0W Mizzkook's Straia;em
fe i '* - By DHMilt CAILAND.
America, such as were isI
I sued ten years ago. one will
- L\AJ find an extensive region
14 at>oul TUe ueau waters or
the Peace River, across
which is printed the word, "Unex
ploretl/'
* It is a tract as large as the State of
Maine, walled rouud to the south by
that transverse range of the Rockies
1 hi which the Fraser River rises; ami
the scene of this narrative is the valley
of a small tributary now known
as McDougaTa Creek.
Along the creek for a distance df sovA
oral miles there are grassy plats of
* alluvial meadows of such fertility and
tpuch sylvan her.uty that in the summer
of ISM one Itoscoe Mcitougal was
tempted to settle here, having it in
wind to keep cattle ami sheep, i.ofiy
era"* sheltered the valley on tlie west
aide: and against the almost perpendicular
face of one of these MeDougal
f. . oonstri: -ted a eonifortahle sli.m-k of
. pine logs and "splits." and adjoining it
tMriX a log shed for the three cows,
which one by one he led up here from I
BIT *i. - ?* I......,.,. or ft
V . **C liiiliiidi Jiu uitauvii. ***%??
mites lower down the river.
-' . To this remote spot, duriug the sunij
^"rncx of lSbo. he brought his wife and
two little boys. Donald cad James,
^ aged ten and eight. Potatoes and tur|n
Blph are said to have grown well here.
k" ami McDougal might perhaps have
made a home for himself and family
r
ami done well. But he seeius to have
lacked the patience to work and wait:
and during the season of 1S07. having
sdv , heard glowing accounts of the gold
*. found in the Klondike region, he grew
dfcocuteuted, and left his family. lie
?? cannot be said to have deserted them.
Cor he left them a good stock of flour in
tacks. and other supplies; the cows.
?f&; afforded milk and butter in abundance.
Yet it was little less than foolJundy
to leave a woman and two boys
at such a distance from human aid and
companionship. They appear, liowever,
to have passed the following winjh.?
tcr without accident or trouble, but in j
^ ? all that time did not see a human bc*
#n?> except an Iudian squaw, who came
| ^fcrasionally to beg.
But in April calamity fell on them.
Mrs. McDougal suffered a serious injury
while attempting to lead one of
the t*nvs. Inflammation ensued, from
whim she died on the fourth night
after, without medical aid. and attend'
?1 only by the boys and the squaw,
who chanced to come to them. The
*rief and terror of the poor lads knew
bo bounds.
- The squaw, a saturnine, hideous old
- ^ 4 ^TT**tnvf? tank' nn hoi* wifli thiMii.
I'erbaps tlie dying mother had asked
Iter to do so. She cooked their food
after a manner, but was very wasteful
and dirty. At times,' however, she
went cC to snare ptarmigan and bares,
and <xnee fetched home a beaver, the
'tail of which she cooked with curious
; ' cerepionies and devoured with much
.gusto. Her name was Mi/.zkook?at
least, 4bnt was what little Jimmy and
Donald called her. Sometimes she slept
over ;i day or two and would not get
up to prepare food. When she had
cooked, she gorged herself, then slept
again. The Lids learned to make a
kind cf flour pone for themselves,
e- . ; ' which they ate iu milk; duilng these
Ibng periods of slumber.
After this fashion they lived through
<ihe summer, the boys hoping every
-day that .their father -would come
- hack." Donald got out the scythe and
- pnt a little hay in the rneaHow.
"They also planted a patch of potatoes.
"Their cows now gave but little milk;
but as the seasop advanced they gathered
berries.
* /^either Indians nor wild beasts had
troubled them thus far, in summer or
?. v winter; but one day In September of
that autumn they heard their three
cows and their calves bawling in a
frightful manner at a distance up the
meadow, and on running to learn the
cause of the eommotion, beheld a tor>
cible spectacle.
An enormous animal, the like of
which they liad nev^r seen, had killed
one of the cows, and was carrying It
.away to the woods. The calf followed
after, belatiug pitifully. The
other two cows stood at a distance,
bellowing loudly.
To Donald and Jimmy the huge animal
seemed to be white, or nearly so.
It was probably a "silver-tip" grizzly
bear. It seemed to them to be larger
than any one of the cows, and its
strength must have been prodigious,
for it carried the body of the cow, a
large one, with apparent ease.
The fear inspired in Jimmy and Donald
by this savage incursion cannot
be easily described. Awestruck, tlicy
4 4tared at tile white monster, then ran
back to the shack to call old Mizzkook.
The latter, rousing from licr slumbers
i>t repletiou. issued forth. :.nd on seeing
the great tracks of the bear in the
black loazn of the meadow, was at no
loss to comprehend what had happened.
Nrrsijuoam! Xeciquoom!" she muttered.
hi some exeltcineut. and bade
the Loys drive the cows to the shed
ami shut thc:u up.
X'or would sue permit them to be
turned out the next day. but assisted
the boys to cut aud fetch ury grass and
water trcm the creek for them. The
l,n.1 Tint fwvm
Nothing further 'was sect: of the boar
f> a week or more, and they turn oil
??1 ,tha. cows again when the silveru_
Smado a second descent on Acm,
Killing and carrying oft' another cow.
