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6 TEXTILE OPERATIVES MEET. nrntmw % MicikwtTioi <*• THI.IH VOR* K. Ilnr lihlrrl % til Mr tn f nlfi the Tex tile Operatives In the >rih and -outb—They Hill llm RtH Bene a. real Legislation— Iwrrlran Keder n t ten of labor In Be Ratted far a t barter—%n One l'rt> ibe anatb Present. Washington I‘* IT-Representative* #f o;Kr.t*atton of textile operative* from half a doaeu or more Near Kr.|.tt 1 etllca to the c im'.a of iaenty-flv., me? here to-day a it* I effected *n 4*lK railott to b* known ■ the American Federation of T-xti ,r f|-e ratlve*. The rltle* represented In ;ud* Kell V.iver, Nen Bedford and Unwell, ami tbe *u:#s of Rhode latand and New |ita> mire Tn-da> • action i the outgrowth of pr- .Unwary meetings having tho fume general otiject in View which have be-o I eid Irom time to time for several year* I art. Tt.e ord*-rs Included within the art - real orgatutai. *n are the tmrle spinners, t >c loom flyer*, the canter* and picker* the treatr* and aiaaher 'enter* ahile other h>ft> lated worker* In cotton fahrl - nair leprcsented In the m-etlng. and It tr W" tl U 1 *>e brought into tli- fedr-- a t ion The following officer* were • miner. President. Jamee Ttwtf of Kail River, vie president. TVitnai F Connolly Ixavell. e~ tetary. A.bert lllhm rt ol paver. N H . tta*unr, Jamee Q Jack* •on of hell River. At. executive rotnmtttea of irr > •!* ye fir. ted TYie ol.Je a# of the federation aa explained hi 01 e of thr offi era all U to unify the textile operative* of th- Nona ai.d Sotitn into a aoitd *l>. to < . .re the eoe-Mim-nt of l.gt-iatl*a. both rational ano loai in oehalf of the em ploy,* and to a*ek lo remove many of the eilag—d (ipptewive condi'ioi.e under whl-h • oar row moor ttvatemutl effort* will b- made by the new leganlsatioo to *• i urw better condition, for toe operative* Sa thr South rroera the officer* mv toe rmpafN work under worse surrounding titan in the North A OMihitwti wa adopted applying foi a hj ter from the Am* rh-wn Federation of Uahor, trie reauK of which If aranted th* i will be to aflHhCe < new organ, aar ton with the Federation of l-Mt-'r Tie* pteeent ir.t tin* waa held at Wash n aton at ihe Inatance of the National Textile Work eta Thta organisation date* back to t*Sl. but 1 **ld to have lo! pres'lg* In thr N.d-th and wrnt strength I? now' has la mainly In (he Hearth aeh melon w.* *r!ected a* t!:■ • letir *ilor. of the Older association for the nwanr. that the Moot hern m-n would better te able t , attend tn* mcalng. .hut no one from tire South VI) on hand wrien to-da' * gathering xriemNe! Wt eT RFDPTHItT THf. T \Ttk tine to Soatb arollaa'a l.oaa of hae Beprearalatlve. Columbia. 8 C.. Dec. 17 —lt I* generally .. epted that Mouth Carolina wrtll lone a representative In Congre-s. This t* eon ndered bad. for In the general mlx-up ami e ramble which will follow. It I* protiahle that thr rratly urrful men on thr de.e gation may br left at home The >hang will not rake place for two lira, and Ir. t’.at tun* it Wilt aary to rearrange the rongrcesl.snal dl trl.C* Thr late Hon. Cowper Patton of tula city had for two year* urged *>ch a measure, and now It will become Impera tive The opporßlon to this proposition i am** ir.m th* coiigr*--men themselves for should Ihe diatrl tr be rearranged, ►ome of the representative* wl.l be thrown into the district* of stronger representa tives Rut now thr state must ire so di vi-.led that there will be six Instead of t.vtn district*. The districts aa they now stand wrr m-i* io salt political emergen-le* and counties with large white population Were put in the same district with weaker tointlM In order to maintain white supre macy By this system of gerrymander ing the district* are grote*que In sh.pe aid decidedly tncomentent for many ea **s * Mr. i'a'lor* i-ontended that as the r.ecerrltv wr* HgtreA t?