Congressman Loud, of California, has charge of the bill introduced in Con- gress providing for an increase of pay for letter carriers. We hope the Con- gressman will report in favor of the bill. If it is worth $5000 a year to de- liver speeches in Congress, it is easy to figure out what the man ought to have whe delivers them to the long suffering constituents. By all means raise their pay. A strange, almost wierd case is re- ported from Philadelphia, that city of serene somnolence anl curious contra- dictions. There Mildred Chambers, be- | ing beautiful and having the desire that | is inherent in all beautiful women to | permit the photographer to exercise his art in connection with her features, was, | because of her moneyless condition, re- | duced to the necessity of claiming false- | ly to be the daughter of a prominent citizen in order to obtain a dozen por- traits of herself. | Where else on earth would a beautiful girl—a ravishingly beautiful girl, as we are told Mildred is —be permitted to suffer the pangs of poverty? The world owes every pretty woman an easy liv- ing, or thinks it does, at least; but Phil- adelphia is apart from the world. Philadelphia, therefore, slept on while beautiful Mildred Chambers walked up and down in front of the photographic studio and sighed to the “taken.” Fin- ally she succumbed to temptaticn, as has been said, and gleefully took the pho- tographs of her beautiful self to her humble home, where she was busy ad- miring them when a rude officer of the law arrested her for obtaining goods under false pretenses. She was found guilty in court and sentenced to six months in jail, the judge, when the ver- dict had been announced, addressing these words to the jury: “I am glad to see that you have resist- ed the fascinations of a pretty face.” Then all hands, save the members of the political gang that rules Philadel- phia, fell asleep again. The adherents of Mr. Quay went on helping them- selves to the people's offices. Philadel- phia presents an interesting study to the seeker after that which is extraordinary and inexplicable. : Washington News. Washington.—The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the case of E. Bement & Sons, a corpora- tion of Michigan, vs. the National Har- row Company, a New Jersey corpora- tion. y The proceeding was instituted by the harrow company to collect damages on a contract for the manufacture of a pat- ent harrow owned by the company. The suit was resisted on the ground that the harrow company is a member of a combination to control the price of har- rows in violation of the ‘Sherman Ariti- Trust law. The New York Court held that this contention was not justified and the opinion delivered today sup- ported that view of the case. Justice Peckham delivered the opin- ion of the court, saying that a careful examination of the contract had failed to reveal any reason for declaring the contract void. The contracts had serv- ed, he said, to prevent much litigation for violation of contract, and it also was appropriate for the owners of the patent to make conditions as to the price in their licenses to sub-manufac- turers. On this point he said: It tended to keep up the price of im- plements manufactured and sold, but that was only recognizing the nature of the property dealt in and providing for its value as far as possible. This the parties were legally entitled to do. With reference to the objection to the clause in the contract prohibiting Be- ment & Sons from manufacturing other similar harrows, Justice Peckham said: The plain purpose was to prevent the defendant from infringing upon the rights of others under other patents and it had no purpose to stifle competi- tion. ‘“‘Algy, dear, do you believe in the say- ing ‘Out of sight out of mind? ” ‘‘No. Take, for instance, a boil on the | run over by a train Va., and back of one’s neck.” Virginia. News. Louis Morris, a prominent citizen of Portsmouth, is dead. Gen. James G. Field is very ill at his home in Orange county. 