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WHACK AT THE LILY WHITES.
Why an Alabama Republican
Lost His Job Monday.
Washington, November 10.?Julian
H. Bingham, collector of internal re
venue for the district of Alabama, has
been removed from his office and
Joseph O. Thompson appointed to
succeed him. The change was made
as result of a political condition which
recently arose in Alabama. Colored
Republicans were excluded from
participation in the Republican State
Convention and Collector Bingham
was held responsible, at least in a
measure, for the exclusion.
Postmaster General Payne visited
the White House today and, as he left
the executive office, made public the
following statement assigning the rea
sons for the change :
"The change in the office of collect
or of internal revenue for the district
of Alabama in no wise reflected upon
the integrity of Mr. Bingham, the in
cnmbent of the office. It is one of
. those things which occasionally hap
pen in politics. The position taken
by the Republicans of Alabama at
. their recent State Convention, as un
derstood by the Bepublicns of the
North, is looked upon as a perversion
of the fundamental principles of the
Republican party, and Mr. Bingham
is, in a measure, held responsible for
that action ; hence the change.
"Neither the Administration nor the
Republican party of the North will
stand for the exclusion of any section
of our people by reason of their race
or color, when, in other respects, such
persons have complied with the laws
and are eligible under the law to full
and free participation in political ac
tion and are of a high standard of per
sons! character. In other words,
there are a few hundred colored men
in Alabama < who come up to the re
quirements of the recently adopted
State Constitution and are eligible for
participation in political affairs, and
the action of the Republican State
Convention referred to, in arbitrarily
excluding them, is not approved; no
more than such action wocild be ap
proved if it were taken in Ohio or
Indiana."
Mr. Thompson, the appointee, is a
brother of Representative Thompson,
of Alabama. He is a Republican,
although his brother represents a Dem
ocratic district.
FIRE 355 FEET IN TIE
Most Spectacular Conflagration
Ever Seen in New York.
New York, November 10.?The new
East River bridge, in process of con
struction ? between New York and
Brooklyn, was damaged to the amount
of at least half a million dollars to
night by a fire that for four hours
raged three hundred and fifty-five feet
in the air, on the summit of the stee}
tower on the New York side. Three
men who were at work on top of the
tower when the fire broke out are re
ported to have fallen into the river.
Owing to the enormous heigth of
the t?wer it was impossible to reach
the fire with any apparatus in the fire
department and the flames, after de
vouring all the woodwork on the top
of the tower, seized on the timber false
work of the two foot bridges suspend
ed from the main cables, burning
away the supports, until nearly a mil
lion feet of .blazing lumber fell
with a mighty splash and hiss into the
stream.
The fall of the wooden bridge carried
away scoes of lighter cable and guys,
which trailed in the water, rendering
it necessary for the police to jstop ail
traffic up and down the river. The
Fall River steamer Puritan and several j
other craft had narrow escapes while i
running the gauntlet of fiery brands !
that fell in showers from the burning !
bridge. The fire was the most spec- j
tacular conflagration that has ever been
seen in New York.
The fire started in a woodshed and
from this spread to the great timber
frame work. Within five minutes af
ter the first discovery of the fire the
whole top of the tower was in a blaze.
Then the foot bridges fell, carrying
with them many tons of bolts, rivets,
nuts and tools. At that moment the
Brooklyn fire boat was just D9?ow the
bridge and a heavy steel team fell
on her, breaking her rudders and send
ing her drifting helpless down the
stream. Sound steamers and all other
up river navigation was stopped.
Newberry, Nov. 13,?Not long ago
Mr. Samuel Atchison of Whitmire re
ceived a letter from a man who claims
to be James Lindsay and #ho was
supposed to have been killed in the
war 37 yeare ago. He now resides in
Cievleand, O.
Startling, But True.
