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tlnnilii) to Krldtr Slubl-llobtoo
Theater t i> in |>Htl > .
MBOirilnj Mmtnrt out! blfht—
••Mnn o' Unr Men."
Thl* wok *lll b< full week itt the
Heuter. The Kobe on Theater Company
will open a live nth!' outiiit*n!*tit to
morrow niitht ir. "The Ited Croaa Nttne."
a foor-o t military drama
The Itobson company played an emtn**-
mrnt here last aeaaon and among the
many popular price ■ ompanles which
played here was considered among the
nest Mr Hobson claims lo have even a
better company thla season. Including
Miss Motile Nelson, who played the lead
ng role* last year and promises a mini
be? ot strong plays.
Specialties will lie Interspersed through
out each performance and there will be a
'bangs of Mil nightly.
Saturday matinee and night "Man o’
Wars Man.” a naval play, os the name
Suggests will be the bill.
The play concerns the love of TTlr.or
Denbigh, on the part of rapt. Jaclc Con
way of the Vnlted States warship New
gleans. The captain's rival is ilaslllo
Havllando, who commands the Spanish
ship El Sc.irpl in The fact that Elinor Is
i Russian spy In known lo tlen Ivan
Tetrovli h the Hu:an ambassador,
who lets the Spanish captain into Ihe
r* t To Capt Conway, Elmir is
xnown only as the adopted daughter of
die Englishman Denbigh, until by her
■wn confession she tells him th*' she Is
I Spy In the pay of Russia, subject to
• h'- command* of Pletrovtteh. one of
itwse command* is that for purposes of
state eh- kli: or cause to he killed the
Amerban captain, or her fath-r'a life will
puy the forfeit In Siberia. Distracted, she
-asls lha die In her lover's favor, res
in** him from the Russian prison to
which he la condrmned by the machina
tions of the Spaniard, and Joins him In
ih* last act, vindicated.
The comedy la furnished In the agree
able aiel freshening love-making of En
sign Harry Hanlay. an lrlsh-Asnetican
vouttl of redoubtable prow**. In love and
war and Howe I-es>tlne, a fllrtaMou# little
French girl, who la readily becoming
Xmerlcanleed. anel who has a lerrtble fir* -
atlng brother In ihe French navy,
rill. High all of thla melo.lmm.itlc pot
pourri Capt Ilaslllo Havllando trails sT
pentlnely. He plots and countcrpta**. and
[S defeated in every turn. Even at the
oat his Identity Is denied when he Is
on fronted by Capt. Conway, who Is
ltessed In ihe Simnlsh captain's uniform
at the room of the war council nl t euta.
The deal act Is the Interior of the Army
irst Navy Club In New York city. A ball
I* In progress. Capt. Conway discovers
als love for Elinor, who, as Vera, the Hus
sion spy, has been ordered to kill him.
Acl e* < ond present* the Amerban coil -
til late ai Honolulu, and ends with one
>f Ihe beet stage effects ever seen Tlw
American blue)* kets cover with their
guns the Husslan emissaries and bring
them lo surrender. The prison seen In
the third act calls for sustained and *ttt
lenl work on the iart of Capt Conway
and K.lnor Denlclgh, when the former
counterfeits the French agent, and the lat
ter knowing her lover In this disguise,
sits unconcerned In the presence of Ha
ron AdamantofT. and on leaving them rtir
leptltlouslv convey* to ihe disguised
American captain important state papers
in tlie matter of the Nicaragua canal.
The second scene shows the Interior of
a Husslan prison, with Capt. Conway in
chair*. Through Vera'* contrivance he
Is rescued The escape is well planned
and well carried out. Conway 1* vlslt-d
by Vera and a minute liter by Havll tndo,
who catne uo taunt them loth. In a twink
ling. Havllando k mads prisoner In the
place of Conway, who appropriates the
Spaniard s uniform and presents himself
as the representative of Spain at Ihe war
council of Ihe assembled nmlmwatlors ot
Ceuta, who have met 10 take measures
for an European coalition to deprive
America of the control of the proposed
canal at Nicaragua.
In art tonrih the Yankee fleet Is tri
umphal)! and the canal Is saved lo the
Cntued flint** by her giillant tars The
closing scene Is said to he brilliantly real
istic. The advance of (he American fleet,
the retrial of the B|<anl*h fleet. Ihe
launching of the submarine boat and the
dcetru-uion of the whole army of ftpain
follow<d In rapid mid daullng order.
Holcombe Bacon, a son of the lale De
Writ C. Bacon and well known himself
In Savannah, has been studying In New
York for in*- stage for some time and It
Is understood that hr will soon make hi*
debut Mr. Hopper was graduated from
the law department of Columbia Univer
sity and for a short while read law In the
ofhee of Denmark. A'lnms & Freeman In
thia city. It ha* not been generally known
that he had ambitions of a histrionic na
ture and It will be a to his
friend*.
He ha* ample mean* to further any
theatrical project that he should fancy,
and If he has talent he ought to And the
way of the thesplan much easier than the
average tyro.
Ano'her e*-Bavannahlnn who Is doing
wary • - " n 1,10 New York stage is ills*
Bry.m who will t>e remembered a* a FU
tege of Urof. Von de Hoya. who wa* a
professor of music here several ycers ago
Miss Itlanehe Walsh, Ihe gifted young
actress, who has made such a name for
herself, ami who some critics think ls the
euccf ssor of Davenport, has Just returned
from Europe. ills* Walsh I* evidently
aofhewhat of a critic herself, as well us
a keen observer, as the following delight
ful interview will show:
"Naples." she raid, "Is a fine opal set
in sapphires• Its beauty of coloring is
r<, vfvld that whit* l chirms it wraths
and Intoxicates, like Its native wine. L?-
caryml Chrlstl. It |s a city of hellish
mis-, which I would like heller were the
modern Neapolitan eliminated.''
