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the hot-air slugging match
General Satisfaction That McSweenry
Has Re-fused It a L4ecc.
Washington, June 6.—National interest
in the Tillman-McLauriD hot air slushing
match, which, was to have been pulled
off in South Carolina, during the crop
gathering season, hae abated 6lnce Gov.
McSweeoey vetoed the proposed duel of
words. Members of the South Carolina
colony here, who are interested in tho
general welfare of the Palmetto common
wealth, commend the action of the Gov
ernor in trying l to save the two senators
from themselves, and at the same time
,i,ev recognize his political astuteness in
endeavoring to keep the rebellion? factions
from tresspassing upon his own senato
rial reservation.
The general impression here is that
the threatened contest between Senators
Tillman and McLaurin. while it would
Jrave undoubtedly excited widespread in
terest. and been heavily charged with
fonsational incidents, and perhaps per
tain! encounters, such a battle would
have been of no material benefit to the
best interests of the state. All of the
yellow journals were preparing to play
up South Carolina politics as the top
liner for the summer season, and while
the state would have received volumns of
free advertising, the net result might be
hurtful to various public enterprises,
which affect the future prosperity of the
entire state. The' Governor's action
Bn d Senator McLaurin’s willing
ness to "call it off,” is a
litter disappointment to the sensation
mongers in and out of the state, but the
better class of citizens, who are strug
gling to promote the substantial develop
ment of the state, outside of political
lines, are truly glad the ridiculous fake
snow is to be denied the Governor’s
license.
There seems to be but little difference
o£ opinion as to how a test of political
strength between Tillman and McLaurin
would terminate. The odds are 100 to 1
on Tillman, with no takers. It is true Mc-
Laurin’s display of David-like courage,
when he openly challenged and defied
"Ben, the Tillmanite” at Gaffney, sur
prised many of his friends. Sulbseauent
events, however, have not strengthened
the belief that he fully realized at the
moment how heavily handicapped he
would be in such a contest. Many of Sen
ator McLaurin’s friends do not hesitate
to assert that Gov. McSweeney, in basing
hts refusal to accept the senatorial resig
nations, upon grounds of high patriotism
and the general welfare of the state, pro
vided a soft and at the same time dig
nified cushion for the junior senator to
light upon when he descended from his
Gaffney perch.
The best Judgment obtainable here from
conservative South Carolinians is to the
effect that the state will derive no sub
stantial benefit from the .personal strug
gle upon the stump between Senators Till
man and McLaurin. It would simply be
an exchange of bitter personalities, and
the discussion would probably be pitched
at such a low grade, that there is no tell
ing how injurious the result might be to
the state at large. While the principals
might avoid a personal encounter, it is
quite likely that political excitement
would so inflame some of the followers of
the two men as to cause the spilling of
Innocent blood. There are certain vindic
tive people, who never grow weary of try
ing to paint South Carolina in the dark
est and most dismal colors. Those same
people would take even greater delight if
they were furnished with the slightest
pretext to further stay her prosperity by
writing at this time a chapter in human
blood. Happily, all danger in that direc
tion will be averted if good judgment and
common sense, with which Senators Till
man and McLaurin are well equipped, pre
vails.
PA\-AMEIUCA.\'S FUG DAY.
Miles. Hobson and Mrs. Fairbanks
to Deliver Addresses.
Buftablo, N. Y., June 6 —The tentative
programme for the flag day exercises at
the Pan-American Exposition. grounds
have been announced. They will take
place in the Temple of Music on June 14.
Gen. Miles will be present and deliver an
address. Richmond P. Hobson also will
speak. Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks,
president of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, will deliver an address
on ' American Patriotism."
The St. John’s School Cadets witf march
away from the Exposition camping
ground to-morrow and 200 boys from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacks
burg. Va., will march in under command
of Col. M, J. Mcßride. The camp was ded
icated to-day in the presence of a large
crowd.
SCHOONER VVEUR I'M GHOI XDS.
Pulled OB by Wrecking Tag and
Token to New York.
N’ew York. June 6.—The three-masted
schooner C. C. Wehrum, belonging at this
port and in command of Chpt. Cavalier,
while proceeding to sea bound for
Charleston, 9. C., went aground in the
Gnash channel near Romer shoal shortly
after noon to-day. The wrecking tug
IViliiam E. Chapman was sent to <he as
sistance of the stranded schooner. With
the assistance of the United States reve
nue cutter Manhattan l and two tugs the
Chapman worked on the vessel all the af
ternoon. Early this evening the
M’ehrum was pulled off and the Chapman
K > ewled with her Into New York.
Whether the Wehrum sustained any dam
ege cannot be learned.
