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| Indepen \ It Would Lead to A Ensr/and ahd Strei By Thon F Ireland were gh r I do would be to I 1 W j^l formation of a fc I Ql tion of the obviou I "Y| a nation, must dt W safety upon Engl a tenance of the Br If Ireland wei to defend her an She would be too poor to waste an military and naval armaments to I tion. An alliance with England wc to domestic concerns. It would n by any Continental nation. Sucb eigu policy, and it would be maint r roe, <$>ctrine. Ireland's welfare and prosper! was attacked. England's prosperit because England would be the c* farms. Ireland when developed wo f/Vul C til ffc fo* K frvntld /4<*ore onrl wuuvuuo, iv* 11^71 ivw.o, Vfefeo, land with high priced grades of i muscular cattle of our western ra for herself. This English market for Irish i between the two. Ireland would I have. because her friendship woold the warmest thing on this side of i Elngland's alliance with Irelanc to strengthen ter union with her cc sity of a closer union vrith her col called for their help. The graiitu help from her colonies than she c green flag were waving beside the Celt in Canada or Australia whose an Anglo-Celtic cause. If there wa the British Empire would renew its Incomparc ? ?Busin \ By E. MIMIMM I'll' tnttn who has 2 X pends 011 pub I A 4 MmseLf coastantlj iL\ to say the wrong A m * to canvass a pro: ttMIMII xealizs when to si There are twi IttMflli Jamet! G. Blaine i maker, a moulder and faces aide him.' He used to kn seen but once many years before, popularity. He approached people remarkably considerate of the opi political enemies often wene transfc Qualities like these axe necessa solicitor. They should be cultivate and daily have to meet people. It diplomacy as did these two emine up to the man who treats you as yot ?because he has property sized yo influences you are. If he went at ; or your last dollar, as the saying gc same relative attitude toward the o interview, then pn application. Tw constantly study the ait of being ti There* w A7/>: V Th By President ? HAVE often wonde [ $ to the archaeologii It studied materials + 3000 .years. I lra\ able things in our % Do we make ? . i our costumes, art I In 111I I' I | t ours .are not wort the records of 200< fusion of the archaeologists 2000 yei Across the river there is & stn frost of winter and th< beat of sun ruins of the Stadium 2 >00 years ner crete stand? All the products of our trade stone walls are mere veneers of th bricks. If you examine the produce: able in a high degree and all are be The old boots of (Germany will rot or dry in a short jeriod hence, the archaeologist 3000 years hence There is only on?> thing that chances. The Brooklyn Bridge, wfc structures, needs constant care. I trust that out of rour labors a will come worthier aros and buildinj / PayingTooM | By Orison. ? ? > > F a vigorous young t J ness and make m ? + shorten his life te t 1 + such ierms? For \ w i the >:;ace and tran Ttbtt tit j' i What price would TstffiwVr' for slAky 01168 SCJ ' jitttiu |T substitute for buoy ennui and dull aps youthful countenance, if It was to careworn visage, stamped with anx athletic figure, his quic k, clastic stej a shuffling gait? How much real es tion ifor the companionship of his wi the -sweet love of litttle children? Suppose that a bright, hopeful band. >the result of his four years' w and to -close forever all the doors of I opened to him,?how much money w Ask some man what he would t have made his life rich with hallow and which promise hin. pleasure and Ask some respected citizen, infti advice Is sought, who is held up as cood name, his influence, his commti NOTES AND COMMENTS. I At the annual banquet of the Fltcl burg, (Mass.) Merchants' Associatioi William H. Montague, a member c the Canadian Privy Council, spoke o fjK trade relations between Canad and the United States. He expresse his conviction that Canada no longe desired reciprocity with the Unite States, and added: "There was a tim when you could have had the market of Canada. You were- then a gian lumbering in the mountains of you own prosperity and inc ifference. Yo slumbered too long." ice for Ireland I an Irish Alliance With f igthen the Empire . . ^ nas J. Regan. en her freedom, the first thing she would urm an alliance with England. Her first ureign policy would be an official declaras fact that the prosperity of Ireland, when ?pend upon the prosperity oI England, her and's safety, her welfare upon the mainitish Empire.' 