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Death Dealig Cyclone. 8IXTYFUOR KILLED AND FIFTY-ONE INJURED ALREADY RE? PORTED N*?bvnl?\ Tn.d, N >v 21 ?Tennes? see was ?fiept las; nigb; by tbe most dMtrojiifo ?torsi ? v r known id tbe State Mors theo fif y persons sere killed aad * bssdred or more irjared, wbile the damage to hooaee, limber sod Other pr rty ?rill reich Isrge figures Tbs storm entered the Stete from Oorthsrn Mississippi eod swept serosa is s> oortbsastsrly dirssttoo Grssi dsmsge Is reported from tbs oooottes bcrderiog OS) Mississippi, sad fartbsr oa, Co lorn Ma. io Msady soaaty, is Ch9 bssvieat saferer Lsrergoe, Loleoevilte sod Oelstio ?\lto felt tbs wisd's force, tbe storm finally Issiog its (oros sgstoat tbe Oiabsvlaod osoaotsio rsogs. Ifssbvills, Tens, No? 21 ?Dispatch as to 9 p as. iodioste that last sight's Storm, wsioh swept over northern Mississippi sod oeotrel sod western Tsaoesise, was oos of great severity Advioss to tbs Assooisted Press sod from fposial eorrsspoodeots sbow that tbs ix* of l.fe ia tbs territory visitsd Vy the uro ado slrssdy s mounts to 64 aad tbs number injured to over 50 ' Telegrapbio sosamoaisstioo to tbs f region* vieitsd by tbs syolooo is inter rapied, and H is fsarsd tbat when foil details ere bsows tbs list of tbs dead will bs Isaglbsosd. Tbs folloviog sabls shows lbs loss o/ life, together with tbs isjared, soaipilsd from dis fatsbss fossae) tbroogb by eoorisr sod telephone from Was dsvsstatsd Isssiitisa : Killed Isjor'd Oalassbla, Tssa 40 25 > Li Qrasgs, Tests 3 6 Tissa psoa. Too a 1 0 1 Nsiaasviils. Teas % 8 Latargss, Tsas 2 1 t Lavs Ststioa. Tsos 2 l Tsaisa. Miss 5 0 Lola, Hiss 4 0 florae ado, Miss 2 0 Basssfille, Hiss 0 8 Basis?'s Stars. Tssa 8 0 Fra?k!is, Tsaa 0 2 i sal' ' \_ Talai 64 51 Arkabasla. Tsts Goaoty, Mist, Nov 11.? Ysstsrdty afternoon a torosdo dsssc&dsd apoa this little towo sod as a rasali 10 persons wars killsd out rifbt ssd 20 wsrs isjared Tbs storm ove-abslmed tbs towo aba a I 5 o'sjosk ia tbs sftsrsooa sod io a few m io a tea nearly every boildiog was demoitsbsd Many of tbs vistims wsrs ptoatd itdsr tbs wreokags sod wsrs ?x tries tad stieb muoh difficulty. Tbs torosdo passsd to tbs o ort beaut aad aaussd mach dsmsge tbrosgh the 4Saslry dtstrists Memphis, Tssa. Nov 21 ?Advioss tsssivod toaigkt from tbs storm-swept asstiooe of Mississippi, Arkansas sod Tsaaueaee tadisats tbat tbs loss of life aad damage ?o property ii f*r grsster list I m reported Is MitoUtlppi the greatest lost of lift std damags to property oeourred ?tar Tausa, Laie sod Horoaodo A rspvt by ca rtsr from s poiot 13 miles frost Twos %sjs tbat the tornado'* dsve*?.?tioa vas id great tbat it will 'take w:sis ts saloalsta sod repair it <Fiva aegraee lost tbeir i<vs? oo tbe flaue * > plao? to Tsoisa tvs sah >ol hosss, obarob tad s number of baildiogs were totally d*mjtk?scd. Msrs tbsa 50 aegroes are r,'suing sad it i* feared tbat sever al of taem bevs per bed Cottoo is reported badly damsgsd. At Mjrsasdo a wbits maa aas killed sad a oegro fatally iojared by flying dsbrte Nvai?roas ssamille, esvsral residences sod hundreds of oegro osb ras ?ere blown away M'mphi* Teas, Nov 22 ?Common ioaiton betwseo msst plaoes strsck by Taeedsy afts'oooo's storm bas been rsstored, ssd reports so far iodicate list thers will be fsw sdditioss to tbe sas'ialsy I ?t from Teoaeesee aod north sra Mississippi owtog to tbs small popslatioo of tbs oouotry distriste Tbe ohtef property lose wss ineurred ou tbe ) t??? plaataiioss, bat so sstimatas of the damage saa yet bo mads. Neebvills. Tess, Nov 22 ? L?tset reports from tbs diamot* swspt by T seaway's etor? sbow tbat ssvsa per soas lost tbsir lives to Wilhamsoo soaaty Oss Stun death, tbat of Olaytoo Taaker, bs oasarrsd sssr Colambis, mskiog lbs total ia tbs ssstise 24 Three sassibsff of tbs Kilts family, al Walsai Lsks, Taalss soaaty, Mts Isstppi, wsrs Silled 0 Tbsssas, liviog near Conotb, Miss, waa serried swsy by tbs wiad, aad so trass of bim bss bass foasd la Arkass i oil dssd sad twsaty Its iojir-d hats been reported Tbs vis time are priasiaally ssgross. $200,000 