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TORN TO FRAGMENTS
Terrific Explosion Kills Eighty-
Seven People In Mexico.
MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Fragments of Flesh and Bones
Were Scattered to the Four
Winds--5cene of Horror.
Word was received at Chihuahua,
Mexico, Thursday of one of the most
terrible mining disasters that ever oc¬
curred in the republic. An explosion
in the San Andres mine, situated in a
remote locality of the Sierra Madres,
in the western part of the state* of
Durango, caused the death of eighty-
W °“ en and clli Id*-en and
injured many others.
The catastrophe was due to the ex-
plosmn of several hundred cases of
dynamite which .was stored in an un¬
derground chamber of the mine. Elec¬
tric wires, connecting with the hoist¬
ing machinery, passed through the
oom in which this dynamite was
stored, and it is supposed that these
ires became crossed, thereby causing
a fire which set off the dynamite.
All of the killed and injured were
located on the surface, most of them
occupying residences immediately
above the underground workings of
t e mine. The explosion tore away
the whole top of the mountain ou which
the village miners were located, and
men women and children were blown
into email pieces.
Among those who were killed was
Herman Luetsman, the superintendent
of the mine, and all the members of
his family. At the time of the explo¬
sion there were several hundred miners
at work in the lower workings of the
mine, and, strange to say, none of
them were seriously injured, although
they were all severely shocked in the
terrific force of the exposition.
The work of gathering up the frag¬
ments of the nnfortunate victims of
the explosion scattered over the moun-
tains was begun, and they were placed
together and buried in one grave.
But few of the mangled remains were
recognizable.
The San Andres mine is the most
celebrated silver mine in Mexico. It
iB valued at $20,000,000. It has pro¬
duced many millions of dollars’ worth
of ore.
MURDERED IN THEIR CELLS.
Florida Mob Kills Two Negroes
Who Were Held Only on
Suspicion.
Will Wright and Sam Williams, ne¬
groes, charged with being implicated
in the killing of Dan Childers and the
wounding of J. B. McNeily, both
white, at Rice & Phelps’ camp on Jan¬
uary 26th, were killed in the county
jail at Dade City, Fla., by a mob of
fifty or more men at a late hour Tues¬
day night. Sheriff
The mob first called upon
Griffin and demanded of him the keys
to the jail. The sheriff refused and
stood firm through all the efforts to
intimidate him. The lynching party
then moved toward the jail and suc¬
ceeded in breaking through the outer
walls, but could not break through the
steel cells. After exhausting every
effort to do so they opened fire ou
the two prisoners from the outside,
through the steel bars. Williams was
almost instantly killed and Wrigh 4
was fatally wounded and died a feu
hours later.
The coroner’s jury at the investiga¬
tion Wednesday returned a verdict
that the two men had been killed by
parties unknown to the jury.
The lynching has aroused a storm
of indignation throughout the state.
The negroes were only suspected of
being implicated and had just been
arrested and jailed. in the mob
There were fifty or bodies more of the two
of lynchers and the
victiiae were riddled with bullets.
Blown to Atoms.
Part of the Oriental Powder mills,
at Newhall, Maine, was demolished by
an explosion early Thursday morning.
Two employees were blown to atoms.
STOCKHOLDERS OF S., F. & W.
Hold Their Annual Meeting In Savannah,
Ga., and Elect Officers.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway annual meeting was held m
Savannah, Ga., Wednesday. The iol-
kdent. M F. Plant; secretary,
rer, J. Moultrie Lee.
M. F. Plant, R. G. Er-
arrison, M. K. Jesqp, H.
i. F. Newcomb, J. H. Es-
lgg , $4,449,759.46; dividend, 4$ sur-
>5.80; per
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THE ADEL NEWS
| MRS. NATIOfTfiTcKED OUT:
For First Time 5afoon Smasher
Shows White Feather and Is
Called a “Coward.”
A Topeka dispatch says: Mrs. Na¬
tion for the first time displayed the
white feather Thursday. It was at a
meeting of thirty of her followers, who
armed with hatchets, had gathered in
secret to arrange a night raid on To¬
peka joints. The women had been
promised . the aid of several male stu¬
dents at Washburn college who were
to come to town armed after midnight
and personally take part in the raid
and also see that the women were not
molested.
The women planned minutely for
the raid. It was decided to saunter
out at 3 o’clock in the morning and
demolish every joint in town.