3 M. C. Myers of Lynchburg, died in‘ Denver, Col., Saturday, of consumption. The store of P. A. Phillips, at Glou- cester Courthouse, was fire. destroyed by Gen. Eppa Hunton has sold his resi- | dence in Warrenton to Mrs, Sarah Hoge | for $10,000. William M. Shott, of Staunton, was killed. W. E. ty, was recently drowned in Hampshire county, W. Va, at Bluefield, W. | Tibbins, of Rockingham coun- Charles Tobias, a Norwegian sailor, was drowned in the Mattaponi river at Waterfence wharf. At the colored Baptist convention in Petersburg a letter was read from Sen- ator McComas, of Maryland. Options have been obtained on 9ooo acres of land near Moorefield, W. Va, and borings for oil will be made. Hon. Edward W. Pou, of North Car- olina, will be the orator on Confederate Memorial Day, May 23, at Front Royal. Mr. Milton Zimmerman, a well- known merchant of Landmark, Fau-. quier county, died suddenly a few days ago. The Pacific Mail liner Korea will be turned over to her owners today by the Newport News Shipbuilding Com-' pany. The reconstructed portion of the Jef- ferson Hotel, Richmond. was opened to the public Thursday under flattering auspices. At Norfolk the L. W. Davis Tobacco Company was granted a charter by Judge Hanckel. The company’s capital is $100,000. Virginia political leaders are seeking to advance the claims of certain promi- nent men for places on the Corporations Commission Rev. Father Burke, priest in charge of the Academy Villa Maria at Abdingdon, died Thursday of fatty degeneration of the heart. ; < : The 14-year old son of Philip Kessel, living near: Moorefield, W. Va. was struck and instantly killed by lightning Tuesday evening. At Roanoke Judge Woods rendered a decision holding members of a co-oper- ative store liable as partners for debts of the concern. Jacob Bumgardner, a native of Au- gusta county and a brother of Capt. James Bumgardner, of Staunton, died Friday in Allentown, Pa. John B. Neill has been elected cashier of the Bank of Clarke County, at Berry- ville, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Capt. J. R. Nunn. The Norfolk, Portsmouth and New- port News Railway Company has raised the wages of conductors and motormen from 12% cents an hour to 16 cents. Little Ellen Snodgrass, of Hernshaw, W. Va., who was bitten by a dog a few days ago, is dead of hydrophobia. Two other children bitten are in a dangerous condition. John Quivers, a driver, was thrown from a wagon near Westover and killed. S. S. Miller, an aged citizen of Bridgewater, Rockingham county, is dead. The house of Fred Hill, near Huff- man, Barbour county, W. Va., was burn- ed with its contents and Hill had a finger cut off while trying to save some property. Col. James W. Brown, formerly sher- iff of Preston county, W. Va, is dead at Kingwood, from paralysis. He be- longed to an old family and leaves a large estate. The annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers’ Association of West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky was held at Wheeling. Covington, Va., was selected as the next place of meet- ing, = Mrs. Sarah Courtney, mother of Dr. D. H. Courtney, the well-known oil operator, died in Morgantown, W. Va, yesterday very suddeamly of heart dis- ease. She was about 70 years of age, but had been in the best of health until a few moments before her death. J. C. Rawn, who lately resigned the position of manager and engineer of the Roanoke Gas and Water: Cotigany, has been appointed chief engineer of the Pocahontas. ‘Coal and Coke: Company, with headquarters at Bramwell, W. Va. James Cline, of Culpeper county, died |. Saturday ‘in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was a native of the Valley of Virginia, but removed to Culpeper county 25 years ago. He was the father of Messrs. C. L, A. B,, T. L., Henry A. and Rev. Mr. Cline, a Lutheran min- ister. ; A fire on the Frederick Fair Grounds destroyed go of the stalls for horses. Postmaster Joseph H. White, of Eas- ton, was severely injured in a driving accident. Dr. E. E. Stonestreet, of Rockville, | has been elected Health Officer of Mont- gomery county. George W. Johnston, of Spesutia Is- land was run over by his farm wagon and killed. John W. McKenzie, 64 years of age, dropped dead at his home, near Nar- rows Park, Cumberland, while kindling a fire. The Elections Supervisors of Garrett county elected Edmund P. Jamison presi- | dent, Thomas Flanagan clerk and Wil- liam R. Offut, attorney. ‘John F. Hickey has been re-elected town clerk of Hyattsville, L. C. Wiss- man inspector of buildings and plumb- ing and George M. McFarland baliff. First Memorial Methodist Church, near Rush, Allegany county, was dedi- cated Sunday, Rev. W. S. Beane, of Washington, D. C., preaching the: ded- icatory sermon, ¢ The engagement of Mr. Peyton Gor- don, of Washington Grove, Montgom- ery county, and Miss Evelyn Birley, of Cambridge, Md., is announced, the mar- riage to take place in June. The Annapolis Business Men's ‘Asso- ciation was organized with the follow- ing officers: Frank A. Monroe, ; pfesi- dent; W. L. Child, vice-president; :Jul- ian Brewer, secretary, and: George Barton treasurer. or. 31 x 1 Stewart Leister, ot Brummel, Carroll county, was severely’ injured while ‘cut- ting down a tree in the woods belonging to his father. - A falling tree turned the blade of an ax in his hands: against him, cutting” through his skull.’ NRE a Gen. William P. Roberts, wlio is ont, as’ a candidate for the Democratic nom-- (ination for Congress in the First Dis: trict, says one of the planks in his pldt- form is opposition to the education .o negroes by the State. : 31 The “Woman's Christian Ten Union of Frederick County .has elected the following officers: President, Mrs. S.-C. Thomas; secretary, Mrs. AMT Nicodemus; recording secrefary, Miss treasurer, Miss. Katha- : © [ters and brother of Lieutenant Shipp. Lillian Keller; rine Bartgis. The old wooden bridge over the Gun- powder river, on the Jerusalem turnpike, below Kingsville, which was erected in 1827, is being pulled down preparatory | Maryland News. C.. pe rance | iperance NEWS ITEMS. The death list from the recent tor- nado at Goliad, Texas, is now 93. Good rains have fallen in all parts of the State, and have ended all fear of drouth. A cloudburst caused havoc in the vi- cinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Coving- ton, , Ky. {. The German Baptist Brethren, in con- | vention at Harrisburg, decided to allow | members to insure their lives. Judge Grosscup, in Chicago, issued an order restraining the beef combine. Sev- The New York coroner's jury in the case of Walter Brooks acquitted Flor- ‘President Roosevelt was the princi- pal speaker at the centennial of the Presbyterian Home Mission Society at New York. The Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows has adjourned its annual session at Char- lotte and meets next year at Wilming- ton. Independnent oil operators have be- gun suit in Pittsburg against several | railroads for damages, alleging discrim- ination in freight rates. According to a Chicago report the Northern Securities Company will alter its charter, and the Government will withdraw suit against the company. The First National Bank of Colum- bus, Ohio, has bought Asheville’s $250,- ooo water bonds at par, on condition that it pays for them on the monthly installment plan. Nearly all the 400 operatives in the R. J. Reynolds Plug Tobacco factory at Winston, who struck for higher wages, have’ returned to work. The firm de- cided to increase all wages 10 per cent. News from Raleigh says: The anni- versary of the Mecklenburg,Declaration of Independence was observed, here by the closing of public buildings, banks, etc, and a display of flags. At Char lotte there was the usual’extensive cele- bration, the -most notable incident of which was, the unveiling of a monument to the memory of Lieut. W. E. Shipp, Tenth Cavalry, ‘who was shot dead in the assault. on San Juan Hill, at San tiago.+ . The exercises were very im- pressive; Rev. E. A. Osborne, who. was colonel of a Confederate regiment. and J«chaplain of, the Second North Carqling | Regiment in ‘the war: with Spain, and © 1'who is a brother-in-law of Dr. J. L. M, Curry, offered the opening prayer. Earl Sloan, of Charleston, S. C., introduced ‘Col. John Peyre Thomas, of Columbia,’ S.C; who delivered the address. The: {monument was unveiled by William E: Shipp and Fabius Busbee Shipp, the little sons of the dead officer,with whon- was their mother. Mrs. Margaret Bus- bee Shipp; their grandfather, Fabius H. Busbee, of Raleigh, and Capt. W. ¥. Forsyth, United States Army; Mrs. Shipp, the mother, and Misses Kate and Mary Shipp and Mr. Bartlett Shipp, sis- There was a large parade, composed of many companies of the State Guard, Confederate Veterans and Spanish War Veterans. to the erection of a new structure by | the United Railways and Electric Com- pany. The petition for an extension of the trolley line to Kingsville has so far | received 30 signatures. Relative to the new wheat crop in | Maryland the Daily Produce Report, issued by the Chamber of Commerce, had the following to say yesterday: “There seems to be no doubt that | wheat has deteriorated during the past | three weeks in Maryland. Complaints of small heads, short straw and lack of | color are generally made. This refers to some of the very best wheat districts, such as Baltimore, Kent, Cecil and Car- | If present conditions pre- | vail much longer two-thirds of a crop | roll counties. will be an outside expectation.” Kid McKoy Beaten. Philadelphia—Kid McCoy was twice saved by the bell in a six-round bout | with Kid Carter at Industrial Hall. He was knocked down five times, and was much the weaker at the finish, al- though Kid Carter was