Newspaper Page Text
ZOO CITY
burned out
gBS& eSS Section in Smoul
b Ashes.
dering Kuins and
s reaches millions
bdB H ° St De -
in History oi Mississippi.
"fctttl Uw Declared.
City. thp the wealthiest wtwu town in
z oo
uteissipP delta, i/voatpwi O' 4". nMles * -
i
ot JacKbuu, T<wd'«on the capital, was
?,
hv the Are fiend. Wednesday
y.
ffeinesuaj night, and as a result
, o
,, „,’ e business house in the
' ® Si
left standing ,. Oyer i’!wo hun
is
beildioie were wrecked by the
I is estimated be
ies and the loss
ea MW.OW aal $2,500,000. Th,
?
figure will probably cover the
,
1 destruction.
te fire was beyond all comparison
most disastrous that hasi ever oc
ed in the history of Mississippi.
tfirecB is of people are homeless, seek
shelter Wherever offered and ap
have been &ent out for food and
s
visionsi Many are destitute, every
eery store and provision house
, n jelled up by the flames.
'
ie fire started , in the tha residence
Eluse, wico of Main * and Mound
> origin is unknown, the
i? find- first discovered discovered in in the me parlor parior
the occu pants say that .here
been a fire in the rcom for
te.
tom building to building the
dovzn the west side of
Lt [ to Jefferson, thence to the
and within half an hour
riness structure on the
ehad been destroyed,
tern Jefferson the fire burned
river and then started
toping everything in its path
henia. a lumber yard. stopping
ystono lumber yard, after
:a $75,000 lumber stock.
teaiizin lo cr ;:hat the fire was
-n.T 1 cf the local fire
yo: Holmes sent out appeal®
. Mid the Jackson fire
Lied by Mayor Hemingway, and
Kenwood fire department, headed
htTiior \ardaman, htirnea to tli
joe ii on special trains. The
special made a record
n. covering the distance of 4o
priy minutes.
Aa hour after the arrival of
lee, it seemed that the fire ww
Bt under control, but shortly
on it broke out afresh at the C a
st Club, destroying that
Ting thence to the Magnolia
b destroying the wholesale
USDs s of the Goyer company,
riing a $200,000 stock of goods.
Every white church in town,
ethodlst. Baptist, Episcopalian,
Iterian and Ca'tbolic, were burned.
Both telegraph offices, the
nd telephone exchange and the
o and Mississippi valley
Spot.
iThe four banking institutions,
p p. Club, the express offices,
were swept away.
The only buildings of
petty exposed which escaped
l e court house and the Fannie
m memorial library, and
N queer prank of fate these
pirned. all sides. although surrounded by
p
Under Martial Law.
■Bhe town is under martial law
■ T of Mayor Holmes. The
1)11 of the business district is
Ke. Tweniy- ght blocks were
ean by the flaimes and only
brick walls and
te emberri mark the spot where
® e buildings once stood. Of the
p number toradred of buildings destroyed
.° and fifty were
residences many of old
i’-'i deter* and occupied by some
? 'tealthiest citizens of the
nilRTEf m MINERS HAVE CLOSE CALL
[ fre Caught in Burnmg Pit and
Fir Hirough Narrow Air Shaft.
e took e out Wednesday
ffline j s0 - 5, at Wylam, Aka.,
t-^e Tennessee Coal and
“•teny. Thirteen, miners were
■' the flames from the main
anc e a nd for a time all hope
Tae 0R '? means of escape
i‘ t5 ^b ^ an air shaft
360 feot
- 'itevn to is shaft a rope was
and to. e men brought out one
i.
I DEMOCRATS |
OF ALABAMA
Name Delegates to St, Louis, Cho se
j Electors and Adopt Piatform-Par
ker Sentiment Prevails.
j ; ^* e Alabama democratic state eon
j ' enlioQ wa -s held in Montgomery on
W lednestiay, and dispatched Its 'AOTjt
-
• in a few hours. While no instructions
were given, the resolutions !
adopted re j
cited that ’-.t the present time Judge j
Alton B. Parker is the most available
and acceptable candidate “ ° tor ul the , lam
lnaitnon . . for , the presidency, * . j
and that
the sentiment of the convention is
j 1 for his nomination The unite uuiLe nuv rul * was was
•
put . force,
1 in and an overwhelming
majority of the delegates elected fa
j ton of „ Parker. _ ,
! Edward L. Russell,
; general coun
| Bel for the Mobile and Ohio railroad;
i I , , tt o tv D. nr MaLory, i, chairman , .