Suddenly, when everything seemed
satisfactorily arranged for a terrific
onslaught, Mrs. Nation balked, be¬
gun putting on her wraps and said
she was going home.
Instantly her followers were in an
uproar. Mingled with expressions of
surprise at her quick change of front,
soon came words of condemnation.
Finally one woman, who had spent
a greater part of the day collecting
hatchets and solicting aid of the
crusaders, rushed to wnere Mrs. Na¬
tion stood, in the center of a group,
and, shaking her fist in the Wichita
woman’s lace, shouted excitedly:
“You are a coward, Mrs. Nation,
you are a coward!”
For a moment Mrs. Nation lost
control of herself.
“I am not a coward,” she said with
emphasis. “I will go this minute with
auy one woman and smash a joint.”
A dozen voices were raised.
“I’ll go, I’ll go,” and for a moment
it looked as if an instant raid would
result.
But Mrs. Nation soon calming her¬
self, told the women she was tired,
that the “Lord did not wish her to go
tonight,” and without further ado left
the room.
tVRVEGIE HOLDS IlEINS.
Steel Magnate Drives Money Kings at
Hts rieuner.
A New York dispatch says: Friday’s
uew developments in connection with
the negotiations touching the transfer
of the Carnegie Steel company to J.
Pierpont Morgan and hiB associates
were first that Mr. Carnegie is to re¬
ceive $1,500 for each $1,000 share of
his stock; second, that minority hold¬
ers who desire to sell will receive the
6ame terms as those given to Mr. Car¬
negie; third, that the present
stage of the negotiations contem¬
plates the formation of a new cor¬
poration whose bonds will play a large
part in the price to be paid to Mr.
Carnegie, and, fourth, the first public
announcement in connection with the
pending negotiations of an official
character consisting of a statement by
H. E. Gary, president of the Federal
Steel Company, confirming the news
that J. P. Morgan is planning the
acquisition of the properties of some
of the largest iron and steel companies
of this country.
If, as now seems certain, Mr, Car¬
negie is to receive $1,500 for each
$1,000 share of his stock, the transfers
in his case alone will be the equivalent
of nearly $130,000,000, inasmuch as
the great steel magnate’s holding at
present amount to $86,000,000. If,
as seems probable, the minority hold¬
ers are to be looked after by Mr. Mor-
gin’s syndicate, the financiering will
i .volve the equivalent of $240,000,000.
RECEIVERS FOR CASTELLANES.
His Nibs, Boni, and Anna In Care of
George and Helen.
At New York Friday Judge La-
combe, in the United States circuit
court, appointed George J. Gould and
Helen M. Gould receivers of all in¬
come of the Countess de Castellane in
excess of $200,000 per year. This ac¬
tion was taken in a suit brought by
Eugene Fischoff, an Austrian creditor,
against the Countess de Castellane
and against George J. Gould, Edwin
Gould, Howard Gould and Helen M.
Gould, as executors and trustees un¬
der the will of Jay Gould. This suit
is for the benefit of all creditors.
Contract For Battleship Georgia.
The Bath iron works at Bath, Maine,
has received a contract for the con¬
struction of a United States battleship
to be named the Georgia from the navy
department at Washington.
PUSHING SMASHER’S WORK.
Topeka Citizens Issue An Ultimatum to
The “Joint” Keepers.
Three thousand male citizens of
Topeka, in mass meeting in that city
Sunday, decided that the numerous
joints of the town must close. They
issued an ultimatum giving the joint¬
ists till Friday at 12 o’clock noon to
quit business. If this is not done,
warning was given that a thousand
armed men would immediately move
on the joints and remove them by
force. The action of the meeting is
the result of the crusade started in
Topeka by Mrs. Carrie Nation. The
meeting was a remarkable one in every
respect.
BOUNDARY LINE SETTLED.
Bona of Contention Between Tennessee
and Virginia Relegated.
A special to the Chattanooga, Team,
News from Bristol states that the leg¬
islature of Virginia has accepted the
cession of one-half of Main street in
that city, made by Tennessee as the
boundary line between the two states.
The matter of the boundary line has
been in litigation many years.
ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1901.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
W1U Bnild Road to Tallahassee.
It is now announced that the south¬
ern extension of the Georgia Pine rail¬
way, which at present runs from Ar¬
lington, Ga., on the north, to Bain-
bridge, Ga., on the south, is to be
made at once. The road is to be ex
tended from Bainbridge to Tallahas¬
see, the capital of Florida, and the
work is to be done this year.
