The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 18, 1902, Image 7
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CHAPTER II.
[Continued.]
,-tye loots into eye as Sandy Barlow
Stands there; then the correspondent
exclaims, with a ring of satisfaction
In his voice:
. "Mynlieer Joe, for all the world!"
' "Sandy, isf it you, my dear fellow?
IWhere under the sun did you drop
from:" asks the other, holding out
the hand that has bet u used to shied
his eyes from the light, though lie
does not alter his position one particle.
? ,?^ ?? 1,^1,1 ?r ihn
Xlie rOZTl'S;'UIUIl-Ul fnm.i uviu VI |
band thus o;Toied in greeting. his very |
enthusiasm showing what he feels at ?
tearf.
"*! "Bless you, old boy, it's good for
tore eyes io see you again, and looking
ns natural as ever. Never have I
leased to remember the days of 'auld
fang syne,' when we two did the Nile
In company. Talk a'oout fate in our ;
fclrst meeting?it doesn't hold a candle ;
to this! Same old grasp, same old
Joe!" and lie works the prodigal's arm
tike a pump-handle, while rattling ;
long in this strain.
: "Quartered In Cairo. Sandy?writing
cp the beauties of lower Egypt as a
Winter resort, or have you bien ap- ;
j>oiuied a Consul here?" asks the
Other, with a jolly laugh that causes '
Mr. Grimes to wonder what stuff this
^ ^tnan can be made of to bo so composed
And even merry aftir what he has
. Aone through.
"That's not my luck. Still pegging
Away at the old business. Makes both
ends meet and gives mc a chance to
?ee the world. But see here! Confound
my stupidity! Here's a friend of
jours waiting to meet you, and I've
been monopolizing your time."
Mynheer Joe raises himself to a sitting
posture and faces the silver king,
who hesitates for a few seconds and
then comes forward.
"Pardon me!" lie soys rranuiy. "inn
have made a mistake, Sandy. I did
not claim to be a friend of Mynheer
Joe, only a fellow-countryman, and
one who has heard much about him
and takes a deep interest in his welfare.
Obed Grimes, at your service,
Mr. Miner."
The explorer possibly catches some
algnifleance back of his words. At
any rate, he looks at the stout gentleman
with the florid countenance as
thongh intent upon studying out a
problem; but noticing the outstretched
hand, accepts it in his usual hearty
tray. Now and then, during the subsequent
interview, while the correspondent
plies him with questions,
Mynheer Joe can be seen to keep a
reflective eye upon Mr. Grimes. Perhaps
he Is endeavoring to place the
wealthy miner: and yet the latter has
y -declared they have not met before.
Sandy thinks only of one thing now.
True, he has been especially pleased
to meet with oue he regards so highly;
hut his feeling has now given way
to the instinct of his craft. He has
t>een educated up to being a newspaper
above all else, and. like all ethers
of his calling, has a keen nose lor
news. To be the first at the wire
.with startling information is the
<lreaiu of Sandy Barlow's daily life.
Here he sees a golden opportunity
for making a ten-strike. The whole
civilized world hangs ia suspense
awaiting definite news of the heroic
Chinese Gordon's fate. Humors have
' been rife almost daily, sometimes detailing
his death and again giving accounts
of some wonderful victory over
fifty thousand dervishes, as the followers
of El Mahdi are called, his own
. xorce nuinoering out uvu iuuus;:u?.
hike a shuttle-cock, dashed hitb??r
?nd yon by the battledoors. has this
subject been kept on the go for weeks,
and up to this black night in February
eo definite *new3 has been received
S which settles Gordon's fate.
' Thus Sandy's dreadful impatience
4s explained; the wide-awake correspondent
is aroused to the exigencies
*f the hour, and for the benefit of the
Waiting civilized world would seize
4n(1 sei^d out an authentic account of
>* tragedy of ill-fated Khartoom.
