SHICA60 BOER SYMPATHIZERS
HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
Burke Cockran Makes an Address
The Resolutions Adopted.
Chicago, Dec. S.-A programme of
protest against British methods in the
South African war was carried out
before an immense audience in the
Auditorium theatre here tonight.
Following an eloquent address by W.
Bourke Cockran, and earnest speech?
es by others, resolutions for the ap?
pointment of a committee to bring the
sentiments of the meeting before the
president were adopted.
Although an admission was charged,
the funds being intended to assist the
Boers, and especially their women and
children, standing room was at a
premium and many were unable to
gain admittance.
The programme opened with the
song 4 ' The True Heart, ' sung by 19
German musical societies of Chicago.
Dr. Hiram W. Thomas, head of the
People's church, followed with prayer.
Then followed short addresses by
Judge Theodore Brentano and Judge
Murray,of the Tulay, chairman of the
Chicago branch of the American
Transvaal league, under the auspices
of which the meeting was held.
The following resolutions W6re
adopted.
"Resolved, That we, as American
citizens, believing that the wanton
destruction of property of non-combat?
ants by English military in South
Africa, without precedent in modern
times, save by English officers in the
war of the American Revolution, is a
source of needless suffering to the peo?
ple of the South African republics
and without advantage to the military
operations of the British army; and
that the slaughter of the helpless and
innocent caused by the English prison
pens is a causeless outrage upon the
humanity of the civilized world which
amply justifies concentrated remon?
strance by American and European
States, and believing that the rights
and obligations of common humanity
are not determined by georgaphical or
political limitations; and regarding
the treaty of 1871 as made to be ob?
served by England as well as by
America, do most solemnly renton
strate and protest against the acts of
the English government.
"Resolved. That we and each of us,
do hereby pledge ourselrves to use
our utmost powers to make this, our
protest known to our several repre?
sentatives in the American conrgess
and to cause a copy of these resolu?
tions to be brought to the attention of
the president of the United States and
respectfully petition that the treaty of
"Washington, of May 8, 1S71, be strict?
ly enforced and that the use of Ameri?
can ports be henceforth denied to ves?
sels operating under British charters
for the augmentation of supplies of
war, and that the president of these
United States will employ every possi?
ble means to bring to an end the hor?
rors of concentration camps and war?
fare, which by its unexampled ferocity
and enormous cost of life and treasure,
has astounded the civilized world.
"Resolved, That the chairman be
authorized to appoint a committee of
citizens of Chicago to call the atten?
tion of the president to these resolu?
tions and to inform him of the senti?
ment of the citizens of Chicago and
'that such committee shall have pow?
er to add to its number citizens of
other portions of the United States."
A resolution also adopted commend?
ing Gov. Yates of Illinois, for issuing
a proclamation calling for assistance
for the occupants of concentration
camps in South Africa.
A speech of Bishop Spaulding of
Peoria, roused the audience.to a high
pitch of enthusiasm. The meeting
closed with a remarkable demonstra?
tion. Following speechmaking the
great audience roared its approval of
the Boer cause, the cheering being
long continued, and then contribu?
tions were asked for the relief of the
stricken women and children in the
South African camps. The first re?
sponse was a check for $500, sent up
by a man who requested that his name
be withheld. Then followed checks
for $100, the contributors of this
amount being numerous. When small?
er sums were asked for money came
freely from all parts of the great audi?
ence. More than $5,500 was raised.
Condition of Cotton Cloth Market.
Manhattan, Dec. S.-The cloth mar?
ket was unsettled during the last week
owing to the irregularities of Ameri?
can cotton. The event of the week was
the low official estimate of the current
crop in the United States with the
restricted operations in cloth.
There has been considerable discus?
sion concerning the cotton position and
much diversity of opinion. The bulls
.are of the opinion that the crop will
not exceed 10,000,000 bates, while the
bears firmly believe it will amount to
10,500,000 bales. It is worthy of
notice that the stock of American cot?
ton at Liverpool, and the quantity
afloat of all kinds exceed the records
for the same period of 1900 by ! 45,000
bales and 6S,000 bales respectively.
