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Death Dealig Cyclone. SIXTY-F?OR KILLED AND FIFTY-ONE INJURED ALREADY RE? PORTED Nashville, Ttco. Nov 2i -Tonnes sec w?.? ?wop- l&si ai^h: by che caost destructive storm ever known io the State. Moro tbao fifty persone were killed und a hundred or ciorc fe?nred, while the damage to houses, timber sod other property will reach ;?.rge figure? The storm ectered the State from northern Miseiss?ppi and swept across in a northeasterly direction Great damage 18 reported from the counties bordering on Mississippi, and farther oo, Coium bia. tn Mandy ooanty, is the heaviest sufferer. Lavergoe, LoieosviUc ac? Galatia also felt the wind'?? torce, the storm fioaily losing its force against the Cumberland mountain range. Nashville, Tena, Nov 21 -Dispatch? es to 9 p m. indicate that last eight's storm, which swept over northern Mississippi and central and western Teocos>ec, was ene of great severity Advices to the Associated Press and from special correspondents show tha^ the ?o?? o* life in the territory visited by the tornado already amounts to 64 and the ctunbsr injured tc over 50. Telegraphic comtnuaicatioc to the regions visitad by the cyclone i9 inter rupted, and it is feared that wheo fal} detaita *are koowa the list of thc dead will be lengthened. Tho fcilowiog table shows the loss of life, together with the injured, oompiied from dis? patches forced through by courier aod telephone from the devastated iecaiities : Killed ir.jur'd Columbia, Teno 40 25 La Grange, Tenn 3 6 Thompson, Tenu 1 0 Nolansvi?le, Teon & 8 Lavergoe, Teon 2 1 Love Station, Teno 2 1 T?nica, Miss 5 0 Lula, Miss 4 0 Hernando, Miss 2 0 Batesviile, Miss 0 8 Bexley's Stare, Teen 3 0 Franklin, Teoa 0 2 Total 64 51 Arkabueia. Tate County, Miss, Nov 21.-Yesterday afternoon a tornado descended upon this little town and as a result 10 persons were killed out? right and 20 were injured. The storm overwhelmed the town aboat 5 o'clock io the afternoon and in a few miontes cearly every building was demolished. Many of the victims * were picaed nader the wreckage and i were extricated with muon difficulty. The tornado passed to the northeast ..and caused oiueh carnage through the .pastry districts Memphis, Teno, Nov 21.-Advioes - recsived tonight from the storm-swept .- -seotioas of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee indicate tba: the ioas of life . and damage to property is far greater a- 3;?t reported In Mississippi the greatest icss of life a'fd damage to property occurred near Tunica, Luia and Hernando A report b? ca-rier from a point 13 miles from l'aies ^ays that the tornado'? -devastation was so great that it wilt . 'take Weeks to calculate and repair it. {f -'Five negroes lost their live? on the "?Hamii:. place in Tuiiic* tfc^ achoo! house, church and a cumber of buildings were totally demolished. More than 50 negroes are Bfcsicg sad it ls feared that sever? al of ?bem have perished Cotton is reported badly damaged. At Hernando a white maa was killed and a negro fatally injured by flying debris Numerous sawmills, several residences ac? hundreds of negro cab ins were blown away. Memphis Teno, Nev 22 -Commun ication between m39t plaoes struck bj Tuesday afternoon's storm has. been restored, and reports ?o far indicate thai there will be few additions to the oasnaify Pst from Tennessee and north? ern Mississippi owing to the small population cf the ooaotry districts. The chief property loss was iocurred on the outtoo plantations, bat no estimates of the damage oao yet be made. Nashville. Teco, Nov 22 -Latest reports from the districts swept by Tuesday's storm show that seven per? sons lost their lives io Williamaoo county. One more death, that of Clayton Tacker, ba ooenrred near Columbia, making the total io the eeotion 24. Three members of the Eilis family, at Wainui Lake, Tunica couoty, Mia issippi, were Stiled. C Thomas, living near Corinth, Mis?, was carried away by the wind, and co traoe of him bas been foand Io Arkansas six dead and tweoty five injured have been reported. The vic tims are principally negroes. ?200,000 DAMAGE AT COLORA? DO SPRINGS. Colorado Springs, Col, Nov 22 - The damage by yesterday's storm will approximate $200,000 aad is due en? tirely to destraction by the wind. Eieotrio light aud telegraph wires aro still strewn across the trolley wires io many places, and street railway traffio will not be resumed until some tima to? morrow. Abont one hundred houses and business buildings are damaged and many trees were uprooted. No lives were lost in the storm. -m T"-*-~ - While this lot laats, erepe tisaae paper al i c 0 a I r a v i e t v Of Tremendous Importance. Tariff Decision May End the Philippine Question. Congro?smao George W Rry, chair? man of the house committee on judiciary, who was one of the leaders io the fi^ht for the Porto Rican tariff bill, said yesterday at coe Fifth Avenue Hotel th>i Until tho test oase brought m determine the constitutionality of the Porto Rica:i tariff wa? dse??ed ty tho United States euprcmo court lhere would ba no legislation by congress for the Philippine? ''Tba: decision," he said, "will show us where we stand and we eau then prooeed intelligently. If the court sustains the republican contention that Porto Rico ?3 not a part of the Uoited States, bot territory belonging co the United States, and that, therefore, the constitutional provisions for uniform taxation throughout the United States does net apply to Porto Rico, cf coarse j the same will hold good with regard to j the Philippic es We can then frame a ! tariff bili for the Philippines which wiii ! provide the necessary revenue fer thc i government of the Philippines on j progressive lines, sud also afford the I necessary protection to our own rnaoa 1 facturers and labor " "What; if the decision of the court should be that the Porto Rican tariff is unconstitutional and that Porto Rico is a part of the United States ?" "ff such should be the decision of the court it might necessitate our bav iog to give up the Philippines. We are bound to the open door ia the Philippines. That means that the products of all nations can come in;o the Philippines oa the samo basis as ? oar own. if we cannot raise a tariff j against Philippine products coming into I the United States, tben our labcr would be brought into oompc-iiticn with the cheap labor of the Orient. If that condition should come about wc might feel that our interests would demand oar withdrawal from the Philippines "For myself I have no doubt as to what the decision of the Supreme Court will be. I am confident that the court will sustain tbe contention that the constitution does coi go into Porto Rico and the Philippines of its own force, and that they cao beheld as territory belonging to the United States. If the decision should be agaiost us I feel certain it will be by a divided courr." "Do you think the result of the recent ela/tion will have aoy influence on the court in its determination of the 3886 V "Well, there is always a iesdency to support the popular constitution-that s human nature But, of course, the >ourt will col allow itself to be swayed >y the pepuiar verdict in favor of keep ag the Philippines It is for the :ourt to pass upon the constitutionality >f laws passed by congress, and the odTt cannot delegate its authority to . be people, if it did che people might jj everse their verdict at the next election j nd toe court would have to change nth them, a proceeding whicb: if fol owed often, would not add to the gen ral respect for thc court as a judioal ribunal. "It was tbe Philippine problem ?hieb we saw looming up in tbe future reich led us to frame tbe Porto Rico ariff. If we had not taken the pos? ion wc did with regard to our sew ! >os>sessio/>s unen we ?id. we wotald j ?ave bad tc make the sazae fight wheo- j ?ver we started to iegisiate for toe j Philippines. Nor?, if the Saprem* j Joart sustains thc Porto Rican tariff j ve will know just where we stan'i with j egard to the Philippines and can ac* : iccordiogly."