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r v FIREMEN PERISHED Many Suffocated By Jumes Frow the Burning Acid MEN DEAD AND ILL AS A RESULT The Illness Due to Inhaling Fumes of the Deadly Nitric Acid From the Stamp and Seal Company. i Milwaukee, Special. Four firemen are dead and nine others are said to be seriously ill from the effects of inhaling the fumes of nitric acid while fighting a fire at the plant of the Schwab Stamp and Seal Company Tuesday night. The victims of the dis aster were not overcome for many hours after the fire, when one by one. they succumbed. A complete list of the dead and seriously injured is as follows: Dead: James Foley, chief; Andrew Whites captain truck No. 1; Edward Hdgan, pipeman, Engine Company No. 3; Thomas Droney, pipeman, Engine Company No. 1. Seriously injured: Daniel McCarthy, truckman, Engine Company No. 1; The following will probably recover: William Meloy, George Hanranan, William Kennedy, John Linehan, Jos. Nunwash, George Ryan, all truckmen and Jack JHea nessey, lieutenant. Assistant C&iet Clancey's condition is critical and the physicians who are watching over him cannot determine his . chances of liv ing. Captain Peter Lancaster is dying and Truckman William Meloy . and William Kennery are seriously ill.. The men became ill and rapidly grew worse. Doctors worked over them, but Captain Lancaster appeared to be dying, and a priest was sent for and the last rites of the Catholic church administered. It was hoped Palmer and Meloy would recover. . , . $250,000 Fire in an Oklahoma Town. Oklahoma City, Okla., Special. Fire that started in the Lion Store, dealers in general merchandise, here, caused a loss of $250,000. The insurance is about one-third of tne loss.- The en tire stock and building of the Lion Store Was consumed, entailing a loss of more than $17,ou0. Another fire in, a frame building on broadway at ie same time caused additional loss! News Notes. , The Kaiser N has issued a decree -which is the death knell to the black overcoat of the German oflicer. After April 1 only the light gray overcoati are admissible. These are worn a good deal already, but many officers still prefer the black coat with its near red collar and cuffs. His Majesty decides upon the uniforms of all his many regiments not a button or inch of gold braid but has the Kaiser's consid eration and sanction or disapproval. In a recent contest for suggesting the best way to make $5 grow the prize was awarded to a man who advised that the amount be invested in eggs for hatching. He cited, among other things the case of a boy who exchanged a penny for an egg, and this egg grew, successively, into a hen, six chickens, a pig, a calf, and a pony, with bride 'and saddle. ' " Agents of Germany are seeking to buy warships from Chile. The first part of the French Army budget was adopted in the Paris Chamber of Deputies amid a patriotic demonstration. The British Channel Squadron is ex perimenting with oil as fuel. " Fifteen sailors were tost in a collis ion between the British torpedo-boat destroyer Orwell and the cruiser Pioneer near Corfu. The White Star liner Cedric, the v largest ship in the world, left Belfast for Liverpool on her trial trip. Brigands are creating a reign of ter- Tor m the Caucasus. To Purchase Beauvofr. Jackson, Miss., Special. Ten thous and dollars, the amount required for the purchase of Beauvom the old home cf Jefferson Davis, former President of the Southern Confederacy, was sub scribed at a meeting of the Beauvoir committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in this city. It is said that a deed will be granted by. Mrs. Davis tin a few days. Roosevelt Invited. Washington, Special. President Roosevelt -received an invitation Wed nesday to attend the unveiling of thi monument to be erected at- Orchard Knob, on the Chicamauga battlefield in commemoration of the serves ol iviaryiana soiaiers on ooin siaeOirtno civil war. The monument commission; headed by Col. B. F. Taylor, of Bal timore county, was presented to the President by Senator McComas. Th President was shown a handsome wa ter-colored drawing of the monument the unveiling of which will take place on July 22nd next. He gave no. definite reply to the Invitation, saying that' he would take the matter under consid eration. f : : Two Women Hanged. ' ; ' London, Special.