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THE WAR AGAINST THE TRUSTS. Complaint Filed Against the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Columbia," December 2S.-South Carolina has joined in the procession - of States that has brought suits against alleged industrial combina? tions. At the recent session of the General Assembly a joint resolution was passed instructing the Attorney General to make "'an investigation" to determine by what authority the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company is doing hjusiness in this State," and then that "he institute such pro? ceedings, civil or criminal, as may be necessary to prevent and punish the violations of such laws against trusts and combinations." The General Assembly little knew when it called upon the Attorney Gen? eral what a tremendous responsibility and task it was throwing upon him. Mr. Bellinger and Mr. Gunter have been working quietly and indefatig? ably for months and months, and today they had their guns ready to fire at the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. They have fired a broad? side, and when the General Assembly meets it will find that Attorney Gene? ral Bellinger has gone down to the root of the matter, and has prepared a most elaborate and exhaustive report. General Bellinger is a fighter with a reputation and in this, as in all other cases he has taken hold of, it is certain that he will keep up his reputation and at the same time it is to be remembered that in other States similar litigation, so far as known, has amounted to nothing. Mr. Bellin? ger will do his part, but, of course, whether the Virginia-Carolina is or is not a trust or combination, as al? leged, and whether it is or is rot . detrimental to the public welfare, is entirely another question. The first gun was fired here today. The formal complaint in the case was served on Mr. Washington A. Clark, who was president of the Columbia Phosphate Company, before that cor? poration sold out. Similar suits will be brought in the vavious counties where the sales complained of occurred. The litigation started today, as shown by the records, involves con? siderably more than a million dollars worth of property, besides far-reach? ing principles. General Bellinger realizes that he has a hard case ahead of him, and that talk a:ad law do not always run together, anud he has secured as as? sistant counsel former Judge J. H. Hudson, of Bennettsville, and Mr. J. X. Nathans, of Charleeston. Of course, Assistant Attorney General Gunter will be associated in the case. Tn employing Judge Hudson and Mr. Nathans, General Bellinger has obtain? ed two of the ablest and best lawyers in the State to assist in the litigation. In the meanwhile the Virignia-Caro lina Company has not yet shown its hand but as this is the first case of the kind that has been brought against it, ii is safe to say that they will resist the contention tp the utmost and oppose the view that it is a com? bination or trust against the inter? ests of the public. It will be a most interesting case, s THE NORTHERN RAILROAD TRUST. Judge Elliott Grants Injunction Against Officers. Minneapolis, Dec. 30. -Judge Elliott of the district court of Hennepin coun? ty today granted a temporary order restraining the officers of the ^Northern Pacific railroad company from retir? ing the preferred stock of that com? pany. The order was issued on the ap? plication of Peter Power of New York, who holds a hundred shares of the eommon stock, and who came on from New York with his attorneys for the purpose of beginning the action. It was supposed that the failure of the action brought in the New York courts by holders of preferred stock cleared away the last obstacle to the retirement of the preferred on January 1, leaving the Hill interests in control of the road through its majority of the common stock. It is inferred, al? though it does not so appear, that the present action i's brought in behalf of the Harrison interests to prevent control passing out of its hands for another year or until the legal stand? ing of the Northern Securities com? pany is settled. The claim set up by Mr. Power in his suit is that the retirement of the preferred stock is in violation of the agreement that such retirement would lay no additional burdens upon the common stock, and he holds that the certificates of deben? ture bonds, to be issued to offset the retirement of the preferred, would be? come a lien upon the common stock and thus work an injury to his prop? erty. It is understood that the block of 100 shares held by Power is the only block of common not hitherto controlled and definitely located upon one side or the other, the Harrison people or the Hill-Morgan interests. The retsraining order will not only be served on the officials in Minnesota, but will be telegraphed to New York and served on the officials there. The papers were served on President Chas. S. Mellen of the Northern Pacific to? day. OLD LADIES ROBBED. Augusta, Ga., December 29.