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shipsagW sinks,
TWENTY LOST,
Reports as To the Loss of Life Are
Conflicting. But It Is Certain
Twenty or More Perished.
Graphic Stories of
Collision.
Norfolk. Va.. May 5.—A collision at sea
that cost the lives of twenty or more
people and the sinking of the Clyde
steamship Saginaw by the Old Dominion
Steamship’s liner Hamilton occurred be
tween Quarter light ship and Fenwick
light ship, on the Virginia coast, at 4:40
o’clock this morning.
The Hamilton left New York yesterday
afternoon at 3 o’clocq for Norfolk and
the Saginaw passed out the Virginia
capes at 9 o’clock last night bound from
Richmond and Norfolk for Philadelphia.
A dense fog settled along the coast
shortly after nightfall and both vessels
were going at reduced speed when the
crash occurred.
The scene of the collision is about 13
or 14 miles off the shore and between ISO
and 200 miles south of New York, or be
tween 125 and 11 miles north of Nor
folk.
The fog whistles of both vessels were
distinctly heard by each other for several
minutes before the collision occurred.
According to Captain Boaz, of the Ham
ilton. his ship was going about nine
miles an hour and the Saginaw about
ten. The fog was so thick that objects
a ship s length away were invisible and
when the two crafts hove in sight of
each other, bow on. there was but. a
moment's interim before they met. ihe
Saginaw veered, as did the Hamilton, but
they had not the time to clear each other
and the knife-like steel prow of the
southbound vessel struck the Clyde ship
part about fifty feet from the stern, cut
ting the entire rear of the ship away,
’he inrashing water caused the Saginaw
tn settle rapidly in the stern and the
impetus of the Hamilton took her out of
right of the crippled vessel. Engines al
ready reversed were put full steam to
the rear ami the Hamilton circled to the
scene of the wreck, at the same time
uwoing two life boats. There was con
sternation among the passengers of the
Old Dominion ship and first thoughts
weie for their safety, but so soon as it
was dis ov r. d that the ship was practi
cally uninjured, only some bow plates
stove in all efforts were directed to the
rescue of the Saginaw's passengers.
The Saginaw Goes Down.
When the Saginaw was again sighted
her stern was under water and her bow
in the air. Panic stricken people rushed
over her deck and scrambled toward the
bow. Life boats were being lowered and
into'the first fifteen colored women were,
placed, according to Second Officer A\ . L.
Morris, who was in command. The. boat
was swamped as it struck the water and
its occupants were thrown into th*: sea.
Ail were drowned ex, , pt the second otti
cer and the colored stewardess, who was
, aught by First Officer Gos’ee and heel
until a boat from the. Hamilton reached
them. The woman was pulled in, hut
the gallant mate sank immediately. The
woman died before the small boat reach
ed the Hamilton, more from injuries re
ceived by the impact of the collision than
by drowning
In the meantime the rush of waters
Into the bow of the Saginaw had caused
the decks to burst their fastenings with
a roar like the report of big guns and
tons of freight of all descriptions soon
littered the sei To this the struggling
people in the water c.ung and many were
rescued by the boats from the Hamilton
and Saginaw.
Before the life boats of the Hamilton
had reached the Saginaw the latter had
disappeared beneath the waves and
nothing but her topmasts were visible.
To these several men were clinging, one
of whom was the aged captain of the
Saginaw. J. S. Tunnell. When he was
taken ■ if it vt s found that ho had sus
tained severe, ir 'not serious, internal in
juries.
The Hamilton hovered around Hie
s eno of the wreck for over an hour, but
no sign of life could be seen among the
mass of floating freight. Two bodies, one
I ma and ti< other of a woman,
>t ad m night dress, were observ< <1
drifting between the bales of cotton and
. .is**s of goods.
The first news of the disaster was re
eived at Obi Point, whore the Hamilton
“topped for a few moments on her way to
Norfolk.
Fifteen Lives Lost in Surf.
■ 'anso. Nova. Scotia, May 6. —The Amer
!■ an fishing schooner Gloriana, Captain
George Stoddart, of Gloucester, Mass., ran
ashore 'luring a thick fog on the cliffs at
Whale Cove, near White Poin» ledges last,
night, and fifteen of the crew, includ
ing the captain, were drowned, out of
a total of eighteen.
Tile survivors are John Richards, Eu
gene I.eblanc and Frank Nickerson.
The drowned are Captain George Stod-
FAMILY IS REUNITED THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION
(By Robert R. Hemphill, clerk of the ,
South Carolina Senate.)
(RUTH is stranger than fiction.'
I The romance in real life is not
1 less surprising and interesting
than the incidents r-.orded In the most
absorbing novel, end the claim that works
of fiction are “founded on tai t” is not
wide of the mark.
This is the brief preliminary to a true
story I have to tell, developed by an m- |
quiry published in the Junior departme- t '
of The Atlanta Week! ’ Const;.:'.’.lon an |
the 11th of November, 1901. It was as fol- ;
lows:
• Miss Maud Taylor. Cratz, M-s Dear :
Junior: As papa was .so successful in ;
finding his brother by writing to your
valuable paper, 1 thought I would try •
and find my aunt, Eugenia Tayl >r. S!i- ;
was born In 18-17. near Spartanburg Court ;
House S C. an 1 Is supposed to be tner ■ I
vet. if’living. Raised by David Brewton I
After the dos* of the war she was narri ■ I ;
to Lieutenant William Agnew, of companj ,
K. Nineteenth Mississippi regiment. Any |
information w 1 be gladly received by M c i
and my father. S. A. Tayicr.”