* should I— made mor** natural In shape and In th people* and clasae* rrohra -ed In each district Tne Reput. t an majority In Cow*res* 0 this s'ate to do what Mr Fattoo couhl not persuade It to do. But the stain In re straint* ment wHI hardly make up for the lose of a man io I oftxrees Thl* state has but seven representatives now Two years from now Congressman hiti m*r will t <an lldate for lbs I nlt-d Bta *w Berate a*C.r,*t Senator Mdl*aurm so he will not have mta-h to say a tout how the iat* should now be redial rioted. But Representatives Johnson. Finley. MtokM and T ibert and others will per baps work hard to keep from being forced to oppose ea h other on ihe stump two years Hence. , , NO RKPIIKII TO T\I.K. Ilr Would Not Tell kr Me Kit Meld by liutlrwila. New Oman*. Dee. 1 Robert H. May. the A merman contractor whose tetturt aboard the steamer Koahall Just before her drtvture from Pori Uarrlos, Guate mala. atoout three week* in earned o tenant lull In thl* country and prompted an Instant dmund by Bee ret ary of Btatt Hay on the Guatemalan government foi Ha unconditional release arrived In thla city to-night on the ateatner Btillwater Mr. May remained In hi* stateroom af ter the vessel landed anil expressed hie Intention of remaining on board alt nlant. When a*ked to *tva an account of hl experlenee* and the rauae of hie arrest, he replied rather emphatically: "Most assuredly and certainly 1 will not." To every' question that m< pul to him tie replied In the aattie emphatic manner ••I do not propose to any n word aliout this case " AttIDKVr TO TIIK PIHITKH. The Torpedo Moat Hail Her hlrrn Itndly Smashed. New York. Dec. 17.—A naval hoard ot Inquiry was to-day apiiointed by Rear Admiral Barker, rommandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, to Investigate an accident to the tort ado boat Porter, which occur ml yesterday afternoon. The Por ter had Just arrived from Newport and bad received order* by tditn.il u> move alongside the cruiser Montgomery lytnn ai the quay wall The torpedo boat was naming along at full speed and despite o reported command to *low down, she . is shed Into the cruiser and badly bent her bow. Several of the plate* of the torpedo boat were also tom. rißTi'it nunk poliok Uryaa will Talk About It Before Jaekaoalaa flab. Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 17.-Col. William J. Hrvan. who will be the shaker al the annual banquet of the Jacksonian Club on Jan. 7. has annoumed lhal he trill, on this oemttlon. talk about the future policy of the Democratic party. Gen. Fltshugh lav and Berm tor J. S. C. Blackburn and Gov, iHckliam of Kentucky wIU attend- Ayers 20th Century , Almanac (Not the ortiiru-y kind I A Widdoenf Tetr book Ailed ■wilk beautiful illustrttions. and • cotDfikte calendir. It u told on all news nasdi (or 5 cents, and its wort it fve times that amount. It is a reliable cbronologr of tke progress of the 191 b century sad a prophecy of wbit mav be expected in the joth. Hr* irf a f** of ft# fttii tan who hf fof tt 1 Secretary Wilson, on Am*'ultvr Sea. C hauncay M Dpeir, on Politics R'iscU Sage. on Finance Thomas Gen. Merritt* ** Land Warfare Adm! llichbom, M Naval Warfare “ A1 ” Smith, * Sport* If jtmr r#wa<Nsi*r rmnM jots with It. cat cat (HU ad and sed it wiiu br*A f®MDt i*n.p ad 4 rat*!