The demand for cloth from China
was small and mainly restricted to
sorting up. The Indian demand was
irregular, oilers were fairly numerous
but the limits were usually unaccept?
able, being accentuated by the ad?
vance in cotton.
A fair quantity of light printing and
bleaching cloths was placed with pro?
ducers who needed work. The market
of the Levant and South America were
inactive. * It is stated that the Brazil?
ian trade is more hopeful. The posi?
tion of yarns was stronger. Spinners
refused to do business except on the
full advance of cottonn and buyers
rarelv obtained a reduction.
Birmingham, Ala.. Dec. 8.-Thirty?
nine prisoners serving sentences for
minor crimes escaped from the Sou tit
Side city jail between 3 and 1 o'clock
this morning by digging through a 16
inch brick wall with pocket knives.
No guards were in the prison from 12
to 4 o'clock.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signatare of
TBE GIBBES LEGA8Y.
Great Gratification Over the D?cis?
ion of the New York Court.
The news from New York that the
Supreme Court had confirmed the
judgment of the lower Court, sustain?
ing the legacy of $100,000 in the will
of the late James S. Gibbes^ for the
establishment of an art building in
Charleston, of course caused great
satisfaction throughout the city. The
trustees to whom the fund was left
originally were the Hon. Charles H.
Simonton, the late Capt. F. W. Daw?
son, the Maror of the city, ex-officio,
and Dr. G. "Manigauit. Of these only
two survive, Judge Simon ton and the
Mayor. Under Mr. Gibbes's will his
large property, amounting to nearly a
million dollars, was left for the most
part to his son, James S. Gibbes, and
his grandson, James Gibbes Hale,
equally for life, the Farmers' Loan
and Trust Company, of New York, be?
ing made the trustee. In case of the
death of his son and grandson without
leaving issue, a number of legacies and
among them this $100,000 for an art
building, was left by Mr. Gibbes, and
the remainder was given absolutely to
his two nephews, the sons of his
brother, Mr. Allen Gibbes, who
resided in Savannah. The unexpect?
ed death of Mr. Gibbes's grandson and
of his son without issue raised the two
nephews at once from serious circum?
stances to great affluence, and con?
siderable surprise was expressed and
doubtless felt by the Courts that they
should have been unwilling to carry
out their uncle's expressed wishes
with regard to the City of Charleston,
denominated in his will as "our be?
loved city." However, there is no
way to prevent litigation if the persons
interested in estates are willing to pay
lawyers to conduct it, and accordingly
it was necessary for the trustees to
employ counsel in the Courts of New
Y*ork, where the litigation was neces?
sarily carried on.
The trustees appointed Mr. J. W.
Barnwell as their representative here, I
who undertook the work without com?
pensation, and Judge Simonton him?
self employed Mr. Steele, of New
York, who agreed to take the case upon
a contingent fee, to be fixed by Judge
Simonton and Mr. Barnwell. Both
Judge Simonton and Mr. Barnwell
were absolutely confident from the
beginning that the legacy was unas?
sailable. Judge Simonton wrote his
views to Mr. Steele very fully and an
able argument was prepared by Mr.
Guthrie of Mr. Steele's firm, after
consultation with Judge Simonton and
the Charleston counsel. This argu?
ment was successful in the.lower Court
and has proved equally successful with
the next higher Court, which in New
York is known as the Supreme Court,
although there is another Court still
higher. The counsel in Charleston
are not without hope that the persons
who have been pressing the litigation
may now be willing to abandon it and
to permit the money to be used for
the beneficent pm poses designated by
Mr. Gibbes. A saort time will show
whether these hoppes are well founded
or not. Further litigation can only
result in costing the trust fund a large
sum without benefiting those who are
contesting the legacy, and with the
decision of two Courts against them
it is not very probable that the mat?
ter will be taken "o the higher Court.