badly punished. During the first round McCoy had all ~ Horses and Horsemen. There is a wonderfully fast 2-year-old | colt at the Readville track in Heron, by Arion, 2.0734, dam Mrs. Jack, by Atha- | nio, 2.10. He has only been in training | two weeks, yet has stepped an eighth lin 17 seconds. The last mare to be mated with Heir- at-Law, 2.0534, before his death was Rachel, 2.0874, by Baron Wilkes, dam | Willie Wilkes, 2.28, by George Wilkes, {and she is in all probability the best mare ever mated with the black son of Mambrino King, and the produce, if a | colt, should make both a race horse and [a sire. Green B. Morris has leased the run- | ning qualities of the following horses for the season of 19oz from J. B. Hag- gin: Watercure, Kickumbob, Duckoy, | Janice, Sombrero, Cunard, Old England, | Homestead, Minati, Serge, Avignon, Mi- | nuca, Gravina, Venetia, Karnac, Gold Van, Durazzo, Savond, Can Nell, La- jara, The Golden Princess and Melcara. the advantage, but in the second he was | floored by a blow on the jaw and would have been stopped but for the bell. In the third round he was knocked down three times, but again escaped a knockout. He recovered in the fourth, and although Carter again succeeded in putting him to the floor, McCoy, in | turn, had his opponent almost out. In the fifth and sixth rounds McCoy | kept away from Carter’s vicious swings, but he was “groggy” at the finish, and Carter, though showing more evidence George Campbell Brown, the Tennes- see breeder, who owns the famous sire, Brown Hal, 2.1214, owns a sister to Star Pointer, 1.50%, that is now in | Orange county, and is expected to pro- | duce a foal by John R. Gentry, 2.00%. Mr. Brown says this year she will be | bred to Gentry again, and the next two seasons she will be mated with Joe | Patchen, 2.014. The foals will be taken | to Tennessee to go into the stud and { add to the Tennessee pacing strains the eral Baltimore affidavits were presented ! | ence Burns, who will not be prosecuted. | stout women you know. or bad. the waist line in front. n your town. Figure No. 2.— UP-TO-DATE FIGURE. 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The culmination came at an early hour in the morning, when there occurred an explosion so terrible that walls in this city were shaken down and the people fled to the open country. a It is said that the force of the explo- sion was much greater than that which accompanied the rain oi fire upon St. Pierre. . Smoke fills, the air, darkening the sky. Ashes are falling steadily. When the heavens are filled with lightning, as ire gueittly happens, it can be seen that Pelee’ ‘has not ceased .to throw out a great column of lava and stones. The waters of the Caribbean are lashed to a which caused the volcano to labor are working tremendous changes at the bot- tom of the sea.. Lieutenant McCormick saw a column of smoke and fire belch from the vol- cano, down the side of which a stream of molten lava flowed. Directing his men to make all haste back to the Poto- mac, the Lieutenant turned aside to give warning to the party which was carrying away the body of the Ameri- can Consul. “For heaven's sake, boys, get to the boat quickly, if you would save you lives,” he gasped. “The’ volcano has | exploded, and destruction is upon us.” At that instant there was a crash in the sky. It seemed as if scores of thun- derbolts had been forced into one. As it died away, the loud siren of the Inde- fatigahle, which was in the roadstead, screamed a warning. The British cruiser almost immediately put out to sea with all speed. ? Without cessation the whistle of the Potomac was soon blowing. There was | another rumble, and the sky was filled with lightning. Then as we looked back- | ward Pelee cast upward a vast column, la mile or more high. By a fortunate | turn of the wind the lives of all in the party were saved. The ashes, gas, smoke and stones, instead of pouring immedi- | ately upon us, were carried out over the sea. Stifling heat preceded the last out- | burst of Mount Pelee. Not a breath of | air stirred for two days. Rain fell iL | the thunder that accompanied it found |a deep response from the depths of the | volcano. Finally there descended upon the island an almost overpowering sul- phuric vapor. Many of the refugees and a large pro- | portion of the inhabitants of Fort de | France sleep tonight at the water’s edge, | ready to swim out to the ships should { that be necessary to escape from the | terrors of the volcano. { Many believe that the worst is yet to | come. 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