Jpaoish ••••T^easdre.
A NOVEL.
At Mrs. Slixaboth (J.
q«*Ml 1 > CAITILUg
.. OKATTBB X.
Mb dto kts first whiy s-y
itohktiM fioisk to ass that tfij
*—> which had bafallaa him might
« mada to prova a vary looby oos.
■AHhoogb ha warn profoosidly ignorant
*»m tha aobjaat of pysshoipgy in all its
phasaa. ha had. aa ha wo old bars
aaM, “pioksd ap something of tha iar
®aa,** and this hsaow proaaadadto
makamaaof.
Ba hroaght a aoopla of pillows
mom a ante; aad. having pUood tbam
«»dar tha prafaaaor’a kaad, la ardor,
aa ha told himaalf, that “poor old
•ha'a'tgatasrlakia his jsaok,”
ha draw a ohair fas front of him, sat
how* aa that ha aoald hams hla gaaa
aa tha won, pala, tmeonedooa fsoa,
aadhapu^to sataohtsc him la a low,
“Are poo aalaapr* ha ashad.
To thia thara was, ot first, no ro>
alp. Btoalsy aaw tha spanksr’a fsoa
twttah and hpa aadoaa faith#aflbrt to
■peak. hot so- soand issaod thers
hoas. H# rspsatad tha qoaation at
faimvala ot a miaate, aad whan thin
had hnaa dona aavarnt times Vna Tss
aal’s voioa was saddaaly hoard, slasr
and dlaMaat, bat sounding ns though
tt asm a tram n diatanaa. Tha offset
was weird sad startling, ns If speech
had suddenly preaaadad from spU
vaalasd aerpaa, and tha wards wars
I Ml outwardly aalaap, but my
opirit ia fully awako aad willing to
tfeiwlay*a haart boondod with tri
umph. Ha foM thothia oxporimant
wm tiaonmlng vary iotaraatlor
"Ornym road thia parohmontf” ha
aakod, indicating ho myatorioua
“All that ia written or traood on
•hot oido wo hoot already mado oot;
to Itwill ho loud in tho man
ia tho pooooooion of tho
t r* oxelaimod
bar
ito Too Taaool oo that'
"Iharoaoid nothing about
with year mind, oo that I
« rood poor iuaaoot thooghta."
Wtoolay tarot on tartly roooilod with
oaoh torooaa to aoad bia okair book
mood oo—t loot. What saoa, iron
of tho oat poro and aoblo mind,
mould ho willing to aubaaii bio inmoat
thooghta to anothart Tho situation
wm portion lariy atortllog to tho Hon
arahlo Cloraoaa Btooloy. A faint smlla
paoaad oror tho profaasor’a fooo, and
Ida oaxt words had a touoh of aatira
to tho oot of bia llatoaor.
“Dm*! bo alanaod,” Vaa Taaool
oootiaood; shall know nothing of
oil tldo wkaa 1 rotora to ordinary eon -
ostoaaaoos. Oo on, got oil tho Infor
moMoa you oaa; it la not sofa to koap
am ia thto -aufitiaa too loog.”
Ooy drirr a bcaottf 6f roilof. and
to pot bio Mom Into tho form
of that
"To <* •% *01 be liflnll, par bap*
ftap**aibU: tat jm bar* already
apebaa toYoUy HaaUtoa abemt baiar
praaaat vbaa tka manaaeript la mi
Tba* ia year opportaaity. maul
annp tb* detail* yomraalf.’*
'*Oaa*t pm tall Malta bat tba Maaa
k kite aSw k jir^V.I.a
ar aeaoaatad with mm abjaat ia tbia
mam. My riaiaa dee* aot traral, it
aaaaat laaratb*atM*apb*ra ee a trolled
by year tbaaybta. I aaa (ml that tb*
I* **aa*et*d with tba
i
a
I ^AjppaaaaMy a*, aad y*t l am malt
H*M lor a fa* Mom*ata*bafora^ Lb*
| l
ftatfJvsui&SE
jeai ailar wari aai Uaa after Uaa at
Esssjsssjts^z
a. . f ^ j S'. r
la ioni strong bond bstwssa too. X
aaaaot tstt what it is. Shs is too far
•way from ms aad from yon. It may
ba tba mystsriona tia of blood and ini
baeitad tandaaaUa. Toa may gain a
bar, through that yon
and inflnanaa bar, bat X
to, old fallow! That's
_ iatsrrnptnd Btaalay. "Lot
■so gala aa iafiaanoa orag say worn,
aad I will taka aara of tha Nat. Thty
are bat waak ereataruu «t tba bast,
and already I notioad a difibrsnoa in
tba* girL Aha no longue shrunk from
mm to-day aa aba did on tba oooaaioa
of gar first masting."