-News and Courier.
Conflict of Jurisdiction.
Macon, Ga. December 7.-Federal
and State Courts came into sharp
con?ict today over a receivership.
Judge Speer, of the former, had com?
manded that Receiver T. J. Carling,
appointed by Judge Felton, of the
latter, should turn over all property
in his hands as such receiver to the
United States marshal. Limit of time
for so doing was fixed at 10 o'clock
today. Carling's attorney came into
Court and asked to be heard on a
petition of revision and review. He
was instantly asked if Carling has
obeyed the Court's mandate. The
reply was th nt he had not, whereupon
Judge Speer immediately ordered
Carling's arrest for contempt, and
further directed that he be taken and
confined in the jail at Savannah. |
Carling's attorneys were thunder?
struck. They abandoned farther argu?
ment and went into consultation in
view of the intimated immediate exe?
cution of the order. Before they had
concluded Judge Speer announced
that the execution would be delayed
ten days in order that Carling's attor?
neys might have a chance to eo before
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, in New Orleans.
Carling is one of the most prominent
business men in Georgia and has na?
tional prominence as a Mason and
Knight of Pythias. This is the third
time in ten days that Judge Speer has
overset State laws.
News From tho Phiiipplnas.
Manila, Dec. 8. Native scouts from
Bengabon, province of Nueva Ecija,
have killed the American negro. David
Fagan, a deserter from the Twenty
fourth (colored) infantry who for mer.
than two years bas been leading Fili?
pinos against the American troops.
The native scouts decapitated their
prisoner. The man's head, however,
was recognized as that of Fagan.
They also secare:! his commission in
the insurgent army. Fagan had on
one of ins fingers thc class ring of
Lieut. Frederick W. Alstaetter of the
engineers, who was captured by Fili?
pinos, supposedly under the commnand
of Fagan himself, Oct. 29, 1900.
A military commission has sentenced
the Filipino Gen. Isidore Torres to be
hanged after finding him guilty of or?
dering thc assassination of Corporal
Fieldner, of the Nineteenth infantry,
at Malolos. province of Bulacan, las
October. Thc sentence of the commis?
sion has been disapproved by Gen.
Chaffee, who finds that the commis?
sion has reasonable grounds to doubt
whether Gen. Torres personally order?
ed the assasination of the American
soldier.
G?n. Chaffee thinks that the high
rank held by Torres in the insurgent,
army would have been sufficient to
prevent such unmilitary action on his
part.
A colored fisherman of Wrightsville,
N. C., is said to have caught 8,000
bunches of small mullets on last Satur?
day.
il DEED OF HORROR
IN ANDERSON COUNTY.
Negro Bruts Ravishes a White
Woman Near Belton.
Special to The State.
Anderson, Dec. 8.-Late yesterday
afernoon Oliver Green, a nergo about
20 years old, commited a criminal as?
sault upon Miss Rebecca Ann Kelley,
a maiden lady about 55 years old, who
lived alone in a house about two miles
above Belton in, this county. The
negro accomplished his purpose. The
lady's face and shoulder were horribly
bruised and a piece of flesh was almost
severed from her arm by the negro's
teeth. Deputy Sheriff Dillingham was
notified by phone of the crime about
two hours after its occurence and went
at once to the scene with his blood
hound. The dog struck a trail at the
house and followed it directly to a ne?
gro cabin about two miles distant.
Five negroes were arrested and car?
ried before Miss Kelley, who promptly
identified Greer as her assailant. ?
large crowd had collected and they
were determined to lynch the negro,
but the officer succeeded in eluding
them and brought his prisoner here
through the country and landed him
in jail about daylight this morning.
