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VOL. XXVIII.
DROPPING PEBBLES IN A'iSTREAMi
Drop n nebb'e In th* wntet—qoa’ a splash an’ It Is gone,
B.it tli’s hnlf a hundred ripples circilu’ on nn’ on an’ on*
Kpreadln*, spreadin* from the centre, flowin’ on oi|t to tlie &6ii,
An' th’ nlu’t no way tollin’ whoro th* end id goin’ t 5 be.
Rropn pebble in the water—ln a minute ye forget,
lint th’s littlo waves a’ flowin' an' the’s ripples circlin’ yet,
All th’ ripples flowin’, flowin’ to a rnightv wave has grown,
An’ yo'vo disturbed a mighty river—jes’ by droppin’ in a stone.
Drop an unkind word or careless—ln n minute it is gone,
But lb’s linlf a hundred ripples circlin’ on an’ on an’ on,
Tii’ keep spreading spreadin’ from the centre as th’ go,
An’ the’ ain’t no way to stop ’em, once ye’ve started ’em to flow.
Drop an unkind word or careless—in a minute ye forget,
But tii’s little waves a’ flowin’ an’ the's ripples circlin' vet,
An’ perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears ye've stirred,
An’ disturbed a Ufeet’a happy when ye dropped an unkind word.
Prop n word o’ cheer ru’ kindness—jes* a flash and It is gone,
But t iie’s half a hundred ripples circlin' on an’ on an' on,
Bearin’hope an i joy an’comfort on each splashing dashin’ wave.
Till ye wouldn’t b’Ueve th’ volume o’ th' one klud word ye gave.
Prop wor io’ cheer and kindness—iu a minute ye forgot-,
But th’s gin lness still a’ ewdltiu’ an' the's joy a’ circlin' yet,
An’ ye’ve roll -d a wave of comfort Whose sWeet music Can be heard
Over miles an'o’ water—jes’ by droppin* a kind word.
—Bistnarok Tribune.
(THE CHIMES OF LIMERICK
03 shotv that nearly
15 }j A century ago, before
the various provinces of
j-yv Italy had been cottsoliiUk-
W ted in the motiarChieal
1 government) there lived
*M iu the city of Genoa a
l yoaug man called Gui
hoppj Giova i. For many countries the
family of Giovani had been makers of
bells and chime*. In tlio days of the
Renaissance the uatue had been di Gio
vani ant there was a palace on the Via
Carlo Alberto, but mauy wars, revo
lutions and intrigues had reduced the
family to poverty. Several genera
tions of ardent democrats had de
spoiled the name of the “di,” satisfied
wiih plain Giovaui.
Guiseppe’s father had made some
oc the most famous chimes that rang
in Italy, but had never succeeded in
accomplishing his idea. It had been
his great ambition to make a set of
chiincs that the whole world would
come to hoar, bells of heaveuly tone.
The elder Giovani was a hot headed
man, a staunch democrat and rattier
too free of speech. A few ill-choseu
sentences derogatory to the reigning
powers proved his downfall, and one
day as Guiseppo was hard at work on
an odd bell for the Cathedral’s chimes
a litter bearing the form of his fattier,
with a deadly stab wound in his back,
jv& + b. jw jht into tiie dingy little shop
and set down before the son.
“Giuseppe,” said the dying man,
“keep out of politics, and live only in
your work. Strive only for your ideal
and in the end you may succeed where
your father failed. Aim for the very
highest aud may God grant that you
accomplish it.”
A year after his father’s death found
the yoaug artisan hard at work in his
shop. When his father died he had
made a vow to accomplish the ideal
that his father had vainly straggled
for. The bench at which he was work
ing was rough-hewn, long and broad
and littered with a confusion of tools,
bits of metal and unfinished bells. On
one corner of the beuch was a collec
tion of toning-forks of various sizes
and metals. To one side of the touiug
forks lay a dusty old violin aud a slen
der silvor-mouuted flute. Iu the rear
of the shop was a small furnace, a
half dozen moulds and a heap of scrap
metal covered with dirt and dnat.