DAMAGE AT COLORA? DO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, Uol. Nov 22 ? Tbs dsmags by yestordsy's storm will approsimats $200,000 sod is das en tirsly to destrasuoo by tbs wiod. Kleomo light s?d tslsgrsph wirss sro still strswa sarsss tbs trolley wirss io msoy plaaas, aad stfsal rstlssy trsfio will aot bs rssamsd aotil soms time to? morrow Aboat saa basdrsd booass sod bosissss boildisgs srs damagsd aad sassy Uaas wsrs uprooted. No Uvss wsrs last ia Iba ?torm. Waits tarntet km*, sraps tiaras pater at Of Tremendous Importance. Tariff Decision May End the Philippine Question. Coogrossmau Georg? W Ray, chair man of tbe b juse oommitfco on judiciary, who wit one of the leaders io tbe fi.'hr for the Porto Hioao tariff bill, said yesterday at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel that uotil ebb test oase brought to determioo the constitutionality of the Porto Rioau tariff was decided by the United States supremo court there would b i do legislation by congress for the Philippines "That deoisioo," he said, '?will show us wbero wo stand aod wo cau then prooeed intelligently. If the oourt sustains the republieao contention that Porto Rioo is not a part of tbo Uoited States, bot territory beloogtng to tho Uoited Sist*s, aod that, therefore, tbe ooostitotiooal provisions for uniform tssatioo throughout the Uoited States does oot apply to Porto Rioo, of oourse the same will hold good with regard to the Philippics Wo can theo framo a tariff bill for tbe Philippines which will provide the necessary revenue for tbo governmoot of tbo Pbilipptocs oo progressive lioes, and also afford the oeeessary protection to oor owo manu? facturers aod labor " "What if tbe decision of tbe oourt should bo that tbe Porto Rioa& tariff is unconstitutional aud that Porto Rico is a part of tbe Uoited States?'1 "If suoh should be the deoisioo of tbo oourt it might oeoessitate oor hav? ing to give up ths Philippines. We are bound to tbe opeo door io the Philippioea That means that tbe prodoots of sll ostioos oao eomo into tbe Philippines oo the same basis as our owo. If we oaooot raise a tariff against Philippine prodoots coming ioto tbe Uoited States, theo oor labor woold be brooght ioto oompctitico with tbs ebssp labor of tbe Orisot. If tbst ooodition should some aboot we might fssl tbst oor iaterssts woold demand oor witbdrawal from tbs Philippines "For myself I have oo doobt as to what the dseisioo of tbo Supreme Oourt will be. I sm confident tbst tbs ooort will sostaio tbs tootsotioo that tbe ooostitottoo doss oot go ioto Porto Hioo aod tbs Philippioea of its owo force, aod thai tbsy cao beheld as tsiritory bsloogiog to tbe Unit d States If tbe dociitoo should be against us I feel I certain it will be by s divided court." i "Do yoo tbiok tbs result of the i rsosot sle/tioo will bavo soy icflosooe < 00 tbe ooort in its determination of tbe ] ?sss ?" "Well, tbers is slwsys a tendency to i iQpport tbs popolar ooostitotioo?that 1 is bumao nature Bot, of ooorse, the I loort will oot allow itself to be swayed i ay the pcpolar verdict io favor of keep* ] eg the Philippioea It is for the I loort to pass upon the constitutionality i )f laws passed by eoogress, aod tbe j wort oaooot delegate its authority to t be people. If it did the people might ( averse their verdiet at the next eleotioo < >od the ooort woold have io ehaoge vitb ibem. a proceeding which, if fol 1 owed ef on, woold oot add to ibe gen- i ral rsspeot for tho ooort as a judioal i ribooal. I "It was tbe Philippine problem i sbiob we saw looming op io tbe foture \ vbieh led os to frame Ibe Porto Rico i ariff. If we hsd not taken the po?i- c ion we did with regard to our oew j ?oeseesions wbeo we did, wt> would I lave bad to make the same fight when- e vor wo starred to legislate for tue I Philippines. Now, if the Saprem* i Jotfft sustains tbe Porto Rioao tariff a ve will know joat where wo stand with f egurd to tho Philippines end cao aot f tooordiogly."?New York Times ? ?