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^HKnent to Consider the South's We ^^^^ATES WERE REPRESENTED ^^m^Q^arolina Executive is Unani^^Hvously Made Temporary Chairman Gathering at Washington and Delivers the Opening Address^ Washington, Special.?Eleven States, Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia. Florida, Miss&sippi. North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas. West Virginia nd Virginia are represented by delegates to the Southern Industrial Parliament. which began its sessions here Tuesday and will continue through Friday. There are also present representatives from New York, Philadelphia And Baltimore, who are interested in objects for which the parliament was called, which includes the exchange , of ideas regarding matters of impor- j tanee for the development of the I South. The feature oi the duy was the address of Gov. Robert B. Glenn, at the morning session. Addresses were made by W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia. S. C.; M. V. Richards, of the Southern railway, who discussed mainly Immigration to the South, Dr. Charles A. Cary. of the Alabama Agricultural College, who urged steps to exterminate tick fever among the cattle and advocated that that the Southern people raise more ; live stock, particularly for beef purposes. T. B. Thackston. of South Carolina, wmsvelected permanent secretary of the parliament. Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina. was unanimously elected presiding oQcer. and delivered the opening address. At the outset of his remarks lie received applause by stating that while he had come to Washington with his heart filled with love for the section in which he lived, there were no men living that loved, honored and revered "the great Nation in which we j live more than the delegates who are , here today from South of the Mason and Dixon line." After drawing a pen picture of the development of the country during the last hundred years. Governor Glenn touched upon the devastation wrought .J In the South by the contest between;' the States, and said the people of that >1 aeetion had gone ahead with a will to 1 redeem, reclaim and build up. He ' spoke of the enormous production of j cotton, iron, timber and other comrao- j1 dities in the South, and declared that 1 It had risen to the place where it ought to stand?"equal, if not superior, to aav 1 other section of the universe in which ! ire live." But. he said, while the har- j' vest of the South was great the labor- j era were few. Laborers were needed 1 anywhere and everywhere, and he de- 1 dared that the South held out oppor- 1 tunities. and if they would come there 1 was no reason why they could not have \ the same returns, the same wealth ' and be even greater and grander than tn any other section of the country. 1 * But while men of brains and energy were wanted, the South did not want the riff-raff of the countries of the wojfld. ' Governor Glenn then aroused his audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm when he denounced the methods of cer- i tain immigration agents of the Western railroads to turn the tide of immi * *~ V.v oAnfHnar Snuvu irviu uc guuui uj o<~uutu& abroad maps showing the marvelous prosperity In the West, but picturing the Southern States in black, in order to show that the negroes have the su? perioritv over the whites; that the 9?uth is a place where very few, if any/whites live; where men of money only can endure, and where the white laborer cannot endure because it is the home of the n^gro and where the negro is made an equal partner with the whites. "That assertion," he vehem- j ently declared, "is false, and I herald 1 It here today. It is the duty of every 1 honest man in the United States, whether he is a Northerner. Southernopor Westerner, to remove this calumity from the best and purest people j this country has ever known." Returns With a Plan. New York, Special.?Mayor John "Weaver, of Philadelphia, came to New "v^rv ocru?f?aiiv to consult with Elihu Root about his fight with the Philadel- ' ^~*Pbia Republican organization on the gas situation and returned at night with a well defined plan as outlined by the former secretary of war to be carried out in a crusade against the gas monoably. i Not the Work of Terrorists. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Though no details of the assassination of Prince Nakacidze, have been received the impression here is that the outrage r was the work of the Armenian revolutionary committee in revenge for the attitude taken by the prince during the racial war between Armenians and Tartars in February last, and it is not attributable to the Russian terrorists, even though the latter are extremely active in many parts of the empire. The Armenians laid the responsibility of the deaths of those slain in February at the door of Prince Nakachidze. Tuskegee Trustees Meet. Tuskegee. Ala.. Special.?At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Tuskegee Normal ana inausinai iu- > stitute. former Mayor Seth Low. of j New Yobk. and former Mayor