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TVIiATHKU A\D WAR \GWS THE
TOPICS l\ WASIII N'CiTON.
SECY HAY MUCH SOUGHT.
DAILY SCENES IN OFFICE OF STATE
DEPARTMENT.
lnllupnoe EiercUeil ly tlie Presl
dent White Huunp Became the
Source of Information When He
Whs in Waaliingtou —Extra Ses-
Mlnn of < ungrcn Would Not He
.1 untitled at Present— Administm
tion Will Proceed Carefully.
Washington, July 21.—With the ther
mometer flirting with the one hundred
mark and the exciting war news from
China, Washington has probably been, the
hottest and the most excited city on this
continent during* the past week.
The tirst report of the battle of Tien
Tsin in which the American forces lost
heavily for the time being, seemed to
turn the heads of some of the unusually
unemotional members of the administra
tion. Even the optimistic Secretary of
the Navy wavered for a moment in his
helin that Minister Conger and the Amer
ican- in are safe.Secreiary Hay,gen
erally cautious, discreet and always a di
ploma displayed considerable irritation
and breathed a spirit of resentment *n
discussing unofficially the distressing sit
uation in China.
The department of state has been the
ftorm center of all the seekers for in
forma‘ion since the complications in
Chin* b< ame so acute. During the pat
* ew flays every foreign representative
roi\ n Washington has mode daily visits
to the department in search of informa-
Aon from China. The whole army of
Washington correspondents seem to have
I entered for the time being in the
corridors outside the office of Secretary
H e ir would be a physical impossibil
ily for him to grant an individual Inter
vjpw to each of the hundred or more
newspaper men. With his usual friend
-1 r es> fr> the members of the craft, he has
adnprefj ~ system of receiving the news
fraternity in a bunch two or
tmvr rimes dally or whenever a dis
pa * f ' h ls received or a conference held
v • f ‘h require such explanations as he
ran consistently give. He has a perfect
’mderstanding with the regular corre
* ondents that he is not to be quoted un
rei * an V circumstances and therefore he
* a w *th the greatest freedom to them
i permits himself to be cross-examined
' Vl 'h equal freedom.
u *re it not for tho gravity of the sub
under discussion these daily scenes
n So,- re | ar y Hay’s commodious office
would be amusing. The Secretary sits at
ar J f nr >rmous desk at which Seward, Fish,
and Olney sat while conducting
o>n- relations with foreign Powers, almost
Obscured from \ iew by a human circle of
!'* Ws gatherers. With commendable pa
t:e r e ho turns in his revolving chair first
’ ’ right then to the left to reply to
• ”■ f ' more or less inquisitive seeker for
rmi, t on. Some of the correspondents
H •’ better knowledge of the subject
UISI n than others, and the
'■ J - i<ns asked by the former al ways re
serious consideration by Secretary
' Flippant or insinuating inquiries are
' r but effectively parried by the Seo
’ ,v '\ so that the interview invariably
f ‘ rrT| inates with the Secretary furn shing
h formation as believes to be
on iP:tible with the public Interests and
‘th< ame lime supplies a text for an in*
0 * - nt story.
Influence' of tlclvinley.
; ' magnetic influence which President
i'Kinky exercises over official Washing
r never more strongly emphasized
■ ,n oti the occasion of his home coming
( J, ‘,' Tuesday. Monday the excitement in
' diplomatic and Iqcal circles was
tbet ail other stib-
( * **ve the Chinese question
-boifMl. Officials in the departments
1 , "‘ !r desks and clustered around the
' 11 ,H “ds. Commercial men neglected
hu>in<*ss to discuss the probability
j’ ,l ' '*ht session of Congress to be fol-
with and declaration of war against
‘. '* On the street cars and on the
***alks, men and women without re
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gard to race or previous condition, hun
grily devoured the meager reports in the
extras, and laborers eased up in their
picking and shoveling to discuss the Chi
nese situation and express t’no hope that
the United States would immediately as
semble an army, transport it to China,
and exterminate the entire Celestial race.
