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A iII VJiR fITS IMi'OKTANCU IX COXXKCTIOK I Arc Chemwr in faileavy Draugln-Au laiportant ArtU-lc of Vatcnvayi, on who are moft ir.terocted in the of harbor and wui'l-e -in b.rlow from Magazine for July; on Effect of on Railway Transportation. V- 1 srtJclc written; by Mr. V-rf inj son. who was three times elected of Richmond QS7I-1577). Mr.

since he left here; 1 has gained I tho name of Thompson, to hi? having boon fn Washington so Tot Uxi as sin advocate of. the improvement 'r of harbor of the city of Duluth. while was the secretary of the Chamber of 3 Commerce of that city, in the ninties. 'The article was sent to the Dispatch by 'one' of the best known: engineers of; accompanied bj' the following July 37, the Editor of the Dispatch: I hand you herewith the July issue of the Engineering Magazine and call your 1 to the article on Effect of; IrWaterways on "Railroad Ijy Mr, S. Thompson.

As this'is a. very flsshbrt article I hope you will find room for )p. In' your columns. "I believe it will prove of interest to Hf Richmond: people account If tot the fa ct that governnViiii; has for the "of river arid harbor. I haveT.vason to iglbelleve that' some of our pwp fail to the importance of water at arid I wish to callatt-rition to; points Which.

whHo entirely known to many of cur, business men, are, if-I? fear, overlooked by others: fi- "First. That the rates of in ships of light' draught are materially more than in ships of heavy, draught: "Second. That ships are built 3 of much greater arid than' so 'that Richmond ajid consignees are: limited to a small of "Third. That the day of sailing vessels Is "of hoavy draught has not the felargest schooners that have ever been built, being now, under construe tioo or re-. iff? cently completed, schooners being of I i steel with, 'seven which goes to that this mode of transportation has itiicn found he os ewn'om i ca or cer'jftain very iriiportant classes of freight.

'1' "Fourth. That the existent of deep II ISrater at Richrnorid szis as a governor of JKLtes, on certain" important classes Illlrelght, arid that the, absence of shipping i the harbor does' not necessarily mean the river is: useless, because it 5s 1 liiorprobable'that: tlie 'railroad- companies Steari successfully maintain a rate greater than the rate. The purchase of lines 'steamers by combination railroads does 'I nbtv mean unreasonable raising of water il irates," because any private party is at full Ifiliberty to run independent boats and canit not- be interfered with. "Sixth. The maintaining; of Richmond as a peaporf means an 3 business and population of "Richmond, therefore, increase im the revenues X' cf railrofldp c'-enterinj; nere, as demon- I titrated in Mr.

Thompson's article. The f.Tailroad- will riot be deprivcl jf the high-class freight by water but will indirectly share in the general prosperity due the 'cries trans- Ifpdrtation of -raw materials. Certainly aferailroad connect lii.cr'j two Vr great; seaport jiVcities; is a better.fpifr/e ofj property than I one connecting cities and inland towns. "Mr. S.

H. our most I prominent "coal" recently- stated before the Finance Committee of the City. InfCotincll that if was; closed navigation: would rriake a difference Jrif the cost, ouf- citizens "for anthracite alone of 5,75,000 a year, tqsay nothing indirect rise in'soft coal, which it glsijiot possible, to The Commi.tt on Jajnes River Itni the CoHiTriori" Council decided I to nsk 0f.530.-. I feOOO'to purchase a new: and suitable I scows for the improvement and feterianoe of the city -harbor. It; is probably known $250,000 gently appropriated by general gov- I the improvement the har-" within city confined the between the ship-locks and Scorporation: limits." but' it does noi include glhat- portion of the harbcr lying, between I i'lhe channel and the north; and south of the river.