'Mechanically he draws out his note
book and, pencil in hand, prepares to
?ke down in shorthand what may be
id?a proceeding Mynheer Joe eyes
With a smile.
"Pardon rue, ray friends, but I am
almost starved. When I went to sleep
the captain here said he would have
? meal ready for me when I awoke. I
>yvas hungry then, hut could uot keep
ftwal:e only long enough to take a cup
of coffee and a bite. IIow is It, captain?
Will you keep your word?"
The dusky Ben IIas?an Effendi nods
ftnd gives a signal with his hands.
Immediately two fellahin appear. One
carries a tray covered with a white
napkin; the other lays a cloth upon
the little round table. Almost like
magic. * savory, stealing c~eal ia thus
gjiaced In front of the hungry Mynheer
Jfoe, after which the magician waves
his hands, and his followers vanish
as If into thin air.
> "Your pardon, gentlemen. I have
fasted for some days now, and the
ftroma arising from this spread is too
attach for me to withstand. Captain,
how long have I slept?"
, "Twenty-seven hours, gentlemen,"
gravely announces the old rcis.
"Incredible!" exclaims Mr. Grimes.
'L "Eat my boy I Jove! You may go
iSr . ? v v-'-V ^ . %,
er Toe. "
E PATHBORNE.
:rr.t Bosmb's So*?.
to sleen ncraln. unless you get your
jaws work'ng! I've heard of such
things ns people sleeping for days."
cries Sandy, with an air that plaiuiy
marked the martyr, and says: "Dcn't
consider me?1 cau wait."
So Mynheer Joe does ample justice
to the meal set before him and, when
ten minutes have passed, very little
remains of what was brought in. At
the same time something of the
pinched look lias kfr his face, and
lie seems more like the man Sandy
remembers.
'J^lie correspondent has ben surveying
the interior of the cabin curiously,
endeavoring to keep down the spirit
of impatience that makes a minute
seem an hour. lie knows his friend
has great need of all the sustenance lie
cau secure at present, ntul hence will
not allow his ow u selfish motives to
triumph.
As he finishes his survey of the gay
decorations upon the walls of the cabIn.
where scores of novelties add to
the picturesque appearance of the
scene. Sandy hears a sigh of deep satisfaction.
and, wheeling about, is just
-* -x - -!
iu time to see the captain, at a Mguui
from the pilgrim. clap his hamls. when
the two attendants uart iu, removing
the debris.
"Gentlemen?one favor. In the name
of mercy, have either of you?a cigar?"
asks the recent diner, iu a tragic
voice.
lie has a choice weed in a second,
and ere three pass, fire has been applied
to it.
"Richard is himself again?first cigar
in seven months?think of it," he
says melodramatically.
; "Now, my dear feluw, pardon my
: beastly haste, but after midnight 1
lose the wire. Can you tell me whether
Gordon is dead or alive?"
Mynheer drops his head sudden?y,
and something like a groan comes
from his lips.
"Gordon Is dead," he replies, slowly.
"with these eyes I saw him fall,
and this right arm struck his murderer,
clea\ing him to the chin."
CHAPTER III.
THE TBAGEDT OF THE XILE.
At these words, both Americans
look very grave, and even Ben Hassan,
standing near by, seems as
! though appalled. Faith in the astonI
Ishing powers of Chinese Gordon has
always given those who know liira an
1 idea that nothine could ever overcome
j hi in.
He was a man absolutely without
fear, with a line Christian character,
respected everywhere by the natives,
' for his personality was something far
beyond the ordinary. For six months
J and more this valiant man has been
1 shut up within the walls of Khartoum,
with a few thousand miserable
native troops facing fifty thousand
' dervishes of El Mnlidl. Without the
I presence of Cordon, these troops
would not hold out a day against the
; enemy.
