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/ THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE. =fc THERE 15 NO PAPER LIKE THE 1 ! HOME PAPER TO H6ME PEOPLE. VOL. V. CLAYTON. RABUN COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY. MARCH VS. 1902. NO. 8. YAIN MISSION OF BOER EMISSARIES America Cannot (interfere In Their Struggle. ARE RECEIVER UNOFFICIALLY President and Secretary Hay dive Audience to Messrs. Wolma- rans and Wesscls. A Washington special says: Messrs. Wolmarans and Wessels, the Boer- representatives who came to the Uni ted States from Europe for the purpose of conferring with the secretary of state, have accomplished their pur pose. They were received by Mr. Hay at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. It was distinctly understood that the Boers were to be received as private cltlsens and not In an official capacity. Secretary Hay talked to them freely with this understanding. The principal object of the delegates was to Induce the United States to ter minate‘the present bloody struggle In South Africa. The secretary of state heard them attentively and promised to consider their representations and to do whatever he could to ameliorate the conditions In South Africa. But he pointed out that the president was the prime authority In such matters and he recommended that the Boers see Mr. Roosevelt and ascertain his views. A matter of complaint by the dele gates w*s the shipment of horses, mules and provisions from the United . . . „ .. Ohio, on the pending shipping bill, m. ti. .tua- Africa. Secretary May went over this subject very carefully with them, cit ing authorities and precedents, which he pointed out conclusively establish ed the lack of authority on the part of the general government to stop the American farmer from shipping his provisions and the stock raiser from selling his product anywhere In the world where he could get the best .price. He also pointed out that the government's attitude In this, as In other matters connected with the South African war, has been strictly neiitral and that the government has done nothing to prevent shipments of commodities to the Boer forces. Later In the day Messrs. Wolmarans and Wessels, accompanied by Dr. Frederick Mueller, of the Orange Free State, called at the white house. They were received by President Roosevelt In the library and remained with him about fifteen minutes. They called as private citizens and not in their offi cial capacity as Boer representatives. Mr. Roosevelt listened attentively to what they had to.say and. then inform* ■ed them that this government cannoj and will not Interfere In the struggle. <0*',* —*-> ; & CONCESSIONS A HARD PROBLEM^ Republican* Divided on Pf,%gt§i.Q)jrtnff Assistance to the ( u A Washington special ^republicans are apparently with regard the action be taken in tfet caucus rel ban sugar. Individual members will tell you that everybody 1 ! mind Is made up and there is therefore very little use ha further talk; but so much uncertainty hangs over this Cuban situation that it is fair to presume there Is still a chance for President Rbotevelt and those who think with hjm-to bring a majority of the reputufcans of the house to their way of thinking. Speaker Henderson and Representa tive Cannon, of Illinois, called at the white house Wednesday and discussed with President Roosevelt the subject •of Cuban reciprocity and sentiment , thereon in the Souse. v defaulting cashier suicides. I Lead” Best* to End » Of the Ins of the SUM' bank of Elkhart, ; gnacted Wodnedday afternoon, ank W. Cottle. cashier, wl ihortage of (32,000 caused the bonk t his bruins -fim. a IN FLAMING MINE. Party of Men Attempt Investiga tion and are Whelmed By Explosion. A special from Monongahela, Pa., ■ays: An explosion In the Cattsburg mine of the Monongahela River Con solidated Coal and Coke Company Thursday resulted in the death of five men and serious Injury of several others, two fatal'-. On Monday a premature explosion of dynamite caused gas to ignite, and since that time the mine had been burning. All the air channels were closed and It was hoped that the flames could be smothered. Thursday morning twenty men entered the mine to Investigate. It is not explained what caused the explosion, but It 1b thought that the turning on of the air, which had been shut off by the fan, caused the gas which had accumulated to ig- note. A terrific explosion followed soon after the men entered. A relief party made an effort and nearly succeeded in. reaching the im prisoned men, but were overcome and are