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ga GOMVI?TS SHOT BOWN. Two Runaway Convicts Shot, One of Them Being Killed and the Other Severely Wounded. Colombia, July IL-Two convicts attempted to escape from the State farm in Lexington yesterday afternoon, and ?as a cons?quence one of them is dead and the . other is desperately wounded. The dead man's name was 3Perry Horton and he came from Lan? caster. The other is George Mancie, who comes from Greenwood. The convicts with others, were .ploughing in a large field yesterday afternoon. Guard Kibler had charge of the gang, of which these two were -a part?. Their raws brought them to a heavy -clump of bushes beside the field. Just as they got to them on one ronnel they made a dash to- escape. Guard Kibler got one shot at them with his rifle, but missed, and his gun getting out of order, he failed to shoot again, and the two men made good their escape in the thick underbrush. The farm is in the vicinity of that of Mr. B. L. Swygert's "place. Last night he and some neighbors oragnized themselves into a posse to assits the guards in recapturing the men. They -visited various negro houses without jesuit but finally caine upon the ne? groes in the woods. They started to run, but Mr. Swygret opened fire with his shotgun and. killed Horton. Others of the posse fired and Mancie was wounded so that he fell but his wounds are said not to be fatal. Hor? ton was inior five years and had served abott; five months. Mancie was sen? tenced for eighteen months, but had only iserved four. An inquest was held, today and the ~ usual yerdict was ren ?dereci. - ** "A Stream of Unclean Lucre j Tinged With Human Blood." Paiksville, July 4, 1903. Dear Chronicle : In your editorial of this week we s?ws a statement cf the dispensary fund to be disbursed among the public schools of our State. We re? gard,, this to say the very least of it, 5*?' a very unfortunate acquisition to .our school fund. It would be far better, in our humble judgment, to deny our children the increased time at school than to permit the school to run by the aid of such a fund. We be JEeve whiskey used as a beverage is a curse to Church and State, and ii con? tains no less venom for haviag come through the dispensary, the legalized institution of a great State and a noble, christian peole. Just see, $80, 000, the profits for vone half of the year I So we suppose the profits for the year will approximate to $200,000! "What a stream of unclean lucre; ting? ed with the blood of hundreds and thousands of victims, and thickened with the dark: deeds of corruption, pouring into the treasuries of our pub? lic school funds, like the muddy wat ers of Red river flowing into the clear waters of the Mississippi until the one is so thoroughly lost in the other that it becomes impossible to elimin ate <:he one from the other. From this poisoned stream must be drawn the financial drink with which to quench the thirst for knowledge in our children, and these children are ignorantly and helplessly imbibing the gems of moral and spiritual death. The parent,-too is forced by circum? stances to subject his child to draughts .of this intellectual sipping which be? yond a doubt contains the seeds of moral and social consumption. Is there no help? Did not our forefath? ers, a hundred and twenty-seven years ago today, proclaim to the world the principles a free people, and a free country? Are we not today under a most galling yoke of bondage and deg radntion? Will not the noxious seeds contained in this so-called bene? faction of the State to her people re? produce their fruit in the lives of succeeding generations? Will not the deeds of the parents recoil upon their children? Let the christian people who hold the balance of power in our State, answer these questions?-Edge field Chroncle. Cardinals Hastening to Rome. Some, July 10.-The Vatican lias received dispatches from all parts of the world from Cardinals abroad, stat? ing that they are leaving immediately for Some. One of the most distant, Jforan, Archbishop of Sidney, New South"Wales, telegraphs that he sailed today. As he will travel half way round the globe, it is doubted that he will arrive in time for the conclave. Gratification was expressed by the American prelates here on learning that Cardinal Gibbons sailed today for Borne. As the conclave will not take place until at least ten days after the demise of the Pope, his Eminence Trill arrive in ample time to partici? pate. Outside of Americans, Cardinal Gibbons's coming excites widespread interest, as he is regarded as the rep? resentative of the modern progressive spirit of the United States. It is recognized that one of the chief issues at the conclave will be between the advocates of modern progress and the supporters of conservative tradition. "Stomach of Intelegence." The following editorial parargaph is taken from the Marion, S. C., Lan? ced (colored. ) It is a remarkable specimen of Af ro-Engilsh composition : "Un becoming street walking by -nome of our young ladies