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HBW A.OL AOBNT. Kr. D. M BUodiDg Appointed to Itlind Mr O Q. Rowland Mr. 0. 0 Rowlend, for e number of yeere Um ages l of the Atl?olie Ooeat Line, resign d m ?bort liste Of o, bot Hm remained io charge of raw otBeo uettl bit successor aboold bo ep poleted Hr. D. M. Blending bat beta ap? pointed eg eot and ao official from headquar? ters *u bare yesterday obeckiog ap accounts la tore ovav toe office to Mr. Blooding. Mr Bleuutag bag ?ocapied tba reepoottble pott* lieu af cm bier io taa freight office for t? i or twelve jeare aad by reason of bit loog eipe rtcece aad familiarity vita railroad affairs, aad ?Ith ibia office particular!j, it especially well qealified for tba poettloa of agent. Hit pvemotloa will meet ?Ith tba heartiest ap? proval of tba bostosee men of tbia city, aad feat ?aar friends are i. anted that bit worth baa received tbie wall sen ted aad sobtten Ual racogoitlon Mr. Thomas V. Waltb bat been promoted la tba eeokicrebip aad bis ex oerieuce of til or eight tea re aa clerk ta tbe freight depot It a gaaraatea of bio finest for tba position which be will aow occupy. Mr. Rowlaad, tba retiring agent, le too well kaowa aad bis efficient maaagemeat of Iba baeiaeee of tbe A. 0 L. ia tbia city it taa generally reeogoissd to require comment at tab) time. He baa made one of tbe moot eoaeotable agents la tbe ear vice of tbe A 0. L. ead ae a aaelaeee maa bio worth aad ebil Hits are to highly eet earned that be bat been called ta a responsible positioo io tbe Scatter Tcsepheas Meoofectnnng Co., the biggest eeterprteeof Sem'er, aad be will remain io thai city aad be more Intimately associated wtib bettetet affaire theo ever. Peraia, Pornan People and Their Horn aa. Bee. M B. Shimmoo, a native of Persia, lectured la tba Preebjteriaa Oborcb Monday abjlbt. Hie lee tare wae about Persia, Per* eta* people aad tbelr bomee, aad wae iliac trated by ike ace of tbe etereopiicau. The lectarer appeared ia Persian costume, aad a?ng la fear different laagaagee. Tbia veong maa left home aad loved ones aaa came to tbie country tbat be might learn score of the wonderful teachings of Christ, aad le psapuclag !? return to bis own paople to pttasb aato loom tbe tratbe of Cbristianity. Awaoetattop of County Teaohera. A eery attractive program bee beea ar raaffed for tbe coat saeeileg of tbeacsociatioo at II o'clock oa Balarday, litt of preeeot moetb. A large attendance is eipected. at ASTER KLR JTIONS. At tba eoegregetlooal meeting of tbe Obarcb af tbe Bcly Oomfortsr, Somter, tbe following affinere aad depatiet to tbe annual cooactl ware elected : Wardeae?Mart Rvyaoldc, Dr. J. P. W DeLorate. Veetrymen ?R. Doe er, J 8. Moore, Dr. J. O. Space, B. I. Maaelcg, R. L. Cooper, P. P. Ueitlerd, ?ca. D. 8bore. Depotiac to tba UOtb Diocesan Council tbat meets la Alkea oe May 9tb Dr DeLaraaa, R I. Manning, J. 8. Moore, B. L. Cooper. Altereateo? Oeo D. Shore, R. O Otbeoo, Mark Reynolds. 1 1 fsmgm am *sMaam i * ATTKMPTKD BUICIDB Mm? Molly Bryan of Clarendon County Takea Fivo Oralna of Morphin?. A abort tims ago, Melly Bryan, a young wkita woman, attempted to commit suicide ia Manning by taklog two ounces cf leads* cam cod wee thwarted >n!v by prompt med* teal attention aad careful watebieg After aba recovered from tbe effects of tbe drag tbe etprecmd regret for the ettempt to take ber life, at>d tt wae tboagbt tbat aba would not agaio try o destroy herself. Tbie wee a mtc'ele, h-vwtver, for tbe came to tbit city mot Wedaeeday, aad after writing a letter to ber fa:ber weal to tbe Jervey Hoote aad, securing e room, took Ave greios of mor? phias It wae aa overdose, however, aod iaetead of causing immediate death produced aaasea aad defeated ber purpose Wbeo tbt wts found to bo ill m doctor wee called aod tbe received the attention required to eoun btroci tbe effects of tbe drag. Since theo tbe bet been watched constantly, aod today is said to be oat of danger There ie a tod story back af bar repeated attempt! to com? mit seieida, aad It ie aow feared tbat tbe will creates lly eacoeed ia tekleg bsr owo life. Blehopvilte Ml sota Council. Btekepvtlte, April II ? Tbeaoeoal electleo for Iowa council wee held yesterday There wore two tickets ia tke