->???? -*mm? QUESTION AMNWERVn. Yes, August Flower still h?s the largest Hale - >f anjr medtcue in tba oiviliaed world. Vuur ( ?other* aod grandmotherj never thought if , ?sing anything eUe for indigestion or billioui- ( sees. Ducti.r* were source, and they setdoii beard of appendicitis, nervous prustrn*' u or oeart failure, ete. They used August Flower io eleao out tbe system and stop fermentation of undigssted food, regulate tbe action of tbe liter, stimulate tbe nervous and organic action of the system, and tbat is all tbey took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other ?cht*. You only coed a few doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you sat* isled there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by A. J. China. A a*sawa^a^**aw**?SSawawa Secretary Root in Cuba. Santiago de Cuba, Nov 20.-? Seere tary Root, respoodiog to a toast to bis health at a banquet here, said io part : "I am visiting Coba as the represen? tative of President MoKiuiey for the purpose of making a persooal iovestiga tioo of the oooditi>o of its inhabitants, particularly with refsreoee to their ability to govsrt tbsaselveo From oswapaper reportt I bad eomc to imagiae that ths Cobsos were only partly oivilised ana I sm agreeably surprised to find so enlightened people. I desire to rsosw sssoraooes of ths good faith of the Uoited States Govero moot, whiob will fulfil its promises, aod I expeot to sea a free, self govern iag retublio in Cub*.'' Charlotte, N 0 . Nov 90 ?Tbe big eottoo mill operatives' strike in Ma maooe County, N C . has been deeiar* ed off Tho strike bss beoo io force aboot three luoaiha and several (boa land bands wcro involved The labor orgaoisatioo whieh has been aiding tho strikers withdrew its support. This is tbs third recent strike smoog eottoo mill workers io North Carolina aod the mill owosrs have io sssb osse bsso tbe That Big Rice Combine. Rice planters snd dealers around Charleston are intereeted in the re port from Crowley, La, that tbe American Rioo Growers' Distribtiug company has been incorporated there, with a capital stock of $15 000,000, and, according lo the report, pro poses to undertake business when $5,000 000 of this amount has been paid iu Under tho impression that part or all of the Utter amount has been provided many planters are delivering rough rice at tbe ware bouses authorized to receive it It io also reported that arrange ments are under way to gain control of the product along the Atlantic coast at current pricep, which are regarded as reasonable and good for a margin of pro?t, p-ovided holdings are under the control of a single hand Most naturally tbe company is once more tho subject of lively discussion, but no one in New York seems to be fully advised as to the intent or progress made by tho incor portion Mr John F Talmsge, president of Dan Talnisge's Sons' company, was interviewed by the New York Com mercial regarding tho combine The Corrrnercial printed the following : Mr Talmago 6aid there was reully nothing definite to report lie bad been informed iu a general way that fair progress had been made iu tin an cial negotiations and the parties at the bead of the organization express ed confidence in their ability to carry it to a successful issue. "Many of the rice men seem to be of tbe 'doubting Thomas' character," said Mr Talmage, "simpiy because the organization had not started off with the promptness of a rail train on schedule time. It might be well to recall the fact that a presidential election bad been In progress and until tbe result was determined many parties interested hesitated. 