There, with a few faithful officers
j and friends, he has held out from
week to month, hurling back the legions
of the False Prophet and holding
the debatable grouud against the
slave-traders, waiting for the rescue
that will come too late; for England,
the more shame to her, being engaged
; in political discussions,, delays sendiu.2
! a relief-column until it becomes a necessity
or account of the clamor ol
the people, which column will find
Khartoom in the hands of the enemy,
and Cordon?lost.
"This is sad uews you bring, Joe."
says the newspaper man, at length.
".Sad, yes; but true, too true. Eng
land litis, by her vacillating policy
murdered the bravest of her sons.
How blind the powers +liat be! This
will topple over the ministry quicker
than anything else 011 earth. The poo'
pie loved Gordon because his motives
were always honorable."
The inan from Khartoom speaks
quietly, as if he has long since learned
to look upon the disaster with compos
ure. He is not given to emotion, ai
any rate, as a glance iuto his face
would inform an observer.
"Tell us about it, Joe," bursts on'
the impetuous Sandy, note-book and
pencil in hand.
The other passes one hand wearilj
across his brow, as though he would
Clear away tn codwcds time nas spur
auout DI8 Dram.
"It Is hardly a propitious time foi
entering into details, my friend. I an
willing to speak, but I know you wil
pardon me if I simply sketch the mat
ter lightly."
"Yes, yes, tell what you please, Joe/
Mr. Grimes and the reis say nothing
only moving a little closer to the mes
senger from Khartoom, in order t(
hear how Gordon fell. Millions will
later on, read the story of his deser
tion and death in that town on tin
Nile, nu<J from every country undei
the sun will oreathe curses againsi
Old England for the cowardly policj
that has ended in this way.
"You know what took Gordon t<
Khartoom and the sacred work t<
which he devoted his life. He was th<
deadly enemy of the slave-trader, ant
long ago declared that his life woult
he spent .n endeavoring to break uj
list terrible trade on the upper Nile
'.'he rattle of slave-chains was th<
r.cst hated sound lie knew, and It wai
this that mad? him hold on oven when
doom si a red him in the face.
"I know ins mind, fvir I have talked
with him day by day. and found Cordon
a rock. He could a dozen times
have saved himself by flight, but he
would not desert his post. Ilcavcn
sent hhn there, and at Khartoom lie
would remain, the rock of Egypt, unlil
the longed-for line of British troops
appeared in view or doom came.
"What we went through with during
those months heaven alone knows.
Day after day we fought ihe black
dervishes of the desert, and thousands
laid down their lives in front of
Khartoom's walls. Now it waa a
sally; anon, an attack. W# might
have even won on a certain occasion
!>nt for the tronehorv of certain 'e.?dr
crs. Gordon fried them later. aflTT all
were shot. He would not stand insubordination.
"Thus months passed. We endured
all that can come during that pestilential
season from July, when the city
was invested. The weeks passed us
by in a way that was maddening, j
Gar eyes were strained looking for the 1
succor that never came. Through it j
,?!! Gordon was the same man I have j
ever know him. cheerful, r.'?ber. and '
m ver faltering. If it was his fate to
die at his post, death would find him
ready.
"I shall never, while I have breath,
eea?e to remember that man with .'ill
4V.? nnil rwltntvnMnn mr ? ml
can express. Ood never made a human
heinp more in the mold of a hero
than when he pave us Cordon. The
world will keep his memory preen forever.
"Thus, as the months passed away,
our stores prew low. and a spirit of
discontent arose. Money was scarce,
and the soldiers were in a state of constant
irritation borderinp on frenzy.
Mutiny would lonp since have broken
out but for the astonishinp power this
man seemed to have over his subjects,
i I marveled at it then, and it will never
i cense to be a source of wonder to me.
"At last came the fatal hour when ;
this mapnetism could no longer hold .
the fragments of Ills little army to- :
p ther. I knew it tots coming as well ;
as I knew anything. Signs pointed to i
it from all quarters, and each morn- ,
lap as the sun rose in the oast I wondered
whether it would ever bo my
pood fortune to look on its setting
again.
