Savannah Tribune

IN FIRE AND DEBRIS Scorces of Shoe Factory Employes at Brockton, Mass., Meet Horrible Fate. CAUSED BY BOILER EXPLOSION Large Factory Building Totally Wrecked and Then Destroyed by Flames. Hundreds of Workers Were Caught in Debris and Many of Them Were Roasted to Death. The city of Brockton, Mass., was the scene of a frightful horror Monday morning, in which at least three score of her citizens lost their lives, their bodies being mangled and cremated, by the explosion of a boiler in a large shoe manufacturing establishment in the Campello district conducted by the R. B. Grover Company. The explosion was immediately followed by a flash of flame which consumed the factory, a long four-story structure, and incinerated an unknown number of men and women who were unable to extinct themselves from a mass of tangled wreckage formed by the terrific upheaval in the heller room. It may never be known just how many persons perished in the wreckage. No one knows exactly how many persons were in the factory. The number has been estimated at 400, but Treasurer Charles O. Emerson of the Grover company said he doubted whether there were so many at work. Two hundred and fifty survivors have been accounted for and at midnight Monday night the remains of fifty bodies had been recovered from the ruins, the search being continued all night. Fragments of human frames which possibly might belong to bodies other than those enumerated have also been found. Few of the remains have been identified. The head in nearly every case is missing and except in rare instances it was impossible even to distinguish the sex. The work of identifying those killed progressed slowly, owing to generally unrecognizable remains of the victims. Explosion Followed by Fire. The explosion which was followed by such a sacrifice of life and entailed appalling instances of human suffering occurred shortly after the operatives had settled down to work for the day. Suddenly the air vibrated with the roar of an explosion. At the same moment the larger wooden frame of the factory, a four-story structure, quivered and then the re-portion of it collapsed. In a fraction of a second this section of the great building had been transformed into a mass of iron and wood wreckage, in the midst of which human beings were pinioned. In another moment fire had broken out in the debris and death by fire and suffocation became the fate of scores of the operatives. When the boiler exploded it passed upward almost perpendicularly, tearing a passage as it went, killing many on the way. After rising high in the air, it descended half the distance, and then swerving northerly, tore its way like some huge projectile through a dwelling house 50 feet away and pierced another dwelling further along, demolishing the latter structure. Here its course was stopped. Scenes of horror followed the wrenching apart of the factory building. In the rear the three upper floors, weighted as they were with heavy machinery, collapsed with a crash that was heard for blocks. Men and women operatives working in departments of this section., who were busy at their machines, had time but to turn in an attempt to flee after the first dull roar, when the flooring sank beneath them, and they were carried to the ground floor, crushed and bruised amid the mass of debris. Many fell into a veritable fiery furnace. In the sections of the factory which remained standing the operatives were panic-stricken as they sought to escape. Many fled down the stairways and reached the street; others ran to the windows, the fire escapes in many cases have been torn away by the explosion. In desperation many jumped from the second and third-story windows to the ground and were dangerously injured. The crush on the stairways resulted in numerous minor injuries. Instant death was the fate of a majority who went down with the floors that collapsed. A large number of men and women who were working near the supports were alive after the floors and walls fell. Dominican Treaty Failed of Ratification and Left on Calendar—Glosing Scenes Very Informal. A. Washington dispatch says: The special session of the senate was at 8:29 Saturday adjourned without day. All of the nominations sent in were confirmed with the exception of five, the most important of which was that of Judge James Wickershaw, to succeed himself as judge of the district court in Alaska. Several unimportant treaties were ratified, but beyond these no legislative business was transacted. Most of the session was devoted to the San Domingo question, and the consideration of a treaty under which it was proposed that the United States should take over the control of the Dominican government in order to pay its indebtedness. Democratic opposition prevented the ratification of the treaty. There was practically no discussion of the Dominican question in executive session. Before the doors were closed an effort was made to secure the adoption of a resolution offered by Senator Teller, requesting the president to send to the senate correspondence leading up to the negotiation of the Dominican treaty. During discussion of the resolution Mr. Teller said: "I have heard on the street one reason advanced why we should immediately ratify this treaty. That is a foreign government—Germany—is likely to invade Santo Domingo. I believe such danger is a myth, and that Germany. is satisfied with the course we have pursued in regard to San Domingo." Mr. Morgan's spoke in favor of the adoption of the resolution. The senate then went into executive session, and confirmed a number of nominations. Practically all the business of this character was concluded before 2 p. m., and a committee, consisting of Senators Cullom and McCreary was appointed to wait on the president and inform him that the senate was ready to adjourn. No motion had been made to recommit the treaty, and it was allowed to remain on the calendar. It will be the pending business in executive session when the senate next meets. While the committee to wait on the president was performing its duties, Senator Spooner called up the white house and took up with the president the appointment of a district attorney in Wisconsin. The president agreed to make the appointment, and there was a delay of nearly an hour while the commission was being filled out and hurried to the senate. This matter disposed of, the senate adjourned sine die, and the senators passed a pleasant half hour or more in saying their farewells. TICKET SCALPER IN TROUBLE New Orleans Man Sent to Jail for Violating Injunction of Railroad Victimizing Injunction at Railroad. At New, Orleans Saturday, United State District Judge Parlange sentenced Marcus Bitterman, ticket scalper, to serve thirty days in parish prison and pay the costs of court for a violation of the injunction issued at the instance of the Louisville and Nashville railroad for the mardi gras. SULLY TO PAY ALL DEBTS. Kling of Cotton Bulls Gives Encouragement to Creditors. Daniel J. Sully, the central figure in the collapse of the big bull movement in cotton about a year ago, at New York Saturday announced that he proposes eventually to pay every one of his creditors in full, regardless of his recent discharge in bankruptcy. NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED. Charter Is Asked for the "Columbus Northern Railway Company." Northern Railway Company. A petition for charter for the "Columbus Northern Railway Company," which proposes to build a road from Columbus, Ga, up the Chattahoochee river either to West Point or LaGrange, Ga., a distance of some sixty miles, is being published. Greene and Gaynor Claim Commission er Is Minus Authority. Argument for a writ of prohibition in the Gaynor-Greene case took place at Montreal, Quebec, Saturday before Judge Davidson for the purpose of removing the case from Extradition Commissioner La Fontaine on the ground that he was appointed under the great seal of the Dominion and not entitled to act in a manner entirely subject to provincial law and under which extradition proceedings are fought. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 25. 