'e a nation she would need Eugland's navy d protect any shipping she could create, y money or energy on the maintenance of be used against England or any other naiuld leave her free to give all her attention nean that Ireland could never be attacked i an alliance would be Ireland's only forained as stoutly as we maintain the Monty would be at stake whenever England y would be the source of Ireland's riches, msumer of the surplus products of Irish uld seek an English market for her surplus dairy products. She would supply Engneat, which cannot be obtained from the nches and which England cannot provide >roducts would be a community of interests >e the warmest friend that England could have the warmth of self-interest, which is the grave- \ 1 would do more than anything else cluld donial possessions. She has seen the nec^onies. During the South African war sffe de of the Irish race would bring her more an see any other way of gaining. If the flag of England there would not be a true heart would not leap witn entnusiasm iui s an alliance between England and Ireland youth. ible Value of ess Tact - E. Perkins. to meet the public and whose success dellc's attitude toward him needs to study ' that he may become tactful. _ How easy word, to make^m unfortunate impression, apect at an inappropriate time, or not to top talking. 0 eminent examples of what tact will do. vae a most adroit man. He was a friend of men. A wonderful memory' for names ow and call by name people whom be bad That was one of the secrets of his great right. So did Mr. McKinley, who was nions of others. He was so tactful that >rmed by him into friends at a sitting, try' to the successful, high-grade insurance d at every turn. You are in "public life" is absolutely necessary that you employ nt tacticians. You know how you warm 1 like to be treated?in a business-like way u up. You know how susceptible to such you properly he could get your signature, >es. Turn it around; get yourself into tire ther fellow, from whom you want first an 111 enhance your success. In other words, ictful hi order that you may excel in it. thing . JTV// Z7 r? /rf i / # /> ILL LASLLL JLr/tUU/ c Eliot, of harvard. . (red if our civilization will leave anything it of 2000 years hence to study. You have that have endured under the earth for e found it difficult to find any such durhuildings, arts and great manufactures, my vases that, record, as the Greek vases, s, religion, etc.? None. It may be that h recording. Instead we attempt to put ) years ago on our vases, much to the conits hence. icture of concrete durable in spite of the lmer. Will it stand?: What will be the toe, or will the structure of steel and conand commerce ace the temporary. Our ree or four inches thick backed up by rs of our great industries, they are perisheoming more so. last, but ours will not, for the paper will Where, then, shall ve had material iot * will last?our subways. There are our lich Is the foremost of our engineering a they penetrate the minds of our people ?s to record our civilization to the future. ruch for Success Twett Marden. | business man, anxious to push bis busiloney, were offered a million dollars to >n years, would he accent the money on vhat stocks and bonds would he exchange quility of his mind for the rest of his life? tempt a man to trade his steady nerves ircely enabling him to sign his name, or ant spirits and a vivacious manner jaded ithy? What would he ask for his bright, Jmmrt/lioUilv ronlonoH hv 4 Wrlnklpd ur IlUUlCUiaiXiij ivyiuw^ w; > ? iety? How much would he take for his ?. if offered ha exchange a bent form and itate would he consider a fair compensate, the joy and comfort of his home, and college graduate were asked to sell, offork, to give up his grasp of human nature, Intellectual progress that his studies have ould close the bargain? ake in exchange for the friendships that ed experiences and" perpetual inspiration, profit in future years, lential for good in his community, whose an example to growing youth, to sell his uity's respect, what sum would he name? Corpses Preserved in Peat. Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic *" and preservative qualities owing to the presence of tannin, iron and other sub-stances in it. Here is an instance: n At the time of the covenanters, in a 1G85. three men were shot at a place d called Crossgelloch. on the moors r j above Old Cumnock, in Scotland. In d 1825, when a monument was being e erected to their memory, the workmen s camo upon the corpses rolled in their t plaids. The bodies were in exactly the r same state as when they were buried. u The moss had preserved them as 11 ! they had been embalmed. "*/ ' 1 1 " 11 V J ! JULES VERNE IS DEAD Writer of Quasi-Scientific Romances Which Have Scored Brilliant and Lasting Successes and Appealed in a Special Sense to the Imagination of Youthful Readers of Nearly All | I ; Nationalities Succumbs to Diabetes. ! Amiens, France, By Cable.?Jules | Verne died at 3.10 p. m. His family ; ! was at his bedside. ! M. Verne had been subject to chronic diabetes but it did not assume a critical aspect until March 10. Since then he gradually failed and the end was hastened by a stroke of paralysis covI ering his right side until the tongue j was affected. The sick man retained I | consciousness until