Attalf. too. was disabled: and the foray
<was made so near the shack that the
toys saw the bear approach and heard
its terrific roar as it rushed upon the
s LWe herd.
So frightened, so filled with horror
?ras little Jimmy that he shrieked and
Tan to hide himself in the farthest corner
of the slidck. Old Mizzkool: came
forth, and stood mumbltog. rolling her
?,~ cjrs, grunting strange execrations.
Donald, who was old fcoough to think
. of. defeudiug their property, longed
for a gun; buttbfy ha Anothing in tho
' way of weapons saTc a m?U scythe and
a duller sx. y
For another week they were not I
molested?while the bear found the 11
cow sufficient for his wauts. Then tt
oue night they were waked by the
mournful lowing of the cow and the
calves, and looking out. they saw the I"
huge pal" specter of a beast standing
at the door of the shed. The grizzly
had come for more beef.
But the log walls and door appeared
to puzzle the animal. It ran to and for. LEI
swinging its head, snorting and snufting.
ai<J presently caiue to the shack
door. One blow of the bear's lingo paw Ma
would have crushed it. The
boys cowered in their bed. shiv- . .1
eriug with fear, but the rquaw kindled P
a fire, and as soon as brands were
blazing, she threw one out at the lit- ,,
tie window on that side. The bear
snorted aiul retired to a distauee.where "??
it stood for a time, as if in astonish- bus
mem. then came round near the row wh<
shod train. Immediately tno cow ro- mo
sinuod her plaintive lowing. imp
The bear stood up and pawed the aft<
walls of the shod, and would probably sor,
have torn the structure down, but the rnos
souaw, opening the sliaok door. throw hist
brands at him.. The huso boast wont j\
away, but returned toward morning, out
and but for tlie squaw's firebrands u0
would have secured the cow. At suft- mli
rise it shuttled away up the meadows. j\lt
Not once during that long night had t0
the boys closed their eyes: but thev Was
now fell asleep, and were only awak^J jC(|
enod several hours later by the sound
of blows. The cow and one of the jaw
calves were in the shack. The squaw fro]
was wielding the ax at the shed: and ^j,e
on going out iherc Donald asal Jimmy .)re,
scjireely recognized her!" jast
From a grunting, apathetic old cren- ?p
ture, she appeared transformed in!<? tj,ei
a gleaming-eyed fury. They were sjai
afraid of her. she looked so wild and wor
dashed to and for with such agility. gj
She had chopped at the rafters of the * jj
shed rcof at both ends, where tliey
moi
rested 0:1 the log walls of the shed. m
but supi>ortod them by two props nr.derueath.
as she worked she sang V*
some sort of savage chant over and |
over, ending it every time with an el* j
dritcli whoop. tn>(
The lads were wholly at a lo-s to
know what had come over her. what
slio was doing in such a mood. She
ai?peared entirely forgetful of their ^
food, nor could little Jimmy inda.co ^
her to turn lier attention to cookery.
During the afternoon she set both ~j>
youngsters fetching stones from the
. cot I
toot of Ibc era irs a few vard* a war. , ,
~~ * " " * ico
and those she piled on the roof of the ,
shed. In a word, the squaw was set- 1
ting a bear trap-probably after the . .
manner of her tribe. The task had P
roused her from her overfed apathy. ce:''
She drove the lads to and fro with arnsfuls
of stones, and fetclied large o.trs
herself, till a weight of several ions cei"
had been piled on the split* of the shed
roof. ccn'
The squaw had left the lame cajf in ^
the shed, tied at the far end of it. and ccnl
would not allow Donald to lead it out; I'
but the other calf was with the cow 90 ]
iu the shed. At suusct she set the door L
of the siietl ajar, and the boys, now font
| began better to comprehend her strut- -*1
I a gem. ? > cent
For if the bear entered at the door -v,l
of the shed to seize the calf at the far I cent
end. he would have to pass between | X
the two props, the bases ?^f which she per
had set on round sections of a pine log. 0
The props stood so near together that per
the grizzly's body would displace them. Si
causing the logs to roii outward. per
As night drew 011 they rciired to the f
shack, and remained quiet there, with- cent
out light or tire.
Toward midnight the cow began to cent
low. The bear was coming. After a (Si:
time they heard it snuffing near the
door, and again a great fear fell on
little Jimmy. But he dared not cry.