"Cordon never despaired of a rescue. !
;l!e had no doubt prepared for the
1 worst, but his faith in the ultimate
l.'o swm'trnilne tvik snblim-V
: ** *? ,
i 'They will come to-morrow.' l'.e would
say each night as the darkness settled ;
about us, and deep down in my heart j
I firmly believed that to-motrow ,
would never arrive.
j "Thus the days moved along, each j
i sun showing n.w difficulties that at:
its setting Gordon had managed to !
rmooth over in a way that was simply i
marvelous: but each time I noticed'j
that things looked worse, and it was j
only a question of how long it would !
be ere certain matters came into con- J
> junction, and bore us under. What I j
most dreaded was a mutiny during:
one of the enemy's fierce assaults.
Should a portion of our troops turn ,
upon us, even the fierce ardor of the
Baslii Bazouks who remained faithful
; could not keep Gordon's life sacred.
i4,r * ~ J 4 ? Ka ????1 1 /VM/M 1M/1
i "Aiy iears pruvi-u 10 uc ?cu muumr |
. d, as you shall soon see. It hap- '
, ;>oned on the 20th day of January, and
that should be a day of moruning for
, all time to come in England.
, "Cordon came from his room that ,
, morning as cheerful as was his wont, .
and ready to meet the duties of the ;
i day, whatever heaven might send him.
, The storm was gathering, but his j
. presence had chased away the clouds i
. so often that all of us had come to be*
, lieve him Invincible.
, "We knew the enemy was about to :
make a desperate assault, but, we had
I hurled them back from the walls of
. Khartoom so often in bleeding masses j
[ that we aid not doubt our ability to do '
> the same thing again, although animu-j
[ nition was beginning to grow scarce. |
"I have since come to the conclusion !
that during the night of the 23th j
> SUUIL" UHUUgt-UlVill. liiuoi nine uevu
made between our native troops and
the sheiks wlio led the hordes of the
Prophet. Certainly, the events of the
day justified such a conclusion.
, "Gordon, as usual, assembled hi?
. lenders and harangued them. Up t?
. now, he had never once failed to irn.
part some of his own enthusiasm to
those in charge of his men, so that
. they went to their several stations inI
spired to fight like heroes in the cause
. of this magnetic man.x
t "With wonder and uneasiness I saw
. that his words on this morning appeared
to fall upon deaf ears. The
i. uar'a faces grew moody. As it liapI
pened, I was the only white man close
by. though I could hear some of his
, officers giving orders near the govern.
I or's house.
i "One man threw the snark that exploded
the magazine. lie dared an
swer Gordon back :#ul tell him it
i would be best to give tip Khar loom
I while El Malidi was willing to let
. them depart ia peace, since the doom
of the city was a settled thiug, any?
how.
; "The general's face flamed up as he
. heard this cowardly plea. I can see
) him now, as 111 scathing terras he rebuked
the officer. The man hung his
. head. I expected to see him fall on
? his anees and beg for pardon.
r "My attention was drawn from him
t tor just a few seconds, while I swept
f my eyes around to see how the others
were taking It I found that they, too,
> scrowled and looked ugly.
) [To be Continued.]
%
1 Mr. Gaston Leroux has recently
1 gathered statistics which seem to dem>
onstrate that an enormous percentage
. of the children who annually die in
; France are literally pojdoned by bad
i1 milk. r*
r i
BILL ALP'S LETTER.
The Ba-tow Philosopher Talks This
Week on History.
HAS GOTTEN OUT A NEW BOOK
Mr. Arp Develops Some Historical
Facts Not Heretofore Generally
Accepted.
Dr. Conway is rignt about jam?s
Madison's mother. She was Nellie
Conway and not Fanny Taylor. Fanny
was his grandmother. But the good
doctor is wrong about Thomas Jefferson.