just before his death, his brain being the last organ to fail. He calmly forsaw death, called the members of his family to his bedside, and discussed his departure. Following the announcement of M. Verne's death, telegrams were received from many headquarters. It is expected that the burial will take place h^re, where M. Verne has long lived and Ahere his most notable romances were written. Jules Nerne was born at Nantes, France, in 1828. He studied law both at home and in Paris, but never practiced. In leisure hours he began writting pieces for the stage, and in 1863 I j his first work, "Five Weeks in a Bal- j j loon," appeared. The quasi-scientific j ' style employed in that romance was | so successful that others in similar I vein followed, and his series of marvelous romances have made his name 4 ] almost a household word. His best I* known works are: "20,000 Leagues ; Under the Sea," "The Mysterious IsI land," "A Floating City," "Michael , Strogoff," "Adventures of Captain Hatteras," "Dick Sands, the Boy Cap| tain," "Around the World in Eighty ; Days," "A Desert of Ice," "Robur, the Conqueror," and "A Country of Diamonds." An unsuccessful attempt on his life was made in 1886. In 1890 he publish| ed his last books. "A Family Without a Name," and "The Purchase of the North Pole." One of the most affecting incidents of his last illness was the great number of letters and telegrams from children of every nationality, attesting the admiration in which the author was held. His works have been translated lnt<-? msnv laneiiaeps. Mrs. Chadwick Testifies. Cleveland, Ohio, Special.?In the bankruptcy court here Mrs. Chadwick detailed some of her financial transactions, in the course of an examination by Attorney L. J. Grossman, acting for Trustee Nathan Loesser. Mrs. Chadwick said that she was not able to give as many details of the transactions as she would like to, because of the absence of capers which were held In a number n* cities. She had sent for the papers anj expected to have them when the nearing is continued next Thursday. Mrs. Chadwick testified thlt the total indebtedness would not exceed $750,000. Of this sum, borrowed from various persons, she had received only $517,000, leaving $268,000 for commissions to the moneylenders. She said she owed certain banks in Cleveland $200,000. Mrs. Chadwick walked from the county jail to the bankruptcy court this afternoon. She looked well and appeared happy. $1,000,000 Naval Stores Co. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The na' val stores factors and operators, representing the industry in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, met here with 300 pres- I ent and organized the Naval Stores Ex- < port Company, with a capital of $1,000,000. sixty per cent, of which was sub- I scribed by operators. This company 1 was organized to protect Jacksonville ; acd other Florida ports which have been made open markets on account of i the former exporters' refusal to accept < goods at Florida ports at Savannah 1 prices. ? Water Over Children's Heeds. i Mobile. Ala., Special.?The weather ! hitreaii vivos tVio rainfall of MnnHov ] v 6..vw V..V Ul and Tuesday at 9.22 inches, the greatest fall since June 26. 1900, when 12.7'i inches fell in eight and a half hours. Water around JefTerson street public school was over the heads of most of the children attending there, and school could not be held. Many bridges were carried away. Buffalo Bill Fails to Get Divorce. Sheridan, Wy., Special.?"Buffalo Bill," some time called William F. Cody, lost his suit for divorce from Louisa Cody, Judge R. H. Scott, of the District Court, deciding that charges t>f attempts on the part of the woman to poison her husband had not been proven. Judge Scott asserted that the testimony showed that Mrs. Cody had always been a good mother and a proud and indulgent wife. Telegraphic Briefs. The special committee of the Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference found all the charges against Rev. C. S. Baker sustained and deposed him from the ministry. ^ R. B. Grover & Co.'s large shoe factory at Brockton, Mass.. was wrecked by a boiler explosion and afterward burned. 