Not long after this they heard u savage
roar, acouipnuied by a clatter. A
moment later there was a tremendous
crash, followed by hoarse, awful out- v,eai
cries and roars of distress. ^an
Old Mizzkook ran out and danced
1 about the shed, singing and whooping fecP
in savage glee. Her trap bad sprung. 1S P
But Donald and Jimmy were thinking mpn
of their poor lame calf. cent
They dared not go near the shed. au 1
however, even after it had grown light *ov
the next morning. The grizzly eontin- dea<
ued its outcries at Intervals all that
day and through the next night, moaning.
groaning or roaring in anguish. It ^
must have died a horrible death under ,
that weight of stones. But the out- 0
erics were music in old Mizzkook's ?...s
ears. She danced and snug in uubounded
delight, nor when the bear
Anally expired was she averse to feast- ^ .
ing off its flesh. 1
Her stratagem had at least saved j, '
one cow for them: and in praise of her
fidelity, such as it ^as. must lie said n
that she remained (ffbre until McDougal's
return in October, when he re- V,
moved his boys to Juneau, Alaska. ^
They left old Mizzkook in possession .
of the shack, and also of the cow and 0
calf.?Youth's Companion. oflT1
Thi Literary lgnor*nre of Girl*. tect
The studeufs wore one roar and a ?
half removed from their preparation on
for entrance. Out of ISO. fifty-three Roy
could not tell wheu Shako pea re lived, SQ1"
although either the sixteenth or seven- S(lui
teonth century would have been accept- can
ed as correct. Two students placed ot t
hiui in the twelfth century: four in fnm
the fourteenth; twenty in the oigh- Nas
tocnth and font in the nineteenth con- will
tnry. Sixteen students did not attempt mar
to assign him at all. One hundred and
fourteen students did not know i:i
what century Milton lived. He was \
assigned to the eleventh, fourteenth,
llfteentb. sixteenth, eighteenth and c,!n
nineteenth centuries. Fifty-four placed 0jr<]
him in the eighteenth century, which
the student, by the entrance require- jier
ments, is obliged to know better than ..
any other period. Eighty-seven did not
attempt to assigu him to any century. 'n.
One hundred and twenty-seven stu- j\
dents did not know who Samuel John- va/
son's biographer was. 108 not tfryiug C'A
to assign a biographer, and twenty- *
four assigning the biography variously, \
oj e with a bright idea to "Himself."?
Jeannclte Marks, in the Critic.
The Prince or Wales* Train. *
The train that is to carry the Prince ast
of Wales over the East Indian Rail- ?n 1
way is undergoing continual trials. If Stal
the prince appears on scheduled time racc
he will have, perhaps, the most per- *rac
fectly appointed conveyance the world ^ool
has ever seen. If he delays, the en- *eQ(
gine and carriages stand a fair chance am
of being worn out by' continual work
I on trial trips.?Calcutta Railways. ^ ?
t ;, ; .
WOMAN HANGED
? First Female Legally Executed
in Years
SAL EFFORT FOR MRS. ROGERS
%
ry Rogers Left Her Husband Over
Vo Years Ago?Afterwards Afecting
Reconciliation at a Meeting
lace Agreed Upon.
Windsor, Vt., Special.?Mrs. Mary
rers, the woman who murdered her
band some 2 veal's ago and for
mi so much has been done to have
sentence of death changed to life
risonment, was hanged Friday
n'noon at 1:4(1 o'clock, at Wind
\ crnioill. I Ills Vims mic *>i m<
?t celebrated cases in the criminal
orv of this country.
Irs. Rogers went to her death withany
show of emotion. She made
statement or confession. A short
gious ceremony was held with
her Delaney. just before the march
the gallows. Before the signal
? given to spring the trap she nodhcr
head that s!ie was ready.
Ivery ingenious device, known to
, was used to save Mary Rogers
in the gibbet, and it was not until
case was disposed of by the Same
Court of tiie I'nited States late
mouth that all hope was given
of saving the woman's life. Had
re been one mitigating circumice;
had there been one spark of
nanliness i:i Mary lingers, had she
wn slight possibilities of lvgenoon.
Governor C. .1. Bell, of Verlt.
might have interfered. The
*der was as brutal as that of Mrs
rtha Place, who hacked her stcpjrhtcr
to pieces because of jealousy,
Brooklyn. (Jov. Roosevelt declined
interfere and save her from elec>ntion
in Mereh, 1S99. >
Ginners' Association Report.
'alias. Special.?The following is
cotton report of the National Gins'
Association
eports scut us front the whole
on belt, every postollioe represenindicatis
a total crop of 9,15211,000
s. with S,4S(5,000 hales ginned up
December 1. The crop thus fat
:ed is 92.4 per ccuj., and 83 per
t. has been sinned,
lie reports by States is as follows:
labama, 1,00*1,000 i; i.iiietl; 93 per
: picked.
rkaq^as, 420,000 ginned; SO per
picked.
eorjria, 1,394,000 sinned; 97 pc:
picked.
idian Territory, 242.000 ginned:
>er cent picked.
ouisiar.a, 344,000 ginned; 90 per
picked.
[ississippt, 820,000 sinned; 87 per
picked.
lissouri, 31.000 sinned; 90 per
. picked.
ortli Carolina. 301,000 sinned; 90
cent, pieked.
klalioma. 234,000 sinned; 87 1-2
cent, picked.
an til 'Carolina, 973,000 sinned; 98
cent picked.
enncssee. 103,000 ginned: 89 per
. picked.
Texas. 1,978,000 sinned; 92 per
picked,
pied)
N. . T. BLACKWKLL, Secretary.
J. A. TAYLOR, President.
Died of Lockjaw.