"Y'ou do not like the Neapolitan, then?"
"It 1* not a question of liking or other
wtt-e. but of Impression, and to me the
Nt upoitiwn eem* to assume all ihe worst
traits of the ltnllan nation. He is the
plebeian pur excellence of a race once
groat and retire I His manners leave
much to be desired "
i you visit Mount Vesuvius?" •
"Yee. 1 have had Ihe sensation of vol
untarily climbing up :o the internal rc
giens."
"Mow did vou like Home. Miss Walsh? '
"One, I think, is not railed upon to fall
1n love with every city otic visits I wt
awe-struck, naturally, with nil that sll.l
*' mds at a landmark of her ancient
grandeur. Nevertheless, mo<l< rn Horn
affects me dwagreeahly as ihe cradle of
Ignorenci and superstition.*'
"1 was In It me only twelve days, spend
ing most of my tlm> at the Conatanxl
Theater studying the Italian actor, Kr
m-te Karronl. In a paradoxical repertory
which cover'd th* gamut from comedy to
tragedy. From ltome I went to Florence
While I lonslder the Neapo'ltan as thr
chaff of the liu'.i.in peninsula, Ihe Floren
tine se- m- to tin to lie its patrician. The
city of Florence Is a delightful gem. pus
s salng unique charm As to the Floren
tines, -\v y atone for the general 111-breed
ing I had noted In Ihe Ncaimlltan and
tho Homan. You must remember that 1
was only five wick* In Italy and that
opinion 1 • > xprtii ii * hai'hnir )
on. though I believ. that the Intuitive
lmr thou* not founded upon act
ual knowlfdirt and experience—arc in the
lony tun th*- moot rorrn*i
"From Floranc I visited Vanlce I
tUnhrii to • tin 1 old city of th# I'kgce#
ht for#* thr modern utohl with hi# naph
tha launch** and at* .tmheata altogether
wipes out tho native gondolier, before the
time h*r. the lagoon* shall no
longer resound with thr anclrnt melodies
of thl* weird water city Around VV nice,
so appropriately called the Bride of the
B*, th*lr still I net* thr sadness of
frustratel h p*-# and ambition*. Venler no
m- with her own melancholy
that I wan glad to hurry to Faria, where
humanity in given to th* exhibition of
extremes, f olishr##* ar.d enlightenment.
"Fir!*—copiteure. Interesting. distract
ing, while thr flippant m *d I* Ui>p*rmotM;
how chr pa lie when th** qtilelrr. *n* r
mood In dominant. At hr b#M l # on Id
llkrn I’arl to a lovely * ourteaxn and it
ht-r worn to an uifly vingo. The latt* r
,'i pfu tn.%) tr ikr |ta*lf fr.t especially ?-
t*r the fXfioriilon.
*‘l saw all the pliyw worth seeing;
I.'Alglon, Cyrano le Madam*
Bans Gen# and the great company of
player* at the Anio n** Theater.
‘ The Exposition? It i- a snare and a
delusion! The od woman making a hM
superhuman attempt to catch lover,
decked in finest linen and mo*t fiiudy
a.lk. |wv*d*r*t aid roaued to hide tha
wrinkle# and the prim of time All f k*.
clap-trap m l faiae. The Kxpodiion to
my mlnl hn . nerved hut one purpose—to
divert the French and other n itlomi from
Ihe Internal ailment* rnawlng at her na
tional h* art. In oth*r word# It 1* an at
tempt lo kI >** over, ;♦* in 1570. the crav
ing for a I'hange in the form of govern
ment. But France, like u mummer, lueta
for universal attention. f*he must ever
.and her motto I*: ‘Think what you
all! of me. !*e it **o<J or bad. but ignore
me you rhall not.* M
The prtxhictlon of "Janice Meredith.** a
dr.imatlxailon of Paul I*eli*eeter Ford *
pretty novel of thnt. name. i #*rf!n to
arouee much Interest and It will doubtl**
be one of the events of ;he *<-a*on.
Preparation# for the prnfluctlon M the
Si ir Theater in Buffalo, Oct. 1, are going
forward rap Wily. Mary Mannering and her
*upjw>rtlng company re rehearsing daily
• t th* Madison Square Theater In New
York under the direction of H A Hoh-
rt* The dramatic version of Paul Lei
cester Ford*a etory will l>e told In four
act#. The opening ecene will he the farm
of ‘Hquire Meredith. "Oreenwood.” in New
Jereey. Here the leading characters are
In ‘reduced—Janice, t'hurle* Fowne*. the
hondman: ‘Bqulre Meredith, the atan h
Tory, and hla Clvin!ilc wife; Tahltha
l>rlnker. ‘Squire Ifennlon. Meredith*# alv.
scheming neighbor, who ae-ka to eecure
Janice for hi* son, Philemon, a country
bumpkin who afterward devHop# Into a
fighting major In the HrltUh army; Lord
Plow* n. the Itrltiah apy; Lieut. Mobrtiy.
an horrorahle soldier In the Klng'a army,
and Joe Bagley. the trimming, tlme-acrv
tug captain of the village mllMta. The
finale of the flr*t act la the arreat of
Fharlea Fownea and hla eacape to Gen.
Washington"# line#, aided by Janice, with
the gunpowder purchased for BagUy a
company.