Georgia Item* Sate.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on commerce has
passed the Georgia items of the rivers
and harbors bill without change except
that Senator Clay secured an increase
of the appropriation for the improve¬
ment of the Oconee river from $15,000
to $30,000.
Too Many Candidates.
An exchange says: The indications
are that there will be no change in the
site of the county seat of Tattnall
county at the coming election on that
question on February 20th. The rea¬
son for this appears in the facts set
forth in a letter which Governor Can¬
dler received a day or two ago to the
effect that there are four candidates
for the county seat, and under the law
the successful candidate must receive
two-thirds of the vote cast before any
change can be made.
When the date for the election was
set there were only two candidates—
Beidsville, the present county seat,
which is on a branch railroad, and
Collins, which is located on the main
line of the Georgia and Alabama divis¬
ion of the Seaboard. A few days ago
Hagan and Claxton also became candi¬
dates for the honor, thus making the
result more problematic as to the ma¬
jority.
Want Ground Reserved.
The ladies of Oglethorpe chapter,
Daughters of the Devolution, have pe¬
titioned the Columbus commons com¬
missioners to donate them a tract of
land for a park on the south commons.
A 6pot on the edge of the south com¬
mons has been marked by the chapter,
with a marble tablet, as the place
where General Oglethorpe crossed the
Chattahoochee river. The proposed
park would include the Oglethorpe
memorial, it is understood.
After Sabbath Breakers.
Savannah is to have a crusade
against Sunday law breaking. In
Sunday morning’s paper there appear¬
ed a notice to the following effect:
“Notice is hereby given to the pub¬
lic that beginning Sunday, February
17th, violators of laws enacted for the
preservation of the Sabbath day will
be prosecuted. A word to the wise
should be sufficient. Savannah Law
and Order League.”
This was the first news to anybody
except those directly interested in the
league that such a movement was on
foot. The latter have kept their plans
strictly to themselves, and the Sunday
law violators, of whom there are quite
a number, are worried. Neither the
officers Dor the members of the league
are known.
Leather Workers Locked Out.
Two hundred leather workers of
Buford are idle as the result of trouble
arising from the formation of a Leather
Workers’ Union at that place about a
week ago. The men have all been em¬
ployed at the big harness establish¬
ment of Bona Allen and the. trouble is
said to have been caused by the dis¬
charge of one of the union men.
* * *
Cochran Gets Life Sentence.
The trial of Pegram Cochran, at
Fairburn, for the murder of the negro
Sterling Thompson, resulted in a
verdict of guilty with a recommenda¬
tion. Judge Candler immediately
sentenced the defendant to prison for
life. Cochran’s attorneys made a mo¬
tion for a new trial, which will be
beard in March.
The crime for which Cochran will
spend the remainder of his life in
prison was that of the murder of Ster¬
ling Thompson, a well-to-do negro
farmer, who owned and worked a val¬
uable farm near Fairburn and several
of his white neighbors desired to ob¬
tain possession of it. Thompson would
not dispose of the property and a plan
was made to kill him and force his
widow and child to sell.
The whitecappera, sufficiently dis¬
guised, went to the home of Thompson
and called him to the door. As the
negro appeared he was riddled with
bullets and died instantly, his son also
being wounded.
Several of the whitecappers were
recognized by the wife and son of the
murdered negro, and the confession of
Lint Hester, one of the whitecappers,
who turned state’s evidence, welded
the last link in the testimony which
caused the conviction of Cochran.
Annual Fairs at Atlanta.
At a meeting of the business men of
Atlanta the past week $5,745 was sub¬
scribed in an endeavor to increase the
capital stock of the Southern Inter¬
state Fair association to $25,000. The
intention was to purchase the build¬
ings at Exposition park from the pres¬
ent owners and organize a permanent
association, which wiil conduct fairs
in Atlanta every year.
The mayor was instructed to ap¬
point ten committees of five members
each, to make a canvass among the
business men of Atlanta t^p secure ad¬
ditional subscriptions in order to
raise the necessary $25,000.
When that is dene the buildings
will be purchased, the grounds will
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
be leased for five years and aettve
preparations will begin at once for the
fair that is to be held in Atlanta next
fall.
Several members of the Atlanta
Amusement company announced that
they would donate their stock in -that
concern to the Southern Interstate
Fair association, and this will greatly
reduce the coBt of the buildings and
will give the association an interest in
the grounds.