1905. TWENTY-FOUR DEAD As Result of Two Explosions in West Virginia Mine. TEN VICTIMS RESCUERS Presence of Deadly Gases Cause Post- ponement of Efforts to Remove Corpses—All Hope of Rescue is Abandoned. News comes from Fire Creek, West Virginia, that in two explosions in the Red Ash and Rush Run mines Saturday night, at least twenty-four men were killed, ten of the dead being members of a rescue party, who were caught by the second explosion in the Rush Run mine. The dead in the Rush Run mine are: Andrew Weir, white; Charles Jones, br., white; Will Coon, white; Clayton Mosley, colored; Perry Wood, colored; Holley J. Arraill, white; Thomas Allen, colored; Clarence Allen, colored. The Red Ash mine dead are: Clarence Jackson, colored; Steven Nugt, Italian; three unknown Slavs. Dead in the rescue party from the second explosion in the Rush Run mine: Thomas Bannister, white, fire boss; Charles Gwinn, white; James Gwinn, white; D. C. Hutchison, white, machine boss, and his two sons, J. P. and Norman; J. E. Phillips, white; E. W. Huson, white; Henderson Mosley, white; Renal Washington, colored; unknown man. Eight miners were at work in the Rush Run and five in the Red Ash mine, when the first explosion occurred. Five or six hours later a party of eleven rescuers entered Rush Run mines to locate the dead. They probably had gone back 2,000 feet when the second, explosion occurred, and it is positively known that all are dead, as there is no possible chance for their escape. After the first explosion miners from neighboring mines rushed to the ill-fated mine in an effort to save their comrades. On account of the gas it was considered unsafe to enter the mine Sunday. The rescues had gone about two thousand feet into the mine when the second explosion occurred, or less than half the distance to where the miners had been working when the first explosion occurred. The Red Ash and Rush Run pits connect together in four places, by coal being cut through, being under the same management. WARNER·ELECTED SENATOR. Deadlock in Missouri Legislature is Broken. Amid Wild Tumult. Broken Alarm Wild Tumult. In the Missouri legislature Saturday amidst scenes of the wildest disorder Major William Warner, republican of Kansas City, was elected United States senator from Missouri to succeed Francis Marlon Cockrell, the democratic senator, whose term expired March 4, and who had occupied the office since 1874. The election of Major Warner ended the deadlock in the legislature that began when the first joint ballot was taken on January 18. Saturday's joint session was the forty-fifth and the elective ballot was the sixty-seventh. From the beginning the democrats steadfastly voted for their caucus nominee, F. M. Cockrell, while the while the majority of the republicans voted for Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St. Louis, chairman of the state central committee and caucus nominee. Efforts were made to stop a roll call on the seventh ballot and there was an attempt to tear the presiding officer from his chair, and the democrats tried to effect an adjournment without an election. The time for sine die adjournment had been set for 3 o'clock by concurrent resolution and as the hour approached the clock was smashed in the melee. Amid an uproar that almost baffled control at times, the seventh ballot of the day was taken, resulting in the election of Major Warner. SECRETARY HAY FAINTS. Was Taken on Board Steamer at New York In a Wheeled Chair. Secretary of State Hay was taken ill Saturday as he was about to board the White Star Line steamer Crétic at New York for a voyage to the Mediterranean and became so weak that he was taken on board the steamer in a wheeled chair. That his condition was not regarded as alarming seemed apparent, however, as the steamer started on her voyage without delay. Mr. Hay has been in poor health for some time. UNCLE SAM JOINS IN. Three Powers. Are Now. After the Scalp of Castro—United States, France and Holland. The Venezuelan government, it is announced from Caracas, has received a note from the American Minister Bowen requiring an answer as to whether Venezuela will arbitrate the questions pending, and saying that in case of a refusal the United States will feel free to take the steps which may be necessary to secure justice. The charge de'affaires of the Netherlands has advised the Venezuelan government that Holland will use coercive measures in view of the fact that she has been unable to secure the release from imprisonment in Venezuela of five Dutch sailors, who have been illegally kept in prison for seven months. According to a Washington dispatch in calling upon President Castro for an answer to his proposition to submit to arbitration the issues between the United States and Venezuela, Minister Bowen is acting in accordance with specific instructions from the state department which have recently been placed in his hands. If President Castro rejects this last offer of Mr. Bowen to arbitrate these cases, it is expected that he will promptly report that fact to the state department, and it will be determined what course to pursue. The minister's presentment of this matter, therefore, is not an actual ultimatum, for the way is still open for further negotiations if the department decides that the time has not yet arrived to withdraw its minister and adopt some coercive measure. There is great reluctance on the part of the officials to the adoption of the latter course, but the situation is believed to be such that unless the department is willing to submit to the complete effacement of the American claims some action must be taken very soon. Reports have been arriving in Washington for some time that many of the people of Venezuela are penniless, and in need of food. One foreign diplomat there recently reported that conditions were indescribable, and that the strict censorship of everything sent out prevented the world from knowing the actual condition of affairs. All foreigners were closely watched. No official information has been received regarding the seizure of the Italian coal mines, nor has the French embassy been advised further regarding the affairs of the French cable company. The French foreign office at Paris, says the French minister at Caracas has not presented an ultimatum to Venezuela, and no French warships have been sent to Venezuela. (The cable company during the day received a dispatch from M. Brun, the company's manager at Caracas, saying that the court's expected decision has not yet been given. He reported the general conditions to be quiet. RAKING RUINS FOR BODIES. Remains of Only Two More Victims of Brockton, Horror, Recovered. Under gloomy skies and with snow and rain falling upon them, searchers continued Tuesday to turn over the clinders and charred timbers of the Grover shoe factory at Brockton, Mass., in the effort to find bodies of those who perished by Monday's terrible boler explosion. The work, which night had not been suffered to interrupt, was carried on with greater celerity after daylight and by an increased force, but the results seemed to indicate that few bodies remained in the ruins. Up to 2 o'clock Tuesday only two bodies in addition to those recovered had been found, bringing the total number up to 57. Of these 16 have been identified. A few persons reported missing were accounted for, the employees heard from at noon numbering 253. There were still doubts as to the exact number of persons in the factory at the time of the explosion, and until this question is settled by an examination of books of the factory vault, a more definite estimate of the number of lost cannot be made. JUDGE SPEER ON PEDNAGE. Confines Charge to Jury Almost Exclusively to High Court Decision. Judge Emory Speer in the United States court at Savannah confined his charge almost exclusively to a discussion of the peonage decision recently handed down by the supreme court of the United States in the case of Clytay, from Florida. Judge Speer said it may be long before that court will have the opportunity to render another opinion so vital to the future of our country. "It is salutary to the black man, but, to the white man it is inhuman more so." MERGER EFFECTED President Jordan, Who is Touring In Texas, Announces Formal Signing of the Contract to Amalgamate Two Cotton Associations. The National Cotton Association which was formed as the result of the boll weevil convention held last December, with E. S. Peters of Calvert, Texas, as president, has been merged into the Southern Cotton Association as the result of negotiations between President Harvie Jordan of the latter and officials of the National. A telegram was received in Atlanta Tuesday by T. J. Simmons, Jr., manager of the association's press bureau, from President Jordan, who is in the west, announcing that negotiations to this end had been completed, and the contract merger formally signed. The National Cotton Association was practically a Texas concern, and considerable sentiment has been worked up for it in that state. President Peters was a candidate for president of the Southern Cotton Association at New Orleans, and was elected vice president. It was at once seen that the work of the Southern Cotton Association would be handicapped with two such associations in the field, and negotiations were begun looking to their consolidation. President Jordan has been in Texas for some days, making speeches at several points, and discussing this matter with the officers of the national association. This consolidation of the National with the Southern will result in the restoration of perfect harmony in the ranks of the cotton growers and all those interested in the movement to increase the price of cotton, and will mean that the entire south will present a united front in the accomplishment of the work which the association has undertaken. STORM IN ALABAMA. Cyclone Sweeps Section of