field aod cootidtrable tfforts were made to elect aa entire aew coon Sil, bat ?t failel, aad the old coaocil, with Mr. W K. Cross well as lateadaot, aod Mr 0.0 Rjgere as aa additional warden, was ftslcsttd by e safe majority Tbit it for to aata for tbe best interest of tbe tewo, as this admlatciretloe it tbt moct successful tbe lows bts ever bed. MAYOR'S COUBT. Major Stackty presided Friday morning at bit first evasion of the Me>or'a court. Tbtrt were three prteoeere io tbe dock aod sons of I bom escaped paeisbmsat Tbe folio wieg were tbe caste : Benjamin McKotahi, boerdiog a railroed traia ia violatloa of tbe ordtoaoee. Goilty ; $1 ' Aoae Scott, disorderly eoedect, oartiog oo Bee street Qatlty ; %% or 10 deyt. John Heederton, ikrowiog brick end strik? ing Tom Browa. Gailty ; $3 nr 4 daya. tjjsaaa .???? ?semjaan* The Boot in tha World. We believe Cbambarlato'c Cough Remedy it tbe beet ia tbe world. A few weckt ego we coffered witb a savsre cold and a trouhls* some eoogb, cod having read ttistr advertise meats ta oar owo and otber papers we pur? ebaeed a bolt's to tee if it would affect at. It cured ae before tbe bottle vrat mort than half need It Is the beet medicine out for coldt a'.a egbe.?Tbe Herald, Aedersoovills, Iod. for eale by A J Cbiaa Bono of Veterans. Cemp lamas D Bloodies, Sooe of Confed? erate Tetereee, will bold a mectleg in lbs Court Hause aast Wedoesday afternoon, A art I Ittk, et ? o'clock Tbe pur pose of tke sjjtoilsg will be to sleet delegates to tbe Aeaael Mewiing af Iba Boot of Teteraus, to bo aoed la LoaWrvtlie ; to elect naVert of tbe i set tbe eetaieg year, aad to PRIVATISIER PERSONALS. Privateer Township, 8 0 , April 16, 1900 Yeaterdey was an ideal Kaitsr .Sunday. The eil wss warm and peasant, the ?ky w s cloud'ess ood tbe beauty of tbe day was ad de* to by tbe pretty appearance of tbe trees clotted io tbe bright green litery of spring time Io tbe moraicg tbe wood thrash?tbe sweet singing branch bird gate utterance to its silvery flats like notes, wbich signify that frosts are over. At hie last appointment at Bethel Church ?a week ago yesterday the Rer J- I- Ay res preached a floe sermon on cbnrcb discipline. Mr. Matt Ram*ey, who is an authority on lach'objects, climates that tbe oat crop is one third destroyed in this section To show the backwardness of tbe season as compared with 1861, Mr Ramsey mentioned the fact that oo April 13 of that year, corn averaged about 10 inches high aod this year i; would not average 4 inches. We retaro thanks for ao invitation to at? tend tbe picnic recently given by tbe Provi dence school of this township. The following is a hat of (be young people of our community who are atteodiog school abroad. Oadet Willie Gala, Clemsoo Oollege; Cadet LeRoy Wells, Orangeburg Oollege; Misses Kale Bradford aod May Annie Jack son, Sumter Graded School; Miss Fannie Nettles, Wedgefleld School. Mre. Willie Cain aod Mr Dwigbt Gaio have returned from a visit to Kdgefield Mas? tsr Scott Cain remaloe thsre. Mre. M. A. Hogbsoo, of Sumter, is visit log io this community. Mrs. Whitfisld Wslis is visiting at Wedge? fleld. Misses Wioaie and Talolah Hirers are vis? iting dowa io Berkeley County. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chaplin, or Darling? ton County, have beeo on a receot visit to the ooamoaitv. Mr. John Baker, Sr., of the Jordao com? munity, is visitiog io this community. Mr. Marvin Ingram has a posltioo at tbs asylum io Columbia. Mr. Dave Alsbrook is lamplighter at tbe Privateer station Speaking of this station, wo will remark that the depot there is a sorry little affair?It is bardl/ a dieeet apalogy for ? depot. The railroad autboritiea should do better than this. Mre. Clark Brown, formerly of this com? munity, bot recently of OoluoiWia, waa buried at Bethel Cburcb last week. Sbe was a Mise Geddings Fannie Williams, ao old colored avoman of tbe township, aged 81 years, died oo Friday. McD F. Miss Bomnger Re-elected Elliott, April 13?The Elliott High School closed today. Mise 8ara Barrioger, who dis? charged ber dntiee eo creditably, has beeo unanimously ree.ected as teacher ot this io solution. a\ f rlchftal Blander Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut er Bruise. Bueklen's Arniea Salve, the beat in tbe world will kill tbe pain and promptly heal It. Cures Old 8orea, Fever Sores, Uloers, Boila. Felons. Coras, all Skin Eruptions. Best File Cure oa earth. Only IS eta, a box. Cur? guaranteed. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Drug gist. ^ 1-6 Catholics Oat of Politics Paris, April 17?Tbs Roma cor res poodsot of Ths Temps to a dispstob that has almost official sigoifioanee, says : 4 The papal deeisioo prohibiting tbo Assomptiooiste from oootiooiog the editorial management of La Croix, wee arrived at after a solemn conclave of bishops aod oardiuals. "Hereafter DO religious ooogrega tioo will bo permitted to take aoy part io polities. This deeisioo is binding upt>o Oaibo?os all over tbo world, io olodiog tbe Amerieaa Paalists." M. Comely, eommeotiog io tbe Fi gsro upon the deoisioo, eaye : "This deeiaioo is eieeediogly wise sad is in? spired by tbe best iotereete of tbe obarcb, for few are broad-minded eooogh to differentiate tbe prieet from the rsligioo, aod if respeot for the ooe ir. ii>st many ears oo more for tbe other " Wasbiogtoo, April 16 ?Complying with a resolution of itqoiry, tbs presi deot seot to tbs sooats today ao item iisd siatsaseot of tbs espeosss of tbe Philippine oommissioo. Ths statement iosludes tbe following items : Com psosstioa of (10,000 sscb to Com missiooors Sobormao. Woreestsr sod Deoby, (30.000 ; per diem allowaooe to eommissiooers after tbeir retaro to tbs Uoited States, (6,285 ; seoretary to oommissioo (oompeojatioo, (8,500 ; par diem, (3 660), (12.220 ; trans portatioo, (13,687 ; hoosebold eipen srs io Manila, (9,252 ; clerical sarwises, (81.701; miscellaneous, (14, 998 Total, (117,185. Tbe presidsot also traeomns with his sodorsemsot a rsoommeodatioo from Seoretary Hay that provisioo be made for tbs psymeot to ths natal aod mili tary members of tbe oommissioo (Admi? ral Dewey aod Goo Otis) for tbeir services at the asms rate as that paid to the other mombers Hs says they hare reeeifed ootbiog for tbeir servioeo io eioese of their regalar salaries Morgan"re elected Birmingham, Ala, April 14 ?Re? porte from all sections of the State indicate a pronounced victory for Seoator Morgan aa result of the Den ocrstio primaries held today A summaiy of the Morgan column shows 42 oounties to his credit, with a total vote of 83 io the legislature, which insures his return to the Uni ted States senate The result in this, Jefferson, tbe leadiog county of the State, and the home of the governor, shows a major? ity of 3 to 1 for Morgan Johnston's home beat went against him by a ?ote of 294 to 104 Johnston head qusrters were cloaed at 11 o'clock tonight and nothing waa given out for publiostiou -?MBaWa^bMSaSji w? Mrs Caroline StsDoard'Tiltoo, widow of Frsdsrisk W. Tiltoo, of New Orleaos, has gitsa (60,000 to lbs Talaaa Uoivereity, of Louisiana, for tbs perpose of ersetiag a librsry build tag, io be kaewa as tbs P. W. Til too Duke D'Arcos Insulted. Invited Spain's Minister to Dewey day. Duke D'Arcos' Reply. Chicago, April 16 ?Mayor Harri aon today received from tbe Duke D'Arcoe,tbe Spanish minister at Wash ington, tbe following reply to an ! invitation to attend tbe Dewey cele bration in Chicago : Washington, April 14, 1900. Sir: I return to you, here enclos ed, and invitation from the city of Chicago, for the celebration of the second auniversity of the battle of Manila, which I take for granted, hae been aent to me by mistake, as it is tbe first discourtesy 1 have met with since I am in the United States. It is impossible for me to be lieve that you have advisedly asked me, the representative of Spain, to go to your city, and rejoice with you oo tbe destruction of so many brave sailors?my compatriots That would bave beeo simply an insult *, snd, as I do not deserve it, and it oannot have been your intention, I am perfectly sure, as ] say, thst all this ia tbe result of an error i have the honor to remain, air, very respectfully yours. Arcos In reply Mayor Harrison has written the minister, explaining that the invitation waa sent through the carelessness or ignorance of a clerk, and extending sincere apologies for the unintentional discourtesy. Desperado Shot to Death. HopkioBville, Ky, April 16.?A dcxio