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CHAPTER XV.
[Continued.]
The baron does not answer, but if
'looks cau uo deadly execution, then
-would our three l'riends drop ou the
spot.
By this time the surgeon has taken
the baron in charge, and leaving open
his shirt, which is already saturated
with blood, he proceeds to bind up
the wound in a business-like way.
It will prove painful for some little
time, but not dangerous, unless the
barons blood is in wretched condiliou.
when blood-poisoning may set in. A
wound of this sort is of a more serious
nature in a Iiot country than if
received where the air is bracing.
Mynheer Joe quietly resumes the
.garments he cast off when preparing
for the duel, and in live minutes one
would not imagine he has been cn.gaged
in any such business.
It is time they retu-aed to the river.
Sandy, in particular, is anxious to
reach Cairo for some reason or other.
xJ?st as they are about to bid the
others a courteous good morning and
withdraw from the scene, the silence
that Iroods over the place is suddenly
and rudely broken.
Shrill cries, filled with anger, ring
out, coming from the direction of the
river. It sounds as If a dozen men
or tiger-cats are endeavoring to see
which can make the most noise.
"They're coining!" exclaims Sandy,
whipping out his revolver, and selecting
a good-sized palm as a base of defense.
It Hashes tlirnncrh ih? minds of all
that the baron has made a threat
when lie declared the duel did not e:ii
the feud between himself and My.a4ieer
Joe.
Then again, tncy remember their
-<?on versa lion in the cabin of the dahabcah,
when the possibility was mentioned,
of a conspiracy, to overwhelm
them in case the baron lost the fight.
When they bear those fearful shouts
It comes to the mind of Mynheer Joe
as well as Mr. Grimes that the Arabic
-crews of the two boats have combined
and are rushing upon the scene to
slown the enemies of the baron. Perhaps
some prearranged signal has
been given to let them know the resu.t
of the duel, and that it now rests
with them.
Hence, acting under this belief, the
two Americans instantly draw their
weapons. They do not stand in their
tracks but immediately leap forward
to -meet their expected foes.
Sandy, seeing the new state of affairs,
quits his beloved palm, and
follows after them as rapidly as his
horter legs will allow.
To their surprise the enemy does
not show up; their fierce clamor still
continues, but it seems to be in the
quarter where the boats have both
been left. Mr. Grimes is the first to
guess the truth."
"Biess my soul, I believe they've
having a small war among them
selves!" he says.
"Yes, we're not in it," ga>ps Sandy.
Another moment, anil they turn an
angle of the rocks that allows them
clear view of the battlefield. Sure
-enough, the rival crews of the two
dahabeahs are at it, hammer ami
tongs. How the affair started may
never be known, for these rascally
-Arabs cannot be hired to tell the truth
when there is a chance to lie; nor do
the Americans care materially about
this point.
Mynheer Joe, without a moment's
hesitation, bounds away, heading for
the boats as though it is his intention
to join in the melee, where broken
heads will soon be the order of the
-day.
"He'll be killed!" cries Sandy, hurrying
along at the side of Mr. Grimes.
"Don't you believe it, my boy. Joe
Is used to quelliug such disturbances
-among the blacks of the Soudan; and,
my word for it, he'll bring this affair
to a sudden close. Watch! There
he goes now."
The explorer has leaped aboard the
dahabeah nearer tue shore. It is
upon the deck of this all the Arabs are
gathered in a noisy crowd, pulling one
another's frowsy hair and threatening
to make blood flow.
Mynheer Joe's voice Is heard like a
trumpet above the clamor, which gradually
dies down as different members
of the mob quail before his eye and
terrible appearance.
"Back to your boat, all who belong
there! Back, or you shall die like'
^ojds!** be shouts in the Arabic tongue,
which, in his long service in the Soudan,
he has fully mastered.
They hear his words, they see his
threatening manner, and as the mobs
of blacks obeyed the slightest wish
01' the magnetic hero Gordon, so a portion
of his reflected light is placed,
like Elijah's mantle, on the shoulders
of the man who saw him die and
avenged his fall.