That the excitiment and anxiety prevail
ing In Washington was shared through
out the country was apparent from the
flood of telegrams from newspaper*, and
friends and relations of reported victims
that flowed into the Capital City from ev
ery' direction. Such was the condition of
affairs Tuesday afternoon when President
McKinley reached the White House in re
sponse to the “hurry up” call sent him by'
the cabinet the day' previous. His pres
ence in Washington seemed to have an in
stantaneously reassuring, and quasi paci
fying effect. It may have been due to
more hopeful or encouraging reports from
China received the same day, but as a
matter of fact the President’s home com
ing unquestionably relieved members of
the cabinet from the responsibilities which
were apparently greater than they desired
to endure alone. Officials who, on the day
previous wandered through the depart
ments with eyes cast . down, knitted
brows, shoulders rounded by imagined or
real responsibilities, suddenly braced up,
quickened their steps and assumed a more,
cheerful expression when assured that the
President was in the White House again
read to take such action as the circum
stances demanded.
Around the White House.
Instantly the source of information was
transferred from the state department to
the executive mansion and the arrriy of
correspondents immediately' camped at the
White House, leaving, however, a strong
guard to do picket duty at the war, navy
and state departments, to capture such
bulletins as might escape from military,
naval or diplomatic channels. It did not
take President McKinley long to conclude
that the condition, as he found them,
woulfl r.ot justify the calling of an extra
session of Congress. There may have
been political motives back of his decision,
but the most logical reasoning fails to de
velop any trace of political advantage to
be gained by declining to ask Congress to
share the responsibility for the adminis
tration's policy in dealing with the Chi
nese question. From a political standpoint,
it is urged that it would be good politics
for the President to call an extra session
of Congress without waiting for further
developments in China. It is quite likely
that a few' inflammatory speeches depict
ing the supposed massacres in Pekin and
the bloody' battle at Tien Tsin, would 60
arouse public emotions, that Congress,
without regard to party, would cheerfully
vote for an increase in the army and
navy and provide the President with
an abundant war fund to be used
at his discretion in avenging
the wrongs of American citizens in Chin’a.
Thus Democrats and Republicans would
share whatever responsibility might at
tach to the action or Congress and it
would be difficult for the opponents of
Mr. McKinley 10 manufacture any dam
aging campaign material as a result of
asking the representatives of the people
to advise with him as to the ways and
means for meeting the emergency sup
posed to exist.
The President, however, took a patriotic
and conservative vi*w of the situation
and after a careful survey of the field and
the surrounding conditions, concluded that
it would be unwise to p’unge the country
into a s ate of war with China in the ab
p nee of any jositve information from
Pekin upon w hich to base warlike act on.
Within a few hours, official Washington
had calmed down and some of the per
sons who, twenty-four hours before had
wildly shouted “on to Pekin’’ suddenly
concluded that the interests of the whole
country demand that our government
must be sure we are right before we go
ahead.
PILED A SLIT FOR DIVORCE.
L n for to mate End of n llpithl Ho
mantle SlniTln*e.
Atlanta. July 21.—Robert Sutton of this
city has filed suit In Cobh Superior Court
for a total divorce from Mrs. Sutton, who,
until a few weeks ago, was Miss Marla
Lajulse Brumby of Marietta. The mar
riage of the young (Ample was quite ro
mantic and caused surprise among their
friends. The surprise Increased when a
sepnrntlon occurred the day after Mrs.
Sutton Joined her husband In Atlanta. Mr.
Sutton, accompanied by Ills attorney, J.
E. McClelland, recently went to Marietta
to endeavor to effect a reconciliation.
Nothing was accomplished and the di
vorce Is the con sequence.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1900.
Newest
Neck
wear
Agony,
For Summer.
Windsors,
Bat Wings,
Flowing
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B. H. LEVY & BRO.
PRINCES IN WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE LI HI’NG CHANG’S
GRANDSONS.
A New Arrival nt the Turkish Minii*
ter#— \Ynnliiii£toitinn*4 Saddened ly
the News From China —V Washing
ton Hello Who Hn* Become the
Wife of an Italian Nobleman.
Other Matters of General Interset.
