The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 31, 1903, Image 6
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New Problems
4
By Prof. Simon Newcoi
E all know that the nine
35 aration of the sciences
j rae f gS the subdivisions of wl
j i|| \ jtf & [ great work of the t\\
3 83 If V S# * many of these speclalt
< SHBsKSS^c^ present time is directin
the unity of creati(
searches are now being united in a way
mpd the infinitely ^mall into one field of 1
of matter, of which it takes millions of in
the minutest objects with which science
Kow, a body of experimentalists, promt
J. J. Thompson, Becquerel. and Roentger
objects so minute tnat tney nnu meir w
natter as rain-drops do among the build
It seems likely, although it has not been <
called "corpuscles," play an important I
stars. Whether this be true or not, it is <
verse emanations of some sort, producin
wrbich the nineteenth century has had to
Magazine.
"The Man Behin
By Major-General Cort
^Ullhi OMING to the duties of the j
^ ^ the responsibilities incident
, 9 having the aid of the best
i * 2 * and efficient clerical force. ]
Clerk and of the chiefs of d
, The work of re listeria,
900,000 troops, completed in less than eigl
S That a task of such magnitude was acc
? 11 ik
dence that those who airectea so wen m
and efficient Only those having experie
and this was only a small part of the woi
There is little glory ever given the c
wort is not well done no army can be ef
a sense enlists, pays, transports, mount
crgical and medical treatment for the m
1 That you, with other staff departmei
{work of creating the army that acquitted
^tttch honor is now history. This work,
appreciated.
With you, as with the army, many i
-eward. Where there were so many tha
^given, only a few of the many could recei
Br Those receiving promotions had with
P' themselves, which is evidence that their (
" -? * l.^.lllKla thf
'J iwnue KUCQ reCOrUB arc U?l luiait.n/.v,
- promotion, and, as you know, on these re
?end I feel it deserving of mention thai
at the head of the Adjutant-General's D
from the ratings of his efficiency recorc
me for promotion.
jZ
"God-Forgettin
Pleasure-,1
' r Denounced in Let
"Monkey Dinners :
" ury and Alimony \
By Col. Henry Watters
L ,
m OMETHING over a year a;
^ for its mise-en-sceue the v
?the sanctum sanctorum
| 1 line of my duty as a writ
I ing plain and, it may h
I M things about the nouveai
J 1 getting, world-defying, p
" nl.no oc o 10 TP nntn thpl
fig 1 - M OUTCO MO u IHM WMW k??
jf except those fixed by nf
have no intellectual persi
brings down the biggest t
: impelling them to eat, di
tome one else's turn?a code wh
Babylon some centuries ago.
society? Has Caliban grace? I
> and the swell be accepted as i
emeuts of human breeding and b
some of the reports that come
is of boredom, that incarnation of
from Leicester Square and the Co
ie deini-mondaine of Paris, which
nony at Newport and thinks no n
in its automobile than you and
?r a fly.
ram corda! Lift up^your hearts!
s or nursed any serious fears ab
dinners become as popular in 1
island. I know that in each of c
* ontoria nf ctllv wnmpn a
iUt;i c w a tiiuv ww4?v v? w.v .. ? _
H Jnjtate tbe Imitators, but they are too shi
headway against society, aud by society ]
V alty. clear of birth and clear of grit, whose
B jrithout scandal and travel without adven
I
| Things That S<
L c
By Prof. Simon Newcor
^ the number and violei
| 1 and compared, it is found
I Ta B g I th^ sun. and go through tt
I Wm\af I conclusion seems almost i
to some emanation sent ou
same cause that produces
go on incessantly, but only
ffW? low each other on the ear
detect it has been in vain.