First the old reis jumps across to his
own deck, and he is speedily followed
by one and another of hi6 crew.
The will-power of a single man has
^re now controlled thousands, and
Mynheer Joe is possessed of this personal
magetisin that draws men to
him. and even affects his enemies.
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i Arr. nrimes ana sanny pull up
fit tlie rooky landing peace lias fallen
upon the crews of the rival river
boats. Though they glare at one another
and make threatening gestures,
they do not longer call out.
Some of the Arabs look rather the
w^irse for their little tu.-sle. and one
in particular seems to he such a
wreck that Sandy proceeds to draw his
picture for lite great hook which he
expects to issue some day, ami which
will illustrate all thai a wide-awake
war correspondent has seen during
Itis travels in times of bellowing cannon
and piping peace, the world over.
They cast off and are soon beating
against the contrary wind. As the
current of the river favors their return
to Cairo, they make fair progress,
and the glittering city, with its
mnennoa mid minarets, its ancient
buildings and modern quarters, seems
to draw closer all the while.
Mr. Grimes seems thoughtful, while
Sandy can hardly keep quiet, so exuberant
are his spirits over the success
of his friend.
When Mjmheer Joe notices this, he
does not hesitate to speak to the pseudo
silver king.
' You don't look satisfied. Mr.
i Grimes?"
"That's a fact." replied the oilier. i
"Didn't the affair turn out to suit i
you!"
"Not exactly."
"Ah! You wouldn't have had the j
boot on the other leg, my friend?"
! "Never! But that man should just
: now be lying there under the palms.
They used to say out West, the only
good Indian is a dead Indian; and
I'm sure the only time the baron will
be a gentleman in the true sense of
the word, is when lie is laid out."
"Well* we needn't worry; we leave
; Cairo before many hours, bound for
l India. Let the baron fume and the
heathen rage; we'll sail away over
i the seas and be happy."
i Joe Is thinking of Molly, for lie already
knows she and her father are
' to be members of the company 011
board the Alhambra. when the steamer
leaves Alexandria for Port Said
and the Sues Canal.
"Don't count on that, milord," remarks
Sandy, looking up from Ills
drawing.
j "What d' ye mean, old fellow?" asks
Joe, while Mr. Grimes, who already
j kne^ws, nods his head and looks very
1 wise.
"The baron goes to India by th?
! same steamer, the Alhauibra."
Mynheer Joe frowns: he sees trouble
ahead, knowing as much as he
1 does of the man.
"That is too bad. It will spoil all
our pleasure on the voyage. I am sure
Miss Molly will regret to hear of it,"
he says.
"Like a death's head at a feast,"
1 from Sandy.
"If Ave could postpone our flitting
! until the next steamer," suggests Mr.
! Grimes
"Impossible for me," he says sober!*
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1 "I've got it?" exclaims Sandy, beginning
h war dance on the roof of
the cabin, paper in one hand, pencil in
: the other. "Yes, I've got ii!"
"What! The Nile fever?" demands
i Mr. Grimes.
"A subject for a dancing dex-visb,"
J suggests Joe.
j "Wrong, both of you, gentlemen.
I What I've got concerns us all. It's an
I idea!"
At this both Mr. Grimes and Joe
make out to be dreadfully excited,
appealing to Sandy not to let it get
away and to be very careful lest his
brain should burst.
"These sudden ideas are dangerous."
declares Grifnes, with great soberness.
"They may be for you. but my bread
and butter depends on them, you see." ]
returns Sandy, not at all annoyed by
their joke.
"Well, share it, old fellow."
"Don't you see we're anxious to hoar
all?"
But Sandy takes his time.
"Jt.. concerns you both, of course,
but, most of all, it interests the baron."'
"Ah, yes; of course. It does."