** ihu •;•- |t*l A-HfM* J t. A\ hh to.. XuAVfll. Matt M%M. HHIT IN rtllTt%. Mill MmimV (*• Into ■ Fluht Will* (Nr Inn Marahnl. <*Uxton (la . t>er 17 Claiton had a email riot S n<ia> Mfteriwmn which cm • .'oi*i“id#-ral>W excitement for a ehort whi> Th* trouM** wa a by t'harlie l*. laandaor. n mill hand from Perklna* mill who committed xotne acl In vlo!alloo f the town and when Marehal WomMe undertook to arreat him h* #•4 and attack'd the marehal with an open knife In hie hand. The officer u*ed hie ,ub with whkh h- etruck hitn a few Mown on the loan* and Him. hut Rl lM*rt -oo 4*4 flinch, and continued to ad iiinif on th** marshal, who w-ie bitcklnic ft with hla club In one hand and revolver In the other After hue kin# nearly aroee th- el reel In Ihle manner he ftre*l ai Klclmrdwn at dow rnr*d without # fTect whereu|>ofi Seat* Wallace, another mill hand from tvrklne’ mill. wrho a<t oen i*ani#N| Hl- liard>>r fir*-I at the marehnl. rhe hall rutting through hlf* hair At thU •t of tfeke frarae the marehal retreat ed and oN slne-4 reinforremenie The flret ehoi rtrM| a Wallace who .t href, tt i.*- ald trl*d to quiet HlohiWdeon. H*- flrei th*- ehoi Into the ground at Hlchardeon# feri. When •he mareh and retreated. and Wallace walked off up the atreet and waved a handkerchief at the m irahal Ttwy haltefl near the M>ion4< Hall on KaHniud street, ar.d walled for the m -er am! hla |snaee, and were arrested w4*hout further trout*!* Rlchardaon le now in the #own \o> k-up and WiJU e gave bond for hla ap|ißranr*e at Mayors* ('ourt to-mccrow mom In# Rirhartlxon waa drunk Jan 1. 2. and 5 lx the date *ef for the (Haxton Fair and Carnival. We will have a flnM-rUw fair. Mr D. C. Newton haa In operation blr n* w rnethrd of making >tup at hla planing mill In town. He makes over , barrel at a boding It will be on ex i I bit inr jat ’be carnival It heat* the old method out of x #ht and r* du *a the oowt of making avrup over holf. MI NTING PUR % NKUHO MR I TK. % ••nnlted Mia \lrm and Tt'i Tried to Morn Her. ('hattanooga, Tfl . . nr aged * Itlsene *>f Oohutta, <la , a station on the Southern Rallrood near here are Acotiiinxg th* woods In quest of a negro rq it who aaaaulted Ml** Annie Nul. the li-rear-old daughter of John Nhal. a W e;i-to-kli farmer of thit neightrhoo*l at H o'clock to-night. The negro choke*! he \*lethn Into In sen t mi t uri'oee an<i vered the tm* ti-‘ioue girl with Itii'V arc] set fire to tl*em A passerby saw the fire and went to the rescue in time to wve the girl's life Ahe Is now In a critical condition. The ngro will be lynched If caught to night. wii.i. optoms it. Prnlrrtrd Marrlaic of Prlorm "I •hp Ularlmi. Madrid. D#c. 17 -Gen An rr*. tho premier. In full uniform, rood to-day In the Chamber of Deputle* and the Senate .1 royal iummc announcing the projected martiag* of the Irlnce* of the Asturias to I’rlnce fharlo*. aeromt eon of the Count of < 'aacrta. A committee la draw ing up a reply, unantmouely favoring the alliance. but Henor Hagasta. former lib eral premier, le rr|*rte.l to have decided to tote again*! the martiage. Kor rnme month* It ha* been asserted H. nor Hngnata would publicly renure tlie m.irrag. .f the heiress preeumptlve to Ihe throne to a Neapolitan Bourbon. aon of a man who ** clwef of ataff to the pretender In the la*t Civil War, when Don Carlo* wo* roiifronled hy Alftaieo XII*. faher of the preeent King and the Prince#*. Mobley*a ilrangr rtve. I.lbetty City. Oa.. Pec. 17 -llr !.. II Mobley, the chief dl!>o!clier for the rtunl Hyat-m at Woycroa*. Ha.. ha a beautiful w itper home In Booth Florida. nil one of the beet email orange grove* In that port of the country The tree* are **al to be twenty year* old. and Mr It. ot right, Mr. M bley's tenant. *a>* that , a rh tr#e will yield from 1.1 to 3* boxes of mane * Mr Mobley put oul a hundred more tiee> recently. and If thay ehonkl • n,. || will I*- one of Hie moat valuable | | lunge grove* In Booth l lort'lu Ilia Turpentine ftra. Liberty City. Ga.. l>ec 17 —The well known turpentine operator It YY Ham mond formerly of Josselyn. (la. k- now •doing a very egen*lve turpentine lm*l ne** In Florida III* plant *> situated fifteen mile* eolith of Taylorvllle. Fla lie cut twenty crod>* of bo**** kit year and ha* reunited therefrom about *oveti hun dred cask* of spirit* nml ha* aevenleen hundred barrel* of roein on hi* yard nnd I* UII dipping and di*iilllng He ha* fully one hundred hand- at work and new one* coming In dally. Electric Hallway In Trsaa. Dalla*. Teg.. Dec. 17 Work on an elec, trie Railway about thirty mile* In length, connecting trail#* and Fori Worth, will lie begun Wednn*day. The contmet ha* been lei lo a corporation organtaed in thl* city last Friday and composed of local and foreign cai'ltall#!