43 bodies having been recovered last night, with 114 operatives unaccounted for and some 50 injured. Judge Parker, late Democratic Presidential candidate, consented to make a speech before the Democratic Club in New York after he learned that neither Bryan nor Cleveland would be there. Incoming New York steamers arrived from two to six days late and were ( battered by giant seas. t By acquiring 200 acres of land, John * Alexanders Dowie has increased his v summer estate at Muskegon. Mich., to l 265 acres. t Ex-Prosident Grover Cleveland has gone to Florida for th-ee weeks to recuperate from his recent attack of a gout. | General Kuropatkin is to be sue- i ceedeAfey Grand Duke Nicholas. c Th?Russlans, it is reported, have planJed to retreat to Harbin as soon a^pe forces in Tie Pass are sufficientl^estored. ^ IDr. Muller, in the German Reich- J sta^^omplained of the present copy- g rightl?angement with the United States, as a free gift of German intellectual property. A receiver and conservator has been 11 appointed for the property of Charles b F. Berry, clerk and accountant for a tt Boston law firm, who was trustee for 5 estates valued at $500,006, and who dls- s] appeared, leaving,' it is said, his af- 01 fairs in a bad tangle. D ^ 1 WWPPP THE CZAR VIELDi Financial Matters Impress Russia' Ruler More than Bayonets LOAN IS CONDITIONED ON FEAC Understanding That Their Influenc Has Finally Prevailed at St. Peten burg and That Proceeds Will Not b Used to Continue the War, Pari Financiers Re-Open NegotiationsMuch of the Money to Remain i France. Paris, By Cable.?The prospects ' peace between Russia and Japan as 8umed a more definite and almost tangible aspect as the result of the ar nouncement of the resumption of n( gotiations for a Russian loan. Th postponement of the loan occurre through the stand taken by the fi nancial element against proceeding while the uncertainties of war cor tinued, whilst a willingness to resum negotiations was construed as meanin that their influence finally has prevail ed with the authorities at St. Peter? burg. It seems to bo the accept? .viAv of financiers that the proceed iflfs of the loan will not be applied t fhe further continuance of the war. K is understood that of the chic inducements to a resumption of th negotiations was that a considerabl portion of the proceeds shall remai: In France for the purpose of meetin the interest coupons of other loan: and that the placing of contracts to government supplies will be require even after the conclusion of the hos tilities. Coupled with the announcement c resumption of the loan negotiation came a strone intimation from offi cial and diplomatic quarters that step looking towards peace had been defi nitely taken by Russia. The Foreigi Office declined to confirm a report tha France was likely to be intermed iary; but diplomats, who are activel; interested, for the first time gave cred it to the statement that Russia hai decided to seek peace. It was sal in these quarters that Russia wouli deal directly with Tokio through th French minister, who has charge o Russia's interests there. Needs 200,000 More .Men. Gushu, By Cable.?The Japanese ar following the Russian rear guard which is moving north from Santoupi at the rate of 8 1-2 miles a day. Oi both flanks the Japanese are operat ing a wide turning movement, but th< strength of the flanking forces has no been definitely ascertained. A mim ber of places along the railroad be tween Santoupu and Gunshu Pas: there are broken hills with steep side: and gorges at the bottom, where stub born resistance might be made, bu it is doubtful if General Linevltcl will make a stand before he reachei the Sungari river and Chantchiatu Unless he is able to hold the line o the river, the Russian position wii be so weak stragetically that he ma] be compelled to race back of Harbii into Siberia, owing to the fact that ai they approach Harbin the Russiai front parallels the railroad, renderlnj the daneer of a severance of the sol< line of communication constant!] greater. The prospect of ths isolatioi Df Vladivostock must also bo met, ant It is urgently necessary to supply th< garrison with provisions and ammuni tion, not for a few months, but for twc rears. Two hundred thousand reenforce ments from Russia are now necessarj to make it possible for the Russians to meet the Japanese on anything like equal terms. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The pos sibllity that if the Russian arm] should be unable to hold the lowei line of the Sungari river at Chaun :hiatsu, it may be compelled to retreai not only to Harbin, but also farthei westward along the railroad, abandon ng to the Japanese northern Man :huria and the Russian maritime tonur Siberian provinces, as well as the vast territory already lost, is the atest startling news from the front. The strategic weakness of General Linevitch's position, as he falls bach lonnwarn, is maae ciear oy a uuu >hu dispatch, in which it is pointed >ut that unless Chunchiatsu and the Sungari lines, a scant hundred miles >elow Harbin, can be held, it will be iifficult to maintain a position farthei sack before Harbin, where, with the front of the army paralleling the rail oad, the practicability of a turning novement to completely sever comnunications and isolate the army ilx thousand miles from home s too serious few Russian considera ion. That such a dispatch should iav~ been permitted to pass the cen>or at the front is significant; and, il General Linevitch has communicated i similar estimate of the situation dl ect to Emperor Nicholas, it may ac;ount for his Majesty's increased dis>osilion to listen