.
| of the skate democratic committee;
' j William Richardson, congressman °
Ine ,, eighth , . district, x and Rufus 2
j Rhodes, ^ edior of m.
The Birmingham
News, were elected delegates J at large
, the Q St. , T Louis . .______ convention. Richmond ,
^ ,
| i Pearson Hobson, of Greensboro and
William H. Samford. ot Troy. —
j nominated for democratic electors at
j large.
Colonel Henry B. Gray, of Rirming
, ham, was temporary chairman of the
convention, and Carson S. Whitson, of
Talladegia, was permanent chairman.
Senato-rsi Morgan and Pettus were
present and occupied seats on the
platform. Each delivered a short ad
i dress. Senator Pettits declared that it
! was the time for work, and not speech
j i making. conservative Senator spirit Morgan now spoke prevalent of the in
the democratic party, and J predicted
that Vlth he nomma jon „ a moT mai1 ,
whom the party could unite a
sweeping victory ‘ would be won in No
vember.
l Richmond Pearson Hobson, who for
; th e q rs t time made his appearance in
a state convention, was wildly cheer
ed by the delegates.
The salient features of the platform
which was adopted unanimously fol
low :
We emphatically protest against
the methods of the present chief ex
ecutive of the United States in defy
! ; mg the laws of the land, in setting
up his discretion in opposition to ex
plicit provisions of the national stat
j u fi@ s an( j arrogating to himself leg
! isfiative functions. We condemn im
perialism in. oitliGr tno ©XGCU'tiivo ,. or
judicial departments of the govern
Iment, and especially condemn the
grant usurpation of power to
th } S country has been treated in recent
j years, and ihe coruption and extrava
^ of the present national repuo
j ij, can administration.
j “ Whil e this convention does not in
, g ^ ruc it the delegation from
to the coming national convention,
i J candidates for whom its
to the
shall , ,, . be cast at su ccrmvonHn-i > * ’
the delegation .
i prefers to leave .
to cast its vote there for a unit, as
' ma jarity thereof may then decide
j | a jj tIie Rights before situation them, it yet is
considering the as
j before uS . his do hereby eminent declare fitness that for
; 0 gnizing
; p { fi a , ce an d hi s exalted character as
j man _ w e believe that Judge
j p >r00 k 3 Parker, of New York, is
j most available party for the
| an( ^ the sentiment of
of this state is • r , i
I democracy
| to his nomination.
“The vote of the Alabama
to the St. Louis convention shall
cast as a unit, as may be decided by
majority thereof, on all questions sub
mitted to the convent ion.”
OLD COAT CONTAINED FORTUNE.
A Cast Off Garment Bought at Aucton
Worth $50,000.
Five $10,000 treasury note:,
been found 'n an old moth-eaten
pm •chased by Elmer Bckerson, of
gc-ta, N. J., at an auction sale of
claimed baggrige in a railroad &,
t > on
.
Neither the trunk nor the coat
contained tore any marks of
cation. Eckerson was about to
the garment away, when he
the treasure ea arefully wrapped in
silk. The lucky buyer is 63 years
| a n( j will at once take a vacation
.
j Europe.
JAPS RESUME MARCH TO MUKDEN.
Their Recent Retreat Was Only a
Move to Bluff Russians.
According to the . latest . , . mf i <
obtainable, the Japanese have
their forw mrd movement toward
den.
Several columns are
though bulk of the invading
Uie
is still near Feng-Wan g-Cheng.
There are persistent reports of
bloody battle having taken place
tween llong the Japanese army
the railroad from Pulantton
toe Russians, near Kta-Cboi*
peninsula, resulting in the defeat
toe Japanese with great loss.
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELCGUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED.
“LIFE’S ASSETS. »»
The Kev. I>r. Arthur H. floodenon^li
Talks Instructively on the Infinite
Possibilities That Are !a Mali—U hat
We Seed to Know.