Randolph County, Taking Several Lives and Wreaking Great Property Loss. Reports reached Roanoke, Ala., Tuesday of one of the most disastrous cyclones that ever visited the section, which swept across the southern part of Randolph county late Monday night. Eight or nine lives are known to have been lost and damage amounting to thousands of dollars was done property. The cyclone started at a point near Double Heads, and proceeded in a northwestern course. The residence of Mack Carlisle, white, was demolished, and R. C. Haynes of Roanoke was killed. Six miles east a number of houses were demolished and three negroes killed and several injured on the Wilson plantation. Three or four negroes were killed on the Holly plantation, near Rock Mills. At Lime postoffice a store was demolished and a little white girl, daughter of a Mr. Lucas, was killed and her mother seriously injured. Details of the storm were for sometime difficult to obtain on account of wires being down. BOMB-THROWING IN WARSAW. Six Soldiers and Two Policeman Dangerously Wounded by Deadly Missile. gerously Wounded by Deadly Mistress. In Warsaw, Russian Poland, a bomb thrown from the window of a house in Volkst street at 9 o'clock Tuesday evening exploded in the midst of a passing patrol composed of police and infantry. Six soldiers and two policemen were dangerously wounded. They were removed to the military hospital. The assailant escaped. A reign of terror exists in the city. CLAIMS ROBBERY AS8 MOTIVE. Sensational Attack on Express Messenger by an Ex-Messenger. Mal Pruett, Southern Express Company messenger on Southern train No. 35, leaving Chattanooga for Memphis Monday morning, was assaulted in his car near Lookout station, by Will Thomas, an ex-messenger. He claims the assault was the result of a personal difficulty, but Pruett claims that robbery was the motive, and states that two packages of money and a package of vouchers were missing after he was assaulted. RUSSIANS IN PANIC. Retreating in Full Tilt Before Pursuing Japs — No Effort Made to Hold Defensive Points. According to delayed dispatches received Sunday, the Russian army continues its northern retreat. The Japanese are still pursuing. They have occupied Fukaman, to the northwest of The Pess. Saturday evening the Russian cavalry camped three miles south of Kalyunan. Large Russian columns are retreating towards this place from the southwest. The natives report that they are not stopping there where the hills make a defense possible. If the retreat is forced it probably will be continued to Harbin. The Russians are reported as being badly disorganized. Commander-in-Chief Linevitch, in a telegram to St. Petersburg, dated Saturday, reported as follows: "On March 17th Japanese batteries bombarded our divisions in the valleys of Tavantpun and Yan Pun. The enemy appeared near Kaotaitse (on the railroad about twenty-two miles north of Tie Pass) and their cavalry has occupied Fakaman. Our armies continue their concentration." Headquarters of the Japanese armies in the field, reporting under Sunday's date, says: "Our detachment, continuing its advance north, pursued the enemy to Kalyun (some twenty miles north of Tie Pass). Kalyun was evacuated by the enemy on Saturday after they had set fire to the railroad station." The Japanese legation at Washington Saturday received the following cablegram from the foreign office at Tokio: "On Thursday last our detachment on the right side of the Liao river dispersed eight Russian cavalry squads which had artillery with them, and thus occupied the heights north of Tie Pass, on the right side of the Liao and cannonaded the retreating enemy, which consisted of one infantry division and ten cavalry squadrons." Latest reports received in St. Petersburg from the retreating commanders in Manchuria, while relieving the immediate fear of the Russian people that the Manchurian army already is cut off and confirming government information already received that the retirement is in full progress, throw no further light on the losses of the army. FLOOD THREATENS PITTSBURG. Mad Waters of Monongahela River on Their Annual Rampage. Pittsburg, Pa., is threatened with one of the worst floods in years. At 10 o'clock Tuesday night Forecaster Frank Rldsway predicted over 30 feet. He does not expect over 35 feet if that much. During the early hours of the day the water began to recede from the rise in the Alleghany, but a fresh impetus was given to the rushing torrents by a rainfall of nearly two inches over the entire watershed of the Monongahela river. THE SIMPLE LIFE Ways That Are Pleasant and Paths That Are Peace. It is the simple life that gives length of days, serenity of mind and body and tranquility of soul. Simple hopes and ambitions, bounded by the desire to do good to one's neighbors, simple pleasures, habits, food and drink. Men die long before their time because they try to, crowd too much into their experiences—they climb too high and fall too hard. A wise woman writes of the good that a simple diet has done her: "I have been using Grape-Nuts for about six months. I began rather sparingly, until I acquired such a liking for it that for the last three months I have depended upon it almost entirely for my diet, eating nothing else whatever but Grape-Nuts for breakfast and supper, and I believe I could eat it for dinner with fruit-and be satisfied without other food, and feel much better and have more strength to do my housework. "When I began the use of Grape-Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles were so soft that I was not able to do any work. I weighed only 108 pounds. Nothing that I ate did me any good. I was going down hill rapidly, was nervous and miserable, with no ambition for anything. My condition improved rapidly after I began to eat Grape-Nuts food. It made me feel like a new woman; my muscles got solid, my figure rounded, out, my weight increased to 126 pounds in a few weeks. my nerves grew steady and my mind better and clearer. My friends tell me they haven't seen me look so well for years. "I consider Grape-Nuts the best food on the market, and shall never go back to meats and white bread, again. Name given by Postman Co., in the Creek, Mich." MOR MING ee a 8 RBS {Ry 7 set . \ J eTEARS, IDLE TEARS. = + pint, matelece “tovk place, andthe | estates Ostet te estas ie Ostint Senet Oe ROM ROI | at — genre Bout the depth eee house to my ayint's hindéome mansion, | - Aveo 7 peereacy TT RADY \ Ree Sas(ertectsi|'QURIOSITIES OF MEMORY. : ~ — Bipeking onthe tga Autamn-felds, af ‘* -Noper. I fetarned to tiiy former home, rk : 2 A 2 nd thinking-of the days that areno more. ~ + j, . where my eldest gleter, was struggling | ~ é eK ke KR KR A Ley Eira tin fit ham littering on asa,“ to make both ends sat, and where T } its . F pk Bed av hellant which reddton onee one nro - | Rat aotreured” with anche BY VENIER VOLDO. = + Rolengiakaywith alll we love below the verge; + 3 In these’ clreumstances, 1 accepted GDS OEE DSS NO ORES | i Bycdiatc . z an offer of niartiage ‘trom x wealthy FSSC I8 SEIS E IL T8 Coe ts Tek gS Fos Tete Ce ae te Us tae etaes Sete ee | > + sad and strange as in dark mummer dawns. *|gentleman who fell a victim to thore : - FF The ‘earliest pi i 3 HERZ are cxumples of fone DanleY McCartney, an humble la- | | > Wo‘aying eit log ol ai arakened Bese . charms which mo one but Cyril had x = ¥ memory: so very extraordl- | borer, in Salem, Columblana County, |: : 4 ‘The casement’ slowly grows a glimmering square; * 7 yetSbeon able to parcelye. & nary that but for the best | Ohio. He was quite illiterate, “and a - Bo sad,*so strange, the days tlt are nosaore. : «| On fhe err day that 1 wrote to mar t ! R authority and frequent re-| nearly blind” but he remembered the | : engageman . : = 7 Detr as remembered kisson after death, i . sink Uforming har 9f tay engagerent. | Naewxe’ ‘potition they would be too | occurcances of every day since Janvary | And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned 7 Reosived a Jetter. from ber, incredible for bellef 1, 1827, when he was nine years old. | : On lips that are for otheps: d eap as love, : oe eet ec emene, ind Spconeer th | Partius Latro, says Seneca, retained | sfention any date to him in the pre | Deep as first love, and ‘wild w ith all regret; announcing that “Edgar was not in artios ave ee ét all Uelous tte cae ae b " * , ODeethin Life, the days that areno more; | ed hoped.” but In Gan. | to the last a lucid remembrance of all | vious forty-four years, and he instantly | AUKT MARIA'S MOREY. dee USS WHE COATS, SEG t ete braced her with equal fervor, and told hher that I couid’ never do onovgh to show my gratitude, My aunt insisted that we should be married at once, only allowing time for the purchase of an elaborate trousseau with which she intended to provide me. ‘The unfortushte Edgar was nearly distracted. To break off his engage- ment with me would incense his moth- er even more than his refusal to pro- Dose in the first place would have done. He raged and stormed