A Strange Complaint.
A negro from Lexington,Oglethorpe
county, was at the capital a few days
ago to present a complaint to the gov-
ernor. Tne negro told a peculiar
story, the substance of which was that
after making a crop there and taming
it all over to his landlord, -and paying
him besides $38 through another
source, the landlord still claimed he
owed him $12. The negro was unable
to pay this amount and was put in
jail, where he was kept for iwo or three
days. At the end of that time the
landlord took him out and made him
sign a contraot to work for him for five
yearn in payment of the balance of
$12. The negro came to the conclusion
he was being imposed upon and laid
bis compramt Detore tne governor.
Governor Candler told him there were
only two things for him to do—either
go back and have the landlord prose¬
cuted in the courts, or if he didn’t
want to go to law, to stay away from
Lexington.
The South Georgia Railway.
Work on the extension of the South
Georgia railway is being rapidly push¬
ed, and the line will probably be in
operation between Heartpine, Ga., and
Greenville, Fla., a distance of fifty-
one miles, within the next sixty or
ninety days. The work has been con¬
siderably delayed on account of the
difficulty experienced by the steel rail
mills in getting vessels to move the
rail.
The extension will be up to standard
in every particular, and there will be
uo grades over l per cent except where
they cross the Plant system, where
the road will be 1 and 12-100.
A passenger train will be put on
when tl e road is completed to Green¬
ville, consisting of new cars. There
will be two ooaches with smoking com¬
partments and all the modern con¬
veniences, and a combination mail,
baggage and express car. A mixed
train will also be run to accommodate
local travel and the two will allow
traders to visit Quitman from both
directions in the morning and return
to their homes in the afternoon.
The West Coast railway, which is a
separate organization, but owned by
practically the same parties, has been
located as far as Perry, Fla., and a
large force of hands is at work on it,
beginning at Greenville. Fifteen thou¬
sand yards of dirt were moved on it
during January, and it is hoped it may
be put into operation by fall.
CARNEG1E SELLS OUT.
Morgan Syndicate Secure* Railroad Stock
of Multi-Millionaire.
The New York Mail and Express
and The Evening Post announce the
sale of the Carnegie stock to the J. P.
Morgan Syndicate as an accomplished
fact. The Mail and Express says:
“The only hitch that occurred in
the negotiations leading up to the
transfer of the control of the Carnegie
company was in relation to the control
of the bonds held by Mr. Carnegie.
The Morgan syndicate agreed to take
the $86,379,000 stock at something
above ita market value, but Mr. Car¬
negie held out for a guarantee of the
5 per cent income on fifty-year bonds.
TWIGGS COURTHOUSE BURNS.
Was Erected In 1825—Records and Pen¬
sion Check* Destroyed.
Twiggs county, Ga., lost its court¬
house and all county records by fire
at an early hour Thursday morning.
It was built in 1825.
Several thousand dollars’ worth of
pension checks were burned.
In addition to the county loss the
officials will sustain individual damage
by the burning of private papers and
property.__
Subsidy Bill In Senate.
Thursday the senate passed the pen¬
sion appropriation bill and at ones
took np the ship subsidy bill.
ARMY NOMINATIONS HELD UP.
The Senate Shies at Names of Generals
Wood, Grant and Bell.
The senate committee on military
affairs Friday agreed to report favora¬
bly the nomination of Major General
Nelson A. Miles to lieutenant general,
and also the three nominations to the
office of major general under the army
reorganization bill.
All the nominations to be brigadiers
sIbo were favorably acted upon except
those of General Leonard "Wood, Gen-
erick D. Grant and General J. Frank¬
lin Bell. -These three were held up in
order to permit further investigation,
the feeling being that these three
not seen sufficient service to
promotion over older officers.
EXTRA SESSION IMPERATIVE.
Subsidy Bill, Cuban Constitution and
ippine Affairs Must Be Attended To.
A Washington special says: There
is no longer any doubt but that there
will be an extra session of congress
called to meet March 5 for the
of passing the Hanna ship
bill, acting on the Cuban constitution
and defining the relations to island
between this country and the
and to enact legislation
civil government in the Philippines,
and to pass some of the regular appro¬
priation bills which will probably fail
at this session, including the river -J Wm and
harbor
KEV. *DR. fAUVWMSE:
The Bminaafc Divine’s Sunday
Discourse.
subject: Ejectment Prom ljden-.lt Shows
Idleness Is Bad tor Man—Blessings of
Labor — Riches Are Store Equally
Divided Than is Generally Understood
[Copyright 1901 . ] •
solace Washington, in this discourse D. C.— There is a great
for those of Dr. Talmage
whose lives have many anxieties;
text, Isaiah iii, 10, “Sav ye to the right¬
eous that it shall be well with him.”