"If every one knew what a grand medi- I
cine Dr. King's New Life Pills is." writes
D. H. Turner, Dempseytown, Pa., "you'd
sell all you have in a day. Two week's use
has made a rew man of me." Infallible !
for constipation, stomach and lirer trou- j
bles. 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
ANSWERS OF THE RAILROADS.
Hoi Shot From the Inter-State
Commerce Commission.
Washington, November 11.?Several
more of the railroads which were
made defendants in the complaint made
by the Kentucky railroad commission,
charging merger of interests, which
threatened to place the entire South
ern territory under the domination of
a single-firm, filed their answers in
t-be Inter-State commerce commission
today. The answers in the main, like
those of the Illinois Central and the
Texas and Pacific filed yesterday,
deny the allegations. The Louisville
and Nashville Eailroad, however,
goes further and its answer styles the
complaint a "m?re fishing bill," and
disputes the jurisdiction of the Inter
State commerce commission over such
matters. The Louisville and Nash
ville's anwser says the commission has
no right nor title to institute or pro
secute the complaint; has no juris
diction t? require the filing of copies of
contracts or arrangements with other
common carriers, except such as
relate to the traffic affected by the In
ter-State Commerce Act. which the
railroad says, does not apply to the
contracts, arrangements, etc., referred
to in th? complaint, nor jurisdiction to
inquire into personal transactions of
individual stockholders, nor to ascer
tain whether any particular individual
or firm has acquired a majority or any
other proportion of the capital stock of
a railroad.
The answer denies that J. P. Morgan
& Co. have acquired control of a ma
jority of the Louisville and Nashville
stock and says the commisssion has no
jurisdiction to inquire into the motives
or objects of any one selling or pur
chasing shares, nor whether the stock
of the Southern is controlled by a
voting trust with Morgan & Co. at its
head.
The Atlante Coast Line Railroad
admits contracting with the Morgan
Company to purchase by December 31
next, and that the Morgan Company
has contracted to deliver to the
Atlantic Coast Line by that date 306,
000 shares of the capital stock of the
Louisville and Nashville for $50,000,
000, and that the Louisville and Nash
ville has assented thereto.
The Southern Railway Company,
the Southern Railway Company in
Kentucky and the Southern Eailway
Company of Indiana, in a direct
answer, deny that the two last named
lines are under the "management" of
the Southern. They admit that about
June 21, 1900, Morgan & Co.. and the
Southern Railway made an agree
ment with practicallly all of the hold
ers of. bonds .secured on properties
then belonging jjo the Louisville,
Evansville and the St. Louis Con
solidated Railway Company, whereby
it was proposed to reorganize that road
to vest its control in the Southern.
This plan was executed by a fore
closure. It is also admitted that in
pursuance of an agreement the South
( era jointly with the Louisville and
! Nashville has acquired 95,000 shares of
the capital stock of the Chicago,
j Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
! Company.
. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific not only denies the
jurisdiction of the commission, but
submits'that there is no law of the
; United States nor of the States men
I tioned in the complaint " which forbids
the same person or firm to hold stock
in two or more railways."
? Liberal Offer.
The undersigned will give a free sample
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets to any one wanting a reliable remedy
for disorders of the stomach, biliousness
or constipation. This is a new remedy
j and a good one. Dr. ?. J. China.
Booker Washington, Referee.
It has been suggested in dispatches
received from Washington that Presi
dent Roosevelt will be largely interest
ed in his selection of a Collector for
the port of Charleston by the advice
of Booker Washington, the principal
of the Tuskegce institute in Alabama.
The Columbia Reord says :
"President Roosevelt is free to con
sult anybody about his appointments
in South Carolina, and if lie desires
the advice of a negro Of Alabama
rather than the men who represent
the business interests of the State, he
can have it and .accept it, but we are
sure that he will lessen the respect
which thousands of white political
opponents in this State and the
South have heretofore had for him
when he does."
