? Versatile A
Dy H. C. Alerwin
Mllli Englishman ^ r.->;:o
w-liit-Ii distinguishes tin4 A
?thai hy which he earn*
to know anything else: fa
it. A London jHtiiccniaii.
street or building will re
tell you, sir: that is not
man would know the fact,
feel called uj>on to a nolo*
In n remote Maine village there v.as r?
r.nti a very good one was forthwith ii?i
thin.? would be impossible In England. .M;
or repair his ham. paint and plaster bis 1
shoe his horse, doctor his row. break his
his pig. shear his sheep, skin a 1'ox. track
lumberman, play the fiddle, solve a proldei
in town meeting, and do a hundred othc
not a man in all England who can do ha!
quick-witted, has far more general inteiii;
fore by far a better workman. Harper's
c^. op
.She NSW UlSCSpi
By Ec" 11 Kingsniill
0HK public L::s acpulrcl a
child, who in the old daj!
once and industry. is tn
sweetly with him in *?riv
lv.ro. This opinion is r.r
slow io detect what he
Limit before he leaves iii
iu?ue of it. Oi' course. wt
c.'ilM who re/iKdtiis read J
children. but r.ot many.
Let us consider a typical case of ui.?
Tori: City, Ch.Vago and sonic other Aiuerh
Ralph Ls nn ordinary hoy, not virion
Inattentive at s< hool. and has neglected l
the month ho must tuke home his repo
written "Inattentive," "1'regress unsa.il:
' and history."' This card must be signed bi
t?ack to-the teacher. In Ralph's home a
The coming of the monthly report is an
there is great joy lu the household, but
made to feel that he has done a serious
the excellence of his report next uxoul
sufficient, a ' conduct book" is provided in
close each day. what Ralph's conduct has
shown at home every evening, signed by t
next morning. ny mi* umw ... ... .
Ralph's parents daily communication, wlii
infactory.?G ootl Housekeeping.
JS?
TSc Annual Wa
From
By H. ill. Sutir
N" the United States forest
wT _ I million dollars' worth of ti
? a! *S a t,onS!'>rvat^v<l ??sti
G fejw sons who have given th^ si
JKK b estimate, large as the ligi
MvP I direct, and often the most
? A Jj fires?losses which are, by
1^111 ILHI i ^ t0 tor,ns of dollars, AUUK
destruetlon of y<wing troi
upply of the future, and ihe destruction
centurie^ in forming, with tiie resulting ]
duction of the water supply either for eitl
for forest soil, with its spongy compositio
gives It off gradually. Other losses. int?
*ud the Immediate, follow from the fact
takes place after a lire, the new growth
species, or "weed" trees; and there is a grt
trapes, or to the tourist and hotel busine
dneks Is no small ite.ri.
It must be understood i hat liros such i
In the New England and Middle Atlantic i
occurrence. They are visitations of perei:
sons being easily recognizable. These oc
?re the results of dry weather such its th
East, and it is noticeable that iires at thi?
the East and the Sou til. The great fire:
spring burnings, extend over a period o
?? tho ftrst of November, ami have their
extreme West, and in the South.?Auierit
J0
Love is the Ma
By the Rev. Lyman Abbott
OLITICAL economists ha
8mainspring: of industry.
C I spring of industry. It i
B b a?d children that keeps
m W B volving, that calls the fi
mi nerves the arm of the 1)1
. S inspires the farmer at his
*1^^tljat gives courage to the
Erskine v.*as asked how
face a hostile court and insist on his righ
he replied, ' tugging at my robe and sayi
?et us bread.*" It Is this vision of the
Spires us all in the battle of life. It is for <
;tain onr churches. Whether we cultiva
^manage a store, or build and conduct a
'books, or preach sermons, or enact and
end of our activity is the nurture ana i
school, which we cull life, in proparatioi
hereafter.?Atlantic.