There is no anticipation now of an at?
tempt to take the prisoner from the
jail but if the crowd had gotten hold
of the negro last night there would
undoubtedly have been another lynch?
ing in this county. The negro has
talked but little but has practically
admitted his guilt. Miss Kelley, the
victim, is said to be in a very serious
condition.
Last spring her home was broken
into at night and an unsuccessful at?
tempt at assault was made. Since
then she has spent the nights with a
neighbor, staying at her own home
only in daytime. It is "thought that
the negro now in jail is guilty of that
crime also.
Dismissed the Servios.
"Washington, Dec. 7.-The records in
Court-martial cases, involving officers
who have been convicted of bribery
in connection with opening of hemp
ports, have been published. In the
case of Capt. Michael K. Spellman,
43d volunteer infantry, the sentence of
expulsion from the service and two
years' imprisonment, is confirmed,
except that the imprisonment is limit?
ed to one year. The cases of Capt.
Dudley W. Welch, assistant surgeon
43d infantry, sentenced to dismissal,
and First Lieut. D. R. Jones, of the
same command, charged with disobe?
dience in connection with hemp frauds
and sentenced to dismissal and two
years' imprisonment, have also been
approved.
First Roosevelt Act.
Washington, December 7.-President
Roosevelt placed his signature ? today
to the first piece of legislation by the
present Congress when he signed the
joint resolution in reference to the
foreign exhibits to go to the Charles?
ton Exposition, admitting them duty
free.
The resolution was introduced into
the House on Monday by Col. Elliott
and at once passed immediately after
it had been passed in the Senate at
the instance of Senator Tillman ; and,
being put in proper shape for the
President's signature, it was hurried
to the White House by Col. Elliott
personally.
After signing it the President ex?
pressed much gratification to know
that his first act of tte kind would be
remembered in connection with the
Epxosition. Col. Elliott obtained
the pen with which the President
signed the Act and will forward it to
the Exposition as an exhibit.-News
and Courier.
"Looking Backward."
The Charleston Exposition opened
yesterday, and from ail that we can
hear, it is a fine show. Of course it
is not so large or pretentious as some
of the others, but it has many unique
features and will doubtless attract a
large number of visitors from all parts
of the country.
Among the State and city buildings
are those of South Carolina, Mary?
land, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia,
New York, Cincinnati and the New
England States, and complete collect?
ive exhibits are shown from Georgia,
Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, "Washing?
ton, Utah, Colorado, Michigan, Dela?
ware, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
other States.
But there is no Virginia building
and there is on official exhibit from
this State. Virginia had no exhibit
at Buffalo and the only exhibit which
it had at the World's Fair, in Chica?
go, was an exhibit of relics. The one
thing lacking in that exhibit was a
sign over the door reading, "Looking
Backward." Our Chicago exhibit
said as plainly as words could say
that Virgnia thought moro of her past
than of her present or future.
But are we going to continue; to lock j
backward and not forward? Aro we
going to throw away all the opportuni- j
ties that are given as to advertise our ?
resources and advantages? If New
York and California and 1 'cnn sylvan i a ;
and Maryland and North Carolina j
think it wise to advertise at these ex- i
positions, why should Virginia snap!
her fingers at them?
Ii is great blunder. This State isl
one pf the richest in the Union, rich j
in soil and climate and minerais and j
waterpower and navigable streams,
rich beyond computation in natural |
resources ami advantages, and it is j
poor policy indeed for us to go along!
year after year never advertising our
riches to the world. We cannot expect j
to grow and increase by pursuing such j
a policy; There is competition be
tween States as there is competition i
between individuals, and Virignia i
must get in the push and stay in the
push or be pushed aside. Let us go
to work now and prepare for a credit?
able exhibit at the St. Louis Exposi
tion. Richmond Times.
' The furniture and fixtures of the
Savings Bank were put up yesterday
and the bank has a very neat and
handsome appearance. The large safe
arrived on Saturday and has been put
in place, also.
BIG PRICES FOR ANIMALS.