Ha spots manly as if attaeing bia
thought* alond, and. whan Van Tmsssl
bad rapUad, it bad bean also Ilka
listaning to an so ho from bia own
mind. Suddenly, ba bseama aware
of this, aad, turning to tha mason
scions oompanioa bssids him, ha said
imparativoly:
‘■Format all that has bsnn said aad
all that baa baan thought sin os yoa
fall into tha trunoal And now.
awakar
Bat the prof—or did not stir. and
*• 8taniay bant forward and looked
keenly at kirn it aeamed aa if k* did
not area breathe. The Honorable
Clarence' felt uncomfortable, bat, re
taining perfect aelf-poaaeaaion, he be
gan to aaaka the upward pat tea over
the pallid face with the same calm
deliberation with whieh he bed ia
dooed the trance.
' “Awake! Awake!" he aaid again, in
hie aaoet Imperative tone; but the pro
feeeor gave no evidence of obeying; on
the contrary, the tranoe eeemed
deeper and more deathlike than be
fore.
A chill ef apprehension canned Mr.
Stanley a alight ahiver, aa of odd.
“Ha ean't be daadt" ha matter ad.
“It would be davfliah inoonvenient,
and juat ae he promiaed to be of pee
to me I"
Again ha made the upward mearnerio
peeeee and again b* aaid, in low, in
ten aely coaoentratad tones:
“Awake!”
CHAPTER XL
DOhOaae »
"I don't like that girl," aaid Pdly
Hamilton, in a ton* of meat decision,
when aba found heresU alone with
Do’.oraW l
''Whieh of themt” aaked her com
poirn, abeestly, while aha bestowed
• farewell loving glaaee oa the faoe
of her mother, before dialing the mini
eture whieh she etUl held in her hand.
“Hot Bertha, of eonrae—no one
ooeld help liking Bertha; she’s just ae
aweat and good aa she — he; we have
always been the beet of friends, and I
am really quite fond of her, in a way.
Hot ae I am of you. Bite. I never
•odd love any girl aa I love you, dear
•at; but the other one—Olive Oaye—1
think tI oonld positively hate that
girir*
“How severe yaw in, Kmji; bat
POrksp* you or# jaatlflod ia feeling eo.
I knraly looked at M1m Osya, and I
had no naararaariaa with her. Bat aba
adorned to me like a obartalug girt”
“Bxaotly, that is just what people
anil bar: bat X don’t think X erer in
by life liked the sort of yowag woman
that ia nailed In eharmiag gml’ And
X tall yoa, dear, my famtiaata about
women never daailva m»— OUra Oaya
auy be oharmiag, batakaianotniea.”
“1 will nnamtw what yoa: any.
Hernia, and X will obaarri if fntnro
knowledge of Mae Oaya eon Arms it,"
. “Bat didn’t Hr. Stanley look hand
««aa, Brief X know yoa don’t Uko
him, aad it Imriflm me to think that
ft may bean iaatiaat with yon to aa
darstaad men just as H is with, me to
aadorotaad wamta. Bat I hope yoa
will loan to like Urn a little. Bite,
jaat tor my anke, aad yon muat admit
tknt ho waa vary han fleam i to-day."
“X think Urn the kaafleomaot man
X aver now,” aaU Dolores, with a sigh.
“Par ha pa that ia not suing mwah, foi
X have really aoan bat few man, or, to
.ho more •atrial, X have looked atfrw,
and I have never aaaa any ana like
Hr. Stanley. **
“Oh, yon'darting!” axoUlmad Polly
Haariltoa. H am tree mo qalto happy
to hare yon nr that, bnt yon mnetnrt
mah to the other ark ami now, and
fall in love with Urn, far I'm afraid
What do X aero for the anno of
that daaky priaaaaaf I believe ia
aona of that rabblahl Let me bat
gat lh ooo hands of arias on the trees
ore, aad the anna may taka wings to
ttsetfr
“Bat yoa will not bo the only hair;
fat year •haraater.of the Honorable
SSZZJSX; SLZTlhSZ
man. will net year aider brother nod
Uibat^iWa aa egaal share of the
ym Spanish, th* same aa hMdai tha
mysterious cipher on tha other aide.