Here is ft promise for people who are
all right, but who will come and get it?
How many, or rather, how few, people do
you know who are all right? If it were
asked of any assembly that those who
were sinless should rise up none would
rise, except imbeciles and religious cranks.
An accident happened near sixty centu¬
ries ago that started the human race in the
wrong way, and we have not got over it
yet. We know a great many splendid men
and splendid women, but they will___ tell
you that they have not always done the
right thing or thought the right thought.
If it were any of your business, they could
give takes you and an infelicities inventory that of frailties would be and mis¬
ishing. Here, aston¬
that then, you say, “Say. is a Bible
the promise righteous goes that a-begging, it shall be well ye to
him.” with
It is my delightful work to-day to show
you that all the sons and daughters of
Adam and Eve may appropriate the bene¬
diction of my text if they will first do the
right thing. Over here m the next street
a man who in great misfortunes lost
all he , had and was positively beggared,
but a letter comes from some European
city, where the land records are kept, an¬
nouncing to him that ft great fortune is
hi«.. perized. Now He he Is doffs as opulent his as and he was pau¬
respectable attire rags puts home on
ana moves iftto a His
appropriate worldly for a man of vast estate.
circumstances were al) wrong last
year; they are all right this year. On the
next street is a man who was from perfect
health sick prostrated, and he seemed to be
took unto death, diagnosis but a skillful physician
by correct of his disease, and
stored prompt him and his vigorous former treatment As re¬
to vigor. to his
health he was all wrong before. Now he
is all right. In these two ways I illustrate
my theme.
rupted. By sin Christ we nave au oeen morauy
the Lord from His infi¬
nite riches pays our debts and empara-
dises us in His mercy. From His richest
wardrobe He put on us the clean robe of
His the righteousness, heavens when and gives ready us a palace
m we are to go
estate up and take it. all Now, right. as We to our spiritual morally
we are were
bath diseased, in but Christ, the physician, cures' by a
the fountain of His grace, us.
all Now, right. as to our spiritual health we are
That is tne way we come to the
righteousness spoken of in the text. made-over It is
a contributed righteousness, a
righteousness, The an imputed righteousness.
with moment Christ the you Lord get that into right relations
appreciate the moment you can
text, and I defy magnificent in all this comfort of book, the
from the first you of the first great chapter
verse or
Genesis to the last verse of the last chap¬
ter of Revelation, to find me a passage
with longer higher comfort and than deeper that and broader and
which of the text,
is as deep as the Atlantic Ocean
half way between the continent*, and high
as the sun when the clock is striking 12
at noon. But I shall be swamped with
the oceanic tides of this subject unless the
Lord help the righteous me to keep a it foothold. “Say well
ye to that shall be
with him.”
Bear in mind that but few people can
stand worldly success. Water is a good
thing, is but good too much of it will drown,
will rire destroy. a Light thing, is but good too much thing, of it
a blinds. but
too much of it dazzles and Suc¬
cess has overwhelmed is a good thing, but for too this much world of and it
the next. If it many best would
all be were for us, we
Alhambra, millionaires, and be live personally in palaces attractive like the
appeared as
as the Cleopatra to Antony, But
most of folks could not endure such
superabundance, in order and keep it is absolutely neces¬
sary of 1000 to should them find life.a right struggle. that 99U
men out
It keeps them out of mischief. After
Adam was ejected from the premises
where by ten minutes of employment a
day the he could keep the garden and dress it
best thing that could happen to him
was ground compulsion that bloomed to work with and fight. The
flowers and rustled with harvests spontaneous that
owed nothing to plow or hoe became hos¬
tile, and and the bramble was substituted for rose,
panther growled where before he
fawned, and horn and fang and hoof be¬
came shows belligerent. nothing That else Edenic could ejectment that
us as ever
idleness or only a few minutes of employ¬
ment it down a day are doom and blessings overthrow. that Put
have to work among hard your with brain hand you
or or
foot or all three of them.