A Small S?ZJMI Fortune Needed t?
Bey a i?irai?e.
Because of the difficulty of gening i
to America and of keeping it alive aft
er it arrives a. good giraffe is quoted al
$7,000.
Next to the giraffe in the aristocracy
of cost come the rhinoceros and tilt
hippopotamus, worth from $4.000 tc
$0.000 each. If a dealer could breed
these animals, he could get rich, bul
the big mammals rarely breed in cap
tiri ty. About the only place in America
where hippopotami have been knowe
to raise their young is in the menag?
erie in Centra! park. Xew York.
A chimpanzee of size is worth $5.000
and when oue reaches the intelligence
of the late Mr. Crowley. Cl;?co or Jo?
hanna he is beyond a fixed price. Thc
monkey kind are most uncertain prop?
erty. The animal man says they arc
certain to die. But the ordinary ones
can be bought very cheaply.
One can buy a nice young baby ele?
phant for $1,000 at times, but a reallj
good animal is worth from $1,800 tc
$C,000. An elephant does not command
the maximum price because of the
beauty of his countenance, the ele?
gance of his figure, his intellectual en?
dowments or his size, but because ol
a sweet, sunny disposition. A mean
elephant is about the most evil of liv?
ing things. Sooner or later he has tc
be killed, usually after he has slain
two or three keepers and done more
damage than he is worth. Of two ani?
mals of equally good disposition the
larger and finer commands the highei
price, of course, but the most magnifi?
cent beast with an inclination for mur?
der isn't worth as much as a very com?
mon one that is trustworthy-that is,
ordinarily so. for the sweetest tem?
pered have days when they seem in?
spired of satan.-Junior Munsey.
A Railroad Man's Story.
"One of the worst starts I ever had."
said an engineer the other day, "was
due to a large, lazy pig that had got
on my mind. Nothing will slide a train
more easily and destructively from the
rails than live pork. This particular
specimen had a habit of burrowing
alongside the track, and it was a fair
presumption that sooner or later he
would find something to interest him
between the rails and somebody would
go down the bank.
"I was coming down a hill one day
at high speed and craning my neck for
a comforting sight of piggy in his ac?
customed place when, as I popped
around the curve, a bright red flag as?
saulted my anxious gaze. The connec?
tion between that flag and the pig was
only a bit of mental aberration on my
part, but it was very vivid. I shut off
and grabbed the whistle cord, but be?
fore I could even screech for brakes I
saw that the flag was only a red flan?
nel shirt which the good woman of the
shanty to which tho pig belonged had
hung on an improvised clothesline be?
tween the telegraph poles.
"That may not sound like much of a
scare, but it represents a type that
turns the railroad man's hair to a deli?
cate ash color."
Patti's Escort.
Adelina Patti, the great singer, on
one of her tours of Europe was due at
Bucharest on a certain date. Owing to
inclement weather, however, madame
declined to budge from Vienna, and
the poor manager went nearly distract?
ed. As storming had not the slightest
effect on her serene highness the man?
ager set his wits to work. Soon after?
ward a telegram arrived from Bucha?
rest, stating that a brilliant deputation
of Roumanian nobles, with a torchlight
procession and military band, was to
receive** the diva. The message was
handed to Mme. Patti, who was en?
chanted, and at once made ready to
start On arrival, the band played and
the torches flared, and madame was
put in the best of spirits by being es?
corted to her hotel by the Roumanian
nobles. It is not known what she would
have said bad she been told that the
"nobles" were hired from the streets
and dressed up for the occasion by a
representative of the manager.
Grazed in the Fog.
It is not usual for a ship on the high
seas to elect to cast anchor on the deck
of a passing steamer, but that is what
a four masted schooner did once in the
Atlantic. The two vessels grazed in
the fog, and the "catted" port anchor
of the schooner caught in the steamer's
deck "by a fluke." It fastened to an
engineer's stateroom in such a manner
as to bar his exit: but, fortunately, the
chain parted just as the room was be?
ing ripped into fragments. The schoon?
er followed the steamer to its destina?
tion to recover her anchor.