6ervatory, has had in oper
years, h!s Ingenious spectroheliograph, wl
ray of the spectrum. This instrument s
on in the sun, which ordinary observation
. it has failed to show with certainty any
I magnetic storm or anything connected wi
I A mystery which seems yet more im;
P called new S-ars which blaze forth from t
the most aslounding phenomena ever pi
One hundred years ago such objects offer
to suppose that the Creator of the univ
continuing them, it was perfectly natura
additions to the universe of stars. Cut t
new creations, made out of nothing, is c
not In accord with the observed facts. Gi
tar-if such an object were created, it
> among the other, stars as a permanent i
:v; thi?. such objects invariably fade away, i
into something very Uke an ordinary neb
A question of transcendent interest is
& V It cannot he said that science has, np to
H^vfOggeation not open to question.?Hj
of
the Universe
nb.
teenth century was marked by a sepinto
a vast number of specialties, to
hich one could see no end. But the
entieth century will be to combine
ies. The physical philosopher of the
g his thought to the demonstration of
)n. Astronomical ana pnysicai rewhich
is bringing the infinitely great
knowledge. Ten years ago the atoms
lillions to make a drop of water, were
could imagine itself to be concerned,
nent among whom stand Professors
?, have demonstrated the existence of
ay among and between the atoms of
ings of a city. More wonderful yet,
demonstrated, that these little things,
mrt in what is going on among the
pertain that there do exist in the unig
visible effects, the investigation of
bequeath to the twentieth.?Harper's
/zr
d the Desk."
in.
\djutant-General just in time to meet
; to a foreign war, I was fortunate in
assistants and of a most competent
Particularly was this true of the Chief
livisions.
g, organizing, and mobilizing nearly
it weeks, is a record without parallel,
omplished in so short a time is evie
multitude of details were energetic
nee can appreciate all that it meant,
k you were called upon to do.
iiniiin/i tho d*>sW nnd vet if this
ficient. The man behind the desk in
s, arms, equips, feeds, and provides
en behind the guns,
its, did your full share in this great
i itself in the war with Spain with so
when once fully understood, will be
of the deserving are without special
t did well and so few positions to be
ve even well-earned recognition,
out exception given good account of
>fficiency records were well sustained.
>y furnish the best possible guide for
ports all promotions have been based
: during the five years of my service
epartment no one has ever appealed
Is and but one has ever importuned
Seeking Rich"
:ture at Pittsburg?
in the Abodes of Luxat
Newport."
on.
50 a most lamentable tragedy, taking
ery vestibule of the temple of fashion
of the Four Hundred?led ine In the
ter for the press to say some exceedave
been thought, some very harsh
ix riches?the idle rich, the God-forleasure-seeking
rich?who set themnselves,
who submit to no restraints
ature and the surgeon's knife, who
>ective except that the longest purse
itles, nor rule of conduct except that
ink and be merry, for to-njnrrow it
ich I am told became altogether the
s Tom Thumb manhood? Must the
nterchangeable types, as alternating
eauty? Indeed, one would think so,
to us from the inner circles of that
stupidity and affectation which takes
rinthian Club in London, which emueddies
around the abodes of luxury
,AMA /Inwn or? nrHinnrv np.
I would think of brushing away a
I at least have never wasted many
out such cattle, nor shall I do so until
?ennsylvania as they seem to be i:i
>ur centres of population and wealth
nd simpering Johnnies which would
illow and too scattered to make much
: mean that noble American commoni
cultivated men and women, who live
ture.
:ience
annot Explain
nb.
ice of magnetic storms are recorded
that they correspond to the spots on
ie same period of eleven years. The
nevitable; magnetic storms are due
t by the sun, which arises from the
the spots. This emanation does not
in an occasional way, as storms folth.
What is it? Every attempt to
Professor Hale, at the Yerkes Obation
from time to timdfer several
hick photographs the suHl^^ single
shows that violent actioi^^P going
would never lead r.s to sire**t. But
peculiar emanation, at the time of a
th such a storm.
penetrable is associated with the soime
to time. These offer to our sight
eseuted to the physical philosopher,
ed no mystery. There was no reason
erse had ceased His functions; and,
1 that He could be making continual
:he idea that these objects are really
.ontrary to all our modern ideas and
anting the possibility of a really new
would be destined to take its place
nember of the universe. Instead of
lfter a few months, and are changed
ula.
that of the cause of these outbursts,
the resent time, been able to oJer
irpcr's Magaemec ?