W. M. \ Drejinen. of Birmingham. Ala., were j elected, among others, to membership of the board. The annual exercises of the thirty-seven agricultural and trade divisions of the school were held Wednesday. The subjects included many of the most practical nature, each being illustrated in an interesting manr ner. 1 President Invited to Tampa. Washington. Special.?A delegation \ of Florida Republicans, headed by James M. Coombs, National committeeman. and including Henry S. Chubb, chairman of the State central committee; John M. Cheney. Republican candidate for Congress last autumn, and George W. Allen, of Key West, called on President Roosevelt and extended to him an invitation to visit Tampa when he makes his trip to Florida next October. The President said he had already promised to visit Jacksonville and he hoped to be able to include Tampa in his itinerary. " ~ OSTRIALMEETi . ?? Questions Relating to i Ifare in Session i In the South, the Governor said, the negro is given every legal right^ he is entitled to. Their children are edu-; cated as are the white children; they are given asylums for their deaf, dumb, and blind, and are everywhere given | the merciful hand; "but." he said, "there is one distinction, one line we draw, and that is the line of social equality.'' That, he proclaimed, could never be. The races were separated by the laws of eternity, because, he said, the white man never was intended to j nn a cr?r>inl pni<?!itV with thO UC MUL VU ifc ijvv?. , negro. He appealeu to every one present to make known the truth and thus "correct any error and lie." The Session Wednesday. Washington. Special.?A discussion of immigration and an address by Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, on "Foreign Commerce and Ocean Transportation" were the features of Wed-! nesday's sessions of the Southern Industrial Parliament. The immigration question was discussed by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, and Commissioner General Frank P. Sergeant, of the Immigration Bureau. Permanent organization was effected by the election of Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of ' North Carolina, as president, and other officers as follows : Dr. W. C. Murphy. of Washington, secretary; T. P. Thaxton, of Columbia. S. C.. treasurer. > Vice presidents; Alabama. Wm. Richards. Huntsville; Georgia. W. O. Mc-! Gowan. Hoffman; Mississippi, Henry Kernoghan. Jackson; North #aroiina, R. S. Reinhardt, Lincolnton; South Carolina, E. J. Watson, Columbia; , Tennesee. Robert Gates, Nashville; ! Texas. Thos. Schwartz, Corsicana; j Virginia, C, L. Holland. Danville. Executive committee: W. T. Brown, ? ? T TT?lli Woch. Keglanu. ua.; r. j. aumuoi, ,,, ington, Ga.; Miss J. S. McCarthy, j Batesville, S. C.; J. A. Brown, Chad- j bourn, N. C.; Albert Akers, Nashville, Tenn.; E. C. Robinson. Houston, Tex.; J. S. Browning. Pocahontas. Va.; H. L. Vest, District of Columbia. In the absence of Governor Glenn, W. O. McGowan, of Georgia, presided. Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, in his address on the Subject of "Foreign Commerce and Ocean Transportation," wae the first speaker. He was followed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who spoke on the subject of immigration. He said as a result of the agricultural and industrial activity and expansion in the South, there was a demand for labor which could not be supplied from its own people, and that in consequence the South was struggling with a labor famine. Nearly every section of the country, tie said, had claimed and obtained a share of the enormous immigration to the United States from abroad during the last 25 years. The failure of the South to get a part of the new comers not only accounted for the present labor famine in that section, but in many other ways, he said, had been disadvantageous to the United 6tates. rhe kind of labor the South needed, tie said, was a debatable question. He described the system of wages in the South as being almost universally on the share plan, and advised those actually engaged in efforts to induce emi- J gration to the South from other sec- i tions or from foreign countries to present that plan, and not be misled into a comparison of wage scales. If labor- j ers for the present could not be gotteu ' from this country, it was certain, he said, that with proper effort the right I kind of men could be obtained abroad, ! Mr. Sergeant declared that 32 per I cent, of all the immigration to Aherica came into the State of New York, the great bulk of the aliens remaining in New York city. They do not, before coming here, he said, look up the geographical situation, simply going to where their friends have preceded them. What was needed was to offer advantages to aliens coming to the United States whereby they may gather some knowledge of the country out side the great centers 01 population. It would be a good thing not only to say to the alien. "You may land," but also to furnish him information regarding the opportun ties in various sections of the country. j Suddenly Killed. Bristol, Va., Special.?Olon