C. W. Alcott & Cos. of this city are the
Vessel's owners.
A FIXBRAL COMMITTEE.
Congressmen limed to Attend That
of Representative Darke.
Washington, June 6.—The following
committee of members of the House of
Jbpre sen tat Ives has been appointed to at
ttnd the funeral of Representative R. E.
Burke of Dallas, Tex., to-morrow after
noon: Lanham, Ball. Cooper, DeGrafTen
bud. Sheppard, Hetiry, Burleson, Kleberg,
ev i*-n and Stephens of Texas, Mlers of
Indiana, McLain of Mississippi, Moon of
Tennessee, Cowherd of Missouri, Davis of
Florida, Dinsmone and Mcßae of Arkan
***• Lewis of Georgia, Benton of Missouri
and Finley of South Carolina.
TO IXCREASE THE SQUADRON.
Kew nod Old Torpedo Boat* to Go
nn Atlantic Station.
i, w '*hington, June .—The North Atlan
11c squadron, which now consists of the
h *c>shlps Alabama, Kearsarge and Mas
’“chusetts, will .ba augmented before
j o| gby a flotilla of torpedo boats, Includ-
m "'t of those now In reserve at Nor
,'*• nsmely, the Porter, Dupont. Rod-
Foote, Stockton, Cushing, Winslow
, ~ >v eral others at well as some of the
‘•foyers and torpedo boats about to
turned over to the government by the
| 'Ofitractors.
TG WORK AMONG NEGKOEN.
Uteri can Bible Society Appoints
ft ev. j. P. Wrogg of Newman.
Vork, June At the monthly
Vug to-day of the Board of Managers
’ American Bible Society, Rev. J.
' '*g of Newnan, Gs., was appointed
*i uaent to work among the negro
r’-'Uailoti of the Southern nates This
, * I *lhe of work for tho society and
-PPraprtaUoa had been made to
** r, f M. ou, * *
ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTED.
Little Mr. Kuox Demonstrates That
He Is Really fl Iltg Man.
Washington, June 6.—There is a general
feeling of satisfaction in congressional
circles over the decision of the President
and his cabinet that an extra session of
Congress is not necessary at this time to
consider the Philippine question. At cab
inet meeting yesterday, Attorney General
Knox had his first opportunity to pose
as the central figure in the consideration
of the Philippine problem. It was known
that the President desired to avert call
ing Congress together in extra session if
possible, but he was to a certain extent
confused by the divided opinion among
so many able lawyers and statesmen
throughout the country as to whether,
under existing law, the President is
clothed with sufficient power to protect
the interests of the United States in the
Philippines. It is said that Attorney Gen
eral Knox more than met the expecta
tions of the President and the cabinet
by the comprehensive and at the same
time, practical statements he submitted
to sustain his contention that the Presi
dent is clothed with ample authority to
collect duties on products from the Phil
ippines without further action by Con
gress. It was in the nature of a personal
triumph for Attorney General Knox, and
at the same time it gave his cabinet as
sociates to understand that although
small in physical development, he is a lit
tle giant when mental proportions are
considered.
The determination of the President not
to calj an extra session of Congress is
also gratifying to those senators and rep
resentatives who have made elaborate
plans for their summer vacation. There
are a few of the veterans who make
Washington their home year in and year
out, who would not object to going to
the Capitol every day during the summer
season, where appollnaries lemonade and
fans are supplied to overheated statesmen
out of the contingent- fund of the Senate
and House of Representatives. The ma
jority of the members of the two houses
seek summer recreation elsewhere than
in Washington. This season an unusually
large congressional contingent is booked
for foreign, travel. An extra session of
Congress would have -been very inconve
nient for this latter class and now that
all doubt on the subject has been remov
ed, their preparations for departure are
going forward with renewed vigor.
WERE GLAD TO MEET SCHLEY.
Maritime Broker* Gave the Admiral
an Ovation.
New York, June 6. Rear Ad
miral It. 8. Schley to-day went
to the Maritime Exchange to
visit Lieutenant Commander James A.
Sears, who was his flag lieutenant at the
battle of Santiago and who recently was
sent to the hydrographic bureau of the
exchange.
The Rear Admiral was recognized and
was asked to meet the members. He con
sented, and as soon as he appeared the
brokers surrounded him, cheered them
selves hoarse and asked for a speech. This
Admiral Schley declined to do, but said
he would be pleased to-shake hands with
everybody, if he were allowed to go. This
caused more chering, and when it sub
sided someone shouted:
"What's the matter with Sampson?”
The admiral replied:
“Nothing; he is a gallant officer and a
good men.”