is nauseating io the stmach of intelegence Yet they xequire hat pulling as a mak of respect SSiis is very hard to do by any man "who looks upon it in much triyng dis jgiast." Since May 1 Lowell, Mas, has been ~? prohibition town. It voted "no .license. " A Lowell corr?sponent -writes to the Boston Herald : The im -portation of liquor into Lowell by common carriers last week amounted tc-41,965 gallons of beer, 211 gallons of .whiskey, seven gallons of gin, four gallons of rum and thirty-six gallons " wine, a total of 42,223 gallons. The c*al for the proceeding week was 17, gallons. It is estimated the aver? se quantity of beer brought into ?well each day since May 1 has been ilbout 20,000 bottles. There were in foe Police Court Monday morning dairty-seven persons charged with fmnkenness, arrested since Friday ing. PRESENT TRADE CONDITIONS R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Re? port of the Condition of the Markets. New York, July IO.-E. G. Duns & Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade tomor? row will say : Business again responds to improved conditions.* Retail distribution of merchandise is accelerated by more seasonable weather and fewer labor controversies, while wholesale and jobbing trade, especially in the in? terior, shows the encouraging effect of brighter agricultural prospects. There is the customary excessive de? mand for farm hands. Reports of hol? iday traffic and holiday trade are diminishing in purchasing power, but semi-annual inventories show a more gratifying situation than expected. There is less than the usual midsummer idleness in manufacturing except in the cotton industry. Commodity prices advanced slightly during June, Dun's index number oh July 1 being $99,456, compared with 898,636, a month earlier. A decline of 2.4 per cent, is recorded in comparison with July, 1902, chiefly in articles offered. Railway earnings for June are 13.1 per cent largerx than last year, and 25.3 in excess of 190L Violent changes in quotations of raw material are never good business for in finished products, so that as yet the cotton goods manufacture shows no improvement in response to fluc? tuations at the Cotton Exchange. But it is certain that there will ulti? mately come a revival of normal ac? tivity at the mills when the material reaches a less inflated, level at which goods can 'be manufactured with profit. Maenwhile stocks of goods in dealers' hands have fallen low, sellers are. insisting on generallly higher prices than they did a week ago. Failures this week numbered 194 in the United States, against 193 last year. The Work of Southern Men. We took occasion last week to com? mend and quote extensively from an address delivered in Mississippi by Mr. R. H. Edmunds, Editor of the Manufacturer's Record, of Baltimore, and at the same time called attention to a second address delivered by him before the Alabama Polytechonic Insti? tute : In this latter address, Mr. Edmunds discussed the part borne by Southern men in the developing and upbuilding of the country and its enterprises. He answered the frequently heard state? ment that the present development in the South is due to the influx of Northern citizens with thrift and en? terprise, and pointed out the facts as shown by the United States census re? cord that while the South has received from foreign immigration only a small number of whites it has sent out to other sections a million-and-a-half white immigration. In the whole state of Georgia there are only 12,403 foreigners. Missis? sippi with a million and-a-half popula? tion bas less than 8.000. North Caro? lina with nearly two million had only 45,000 and South Carolina with 1,340, 316 population had only 5,528. Mr. Edmunds declares that "Mea? sured by" whatever standard you mav^ whether by mere number or by materi? al accompilshment, whether in the past or the present, the South has given to the upbuilding of the nation far more in numbers and energy in brain and brawn that it has received from other sections " Then taking up some of the large southern enterprises that are familiar to the commercial world, Mr. Edmunds declares that, in a large majority there will, be found as presidents and managers Southern men who have created them. We quote from his address, as follows: "Take the cotton mill industry as an example. Pelzer, with its $2,000, 000 of capital and its town of 7,000 peo? ple, is the product of the brain of a Charlestonian of ante-bellum activity, united with the money of the same city. The same man is also president of several other mills and is now build? ing for New England people in New Bedford a "million-dollar mill. One North Carolina family owns about fif? teen or twenty mills. One of the most successful of South Carolina's noted mills is controlled by a son of one of the great economic leaders of the south of 1840-50, while there passed away recently a South. Carolinian who had built and was at the time of his death the controlling power in several mills, each represeting a capital of over $1,000,000." "The cotton seed oil industry, twen? ty years ago represented by forrV mills, with $3,500,000 capital, now counts more than 700 mills, with a capital of $50,000,000 and an annual output of $125,000,000, and has been largely the result of the work of southern men." "One of the most successful furnace managers in the south, handling a furnace and mining plant costing over $500,000, is a southern boy 23 years of age, while the $5,000,000 company to which this plant belongs is equally as well managed by his father,- who was an officer in the Confederate ser? vice." "Possibly the greatest lumber con? cern in America, owning 1,000,000 acre of timber and cutting 1,000,000 feet of lumber a day, was organized and is controlled by a Texan born in 1SB0." 'Samuel Spencer, the president of the Southern railway, with its 10,000 miles of track, is a southern man, as is also J. S. Williams, the president of the Seaboard, whose tiranic fight against powerful financial influences in the purchase and development of this system, a few years ago made him a national character. The con? trolling genius of the Atlantic Coast Line, which recently secured a majori? ty of the Louisville and Nashville stock, thus bringing together 10,000 j miles of road, is a Marylander." "Southern men created the fertilizer business of this section, and southern men organized and financed and now manage the $50,000,000 fertilizer com? pany which furnishes the bulk of the fertilizers used in the south." In the brain of a southern man the great tobacco combination was born, and" the same man has made it one of the most powerful business organiza? tions in the world."-Augusta Chron? icle. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in Sumter, at the price. |g| THE SHOWING CROPS. Latest Figures as to Acreage and Condition. Washington, July IO.-Preliminar j returns to the chief of burean of the statistical bureau of the department of agriculture shows the acreage of corn planted to be about 89,800,00 acres, a decrease of about 4,200,000 acres, or 4.5 per cent, from the area planted last year, as revised in December. The average condition of the growing crop on July 1 was 79.4, as compared with 87.5 on July 1, 1902. The average condition on July 1 of spring and winter wheat combined was 80, as compared with 82.9 on July 1, 1902, and 91.1 on July 1, 1901. The amount of wheat remaining in the hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated at about 425,00,000 bushels, equal to about 40 per cent, of the crop last year. The acreage of tobacco is about 7,000 acres, or 0.7 per cent, greater than that of last year, and condition is 85.1. The acreage of potatoes, including sweet potatoes, is about 49,000 acres, or 1.6 per cent, less than of last year. The average condition of pota? toes on Julv 1 was 88.1, as compared with 29.9 on July 1, 1902. A Woman Who Presided Over the White House. Harriet Lane Johnson, who recently died in New York, enjoyed wide popularity in this country and in Eng? land during the career of her uncle, President Buchanan. She >"as born at Mercerburg, Pa., in 1833, tL?> laugh-1 ter of Elliott T. Lane and Jane Buch? anan. Her parents dying in her girl? hood, she was taken in charge by her uncle, who sent her to the Boman Catholic convent at Georgetown for her education. She was just out of school, a hand? some girl of twenty, clever, of winning manners and an engaging talker, when Buchanan was made minister to Eng? land in 1853. There she made a wide acquaintance and achieved great pop? ularity in diplomatic circles. On Buchanan's election to the presidency she became mistress of the White House, and there her charm, good taste and diplomacy won much re nown. lt was while she. was mistress of the White House that the Prince of Wales, now King Edward, visited America. She entertained him at Washington, and took him to Mount Vernon. Much to the delight of the prince, she invited him to pay a visit to a fashionable boarding school for girls near Washington, where the prince bowled a game of nine-pins with some of the young women. The prince re? membered these things and when Mrs. Johnston was in London, at the time preparations were being made for his. coronation he invited lier to attend the ceremonies. One of the interesting events recall? ed by Mrs. Johnston of her life in England was the ceremony at the Uni? versity of Oxford, when her uncle and A If e rd Tennyson received the degree of doctor of laws. The demonstration, always boister? ous on the part of the students, was on this occasion directed largely to? ward the beautiful niece of the Ameri? can minister. The marriage of Harriet Lane and Henry Elliott Johnston of Baltimore took place in 1866 after a long engage? ment. Miss Lane being unwilling to leave her uncle, who in his old age, became more and more dependent on her companionship and care. The great sorrows of her life follow? ing upon the death of her uncle were the deaths of her husband and her two young sons. Her married Ijfe was spent mostly in