A. Kenyon, a prominent lumberman of Naomi, Mich., was killed near Damascus, Va., Monday in an accident on a logging railroad. He was largely interested in the T. W. Thayer Lumber Company, operating in that section. The body will be sent to Naomi, Mich. Buying 193.000 Acres in Florida. Brunswick, Ga., Special.?A deal involving one million dollars and 193,000 acres of land in Liberty and Franklin counties. Florida, was closed Wednesday. The purchasers are a syndicate of Chicago and St. Louis capitalists. The closing of this deal, which has been on for the past several weeks, a majority of those interested have been in Brunswick, means the building of a railroad to Apalachicola, Fla., from St. Joseph, a distance of fort? , miles. The ' road will then extend northward 100 miles to Quincy, and it is understood that it will then head for Atlanta. The purchase also means the settlement and building of a city at St. Joseph. Denounce Immigration Plan. Decatur, Ala., Special.?The Business Men's League, at an enthusiastic meeting here, has denounced in resolutions the plans of flooding the South with foreign immigration. The resolutions set forth that while labor is badly needed in the whole Tennessee river valley north of Alabama, the farmers are opposed to the promiscuous importation of shiftless and uneducated foreigners. The resolutions call for men from the North and Northwest to come South News of the Day. 'Six men were killed by the explosion of a locomotive at Columbus, Ohio. John D. Rockfeller, Jr.. again addressed his Bible class at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York, after a five months' absence in Europe, which has caused little improvement in his physical condition. London, By Cable.?The Shanghai correspondent of The Morning Post says he learns from a trustworthy source that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet is still off Masampho, on the southeastern coast of Korea. A , 1 100 COLD AND WET FOR COTTON Good Stands Are Generally Reported From Eastern and Central Sections, But Present Conditions Are Adverse. Washington, Special.?The weather Bureau's weekly bulletin of the crop conditions says : "While good stands of cotton are generally reported from the eastern and central sections of the cotton belt, ccol nights have checked growth and the staple is suffering from lack of sunshine and cultivation, complaints of grassy fields being received from nearly every State in these two sections. Planting is finished in South Carolina and Alabama, nearly com pleted in North Carolina and Mississippi, but about 25 per cent, of the area remains to be planted in Louisiana and Arkansas. Chopping is well advanced in the Carolinas, continue in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and has begun in some places in Arkansas. In northern Texas, though cotton was damaged somewhat by heavy showers and is still poor in places, is very weedy, and much planting is unfinished, the prospects are improved. With more favorable conditions for replanting and cultivation, the crop looks better and cultivation and chopping are progressing. Cotton is growing well in southern Texas; chopping and cultivation are general; squares are forming and some has been laid by. Boll weevils and other insect pests are active in some counties. Tobacco plants are plentiful in Kentucky, and transplanting continues in that State, as well as Indiana, Maryland and North Carolina. Considerable has been planted in Virginia, but the soil is too wet, locally, for this work. The crop is suffering from lack of proper cultivation in North Carolina, and the weather has been unfavorable for plants in Ohio." Real Tornado in Georgia. Reidsville, Ga., Special.?The most destructive tornado that his swept Tattnall county for years occurred Tuesday afternoon, lasting ten minutes. *V>5o Krlof O cnct I r%T\ ho. t/UJIUg LU1Q UMVi j/Vl iWU W WVVMVM wv tween Reidsville and Collins was practically cleared of all crops, 'nd only the strongest trees remained standing. Houses were leveled, and it is remarkable that thus far report of but one life having been lost has been received. The victim was a negro employed at the saw-mill of A. C. Parker & Son. A falling smoke-stack struck the man. At Collins, a family of five were struck by lightning. They were stunned, but were revived. Their house was destroyed. So heavy was the accompaning hail that the stones lay on the ground to a depth of 12 inches. Linevitch Ready to Fight. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The news from the front continues to point to the imminence of a renewal of fighting on a large scale. General Linevitch is pressing the Japanese center both on the line of the railway aud on the mandarin road but whether he is simply feeling Field Marshal Oyama's strength or has assumed a genuine offensive, is not yet clear. There is no doubt, however, that Linevitch has made complete preparation for a battle. All the Russian siA and wounded, who were at Harbin and places squth of there, have been transported westward to Irkutsk, and orders have been given to clear the intervening hospitals. The sanitary trains have also been oraerea to me front. browned Self and Children. DallaV Tex., Special.?A special tc The News from Sulphur Springs Tex., says that Mrs. Tip Sanders drowned herself and three childrei In a creek near her home two miles south of town Tuesday. The oldesi child was a boy six years of age. Th< other children were girls aged 3 years and 10 months, respectively. Tht tragedy it is said, was the result ol domestic troubles. Sanders, the hus band, left home this morning to wort on the public road. Returning home for dinner, he found a note on the table from Mrs. Sanders telling hitr that he would find the bodies of his i wife and children iu the creek. Contesting Yachts Sighted. New York. Special.?Lord Brasscv's yacht. Sunbeam, a contestant in the | trans-Atlantic cup race, was passed Tuesday by the steamer Kron Prin2 Wilhelm. bound for this port, 817 miles 1 from Sandy Hook. Captain Nierich, ol : the North German Lloyd steamer Bremen. which arrived from Bremen, be lieves he sighted the Atlantic, which is j supposed at least among the leaders, on : Sunday morning. May 21st. The yarhl | was then 827 miles from Sandy Hook | more than one hundred miles furthei I east than when sighted the day pre; vious by three liners. Five Firemen Injured. ' Tampa, Fla., Special.?Five firemen I one of whom will probably die. were | injured in a fire which destroyed twe i buildings here Tuesday, entailing a ' property loss of $40,000. with only $S, OCO insurance. The fire was caused bj the explosion of a gasoline lamp. W. D Kirk, a fireman, was caught under a falling wall and so badly crushed thai I he is not expected to recover. Mexican War Veterans. Dallas, Texas, Special.?About 15' veterans of the war with Mexico ar here to attend the annual re-mion o members of the National Mexicai Veterans' Association, which began to day. The Texas Association of Mexi i can War Veterans also held a me^'in here. The session of the two bodies wil be brief. The average age of those pres ! ent is in excess of 80 years. Much Graft in New Orleans. Vow Oripins Snecial. ? Thi . grand jury presented indictment against two commanding officers o the police department, in connectioi with a sensational report of the exls tence of corruption on a grand seal : in the pulice and detective depart inents. The jury declares that lotter ' shops and gambling exist with littl interruption on the part of the polic< | and that the Sunday law is openl ; violated. These violations of the la^ j are possible, it declares, because th I police are in receipt of corrupt mone I to permit them. I w ; IN SOUTH CAROLINA ? Occurrences of Interest In Various Parts of the State. i Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston, steady 8W i i i New Orleans, quiet 8*4 I Mobile, dull 8H ' Savannah, quiet 8^4 1 : Charleston, quiet 8 Wilmington, steady 8 : Norfolk, firm 8*4 j Baltimore, normal 8*6 New York, quiet 8.50 Bceton. quiet 8.65 I Philadelphia, quiet 8.75 > Houston, steady 8 3-16 Augusta, quiet S^g | j Memphis, firm S^4 i I c? T 8V. I I CI. LA/UIO, o ituu; I i i Louisville, firm 8*4 i Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 8.15 Good Middlin 8.15 1 Strict Middling 8.15 Middling 8 Tinges 6 1-4 to 7 1-2 i Stains C 1-4 to 7 1-8 I " Board of Equalization. After a session of two days, the State board of equalization has taken a recess for two weeks. At that time ' the board will meet to hear protests | from the representatives of any cor-_j poration which may urge a reduction* of the assessment placed on their i | property. As was published yester- I day, the board has decided to take 60 per cent, of the market value of the stock of an enterprise as the basis I upon which taxes shall be collected. I The most important business was i the adoption of the report of the com- j mittee on assessment of property of cotton mills. This report as adopted ! I makes a number of changes in the assessed valuations of last year, and as the majority of these changes were : increased it is probable that the board i will have its hands full when it reI assembles. The assessment on cotton seed oil J mills and on fertilizer factories were ; also adopted as recommended by the committees. The board decided to j put a valuation of $650,000 on the prpo- ! - .. , I j erty or me uoiumoia cau?i. iuia i property has belonged to the Colum- | bia Water Power Company, but ue- j gotiations are on foot to have It sold to the Columbia Electric Street Rail- J way Company. The matter of taxing ; this property has been in the State | courts for .some time. When the mat1 ter came up, Mr. Quinby stated that ! he had information to the efTect that ! the canal had made $90,000 profit last 1 year. I Oil Mill Assessments. The State board left the majority ' of the cotton seed oil mills as the assessment for last year. The following changes were made: 1 Southern, Aiken, $18,720; Kathwood, | Aiken, $12,000; Townville, Anderson, $9,600; Seaboard, Barnwell, $22,500; ; Victor, Cherokee, ' $20,000; Southern, ' Chester, $25,200; Southern, Florence, J $27,000; Independent, Florence, $20, 000; Timmonsville, $25,000; Kershaw, 1 $27,000; Clinton, $25,110; Southern, i Laurens, $22,000; Bishopville, $22,000; Dillon, $25,000; Simpsonville, $12,000; Prosperity, $13,200; St. Matthews, ' j $15,000; Spartanburg oil mill, $24,000; I Campobello, $10,500; Cowpens, $12,- j t' 000; Fair Forest, $10,300, Victor, York, 5 $15,000; Walterboro, no return, penal[' ty attached, $22,500. J I ? j The following new mills were asi sessed: Salley, $21,120; Peoples, An^; derson, $21,120; Starr, Anderson. $12,; | 000; Troy, $12,000; Bradley, $12,000; : , Farmers, Laurens, $16,000; Hamlet. 