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***8'hi*tion and the will, rather thi fctel'oot that it takes its form. It is It is the operation of our passion ai ?orma and features of the unknown know bo better metaphor for it than sttetstihig the . vision by which he is there is space, because there is the ?us had faith. But what he dlscove the cire&m helped him to discover ii wa. we are Columbuses setting f< fcnt we need also our compass. A: tfreara hangs upon reality. But whil 91 1b also true, in another sense, tha *d ptirsue truth is Itself a form of fa diilie and will to attain it, we drea And but for that dream, and that ho ndL Faith is the sense and the ca Ckotn the forms in which we clothe it were, its projection into the Intel nr whole life, Including out intelle texpaud; and, just because it is that 9bnn It is a taper burning, now nubsiance with every change in the know, it is also the least perishable, tarn* at the heart of the world. & The Neo'ro am Striking "Words by On Southern By "W. H. Councill. College at Saw^ DO not fear Southern o of white "Northern lain J[ which comes often pie oj riorlty. The color lint Sf) the carpenter's bench, untS Northern white Is the North make a gre* South alone and look to your own wwm wrongs. Ton are driven from i Whipped from the hacks and the dr KBioz< s united against you, and the 1 friends slipping away from you. 1 appeal to the -white men of th< Hui and while men of the South. 1 to tlr Sooth. We need and want the svmpai there is a kind of unfriendly meddli harms the negro. We have strong capable, and have the righteous inci log out of our new relations. Then Boot], as a disturbing element. Thi negroes and another to the whites. l*here are many mistakes in oir ?orrert, and which we alone can c wnprotected by fathers; mothers ant who -ften leave home to increase th aajoi l*y of <onr boys are not at scb Idle, v dous, insolent, ignorant, or si The negro woman, almost alone, is auanaLs of man, with the cook pot, tk wcrat Brush; she builds caurcnes, vCten supporting an improvident hus & Beauty is in qf Behol? 33y H. Harry Wilsa Portra discussion of the na fl and we are ^ust as *a3 I B cerning it as when our Lja,g^ tics. Beauty is in the lKJQj'fQS? apuoiq eqi oiunsse no.C jgESgjl type to .be the perfect t blonde is more attract some the brunette type to be the pi a plai n brunette is more attractive t question of whether you. individuall; I paint beauty wherever I find il 1 don't paint souls. ! paint faces ai anode) I take as great a delight in nodeii, and when 2 find a beautifyl in paiinting ber as in painting a bea blondes nor brunettes, but mixed 1 beautiful af alL Beanty is not a thing of color, n Jt Is, as Emerson says, "Kke doves' W? fqVx> 1f irhi>rf?rpr \v#? find il WheU ir Tu By President Da\ In the South Seas 1 1 ET ^ I southwest -of the Gold 3 r I <0 the left as you lea' Anall definition, Honoli m&Ml SPQen islands of Samoa Volcanoes make t of these islands; 200 i am sake if* wmfierful forest and bi make It* white shoreline and cruel men, and Its shifting civilization, of the ocean. From every vantage blue sky; ever in one's ears is the an the guarding; reef.; in every direct Tstnila is primarily a huge vole w*b tthe lava it has ejected. This ateep walls from 1,000 to 2,300 fee A*-- M LI owtors cl#inini? mixer uk uwuiuu vi wk._0 points in its rim. the mountains of luat. and with a break half a mile w The harbor of Pago-Pago, thus f two miles deep and a mile wide. T harrier reef which occupies half th as unbroken ring atxutt the shore awij.Ti. not for all the navies in tt to pat in to Samoa. The winding c and the great walls on every other whatever the hurricane without. I the South Seas, and for that reason commercial aspirations.?i t Thnking and Doing. The successful man. as a rule, ! that oao who knows the trick of doin the right things at the right time, an the trick is not one which comes froi inspiration, but from craincd habit aud thoughts. Much attention 13 no' jgiveo to physical training, but tber 3b still a somewhat common lack ( laith in some parts with regard to th advantages of mental training. A Ji |k Hie "schooling," it is considered, is ci -sential, hut boys and girls, it i thought, especially in the country ^ uhoaM not be permitted to waste to niflcaat, and find and make life significant, faith. Faith, in the sense in which I am stingnlahed from knowledge, but is not i it, though it may easily be misled into distinguished from knowledge, the kind oi >t, or should not be, Intellectual certainty would seem to be an expression of the in of the intellect, though it be from the closer to music and poetry than to sclenoe. id our desfre, shaping in anticipation the land whicn we are about to explore. 