How many men do you know worth
$250,000 who are devout and consecrated
and humble and generous and employing
their means for the world’s redemption? the
You could count them up on fingers
of your two hands even if by accident or
war you had lost one or two of the fingers.
As to the realm of personal attractiveness,
how many women radiant of countenance
and graceful of form do you know who are
unaffected and natural of manner and
beauty deeply for pious the before betterment God, using their
of the world
and not for selfish purposes? I only take
the risk of asking the question and leave
to you the risk of answering it. These
things have the I say to show you the that in fulfilled order to
your it promise is not of text have phe¬ in
case necessary you
nomenal worldly success. God
the Notice, also to tnat good gives the of righte U8
by power divine chemistry extract out evil, and
into a the and to harmful change the bitter
sweet the into the
beneficial. The promise that it shall be
well with you does not imply that you are
to be free from trouble. There is no es¬
cape from that. We all have family rela¬
tions, from and some of them will be making
exit this world, so that bereavement
is the universal inheritance. The differ-
ence between the prospered and those not
prospered they afford is the difference lose. in the amount
can to The more wealth
a man has the more he can lose, hut one
man can afford to lose a million dollars
where another man cannot afford to lose
one dollar. On larger or smaller scale all
suffer financial loss. Amid the rapidity of
the revolutions of the wheel of national
and international finance monetary per¬
plexity is as common as day or and night. slander
So also misinterpretation who five Our
come to all active lives.
actions, thoroughly honest and above¬
board, may come under suspicion. Every
court room at every term of court hears
illustrations of the delusions of what 13
called circumstantial evidence. Innocent
men are fined or imprisoned or electro¬
cuted because of an unfortunate conjunc¬ court
tion of events. What is of true domestic in
reams is true in all circles or
social or official life. You have been mis¬
understood and misrepresented, or null be
misunderstood or misrepresented. true? My explana¬ I hen
how can my text be divine
tion is this: The man without any
grace in his heart finds m these troubles
irritation and unbelief and melancholia
and despair. A Christian man finds in
them submission and enlarged views and
divine support and reconsecration. Be¬
reavement to the worldling brings hard
thoughts of God and a resistance so vio¬
lent it dares not fully express itself.
Bereavement brings to the Christian the
th reunion and a more
ca of God, and a more
ap! ! the divine presence,
« we..'were
mitted to {life the departed one so long,
and a of more others lively and sympathy another for evidence the sor¬ of
rows “whom the Lord loveth
God's love, mr
He chasteneth." said
Financial loss, which breaks I just now who is
sure to come, never God. up a man it
has strong faith in In most cases
is a loss of surplus or it the is the banishment of the
of luxuries. Most of artificial wants
prosperous Classes are wants.
The late Mr. Armour, of his the 180,000,000
estate, pointed to one of olerhs on or¬
better dinary salary and than said: I, sleep “That better man nights has
and enjoys appetite life than I do." Oh, the
more who have
gigantic miseries of those too
much! A man in Solomon's time ex¬
pressed as philosophic and reasonable of a
wish as anv man or those times of our
fered tunes. Ifis name that was he might Agur, ana have he of¬
a bundance prayer deficit, never crying out, a
supera or a
“Give me neither poverty nor riches!”
Oh the other side he had seen the awful
struggle of the poor to get food and
clothes and shelter and to educate their
children, the alia on the and other the side indigestion, he had
seen and the gouty foot, and the anxiety about
large insomnia, and the threatened
investments, characteristic of those who
paresis loaded often and loaded down with
are up too
generally many successes. called the Those masses—that people who is, the are
most of folks—have for their well the being. things They absolutely have
necessary no Murillos on tlieir wall, nor a “Belshaz¬
zar’s pair of Feast” ?3000 in sorrels their at dining their room, doorway. nor a
But they have something which those
superabundantly they have better supplied health seldom have—
compelled walk, they because, the being
to get necessary
exercise, and. their diet being limited to
plain night food, they do not suffer from mid¬
salads and are not victimized by
rare caterers.
They retire for wholesome sleep at the
very hour in which others are leaving
their homes for the dance or the card
party. They will sleep the last sleep just
as well in the plain graveyard as those
who have over them an arch of sculptured
granite in costliest necropolis or most his¬
torical abbey.
generally Things are more equally divided than is
supposed. That splendid home
is apt to have a taking off of some kind.