These; areas, must improved in accordance the ernment improvements and the existing. plant is, with -the exception of I Stheltug, worn out. is "Not only is: the equipment- necessary or; improvement; for' maintenance. a certain" amount follows freshets, which'deposit can be removed by "a dredging "In: short, the committee' wishes to pur! chase, maintain and operate a plant at a' cost of about $30,000 for the plant and fglronij $10,000 to 512,000 a year for operating 1 Chamber: of -Commerce, our' City Council our representatives in; successfully of Jour harbor before Congress, and be in a most- awkward ffipqsition if were not willing to meet witha smajl appropriation on our hope that our City Fathers will give careful thought before Ipieelirig; confident that part is allthat. is necessary obtain their 1 I The article from the Engineering Maga-.

ji The trip of the Oregon, around- Cape showed with startling distinctness" 5 fthjitiaiiiisthrniari canal Avould practicalls I ftfoubleVthe: naval strength of 'the United -rjrgument isi needed toi: show; fthe'advantage of such a canal to the corn-, interests of- the world; 'and pnvestigations of the com mission showed a i Ijiiharilrnous among of railway, lines between -i the ifjrtpplr-. river and the the I lijroposed isthmian water -way would be; fbetieticial tothe roads under their control." i agreernent was foundamorig managers 1: of 'the lines the andjsome of believing canal would jwbrk Injury of to the business of striven; fipby.f overyj available means: prevent. or if Ljaelay, legislatlonneces-' IpaayyitoTauthorize itsiconstructionl'i -The controlling effect of waterways upon rates Tof (competing. I i feietTattention the control; the fact 'freight by. costs 'so much: less thaiil by, 1 "a veragel; rate's? per iiltoff-mlle on theGreafljakes;" for tenth of rbfltheJUnitedi the, Isthmian canal would! Lakee Hudson ri to produced' thereby.

hasf been" a ly doxlcal as it seems, waterways -are; nor only the most powerful possible "of but? are aleo the ihiost' perHj'jof railways with which 7' he host thing that could every in the United or elsewhere," for that i 1 every mile ofgi'Lits." and "the. dteptr ir.c wifhin-' greater wouid, be t.K- h-nelit "derived If the of ihe tra nYriiilvfarej "wr Yej "a wjkej Jo It tores 1 jiihptesdi (if fbpp6sing they would: use allf their Jir-fliitncelinf: i to 7 the- capitalists; who the' transcoritinerita 1 ft lines; ought underwrite. ai sufficient- amount: of 'secure of an isthmian: cnnnl, the? earliest'; 4 of sen timent or; ftut as; cold-i blooded business" proposition. This; opin- ion based- upon? that many stances can? be in -which the str uction or i improyem cn of erwa ha resulted in great benefit.to; competing, i railways, while not a single? instance 'has come to in. the; course Art; a study, of tie-subject coverlrigmany; in which the fresult has otherwise than beneficial: But the unsupported opinion can have little no it; will be In; order to offer the incredulous reader a few" of the fa cts which it is SOME SUGGESTIVE the fifteen in which im- proven, erits' were being made.

on fiver. Elbe, "in river "traffic; as a natural result "of the deepening of its channels increased But. thertraf-. fie on the 1 competing railways increased still more largely, and "the on; i the main line, from to Aussig, rose to lCpercent. holders of American railway stocks -who would be glad of a dividend half as great as that.

A mere coincidence, say sibly. Butif be, Ihave a fine lot of striking coincidences -to submit for; your consideration. report of a committee "of the Senate of France that' out 19Sy water-ways enumerated statistics of- in land navigation', only seventy-three had, in 18S7, a traffic of more and every, one of these was; in- close proximity to railroads, while the -Northern Railway Company, 'whose system, verses, a region containing; 43 per cent, of the boating.capacity of was the only one that was hot. obliged Tcall upon the government to pay the interest guaranteed upon its f-, "MADE Equally interesting 1 arid are some Illustrations taken' from the experience of I Germany. The capitalization of the river Main was completed in latter fipart.

of the, year 1856.. result" of thisfimproye-! ment, which gave a channel-vastly better and deeperthan was before; the river traffic owed an increase of 64 per in ISS7 and a further gain of 42 per cent, in: 18SS. Frankfort' is. abundantly Supplied railroads, having among others, an inde-. pendent line on.

each -bank of. Main all the way to Did these; roads, go or suffer a', serious falling: off in the: traffic? On the'contrary, their, business increasted" 36 cent. in ISS7. and an. additional: SS -per -cent, in 188 S.