5 $16,860; Farmers, Newberry, $21,600; 5 Little Mountain, $9,000; Pomaria. 1 $9,500; Strater & Finley, Oconee. 1 i $12,000; Taylor. Columbia, $45,000; i Highland Park, $21,600. ! Bids for Manila Bonds. 1 Washington, Special.?Bids were ' : onened at the Insular Bureau of the ' j War Department for the sale of $1,000,1 000 Manila municipal bonds bearing 4 1 per cent, interest, redeemable after and ; within 30 years, the proceeds to be de; voted to sewerage and other public works. The highest bidder was the i | First National Bank, of Columbus, 0? ! which ofTered 109,5623. Director at Clemson Resigns. Prof. J. H. M. Beaty, director of the textile department of Clemson College, has resigned to accept a position as assistant to Mr. Lewis W. ParkCT, president of several cotton mills in Columbia, Greenville and Greers. ; i ? ( Killed in Collision. k Two were killed, one fatally injured, two probably fatally and three slightly injured in a collision between a passenger trolley car and a Louisville and Nashville coal car on the i Augusta-Aikbn railway in a stretch of ; woods some miles from Augusta on CrtntK Pornlinn cirlo nf thp fiVPr. | IUC OVUUU VU1V1U1U ??MV -w-. ...... Spartanburg Bond Issue. Spartanburg, Special. ? The street 0 j committee of the city council, which e has in charge the petition for a $100,000 bond issue to increase street improvef ments. after checking over the lists. a find that there is not a majority of i the freeholders' names affixed. Friday. " ! the petition was being circulated again " to get the requisite number, something g like 100 signatures. The sentiment of [j | the property owners is for good streets and sidewalks and the names will doubtless be secured in the near future. State Bankers. e i s ; Anderson, Special.?The State Banf i kers Association was held last week, a and the attendance was large and rep'* I resentative. e i One of the closing events of the ses* i sion was the election of officers and v ! the choosing of the place of next meet? lng. The officers eletted are: Preslj dent, W. J. Montgomery, of Marion: \ | Vice president, W. J. Roddey, of Rock ,v ! Hill: Secretary and Treasurer. Giles e ) Wilson, of Spartanburg. Greenville y r was selected as the place for the next , | meeting, the time to to announced. ! / t 1 1 1dfflfcw 2 a3&M-J / H OGDEN WRECK INVESTIGATION ^ Report Likely to Be Made Within a Week Placing Responsibility For the Accident. Columbia Cor. Charlotte Observer: T As forecasted in this correspondence several days ago. the Southern's attorney at the hearing begun before the railroad commission Tuesday to ascertain the cause of the wreck of the Ogden special in the Greenville u yards on the morning of April 29. as- t! sumeu me posiuuu ma. nullum R. Hunter, in charge of the special's ^ engine, is entirely to blame for the c accident on the ground that he violat- tl ed the rules of the company in coming into the yards without having his on- 1 gine "under full control, expecting to ? And tho main track occupied?under r such control as would allow him to ; a stop within the distance he could see" i ?and that as the special was running ' as an extra with right of way only 5 over trains of published schedules, the t Greenville yardmaster, even in the b face of the telegram placed on his ^ hook It 7.18 notifying him that the s special would arrive at 7.55, was in ; no wise responsible and was not to o blame for having the freight boxes on the main track. The main witness put up to outline and define this defense of the road I a flras General Manager Spencer, who |e ^d that the telegram to the Green- 1 ville office was not sent with the view of curtailing the right of work or shift- y lng trains, as practice showed that it * was not safe to supercede these kinds ' of rules with respect to large yards t like those at Greenville, except by a c "No. 31 order," which having to be c receipted for and checked back to the <iicnoti<hpF it was not wise to use on ! ^ a yard like Greenville's, for the reason i [ that It was bad practice to allow engineers to get into the habit of run- (t ning specials into such a yard not 1 under full control. Division Counsel J. T. Barron, of the j Coast Line was present representing Engineer Hunter. Mr. Hunter's defense has not been outlined, but it is J said that his position is that he violated no rule, but followed instructions 1 strictly and is in no wise to blame for 1 the