The Constitution has a large circulation
and It Is not exaggeration to say that it
toes everywhere. It was not iong until
Miss Maud Taylor received the desired in
formation in a : oundabout way. Mi-
Brewton, In the lower part of Mississippi,
wrote to h?.* that If she would communi
ate with Mr. Melvin Agnew, of Gun
town, Miss.. -he would no doubt get t.ie
information so t..;h*. This suggestion was .
followed and In a few days he wrote that ■
Mrs. Robert R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, S. |
<•.. was Miss Mi Id’.: lost aunt, and it I
turned out to be true, as will appear be- i
low. the only mistake in the statement j
tejng that she had married Lieutenant W. ■
S Agnew. He mur-ied her college room- '
mate, aid it being a true love match they ,
have lived happily ever since.
A correspondence began and led to o I
visit made in March of this year by myself |
dart, of Gloucester; Armsworth Thomas.
Ell Melanson, Ansel Goodwin, Reuben
Surr, I larry French. Fred Doucette,
Thomas Frazier, George V. Muisee, Mar
tin Goodwin. Alex Hanson. Charles
Pierce, John Moulsong. Arthur Bonaghar.
and one unknown.
The Gloriana left the northeast bar of
Sable island yesterday afternoon bound
for Canso. There was a heavy easterly
gale blowing, with thick fog. Thg
vessel was kept under short sail, and
it is presumed that Captain Stoddart be
lieved he had plenty of sea rot in. When
the Gloriana struck on the ledges, she
passed over the outer ones, but brought
up on the inner reef, butted against a
cliff of rocks and then fell off into the
■ sea. When tile vessel struck the cliff,
I Richards. Leblanc and Nickerson were on
I deck, and they* ran forward, rushed out
on the bowsprit and climbed up the cliff
of rocks to a place of safety before a re
ceding wave carried the vessel off again.
Others of the crew who were below
rushed on deck half clad, and started
to lower the dories. As soon as each
boat touched Hie water it was smashed to
pieces.
Da sited to Pieces on Rocks.
The high seas were breaking c’.o.ln
over ihe vessel and she swung ’broadside
on the ledges ami commenced pounding
heavily. 1-ines were thrown ashore from
the schooner several times, but they were
either broken or torn from their fasten
ings on the rocks by the surging of the
vessel. Four of the crew jumped over
board and attempted to swim ashore,
but they were caught in the breakers,
dashed against the roi ks and killed in
Hie attempt. The others who were on the
vessel took to the rigging ami clung there
while their strength lasted, but the enor
mous seas were more than they could
battle* against, and one by one they
were swept away. The three men on
the rocks could see their companions
clinging to the rigging and hear their
shouts for help above the roar of the
se a but it was impossible to do any
thing to save them. The three survivors
spent -i terrible night on the cliffs. \A hen
davllght dawned they saw one man
still clinging to the rigging and made
their wav to Hie mainland for assistance.
The shore folk hurried to the scene of the
v. reek, and the man was taken from
the rigging, but he was dead.
Tin* place where the Gloriana was
wrecked is one of the most dangerous
on tlw Nova Scotia coast. It is less
ti-in a mile from where the steamer
Biaamand-u was totally wrecked last
year and only a half mile from the
scene of the wreck of the steamer Ti
ber in February, 1902. when twenty-two
lives were lost. The three survivors were
biought here this afternoon, and are be
ing cared for bv the United States con
snl. Th. V say the vessel is a total wreck.
None of the bodies hate been recovered.
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No More for Him.
New York Sun : Every one Interested in
Cannibal island missionary work should
find great encouragement In a letter
which the king of the Cnunibal islands
recently- wrote to a friend in this city.
Th* letter runs:
••]),. ar; You will be pleased to
learn that. I have at last been convert
ed to your wav of thinking and eating.
•I have never been hostile to mlssion
vou know. The trouble witn
the first few that landed was that they
tlwms.lves were too impressionab.e to
be able to convince others. For while
„,. differed on certain points In the be
ginning. in the end they all agreed with .
“This last one. who lias finally’ brought ,
me to'see the error of my ways, was. if :
you will pardon the slang, rather a tough J
proposition . , 1
"Always open to persuasion I devoured
his’word-, etc., eagerly. . ‘
"Not that I took so much stock in I
him at the time; for I was inclined, to .
i think that as soon as I had tnoroug»n\
digested his arguments, etc., 1 would
completely forget him and once more
I resume my old life.
• "This was not the case, however. His
word i. etc., t’ i lai in themsi h< s,
made a lasting impression upon me. He
grows upon nio daily. 1 within me
that mv reformation is complete. 1 shall
henceforth be a vegetarian. Yours with
out a struggle.
“H R, H. INDY JESTYEN.
(X) his mark.
"Per the Medicine man."
The Albany* Tieraid tells of one Dough
erty county farmer who will plant no
cotton this year—Mr. J. I- Bunch, who
is to try the no-cotton system on J7u
acres of land. Says The Herald: "He
will put 85 acres in cantaloupes, 60 acres
in corn and 25 or 30 acres in sweet pota
toes. with perhaps 2 acres devoted to
sorghum for the hogs. Mr. Bunch propos
' i Ing tn raise his own meat. He figures that
| at the lowest calculation lie will gather
125 bushels of yams to the acre. At that
rate his HO acics will pi educe 3,7.->0 bushels.
At an average of 50 cents per bushel
arid a lower price will hardly be re
-1 i eived—that will mean $1,875. No 30 acres
of farm land in Georgia will yield $1,875
worth of cotton. As for corn, Mr.
Bum h's 69 acres will give him as much
as his stock will eat and leave him a
i barn lull to sell besides. Mr. Bunch be
lieves he is going to clear more money
from bis farming operations this year
Ilian he has over succeeded in clearing
in the past, and we are inclined to agree
with him.”
, end wife to lite newly discovered relatives
1 in Mississippi, the object being to make
their acquaintance.