The Neuond act ahowt> the homely life
of the revolutionary time in a scene
w hich represent# the living room nt Green
wood. Here Fownea. now know'n :i# Col.
John of Gen. Woahlngton'a staff,
la met again. h.rd preaaed by Lieut.
Mobniy’a |atrol. J.inlce alda Idm to es
cpe the British.
The third act la laid In the hradqunr
:*ra of the drunken lleaatnn commander.
Fol. Huhl. ot Trenton. J.inlce la under
arrest for aiding Col. Brereton to escape.
Brereton t omes there dl*gui*ed aa a He*-
alun soklier to secure plan* and Inetnjc-
Bona which Washington dedre#. AUled
by Janice, he secures the paper#, but I#
detect#*! .n<| condemned •* a spy. He 1*
saved by the <’iMitln*‘nl<ils, who unex
pectedly cross the Delaware, despite the
h e and surprise the hireling lleaaluns.
Pbe locale of the fourth act 1s York
town. the .lav of Fom wn Ills' aurremler.
The latter scene will b* unusually elab
orate in me hunlcal and lighting effect*
The dramatic version of "Janice Mere
dith" will ■*e por;l u!.irly strong in it
love interest. The mutual attachment
between Janice aid Fownea will be mad •
manifest at the opening of the play, on I
will no: be held In abeyance a# to th
book The development of a coherent
dramatic story tma rendered necessary
Nome departures from the book tide The
ptav will not. however, lose In any whv
the fi-cln itlng interest of the original
All the characters In the book In which
the reader !>ccame Interested will t* trans
bited to the stage In the dramatic version
Rrh*ar**l Cf ’Thr Choir Invisible."
which will hr fro<lun <1 at th# Park Th*--
at#r. Boston, on Oct. 1 w#r# begun last
Mon-lay. Th# principals ln. lu>lc |f#nry
J#w#ft. William J. L#Movn# G#ora#
Woodward. T J M#Oran#. William H*
*#ltln#. Walt ffit#hcork. Gsrtrud# Ren
net?. Mah*l Dlx#y Ad.i Drava# Sarah
flummp-r am! Judith Hathaway. Th# Chi
raco lnt#r-o###n Inquire# if thin iat
named actrrss is In reality Mrs. H#nrv
J w#tT (FranoN Hastings), who original* I
th# polo of Mis Falconer, but mi< h ts
not th# case. Mis J*-w#tt dramatised
"Th# Choir InvislM#’* from James Lan#
Allen’a atory. and con#l.l rs that sufficient
labor and honor
ll* nry K Dix#y. who t n gan r h#ar*ai*
Of th** title rob* in "Th# Adventure* of
Ft ancols’’ op Monday, ftcla #sp#<daily
happy In having for his stage director.
Herbert Gresham, who w.-i# a*s<H*lat#d
with him in tb# oil "Adonis’* day#, and
wa# assistant #tuge-manager with Augus
tin Drily shm Mr Dlxey was m#mb#r
of Daly’s company Dlxey piay<d Mai vo
lt'* and Orrvham Sir Andrew Aue#he#k
In ow of th# best production# of "Twelfth
Night" ever given nt Daly’# Theater In
this connection an amuhg story 1# told
of the production Hhrid n‘s "Th# Crß
l<\" In which Dlxey played Puff During
rehearsal* Dlxey was locking rather glum
ami disgruntled, w hen Mr.* Daly r* mark
ed to him:
"What’s th# matter, you don’t serai to
Ilk# th# wnv thing# are going "
"Id n*t." responded Dlxey frankly, "I
think Gresham could direct th# piece
much Utter than vou can’
"Wt 11. let him. tfun." sail Daly, who
promptly retired from th# stag. Dlx v
and <r -ham th#r#ii|Min got th#lr heads
tug* ther and Introduced a veiled .-k.it
upon "Trilby," thn unprodtn*e<l as a
play, with Miss llehan In th* clt I rle
and Dlx* y a# Hvrncnll. This skit was th#
hit of lh*‘ pbc . and call# I from Mr.
Daly a ep**cll letter of commendation.
The gl imour of romance which ho* al
ways nurrounJn) J:im- O'Nelli's perform
ance of "Monte C'rlsto” In innmiiinl this
season by the Hiltndkl scenic setting
which IJebler A Cos. have provided for
this ever-popular play. In spite of the
fact that Mr. O'Neill, ha* played the pari
over 3.001 time*, the theatrical lUcrrM of
"Monto Crlalo,” at Indb ned by continued
acceptance h far surpassed that of nil
lit contemporary play*. The* sucres* ha a
doubt loan been due to the ever lent actinic
of Mr. O'Neill, since no other uctor haa
been able to seore more than a temporary
auccera in the role of Kdmond Ibintee. Al
though the star bt* on numerou* occa-
MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IH, 1900.
slorts endeavored to doff permanently the
tailor garb, priestly robes and court coe
lume* of the picturesque and romantic
hero, the support that the public always
gave "Mono CrUto" left no room for
doubt that It would patronise him to the
full extent of crowded houses Ther* fore
his managers decided to him to
m f w cities in an edition de luxe of his
old favorite. The immensity of the produ -
tlon has made It advisable to propoor the pro
duction for on# ntght. In order that the
stage hand* of the Boston Theater may
become ac uslnmed to handling th- he ivy
e< • nery, therefore the opening of "Monte
Frialo" will be chi Sept. 1!. coming to the
Acwdcmy of Music, N Y., on Oct. 22.