Washington, D. C., July 20.—With doc
tors coming and going and trained nurses
in full possession, the hitherto hermetic
ally closed Turkish legation has been
•urned into a hospital—all on account of
the ty’phoid fever, a broken leg and anew
baby. Mrs. Ferrough Bey' is the proud
possessor of the latter (her very' first);
and it is needless to add that upon her
only women doctors are in attendance.
The minister himself is down with the
fever, and has been near to death’s door,
but is reported to be now convalescing;
and his brother-in-law', who is one of the
attaches of the legation has a broken leg,
acquired by a fall. The small son, now' a
fortnight old. is called Muchteba All. Of
course no outsiders have seen him, but
through the fimale physician and nurses
it is learned that he is a remarkably line
boy, with the blackest of eyes, and hair
and skin about the color of a half-worn
russet shoe. He weighed eleven pounds
when he arrived and was evidently born
to rule, as he already bosses the entire
household in a voice of power that may
be distinctly heard 'five blocks away.
There will le an appropriate celeb.ation
over the coming of h.s new 1 subject of
the Sultan soon as the rerfgfrr of doctors
and nurses is over. The baby will be
brought up much after the American
fashion until he is six year., old. when
his capacity for religious education is
suppos and to be developed. Th?n his moth
er will teach h m the Koran, bit by bit.
By the lime he is 13 years of age he
ought to know the whole of Mahomed*’
g spel by hfart; and then he will be tak
en into a mosque, in Turkey, and be fully
received Into the faith of his fathers.
• * • * • * •
Washingtonians are profoundly sad
dened by the news from China, especially
as a numb r of victims were well known
here. B fore entering the diplomatic field,
Mr. Conger served In Congress six years,
residing here during all that time with
h:s w’ fe and daughters. His two married
sisters, Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Edwards,
are yet living in Washington, and are al
most crazed by the terrible fate of their
relatives. Mrs. Conger’s young niece,
Mary Pierce, was also with ihem in Pe
kin, with several other lady guests, in
cluding Miss Condit-Smith, a beautiful
young heiress, whose home is in Wash
ington. Mrs. Conger and her daughters
spent a rare of last winter in Am- ri a,
and a few weeks In this city, returning to
China just before the Boxer uprising be
gan. What their end was none dares to
Imagine; but it is to be hoped that pistol
bullets at the hands of their friends saved
them from barbarian atroci leg. Mr. Cong
er was a man of exceptionally fine ap
pearance, fully six feet tall, with broad
shoulders which he carried well thrown
back, like a West Po uter, and average
weight of 225 pounds. He always wore the
old-fashioned full beard, with shavrd up
per-lip, and his 67 years showed only in
a few gray hairs at the tempb s. His wa <
a face showing strength, intelligence and
geniall y in marked degree, and a person
ality calculated to give foreigners a broad
opinion of Americans.
**••••*
By the way. there are two young fel
lows In Washington who are Just now In
doubt whether they are princes, or plain,
every-day Chinamen and soon to be in
the lamentable condition of the "man
without a country." They are grandson*
of Li Hung (’hang—he of the yellow Jacket
and peacock’s feather and hundred year
old eggs—who was toted about our streets
in a glided chair a couple of years ago.
The almond-eyed boys came from Nash
ville. Tcnn., where they have been study
ing under Dr. Lambeth, (who was born in
China of American parents), preparing to
enter Vanderbilt University. They are .not
proclaiming from the house-tops that they
nre Chinese princes, but on the contrary,
are going about Incog and stopping nt h
quiet hoarding house, (hough rhey spend
the greater portion of every day In the
Chinese legation. They have cut off their
queues and dress like American gentle,
men, and both speak fairly good English.
Nobody ran get a word out of Ihem re
garding their opinion of the situation In
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AH Styles of Pajamas,
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China; but, like Minister Wu, anxiety is
plainly written in their faces. Fearing
that the horrible news from China may
cause fanatics to aitempt revehge on the
innocent legation here, our government
has it guarded, night and day, by police
men in citizens clothes. Minister Wu did
not ask for this protection; on the con
trary, he protested against it, saying that
he had too exalted an opinion of Ameri
cans to fear indignity from them. Never
theless, although we agree in the main
w'ith his idea of us, now and then a
hoodlum does chase some inoffensive Chi
naman out of his washhouse and give
him a i>ounding. Many such cases have,
been called on the District of Columbia
Police Court within the last few days.