1 i that?the passion in the explorer's heart, led. Because there is a horizon, because unknown, therefore there is faith. Colum red was not the world of his dream. Only And, Spiritually, we are all in his posi irth on our voyage. We need our dream nd the confirmation or dissipation of the e in this sense faith must wait upon truth t truth waits upon faith. For the impulse ith. We hope that truth Is obtainable, we tm Its attainment as we go in quest of it pe, and that will, we should never start al II nt rtrton Hnrirnn If Wf> abstract il I* VI bilv VJ/VU UV* aaaVM. .. ? ? it, from the specific beliefs which are, a< ligence, it presents itself as the spring o1 ctual life. It Is the impulse to grow ant it has Itself no form, "but may assume anj bright, now dim, and changing color anc stuff it consumes. The frailest thing w< For it is a tongue -of the central fire thai ) the South. Aof the Moat Prominent of 1 Colored Men. P^psident of the Negro Normal, Ala. ppresslon half as much as I do the invasion )r, which comes with its social prejudice ading its color as its only mark of supe 2 was never carried upon brick walls, tc in all the other Industries of the South ibor carried it there. The colored men 01 it mistake in abusing the South. Let th neglected opportunities and correct youi learly every decent wage earning position avs, shop doors shut in your faces, laboi j?wu> futviwftfVv r\f hitV*optrt ivhih LliCUUdUip -auu 9^iupuiu,v v?A UIIUV4 1W " ? North to think more kindly of both blacl ?v?7 honest .negro heart is loyal and tru< thy -of every section of our country, bn rrg which invariably increases friction ant men of both races in the South who ar< ination to fairly adjust all problems grow t is a class of Northern whites who com< ?y are .hypocrites, singing one tune to tin r crwn social life which we as a race mus orrect. Our women and chidren are left ! sisrers Are deserted by sons and brothers e army of idlers and criminal?. The grea.' ool, do not attend church, are growing uj lun hard, honest toll and look for soft jobs fighting one of the grandest br ties in th< e washboard, sewing needle, ircning board supports schools, educates her daughter band or an unworthy son. & m Eye Jer, Says Artisi >n Watrous, Artist and it Painter. .lure of beauty is as old as beauty itselr away from any definite conclusions cou prehistoric ancestors began to talk esthe eye of the beholder mostly. Certainly i JI *ad.:j .jBinotwud .Cue uj an jou saop .vpe, still you cannot maintain that a plaii ive than a beautiful brunette. If you as erfect type, still you cannot maintain thai ban a .beautiful blonde. Then there is th< v, prefer blondes or brunettes. _ No, with rme.it is not a question of soul *2 figures. ~When I find a beautiful blonde painting ber as I do a beautiful brunette "brunette -model :I take as great a delighi ctiful .blonde model. Often I paint neithei 3-pes, .and .sometimes these are ute mos art a matter of size or regularity of feature necks' lustre?hovering and evanescent.* t?unqnestioningly, and be glaq. 0 0 [tuilfe. ? - id Starr Jordan, ies Talxlla. Four thousand miles to*the len Gate of "California, "the second plaa ve Ran Francisco;" to borrow Stevenson! llu lying midway?there you will find the he mountains and gorges and solid land nches of rain a year and an ardent tropic ish and graceful palms: the "coral insect' reefs, while copra makes its enduring And about ft all is the abiding presenci i point one sees the "blue water meet th? low growl of the repulsed waters breaking ion is it ?teaa-wide away to the world! :anic crater, which has built up the islanc crater of Pago-Pago is fringed about witl t high, almost vertical on the inner edg< away on the outside as the lava flows, tw( Matafao and Pen* much higher than th< ide on the south, letting In the sea. ormed within the crater of Peoa, is nearlj his size is, however, much reduced by th< e strait at the entrance, and which form! within. But with all this there is roon ie world, but for all the ships ever likely intrance shuts oat all surf from the south side make the harbor securely landlocked t Is. in brief, the one good harbor in al it is of high value to a great