The Dr.im rlc News has this to say of
Bcw:n Olrard: If ever there was a ca>*
of virtue being re era riled, it Is shown In
the cas* of Bet firm Girard This elever
woman h*is put l>chin*l her all the
which hurt her. and Is now * irnlng •*
splendid living in vaudeville. Bhe was In
Hb hmond last week, and Is singing In
W ashington this week at n big salary.
GRAY AM) Bis! F VFTF.RA**.
% tiruup of Theft* In "The t owfeder
ntr \ eteran.**
Fine Crest Viilo. Maitland, Fla .
K At the time I should have been pre
paring my letter for last Aindiy'i Morn
ing News I wus engaged In s moat des
perate battle for my life, and thit. too.
among strangers, with not a familiar
fa*.e to ennle Ujion ni-. It w.is a sudden,
sharp conflict wfh disease, and yet.
tnrough • kind Providence. 1 won tha
victory, although It may be my last. In
the past my wonderful will-power has
carried me safely through many such con
flu-is. but 1 fel row :;iat 1 can har*l*>
exp* t to tand any nwre su a struf:* J
for Ilf* tkd has fovored me above my
m*rit. in long life and active service,
while hundreds of my frtersk* and •n’*o-
in Georgia, who shouk! have out
llved me main years, are in their graves.
The Conf* derate Veteran of Nashvllie.
for July contains a group picture of the
*l-akeri‘ tai'le t the Atlanta Blue and
Gray Reunion. My picture is that of a
little old man with full grey beard, and is
taken for Gen. Joe* Wneeler. Next to m**
1 1 u tall, stalwart Confederate veteran.
<V>I. Martin Van Buren Moore Aif Au
burn. Ala., the husband of "Betsey
Hamilton," and. himself a grftwl writer
He should have outlived m- many years,
and yet on Monday morning, rfep?. 2. in
the depot at Loatevllle. Ky.. I read of his
death. He was nos. however, as stated, a
graduate of West lYHnt Mhitnry Academy,
nor ever a cad*t there, at*d yet he was i
brave nnd faithful Confederate soldier.
A press teiegram said Gen. Joe Wheeler
would leave Chicago for Monte Hano,
Ala. "hts native home.** Such ignorance
is Miss when* '# folly to be wise. (*-n.
Wheeler's native home Is Augusta, Q:.,
an*t hi# faintly residence nt Wheeler, Ala.,
a rural railway station, but his law of
rtf’** has keen at Cortland, a nearby town.
He entered West Point Academy from
New York, because both his father end
mother opposed his rhosing a military ca
reer. But he was horn to I#* a soldier and
so wens to New York to relative# who fa
vored his ambition and got him appointed
to the academy.
Gov. Candler Is rather hasty and brush
in bl? attack upon Eggleston's Hlbtory of
the Cnlted State* Rev. I)r. Edward
Eggleston Is. 1 think, a Virginian, and his
brother George served os a gallant cav
alryman In the Confederate army, and
after the surrender published a very in
teresting book on his war expeHences. It
would seem that the G. A. R. Influence
which Gov. (Yi tidier condemn# would
hardly reach this Virginia family In suffi
cient force to warp Rev. Dr. Eggleston’*
mind Into doing mnrked Injustice to his
native state nnd her Illustrious Confeder
ate dead.
Gov. Candler’s as sort loti that the Gran I
Army of the Republic Is merely ’*• sale
show to the Republican party," Is the
merest nonsense. The only two conspicu
ous generals on tho stage .luring the ses
sions of the Grand Army Encampment at
Chicago, were Gen. John C. Bla* k. *f
that city, and Gen. Daniel E. Sickles.
C. H A., tretlr**!). of New York, both
life-long nnd honored Democrat*. No
member of the Gram! Army of the Repub.
li.- Is ever allowed to wear his badge at
.* political meeting or appear there as a
Grand Army man. No Grand Army of
the Republic officer is ever allowed to use
bis official paper for political purposes
of any kind; and Grand Army of the Re
public official# • emnot, as such, recom
mend any one for a iiolltir.il office. No
political question. an*l no candidate can
is- discussed In a Grand Army meeting
Thnt the majority of toe members ar<*
Republicans I- not the fault of the Order,
and no Democrat is debarred from mem
bership nor 1# he made uncomfortable In
soy way because he Is In the minority.
Here In Florida the highest honor* of the
Gram! Army of the Republic have beeti
bestowed upon Hfedong and active Dem
ocrat*. If the Grand Army of the Repub
lic was merely "a side-show to the Re
publican party.** these men would leave
It In a moment. Rut they know better
Itelng on the inside, and hence pay no at
tention to the slanders of Ignorant oui
slders.
The ann.virrrnvrt lh.it Gen. Otis will
not take command of the Impertinent of
the lake* at Chicago until Oct. 1. carrier
with It no explanation of the reason for
this delay, w I will explain It M.J Gen
F. well 8. Otlf, U. it A., I* a member of
the famous lafayctte Post. No. it. G A.
It . of New York, the richest and swcll
rat poet In the country. On Sept. 2# they
propose to give Gen. Otis • grand ban
quet, something unsurpassed In the hi*
tory of the poft On Wednesday night,
Aug 29. my wife ami 1 accompanied Com
mander A. C. flake well and Adjt. WUtair
F Itruwii of Lafayette Post to the roornu
of Gen. Joe Wheeler. I*. H A., and daugh
ter?*. at th* Auditorium Hotel In Chl ago.
the object of the visit being to present
Gen. \Vhe hr a formal ami very ibnliil
invitation to le the second guest of honor
nt the proposed banquet. The old Gen
eral could not resist the Invitation, and
anile Gen. Otis will l*e the real guest of
honor, little old righting Joe Wheeler al l
be the lion of the occasion. Lafayette
Post not only admires the hero Wheeler,
but they Jove the man -so modrst. so gen
tle. and yet us brave us a lion Ills re
ception at the banquet will be one of the
g rente*! events of his life. The people
of <*lil ago were greatly endeared to Ocn.