The ceiling of the shop consisted of
several heavy beams covered with
rongh boards to which hundreds of
spiders had fasteued their webs. From
one beam hung suspended an enor
mous bell fitted with a long slender
clapper capped on the end with a large
brass knob. This bell was inscribed
with strange characters—a relic of the
last crusade.
Guiseppe was polishing away with
a sanded cloth on the aurfaeo of a
bell that already shone lustrously iu
the dim light that struggled through
the little windows iu the front of the
shop. His fingers fairly flew as he
turned, twisted and rubbed the shiny
bowl of metal. A rough cloth suc
ceeded the sanded one and iu turn
made way for one of small texture.
Then the bell was hung on a little
metal frame somewhat like a gallows
in construction. A drawer was opened
and a bundle of cloth produced from
its recesses and swiftly unrolled to
reveal a highly polished and properly
wrought little dapper which the young
mechanic deftly fitted in the inverted
bowl of the bell. A piece of twine
was attached to a little knob on the
bulb of the clapper. A gentle pull
and a subdued silvery tone filled the
narrow confines of the shop. The
tone swelled until it fairly rang, re
verberating from wall to wall, from
rafter to rafter seeking out every nook
and cranny of the shop, dying away
at last in a little shudder of delight.
The young Genonn had clasped his
hands together and listened with an
agony of intensity, straining bis ears
for a scintilla of a flaw in the tones,
and when the silvery tintinnabulation
had died away he leaned back with a
sigh of ecstatic relief.
Day after day and long into the
nights Gniseppe toiled with a fervor
and energy almost fanatical. He ate
but little and slept only when natural
fatigue compelled him. He became
thin and emaciated, and liis eyes
shone with a feverish lustre, bat not
for a single day did he give up his
work. One’by one his. bells grew
into the size and form ho desired and
he gave to each its proper tone. To him
tliej’ were things animate; he talked
to tbem, caressed, petted and scolded,
and each night when lie ceased his
labor lie put them away in their al
lotted places w ith a paternal care and
solicitude.
One beautiful August day Guiseppe
eat at his bench giving the finishing
touches to the last of his set of chimes.
Nearly two years had passed since ho
began his work. Two years; but a
gt-eat Change had takeii pined iti the
j appCArance of the ybung mail. His
| face was palo aud wau aud his high
| cheek bones and sunken cheeks gave
, him a deathly look.
Finally he hung the last bell on the
little metal stand, fitted in its clap
per and gave it a gentle swing. The
tone that followed began like the sigh
of a man, worn aud weatied by a life
of hopeless disappointment; it grew
in a deep crescendo until it became n
knell, a plaint for tlio dead, then died
away iu a broken sob. The Oenoan
followed the tone from its inception
until its last vibration ceased, with an
earnestness that made the veins in
his forehead staud out and drew every
muscle tease; then ho sat back iu
his seat with a smile of joy that was
almost beatific* The heavenly Chimes
| were complete* His Work was done,
■ and now thousands would stand
I speechless,struck dumb with the mag
-1 nificent melody of his chimes—his
bells. He, with his own bauds,would
I make such music with his bells that
i wherever they were the whole world
; would come to hear them. These were
I the thoughts that filled the mind of the
j young musician-mechanic as he list
ened to the reverberaiing melody of
the tone of his last bell. Then he fell
back in his chair, tlio color fled from
his face; the fever, whicti his untiring
energy had kept oIT for so long, seized
j him at last.
The next morning, a neighbor pans
i ing by the shop, chanced to look iu at
the window and saw the form of the
fever-strickon young man lying across
his work bench. He went inside,
thinking that he might bo dead, and
when he found what his real trouble
was lifted Guiseppe to the cot he had
used for a bed in the back of the
shop. A physician was summoned
and an old woiuau was sent to nurse
j him.
For five w’ecks Guiseppe tossed on
| his cot raving about his bells—“his
glorious chimes”—“his children with
j the heavenly voices.”
In order to go on with his work in
making his set of chimes Guiseppe
: had been compelled to borrow. Wliut
| little his father had left behind him
| hail beon exhausted before the end of
j the first year. He had borrowed on
| the strength of the generous sum that
had been promised him by the cathe
dral which was to have his chimes.