•‘Confound tha asaa who hnattd
this pussle,” h« thought. ••But, nol
I won't say that either; for if it had
bean a simple one it would not have
remained for sea to discover it”
With tha magnifying glass In hand,
ha one# mors took tho piece of paroh
ment tit tha fin, and aa U* writing
again appeared, be read it word by
word, slowly thinking oat tha English
equivalent as aaok line of tha Spanish
writing was traced before him by the
action of th* Are. Having cocas to
the last word, hk faoe flushed with
triumph even store then by the glow
of th* ooals, be seated himself by th*
table, and mad*, first, a oopy of th*
writing in Spanish and, afterward, an
English translation of the seme _
To do this had been a difficult and
tedious task, and more* than one*, aa
th* parchment coded and th* ink
faded, ha had bean obliged to leave
off, to recover the writing by th* magic
of hast; but at last it was completed,
sad the wall-hidden secret, translated
into English, read as follows:
“Tha spot k twelve paces from a
sycamore-tree, ont of whose roots grow
twelve separate arms (or trunks, per
haps). On th* eras (or on* of th*
trunks) trill the' rudrbuOfn* of aa
Indian woman, tha mnoh-wxoaged an
oaetreea of th* Amarioaa . lfendosas.
There th* treasure was buried on th*
night of October 12, 1792, by * de
scendant of th* Indian prinoess and
her treacherous husband. It is be
lieved that her spirit guards the spot.
Th* treasure can only be found by
true descendants of the Mandoxss. It
can only be rightfully possessed by
true heirs, mala and female, mutually
beloved sad joined together in lawful
wedlock. This secret can only be
reed bye Mendoza. To all others
this parchment k a blank. Every trn*
Mendoza inherits in some form th*
birthmark of our Spanish ancestry, •
and in soma degree th* mystics, spirit
ual gifts of oar Indian ancestry. To
that hair who discovers this treasure,
and whose heart k honest and his soul
•are, be blsuing and honor and all,
happiness in its possession; but to
that hair who wrongfully acquires this
treasure, and whose heart k deceitful
had his soul Impure, may it bring sor
row and loss sod all th* train of evils
east abroad by the wrong don* to th*
Indian woman from whom w* era da-,
seceded."
The drawing of a little flower, whoaa
■tar-like blossom seemed to tremble
on iU slender stem, completed' the'
hidden message of the parchment, anil
under it waa written the word ‘‘JLv
acaoaa," through which waa drawn eg
Indian arrow.
“Wall,” aid aimed Stanley, aa ha
leaned back in his ebai?, “all tha in
dications point taa out aa the true
heir! I have deciphered tha eryptoy
graph 1 I have discovered tha myste
riously hidden message! I bear on
my brow the birthmark of tha hu-,
doses, abd apparently I possess toaJp
mystic gift, or I oouldn’t so readily
have thrown the learned profeaaar into
a tranoa—though of all my claims to
be a true deeoendant of the If an doles,
this lest one pleases ms least; unless,
Indeed, it proves valuable in giving
me control over that beautiful rtpani#j>
girl.” »
a?»ts wflcction drew his attention
again to tha still nnoonsoions Pro
fessor Yen Tassel; bat be failed to nee
that tha man's face showed even paler,
more worn and pioobed than it had
yet looked, while his ayes ware * so
deeply sunken and turned'upward na
iler their closed lids that they seamed
almost lost in the sockets.
“I have mads oat the whole story,”
said Stanley gsyly. as he placed his
head on the parchment, from which
the appasranos of tha writing had
again fadad quite away, and hare I
have tha whole secret of tha Miildolt
treasure at tha tips of my Angers."
**\ know it I havi followed yon
through It ell,” answered Yaa Tassel.
His voice waa very faint and aoanded
farther away than whan ha had last
spoken, bat Stanley's own senses war*
so sharpened by excitement that ha
failed to notice the change; “bat arc
“ 'he heir who ia likely to obtain
ness in tha possession of the
IraasnroT”
“Am I U>« halrt" exclaimed the
other, “of course I am the heir!