enraged white men shot Morgan Boooe, colored, to death oo an excur? sion train near Slaogbtersvillo last bight. Boooe's body was theo thrown from tbo rapidly moving train. Boooe and his oompaoioos ia toe secood olass oar bad been drinking heavily. Aa the train approaobed Slaughterimlle Boooe started hack through tbe ooaobes, braodisbiog a revolver aod threatening instant death to aoy one attempting to interoept him A panio ensued among the women ind obtldreo Ooe pf tbs malo exouroiouists was about to rise from his seat when be was felled with s ooupliog pin whiob B ooLe osrried. As tbs wouoded man's ory rang through tbe traio a dusen white men rushed after the negro, who took refuge io tbe smoker. He was given no quar tar aod fell mortally wounded at tbe first volley His body was drsggsd to tbe plstform sod tbrowo off into the brush beside tho traok. OPENING OF PARIS EX? POSITION. Paris, April 14 ?The Exposition of 1900 is opened, but it will be at least a month before aoything but buidings is to be seen. The day's ceremonies were a pecuiisr mixture of sumptuous splendor in the Salles Des Fetes and widespread confusion elsewhere e Nothing could hsve exceeded tbe picturesque stage setting in tbe beautiful building in which the inaugurated ceremonies were held, the gorgeous uniforms of the diplo i mats and soldiers, the splendid orchestra and chorus, and the msgni ficent effect produced by tbe grand staircase, up which Presideot Loubet proceeded to view the Exposition, lined with some two hundred picked men of tbe Republican Guards, with jack boots, white breeches, gleaming cuirasses and horse hair plumes etreaming from shinning helmets. At tbe top of this stairway was a room tbe Salles Des Fetes and this was hong with priceless gobelins from the Louvre. Into this splendid apartment President Loubet entered, and from there walked down the avenue to his boat. This part of the day's arrangements was perfect, but the rest wascbsos The weather todsy was lockily all that could be de sired Fourteen thousaod guests had been invited to the function and tbey had, because of the fine weathe,, only tbe dust to en? dure Hsd tbe dsy been wet the unrolled paths of tbe Exposition grounds would have been turned into a mass of moo* One of tbe ycuog men who will be among the rioheet of the rioh toeo of thb first deoade of the twentieth oentory is Harry Heyne Whitney. He is at present tbe heir of throe great fortunes His father, William C. Whitney, is worth probably not lens tbsn (75,000, 000 ; his uoole, Col Oliver Payne, has nearly as muob, and it will go to him His wife, who was Gertrude Vander bilt, will receive something like (15, 000,000 from her lather ; so, taking it all in all. Harry Hayoe Whitney is liable to be ooe of the hobest men iu tbe Uoited States a quarter of a oen tury beooe. He ie a tresh faoed young man, is a lover of all athletic sports and is not aserso to the olob aod sooial pleasures, whiob he can so well afford -? ? mmm ? Chattanooga, Teon, April 15.?A through freight traio oo the Southern Railway struck a mule and was wreoked while running at fall speed, oesr Hootsvtlls, Ala Tbs segiaesr, Perey Armitroog, aad tbs firemen, Sandy Osboroe, ware killed, aad Its of the itais's art* wars tsrioasly iajarsd. Ii in in Prospects For Democracy Continue to Improve. PREPARING FOR CONFLICT. RepublicansArrogant and Puffed Up by Success. BOUGHT BY MAEK HANNA'3 BOODLE Think That the Long Suffering; Peo? ple Will Stand Anything?The Cam? el's Back Near to Breaking?Defec? tion of Webster David-Rhode In? land Democrats ? At Banker Hill Monument?The Idaho Outrages. [Special Washington Letter.l Democratic prospects have improved 50 per cent in 50 days and are still im? proving. Two months ago it did not seem to an impartial observer that we had one chaiice ia 20 of winning this fall, but If the election were held next week there can be little doubt that we would achieve a great and sweeping victory, electing a president, house and senate. Since writing my last let? ter 1 have been in and through ten states of the Union, not one of which gave Bryan its electoral vote in 1800. I find that everywhere the Democrats are full of hope, are girding up their loins, perfecting their