"The next steamer after the one we
take arrives a weeK tuier m awa;iuilria.
ft is called the Malwa. What
I propose is that the Russia bear shall
' miss the Albambra and be compelled
to lie over a week at Alexandria.
The others soberly take his hand
and squeeze it to show their appreciation
of his brilliant idea, which appears
to strike them in a favorable
light At the present they do not
stop for investigation.
"How will you do it, Sandy?" asks
Joe, his eyes bent upon the wonder
j city ahead on the east bank of the
' Nile, the environs of which they have
now reached.
"I haven't bothered myself about
that yet, but this brain of mine can
be depended on to bring out the proper
thought when the time comes,
'ount upon it as a settled fact. The
>aron will remain in Alexandria when
he steamer leaves; more than that
J do not feel able to promise."
it is as well he does not, since
he may be unable to fulfill the con<U>
tions.
Tlieir Attention is now directed in j
another quarter, nud the conversation j
wheels around to different subjects.
Both of Joe's companions have hall
their respect for the explorer increased
on this moraine, llrst by the brave
manner in which he went to meet a
jfoe, who, up to this time, has proven
invincible, and in the second place by
his dexterity in vanquishing that same
individual. They have regard:;? him
with respect before, but now their
feelings are almost like those of a
brother. lie is a wonder and a marvel
to theru.
Other boats sail upon the broad Nile,
and the picture is one that the student
of nature and peculiar customs never
tires of admiring; l'or what with the
strange craft, their gaudily dressed
passengers and the setting of old Cairo
in the background, the scene is one
that appeals to all that is romantic.
They see nothing of the rival dah- :
abeah, but among the scores of similar !
boats in sight she may be nearer than
they think. At any rate, the subject
, is one of indifference now.
A landing is made at the same spot
where they embarked. Ere leaving
they settled with the old reis for the
use of the craft.
Different indeed are their feelings
now: when going aboard, the near future
was dark and forbidding; it was
like a lottery from which they had
Just drawn a prize. Not one of the
trio seems dissatisfied, save Mr.
Grimes. That worthy shakes his
head seriously a number of times and
frowns, as though something weighs
heavily on his mind. He can be heard
to mutter, too. and the burden of his
complaint is always in the same
strain:
"A great mistake to only wound !
him. A scotched serpent is dieous.
We will hear from ! '
CHAPTER XVI
THE ROAD TO IM>:'.
Once more in Cairo they ] ???-. to
look after various duties thai i'oi j
'attention, Mr. Grimes going one way, 1
Sandy to send his long-delayed tele- 1
gram securing passage on the good
steamer Alhambra, while Mynheer
Joe goes at once to Shepherd's, where
lie has, later on, an ajm,QUtfnient^wiUi
.several diplomatic represeuiuiives ui ,
the British Government, who desire I
the fullest particulars he can give i
concerning the sad event that recently
happened at Khartoom.
From a window of the hotel a pair
of anxious eyes note his coming. A
fluttering white handkerchief attracts
his attention, and he sees the face
of Molly. She waves again and he
hows. A tremendous load is taken off
her mind. She lias suffered keenly in
the suspense that has weighed upon
her ever since she beard the voices
below in the court and learned from
her father that Mynheer Joe had gone
to tight a duel with the Russian bar*
on.
Joe does not see her until evening,
and then her look of eager interest
teHs him that she is acquainted with
all. He flushes with a feeling akin
to shame.
"You seem to have come out of your '
difficulty with credit. Mynheer .Toe," |
she murmu*s, as she walks at hi3
side.
"Who told you about It, Miss MoK
&r
"I heard you leaving, and my father |
told me there was about to be some '
sort of an affair of honor, he called it." :
"I am sorry you heard of It," he
says.
"You have the glory of l>eing the
victor."
There is a slight ting of bitterness ;
in her voice which he feels keenly.
"It is a glory I never sought. I
have not paraded It about Cairo. Being
the challenged party XI was compelled
to fight, or let that man, whom
I despise, believe I feared him."