When lie fell sick and gave promise
never to regain his health again the
bailiffs came and took away liis
chimes to satisfy his creditors.
But Guiseppe Giovaui did get well,
his health came back, and wh3ii he
had strength enough to get up from
his couch he went to find his children
—his bells. His first thought was to
hear agaiu their voices, to make them
sing such melodies as the world bad
never heard, as no bells had ever sung.
And when he found that they were
gone be became stupid—he could not
realize that Hiey were gone. Who
could have come and taken away his
bells—bis children, whose conception
bad taken years—long years of unre
mitting toil? He went to the physi
cian who had tended him during his
fever aud was told that the bailiffs
had come to his shop and takeu them
for his creditors. He wont to the
bailiffs and was told that his chimes
had beeu sold at public sale to the
highest bidder—a foreigner, whose
name or country was not known to
| them. He begged them on his knees
I to give him some clue that might lead
him to the purchaser. They told him
grnffly and uncivilly that it was none
of their concern who bought his chimes
so long as they were sold and his
creditors satisfied. There was a lit
tle money over the claims against him
he was told—a few liras, but ho flung
the offered money in their faces and left
them, his heart broken and his spirit
gone.
That night he sat before his bench
in the little shop, his chin resting on
his breast, the picture of a despairing
and broken man. All night long he
sat thus, and when morning came he
roused himself and raising his hands
above his head, said: “God grant that
somewhere in this world of Thine l
may again find my chimes—my bells
—aud if but once, only once, that I
may hear agaiu their voices.”
The next morning the Genoan set
out with one purpose: to travel the
world if need he, to search for his
chimes. Day after day, week after
week, month after mouth and year af
ter year he trudged along from town
to town, city to city, country to coun
try, vainly seeking his chimes. Part
of the time he spent in various cathe
drals and churches mending chimes
and ringing then to the delight of all
whp listened. Before he ba4 even
frearilied middle age he was n bearded
bid man; bowed and bent and travel
worn, but like the Wauderiug Jew he
pursued his weary way.
The broad waters of the Shannon
were colored a beautiful red by the
fading rays of the setting sun, which
was almost visibly dropping through
the trees to the west of the City of
Limerick, when au old man with head
aud shoulders bent and leaning heav
ily ou a stout staff came slowly along
the highway that led to a little ferry
at the l iver bank. His long beard was
as White as suow and hung nearly to
bis waist. His face Was swarthy like
that Of a tnau constantly exposed to
the suu. When he spoke to the ferry
iuan it was in a voice used to many
longues. The boatman helped him
from the shore into his skiff aud gave
him his coat for a cushion on the
rough-hewn plauk which auswered for
a seat. The old man raised his hoad
feebly and looked about him. Finally
his eyes fell ou the spire of Hereford
Cathedral and there they rested, light
ing up for a fow seconds with a glim
mer of hope;
The boatman pushed off from the
shore hud slowly and noiselessly the
skit!* may its Way across. No sound
above the gentle ripple at the boat’s
bow disturbed the silence of the ovon
itig. Suddenly the faint sound of a
bell stirred the air. It increased iu
volume—then the note of another boll
intermingled, then another and an
other, until the melody of a full set of
chimes lose and fell in the evening
stillness. The boatman, who had
rested his oar to listen, turned to the
old man in the rear of the boat and
saw him standing erect, hia arms out
stretched and his face wreathed in
smiles of a great gladness. His eyes
were raised to the sky with an ex
pression of thanksgiving. Ho con
tinued iu that attitude until the last
note of tlio chimes died away and then
he fell in ft heap in the back of the
boat. The boatman went to him and
laying his hand on tho face of the old
mail felt it was cold.
Tlio Income of 11 Naval 0(llcr.