-A spe? cial to the Chronicle from Washington, Ga., says: The Misses Battle, two elderly maiden ladies living at Bar neta Junction, on the Washington branch of the Georgia Railroad, were robbed at an early hour this morning of 86,000 in gold. When the robbers entered the house the women, hear? ing a noise, investigated, lighting a j lamp. The robbers dashed a bucket j of cold water on the one holding the 1 lamp and overawed them. An alarm was raised and when help arrived the robbers had ried, after riiflng a trunk containing the above named amour!. The women lived alone in'the house. Several previous attempts have been made to rob them during the past few months. A few weeks ago an entrance was made in the house and the trunk carried out in the yard and rifled, the would-be thieves getting no money. The ladies believe the robbers were white men, having recognized one of them they say. Railroads Favor Fertilizer Trust. Independent Companies Learn by Accident That Trust Gets Low? er Rates. Anderson, December 29.--The an? nouncement that the attorney gene? ral had commenced action to secure the annulment of the charter oi the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company was read here today with a great deal of interest. Today" it was learned _ of ^another matter in connection with "the fertilizer business in the State that will be of great interest. It is understood that there is quite a stir among the independent fertilizer com? panies on account of the discovery that' the Southern railway, the Seaboard Air Line, and the Atlantic Coast Line have for several weeks bad in force a reduced, or three-quarter rate, on acidulated rock from Charleston to points i.n North and South Carolina where the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company has oil mills. * The railroads deny that the rate was made specially to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, but it is a significant fact that the rate was never published and that the independent companies learn? ed of it only by accident. When the railroad authorities were asked about it, they admitted that the special rate had been in force but would be with? drawn on Dec. 31. The practical effect of the special rate has been that the Virginia-Carolina Chemical com? pany ships its goods from Charleston to points where it has oil mills at a three-quarter rate while the indepen? dent companies have been paying full rates, having had no notice of the re? duction. It is understood that the railroads claim that the special rate was given by the consent of the State railroad commissioners, but this is not believed here. The matter has been brought to the attention of the com- : mission and there will be a hearing on it Tuesday. There will naturally be much interest in the hearing, and ; the action of the commission will be . awaited w.th interest. Mr. F. G. Brown, president of the Anderson Phosphate and Oil company, 1 the largest independent fertilizer com? pany in the State, stated in reply to an inquiry that he had not been noti? fied by the railroad authorities of any reduction of the rate on acidulated 1 rock, or other fertilizers, to any point : in this State, and that his company ; w<fs still paying the old rates on all : shipments. He further said that since : the railroads have demonstrated that . this class of freight can be hauled for 1 25 per cent less than the rate hereto- J fore in force, he would appear before * the railroad commission on Tuesday and ask that th present'rate on acid phosphates and feritlizers, either in bulk or in bags, be reduced 25 per cent from all factories and to all points in the State. NEGROES KILLESBY POLICE. Waterloo, Dec. 29. A-At 5 o'clock j Saturday evening J. F. Duvall, town \ marshal of Waterloo, arrested Walter Lowe, colored. Lowe immediately . drew his pistol and demanded his ; release. At the same time George Cunningham joind Lowe and the marshal was powerless. Duvall cailed to his assistance G. W. Long, a mern- ' ber of the town council. Long called John Pitts to his assistance. In the j mean time Long secured a Winchester rifle and they attempted to arrest the 1 parties. When in about 50 yards of the negroes Walter Lowe called on the ; marshal to halt, at the same time ? opened fire on the marshal, Long and Pitts. By this time the negroes were joined by Pies Lowe, colored. Long ' handed Pitts the rifle and told him to ? shoot. After the smoke had cleared . away George Cunningham was found shot through the body and died in a ; few hours. Pitts with his rifle had [ lodged a ball in Pies. Lowe's left shoulder, shattering the bone, and his [ condition is serious. Walter Lowe is at large. He is a very bad negro. Sheriff Docket is on the ground and 1 no furthre trouble is expected. Ex? citement was high for a time. W. 1 A Deadly Weapon. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 29.-At a pre? liminary trial for murder, held at Yazoo City, before Justice of the Peace Stevens, the magistrate held that a negro's head was a deadly weapon such as would justify the defendant in using a pistol to protect himself from grave bodily injury or possible death from that source. The ordinarily accepted definition of a deadly weapon confines the term to pistols and weapons of that variety, and the Mississippi magistrate is un? doubtedly the first to announce the doctrine that the proverbial hard head of the Ethiopian is a weapon of grave danger and peril to the one/against whom it is turned The defendant, a negro named Henry Gordon, was charged with the murder of another negro, styled "Buttin" Jim" at Eden in that county a few weeks before. The testimony showed that "Buttin' Jim" was appoaehing him furiously with lowered head for the attack. The assailant also had a stick in his hand, which was. of course, not a deadly weapon. The evidence was introduced to show the redoubt? able nature of the head which the as? sailant was about to employ as a weap? on. It was testified that in the rail? road yards at Tchula in Holmes coun? ty the dead man had killed a man by the violent impact of his head. Other instances were cited where he had laid others up for months by the infliction of severe internal wounds with his cranial battering ram. In fact his adroitness with that fatal weapon was well known all over the county among the negroes, and they feared him as they feared grim death. His sobriquet of "Buttin' Jim" bore witness to his reputation in that line. After considering the case the mag? istrate announced that tho circUm : stances showed that the defendant was ! being attacked with a deadly weap? on : that he had good reason to if ear i for his life, in view of all the circum? stances, and he therefore discharged him from custody, without bond. Lynchburg, Va., December 29. -A ; landslide On the Ci: esa [.-ea kc and Ohio ; Railroad, near Reusen?s station, five miles west of Lynchburg, on the James River branch today caused a wreck in which the engineer, conductor and baggage man of a passenger train were killed and several other preso ns injur? ed, but none of them seriously. MISS NELL CROPSEY'S FUNERAL. Many People Braved Storm to Pay Last Tribute to the Dead. Charl?te, N. C., Dee. 29.-A spe? cial to The Observer from Elizabeth City, N. C., says: In a storm of in? termittent wind and driving rain and in the presence cf thc largest crowd which ever assembled at a church in this city, the funeral services over the remains of Miss Ella Maud Cropsey, the girl supposed to have been murder? ed five weeks ago, were held this after? noon in the Methodist church. . There were 1,500 people packed in the audi? torium, balcony and annex, and hun? dreds could not get admittance. The deceased became a member of this church 33 days before her disappear? ance. Among those in the funeral cortege were Judge and Mrs. Cropsey, three daughters and a son, and Lawyer Andrew G. Cropsey of New York. The remains are lying in the Metho? dist church annex over night and will be started to Brooklyn tomorrow morn? ing. The jail in which young Wilcox, who was arretsed for alleged participataion in the girl's death, is confined lies only a stone's throw from the church. Wil? cox knew the funeral was in progress, but showed no emotion and merely in? quired if a large crovvd were present. He is more nervous than yesterday, but retains Fmuch of the easy manner that has characterized him at all times The guards were withdrawn from the jail today and permitted to go home. Public sentiment is strong against Wilcox, but there is less talk of lynching and some of the ministers today took occasion in their sermons to advise against mob violence. Wil? cox absolutely refuses, under advice of his attorney, to say anything regard? ing the case. He is charged with the murder of the girl and as the offense is not bailable in this State, he will waive an exaimnation and permit his case to go direct to the gand jury next March. "We know Miss Cropsey was killed by a blow on the head with a sandbag or blackjack. If the blow was struck whlie she was rn the porch, then her unconscious form was dragged across the lawn to the river, only a short dis? tance away. If the blow was struck on thc lawn we are convinced she was induced to cross the lawn hy Wilcox and that while walking across she was struck by him. There is another wit? ness who may be called upon to testify. Et is R. F. Parker, who told his wife \ the night after Miss Cropsey disap- ? pea red that he had seen Wilcox drag- ? iring a girl across the road in front of che Wilcox residence. We will in- j eestigate that.4 ' . - 11-.a - w- - . CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. ! Charleston, Dec. 29.