'ilmingtou, Special.?An eislil -old
son of ('apt. and Mrs. W. A.
ders died as the result of lockjaw,
jwing a wound from a toy pistol
ived Wednesday a week nso. It
1 1 - A ^ _ 1 J ?| .lnt.
irobaDie mai me uoani m <um-iin
view of other accidents rely
from the same cause, will pass
ordinance forbidding tho sale of
pistols of the kind that carry the
ily blank cartridge.
Pat Crowe Acquitted.
maha, Neb., Special.?Pat Crowe,
has been on trial on a charge
hooting, with intent to kill Officer
ert Jackson, on September <>. was
lilted. Crowe was-remanded to
to await trial on the charge of
iway robbery, in connection with
kidnapping tive years ago of Eddie
ahv, sou of E. A. Cudahy, a milaire.
*
To Reduce T aval Force.
Washington, Sj^dcinl.?Reduction of
American naval forces in Dominiwaters
form a mnadron of pn>ed
cruisers to a "mosquito fleet"
ptnboats, has be-n determined up
by the President. Reai Admira
al B. Bradford, commanding tin
ulron will be ordeied North, lli.
idron will be relieved in Mouiinl
waters by a squadron consisti.ithe
cruiser Dixie, flagship and tin
boats Yankee. Dubuque. Padueah
liville and Scorpion. The Dixie
cary a guard of several k^idicd
ines.
By Wire and Cabie.
t Greensboro. X. C . Dr. Joseph P?.
hows wns held for action of the
ninal Court without hail on the
rge of bavin* caused the death ol
wife by administering unison to
ice-President Kldridge <>f tlie Mi.
Keservc Insurance Company tolo
ivhat lie termed 4' hold-ups'' bv
ons persons before the Armstrong
m it tee. >
Law Against Betting.
ashville, Special.?On <hc fii>t dav
his mouth the law enacted by the
Legislature, prohibiting betting
horse races run on tracks in this
te, went into effect. Tuesday a
t was run on liie Fair Grounds
k at Shelbyvillo^L^v. on which
ks were made, Ae ivas inled
to test the parties
tnging the lace by
sheriff of the w*di
pven a bearing af ^fbhelby- j
r ' mid 5#j$M
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RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED
Former Minister of War Sakharoff 1b
Assassinated With a Revolver in
the House of the Governor of Saratoff
by a Woman Who Had Asked
to See Him.
T 1 r?_. i-i-l.l. TU? Cf t>/vt?r2
i.uiiuun, oy \ auir.? iuc m. *
burg correspondent of The Daily Telegraph,
in a disi>atch dated December
5, scut by way of Edytkuhnen, Prttssa,
says:
"Lieutenant General Sakharoff,
former Minister of War, was assassinated.
"The government had deputized
General Sakharoff to visit the province
of Saratoff, for the purpose of
quellin^r the agrarian riots there.
"A woman belonging to the socalled
'flying columns' of the revolutionary
movement, called at the
house of the Governor of SaratofT at
noon and asked to see General Sakharoff.
"She fired three revolver shots at
the general, killing him on the sjx>t.
"The tidings reached St. Peters1
burg. Count Witte charged Lieutenant
General Kudiger, Minister of Waf.
wit1* the task of breaking the news to
Mr ?. Sakharoff.
The event has created a profound
impression in St. Petersburg, owing
to feats that the revolutionists here
will follow the the example thus set.
"The spectre of a military distatorship,
which has been ooming on the
horizon, is slowly gaining consistency
and sharpness of outline.
"I am personally convinced that
Count Witte's faith in the good sense
and political taet of the Russian
thinking classes, which recently was
as linn as a rock, is gradually weakening,
and with it his hopes for the
Ant .if tin* lili,irtip< uromised
in tiie Emperor's manifesto."
Fearful Conditions Prevail.
St. Ptersburg, Special.?Intense
alarm prevails here. Communications
with the outer world by telegraph
ceased when the Finnish operators
joined their Russian comrades. The
embassies, legations and banks are
hastily organizing courier services to
both Finnish and German frontiers.
The population is almost in a state nt
panic, fearing that the railroads will
stop running and thai the inhabitants
therefore wi'l have no mode of flight
in the event of the cataclysm, which
they seem to fear is imminent.
First Train to Krioxville.
Nashville, Special.?A big crowd
gathered at the Tennessee Central
dojxd to see the first Illinois Central
and Southern trains leave. This first
Illinois Central train left at S.Oo
o'clock. It will run regularly between
Nashville and Princeton, Ky. At 0.40
o'clock the first Southern train left
going on to Kuoxville, Instead of stopping
at llarrimun as heretofore. The
American Express company also entered
Nashville along with the Illinois
Central railroad. It is expected
that by December 10, through services
in both directions will he inaugurated,
as well*as a great improvement
in the local service.
Architects Win.
Columbia. S. C., Special.?A mistrial
was ordered in fhe ^celebrated
$200,00(1 suit of the State aaginst
Architect Frank P. Milburn and Contractors
Mellvain, Unkefcr & Company
for alleged faulty and fraudulent
completion of the State capital.