W ler, and now he is over in Alabama
an ng his old constituents, who are pay
ing him nil the honors n “Conquering
Hero'* could ex|'**ct on his return from a
great and faithful service In the field.
Judge Leo It issleur of Bt. IxhjU. the
new commander-in • hlef of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Is a peculiar look
ing man small of stature, with a foreign
countenance ami a cold, staring gaxe. lie
Is Just the opjioidtp of Gen. Hhuw, or any
previous comma nder-ln-cblef, and is a
man of very pronounced views. Coder his
administration many radical changes wdl
lie made, ihe removal of headquarters
from Philadelphia, and the disposing
with the valuabb services of Adjf. Gen.
Stewart Wing among them. He will
largely Westcrn.se the organization and
Impress his own Mi n very strongly*upon
It** operation* the present year. One sig
nificant event took place at Chicago.
There Is n sharp rivalry between the Wo
rn in's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the
G A. It., and after his election Judge Ras
slcur visited the headquarters of the lat
ter organization and accepted an honor
ary membership In It. His future action
in regard :*> three rival organizations will
be watched with peculiar Interest, as the
Woman’s Relief Corps has always been
very near to the 15 A. R in the past.
Judge Raasleur Is also suid to have his
own views on the subject of mbltnry In
struction nnd patriotic teaching In the
public schools, and be will probably In
augurate some radical chong*** In this de
triment. so ably conducted the past two
years by Col Allen C. Rakeweli of La
fayette Post, New York.
Sidney Herbert.
t AIKiNT IY THE FLOOD.
A 1 units l.ad>*a Descrlpllo* off Ike
l.alveatoa Storm.
A ffavannah! in who had r lativea In
Galveston during the storm, received a
letter yesterday from his niece giving a
graphic description of their experience.
The I#tier was written land Sunday morn
ing aft#r the wind and water had sub
sl'i-d, and Is as follows
Galveston, Tea., Hept. *. IfOO —Dear—:
I know you are worrying yourself to
iSmih about us. and 1 hasten i* write you,
although everything ls In terrible confu
rOoiv, and 1 do n*t know when you will get
this, there Is no telling when the trains
will run.
The wind was blowing at nearly thirty
mil* n ali day. and at 11 o'clock It started
to rain A the wind was blowing from
the north* -u.; it was not long befufe the
Gulf and bay mot—this wa> about 4 o’clock
In the afternoon Our house is a very
higii.> elevated cottage and the Imsement
I* v* r> well finished, so we that for
bedrooms and kept out trunks there.
When tie water began to rise, m.imma
got a colored woman, who had a room in
th# yard, to help her move some of the
trunks to the main floor, and by the time
the) had finished moving half of them
1 1 • water was marly six feet deep in the
basement. The* wind wa so strong the
window* began to break. One window al
ter another went, until we were confined
to one room, that soon started to leak,
and we bad to try the sitting room. We
stayed there about one hour, and then
ihe water rose to ihe front gallery, that
In about fifteen feel from the ground, then
w* ad piled Into the garret, and were
lo king every moment for the house to
In b.own over, but, thank God, It stood Its
own.
I have often read of floods, but I had
never Imagined they were so bad If it
hud not been for the negro who heipe-d us
move the trunks I do not think we would
have been left to tell the story. The wind
blew the dining room door of Its hinges
and tried to do Ihe same with
the hall floors, but the negro nailed one
of the doors and stood by the other to
k***p M shut the greater pait of the night.
Imagine how we were situated, without a
dry match on the place. In total darkness
About 11 o clock the wind changed and
the water began to subside. We remained
up until it was most daylight, when we
made a bed on the floor and tried to
sleep, but were so thankful that our lives
wero spured we could not do much sleep
ing
This morning the sight which presented
itself to our eyes was one never to bt
forgotten. The fence was gone, the house
In *he yard had collapsed and the front
step* were washed away. All the trees
on the sld walk w*re blown to the ground,
and house* wore floating about the street
in every direction. A three-story build
ing hack of us was blown all to pieces
und the sight the streets present Is some
thing *lr* wilful. Feople who lived near the
leach and some who did not were roam
ing nhout half clothed—all they possessed
having bean washed away, and many are
the live* that are lost. Every little while
we see the patrol pass with dead bolte*.
One very* dear friend of ours who lived
about five block* from us was drowned
with her mother undone brother. Bhe
wv* such a sweet girl nnd the only ore In
a family of eleven boys.
We have so much to be thankful for. I
do not think we can ever be grateful
enough, for we did not lose anything, only
all our belongings were soaking wet and
the furniture ruined. I know p;pa Is
worried to death; he Is in El Faso now.
and we do not even know his address, as
h* ha* only been tehre a day and has not
had time to write u# since hi# arrival.
You must excuse pencil and paper as
It I* all I have—the other Is soaking wet
I can't help but think that yesterday this
time how dreadfully frightened we all
were, und I will remember the gfh of
September, IWD, as long as I live. With
love Lola M.
ODD FELLOW* AT RICHMOND.