BntbTOL. Coxn.—T he Rev. Dr. Arthur
IT. Gc • • > denough preached Sunday morning
on "Life's Assets.’’ The text was from 1
Corinthians iii:21, 22. 23: For all things
are J' ours ; whether Paul, or Apolios, or
^f- phas ’ or th f "’ or ‘f" or ’ ife - or deat ,f- ™
things present, or things to come; ail are
yours, and ye are Christ’s and Christ is
Clod’s.’’ Dr. Goodenough said:
^ an as Pires. His ey.e is on the .
VI Man was made to wade erect. His impu.se
is to climb. This fact indicates his des
The earth beneath us and the world
about us contribute to our flight, but they
offer us no home. The world, so near to
us and so essential to our present life, has
1*.® «n»tations and fetters. Man is mipa
| tient of limitations; ne aspires to tne m
tinite and the infinite is always above us.
j The ^2*?, and nobler determined man’s nature is he the ascend, more rest- No
1 to
! philosophy oi life is true that fails to rec- de
ognize this instinct of the soul. Man
j sires more room, more room is above, and
j above is,, somethin- that attracts and
i draws. That lact is man s salvation.
j It is generally believed that man had his
j origin in God. God is the root from
| 5^2 S3
j an d his goal. How noble is man. What
i infinite possibilities are in hin. Man is not
a waif, aimlessly wandering through a
1 j trackless wilderness, nor an orphan minus voice,
a parent’s gui ling hand and tender
i Man’s origin and destiny arc one. It is
God. he instinctively If your five-year-old "My father.” boy is in If he need is
! cries, naturally cries, “My
• in trouble he as
| mother.” Instantly the hand. complement Father of and his
j needy mother nature is at that he needs. We
are to him all
j are only larger children, Is with there larger help and
more imperative needs. any
f 0 f 0 ^ ? e JS do? y ^ZlnutZlp thirsty us. What
shall we As the ox turns to
the babbling brook, we "My turn Father-God, our eyes to
the heavens and sav,
j help me.” And quicker than thought the
help comes. Here we have the philosophy
of happiness and the secret of success. As
! | witnesses to this fact we call to the stand
Augustine. Bernard, John Howe, Isaac
j Watts and Charles Wesley. aspires The upward God,
look wins. The man who to
j and holiness, and immortality is the one
to whom this text is spoken. “All things
| are yours; for ye are Christ’s and Christ
j is God’s. thinking
i The thing that wise men are
I about is life. Bread and acres and dollars
are only incidental. God made the acres.
God’s sunshine and showers grew the grain
from which the bread is made. God fur
nished the material to make the dollar.
Therefore, acres and bread and dollars are
: with good producing because God them, had These something valuable to ^do
| are
contributions to life, some ox our life
j values. Life itself is worth more than all
of them put togeth The man who cul
tivates your farm is worth more than the
farm. The man who builds your home is
i worth more thr.n the house. We v\re not
paupers. No man, woman or child in this
, ric .j ieg Our heavenly Father, the
capitalist, has invested largely in us,
| He is no spendthrift. He has put
feeble thing at the beginning; so is
! acorn, but in the acorn is the
j i Ld%erfumeIhe^ily. habe, it contains
ag we gee it in the
1 Kepler, a Newton, a Gladstone, a Me
; Knriey.
Characte. result, product. ,
I is a a
i ter tells the story of our conduct and
| ^ U stry. Character is the fruitage of
thinking, our willing, the our loving, Character our
| i And character is man.
termines one’s value to himself and to
ciety This is what makes biography
I popular literature of our day. People
j
have succeeded in life. They have
Oil the universe and enjoyed they the did
and the books tell us how
My young friends, the one thing in
world for you to do, is to follow
example. Y ou may. Character is no
| made thing; it is made^to orclem It
i i plan and jiurpose and persistence.
not jj ave t0 ma he the machinery
I the material; these are furnished. The
lection of the web, the feeding oi the
the weaving of the cloth is ours, The
suit is character, and character is
This is the work of life. Human
are not equal. Circumstances favor
more than others. No doubt of it.
then every man has a chance, aye,
every man has a probability of and
There are possibilities of failure,
seem to fail, but there is no excuse
failure. Oh. horrible, heartbreaking
is failure. May none of you ever
what it means. There is a way of
from it. Make a right, wisely not to say,
use of what is in you,
what is about you, give reason the
Enthrone conscience. Be religious.
every step will be an ascent, every act
advance of the soul, and the
of being. All things are yours to do with.