I A qaleh crimson flamed fhlo tha
clear olive cheeks of Dolors*, end
aoma inexplicable emotion thrilled
through her to tha tip# of her Anger*.
Wee it pein er anger or aonrowf It
mroij eonid not bo pi smear* I And
than aba was coo scions of a feeling that
eertalaly seamed like fear. She draw
herself qeiekiy away from tha embraee
of kar friend, and anawarad, coldly:
•Ho, I don’t think I shall fall in
lora with Mr. Stanley."
'Howl have hart yonr feeling*.
Bits; don’t ba ovar-aeasitiT*, dear.’’
Bat Dolor** protected that aha waa
la no dagraa oflandad a* hart And
tha two gtrla presently aeperated, tha
forma* to Mtnl her friend’* axarolaa*
*■!«■£*»•»*»*•»**•» If
ooaaf her aacTeianta in tha many
•heritable work* u whioh aha apent
both time and
With a commendable spirit of lade*
panlanaa, Daleraa hod. from the first.
daalarad that aha mart ba parmiUad to
mnho herself aaafnt; oad Mrs. Hamil
ton, aooiag that it would greatly eon
trihwt# to bar happteaaa and oolf-ra
mpaatto faal a certain iadapoodaaaa,
••••god tha yooag girl, at • Axed
•alary, aa companion and taaohar of
fipaalah to her danghtar.
‘Haaffn which, yon are always to
ho oao ti ne—tika/.oar own ahUd, Do*
loMg> *•* vo owe yon mar* then Ilf*,
in knowing tkat yon risked yonr own
Ufa to an** Mary."
!
A DESPERATE FIGHT
VMe Pome Held At Bay By Oie
Hu
KILLS TWO MEN INSTANTLY AND
Wmi4i Seven Other* of the Poum
Severely— Finally Shot to Death
and Burned.
Tuscumbla, AJa.. Special.—la a dee
Eite battle, fought near this place
day between a sheriff's poeee and
WlH Reynolds, a negro desperado,
two members of the poeee were
kUlud and seven wounded by the dead
ly tuellade of the negro, who after
ward waa killed and his body thrown
Into n burning building. The dead
are: Hugh Junes; Bob Wallace and
Will Reynold* (colored.) The wound
ed are: Sheriff Qassaway, mortally;
Will Oaaoaway, mortally; P. A. Prout,
faulty; J. K. Payne, seriously; Jessie
Davis, Jim Ftnaey and Robert Pat
terson.
Rarty In the day. accompanied by
Will Oaseavrmy, a deputy, 8herlff Oas
es way went to a negro settlement
"Knardtown,’’ to arrest Will Rey
nolds, on n charge of obtaining goods
under false pretense*. The negro was
barricaded In a bouse and opened fire
with a Winchester, mortally wounded
Sheriff Oaaeaway and Will Oaaeaway,
who waa about 200 yards distant.
As soon as the news of the en
counter reachod town, a posse left for
the scene. Owing to the location,
nono of the officer* could venture
within the open space. Dynamite was
procured and the bouae la which the
negro had fortified himself waa fired
uj-on, but to no effect. At 1 o'clock
Simpson, of the Wheeler Rifles, ar
rived with 12 guns and 1.000 cart
ridges, which were distributed among
12 picked men. This company was
stationed around the house and rid
dled It. but the negro had taken
refuge In the cellar and returned tho
fire killing Jones and wounding
Finney. Goal oil was then procured
end titer four hours of hard work
(he adjoining houses to that in which
the negro was were fired. At 8 o'clock
U»c house In which the nogro waa lo
cated waa fired by the Wheeler
Itifles, who had arrived on the scene.
The negro fled to a shed . and re
oponed hre. killing Wallace and
wounding Davia. but fell la the next
volley from the posse and militiamen.
The crowd, numbering 1,000 seised
the riddled body and threw It In the
burning bnliding. .
Wallace, who waa killed, was ad
vancing on the negro, who shot him
through the body. H:s body fell la the
burning debris, but was recovered.
Davis, Wallace and Palkner were the
men who fired the building. Relic
seeking badly mutilated the body.