in prl- Yate, declared he would commit sulcide rather than marry me, would roject me at the altar, would illtreat ine in the most fearful way after we were married. But to all these threate I opposed an unruffied sweetness of do- meanor and lavished a great show of affection upon him in the presence of my aunt, to whom he was unwillingly obliged to respond. Onr wedding,day drew near, and Ed- gar, finding me unmoved by threats, now had recourse to entreaties, and even secretly brought Augusta to add her prayers to his; but to thelr pitiful moans I only responded that nothing ‘Would fuduce me to disappoint my doar aunt, even if I had to sacrifice my Ufe’s happiness in the cause, It may readily be supposed that I had not really the slightest intention ot allowlig Edgar to marry me. I in- tended to drive him into rejecting me, & course which would, I knew, deepty offend my aunt and would probably ‘oust Eagar altogether from her favor, in which I then hoped to rise still higher by the representation that Ed- g's eruelty hatl broken my heart. However, as the day approached aiid Edgar showed no signs of open rebel- Mon, I began to be a lttle alarmetl. ‘What if, after all, I had to reject. Ed- gar? That would be fatal! My aunt would never speak to me again. morning before the appointed wading day Edgar came to me, ‘pale ‘apd fierce. , ‘Are you' determined to keep up this farce’ to the end?” be inquired, “Farce?” said I, raising my brows. “I fotend to obey my beloved aunt, 3 that 1s what you mean.” “Then take the consequences,” he retorted, as he departed angrily and banged the door. ‘That evening a note was discovered in Edgur’s room informing his mother that when she read it all would be over, that he could not obey her wishes fa marrytog“me, and, rather'than run counter to them, he had resolved to de- stroy himself. The distracted mothen was beside hetself with grief. She rushed here and there, giving contradictory orders; she ran up and down stairs as if searching: for some sign of bis pres- ence; she dispatched search parties in the hope that he might yet be discov- ered allve; butinothing could be found, except his coat and hat on the bank of a river, ‘The conclusion eome to was that the unfortunste young man had drowned himself, though no trace af thé body could be discovered; “You are my only bope and som- fort!” erled my aunt, /weeplog on my neck, “You must never. leave me, darling!” With some misgivings, I'promised I would not., ‘The next morning, at an early hour, Mr. Denaby appeazed in a state of dis- traction. Augusta, It scemed, unable to bear the idea of resigning Edward’ to any other bride, had: also drowned herself. Her cloak am hat liad been discovered on the bank of the river, which was being dracged for the body, but so far without subcess. ‘The bereaved parents wept together, and so touching was their grief that. I eried, too, although I had not the slightest apprehension that Auguste and Edgar had.really drowned them- selves. ; However, as morths passed on and. nothing was. heard ‘of elther of them, I began to feel rather anxious and to wonder what had befallen them. ° Meanwhile a common sorrow had drawn the ieee unhappy households together, and, aboutta year after these startling’ events, my aunt astounded me one morning by the, information that she and Mr. Deaaby had resolyed, to unite their broken hearts and seek consolation\in wedlock. ° Here wag a nice prospect tor me! My aunt had already become very favorably disposéd toward her future stepchildren, and*yvould be certain to provide handsomely for them i her will, and, instead of being her sole helress, I ‘was suddenly confronted | with seven rivale—the numbér of An. | x hw HEN my youngest uncle came home and told my grandfather that he was engaged to Afles Smitner- aon. the dear. of man was. ee eee Paralyzed with dismay, and al! the re- Jations and friends who knew Miss Smitherson were paralyzed, too, and ‘expressed thelr opinion that my uncle had deon thwarted through the mach- dnstions of old Smitherson, {, ‘This was ten years or so before I ‘was ‘born. By that time the Indy had quarreled with half her husband's re- Jatlons, and by the time.I' was eighteen she had quarreled with the other half, only excepting myself, to whom, for some unaccountable reason, she had conceived a violent and somewhat em- PSrrassing affection. As by this time any parents were dead and ‘had left thelr chudren very il-provided for, we thought It better from prudential mo- “tives to encourage this affection, my aunt, belng ove of our few prosperous relations, and our only wealthy one, as, in addition to her own fortune, she had caused my late uncle to make a will leaving her absolute mistress of all he Possessed; 80 whon he died she was ‘worth a considerable fortune. Her two sons were entirely dependent on her caprices, and as she had already quarreied violently with the elder,. there was every chance that she might leave me a* comfortable income. I therefore responded with hypocritical wWwarmth to her fond overtures, and al- ways accepted her frequent and press- ing Invitatione, though I reaped much ‘Weariness and not a little irritation from her exacting socloty. ‘These visits were, however, rendered endarable by the society of my eousin Edgar, the younger and favorite sou, of whom I was really very fond, and arith whom I sometimes even fancied inyself in love when wearled with the excessive ardor of Cyril Cavendish, an Ampecunious bank clerz, who had flied Als youthful affections upon me, and whose assurances a3 to my persona} charms were often a great Comfort to me when wounded in spirit by the plain speaking of my brothers. : Oné day Edgar came to me with a greatly perturbed expression, gud sald he wanted me to help him out of a difficulty. I sald I would do any best, and, after some beating about the bush, he informed me that he was deeply in love with Augusta Denaby. a rather pretty girl who Iived in the next parish, “Augusta Denaby!” I exclaimed. “Why, you know Aunt Maria detests her and would cnt you off with a dollar if you ventured to marry ber!” ; “That's just the difficulty,” respond- ed Edgar. “Just because Mrs, Den- aby offended mother a dozen years ago, she hasn't 2 good word to say for any of the family. She ‘has hardly spoken to any of them, and, I believe, bas never even seen Augusta. I am sure, if she once got to know her, she couldn't help liking her, and now that ‘Mrs, Densby Is dead, there's no reasom the enmity should be kept up: But, you see, Kitty, mother has made up’| her miud that you acd I are to marry each other, and she 1s expecting me to Propose to yon while you are here.” + “But I don't want to marry you,” I returned, with some warmth, Cyril suddenly becoming precious in my sight. “I know you don't.” replied Edgar, “and I don't want to marry you, so ‘We are of one mind on that point. But, you see, Kitty, I shall get no peace tll I ask you; so what I want you to| do is to refuse ime, and then I can tell mothér that you wouldn't hare me, and I shall be reduced to despalr and go off and marry Angusta, and mother will throw’ ail the blame upon you. ‘Then we shall gradually work round, | £0 that mother will Bet to know and Uke Augusta, and all will end happily.” I was filled with indignation at this suggestion. Mean, selfish fellow! Why should I be sacrificed, Just to further his ‘own ends, and be depriyed of the comfortable provision for ‘the future upon which I was depending ‘at my aunt's death? I resolved upon re-\ ‘Venge. . . “Very well,” sald J, coldly. “I will do what I can for you. But you are sure your mother wants ns to marry?" “Yes; she asked mre only this morny ing it I had proposed yet,” he replied. “Very well, then, do so,” sald I. “Well, then, Kitty, will you be my wife?” sald Edgar, . “With pleasure!” I responded, with e@ sweet smile. “But, Kitty, you must refuse me,” said Edgar, much takea aback, “I shall do nothing of the sort,” sald I, with gentle firmness. “Far be it from me to go against the wishes of my dear aunt, to whom I owe so much, I shall go and tell er at once how hap- by you have made me.” C&M anh cae anutsaihenkad daa Tennyson, “The Princess.” Brose OnE. |e kK o* 6 : be oe Set eh Fay aa ee | “gpeze’ ‘petition they would be too incredible for belfet. | Partius Latro, says Seneca, retained to the last a Iucid remembrance of all the declamations he had ever delivered. Cyrus, according to Pliny, knew the | name of every soldier in-his army. ‘The | Same is related of Mithridates, who could repeat the names of his yast army of elghty thousand mex. . | | Scipio knew by name alt the Inhabl- | tants of Rome; and it is said, likewise, of George IIT, that he never forgot a face he had once seen, or a name he had ever heard, ‘Themfstocles could call by name "every citizen of Athens, although the { number amounted to twenty thousand. | Both Napoleon I. and Napoleon’ II. had extraordinary powers of memory. | It is said of the first that he could re- { peat the naines of hfs fullest regiment, ‘having