Baltimore. in historic old St. Paul Church, Charles and Saratoga streets, in that city, there isa memorial on the north? ern side of the edifice which Mrs. Johnston had placed there in memory of her two sons. Besides this she founded in the church home on North Broadway, in their memory, a free ward for children. After several years of retirement and travel following her loss of family, she went to Washing? ton for the winter season, subsequent? ly buying and remodeling the house at Eighteenth and I streets, which was her last residence. The house contained many interest? ing souvenirs of her career, and es? pecially in its connection with public life. On its wall there is a portrait of King Edward, painted just after he left the United States. It was sent by him to President Buchanan. Just under the portrait, in a little black frame, is the letter which the prince sent with the portrait. The letter was penned by his Royal Highness on the shores of Palestine, where he was traveling. Blacks Sold in Kansas. From the New York Tribune. Topeka, Kan, July 8.-A great deal of exctiement has been caused throughout Kansas by the sale in Rus? sell on the auction block today of ten negroes, who accepted the bids made for their services by the wheat grow? ers and bound themselves to obey the orders of their purchasers for thirty days. The negroes were all big, strong men, and some, who had worked in the Russell County fields last year, brought the high price of $6 a day for their services. The lowest price paid was 83.20 a day and only one negro accepted that. The sale was conducted by a regular auctioneer, and was not dissimilar in many feature from the sple of slaves in Southern States be? fore the war. Last night at Bison, in Ness County, thirty farmers, using a lantern, cover? ed with red cloth, stopped a passenger train and?took off harvest hands con? signed to counties fruther west. Birmingham, July 10.-No. 3 foun dery iron has been reduced from S14.50 by the furnaces of the Birming? ham district to $13 per ton. The formal action was taken at a meeting j of the Northern furnace men in Chi cago today, at which the Birmingham ! furnace interests were represented. It is known that practically no orders have been booked by any of the Bir? mingham furnaces since the recent cut to $14.50 was made and the furnace peo? ple found it necessary to make a fur- j tber reduction in order to move the j iron on hand and that which they are j making. _ NEGROES DRAWING COLOR LINE. An Article That Caused A Big Disturbance in Georgetown. To the Editor of The Times : In yonr issue of July 8th, I noticed the following statement : "There was some trouble in the Ad? vocate (negro) paper recently. Rumor has it that the Rev. S<ers has been deposed as editor and G. E. Herriot installed, and that the former "pied" the office before leaving-and allon account of the color question, viz: brown skin vs. black skin." For the benefit of your many read? ers you will please publish the follow? ing article, which caused the rumor. R. B. Salters. ? ' ' We are reliably informed that several leading colored churches have expressed themselves openly against having a minister to fill their pulpit as pastors unless they are brown skin or better kown as yellow people. Many churches have allowed them? selves to drift to almost nothing, hunting up a brown skin pastor. When the negroes get to the place to discriminate against his own race be? cause he is not yellow, then it is high time for the white people to dis? criminate against these yellow'saints,' for they are not white people. We have no faith in a church that diserimi inates against a man on account of the color of his skin, for they are absent of the true spirit of God ; for man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. Matters not how brown or yellow a Negro skin may be, when* he dies Negroes have him to bury and a Negro preacher preaches his funeral. A black Negro is as honorable as any white person. Let those, who want yellow preach? ers, build a yellow people's church and separate from the blacks. When tnat is done many mothers will not be able to attend the church of their sons and daughters. We would advise those who are drawing the color line to ask themselves the following ques? tions : 1. Am I white ; if not, from what race did I come-from the white or the colored? 2. Why should I curse the white people for drawing the color line when I am doing the same? When you do this you will only find out that it is honorable to be a pure black person or a pure white person. -Georgetown Times. Ruffianism in Columbia. One of the attorneys in the Tillman venue case referred to the cosmopolitan character of the population of Columbia, the natives constitut? ing a comparatively small part of the population. This condition has its evils as well as ad? vantages, and as to the former it has created an idle and vicious class of young white men who are rapidly de? veloping into full-fledged desperadoes. There are only three or four of them who have gained'any considerable no? toriety, but they give constant trou? ble. One of them named Holland, a son of respectable parents was some? time since ordered to leave Columbia. He returned about a week ago and the police have been looking for him ever since. One found him last night and by pulling his pistol quickly prevent? ed Holland from doing the same thing. A great deal of leniency has been siiown these young desperadoes on account of their parents, but there is a growing demand that effec? tive measure be taken to rid the city permanently of these dangerous char? acters. -Columbia correspondence News and Courier. ' REMARKABLE OPERATION. New York, July 12.