reported in a serious condition. A second relief party entered the mine by another way, but a second explo sion occurred and they were forced tq. retreat. A third relief party also made a futile attempt. The work of rescue will at all haz ards be carried on. A crowd of women and children were gathered about the pit. HANNA ON hHIP SUBSIDY. Ohie Senator Makes a “Whopping” Speech on His Pet Bill. A notable speech was made in the senate Thursday by Mr. Hanna, of point of an American business man. His arguments were carefully arrang ed, he was always forceful and earnest and at times became eloquent. He commanded the undivided attention of the senate and of the galleries, and when he closed he received the con gratulations of many of his colleagues. Mr. Hanna argued for help for the merchant marine, the necessity of hav ing an auxiliary for our navy In the form of a merchant marine, and plead ed that this transportation question should be discussed above party con siderations. Mr. Tillman, interrupted to ask for information^p6f»regard to the reports that the Morgan syndicate had bought two or three of the European lines of ateampra. "You must ask somebody who know*/' replied Mr. Hanna. “I do not kno# anything about it.” “It was only reported, you know,7 suggested Mr. Tillman, "and I {nought that, the senator being in touqh with t elks* of people, “lrttew something mt It." . “Why does the senator say I am In touch with them?” Interjected, Mr. Hanna. Mr. Tillman: "The senator is a man engaged in shipping, is he not?" "On the great lakes, yes,” respond ed Mr. Hanna, “but why does the sena tor assume that I know what Mr. Mor gan has done?" "I thought the senator and Mr. Mor gan were friends,” replied Mr. Tillman. “I know nothing about the purchase of the Leylgnd line by J. P. Morgan & Co.,” said Mr. Hanna, "any more than the senator dues. That Is simply the Investment of American capital. Under the provisions of this bill not a single one of thopo, vessels will ever come under an American register," TO FORESTALL ACTIOX. President’s Strenpoosnes* Starts Rail* . roads en the Kna. 'The abolition of ell pooling agree ment! and the dissolution of all-asso ciations organised for the purpose of carrying oat pooling agreements was voted by executive officials of western lines in a general meeting in Chicago Thursday. Action upon the matter wis hasten ed by the positive information that the attorney feneral under Instructions from President Roosevelt, had pre pared a hill praying tor an injunction restraining roads centering In Chicago violating the interstate commerce BILL ARP’S LETTER Bartow Philosopher Again Re verts to ALcient Mythology. MARCH IS A Ml -H DESPISED MONTH With Its Bluster and Disagreeableness It Ha* no Friend*—How the - Month Got It* Name. March has no friends. It 1b a disar greeable, uncertain, blustering month. It was named for Mars, the god of War, who was the son of Jupiter, and was always hunting around for a fight. He wa^ believed to be the father of Romul is, the founder of the Roman Empire, snd hence was held in great reverence by the Romans-. March was named fer him. Those old greeks and Ronians had no weeks— nor days of the v.'adk—no Sundays or Mondays or any other day, but they divided time by Calends and Ides. The Calends were the first days of the month and the Wes were the fifteenth. All the- Intermediate days were des ignated by thise, for instance, the third day after the Calends of May, of the fifth da; before the Ides of March. The Toman senate always began Its sessions on the Ides of tho month, except ihat after Julius Cae sar was murdered the anniverslty of'- that day, the Ides Qf March, was ob- eervdh as a sacred day. I want the young people to know and remember that we got our months from Roman mythology, and the days of our weeks from the Scandinavian mythology. Now lls|£n to a part of this wonderful story,..for It fa clapRkrfnd more fas cinating Utah thBfflB|p»ian Nights. Tjyo thousand,, ’^fiartfeTi^Jt was jbe faith and religion of millions of peo ple. Jupiter was the god of the Ghfheks and the Romans, and Woden was' the god of the Norsemen, and each had- a son who was the go'd of war. There was the son of Woden. Wednesday was named for Woden, and It was originally Woden’s day. Thursday was named for Thor, and Friday for his mother. Each of these mytholo gies had a hades or infernal region for bad people and evil spirits. Pluto presided over the one, and a woman named Hela over the other. That, is where the word Hell comes from. It seems an awful thing to put hell in charge of a