heard the lst but once read, |, Later tn te, discovering one of his old soldiers in a certain stonecutter, | he was able to tell at once the rank he held in the army, the exact corps and regiment he belonged to, where he had served, and the individual char- acter he had borne for: bravery. Napoleon, III, could retain an incred- tble array of names, figures and: facts with perfect accuracy. His’ memory bad undergone a severe training, no doubt, during his. early season of im- prisoument, when it was perilous for him to carry written memoranda about ‘him. But never daring to trust solely 'to the sense of hearing in its action upon his memory, it was a fixed habit of his life to write in a notebook what- ever he wished to preserve, and then destroy the leaf. | Seneca complained of oki age, when he could not, as formerly, repeat two thousand woyds in the order in which ‘they were reqd. At a certalri recita- tion of his class, when a student, two hundred verses had been unconnected- ly recited by the different pupils, when he repeited them, from the last to the first, in a perfectly reversed order, and ‘without misplacing a word. ‘The Drulds taught their whole cirele of sciences in twenty thousand verees, which students were called up to com- mit to memory, and which frequently occupled a space of twenty years. Blind Tom, the famous negro pianist, affords an example of marvelous mem- ory. All that he knows or performs he ES elther beard or improvised. His | Tepertoire embraces the vast number of five thousand distiict pieces. Esti- mating the average number of notes 4n a single bar to be elght, and the average number of bars in a single per- formance to be two hundred, we dis- cover that the facts retained by this musica} prodigy amount to the aston- ishing number of elght millions. Liszt and Rubinstein, the gifted pian- fsts, were both accredited with the possession of great memarles. It relited also of Wiegis, 2 German vio- Unist, that upon the discovery that the score of a certain valuable opera had: Deen lost, he volunteered to write it from memory. This he successfully | id, to the nicest details, and was pald therefor a handsome sum of manéy. ‘Upon many an occasion Wiegls accur- ately performed his part at the opera avhen he was so Intosleated as to make it necessary to provide him with his instrument and rightly adjust it in Rishands. ~ Rollin tells us of the remarkable memory possessed by Adrien. John Wilson, the painter; Queen Elizabeth and Jullus Caesar were about equally endowed with this valuable faculty, ‘The conversation of the’Bistorian Afa- -cauiley exhibits an infinite.stare of per- Yectly appropriate and correct quota- tlons, while Prof. Parson could recite very many lengthy poems ‘with aston- ishing accuracy. | Racine could recite all the tragedies of Euripides. Killer, the mathematl- vlan, could repeat the, Euclid. Lord Granville repeated the New Testament from beginning to end in the original Gréés} and Cooke, the tr@gedian, is said to have committed to memory all the contents of a large daily newspa- per. . | Strazniky was sald to know the name and place of every one of the hundred ‘thonsand volumes of the Astor Li- ‘brary. The same was said of old - brarian Magliabecchl, who, besides knowing the name of egfry book of bis vast dibrary, could repest the con- tents of 2 great number of them, and tould tell any: inquirer not only what book would best satisfy his wishes, but the chapter and pnge where the de- sired data would be found. Mirandola would commit to, memory the contents of a book by reading it ee are we were ee oe eee ne ‘The matziage ‘took” place, audsthe ‘Denabys mfgrated_trdar thelr ‘soiall louse to my ajint's handaome manston, in whieh I now ‘feltsinyself an jntor- loper. I fetarned to tiiy former home, where my eldest plete, was struggling to make both ends most, and where I wae not received with muck etithu- slasm, "7 : In these circumstances, 1 accepted an offer of marriage from « wealthy gentleman who fell a victim to those charms which no one but Cyril had yet®beon able to parcelye." On the xery day that I wrote to my aunt informing her of my engagement, ¥ received a letter from her, writes in great excitement, and incoherently announcing that “Kdgar was not in heaven, as she had hoped.” but In Gan- ada, whera he and hig wife, Augusta, were happily settled and doing ox- tremoly well. Having heard of the marriage of their rospeetive parents, they had taken courage to write and inform them that they, too, were mar- ried, and not dead, as was supposed; they hoped they should be forgiven and stil hold a place Sa the affections of their friends, 7 . + #& © «© & ‘Thus all ended well. Edgar has al- ready attained great eminence fn- his adopted country; Cyril and I are both happily married—to somebody olse— and my aunt {8 so kept n order by her second husband, who has proved to bo @ person of much declalon of character, that she has already begged her eldest son's pardon for having discarded hint, and has made an equitable will, divid- ing her fortune in the most proper and ‘satisfactory manner, . I am glad to say that I am not for- gotten.—New York Weekly. . ‘Timid Swatns. “Can you post me on stamp fiirta- tlon—the significance of stamps placed {a various positions on envelopes?” querfed a sentimental youth at one of the postoftice windows. “Yes,” sald the stamp clerk gruffiy, ‘a stamp placed anywhere but in the upper right hand corner of the addressed side of the envelope means trouble—a lot of trouble—for, postoffice people whose duty it fs to cancel the stamps. And a stamp placed anywhero on the wrong side of the envelape, as is often done by foolish individuals who imagine they are flirting, means delay—the let- ter belng helt up under the impresston that it {s unstamped until some one discovers the stamp om the reverse side. That's the extent of my knowl- edge on the subject of stamp filrta- tion.” As the abashed youth hurried away the elerk winked at a tener gnd added: “I never could understand’ why these musby Individuals don't write thelr tender sentiments in the letters instead of making trouble for mail handises by stinking stamps in all sorte of ridieulops pesitions.’PIfil- adelpkia Record. ‘ - ‘Tho “Amorieas Aocent.!? Aa Amesican corgagpondent protests against the phrasgs “Amertegn accent” ain “naeal twagg,” which were used in many reports OF the ‘Torres-Alaran- der misgjon at Iiveqpool. For “the impression is a geaexal que that ail Americans talk shrough thelr noses. The {doa ts quite as exroncous op if one shout aggart that all Bngilsh People talk Coskyey.” | he pyotest is justifiable, “Rhore is no such thing os the “American accent,” except in, a few words, such as “advertisement,” whételn Amecica is supbrlor as to pro- nunclation and practice. : Nor does the Amefican-born man “tat through his nosg.” ‘The real ait- ference that we all notice is a differ- ence in the gene¥il pitch of rolce. The American sotce 1s pitched In a slightly higher key than the Engifeh; and here you may find the reason why the Am- erican assimilates French so easily. Put roughly, the case is this: the Frenchman tajks from bis palate, the American from the top of his throat, the Englishman from, bis chest and the German from his dfaphragm.—Lon- don Chronicle. . Sksntiabe Beeat Ber Davies. When the great diving bell svhich is used on: the admiralty harbor works ‘at Dover sank into the, goa yosterday At surprised a shoal of sprats. The men seated round its sides eaw in the glare of the electric Hght ‘a strange sight. Suddenly the water beneath them be- came alive with thousands of the tiny fish, which darted hither and thither in their efforts to escape from unex- pected captivity. Some succeeded in diving under the edges of the bell, but as the machine descended nearer and nearer to the bottom the few inches of water in it beeame thiek with the fish. ‘When the bell rested on the ocean bed the men set to work and eaptured nearly a thousand of the fish. It ts not unusual, they say, to eatch a Meh or two as they go down, but never be- fore has it been their expetienee to encounter a Shoal. The men ‘n: the bell work at a depth of forty-three Yathoms below the low-water mark. The fish were probably attracted by ‘the electye lght 3whieh is used in the bell.