In the forties John Taylor lived on the
Enoree river, in Spartanburg district, and
was engaged in the flour milling business
with Jami's Nesbitt at Mountain Shoals.
His father was an Englishman who set
tled in Ohio. and about the first of the
nineteenth century mo.'cd to Union co'tn-
I ly. near Cross Keys. John Tax io.- was Im
! oldest son and was born in Union county,
j in ISM h married Miss 8.-ilah Anderson,
and to them wet ' born a number of chi!-
I liren. The two last wore twins and named
i Eugenia and Cornelia. When I hey were
I 3 days old their mother died, leaving four
. little children besides the twins. Their
> father had no way of oat Ing for them, but
I he cheerfully assumed the burden of look
-1 irg after all of them, the e! I '.-t of the lot |
: being only 8 years of age, and in his j
! trouble he had good friends. Mr’. James i
' Nesbitt took Cornelia and Mrs. David I
j Brewton took Eugenia. Cornelia died
i from whooping cough when about 7
| months old. The father then wend away
i from the pl.i e where s<- n ueh sori o w had
fallen to bls !■>;. lie did not leave the
state at once, but moved some distance
from the mill to Union district and man
aged a farm. After several years, to bet
ter his fortunes, he moved to Mississippi,
which was then the land of promise,
where wealth rewarded the slightest exer
tion. Just before he left South Carolina
Mrs. Brewton took her little adopted
daughter to pay a farewell visit to him
and the little children Then th » family
separated, the father and the elder chil-
| dren going t> Mississippi and Eugenia, r?-
1 n.airing with her adopted mother, who
I loved her as much as if she had been a
j child of her own. The little girl grew up
j without the slightest remembrance of h-r
i father and family, believing that Mrs.
I Brewton was her own mother, and it was
i many years before she discovered the
I truth. Mis. Brewton had ample means
i and gave her all the advantages of edu-
THE WEEKLY CONSTHUTIONi ATLANTA. &A.. MONDAY. MAY 11, l»03.
WHERE BISHOPS WILL
PRESIDE,
Bishop Key. Formerly of This State,
Will Preside Over the Georgia
Conferences —Bishop Gallo
way Will Look After
Work in Orient.
St. Louis. May 6.—After two days’ con
ference the college of bishops of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, conclud
ed its annual meeting today. The chief
business was to arrange the plan of Epis
copal visitation among the annual confer
ences of the denomination for the year
1903-1904, beginning with June. The con
ferences, about forty in number, are di
vided among the nine effective bishops, as
follows:
First District—Bishop A. W. Wilson:
Brazil mission conference, Piraciacaba,
Brazil, Augusts; Florida conference, Lake
City, Fla., December 9; Baltimore confer
ence. Alexandria, Va., Marell 24.
Second District—Bishop \V. \V. Duncan;
German mission conference. Grassyviile.
Tex. October 29; West Texas conference.
Grassyville, Tex., October 29„ West Texas
conference, Austin, Tex.. November 4;
Northwest Texas conference. Fort Worth.
Tex , November 11; North Texas confer
ence. Dallas, T’i'x.. November 25; Texas
conference, Brvan, Tex., December 2,
1903.
Third District—Bishop Charles B. Gal
loway: Japan mission conference, Hiro
shima. Japan, September 9; Korean mis
sion. Zeoul. Korea, September 24; China
mission conference. Soo Chow, China,
October 22; Tennessee conference, Walsen
burg, Colo., August 20; Western confer
ence x at Chison, Kans._ August 27; Mis
souri conference, Mexico, Mo.. September
2: Southwest Missouri conference, Sedalia.
Mo.. September 9; St. Louis conference,
Farmington, Mo.. September 23.
The conferences in the Orient will not
be visit' d by Bishop Galloway this year,
as he has just returned from a tour o£
the churches there.
Fourth District—Bishop Eugene Hen
drick: Kentucky conference, Cythlana,
I Ky.. September 2; Illinois conference.
Odin, Ills.j September 9; Western Virgin
ia conference, Parkersburg, W. Va.. Sep
tember 23; Louisville conference, Marion.
Ky., September 30; Virginia conference.
Charlottesville. Va.., November 11.
Fifth District—Bishop Joseph S. Key:
Now Mexico conference, Roswell, August
1’0; North Georgia conference, Griffin,
Ga., November IS; South Georgia con
ference, Sandersville, Ga.. November 25;
Mlssi inference, Meridian, Miss.,
December 9; Louisiana conference, Ho
mer. La., December 16.
Sixth District—Bishop W. A. Candler:
North Carolina conference, Goldsboro, N.
November 27: Alabama conference,
Pensacola, Fla.. December 9; Northwest
Mexican mission conference, Durango,
Mi .. o, January 20; Mexican border mis
sion conference, Monterey, Mexico. Jan
uary 27; Cuban mission. February 19.
S'"., nth District Bishop 11. C Morri
son; Montan;nf< ’em , Helena. Mont.,
August 27; East Columbia conference,
Walla Walla. Oreg.. September 10; Co
lumbia conference. Roseburg, Oreg., Sep
tember 17; Pacific confei- ncv. Oakland.
Cal., November 15; Los Angles confer
ence. Los Angeles. Cal.. October 22.
Eighth District - Bishop Embree E.
Hoss: Holston conference, Morristown,
Tenn October 7; Indian mission confer
ence. Dardanelle. Ark.. November IS; Lit
tle Rock conference. Eldorado, Ark.. No
vember 25. White River conference, Wal
nut Ridge. Ark.. December 9.
Ninth District -Bishop Coke Smith:
' Tonnes*' e conference, Murfreesboro,
Tenn.. November 17: Western North Car-
I olina conference. High Point, N. C . No
l -ember 11: North Alabama conference,
I cnml'ia, Ala.. November 25; North
Mississippi conference, Holly Springs,
I Mis= mbor 2; South Carolina con-
I !»reiu’e. Greenville, S. December 9.
