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
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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. |
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Pelee Puffing!
No Cessation in the Fury of
the Volcano. Destruction
and Death
Shadow.
in her
The Great Tragedy at St. Pierre.
Fort de France, Martinique, May 25.—
Destruction is again being done by Mt.
Pelee, the volcano having resumed an
activity even greater than that exhibited
just before St. Pierre was wiped out of
existence.
For twenty-four hours the volcano
has been in constant eruption, and ex-
plosions have been frequent. All in Fort
de France are filled with panic. The
island has been shaken by the work-
ings of the forces within the earth, and
everyone awaits in fear a cataclysm per-
haps even worse than that which only
recently filled the world with horror.
The earth seems to have lost its
foundations. - Up through the crater of
Pelee poured'a storm of death. 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. Previous eruptions are referred
| 1
| to as proof that the first explosions are
of rough usage, had considerably the | blood of the two greatest trotting-bred | always followed by others of greater
better of the bout.
| pacing stallions the world has known.
| strength.
|
fury, indicating that the same forces’
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Why the Farmer Plows Deeply.
In spading up beds go deep. A foot
is much better than a less depth, as the
soil at some distance below the surface
is richer in nutriment than that which
is on top. This is one reason why the
farmer plows deeply. Another reason
is that the turning up of the soil to a
considerable depth loosens it so that
plant roots find it not at all a difficult
matter to make their way through it
in their search for the food which is ab-
solutely necessary for their develop-
ment.
Use the Green Vegetables for
Salads.
Such dishes as cale or cold slaw, cab-
bage served with a cooked dressing,
take the place of succulent vegetables,
but do not in any way fulfill the dietetic
value of salad.
A salad is simply a conveyor of oil.
The green succulent vegetables are al-
ways to be preferred. A mayonnaise
dressing is really a dressing for meats
which are deficient in fatty matter—as
the white meat of chicken, white-fleshed
fish—and is not suitable for such meats
as mutton, which have more or less fat
mingled throughout the lean flesh; nor
with the red-fleshed fish, such as sal-
mon. It is not an unusual thing to hear
of an immediate sickness after a salmon
salad dressed with mayonnaise dress-
ing. The salmon, rich in oil, has been
heated to a high degree for the sake of
preservation; when added to a rich oil
dressing like mayonnaise, it must neces-
sarily provoke acute indigestion. The
white-fleshed fish and the dry meats are
deficient in carbon, which may be sup-
plied by the addition of mayonnaise
dressing.