This was greeted with more cheers, and
the uproar became so great that somebody
Jokingly telephoned to the police station
that a riot waedn progress in the Mari
time Exchange. The police escorted the
admiral, who was laughing by this time,
t-o safety, but only after he had shaken
hand's all around.
TO BAR THE LAWYERS.
Laughable Ordinance Proposed to
Alabama Convention.
Montgomery, Ala., June 6.—The feature
of to-day’s session of the Constitutional
Convention was the ordinance Introduced
by Mr. Sanford of Montgomery, to strike
out that part of the preamble which de
clares that no stale has a right to secede.
He says it i* unnecessary. Another ordi
nance, which created much laughter, was
that of Pierce of Marion.that no man
who is learned in law shall hereafter hold
any office except those of a judicial na
ture. Sanford of Pike offered an ordin
ance providing that there shall be no im
prisonment for debt except where persons
agree 10 do some special act or service
for his employer and thereby obtains
money or goods to perform service.
Another important ordinance was that
of Foster of Tuscaloosa, that no new
ordinance efiall be introduced after June
10; that the convention take a recess of
one week on that date, the committees to
sit in the meantime and get their reports
ready.
CHIEF ARTHUR'S SON DEAD.
Was Major and Assistant Paymaster
In United States Army.
Cleveland, 0., June 6.—Maj. George Ar
thur, assistant paymaster of the United
States army, died suddenly this morning
while sitting in a chair at the Weddell
House.
Maj. Arthur was the son of P. M. Ar
thur, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers.
An eutopsy developed the fact that
death had resulted from a ruptured blood
vessel on the left side of the head. A
large blood clot had Jormed just behind
the ear. It is believed that Maj. Arthur
while defending the government treasure
box in the fight with drunken soldiers last
fall in the Philippines, received a blow
on the head that ruptured the blood ves
sel.
PRIZE FIGHTER BREAKS DOWX.
Scanlon Soya He Will Xever Enter
the Ring Again.
Memphis, June In a letter to a
friend here Jim Scanlan, the Pittsburg
middleweight, says he will probably never
enter the ring again. Scanlan left Hot
Springs recently for San Francisco to fight
A1 Neel, but becoming ill. left the train
at Galveston. Scanlan says ills system
haa completely run down and the phy
sicians advise him to never train again
for a fight. _
HANNA A COLONEL OF THE G. A. R.
He W as Barely a Private In the Real
Thing.
Cleveland, 0., June 6.—Senator M. A.
Hanna has been appointed a colonel on
the official staff of Gen. Rasaieur. cora
jnander-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
Senator Hanna was recently mustered
Into the G. A. R. as a member of Mem
orial Post In thla city.
Chicago Road 1 . Good Dividend*.
Chicago. June The annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company was held
here to-day, and the usual semi-annual
dividend of 8 per cent, on the common
and the quarterly dividend of 1% per cent*
on the preferred slock were declared.
Philadelphia's fharle.toa Exhibit.
Philadelphia, June Select Councils
adopted a Joint resolution appropriating
*3i UO9 16 be expended for a proper repre
sentation of tha city of Philadelphia at
Apt Charleston Exposition,
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1901.
SUFFRAGISTS ANO DOCTORS.
Mina Anthony anil Rev. Anna Slinvr
Present Their Reaolutlons.
St. Paul. Minn., June 6.—When the
American Medical Association was called
to order to-day a delegation of American
equal suffrage women, whose convention
has closed in Minneapolis, was present
and time was given for the presentation
of resolutions on the army canteen and
alleged reign of vice in the army, adopted
by the suffragists. Miss Susan B. An
thony and Rev. Anna Shaw spoke briefly.
No vote wgs taken on the matter.
Various reports were presented, that of
the general executive committee alone
rousing interest. Most of the recommen
dations were adopted promptly, includ
ing that expressing disapproval of the
failure of Congress to pass the bill to
recognize the medical corps of tho army.
Consideration of the proposition for a
committee of three to revise the code of
ethics was postponed for one year.
The report of the committee on nomina
tions was presented and adopted as fol
lows:
President, Dr. A. J. Wyeth, New York;
first vice president. Dr. Alonzo Garcelon,
Lewiston, Me.; secretary, George H. Sim
mons, o it Chicago; treasurer, Henry B.
Newman. Illinois.
Saratoga, iN. Y., was then chosen as the
next place of meeting.
GOV. SAMFORD VERY ILL.
Alabama’* Executive Suffering From
Enlargement of the Heart.
Birmingham, Ala., June 7.—A special to
the Age-Herald from Tuscaloosa says;
Gov. William Samford to-night lies seri
ously ill at the residence of Prof. A. A.