-The exhibi? tors and concessionaires at the J Charleston exposition have organized : a club for the double purpose of ? forwarding the interests of the exposi- ' tion and that of the firms which they . represent. The president of the club ; is H. C. Bliss, the vice president. ^ Wallace S. Shaw and the secretary and treasurer, L. C. Good. The exhibi- J tors have made splendid progress in 1 the last week in the installation of < their exhibits. The attendance on ( the exposition is steadily increasing. ' The races are proving to be a splendid ' attraction : the buildings and grounds ' present a most charming appearance "' 2nd the railroads are doing a heavy 1 passenger business. Tomorrow will be 'Citadel Academy" day at the ex? position and Xew Year's day will be ! celebrated by the negroes as^Emanci- 1 pation day. " Arrangements are being made for the International League of Press clubs ? and the Pen and Pencil club of Phila- ! deiphia, which will spend two days at : the exposition in January and an elaborate programme will be made for ; the reception of the Libeity bell which 1 will arrive here Jan. 10th. The live \ stock show will open on Jan. 6th and will be the largest ever held in the : south. BIG FLOODS IN FOUR STATES. Disastrous Results of Heavy Rains ( in Last Few Days. Atlanta, Ga., December 30.-The torrential rains of the past two days in Georgia, Alabama and East Ten? nessee and portions of North Carolina : have caused the death of four persons as far as known, and inflicted serious damage on all kinds of property. The rains have been followed by much colder weather, accompanied by high winds. The weather bureau announc? ed today that the Chattahochee River 1 would continue to rise during the next : thirty-six hours and it is feared much damage will result. Three peo- '' pie were drowned at West Point, Ga., while attempting to cross the turbu? lent Chattahoochee, and Thomas Rus? sell, an engineer on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, was kill? ed in a freight wreck caused by a washout near Notasulga, Ala. Thousands of dollars are lost at West Point and there is much suffer? ing. Today the water in the streets of West Point was from 1 to 5 feet deep. Many of the people spent the night in Fort Tyler. No trains have been sent through from Atlanta to Mont? gomery over the Atlanta and West Point Road since Saturday, and last night the Strathern Railway's New York and New Orleans limited train was sent around by Birmingham and Meridian. A washout is reported on the Southern between Asheville and Knoxville. At Columbus. Ga., the Chattahoochee registered 38 feet. The property damage is already - heavy. Nearly five inches of rain has fallen in the vicinity of Rome, Ga. Two washouts arr reported on the main line of the Louisville and Nashville Rail? road, south of Montgomery. A Fireman's Close Call. "I s uck f' ir. v engine. akh^ugb tvery jori, a oj) i ;> n 1 every ; erv? was racked wirti pain." write? G TC Kellala r. loom >tiV2 ?ircasan, o Burlington. I >...;' "I wai weak and pale, wirli ??ut ?ny anpeilte sn?! ali run down A- \ vrai ?ib?'Ut t<> giv? up, ? eot bot'ie ??f Electric Bit fers and, :: "ter raking ir, I fc'l a? well as I ever di<i hi my life." Wenk, sickly, run down j>e<> pie al ?vivs gain new life, strength an<i vigor from their use. Try them, ?aiiiifactna guaran teed by J F W DeLorni?. Price 50 cants. 2 WILD BILL'S FIRST BATTLE. Story of the Most Remarkable Conflict in Border Annals. Forty years ago, in December, ten men on bay horses galloped across the dry bed of Rock Crook, skirted a lit? tle clamp of cottonwoods, and drew rein before the bars of the Overland Stage Company's horse coral on the California trail a few miles north of Manhattan. Bill McKandlas, jumping from his horse, put his hand on the top oar. A tall, slender young man stepped to the door of the dug-out a few yards away with a gun in his hand, and eyed the McKandlas gang with dark disfavor. He called out with some emphasis that he would shoot the first man who took down a bar, and made some comments on their parentage. A few hours before they had gone by his quarters jerking an old preach? er at the end of a lariat. As they passed they announced that they would come back for the stage horses in the coral at three o'clock in the afternoon. The young man with the gun had replied that he would be there when they came back. He was paid to feed, harness, and protect the com? pany's property, and intended to earn his money. The ten visiting gentlemen tied their horses to the corral, and turned to the more cheerful duty of exterminating the imprudent and forward young watchman. He retired into his dug-out domicile, barred the door, and stood waiting with a rifle in bis hand. Even then he had the habit of not shooting until the occasion really demanded it. The highwaymen hunted up a log from among the cot? tonwood?, and with praiseworthy ?in? dustry proceeded to batter down .the door. Jim McKandlas, with