#. The road will b. operated by Fred Howard Porter of New York, ami a*oclale*. Wanli In Hold lew F.ealandre*. Wellington. N. Z . JAc. 17.—Lord Kldi nin ha* requested that the New Xaa land contingent may remain In Boutb A* idea uni II lho war I* over, and the go*. crimp, i.. of New jSenlaoU baa cuusrtited, THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1000. tmk wirr or uni iv. The Pawresf Prtareas lw l*nro*e-Tlr Kiaa a Nrlaarlioh Child. f‘ars 1 *etter In New York Fuat There is a tinge of romance In the m*r rwge of Mare Leaaaiywkw with Uui* XV Rhe was pe'hagw the |K>orett prile ee tn (Straps, and he was the King ot Fratue. the see * eeeor of the gram! Roi* Henry tiauihler-Vlllars ha*, like some other>. treated th*a subject, and far been me fortunate as to gej aooeaa to unedited documents—a mo r*g others to the corre *,.n*lrr<e of th' father of th*' Pnm-ee* •Atamsiae l*a*r* l\ e*kl lie a- used th** AnriAit- ite Merun a ollertton *f pat r cvneemtng the ceremonies of the mar riage, ard a uolleetkMi of do**umants con • ru.. t ren*A * *f • e!* a • •! The Hagert of Franc#- th#* Duke and Or* l**Ate. wuiitd first to marry Lotii* XV to a Upanlah Infanta, end thi- projeot was tlie object of the I*uke d*' Rt jb.mon * rmesiwri to Rpatn teg-rding whi-h the .elsbrttel writer gives *a many details In hla Memoirs Ix*ul* XV w*-* almost a on W when the Infanta came to Paris on tne Id of Mar-h ITS. she. too. Wise a child Public opinion whs vary n.uch op |k>eed to the proposed union, which pn*m i*<*d no he;r to Ui** throne for many y#.rs After th* iewth of th** R'grnt, th* power fell into tt*e hai.d* of ilervr! de v ve .••*! Monsieur If Due He Pad for his ml*tretM Madame #le Plie. a bold and ambitious woman, very mimical u Hpair. tecause some of het prerenwions h.d been repulsed by th Court of aln; and It was probfcbly through he; InflUsnca that the mart lags of Ix>uts XV with the Infanta was bro ken off Tne Infanta was er.tetlng on her so* er.th year w hen she was m nt track to Rpaln I>r>*i s XV was himself . the 'lm# entering his fifteenth year He was verv handarsne. very strong for hls age H had teen very badly brought up b>* Vllk** roi; was very childish. an*l D’Argenson says that “to be childish consists In * * • being amused by frivolities and In n Midden Inconstancy—a sort of pretty 4* fe<-: which sometimes Isms for flft* years" Tin* King, however, was of melancholy disposition, and as told as he was proud Vlllerol hai taught inni MMit evcvvth.ng belonged to him: "tout ee peupks est a voua. ’ He sincerely realised tils His grand j***lon was hunting It* found his distraction# In the fore* at liamboulllet. at Marly, at Meudon lie paid no attention to the Udk* of th f'ourt n*l avoided their society Ha wae unir*imily vary uncivil and almost n4e to the young Infbnta. and was well ed when she was sent away, but the min latere thought that tt waa time to find a wife for the King Many werr the lists of Princesses th it weie of age. many the rc|*orts of the am iskssadors as to their years, the religion, their health, their alllaiicae. Our natlot>al archives have preserved these reports, which arc vary curious. Marie *ka did nm figure in them The jirst list of the Re ratary of Foreign Affair has no l*-ss than a hundred taymes; fory fmir w f -re at once eliminated because th* Pnncesae* ware more than *J4 years nil Other redoettoaa afferf#*d twenty-nine ;*n dldatee who were under 12 years; lon German Pnnceaeer were strm k off ale -longing to branches which possess ed no