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ATLANTA AND THE SOUTH.
Richard H. Edmonds, editor of The :
Manufacturers’ Record, of Baltimore, [
Id a 7 : Di
southern business conditions Mr. Ed- ;
monds said;
"The prosperity* which Atlanta is en
joying is typical of the whole soti'th.
Everywhere there is progress, and in
every interest there Is seen advancement.
Tile south is now finally on solid ground
and its future is assured. Those wiio
have been most pessimistic are now com
pelled to acknowledge that this is the
coming section of America.
"It lias been demonstrated to the final
conclti; ion that here Is to be the center
of the world's textile. Interest. We raise
tlir> . -fourths of the world’s cotton crop
and furnish that proportion of the cotton
for the 110,000,060 spindles in operation
throughout the world. And yet notwith
standing the remarkable advance in our
cotton manufactures the south has only
7,500,iXi0 spindles.
“Those fig res to form some
•dea. of the almost unlimited possibilities
in the extension of our cotton mill In
terests—for the trend of the world's in
dustrial development is toward a con
centration of capital where, as in the
south, nature has placed the raw material
and given tlje most advantageous fa
cilities for manufacturing.
"Moreover the Increasing consumption
cation that money could secure, sending
her to the female college at. Spartanburg
and afterwards to the Due West female
college. Wli n she finally discovered the
fact that she was an adopted child the
Impression was made on her mind that her
father died shortly after leaving South
Carolii i and not remembering that there
were other childr n, she always felt that i
she was alone In the world Th- only hint ;
to the contrary that she ever received i
w is ~ l>:ter written to her win n in Due j
W-st by S A. Taylor from a ymp near ■
Fredericksburg, Va„ he being a soldier nt .
the time. This letter she sent to her i
ado| :-d mother for advice as to what to '
do, for she always went to her for co in- '
sei. an I the an- wer came that there was <
I possibly some mistake and no mow was !
thought of the matter.
■ So It continue I until the pvi> atlon In
: The Atlanta. Constitution already re- ;
ferred to. .
Reunion at Gratz, Miss.
The . orrespondence whlehensued brought
tollght. the fact that the descendants of
John Taylor now living are scattered from
Mississippi to Texas, quite a number of
them living In Arkansas, and it would
lave been Impossible to get the whole
crowd together at one time at any point,
’t was determined, therefore, to have a
reunion at the home of Stephen A. Taylor,
the elder brother, who lives at Gratz, la ,
Panola county, and allow such as were in i
reach to assemble there. So we made a j
comfortable trip to Memphis, and then I
tcok the Illinois Central railroad to Sena- '
tobia, where we spent a day witli a niece, !
and afterwards went on down to Como. 1
where we left the railroad and .vent out i
into the count.'.' to Gratz, a distance of I
about s miles. The reunion lasted four
days, for the news was spread abroad that '
the South Carolina contingent was on j
baud and members of the family came in I
from t.ll quarters. The roads were In ;
cf cotton guarantees an expansion of .
this industry both in cotton production
and cotton manufacture much greater |
than anything we have yet seen. The
fact is we hardly comprehend the fttll
import of the world-revolutionizing
changes which modern improvements, the
railroad, the telegraph, the telephone,
and labor saving machinery, have in
augurated.
"There is nothing in the past by* which
to measure the future, for the fullest '
utilization of the power of the locomo
tive and the engine really has but a few
years to its credit.
“As late as JSso the total production
of bituminous coal was but 42.600.000 tens
or 3-4 of a ton per capita, while last
year the production was tons,
or over three tons per capita, and still
the consumption was restricted by the
absolute inability of the railroads to
handle this traffic
"The south alone j s now mining over ,
60,000,000 tons of bituminous coal a year,
or 18,000,000 tons more than the United
States mined in 1880. Alabama is min
ing tyvlce as min-b bituminous coal as I
the whole country did in 1860, and making .
nearly twice as much pig iron as the
country made in 1860.
"As late as 188'1 the whole country had
92,000 miles of railroad mostly laid with '
light rails and using light rolling stock. :
Now tlio south lias tXI.OOO miles largely of I
heavy rails and yvlth heavy rolling stock.
“It is an Interesting fact that the coal
and iron interests of Alabama will fur- <
iiish an aggregate ~f nearly 20,060.000 tons :
of freight tills ir, while the entire <
wheat crop of the United States, even
if it should reach the enormous figure I
of 800,000,000 bushels, as now estimated,
will equal only 24,000.000 tons, or "but one- i
fifth more tlyin Alabama's coal and iron.
"The activity in veil and iron in Ala
bama, however. Is almost if not quite
matched by the varied Industries, agri- 1
cultural and manufacturing, of other I
states. , '
"Georgii marble is going everywhere, j
Georgia iron ore Is being shipped to
Alabama and Geergla cotton mills arc
.steadily xpandii .
"Louisiana ami yas are developing
tlie ric*’ industry on a scale which more
than matches the great wheat develop
ments of the prairie states twenty years
"The Carolinas are building cotton
mills in every dir. .ion and North Caro
lina is becoming the most, active com
petitor of Grand Rapids for the furni
ture trade of the c untry. North Caro
lina factorK s are shipping furniture as
far west as Oregon and as far east as
South Africa.
”N' w mineral di .veries, new sources
of agricultural profits, cotton seed mills
now nulling out ■ $125.6011,000 ol piod-
uts a year new lines .c. industry springing
up everywhere att'-st the vitality of the
so.uth. .
“But let it ne.v-r be forgotten that al:
this is simply a r>'.. al of the imlustti.il
conditions prevailing in the old south,
and that it is mainly southern energy
which is doing it.