On about tlio salary of a young
clerk an ensign of our navy must
dress well, liis wife ami children
must; they must Hve in a presentable
part of any city; the children must
be educated, aud well, somehow. The
very nomadism of their lives is a great
source of expense, aud there is no es
cape from unpaid bills, no living on
from year to year in debt, as do a
recognizable number of peoplo iu civil
life; for a tradesman has but to send
his authenticated bill to tho Navy De
partment and the delinquent Avill be
curtly reminded of it through official
channels, resulting iu a court-martia!
if his shortcoming is so ofton repeated
as to be “unbecoming to an officer
aud a gentleman.” But even all this
sordid counting of dollars and debts
seldom succeeds in subduing, certain
ly not in breaking, the spirit of peo
ple naval. “Everybody knows what
everybody has,” and this fact at once
lifts off a social burden whioh is re
sponsible for half tho misery of pov
erty of tlio “genteel” degree. Then,
too, to have even a little, if that little
comes regularly and with absolute
certainty, is a rest in a country where
leisure is still looked at askance. In
return, however, an officer gives up
his whole life, very often smothers
liis talents and ambitious, and is “on
guard” every hour of his existence.
Politically he is practically disfran
chised, must always be for the Gov
ernment and remain discreetly silent
iu a land given over to “oratory” and
in a time of extreme individualism of
opinion.—Auna A. Itogers, in the
Woman’s Homo Companion.
Uvea I.ont Through Fear.
“Preseuco of mind when confronted
by danger,” said N. P. Berry, of New
Orleans, the other day, at the Gilsey
House, “has saved many lives, while
the account has been more than bal
anced by the loss of life through loss
of nerve in critical emergencies. Any
member of a fire department or other
person familiar with such things can
give you numerous instances of lives
lost solely on this account, and this
rule holds true in other cases as well.
I remember once walking with a girl
and thoughtlessly speaking of a harm
less green snake I saw iu the grass
behind her. She become paralyed
with fear, and, before I could preveut
her, backed directly on the snako. A
friend of mine, who was in a fire, told
me that his wife became so frightened
that she insisted on going into a
closet, from which, screaming and
struggling, he had to rescue her by
main strength. Ou the other hand, I
>nce knew a woman who, driven with
her sister and two children to take
refuge on the fourth floor of her burn
ing home, first threw her children,
then compelled her sister to jump,
into the waiting net, and then calmly
and uninjured made the descent her
self, only to go into hysterics wheu it
was all over. Presence of mind can
to a great extent be cultivated, but it
is largely inherited. My brother who
is as brave a man as I ever knew, has
an unalterable and unconquerablo
fear of a thunderstorm, which, try au
he will, he has never been able to
overcome.”—New York Tribuue.
Clerical riillounpiiy.
Dr. Westcott, once traveling from
Peterborough to London, sat iu a car
riage with a comfortable Yorkshire
clergyman, with a long upper lip and
a self-satisfied expression, who bought
a pottle of strawberries and ate them
with great enjoyment and comfort,
Then he wiped his fingers and threw
the basket out of the window with
great deliberation. A passenger from
the corner said: “A dangerous thing,
Bir, that is.” After a moment’s gen
ial reflection the clergyman, looking
round, said with a sweet smile: “We
live, sir, in a world of risks-Ar
gonaut.
THOMSON. GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 0. 1900
BRITONS WALK
INTO A TRAP
Once Again They Underestimate
Strategy of the Burghers.
LEFT THEIR ARTILLERY BEHIND
Broadxvood’s Command Hake*
Hasty Retreat With Trans
vaalers In Close Pursuit
Advices received at London from
Bushman Kop, under date of Mnroh
81st, stated that the British force com
rnsuded bjr Cdlonel Broadwood, con
sisting of the Tenth Itussars, House
hold cavalry, two-horse butteries and
a force of mounted infantry under
Colonel Pilcher, which had beeh gar
risoning at Thabanchn, was obliged,
in consequence of the near approach
of a largo force of Boers, to leave theij
position Friday night.
Colonel Broadwood marched to the
Bloemfontein waterworks, south of
the Modder river, wherelie encamped
at 4 o’clock Saturday morning. At
early dawn the camp was shelled by
the enemy from a near point. Colonel
Broadwood sent off a convoy with the
batteries, wbilo the rest of the force
remained to act as a rear'guard.
The convoy arrived at a deop spruit,
whore tho Boers Were concealed, and
the entire body walked into ambush
aud was captured, together with sir
guns.
The loss of life is not great, since
most of the British had walked into
the trap before a shot was fired.