The jury had been out since 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
It cannot be said with eeraintv how
1 - ' l 1 .1! ,L.
tlJC jury stood, oiu memocrs 01 uic
panel say that the vote stood throughout
eight for a verdict against the defendants
of $65,000, three for a verdict
for the defense and one willing to
compromise on a small verdict against I
the defendants.
Lawyer Patrick Pleads.
I New York, Special.?After making
a final personal plea to the court in
his own behalf, Albert T. Patrick, the
| lawyer convicted of the murder of
I William Marsh Rice, was sentenced
j to die in the electric chair iu the week
beginning January 22, next. Sentence
was pronounced by Justice Rogers in
the criminal branch of the State Supreme
Court. Notice was given at
once that an appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States on a writ
of error will be taken. The applica|
tion for the writ, it is said, will act
as a stay of execution.
Capt. Jones Gets 18 Years.
Norfolk, Special.?After having
been out over ten hours the jury in
the trial of Captain Edward W. Jones
Seventy-first Virginia Regiment,
charged with the murder of Maude
Cameron Robinson, returned a verdict
of murder in the second degree at I
11.19 o'clock fixing the jjenalty at IS
years in the penitentiary. A motion
was made for a new trial.
Rumored Depew Has Resigned.
New York, Special.?A rumor has
gained circulation tl at Chauneey M.
Depcw had resigned l'rom the United j
States Senate. When questioned conj
eerning the rumor, the Senator said.
. "I am tired of making denials of unI
pleasant questions, and am resolved
not to talk further to newspapers. I
will deny nothing nor will I allirm
anything. I have learned a lesson
from the past."
L
Receiver for Railroads. ..
Cincinnatti, Special.?An application
for the appointment of a receiver
for ':he Cincinnatti, Hamilton & Dayton
Railway and the Pere Marquette
Ruilroad was filed in the United
States Circuit Court here by Lawrence
Maxwell, Jr., circuit Judge
Lqrton immediately began hearing the
application and appointed Attoney
General Judson Harmon as receiver
for both roc.ds. Insolvency is admit|te'
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A . .. V
TAX ON DISPENSARY!
South Carolina Institution Will i
Not Be Exempt
U.S. SUPREME COURT'S OPINION I
Pretense That the Institution is Con- j
ducted as a Branch of the Police
Power of the State is But Thinly
Digguised, Says the Court in Afirming
the Action of the Court of
Claims on Petition for Recovery of
$20,000 Paid Since 1893. t
t
Washington. Special. ? The Su- c
premo Court of the United Slates de- c
cided that the national government f
may properly tax the State liquor dispensaries
of South Carolina. The op- *
inion was delivered by Justice Brewer s
in the ease of the State of South "
Carolina vs. the United S.'ates. This *
action was instituted by the' State of 0
South Carolina to recover $20,000 s
paid to the revenue ollicers of the
national government on account of 1
the sale of liquors by the State and f
county dispensaries under the dispell- 1
sary law. The State took the ]>osi- Cc
tion that as the dispensaries sold .
liquors without prout they should not 11
be taxed by the government, but the 0
tax has been collected since 1893. a
This i* said to have been the first c
case in which the State unites in one !
undertaking the exercise of its police h
power together with the prosecution
of a commercial business, Ulic Court *
of Claims dismissed the petition on ?
the ground that the exercise of police
power was but thinly disguised, hold- c
ing that the real purpose was money
making and this decision was affirmed. 0
ti
COUNTING VOTES AS CAST. "
Upon Argument by Alton B. Parker
Justice Amend Rules That He is
Estopped Prom Questionening Va- t
lidity of Any Ballots Counted by s
Election Inspectors, arid Recount a
' Begins. 0
New York. Special.?The recount ot
ballots in ti'c ballot boxes used in c
New York's mayoralty election eon- f
test was ordered to be begun Friday
by Justice Amend in the Supreme |(
Court. |j
The original order to open these five n
boxes was granted a few days ago. |(
Jutsice Amend, in ordering the recount n
to begin, modified his original ordei
so as to limit the canvassing to tin v
candidates for mayor, eomj)trollei a
and president of the board ~ alder- p,
men. and also to eliminate from the |,
recount the void and protested ballots. ri
Counsel for W. K. Hearst, Mayor |,
MeClellan and Assistantc Corporation p
Counsel Butts engaged in a heated ar- fj
gumrent before the boxes were opened, fi
Alton B. Parker, for Mayor McCIel an,
and Mr. Butts contended that the a
court had .110 right to make a re-can- b
vass of the votes or to reconsider tin h
result, but could compel the election a
inspectors correctly to state the result a
tfcey reached on election night.
"Von mean, then," said Austin G.
Fox, for Mr. Hearst, "that you do not
want the true votg ascertained, find ?
that if a vote for Hearst has been u
counted for MeClellan you don't want e,
it known?" . y
"I mean," retorted Mr. Butts, j,
"that 1 want the true vote ascertain- t]
cd according to law." y
"And how may that be done?" in- f.
quired JUr. rox. f;
"By quo warranto proceedings," ^
was the rcplv. a
"And such proceedings can only be fj
undertaken after January," comment- 0,
cd Mr. Fox. "I see." t(
Mr. Parker disclosed.that the court ^
had no right to throw out any ballot t|
which had been counted by the elec- f]
tion inspectors. Justice Amend ruled c.
that lie is estopped from questioning t,
the validity of the ballot? and they t]
must be counted as cast.