sovereignty. Thrs remained on the list only seventeen Princesses—the Infanta of Portugal, a Princess of Denmark, two tn fighters of the Prince #f Wales, two • hilighter* of the (’fr, the daughter of the King of Pruia two nieces of his un de eome other German Princesses, the eldest daughter of the Duke of levrr.ilne i daughter of the Duke of Modena the two sisters of M le Due, Mile, de Sens and Mile Nile Vermandola. Aftw r lonr -xmn)ntlor. th- li-t wi" rwhiwd to four iwfl'i--; th- txn itaush tirß of the Prince of Walt), with Mile,, .le Sene ncl ile Vermwwlole. The choice of the adviser* of M le Hue fell definite ly on Mile, de Vermsmlol*. She w*e. to he mire, n French Prince**. helnr Bour bon t-onile, hut had not Ixml* XIV <-on trived the marriage of tho Duke de Bur ry. hi- crandwnn. to Mile, <S*OrlMirv*7 Mile, de Vermandot* wa* the *t*ter of M. le Due, and the advt-er* he cho*e paid their .ourt to him by recommending her She waa at the convent of Fontevrautt. Pre*. Idert Menault In hi* Memoir*, tell* u* that the Dueheii* de Bourtmn. her mohter. ad-eurM.allied by Mme. de Prie went to Fontcvrault to make her the offer ol the hand of Ixtuie XV. Mile, de Verman dol ilecllnod the honor of the Kina'* hand, and would hardly look on Mme. de J*rle. .her brother', favorite There 1* no official account of tht* vl*lt; tt ha* Ite.-n denliat by Home historian* that Mme de Prw accompanied the Due he** de Bour bon. The fact I*, that thl* martlattc pro ject m abandoned. Prince Mefltrhlkoff made orerture* to the French court In the name of Cathnr-' lne of Russia. He offered fouls XV the hand of the Princeae Klixabrth. wlio wa of the same a*e In order to brlnit M le Due to her vtew*. Catharine enaatred to procure for him the hand of the daugh ter of Stanislas loeacaynskl. the ex-King of Poland, and to give him the thionc of Poland Th French minister M. de PampfedMt. raised objection* to the Prince#* Kllsaheth; he rei>roache<l her lileffy with the low extraction of her mother—a grave accusation In Ihoee time* Catharine'* offer was rot accept ed. and the pretense given wa* the dif ference of religion. “Th* refusal of France " say* M Qau thler-Vlllar*. "had very grave <onc quence*. It iletermlned the policy of Rtia s|b during the eighteenth century, and It* effects have been felt to our day. Anx lotl* to lake a place In the polltlcnl world and to figure In the European concert, the empire of the Cxar aolk-lted the patron ise of the French government, but the French government did not unlerstan I It Russia was thus thrown on the site of Austria: an alliance was formed In I7JB between Ihe two countries, and the Slav empire opened Itself lo the German Immigration. M. le Due did not even feel the great harm he' waa doing hi* coun try." The name of Marie Leaxcgynskn had been pronounced during the negotiation, and It was on her that M le Due finally fixed hi* eye. Her father. Stanislas la :x --caynskt. Palatine of I’onansla. had b*n placed on Ihe throne of Poland by Charles XU; after Ihe halite of Poltava, he lost hi* ephemeral crown anl began Ihe life of an exiled and dethroned sovereign lie appealed lo ihe French regent and to Leo pold. Duke of I-orralne. and obtained .1 subsidy, with permission to live In \Vlx ■embourg "In thl* lllunory court of YY'l*- serotwurg between a f. it her who smoked a pipe all day and an ever-vomplaln- Ing mother. grew up Marie Lesa cxynska. a mild, timid girl, (pending her lime In working at church ornaments." In 17—. the Marquis de Courtenvnux (who became In 176*1 Marshal d'Estrees), asked for her hand, but hr wa* a mere colonel, and the ex-Klhg would not give hi* con sent Madam* de Prle, who governed M le Due entirely, turnrsl her iilteniion to .Marie Leascaynska. She preferred a timid girl to a proud princes*, ami plan ned lo mnrry her to M, le Due M Gauthier-Y'lllar* give# us the Inters