nation witli Atlantic. much time over tneir hooks. me me| cry was, and to a lesser degree is, is that good men are beat made by beg ginning their working careers early? d the earlier the better. But a change 21 Is occuring in this matter as in oth:s m, and in these days of great enterw prises, in which trained thought, sci e ence, and skill play ao arge a par' if the man of educated mind is like" e he preferred to the man of urt cd mind. The man who v s- taught to think accordin ^-em g and principle is the m? llia i', most attractive ^^suits, la o sought by empio* > overly iiaga* ODK NATIONAL LAWMAKERS The Senate and House Regularly at Work?What They are Doing. The agricultural appropriation bill was considered in the House, but the debate turned principally on me topic of restricting the railroads In the mat[ ter of freight rates. As if impatient to , deal with the subject, the Hepburn , bill, although not before the House, and which probably will not be for several days, formed the basis of the discus| sion. A feature of the debate was the statement by Mr. Williams, of Missis sippi, who said that on the subject of revision of rates the Democratic party , was committed without addition or sub1 traction to the recommendations of ; President Roosevelt in his recent mes[ sage. The Democrats, he said, were glad to have the President's views, "bet cause it was Democratic doctrine." It t ought, he said, to be American doc; trine, and he said he was only too glad f that the President was more of an 1 American than a Republican or Demor crat. "We will, toemark his tracks on [ this subject," declared Mr. Williams. ; amid great applause, "and," he con' ticued, facing the Republican side, "we will can on you as American citizens to help us toemark them." Mr. Williams later asserted It as his belief that railroad influences were felt in the Senate at the same time the so-called Cullom bill, establishing the inter-State commerce commission, was substituted by the Senate conferees for thwso-called Reagan bill. The lattea^ill, he declared, would have ful*ed the requirements. Iffr. Bell, of California, asserted that the Hepburn bill was so worded as to i b?- indefinite as to what constituted a reasonable rate. Consideration of the agricultural bill " had not been concluded when the > House adjourned. Agricultural Bill Passes House, f The House Friday pased the agriculi turai appropriation bill without materr ial amendment. During its consideration the usual discussion of the provir slon for free seed attribution was in? dulged In, Mr. Lilly, of Connecticut, characterizing it as petty larceny. Mr. Pou, of North Carolina, wanted ^ the appropriation increased to $400,000 ' and offered an amendment to that effect at the same time remarking that ' h would cost more than that to in' augurate President Roosevelt The ; amendment was rejected. The present system of the Agrlculi tural Department in publishing cotton i reports was denounced by Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, as damnable and t shameful, and he pleaded for some one t to submit an amendment requiring that the reports shall be published I every two weeks, in order to stop ga&iiujiii& 111 tunuu. Ait; nuum, uu said, have offered such aa amendment * himself had he not been "thrown down 2 and turned out of doors" when he ? brought in a resolution of the same i character Eome time ago. Eulogies upon the character of t^ie lati Senator George F. Hoar, of Massacnusetts, practically engrossed the time of the Senate. There were 16 speeches by as many Senators, including Senator Hoar's colleague, Mr. Lodge, and his successor, Mr. Crane. After the conclusion of the memorial ' services, the Senate adjourned out of ' respect to the dead Senator's memory. Among the speakers were Messrs. Daniel, Bacon and Cockrell. Mr. Pettus took accasion to speak especially of Senator Hoar's fairness to the South in the period succeeding the war, saying: "He was throughout It all a man of infinite compassion, of t comprehensive sympathies, of noble and unselfish impulses. He was a part tisan without rancor, an antagonist without bitterness, a friend without y reservations and conditions, a cons querer without vengeance, a loser with' out resentment." Charge Against Catholics. Sensational disclosures in relation to ; the alleged use of Indian trust funds * for the support of sectarian schools t were made by Senator Bard, in a stater ment to the Senate committee on Int dian affairs. Senator Bard addressed the committee after the statements had . been made by S. M. Brosius, agent for i Uie liiUiCiU l\jgliu> nssuiiauuu, ouu Francis E. Lupp, commissioner of Indian affairs. Senator Bard addressed he had been visited by Dr. E. L. Scharf, an agent for a Roman Catholic Mission Society, and asked to use his influence with Republican members of Congress looking to forwarding the interest of Catholics in getting a diversion of Indian trust funds for the support of s Catholic schools on the reservations. 