The first ballot box was then opened
by inspectors in the court room and
the recount was begun, with the rep- A
fesentatives of the newspapers occu- j w
pying the seats intended for jury- tl
men. v*
The openeing of four ballot boxes tl
and the recounting of the ballots was o
finished Saturday nignt before Judge p
Amend. The net results was a gain T
of seventeen votes iu the four dis- p
tricts for Hearst, and of these being tl
gained in three districts. Henry M.
Younge, of counsel for Mr. Hearst,
said:
"The results thus far have shown
that the inspectors miscoufited the s'
split ballots, to the gain of McClel- >'
Ian and the loss of Mr. Hearst. If it ^
turns out in other districts as it has '
in those examined Mr. Heart is elected
on the recount." "
tl
Mexico's Vice President.
Mexico City, Special.?Vice Presi- P
dent Corral continues gravely ill with w
typhus fever. His physicians hope ?
for the best and rely on his great u
vitality. There is much public an'- t(
iety regarding his condition. "
Sultan's Proposals Not Accepted.
London, By Cable.?A dispatch
from Paris states that it is reported^ \
in Vwnrli 'mv.irmiicnt pivr-lp^ f'mi tVin
powers, after examining the latest
Turkish proposa'*, decided that they v
are unsatisfactory and therefore the
international fleet will not bo order- '
ed home. It is stated that unless the *
Sultan completely backs down before j
Monday the Islands of Lemnos and w
Imbros will be seiezed.
Perkins to Qnit N. Y. Life.
New York, Special.?The Evening 1
Post says: 11 George W. Perkins, of o
the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., will e
retire from the vice-prcsidency of the C
New York Life Insurance Compony, n
snd from the chairmanship of its G
finance committee, at the?eomin<f elect- i,
ion next April. A friend of Mr. Per- w
kins declared that this step has been
taken at the suggestion of Mr. Morgan
himself, and that the decision would n
he 'formally announced very soon."
? ' V. ,
Strong Efforts to Bring Order
Out of Chaos *
RUSSIAN PUBLIC ORGANIZING
'resent Conditions Are Unbearable
and Sympathy For the Poorly Paid
Post and Telegraph Employes is
Turning Into Indignation.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Alhough
there appears to be no foundaion
for the prevailing fears that an
utbreak is imminent, the population
ontinues in a state of anxious sus>ense.
The garrison has now been re-enorced
bv 42 battalions of infantry. 15
quadron of cavalry and 12 machine
im batteries. The city is divided in0
four districts, under Generals Osar lT,
Dubenski, Steiraa and Trodski, repectively.
The government, it is reported, narowly
frustrated a plot whereby a
1 ousand armed men had arranged to
aid the State Treasury. One of the
(inspirators, it is said, betrayed his
(Hows, whereupon the leaders, knowing
that their attack could be repulsd
by the troops with great slaughter,
baivjoned it. The existence of this
onspiracy led to a report that marial
law would be proclaimed, but this
5 autkoratively denied.
The extension of the strike of the
elegrapher^ tb the postal system is
omplete and the paralysis of business
> increasing the danger of a financial
risis.
The strike of the Moscow telephone
perators, who cut the wires and tore
ip the poles. Las severed the last
leans of communication with the anient
capital. ?
The present conditions arc unbearble.
Sympathy with the poorly paid
?st and telegraph employes is now
urning into indignation against the
trikers, and the public is supporting
formaidable movement which has
ecu started by all classes to throw
If the j'okc of the revolutionaries.
The government undoubtedly is cnouraging
the organization of these
orccs. The "Law and Order Party'"
Dok the lead, and is now being fol>wed
by the "Society of Strikereakers,"
but the most important
lovement has been started under the
;adership of Father Gapon, the for*
ler idol of the workmen, who since
is residence abroad has become couinced
that Russia is not prepared for
rennhlir. nnrf is annealing to his old
omrades to out loose from the revolt
ionary agitators. The latter al
eady charge that Father Gnpon lias
een bought ami that lie is a traitor
> the cause of the people. Father
iapon, however, is sincere and his inuence
undoubtedly is great.
If this movement should grow an
u effective split among the workmen
e thereby created, it will prove o?
liuieasurablc service to the goveunion
t in tiding things over until the
leeting of the Douma.
Engine Smashes Street Car.
Bristol. Va.. Special.?A switch enine
of the Norfolk & Western Kailay
colided with an east-bound street
ur of the Bristol Belt Line Company
n the State street crossing, demolishlg
the car and seriously injuring
iiree passengers. The injured are:
liss Emma Campbell, cut about the
nee; Clarence Reynolds, a nephew of
!. J. Reynolds, the tobacconist, log
adly crushed; James Bmcc. cut
bout the face and head. There were
ve other passengers on the car, who
reaped injury. The accident is said
> have been due to the approach of
ivo engines from different directions,
.e one coming from the South atracting
the motorman's attention and
ntciriir him tn ninvp llis'l'lir nil the
rack unmindful of the engine from
le north.