Cleaning the Cloe!:.
A farmer has an ambitious son. 12
years old. who. being left alone for a
few hours the other day. tried io clean
th;- clock, ile easily got the clock to
pieces, but his dtilicuity lay in putting
them together again after cleaning.
At this task he was only partly sac- j
cessful. and upon his father's return j
home he eagerly exclaimed:
"Father. I've cleaned the clock and ?
got enough works left o VIT tc make an- j
other one!"-Exchange.
_ i
Had Tro ni; le? of His O?T?I.
"Sir." began young Timkins as he j
entered the presence of the dear girl's j
father. "I want to marry your daugh- '
ter"
I
"Oh. don't bother me with your trou- j
hies!*' interrupted the old gentleman. |
"She told me some time ago that she
Intended to marry you. so you'll have ;
to settle it between yourselves."-Ex- :
change.
_
Deserted.
Jamestown. Va., where the English '[
gained their first foothold in the new
world in 1007. was burned in IC76. To- i
day nobody lives there. Little remains
to mark the site except a crumbling
church tower, dilapidated gravestones ;
and remnants ot the foundations of a :
few bouses. Ladies' Home Journal.
CAUGHT IN AN EXPLOSION.
A Miner's Description of His Feel?
ings When He Was Blown Up.
A miner who was blown up while
blasting a rock describes his sensations
thus:
"You see, it's so sudden. It's over
just about the time you begin to under?
stand that something is happening.
You know, I had the cartridge in my
hand aud put it down. Then I got
afraid of it. All at once everything
was light. I don't think I saw the
flash. Anyway my face was not ex?
actly toward the explosion.
"But then everything got light, lighter
than day-kind of blmding. There was
an awful crash. It was just at the
same time. I was terrified and wanted
to get away. It was just as if I was
having the nightmare. Somehow,
though, I knew just what the matter
was. A man can think faster than he
has any idea of. I knew that some of.
the others were nearer the explosion,
and I said to myself, 'They're blown in
bits, that's certain.'
"You understand, this was all in a
second-all at once, really. Then it was
exactly the same as if I had been hit
with a stick. I thought it was a big
stick, bigger than any man could swing,
and that it must be worked by ma?
chinery. It hit me on the head and ail
over. I went sailing into the air a long,
long way. My ears roared, and the wind
blew into my face. I knew when 1
struck the ground, for I remember say?
ing to myself. 'Well. I'm done for.'
"I don't know just when I lost my
right senses or when they came back,
but when they did come back it seemed
queer that I was there still. I thought
I had been#thrown somewhere else. 1
could feel fire burning me. It was my
clothes. They were smoking and al?
most blazing. I was bruised all over
and could not hear very well. My
voice sounded as though somebody else
were talking. That's all I can tell you
about iL"
**** A Career Ending; Joke.
This is a true story about one cf the
mayers of Kansas City. He was mayor
when the incident occurred, not so very
many years ago. Two newspaper men,
both very good friends of the mayor,
were about to leave town, and they
asked Mr. Mayor to help them cele?
brate their departure.
It was a hot day in summer, and aft?
er an hour or two of convivial indul?
gence the mayor of Kansas City waa
very much under the influence of liq?
nor. The newspaper men were feeling
jovial, Out they were still able to walk
around. It finally became necessary to
do something for the mayor. Seeing a
fruit wagon pass, one of the newspaper
men ran out and hailed the driver.
When he drew up to the curb, he was
asked whether or not he wanted to
make $2. He replied that be most cer?
tainly did.
It was then explained to him that a
drunken man would be stretched out in
his wagon, face toward the sky. and
that he must drive through all the busi?
ness streets of the town and then take
the man home.
Not knowing who his passenger was
to be. the driver consented, and the
joke was carried out to the letter.