Greenville accident. Mr. Robert C. Ogden was not prea> ( ent, as he intimated in a letter to Gov- ! ] ernor Heyward a short time ago, he i might be. The Ogden party was represented by Mr. J. E. Heges, a New York attorney. Dr. Julius D. Dreher, of Lexington, who was on the train, w|3 present as a spectator, as were State Superintendent of Education O. B. Martin, Attorney F. H. Weston and ex-Attorney General G. D. Bellinger. General Counsel Thomas, assisted by Division Counsel B. L. Abney, and Attorney W. H. Welsh, conducted the examination for the railroad, while Attorney General Gunter was present in the interest of the State. Members of the commission cross-examined the witnesses. i Among the railroad officials present as witnesses were: General Manager H. B. Spencer, General Superintendent C .S. McManus, Charlotte Division Su* ( perintendent P. L. M c Manus, i Savannah Division Superintendent H. A. Williams, Assistant General Counsel Thorn, Assistant General Superintendent H. Baker, Charlotte Chief Dispatcher W. M. Lineberger, , Savannah Division Chief Dispatcher, T. P. Baird. Columbia Shops Master Mechanic C. G. Arthur, Charleston Dii vision Superintendent Heether, and others. The testimony taken before the commission was all on the lines that ' the engineer of the special train was running contrary to orders in that he should have approached the yard with his train under full control. To this main fact all the evidence tended. The commission will probably make . its report for a week or more. Not Wanted in Augusta. Augusta, Ga.. Special.?The Israel { j Epstein, or Ebstein, whom the Paris ; police stated In last nigni s aispaicuco , was wanted here, was formerly a 1 small merchant in Augusta. About i twenty years ago he left here, going ' flrst to Columbia. S. C., and then i drifting to parts unknown, leaving sev- | eral accounts unpaid, and they were put In the hands of a local attorney. , Lately, information came that Epstein was in Paris and in good circumstances. Tho attorney communicated with the prefecture of police in Paris and asked that Epstein be locked up. There is no criminal charge against the man from here. I I Met Fatal Accident. Bristol, Va., Special?Olon A. Kenvon, a prominent lumberman of Naomi, Mich., was killed near Damascus, Va., Monday in an accident on a logging railroad. He was largely interested in the T. W. Thayer Lumber Company, operating in that section. The body will be sent to Naomi, Mich. Calms may seem pleasant, but they | mark no progress. Togo Still Off Korea. 1 London, By Cable.?The Shanghai I correspondent of The Morning Post says he learns from a trustworthy j source that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet ; ; if still off Masampho, ca the southeast- : em coast of Korea. $75,000 Fire at Richmond. Richmond. Ya.. Special?H. Binswanger & Co.'s plate-glass and mirror fac- \ tory-and builders' supply score were ; J destroyed by fire Tuesday evening ; 1 Loss about $73,000, fully insured. The j plant, which has employed 80 poo- i pie, will be rebuilt at oace.m ? \ Telegraphic Briefs. 1 i John D. Rockfeller, Jr., ad- j ; dressed his Bible class at^ffne Fifth | j Avenue Baptist Church in New York, j i after a five months' absence in Europe, J which has caused little improvement in his physical condition. Wreckers ditched a train on the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe rail.road, east of Emporia, Kan., and six passengers were injured, two of them fatally. ? ISTiEfflEIWOlES JUNE FOURTI-I. "he Making cf a Christian: Helping One Another. Eph. 4: 1-6; Heb. 10: 24, 25. Sometimes patient endurance 13 tie best way to help one another; ometimes the very opposite. In proportion as we realize our nlcn in one body with our Lord, in bat proportion will we form a union qually close with all Christians. We must know one another before re can help one another, and we annot know one another without binking long about one another. 1 Lit; Willi Uuc uuv/iuv i hat is the basis of mutual helpfuless cannot be had without frequent ueeting together. That is only one eason for constant church attendncc. Suggestions. If we are really to help others, we aust not consider what help we hould like to give, nor what help hey would like to receive, but what elp they need. Helping others is a flhe art not to e mastered without long apprenticehip. If you are in earnest about helping thers. yon will not wait for large ocasions, but you will begin with the irst worried face, with the first cryng child. There is only erne Master of the rt of^ftlpfulness, and all true helprs h^e gained their skill from ' lim / Illustrations. If you would remember anything, ou must tell it to some one. If you vculd hold any talent, you must use t for some one. If there is any part of your body hat can be injured without all the >ther parts suffering, that is a token >f terrible disease in the whole body -of paralysis. So when you do not iuffer in the sorrows of your brethen. lorse and carriage, do- not merely Use your best. If you have a ake the arm of some weary traveler, md walk briskly by his side. When you open the door to let in i visitor, you let in a gust of fresh, )urifylng air. Quotations. However rich a man is, he cannot io without some other man.?Joseph Parker. If I do not highly value my owu nanhood. I cannot greatly help my 'ellow man.?Gladden. A society that has no associate nembers is without a blessed field 'or work. A society whose associate nembers are not becoming active is lot tilling its field. EPWDRTK WE LESSM5 SUNDAY, JUNE FOURTH. The Making of a Christian: Helping One Another.?Eph. 4. 