A Canyon lVrt n. W
I had boon in Tucson nearly a week v<
when one cold morning after a cold al
jtight (it was February 7) I went down l'r
' Into the Santa Cruz Valley and took hi
the road that winds?where there is w
barely room for it?between the base 1
of Tucson Mountain and the river, in
Steep, broken cliffs, perhaps a hundred u:
feet high, wore on iuy right hand, and w
1he deep bed of the shallow river lay A
below me on my left. Here I was en- hi
joying the sun and keeping my eyes ai
open, when a set of loud, clear bird- pi
notes In a descending scale fell upon n
iuy cars from overhead. I stopped, d<
pulled myself together, and said, "A U
canyon wren." I remembered a description
of that descending scale. The
uext instant a small hawk took wing
from the spot on the cliff when the ol
notes had seemed to fall. My mind b;
wavered, but only for a moment. "No, g
no." I said, "it is not in any hawk's ci
throat to produce sounds of that quai- si
Itj;" and I waited. A rock wren began e
calling, bat rock .wrens did not count y
%
jhericcn
of flint nH-aromul mental activity
.luerirnu. Hi- knows only one tiling
his living: and he does not desire
r less is he ashamed of not knowing
if yon as!; him about some distant
ply civilly, but unabashed. "I can't
in iny boat." An American policeami
if he did not know it, he would
:i;:e for his ignorance.
contly some occasion for a plumber,
>roviscd front a carpenter. Such a
m:.v a Now England farmer can build
louse, "tinker" itis mowing-machine,
colt, row or sail his l>oat. "butcher"
a deer, hive bees, serve as guide or
lu in arithmetic, make a good speech
r things liesidc. There is probably
t" so many thing?. The American is
.-once ai: 1 information, and is thereMarjrtzine.
illSO
general impression tbat the unruly
? was whipped into order and obedl>w
.subdued by ills teacher miking
ate and appealing to his better na?t
correct, the average boy is not
calls "preaefcin*" and "fancy talk."'
e primary department he will have
1 uo find in our schools an occasional
iiy to such appeals; there* arc such
iplinc as now administered in New
an cities.
is. but a liitle lczy. He has been
lis b'ssous at liome. At the end of
rt card, on which his teacher has
sfactory," "Deficient in arithmetic
one of Italph's parents and brought
keen interest is felt in bis progress.
Important event. When it is good,
when it is unfavorable, Itnlph is
w ronjr. which must be rectified by
ii if the monthly report is nut
which the? teacher writes, sit schoolbeen
that day. This hook must he
he father and returned to school the
stuhlishod between the tesicher and
eli is kept up until Iris work is satste
Forest* Fires
fires destroy annually at least fifty
mhcr. buildings, and other property,
mate, based on the opinions of perlbject
long and close attention. This
ires are, take no account of the inserious
losses resulting from forest
their very nature, not easily reduced
?g these results may be counted the
es which must furnish the timber
of the forest floor, wbich lias been
liability to periodic floods and a re,es*
use, for power, or for irrigation,
n, holds moisture in suspension and
mediate between the far reaching
that even where forest regeneration
is, in many cases, of inferior scrub
at industrial loss in future products,
ss, which in Maine and the Adironis
those which have recently burned
States arc not of rare ana spusiuuuic
inial regularity, two annual are scacur
In the spring and the fall, and
at which has lately prevailed in the
? season do their greatest damage in
? of the fall, more severe than the
f time from the middle of August
geographic range in the middle and
an Monthly Review of Reviews.
imspring
ve told us that self-interest is the
It Is not true. Love is the main*
is love for the home and the wife
all the busy wheels of industry reictory
hands early to the mill, that
ucksuiith working at his forge, that
i plow and the merchant at his desk,
soldier and patience to the teacher.
I... ini-a/i ?a )in unknown barrister.
uc UUi V v*t uu ?... ?
t to be heard. "I felt my children."
U?. 'Here is your chance, father, to
children, dependent on us, that inour
homes and our children we mainte
a farm, or operate a factory, or
railroad, or paint pictures, or write
enforce laws?whatever we do, the
:raining of children in this primary
i for some life, we know not what,
itk me at that moment. Then, in a
Ty different voice a wren, presuin:>ly
the one I was in search of, began
ettiu.er, unseen, somewhere above my
jad; and then, silence. I waited anu
i rtl/1 trick
aueu. xMiiuiij j. nm? .... ? started
on. If the bird was watchig
me, as likely enough he was, a
ovement to leave his neighborhood
ould perhaps excite him ploasuraWy.
nd so it did; or so it seemed: for aliost
at once the song was given out
ml repeated: a hurried introductory
lirase, and then the fuller, longer,
tore liquid notes, tripping quietly
own the scale. ? Bradford Torrey, ii.
le Atlantic.