Sovereign Grand Lodge \% 111 Hold Its
Annual Meeting.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows will hold lta annual meeting In
Richmond this week, beginning to-morrow
nnd listing through Saturday. This lodge
Is convposed of representatives from each
of the Grand Lodge* and Grand Encamp
ment* in the Cnlted Slates and Canada
These representatives, together with the
Past Gram! Hires ami the present officers
of the lodge, will number almost two hun
dred. Each grand lodge and grind en
campment is allowed lwo representatives.
Those from this state are Mr. C\ fl. Dorset t
of this dty. who. together with Judge J
G. I Rond worth of Atlanta represents th*
Grand Encampment, and Judge Robert
T. Daniel of Griffin ami Mr. G. L Oood
wln of Atlanta, who will represent the
Grand I/xlge.
The principal business of the meeting
will le the election of officers for the
next year. This will take place on Tues
day. Alfred 8 Pinkerton of Worcester.
Mass.. Is the present gtand sire, but It is
practically assured that to this position
for the next year will be elected Gen A
C. Cable of Covington. Ky.. who is the
present deputy grand sir** There Is a
strong hope that Mr. Goodwin of Atlinta
will he selected to succeed Ihe |ost of
deputy grand sire The hope Is well
founded. a> Mr. Goodwin, at present In
the position of chairman of ihe Commit
tee of Appeals, holds one of the mo-t re
spon slide portions In the order, ami his
election to sue eed Gen Cable would be
but . Just recognition of the conspicuous
ability with which he has performed the
duties of his office.
The Committee of Appeals is one of
the most Important bodies In the order.
It takes cognisance of and reports to the
Hovereien Grand l*odge on all appeals
that are mode to that body, with recom
mendations for their being granted or not.
Its recommendations are usually final re
garding the ultimate fat** of the appeal,
** it is but rarely Indeed that the sover
eign lodge acts adversely to a recommend
ation.
*4 11001. BfHtkl D CAROLINA.
Plan by %% ll It Only Southern Honks
%re to He t srd.
Columbia, H. C., Bept. 15 —The agita
tion for “Southern book* for Southern"
, hl'idren has bad an effect on the State
Hoard* of Education, and In adopting
hook* to t*e used In the public school*
till July I. I**. It has made n clsnn sweep.
A Richmond. Va., flrm-lt. 11. Johnson
4 Cos —gets the contract for furnishing
all the readers nnd histories. All of
these books are by Southern men. ami
the special hi*tory provided for Is Indorsed
by the Confederate Yet* ran-, who hav*
taken n lively Interest in this matter.
No other hooks than t!o*e select'd can
)v* us*d In the schools of this state. Very
binding contract* ore mode with the pub
lishers as to price, etc. They are furnish
td at a certain price to county d*|o*l
torles and resold to pupils, th* price in
each case being printed on th** hook
During the lirst year the publishers must
take up all old text books and replace
them nt • fixed charge.
Few I Dam in Recorder's ( onrt.
In the Recorder’s Court yesterday there
were heard only six cases, none of which
was of more than passing In tercet. The
two boys arrested the day before by De
tective Hunk were not tried, * one of
the chief witnesses against them was not
in the city. He will be here R Is thougut
on Monday, when, probably, a builiy
will be given the prisoner
CHINA THE WORLDS PERIL
TUB VIEWS OF MID. Lr WHEAT Or
KHARUHAI.
Twenty Year, of Flanahtee Would
l.eate € lllneae Euonat* to Meaoee
rtvlllMtloa—'The Wnaderful Re
cuperative Hare, Wht.-h, Haa,ed
hr I'lagur and Fnmlna, Mill In
rrmtei—Nat Only ike Title, of
Chiu, awaem. Hal Even the Farm-
In, I'ravlnee, Aee Oernpied Al
most to the l.at Foot of Moll.
Farm, Twelve Fee, ftqaare *■ Mer
hnoH—H,,r, of a Ray Who Walk
ed Thirty Mile, to Carry Coal—'The
Old Order (han,l,, la China.
To an Amnrtcan, on adequate compre
hension of tho Irrmendtue populouir.ea,
of China It almost Impossible This coun
try has nothin, to approach It. The (leni
ent alum, of the great American cities
with their tremlnc tenemoits give but a
faint Idea of China’s swarmtn, communi
ties Tho very farming district* nr* a*
over-crowded as our great American
cltlea. It ta this vast and ever Increasing
population which constitutes th* main
danger to tha civilised nations, of a war
which should Involve th* who:* Chinese
people. The mete force of number, of
thoea millions, uncounted and unreckon
able with any decree of accuracy, would
wear down a vast army An admiral ot
the American navy, who has traveled in
China, put the cos* tersely a few week*
aco when he said, that all the armies of
the world m!(ht be kept busy for twenty
year* klltlne Chinamen and there would
still be enough left to be a serious men
ace to mankind, should the survivors
unite In war.
fttatlsttca In China are th* merest guess
work. but It Is highly prohahle that sil
given estimate* fall short of, rather than
exceed, tha conditions. Mr. Archibald Lit
tle, the trav.br, save. In a recent lecture
In Shanghai, an Idea of th* conditions tn
the province of Ssechuan at the present
time ttsechusn Is n Inland province,
about U> b> 400 miles tn extent, made up
of mountain ranges, a most unfavorable
locality for farming. n*verihe l ess. the
populace supports Itself mainly by th*
lalslng of tiny crop* on minute plots of
Und. Mr. IJtti* said that in traveling
through It In any direction It was Im
possible for days at a time, to And a vs
•am spot large enough to pitch a small
tent upon. FYequ*ntl>. he said, th* Chi
nese former would climb a flight of three
thousand atone steps to a piece of land
no more than ten or twelve feet square—
and this economy of space went on to the
very topmost point of all the mountain*
While Mr I.title was traveling through
flzechuan a boy of nine or ten years fell
In on* dav with hts traveling istrty and
plodded sturdily along all day. keeping
up bravely with the retinue, taking dust,
heat, and htll climbing as patiently as the
grown men He was naked, save for a
loin cloth, and without food or money
At night Mr. I.!ttle. who speaks th* lan
guage, asked him where he was going, to
which he replied, "To Bu Low, to carry
•ORl.”