a revolver a bowie-knife, a whoop, and a yell leaped across the threshold and into eternity. As the others rushed through the door the man inside fired three shots, with that accuracy of aim for which he was so much admired in the rears that were to come. The six somewhat startled horse thieves who remained alive swarmed across the dug-out floor, and piled upon the ronng station keeper with revolvers and bowie-knives. One dealt him over the head with a gun and Bill McKand? las struck with a bowie-knife, only to bury it in the table, and with a bul? let in his heart, to suddenly terminate .i career which had furnished an in? anit? variety of interest for the sheriffs and vigilants of several coun? ties. The rusty stove fell from its insecure foundation across the surging combat? ants, mixed in inextricable and san? guinary confusion. Outside a horse broke his hitching strap and galloped ft way. The little table broke down beneath the weight of a thousand pounds of shooting stabbing, swearing Frontiersmen. The fattest " bandit rolled toward the door, and catching a glimpse of the brown prairies outside, which looked good to him, suddenly reached the conclusion that he did not really need any stage company horses in his businesss and bolted. By this time the affair had ceased to have for the other four horse fanciers that enticing interest which had drawn them into it. As he afterwards 3xpressed it, the young man in charge jf the stage station had "gone wild." Covered with wounds and freckled with bullet holes he had lost every thought and instinct except the lust of death and victory. As they fought he struck the sixth man in the throat with the bowie, and the man fell across the little pile of blankets. The three who were now on their feet re? treated through the door and toward their horses, tbeir host staggering after them with the gleam of battle still in his blue eye. That morning his associate in the company's service had gone hunting, to return on the run barely in time to witness the close of the tragedy. Doc Mills, the asso? ciate, had lost a golden opportunity. While he was out shooting quail, Fame had knocked at the dug-out door, handed a laurel to James Butler Hickok, and passed on. Hickok wrest? ed the gun from Mills's hand, and killed another of his fleeing foes be? fore they were fifty yards away. One, badly wounded, sped down the little creek, found his way to Manhattan, and died within two days. The ninth, more fortunate, mounted a horse, and followed the fat deserter across the pm i rie. When the stage from the East came rumbling in, half on hour later, they found this hero of the most savage and the most remarkable conflict in border annals insensible and at the point of death. The floor of his dug? out looked like the deck of a viking's warship after a glorious triumph. Six months elapsed before he recover? ed. He had beaten ten men in a fair j fight, killing eight of them, but he i had won his fight, saved his employ-1 er's propertv, and henceforth he was "Wild Bill" for all time.-E. C. Lit- j tie in Everybody's Magazine. THE BOBDER CONTROVERSY. Pauncefote Wants to Settle it Before He Retires. Washington, December 29.-It is ex? pected that efforts will be renewed be? fore long for the settlement of the numerous controversies which have long existed between the United States and Great Britain, growing out of relations along the Canadian border, tho Atlantic fisheries, warships on the great lakes, the Alaskan boundary and other questions. Heretofore the nego? tiations designed to secure a settlement of the matters recited have not proven (?licet i ve, largely because of the cum? bersome machinery of negotiation, and this has led to a belief that much more could be accomplished by direct negotiations between Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote on the main points, and the subsequent assembling of a commission representing the Uni? ted S?atts and Great liri fain and Canada to give form to the bases of agreement rendered. The Britsb au? thorities have expected for some time that when the Isthmian Canal treaty was disposed to adjust the Alaskan boundary and other pending ques ti ons, the canal treaty being regarded as one of tiie many pending issues. Now the British Government, has yielded the Clayton-Balwer treaty and other points in the Isthmian neogtia tions it desires to take up some of the other questions in which it has important interests involved. Lord Pauncefote desires to clear np all pend? ing differences and have "a clean slate" before his present term as am? bassador comes to a close. When he came to Washington there were four great issues between the two Govern? ments. The first of these-was the Behring Sea controversy, which had reached an acute stage. The second j issue was over Venezuela, which, like I the seal question, at one time threat? ened war. But the efforts of diplo I macy were