organization and burnishing their arms for the great conflict of 1900. Of course they will not carry all of the ten states to which I allude, but they will carry some of them, and in the rest the Republicans will know that they have been In a fight. On the other hand, the Republicans are everywhere snapping and snarling at each other. The old saying "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad" is peculiarly applicable to Re? publicans in the present exigency of ibelr fate. Puffed up by success bought with Mark Ilauna's boodle, they had become so arrogant that they conclud? ed that the long suffering American people would bear all things, but the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Porto RIcau tariff bill and the evident entente cor diale existing between the administra? tion and Great Britain were the straws which broke the camel's back. Webster Davis and the Boers. The action of Hon. Webster Davis, who hoz been touring South Africa and investigating for himself, in re? signing the assistant secretaryship of state to go to lecturing for the Boer cause will make Republicans have a creepy sensation in the region of the spinal marrow, for Davis is a Missouri orator of approved capacity. For more than three years last past he bs been put forward and boomed by the h uib lican press as the orator laureate oi he administration. That that same p. s will endeavor to belittle him now a. discount his oratorical prowess I hav no doubt, but they will lcavn to their sorrow that It is too late. With his emotional nature and his tongue of tire I predict that Davis will set the country wild on the lecture platform on behalf of the Boers. Perhaps he may force the administration to show some sympathy for those brave and heroic people who against such fearful odds are lighting for their altars and their Area, for their Lares and Penates, for their wives, their children, their homes, their native land. If he does, Webster Davis will deserve well at the hands of the American people. 1 spoke before the Mohawk clab in Detroit and found the Democrats en? thusiastic to a degree to warm the cockles of one's heart. The general de? moralization of Republicans over the Porto Rican tariff bill, the Ilay-Paunce fote treaty and other things, together with exposures of corruption now be? ing made of local Republican matters In Michigan, give the Michigan Demo? crats hopes of carrying the state. Tba city and town April elections show large Democratic gains and Indicate which way the cat will jump in No? vember. While I was lecturing before the fac? ulty and students of Michigan univer? sity at Ann Harbor I received a tele? gram from Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national committee, urging me, really ordering me, to go to Rhode Island and make some speeches, which I did. Rhode Inland Democrats. I found the Little Rhody Democrats fighting an up hill battle with astound? ing fortitude and courage. They did not win. The odds wero too great, but they waged a battle which shows that they will ultimately redeem that little midget of a state from the malign reign of the Republicans. Iu my Judg? ment one can see Republicanism in its worst estate in Rhode Island. They have tin? unfalrest apportionment for legislative purposes to be found on the American continent. It is so arranged that the city of Providence, which con? tains nearly half the population of the state, has only one state senator out of 157 and only 12 members of the lower house out of 72. The Democrats have always a lighting chance of carrying Providence, but not much of carrying the outlying rotten boroughs. Rx-?OV ernor Davis told me that under the outrageous apportionment It was so fixed that about 110,000 people out of 400,000 elected a majority of both houses of the state legislature, so that over .'500,000 of the people of Rhode Island are practically disfranchised for legislative purpose and consequently for the election of senators of the United States. The method of pro? cedure as to the latter seems to be that some very rich man boodles the small boroughs, which enables him to buy a aeat among the conscript fathers at Washington. Yet all theaa things are deal about, a pure ballot