Making Magnificent Library.
The large collection of Bibles and
lijects illustrating the Bible donated
y Mr. S. Braiuard Pratt to the Conregational
Library Is still being in eased
by his efforts. The library ia
teadily becoming enriched by books,
lanuscripta and documents of im
REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED.
' Developments of a Day in the Revolution.
Washington. Special.?The events of I
the day as they developed here relative
to the situation on the isthmus are:
; Recognition of the de facto governi
(i,? of iiivnatrhes front |
JlJ'.'IJl, UIC v. j
Commander Hubbard, of the Nashville;
the arrival in Washington of Consul
General Gudger, of Panama, .and
the issuance of orders to Admiral
Coghlan to proofed forthwith to the
, isthmus with the consul general,
i Commander Hubbard cabled that the
Colombian government troops, under
Generals Torras and Toyar, 450 strong, 1
j of Colon, had departed on a merchant i
j vessel. He staled that the Isthums, <
i Irom one side to the other, was in the 1
I hands of the revolutionists. This state- ,
j ment is of the greatest importance. ,
The United States government is hound ,
by treaty to maintain order and prej
serve free traffic across the isthmus,
i and is also under obligation to pre'
vent any hostile collisions either along
the line of the Panama Railway or at
the termini, Panama and Colon. Thus 1
' the future attitude of the Colombian
! government towards the new Kcpuoiu:
! of Panama becomes of little import- 1
: ance, for it is practically impossible
for it to go to war with Panama. Offij
rials here familiar with the country 1
declare that it is impossible to move | !
i a Colombian army overland to the isth- '
j nms, owing Jo the character of the 1
j country. On the other hand, if an at- j '
j tempt is made to bring trcops either to j '
Colon or Panama by water, the United i!
, States naval officers at these points ,
j would interfere. Thus by force of j
j treaty obligations requiring the main- i
j tcuance of order across the isthmus as [
a necessary condition to free transit, ^
the United States government practically
has been placed In the position of I
a protector to the -new Republir of ;
Panama, and that. too. regardless of
any bias on the part of the United i
States government towards either
party to the strife in Colombia.
It was authoritatively stated Friday
that, though the recognition of the 1
new republic is of a business character i
' at first, consisting of an authorization !
through our consular officials on the j
isthmus to do business with the new
government as they did with the Co- !
lomblan government, this will, in due
' time, be followed by full political rec
cgnition. This latter form or recognition
will be deferred until the govern- 1
ment at Panama has taken a more regular
form. It Is presumed here that the
junta will very soon issue a call for
a convention which will adopt a con- <
stitution and provide for the selection <
of a President. Then it will be in order '
for ministers to be appointed between I
) the two countries, the United States '<
and Panama, which will constitute full
political recogiution of the new State, i
That condition will enable the conduct 1
of negotiations that may be necessary
to the successful execution of the project
of the United States for the con- j
structlon of the isthmian canal, and it j
is a certainty that existing concessions
will not suffer. J
Colon. Colombia. By Cable?General t
Cuadros. the prefect of Colon, and the (
I senior officer commanding the troops (
I wheih arrived Tuesday on the gunboat
Carthagena fiom Savanilia. are
maintaining their position of refusing |
to acknowledge the authority of the j
provisional government of Panama,
and the troops still refuse to return to
Savanilia. The lives of American rc-si- 1
dents are threatened. American and ]
foreign families are flocking for shelter ^
to the railpoari stations.
Washington. Special.?Vice United 1
States Consul Ehrman, at ranama,
cables the State Department under
Wednesday's date that the Colombian
government warship Bogota is shelling
the city. One Chinaman has bpen
killed. Mr. Ehrman has been Instructed
to protest against the bombardment.
If the consul's protest is not sufficient,
the commander of the United States
War Ship Boston, which Is by this
time on her way to Panama from San
Juan del Sur, 600 miles distant, will
promptly seize the Colombian gunboat,
if necessary to stop the bombardment.
Cotton Statistics.