4 Furthermore, an enterprise bav iog $15,000,000 cspital as its ulti mate and $7,500 000 as its immedi ate requirement is not a financial undertaking to be accomplished io a single dsy No matter bow rnerito rious the investment, sufficient time most be allowed for investigation "So fsr as this company is con? cerned, if its cleaned rioe is well bandied it will yield a profit over and above values plsced upon the rough snd sgreed to be psid to the various mills for preparing it for consump lion. It is widely remarked that the planters are to receive very full values for their product, and. further more, mills are to be liberally re? warded for their labor, and yet we believe and know that there ia a fair uargin of profit over and above such, provided tbe cleaned is distributed .brough one channel and by those who are possessed of nerve, intelli? gence, and, of course, industrious moogb to effect its disposition in lue proportion each month as the Jemand roay arise " Mr Talmage was asked whether ie thought $1,009,000 would be imple capita) with which to organize i successful rice combine, and re >lied tbst thrs amount, in his opinion, would be inadequate, for, judging by previous experiences, a large major ty of planters under ordinary cir jumsteooes would want their money ust aa fast as tbey couvd deliver the ttoff; and. furthermore, the company 1 ihoulri be prepared to take the crop | ( to fast as delivered and look for its oward by "feeding the market," ind in so doing would secure fair InOOilolreturn o? the money invest - } Ml -?4sa**--> As to Wall ~Directorteifc\" A man who goes ioto a store to ?olioit ao advertisement tor a so ?ailed "directory* to baog on aj rail would b~ve no good rea*?**! to somplatn of bis reception and treat sent, if ibe merehant should sam won bi* entire foree of olorke aod brow him ioto tbe street doch tdvertisementa are of ao beaefit, because tSey have no auoulatron, beyond luo rioh promises of the promoter tad have oo live reading ?alter on tkeaa to s-aize tbe attewtioo )f the public. This is ona of tbe mustiest old flakes ever perpetrated oo ibe advertising pwblio aod yet it continues is flourish. Owed business meo and good advert iaers grvo op their money to people they oevev see again to go ioto these sobessos that eaa be of no possible benefit to* tbosa. It is oot a matter of jealousy that prompts these observations, for as a rule ths advertiser* who go> on these "Hosi oess Directory" ate the best patrons of tbs oawspapera. but we dislike to see fakes like this flourish and eorieh traveliog advertising agents at tbe aspeosa of oor bosioees men. This newspaper has been asked to give its endorsement to sueh business aod offered a fres advertisement theieio io ooosideratioo of sooh serveoe, bot we will bavs oothiog to do with soy -ehernes which we conscientiously believe to be absolutely without benefits to those who invest in them ?States burg Journal - ma . ? ? ? mmmtm? Harvard has selected one of her negro students to represent her in a joint debate with am if oollego. Now that tbe Governor had scoured ; returns from the mayors of our towns I and cities as to (ho enforoameot of tho j dispensary law, it might be wotl to take I a similar concensus of railroad statioos I -id the lural eommunities Let it bs Uorougb, aod mfko it to oover tbs bole gtolo^Newherry Obiever. Hon John Hay's Pike Coun? ty Ballads, - I Id the good old day* when Joho Hiy j tvna famous and loug bttort he olapct? i from literature mto diplomacy aod s<ato oraff, 10 the days wbeo i.ih appeal wab I to the people and uoc io their luiers? i Mr H iy told ine bow he oauic to write ! bis Piko County Ballads Tbo story ?G?uis to rat interesting As tho editor of Hearth ?*?(] Hoobo , I wro ? to^hiru asking for ? ballad and j offering a prio.' for it wvnc!? w?< almost ftbaloos io those days, arid whi:h eveu su .bin time i f Isrger litsrary rewards would bo reekooed liberal Ha wrote me iu reply tbat ne dimply could cut write a Pike OoQOty ballad to save bin life , Tbe statement seamed to me so singu? lar wbiic ' Little Breeches,*' "Beoty Tim'' and "Jim Blodtut" ware echo ing io my ears, that when I mot Mr Hay some m00tbs later in the t tine of The Tribune, whica newspaper ho wa> temporarily edttiog during Mr W bite iaw R?ii's tbtsoos, I asked him abou? it He toidl il6 thai all hi* Pike County I B-.llads oamo trom a slog It inspiration ! and that oll ot tbctn were written in a i sin^lu wotk SobtttOtttlly his accouot of the mtiter aas this : B ios a guest at a country h u-o hi went to church with (he family 00 Sunday In was bot, drowsy tummer weather, and tbe good old clergyman waa even drowsier than the weather But