“Never was a country more misunder
stood and misrepres iited than the old
south, and by the same people (even some
of our southern , who know mil
much more about '! present south tnan
the old), tile tndii: tri ■! activity of the oa.,
Is supposed to lx I,.’W thing, unknown
to the people of ante-bellum days.
'■.j ],, .. people ; ' seem io know that
bet wen I'-.X) and I* l ' Hie south built near
Iv twice as nun:; miles of railroad as
New England and middle states com
bined the same per**’’*
the percentage ol growth in nearly ad
lines of manul'a. : omg was greater In
the south than in the rest of the coun-
“Wliat the south has done in proving
that the - "Hon 1 interests will center
in this ii <n l s to a large extent
been duplb.ited in Mher tilings. In iron
we are making ■'•i lS t as great progress,
our output last ar lia.ving been ove>
3 060,000 tor” U” t 397.060 tons in 1880
Our cal oi'tiail .fi,000.660 tons, against
6,000,060 tons in 18M. Then wo had forty
cotton *■ mi's; now wo have• be
tw,’. n 600 a-M . ■ Thon we had 8....000.00G
eanital invested in lumber operations,
now we have ov.-r slßl 'dO.OOO. The capital
Invested m cotton mills has increased
from 821 600,000 in 1880 to about $17&.000.000.
“These are but a few of the facts that
toll ot the south's growth and give some
indi itijn of its future."
Dewey on the Presidency.
i New York Sun: Sancta simpllcltas!
The beauty of the flue old seaman’s re-
I vised conception of the requirements of
j the presidential ofllce Is In the naivete of
its logic. Mr. Roosevelt is president. Mr.
Roosevelt, a.' president, is preparing for
a. nerve-straining journey of sixty-six
days through twenty-two states and ter
ritories witli from one hundred and thirty
five to one huridt’d and forty set speeches
on the programme. Only a man of un
common mental and muscular vigor could
do this sort of tiling without collapsing.
Therefore, reasons Admiral Dewey, only
s man of Mr. Roosevelt's pe-culiar physi
cal vitality and endurance is tit to be pres
ident of the United States In these days
of hustle.
The same process of reasoning, of
course, would demonstrate that no man
ought to be elected president who can
not give and take heavy yvbacks at sin
gle stick. And the admiral forgets, fur
ther. that just at the prs°ent time Mr.
Roosevelt is carrying on his well-set i
shoulders not. merely the burdens of one
presidential term, but also the hop.-s j
of anotli r.
Way of a Maid with a Wall.
Boston Transcript 1 larrlett--What did I
you go and teil Nellie what I told you I
about Hie Briggses for? You know 1 i
made you promise not to tell a soul.
Bertha—Well, didn't 1 tell it to Nellie
under the same pledge?
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• HON. ROBERT R. HEMPHIDD, •
c Clerk of the Senate ®
wr tched c mdltlon < n a icount of constant
I rain since the first of the year and the
I younger people came to the rendezvous
jon horseback. They w r ere all well mount
| ed and ft was a pretty sight when the
l handsome young' women came in view
I from over the hills. They were at home
I on horseback and dressed in good taste.
I They came and went during the four days
jof our stay. Our coming had been ex-
GUNFIRE WINS RICH
MEWm
Two Lengths Behind the Winner
Came Old England Luxcasta
Was Third—Gunfire Won
sll,lßO for Her
Owner.
New York, May* 7. —Gunfire won the
twelfth running of the Metropolitan
handicap at Morris Park today before
45,000 cheering spectators, who made Mr.
Whitney’s -swift filly the favorite in the
betting. With T. Burns in the saddle
she went the Withers mile in 1:33 1-2,
breaking the record by one second and
the record for the race by one and a
quarter seconds. She displayed speed
and gameness and was the first of her sex
to win this classic.
Two lengths behind the winner, to
which she gave four pounds weight, ac
cording to the scale, and nine pounds by
actual load, came Old England, the fam
ous sprinter of Green B. Morris, ridden
by Sb.iw. Luxcasta, the Albemarle sta
bles entry, witli Gannon up. was third.
These three had the race among them
selves from the start. Articulate, who
was pulled up by his rider, the apprt n
tlce, Larsen, when the parrier rose, ran a
remarkable race and floifhed fourth, a.
length behind the tired Luxcasta. Yel
low Tail was fifth. Masterman. the pride
of the Belmont stable, was an Inglorious
last, with Herbert and Colonel Bill close
in front of him.
Gunfire won sll,lßO for her owner, Old
England $2,000, and Luxcasta SI,OOO.
Every famous stable in the country was
represented in the great race and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were wag
ered. A field of liitee laced the starter.
All proved tractable at the post and
"They’re off!” roared out within three
minutes. Like a shot Old England
jumped into the lead with New York
2 lengths back. Gunfire was ahead when
the barrier went up, but was a bit slow
in getting under way. Along the back
stretch old England held bls lead of a
length or more, While New York dropped
back, giving place first to Gunfire and
soon to Luxcasta. Like a team they
went around to the home stretch and
there Luxcasta was beaten. Down
through the long straight way home
raced the Morris and Whitney horses,
side by* side. Both riders were driving
to th'-it utmost, but while Shaw raimd
whip strokes on Old England. Burns
could use only* unspurred heels and the
east of his body to aid his mount. Gun
fire looked to be beaten a quarter of a
mile from home. Close on the rails he
seemed to falter, while Shaw, with whirl
ing whip, took the big bay a neck to the
front.
Burns never stopped riding, however,
and soon Guntire was neck and neck
witli Hie leader, then a head in front
."nd as the leaders i* ached the grand
stand enclosure the Whitney filly drew
clean, while ;i perfect thunderbolt of
"Gunfire" roared from etevybody. De
lighted with the result. Mr. Whitney shook
the hand of "Tommy" Burns. He said he
had felt confident of the result and added
that Leonora Loring, stablemate of Gun
fire, could beat the Metropolitan winner
at any distance from one mile to lour.