Through the streets of Kansas City the
mayor of the town, stretched out on an
open wagon asleep, was driven, and
there was a placard that announced the
cause of the strange plight fastened
on the back of the wagon. The mayor
was not re-elected.-Chicago Chronicle.
Knltelik anti P=dcrevrski.
"Oh, Mr. Kubelik," said a dazzling
beauty to the great violinist after one
of his performances, "you are indeed a
genius! Whenever I hear you and M.
Paderewski play I seem quite dazed,
the effect upon me is so fascinating!
Have you ever heard Paderewski, mon?
sieur?"
"Once, madame; only once," quietly
replied Kubelik. "But," and this very
firmly, "I shall certainly never hear
him again."
"Why not?" asked the astonished
beauty.
"I will tell you." answered Kubelik.
"I am conscious that I possess a cer?
tain power, a certain originality. Now,
I cannot afford to lose this conscious?
ness, for upon it entirely depends my
success. I heard Paderewski once, and
then I felt my 'proud consciousness'
going, my faith in myself slipping.
Paderewski's influence over me the
only time I ever heard him play was
so powerful that I felt, for the sake of
my own originality, if I possess any
("Oh. M. Kubelik!" almost shrieked the
beauty) that it would be safer and wis?
er lo leave him to Iiis own joy and gen?
ius. No. madame, there is but one Pa?
derewski: there are many Kubeliks!"
Modern Society.
Coing to Cuaossa.
The saying "geing to Canos?:a" refers
to rho humiliating pilgrimage made
by the Emperor Henry IV t.> Italy in
the year 1077. Henry had objected tc
the claims advanced by Gregory Hilde?
brand and, refusing to submit, was ex?
communicated by thar pontiff. Tho
emperor at first laughed at the sen?
tence, but took a more serious view
when he found himself deserted even
by his personal attendants and resolved
on a journey to italy to make his peace
with the pope. The latter was then at j
the Castle of Ca nessa, a fortress of the j
Countess Mathilda and situated in the !
mountains ot* Modena. Thither the em
peror hastened, but the pope refused i
to see Lim save under the mest degrad?
ing conditions.
The desperate situation of Henry
compelled him to submit, and for three
days and nights, barefooted and bare
beaded, elad only in a hair shirt, the
raiment of a penitent, he waited at the
gate. At the end of this fearful pen?
ance, which was undergone in the
month of January, he was admitted to j
the papal presence, was absolved and
received his dominion as a gift from
the pope. The expression has ever
since been current as indicative of
abject submission on any terms Im?
posed by the conqueror.
MR. 0. A. P. JORDAN
P?ES AT GREENWOOD.
Found Dead In His Room About
Noon Sunday.
Special to The State.
Greenwood, Dec. 8.-Mr. D. A. P.
Jordan of this city was found in his
bed today at 12 o'clock. He did not
come to breakfast, but no suspicion
that anything was the matter occurred
to any one until about ll o'clock, when
as he had not left his room an attempt
was made to enter the room. The out?
side doors were locked, but an entrance
was effected by pushing the key out.
The door to his bedroom was also
found locked, and entrance was made
through his bathroom. Mr. Jordan
was found lying on his side in bed cold
in death. Major and Mrs. H. C.
Hartzog and E. C. Rice, who have
rooms in the same apartments, were
the ones who found him.
Mr. Jordan was lying partly on his
side and partly on his back, "with his
right hand extended across the bed and
with his left hand pressing over his
heart. Physicians were immediately
summoned.
In their opinion Mr. Jordan had
been dead many hours. The bed
clothes were not at all rumpled, and
from all appearances Mr. Jordan had
net been in bed long when death came.
The physicians state that cerebral
hemorrhage was the cause of his death,
and this was returned by the coroner's
jury as the cause of his death. Dr.
Neel stated that this hemmorrhage was
superinduced by Bright's disease.