He did not rnarry Miss Martha
Skelton, for she was a widow and her
maiden name was Martha Wales, as 1
said. Neither did Andrew Jackson
marry Miss Rachel Robards. She was
not a miss, but a divorced wife and
her maiden name was Rachel Donelson.
Jackson had to marry her twice
in different slates to comply with tne
law. Ot course George Washington
married the widow Custis. Everybody
knows that. It was the typo that made
it Curtis. Dr. Conway says that Millard
Filmore never married. He is mistaken.
His first wife was Abigail Powers
and his second was Caroline Mcintosh.
It is singular how many of the
presidents married widows. Madison's
wife. Dolly Payne, was a widow Todd.
Her maiden name was Dorothy Coles.
I reckon we will get this matter
straightened out after a while. Mr.
Thaxton. of Tennessee, writes me
that the full list of mothers and wives
can be found in the "World Almanac'
of 1S94. Friend Thaxton is not mad,
but he is grieved that I said Johnson's
parents were too poor and ignorant
to be named in the biography. That
was not my assertion, but was a bit
of sarcasm on the compiler, who
makes spec ial mention of their poverty
and lack of education and records that
Andrew and nis motner ana sieprsaner
moved from Ralc-igh, N. C., to Greenville.
T^nn., in a two-wheeled cart
drawn by a Mind pony, but does not
give their ncrtipg. Mr. Tiiaxton says
his wife's father was an own cousin
to Andrew Johnson and Andrew's
mother's name was Mary McDonough,
but he does not mention the stepfather.
Who did Mary marry the
second time? The biography in Appleton
was written by James Phclan, editor
of The Memphis Avalanche, and
seems to be very fair and favorable
to Johnson and his wife and children.
Tt says that Johnson's father died
when Andrew was oniy four years old
ami Mr. T-haxton says his mother had
many marc children. It says that
Johnson's father dicu when Andrew
v.*as only ; years old. and Mr. Thaxton
says his mother had many more children.
Mr. Phclan says that Andrew
learned his alphabet on the tailo-.*
bench, and his wife. Eliza McCardle,
oiiorhf hir.* in r?>?>'!
My friend Thaxtcn says that he did
not know that poverty and ignorance
were tied together. As a general rule
they are. That second husband must
have been both shiftless and ignorant
if he couldn't prove any better transportation
for his wife and stepson
than a two-wheel cart and a blin 1
pony for a long journey. If Mr. Thaxton
was to see such a cavalcade as
that coming down the big road now
he would say that poverty and ignorance
were tramping along together.
But this much we have learned from
Mr. Thaxton?that Andrew Johnson's
mother's maiden name was Mary McDonough.
All honor to him who rose
from poverty and obscurity and all
honor to his devoted wife and to
his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Patterson.
who presided so worthily in
the white house.
UnnonMlt mnrriprl twice?
AUU 1W/OVTVIV, . ...
that's right! He ought to have a good
woman at his elbow all of the time. I
reckon he must have been a widower
when he wrote those slanders against
Jefferson Davis and the people of the
South. I am still waiting for him to
retract and apologize. But now he is
a candidate and is scheming for the
solid northern vote, and the Southern
negroes thrown in, he won't retract.
If he is to be elected president, I
want Miles to be coupled with him on
the ticket for vice president. The
champion chainer and the champion
defamer ought to be paired. One to
work on live men and the other on
dead ones.
And here is a letter from Mrs. Luoy
Harrison Gay Whitfield, of Siddonsville,
Ala., who informs me that William
Henry Harrison's mother was
Elizabeth Bassett. She is Mrs. Whitfield's
great-great-grandmother and
was the wife of Ben Harrison, who
signed the Declaration of independence.
His mother was Anne Carter,
an aunt of Robert Lee. I believe that
supplies all the missing links.