It was never easier to b& good
I now. Perhaps it is never easy to be
What makes it easier to be multiplicity good
j than it was yesterday? The
helps at hand. To read some
| and to hear some speakers, The one fact
suppose that nobody was good, people. What
the world is full of good muttering of
! goodness Not the a
S nor the repeating ot a prayer; not
reading of the Bible nor going to
j Good people are* do these things, but
L things not essentially goodness. Goodness
I people may do them, too. fellow,
co nsideration for the other
i ness of temper, gentleness of conduct, nob
ness of purpose, love to God and man.
js t0 live pjndiy and truly and well. I
like the Christ doing good every day
' everywhere. his is the goodness
coun t s in our day. And we rejoice to
, j ieve that it is constantly on the
fj 00 dness is true religion, and true
! j i s goodness. The two are inseparable.
| ! ) S a culturing, refining, elevating
It is ever making for the best that life
capable of. tv hat Hod wants ior His
dren is ,-e best. The desire of God
human lia~mmcss. to tins end He is
tient and indulgent. He is prodigal
rifts. He is ever lavishing His little. love He
us. God is neither mean nor
the great Father, giving Himself for
salvation, the enrichment, the perfect
piness of His children. God is not the
thor of pain. He takes no delight
tears- The blessed Saviour ceases- nor
His age-long effort to make the sons of
earth nappy. The law of the universe, the
design of everything ... is happiness, , - Haupi
is everywhere, W ander in the ,, woods,
ness
walk stream. in rest the in . meadow, the ,, valley „ meander anc| ... climb to J'! the 10
hilltop, and in everything and everywhere
you will hnd happiness. Jt springs up like
a well of life, tilling the air pitii its
music, flooding the earth with its joys.
How much more docs our heaven.y rather
desire you. His children, to be happy. The
only condition of happiness is be good.
“Blessed are the no or in heart, tor thev
shall see God.” Holiness of life maketh
rich and tendeth not to poverty.
To the untutored, this looks iike an nn
possible * tiling, and manv ask: How can
T this.' , enough. . All that .
GO h.asv is
reeded is me disposition, and the enort.
F m Oi ad, loo.v at your bank account.
Hid you know you had a bank account?
Ti ell, yon have. h>ee. please, what stands
to your credit, the gut of another. These
assets are ours because we live m the
twentieth century, and because we are
Anglo-Saxons. “All things are yours.
Whether Paul or Apolios. or Cephas, things or
the world, or things present, or Christ’s to
cor in are yours and ye are
and Christ is God’s, That is a wonder
'ill statement, It places us under tremen
dous obligation, What an incentive to
at te-ir.i) something, what The rn inspiration personalities to
noo.e achievement. great
of history—Paul, Cephas, The world, Apolios. God Past. and
present, future.
Christ, all yours, to make the goal and
win. Then there can he no excuse tor
failure. is,
A practical question which meets us
“How may I utilize these many gifts of
God for my own advancement and better
ment?” The answer is, “By right appro
nriation. jy Just as the parched earth
drinks in the gentle rain drops, making the
grass to grow; just as the bee sips the
honey from tne fragrant flower, so we must
learn to appropriate the good in every
thing, to our own growth and refinement,
Life everywhere is sustained by The appropriat
in£ . the outward to itself. great in
teliec-ts which teach and bless the
to-day are great and capable because To the: of
appropriation of knowledge. worlds. It
belongs the best of two was
once thought that the Christian’s
h^naKTonJ limited. The
semon and a dreary
meeting were all that the Christian
any right to. Anything else would
his fervor and narrow his vision
tarnish his soul. Thank God, that day
so far behind us. To-day reach and we know
everything within
within sight is ours, if we love God, ( to
used in the advancement and
of our lives.
Look at it a moment. Take an
Try to itemize the blessings Of the
God. Explore the world of art, the
of the centuries, it is ours, for God
the beautiful. What a store house of
sons and inspirations and soul delights
the art galleries of the world! The
dows in cathedrals and churches have
ages been telling the story of Christ.