1-45; Heb. 10. 24. 25. As God is one, so should the church be one. We are to recognize each other as brothers of a common faith, and help each other in the building up of character. In Hebrews we have the further exhortation to "consider one another," and only provoke unto "good works." And this is to be done by assembling together ani) exhorting one another. This is what results from the usual church service, t The law of mutual dependence runs through human society. We depend upon a thousand other workers and toilers for the common necessities of life. The law is even more in evidence in the spiritual life. We are touching our fellowmen on every side. As Alpine travelers are bound together by ropes, so we are by ties of influence. We are In a very'real sense our "brother's keeper." We are members one of another. Let us notice how this law works in the Church. Often the fact that we are selfish and "seek our own" is a stumblingblock and a hindrance to our fellowChristians. Our indifference toward the sufferings or trials of our brother * Vl? f?11 A fall. may De xoe nieaus m mo ion. ure to speak the eucouraglnfc word or do the helpful act :nav result in the backsliding of a brother. A neglect of helpfulness in a time of trial often disheartens. A frown may do more to discourage than a sermon can help. Having our way. pushing our plans without considering others, may be the means of hindering a whole church. How often one sunny Christian is the life and inspiration of a whole church! One Christian who is thoughtful and sensible may help a hundred to be better and do more for Christ. The Master is our example in this. He went about not pleasing himself, but doing good. Recognizing the fact that we have influence, let us use it for hiipfulness. ff you are conscious of strength, use that ?v,?Korm hut tn hpln. diicugiu?uvt iv UM* ??.* r. Such a spirit of thoughtful regard for the rights and opinions of others will do more to recommend religion than many sermons. It will attract souls to t*e church and to Christ. It will build up the kingdom of righteousness on earth. By this blessed unity wrought by the spirit of Christian endurance the church becomes as one living person from whose single heart and voice God hears the songs of glory. PET CAT TRIES MURDER. , Turn3 on the Gas?Dog Won't Hav* It and Saves Family. Leonard Winkler's cat is in disgrace and his hound, Sport, is livng ~ * land KOCQIICO thft will lUf iai Ul tilC iau? wv ? Winkler family is alive and well in spite of the attempt of the cat to asphyxiate them. The only victims were the children's canary and a jungle fowl that had been sent to Mr. Winkler by an exhibtor at the world's fair. It was the persistent barking of the dog. Sport, that aroused Mr. Winkler early in the morning. Going to the kitchen, he was nearly overpowered by gas. He found that the cat had been having the time of its life with a ball cf string, and in some way had got it twisted about the handle that turns on the supply of gas for the range and had started the flow of the deadly vapor. , Whether the cat lost any of its nine lives is uncertain.?N. Y. Tribune. -V;ir-r'rYifi THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JUNE 4k Subject: The lteiurrectlon, John xx., 11? , 33? Golden Text, X Cor. xt., SO-Mea* ?>rr Tereee, 19-21?Commentary oa the - - . .idi l>ay'? Lmiod, I. Mary and the angels at the tomb (vs. 11-13). 11. "Mary." This was Mary Magdalene, out of whom Christ had cast seven demons, a physical rather than a moral disorder. She wa? a native of Magdala, a town on the Sea of Galilee. She must be dlstin gu is hod from "The woman who was a sinner" (Luke 7:30-30), and from Mary, the sister of Martha. "Stood without." The other women and the disciples had left the tomb and Mary was alone as she supposed. "Weeping." Christ had done much for her, and she had great love for her Lord. "Stooped down." She stooped in order to obtain a view of the interior of the tomb. "The sepulchre." The sepulchre seems to have been a square room hewn out of rock, partly above ground, its roof being as high as the top of the door. > 12. "Two angels." Peter and John did not see the angels. They were ministering spirits to comfort those who ^Hj were in such great sorrow and need, and they gave explanation of what had been done, no one else being able. Matthew says there was one angel, Mark says a "young man," while Luke says "two men." "In white." This was an emblem of purity (see Rev. 19:S). 