"And what was It all abojt?"
"He insulted my flag to my face. I
am an American and resented the insuit
by tossing a glass of wine in bis
face. Then came the challenge. We
had It nut with swords under the
palms, and I hoi>e it is done with."
"But 1 have always heard the baron
had no equal as a swordsman," she
says quickly.
Mynheer Joe smiles.
"Still, good fortune attended me, and
that sometimes makes up for lack of
skill, you know," he replies; but Molly
believes he has not told the whole
story, and privately makes up her
mind to question Sandy at the very
earliest opportunity that offers.
"I have not seen the baron to-day"
?looking him steadily in the eyes.
"You did not kill him, I hope," with
a shudder.
"Oh, no! Merely a puncture through
the shoulder of his sword-arm that
will keep him quiet for a few days,
perhaps. Mr. Grimes "
"Well, what about Mr. Grimes!"
seeing that he hesitates to go on.
"He declared It would have been
better for the whole of us if the baron
had gone down in the duel; but I assure
you I have no desire to see his
blood on my hands. Let us talk of
something more agreeable, Miss Molly."
"I understand he Intends going t?
India on the same steamer with us."
"We will fervently hope and pray
that something may occur to make
him change his mind before wc start,"
says the traveler, not thinking it good
policy to say anything about Sandy's
little scheme until they see whether ft
turns out to be a success or not.
[To be Continued.]
"Is Miss Triller an obliging singer?"
"Oh, yes; half the time she refuses to
sing."?Philadelphia Bulletin.
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inn GLEANINGS.
? G
if. niuor Events of the Week In a
%. Brief Form. x
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A cnamber of commerce has beei
organized in Anderson.
The Farmers' Institute at Green
vllle was largely attended and much
good accomplished.
Work has been begun on Spartan
burg's new First Baptist church. It is
to be a very elegant structure.
Union county reports heavy dam
age from the recent high water and
excessive rains.
The president Friday ' reappointed
Dr. W. D. Crum. colored, collector ol
customs dt Charleston. The nomination
failed of confirmation at the recent
session of the Senate.
The supreme court has lately affirm
ed a decision of the circuit court in
Orangeburg, awarding a verdict ol
$6,000 to the plaiiitifT, in the case ol
Annie B. Carroll vs. the Charleston
and Seashore Railroad Company.
The Dillon Herald notes that "two
checks for $4,000 each were received
by W. M. Hamer from a lady in New
York with the request that one check
be used in purchasing stock in the
Maple Cotton Mill and that the othei
be given to Hamer Cotton Mill for the
same purpose."
The court of general session* met
at Florence Monday morning and a
large crowd has been in attendance,
All interest is concentrated in the twc
murder cases for which W. C. King,
a white man, is being tried. The
whole of Thursday was devoted to the
hearing of the case.
The preliminary contest to see who
was to represent Newberry College in
the state oratorical contest at Greenwood
was held at the college at Newberry
Wednesday night. The speakers
were so nearly on a par that the
manuscripts will have to be examined
before the name of the winner can be
announced.
The Rabbins trial, in which George
D. Kirkland killed Fletcher Bennett,
and in which the three Dunbars were
also killed, was commenced Tuesday at
Barnwell. Two days were spent in the
trial. Feeling was high. The best legal
talent was obtained. Counsel for the
defense so conclusively presented it,
that in 1co3 than twenty minutes a
verdict of "not guilty" was returned by
the jury.
A stranger walked Into the bank of
Columbia Thursday and in offering a
piece or negotiable paper, gave a weuknown
Columbia man as reference.
The cashier inquired over the 'phone
and received the answer, "Yes, if the
check is for S100.000 it is good." The
stranger is Christian Schenck, of Lebanon,
Penn., who with Mrs Schenck,
Miss Ramsey and J. H. Schenck is
sepnding the winter there.