It would be very remarkable, indeed,
and not more remarkable than infam
ous, if the President should be in
fluenced in his choice of a Collector at
this port by the advice of a colored
man living 500 miles from Charleston
and in no way whatever interested in
the business and commerial welfare of
Charleston. If Dr. Crum should be
appointed Collector at Charleston up
on the advice of Booker Washington,
and after the protests which have
been filed with the President by the
business men and represenative
citizens of this community against such
an appointment, the President will
disappoint the expectations of his
friends at Charleston and do violence
to his own conscience. Things will
have come to a pretty pass if it shall
turn out that the President has placed
the Federal patronage in the Southern
States under the supervision and
direction of Booker Washington.?
News and Courier.
Luck in Thirteen.
By sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey, of
Walton Furnace, Vt., got a box of Bnck
len'e Amica Salve, that wholly cured a
horrible fever sore on his leg. Nothing
else could. Positively cures bruises, felons,
ulcers, eruptions, boils, burns, corns and
piles. Only 25c. Guaranteed by J. F. W.
DeLorme, druggist.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.
Conditions Said to Have Chang
ed in the island.
Washington, Nov. 12.?An import
ant conference bearing on the subject
of the Cuban reciprocity treaty was
held at the war department today, the
participants being Secretary Hay,
Secretary Eoot and Gen. Tasker Bliss.
Before the conference at the war de
partment Secretary Hay had talked on
this subject with Senator Collona,
chairman of the Senate committee on
foreign relations, and also with Sena
tor Quesada, the Cuban minister here.
It appears that the cardinal objection
of President Palma- to the treaty as it
stands is the insufficient rebate of 20
per cent, proposed to be allowed on
Cuban imports into the United
States, and Secretacry Hay's purpose
is to ascertain, if possible, how far
he can yield in that matter and still
be able to rely upon the suppoort of
Congress next session, when the
treaty is submitted. So far his ad
vices do not favor any increase of the
rebate and, indeed, he has been as
sured by some persons with whom he
has talked that under no conditions
would Congress consent to any sub
stantial increase of this rebate.
It is "understood that the Cubans
are entirely unwilling to accept any
small increase. In the face of a great
shortage in the European crop and a
rapidly rising market, they have ac
quired confidence in their ability to
get alcng for an indefinite period of
time without reciprocity with the
United States, and so it is understood
they are showing an indifference in
the prosecution of the treaty negotia
tions, which is serving in turn to
stimulate the efforts of our own nego
tiations.
President Palma makes the point
that conditions have changed in Cuba,
so that whereas the 20 per cent rebate
might have served when it was first
proposed, it would at present afford so
little relief as not to warrant the sac
rifice of Cuban revenues that would
be involved in its acceptance.
Secretary Hay has determined to
clear up that point and to that end,
after talking with Secretary Root to
day, it was decided that Geh. Bliss
should be sent at once to Cuba to
make a personal investigation of the
industrial situation fand the fiscal
possibilities of the island.
A Judge's Domicile.
A dispatch from Newberry yesterday
reportea that somewhat of a sensation
had been sprung there by the Bar
Association in "calling off theterm of
Court of Common Pleas," and went
on to explain :
The reason for this action, it is be
lieved, is the fact that Judge O. W.
Buchanan, who was to preside, does
not live in the circuit from which he
was elected and is, therefore, in the
opinion of the Newberry Bar, dis
qualified under the statutes from hold
ing Court. Judge Buchanan presided
at the Court of General Sessions held
here last week. It is a most interest
ing question that has been sprung and
one that may affect other counties.
There does not appear to be much
room for a doubt as to the propriety
of the Bar's action. The constitu
tional provision (Art V. Sec. 13) is
very piain and very pertinent. It
reads: "Foreach circuit a Judge shall
be ?lected who 'shall hold his office
for the term of four years ; and at the
time of his election he shall be an
elector of a county of, and during his
continuance in office he shall reside In,
the circuit of which he is Judge."