to peace counsels md open negotiations before the Japinese establish themselves on Ruslian soil. It can now be definitely stated that he decision to appoint Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivi jh to the supreme lommand in the Far East was recontidcred, because of the opinion that he outlook at the front does not yar ant the risk of compromising the irestige of a member of the imperial araiiy. At the general staff, the view that Jeneral Linevltch may be compelled 0 abandon Harbin and retire towards -eke Baikal, leaving Vladivostock to ts fate, is regarded as almost un"crrantcd by anything that is officialy known there, it being pointed out ?..I Field Marshal Oyama may have 1 long and laborious task to bring up army of 300,000 or 400,000 men. Meanwhile, Russian re-enforcements ,re arriving at Harbin at the rate of ,200 men per day. Nevertheless, it s significant that there is now a wellaarkcd peace party at the War 031ce. * Gen. Rosser to be Marshal. Washington, Special. ? President loosevelt recently appointed Gen. Losser, who was the youngest brigadier eneral in the Confederate army, postlaster at Charlottesville, Va. At the ime the appointment was made it was itimated that a better position might e provided for Gen. Rosser in the fulre.Jt is understood now that he will e nominated as United States maraal for the western district of Virginia a tb4 expiration of the term of the resect Incumbent. S. Brown Allen. Si AT PITTSBURG Worst Experiences the Iron rj j^^^H-las Had in Yearg Threatens wsS^^, Result of Torrents Pouring Down the Monongahela. Pittsburg, Special.?Pittsburg Is E ; threatened with one of the worst floods | In years. At 10 o'clock Fore' caster Frankridge predicts over 30 feet. He does not expect over 35 feet, if that B" | much. During the early hours Tuese { day, the water began to recede from the is i rise in the Alleghany, but a fresh im _ petus was given to the rush torrents ! by a rainfall of nearly two inches over n j the entire water-shed of the Mononga; hela river. Tuesday night about 50 miles above Pittsburg the Monongahela was rising eight inches an hour, and at the harbor here the gauges show a rise of nearly three inches per hour. 5~ Siould the river reach the predicted a height, street car traffic between this i- city and surrounding towns will be j_ almost suspended, while the railroads I up the Monongahela valley will have to suspend traffic. Already a number d of mills haVe shut down, as a resuk I- of the water putting out the fires. 3 From three to five feet more of water is expected up the valley, and a total l~ of 20,000 men are likely to be idle. e Hundreds of houses in Allegheny, on g the south side, and in McKeesport and l_ other suburbs, are surrounded by from two to eight feet of water, the occupants living in the second stories. In d some places the water has entered the I- upper rooms, and homes are being o abandoned for the time being. No fatalities have been reported today. Scores of business houses have their basementu flooded, and the loss will 9 be heavy. The crest of the flood 13 e expected about 9 p. m. Wednesday, n ft LINEVITCH'S HEADQUARTERS. r d Directing Retreat of the Three Armies From the Crossing of the Sungari if River. 8 St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General r Llnevitch's headquarters have been s established for the present at Chen" chiawatzu, situated at the crossing of a the Sungari river, whence he is dl* rccting the retreat of the three armies ~ and disposing of the fresh troops ot ? the Fourth Corps just arriving from " European Russia. The protection of |j the Sungari bridge is vital to the salvation of the army, as the river is not fordable below Kirin,- and once * the line of the river is passed and 1 the bridge blown up, the Japanese ' pursuit will be effectually checked. At the same time the second army is falling back on the line of the raili road, while the first and third, with ' the transports, are retreating along 1 the Mandarin road to Kirin, both destroying bridges and roads, and deB" nuding the country behind them, and t making it impossible for the Japanese to live in the immediate wake of the [ retreat without their own commissari3 at' The Japanese are advancing over the grand trade route 20 miles west ? of the railroad. No information is 1 available regarding the strength of 3 the Japanese column, but the War Office says it is hardly enough to con? stitute a menace with the dispositions j General Linevitch is able to make of fresh troops. Cheers For Kuropatkin. Harbin, By Cable.?At the departure southward of General Kuropatkin, crowds of thousands of civilians rnd soldiers gathered at the station and gave him a great ovation. Above thundering hurrahs were heard cries of "God send you happiness." "Good-bye, brother," "Good-bye, father." As the train started, soldiers rushed forward in a surging crowd and