woman, but they Bald that no man was as bad as a bad woman. Her father was named Lok», and she had two brothers. One was a serpent so big and long that it wrapped around the world and swallowed Its own tail. The other was' a wolf so strong that he broke the strongest chains just like they were cobwebs. Then Woden got the mountain spirits to make another chain, and they made It of six things: Ae noise of a cat walking, the beard of a woman, the roots of stones, the breath Of~flSu3s; the smiles of bears •ad the spittle of birds. When' the chain was finished It was so small and smooth and soft as a silken string, but no power on earth could break It. And so they chained him and killed him. But listen what kind of a home Miss Hela had. Hunger was her dining ta ble. Starvation was her knife. De lay was her man servant—Sloth her maid servant. A precipice was her doorstep. Care her bed, and Anguish the curtains to her bed chamber. No wonder she was cruel and always wore a stern, unhappy and forbidding countenance. This Is just a sample of their myth ology. It fills up several books. Now, where In the world did that people get all those wonderful stories. Away back In the ages they must have had poets more Imaginative than Homer. Some of our learned men say they got the foundation of many of them from the Bible. For the story goes that away back in the ages the people got so bad that Jupiter got dregdful mad with them and resolved to destroy them. So he summoned all the gods to come to him, and they came from all parta of the heavens, traveling on the milky way, which Is the street of the goda, and after taklig counsel together the determined to destroy all mankind and atart with a new pair. So Jupiter waa about to launc: bolt at the earth one of the gods better not, for heaven, too. So b red hot ttun der- t burn It up, bnt him that he had might burn up ded to use water Instead of fire, and then came the flood which drowned every human being except Deucalion- and hlB wife, who were good people. They escaped to the top of a mountain called Parnas sus and were saved. This Is very much like the Bible story of the flood and of Noah and Mount Ararat. And just so they got Hercules from Samp son, and Vulcan and Apollo from Ju- bal and Jubal Cain, and the Dragon from the serpent that tempted Eve, and the giants who tried to scale the walls of heaven from Nimrod and his tower. Every great heathen god had a favorite eon just as our Christian Qod has a Son. There is something sublime and comforting in even be lieving or imagining that a great and good being is somewhere In the heav ens overruling the earth and Its peo ple, prospering the good and punish ing the evil. The fact that this all powerful being is Invisible makes His existence the more Impressive. Ju piter had a bountiful palace of gold and silver at Valhalla, and It could only be reached by walking on a rain bow. And we pray to our God, saying: “Oh, Thou who dwellest In the heav ens," and not In the temples made by hands. History gives no account of any people who did not put their trust in some God, and this proves our con fession of weakness and our need of strength from some supernatural di vinity. The more cultured and en lightened we become the more con scious we are of our weakness. Chil dren depend absolutely upon their pa rents until afar up in their teens. They do not need any other God, but by and by the parents pass away or fall to supply their increasing wants and then comes that feeling of helplessness and the want of a protector. Reflec tion coiqes with age, and the more reflective a man becomes and the more Intelligent from study snd culture, the more he must realise his ignorance and dependence. Therefore, I cannot understand how such a cultured gentle man as Ingersoll could be so Irreverent 'so careless and prayerless about his own existence; for he cannot tell by what power - be raised his hand or closes, his eyes when he wills to do 60. He says he would have planned many things very different. He would have given a than wings and the power to fly. He would have made health catching Instead of disease. He would have made Infants colic proof, and they should have been as lively when born as little chicks when they come out of the ehell, and the old’ men should always be calm and serene. In fact, he would have made everybody happy during life and every death a painless one. He ought to have gone a little farther and abolished death ac-d then created more worlds for the never-dying people to live In. But we are here and we have to submit to