I've been enjoying some rich and
racy reading?the reply of Horace
Greelv to the committee who sum
moned him to trial for signing tne
bail bond of Jefferson Davis that released
him from prison. There were
twenty-one who signed it, but Greely
was the first and the only Republican
abolitionist. He volunteered to do it
and did it willingly, going from New
York to Richmond for that purpose,
and it raised a howl all over New
York and New England. The northern
extremists demanded that Mr. Davis
be tried and hung for treason, or for
the assassination of Lincoln, or for
something or anything, so he was
hung. Greely belonged to the Union
Club of New York, a powerful organization.
and they were outraged and
enraged at his signing that bond and
cited him for trial. His reply is a long
one and some parts of it are most delightful
sarcasm.
"You say you will give me reasonable
time for reflection. I want none,
nor shall I attend your meeting. It is
not my habit to take part in any discussion
that may arise among other
gentlemen as to my fitness to enjoy
their society. That is their affair, and
to them I leave it. No, I shall not attend
your meeting this evening. I have
an engagement out of town and shall
keep it. I do not recognize you as capable
of judging me. You regard me as
a wea': sentimentalist. I arraign ycu
as a set of narrow-minded blockheads,
/who would like to be useful, but don't
know how. Your attempt to base an
enduring party on hate and wrath
\ i
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\
is like planting a colony on an iceberg
that had drifted into, a tropical
sea. The singing of that ball bond will
do more for freedom and humanity
than you all can do though you live
to the age of Mathusaleh. I ask nothing
of you but that you proceed in a
frank, manly way. Don't slide off into
a cold-resolution of censure, but make
your expulsionss. Make it a square
stand-up fight and record your Judgment
by yeas and nays. I dare you
and I defy you. and I propose to flghi
it out on the line I have had ever
since General Lee's surrender. I give
you full notice that I shall urge th?
pardon and reenfranchiseraent of ail
those engaged in the rebellion and
those now in exile."
Well, they did not expel him nor
censure him. They were afraid. The
pamphlet to which I have heretofore
alluded is now ready. It contains
Henry R. Jackson's great speech on
the "Wanderer" and Daniel Webster's
speech at Capon Springs, Va.. the last
and greatest he ever made. There is
also a brief biography of General
Jackson by Joe M. Brown and a few
remarks bv myself. There is enough
in this little pamphlet to establish
the faith and stimulate the pride of
every Southern man. According to
Jackson, the South was not responsible
*? and according to
' Webster we were justified in seced|
lng. And so the Northern saints were
"** triAUHnff iV?A /inn.
ill UI** v.iUi'.Q LKJi. Viuiauii5 iuv; www
stitution and precipitating that most
unrighteous war, and ought to make
apology and restitution to us. They
owe to our people millions and billions
of dollars. They owe to me right
now $20,000 damages, and if Roosevelt
don't retract and apologize, I
think I will attach his trunks and his
bear guns when he tomes in reach. He
did not do the stealing, but he is an
accessory after the fact, and that is
just as bad. Now, I have no interest
in the sale of that pamphlet, but I
want every young man and woman
to have one. The price is only 23
cents, postpaid. Apply to my friend
Ed. Holland, Atlanta. Ga., care of
) Franklin Printing Company.
But I nave a book in press?a new
: and handsome book?my last and
I best. It contains my letters and
i ruminations from the uncivil war to
i date?1S61-1903. Price, postpaid $1.2?.
i Write to C. P. Byrd, Atlanta. Ga.?
i Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
Will Build a New Town.
The Carrollton Shortline Railway
i has built an 11-mile extension from
Carrollton, Ala., to Alice City, Pickens
! county, Alabama, via Dilburg anc
! Franconia. The new line is to be ope!
,cd for business on December 20. Tt
i will make the entire road twenty-oi
miles long. Alice City is the name of
new place at the terminus of the extension.