—Lontion Express. Gold From Eiver Mois, ° Miners along the Trinity River, in northern California, save no inconsid- erable amount of gold from the river moss. One country’ storekeeper at a sinall place on the river bought, duriig ‘the season just closed, $4000 worth from them. He says that on the rocka and bedxpck along the sides of a chan- nel, especially on riffies and in places ‘where the éurrent ts swift, moss forms in the Summer months. When'the wa- ter Hises in winter it oyerflows these Places nnd_the moss gets as a gold- saver, see the water begins to fall in summer the miners, gather the moss ‘and elther put it in the sun to dry, burning it Jater and panniag out the: ashes, or théy waah it ina tub of water patil the gold_ts allwashed out. Bee eee ste Ls hs hee SE See aE REI CURIOSITIES OF MEMORY.. . kk kk Kk kk . SA , BY VENIER VOLDO. Sella iodletistietaetistie ts tietietietsetastietastm ios ietioteties Oost 0%, HERE are cxamples of fone Daniel MeCartney, an bumble la- x. ay memory. so very extraordi-| borer, in Salem, Columblana County, 3 T G nary that but for the best | Ohio. He was quite illiterate. “and ¥ FR authority and frequent re-| nearly blind, but he remembered the Ge eee ee ieee ee a Leer cee DUS DS Remembered te 7 Y CT} one Daniel McCartney, an humble la- borer, in Salem, Columbiana County, Obie, He was quite illiterate, “and nesrly blind, but he remembered the occurzences of every day since January 1, 1827, when he was nine- years old. Mention any date to him in the pre vious forty-four years, and ha instantly told what day of the week it wes, what manner of weather prevailed, what he was individually doing and conversed about. Mr. Henkle, paying « personal visit to McCartney, provided himself With a Journal for forty-five years, and after several severe crosd-examine- tions, proved Mr. McCartney to be in- variably correct, We will conclude our chapter by quoting a very remarkable instance of loss of memory. In 1870 a resident of Elmira, N. ¥., accidentally struck his head against a beam, and was rendered insenslble thereby.” From the effects of the blow, however, he very readily recovered, and three years passed him in the enjoyment of apparently per- fect health. At the expiration of this time he was taken with/acute pains in, the head, accompanied by violent spasms. He ‘was promptly attended by his physi- clans and again recovered bodily health; but bis memory, so far as con- cerned all events which had taken place since the date of his accident three years before, was @ blank. He greeted his partrfér in business as the schoolmaster he hhd known him to be before the beam and-his own head came in contact. He had no un- derstanding or comprehension of the state of his business, and persisted in treating acquaintances formed in the three years past as though absolute strangers. Who? fs still more extracr- inary, he was decidedly puzzled, much to the embarrassment of his wife, to account for the existence of his two children born in the fatal three years’ interval. ODORS IN THE' HOUSE A SOURCE OF PERIL. ‘A Problem Over Which the Home Bullder Has to Fight Her Hardest Battle. j Tho question of odors is one over which the homebullder has to fight her hardest battles, even if she starts with a house properly equipped for the struggle, writes Elizabeth Knight ‘Tompkins in Good Housekeeping. They say that animals hase no discrimina- don fn odors; that Is, that their senses make no distinction between the pleas- urable and unpleasurable. It often seeins as if men were made ‘on the same plan. Many a man will sit con- tentedly reading his paper in an at- mogphere of cabbage or fresh soup that would tat a woman's sense of amell on edge, The mother of a family has often to fight her family as well as the odors, the necessary, the inevitatge alring of a house after meals betig sSccomplished only against protests. ‘Food odors are not the only ones she has to fight against. Many furnish- ings and floor’ coverings have odors, more, or less unpleasant. ‘This is an important objection to cheap materi- ‘als; they are rarely odorless. You should select your furnishings with your nose. Even ff the odor 1e not ac- tually disagreeable, the presence of ‘any odors that ate not a distinct pleasure gives a second-rate atmos- phere to a house. I wonder if the sense of smell 1s not deficient or Jack- ing in a great many people; this seems’ sometimes the only possible solution of thelr inditference to the abominable odors in their houses. How people can, except under compulsion," endure houses pervaded with the smell of moth balis and gasoline, I cannot oth+ <‘aiiten Clntinh. = ‘Mercy and Justice at Odds. A Virginia justice of the peace under- took to temper justice with mercy in the case of a boy charged with “petty larceny.” The evidence agalnst him was conclusive; but he was very young; it was bis first offence, and there were some extenuating circum- stances. The oki farmer justice de- cided to give the boy a stern lecture, He looked at the culprit severely throngh Lils spectacles and began his Tecture. “Young man," sald he, “this 1s aw- fal, this Is right down awful, and I want to warn you—I-want to say—” Here the old man’s sense of justice sud- denly conficted with the pity awak- ened by the sight of the lad, Who stood trembling before him. He cleared, his throat twice, and then, half in mercy and half in indignation at is own weakness, he cried, “Clear out o” my sight, you onery scamp!” and sat down to mop his forehead amid the merri- ment of the court-room—Tribune. ‘Willing to Help Him Out. After the doctor had examined’ the patient.and the man's wife wanted to know the nature of the fIIness, the con- sclentious physician said: é “Your busband’s condition is siteh that 1t will take some time to differen. tinte the symptoms to arrive at an ac- curate conception of the malady from which. he issuffering. The treatmeht mutt be symptomatic. I must first make a diagnosis,” ~ 7 :#I hope you: can make it of calico,” Fematked the woman, “for I haven't a. piece of flannel in. the house,"—New, York :Press. a Me .- BOSTON: NATION'SSAUB © NEW, YORK, ITS HOBBUBS*, _Qne Wondets. How the Peopte ier “Live, Normal. Liye, Amid thet Whit > + And'the Clatter:* £5 ~-Boston {s the’ natioh’s hub¢ New: York its hubbub—and the ‘visitor’.in “myrlad-tooted Manhattan” wonders bow the people can Lye: normal Jive. amid the whirl and the clatter. ,.But many of them do, and do it well. Here ‘is Dr. Jobn B, Rich, the oldest native born New+ Yorker, giving his experl. ence In an interview. He is in his ninety-fourth year; he says he is younger than many men forty years ‘his Junior; he {s deep in the writing of a Dig book, the history of the entire muscular structure of the human body; he is presldent of the Americar Microscopical Society and of the.Hun- dred Yearg Clb, and he confesses to a happy life which ‘still looks forward. to larger satisfactions. * ‘What is his secret? Oheerfoiness in part. Optimism in large measure. And “whenever I speak to people of how to grow old gracefully” he says “the chlef lesson I-try to teach them 1a the, necessity of the cultivation of companjonableness. Cultivate the compantonship of others, especially of the young,” I tell them, “‘for-so long as a man {s companionable to the.young he can never be old himself.” Fete Dpreons think of this. . “Tt seems trite, perhaps, but, when it comes ‘as a Ife experience of a young old man af ninety-four it has all the force ef an anniversary sermon. And: in good truth it is the sort of gospel that this age very acutely needs: “Ask the average man why he“dreads living beyond fourscore and he will reply; that he fears the lonelinessof it, He may be piling up money to keep him from the poorhouse, but _he docs not take the time to inves\1i compayton- ships that will keep him from soclal poverty. We go rapidly these days, We put up thé newspaper, before our faces instead of seeking ‘Conversation with’ our fellow-passengers. We neglect to return the call of our nefghbor. We have no time to stop and laugh vith the children. We let our ambitions ‘monopolize us—and too late we find that we have made an isolation and called it success. ‘Whole towns dry up socially by lack’ of companionableness, moe their ma- ‘terfal interests as welbas their morals suffer, The evil is the curse of eltles— and Jt {s a joyful fact that the’ oldest native of the largest and noistest place in America is able to give the word that bls fellow-belngs need. It fs as pretty a paradox as the fact tbat the current literature on the simple life emanates from Paris.—Saturday Even- Ing Post. 7 (Sayings of Washington, Commerce and industry are the best mints of a nation. However unimportant America*may be.considered at present, and however. Britain may despise her trade, there will assuredly come a day when this country will have some welght in tho scale of empires. * Be cool, but determined. Do not fire ata distance, but wait for orders from your officers. ‘he virtue, spirit and union in the provinces leave them nothing to fear but the want of ammunition. . ‘three things prompt mex to regular discharge of their duty in time of a tlon—natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishmént, ‘When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen. We shall most surely rejoice with you in that bappy hour when the-establishment of American Mberty upon the most firm: and solid foundations shall enable us to. return to our private stations in the’ bosom of = free, peaceful ahd happy: country. ‘My first wish would be that my mill- tary family should consider themselves as a band of brothers—ready and will- ing todie foreach other. | _ I require no guard, but the affections of the people, : -: A National Peril. Within the last five years the San Jose scale has spread all over the country, ‘This insect is considered by sunie fo te 8 worse yest than, all tho others put together, Certainly it has resulted in miore legislation than all the other insects combined. We now have a quarantine system that pe us fairly well from the importation of insects and diseases, and also frovides’ for~the investigation and fumigation of nursery stock, but the géneral situa- Hon is far more serious now than eyer before. After spending more than a million, dollars fo fight the San Jose seale; the State of Massachusetts has given up the struggle, and at the pres- ent moment the outlook for saving the, century-old elms. which are the. glory ot New England is rather gloomy, at Yeast so far as-State afd Is concerned.