things as we find them, and as Gov ernor Oates said, “Mr. Ingersoll, what are you going to do about it?" And now I want this month of March to hurry up and pass away. It Is ag gravating my grippe, and I feel more like writing "an ode to melancholy.” It contracts and withers my charity for my fellow men. I don’t care a cent for Roosevelt and Tillman, nor Spoon er, nor the Atlanta depot. But as the old Persian prophet said, "Even this shall pass away.” Fifty-three j;ears ago today my wife and I were married, but on our account the weather was as lovely as a Lapland night. I was one of ten children—my wife was one of ten, and we have ten, and they have twenty, and no great ealamnlty or fllctlon hath befallen us,-thanks to the good Lord for His mercies.—BUI Arp, III Atlanta Constitution. xethuiiikth to meet. In the Workers’ Conference Assembles - Ohattanoogo on March 11, The Workers Conference Methodist Episcopal church, Mtoph, will meet In Chattanooga Maitlr 11, 12 apd 13. All officers of Sunday schools.ang Epworth league boards, mlsslo; boards, officers of same And ann conference Epworth tral missionary com: Mississippi river are conference. Prominent mill oi Uon men at th* Carolli latte' Tuesday and organlstpfk Aew fire Insurance company. The action was caused by the recent advance in rates. NORFOLK STRIKERS DEFY THE POLICE Cars are Derailed and Con* flicts are Frequent. WOMAN WHIPS TWO OFFICERS Troop* are Called Out to Supp: Disorder—Declaration of tial Law i« Discussed A mob of 5,000 strike sympa ers thronged the streets of Norfij Va., on which the main lino of Company runs, and the police were un able to cope with it. From noon until after dark the mob had things Its own way In the city; In the county where the car barns are the military was in control of the situation. Cars were repeatedly derailed, wag on loads of rocks were piled on the tracks and free fights between the military guards and the crowd occur red during the day at frequent Inter vals. In one of these a sergeant ran a bayonet into the arm of H. H. Har- mansef, a barber. Mrs. Harmansef was standing by ber husband at the time. She ‘ knocked the sergeant to the ground with both fists and discolored the face of Lieutenant E. R. Gale, who was near her, with a well-directed blow. Several soldiers were hit by' bricks and other missiles thrown through the windows of the cars. A' number of arrests have been made, both by the police and military. A conference was'held by Mayor Beaman, Police Chief Veltlnes and Colonel Higgins, commanding the Sev enty-first Virginia regiment, eight companies of which are In service, rel ative to placing the city under mar tial law. The police force of 100 men is unable to meet the emergency. It is possible that the four additional companies of the regiment and a bat tery of artillery will be called for to take charge of the city. There Is no settlement of the strike in sight, both sides adhering to their first positions. Martial law will be declared. Four more Infantry companies from Empo ria, Suffolk, Smithfleld and Franklin, making the. entire Seventy-first regi ment, hav* been ordered out. The strikers cut' a mile of trolley wire In the city. The troops are now guarding the power plant. A detach ment of a Newport News company, der Captain GtlkersQn, is on At a meeting beldYuest the Centred Labor 'tfijji the street cars. Common Councilman--S.' 1 !!, also a leader of the strikers, o! a resolution during couneil lag to revoke the street railway chlse for a lapse of two daysin run ning cars. The resolution Was refer red to a special committee. Tuesday night six non-union mein fsoim Knoxville were held upf The strikers overpowered them. They bore arms and were arrested for carrying concealed wcaptAe. ■■ - jv WILL OF ROUSH FILED. Property of Dead Millionaire Roe* to HI* T*o fchlMrei. The will of Chdries 6roadway Rou^a was filed for probate In tho surrogate's + office at New Y«|Sr V-jtfftay! ’The will was executed March tt, 1898. It made no charitable bfiqueste. • The will left to Mrs. Charles Broadway Rouss, now dead^the house on Fifth avenue and $6,000 jresrly. The building In which hls business was conducted ugu left 1 '‘“Tip. Mrs. VirklniaLso [cheater Rouss. \t was £ W wie to get sue house if hkr Mother io vets Mr, Rttjro* Yarn Jefferson county.' Mr. requested that his son Peter i«nue the business on Broadway under the oWfesme. William Mr. iRonss, a brother of the dead milionaire. Is jnade Ad executor, and he and another brdther receive $100,000 each,. The residue of the estate is willed toPpter , Winchester Rouss.