again successful in avert ? ing trouble and bringing about a set ! tlement. The third important issue j was on the Isthmian Canal, which has been satisfactorily disposed cf by the recent Hay-Pauncefote treaty. This i leaves only one issue remaining in or I der to bring about a "clean slate," namely, the border controversy, both as to Canada and Alaska. At present a modus vivendi exists as to the Alaskan boundary, chiefly for the pur pose of avoiding a clash along the border and holding each side in check until a final boundary is determined upon. _ It seems to be conceded on both sides that the modus cannot be carried on indefinitey and that sooner or later the main question of estab? lishing a permanent boundary must be settled. The Battleship Missouri. Washington, Dec. 27.-Members of the < president's cabinet with their families and several bureau chiefs of the navy department, guests of the Newport Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, left here for Newport" News, Va., at 10 o'clock this evening by special train, to attend the launching of the battleship Missouri at ll o'clock tomorrow morning. C. B. Orcutt, president of the shipbuilding company accompanied the party. A large num? ber cf senators, members of the house and others, including Senator Cockrell of Missouri, and his daughter, Miss Marion Cockrell, who is to act as : sponsor at the launching, sailed for Newport News tonight and will arrive there early in the morning. The Missouri is a sister ship to the Ohio and the Maine. Her contract price was S2,8S5,000. Her keel was laid Feb. 7, 1900. and on the latest construction report she is set down as 51 per cent completed. The Missouri's contract speed is 18 knots an hour, so that she will rank next to the bat? tleships of the Georgia class in regard to speed. Her compliment will be 40 officers and 511 men. The hull is built out of steel and is unsheathed. It is 3SS feet long on the load water line ; 75 feet 2 1-2 inches extreme and at a mean draught of 23 feet 6 inches, displaces 12,230 tons. The hull is protected abreast of the boilers and engine by a side armor belt of from 7 1-2 to ll inches thickness and by the casemate armor, 6 inches thick. Potection is afforded the vitals of the ship below the water line by a protective deck, with armor from 2 3-4 to 4 inches thick. The main bat? tery of the ship consists of four 12 inch rifles placed in two balanced tur? rets and 16 6-inch guns. A new feature introduced into the offensive power of the ship are two submerged torpedo tubes. While Ger? man ships have been equipped with these tubes for a number of years, the Missouri and her class are the first battleships of our navy to be supplied with them. Bilge keels to reduce rolling are fitted to the vessel, experiments in re? cent years in our own and foreign navies having demonstrated the great efficiency cf these keels in preventing excessive rolling. The Missouri and her class are the first battleships of the United States navy in which water tube boilers are Drovided. - ag. o .erv - - The Panama Canal for Sale. Paris, December 2S.-M. Lampre, secretary-general cf the Panama Canal Company, sailed for New York today on the French Line steamer L'Aquit? aine, from Havre. He will confer on his arrival in thc United States with a number cf the Panama Company's American representatives and overtures for the sale of the canal property to the United States will then be renew? ed. In view of the doubt existing in the United States regarding the price the Panama Canal Company's representa? tives intend to ask for the property, the correspondent of the Associated Press made inquiries from the best source of information on that subject and is enabled to sav that the price will be approximately 640,000,000. This figure cannot yet be given as the exact one because the company has not yet come to a definite decision, but it will not be appreciably higher. The isth? mian commission's full report is now in possession of the Panama Com? pany, and its valuations will be studied in detail. The report of the directors of the Panama Company cabled to the Associated Press, on December 21, said : 4 ' We offer to accept as the basis and point of departure of fresh negotia? tions the figures and declarations con? tained in the isthmian commission's definite repot." The estimates come to by such emi? nent men are not thought to be open to question, though possiblv a few items are susceptible to reconsideration and a few matters may remain to be decided, such as a valuation of the company's stocks of supplies, but none of these is calculated to modify the gross figure to any extent. The com? pany does not-intend to give the slightest ground for any further misunderstanding, and believes the definite'price put forward will now be acceptable. With M. Lampre in America, it will not be necessary for the mandatory who is empowered to submit the definite price to depart from France until later, when the negotiations are under way. CHILI A^DTRGEKTINA. ^Washington, December 29.