-New York Times ; ?i? mm - QUESTION ANSWEK3ED. Yes, August Flower still has ibe iarg?st sale ' if ar?j' medicine in tbe civilized world, i'our mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for indigestion- or bilious? ness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of appendicitis, nervous prostration or neart failure, etc. They used August Flower ?o clean out the system and stop fermentation of undig26ted food, regulate the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other ache?. You only reed a few doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you sat? isfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by A. J. China. A - -m*~ Secretary Koot in CUDS. Santiago de Cuba, Nov 2fo-Secre- ? tary Root, responding to a toast tc bis health at a banquet here, said in part : "I am visiting Cuba as the represen? tative of President McKinley for the purpose of making a personal investiga tioo of the condition of its inhabitants, particularly wita rsfereooe to their ability to govern themselves From newspaper reports I had come to imagine that the Cubans were only partly civilized and I am agreeably surprised to find an enlightened people. ? desire to renew assurances of the good faith of the United States Govern? ment, which will fulfil its promises, and I expect to see a free, 6elf govern iog republic in Cub*." Charlotte, N 0 . Nov 20 -The big cotton mill operatives' strike in &!a manee County, N C . has been deciar. ed off The strike bas been io toree about three tnoBtbs tod several thoa sand hands were involved. The laboi organization wbieh bas been aiding thc strikers withdrew ita fupport. This h the third recent strike among cottot mill workers in North Carolina and th< mill owners have io each case boen th? inners. / Tbat Big Rice Combine. Rice planters and dealers around Charleston are interested in the re j port from Crowley, L*, tba': the American Rice Growers' Disiribtiner j company has been incorporated there, ! with a capital stock of $15 000,000, i and, according to the report, pro ! poses to undertake business when I ?5,000,000 of this amount has been j pr.id tn Under the impression -hat j part ar ali of the l?tter amount has j been provided many planters are j delivering rough rice at the ware j houses authorized to rec.;ict? it. X I ais) reputed that arrange ; mente are imder way to grain control mr O j of the product along the Atlantic j coa?t at current prices, which are i regarded as reasonable and good for j a margin of profit, provided holdings j are under the control of a single ! hand Most naturally the company j is once more the subject of lively discussion, but no one in Nsw York seems to b? fully advised as td tbe : intent or progresa made by tho incor j pcratois ! Mr John F Talmage, president o? ? Dan Taimsge's Sons' company, V7as j interviewed by the New York Com- ! j merci?l regarding the combine The ! j Commercial printed the following : ; Mr Talmage 6aid there was reu?y i nothing definite to report Ile had j been informed in a general way that fair progtf ss had been made \n finan ! ciai negotiations and the parties at the head cf the organisation express ed confidence in their abi?it}' to carry it to a successful issue. "Many of the rice men seem to be j of the 'doubting Thomas' character," j said Mr Talmage, "simply because i the organization had not started off;' with the promptness of a rail train j on 6chedu:e time. It might be weil to recall the fact that a presidential j election had been in progress and j j until the i e6uH was determined many ! parties interested hesitated. ' Furthermore, an enterprise hav iog $15,000.000 capital as its uki mate and ?7,500 000 as its immedi ate requirement is not a financial undertaking to be accomplished in a single day No matter how m?rito , riou3 the investment, sufficient time ; must be allowed for investigation "So far as this company is con? cerned, if its cleaned rice is well handled it will yield a profit over and above values placed upon the rough and agreed to be paid to the various I mills for preparing it for consump I tion. It is widely remarked that the ? planters are to receive very fail j values for their product, and, further? more, mills are to be liberally re? warded for iheir labor, and yet we believe and know that there is a fair I margin cf profit over and above such, j provided the cleaned is distributed j through one channel and by those j who are possessed of neTve, intelli? gence, and, of coarse, industrious enough lo effect its disposition in dae proportion each month as the demand rosy arise n Mr Talmage was aske-d whether be thought ?1,005,000 would be ample capital-with which to organize I a successful rice combine, and re-1 plied that tbrs amouaS, in hie opinion, j wos?d be inadequate, for, judging by previous experiences, a large major j i ty cf planters onder ordinary cir- j cumslacces would want their money just se fast aa they cou4d deliver thc; steff ; and. furthermore, the company j should be prepared to take the crop I as iasi' as deli?