It may be an invalid wife, or a deformed
child, or an inherited dissolute tending toward in¬
sanity, of ft weakened son, or a despoiled
halt reputation, or a heart that may
under the least excitement. Envy no
such man. things Envy no woman. have. Be content with
as ye
Do not think, in order to have it well
with you, according to my text, that
therefore ^ must Have than
body else, you much more some¬
else. The or Lord even treats as all as better somebody than
us
we treat Him, and if we would study our
ters blessings would as much as we study our disas¬
we be more reasonable and
thankful.
In Isaiah God says that bread and
water shall be sure, and none of us (sag
been put on so low a diet, but we often
act as because though God want had not kept luxuries, His pt for¬ om-
lse we more
getful cake, of the fact that He promised bread,
not water, not sparkling cordials-
1 he reason so many people are misera¬
ble is because they do not let well enough
alone. They are in one occupation and
see other its occupation, annoyances and and find so change to an¬
if not They as many live in annoy¬
place ances, more. uncomfortable one
and know its environ¬
ments has just and move into another place Their which
as many limitations. in¬
vestments they sell yield them four investments per cent., that and
yield out to make
will ten per cent, and lose al]. Bet¬
ter ■self settle and down tbs and world. stop fretting about
yours Cromwell'*
An officer in that time was so
worried not sleep. about His public servant, affairs Ghrlati Uhrtstian he , jcould
said sleep, he he would would ms like like servant, the the privilege privilege a a of asking man,
being c
the officer a question. Leave ave beino gran tea
the servant said: “Do you not think that
God governed the world very well before it,”
you came came into it?” “No doubt qf
was will thq r eply. it “And do well you when not think He
govern of it?” quite “Certainly.” as ‘Theo~ yu«. -re
gone out me—but
pray, think $ir, excuse Him. do you it not
you may trust to govern as
long s&Mible a« as yqu you live in sleeplessness it?” The remark departed waj
and so that
Some tranquility Bcientu scientists came. discussing the
are now
opening dr or communication communication between between Experiments our our
earth and the planet Mars.
are W# being made, build but fire they Targe will enough not succeed- at¬
cannot a to
tract powerful the attention of that world, or lift a
lens enough to see any response
interstellar. We do not positively know
that that world is occupied by living
nication beings, or with that, it it would is occupied, dealfwA. ooinuhj-
them be
It might not be so good a world aa this,
debasing. and thus commun ucation with it would be
But I rejoice to know that heaven is in
touch with other worlds for their improve¬
ment, It i’s and thoroughfare a depot for between glorious this arrivals. world
a
and that world and a coming and going
pen>etual.
*Goma g out c of this world is as natural
as and coming into it, but the one is with pang,
the other is with rapture, if we shall are
fitted be well for with the uplifting Now, process. do not It get SO
frightened about you. that asthma that cough
or
or that influenza or that threatened pneu¬ dis¬
monia. The worst thing that fatal
ease can do enthronement. is to usher you into corona¬ well
tion and good It shall be
with you. Take as care of your
health as you can, observe have the best doctors law#,
you can employ, all sanitary
keep mitted in this world and as long when as you the are heav¬ per¬
to stay, then
enly I do call not comes be much glad to about go. what
care your
“last too much words” emphasis are going to “last be. words. People put ’ I
on words
would rather know what your with mental u e
now, in days of health and words of kind¬
faculties in full play—your words
ness, of helpfulness, your words of words sympathy, of your
five your prayer. word dur¬
So „„ that if you say life not there a will be
ing the last day of your the place of your des-.
no doubt here about right into saintly,
tination. You will go
prophetic, evangelistic, apostolic, cneniDlc,
seraphic, archangelic, deific presence. It
shall be well with you. right into the
Mother, you will go the up scarlet fe¬
possession of the babe that
ver or croup cook out of and your arms, often a
sorrow that still stings you, you old
say she would now be so many years
lf You will go C ?nto the presenceof of Qhristia:a old an¬
folks, for I hope you are
cestry, and you will ffiid that thv-ynave
from the
pat ion an d triumph. I like the Way the
sexton rings the bell of the old country
meeting house. I used to stand and admire
him pulling the rope < ■ farm¬
rings it a good while, so that sveiy .
house within five miles hews it. He may
halt a moment to take breath and give the
then”L°du a h nd°ai«teMVhile lia eon rinm bell
the church belk* So my text seems a
If hope to it long as I live, $£££."■! and may
ring as
those who come after us keep oa God noging shall
it till those farthest off from
come mto the great temple of go^el
burdens at* its altar neiSfcve aulf^nd peace
which the world can shalLblReul^It nor take
It"
" '
NO. 51.