LONDON DISAPPOINTED.
A Loudon special of Monday morn
ing says: General Butler’s anxious in
quiry whether British officers will ever
learn the value of scouting comes back
with enforced emphasis to the British
public ou receipt of the tidings that a
convoy with guns has walked deliber
ately into a Boer ambush within about
twenty miles of Bloemfontein.
Lord Robert’s own report of tho
affair, if yet received by tho war office,
has not been published and no no
oount of the affair is available to tlio
public except the dispatches from
Bushman kop. Nothing call be said,
therefore, regarding the exact extent of
tho British misfortune.
Evidently 001. Broadwood thought
it necessary to retreat in haste from
Thabanchn, as he marched all through
Friday night, apparently followed by
a considerable force of tho enemy.
Tho convoy and guns had to pass
through a deep spruit which tho Boers
had occupied.
Six of twelve guns, comprising two
batteries, all the wagons and, it is
feared, many men, fell into the hands
of the Boers, whose daring, displayed
so near Bloemfontein, shows that they
are rapidlyrecovering heart after their
rocent reverses.
The hope is expressed that General
Colville will recover the convoy and
guns and extricate Colonel Broadwood
from his difficult position.
Severe criticisms nro hoard re
garding the renewal of the old mistake
of underrating the Boers and tho ab
sence of proper precaution. No doubt
the affair will revive Boer hopes aud
inspire confidence among the enemy
at a critical moment.
Great things are expected by the
Boers of the new commander-in-chief,
General Botha, who has made his rep
utation wholly during the present
campaign. Foreign officers serving
with the Boers have expressed surprise
at his tactics.
Tho proof of continuing Boer activity
in the Free State will compel greater
circumspection on the part of the
British, and will probably delay the
march of Lord Roberts northward.
Detailed accounts of tho fight at
K/iree Siding estimate the Boer forces
variously from 3,000 to 5,000 men.
Brabant’s horse occupied Wepener last
Thursday unopposed.
Lord Methuen has issued tho follow
ing notification at Kimberly:
“I have received instructions that if
any disturbance occurs west of tho
Vaal river, my force is to return and
punish the rebels immediately.”
Bid Ml TIGER LIQUORS
Found By Treasury Agontii In Charleston’s
Custom House.
Treasury agents in their search of
the custom house at Charleston, 8. C.,
found blind tiger liquors by the whole
sale. Charges were made that the
“blind tigers” had government pro
tection by allowing their liquors to be
kept under bond.
Ix-Scnator Gibson Dead.
Ex-Senator W. H. Gibson, of Mary
land, died Saturday morning from
heart disease at the residence of his
brother, Lieutenant Gibson, of tho
navy, in Washington, where he had
resided since his retirement from the
senate.
CLEVELAND BREAKS SILENCE.
He Says Now He Hopes the Hay Treaty
Will He Hat I fled.
Former President Grover Cleveland
has relaxed his customary reserve as
to the discussion of public and politi
cal affairs, and in the course of an in
terview expressed himself in approval
of tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the
neutralization of the Nicaragua canal.
Mr. Cleveland added that h§ Jioped
tho treaty would be ratified.
GOVERNOR IS UPHELD
Chief Executive of Idaho Has
Many Supporters.
PjriTION IS PRESENTED TO ROOT.
The Signers Declare Situation at. Cocur
d’Alene Was Critical ami Troops
Were n Necessity*
A Washington dispatch says: Clov
brnor Steitnenbfcrg,- of Idaho; called at
the wtir department Saturday aud pre
b mted iu person td SecretArf RflcJt
the petition to which he referred while
under examination before the house
committee on military affairs iu favor
of the retention of tho Federal troops
in tho disturbed mining districts. The
governor had refused to produce the
petition before the committee until
he had first submitted it to the secre
tary of war, to whom it was addressed.
The petition bears about 12,600 sig
natures, aud cities that all of the sign
ers arc citizens of Idaho and of the
county of Shoshone and tho CJoeur
d’Aleuo ifiining district. They petition
that the secretary of war he allowed A
a small forco of federal troops to to
main in the quarters provided for them
and occupied by them at the town of
Osborn, Shoshone county, for as long
a time as Governor Steunenberg may
think their presence necessary for the
preservation of peace aud order.