The dispatch states it as "a fact"
that Judge Buchanan does not live in
the circuit from which he was elected
If this be so, he as plainly, if not in
contempt of the Constitution, at least,
hard up against an unqualified require
ment of that instrument. Wheter his
breach of the requirement disqualifies
him from holding Court we cheerfully
leav.e to legal authorities. It is to
be noted, however, that it is an irre
mediable breach. Removal to the
circuit would not now meet the con
ditions of the case. The only choice
appears to be between accepting
Judge Buchanan's non-residence in
his circuit as forfeiting his position,
or disregarding the plain letter of the
constitutional provision as being of
little or no practical consequnce.?
News and Courier.
Three New Major Generals.
Washington, Nov. 12.?The slate for
the promotion to major generals to fill
vacancies caused by retirements which
will take place next year has been ar
ranged. There will be three vacancies,
Gen. Hnghes retiring April 11, Gen.
Davis July 26 and Gen. Miles August
S. The latter is lieutenant general
and will be succeeded by Major Gen.
Young. The brigadiers to be pro
moted to be major generals are James
F. Wade, Samuel S. ' Sumner and
Leonard Wood. These men are now the
three ranking brigadier generals in the
order named. Gen. Wade has been a
brigadier general since May, 1S97,
and has seen many advanced to the
higher grade while he has remained
stationary. It is presumed that he
will succeed Gen. Davis in command
of the Philippines, when the latter re
tires next July. It is expected that
Col. H. C. Hasbrouck, of the arillery,
will be made a brigadier general and
that Col. M. Moore, of the cavalry,
will be selected for a long service.
A Startling Surprise.
Very few could believe in looking at A.
T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust blacksmith
of Tilden, Ind., that for ten years he suf
fered such tortures from Rheumatism as
few could endure and live. But a wonder
ful change followed hi* taking Electric Bit
ters. "Two bottles wholly cured me,'' he
writes, ''and I have not felt a twinge in over
a year. They regulate the Kidneys, purify
the blood and cure Rheumatism, nervous
ness, improve digestion and give perfect
health. Try them. Only 50 cts at J. F.
W. DeLorme's drug store.
. . THOMAS VS. RAILROADS.
He Goes Before Commission and
Makes Serious Charges.
Columbia^ Nov. 12.--The railroad
commission is in session today. Among
other things an investigation into the
death of Tyler Nash, at Hardeville,
last August, on the Southern Railway,
was made. The commission's duty is
to find out if the railroad was at
fault. If so they make a report to
the Legislature ; if not., that is an
end of it so far the commission is "con
cerned.
The commission this afternoon had
quite a lively session in considering
Mr.-H. R. Thomas' complaint against
the Southern Railway. Mr. Thomas
was at times very angry and severe in
hi?. denunciation of the railroad and
officers, and Mr. Emerson warmed up
in reply. Mr. Thomas'complaint was
that bills of lading would not be
granted him at his station, at Clare
mont, on the Camden branch, and
that he was compelled to go to King
ville to get them. He said he had
been ruined in his business and would
demand $5,000 damages, though later
on he showed when he made $500 in
one month and claimed that he would
have made double had the railroad
treated him ri^ht. He said a rival in
business had been put to no trouble
about bills of lading and he claimed
that he had been especially singled
out f?r discrimination. He intimated
that the railroad had tried to settle
his damages by offering to appoint
him agent at his station.
Mr. Emerson and Mr. Tripp both
denied that Mr. Thomas had been sin
gled out for discrimination, the form
er saying Mr. Thomas was not so im
portant as all that, and if his compet
itor had gotten a bill of lading it was
done by the agent on his own accord,
and if it could be proven he would be
discharged. Superintendent Heather,,
of Charleston, smoothed things over
by promising to try to get Claremont
established as a station, where bills of
lading could be obtained by Mr.
Thomas.
Naval Fight at Panama.