BRITONS ARE BA
Hesitate at Approval of
Nicaragua Canal Treaty.
SENATE’S DEMANDS ARE A SNA®
Answer Will Be Tantamount to
a Refusal and Will Contain
Counter Proposals.
It has been learned by a representa¬
tive of the Associated Press in London
that a reply will shortly be sent to the
United States Nicaragua canal project.
It will not comply with the senate’s
demands. Neither will it be in the
nature of a flat refusal, though for
purposes of immediate construction it
will be tantamount to such a refusal.
It will consist, mainly, in a counter
proposal, or proposals, likely to neces¬
sitate extended negotiations. The na-
tare of the proposal is not yet ascer¬
tainable. Lord Pauncefote will prob¬
ably be the medium through whom
the answer will be sent, and by whom
the subsequent negotiations will chiefly
be conducted.
In British official opinion it is likely
that several mouths will elapse before
the matter reaches a conclusion, by
which time the Hay-Panncefote treaty
will have lapsed, on the basis of the
senate’s amendments.
The British counter proposals are
now formulating, and it is hoped an
entirely new agreement, satisfactory
to both countries, will eventually be
reached.
A FEELING OF BEGBET.
A Washington special says: So far
as can be ascertained the administra¬
tion has not had any intimation of the
oounter proposals the London dis¬
patch says will be made in the matter
of the Nicaragua canal project. There
is a feeling of regret that the British
government has felt constrained to
adopt such a course, as the hope was
entertained that the amendments to
the Haye-Pauncefote treaty might
have been accepted in the spirit in
which they were made.
Senator Morgan, when informed of
the new stand taken by Great Britain,
said he believed if Great Britain has
decided to take the action stated it
would create resentment in the senate
and among the people and distrust of
the motives of that government. He
hoped it might result in some action
on the pending bill at this session.
One suggestion already made as a
possible counter proposal by Great
Britain was that in return for conces¬
sions made by her she might desire an
open port off the Alaskan coast as an
entrance into her gold fields in the
Klondike.
CHARGES AGAINST WILCOX
Discussed By Elections Committee—Ha¬
waiian Calls Gear a Liar.
A Washington dispatch Bays:' The
charges against Delegate Wilcox, of
Hawaii, were heard Friday by the
house committee on. elections No.. J.
Mr. Wilcox was present, accompanied
by Representative Robinson, of In¬
diana, who appeared as his friend and
counsel. The specific answer of Mr.
Wilcox to the charges contained in
the letters submitted was presented.
It states:
“That he (Wilcox) is a native Hawa¬
iian; that he shared with the native
people, loyalty to the former Queen
Lilioukalani daring her reign, and
was not in sympathy with the reign¬
ing power immediately succeeding her
reign.” D. .Gear, the prosecutor,
George election of Wilcox
contended that the
was irregular and void, as the require¬
ments of the United states were not
complied with.
On cross-examination Mr. Gear
stated that in Wilcox’s campaign
speeches he said he would restore
Queen Liliuokalani. When the wit-
ness said Wilcox had “eternally
damned the Americans,” the delegate
muttered “liar,” bat was mild re¬
strained by his counsel. After Mr.
Gear had presented the bis evidence
he made an extended argument ar¬
gument arraigning the delegate.
BARROOMS CLOSE DOORS.
Topeka “JointUts” Promise Officials That
They Will Qnlt “joints’j| HnsinetfeJ^fl
Topek’a, Kan.,
doors, Wednesday-, 1 ihe asiuc Ironjjgj
rl:
khe city gnd county officials
will got rid of their stocks of li^H
Chief of Police Stahl and Sheriff Cm
went fro* place to place TuetiH tlH
night warning the “jointists” k«|
they must close their places and
them closed, and all gave their woV
that they would sell no more liqucB
When Mrs. Nation heard the ue« emll
she Bhowed hut little sign of Godfl
tion, and simply said: “Thank
0» CHA RBE or HCBDECC. |
All.g.d Campbell Count,, G*, whll
capper Is Arraigned In Court,
ed wi*li the murder of Sterling Thom 71
/ . called m Campbell , ,, super!
was -
cour t at Fairburn, Ga., We
afternoon. The state aononnag
but the defuse