-r-Amelia Baca "and Annie Walters, "baby f armers,'V were hanged at Holloway jail . Tuesday. The woman were recommended to mercy on account of their sex, but the - Home Secretary was unable to grant the re prieve usually accorded. The women walked to the scaffold unaided and dis played remarkable fortitude. No wo- man had previously been hanged England since March, 1900. IN CONGRESS A Hard Fight Against All Anti-Trust Legislation. Washington, Special. It can be stated by authority that unless anti trust legislation, at least, satisfactory to the administration, is enacted, at' the present session, President Styose velt, on the 5thof March, will call an extraordinary session of the Fifty eighth Congress The. President him self has already informed members of Congress of his desire and of his de termination in this regard. It is underr stood that the announcement was direct and unqualified. It is further stated that the determination of the President was reached only after careful study of the strenuous efforts that are being made to defeat any anti-trust legislation by Congress. These efforts have covered a wide range. They were characterized Sat urday by one prominent Republican leader, to quote him directly, "as the most remarkable of which I have had personal knowledge during my 'public life." These efforts culminated du ing the past 36 hour3, it is now de clared, in direct appeals front the Standard Oil Company, through its president, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, to the members of the Senate not to en act any " anti-trust legislation at this time. No less than6 United States Sen ators have received telegrams signed "John D. Rockefeller," urging that no anti-trust legislation be enacted It has not been possible to obtain a copy of these dispatches, which It can be said, are practically identical. Sub stantially th(y read as follows: "We are opposed to any anti-trust egislation. Our counsel, Mr. , will see you. It must be stopped." As stated, these telegrams, and It must be clear that only the substance and not the exact wording is here given, were signed, "John D. Rockefel- er." Yesterday morning one of the- coun sel of the Standard Oil Company ar rived in Washington, and called im mediately upon members of the Sen ate as indicated in the telegrams. He did not remain long. Scarcely had he made known his business than he was informed, a bit curtly, that his pres ence here was undesirable and he left, with an intimation that he would bet ter return to New York. During the afternoon, information concerning the receipt of the mes sages leaked out and became the sub ject of some quiet cloak room dis cussion at the Senate. The news also reached the House, some of the promi nent Representatives learning the gist of the dispatches. Then it became known that this was not the first time the Standard Oil Company, through its attorneys, had endeavored to in fluence legislatiqn in Congress at this, session. The attorneys for the com pany, it was stated, had opposed vigorously the enactment of the meas ure submitted by Attorney General Knox to the sub-committee of the House judiciary committee. Subse quently, when what is known as the Littlefleld bill was reported to the House, it can be- said on the best of authority, that the Standard Oil Com pany's counsel began to devote their opposition particularly to the Nelson amendment to section 6 of the Depart ment of Commerce bill the amend ment which contains practically the puolicity features of the Knox anti trust bill. They did Vnot want that, in corporated in the measure, and, it is said, used their utmost efforts to pre vent its favorable consideration. They were unsuccessful, as the bill, with that amendment, was agreed upon un animously Saturday by the conferees of the two branches of Congress. The action of the conferees was- received, it is understood, with satisfaction by the officials of the administration, and it is regarded as a long and essential step toward the kind of anti-trust leg islation that both the anti-trust and Knox bill advocate, the legislation, particularly that the Standard Oil Company eo vigorously objects to and which it is hoped might be headed off, or emasculated, through the appeals made to Senators before it reached the stage of actual passage. . It