Our local Chinatown is not a large o<ie,
so far as area is concerned, but is ex
tremely populous, according to the socia
ble nature of the Celestials. Their busi
ness here is to earn money and particu
larly to save it, so that they may some
time return to the Flowery Kingdom and
spend the balance of their lives in luxu
rious ease, from their point of view.
Yesterday I made a trip through their
little shops w’here tea and fans and edi
ble birds-nests and other Celestial truck
is sold, In order to learn what the Chinese
themselves think of the situation. My
vu*it brought to light very little but a
wonderful amount of ignorance, or abso
lute indifference—or maybe it was diplo
macy on their part to profess no knowl
edge of recent happenings. One of the
merchants—Hop (’hong by name, a short,
portly fellow who sells the best of Chi
nese tea for 40 cents a pound (the same
that you pay $2 for in tea-stores, and can
not get for love or money in most of
them,)—was more communicative, be
cause of his own troubles. The merchant
in China from whom he purchases his
supplies, has recently doubled the price,
and the Chinamen in this country, his
customers, cannot be made to understand
why they must therefore pay more for
their favorite beverage. Said he, mourn
fully: “What for they put pllce high on
tlea? Me no got. do with kill© Melicans,
no more thnn kille Chllst. Me no bleen
China ft year. Me no go back ft year mo.
Me sell tlea. me make money; put pliee
tlea high, me make lil money. Me no
flghtee; me no like© allee samee.’’
It was impossible to pin him down to
any opinion concerning the slaughter of
foreign**rs in Pekin. His only answer
was: “Flaid talkee bout Boxer. Me know
nothing. Wanty buy tlea? Nice tlea, now
fifty cent pound.”
Moy Song, one of the most prosperous
Chinese merchants in Washington, who
has been here twenty years and speaks
English well, defended his government and
attributed ail the trouble to the lawless
mobs and the missionaries. He said in
substance: "The Chinese have been fol
lowers of Confucius for thousands of
years and are perfectly satisfied with
their religion. Yet the people of the
United States insist on forcing mission
aries upon them, who offer them a number
of different roads to salvation, each one
''.aiming that his road is the only aure
one. How can believers In Buddha be ex
pected to leuve the faith of their fathers
for such uncertain doctrines? Suppose
China should send missionaries to convert
the people of the United States to Con
fucius—how long would they bo tolerated?
They would not even be allowed to land
In thief country. Why, you don't even like
proselyting among yourselves. Only a
few months ago I read that two Mormons
were driven by a mob out of Virginia-Just
across the Potomac here, almost under
the shedow of the National Capital. How
can you expect Ignorant Chinamen to be
have better when foreign missionaries,
more obnoxious to them than the Mor
mons to you, insist on teaching them doc
trines they do not want?”
• ••••••
Dr. Wilhelm Sehwarzensteln, who has
been appointed German minister to China,
to succeed the lamented Baron von Ket
teler, wo* married In Paris about two
years ago to ft young lady who has been
a frequent visitor In Washington. She
was Miss Maude Roosevelt le Vinson, and
she was the guest here of her cousin, the
Baroness von Orendorf, who now resides
In the French capital, and at w hose house
the wedding occurred.