Articulate’s splendid race led to an offer
"f his owner. W. De Lopez, to mat' ll
him against Old England, am! Mr. Mmris
agreed, for SI,OOO a side. E. E- Smathers
won $20,x"0 on Gunfire.
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER.
By One Wiio Knows Him.
(From The New York Press.)
One of the sad features of civil and mil
itary life is the unpreparedness of men
in the presence of the newspaper re
porter. AVithout the reporter there might
bo papers, but. not newspapers. He is a
necessary evil, if he be any* kind of evil.
Those who fight hardest against him
and oppose his mission are the very ones
who at some future day need him most,
and It. is they who will work most stren
uously to use him for their purposes, it
gives me pleasure to say that we of the
Fourth .Estate are gradually educating
the public in the art of receiving news
paper men and treating them yvith that
courtesy and frankness which the ex
igencies of the hour demand. \\ .- ir.
here to stay. We are friends of ail good
and enemies of all guile.
Frightened.
One of the leading reporters in this city
was introduced to a Wall street broker,
a man of no considerable consequence,
i but much puffed up with bls success as
:>n elghtA-and-quarters go-between. The
Introducer bad neglected to mention that
he was a reporter, and the conversation
was general. Later on the Identity* of the
gentleman was exposed, whereupon the
broker threw up his hands, exclaiming:
"Good God! A reporter? I’m rulneu.
AA'hy didn't you say so before you intro
duced him'.'" Tlie situation xvas slightly
strained. The reporter said quietly:
"Don't let. that worry* you. In the first
place, I am not here for news, ideas or
suggestions. In the second, what you
it ected, but when we arrived It was a. tin e. |
of suppressed excitement and strange i
emotions. It is impossible to describe the 1
feeling that overcame every one at the ;
moment of meeting.
When we drove up to the front gate the
whole family was standing out under the ,
fonrto-n majestic cedars that in utify the i
I honr place and attract th' admiration >C
I all who pass by The welcome was warm
I and cordial, as it must have b en !■< tw. i ■
| brother nd sister who had not seen i nch :
jother for half a century, and particularly
i to the sister, who until No\ ember. 1901, ,
had not the remotest idea that she hall a j
I blood relative in tha land of the living. I
'There was so much to be said rind -x ,
plained that the four days seemed too I
I short a time even Io become acq'taitued.
j Stephen Taylor, the brother. Is a farmer '
I who lives in the country and. in common ■
j parlance, “boards at the same place.’’
| where his crib Is filled with corn, ills barn i
i with fodder and hfs smoke house w'.U .
I heme-rai.-t-d and home-cured hams. He Is l
I given to hospitality and the wayfaring ■
- man Is always welcomed at ids home. II- '
! was a soldier of the Army of Northern
i Virginia and was severely wounded at . lie
battle of the Wilderness on the Gth day
of May. ISGI. being at the time a soldier
in the famous Nineteenth Mississippi regi
ment of Posey's brigade, In ‘■righting
Dick'' Anderson's division and A. P. Hill's |
corps. He Is a justice of the p-ace, an
hoiu r which was not of his seeking, lint •
thrust upon him bv his fellow-citizens, I
who had confidence in his integrity, pa tri- I
otism and ability.
lie has a. family of bright and charming !
young daughters and in the neighborhood I
is a good country school conducted by .
Mliss Garrison, of Abbeville, Miss., a.
young lady of capability and experience.
Not far away is Fredonia, a Methodist
church, and the eommunily is noted for
intelligence and thrifty ways.
That section is known as the “bill conn
try” to distinguish it from the bottoms erf
WHAT MINBSTEHS f WIVES SAV ABOUT
PEARLII\IE
I have used PEARLINE for I find that PEARLINE Is ths
eight years. Am never without best soap -powder I ever used. I
It Use it with the most, delicate soak my clothes over night, and
fabrics and with coarse things. rub them out next morning with
Find it satisfactory in all thing.--. little labor, and my clothes are
Mrs. Rev. G. E. L. beautiful and white. I have found
PEARLINE especially* good in the
T prefer PYLE'S PEARLLNE to washing machines for wssflittg
other soap powder. I like PY’LE'S clothes. Mrs. Rev. J. H. D.
PEARLINE for washing lace col- j pka your PEIARIANE. AVo
lars and embroidered and lace have always used soap, butt are
dollies, which I do. myself, at going to get PEARLINE. PEAR-
hc.'nio, not trusting them to the T.INE isn't so bard on the hands
washerwoman. Mrs. Rev. J. L as some soaps. It’s good for
, . cleaning paint—don’t have to rub
I prefer PEARLTNE to any s ] . j7 , ag yfitJ WQUId |f ~,) U
other powder I hare used. I do , E Mlss jr _ w p
not think it will Inlure colored . .
cloth”* which is more than I ran Have tried many different kinds
sa- for mo.- ot’m-f washing pow- «■ ’ l”Wd"rs, beside PYLE’S
Mrs. Rev. M. E. M PEARLINE, iut find the latter
th? ma t worthy for family use.
I have used PEARIJNE for Mrs. Rev. K. K
tl” last ten yean*. Always sat- Have used PEARLINE a num-
ts-fied with it It never turns t.ne per cf years, and like It very
clothes yellow. o c t much for all kinds of flannel gar
bles. Rev. R. <». J. rnents. They are soft and nice
I have for years used PYLE'S ! > f " r wnshim-.
PEA RUNE for delicate washing. PEARLTNE doos not Injure the
It Is the best of five others, t hands in the least.
think. Mrs. Rev. C. W. S. Mrs. Rev. B. M. N.
know is not worth publishing. In the
third, nobody outside of this office cv r
I card of you. therefore, what you might
say would be of no newspaper interest.