Tho citizens also express their ap
proval of all the acts that have been
done by the governor and the officials
of their state to preserve peace and or
der and to bring criminals to justice.
The petition says that some of the
acts of the state authorities may ap
pear to people at a distance to be dras
tic and severe, but tho signers, who aro
familiar with tho conditions which ex
isted for several years prior to the
declaration of martial law last May,
know that drastic measures were nec
essary to stop the band of conspira
tors, who, shielding themselves behind
the name of the labor organization,
li id created a reign of terror and ty
r nny seldom equaled iu the history
* i the community.
Iti conclusion tho signors beg to
slate tho efforts of the governor and
the state officials, assisted by the mili
tary officials, have brought peace and
good order to tho district and given
an impetus to all business interests
and a sense of safety to all people,
which are highly appreciated, and for
which the signors are grateful.
REVIVAL OF OLD CUSTOM.
Itotli ItianclicH of Motliodlftt Church Tit
Meet t- Same Time In Washington.
For the first time since 1801, when
tho Baltimore conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church divided, the
two organizations, the Methodist Epis
copal und tho Methodist Episcopal
church, south, will meet simultane
ously in annual conference iu Wash
ington duriug the week.
The Methodist denomination in the
United states divided in 1844 on the
question of slavery, hut the Baltimore
conference remained undivided until
shortly after the outbreak of the civil
war. Since 1861 there have been two
Baltimore conferences.
The sessions of the Methodist Epis
cojml church will be held at the Me
tropolitan M. E. church, and Bishop
John M. Walden will preside. The
M. E. church, south, will meet in the
Mount Vernon church and Bishop W.
A. Candler, of Georgia, will preside
and make tho opening address.
ROBERTS EXPRESSES SYMPATHY.
Wires Condolence to Kruger On the Death
of Deneral Joubert..
Lord Roberts lias sent the following
dispatch to President Kruger:
“Have just heard of the death of
General Joubcit, aud desire to offer
my sincere condolence upon the sad
event. Would ask you to convey to
General Joubert’s family an expres
sion of my most respectful sympathy
with their snd bereavemeut, aud to
assure them also from me that all
ranks of her majesty’s forces share my
feeling of deep regret at the sudden
and untimely end of so distinguished
a general, who devoted his life to the
services of his country, and whose
porsot al gallantry was only surpassed
by his humane conduct and chivalrous
bearing under all circumstances.”
BOTHA IN COMMAND.
Yount; floor General Has Keen Appointed
to Succeed Joubert.
A New York Herald dispatch from
Pretoria says:
General Louis Botha has been ap
pointed to succeed General Joubert as
commander in chief of tho Transvaal
forces.
Twenty-Five Lunatics Aboard.
Tho United States transport Sher
man sailed from Manila Sunday with a
battalion of tho Fourteenth infantry,
Captains Richard T. Yeatman, Armand
Lasseigne and William S. Biddle,
Lioutcnants Robert Field and Oliver,
175 military prisoners and twenty-five
insane men.
DEAD BROKE IN CUBA.
Many American* Are Financially Stranded
and De*titute In the Island.
The war department has been ob
liged to sound a note of warning to
restrain over-confident Americans
from flocking into Cuba without re
sources. General Wood has made this
a matter of special representations to
Secretary Root. He reports that there
are quite a number of such Americans
completely stranded in Cuba, whoiq
he is unable to relieve,
SENATE PASSES BILL
Porto Kican Tariff Measure Goes
Through Upper House.
VOTE WAS FORTY TO THIRTY-ONE
Republican Victory Was Anticipated
and There Were No
Surprises.
The Porto Rican tariff bill was
passed through the senate Tuesday as
was anticipated. The vote was 40 to
Si There were sixteon absentees, kill
of them faired. Of the Republicans,
all voted for the bill except Davis of
Minnesota, Frootor of Vermont, Wel
lington of Maryland, Mason of Illi
nois, Nelson of Minnesota, and Simon
of Oregon. Seuator Hoar was paired
against the bill. Mr. McEnery, of
Louisiana, was the only Democrat
paired for the bill.