Further particulars concerning the mar
riage of Miss Edith van M, Buren to Gen
naro, Boron Vessichlo de Castelfnenardo,
of Naples, are coming by private letter to
the young lady's friends In Washington,
where a good deal of her life has been
passed. Not a year ago, at one of our
fnmous bachelor's cotlljons. of which she
was n belle par excellence, she made a
remark w hich 1* now much quoted. Some
body said to her: “You do so many won
derfully splendid things. Miss van Baren,
that there Is never any telling what you
will be up to next." The beautiful wo
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man, with prematurely gray hair—in
shrimp-pink satin, foamed all over with
billows of lace and blazing with diamonds
—laughinßly replied: “Well, there is one
thing, and one thing only, you may rely
upon my never doing, and that it to change
my name in marriage." Of course there
was a chorus of dissent and protest,
whereupon she repeated her unalterable
decision with groat determination. But
then it Is a woman’s privilege to “change
her mind" us often as she does her cos
tumes. Speaking of clothes, Miss Von
Buren used to wear gorgeously embroid
ered gowns, bought from Japan, where her
father was for many years United States
minister. One long-to-be-remembered dress
was of white satin, covered with gold
embroidered dragons, a very ornate apecl
imen of that beast sprawling all over the
train and reaching his ugly head far up
toward her slender waist. The fair Baron
ess, who combine© with her silvery hair
a beautiful color and very bright, dark
eyes, hoe had a remarkable career as so
ciety woman in many countries, explorer,
and what not. She has dug gold in the
Klondike, killed big game west of the
Rockies, been presented to Queen Victoria
and various other potentates, and is now
the wife of an Italian nobleman.
Mrs. Robert E, Peary, wife of the ex
plorer, has just left her Washington home
to Join her husband, w ho Is somewhere in
the Arctic circle. She was accompanied
by their daughter, Marie, who was born
in the frozen northland, seven years ago.
Mrs. Peary’s mother, Mrs. Diebitch, who
has always lived in Washington, said to
me: “Yes, my daughter has gone on her
fourth expedition toward the North pole.
She is a woman who will have her way,
end arguments and entreaties have been
powerless to dissuade her from this jour
ney. She knows that her husband ex
pects her to meet him; for when he went
away, two years ago, ahe promised him
that if she were alive, oh© would make
the attempt. Therefore, nothing could
prevent her from keeping her word. She
is fathoms deep in love with him, and
says she would follow him to the end of
the earth. And, indeed, she has proved
her faith, by doing it on several occasions.
They are both w much in love that they
do not thir.k anything they can do for
each other u sacrifice. The only thing
that could make my daughter afraid Is
the thought of losing her child. But she
would not leave her behind; and as
Marie Is large and strong, and was born
in Greenland, there is no reason why she
should not go to meet her father, of
whom she talks constantly. Mrs. Peary
is also an exceptionally healthy woman,
and absolutely fearless. Peary himself is
a man of magnificent physique. He makes
one think of those great Maine forests,
where he was reared. No doubt both of
them owe to their splendid health much of
their courage and persistence; and If
anybody can find the North pole, they
surely will.” Mrs. Peary’s objective point
is Etah, Greenland, where Lieut. Peary
has his winter headquarters. She ought
to arrive there within a month from
date. If her husband has been successful
in hi* expedition, he will be there wait
ing for her. If he has not yet returned
from those dim. dark regions which he
has been striving to penetrate, she will
wait for him. If his coming Is much de
layed, they will have to remain all win
ter In those ice-bound seas, as It will be
Impossible to get out by the end of Au
gust. If Lieut. Peary has not reached
Etah by that time, his brave and loving
wife must know that in all human prob
ability she will never see his face again;
and with that dreadful knowledge before
her, she must face the long hard winter
of peril ns beet she ran. Her widowed
mother and sister here are praying that
September may see the reunited family
all safe at home. At the best, the meet
ing of husband and wife must be a sad
one. Since he left Washington, two years
ago, Peary has been heard from only
once. These letters brought tidings of
his frozen feet and the subsequonf ampu
tation of seven of his toes. The lieuten
ant is expecting to see not only his wife
and Marie, hut another child, soon to be
born when he sailed away, but which
die | when a few- months old.
till AY GOOSE TALES.
By n Gray Goose Gander—He Telia of
the t oneelted Rooster.
Being a dignified old gander, and know
ing that one goose is of more value than
three liens, I have never had milch to say
to the roosters and their flocks. Now and
then l have met an old hen who had other
thoughts than clucking about and ruffling
up her feathers and trying to pass for
a pullet, but most of them are not "Worth
a gander’s time. It Is still worse with the
Men's Fine
Bathing
Suits.
Best materials,
substantially made
---never desert you.
The
Prices Float.