ami a fair count nnd whose heart is always bleed? ing for the wrongs of the poor negro down south. Why don't these hypo? crite! and COlTUptlonistS give the poor White man of Rhode Island a chance foi his political life? Governor Davis also told me that about 40 Republican multimillionaires absolutely control the politics of the state, another evidence of the much vaunted purity of the Republican par? ty. Some day, somehow, that old anti? quated constitution and apportionment will DC busted, and men will have their rights. Still another sign of the love of lib? erty possessed and exhibited by Rhode Island Republicans is the fact that they still maintain and uphold a prop? erty qualilicatiou on the right of suf? frage, the only state in the Union, 1 believe, which retains that relic of barbarism. I here quote a most peculiar cam? paign document issued by the Rhode Island Democrats: AN APPEAL TO REGISTRY VOTERS IN CITIES. Rhode Island is peculiar in having a class of half voters. About 30,000 voters, constituting in every city a majority of the electorate, are de? prived of the American right of voting for city council. Against this wrong Democrats have at c'll times protested. In both senate and house at the re? cent session of tl.e general assembly they pre Mated and voted for an amendment to the state constitution conferring the right, but were op? posed and defeated by the aolid Republican ma? jority. No reason exists for this disfranchiscment. Un? der the limited suffrage both Providence and Pawtucket have higher rates of taxation and far larger debts than are averaged by cities of the aame size in other state3. Registry voters of cities, are you going to con? tinue year after year in political serfdom? Do you intend to imitate the southern negroes who supported the Confederate armies which were fighting to keep them in slavery? The Repub? lican machine which controls this state ia wholly responsible for your disfranchiscment. It needs no prophet to predict that should you by your votes render every city Democratic you would obtain equal rights within three years. Registry voters in cities, whatever your na? tional politics, why not in all state elections, commencing now, cast your ballots for every Democratic candidate? This is the sure and speedy way to a full and just suffrage. Democratic State Central Committee. For Political Purposes Only. Another queer manifestation of Rhode Island politics Is that it is openly charged and generally believed that Senator Wetmore is a citizen of Rhode Island only for political purposes and is really a citizen of New York, the paradise of multimillionaires. Still, by reason of his big checks for campaign purposes, he Is likely to be returned to the senate of the United States. But even in Rhode Island all Repub? licans cannot be i lduced to swallow the nauseous dose now being prepared for them at Washington. Both Rhode Island senators and both Rhode Island representatives voted for the Porto Rl can tariff, but Governor Dyer of Rhode Island, the outgoing Republican, thus slaps them and the administration in the face: I believe it ia the duty of every Republican to stand up and with no uncertain sound condemn any course of procedure by congress which brings into question the honor of the American nation toward those new peoples who have come under its protection. In the very beginning of the war with Spain, when it was uncertain what the re? sult would be so far as added territory was con? cerned, the United States went to Porto Rico; it made no excuse that the island had been misgov? erned by Spanish rule; it made no apologies; it said the island of Porto Rico is the gateway to the Antilles. To treat these people now as if 'hey were aliens, as if they had no rights at all, have gone over and taken possession of their Island, to set up our own government and then to impose duties upon them just as we would upon tho people of Haiti or Santo Domingo, is one of the most outrageous transactions that could be thought of. It is most encouraging that so many of the men who mold public opinion have taken the stand they have. It is not a question of consti? tutional right; it is a question of simple justice. Nations have moral