In the fourth. I carry more AVall street
secrets in my* memory than you t ver
dreamed of—secrets of big men and gr.at
institution. You are perfectly safe. Good
morning.”
Coining to Terms.
Tn less than two months that broker,
frightened so badly, sent a fri nd to the
reporter begging him to mention an affair
in which he personally was deeply inter
esied. He is one of a numerous ' lass af
fecting to be holler than reporters until
reeding a writeup, then groveling. Suc
cessful men in public life, almost without
exception, rely upon the reporter as a
stepping stone to high office. They will
take him into their confidence, steer him
safely between the devil and the deep so.'i,
help him to earn his salary* by loading
him up with news and incidentally pros
per their own cause. A combination of
reporters could ruin any man in this
country. Owners of papers, edltors-in
ehief, managing editors and city editors
cannot possibly get in so close touch with
the average man as can the reporters, the
office repr'-.-'ent.-: t i v*-s. whom they send
out to hunt for facts in the market place.
Hie palace, the howl, the prison, t
church, the wide, wide worirt.
How To Treat Him.
T should like to propose a high school
for the education of all men on the : ab
ject of “How to Treat a Reporter.” it
would end all friction. Let the public
first understand that the icporter is
bound io have the r.ews at all risks. If
he cannot get it at first hand he will take
it at second or third or tenth. lie is not
going back to his editor with a hang-dog
look and say he has failed. Never! He will
fake first- and take chances of being
caught or vindicated. On reputable papers,
if caught faking he soon loses his job.
I No reporter in his right senses wants
■ to fake. 11 ' wants the truth every time.
’ Then why aide it? AVhy insult him? AVny
increase, bis labors a thousandfold? Why
; keep him out on the still hunt all night
when be treating him in a common-unst
mat I set him
econd and have early copy foi
■ posing room?
Not in the Same Class.
i Al - fix ]»<’. sons 1 down <>' ropoi u y
’ as if they were inferior creatures. They
1 forget that ninety-nine times in 100 the
' newsgatherers are of higher caste
than those from whom they seek informa
tion. Reporters are not looking for any
thing good about people, for the public
would never stop to read it. They want -ill
the bad about men and women they can
dig out and it is the bad things about bad
people that make the newspaper interest
ing Through long mingling with the evu
classes r< porters become contaminated,
and it must not be wondered at if tjie’’ l '
should be an occasional tall from s>ra -•
I do not know any reporters who aie .11 -
... is .'nd 1 do know some who are
with painted wings, but take tn.ni ali m
ali they* ar., the best set of fellows In the
worhl wet-lug lik- m-’i-l lor tlwn em
ployers, spending liberally, living merri
ly and ev“i' eager to do a favor and fot
get it-
Money Basis of tie Worlds Fail.
' Review of Reviews: At the first world s
fair in London, in 1851. there were twenty
cne acres under cover, the Philadelphta
centennial had a coveied area of lllty
six acres; Faris, in 1900. had 125 acres;
Chicago, in 1893, 200 acres; St. Louis will
I'oyp v- t ( rps while the wh<ne area m
eluded within the exposition, fence will
be J ISO nc-i-' S, of which 600 acres .ie in
Forest park, and the rest on leased
ground, west of the park. This Is twao
as much as was included Lu the .-'-te ot
'the Chicago exposition. There still re
main 771 acres off Forest park outside
the fair grounds, furnishing a beautiful
background and surroundings.
The St. Louis fair has a broader finan
cial foundation than any of its j>r< cle
cessors. starting with 1. million dollars
I In hand, or available as soon as needed.
: Os this 5 million dollars comes from Lie
' individual subscriptions of St. Louis eiti-
I zeiis. millions from bonds voted by the
municipality, 1 million voted by the state
' of Missouri and over 6 million from the
i United States government. Thus far.
] the Mississippi and Tallahatchie rivers.
I but it is a level country when compared
’ witli upper South Carolina or nonh Geor
! gia. People who five in this hili country
are free from sickness to a remarkable
degree In the course of seventeen years
; Stephen A. Taylor, with whom we made
l headquarters, has nor had a. professional
visit from a ]>hysieian. His residence is
jon ( levated ground and i line view' of the
I adjacent farms can be had and even the
i lands of Tate county, miles away, can be
S' en. Two miles to the rear is tire home of
a half-brother. Richard J Taylor, who is
j r.lso a farmer. In front of his residence is
: a grove of majestic trees, a. vine runs up
: at the i nd of the front piazza and a great
i number of rose bushes are beginning to
j fill tlie yard. He has a ginnery and a.
! blacksmith shop for his own use, several
! hundred acres of land, fine cattle and good
l horses a’nd mules and can be content no
l matter how the world wag-.
1 About (1 miles away at Despldeza lives a
I full sister with her Interesting family,
| most of them grown and married. They
i all gi\ ■ their time Io fanning.
The Postmistress a Niece.
The postmistress at Gratz 1s a niece.
The name was given to the office by a
lady teacher because she thought it was a
pretty name, but for a long time the
young people of the neighborhood per
l slsted In calling it “Rats." The post
i mistress showed us a. handsome finger
j ring presented to her by a young gentle
! man and before many days we expect to
I hear of her marriage.
i Tb.ey all marry young and two weeks
' before we made oui visit one of the young
i men. 19 years of age, started lo church
( with a young lady, but changed his route
i to the home of an official and they were
married. She is a bright and pretty young
woman and they seemed perfectly happy.
I have been an editor for thirty years,
and it is second nature with me to read
the newspapers, but during this visit of
four days I did not open a daily news-
i forty-two states have voted appropria
tions aggregating ov - millions, much
lof it merely for preliminary work 'I lie
i principal foreign nations have signified
their intention to be well represented.