grasped the hand-rail of the general's car, throwing their fur caps in the air and running some distance with the car. The scene made a deep Impression on General Kuropatkin, down whose face tears streamed. Removing his cap, he saluted agaiu and again, and stood bareheaded on the platform of the car as long as the train was in sight. Residents of Harbin are uneasy, and many of them are departing. Chinese are withdrawing their deposits from Chinese banks here. i Commission is Too Large. ! Washington, Special. ? Secretary Taft made public a letter which he 1 has written to the President concern' ing complaints made by Dr. C. A. L. Reed regarding the work of the 1 isthmian canal commission. In the ' course of his letter, Secretary Taft 1 said that many of the things complain! ed of would be remedljed by placing ' the control of the canal under one > head, or at least under a commission composed of not more than three : members. He adds that he will s?bmit to the President, in a short time, a plan for the re-arrangement of the ) commission. 1 Japanese Losses 100,000. > Gunshu Pass, By Cable.?The Japanese losses are estimated at the Russian headquarters to be 100,000. Some of the troop3 employed to cover the retreat from Mukden were badly demoralized losing their way in the hills eastward and only now rejoining their own divisions. So certain was General Kuropatkin of being able to hold Mukden that maps of the country northward were not even distributed. Kuropatkin, however, resolved to accept battle against his better judgment owing to the impatience of St. Petersburg for victory and he was confirmed in this direction by false calculations of Field Marshal Oyama's strength. News of the Day. Advices from Paris are that the 1 French cable in Venezuela has not been cut, but Castro's excuse for wishing to annul the concession is termed specious and the French Government has b^en appealed to. Chancellor von Buelow, in the course of a discussion in the Reichstag on the purchase of vessels by Russia, stated Germany's attitude to be one of strict neutrality, and accused the Socialists of trying to provoke war with Russia. Tlio TnclioVi ana Trich nnncta tiava I been swept by a storm and many disasters "to vessels are reported. New Troops in Good Spirits. St Petersburg, By Cable.?A couple of brief Helegrams from General Linevitch dated March 20 were given out Tpesday. They merely say that the troops continued to retreat northward March 19\ that he had allowed the men to rest ifarch 20 and that he had in- i spected more new arrivals from Russia and had found the troops in excel- j lept spirits. |, t ; v " ' - . J Guest of Honor at Banquet of the Tar ' Heel Club < are HE SPOKE ON' POLITICAL LINES me Touches Upon Matters of Large Po- Ap 1 litical Importance?Bold Advocate ? by of Republican Doctrines. ^ linj Greensboro, N. C., Special.?Vice- tio: President Fairbanks was the guest of qq] honor at a banquet the Tar Heel . Club here Wednesday night. The occasion was one of great brilliance, me The Vice-President spoke at length, enc and said in part: co|] Mr. Fairbanks Speefch. Mr. Blackburn and Gentlemen or ? North Carolina: cat This is a somewhat belated cele- pie bration of Washington's birthday. ^ When I acceded your courteous Invitation for the 22d of last February, be I fully expected to fill my engagement, 1 but the exigencies of public business jjr prevented. I urged your committee to dt permit me to withdraw my acceptance but they chose rather to postpone the banquqet until tonight. I am more SgC than repaid for coming by your most g{0 cordial greeting. There is something ^ in Southern hospitalityy which ri( makes the stranger within your gates feel that be is at home, or, at least, 0j; that he is a welcome guest. pre It is well that the people of differ- C0I ent portions of the country should qj meet and mingle with each other, for g0E the more they come to know each ^ei other, the less danger there is of mis- q understandings and' the more certainty there is that they will come into ac- jj cord upon great questions which make of' i for sociag material and national guj i growth? ? I am not here, my friends, to make gjy a partisan speech, and shall utter no jot | word with respect to those questiona je| which are the subject of sharp par- ^on tlsan differences. Me I rejoice' with you in the splendid ^ progress made in recent years J>y the ! n# Wnrth Pnrnlina Hpr ftd. vance has been notable In every ave- aQ( nue of activity. It has, indeed, been Tb marvelous. New fields of employment inc have been opened to her people. Her advance, however, has not been alone t0 in material things, for it has been Co] marked in educational and social conditions; in those higher walks which me should most distinguish the State. It seems as though she has been touched 0g( deeply by the spirit of improvement. In God's Providence we saw o? ? duty differently a few