Person, professor of chemistry at the
University of Alabama. The Governor is
suffering from what is known as hyper
trophy, or enlargement of the heart, and
while the end may not be near at hand,
serious apprehensions are felt for his ul
timate recovery. Mrs. Samford is at the
bedside of her husband, and the other
members of the family have been inform
ed of the critical condition of the Gov
ernor.
For the past week the Governor has
had fainting spells with his heart, but
they have been kept from the knowledge
of the general public.
At an early hour this (Friday) morning
arrangements have been made to renidve
the Governor by special train to his home
at Opelika.
THE INCREASE NOT HEAVY.
Financial Chronicle Issue* Its Re
port on Cotton Acreage.
New York, June 6.—The Financial
Chronicle’s annual crop report, out to
day, says:
"The inclination at the South this year
was, quite generally 1n the direction of
enlarging cotton areas. But we find no
evidence of any radical tendency in that
direction except in the newer sections,
hence the net percentage of increase for
the whole country is only about half as
great as in 1900. Oklahoma, which fur
nished an addition of 25 per cent, last
year, adds 20 per cent, this season, and
In the Indian Territory the percentage
this year js 14 against 15 in 1900. Some
sections in Western Texas report very
heavy additions this spring, but in many
other districts of the state the increases
have been quite moderate. As we make
it, the whole country is about 5.06 per
cent, against 8.76 per cent, last year."
THE CHAMPS-VICKJbHS COMBINE.
Big Shipbuilding Consolidation Sow
Seem* Assured.
New York, June The Mall and Ex
press says:
"It is expected that the announcement
of the Cramp-Vickers shipbuilding con
solidation will be made within a few
day*. Bankers admit that the absorption
of the Bethlehem Steel 'Works by this
combination is extremely probable. They
say further that the relations between
the Cambria-Pennsylvanla Steel Company
and J. P. Morgan & Cos., are harmonious
and friendly and that there will be no
contest for control of the Bethlehem
works.”
TO MOVE LINCOLN'S REMAINS.
Are Now at the Mercy of Body
Snatcher*.
Chicago, June 6.—The inter Ocean will
to-morrow print a story saying that the
recent reinterment of the remains of Ab
raham Lincoln at Springfield, 111., has
been done In such a manner as to leave
them in a measure at the mercy of body
snatchers. and that steps are to be taken
at the instance of Robert T- Lincoln to
have the body placed in the former monu
ment. under a huge block of cement,
where it will be out of the reach of any
attempt at molestation.
TO SEND TWO DELEGATIONS.
Newport News Ward Conventions
Were Disorderly.
Newport News, Va.. June 6.—Ward con
ventions were held here to-night for the
election of 39 delegatee to a city conven
tion to-morrow to elect nineteen delegates
to the Gubernatorial Convention. The
Second, Fourth and Sixth ward meetings
were disorderly, electing two set* of
delegates. .
The result is: Montague, IS uncontent
ed; Swanson, 9 uncontested; contested 17.
Two delegations will go from here to the
Norfolk convention.
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FATHER OF THE ELIAN DEAD.
George XV. Thompson Dl e* From
Blood Poisoning In Brooklyn.
New York. June 6 —George W. Cum
berland, known to the American stage as
George W. Thompson, "Father of the
Elke,” is dead in Brooklyn from blood
poisoning, following an operation upon
hia hand. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow. He was born in New York
City in 1836. He is said to have founded
the order of Elks 35 years ago.
LIGHT VOTE AT RICHMOND.
Nothing Nettled as to Gubernatorial
Nomination.
Richmond, June .—ln the Democratic
primary here to-day tha vote was rather
email, only about 7.900 ballots being oast.
Montague obtained 38 delegates; Swanson,
IS 1-5; Echols, 8 1-6; Marshall. 4.
The result settles nothing as to tha
nomination for Governor.
TO XRB. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
Unveiling of Her Monument tho
Feature at Baltimore.
Baltimore, June -The noteworthy fea
ture of the confederate memorial day ex
erclaee at Loudon Park cemetery to-day
was the unveiling of a’ handsome granite
monument to Mr*. Bradley T. Johnson,
wife of Brig. Gen . Bradley T. Johnson
Big Fire af Pahst Brrwlag Company.
Milwaukee, Wls., June The Pahst
Brewing Company suffered a loss by fire
to-night to the extent of between USO,-
m and 8290,009, fully covered by Insur
ance. One man was killed during the pro
gress oC tha ora
BRITISHERS WRL PLEASED.