I Panama, Nov. 12. ?The first Ameri
can casualties as a result of the re
volution, occurred yesterday. The
Colombian fleet captured a boat having
on board correspondence showing the
whereabouts of two revolutionary
schooners loaded with provisions. The
Government ; warships headed for the
place and on arri?j$g there the Bogota,
(formerly the Jessie Banning, ) manned
by an. American^ciew, commanded by
Capt. .-Marmaduk?j? low^djtwo boats
with armed menrou?^s^B^sc^oners
were aground they awaited until high
tide to attack.
In the meanwhile che revolutionists
were discovered in ambush close t?
the beach and when the Bogotas' boats
pulled ahead the second time the reb
els opened fire on them, killing the
ship's armorer, Richard Kane, of
Washington, and wounding George
Walker, who was shot through the
legs. A seamen named Clark and
Lieut. Vasquez were also wounded, but
not seriously.
The Bogota and Chucuito then open
ed fire on the enemy and killed every
man in sight One shot fired at a group
of ten rebels, who were most actively
engaged in shooting at the boats'
crews, killed every one of them.
Gunner Cross, of the Bogota, thinks
that from forty to fifty rebels were
killed.
One of the schooners, the Helvetia,
loaded with rice, was captured, but
the first shot at the second schoon
er set her on fire and she was com
pletely destroyed" with her cargo.
Cholera in Manila.
Manila, Nov. 12.?Cholera made its
appearance among the men of a detach
ment of the 5th inafntry which is sta
tioned here. Seven men have already
died and a number of others are seri
ously ill.
The detachment of the 5h infantry in
question had been placed on guard
along the Maraquina- River, whence
Manilla receives its water supply, as
it was deemed necessary to protect the
stream from possible pollution. The
cholera developed while the men were
on this duty.
It was believed that cholera had en
tirely disappeared from Manila, and
its reappearance has created feelings of
apprehension.
Edgetleid Incendiary Shot.
Johnston, Nov. 11.?A telephone
message from Edgefield is to the effect
that another incendiary attempt was
made three tonight and one of the fire
bugs was severely shot and then cap
tured. Two others escaped, but one is
thought to be wounded and a party of
several armed citizens have started in
pursuit of the scoundrels.
The report indicates that the incen
diaries attempted to fire an unoccupied
building but were caught in the act be
fore accomplishing their fiendish pur
pose. They were negroes. If caught
their trials will probably be outside
the court hcuse.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine in the civilized world.
Your mothers' and grandmothers' never
thought of using anything else for indiges
tion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
and they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failure, etc.
They used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop fermentation of undigest
ed food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic action
of the s} stem, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a few
doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is noth
ing serious the matter with you. You can
get this reliable remedy at China's drug
drug store. Price 25c and 75c.
OUT FOB BEAR.
The President's Journey to
Hampton's Hunting Ground.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 12.?President
Roosevelt passed _through Pittsburg
at 10.30 this morning, en route to a
point in Mississippi where he has ar
ranged to spend several days hunting
black bear, as the gnest of President
Fish, of the Illinois Central Railroad.
He is travelling on a special train of
three cars, and is accompanied by
Secretary Cortelyou and his physician,
Dr. G. A. Lung, of the navy. He
will go direct to Memphis,^ Tenn.,
without stop. From Cincinnati to
Louisville the train will run over the
Louisville and Nashville, and there
will shift to the tracks of the Hlinois
Central. The President will reach
Memphis tomorrow, where he will be
joined by President Fish, and the
journey to Mississippi will be made
over the Yazoo and Mississippi Rail
road. The next destination of the
President has been kept secret. Hunt
ing with a gallery is riot to the taste
of a sportsman like President Roose
velt, and it was for that reason that
he vetoed the hunt to which Gover
nor Longino invited him. A camp
has already been prepared in North
ern Mississippi, a few miles from the
line of the railroad, and it is under-,
stood one of the best pack of hounds in
the South is waiting to be slipped on
the trail of old bruin upon the Presi
dent's arrival.
Bears are reported to be plentiful
and there are also said to be some
panthers in the vicinity, so that the
President is looking forward to this
sport with much pleasure.