A CLOSED INCIDEN1
The Panama Matter is So Regarde<
By European Powers
%
HOSTILE BODIES MUST NOT LAN!
Proposition to Submit Hatters in Dl*<
pute to the Hague Tribunal is No1
to Be Considered.
Washington, Special.?Refusal bj
the United States to consent to* s
proposition from Colombia for a refer
ence of the Panama question to The
Hague tribunal is expected, and will
be fully approved by the European
powers. This statement was made to
a representative of the Associated
Press tonight by a European ambassador
to high rank and influence. It
has already been made, in substance,
though in a rather more diplomatic
language, to General Rafael Reyes,
the Colombian minister, who is expected,
in his forthcoming note to
the state Department, to suggest 'me
Hague tribunal as the proper place
for the settlement of the isthmian
problem.
The ambassador quoted, in explaining
the attitude of the European powsrs,
said: 'Panama is a closed chapter
in the history of the nations, and
The Hague court is not the place for
Kittled questions, but for pending
problems, which are referred to it
with the full approval of ad the parties
interested. While Russia, Germany
and France recognized the independence
of Panama, they set their
' flr-tion
leal ol approvai uu mc yiviu|/v
st the Washington government in
pledging itself to guarantee and maintain
the independence of the Repuimc
It had previously recognized. Nations
tan hardly be expected to setue questions
of sovereignty or national hon9r
at The Hague. There is, however,
a, question between Colombia and
Panama which with all propriety,
might be deferred to The Hague, and
to which reference the United State?
will scarcely offer objection. It Is the
question of the assumption by Panama
of a part of the Colombian."
At the Navy Department the statement
is made tonight that the instructions
to the naval commanders
in isthmian waters to prevent the
landing of forces with hostile intent
have not as yet been modified. Those
instructions, it is believed, are sufficiently
comprehensive to enable the
commanders to maintain open transit
across tne isthmus and to protect the
new republic from Colombian expeditions.
July Cotton Takes Big Jump
New York, Special.?The cotton
market became very active and excited
Tuesday afternoon on a rush of
orders, led by New Orleans, as prices
worked upward, and there was active
covering. The list was forced up to
new records for the season, with January
selling at 13.17; March, 13.38;
May, 13.49, and July, 13.50. According
to room gossip the advance was
largely due to reports that a tip was
in circulation in New Orleans regarding
the forthcoming Census Bureau report,
making it appear that about 2,000,000
bales of cotton had been ginned
between November 14 and December
14, with the amount remaining to
be ginned about 7 per cent, of the
crop. The market closed steady within
a point or two of the best of the
session, with January quoted at 13.21;
March, 13.45; May, 13.58 and July,
13.59, being a net gain of 45 to o5
11 A - * -x i
points. Sales were estimated at j.,200,000
bales.
Telegraphic Briefs.
A Birmingham, Aia., dispatch says
the aggregate of pig iron orders booked
by the Birmingham district
makers since November 1st is in the
eighoorhood of 400,000 tons. The
furnace will start the new year with
rders for 300,000 tons, to be deliver d
prior to April 1, in addition to orders
that may come thereafter.
General J. uliffora toster, president
of the Florida National Guard
Association, sent out yesterday a circular
of information to all brigade,
regimental and company commanders
of the National Guard of the united
States, calling their attention to the
sixth annual convention to be held
in St. Augustine January 25 and 28,
inclusive.
The Virginia House of - elegates
has voted to extend the time in which
the Jamestown Exposition Company
may raise the mn..on dollars of capital
stock, which, by the terms of tne
company's legislative charter, must
De SUDSCriDea ay Jixammy i ucai..
The provisional government of Santo
Domingo consented to all the demands
made by United States Minister
Powell.