The secretary of State has decided
that in the future traffic through the
state house grounds in Columbia will
be restricted. No heavy drays or wagons
without springs will be allowed to
use the roadway. Hacks, private carriages.
and the express and mail wagons
may go through the grounds at a
walk. The ambulances, police patrol
and fire apparatus are the only vehicles
on which absolutely no restrictions
have been placed.
"Today," says the Keowee Courier,
"Oconee county is without a chain
gang, j oiuuruaj i .euiug mc iciu*
of the last convict in the county expired.
and now the 'man with the gun*
is without a job. Boland Ellington,
who was serving a two months' sentence
for petty larceny, was the happy
sinner who quit the gang last Saturday.
It is also notable that there is
but one prisoner in the county jail
awaiting trial.
C. A. Wood, of Spartanburg, a respectable
looking negro about 35 years
of age. was picked up on the streets
in that city Friday night by Policeman
McAbee about 8 o'clock and carlied
to the station house. When Ve
two reached the yard in front of the
station house, the negro became violent
and tried to get loose. He gave
the officer a rough tussle before he was
subdued Wood was found to be a cocaine
fiend.
The Black Mingo and the Black
River Steamboat Company of Georgetown
has applied to the secretary Of
State for a commission. The purpose
for which the company will be organized
is to own and operate a steamboat
line between the city of Georgetown
and Black Mingo bridge both in
Georgetown county. The nature of the
proposed equipment is to be a sidewheel
steamer suitable for freight and
passenger transportation.
T?l.ffr?nK Cnmnanv Fined.
Birmingham. Ala., Special.?E. B.
Williams, local manager of the Western
Unjon Telegraph Company, was
convicted of the violation of a certain
section of the State pool selling law
and was fined $30 in the first division
of the Criminal Court. The defendants
was adjudged guilty of the violation
of section 2, of an act "to prohibit
book-making or pool selling on horse
races and other forms of gambling."
by allowing alleged bets to have been
transmitted by telegraph. Prominent
counsel has been secured and it is said
the case will be fought in the United
States courts.
Classified Service Extended.
Washington, Special.?Under a revision
of the civil service rules, to take
effect April 15, and announced the
classified service is extended to all
positions which are subject to classification
under the civil service act. The
classified service hereafter will embrace
all places which are not mere
laborers or workmen or are not subject
to confirmation by the Senate.
Temporary appointments will be restricted
both in number aqd duration.
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\ LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of Oeneral Interest la
Short Paragraphs.
[ The Sunny South.
i The convention of the National Wo
man's Suffrage Association came to a
^ close Wednesday night in New Orleans.
The next convention will be
held in Washington.
A Charleston. W. Va., dispatch saya:
1 "The grand jury's report on the miners'
riot exonerates the United States
deputy marshals. The report criticises
1 the newspapers. It is a lengthy document.
J Owing to freight congestion it is reported
that fires will be put out in
2,000 or more coke ovens in the New
[ River field, in West Virginia, as it is
' impossible to secure cars for trans
portation of products.
Commander Erwin Schaeder, naval
attache of the Imperial German em
bassy, in Washington, has been orderi
ed to Newport News, Va.. to arrange
.' f?r the docking of the German warship
I Gazelle, which will arrive there In a
i few days from Venezuelan waters.
It is announced that the Southern
) Railway is to extensively enlarge its
1 shops at Nashville, Tenn., already one
- of the largest railroad shops in the
: South. The enlargement is presumably
! for the purpose of building locomotives
for use on the Southern. No definite
! plans have been given out officially.
About 1.000 men are employed in the
shops.
, Joe Barrett and Herman Miller,
light-weights, both of Baltimore, went
i on before the Savannah Athletic Club
*** * ? -i-Vi ?*Aiin/1a
, weanesuay nigui iui memj iuuuuu
( for a decision under straight Queensi
bury rules. In the fourth round Barrett
fell to the floor in apparent agony
and claimed a foul. The referee re1
fused to allow it. and counted him
out! Physicians examined Barrett and
declared he found no evidence of a
| foul blow.