* red and look for its j reward by ''feeding the market," ; and in so doin*- would- secure fair financia? return o? the monev isveet- ) i eu j As to Wall "Directories." j A tuan who ?r^es into a store ro solicit ?io advertisement ior a. so j ttl ?ed ' directory to bang or> af wall wooji b?ve no geed reaesS to I complain ot his reaeption and treat- ? mee-, if the merchant should sam- 1 son bis entire force of olerkg and I throw him into the street. Such advertisemeati: aro of ao benefit, becar.se they have no airculatreo, beyond thc rich promis?? of the promoter ?ad have no ii Te reading matter on them to s-jize tbe attention of Jae public. Tbis is one of the mustiest old Sakes ever perpetrated cn the advertising psblto a.ad yet it continues io Souria-h. Gcod basioesa I men and good advertisers gi vs up their money to people they neve* see again to go into these schemes that ead be of no possible benefit to- them. It ie nc5 a matter of jealousy that prom pis these observations, for as a rnle the advertiser* ??bo g3 on these "Rosi I ness Directory" msc tba best patroni [of :he newspapers, bat we dislike to I see fakes like thia Sourish and enrich traveling advertising agents at tbe expense of oar business men. Thia newspaper bas been asked to give ita endorsement to sash business and offered a free advertisement therein in consideration of such serveoc, bot we rill have nothing to do with any schemes which we conscientiously believe to be absolutely without benefits tc those who invest in them -States fa arg Journal - - . ? ? - mm - - Harvard has selected one of ber cegrc students to represent her ir. a j?int debate with another college. Now that toe Governor had secured returns from thc mayors of our towns 5 j ??nd cities as to the ecforcameot of the i j dispensary law, it might be well to take i j a similar concensus of railroad stations 3 -id the lural communities Let it be trorougb, and msko it to cover the wbole State^^Newherry Obsever. J HOD John Hay's Pike Coun? ty Ballads. ! io the good ola days when Jobo Bay n'as f*moaj iittd ioug beturc he elapse a from literarure into dipiocjacy and s*ate j craie-, ic the days wheo ?.ie ?op^a! was to the people sod ace io their :u;eis ' 5?c told 12e how he oauie to wri;e a;s Pike County Bailad? Ibo story seems to rei interesting As thc editor of Hearth a;;d . I wro 0 :o bim urkiog for a b-aiiat: : :i-ier!:;g a prie:.- tur ?s w^ich W??S ulsj;-r raba?cas ::: ??:>??e days, a',-;? C5si;n even ibis time of larger literary rewctds : v.0ci:i o? recs d ?ibera!, ? ; wr.>.2 ! aj?. iii reply chat ne simply CUL??O cut : rcri?c a Pise Ccun:y baiu-.l to .?-ave h ir j life , j The s i e.?2 cot seemed to mesosiogu j i ar tvbiio ' Little Breeches," "B-iOty ? Tim'' and "Jitn Bjude-.e" were echo j ?D?* in cay ears, ?ba? when I met Mr i Kay sotse mcnth-.i iarer in the tS2e of The Tribune. whica newspaper ho wai ! lea:porarily editing daring 31 r \\ bite ; i law Raid's absence, ? a?kcd ':im abou- 1 ic He tola t?e tba: ali his Pike County j B-liad? came from a single inspiraron ] and ibai all o?' them were written io a ? single ?eek. j Sabsiaotially his account cf the ' matter was tats : ri ?og a guest ar. a j coan fry h ;u?c bj ?.vent to charco with : the family on Saoday I; x?as hoi, 1 drowsy ^jaim-.r weather, ai>d thc good j old clergyman vr.-.s even drowsier tLao j tuc Wca-hcr But in the coures cl bis 1 sermon he related in a proi=y way tho J story wtiich Mr H.^.y afterwards made j ioajorta' as ? Little Breeches." As he ? told the story Mr Hay WAS struck with ; iii? dramatic p*?stbilities tf cleverly ' presented in Pike County dialect ! "Before I left <bn church," he said to j me. * * * h s ba?ad <".?' 