9 He quoted Dr. Scharf as saying that if the Republicans would agree to bring * about the desired legislation, the Cathi olics would see that twenty congressional districts in which the RepubliI cans were weak were carried for the party. Dr. Scharf was said to have * given the names of the districts, to: gether with the number of Catholic ; voters in each, and names of the priests 5 who would look after the agreement ; and deliver the necessary votes to carry the districts. I Senator Teller said that If it was i proven that the statement of Dr. Scharf > was made in earnest, then there was > more cause to complain of the inter? ference of the Catholic Church than the Mormon Church in political affairs r of the country. ; Gen. Miles and President Davis. 3 The treatment by General Nelson A. i Miles of Jefferson Davis, President of r the Confederacy, during the time he , was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, Va., , was recr ed in the House when Mr. j William >f Mississippi, the minority i leader, d to secure the adoption of the Sen: amendment " the House provisio regardinr ??red officers serving h th" " .^militia. Messrs. Hull, o Hay, of Virginia, both ' - the military affairs comnr jorsed the "House proI ?!oin- r It retrnaeMve The latter dec) was Democratic doctrine to sa <Ti\ey and for that reason called /the Democrats to stand by the umittee. Mr. Williams' motion to gree to the Senate amendment, which does not make the law concerning retired officers retroactive, was lost?71 to 171. The bill then was sent to conference. The postoffice appropriation bill wat debated for an hour, but its consideration had not been concluded when the House adjuorned. -r ' yvt v"v'x-^"-TT' v-"J v*'" NINE WOMEN KILLED' Tarty of Sleigh Eiders Meet With a Terrible Accident HIT BY AN ENGINE AT A CROSSING Ladies' Aid Society of the Universalist 1" - r 1J II....11. M V Us* bfiurcn ji nurncnsvnic, ii. ? ? a Disastrous Return From an Outing in Three Sleighs?Driver of the Second Sleigh Could Not Stop in Time, and the Occupants Were Hurled in all Directions. , Hornellsville, N. Y., Special.?A passenger train on the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Wednesday night crashed into a sleigh containing th'rtcen women and killed seven outright and so seriously injured the remaining six that two of them died after being removed to the hospital. Of the other four, two are in a serious condition. The accident occurred near Arkport. The sleigh was one of tnree carrying a party from the Universalist church, of this city. The dead: Mrs. Mary Gillette. Mrs. Charles Thomas. Mrs. Eugene Shaw. Mrs. Jos. Hallett. Mrs. C. C. Graves. Mrs. Bert Moors. Mrs. Coates. Mrs. Fred Green. Mrs. Ruth Patchcn. The injured: Mrs. J. Houghton. Mrs. F. R. Rowley. Mrs. Bond. Mrs. Wallace Clark. Members of the Ladles' Aid Society of the Universalist church went to a farm house near Arkport to spend the afternoon. It was nearly dark when they started on. the return trip to the city. The occupants of the leading sleigh saw the train approaching as they neared the Shawmut crossing. The driver urged his horses ahead, and the sleigh passed over the tracks in safety. The women in the first sleigh then attempted to warn those in the one following of tne danger, and they did succeed in directing their attention to the rapidly approaching train. The driver pulled up his horses, but he could not check the heavy bob sleigh quickly enough, and when it came to a standstill the box of the sleigh was directly across the railroad track. The pilot of the engine struck the sleigh with great force, reducing it to splinters and hurling the women in all directions. Every woman in the sleigh was killed or injured. """ 4 ?? ? V ?4V A nnvfv Tne ouier memuuis u, me |>au< uu. ried back to the assistance of their unfortunate companions, and the train was stopped and backed up to the crossing. The bodies of the dead were placed upon