Three houses were burned in the ef
forts to reach the negro and several
burses were killed In the battle. It is
reported that the sheriff and hie
brother have no chance to live. Bo
deudly was Iht negro's aim that It
was possibly an hour before the
"’•y of Prout could be recovered. Not
a snot was flrrd by Reynolds that did
not tell when those whom he wav
firing on could be seen. The excite
ment was intense. Fully 2.000 people
from Florence and Sheffield were hero
and < very surgeon in the town waa
pres*od into service. No fear of an
uprising entoug the negroes la an
ticipated.
The Philippine Cable.
Ban Francisco. Special—George 0.
N,w Tork* Tice president
of the Commercial Cable Company,
nrrived here, to select a landing
place for the projected cable between
tb;S coast and the Philippines. Mr.
ward Is accompanied by Charles Cur
tiss, the company's chief electrician.
While here. Mr. WaTd will consult
srtth John W. Mackey, president of
the company. Mr. Ward said:
"We are going to build the cable
,lrreap peril ve of congressional action.
The first link between Ban Francisco
*ad Honolulu will bo completed bj
the end of next October. The cable
7‘IL •wW"d tom England next
July. It bas not yet been decided
T* *111 land on this coast It
aill either be at Monterey, or this
city, probably the latter."
TUasion to Movo.
Kroonstad, Orange Riser Colony,
By Cable.—Owing to tbs great dis
tance separating the members of the
Transvaal mission here, from Mr.
Bteyn, the former preeldent of the
0r“*« l'bree Bute, and General De
larey, the negotiations between the
Boer leaders In South Africa looking
to the conclusion of the war make
little proseerg.plNB w ( ambramh me
little progress. It la expected, how
ever, that Mr. Bchalkbnrger and hie
collegues on the mlselon will shortly
tears hero for a more con veal cut
I centre from which to condmct the ne
gotta dona.
For Relief el Beer Wmm*
reteago. Apecln'.—A certified check
for 91.000, drawn to the order of Prea
Idcat RooaeetU, rai forwarded to th*
t'raaldent oa March 11 th by th# com
kilttao of dtiMim which Ooreraor
Yale* appointed. la December Met,
to rateo fond* for th* relief of Boer
women and children, teferere la th*
• oneeatratloa camp* «.! loath Africa
DeleeMM Baker University.
Th* Kaaeaa City fowmal Indignant
ly refute* h charge "that religion*
aad metaphysical etadlea her* alto
father dUpleeed atlUtartaa branch**
at Baker UalvMeUjr. ta Mmm* It
P®**** ^*1 the Medlhf literary
ooelaty *f tha lasUtatloa debated the
'"j* '®«J®^€_ important
.{~s>jysjajg
SIMMONS OPPOSES MULLEN.
Acuatcr rUkaa a Fight Against
Charlotte Postmaster.
Washington, Special.—Senator Sim
mons has placed himself squarely
and emphatically la opposition to tha
confirmation of Ur. Mullen as post
master at Charlotte. N. C.. at a meet
ing of the postofflce committee. He re
ferred back to the committee tho pa
pers In which the Preeldent had re
nominated Mr. Mullan In these words:
"1 decline to sobmlt the report on this
nomination on my own responsibility.
Personally I shall oppoaa the confirma
tion on the ground that I am unwilling
to advocate the nomination of s man to
such an Important office, when his con
duct was such as I understand hi* to
have been." Mr. Simmons followed this
declaration with the suggestion that
tho secretary of the committee should
be instructed to procure copies of the
report made by the Inspector with ref
orenee to the charges against the Char
lotte postmaster, which suggestion was
promptly agreed to. Before leaving the
subject Senator Simmons recited some
of the facts which htd led the President
to withdraw the nomination of Mr.
Mullen after tha agreement to re-ap
point him. The chairman of the com
mittee. Senator Mason, of Illinois, di
rected the secretary of the committee
to secure the papers In the case with
out unnecessary delay.
Spoke for Oood Roads.
Charlottevllle, V*.. Special.—Senator
Hanna, ex-Secretary of the Interior
Bliss, Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture Brigham, Congressmen Tongue,
Darla. Littlefield. Prince, Bowersock
and McCreary, together with 80 other
meats, arrived on a special train irom
Washington, over the 9outhem Rail
way, to attend the Good Roads Conven
tion. now in session hern. A hard rain
kept the attendance down thla morn
ing. Hon. W. L. Dickerson, of Spring
Held, Maas., spoke on "Improvement of
Our Highways;" Col. Chas. E. Harri
aon. government expert of New Jersey,
spoke on “Practical Road Construc
tion:" Hon. P. H. Hanes, of North
Carolina, also apoke on road construc
tion.