It is situated two miles south
of Franconia ,and tlie company expects
to build up a good-sized town .there,
i Mr. John T. Cochrane is president aai'
| general manager of the line.
Killed By Blast.
i Cr,As>ial ?Tvcn men were
in abu v iiic, - - ?
killed outright, three others fatally injured
and seven painfully hurt Monday
afternoon by a delayed explosion
of a blast at Baker's hill, 13 miles north
of here on the Evansville & St. Louis
division of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. The victims were Italians
and were at work in a cut which wa3
being constructed by the Louisville &
Nashville road. The spot is remote
from telegraph or telephone communication
and details are meagre. The
i-.ames of the victims are not knowa
No Signs of Weakening.
Berlin, By Cable.?It was learned
Tuesday evening that the ultimatum*
to Venezuela did not fix a time limit
for an answer, but that the officials of
the German and British legation were
instructed to leave Caracas at the end
of 24 hours after their delivery if there
was no prospect of a favorable reply.
This, however, was left to their discretion.
The officials could have extended
their stay at the Venezuelan capital if
they thought it advisable to do so, and
the fact that they left is taken to mean
that President Castro does not show
signs of giving in.
? , LABOR WORLD.
Plasterers in England are paid $11 a
week.
Millwrights at Memphis (Tenn.) have
formed a union.
Nearly 2000 shoemakers are idle at
Leicester, England
Canadian labor unions "will agitate
for free and compulsory education.
Hoboken scliool teachers may organize
and affiliate with the A. F. of L.
Telluride, Col., labor unions have
posted a boycott on Chinese laundries.
Fifty Ihousnnd people are employed
in Switzerland in the manufacture of
embroideries.
New York. Ohio and New Jersey
nil have laws preventing the night
work of children.
There are 20,000 children under fourteen
working in Illinois factories,t
mainly in C'uicago
Fro'videnee. It. I., has a union composed
of Italian painters and one of
Italian carpenters.
Police ami firemen at Toronto. Can.,
have decided to organize unions of
their respective members.
Uniun snwmakers at Indianapolis demand
an increase of eleven per cent,
on the present scale of wages.
Ironworkers in ilie Midland district
of England have received a general
advance of two and one-half per cent.
The Lake Seamen's Union has started
a movement to prevent in the future
the employment of women cooks on
lake vessels.
More strikes occur In times of prosperity
than in hard times, according
. to statistics obtained by the Department
of Labor.
Labor exchanges in Snezia, Brescia
and other Italian cities have built
homes for workingmen under municipal
administration.
It is the opinion of experts that the j
opening of China and Siberia will (lis- j
close large deposits of gold, and that
Asia after a while will furnish a large
part of the world's supply.
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest (a
Short Paragraphs.
Tlfe Sunny South.
Bishop, the man who shot Wilson ia
the latter's own parlor, at Charlotte.
N". C., Is still at large. The Governor
has offered a reward of $400 for his apprehension.
In a head-end collision between &
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High Point, N. C., a number of people
were seriously hurt and two enginea
completely demolished.
Goldey Tyus. convicted of murdering
Jeff Godwin, on October 28, "was hanged
at Thomasville, Ga. He was perfectly
cool and prayed with the minister
before the execution. He exonerated
Wallar, the negro convicted of being
his accomplice and sentenced to imprisonment
for life.*
W. L. Lawrence, of Jonesboro,, Ga.,
was found dead locked in a box car at
Camp's saw mill. Lawrence had' been
shot twice in the back with a revolver.
It is believed that the young man was
shot while at work.
Matty Matthews, former welterweight
champion, and Owen Zeigler
met at the Savannah Athletic Club for
20 rounds, for a decision. In the second
round Zeigler knocked Matthews to the
mat with a right to the point of the
jaw. The referee stopped the flgbt and
gave the fight to Matthews.
The Bridgers & McKeithan Lumber
Co's store or commissary at Florence,
S. C., was destroyed by fire last week.
The loss is estimated at about 1500,
partly covered by insurance.