13. "Why weepest tlion?" Are you quite, sure that this empty tomb does not show that you ought to be rejoicing? II. Jesus appears to Mary (vs. 1416). 14. She turned to go again with the other women to Jerusalem, who had already departed, but she had not as yet gone so far as to be out of the garden. 13. "Jesus saitb." This was His first appearance. He afterward appeared on this same day to the other women returning from the sepulchre (Matt. 28:9, 10). to Peter (Luke 24:34), to two disciples going to Emmaua (Luke 24: 13-31). and to ten apostles (vs. 19-23). "Why weepest thou?" Sh? had cause sufficient to rejoice instead of to weep. "Gardener." And therefore a servant of Joseph of Arimathea. who owned the tomb, and who, of course, would be friendly. "Borne Him hence." Thinking that perhaps Joseph had ordered His body taken to some other place. "I will take Him away." She would be responsible for His removal to a proper place. 10. "Mary." Jesus stirred the affeetiOu of the weeping woman at His side by uttering her own name in tones that thrilled her to the heart and created the new sublime conviction that He had risen as He had said. "Rabboni." My Master. "A whole world of emotion and devotion in a word." As Mary uttered the word she must have fallen down at the feet of Jesus, embracing1 them. ' - III. Jesus commissions Mary (vs. 17, 1S?. 17. "Touch Me not." Cling not to Me. The translation "touch Me not" gives a false impression; the verb doe? not mean to "touch," but *o "hold on to" and "cling to." "I am not yet ascended." Mary appears to have held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. "Go to My brethren." First servants, then disciples, then friends; now, after the resurrection, brethren. "I ascend." I am clothing Myselt with My eternal form; I have laid down My life that I might take it again and use it for the blessedness of My brethren. "My Father," etc. Father of Christ by nature and of men by grace. 18. "Mary?told the disciples." An apostie to the apostles. Mary was the first to see Jesus and the first to proclaim His resurrection. * IV. Jesus appears to the apostle? (vs. 10-2.1). 10. "At evening." The events of the day had been many and important, and the apostles, except Thomas who was absent, were probably talking over what they had seen and heard. "Doors were shut ?for fpnr " Thpre is noihiiisr to show that the Jews designed to molest the disciples. but because Christ had been put to death they had reason to fear for their safety. ' Jesus?in the midst" In verse 20 John refers to the fact that the doors were shut in a way to leave but little doubt that he intends to convey the impression that Christ entered by His own power while they were shut. "Peace be unto you.*' His usual salutation and benediction. 20. "He I shewed." Luke makes mention of sevI eral other things that took place before He showed thrin His hands and side. See Luke 24::J7. 3S. Jesus proceeded to convince them that He was indeed a real person. "His hands and His side." I.uke says hands and feet. This leaves no doubt that Jesus was nailed to the cross and not tied on as ri-am _To??i< t.ilil thpni tn handle Him (Luke 24:30i. which they probably i did. "Glad." They were terrified at ! first, but when they knew Him they were glad. "When they saw." It was at this time that He gave to them another proof that He was the same Jesus whom they had known. He called for food (Luke 24:41-401 and did eat before them. Afterward the apostles called attention to what now occurred as a proof of their Lord's resurrection (Acts 10:41). 21. "Hath sent Me." As I was sent to proclaim the truth of the Most High so I send you for the very same purpose. clothed with authority and influenced by the Spirit. 22. "Breathed on them." Intimating by this that they were to be made new men. "Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Out of His fuliipss their minds and hearts were to be tilled, and thus they would be prepared to carry on the work after He had left I them. 23. "Ye remit," etc. The Re vised Version renders tin's, "wnose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them: whose soever sins ye re- V tain, they are retained." At 70 Years of Age a Cadet. It is not often that a man of seventy ! years of age goes to school. It Is ' more rare yet to find one enlisted as a cadet, drilling an hour each day 4 1 and taking a lively ihterest in his military duties. The latter, however, is not strange when the fact is remembered that this same cadet, William Standifer of Hinds county, Miss., is a veteran of j the civil war, was a gallant soldier in i the Confederate army and bears scars to attest his bravery in many an engagement during four long years. Now, in the sunset of his life, he Again wears the Confederate gray, and i steps as lightly forward to the stirjgng music of "Dixie" as any sixteen-j*arold cadet in the battalion of 400 at the Agricultural and Mechanical Collage of Mississippi at Starkville. : % Bishop Favors Child Labor Law. The bishop of Rhode Island is tak ing a prominent part in the presen' agitation for a stricter child laboi , '.aw. nov,- pending in the ptate legUI* I ture. -