At The National Capital.
Secretary Hay has delivered to Signor
Mayor Desplanez. the Italian amt
bas~ador. an order on the United
, States Treasury for $5,000, the sum
i appropriated by Congress as indem;
nity to the heirs of Giovanni and Vin!
cenzo Serio, Italian subjects who were
killed at Erwln. Miss., July 11, 1901,
i and to Salvatore Liberto, who was in,
jured at the same time.
; ' The Treasury Department gave notice
that on Monday| and Thursdays
until further notice offers would be
! received at the bureau of the mint for
i the sale to the government of silver
million to be used in coining pesos
under the Phillippine coinage act api
proved March 2. 1903. No offers of less
than 5.000 ounces will be entertained.
i The Department will purchase $2,000,000
worth of s.lver bullion for coinage
into pesos.
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At The North.
St. Joseph, Mo., Special.?The heaviest
snow storm of the year began
here Sunday and railway traffic Is
greatly impeded. Telegraph and telephone
wires are crippled. The temperature
has been falling slowly. The
snow covers the northern part of the
State to a depth of from 6 to 12
inches.
The American Tobacco Company
has declared the regular quarterly dividend
of 2 per cent, on preferred and
a dividend of 3 per cent, on its common
stock. This is an increase of 1-2
per cent, on the latter issue.
From Across The Sea.
Tlic- second court of the season was
held at Buckingham Palce, London.
The anniversary of Louis Kossuth's
death was marked by students' riots
in Budapest.
Senators who will vote on the ratification
of the canal treaty were elected
in Colombia. '
The North German Gazette, of Berlin.
says the Reichstag elections will
take place June 16.
Joseph Chamberlain, receiving an
address rrom me cuy ot jjobuju,
spoke of the Boers in a conciliatory
manner
Th9 Toronto, Ont., opera house was
burned Wednesday. The loss Is $150,000.
The Are is supposed to have originated
from electric wires in the box
office. Sullivan, Harris & Woods lost
all their scenery and customs. They
place their loss at $10,000 to $12,000. <
Miscellaneous flatters.
New evidence is being unearthed in
the Burdick murder case to put the 1
crime on the late Arthur R. Pennell.
In a collision between the Fall
Rivers steamers Plymouth and City
of Taunton on Long Island sound six
persons were killed.
Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs
argued for the Northern Securities
Company in the anti-merger case in
St. Louis.
Harrison Wrotten testified at the
trial of Elmer Collins, at Laurel, Del.,
that he beard a man in Collins' nouse
threaten murder the night before the
crime was committed.
The monitor F' irMa ha I a successful
trial trip, exceeding her speed requirement
of 11 1-2 knots an hour.
New breaks in the levees are reported
from the lower part of the Mississippi
river.
George B. White, vice-president of
the South Pennsylvania National
Bank, of Hyndman, Pa., was arrested
in Philadelphia, charged with conspiracy
to wreck the bank.
Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister,
has notified President Palma that
Secretary Hay will consent to the use
of the cable to expedite the exchange
of ratifications cf the treaty if it shall
be adopted by the Cuban Senate as
amended, and notification reached
Washington March 31, that the documents
are placed in the mail for trans^
missic-n by that time.
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VICK LOSES HIS JOB
Dr. Person Succeeds to the f ilsof*
N. C? Postoffice
COLORED POSTMASTER GOES OUT:
The Vick Cue Has Attracted Much
Attention in All Sections of th?'
Country.
Washington, Special.?What Is regarded
as the closing act in Senator
Pritchard's fight against "the elements
of darkness" as represented by Poet- . '
master Vick, of Wilson, the last of the
negro officials of any consequence in
North Carolina, took place Tuesday,
when the President named Dr. B. T.
Person to succeed the colored official.