'Little Breeches* j was complete in my mind, and before the midday meal was served it was j written ?own on psper Lese ? should j lose its lines I refused to converge with I anybody until the writing was done." Theo, being in tbe swing of the Pik? County Ballad literature, be continued j to write it until ' Banty Tim," "Jim ! Bludsoe" and she rest were done. "But theo," said Mr Hay, **the j vein was ccm-pierely worked out. It ? was what the Californians call a 'pock- J et mine,7 aud t?sre was no setal left io ! it. From that day to this it ba* been as* impossible for me to write a Pike County ballad as io write a new Iliad or Odyssey" -George Tary Egglsstoa. Free Rural Delivery. Washington, N07 20 -An enrhusi- ( astin plea for a wide expansion of rorsi j free deliverv ts made in tbe annual report of W. 31 Jobrj^oo; first assistant \ postmaster general He says tba: the Z extraordinary deyo-lopment of -bis [' system during the past 12 months ' uoder the stimulus of? apppropria'ion ci j $450.000 for the focal year 18?& I9l>0 j and gi 050,000 for thc fiscal year j 1900 1901. is conyiuaive as showing | that bec Hiter it must be a pessunent j and expanding feature of inc portal ; administration. Tb8 service can now j be extended a3 swiftly as coogress may i " . i direct or a* the means permit, until ir j covers ail those portions of the United j States now reached wbole or in part j by the more primitive methods of the j postal service, whioh bave come down J to u? almost witbous chanee from j colonial times. Tb:B change jftr John ?on believes can bc effected withoui ex cesaive cost to the government. The Springfield Republican recent j ly wrote tbe war department, "ask i lng for copies of the last reports of i Gens Olia and MacArthur, as mili- j tary governors of the Philippine ! islands," but although Gen ?ti?' last j report was in the hands of the j department two months ago and that .of Gen MacArthur several week?, and ODly a brief abstract of the latter and nothing of the former has been published, the department responded that neither document is "available for distribution" nor will it be possi? ble to secure either until the publica tion of the secretary's report, jin which they will be incorporated. Upon which the Springfield Republi can says : "That ie to say, in order to get important official documente of present interest which nave already been in the government's- bands many weeks, you must wait until tbe early part of 19-01, or fully three months more, and thea get them through your congressmss,. poor man. This illustrates-the difficulty that bas been steadily encountered in extracting information about the Philippines from tb* United States governmed." * The ?erman law of libel, aocording to Chambers's Journal, is a curiosity. An ?editor recently said in bis paper that a certain gentleman "was an un? mannerly boor," in consequence of which a libel aotioo was brought against the paper. Tba evidence given seemed to ebow that tbe only fault with the expression was that it waa not strong enough. The case waa taken from I court to court in the usual way until j it reached the highest tribunal. The fioal decision was that the editor would have becu perfectly justified if be bad said that the plaintiff ''bad acted like an unmannerly boor ;" but since he bad said that tbe plaintiff actually "was an unmannerly boor" be bad eomniit tPtl libel. Ia German it is libellous to cull a mao a pig or an ass, but if you combine the two and cali a man a pig ass thea there is no libel, because such ac aoimal decs not exist. The favorite combination among Germans is pig dog-sohweinehund. ii^:T3:r:^g^^^==q?^ Por ?masts and Children. ?^^?pra#?!i ^8 Kmd roy Heve if p^o^saii Aiwavs Bought IL^^^^^^M ill ^8ars tke y * !;TT=f^^L 1 * jji Signature /?W H Ffcn?ot?sDig?sHori>CSeerful-jig # lip m Oprjm,Morpfeiae nor Moeia! j S Ul MW^)J pi STJK?^O?' i jji A ifs-* In i j j ? Dcrfecr Eernedy for Cons lioa- j jj 9 j: ? ion, Sour 5iomach,Diarrhoea, i j j IJ \?f ? fj V>onns,Convulsions .feverish- j j|j \ jg mf>P MUS&?* t ness and LOSS OF SLEEP- ji p S UT U I U ? SacSimSe Signature of ? ' ?P= g ? ?p i ?g?#fm? i tnirtv YPSTQ I ^SSW YOBK. ? HiSi3i| iCUl U ^- " ?--? ? ? ? ? .<(r-i*""- *r THC CENTAUR COMPANY, NtW YORK CITY. 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