Two Nperoes Killed.
Vicksburgg, Miss., Special.?Two negroes,
Peter McLendon and Jake Husband,
were killed in a pistol fight with
Conductor R. F. Carr, of a southbound
train. The negroes were drunk and
attempted to create a disturbance. Conductor
Carr ordered them to be quiet,
when the blacks, drawing revolvers,
fired at the conductor. He replied and
15 shots were exchanged. At the end
the negroes fell, mortally wounded.
Carr was not hurt
THE VALUE OF PROPERTY ?
Assessments For the Current Year
^ Show a dood Increase. Fs
The assessed value of property in
South Carolina for 1903 as compared
with the values in 1902 shows a grati)
ing increase, although there is a
deplorable decrease of over half a
million dollars in tho value of the
land outside 01 tne towns ana ciues. rt
t Whether or not this is due to errors or
to depreciation in actual value is a
question. The total increase values is
$8,629,563.
r The table just issued is as follows:
1 Real estate in cities and te
towns, 1903 1 68,485,962 th
s Real estate not in cities and pa
[ towns. 1902 69,021,482 N(
1 Decrease $ 535,520 ^
i b
I Real estate in cities and p,
towns, 1903 $ 38,855,328
, Real estate in cities and ev
towns, 1902 38.000,108 Hi
Increase $ 855.220
Railroad property. 1903,...$ 29.4S9.312 W(
Railroad property, 1902 27,705,453
i
i Increase $ 1,783,859
! Personal property, 1903?$ 67,575,277
Personal property, 1902 61,049,237 Ui
ZZZZZZ
Total proerty. 1903 $204,405,879
Total property, 1902 195,776.316 Pi
Net increase $ 8,629,563 r
- -1 r\9
TQe increase in personal "?
$6,526,004 covers the increase of
Textile indnstrioe $1,249,191
Fertilizer factories 54,830
Cotton seed oil mills 67,485
Telephone and telegraph companies
138,597 ig
Southern Express Co 138,597 in
Pullman Palace Car Co 29,303
B. & L. Associations, estimated
300,000
fe
Total $1,984,094 n
The assessment of 5 mills on the increase
of $8,629,563 ought to add $43.- w
000 to the income of . the State next is
year. be
ra
A Fearful Accident.
Irmo.?One of the most shocking
and tragic events that the community gj
of upper Lexington Fork ever experi- w,
enced is the recent accident that be- m,
fell Mr. Tullius W. Summer, who for co
many years has been engaged as superintendent
of the trestle and bridge ca
force of the Southern Railway. Mr. ^
Summer's residence is about one mile
from Peak, and he nad just placed co
the cars used by the hanus on the
sidetrack Saturday with a view of '
making his headquarters at Peak dur- ln
ing the next four weeks in order that
he might spend as much time as possible
with his family and aged fath- do
er, Mr. James Andrew Summer. He, ^
| with his brother ana some nve uauuo,
had been working about Pomaria or Ini
Hope Station on Saturday. While on Pe
their way home Saturday afternoon W1
the men were traveling on a long lev- ^
er car. Upon this car they had some
heavy tools, weighing perhaps more ex
than 1,000 pounds. Unfortunately Mr. 0*
Tillius W. Summer accidently fell in he
front of the running lever car. He was to:
I fearfully mangled by the heavy load- *01
ed car, his chest especially being torn Pa
by the cogs underneath the lever car, 6C
For a while his companions thought
that he was dead, but in a short time
he regained consciousness, he was on
plactd on the car and carried to Peak,
a distance of two miles, where be was
' ' -- ?~W?Kla a o nnssihlp at ]
maue tuimv/i bauiv ? t
the home of his sister, Mrs. Ploma f0)
Wessinger. Every attention was given a
that was possible by those who has- ms
tened to minister to his sugerings. pij
He lingered until Sunday morning ab
about 10 o'clock. Thus passed away to
from the busy world one of the most th<
useful and greatly respected citizens of
of that section. He was 45 years ftld. an
He married Miss Minnie Ada Bickley inl
just 13 years ago in the vicinity of rei
Chapin. He leaves an aged father, a wj
devoted wife, six children, three hij
brothers, four sisters and many gr
other relatives and hosts of friends an
to mourn his sudden departure. He Tt
was a member of Capers Methodist th'
church. cu
State Not LIrble.