The Vick case attracted attentlqa
among all North Carolinians as soon
as Pritchard asked for the negro's removal,
for the reason that it was realized
that it was a contest between the
Senator, representing the "lily whites,"
ou the one hand, and the negro element
of the Republican party on the
other, but it soon ceased to be a State
affair, and took on a national aspect.
Correspondents for papers in all parte
of the country were soon hot after
every detail of the contest and it seemed
that Senator Pritchard had the fight
of his life on hand, as the President
had in other States apparently admincompared
with the fact that he is ia
whites, and national leaders of the
party were siding with Vick. Pritch- . k .
aid, however, stood his ground, and
the removal of Vick is a distinct vie
tory for his policy, as it is realized that
he made the fight upon the negro post
master primarily because he is black.
The charges brought against Vick'g "
party fidelity were mere side issues as
compared with the fact that he is a
negro.
The appointment of Dr. Person
would doubtless have been made some
weeks ago but for the fact that it was
charged that he was not a bona fide
resident of Wilson. It was, however,
established to the satisfaction of the
Postoffice Department that he had not
moved his residence at the time he was
said to be living in another locality _
and his appointment followed.
Women Suffragists.
New Orleans, Special.?The morning
session of the woman suffragists comprised
a work conference behind doa- \
ed doors, in which the delegates and
members only participated. At the afternoon
session reports were presented
by Kate M. Gordon, corresponding sec- Jg||
retary; Harriet Taylor Upton, treas- V
urer, and Laura Clay and Mrs. J. Coggshall,
auditors. The reports discussed .
the need for more finances and a large
membership. The treasurer's report
showed that for the first time there
was a surplus in the treasury that $5,000
had been put out at interest, and
the foundation laid for a memorial s
fund. Susan B. Anthony presided at
the night session. Sarah Clay Bennett
of Kentucky, spoke on the authority of
women to preach the Gospel. Gatt
Laughlin of Maine, and Francis Griffin
of Alabama and Rachael Foster Avery
delivered addresses.
Heavy Loss By High Watei.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?A special
to the News and Courier from Seneca,
S. C.. says: The news has Just been
received here that the boom situated
on the Seneca river, at Calhoun, Oconee
county, was washed away by higli
water on Monday evening. It was owned
by the Benedict Love Company. It
is said there were over 4,000 logs that
escaped and there will be a loss to the
company amounting to about $35,000^ '
Many bridges on the stream were destroyed.
which will cost the counties
of Pickens and Oconee many dollars to
replace. When the boom broke about
50 men on the logs were compelled to
jump and swim for their lives. Thero
were no lives lost, but several narrow
escapes.
flarriage of Jlr Vanderbllt.
Newport, R. I., Special.?Formal announcement
of the date of the wedding
of Miss Cathleen Neilsen, daughter of
Mrs. Fredrick Neilsen. to Reginald
Vanderbllt, was made last Friday. In
all probability the event will bo
olemnized in St. Joseph's Catholic
church, at which Mrs. Neilsen haa
been an attendent for many year*.
Six Men Drowned.
Memphis. Tenn.. Special?J. M. Hood
xariirnoH fpnm the flood district of
Arkansas and reports that at Garvin,
a station on the 'Frisco Railroad,
Saturday afternoon a skiff containing
four drummers and two negro oarsmen
was swept under the track of tho ?railroad
in a stiff current. The boat
was overturned and all six occupanta
were drowned. Mr. Hood does not
know the names of the traveling men,
but says they had employed the negroes
to row them across the submerged
territory to Mound City, Ark.,
where they intended to take a steamboat
for Memphis.
Wants Heavy Damage*
Winchester, Special.?In the Circuit
Court, In session In this city, SL H.
Braithwaite was given $1,200 damages
against Charles E. Mcllwee for alienation
of his wife's affections. Mr.
Braithwaite asked for $5,000 damages,
claiming that Mcllwee had not only
ejienated his wife's affections, but had
also caused Irer to desert him and his
Ave children. All the parties concerned
are prominent residents of tha
county. Some sensational evidence
was introduced during the trial