Were Making Bombs.
Geneva, Switzerland, By Cable.?
. number of Russians were severely
ounded by an explosion here while
lev were preparing bombs in a priate
residence. An investigation by
ic authorities led to the discovery
f a number of explosive, fraudulent
assports and a secret printing press,
wo of the men wounded in the exlosion
were taken to a hospital but
ie others succeeded in evading arrest.
An Unexplained Tragedy.
Harisburg, Pa., Special.?After
looting Mrs. Mary Chatd, aged 42
ears in the neek with a revolver,
bile on her way to a store near her
ome, Roy C. McCurdy. aged 19 years
atally shot himself. Mrs. Chard is
lie wife of a freight conductor on
lie Pennsylvania railroad, by which
nrporation McCurdy was also cmloved.
McCurdy was unconscious
lien taken to the hospital and died
ithont making a statement. The wolan
was shot in the neek and was able
i leave the hospital after she was
iveu medical attention
Died of Murderous Blow.
New York, Special.-^Walter J. Jaris,
of Charleston, S. C. died here
rem a blow 011 the head. The police
elieve that Jarvis was murdered. He
as found alone and unconscious a
eek ago. early in the morning, in his
partinent, at 209 "West Twenty-First
trcet. Jarvis never regained con[ ionsaess.
Members ol" his family
rom Charleston, were at his bedside
hen the young man died.
Sons of Veterans.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?Dr.
'liomast M. Owen, Commander in chief
f the United States Sons of Confedrate
Veterans, appointed Hugh Mcallam.
of Jacksonville, Fla., a comlander
of the division to succeed
reorgc G. Mathews, who formerly
ad the office. Another appointment
as that of F. B. Hoof of Charlesawn,
Vy Va., as commander of the
Vest Vijpnia, division to succeed forun^fcvjandcr
V. T. Churchman.
THE "sm
" *eW^%
INTERNATIONAL L?
FOR DECEA
Subject: Preparation For
Mai. III., 1-13?Golden V
l-Metior* Vei eea, l-lO-t.
on tba Daj'e Lemon. .
I. The coming of the Messiab (*t'3)<j?w
1. "I." That, is. God. HMy messenger."
The New Testament dearly
shows that the messenger referred to
here was John the Baptist. Our. MKH|
bore witness to John (Luke 7:27). See '
also Matt 11:10; Mark 12, 3; Luke 1:
76. "Prepare the way before Me."
That Is. before the Messiah. Messengers
sent before the Eastern kings prepared
the way for the chariots nnd armies
of tneir monarchs. A "king's
highway" had to be carried\JJl?OUgh
the open land of the wilderut**
leys filled up and hills leveled, winding*
by-paths straightened, for the march of
the great army. Interpreted In its spiritual
application, the wilderness was
the world lying in evil. John pretoared
the way for Christ in a moral wiwerness
by preachingrepentanceand showing
the need of a Saviour. "The Lot,
whom ye seek." The Messiah whom yk^
are expecting. "To His temple." Shan^^
soon be presented before the Lord in^|
this temple.' He shall cleanse it from
its defilement and fill it with His gtory.
"Messenger of the covenant." He that
comes to fulfill the great design in feference
to the covenant made with
Abraham, that in his seed all the families
of the earth should be blessed.
Christ was the "mediator of the new
covenant" (Heb. 9:15) ?> the "better
covenant." established upoi*. "bettczr^
promises" (Heb. S:IM3: 10:1G;. "Yede- ^
light in." They looked forward to His
coming with pleasure.
II. The mission and work of the, ,l
Messiah (vs. 2-6). 2. "Who may ' J
abide." Who will be able to endure A
the testing of character His coming^
will produce? They dlfl not-understand
the meaning of what they desired;
just as many desire and hope.^
for heaven without realizing what theyfl
must do to gain heaven. "Like a ret^H
liner's fire." John toe Baptist sahftflH
"His fan is in His hand;" "He ahaB V
baptize you with fire." In the refiner's ~
fire is placed the ore, a mixture of
good metal with rock and other mater- j
lals, and the fire (1) separates the metal' '
from the dross, and (2) thus purifies
the metal, but does not destroy it; but
13) it consumes the dross, or so separates
it that it cast oue side a* refuse.
"Like fuller's soap" (R. V.)
Soap such as we have was not known /
to the Hebrews, till long after Joro-, J
miah's time, but they used ash. Iy?. 8
3. "Shall sit." etc. There is an allu- . I
sion here to the refiner sitting before J
his fire with his eye on the metal. He I
kept it in the fjirnace until JTMpiew 1
the dross to be completely retaovetfTitf I
seeing his own image r&Iccted (ItomTVJ
8:291. "Sons of Levi;" The priettf^:
Hod's ministers. "Purge." Cleanse,
purify. "May offer." etc. A tinner ^
...nnnt i?lr? n/u>ontflh(? aMnrfM tft fllHl
cauui/t ?*?r
The Lord loves righteousness: He accepts
ofily a holy heart and life (Rom. .