Liverpool, By Cable.?Following are
the weekly cotton statistics: Total I
) saies of all kinds, 44,000 bales; total
sales, American, 34,000; English spinners'
takings, 93,000; total exports, 7,000;
Imports of all kinds, 153,000; imports,
American. 141,000; stock of all
kinds, 209,000; stock, American, 139,.
000; quantity afloat. American. 311.000;
total sales on speculation, 600; total
sales to exporters, 1,500.
News in Brief.
The Japanese minister at Washington
has received from his
on nvnloiiofinn r%f flpn^PJll
gu>u< lllllCllk Uil \/i v>v?v v
Mac-Arthur's charge that the Japanese E
Consul at Manila promised to the ,
Filipinos.
The annual rate of expenditure for
tranporting mails in the United States '
is ?()3,.ri04,592. ^
The report of the Commissioner of ?
Education shows that 17.400,000 pupils
are enrolled in the public and private
schools of the United States.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, says (
he believes the Democratic national ,
ticket next year will be Gorman and \
MeClcilan. ]
A provisional government was established
at Panama for the new re- {
public of the Isthmus and the Columbian
warship Bogota sailed away af- 1
ter firing upon the city without doing (
much damage. ,
It is believed by some that the Unit- i
ed States was cognizant of the revolu- j
tion on the Isthmus of Panama.
The Emperors of Germany and Rus- i
sla met at Wiesbaden, Germany. t
Senator Hanna In an interview said
1 the result In Ohio had not altered his
position on the matter of the presidential
nomination in 1904. y
M'CLELLAN WINNER
I
Heavy Democratic Majority Recorded j
ill New York City
END OF A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN
Total Met Gains of 103,000?Grout
and Flowers Elected, Too?Other
Elections.
Now York, Special.?George B. McClellan
(Democrat) will be the next
mayor of Greater New York, having
defeated Mayor Seth Low for re-election
by a plurality of 63,617, complete
unofficial returns have been received
from every election district in the city.
By the name returns Comptroller Edward
M. Grout and Charles W. Fornes,
president of the boatd of aldermen. 1
running for re-election on the Demo- 1
r ratic ticket, though elected two years ,
ago as Fusionists, defeated their Fusion
opponents by 66.790 and 64.973
plurality, respectively. Comptroller
Grout leading the city ticket
Republicans tarry N b-aska.
Lincoln, Neb., Sp*?cia!.?Based on returns
from 115 voting precincts out- 1
side of Lancaster county (j^incoinj ,
and Douglas county (Omaha) and Re- I ;
publican State central committee at i
midnight made the claim of the elec- 1
lion <Jf the entire Republican State
ticket by not less than 10,000 plurality.
This claim is considered conservative, ,
and newspaper returns tend to confirm
it. The vote for the 115 precincts
in the State gives Barnrs (Republican),
9,642; Sullivan (Fusion). 8.192.
The same precincts, two years ago,
stave the Republican candidate 9.675:
Fusion, 8,107, a change so slight that
It will require a Fusion landslide from
an unexpected quarter to overcome the '
Republican plurality of 12,000 of twG 1
> ears ago.
Ohio Heavily Republican.
Columbus, Ohio, Special.?The Re- :
publicans broke their record in Ohio (
n pluralities for Governor by electing
Vfyron T. HerTick (Republican) over 1
Mayor Tom L. Johnson (Democrat) by
:onsiderably over 100,000. The plural- ,
ty on joint ballot of over 100, in the j
Legislature for the re-election of Sen- j
itor Hanna. more than triples any pre- ;
rious record.
Other Elections.
Boston, Special.?One hundred pre- (
Incts In Boston gave Gaston, Demo- \
rat, 23,233; Bates, Republican, 14.- (
?26 a plurality for Gaston of 8,307. Last ,
rear the Fame precincts gave Gaston ,
12,736; Bales'16,593.
Democrats estimate from these fig- ,
ires that Gaston will carry Boston by
IC.OOO. (
Boston. Special.?John L. Bates was
- * - * - 1 ^ HooaQokncofta i
e-eiecieu uuvemur ui onu!?viiU>.v.u .
jy a plurality of 35,849 over Col. Wil- ]
iam A. Gaston, ttie Democratic candiiate.