Talk of Grouping Stars anil Stripes
and Union .luck on July t,
London, June 6.—Appreciation of the
cordiality of the sentiments Americans
and British are now so frequently ex
changing is the burden of the comments
of the afternoon papers on yesterday
evening's Chamber of Commerce banquet.
The St. James Gazette is so friendly that
it advocates a display of the Stars and
Stripes along side the Union Jack on all
public buildings throughout the empire,
July 4. on the same principle that Eng
lish university men group the light blue
and the dark blue (the colors of Cam
bridge and Oxford, respectively) when
they meet.
The Westminster Gazette says:
"Mr. Chamberlain once said it would
almost be worth a great war to see the
Utiion Jack and 6tars and Stripes floating
side by side. A less martial way of culti
vating good feeling between the two na
tions was adopted when the London
Chamber of Commerce entertained the
New York Chamber of Commerce at din
ner.”
The Times says:
"The most daring speaker, perhaps, was
Mr. Griscom. He said his countrymen
hoped to build up their shipping trade.
They had made a beginning, and. with the
co-operation of their government, trusted
to soon nee their flag flying side by
side with that of Great Britain. Con
sidering how frightened some of us have
been at this ‘beginning’ and how little
wc appreciate ‘co-operation’ between the
state ond shipping interests in America,
Mr. Griscom was certainly a bold man.”
The Westminster Gazette suggest* the
banquet may be regarded as the friendly
handshake which precedes a vigorous en
counter,” and adds:
"It served at least to demonstrate that
If our American rivals are going to knock
us out of time in the markets of the
world, our merchants mean to take their
fate in the best of spirit.
A MOST EQUITABE TARIFF.
Protectionists Argue Against Change
In Dinglcy Law.
Washington, June 6.—The Industrial
Commission at its session to-day consid
ered the tariff question with incidental
reference to trust*, the witnesses being
Congressman Robert W. Taylor of Ohio
and Dr. George Gunton, president of the
New York Institute of Social Economic*.
Mr. Taylor took the position that any
diacusaion in Congress of the tariff at this
time would have a damaging effect U(>on
the country. He said the Dlngley law
was the most equitable tariff law the
United States ever had.
He took a decided position against the
trusts and said that they are not fostered
by the protective tariff. Mr. Taylor also
said that he believed in the principle of
reciprocity, but that he did not indorse
any of the recently negotiated reciprocity
treaties.
Dr. Gunton devoted himself especially
to replying to an argument recently made
before the commission by Mr. Edward At
kinaon for freer trade. Dr. Gunton said
that the freedom contended for by the
opponents of the tariff is analogous to
the freedom of the savage, a freedom
which, if indulged in too freely, not only
brings injury to others, but ruin to him
self.
Why Taylor Opposes Trusts.
Mr. Taylor announced himself as op
posed to the principle involved in trusts
because, he said, he considered human
nature too weak to entrust In a few peo
ple such a power as is Involved in trusts.
He thought abuses were certain and that
the result would be what he called 1 gov
ernment socialism or government owner
ship of the articles controlled by the
trusts.
He said he had no remedy for trust
evils. He said he would oppose the Bab
cock bill placing iron products on the free
list.
A RECIPROCITY CONVENTION.
Manufacturer* to Call One to Con
sider Tariff Ahnre*.
Detroit, June 6.—At its closing session
to-day the National Association of Man
ufacturers adopted a resolution recom
mending the calling of a general conven
tion for th# consideration of reciprocity
treaties with foreign countries. The Ex
ecutive Committee was charged to call and
organize such a convention. The follow
ing resolution was adopted nrlth regard to
tariff revision:
"Resolved, That the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers affirms the follow
ing principles should govern all legisla
tion. The object of tariff legislation
should be to furnish adequate pro
tection to such products only as
require It, without providing for
monopoly abuses. The tariff on goods of
which the cost of production is higher in
the Unted States than in foreign countries
should be at least what is necessary to
compensate domestic industries for the
higher cost of production.”
The association re-elected its old offi
cers, as has been the custom since It
was organized, and fixed Indianapolis as
the place for the next convention.
Rock=a=Bye Baby
Those are sweet words, but how much
pain and suffering they used to mean. It’s
different now. Since Mother’s Friend has
become known expectant mothers have
been spared much of the anguish of child
birth. Mother's friend is a liniment to be
applied externally. It is rubbed thoroughly
into the muscles of the abdomen. It gives
elasticity and strength, and when the final
great strain cornea they respond quickly and
easily without pain. Mother's Friend Is
never tsken internally. Internal remedies
at this time do more harm than good. If a
woman Is supplied with this splendid lini
ment she need never fesr rising or swelling
breasts, morning sickness, or any of the
discomforts which ususlly accompany preg
nancy.