Ladies', Misses
Boys and
Children's
Suits.
roosters. I can’t say that I ever met one
who’d talk about the weather or the crops
for five minutes. Their idea Is to strut
about and show off before the hens and
chickens, and because they can v row and
fight they try to put on airs over the
geese and dui ks. They know what I think
of them, however. I’ve given many of
them a good drubbing, and they quit strut
ting around ine years ago.
It was about three years ago we had a
rooster here who was a beauty. He was
blaek as> night, and Ills feathers shone
like silk, and if it hadn’t been for his fool
ish ways the whole farm would have lx*en
proud of him. Because he was big ami
handsome lie thought himself the smart
est rooster in the whole state. The other
roosters ran from him, and the hens ail
bowed down, and the cheekens held their
breath as he passed by. One day I heard
this rooster boasting to the h©ns that he
hod heard of a fox being in the nighbor
hood, and that he was going to hunt him
up and drive him away. This was dread
fully foolish talk, and- I called the rooster
aside after awhile and said:
“My friend, you should not talk such
nonsense to the hens. No rooster ever
hatched is a match for a fox.”
“Do you mean that I cannot make the
fox run for his life?" he asked.
“Of course you can’t. A fox would kill
you In a minute. Even the biggest gander
is afraid of a fox.”
“That’s because you ore geese and can’t
crow'. My dear old gander, don’t worry
about me. I cannot only take care of my
self. but of all the ducks, geese and hens
beside. Just waddle back to your pond
and mind your own business.”
I had no more to soy. I knew what
would happen if a fox and the rooster
met, but my words of advice Had not
been heeded. That very afternoon, after
crowing as loud as he could for ten min
utes and strutting up and down in his
pride, the rooster set ofT for the back field
to find the fox. The hens flapped their
wings and clucked to encourage him. and
some of the geese and ducks said he was
a brave fowl and ought to wear silver
spurs.
“You Wait a hit,” said T to them. “A
rooster who sets out lo hunt a fox may
be very brave or very much of an Idiot.
If he ever comes back he’ll know a fox
from a hollyhock all the rest of his days.”
They said I was a jealous old gander
and ought to be ashamed of myself, but
I went swimming over to the other side
of the pond end let them talk. When
sundown came and w© went to roost and
the. rooster had not come bark the hens
began to look very sober. His crow did
not sound at daybreak next morning us
usual, and soon after breakfast the far
mer started out to hunt for him. It was
-almost noon when he returned, and in hia
hand he had three or four black tail
feathers belonging to our missing friend.
As the wife came out the husband showed
her the feathers and said:
“Mary, here’s ail that’s left of our big
block rooster.”
“What has happened to him?” she
asked.
“Why, he w©n* off to the back field
by himself yesterday, and a fox must
have got hold of him and eaten him up.
He was a fine-looking fowl, but he didn’t
know half as much as a goose.”
HEALTHFIL IMHKASK
Of Wealth nn<l Population In Lnn
reus and Dublin.
Dublin. G., July 21.—Tax Receiver T.
N. Adams has finished consolldatng Ihe
w hite tax returns for Laurens county, an.l
the colored returns for Dublin District,
and finds that the Increase over 1899 is
$349,377. Last year the Increase in tho
county over 1898, was $274,000, in round fig
ure*. Of the Increase thl* year, $218,296
wa in Dublin. Since 1890 the Increase in
taxable property In Dublin amounts to
$1,000,658, being now $1,465,678, against $465,-
021 In 1890.
In the matter of population, the Increase
has been ns great ns In wealth. Census
Supervisor Akerman refuses to give out
any figures as to the recent census, but
it Is known that Dublin Increased In pop
ulation over 1890, about 233 per cent., and
the county about 89 per cent. The popu
lation In the county in 1890 was 13,747,
and this year It will run beyond 25,000.
This will give Laurens county two mem
bers of the Legislature.
W llmcr Accepts the Call.
Atlanta, July 21.—St. Lukes has been
notified that Rev. C. B. Wilmer .will nc
. ■ pt the call extended by the vestry of
the church. In a letter to the secretary
of the Vestry Board Mr. Wllmcr announc
ed to-day that he would formally accept
the call In a few days. He will come
to Atlanta Sept. L
White Sn
Umbrellas.