With returns complete from
ivery town aDd city in the State, the 1
:otal rote for Governor was: Bates i
Republican). 199.393; Gaston (Demo- i
rat), 163,544. i
Baltimore. Md.. Special.?Date returns
show that Warfleld's majority
is growing, and will probably reach
10.000. The Democrats will certainly
Have 19 Senators to 8 Republicans; in
the House 68 Democrats to 33 Re- i
publicans; on ibe joint ballot, 46 ma- j
icrity.
Judge Wilson Shepard Bryan, in an i
Interview, suggests the North Carolina
{constitutional amendment as
i possibility in Maryland. - Plans to '
Eliminate the negro vote are being i
generally considered.
Albany, N. Y.. Special.?Charles it
Jans, Republican, was re-elected mayor
u Albany by a plurality considerably
arger than that of two years ago, debating
Col. Wm. Gorham Rice, fornerly
United States civil service com
nissioner under President Cleveland.
The campaign was one of the hottest
r. recent years, being conducted exduslvely
on locaf lines. The entire Republican
city ticket is elected.
providence. R. !., Special?At mic
light the returns indicated the rejection
of Governor Garvin, Democrat,
>y a greatly reduced plurality. The (
rote Is very close, however, and the (
csult will probably be in doubt until (
he last district is heard from. The Re- .
lubllcan State central committee
jaimed that later returns would over ome
Garvin's lead at midnight over 1
Jol. Colt, Republican. 1
In Providence, Mayor Miller, Demo- (
:rat, was re-elected. ]
Baltimore, Special.?At 1 o'clock
Wednesday morning the returns from
Jaltimore Oity and the Maryland munics
are meagre, owing to the length of I
lie ballot, and, therefore, it is impos- '
;:ble to accurately estimate the result.
The indications, however, point to the j
dcction of Edward Warfleld (Demo- j
rut) as overnor over Stevenson A. 1
tVilliams (Republican) and that the }
legislature which will elect a Unlled '
States Senator will also be Democratic. '
Louisville, Ky., Special.?The re- (
'lection of Governor John C. W. Bec k- (
tha rtpmorrnfic candidate, over ,
;ol. Morris B. Belknap. Republican, by ,
i majority of fully 15,000, seems as- j
iured. The Republicans concede the
Section of Governor Beckham.
Jackson, Miss., Special.?The vote in
.Lc State in Tuesday's election was
ight. The Democratic ticket was head d
by J. K. Vardoman for Governor, 1
irho was elected, there being no op- i
;osition. The race for clerk of the Su- c
>reme Court, in which there are five '
andidates, is in doubt. The ticket is {
ong, and returns are coming in i
Jowly. 2
The bow of promise is never seen 1
thile we ere looking down. *
9
TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF CREW
Lashed to Broken Mast 48 Hours and
Without Food or Water.
New York. Special.?After being
lashed to a stamp of a mast for 48
hours and without fresh water for
three days. Captain Gabrielsen and
nine of the erew of the water logged
schooner, John W. Linnell, have
reached this port aboard the Italian
ship Gabrieile D'Ali. Notwithstanding
their privations the shipwrecked mariners
are not suffering any serious
ill effects. The Linnell left Fernandina
on October 17th and on the 24th
plunged into a terrific gale. Owing to
the heavy sea running. Captain Gabrielscn
reefed his light sails. The
next day the wind blew a hurricane
and It wa3 found the schooner was
leaking. The wrecking pumps were
started, but proved of no avail, an I
in a short time there was six feet of
water in the hold. The big seas had
smashed the small boats and ruined
Ihc tanks holding the fresh water. The
sailors' plight was made more desperate
by the fear that the vessel
would turn turtle. To prevent this the
masts were cut away and the crew
lashed themselves to one of the
stumps. The vessel was awp.sh with
the exception of top of the afterdeck
house and the sailors suffered terribly
from la'-k ot food and water. The
waves broke over them continually.