obligations resting upon then as well as individuals. (Jod forbid that any peo? ples should have to say that they preferred Span? ish rule and that they trusted more in Spanish honor than they did in the honor of the United States. The Republican party has always been loyal to the principles it has enunciated. I be? lieve there is today sufficient manhood in the party to stand up and not only protest against but to refuse support to any men or any measures not absolutely committed to the principles of na? tional justice and national honor. What a spec? tacle it will he to European nations that this people, having been conquered by us and brought into our field, should be treated as strangers and taxed without reason for bringing tiieir products into our ports. We might just as well tax the people of block island for the fish and farm products they send to the mainland as to tax these people of Porto Rico for wnat they bring to us. This question is one in which every Repub? lican should be interested. I believe that before the time comes for the meeting of the national convention in Philadelphia this question will be settled and settled with justice and honor, not only to ourselves, but to the people who by every moral right shoulo be a part of our nation. Carrying Conla to Newcastle. One thing I learned in Rhode Islaud gave me pleasure, and that is that the new storehouse is built out of Georgia marble! This is carrying coals to New? castle. For generations federal pub? lic buildings in the south and central west have been constructed of New England marble. New England granite and New England s#one, though such material was abundant in most of the states where the buildings were erect? ed. But the tide has turned at last, and Rhode Island leads the way for using southern and western marble and stone. From Rhode Island I made a flying trip to Boston. 1 visited Bunker Hill monument, the Old South church, the old statehouse, Boston Common, War? ren bridge. Fanouil hall and the place where the immortal tea episode occur? red. 1 saw the statues of Colonel Proseott, old Sam Adams, Daniel Webster and other great worthies. It does a patriot good to be amid such scenes and to think of the men who made them famous. Close to Bunker 11111 monument, In si little park in which there is a splendid monument to the Massachusetts soldiers who died In the civil war, there are bronze tablets or plates bearing the names of the Ameri? cans killed at Bunker Hill, and, strange to say. the names of the privates come llrst upon that enduring scroll of fame. After theirs conn? the names of the olllcers. beginning with the Immortal one of Major General Warren. Near the great monument itself, nt the laying of whose cornerstone and at whose dedication Daniel Webster de? livered two of his most celebrated ora? tions, Is a monument to the memory of Colonel Prescott, topped with his statue of heroic sUe. As 1 approached It i|ay|i|jftiiMfej^|g|til|^H^ One of them sat down on its base. Another said: "Get up. Aren't you afraid of that old iron man at the top?" "No," replied the sitting one; "he's dead." Rut nevertheless the memory of what he and his brave companions did on that spot on a certain 17th of June in the long ago will never be for? gotten while the earth spins ground on its axis or slides down the ecliptic. I picked up a little piece of stone at the foot of the monument and a broken twig on the Common to take to my lit? tle boy, who was born on St Jackson's day, as keepsakes to remind him how American blood once reddened those spots of earth dear to tbe American heart. After "doing the Hub" in a hop and skip sort of way I went down to the Southern Union depot, ate a dish of genuine Boston baked beans and med? itated upon the virtues of the sacred codfish. As I looked out upon the lean, rocky, unproductive fields of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut and upon the clean, well built, busy, pros1 perous, wealthy and almost innumera? ble cities and towns I wondered bow the early settlers ever managed to wring a subsistence out of such soil. I confess it gave me a higher opinion than I have hitherto entertained of the virtues, industry, courage and fortitude of the