is said by authority that the ad ministration hopes the Elkins rebate bill, which was passed by the Senate this week, will be passed also by the House. While this measure, too, is op posed by those who are in favor of no trust legislation, the special opposition to it does not come from the Standard Oil Company, because it is explained, that corporation has grown beyond any effects the enforcement of such legis lation might have upon it. The Presi dent, it is understood, regards the 'El kins bill as essential to a rounding out of the administration's plan; for anti trust legislation, and it is believed by those In close touch with him and with the conditions in Congress that it may be enacted into law ; Saturday the efforts being made to defeat, -5 or emasculate pending .'anti- some .animated conf erenceajf .Indeed, the subject is likely to be developed In sohe detail in Congress. One! of the recipients of the agreement signed f by Jbha D. Rockefeller," said:? "No such formidable weapon ever ,has; been put in ' the .brands of one man by another 'in ft legislative contest, as was put in my hands by the sender of that tele gram. If necessary I will rise in my place In the Senate and read it Then we will see whether any votes are to be - recorded against the legislation injagainst which these efforts are being 'directed." DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN MOODY. North Carolina Hember Passes Away Honored By Senate. Asheville, N. C, Special. Congress man J. M. Moody died at his home in Waynesville Thursday at 1:45 o'clock. The news of , Major Moody's 'death came as a shock. :He had been ill for several weeks in Washington before he returned to Waynesville last Sat urday morning, .Part of his time he was in a Washington hospital, and when it was seen how really serious his, condition ; was it was suggested by his physician that he go home and take a rest from his congressional work. It was thought also that the damp weather at the capital was injurious to him, and that when he returned to the high, dry and healthy atmosphere to which he was accusctomed he would recuperate. J ,' j Major Moody was here last Friday night. He was in very bad health. Dr. J. Howell was his attending physician. A message from Waynesville to the Citizen said that Major Moody had been in bad health for three years, al though it was not' known to the public. He has been 'critically ill for four days. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the lungs. About three .o'clock Thursday morning he lost con sciousness and did not regain it up to the time of his death. Major Moody was 44 years old. He leaves a wife and six children. The funeral will take place Saturday morn ing at 11 o'clock, Rev. J. E. Abernethy, of the Methodist church of Waynes ville, of which Major Moody was a member, will conduct the, services. The Knights of Pythias and Royal Arca num, of which the congressman was a member, will attend. Washington, Special. Representa tive Kluttz received a telegram from Waynesville, announcing the death of Representative James M. Moody at his home in Waynesville, shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday. Mr. Kluttz immedi ately announcetd the death of his col league in the House, and the usual resolutions of regret were adopted. Speaker Henderson named the follow ing committee to attend the funeral: Messrs. Kluttz, Claude Kitcin,' Black burn, Pou and Small of North Carolina, Brownloe and Gibson of Tennessee, Tate of Georgia, Finley and Johnson of South Carolina, Lamb of Virginia, Haugen of Iowa, Henry of Connecticut, Randall of Texas and Cooner of Mis souri. -"The Senate adjourned Friday after noon at 3:20, two hours in advance of the usual time, out of respect to the memory of the later Representative James H., Moody. Senator Simmon called up the House jesolutlon passed Thursday in honor of the memory of the deceased and referred in appropri ate words to the demise of Mr. Moody. The Senate unanimously adopted the House resolutions and as a further evi dence of respect adjourned on motion of Senator Simmons. In the House this morning the blind chaplain, Rev. M. Couden, referred In touching language to the deceased Representative. The desk which he occupied was heaped with a beautiful floral offering. From the capital building the flags floated at, half mast. The Cotton Supply. 