, Those book concerns which have
been selling schools books to countv bl<
superintendents, as they are required ca
to do under the contract with the en
State, do so on credit at their own Tl
risk. According to the interprets- to
tion Superintendent Martin put c" pli
the contract in a reply he sent to ot:
a lnttor from the southern manager a
of the Macmillan company, who aske.J P*5
him to remit $40,119 due from G. R. t'1
Berry, the defaulting sunerintendent fr<
of Marion. Mr Martin holds that the mi
State is net liable inasmuch as the at
company violated the express terms
of the contract in not requiring cash
with order. c0
Railway Absorbed.
Knoxville. Special.?The Knoxville 1
& Ohio Railroad, running from Knox- ha
ville to Jellico, and from Knoxville to m<
TfViir.Vi tViA Southern con- an
UdftUUlC, UJ TW uivu __
nerts with the Louisville & Nashville ?'
Fi
and the Cincinnati Southern. road3, re- Qr
spectively, ceased to exist Wednesday. ne
being absorbed by the Southern. The of
Knoxville & Ohio has for years beer bu
one of the best paying railroads in the Br
country.
Threatened Riot.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Pursuant to ^
a telegram received here from the j
officials of Lowndes county, asking \y
that throops be sent to Hahira, Ga.. ai(
near Valdosta, Governor Terrell order- *r<
ed a company of militia at Valdosta
to reporj to the sheriff. The informs- of
tlon Is meagre, and nothing could be a 1
learned from Valdosta further than a 8e
request had been received there by i ?*>
the sheriff for troops. I
\
3 PEOPLE KILLED"
ist Train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Totally Wrecked (
(ASHED INTO A PILE OF LIMBER *
i
d
:arful Destruction of Life? Confus- f
Ion Reigned Supreme?All the Pas- c
sengers Crazed With hrtgni. <
b
Connellsville, Pa., Special.?With a f
rrlble crash and a grinding noise, '
e Dusquene limited, the last through
issengcf train from Pittsburg to h
bw York, on the Baltimore & Ohio
illroad, ploughed into a pile of lum- t
t at Laurel Run, two miles west of Q
iwson, at 7:45 o'clock Wednesday
enlng, and It Is estimated that 63 t
res were lost and 30 persons injured. t
The dead are: v
Engineer Wm. Thornley, of Hazel- n
>od;
Engineer Heater, of Hazelwood; t
Fireman Cook, of Hazelwood; ^
Herbert Holmes, of Emmelton, Pa.; ?
Jessie Hines, of Tarboro, N. C., the
alon News Company's agent on the j
lin; 8
Charles Lindford, of Confluence, d
l;
Edwards, of Pittsburg; wife in *
imberland; v
J. W. Martin, of Hancock, Md.;
Richard Duckett, of Baltimore;
Edson Goldsmith, of Connellsville; ^
The other 53 dead are mostlt fore- a
ners and negroes who were riding F
the smoking car. The work of ^
eir identification has not yet begun. t
The train left Pittsburg running a i:
w minutes late, in charge of Engi- t
>er Wm. Thornley, of Connellsville, p
hen approaching Laurel Run, which s
a particularly, fine piece of road c
d, the train was running at a high ^
te of speed. Suddenly the passenrs
were thrown from their seats by
e lightning-like application of the
?
r-brakes and a moment later there
is a terrific crash. The train was
ide up of two baggage, two day
aches, one sleeper and one dining .
r and was carrying at the time, at
e lowest estimate, 150 passengers.