The Vote was approximately what
had beon prophesied for it. With the
eight paired votes, the total would
have been the 48 which was Seuator
Foraker’s estimate.
There was much excitement at tho
capitol during the entire day.
Tho building was crowded with Visi
tors from early morning, and during
the speeches of different senators the
galleries were crowded to their limit,
and hundreds who came for a sight of
the scene wore sent away disappoint
ed. It was an interesting and memora
able scene. Tho fact that the ulti
mate result was oertqin seemed to
make no difference with the Washing
ton crowds, whioh were on hand in as
great force ns if the vote of a single
senator would decide the result.
The debate was nuder tho fifteen
minute rule and the speeches, were,
therefore, Bhort, but they were to the
point.
When the hour of 4 o’clock was
reached the chairman announced that
the votes npon the pending amend
ments and upon the bill should be
taken.
At tho suggestion of Mr. Foraker,
tho committee amendments which had
been passed over wore reverted to and
adopted without discussion.
Mr. Davis of Minnesota then offer
ed his amendment providing that no
duties of imports or exports shall, af
ter the passage of this act, be loviod or
collected on any articlos imported from
the United States into Porto Rico or
from Porto Rico into tho United
States. Mr. Davis demanded the yeas
and nays. The amendment was lost —
30 to 40.
Without division two other amend
ments offered by Mr. Davis were de
feated. Then Mr. Nelson, Republi
can, of Minnesota, offerod his free
trade amendment. The ayes and noes
were ordered and this amendment,too,
was lost, 29 to 41.
After an amendment offered by Mr.
Spooner, Republican, of Wisconsin,
making a slight change in the meas
ure had been accepted by Mr Foraker
and agreed to, two amendments offered
by Mr. Bacon, Democrat, of Georgia,
one being n substitute for the entire
hill, wore defeated without division.
Following is the detailed vote upon
tlio measure:
Yens—Allison, linker, Bard, Carter,
Chandler, Clark of Wyoming, Cullom,
Dehoe, Depew, Fairbanks, P’oraker,
Foster, Frye, Gnllinger, Gear, Hanna,
Hanshrough, Hawley, Jones of Ne
vada, Keane, Kyle, Lodge, Mcßride,
McComas, McMillan, Penrose, Per
kins, Platt of Connecticutt, Platt of
New York, Pritchard, Quarles, Ross,
Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Stew
art, Thurston, Wetmoro, Wolcott—4o.
Noes—Allen, Bacon, Bates, Berry,
Clark of Montnna, Clay, Cockrol, Cul
berson, Daniels, Davis, (Rep.) Harris,
Hcitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kenney,
Lindsay, McLanrin, Martin, Mason
(Itep.), Money, Morgan, Nelson (Rep.),
Pettus, Proctor (Rep.), Simon (Rep.),
Sullivan, Telliaferro, Teller, Tillman,
Turley, Vest, Wellibgton, (Rep.)—3l.
The only chauge iu the pairs on tho
final vote related to Mr. Beveridge, of
Indiana. Mr. Clark, of Montana, an
nounced that he understood, if pres
ent, Mr. Beveridge would vote for the
bill. He therefore transferred his
pair to Mr. Itawlins, Democrat, of
Utah. This permitted both Mr. Clark
and Mr. Hauna (Mr. Rawlin’s pair) to
vote.
PROBATE JUDGE MISSING.
Governor McSweeney, of South Carolina
Order* luvestigation of Hl* Books.
For several days it has been rumor
ed iu Columbia, S. C., that H. H.
Branson, master and judge of probate
for Orangeburg county, had disap
peared and there have been various
estimates of the shortage in the mas
ter’s office, ranging from SIO,OOO to
$15,000.
The governor instructed the clerk
to take charge of the office and records
of judge probate and make immediate
investigation and notify him as soon
as possible the status of affairs, also
to investigate the books and aecounts
of the master’s offleo and report re
sults.
TO EXHIBIT TROPHIES.
Dewey Sword and Loving Cup Will Be
Deposited In Museum.