Outing Suits.
Traveling Bags,
Valises,
Dressing Cases.
Umbrellas.
Walking Canes.
Linen and White
Duck Trousers.
Fancy Summer
Half Hose.
RATTLER AND ROOSTER FIGHT.
A String of Hattie* Prove the Trails
of the Snake Story.
Beaufort. S. C., July 21.-An old negro
from Periclear plantation, on Port Royal
Island, was here this morning display
ing a string of twelve rattles which ha
had cut from a huge rattlesnake, which
lie killed. The old fellow says thero is a
den of the reptiles near his log cabin,
and the one he killed was in his hen
coop. An entire brood of fourteen little
chickens had in some unaccountable man
ner disappeared, one or two each night,
and their owner was at a loss to know
what became of them. Thursday night he
heard a great commotion among his poul
try, and taking a tire brand, hastened to
the roost, to find the rattler engaged in
combat with a big rooster. The snake had
bitten the rooster, which soon died; hut
the fowl had lacerated the reptile about
the h< ad. with his spurs and blinded It.
The production of the rattles by the old
negro tended to verify his tale.
FOR MAKING TOO MUCH NOISPE.
Cificon* of riinrlentnn Peeking tm
Enjoin an lee Factory.
Charleston, . C„ July 21.—Circuit Judge
J. C. Watts has issued temporary In
junction, at the request of T. M. Mordecal
and other citizens, against the Citizena’
Ice Company restraining it from making
so much noiso.
The ice company is a new enterprise. Its
fac'tory is located in a resident part of the
city, and Mr. Mordecal and friend* claim
that it is making night hideous to them by
reason of thumping and jarring noises.
They have supplemented their legal pro
ceedings with a petition to Council, la
which that body is asked either to make
the ice company stop making so much
fuse or move. The case, is an Interesting
one. inasmuch as it will define the rights
of citizens in such matters. The restrain
ing order was made returnable before
Judge Watts at Laurens July 31.
NO STAMPS FOR CHARLESTON.
Exposition >ln*t Pull Alor.fr Without
. Mpeclul I Mine.
Washington, July 21.—The poetofflee de
partment has denied the application of
the authorities of the Charleston. S. C.,
Interstate and West Indian Exposition for
the government issue of a special aeries
of postage stamps commemorative of tha
exposition.
The application la denied on the grounds
that there is lnsuffl.lent time within
which the stamps can be gotten out, and
because it Is contrary to policy to issua
two different eerie, of commemorative
stamps during the name year, those com
memorative of the Buffalo Exposition al
ready having been arranged for.
DEPARTMENTS CONSOLIDATED.
Military Establishments In Calm Re
duced to Two.
Washington, July 21—Orders Issued a*
the war department td-day consolidate tha
departments of Havana and Plnar dal
Rio and Matanzas and Santa Clara into
one department, to be known os the De
partment of Western Cuba, with head
quarters at Quemados, and designate the
Departments of Santiago and Puerto
Prtnclpe as the Department of Easterp
Cuba, with headquarters at Santiago.
Gen. Pltzhugh Lee is assigned to com
mand of the former and Col. Whttalde,
Tenth Cavalry, to the command of the lat
ter.
PEACHES SOLD FOR CHARITY.
Proceed, of a Cor, About fOOO, Go to
n Mneon Institution.
New York. July 21.—Nearly S6OO, waa re
alized from the sale of crated peaches
auctioned to-day at the pier of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, Nort river, for the ben
efit of the Georgia. Industrial Home at
Macon, Ga. A carload of about 700 crates
was contributed by the fruit grower* of
Georgia for this purpose.
Death uf Dr. Illbh Duvla.
Athens, Ga.. July 21.—Dr. Bibb Davis,
one of the city's most prominent dentists,
died last night. He leaves u wife. The
funeral will take place to-iuorrow.
Adnmaon tor t ong re...
Greenville. Ga.. July 21.—The Democrats
of the Fourth district to-day nominated
Hou. W. C. Adamson for Congress.
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