0 New Orleans, Special. Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows the total visible to be 4,022,263 bales, against 4,097,955 last week and 4,451,718 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 3,093,263, against 3,204,955 last week, and v,541,718 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Bra zil, India, etc., 929,000, against 893,000 last week and 910,000 last year. ' ; Of the world's visible; supply of cot ton1 there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and' continental Europe 1,989,000 bales, against 12,323,000 last year-, in Egypt,' 190,000, against 244,000 last year; in India 427,000, against 395,000 last year, and in the United States, 1,989,000, against 1,647,000 last year. . - Convention Adjourns. Gainesville, Fla., Special. The morning session of the convention of county superintendents of public in struction and general j educational board was consumed in the discussion of school buildings and equipment. The' afternoon session was devoted to negro7 education and how jit should be conducted. After 4 o'clock the visitors were tendered a drive through Gaines ville . and the near-by country. Prof. Buchoiz and Dr, ? Buttriclf of the gen eral educational board, addressed the convnetion at night on general educa tion after which the convention ad journed. P.'..'".VV" Presidential Nominations. Washington, Special.The Presi dent has sent the following nomina tions to the Senate : j. K. ' McDon nough, Associate Justice of the Su preme Court of the Philippine Islands Willis Van Deventer, of I Wyoming u auea states uircuit judge for the eighth judicial circuit, Clinton F. Irwin, of Illinois Assoc into TlieHna 1 .!- .-. """ VI tue oupreme tjourt of Oklahoma. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Drainage. In asking the South Carolina legis lature for an appropriation to continue its work, the sanitary and drainage commissidn of Charleston county has made an interesting report of its. pro gress in reclaiming 15,000 acres' of lowlands near Charleston. At a cost of a little' more than $5,141 about 1,030 acres have been drained, and the commission reports that that territory is now perfectly healthy, and it as serts that the mere reduction of the number of mosquitoes which, had been bred in the ponds and morasses has been of incalculable benefit to the health of Uat section. The commis sion states that the work is now ap proaching a section of the county which has been for years considered the mos lawless. Drainage will make the territory healthy and permit its occupation by law-abiding whites, so that it will be sanitary both from the physical and m6ral standpoint. The undoubted good results already ob tained through this drainage work ought to encourage its prosecution of completion and lead to a more gen eral movement I or the reclamation of other such waste lanus in the South. . A 10,000-Spindle Addition. One of tho most successful cotton mills in the South, and one of which the public hears little, is that conduct ed by the Odell Manufacturing Co. at Concord, N. C. This company held its anunal meeting last week and the reports of the ' management presented, some interesting facts regarding the enterprise. The :ompany! declared a semi-annual dividend of ;4 per cent, charged off $50,000 for wear and tear of machinery (making $100,000 for this purpose in two years), and added an amount to its surplus fund, increas ing same to about $270;000r The stock holders also authorized at the issuance of additional the meeting stock to the amount of $100,000, almost all of which was j subscribed at once. This new capital will be expended on the erection and equipment of I an addition' to contain 10,000 spindles. jits product will be fine yarns up to 60s. The Odell plant at present has 30,000 ring spin dles and 1,726 looms, and; its capital before this increase was $500,000. It uses about 10,000 bales j of cotton annually, and during 1902 manufac tured 21,694,413 yards of cloth. Textile Notes. C. B. Somerville and associates were mentioned recently as having purchased Armstrong Knitting Mills at Charlottesville, Va., as to operate same and introduce the manufacture of overalls in connection jwith the mill. They have organized H. C; Mar chant Manufacturing Co. to j carry out