years ago. Wfc see it the same today. We have faith to believe that never again will there be any cleverage among the people of { . the United States upon lines of latl- ?7t tude or longitude. We are co-sharerg in the glory won by valor of those who went down to the field and showed the world the heroic metal of b Americans. We are all thankful that ma he who presides over the affairq of Q{ men preserved the unity of the repub- flel lie and wipted away forever the lnatt j tution of human slavery. -- thp I was with William McKinley one ulg evening at the beginning of the Span- tr& ish-Amerlcan war, when a little gray- jQ head, gray-beareed man greeted the enj President whose name abides with us ezr and will abide with us forever as a ^ sweet and precious memory. The q President received him cordially, and tee said: "So you want to go to the war, _nr general?" "Yes, Mr. President," said he, "I want to go to the war. I once ten fought against the flag, and I wish cot now, before I die, to fight for it I ^ love it and honor it" noi The President manifested his profound appreciation of the patriotism and the courage or the veteran wno i ? > spoke, and promised to pnt upon him the stars of a major general in the i army of the Union. He kept the ln , promise, and the old Confederate cavairy officer. General Joe Wheeler, Dls marched away to vindicate the honor Sui of the stars and stripes. in ( General Wheeler was in that crisis but a type. Others who had fought QIo against the flag, in the long ago, were inspired by the same high purpose gu^ which actuated him, and well demonstrated the gratifying fact of our com- a , plete solidarity. an(j Republican government was ordain- waj ed to promote justice; to secure each hea and all in the fullest possible enjoy- Ro, ment of eaual rights and privileges under the law. Every American must stand before the law upon a plane of perfect equality with his fellow T Americans, uur laws must ue in- vaiu spired by a sense of Justice. Let us cha teach the love of Justice at the Are- pre! side, in the school room, in the pulpit, idei in the press, in the counting house, tarj in the factory. Yes! Teach it every- and where, for without Justice abides with boa: us, government is a mockery. D. < Let us safeguard the rights of prop- W. erty; protect that which honest and Mc( Datient industry has acquired. But, bou; first of all, and better than all, pre- r serve inviolate the rights of men of low and high degree. wor -Political parties are essential in up-t popular government. They have ex- gtat isted from the earliest days of the f 1 republic, and they will continue to wh the end. It is of vital importance, . therefore, that they should be high- ? minded and patriotic; that they should stand for those measures which are t . wholesome and which tend to advance , to the utmost degree the public weal. .Ty They should support sound ana con- ' servatlve policies, which are the only sure foundation of industrial and so- y cial progress and of enduring national jeve greatness. d _ We should see that parties are kept* . * as pure as we would have the State. They should not be given over to mere time-servers, or to those whose allegiance is not first to the public Qf welfare. Be good party men, but be (er patriots first of all. President Hayes an(j very well observed that, "He serves jzatj his party best who serves his country best." ?But, my Democratic friend, you say, t0 "Yes, 1 grant your claims aooui iue steal beneficent "results following Republi- passj can administrations, but It Is not re- viad spectable to be a Republican in the an(j South"; and some Northern men tory. seemingly are in accord with you in an(j this view. do. Myself Southern born, bred and reared in the South, a Republican as my father before me, I claim that today. and every other day since 1865, Ri< it has been respectable for any ond Southern gentleman to be a -Republican in his own home if he was otherwise respectable. It has not been 1 popular. It is always respectable to had be politically honest. It is always entei respectable to vote your principles. It com is always respectable to demand a Q free ballot and a fair count. Is it gltujj respectable to vote with xa party few which secured last year the electoral wrw1 vote of thirty-two out of forty-five to fl sovereign States and the suffrages of york 8?ven and a baU million freemen? ?atbe Under Conference, to fear Columbia, Special. ? well under way hth session of the Confex^^^H^H ucation in the South. ets in this city on the eveniaji^^^H ^Hfl rhe Conference comes to invitation of the Governor ite, the Legislature of South a, the State department of tho cdnnatlnnal InsHtntlnn^^^^^l lumbia, the mayor, the city 1 the Colombia Chamber of m|^HH rce. Attendants upon .the oonte^^H :e come from every quarter of tb^^^| intry, representing men and womei^^H s res ted in the general 'cause of eduS^J Ion, people of affairs as well as peo<^^| professionally associated with tb^^H ools. The address of welcome wil^HJ delivered by Governor Hey ward. rhe officers of the conference ara^Hj . Robert C. Ogden, of New /Yort^^B y, president; Edgar- Gardner' Muw . 