ex changed on thl* subject Is tween the poor and weuk Stanislas and a certain Chera- Perfect Health. Keep the system in perfect or der by the occasional use of Tutt’s Liver Pills. They reg ulate the bowels and produce A Vigorous Body. For sick headache, malaria, bil iousness, constipation and kin dred diseases, an absolute cure TUTT’S Liver PILLS RESTORE YDUR GRAY HAIRS lie de Vntichotix. who had served In P>- hnd at the time when Stanislas was k!ng. nd ha*l remained his friend. A portrait, painted by Gobert. who striped nt Wls <M*mlsnirg ot* 14s wav to Ravecti**. where he had •> exe sotii* w#*rk for f\*rdl - de Rohan sealed the fate of Marie It produced the most favorable impres sion on M. I- Due hh/I hla m dress, arriv ing at the moment when they we*#- try ing to fln*l a wife for Lout* XV. They ■ in h**r a harmless parson who would lw* net olwta* le to their ambitions. "The •**al triumph wui for MiUme de Pre; at one stroke te adjourned lndednvselr the marriage of her lover, and ah* gave herself a Queen whom she could maintain in atibje' tlon." l>oufc* XV. saw the por trait and gave hi* consent. When th- courier, hear.i.g the letter* of •*e French court, reached Wlseembourg. Stan daa. after having read the letter, en tered th** room where his daughter was wading "My child." wild he. "let ua kneel and thank God When she aske 1 her father If he had been recalled to the throne of Poland. Heaven," said he. "be been much m*re favorable to us; you arw Queen of Prance." The King declared tho marriage on a Sunday m>rning at his letit-lever. Th** a-tun shment was great, and th** memoirs of the time show how great was the* disappointment of the Court. Maura pas qualtiled the union *• monstrou*. the won! mesalU.mce waa pro noumed by the Duchess of I-orralt'e. "If tho n**w Queen aa * to *xhlblt on the throtie an example of nil the virtues she had not the qti.nl ties necessary to capti n*w:e long her husband." says M Vandal. In his ‘LouL XV an*l Kllxabeth de Hus ie.* fNitharlne of Russia never forgave France for having preferred to the blood of Peter the Ores* that of a dispossessed King of Poland The choice of the pr*on* who were to form the young Queen'* household war a nreat affair. Madame de I'rle wished lo ;*• darn*- d’honneur tan office which ron ferr*d many privilege# and a large pat ronage!. M. le Due did not. however, ac- C*de to her wish; her nomination would have been too great a ocand.il Madame de Rouffler* >< deelgnated. "for her rare virtues." though she w* In reality non>- rlouely 111-hehaved. The Counteaa de Mallly obtalneti the lucrative |*t of dame da tour*. In all. the !*ouaeho!d of the Queen wa* composed of a* many as one hundn.Y and twenty-eight person*. The choice of her confessor was reserve. l Stanislas desired that hi* •laughter *honM k.-cp the conl*-esor *he had at Wlwm hour#. The marriage by proxy took fda< e at Straueburg. a* YVlstwmbourg wa* not considered a ufficlently Important place The formalllte* which preceded the cere rnon ywere etui.'-** The etnbasaailcr* ex traordinary sent lo Strasbourg for the oc casion. the Duke d'Antln and M. de Iteou vau, arrived In great style, and offered Rtanl* a* on la'half of the King, the Order of Ihe Holy Spirit, ami at the same time presented magnificent Jewel* to the future Queen. The ceremony took place at the cathedral. The Prlncee* Marie, giving her hand to her father and mother, was received al Ihe door bv the Fardlnal. Hhe was announced hy Ihe Duke VOrleans an.l hy the two ambassador* extraordinary Prince** .after, leaving Niroshuore slopped at B.everene, at the Cardinal ile Rohan'* palace; ahe made her Journey by way of S-irreliourK. ftlcxlere*. Vic, and Met* (Where *he had a great re option); Verdiim. Chalone-*ur-Marne, Proving. Monet. It wa* at thl* last place that she sow lAUIt XV. The King wa* hum- Ing In Ihe neighborhood