-Two more deaths from lockjaw, due to the explo? sion of fireworks, were reported to? day. The victims were a Mrs. Yan ness of Newark, N. J., and Henry Bridgewater of Port-Richmond. L. I. In the case of Walter Graham, a 5 year-old boy of*Mount Vernen, N Y., suffering from the same ailment through the explosion of a blank car? tridge, which lacerated his hand, Dr. Geo. C. Weiss today, in the presence of 12 physicians, cut open the lad's skull and inserted anti-toxin. The jaws relaxed in an hour and the child is doing well. Dr. Weiss says he will recover. Rear Admiral Bradford intends to supply the vessels of the navy with chinaware of new design, and made in the United States. The porcelain now is practically all of foreign manufac? ture, upon which a duty of 65 per cent, has to be paid. The new china will be decorated witli blue and gold, the colors of the navy. It is the intention of the bureau of equipment to supply men-of-war with more plated ware and less breakable porclain. Walhalla, July 10.-The case in court against Hoyt Hayes, charged with killing his wife, resulted, in a mistrial and the jury was discharged this morning, after being out for 20 hours. It is understood that eight held for conviction and four acquit? tal. lt is a pity for some of the parties interested that Mr. Ossy Buchanan could not be judge instead of attorney in the case of thc State vs. J. H. Till? man. The supreme court once said of one of Ossy's rulings, "How the court below could so find without one particle of evidence to sustain that finding is beyond our comprehension." With a recommendation like this, Ossy would suit the occasion splendidly. In his own immortal words, slightly paraphrased. "By grabs, I'd make the most of it.-Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, July 10.-The Rev. Dr. D. J. Brimm of Columbia has just effected a lease of the high school pro? perty from Davidson college and will open the school early in September. Associated with Dr. Brimm will be Prof. Cosby of Columbia. There will also be a hired teacher to be selected later. New York, July 10.-Thirty-six deaths and 83 prostrations in and around New York and Brooklyn tell the story of today's heat. It was the hottest July 10 in the history of the local weather bureau, the highest pre ! vious record being 91 degrees, record? ed July 10, 1880. Syracuse, N. Y., July 12.-George Moore, a moulder's union picket, was shot and badly wounded from ambush at the factory of E. C. Sterns ct Co., I toady. A strike breaker is believed to ? have fired the shot from a Winchester rifle. A strike has been in progress at the factory for TBE MOSLEM WOMAN. Her Condition Said to be by no Means so Deplorable as Gener? ally Believed. The condition of women in Moham? medan lands has been regarded in Europe and America as most deplor? able and in sad' contrast? to that of women in Christian lands. From time to time this view is called in question by Occidental scholars. The latest challenge of this kind .comes from Baron von Fabrice, a traveler and a specialist in Oriental life, and from the Daheim (Leipsic, No. 30) we translate and condense his views as follows : It must be acknowledged that in comparison with the high ideal of womanhood that finds expression in the Christian Scriptures, the Koran stands on a low level. History, how? ever, shows what remarkably excellent results have been achieved through the teachings of the Koran in this re? spect, even among the barbarian peo? ples of Asia and Afrcia, and to the present day the spread of Islam is an important factor of progress for the nergo tribes in Central Africa, so that the Mohammedan propaganda there is by no means an unmixed evil. The Koran itself, properly interpreted, does not prevent the social and econom? ic advancement of women. Charges made in this direction against the Arabian prophet and his book are largely based on ignorance. The de? plorable condition in which women are found in many sections of the Moslem Orient, and which are often no worse than can be found in the Christian lands along the Mediterranean sea, is not the outcome of the teachings of the Koran, but rather the result of the traditions of half-civilized peo? ples going back to a period that ante? dates the introduction of the Moslem religion. It is a significant fac? that the flourishing period of Moham? medan power, when the