The proprietor of a large hotel In Tampa.
Fla., writes: "My wife had an awful time
with her first child. During her second
pregnancy, Mother’s Friend was used and
the baby waa bom eaaily before the doctor
arrived. It’s certainly great."
Oet Mother's I’rlisl at tbs
drug store, tl per bottle.
THE BRADFIILD REGULATOR CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Write for our ieee UlueUsted hook, ’’ Mac* Dab)
, Is Norn. - *
TO-DAY, FRIDAY,
IS
(REMNANT DAY)
Big Bargains in Remnants
FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS.
Remnants of Dress Goods, Silks, White
Goods, Lawns, Laces, Ribbons, etc.
See our bargains in Muslin Underwear.
Sale closes to-morrow.
ctfr F V IQ
Broughton Street.
West.
THE WEST FLORIDA SEMINARY.
Its Forty-fourth Commencement an
Unusually Successful Affair.
Tallahassee, Fla., June 6.—The Talla
hassee Opera House was crowded to over
flowing last night by an enthusiastic au
dience of the friends of the West Florida
Seminary assembled to witness the clos
ing exercises of the forty-fourth annual
commencement of that excellent and pros
perous institution. It was described as
the largest and most brilliant audience
which ever gathered for a similar event
in Middle Florida.
Upon the stage were all members of the
faculty, the member* of the board of
trustees of the seminary, Gov. Jennings,
Superintendent Sheets, Hon. W. H. Ellis,
of Quincy, the orator of the evening;
Rev. W. E. Mabry, and the graduates
The exercises were opened with singing
by a chorus of some thirty students. Pres
ident Murphree, who presided, then intro
duced Rev. W. E. H. Mabry, who deliv
ered the invocation. The orations of the
graduates came next on the programme,
and Miss Leila Edith Jackson was the
first speaker, her subject being "Southern
Poets.” Miss Jackson paid a beautiful
tribute to the oontributiona of Southern
poets to the world's literature,and spoke
with especial feeling of the genius of
Edgar Allan Poe, Sidney Lanier and
Henry Timrod. Miss Jackson’s oration
was effectively delivered undl happily re
ceived by the large audience.
Mr. Asa Buehnell Clark followed with a
stirring oration on "America.”
"Creole Love Song" and "Coming Thro’
the Rye" were rendered by Miss Mary
Brooks.
Miss Bessie Mulford Saxon spoke upon
’’The Master Touch—Genius." Miss Sax
on's address was most enthusiastically
received.
The orator of the evening. Hon. W. H.
Ellis, delivered a very eloquent address.
The several class medals were award
ed to students in the several classes as
follows: Senior class. A. B. Clark, Miss
Bessie Saxon, second; Junior class, Gas
ton Day; sophomore clasa, Mias Henri
etta Ames; First High School class, Miss
Minnie Sauls; Second High School class.
Miss Bea Hie Damon; Third High School
class. Jliss Bershe Meglnniss; Fleming
elocution medal, A. B. Clark; B. A. Me
ginnlss, second; Leon Academy medal,
Mtss Fenton Davis.
The medals were conferred by Gov.
Jermingn. who made a happy talk to the
prize winners, telling them the state mu
proud of them, and thetr school, and
they should be proud of the
state which offers such excellent
educational advantages. The Governor
concluded by saying that the medals were
the best evidence of the best scholarship
In the best school In the state.
Col. John A. Henderson, president of
the board of trustees of the seminary,
presented the diplomas to the graduates.
Col. Henderson announced that the trus
tees bad decided to exercise a right grant
ed by their charter and to change the
name of the institution, which will here
after be known os the Florida State Col
lege.
WUllam B. Crawford will represent this
school in the contest of the State Oratori
cal Association in Jacksonville next No
vember.
STUDENTS LIKED TUBBS.
Kansas Professor Dismissed for Rib
llral Criticism.
Retina, Kan., June Tho refusal on the
part of the trustees of the Kansas We
leyan University to re-elect Prof. F. C.
Tubbs to the chair of natural science,
which he had held for two years, caused
* demonstration on the part of student*
to-day. No charges were preferred, but
Prof. Tubbs’ expressions with reference
to the ’’higher criticism’’ of the Bible are
believed to have caused hi* dismissal. A
friend of President Tubbs said Tubbs was
an evolutionist.
BACK FROM COLORADO.
Million I* Wanted for Darning Bond
ed Warehouse.