"But," sold Mr. Little, “you cannot car
ry coal, you are too young "
“Oh," said the little man. “I can carry
fifteen baakei* In a day for which 1 will
be paid seventeen cash (about lVfc cents)."
"Have you eaten to-day?" Inquired Mr.
Little.
“No," said the brave llftla fellow, “but
I’m not hungry.**
As there was still about thirty miles of
hard hill rood to be gotten over before
reaching Hu Low one can conceive some
thing of the mornl courage of that child.
Amidst unutterable poverty, disorder
and confusion of confusion*, desplta over
population. pestilence ami famine, the
ChlttAtnan Increase* and multiplies unin
terruptedly. Thts is In part due to the
universal desire for children, progeny who
shall hand down the name and family
blood through long generations. All the
miseries of existence have no terrors for
the Chinaman so long a* he Is raising
children to worship at the ancestral
tombs. Ills individuality he counts ns
nought If he only may turn to his family
and with pathetic devotion die within the
charmed circle. Ask him low long he has
lived In a certain U % ality nnd he will an
swer Ax) or I.o*o years, meaning that for
that length of time his family has perj>et
uated Itself end left the records of It*
tombs there. If death claim his legiti
mate children he looks to the children of
his concubine or to those of some relative
whom he adopts, to perpetuate the family
name and traditions. Fading this he has
recourse to a method which to Occidental
morality is somewhat startling he hires
for year a friend's wife who has a rep
utation for fecundity, hoping thus to re
pair the fortunes of hi* line and to escape
Heaven's worst curse, that of childless
ness.
From time to time the Chinese have
paid the penalty of their conditions of
life, and nature, "auditing her accounts
with a red pencil," has revenged herself
with decimating plague and famine Rut
the recuperative ability of the race, after
such loss of life, is without parallel. Chi
nese annals, with every evidence of au
lhenflcity,state that after the Block Plague
of the Fourteenth Century hod swept away
Its millions, the hirth rate showed on In
crease that was almost Incredible. The
birth of triplet* throughout China was of
common occurrence, nnd tnfatw mortality
decreased to a very small percentage
Love for his children Is the dominant
emotion In the Chinaman'* heart Patient
under abuse, ridicule and 111 treatment of
himself, he will endure no harm to hi*
children Lay a hand upon them and you
s*e him descending wild-eyed. In multi
tudes from his mud hovels, every man
with a heart full of sorrow and savagery,
bent on your destruction. It Is by appeal
•o this feeling that the secret society men
of China are now arousing widespread
sentiment against all foreigner*. Under
their teachings, millions of the coolie das*
sre coming to believe that all foreigners
are kidnapers and that the eyes of Chi
nese children are used for making medi
cine. There |* a story’ being scattered
broadcast at this moment to the effree
that the railroads lay the foundation of
their bridge* in children’s bone* That be
lief Is nt the root of much of the antag
onism to the building of railroads. All
over the country the Ch'nese are guarding
their wells lest the foreigners put poison
In them. Less than f<oo years ago our
ancestors held precisely the same super
stitions as do the Chinese to-day. During
the fourteenth century they persecuted
an*! burned alive thousands of Jews for
the supposed poisoning of wells, and dur
ing the great mortality caused by the bu
bonic plague In fourteen hundred and for
ty-eight <!44M4* the Jews were consid
ered as having brought the fearful mor
tality upon the Christians and In My
ence alone 12.4vm Jews were burned alive
bv the Infuriated people It was reported
nil over Europe shat the Jews received
poison from remote places w hich they pre
pared with spitlers, owls and snakes, j n
order to destroy the children of the Chris
tl ma
in superstitions and prejudice* the Chi
naman is to-day where the European was
five centuries hack. Owing to the severi
ty of the purely animal struggle f,-*r ex
istence. hl Instinct of Isolation, and hU
In-penetrable egotism, the Oriental has
stood still, while the rest of the world
ha* advanced.
Under favorable conditions he should
have less ahead of us. and this mtmt
be taken Into account In reckoning with
him as a foe. for the s**.ls of a higher
order of civilisation are latent In China.
They have blossomed once and may ag tin
blossom. The Chinaman s physical char
acteristic*. too. are such a* to make him
formidable. From the physical point of
▼law he seem* the fittest of all race* to
survive adverse coodiiLna. Well built,
to your financial wcl- F |BM Wpl
0 fare if you neglect to V^H
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possessed of marvelous endurance, with
an unequalled power f ratlal perpetua
tion, Inimd to all hardship#, thriving
amidst condition# of Ilf# th:n w<>uhi wijie
out most races, he is of th# material of
thne# who conquer by th# very power of
re>l#tanoe That h* will ever amalga
mate with other peoples I# highly im
probable. Admitting that w# all spring
from an anthropoid race, th#re still must
have be*n some characteristic |>#ctillar to
th# stock from whh h th# nvm with th#
almond eye cam#. The* |>#ridM#nc) with
which h# turns his f.. to in# East and
Invokes the spirit of hi# ancestors. Ills
unwillingness to associate with other m#n.
hi# non-comtnunlcativeiH -s. hi# highly re
ligious and superstitiou nature, r.*
wavering shadow# of aome far
off origin. too long hidden
away from us to And out.
