolutions were introduced following a brief executive session. The resignation of Rev. Mr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the Senate, who has served In this capacity for so long, was received with genuine regret. He had become a familiar figure in that body and had made It a practice to become personally acquainted with every Senator. No action was taken on the resignation. . Third Day.?The Senate began the real work of disposing of the business before it. although the session lasted but an hour and a half. When an adlournment was taken at 1:30 o'clock out of respect to the memory of Representatives De Graffenreld and Sheppard. of Texas, the hill to ariead the immigration laws was under consideration. Fourth Day?The day's session was devoid of interest. A few bills were introduced and a brief executive session held. Fifth Day?The Senate was iii open session but ten minutes, then went into executive session, after which it adjourned. Trestle Washed Away. Savannah. Ga.. Special.?The lung irestle on the Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad, over the Satillu river, was washed away and destroyed Thursday light by the flood. The S3UH2 is high. ?r than has even before bora recorded. Orders were issued today annulling all Atlantic & Birmingham trains over :he division affected until repairs can 5e made. Many country roads in Ware :ounty are impassable from water and 'alien trees. Statistics are at hand showing that n the tirst mouth of the last quarter n France horses caused 907 accidents, vith 83 fatalities. The railways in he same length of time caused 145, of vbich eight were fatal. The automobile was the cause of 38, with two faalities, and the bicycle was responsible for 119, with six deaths. I * to V "k v ' ?* * - . , m?> "" Sudden Demise of American to Japan. DUE TO PARALYSIS OF THE HEART He Fell While Re-Setting a Net and Died Without a Word or a Clrorn? /Irs. Buck to Leave With the Body on the 34th. Washington, Special.?A few (leu* of the untimely death of Miuister Buck are furnished in the following cablegram received at the State Depcrtnient from Mr. Guzcn, the United State* charge de affaires: 'Tokio. Dec. 5.?Minister Buck's death was caused by paralysis of the heart. It occurred on an imperial h iting preserve near Tokio. The funeral will take place here on the 3th. and full official honors will be extended ny the Japanese government, as in the case of Minister Swift. The widow will probably leave Yokohoma .on the 24th with the hody for burial at Arlington. I respectfully recommend that the military attache be granted authority by telegraph to accompany the remains to Washington aud to return as soon as possible to his post. No action has been taken on the last request. Yokohoma Special.?Paralysis of the heart caused the death of United States Minister Alfred E. Buck, which occurred Thursday The end was tragically sudden. Mr. Buck was the guest of the Emperor in a duck hunt on the Shinhama preserves. A bird had been netted and the minister, with a jocu- , lar remark, started to reset the net. Suddenly he fell and without a word or groan expired instantly. He had suffered from a weak heart for some time.' Mrs. Buck was not with the party. Mr. Buck was held in high esteem in Japan and the flag3 on government ' " " - * * -1 1 -A U.t# ouuuings nave Deen pmceu ai "?*?i mast. The funeral has been set for Monday. Secretary J. M. Ferguson is in charge of the legation. Washington, Special?Wh'en the President comes to take up the question of the succession to the vacancy caused by the death of Minister Buck, at Tokio, it is understood he will name John Barrett, of Oregon, at present commissioner general of the St. Louis Exposition to Asia and Australia, to be minister. Mr. Barrett is now somewhat in the nelgh!>orhood of the Straits Settlements. He has been working to secure a good Asiatic representation at the St. Louis Exposition and his efforts have been attended with success, for he has induced both China and Japan to embark upon large governmental exhibits when they had decided not to be represented in that way. He is now bound for Australia, where it is his hope to change the mind of the Premiers in Australia and New Zealand, and cause them to reconsider their purpose to allow the exposition to go on without exhibits from their colonies. Death in hotel Fire. Chicago, Special.?Fourteen persons among the scores crowded into the Lincoln hotel at 176 Madison street met death shortly before 6 o'clock this mnrnlnc In a flrp whiph will naas lntr? local history as one of the most horrible Chicago has ever experienced. Death came suddenly to a few, but with- awful slowness to others who were penned in the death trap and suffocated or burned to death. Some died in their rooms, some chanced all in Jumping and last, others were found in the hallway where they had expired with their fingers dug into the cracks of the floor. All the bodies were recovered as the hotel was not destroyed. The identified dead are: M. M. Handy, Janesville, Wis. pi Edward Toner, Milwaukee. H. K. Wood, Lebanon, Ind. B. F. Boswell, Chicago. Samuel L. Yocum, Davenport, la. J. C. Yocum, Davenport, la. F. L. Erwing, Marietta, 0. A. B. Coon, Waconda, 111. T. V. Slocum, Waconda, 111. Ward Lowe, Minneapolis. ' *: C. P. Cowen, St. Louis. F. W. Carey, Bucyrus, O. Two others, including one who died on the way to the hospital, have not been identified. King to Visit Ireland. I?ndon, By Cable.?The Lord Mayer of Belfast announced that the Earl of Dunby had informed him that King Edward would probably pay a visit to Ireland, in 1903. This intimation coming through the lord lieutenant of Ireland is regarded as practically an official announcement of His Majesty's decision. New Trial For Powers. Frankfort, Ky., Special.?The Appellate Court awarded a new trial to Caleb Powers, who was convicted in the Gobel murder conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment. The opinion by Judge O'Rear, granting Powers a new trial is based mainly upon the refusal of Judge Cantrill to vacate the bench on affidavits filed by the defence. charging the court with being prejudiced against the defendant. The three Democratic judges dissented ? Business Man Kills Himself. Philadelphia, Special.?Howard T. Goodwin, aged 32, treasurer of the banking and brokerage firm of Cassatt & Company, committed suicide by shooting himself. He was found dead in the firm's office in the Arcade building. No cause is known. Carnegie Sails. London. Special.?Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie left London this morning to embark on the steamer Oceanic, ' which sails for New York. Mr. Carnegie. who showed traces of his recent illness, was accompanied by his physician. * ' y . . ^ r iriiWi-jMPriirr m