Arabs were masters of Spain, and when Islam cul? ture and civilization flourished as never before or after, was marked by the beginning of chivalry-the special ser? vice and love of women that charac? terized the middle ages. Throughout the Orient the Koran has not advanced, but has curtailed polygamy. The book nowhere com? mends polygamy ; the prophet even de? clares it to be meritorious if a man have but one wife. He indeed per? mits a man to take more than one wife, but on conditions which, if strictly observed, make polygamy almost im? possible. Mohammed orders that the husband must be equally gentle and just to each of his wives, must be en? tirely impartial and show no favori? tism. It is noteworthy that the pro? phet himself could not keep his own command in this respect. At the pres? ent time, the majority of the Moslems , of higher rank practice monogamy, j Polygamy is widely spread only among the wealthier middle classes, here the wife is at the same time the servant, doing the housework. Again, the exclusion of women from the world outside of the house is not a command of the Koran, which directs only that she shall be veiled. Only recently a Turkish lady, Aline Hanum, published a brochure in which she attempts to prove that the prophet in giving his command in? tended that women should cover their hair only and not their faces with veils, as" is still the custom among womer, of the nomad tribes. Legally, indeed, the Mohammedan girl can be j compelled to enter upon a marriage ; but orthodox commentators on the Koran are unanimous in condemning the father who compels his children to marry against their will, just as they condemn the careless and cause? less divorcing; of a wife, which, accord? ing to the "Hadets," or traditions of Moslem dogmatics, is an act most offensive in the eyes of Allah. The directions of the Koran in this line, separated from casuistic additions of later periods, would make such a divorce almost impossible. There is, however, no denying that, notwithstanding the dark side to the status of women according to the Koran and the civilization of Moham? medanism,- the Eastern woman has some advantages that must make her an object of envy to her Western sister, especially to the latter when left alone and without support. The orthodox Moslem regards the state of celibacy as sinful and a disgrace : and it is seldom that a Moslem girl is compelled to straggle for her own sup? port. As a rule, such girls all marry and found families. The husband must make a settlement upon his wife, in order to furnish her support in case of his death. Then, too, all the possessions that a woman brings with her when she marries remain her own and are kept separate from the proper? ty of her husband. Many a rich heiress keeps after marriage the manager of her property which she had before marriage, and the independent con? trol of a woman's possessions is as much a feature of Moslem, law as it was of the Roman. Indeed, Moslem women are so independent in the man? agement of their own property that they often become the victims of un? scrupulous usurers. The Koran directs that the ron shall show the greatest respect for his moth? er, and the husband is directed to treat her with Kindness. The Koran, however, makes the husband the absolute master of the wife and gives him two means of enforcing his authority, namely, the law and the stick. According to the former, he can divorce her; and the Koran con? tains a long list of instances under which the husband is permitted to whip his wife, and these directions are given by the angel Gabriel. There is I not the shadow of a doubt that great I abuses in this direction occur con- j stantly in Moslem lands ; but we can j not make Mohammed or the ortlulox j commentators responisble for these, j The very inferiority of the women is j made the basis of a large number of ? enactments for their benefit in the Koran, epsecially their support. While the father has absolute sway over his daughter, yet he is directed rather to starve himself than to permit her to suffer. The same command is laid on the husband in behalf of the wife and on the children in behalf of a wdowed mother. The law of inheritance gives a daughter only one-half as much as a son, but even this is better than in many older legal codes of Christian nations. . No law forbids I the Moslem woman suits, and the rich harems of the Orient harbor many finely educated women, who are well acquainted with the social conditions of the West and do not envy their sisters in other lands. Fortunately that most dis guistiDg feature of modern "culture,'* so characteristic of the West, namely, feminism, has no advocates in the I Orient, not even among the " Young Turk" party. It is really a blessing that the^ women in the Orient are net educated as are the women in the West. What would become of them in the fixed and traditional type of life and thought in the East? Lady Dufferin tried to introduce such education in East India, and after her example French ladies attempted the experi? ment in Tunis. All these attempts have failed and their leaders were glad to abandon them, except in so far as they make the Eastern woman a better housekeeper.