Not a little has been hasdly said alot
th# fighting qualities of the Chinaman,
hut n> have y. t to brn what he will
do under suitable Incentive. During th*
Japan-China war. w# must remember, h#
was a#k*d to tight for a cause of which
h# knew nothin*. With small newspa
per facilities and n-> common tongue, (it
should D born* In mind that #a* h of
th# c ghticn hundred provinces uses a
langu.ig pecul ar to ItM lf. and also that
m#n from the different provinces not only
cannot converse w ith a* h other, but us
ually. owing to their • lanlahnes#, hat#
each other) pooriy paid and po rly fed, h#
was hustled to the fi -nt and asked to
tight for a caus- of Which he had never
h#aid kb n who h„ht w* II nr# usually
men who believe In their cause It mat
ter# n*t whether that cans b# true nr
not. the fart Fiat he I ib-vrs It deter
mine# th# man’s whole conduct in con
nection with It. Events tn tr Fekln r#-
c- ntly have d*monstrat*d that th# secret
society nu n of China kn*w how to bring
every man. woman and child to arm#
wh n they dr Mr# to do *. Being famili.tr
whh the superstitions of the people, they
nin<al -HiO' tly to them with the reault
that thty can epread ahrond auch Infu
riating rumor a a a may yt prove a llre
br.tt and to the vaat empire.
Tip re l yet M'lendltl me'al In China
but hope has g tie out of the Chinaman'*
heart. Toe spirit of dlsonpnt la dead
within lilm l.lke a dumb animal, hopny
If he m iy eat or If he may not eat. with
tto prraaeaalona but his children, he moves
oil to meet hla coming doom. There are
Intellectual nnl abb Chinamen, the flow
er of thla nr .it stalk, but they are few.
and the atalk Is withered at the root. AH
classes ar suffering from the agony that
precedes th- blrih <f anew era The
time hna come when China has reached
the limit of what she can do under the old
conditions The Chin* ae empire Ison the
verge of dissolution, hut there still re
mains. for the armies of civilisation to
reckon with the Chinese people, sullen,
ravage, and superstitious, with fearful
p PSlbilltbs of danger lti their steadily
Increasing millions.
Mrs. i.ii Wheat, Shanghai. China.
—A complete set of Mafeking siege
postage stamp* was sold at a I cm. Kin auc
tion recently for $l. ami two seta of
Marking paper money brought sll# each.
% Negro Einriit*! I* It llealreshlef
Writing fr- m North Carolina, a corre
spondent of a daily newspaper gives a
lurid account of a movement of m* r*
than “sixty thousand negroes, who are
Laving the state, seeking anew horn*,
the reason given being that the with
drawal of the voting privilege is a hostil*
act! If the nrgro in any considerable num
ber m*kr a voluntary movement, of thi*
natur , few thoughtful persons will see :n
it a danger or a menace of danger! flu* h
action intelligently carried out would !*•
benefit l.il to both race*. One element ef
danger suggested by the correspondent Is
I "That if the negro laborer departs tht
Caucasian will have to go to work!" On*
i find.- It difficult to realize that thi** ran
In any event become • danger To many
it will appear to U- the r verse It chan* •
* I °uce to a trarnp that all aid was rt
fi sd He said. If you do not kelp ni* *
shall resort to something desperate, whi h
I have never tried, “I shall have to work!
L-t u* endeavor to be fair to both side*,
yet w . need n- t be over-tlmld. The negro
should be equipped and fitted for a move
ment which shall fit him for the ml*** oo
which h* must fulfill. I’nder his present
environment he Is by Interested contrx -
torn called “tha L st laborer In the world
If this In* even approximately true, then
he I-* capable of working out hi* own sal
vation. of reaping the full benefit <>f h*
own Industry Freed from all th-‘ Influen
of "race ptcjudl •*," nnd competition. In
a land of his own choosing, here and
alone may b* found an answer to the
que-tlon. “What Is Lst for th IW,)
race*?** Hitherto, we have underrated
ability of the negro In many field* of in
dustry and of b arnlng. Ho Is rapid! out
growing the limitation* we have pls
upon him. and sh aking for him as wr^,| ‘
a* for my own race, 1 am confident that
the door shou and be opened wide, and th*t
he should be aided In the effort to found
nation and to establish a home.
The more skilful and Intelligent he be*
comes, the better fitted he will be te *D
this work nnd conversely the greater ▼ *
be the nerd f r It. For as ho presses Into
the field, competing with the Cauc*suu
In the work *h p there will be Incr* *
friction and ho will ex(>*nd his efforts in
a vain conflict against superior force, lu
st- ad of proceeding along the line of I-*‘ l
re.-l*ianc* in anew field The old regime
Is passing away. Ho long as the old "si*'*
owner remains'* the negra has a fri n
and protector, hut “anew k rig ha- 4 a* 4, n
who knows not Joseph.** and th • ni **•*'
tory m*v*mrnt must begin. It *h o' l f ’
the result of wise, concert of action ®
thoa- who desire the best condition- f
ail human L ings. Heverol features
call for treatment, but this will serve
the present. Our Northern brethren h*'
already suggested pssible dang r by f*"
son of the coming from the Hoath of 1
negr*e*/* yet I find no kindly hind
tended either from the East. North. r ‘
yet from the Great West, nor any v*)M
bidding the negro welcome as he 1
from the land of his oppressors, ax 1
Dooley terms us
.William Rilty B P