Electioneering For The Bench.
A gentleman who keep3 up with
snch things predicted today that Asso
ciate Justice P?pe would be elected
Chief Justice by the Legislature, it
having been "ijjQfnounced that Judge
Mclver would design. Acting on that
supposition there are some ten or
twelve prominent lawyers throughout
the State actively at work now among
legislators to secure the place on the
Supreme Bench which it is expcted
Justice Pope will vacate by reason of
his promotion.?News and Courier,
Nov. 12.
Another Valuable Find.
In the old Revolutionary records at
the State cap?tol another valuable find
has been made by Record Clerk Mc
Cown. This consisted of the rolls of
the sailors "5W51 'soldiers-from France"
who served on the old frigate "South
Carolina" under Commodore Gillon
on the Carolina coast. The complete
rolls of the men, native and French,
were found, together with the full ac
count of the prize money and pay due
each one.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 12.?Nina
K. Danforth, the deformed Framing
ham girl, pleaded guilty here today to
manslaughter in causing the death of
Andrew J. Emery, whom she shot and
killed at his home in South Framing
ham, on May 17 last. - It was claimed
that Emery had led the young woman
to believe that he was in love with
her and would marry her, and that she
shot him upon learning that he had a
wife and children.
Bristol, Va., Nov. 12.?The special
commission, appointed to resurvey and
remark the boundary line between
Tennessee and Vriginia, has completed
its work and filed its report. The
commission has until January 15 next
in which to file the accompanying
map. The report will have to be ap
proved by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Washington Nov. 12.?W. Godfrey
Hunter has tendered his resignation
as United States minister to Guate
mala ; the President has accepted the
resignaion and has selected Leslie
Combes Jat present United States
pension agent at Louisville, to suc
ceed Dr. Hunter as minister at Guate
mala City. Dr. Hunter also is .min
ister to Honduras and Mr. Combes,
will likewise assume that position.
A Berlin cablegram to the Phila
delphia North American says: "The
historians who recently unearthed the
fact that William descended from a
simple Huguenot lady on his mother's
side now announces that his oldest
discoverable ancestor on the father's
side was a simple robber knight,
named Christopher Von Zeutsch, who
was drawn and quartered for holding
up merchants and other deeds of
violence about 1300. Zeutsch was a<so
the sire of the Imperial Russian family,
and of the Dukes of Mecklenburg,
Weimar, Oldenburg and Leuchtenberg.
After five years absence from the
United States, daring which time it
amused and amazed scores of crowned
heads and myriads of uncrowned ones
in Europe, the Greatest Show on
Earth got home on Saturday. It came
back on the Atlantic transport steamer
Minneapolis and it took up every inch
of room on that mammoth ship. The
whole show, with the exception of a
hundred or so work horses, which were
left on the other side, came back in
the one ship, and no vessel ever cross
ed the Atlantic with such an interest
ing and marvellous company aboard.
Asleep Amid Flames.
1
Breaking into a blazing home, some
firemen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security, and ,
death near. It's that way when you neg
lect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption j
gives perfect protection against all Throat, <
Chest and Lung Troubles. Keep it near, ]
and avoid suffering, death and doctor's \
bills. A teaspoonful stops a late cough, 1
persistent use the most stubborn. Harm
less and nice tasting, it's guaranteed to r
satisfy by J. F. W. DeLorme. Price 50c a
and $1.00. Trial bottles free. ? I
ELASTIC 8URRFN?Y DEMANDED.
Bankers Go On Record in Favor
of a Flexible System
of Currency.
New Orleans, Nov. 12.? The atti
tude o? the American Bankers' As
sociation towards the currency ques
tion was fixed at the session today. No
decisive stand was taken on the "ques
tions of assets, currency and branch
banking, it being considered unwise
to act until a solution of the questions
has been evolved, but provision was
made for the appointment of a com
mittee carefully to consider the entire
subject and report at the next meeting.