in the oourso of his sermon he related in a pro*y way tbo story whiou Mr H^y afterwards made immortal as * Little Breeches '' As he tcld tbo ?tory Mr Hay was struck with its drtmttit p+tsibilities if cleverly presented in Pike County dialect "Before I It ft that church," he said to mo, "the ballad of 'Little BfteoheH* was complete in my mind, and before the midday meal was served it was written down on paper Lent I Miouid loso its lines I refused to converse with anybody until the writing was done." Then, being in tbe swing of tbe Pike County Ballad literature, be oontinued to write it until ' Banty Tim," "Jim Bludsoc" and the rest were done. "But theo," said Mr Hay, "the voio wa? completely worked out. It was what the Californians call a 'pock? et mino,' tud tkere was no metsl left in it. From that day tb this it has been as* impossible for me to write a Pike County ballad as to write a tew Iliad or Odyssey." ?George Cary Egglestoo. i ??ma* ^sw?i 1 Free Rural Delivery. Washington, Nov 20 ?An entbusi j istio plea for a wide eipansioo of rural | froe delivery is tirade in the annual , report of W. M Johnson-, first sssistant j postmaster general lie says that the I extraordinary development of this ' lystem during tbt past 12 months under the stimulus of opppropria'ion of |450 000 for tbe fiscal year 19&> 1900 ind $1 650,000 for tbe fiscal year 1900 11^)1. is oonaiusive as sbowiog tbat bei niter it most be a permanent ind expandiog feature of toe postal idministratioo. Tbe sorvioe can now be extended as swiftly as oongrese may lirect or as the means permit, until it lovers til those portions of the United Statte dow rtaohed '? whole or io part by the more primitive methods of the postal service, whioh have oomo dowo to 04 almost without chancre from colonial times. This ebange !flr John ?ou believes oao be effeoted without ex oesaive cost to the government. -?^mn-+ ? ? ? st? ' The Springfield Republican recent ly wrote the war department, "ask ing for copies of the last reports of Gens Otie and Mac Arthur, as mili? tary governors of the Philippine * islande," but although Gen Otis' last report was in the hands of tbe department two months ago and that of Gen MacArthur several weeks, and only a brief abstract of the latter and nothing of tho 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, ,in which they will be incorporated. Upon which the Springfield Republi can ssys : "That is to say, in order to get important official documents of present interest which nave already been io the government's bands many weeks, you must wsit until tbe early part of 194)1, or fully three months more, and tbe? get them through your congressman* poor man. This illustrstea the difficulty that bas been steadily encountered in extrscting information about tbe Philippines from tha United States government.'' ?twa>?e>^* saa * Tbe German law of libel, aooordiog to Chambers'* Journal, is a ouriosity. An editor rasently said in bit paper that a certain gentleman "was tn no manntrly boor," ia consequence of wbith a iibtl action was brought against tbo paptr. Tbt evideooe given setmed to thow tbtt tbs soly fault with tha expression was that it was not strong enough. Tbe ease was taken from court to oourt in the usual way until lit reaobed tbe highest tribunal. The I fioal decision was tbat tho editor would have been perfectly justified if be had said tbat the plaintiff "bad aoted like i an unmannerly boor but since he \ bad said that tbe plaintiff actually "wtt an unmannerly boor" he had oommit ! ted libel, lu German it ia libellous to ' call a man a pig or an ass, but if you j combino the two and oall a man s pig ass then there is no libel, beeaoso such to animal does not exist. Tbs favorite combination among Germans it j pig dog?sohweinehqnd. ; I; A\b*e(??ble PrcparatioaforAs ? slmitating i^FoGtodHc^u'a ??' v. For Infants and Children ? my i I ti&? ihc lj tanaas and Uov.eb of Promotes Digcstion,Cheeiful net'.s yTidRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ignature J^mpkui Srsd ? ,flx. 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