Florence, Colo., June A. L. Million,
in custody of a deputy United States
marshal, started for Chattanooga to-day
to answer to a charge of burning a bond
ed warehouae four years ago. and selling
the liquor tt had contained. It ts said Mil
lion was arrqoted •„ t the time, but for
feited bis bail and hat tinea been a fugi
tive He has been running a bicycle atora
in Florence
Viewed New Orleans Harbor.
New Orleans. June The River and
Hnrbor Committee were entertained to
day aboard the government ablp Strang
er, from which they obtained a view of
the harbor They left to-eilght over the
Southern Pacific for San Frgnctac* *tg
. Ualveetoo.
MULES IX SUBWAY.
Hauling Cara Many Feet Beneath
the Surface of New York.
From the New York Mfail and Express.
The citizens of the town will owe much
of the ease and comfort which they expect
to take In the Rapid Transit subway to
six mules—six plain, common, ordinary,
everyday mules. The mules will not re
ceive public thanks for their labors.
On the contrary, they will continue to
tug at cars of heavy rock until they pull
the very breath out of their bodies, and
then they will go down to unmarked
graves.
The mule Is not a good household pet,
nor does he look well drawing a road wa
gon, hut he outworks and outlives half a
dozen horses, and goes through it all
without a murmur. A man with a fond
ness for argument once started out to
prove that a mule never dies. He did it
by asking every friend he met if he had
ever seen a dead mule. The answer al
ways was ’’No.” Ergo, mules do not die.
He subsequently poaed as an authority.
His friends accepted his proposition, ex
plained Us unanswerable terms to their
i friends, and. in this way. the immortality
of (he mule was established.
The six mules which are tucked away
down under the city streets are not, how
ever. according to their driver*, worried
by abstruse problems of existence. All
they ask is no more than a bit of bay
now and then and an opportunity occa
sionally to lean against & wall of rock
and doze. It take® years of constant
companionship with a mule to bring out
his good points, so tho driver of one of
the subway beasts who is said to have
handled mules for a quarter of a century
claims. He summed up the characteris
tics of his charges briefly and succinctly.
Bald the driver; "A mule never eats or
sleeps, and he works like all possessed
twenty-fours In the day.” That Is an epi
taph which could be placed on the grave
of every dead mule, unlees the argumen
tative man is right, and which could be
truthfully applied to very few men. But
the world owes every man a living and
it doesn’t owe anything to a mule.
150 Feet Under Ground.
Four of the subway animals are work
ing in the tunnel at Broadway and One
Hundred and Sixty-eighth street, 106 feet
under ground. Next week four more will
be lowered down the 150-foot shaft at One
ur.dred and Eighty-first street. The
contractors have sunk shaft* in Broad
way at these two cross streets, and are
boring north and south through solid rock
lrom each one.
About 800 feet of rock has been taken
out at One Hundred and Sixty-eighth
street, and about 375 feet at One Hundred
and Eighty-first street. The mules haul
cars loaded with rock from the heading
along a rudo railway track to the mouth
of Che shaft. Like the "muckers” and
the drillers, they work In eight-hour
shifts, but, unlike their human compan
ciona, they never see daylight.
They will stay in the tunnel until they
die or until their work it done. The mules
eat hay in an absent sort of way. Bad
sleep when they get a chance.
They are not taken up when the blast
ing is in progress, but are driven to the
mouth of the shaft, where they stand
while the concussion from the blaet
comes roaring out of the tunnel and the
smoke curls and eddies around them. The
only visible effect of tunnel work on a
mule Is a temporary loss af appetite.
When once he become* accustomed to hie
surroundings he thrives like a green bay
tree and grown sleek and fat.
Lowering the Mules.
The mules were_ lowered Into the shaft
in a big wooden cage. ’’Rapid’' and
‘•Transit,’’ the younger two, accepted the
situation with philosophic calm, but
’’Ajax’’ end ok! "Croton" were Inclined to
cut up a bit. Croton in particular ob
jected most strenuously to the prospect
of life underground He appreciated what
It meant, for sixteen years ago he tolled
on the Croton aqueduct. 7u*t to show
how he felt about It. he klrkrd a couole
of planks off the cage and, poking his
head through the hole, looked towsrd
the bottom of the shaft with an expres
sion of Intense disgust.
After he touched ground and waa bar
nested he refused to pull his car. Rome
argument followed, reinforced by a large
board, but Croton maintained that the
work was not suited to a superannuated
gentleman. He braced hlmaelf firmly and
brayed loud and long. After all means of
session, moral and physical, had been ex
hausted, he was relieved from duty and
a substitute was purchased. It Is to be
hoped tlist Croton Is now stretching his
feeble old legs In some May green pas
ture.
Why Croton Kleked.