The Norwegian steamship Hirrundo
was loading last week at Gulfport,
Miss., 1.300,000 feet of long-leaf yellowpine
lumber from the L. N. Dantzler
mills, and sailed on the 25th for Buenos
Ayres.
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the name of a new corporation organized
at Owensboro, Ky., last week. The
capital stock is $10,000. The incorporators
are G. C. Lettell, J. H. Robertson
and J. G. Stuart.
The Citizens' Lumber Co., of Waco., '
Texas, has been chartered, with a capital
stock of $125,000. The incorporators
are L. Simpson, Thomas Watles, John
Sentell, H. W. Morris, V. W. Lonerker,
D. D. Fairchilds and W. W. Cameron.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says:
"The National Plumbers' Marble Association
will meet in second annual
session Tuesday. President W. R. Higbee,
of Proctor, Vt., and Secretary
John R. Hugg, of Baltimore, were
among the arrivals. Other prominent
members who are here are Peter Gray
and John F. Jacoby, of Philadelphia;
Wm. Buess, of New York, and M. D.
Flavin, of Chicago. The sessions may
continue a week."
A Wilmington, N. C., dispatch says:
'Captain Miller, of the schooner Eva
A. Danehower, which arrived here
Sunday, reports having passed off
Frying Pan lightship, about noon, a
dismasted schooner, name unknown, in
tow of a Savannah Line steamer. The
British steamer Rosewood McGregor,
which arrived from Villa Reit, reports
an extremely rough voyage, and the
loss of a man washed overboard."
At The National Capital. v
A two-year-old child of Mr. J. E.
Fite, a citizen of Rutherford ton, N. C.,
fell into the fire at his home and was r,
frightfully burned, ant} is not expected
to live.
Senator Cullom reported to tho Sen-'
ate to executive session the new treaty
of amity and commerce between the
United States and Spain, which has
been under consideration by the committee
on foreign relations.
Announcement has been made of the
appointment of Janvier Arrangoic,
Director General of Customs, and Pedro
M. Del Paso, c,! Vera Cruz,, as representative
of Mexico at the congress
to meetin the city of New York next
month.
The treaty between the United States
and Great Britain regarding commercial
relations between the United
States and New Founland, was mado
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ton. cotton yarn and cotton seed oil
imported from the United States are
admitted to New Foundland fieo of
duty.
At The North.
A New York dispatch says: "The report
of the coroner's physician made
tonight in the case of Mrs. Sarah Ann
Waters, who died at the age of nearly
100, and over whose will there is a
contest, dees not support the theory
that the old lady was the victim of
foul play. The autopsy revealed conditions
which indicate that death resulted
from natural causes.
Senator Proctor made an argument
before the Senate committee on edu- <
cation and labor for the eight-hour bill
so as to make clearer some of hi3 provisions.
He said that as the bill stands
it would be necessary to take it to the
courts for interpretation. Ex-Secretary
Herbert and others appeared before
the <onira!ttee in the interest of
the ship-building industry. They opposed
the bill.
wiiiinm fensidine. match-mak?r for
the Metropolitan Athletic Club, of Detroit.
reaeeived a dispatch from John
Considine. o! New York, manager of
Young Corbctt. stating that Detroit
has been awarded the McGovern-Corbitt
fight.
The President sent tbe# nomination
of Fred Taylor as postmaster at Titusville,
Fla., to the Senate.
Miscellaneous Matters.
A French investigator has recently
come to the conclusion that the brains
of military men give out most quickly.
, He states that out of every 100,000 mill- J^|
fary men 199 are hopelessly lunatics,Of
the liberal professions artists ere
the first to succumb to the brain strain,
next the lawyers, followed at some, dis|
'.^nce by doctors, clergymen, literary i
men and civil servants. Striking an J
| average of this group, 177 go mad to m
each 100,000. i, m
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