rT,L - 1? nlAiinrKfi/1 olnntr fflT ft
lilt; 11 ?11 Li yiuugugu UivuQ w w J
nsiderable distance and the cars
ire torn to pieces, passengers jump- f
g, screaming, falling from the wreck ?
it tore along. Suddenly the enne
swerved to the left and plunged d
wn the embankment to the edge of c
e Youghiogheny river. t
The minute the cars stopped rollg,
there was a wild scene. Many
rsons were pinioned beneath the *
eckage and the screams and cries s
at rent the air were beyond descrip- d
in. Many were injured in their mad a
citement and plunged into the river, t
hers that were caught beneath the e
avy timbers, pleaded in agonized n
nes for relief. So terrific was the
rce of the wreck that nearly every
ssenger suffered a moment's unconiousness
and many of the abledied
men were unable to assist in _
1 ? *
ipiug LUC 1UJUICU 1.1 um I.UO vvaccount
of having fainted. r<
p
Cut In Iron and Steel Plants. tl
Pittsburg, Special.?Semi-official in- ii
mation was given out Monday that r<
general reduction in wages is to be h
ide at all non-union iron and steel
ints in the country that will average i(
out 10 per cent. It is not proposed c.
make any official announcement of n
e cut until after Christmas. Reports r
the United States Steel Corporation
e said to have met with independent 31
terests and an agreement has been &
iched for a uniform adjustment of n
iges of all employes. The rate of the tl
?hest paid tonnage men may be ?
eater than a 10 per cent reduction, o
d it will be less for the day hands, i.
le wages of most of the employes at J
e blast furnaces have already been y
n
t.
,3
No Concerted Action.
Fall River, Mass., Special.?No ca3
notice of action taken by Lanshire,
England, cotton manufactur- fl
s has been received in this city. ^
le consensus of opinion here seems c
be that mills which are well supled
with cotton will run, while j
hers may stop, but it is doubtful if v
concerted action in curtailment is e
ssible in this city at the present a
ne. No notices have bean received ?
3m the committe of fifteen Southern
.?n-M/iV, tt-iiQ annninted
4.11 UI dL luicio Iiuivu ? vw
the Charlotte, N. C., convention ot
iutherp mill owners to arrange a g
nference in Kashington.
ti
L'bor Leaders Indicted.
g
Chicago, Special.?The grand jurv
s voted indictments against four v
;n prominent in labor circles. They P
e: J. E Johnson, a business agent '
the Brass Workers' Union; Lee ^
sher, secretary of the International '
der of Machinists; R. S.Crane, busi- !:
ss agent of the International Order
Machinists, and James J. Lamb ?
siness agent of the international
otherhood of Electrical Workers.
A Sudd n Death. ^
New York, Special.?Rear Admiral q
Iwin White, retired, was strlcke' h
th appoplexy at the navy yard earl- 0
ednesday and died before medica ^
i could be summoned. He had com' *'
>m his heme in Princeton to vis t jj
;ar Admiral Rodgers, commandari "
the navy yard. Admiral White wa M
native of Ohio and entered the nava 1
rvice November 29, 18o.. He wa n
ide a rear admiral upon the day o Q
i retirement, December 28, 1899.
THRILLING STORY OF THE SEA ,
?. >*?
?
ransport Steamer Was Five Days at
the Mercy of the Waves.
New York?Special?A number of
he passengers who were on the steamr
Menominee, bound for this port,
rhen she was struck by a hurricane
)ecember 7 and disabled so that she
Irifted at the mercy of the storm for
ive days, arrived hehre Friday on the
ledric. They told a thrilling story of ,
heir experience. a
The Menominee left London December
3. Four days later she ran into a i|
errific gale and a huge wave, which
he ship's officers said was 60 feet /
igh, struck the ship, throwing her on
ier beam ends. It came with such force
<J tn rmah in the heaw dead light8 in
he cabin ports on the starboard side
nd the state rooms were flooded,
f the passengers were in bed when
he wave hit the ship. They were
hrown from their berths to the floor
rith bedding, baggage and everything
novable, on top of them.