and waited for her there. Ah soon a* her carriage was -cen, a carpet was spread on the ground The Queen." says Harbler, “left her car riage and would have knelt, hut the King did not allow her lo do eo; he kissed her on both cheek* with a vivacity which, he had nevir shown. Hi* effuidwne** sur prised the witnesses, a* he had hitherto • I say* shown much shyneas In the pres ence of ladles." liIKL HAD I’linUD) CHECK. I lflrrn-1 ear-tlbl < lilld Was 4rre*- end In Tear York. New Tork. Dec. 17-Nellie Moffat. IS year* old. wa* arrested to-day In the Ms hanlcs and Trading Hank while present ing for payment a ifieck for SIOO bearing the forged signature of Ml** M. K. Leary, manufacturer of children's clothing Prior to thl* the little glr; had rah*d similar checks for sums ranging from s7o lo ISO on the hunk She wa* arraigned In Ihe Center Street Court and commit ted to the care of the Children's Society for further examination. Yalnahle Painting* named. New Y'ork. Dec. 17—Two men were badly laimed and several painting*, val ued at sstM>, were destroyed by Are at No. 11S2 Broadway to-day. One of the burned paintings I* tlrosso'a, "The Last Meeting." which ha* lieen on exhibition there. It wa* valued at $31.00 The tm-n burned are William l*iw*on ami Henry Dorgcrty. and It I* sakl the lam named Imperil*.! his life In trying to save the Orosso painting. she W ant* a Yew Trial. lll.lora.liv Kan. Dec. 17—Je*le Mon 1- son's attorney* to-night filed a motion be fore Judge Shinn asking that the accused b- released cat tall pending anew trill of her oae. The motion was argued at length by the attorney* on both *lde. Judge Shinn will render hi* decision on ‘he motion to-morrow. Yastrlan Flections. Vienna. Dec. 17.—The election* for the n<-w Rdcharath are now proceeding. The Socialists are losing ground throughout the country and will probably have only six state*, a* compared with fifteen last Parliament. I'lngne In the Yrgentlne. Rueno* Ayres. Dee. 17.—Five cane* of what l Itelleved to be bubonic plague have developed In Tucuman In the Argen tine Republic. —The M Latest r>p< ivmtentlury Board of Control haa made It* farming arrange ment* for another year, leasing the eame plantations that were worked thl* year. These several big farm*, all of which are in the delta, comprise 9.SKI acres of cleared land, on which 73) convt Is will be used. In addition to ttrse, the estate owns and farm* s.<OT> acre* of tt* own land, on which eighty convict* will be employed. Mississippi has found that farming with convict la pet lg proAufela, ——. Dyspepsia Graybeard cured me of Dyspepsia Nervous Dyspepsia. I did not suffer continu ally, but had four or five attacks every year. At such times my suffering was intense. I almost de spaired of life, though the doctors did what they could for me. Last spring I began to take Graybeard. I improv ed from the first and have had blit one attack since— that was the lighest I ever had. Graybeard is the only thing that has made me feel like myself. Mrs. S. E. Clary, Greensboro, Ala. 01 • boltlr at drag stores. lIKM’EM DR Hi CO., Hole Owners. M ICIOfI IT HOI I.TRIB. lilsmi A C .*■ Store named—Other Yew* Note*. Moultrie. Oa.. Dec. 17.—Mr. W. P. Mc- Duffie, a section foreman on the Titton. Thomasvllle and Gulf Railway, commit ted suicide at his boarding house yester day by shooting himself. He I* about II year* old, and hi* family lives at Tifton though he Is n native of South Carolina. No reason wa* asvlgned for It except the he had been for several day* drinking to excess, cess. The store and stoek of goods of A.lam & Cos., at I'hnMam, wa* burned Friday night; origin of fire wa* unknown. It wa* covered hy Insurance. Mr Arthur Little who ha* heretofore been with drug bu*ln*s* of A B Peter* ha* accepted a position with Dr Paine it Wayrroa*. The drug *tore of Dr. Peter; ha* been sold to the