“It was Jest this way,” said Croton’s
dusky human friend and confident. "Cro
ton he say* to blinseir. ’I ain’t gwlae to
work no mo’,* und the boas he says to
Croton, Take yo’ close an’ go.' An ain't
a blamin' tha ot* mule end I aim a-blam
in' the boss, Croton, he’d don* put In a
good many year’s work mod be wag Jest
plumb tired to death. I was bobn In Kain
tuck an’ no man can tell me nothin' about
mule*. They’s human bein’*, mules is. an'
they know when they has got enough.
Croton, he ’lef the house w'en he had
his trunk packed, and they alnt nothin'
more to It.”
The two mules tn the tunnel under Park
avenue have *--•> leisure than their
friends uptown 7 o’clock each morn
ing, when the blasting begins, they are
hoisted up to the temporary structure
which spans Fourth avenue and given
a rest until 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
Then they go down with the "mucking”
shift and work until the next morning.
In a few days mule* will be needed in
the excavation under Central Park from
One Hundred and Fourth street and
Eighth avenue to One Hundred and
Tenth street and Lenox avenue. There
will be other mules employed on various
subway sections, but they will do outside
work. Only a dozen or so will work along
underground.
FICTION TRUER THAN FACT.
Professor Moulton's Startling State
ment at Chlrago University.
From the Chicago Record-Hersld.
Prof. Richard G. Moulton created a
sensation among the Junior college, stud
ents at tho University of Chicago yes
terday by making the serious contention
that "Fiction is truer than fact." The
address was the first ot a series of "Lit
erary Paradox e*’’ delivered before the
upper Juniors at division meeting.
At the conclusion. Dr. Moulton stated
his paradoxical thesis in tha form of o
genera! proposition that fiction is truer
than fact and more potent. He asserted
that most novel reading is akin to gam
bling, and urged the students not to
atop with the mere reading of fiction, but
to study such production* thoroughly.
Dr. Moulton Is a professor of literature
In English and Is well known In literary
circles and at the extension centers of
the West for his Ideas on the interpre
tation of Biblical literature.
Dr. Moulton contends that the Bible
should be treated aa a collation of litera
ry works, and to make his point emphstio
■baa published a Bible library, in which
tha different books of the Bible are in
separate volumes, grouped according to
♦ heir classification as literary works. Dr.
Moulton's methods of presentation in hi*
lectures are intensely dramatic, and
whatever ha say* is listened to with eager
attention by the students. He said in
part:
"We will first prove that fiction la as
true aa fact, and then that it la truer
than fact. A fact la a thin* that happens
to happen; truth is somethin* universal.
Fact and truth are not synonymous, as
Is generally supposed. A man who reads
facts only will find himself limited. A
thin* can toe truth without toein* fact.
The work of a scientist in his laboratory
is not a fact, but fiction. If a scientist
were limited to facts he would hara to
*o where things happen. For lnatanca, to
show the effects of two gates combining,
be would have to take his class down into
a mine. But what he does is partly fic
tion; he puts the gases in two retorts,
brings them together and makes things
happen. This fiction Is as true as fact.
"But Action is truer than fact. There la
more truth, bulk for bulk, in action than
in biography Biography la based on fact.
Take the biographies of Lincoln and of
Gladston. Nine-tenth of the things record
ed mostly 'happened to happen,’ and have
no bearing on the rest of the world. 'Dan
iel Deronda* la I.oo# English country gen
tlemen boiled down Into one. There is
more truth In that one book of action
then in twenty biographies.
“Reading novels te like gambling. The
average novel reader it no better than a
gambler, because he reads for the tick
ling prolongation of uncertainty—and that
Is all there is to gambling. The average
navel reader races along to And out
whether the heroine it married or burled.
“Anybody who does not read a novel
twice is a gambler. The light use of Ac
tion is to study It—to study it thoroughly
for the general truths contained.’*
Ugktslat Plays Haver With Jail.
Lacrosse, Wls., June 7 Lightning to
day caused a panic at the county Jail.
The bolt struck a tree and then entered
the Jail cage and played havoc with tha
Iron and steel work. Many of the prison
ers were felled to the floor, but none was
seriously Injured.
Lightning Strikes a School llrsar.
Cedar Falls, lowa, June (.—During a
hailstorm near Litt'eton. lightning struck
the school house and fatally Injured Paul
Roberta, a pupil, and the teacher. Miss
Jane Harvey. Seven other pupils were
burned but not fatally.
Plumbers filmed llwrahroeh.
Kansas flt|, Jur.a —The convention
of the National Association of Master
Members to-day elected ■. H. NMfIBVMk
of Kansas City, president.
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