The utmost confusion prevailed for a
ime among the passengers, according
o the story told today and the officre
had difficulty In quieting them.
When the ship righted itself it was
ound that her rudder post had been
napped off, leaving the steering gear
isabled and the ship helpless.
One sailor was caught in the back
rash of the wave and dashed against
he bulwarks, receiving injuries from
rhich he died an hour later. ^D|
Three other seamen were seriously
njured by waves which broke over the ^
bip while they were trying to make
epairs to the shattered steering gear
nd it became neccessary to lock the
assengers in the cabin. Oil was used
o still the waves, but with little effect.
\>r five days the ship rolled in the
rough of the sea, the captain remalnug
on the bridge. Finally at noon of
he fifth day a temporary steering gear
ras rigged and the ship limped back to
Falmouth, where the passengers were
ent to Liverpool, and such of them as
hose were sent to New York on the
Jedric.
Christmas at the White House.
Washington, Special.?Christmas
it the White House was a quiet day.
'resident Roosevelt's morning ride
vas abandoned, that he might attend
he funeral services of Mrs. Hoar.
'rior to this he spent an hour at his
lesk. Distribution of the numerous
iresents to the children took place
mmediately after breakfast. There
ras no family tree, although Archie?" "mt
loosevelt took possession of the fl
iV'hite House sewing 'room several
lays ago and devised a tree of his V
iwn, on which he hung remembrances I
o the family. Secretary Cortelyou, ]
if the Department of Commerce and
^abor, and General Young, chief-oftaff
of the army, saw the President
^Atnmon.br
uring tne muiuiug. win ?
nd Mrs. Cowles spent a portion of
he day at the White House. This
venlng the President entertained a
lumber of friends at dinner.
Situation Critical. ^
Tokio, by Cable.?At the dinner T
iven by the Oriental Association
5rmer Foreign Minister Kato, who
resided, said he deeply regretted
(iat the people had not been taken
lto the confidence of the government
oorarHinc th? nosition of affairs be
ween Japan and Russia. Neverthe?ss,
he said, should the Emperor delare
war, the nation would be found
eady to give his unanimous support.
!ount Okuma, the foreign Premier,
aid he agreed with the view expressd
by Mr. Kato and he thought it was
ow high time to let the peopie know
le actual position occupied by the
overnment. He also declared that not -""v
nly a feeling of chivalry, but a de- ^
Ire for self-preservation requireu that
apan should buttrese the integrity
f China. Both speakers thought that
le situation had reached an extreme*
r critical stage.
Smallpox in Dance Hall.
BufTalo, Special.?Nine persons, sufering
from smallpox, were taken to
he quarantine hospital. Six of the
ases were discovered at a dance hall
a broad daylight, where a large numer
of persons were exposed to inection.
The health authorities are
forking hard to stamp out the disase.
Two buildings have ben quarntined
and placed under a strong
olice guard.
Mrd '1 for Deerv.
Washington, Special.?rt was ascerained
at the Navy Department that
lecretary Moody, in addition to a leter
of commendation to Boatswain
atrick Deery, of the Peoria, who at "
reat peril swam to the submarine
oat Adder and attached a line to her,
/ill order that a medal of honor be
resented to him as an evidence of
he Department's appreciation of his
ereism. Boatswain Deery's act of
ravery was strongly commended by ^
.ieut^nant England, commanding the
'eoria, and bv Admiral Harington,
ommandant of the Portsmouth, Va.,
avy yard.
fc-gro Runs Amuck.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?George
:alhcun, a negro, ran amuck here
Ihristmas night and shot and killed
is wife, Fannie, and wounded tour
ther negroes. Calhoun called his
rife to the door, and. standing within
en feet of her, fired both barrels of a
ouble-barrelled shotgun into her
ody. He then fired into the house,
/ounding two negroes. The other
wo received their wounds while in
ursuit of Calhoun, who made good
is escape.