pilgrims and their descendants. Their present wealth and prosperity can be easily accounted for. The rest of the country has been laid under tribute for their benefit for more than a century by federal tariff legislation, but how the deuce they made shift to eke out a living, to propagate and mul? tiply and even to accumulate some? what of wealth by agriculture, is a mystery to one accustomed to the un? speakable fertility of the Mississippi valley. I honestly believe that one county In my district produces year by year more food for man and boast than the entire state of Rhode Island could be made to produce by any sort of farming and any quantity or quality of fertilizer. It contains an area little larger than tbe average county west of tLe Mississippi and that small area "mostly water," as one humorously inclined Rhode Island? er told me. They manufacture every? thing in New England, but even for that business they are inconveniently located, being compelled to bring in nearly all their raw materials, includ? ing fuel, from tbe south or west. Why don't the southerners and westerners do ibelr own manufacturing? I could not help trying to imagine what a pop? ulous and wealthy region the Missis? sippi valley will be when to the won? drous richness of the soil is added ;be incalculable wealth which manufactur? ing institutions will bring. On tbe whole, after a hasty personal ocular In? spection, my solemn conviction is that the present New England is the most amazing monument ever erected to hu? man energy, intelligence, industry and ambition. First and last, 1 have now been in 20 states of the Union, in two territories and the District of Columbia. The more I see of our country rho more I thank and praise Almighty God for giving us such a home, and the mere heartily 1 sing. My country, 'tis of thee. Sweet land of liberty. Of thee I sir.g. The strangest and most pleasant bit of political Information 1 picked up on this trip is the fact that the Rhode Is? land Democrats are as fond of William J. Bryan as we are out west. Outrages In Idaho. The investigation which the military affairs committee of the house is mak? ing into the outrages committed under martial law in Idaho is bound to help the Democrats a great deal In the im? pending election. Great credit is due to the Democrats on that committee for holding on with bulldog tenacity until they get at the truth. John J. Lents of Ohio and William Sulzer of New York are taking the leading part in prodding the Republicans. Both are good lawyers, and they can't be bull? dozed, browbeaten, terrorized or chok? ed off till they ascertain the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth out of the outrageous. un-American and brutal capers cut out there by cer? tain persons dressed in a little brief authority. When fully told, the tale of the Idaho "bull pen" will rival in ghastly horrors the story of the black hole of Calcutta, which Macaulay has made immortal. Things were done in Idaho under Republican misrule In the closing days of the nineteenth century which rival in damnahleness any of the acts per? formed in the dark ages. Little by lit? tle, inch by inch, the Democrats of the committee on military afiairs are drag? ging the truth to the light of day. When it is published, it will mahn the American people from ocean to ocean gasp in astonishment and Is 11 them with honest indignation and tvratb against the men who have either caus? ed or connived at such atrocities. The popular account sgainst the Republic? an party is already B long one. but It grows day by day. and there will be an accurate ami stern settlement of it on the first Tuesday after the first Mon? day in next November. Perhaps if will be a final settlement with the Re? publican party, for, having abandoned every principle for which it originally Stood, it has no raison d'etre?no rea? son for being. Progress. An Egyptian paper announces tbat "first class, up to date, modern dining cars*' are to be ruu this season between' Cairo and Luxor aud that "an Ameri? can dentist has started in business at Assouan, which is on tbe edge of the Sudan." A "palace hotel" at Khartum' for the special accommodation of tour? ists will also be completed and opened