the train and the injured were laid upon improvised cots in the baggage car. The train then proceeded to. Hornellsville. The news of the accident had been, telephoned to the city and hundreds of friends and relatives of the unfortunte women were waiting at the station. The dead were at once taken to the morgue and the injured were placed in ambulances and taken to the Mercy Hospital. Elisha Quick, driver of the second sleigh, was badly hurt. He said he tried to stop the sleigh, but could not control the horse. Emperor Contributes $25,000. Favorable results are expected to follow the audience given by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe Selo to 32 workmen, representing the leading industrial establishments of St. Petersburg. In addition to paternal admonitions be * > ?9K has I Stowed upoa ine wurnaicu, been given by the Emperor, Empress and Dowager Empress for the relief of the families of those who were killed or badly wounded in the affair of January 22. The manufacturers of St. Petersburg have made concessions to the strikers and contributed to the relief fund. The situation in Poland and other of the provinces continues strained, and strikes are reported from Irkutsk and several other Siberian towns. Will Co-operate With Growers. Little Rock, Ark., Special.?A member of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, sent the following message to President Harvie Jordan: "After conference with H. B. Sherman, national organiser of the American Society of Equity, and the deputy State organizer in that city in convention here, the hearty and full co-operation of the A. S. of E., of Arkansas, with the Southern Cotton Growers' Association has been secured." Coton Ginned to January 16. Washington, Special.?The census report of cotton ginned to January 16 in MS munties shows 9.717,693 bales, counting half bales as round bales, compared with 7,168,381 bales In the same cotunties last year. The quantity ginned in these counties between December 13 and January 16 is 494,954 running bales. To December 13, 1904, the remaining number of unreported counties had ginned 2,748.738 counting round bales as half bales. Four hundred and seventy-seven ginneries refused to report. The quantity previously returned by these has been brought forward in this report without addition. The total amount brought forward is 134,111 running bales. Nominations Sent to Senate. Washington, Special?The President today sent to tho Senate the following nominations: Consuls?James C. Kcllog, of Louisicna, at Barranqullla, Colombia; Daniel S. Kidder, of Florida, at Nanking, China. Register of Land Office?Walter L. Cohen, at New Orleans. Postmasters?James F. Deever Rockmart, Ga.; James A. Davison, Blackville, S. C.; John P. Little, Clin ton, S. C.; Bernhard Levy. Walterfcorc i . ,-4. -v . ?- /r^rm II I Sbb MORE STRIKES IN POLAND , \ ' 4 Street Parades and Forcible Inter* ruption of Railway Traffic Take J Place at a Center of the Iron and Cotton Industries. There is no Improvement discernable in the labor situation in Poland. E At Sosnovlce, a center of the Iron and cotton industries, 40,000 men are on ^ strike with the accompaniment of street parades and intimidation of those workmen who have not struck. A disturbance at Lodz, where a volley from the soldiers killed two and wounded two has not been renewed. A railway station near Sosnovlce was A A*? J f.AfR ? K.. utstiuj tu auu nauiu lute* i uuitu uj ^ strikes. In Warsaw the workmen in 42 p sugar manufacturories have struck. y Maxim Gorky will be put on trial on s political charges, but v/hether before c a civil or a military court, has not " been determined. The assembly p of the nobility of the province of Mos- o cow has voted to memcralize the d throne for an elective legislative body. Governor General Trcpoff regards the t< situation in St Petersburg as very sat- a icfactory. Ill health is assigned as the ? reason of the retirement of Lieutenant f, Gncral Gripenberg from the command' o of the Second army of Manuchuria; ? his successor i3 Lieutenant General Myloff, a veteran of >.ae Turkish cam- ^ paiga. f 1. A Respite Granted. ^ Windsor, Vt., Special.?A few hours t after receiving the last rites of the ? Catholic ChurA and hearing her faith er cuuiessur read tae prayerb lur iue ? dying, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers, who II was sentenced to die upon the gallows ? Friday for the murder of her husband, a listened with amazement to the