their plans, H. C. Merchant being president; R. P. Valentine, vice-president; C. B. Somerville, secretary, and W. O. Watson, treasurer. This com pany will knit men's, women's and children's ribbed underwear and manufacture overalls, adding 100 sew ing machines for this purpose. Berkley Knitting j- Mills; Berkley, Va., has completed improvements that have been in progress The main build ing has been doubled, making it 90x 120 feet in size. It is two stores high. Considerable new machinery was also put in position. This mill manufactures, high -grade ladies underwear finished with silks. Several of the twenty-five 3sortments produced are lisle thread. - . i . Messrs. W. I. Weilman . arid T. W. Pratt, president of banks at Hunts ville, Ala., have been in Nelw York during the past week negotiating with a party of capitalists for the erection of a large cotton factory at 'Hunts ville. It was reported some weeks ago that New York parties contemplated locating a $400,000 mill at Huntsville. James L. Wood, of Morristown, Tenn., will establish a knitting plant. He in tends tu Install twelve machines and manufacture men's hosiery. A Suitable building has been secured fori the en terpt use operations will be conducted under the title J. L. Wood Co, Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Ga.,; will erect an addition and install machinery for manufacturing ' cotton rope. Construction of the required building has begun. j H. Kaulfers, representing Valentine Bliss of Scranton, Pa., has announced that his principal will establish a branch sUk- yaV investing about $10,000 It ia sad the plant will employ about 150 per sons: Valentine Bliss f operates (three mills in Pennsylvania; "the Scranton plant having 58,600 spindles. E. L. Shuf ord Manufacturing Co vTSSa 0r1' C" contemplates adding 11,000 spindles and 300 looms to its equipment. If ft is definitely -decided to purchase this additional machinery the new spindles and looms j will be purchased from an idle mill in New York The Shuf ord plant now has 7,500 snindles and 200 looms. . ! SUNDAY scSiSjjJ INTERNATIOWAU LESSON C0MMFm FOR FEBRUARY 5. ENTS Subject: Christian Self-Coctroi III., 4-13-Golden Text, Rom',, C--Memory Verges, 8, 9-.Comm! T, U the: Day' Lesion. nt0 ,J- Perplexing questions fv? a' 4Vnto idols." Those portionsof i mals offered in sacrifice which laid on the altar, and which bclonl? ly to those who had offered then? V remnants were sometimes eaten -if he houses (chap 10: 27) ; sometime? the markets by the priests, or bv ti, a "The question was whether 'itw? P?0r for Christians to partake of food con r'8 with idolatry. ' Such meats were forKl by the council at Jerusalem, severe n before, because the act was offP-Jea Jewish brethren (Acts 15: on olVeJo here in Corinth, a Gentile citv' thl' tion needed to be settled on aEpt vques" "la 2." Nothing but a Sk of wood or stone,' having no power 0VP 7 meat or the eater. None in th n.- the nhtirch. whether .Tews nr ni:i "Lnian lieved that an idoHvas anything. fa' had knowledge alike that far. 'Then tion was put upon another point, and T68" settlement they appealed to Paul v r 1 pttier God but one' The Creator and c tainer of all things. .There is no ren tation of the tnie God in any of thn 1' gods. the ld!- 5. "Called crods in heaven " .. sun, moon, planet, stars. "In earth." ive fied kings, beasts, rivers, serpents The heathen had many imaginary 'e'L The ; people of Bengal acknowledged 9 000 000." .6'., "To us." Christians. "One God All that is needed, for in Him dwpli n power and love. "Father." The cla" tian's dearest word for God. j He i3 lv originating cause of all things. "v Him." In His thought, His cae. created for Hiiru and our highest happjj. AC Xi.4. AAVA.UK 1AA AAIO fclvl J J IL XjjT( . Christ." The Father '8 Son, one H Q f nor niit I jyrl anH MoTrmim Cl whose mediation are all things, inclufi, 7 rne natural ana spiritual creation." fu 1: 1-3; Eph. 3: 9). "We by Him."' deemed by Him, and again by Him tot glorified. ; H. Knowledge alone not sufficient (vs. .