Many Den’hr From Cholera.
Manila, Special.—Up to noon Thurs
day 117 cases of cholera had been re
ported and 72 deaths from the dis
ease had occurred. The health board
since the establishment of the deten
tion camp, has been haring much dim
I culty Id finding the whereabouts of
cases of cholera. As soon as the
members of a household find a case
they either send the sick person out
of the house or flee themselrea. Major
Mans, the Insular health tommlulon
er. baa written to the bishop object
ing to the action of the priests In In
forming the people that no cases of
cholera hare occurred; that only
casee of cholerine hare been discov
ered and that the sanitary precau
tions are only taken to annoy the peo
ple.
New York to Charleston.
New York. Special.—At Friday's
meeting of the Merchants' Association,
of this city, a letter from Msyor Low
was read, spying that April 23 had been
suggested as New York Day at the
Charleston Exposition. Ths msyor said
be thought It desirable that New York
should take advantage of this sugges
tion to show the Southern people the
city's Interest In their commercial ad
vancement The mayor requested the
association to take charge of sll neces
sary arrangements and s resolution
was adopted to this effect
Sol ■'mg# PUn Adopted.
Richmond. Special.—The constitu
tional convention adopted the suffrage
plan by a targe majority. Then came
up the rescinding resolution* and all
were considered and rejected, except
those retatlsg to change In the hold
over Senate question and tha election
of Supreme Court Judges by the people.
A resolution to adlourn Friday after
noon until May ts was adopted by a
targe majority.
Tbs Atlantic CMy Firs.
Atlaptlc City, N. J., Special.—On
Thursday a dlaatroua Are wrecked
many of the palatial hotels of Atlantic
City, doing a damage of over f1.000,000.
No adequate Are protection was avail
able. One Ufa was lost.
Thirteen hotels and mora than 10
buildings had been destroyed or se
verely damaged. Tha effect (A the Are
has been to give the city a new charter,
providing for building laws, tha IdU
for the asms having been signed by
Oov. Morphy when be heard the Are
was raging. Already the city is plaF
slug to rise, streogtheeed, from Its
AaaaeUl loss of fl.MO.MO.
f loo.ooo for CoMaga.
Ltxlngton. Vo.. gpactal.—A talagrnm
racalred haro from Praaldant Donor, of
Washington and Laa Unlraralty, who la
In Maw Yorh. aanonners tha completion
of tka Wa, 1a Wilton —Mflil fund
of 11 fO,000 to fonad tha Wilton mano
rial of oeoaowilea at tha Uatrsralty.
Pormrr Praatdost Ortrrar Clrraland la
chairman of tha food aommlttao.
AHaata Day at Charlaataa.
Charlaatoo. g. 0,. gpodal.—1Tba eolo
bratlon of Atlanta Day at tha deposi
tion waa part let patad la hy a bant 1>M
rlottora from tha Oats City; who ar
rtrad haro oo thraa apodal train, last
sight. OaorgU'a oaptul la rapraaantad
hy Mayor Mima, Mayor Pro Tam.
/ohaooo. Cbfaf /ataar. of tha gra da
partmoet; Ckjaf Ball, of lha polk* da
partmant. aad maay otbar promlnrat
atty offlatala aad rapraaaatatlra bate
OFF FOR CHARLESTON
President Leaves Washington on
Time. A Large Crowd.
BE GIVES TIEM THE SLIP
By Oolof Into the Sixth Stnrt
Estrasce—Secret Service Me* end
Detectives Scattered About sod
Sons ot Than Acconpaay him.
Washington. Special. — President
Roosevelt and party left (or Charles
ton, 8. C., Monday afternoon, at 3:30
o'clock. The party traveled In a special
train over the Southern Railway. There
was a large crowd at the station. The
President was driven to the Sixth
street entrance Instead of B street,
where moat people expected him. and
passed rapidly to the \raln as doxens
cl hats were lifted In the air. He was
in an especially cheerful mood. He
spent most of the time before the de
parture of the train In chatting and
laughing with Mrs. Roosevelt and
Commander Cowles, his brother-in
law, who wore the full uniform of Ms
rank In the navy.