announcement of High Sheriff Henry H. Peck, that Governor Bell had granted c her a reprieve of four months. t Preparations for the execution had ? been perfected. The gallows had been 0 erected in the west wing of the prison, b a heavy black curtain hanging from d the guard room windows shutting the gruesome machinery of death from public view. Sheriff Peck carried the t news of the reprieve to the prisoner. t Mrs. Rogers was seated at a table _ writing a letter to her mother. Ap- t parently supposing that the sheriff had come to read the death warrant, she . arose and moved toward the door. Sheriff Peck had never seen Mrs. Rogert before that moment. Walking . up to the door, he said: "Mrs. Rogers, " I am the sheriff. I have brought you b good news." "I am glad to meet you, Mr. Sheriff," said Mrs. Rogers as she extended her hand through the grating. ''What is c the good news?" t "Governor Bell has granted you a re- g prieve until June 2," replied the a sheriff. c Mrs. Rogers remained like a statue, o as though unable to comprehend the I meaning of the words. Without a t sign of emotion, she gazed at the sher- c iff a moment, and then said: "I had t given up all hope, but I am glad that g the Governor has granted me more e time. He is a good man." t Mrs. Rogers then thanked the sher- g iff and his companions for the information they brought her. She seemed f unaffected by the tidings, and as the a party moved away from tho door of a the rlp;ath coll ehp retired to the table t and resumed writing. v The Governor said he granted the re- a priere in order that opportunity might be given for a new trial, and only on the ground that Mrs. Rogers claims through her attorney that she has not b had a fair trial and that the evidence * presented against her was false. t Five hundred dollars was offered to a Harold Harpin, a guard in the State c prison, if he would carry a package of l e poison to Mrs. Rogers. The offer was * made in an anonymous letter from Bcs- d ton containing $250 in bills, which Harpin received recently. The writer offer- i ed to send the other $250 as scon as r the poison was delivered to Mrs. d Rogers. The guard turned the letter b over to Supt. Oakes, who showed it to 1 Governor Bell. Postal authorities have b been askc-J tc investigate the letter. h No Verdict Yet. Roanoke, Va., Special.?The argument in the trial of Charles Fishburn, f chaiged with the murder of Dr. Fred 1 Lefew, was concluded Friday evening I and the case was given to the jury 8 at 8 o'clock. Two hours later the c foreman informed Judge Aiken that 8 a verdict could not te rendered Friday, ? night, and the judge ordered the jury g locked np until morning. Russian Defeat 8evers. Washington, Special.?The Japanese u legation has received a report made jj by Field Marsnai uyama, giving me details of the fierce fighting from the n 25th to the 29th of January, when the * Russians were driven to the right of v the Hun river. The marsual says that {j the enemy consisted of at least seven * divisions, one of which was a cavalry 14 division. The Japanese casualties * were about 7,000. Prisoners state h that four regiments of Russian imantry were nearly annihilated. Many of F the companies of these regiments r were reduced to from 20 to 30 men t( each. The field marshal expresses b the opinion that the Russian casualties ? must have totalled at least 10,000. Russians Again Active. Tokio, By Cable.?Manchurian Headquters, telegraphing February 2, says that on that day the Russians re- n turned their activity in front of the ^ Japanese left, and that there has been jf( constant skirmishing along the fronts ^ of both the opposing forces, exchanges tl of heavy artillery taking place. The ^ Japanese again charge the Russians c] with the mutilation of their wounded, d; SOUTHERN BLIZZARD 1 he Land of Dixie Fast in the Grasp: /\-of the Ice lioj m ' YEN GULF COAST FROZEN HAIR lore or Less Complete Tie-Ups Are? Reported from Louisville to New Orleans as a Result of the Three Days." Storm of Snow and Sleet. Louisville, tfy., Special.?Telephone nd telegraph service over a wide rea of the South was almost comletely crippled by heavy sleet Sunday. Railroad service also suffered, and in ome towns the lighting and street ar facilities were suspended. The tiep was the most complete in many ears, and although telegraph comanles and railroads have large forces f men at work it may be two or three ays before normal conditions prevail. The storm