The same resolution stated th? asso
ciation's approval of a law imparting
a greater degree of elasticity to the
currency system to make it responsive
to the demands of the business inter
ests of the country. <
The discussions of those questions
today were very thorough and inter
esting. Former Comptroller of the
Currency Chas. G. Dawes, Congress
man Charles N. Fowler, of New Jer
sey, and Editor Horace White, of the
New York Evening Post, were the
stars in the discussion. No two of
them agreed fully, though Mr. White
was on the side championed by Mr.
Fowler.
Mr. Davis made a vigorous speech
against a permanent system of assets
currency, though he approved the idea
of an emergency currency.
Mr. Frame's effort to get the con
vention to go on record against ine
propositions failed, as his resolution
was sent back to the executive coun
cil.
Congressman C. A. Pagsley and
Willis S. Payne, of New York, con
cluded the day's programme with ad
dresses on''An Emergency Currency.''
John L. Hamilton, chairman of the?
committee on fidelity insurance, took
up the report of that committee which
was formally presented yesterday. The
call of States was deferred until later.
The discussion of the currency ques
tion was then begun. Congressman
Chas. . Fowler spoke on assets cur
rency and branch banking. He dis
cussed the features -of his bill ex
tempore.
Congressman Fowler did not spare
the bankers but criticised them with
a freedom which, however, won ap
plause. He was given an ovation when
he had concluded although more than
once when he asked if the convention
did not agree with the doctrine he was
expounding he was answered by cries
of "No."
At the afternoon session a resolution
favoring the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position was referred the executive
CSuncilP' "" '
Wonderful Rescue at Niagara.
Buffalo, . Y., November 13.?Mrs.
Helen Costello, of Buffalo, was rescued
from the brink of the American Falls
today by employees of the State reserv
ation. This afternoon word was re
ceived at the reservation that a wo
man had attempted to commit suicide
and was floating down stream toward
the fails. Superintendent Perry
secured a quantity of rope and hurried
to the bridge which connects Green Is
land with Goat Island. The woman
was seen clinging to a submerged log
at a. point a few feet below the bridge.
noose was fitted about the body of
JohnMarshall, a reservation employee,
and he was lowered into the rushing^
waters. He succeeded in reaching the
woman's side and placed a rope about
her waist. The two were then slowly
hauled to the stone abutment of the
bridge. A ladder was lowered and the
woman was landed safely.
Mrs. Costello is very weak from ex
posure, but the hospital pbysicans say
she will recover. Domestic troubles
caused the woman to seek death.
Andrew Carnegie has been telling
stories at Greenock, Scotland, about
his forefathers, of whom he is very
proud. "We were great Radicals,"
he says, "not to say incipient Repub
licans in Dunfermline in the early
days. I remember the cavalry parading
the streets of Dunfermline to quell
riots. An old lady recently sent me a
copy of a handbill, in which an appeal
is made for ?300 to defend my uncle
from the charge of conspiracy in hold
ing a Chartist meeting which was dis
persed by the sheriff. I bad it framed
as my best title of nobility, that one
of our family was in jail for defending
the right of public meeting."
Washington, Nov. 12.?Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Darling left his
afternoon for Norfolk, Va., to be ab
sent several days. While there the
assistant Secretary will have the op
portunity to inspect the North Atlantic
squadron now assembled there on its
way to Culebra Island for the winter
manoeuvers.
Philadelphia, Pa., November 13.?
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
today annonaced an increase of 10 per
cent in the wages of all employees of
the company east of Pittsburg and
Erie and now earning less than 6-00 a
month. This advance became opera
tive November 1. This increase,
which was decided upon at yesterday's
meeting of the directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, will, it is
estimated, affect about 59,000 em
ployees. The cost of the increase to
the cc.npany will be heavy. Estimat
ing the average wage rate per month
at $60 a month, the additional expense
to the company would be $351,000 a
month, or about $4,250,000 a year.
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