7, of Alabama, vice-presiden{; Dr.\ J. Baldwin, of Montgomery: Ala.,, retary Mr. William A. Blair, Winn-Salem, N. C., treasurer. The ex-1 i itive committee Is B. B. Vaentine, \ | :hmond, Va., chairman; Da Robert 1 i Fulton, chancellor of the jraiversity \ $ Mississippi; tho Hon. John B. Knox, j (sident of the recent qdnstitutidnal ivention of Alabama^ Ala.; a P. \\ >nn, superintendent of schools. Jack- \ ' tville, Fla.; B. C. Caldwell, presi- it it of the State Normal School, La.; X B. Gibson, superintendents of tools, Columbus, Ga.; Dr. Richard ] Jesse, president of the University Missouri; Hon. 8. A. Mynders, Stale rcriiiLBiiueiii ui cuucauuu, ivao., rence H. Poe, editor of the'Progrea- A e Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. D. p. tnson, president of Wtnthrop Cole, Rook Hill, S. C.; Dr. D. F. Hon#- W , president of the Agricultural ind . chanlcal College, Texas. / ^ rhis is the first meeting that the iferepce has held In SoutbCtrollna, M met last year at Birmingham, Ala., A 1 the year before at Richmond, Vs. e local committee of arrangemente^M> lude many of the leading citizens f j Columbia, and the social reception be tendered to the guests of the lference In the 'Capitol Building I 1 be without doubt an occasion of 1 morable interest and importanocb-***! th houses of the Legislature have HI 3red their assembly rooms for the 1 fl ? of the reception committee? ?he programme, together wi^h oth- j details in connection with the *fl eting, will l>e announced within the fl ct few days. An interesting feature\fl to take place on the morning of the ml h, when that session of the Confer;e will be assigned to the state Su-^fl Intendents of Education wlo wili^^H present froih- the 8outh. mey wt^^fl invited to select their n and discuss such quehtlofifi as ere aH immediate interest In their several jfl Ir. Robert C. Ogden, president o^rlfl conference, will bring a dlsting-*flH hed party of visitors by speciSft^^H in. The greater number of thoaatf^H attendance will be from the 8pntfcf'^H i States, about one thousand bein^^H lected from south of Mason and *9 ton's line. 7he chairman of the local of arrangements Is E. 8. Drehei^^H terintendent of schools of the Columbia. Those intending to d- the Conference should give earwHf ice to Superintendent Dreher. Dm Is as to railroad rates will be meed through the press at an eadj^^H Guilty of Manslaughter. 9j^H| ifter being out all night the ;he murder case at Florence ngainsi^H pensary Constable W. B. RoweQjflH iday morning at 11 p'clock broughtj^H a verdict of guilty of h recommendation to mercy. Mr.^| unt was an Atlantib Coast Liiw^^H Iroad detective. The shooting imH fed from a quarrel Rowell had unt about the latter drinking blind tiger. The lie was pessed^^l i Blount grabbed a stick RoweU^^H i carrying and.struck him on' d, and almost slmultaneoudy^^H veil shot him. South Carolina Items. ue oecumy i/oan ana inTtauMi^H apany of Newberry was given rter. The officers are W. H. Hun?] H Jident; John M. Klnard, vice- pra^H it; James M. McCaughrin, secrn I and treasurer. These gentlemaa^^H the following constitute rd of directors: George 8. Mows^^^H C. Heyward, 0. B. Mayer. GeoiwHH Summers, J. T. McCravy, S. TwJH 3ravy, J. L. Keitt. T. B. Staclfc^H Be, Z. F. Wright, C. D. Barksdata H nion, Special?The McNally ks. which have one of the o-date brick making plants in e, are now in operation Just soeuHHj ['nion opposite the Powell plaoaj B re they hare ten acres of fine . Mr. P. A. McNally is manaj^HH Mr. Jackson, of Greensboro, N. ixerienced bricfc makers Is supera^^^H lent. The plant will have a capdj^^^H of 60,000 standard sise brick and 30 hands will be employ?d^^^| machinery, which has Just been ed. is all new and improved. Th^^^H pit being considerably below the^^H 1 of the yard, the clay will be^^H rn by machinery to the highesM^^H t of ground, where will loaatea^^H different machines and kills te New River Lumber Compan^^^H ardeeville, has applied for a Corporators are C. A. WllUaaj^^^B B. A. Haygood. Proposed capitjM^^H on, $10,000. Blockade Runner Caught. 'mu, Dy vauie. ? me Tier Mars, while attempting ttflH age of Sayo Straits, bound ivistock, was caught in the is stranded off Sural Prom^^^^H The crew abandoned the landed on the island Hokkalj^^^H Killed By Walter. ?mond,' Special.?McKeen, steward at the Homestead H(^H| Springs, Va., -was killed lansboro, a colored waiter. discharged Hacsboro and *ed his office when > up behind him and struck le head with a heavy bottle. was crushed and he died hours. Hansboro escaped in is and every effort is being id him. McKeen was from State and was unmarried. t is a sea captain. / M