Nativity,” by Burne-Jones, Transfiguration,” is the pride
England; “The by
ael, the glory of Italy. These are but
ples of the beautiful in art, which are
for the deli ht and culture of the
All sciences nd literatures belong to
for God is the Au or of all truth.
pea re and Booth and De Reszke,
and the host of others like them, are
to charm away*our cares and rest of
The marketplace crowded with the yield
ihe field, the wealth of the mine, the
uc t of the factory, is ours, for God is
nent in nature and industry and
skill. The advance in surgery and
cine, the limitless pleasures in
this is ours, available and i:e
to make life rich and haopv and
All this is the product of the past,
gift of the good God. Its presence
shame badness out of existence. How
people be bad when they think of
goodness of God? What are we doing
life’s assets? They are the raw
out of which we may weave the soul’s
» <. -v robe; they are c the steps by
we ascend to the home of pex-fect and d
They are to our spirits what ry
and sunlight are to the seed.
grow by appropriating things ah extra
their use; souls grow by doing the
way- The business of life is to
all these forces and gifts into life
character. The soul must drink in
full of God and rise to the perfect life
the endless day beyond the stars.
What we need to know to-day is
proper use of things. That means
the exercise of the mind. Others
studied and thought for us. The result
the locomotive, carrying us sixty miles
hour; the electric wire, by which we
to a friend 1000 miles away. If
is to benefit the owner of it. he must
it and use it wisely. So, if we are to
the stimulus and rea^ the benefit of
accumulations of the ages, as life’s
if these are to answer their need, in
making of a man—v.c must study
think and pray. In the right use oi
is the making of a holy character.
All that has been said is, we
true. But it is not the whole truth.
must go a step further. Man lias
conditions and soul needs, which
nature, nor science, God. r.or Scripture,
meet. Man needs a God is
where. God is in the sunlight
bathes us every day with its warmth
glory. He is in the bread which we
He is in the music which comes
through the air, making God the. heart to
for joy. But this is too vague,
vast, too impersonal. Can this God
personalized? It is God's eternal
to adapt Himself to the limitations
needs of His children. We do not
of God merely as Power, Love or Majesty, the
Holiness. God is Love. is
ning thing. Love conquers. Love is
on drawing home to the Father’s heart
His wayu%-d for and God. lost What ones. kind The of
heart cri^ (Jjd a
Not the of the atheist, not tiie God
ihe Deisi^ not the God Eternal of the
Theologian, but the God.
.Jesus Christ has revealed Him to
world. This Jesus Christ and this
are ours. This completes the list.
is nothing more that can be added.
ers, pictures, music, ships, railroads,
phones, fellowships, philosophy, friendships, science, religion, loves,
man
God and Christ. All are yours.
complain of poverty any more; never
afraid of failure; never again say “I
Goodness does not mean exemption
the common ills of life. Every life has
burdens, every heart has its own
sorrow. We would not minimize the
which are inevitable. They are not
dus, but grievous. Many tears are shed
the private chamber. Many feet are
ing lonely paths. And blessed be God,
heavenly Father knows it all. The
Ihe Saviour of Men, is touched with
feelings of our infirmities. All the love
the Deity, all the power of.the
all the compassion of the Lover of
is for us. Look up, then. Be of
cheer. ’Tis better further on. In
pany with the Saviour, nothing can
us. The path of the good is as the
i
light, shining more and more fcrrlo the
j j perfect day.
I “Loose me from earth's enclosure, from the
sun s
Contracted circle set mv heart irgc;
pji '{- m ; na te rar i SD.i', range
| uVOX}eh prov nces of thoueht vet nex*
| plo’red*
Teach me, bv this stunendoas scaffolding,
, C rz*tiona golden artris, to climb to Thee.
I Ao Triumphal Entry.
I« . ihc . history mat . Christs
; ^ mony ot
I entry into Palestine is so ouen raismter-
1 preted. lo the me lite there is Jesus hardly than more speak bit
: ter irony in ot to
1 of Ills triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
The multitude came out to meet Him,
\ | threw their Him, garments the and people palm branches
in front of and sang. But
i w } uU 0 f the central figure? He saw the
j j g rea t city, and wept over it. Wnfat a con
tras t was that with the triumphal marcli.