Admiral Dewey has dooided to de
posit his entire collection of trophies
in the national mnsenm, including the
sword presented to him by congress
and the great loving cup prooured by
popular subscription. His object in
so doing is to give tho public opportu
nity to view the collection, whict} is
ouo of great value and interest.
NO. 9.
DEWEY IS OUT
FOR PRESIDENT
Admiral Says That fie Will Run
as an Independent.
RESCINDS HIS FORMER DECISION
Through the New York World He
rtake3 Announcement ol His
Candidacy.
A special from Washington says
that Admiral Dewey authorizes the
New York World to announce to the
Americnn people that after mature re
flection, and in response to the earn
est entreaties from all parts of the
country, his former dsoision not un
der any circumstances to run for the
presidency is rescinded.
A World correspondent snw the ad
miral at his home iu Washington.
Tuesday evening. Admiral Dewey
said:
“I realize that the time has ar
rived when I must definitely de
fine my position.
“When I arrived in this coun
try last September I said then
that nothing would induce me to
be a candidate for the presidency.
“Since then, however, I have
had tho leisure and inclination to
study tho matter, and have
reached a different conclusion,
inasmuch as bo many assurances
have come to me from my coun
trymen that I would be accept
able as a candidate for this great
office. If the American people
want me for this high office I shall
be only too willing to Berve them.
“It is the highest honor in the
gift of this nation; what citizen
would refuse it?
“Since studying this subject, I
am convinced that the office of
president is not such a very diffi
cult one to fill, his duties being
maiuly to execute tho luws of con
gress.
“Should I be ehosou for this
exalted position, I would execute
the laws of congress ns faithfully
ns I have always executed the or
ders of my superiors.”
Admiral Dewey did not stute which
party’s nomination he would accept.
The reporter asked:
“On what platform will you stand?”
and the admiral replied:
“I think I have said enough at this
time, and possibly too much.”
RIOTOUS PORTO RICANS.
Large Hob Assembles and Attacks
Laborers—-Troops Had to Be
Called Out.
A special from San Juan do Porto
Bioo says: A crowd of about 500 per
sons gathered Monday nt a pier under
construction by the E. B. Jenks Cos.,
of Now York, intimidated the native
carpenters nnd forced thirty-five of
them to quit work. The present rate
ts. wages is 81.50 per ten-hour day.
The leaders of the movement demand
ed and eight-hour labor day.
At noon Thursday a mob of over 10-
000 peoplo assembled nnd attacked the
St. Thomas laborers. There were 150
policemon on duty, but they made no
attempt to disperso tho crowd, and a
oompany of infantry was called out to
preserve order. The crowd was not
violent beyond beating a few men.
The agitators were headed by Santiago
Iglesias, late delegate to the labor con
vention at New York.
The leaders from St. Thomas refus
ed to return to work, being afraid of
attack after hours. The workmen
who were satisfied and willing to work
were forced out by the so-called union
leaders, with tho result that the na
tives will not be engaged. The com
pany has cabled to the United States
for twenty-five carpenters. They will
arrive on the next steamer. The pier
is now protected by soldiers.
DOCTORS ARE INDICTED.
Licensed Physician* of Atlanta, Ga., at
War With Other Practitioners.
War has been declared by the
licensed physicians of Atlanta, Ga.,
on oil medical practitioners in the
city who do not hold regular diplomas.
Asa result of the crusade which has
been instituted four iudictmouts were
found by the Fulton county graud
jury. The defendants are Professor
W. R. Price, Dr. John Swanson, Dr.
W. C. Van Valen and Dr. G. K. Wood
ward.
Each of tho accused men is charged
with a misdemeanor, and the bonds
have been nlaced at SSOO.
Allan Brooks Lynched.
Allan Brooks, the young negro who
assaulted Mrs. F.W. Hart near Bloom
ingdale, Ga., was identified Tuesday
afternoon and lynched. Brooks ad
mitted his guilt.
General Bates Makes Progress.
A Manila speoial says: General
John C. Bates has peacefully occupied
Surigao, Cagayan, Iligan aud Misamis,
in the island of Mindanao. A number
pf rifles and cannon were captured,