Oil the 20th the schooner was deeper
in the wat-.v and the gale continued
with undiminished velocity. On the
afternoon of the 24th Captain Gabrielsen
attracted the attention of the lookout
on the Gabrieile D'Ali, and after
a hazardous trip the Linnell'3 men
were transferred from the sinking
vessel to the D'Ali. The Linnell was
aMiuiuuiieu iu lumuue ov.io, lung.'.uut;
73.21, by dead reckoning, and iater
R'as reported by the schooner Advent,
which arrived at Vineyard Haven, November
2.
Cotton C'op Falls Off.
Washington. Special.?A bulletin issued
by the Census Bureau on the cotton
ginned from the growth of the
present year up to October 18, places
the amount at 3,839,627 commercial
bales, as against 5,925,872 bales ginned
up to the same date last year. The
complete returns on production for
1902 showed that 53.5 per cent, of the
total crop had been ginner prior to October
18. of that year, but the percentage
of the gianage prior to October 18
of this year cannot be known until the
final report for the year is made. Meantime,
two other reports will be submitted,
on November 18 and December
13. The statistics for the present year
were collected by 631 local agents, who
found that 27,723 ginneries had been
operated prior to October 18, while to
the corresponding date last year 29,314
ginneries had been operated. The
only comment made in the bulletin on
the falling off of this year's production
is the following: "In comparing the
statistics of the two years due allowance
must be made for the different
conditions of the two seasons."
The following figures snow tne production
ginned in the various States
for the present year up to October 18:
Alabama 445.102; Arkansas 129,833;
Florida 23.436; Georgia 619,644; Indian
Territory 6,823; Kentucky 211; Louisiana
241.000; Mississippi 479,103; Missouri
8,027; North Carolina 232,625;
Oklahoma 40,526; South Carolina 414,709:
Tennessee 69,748; Texas 1,065,229;
Virginia 2.511.
Warship* to Panama
Washington, Special.?The Navy Department
has received a cablegram
from Rear Admiral Glass, commanding
the Pacific squadron, announcing the
departure of the Marbiehcad and Wyoming
and the collier. Nero, yesterday,
from Acapulco. Mexico, for Panama.
The squadron is proceeding at full
speed.
Body Identified.
Asheville, Special.?The bcdy of a
woman mangled by the Southern Railway
train near Buena Vista, last night,
wes identified as that of Miss Kate
Ambery, of Trenton, N. J., who had
been staying with the family of John
A. Rcebling, of this city. The young
wcnian left yesterday, saying she was
ill. She was not seen alive afterwards.
President Notified.
Washington, Special.?Representatives
Livingstone, of Georgia; Tucker,
Df Virginia, and Rev. Dr. Morrison,
.comprising a committee from the Presbyterian
Church, represented to the
President that the treaty rights of
missionaries in the Congo Free State
Rere being violated. The President will
ake the matter up with the State Department.
Circus Opposed By Prayer.
Danville, Va., Special.?It is alleged
py those in charge of the Craighead
Street Mission that the failure of the
3arntim & Bailey circus to perform in
his city last week was due to the eficancy
of their prayers. All-day servcps
were held at the mission, com
r.encing early in the morning. Prayer
*-as held for several hours in the eary
morning, the petition being special'y
hat the circus be not allowed to per'orm.
It was not known till late in the
ciencon that the circus managers had
iecided not to give the shaw here, and
vhen the fact was learned there was
lmch rejoicing. It is claimed that the
'allure of the circus to show was due
mtirely to the prayers of the ml3sion
;cople.
Daniels .Must Hang.
Newbern, Specia1.?The jury* in. the
Daniel's murder trii 1 at Trenton, came
ij at 7:30 Saturday night with a verlict
of murder in the first degree.
They were out 30 minutes. The deence
had no witnesses, but asked for
i verdict for manslaughter. Judge
tfoore overruled the motion for a new
rial, and notice of appeal to the Su>reme
Court was given. The judge
.entenced Daniels to be hanged Decemjer
11.
WILLIAMS IS LEADEL
Democratic Minority Makes Nominations
For House Offices
THFCAUCUS MET LAST SATURDAY
Representative McClellan Was Given
An Ovation?Ex-Democratic Leader
Thanked.
Washington, Special.?The Democratic
members of the House, in
cauena at the eapitol, selected Repre- I
sentatives John S. Williams, of Mis
sisslppi, as the unanimous choice or
the minority for Speaker. This action
makes him the minority leader of the
coming Congress. Representative
George B. McClellan, mayor-elect of
New York, received an ovation a3 he
entered the caucus and was congratulated
by his coilt agues oa his victory.