Limits to a Court's Power.
Washington, December 7.-There
was an interesting and unusual pro?
ceeding today in the State department,
when attorneys representing parties
to a New York lawsuit sought to com?
pel the testimony of Secretary Hay.
The case was an action of libel
brougrht against a New York newspa?
per by Carl Fischer Hansen, a Danish
banker, resident in New York, and in
it is involved Capt. Christmas.
Counsel for the newspaper attempt?
ed to propound some questions touch?
ing the negotiations that had occurred
between Secretary Hav and the Dan?
ish agents in 1899-1900. The Secretary
flatly refused to answer these and an?
nounced his reasons for so doing to be
that he had no presonal knowledge of
the matters at issue. "Whatever knowl?
edge he possessed had been acquired
in his capacity of Secretary of State
and not as an individual. Moreover
the inofrmiation sought to be elicited
was a privileged communciation to the
Govrenment of tbe United States and
to make this "public woald be highly
prejudicial to the interests of the
country. The New York lawyers will
attempt to have the Secretary of State
brought before the Court on a charge
of contempt. The officials of the
State department feel secure in their
position in resistance to the Court's
order, finding strong precedent for it
in a controversy that arose between
President Jefferson and Chief Justice
Marshall over an application for a
mandamus.
Special Blizzard Forecast.
Washington, Dec. 8.-Special fore?
cast : Cold wave warnings have been
issued -for central and eastern Texas,,
northern Louisiana, Alabama, western
Florida, Mississippi and western Ten?
nessee and Kentucky. A fall of tem?
perature to freezing on the Texas coast
and to about 25 degrees in the interior
districts is anticipated. Frost warnings
have also been issued for southern Cal?
ifornia. Storm warnings have been
issued for the Louisana, Mississippi
and western Florida coasts.
Bull Speculators Take Advantage
of Short Crop-A Corner Feared.
Chicago, Dec. 5.-"King" Farmer
has come to Chicago, taking the board
of trade by storm and sent prices of all
grains climbing above records. Busi?
ness today on 'change was larger and
more spectacular than it has been for
a long time and has rivalled the specu?
lative enthusiasm that marked the
days of Hutchinson and the other
giants of the pits.
Natural conditions are back of the
upshoot in prices, but bull specula?
tion has been the main incentive. The
whole countryside seems to be waking
up to the ruinous shortage in the corn
crop and the feeding of wheat to
stock as a consequence has brought
buying in that cereal.
There have ben general advances in
all options of wheat, corn and oats
during the past several days, but the
arrival of thousands of farmers and
stockmen to visit the live stock exhibi?
tion touched off the fuse under all the
markets and sent prices booming. To?
day the floor of the board was a spec?
tacular show. Hundreds of the big
countrymen in fur overcoat and cow?
hide boots had the courtesies of the
exchange and were all eagerly''getting
into the game." When professional
speculators saw the farmer grasping
opportunities they immediately began
to plunge. Added to this influence
was a flood of general buying orders
from the country until the outside
interests practically controlled the
market.
May wheat touched its record price
for the crop shortly before noon,
selling at 80 5-8. Both December and
May broke records of years" standing,
December selling at t?? certs and May
at GS 1-2. It is rumored there is a
corner in oats, but trade is so large
on both sides of the market that the
rumor is not substantiated. May oats
broke another record today at 4t5 l-4c.
A school boy, aged eight years, was
stabbed to death by a school mate,
aged eleven, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
A London cablegram savs that Flor?
ence Nightingale, the great woman
philanthropist, who is now 79 years
of aire, is in a critical condition and
on the verge of death. Miss Nightin?
gale was a pioneer in the work of
army nursing, and not only made
great sacrifices herself at the risk of
her life, but inaugurated a system
which has been a great blessing to
soldiers in time of war. For years
past she has led a secluded life and
has passed out of the public eye, but
her good deeds will never be forgot?
ten.-Richmond Times.