And to ad tills must be add' d large sums
! to be expended by the eonc.esslonnaires,
! bringing Hie whole outlay to a probable
j total of fifty* million dollars.
! LYNCHING WORRIES ITALIANS.
Mississippi Tragedy Discussed by ths
Deputies at Rome.
Rome, May 7 Replying, in the ehninb"!
of deputies, today, to a demand made by
Deputy* Cirmeni, for an explanation d
tb& present stat is of the investigation of
! Hie lynchings of Italians at Erwin, Miss.,
• m July, I'l6l. under Foreign Secretar .*
j Baceclli said that in spite of the activity
I of Italian consular and diplomatic otll
cials, no convictions had been secur- 1
owning to the r 'ici iice of w'itne“.s's w i
I ersisted in de< lining to make de.posit
Signor Jill'-colli said the Am' rican co. -
gress had voted S.'AOOO for the families of
i the vf.'ims, but I" this measure tha
■ Italian goveramci-it remained a stranger,
- as it could not admit a price for blood.
although it would not forct t •• *' iurt 1
' parties to refuse the indemnity. The under
ri < i-et.iry .said the American government
recognized tlie justice of this protest,
i Bills had been introduced in the Am’-rl :i
congress to give the federal authorities
jurisdiction in such c.ises, " it th'-y yy .
not passed because the individual dates
were jealt is of t
i "For the present.” continued Signor
r Baccelll, “I can only hope that tiu- gr, t
. American nation, which in man;
. spects, stands at th ' h* *■’ "f eiy iU iti"
will understand that lynching is a c : -
' tom which certainly Is no honoi to J
■ lofty a cfylllzation and that it w. !
: piess it. In the meanwhile our ■!’■ .ma.io
and consular officials will eontini:'- ; • ir
efforts to prevent these bloody -
j to discover and punish the guilty pai
; ties.”
; LOUD HISSES FOR AMERICANS
Nicaragua Blames Roosevelt for Not
. Enforcing Monroe Doctrine.
i San Francisco, May 6.—Reports rec .Ived
I by the Pacific Mail steamer Colon from
, ' Panama indicate that General Emi'io
v'ammero, the conservative 1 •it :• of
, Nicaragua, is making great -’rogrf'ss
against the forces of Presiden: Zelay *.
Passengers on the Colon refute fi®
statement that the government fore* >
have taken the vessc's captured by (!•?'.
oral Cammerro on Lake Nicaragua. <;■ *
I era! Orltz, the newly* proclaimed pr< ■
dent, was at last accounts cu the m;i”
from Honduras yvith u, largo force to a
tack the government f --s a*. ’ ••••.
The report is brought from Ni-.-arag..*.
that Americans are openly hl* * d on
count of the feeling agminst Pr si*:
Roosevelt, who is blamed r ‘ ,>t
forcing the Monroe doctrine” ly pt
venting Great Britain and Germat y froa,
collecting their debts from Salvad r .
Nicaragua. * tutrag< ■*
President Zelaya against certain pr
Inent citizens of Nicaragua wiio are
different political parties from bi,in-'”,
are said to have become common, i«d
the result of it has been to pai tlyze t
trade. The Colombians are exac, '- I '
assist the revolutionists in the tig t
against Zelaya.
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SHARKS EAT THREE MEXICA
People on Shore Witnessed, l-u Ct
Not. Help the Man.
| Coatsacolcos, Mexico. May 4—Ti ■ -
i known men. who were bathing I'* i * •
! surf here today, w-nt o .* .*• ::
I from Hie shore and were <b y nr ,
sharks. People on the shore wit,lt i
I tragedy, but could render : " usist
| ance.
Wireless Telegraphy in Mexicc.
j Mexico City. May 4 Th" ■"
: has approved plans for the ->tal> i-*t
| of two additional wfi-' l' s* t"b-p:.*y:; -t .
Hons at La. I’az and .Alt.U.i. i
| for the ptirpose if hi
of cmnmunication l-iw. *n J..v,--a C.i".'>r-
I ni ; >, and the mainland of M*",
paper once, although th- great M.-.-'h i; pl
overflow was the absorbing question i<.
over the country. All w r as so qinet arom I
me that I felt ns if there was ■' :->t e.-mg
to bo much of a flood anyway ' W •• ■
the day depart' d and night setil—l
t pon the s-ene, from the ;-e o; w
tenant which stood.beyond a small": i ■
on gently rising ground -ame t : • s
of a violin handled with skill and f :-i. g
out some familiar tunes of sn-t'i nt' l
happy effect. From T irthi r
mellowed by distance . nine the -i !• ■
l bUf i ye,
for his own amusem m-t and p’■ . s : -
all the time from an adjacent po: d of
water a hun in -1 frogs e con
cert without detracting from Its hnrm r. .
the chorus being rendered bj twet
guinea fowls which occupied one oft :
large cedars near the residence and
whose peculiar “potrack” gave notice that
wo would “have eggs fur break: ist in the
morning.”
Colonel Hemphill Soliliquizes.
Tiie change from the hui : y -ml bi
the closing hours of a legislative session
to such .a scene of repose and con tent m r rt
was delightful to me and the strange ro
mance of real life which Induced the tr‘r>
added interest to the occasion so that
these, four days of making ncqiiamta ae
will long be rememi>ci\ d with pleasure.
My story has been told and it Is s simple
but a true one. A little girl bereft of imr
mother at the tender age of 3 days is
adopted by a kind-hearted woman, the
fathei goes away and for half a century
the adopted child knows nothing of tl’.e
father or elder children.
A few lines in The Constitution from tha
pen of a girl of 11 years results in reveal
ing this interesting romance and brothers
and sisters become acquainted with each
other and are reunited.
"What is writ, is writ, would it were
worthier.” and I will conclude as T began
by saying that sometimes "truth Is
stranger than fiction."
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