-7. '"Howbeit," etc. - The Corinthians at gued that they all knew that an idol w2, nothing, but Paul replied that this was not universally the case,; that some were not yet' entirely free from their heathen ideas. Many were very ignorant, having just es caped from heathen idolatry, with but lit tie knowledge of the truths of the gospel Old! customs clung to their memory and affected them in many ways. Knowledee alone could not settle this question; our own-liberty of action is not. the standari "Conscience of the idol." See R. V. Cus tom had wrought in them a reverence for the idol which Christianity had not yet entirely cleared away. A reformed drunk ard walks past a saloon with different feel ings .from One . who- has never known the taste; for strong drink. "Conscience bein weak." From want of knowledge. Not strong enough to grasp firmly the peat truth that an idol is nothing: only able to see that the worship of idols is sin. A weak conscience is one which either gards as wrong wnat in fact is not so, t it "V1A AO AAVW Vital. VlVi wiucu in i judgments, or one which has n of. nnw enough to restrain a person from doinek thin or it condemns. "T defiled " Wtiort a thinir be riffht or Wrnnty hp irhn in.?nm .. . "7 . 7 p " sca aaiuoi uoiisuieiiue wrongs cini- selt. This hardens the conscience, distorts it, weakens it, blinds it. 8. "But," etci This verse is to be re garded as the view taken bv the Corin thians in their letter to the apostle. Paul grants their position, but shows that there are other points to be considered. "Com- mendeth ,US not' Onrl dnps nnf. thinV r more of us for eating, or for refraining from eating. It is our characters, our moral condition, our love, not some formal act of eatinir or fastintr fow Tcliinl TTo The food itself was just the same whether it had ever hrwi nnpraA fr ila nr nnt. Its having been in an idol temple did not m the least affect it in any wav. It it well to remember that education alone never makes a Tiersnn Vpf for- A l-nnwlprfi of right and wrong, and the study of ethia Will not eradifflffl wiirtno rrrOTioifip5. v-Vw TWVU3 J1. WUVU"'"- that which commends us to God is a to ough regeneration of heart, whereby we are enabled to love God and our neighbor. III. The duty of guarding the weak fvs. 9-12 . 9. "But take heed." This verse is Paul s reply to the argument of-tho r!nrinthian3 m verse 8. Though you may be no better or worse for eating or not eating, yet if your conduct injures others and leads them into sin vrm nV.n4-r.:n i"foV y . y ""vmu austam ciiuii'-v It is far more important that your brother ouviuuiiui ue iea into sin than that, yon snouia partaise ot meat which you ac knowledcre la in .itp1f nf "r,i This is ageneral principle "which should reerulate (;hnsfian nm-,A-,-.ri- n i.;mn. this liberty. -Though you are delivered from superstitious notions; it is contrary to the spirit of love to hinder another who Lv r? i enngntened. ' "A stum bling block. A means of confusion, which mi&nt 1 to the overthrow of faith. . 10. If any man." If the Christian irho iguuiauc, or tne neathen seeking hsht oee ineem the idol's temple." Some so jar as not only ta eat., but to eat "A1C piciuufcs ot ine neatnen temple, lhe apostle, being concerned now only Wlt.h TnP Tmnf r( ntZ J . . t,7- . , . - Mii u vi canu, UOeS HOI ICUun-L. thiff practice here, but h A fullv in. built up, be Confirmed in the belief that fin iriAl ... A .1L . r " Buuietning, ana so oe iea xo vw- ui viuuBwcnce ana oecome estaDiisuc" iu etiur. , "For whom Christ died." A P- tnetic and forcible argument drawn from the depths of Christian truth, and feelint Will yon not suffer a privation in behalf ftei2S? forwhom;Christ died?, g Mis children, whose wrong He feel3 His own ; ' by ininring His cause and sfumrina 4-V V. "vr m . anil j o worK xie nas come to uu M" 'w mrwuwuK Ala spirit. , Wherefore' This is the conchisio oi tne wnoie matter. "To offend." wS him tort8tumble and fall into sin. UWL ing flesh, offered to idols I would abstaj rrom all kinds of flesh in order not to v a stumbling block. ? "Lest " etc. This the manifestation of -true love. See v Love builds up the soul in God.v Yet there is danger even here; We may by obeyj nnnf Vio. man's -fn1-. .nflrl!l W owvuuwik, w estaoiisn a iaise uw'j A L A.I-?' -r. . n mtr ealCjinniMi A 1 1 t i t. . 111 I xiaaiuau inis aanger Jraul specially v vides. "While he complies with the brother's error he openly proclaims that i is an error, and that he romnlies not1 truth, but! from tenderness. He yield s induce him to ndmit. that, thn conscie was sound.. -. - X
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