Culpepper-Llndscy Drug Company. The machinery for the rotton factory has come and Is being put up Mr. Vc r> * n the president. any* mat It will, how ever. be March before the mill will be In operation Ah effort Is being mad* to build a handsome aid commodious hotel on va cant lot acros* from Moultrie Banking Company and Monk Murphy Sc Cos. lH(.i; YY . COl YOU. UK YD. .Interim* l.naea a Prominent Pioneer 1 Ills* n. AmerlCi*. Oa.. Dec. 17 —Thl* city and section sustained a great loss to-day In th death of Mr. George W. Council, a pioneer cltlxen. and one held In high es teem. Mr. Council hail been 111 for a long while and hi* death, therefore, was not wholly unexpected. He wa* for *lxty years a resblem of Bumier county, and Started In life with a cash capital ol 25 cent*. By bom-sty and integrity he amassed u snug fortune, and at the time of his death wa* president of the Plant ers' Rank of Amerlciis, ns well as the mow extensive and successful farmer In South Georgia Hl* death I* generally deplored, and Ihe funeral, from First Methodist Church to morrow morning will be largely attended. MTK4MKH Al.l'll % Pol YDKHI'.I). Captain, Owner and Seven Other* YY ere Hrnniied. Vancouver. B. C.. Dec. 17.-The steamer Alpha foundered on a reef off the east coast of Vancouver Island and I* a to'.tl wreck. The captain, three engineer*, the managing owner. Ihe purser and three seamen were drowned. Mayfield Killed lay Sneed. Austin. Tex.. Dec. 17—East Mayfield was shot through the head ami killed by Will Sneed to-night at Hornsby's Rend, some fifteen miles from Austin. Hnc, ) and Louln Mayfield, a brother of Kut, became Involved In a quarrel while ot, , ferryboat rro*nlYg the Colorado river Sneed fired two shots at Louis, loth „f them miming the mark but one of wht-h struck Hast Mayfield In Ihe head. All ace prominent white men. City of Topeka liny lie YY reeked. Seattle. YYnsh.. Dec. 17. The Pacific fount Company'* steamship city of To p*k* I* ashore on Lynn canal, with I s'rong prospect* of becoming .1 total MrsvK Tbcrg H no lc o l Ulc, Wood Mosaic Co.’s Parquetry Floors Have been laid In many of the com fortable home* In Nx Y'ork, Boston and other eltle*. More cleanly nnd economical than carpet* Plain and fancy floor* laid and poli*h*d complete over old floor*, making a solid and beautiful Improve ment. Having a number of floor* to lay In So vannah thl* month we can quote do** figures. 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Steam Packing 4 Hose Agent* for NEW XOKK U BBAH Ho.x-TL.NG AND PACKING COMPANY. Empty Hopslicads. Empty MolbjSt* M.g.kead. (a* sale by —•' C. If fill DCDT Jt na !• Carbuncles J. W. Williamson of Cairo, Ga., writes: “I thought for some time I would write to let you know what Graybeard has done for me. I was troubled with risings or carbuncles for eight years and notb would do me any good. I have lost as many as 35 days with only one of these boils. I had a bad one when I began to take Graybeard, and two bottles stopped it. and I have not had one since, and this has been 3 years ago. The last year I had one. and before I began to take Graybeard I lost a third of the year from it, m tiottlr nt drnx T<w— HKAI’fSA* mtcu 10., , , Kol, OwR-r,. IT’S A CERTfIIMTY THAT Smith’s Chill Tonic A TRADE MARK. WILL CURE Dsnpe, Typhoid, Intermittent, Malaria, And All Forms ol Fevers. ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT ON A GUARANTEE. —Manufactured by— COLUMBIA DRUG CO., GA. 110 pv ; > • This is the Trade Mark of the Best Buildors Hard ware: that made by the Yale&Towne Mfg. Cos. Those who contemplate building should send for our artistic brochure "Artist and Artisan:” free. H.H. PEEPLES & SONS, 125 CONGRESS ST., WEST. , INJECTION. A PERMfIKtHT CURE f the mn*t ntotlMte e**e* of Ckmorrl’'” *nd Gian, g-aruntrad In titan 3 *> " dy*; DO Other treatment required Bald by *ll draggbt*