! 0 j a conqueror.—Rev. Dr. A. A. Berle,
I Salem, Mass.
^ The Only Standard.
I Our churchman s me has paganism m
i ft. Nowadays many men are saying “If
a pagan is honest, pure and Outside true, why
should he need religion? standard of the
Christian life there is no of right,
j Christ is tne oniy standard.- bishop W u
| ham Lawrence, Episcopt ban, Boston.
--—■
1 NEWSY GLEANINGS.
i
Japan lias 501.“ miles of railroad.
King Edward has become a great
patron of Irish industries.
The President has reappointed Wni.
L. Distill as Surveyor-General of Vlas
j kn.
The widow of Tnvcnlor CJreonhcmgJi
j p Oil ns royalties. snP .,i f or $.-,0,000;000 ill Stnndanl
The Governor of Mnssfiehuselts h"<?
I signed q l>iii to stop the eorruption of
eirmloyes by bribe giving.
The T’l-’sidpnt nnd Minister of War.
of Brazil, have resolved to increase
the garrisons along the Peruvian fron
tier.
A new dicenep railed the g”eon
| . unigue sians , quartered lias , broken , in out Chinese , among houses tile Rus- in
Mukden. «’
The keel plates of the IflOOO ton
battleship Vermont were lairV at the
Pore River Ship and Engine Company,
Quincy, Mass.
Beavers are becoming so numerous
in Cascade County. Mont., .as to men
ace farming interests by destroying
irrigating dams.
Dr. C. A. Bm-kiin, by removing cer
tain bones in ibe nose, lias discovered
a way of greatly benefiting, if not cur
ing, consumptives.
Peter O. Elliott, arrested some
months ago in Washington for sup
posed intention to kill President Roose
velt. committed suicide in Minneapo
lis.
Richard 11. Taylor, of 11m United
Slates Secret Service, has received a
medal for ihe courage displayed on
the Nipsic during the Samoan hurri
cane of 1889.
The Emperor, the Empress and’the
Crown Prince of Germany attended
the unveiling of a statue in the Thier
garten representing Emperor William
as a young man.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Zangwill is a in giving lectures on
Zionism in London.
Alfonso, Kin ft* of Spain, devotes his
afternoons to athletics.
Harvard has decided to confer the
degree of LL. D. upon Senator Lodge.
Dr. Davidson, Archbishop of Canter
bury, hopes to visit the United States
in September.
Anatole Lo Roy Beaulieu. French
economist and publicist, will deliver
a series of lectures at Harvard.
Florence Nightingale, seventy-three
years old, lives in the home of Sir E.
Yerney, in London. She is quite feeble.
Massenet will receive a bonus of
8220,000 for giving La Scala Theatre,
of Milan, the choice of bis works for
the next four years. t
The late novelist, .Tokai. numbered
among his friends Bismarck, Kossuth,
Vorestchagiu, the younger Dumas,
Liszt, Ibsen and Munkacsy.
Mrs. Fannie Stenhouse, who bad
much to do with creating early senti
ment against the Mormons, died re
cently at Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. McClellan, wife of the New
York Mayor, is one of (he most unas
suming women in Gotham. She has
never cared a rap about society.
Captain Robert E. Lee, the youngest
son of the famous Confederate chief
tain, is at work on a book entitled
“Recollections and Letters of General
Lee.”
Lord Cranborne. now Hie Marquis of
Salisbury, is forty-two years old. He
lias been in Parliament, with the ex
ception of one year, since be was
i wenty-four.
EVERY CENT GOES TO CREDITORS.
Widow and Children of Suicide Bank Presi
dent Make Noble Sacrifice.
The creditors of the late R. H. Plant
will be given every penny of the $760,
00(1 of life insurance taken out for his
estate. It. is the wish and desire of
Mrs. Plant and her children that the
creditors shall have the benefit of the
entire estate insurance. On ail sides
it is generally conceded that Mrs.
plant is entitled to a dower in all
the *•<?&! estate of Mr. Plant and to
a year’s support for herself and her
family. Both these, it is said, have
been renounced so that every penny
except ihe insurance directly intend
ed for his family will go to his cred
itors.