12:1). 4. "Be pleasant." The spirit
of praise, obedience and helpfulness
are like sweet incense before the Lord.
(Heb. 13:15. 10). 5. "To Judgment^.
To decide on your case and contfftM^H
you if guilty. "Swift witneiSC'^N'
Jr.g suddenly dnd unexpectedly. BM
sorcerers." Users of witchcraft B9|
alliance with spirits of evil; t) ^Hji
of amulets, charms, etc:, w' HHI
really substitutes for religion. SKI
those that oppress.". Jhe " B
ways in favor of the poor B
oppression. "And f^ir not .ue.*" IB
was the foundation cf all their wlv IB
ness. (I. "I change uot." God 1 Hflfl
His covenants with His people. BjH
III. Admonitions and pron
blessings (vs. 7-12). 7. "From HH|
days," etc. All through their ,W I
they had been given to backsiii HHfl
"Relurn unto Me." Tnere was si |^^B
chance to repeut. "Wherein."- ' IB
did r.ot know how far from God H^B
were. S. "Will a man rob Gt IB
Sacrilege is the highest of crimes. B^B
the most guilty are those cl^imln, HBB
be God's people. "Ye'have." T IN^9
evil is not only the guilt of priests, ^HB
of the whole nation. "Tithes." - IB
Dcut. 18:4. "Offerings." The IB
fruits?not less than, one-slstfe1 B
of the corn, wine and oil. ^^B
9. "Ye are cursed." WJ BBB
and scarcity.* God had th?
them for neglecting to bu HSfl
pie (Hag. 1:10, 11); now, for BB
taining tbe temple service. 10: HH
- ? ? daIiv |H|
"tiroes* j&AJkt? guou juuj uu?.
*?t with Nebemiah (Xeb. 1 fl
"Into the storehouse." The cimc DB
which surrounded the temple on BS
sides. "May be meat" B
may be provision for the daily a B
dees, and for the maintenance c4 fl
priests and Levi tea. "Prove |H|
Take God at His word. "Winder
heaven." A poetical, pcoverbio B
pression, signifying a great down B
ing (Gen. 7:11; 2 Kings 7:2). fl B
you out." "Empty out," as if IB
meant that He would empty ftirtb 9fl
vast reservoir of blessings. J BBfl
11. "Will rebuke." Prevcn4 fl fl
coming. "The devourer." The ' fl
the tanker-worms, the calerpliJ fl B
nil other destructive insects fl[^B
your sakes." Because of My
you, and for th? sake of your BM^9
ity. The derourer bod been 9
cause of tbeir sins, bat
stayed as a reward for tbeir retun^9HB
duty. 12. "All nations." etc. So gflBH
will be your prosperity and bappi^^^H
ijiat; the fame thereof will ekten99fl|
all nations, as In Solomon's time .< ^^^9
people do in truth livjyin a-tfeljgh I
land, a land of green pastures ai 9
waters, of debf- companionship 9
delightful skies. Blessed are19
pie wbo render lovingly to/Got 9 9
things that are His own. "Pef4i9H
some land.". Your country trill again 9
be known as the pleasaut land, as it 9
was formerly called. ?
Ajnjuao u{ unsay X-ruajl? '
SU|[JBP Xui SSU|S j?i*>?s UIJS
aioo|s uj uu; jo uiooiqi? Suiids ^a 9
'suu-ibus aq spujm s,jaiu{m jo 9
'asoj s.jauiuins aqj sj&0[q j^q)dq*-taa 9
3u![.ie;s pasnoq oqi sStij'stao^, 9
eop?:>toii(D aqi aojj jqpaaj
S::|;.iuua ,)JC spu)* J3JU{.*
?pijjijdid S3U1H q;uq putq qo#j
3ui3u|s Sujiiop Xax 9
Ajjqqil jo suiuiq jo k.t?| 0afl?l
3u{3u[j ojijBq jo sScoj JO" HI
Aqu[(n[ j<f ipjcq jj ?q -awm
M
iiojsrtA v um?p )0 bb 'aprrj
I sjcojuj SujSuii uioj; v^)ou )sa)a?*? RYf^H
?uBioiaooi 'sSuos ai;) no,a 'Xy
I ?spam ire ;o spas* oqj ifB insB|
saqsrum ;o Sum 'piiq m^oon a ax
?cjjsoqa.io jsapa(a* bo.t?u?M
saqsnq jaavoo atprMaqae. an ?i
Xcjds jsoiudo) u? Xcp jfq ^qSju
Sui3u[jir noooimnq XuiS i*os uj
ojjoap spj jo ojwa I'lea ?q? o^^g
SujSuis jo uuo)8 v qjao; uncd^^H
*jgv inos i?qj 'ajopo
supjjunom ub(U(^>1A tpwaafl^^R
sapBpJ J9AIJ oip sniaqi }J13p?4. imBM
IsujBjuno; Su?iqqnq asffl sSuobT MH0B
sopvqs UBiiBajsny ?l(t> PJW I BB^H
4/8u||jbq Xw cBuit > BH
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The porters of the market gfjj^H
Paris carry, strapped oa the ^Hj^H
great baikets^fuil of garden