- -Advices received by Senor Infante, the Chilian charge, today, confirmed the news al? ready published that the Argentine minister at Santiago had informed the Chilian minister of foreign affairs that Argentina could not accept all thc terms of the protocol heretofore signed by the settlement of the dispute, and thal seine changes would be necessary in tl'?' instrument. Senor Infante's information isthat there is no founda? tion whatever for the statement that a change was made in the protocol by the Chilian minister of foreign affairs, but that on the contrary it was pub lished as agreed upon between the represenatives of the two govern? ments. The understanding here is that no formal demand has yet been made upon the Chilian Government j for a change in the terms of the proto ; col, but that the matter has simply j been one of informal talk at Santiago. M. Infante continues to express his j firm conviction that there will be no j war because of the present under ! standing. ! SHORT N^W*3~STOR!ES. I Compensation For r. HciL Crier-Spoil* ed tic Sp?lcr'a Cccne-.1 "Prepress"' Cepcrt. Lord Rosebery, formerly premier cf Great Britain, surprised some cf his hearers at a recent gathering :;y refer? ring to himself as an agriculturist, says a London newspaper. It is m, i generally known, even in England, thai Lord Rosebery, statesman, author, sports? man, is also a farmer. His farm is at Mentmore, on the rplendid estate which came to him on his marriage. It is conducted cn the highest scientific principles and is one of the first model fruit farms in England. Large quanti? ties of fruit come from Mentmore to the London markets. Lord Rosebery has also a dairy farm on the Mentmore estate. At Dalmeny his association with the world of industry is in the form of shale mines lymg cn a remote corner of his estate. Now and again the wind brings the smoke and smell of the mines up to tho mansion, and it was this which provoked a visitor to remark on the nuisance of having sucb things so close by. "Ah. my friend," said Lord Rosebery* "however unpleasant it may be to you,, to me it is the smell of 20 per cent." Spoiled tte Spider's Seene. H. Cooper Cliffe tells an amusing story of his first performance of the Spider at the Globe theater, in London.. In the last act of "The Silver King" the Spider locks a case of jewels ot enormous value in an iron safe. Mr. E fl * Jj ?j! ?i iii |i iii il l|| Nj iii '7 -i ll ll ' ' r "ililli,' r i i n ih "TEE JEWELS ARE SATE." Cliffe did some elaborate business with the key and the safe and turned to ice? house to give full weight to his lines: "Securely locked. The jewels are safe." There was a roar of laughter. He spuu around and perceived that the locked doors were wide open again, giving the audience a full view through the back of the safe of a lime light and the legs of the stage carpenter. A "Progrress" Report. Congressman Clayton of ??abams was sitting in the cloakroom of the house when one of his colleagues drift? ed in. "How are they getting along with, the river and harbor bill?" asked Clay? ton. "Well." was the reply. "I can report progress." Clayton laughed. "That reminds me/* said he, "of an old negro down in my district who was known as Henry Bur? ley. He was quite a steady church? goer, used to pray loudly and sing lus? tily, and so when the congregation de? cided to build a new church he was placed at the head of the committee to solicit subscriptions. He provided him? self with a little book, and as he was well known to all the merchants of the town he soon raised quite a little sum of money. Whenever the congrega? tion called upon him for a report of his endeavors he always answered. 'Brud dren, I'ze only able to report progress/ And he reported progress and nothing more for at least a year. At the end of that time the church bad nothing, but Burley was living in a new cabin which he had built for himself. He was still reporting progress."--Wash? ington Post Goodwin's Costly Joke. Nat Goodwin has the apparatus of & joke that cost him $100. He bought it in the Swiss section of the Invalides. Fortunately, that is. for Mr. Good? win, if not for his friends, it can be used again and again: indeed it is warranted for five years. To whom it may concern, warning. Among the Swiss clocks was oue whence every hour a little wooden soldier emergec. and fired a gun-for 2 o'clock, fer 3 o'clock, and so on. 'Tm going to buy that." said Mn Goodwin to his wife. Maxine Elliott "That silly thing. Why':" "Oh, just to kill time." Mr. Good win replied lightly. And if that joke doesn't wear out be? fore the clock does he may get the worth of his money.-Saturday Even? ing Post -tm i? i II m rr CASTOR IA Por Infants and. Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ST? -S?f?+-jU ' Signature of Ifv&fffi?lcA?/tt