— Country Life in America, Datei Ate Good Farmers. ‘The people of Holland, whose farms have’ béen reclaimed from the North Sea by g yronderful system of dykes. and drainage, are devoted mostly to’ dairying, the land belng'valued at from: $400, to- $500 per acre. As may’ be inferred, the dairy business is thera conducted on the most sclentifie and, correct plan, otherwise it would be im/ possibJe to use such high-priced land: inthat-~way. A late government report gikes the average milk production per cow at 7306 pounds, and the average, butter, product per cow at’321, pounds. ‘Just What this means is better nader- stood when. we' compare jt with, the, baitter ‘product, of Towa and Minnesota” dairy‘heeds; which average somewhere. gbout1h0 pounds. : -~¢ -, | te't SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1905. Dr. L. S. Parks who has been on the sick list for the past several weeks, has improved greatly and able to be out. Rev. N. H. Whitmire left yesterday for Riceboro where he will preach the dedication sermon of the Baptist church. Mrs. Lee Hill of Atlanta is in the city spending a number of weeks with her sister Mrs. Haynes, at 524 Minis street. Her many friends are glad to see her. Mrs. P. O. Burgess has been confined at home for some time, caused by a fall. she had. Her host of friends will be glad to know that she has greatly improved. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Steele regret to hear of the illness of their son, Master Josie A. Steele. Josie is a very interesting and jolly little fellow. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Jackson are receiving the congratulation of friends upon the safe arrival of a bouncing boy. The mother and son are getting along nicely. The members of the Fred Douglass Lyceum are requested to meet at the residence of Mrs. Justine H Patterson, Atlantic Avenue on Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. On April 1, Dr. J. H. King will remove his office from Stewart St., to 511 Robert street, where he will be glad to see his patrons and friends. He will continue his office on the East side, No. 236 Randolph street. Her funeral took place on Monday afternoon from the Second Baptist church of which she was a member from her earlier days, having joined under the pastorate of the Rev. Cunningham. Beth-Eden Baptist church, Gordon and Lincoln streets, preaching at 11 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., by Rev. J. Alexander Owens. Sunday School at 3 p.m., Mr. P. W. McIstosh, superintendent. The public is cordially invited to these services. Rev. T. W. Cobb, of Stockton spent a few days in the city this week. On Thursday night he preached an able seamon at the F. B. B. church. Rev. Cobb is well-known all over the state. He spent a few pleasant moments with us on Thursday. Mrs. Adams left two danghers, Mrs. Charlotte Dixor and Mrs. Diana Fabian of this city; one son Mr. Richard Henderson, of Biloxi, Miss.; a grand daughter, Mrs. Sarah A. Roundfield, and a great-grand daughter, little Lottie Roundfield. The bereaved family has the sympathy of friends. The death of Mrs. Diana Adams an old and respected christian lady, occurred last Sunday morning. Death came rather suddenly and was quite a shock to those of her family as she did not appear to be sick or distressed in the least. She was born and reared in this city, and although being about 87 years old, she was unusually active for one of that age. Rev. H. A. Sengatacke will give a recital at Beach Institute Monday night March 26, at 8:30. The program includes such special literature of our people, as the poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the late Rev. Gao G. Rowe, Prof. J. W. Johnson; also, several Uncle Remus stories by Joel Ochandler Harris. Rev Sengatacke has made a specialty of these subjects, and presented them successfully before many appreciative audience. The pupils of Beach and the Sengatacke sisters will add some attractive musical features to the program. The admission is ten cents, and the object is to help out the Pilgrim Congregational church at West End. The M. W. P. club christened the beautiful home of Mrs. A. Voss West Broad and 40th streets with a donkey party which was the swellest of the season. Rv James M. Sims gave the club a most beneficial lecture; his subject was the "Social Circle of the Married Women" which held his hearers spellbound; he also prayed God's blessing upon the club and Mrs Voss, after which the pining of the donkey's tail began. Mrs. Coleman won the prize which was a beautiful fruit dish. Mrs. Voss received many congratulations from the ladies Mrs Thurman rendered a solo congratulation "God bless you." All of which was received with many thanks after which all were invited to the dining room, where a sumptious repast awaited them, the table was decorated with juices and all reported as having enjoyed themselves. B-sides the members the guests were: Mrs. N. Taylor, Mrs. E Hamilton, Mrs. M. Campbell, Mrs. O. E. Thurman, Mrs. Coleman, Miss Daniels, Mrs. M. Cannel, Mrs. J. Branham. Broke Into His House. 8. Le Quinn of Cavendish, Vt., was robbed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King's New Life Pills broke into his house his trouble was arrested and now he is entirely cured. They're guaranteed to cure, 25c at any Drug Store. Dr. M. H. Cobb of Valdosta was in to see us on Thursday. The doctor has a large practice in Lowndes county. If you are in need of a job, or if you would like to get a competent help call to see Mr, C. R. O'Quian at 36 Bull street, and he will fill your order. He has had years of experience in the business and can give every satisfaction. Mrs. R. L. Barnes, Grand Worthy Counsellor of the I. O. O. O. will leave to-day for Macon where she will take a part in the Pythian exercises to-morrow. On Monday night she will lecture to the five courts of Macon. From there she will go to Tennille to visit a court, and will return the latter part of next week. There are several fountains of the True Reformers in the city and the number is daily increasing. Another one is now under contemplation and it has already a large number of some well-known citizens on its list. Mrs. Patterson is working it up. A meeting of the members and those who contemplate joining will be held on Friday night March 31, at her residence on Atlantic Avenue. Flattering Indeed. The Y. M. C. A. movement in our city among colored men has struck a popular chord, as evinced by the number of men who attend meetings every Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 o'clock. It was indeed very encouraging to see such a large number out last Sunday. This speaks for itself, and shows that the young men know a good thing when they see it. Mr. E. W. Houstoun made a report of his visit to Atlanta and the consultation he had with Mr. Weatherly in regards to Y. M. C. A. work. Remember the Y. M. C. A. is for all the colored men in Savannah; it includes you. Come out then and help along a good cause this Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at 468 West Broad street. "Nuf-Sad." On Monday night last the joint committee of Knights of Pythlas began its bazaar at Masonic Temple, West Gwinnett street. Despite the fact that the admission was more than the average, the hall was crowded. The attendance each night was good. Attractions were enjoyed. The bazaar will continue next week. The following program will be carried out: Monday night, Comical solo, Mr. J. E. Johnson; Instrumental duet, Mr. F. Bogan and Miss V. Davidson; Vocal solo, Mr. M. W. Bryan; Dumb-bell drill, by twelve girls. Thursday night, Instrumental solo, Miss Etta McIntosh; Resolution, "One thing about a woman, I can never understand" Herbert H. Gibbons; Vocal solo, Mr. J. W. Moore; Fan drill, by sixteen little girls Friday March 31, will be children's day. It is hoped that parents will not allow their little ones to miss this rare treat. They shall be well cared for and no fear need be anticipated. They shall be placed under the direct care of Mrs. O. E. Nelson, Miss V. E Box, C. and L. Hendrickson and Z. N. Blyler and a male committee. Admission 5 cents from 2 to 7 o'clock. The different lodges will be in attendance in bodies during the week. Pythlan Bazar The forty-first Pythian Period celebration will take place tomorrow. The local lodges have arranged for quite a celebration. They will meet at the Duffy street hall at 2 o'clock and march in a body to St. Phillips Monumental church where the exercise will take place. The ladies of the Galanthe will meet in the basement of the church and march up in a body The following program will be carried out:—Annual sermon, Rev. R. V. Branch; Essay, Mrs. E. D. Bulkley; Address Prof. L. B. Thompson; Address for Supreme Lodge; Sir Chas A Clark, G. V. C; Address for Grand Lodge, Sir W D. Armstrong, P C; Address for Ementment Bureau, Sir F. M. Cohen, G. W. of E'; Address in behalf of the Oakanther, Miss M. A. Cole. The officers in charge are Sirs. J. H King, M. D, M. of U; J. C. Hamilton, C. U; J. P. Sherman, V. C; W. S. Roundfield, K. of R. and S; F. A. Andews, M. at A; W. H Blake, I G., W. T Wylly O. G.; Rev. F. R. Sims Prelate. One of the features of the affair will be the short address of Sir O A. Clark of Brunswick. He is known and beloved by all of the sir knights and is fully able to give a good account of himself Every member of the order is expected to attend the exercises. Testimony of a Minister. Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark., write "For 12 years I suffered from Yellow Jaundice. I consulted a nu umber of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief. Then I began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that I am now cured of a disease that had me in its grasp for twelve years." If you want a reliable medicine for Liver and Kidney trouble, stomach disorder or general debility, get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed by Al Druggists. Only 500. Bishop Turner in the City. Right Rev. H. M. Turner, D. D. L. D. will preach at St. Philip Monumental A. M. E. church, Rev. R. V. Branch, pastor, Sunday March the 26th inst. at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. all who desire to worship are invited. Come and help us in the rally we have appointed for that day. Union Baptist Church. Union Baptist Church. The services at the Union Baptist church last Sunday, were very largely attended. As usual prayer meetinh at 6 a.m. At 11 a.m. the pastor prescheduled from Matt. 8:19 subject "The good confession," which was greatly enjoyed by his hearers and a subject long to be remembered. At 3 p.m. the Sunday School was conducted by the Superintendent, the attendance was very large. At 8:30 the pastor prescheduled from Hosea 2:7 subject, "She had seen better days." This was a powerful sermon. On Saturday morning last Mr. Thomas Herb a member of our church departed this life; his funeral was attended at 4 p.m. at his residence, 611 Garden St., Rev. H. L. Haywood officiated. Little Tommy Godfry, son of Mr. Clara Godfry, was buried from 654 Zubly St., Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. H. L. Haywood officiating. Our anniversary began Monday evening in high spirit. St. Philip Dots. Sunday was such a fine day our congregation and friends took the advantage of the weather and were out in large numbers to hear Rev. Sims at 11 a.m. Rev. Sims' text was "Choose you this day whom you will serve." Joshua 24:15 Rev. Sims' sermon was plain and practical and as usual very instructive. At 8 p.m. Rev. Sims preached to a large congregation. The following names were elected trustees for St. Philip church: A. W. White, W. J. Williams, E. O. Jones, J. M. Nothington, H. G. Nixon, R. W. Rogers, Dr. J. H. King, M. O. Rogers, J. B. Monroe. The following names were appointed as stewards to serve for the ensuing year: S. J. Howard, G. W. Green, W. Quarterman, L. M. Fisher, Adam Bradwell, R. B. Barnes, F. L. Dixon, A. Holorocks The Sunday School also had their election for officers to serve another year. Our protracted meeting will begin one week from next Monday. The Sunday services as usual. Strangers are cordially invited. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. Coming Events in The Social World. The T. Jas. Davis Club' will give a Japonica Hop at Morses' Hall' Monday night, March 27th. Admission 15 cents. The Young Men Friendly Association will give their annual dance at Harris Street hall, Monday night, March 27th. Admission, single 35c double 50c. A party of Ladies will give a MidSpring Festival at Morses Hall, Monday night, April 10th. Admission 10 cents. Remember the Spring Cotillon given by the Mutual Aid and Social club at Harris street hall, Tuesday evening April 4th. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. On Easter Monday night the Sons of Eastville will give a dance at Our Hall. Tickets 25 and 50 cents. A grand Easter Hop will be given at Ladies Union hall in East Savannah, Monday night April 24th by the Madison Aid and Social Club. Tickets 15. An Easter Neckie Social will be given at Chatham hall, by the U. S. Grant Ladies Branch Association No. 10 of the G. U. O. of U. L. A., Monday night April 24th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. The Young G. E. A. and S. club cordially invites their friends and the public to the first dance in the new Masonic Temple on Monday night April 3rd. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. A grand entertainment will be given at Our hall, Monday night, April 10th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. The Young Benevolent Daughters of Africa will give a One Night fete at Duffy street hall, Monday night, March 27. Admission 10 cents. The fourth annual entertainment of the Union Sons and Daughters of Elijah will be given at Masonic Temple Gwinnett, St. Tuesday evening April 4th. Admission 35 cents single, double 50 cents. The O. T. of H. will give a grand Barbecue and Ball at Harris street hall, Monday night April 3rd Tickets 25c. and 50c. There will be a grand Pythian Period Bazaar given by the joint committee of the K. of P. for the entertainment of the Grand Lodge at Masonic Temple, Gwinnett street, west, commencing March 20th to 31st. 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A St. Petersburg special says: With the Japanese hanging on the beels and flanks of the remnants of the broken, defeated army, General Kuropatkin, the old idol of the private soldier, has been dismissed and disgraced, and General Linevitch, commander of the first army, is appointed to succeed him in command of all the Russian land and sea forces operating against Japan. The word disgrace is written in large letters in the laconic imperial order gazetted, which contains not a single word of praise, and also disposes of the rumor that Kuropatkin had asked to be relieved. The Russian military, annals contain no more bitter rebuke. While it was known that the council had already decided to supplant Kuropatkin after the Mukden disaster, the decision to confer the task of saving the remainder of the army on Lietenant General Linevitch in the very midst of its flight, although bruited Thursday night, came as a surprise. It transpired that Emperor Nicholas, upon the advice of General Drogormiroff and War Minister Sakharoff, determined that the step was necessary when it became apparent Thursday morning that Kuropatkin, while concentrating for a stand at Tle Paas, seemed unaware that the Japanese had worked around westward again and practically allowed himself to be surprised. Old reports brought by General Grippenburg regarding Kuropatkin's failing mentality also had its influence Under the circumstances, therefore it was considered imperative, in view of the exceedingly perilous position of the army to turn over its command to Linevitch, who alone had been able to bring off his army in order after the battle of Mukden. His record in the Chinese war had also demonstrated his capacity as a commander. Kuropatkin will return to St. Petersburg forthwith. The task confided to Linevitch of withdrawing what is left of the great army of 350,000 men to Harbin is a desperate one. He is hemmed in on all sides. General Kawamura, presumably is pressing northward through the mountains eastward ready to swoop down; Generals Nogi and Oku are on the west of the Russian forces; the whole line of the railroad is threatened, if not already cut, and Chinese bandits are even reported to be in the rear of Harbin. Decided anxiety is felt in St. Petersburg regarding the fate of the army in Manchuria, under its new commander, no news of military developments having been received for many hours. The only dispatches 'from the front Friday were brief announcements that General Linevitch had assumed command and that General Kuropatkin was departing for St. Petersburg, which disposes of a rumor that the latter had committed suicide. In this correspondent's opinion no pause in the Japanese advance is probable for some time. The Russians are losing heavily in the rear guard actions, and Japanese columns are reported to be pushing northward as fast as possible to complete the envelopment of the Russian forces. 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