which covered Kentnckv, d 'ennessee, Arkansas, Indian Terriory, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisana, nd Georgia, had prevailed intermitenly for three days, and the wires roke under the accumulated ice. The all of snow and sleet, varying fxpm ne to three inches, extended as far ,orth as Louisville. For several hours Atlanta and New Irleans were cut off from the rest of he country. All wires were down . rom Memphis to Natchez and New Orsans, and the telegraph companies ent messages for these points to NeV rork and down the coast, but even his service was interrupted for a ime. Two hundred poles went dt>wfl n the Mississippi. In Chattanooga he streets were filled with broken rire, and a lineman was killed by a Ive wire. The lighting and street car urrents were turned off to avoid furher danger to pedestrains and line- * ien. . . . f 14.. A< I.. |^W? IVIW u vifcj V| IWI Norfolk, Va.t Special.?Norfolk is a ity of ice. The cold that has cqnInued for several days has froxen evry piece of water in this section, exept the main harbor, and thousands >f people have enjoyed good skating iere for the first time in years. A rizzling rain froze as it fell and hun- S reds of people are skating in the west nd of streets. Hospitals and police ' eport a great number of injuries, due o falls. The sleet qtorm is general hroughout this section and probably rill ruin the growing crops on the big ruck- farms. The three-masted schooner, D. H. inthony, ashore near False Cape,, is in anger of going to pieces. She floated t high tide Saturday night, but when ack on the shoals before a tug could each her, and now it seems she will e a total loss. Philadelphia Port Frozen. Philadelphia, Special.?An almost omplete suspension or the coastwise rade out of this port has followed the - - 4-*- - i 1? ? L ;enerai ireeze up 01 me naruurs. mere re a number of vessels, but none will harter until there is some probability f their being able to get out bf the )elaware river, which is impossible at his city. Very little coal 1^ being reeived at this port in consequence of he extreme cold in the mining relong, and great delay is being expert need by steamships under charter for he West Indies in getting their car;oes. / More than fifty vessels were held ast in the ipe on t?e lower bay and . number of ocean steamships which ittempted to force their way through he obstruction at the Deleware capes irere compelled to return to sea and nchor for the night. Wors? in Atlanta's History. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Never before a the history of Atlanta has the ice iing held such a grip on the city as le did Sunday. Trafflc is completely ,t a standstill, the street car service ~ losing down at fall. The entire j lectric light service except that in he immediate center of the city ia ead. It has been either sleeting or rainng since Friday afternoon, a heavy ain falling and freezing as it fell Sunay afternoon. Sunday . night three nrhes of snlid ice covers the streets.. 'he telephone and telegraph service la adly' crippled. Every wire between, ere and New Orleans is down. Scuth Carolina's Worst in Years. Columbia, S. C., Special.?Reports rom various sections of South Ca.roina show that the entire State is ex>eriencing the most severe sleet and* now storm for years. The ground is overed with half an inch of ice, and * ieet is still falling. Pedestrainism is erilous and scarcely possible. The hermometer registers about 20 deTees above zero. Men Draw Hearse at Funeral. Columbia, S. C., Special.?The unsual spectacle of men drawing ? earse containing a corpse was witcssed here Sunday afternoon. This "as made necessary by a sleet storm rhich has nrevalled for 24 hours mak ng it almost impossible for horses to eep their footing. After several futllettempts to darw the hekrse with; orses, sixteen negroes, members of raternal orders to which George Mc'ee, the corpse, belonged, procured opes which they fastened to the angue of the hearse, thus carying the ody to the cemetery, a distance ot ver two miles. Militia Commander Dead. Fairmont. W. Va., Special.?Brigaier General Clarence L. Smith, comlander of the West Virginia National uard, died of a nervous disorder. The "V eneral recovered from a disease he 3ntracted in the Spanish-American ar, in which he was in command of le First West Virginia Regulars. He as 55 years of age and prominent potically in Marion county as a Demo at. The funeral will be held Wednesiy. I I