By a rising vote, on motion of
Mr. Cooper, of Texas, seconded by Mr.
Williams, of Mississippi, and a half
dozen others, the thanks of the
caucus were extended to Mr. Richardson,
of Tennessee, the retiring minority
leader, for his services to the
party. Mr. Richardson responded,
thanking his colleagues in turn. Air.
Hay, of Virginia, presided; Messrs.
Cowherd, of Missouri, and Smith, of
Kentucky, acted as secretaries.^Mr.
Williams was placed in nomination by
Mr. Cooper, of Texas. Mr. Vandiver,
of Missouri, seconded the nomination, 1
which was the only one placed before
the caucus. The newly-chosea.
leader responded fn an address.
inantuug lxiu ?ucua.
Mr. Williams was greeted with applause
as| he came in and was applauded
during the course of his remarks.
He said the Democratic party
was more united now than It had been
for years and that it3 prospects for
success at coming elections were excellent.
He said he would be the mouthpiece
of the party, the tera "leader"
being a misnomer for him. t
The other- nominees of the caucus
are as follows: Chas. A. Edwards, of
Texas, for clerk of the House; B. V.
Brookshire, of Indiana, serjeant-atarms;
A. L. Julien, door-keeper; J.
K. Jackson, of Alabama, postmaster;
E. G. Bagby, of Virginia, chaplain;' J. ?
R. Hill, of Ohio, James English, of
California, G. Knight, of Georgia, and
Joseph Sinnot, special employes. Except
for one of the positions of special
employes, there were no contests.
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, otf'red.
a resolution, which was adopted,
providing that the Democrats be allowed
one more representative on the
ways and means committee and that
Ka art iron tho enmft
lut; iTtJuuvw aio ut gu vuv
representation they had on committees
in the Fifty-sixth Congress.
Mr. Baker, of New York, proposed
the following resolut'cn, which was
referred to a committee:
"Resolved, That regardless .of the.,
practice of the Republicans, it fsvthe
sense of the caucus that its members
do not accept passes or favors from
the railroads."
Nine Bodies Found.
Halifax, N. C., Special.?News of a
sea tragedy was brought to this port
Sunday by the lighthouse steamer Tyrian,
whose captain, on arriving from
Sable Island, related that two weeks
ago the hull of a sebooner with nine
decomposed bodies in it drifted ashore
on the island. The name of the wrecked
craft was made out as Topaz, but
the name of her sailing port had been
obliterated by the sea, only the first
letter "S" remaining. It Is believed the
ill-fated vessel was the French fishing
schooner Topaz, of Saint Mai?, France.
The bodies were all burled in the littls >
island cemetery with appropriate sen* '"i
vices.
Bird Will Stay Away.
Lexington. Ky? Special.?A. Floyd
Byrd, Commonwealth attorney of
Breathitt county, who gained a reputation
In the prosecution of Curtlss
Jett and Tom White for the murder
of Attorney Marcum, In a long distance
telephone conversation to the
Associated Press correspondent. Sunday
night, confirmed the rumor that he
has decided to remain away from
Breathitt county during tho terra of
court.
Operation on Grrman Emperor.
Berlin, By Cable.?Emperor William
Sunday underwent an operation for
a polypus from his larynx. The operation
was performed by Prof. Moritz
Schmidt and was entirely successful. *
The only inconvenience suffered by
His Majesty is that he has befn enjoined
not to speak until the wound
caused by the operation has been
healded. The bulletins announcing the
result of the operation caused much
astonishment, even among corS officials,
who had no suspicion that His
Majesty was suffering from any affection
of the throat.
Dowie's Last fle-tlng.
New York, Special?John Alexander
Dowie held his final meeting In
| New York In Carnegie Hall Sunday
night, addressing a sparse audience,
which he characterized as "serawny
and miserable." He announced that he
j had established a branch of his Church
! in New York, and that in future regular
Sunday meetings would be ad|
dressed by various authorlzers. He
also declared that he intended to return
In two years at the head of a
1 host 10,000 strong.
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