-Translation made for The Literary Digest. CHIEF JUSTICE IN ?ARO LUCK. Color More Potent Than Dignity in Richardson's Case. From the Baltimore Sun. New York, July 9.-Robert W. Rich? ardson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, left the city today with a poor opinion as to its hospitali? ty. Richardson is a negro, born in Africa, the son of a chief, who sent the boy to England to be educated. Eventually he went to Liberia, where he became identified wita politics and is now one of the leading men of the Black Republic, being, in addition to Judge, the president of the University of Liberia and chief ad? viser of the President. He came to the United States to at? tend the meeting of the teachers at Boston ; secondarily, lie came to have a conference with President Roosevelt on questions relative to the advance? ment of the negro race. Richardson says he has a telegram from Secreatry Loeb informing him that the President will see him any time he visits Oyster Bay. Richardson arrived in the" city yesterday. Calling a cab, he was driven to the Holland House, paving $2 for the ride. He entered the hotel and was about to register when the urbane clerk said that there were no vacant rooms. "But, me deah fellah," interposed Richardson, pushing back his hat and smiling expansively, "don't you know-" "Can't help it," interrupted the clerk. "You might be Lawrence D'Orsay in disguise, but the house is full." Richardson went out and asked ad? vice of the cabman, who suggested the Imperial. It cost another ?2 to ride to the Imperial by a roundabout way. Richardson came out in about a min? ute. ."Pon me soul,' he ejaculated, "there must be something going on heah. " The cabman suggested the Ashland Hotel and the guest ended there with the same result The- cabman proposed the Mills House No. 1, but when the nature of the accommodations furnished was ex? plained Richardson would not hear of it. Finally Richardson went down to the office of the Liberian consul, who gave him lodging for the night, aft? er he had made a vain effort to secure passage for Richardson on the Fall River boat for Boston. Where the Profits Went. Daniel "B. Hasbruck, the venerabe vice president of the Metropolitan Street Railway company, who has the reputation of always having a new story about any old thing tnat may be mentioned, tells one of early steam? boat .days on the Hudson that is worth repeating. "The pride of the river at that time was the new-side-wheeler South America. One of the principal owners of her stock was an Albany man, who had great expectations from the enter? prise. When a year of prosperous traffic brought forth no dividend, he became supsicious and determined to find cut for himself where the earnings were going. Calling a bright Albany boy, he took him into his confidence. " 'Aleck,' he said, 'there is some? thing wrong with 'the South America company, and I want you to ferret it out for me. Go down to New York and hang around that dock until you can get a place in the of5ce. I don't care what you do, or what pay you get. VU stand your expenses for a year. Here is a fifty to start on. ' " Aleck started in high spirits, and nothing was heard of him for several months. The capitalist was beginning to fear lest his plan should have failed, when one day he recieved an unsigned note on the letter head of the South American company, reading very short and to the point, and unquestionably in Aleck's round handwriting: " 'Sell out your stock in the South America. We ali steal.' " A Valuable Old Carpet. Washington, July 13.-Uncle Sam has an annual house-cleaning in each one of his mint buildings at the end of each fiscal year. In these annual clean-nps the dirt and dust are not thrown away, but are carefully pre? served and put into melting rots, where everything that will burn is consumed and the residue is left in the form of a conglomerate ingot in the bottom of the pot. This is refined and enough gold and silver is obtained from it to pay the house-cleaning ex? penses many times over. Even the dirt that is scraped out of cracks in the floor contains gold dust and is earefully preserved. The report of the annual bonce-cleaning at the San Francisco mint has just been received in Washington. One item of interest concerns an old carpet that originally cost two hundred and fifty dollars, and that had been in use on the floor of the adjusting room for six years. In? stead of selling the carpet, as the Gov remuent usually does with its partly worn furnishings, it was burned and the ashes carefuuly preserved and refined, with the result that gold worth more than ?9,600 was obtained from it. Cleveland, July ll.-Before a crowd of 12,000 people Lon Dillon today broke the worlds record for trotting mares by one-fourth of a second, going the mile in 2.03^. It was the second fastest miie ever trotted. Crescens