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\ 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.
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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. |,
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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
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of Republican Doctrines.
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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. /
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