Secretary Hitchcock and a number of
other government officials were there
to bid tbe President good-bye. A large
number of Secret Service men and de
tectives were spread about the depot
and several accompanied the party on
the train. The crowd cheered the
President heartily twice. As tho long
special pulled oat of the train shed, ex
actly on schedule time, the President,
bis face suffused with smiles, from the
rear platform bowed low and repeated
ly In acknowledgement of tho cheers
and salutes of the crowd. Colonel L.
S. Brown, general agent of the South
ern Railway, Is with ibo parly, super
vising the trip over the Southern's
tracks, and the train Is 'n dorcct charge
of Conductor V/. • Ha las
handled roost of the presidential spe
cials in recent months.
Charlotte. N. C.. Special.—The Pres
ident's train arrived In Charlotte at
1:55 a. m.. exactly on time. Conductor
Albright was In charge, and Engineer
Solomon at the throttle. From Char
lotte to Columbia Capt. Clarkson was
In command, and Engineer McAlister
In the cab. The presidential parly re
tired shortly after leaving Panvllle,
and all were asleep before the train
reached Greensboro. Capt Albright
said thst he had not been off schedule
more than three minutes during the
entire trip from Washington, and that
he was having a smooth run. There
are 37 persons on the train, and when
it arrived here only the trainmen were
awake, even the newspaper men hav
ing retired some hours previously. The
train consists of seven Pnllmxfisr the
Acadian, the last one. being occupied
by the President. Considerable crowds
were noted at the station until a pretty
late hour.
Ha'I Two Inches Deep.
Prattville. Tex., Special.—A de
structive storm swept over this place
Saturday atght, between 8 and 9
o’clock. No liver were lost, but much
property was destroyed. The storm
cnrre from the north snd for 10
minutes there was a flood of rain and
Unit. As far at known It extended
only between Prattville and Pacto.
eight miles distant. Along the path of
the storm, which resemble# a rail
road track, all trees. Including many
fruit trees, were leveled. Hall fell
two Inches deep. The Prattville Meth
odist church was blown from Its foun
dation and a dwelling house at Lake
Creek was lifted up and carried Into
an adjoining field. Two stores at
Pnclo and a farm house near-by were
blown down. Charles Pratt’s store at
Paclo was completely wrecked and
the goods scattered for mllee. P*aft
escaped with a few brulaee. The en
tire loss caused by the atom la not
known.
Blizzard Is Michigan.
Marquette. Mich.. Special.—North
ern Michigan la In the grip of a bliz
zard. Heavy enow la falling and a
gale la lashing the,lake to fnry. The
weather was balmy and warm.
The Ohio Elections.
Cincinnati. Special.—Retorts from
the local elections of the municipali
ties and townships In Ohio ahow that
cool and unfavorable weather general
ly prevailed and that there was a light
vote cast, with very little Interest ex
cept la a few cities. Same localities
In southern Ohio report the smallest
vote cast within the last decade. In
Cincinnati. W. H. Jackson, Democrat,
who has served on the Superior Court
bench for tbs past five years, was De
feated for re-elaetlon by Probata Judge
Howard Ferris, by mors than 11,000
oa a total vote of 41,000, which la leas
than one-half of the total vote regis
tered last November. Ferris received
*0.541; Jackson, 11,*45. and the Social
ist tlekat lass tbea *.000.
New Railroad DmJ.
New York, Special.—The stockhold
ers of tha LoatsrlU# 4 Nashville road
mat bar* and aathorlaad tha Issue of
$5,000,000 additional capital stock, to
bo used for Improving the road. An
nouncement la alao mada that tha
Loutavtlle 4 Nashville has acquired a
majority of tha common and preferred
•harm of tha Atlanta. Kaoxvnic 4
Northern road, which ran* from Kaoi
▼111a to Jellteo, thoa form Inc a Uaa hr
twaaa Cincinnati aad LonlsvUlc.
Patrick’s flswtewce.
New Torfc. Special.—Albert T. Pat
rick. who waa coaeletad March 14 of
the mardcr of Waa. Masah Rica, waa
aaataacad by Re Border Oof. to be ant
to death la tha electric chair at Slag
■tag prison oa May L Rice died la
this city. 4a appeal to ho mads to tha
Ooart of Appeals by Patrick's aOaamt
wilt aak a stay of eaeeaUo* paadlsg a
lasMoi hr tha higher soar*.