'Two yjears -constitute; rather short time from which -to of Vpermanent effect. of this improvement, but--for- Consul Mason, whose report the above -figures were "submitted another: report date of December 10, from which' it appears ithat -the river, traffic. which only 150,000. tons' improvements were- had increased to, tons in 1891.V. and to 1,693,112 tons in 1896, -while the traffic: by rail, which amounted to 930.000 tons in 18S6, had risen to 1,400,000 tons in and: to 1,639,229 tons 'in 1896, being nearly 'double what it was ten years before, when the railways had a practicarmoncpoly'of the freight business of Frankfort.

The greatest railway mileage in the under one. is to.be found 'Germany, unless some of the. recent "eommunity-of-interest" merits in the United States-are to be interpreted as constituting common- On July ISSS, out of a total of 16.251 miles of road, 14,695, belonged; to the German Yet. the in passed an act providing -for coriipletion of nearly 1-500 miles of canals rtnd canalized; rivers, although there. were then finished and in use; 1.259 miles of canals', and 4.9£5 riiiles of canalized rivers." Other improvements have been authorized and completed since the.

date; named, until; to-day Germany has over 9.000 miles canals arid navigable and there arc miles of State-owned railways in Prussia Does'; any one that the German Governm ent "i would "ex-, pend: millions of marks, out of the national treasury for the construction and improve? ment of waterways, if "the 'result would be to lessen the national revenues by I ducing traffic on the rail ways? Or is 1 it "possible that; the, German Government 1 does -know -what: it I aboutt Let us' see. To quote, from-Consul-C3 en oral Mason: "If further testimony- on this "general' I topic- were needed," it would be "-found -In the steady, growing prosperity of the railways of Prussia, which from their location are brought into the 'most 'direct I competition '-with the. principal 7 waterways. LDur'ng Thefisrnl vehf the'Prus-, sian railroads earned $247,351,970, and the budget estimate, always; for. present year (1597-IS9S); is'; from the same This "is I ably more than half the entire" income 9f I the Prussian Government; and after, dej ducting all expenses of operation, 1 construction, new interest 'on; bonds, leaves a revenue- of to be turned into the treasury of the State" portion of this surplus should be I evoted each year to extending cana 1 and navigable river system' is in further- In nee of a -policy the' wisdom of which time and experience have'f ully confirmed." HOME AND ABROApy The Manchester.

carnal has begun to pay. its.flxed charges. as, yet. 1 has caused such a development of the trade and commerce of that: city, that new' buildings -have been thousands every. has been" compelled to: enlarge 'greatly its terminal facilities.

For a number of years.tlie United States Government has been improving of- GreatlKanawha river by a system -'of- locks- and rnpyableidnmsJ Two railroads run aloag trie this river, the Chesapeake: and Ohio thel Kanawha'- arid -table. the "shipments; pi coal by-; rail have- -imore rapidly, than the shipments by river. figures-; shipments in -from Kanawha Falls fiscal years 1 ending Rail. ISSIY 6.631.660 1556 i 61 3 lS9lv.v; "-Vv 25.76L315 J5.665.025: 1892 1 .26.757.588 30.844,100 No'' record has rail shiprnents since but a note Jfromj the resident states have 1 increaJsedi since; that i da i Mi'are' all situated 'on ways; arid the; gr ter, ciUes are; exception er waterways. The J- Ne-w 5 York and its corisjdered almost rriileTof gthefVlistance from i New; York to- Chicago sight (of oneTanother, as" along the TrailwayTayftem' 1 but' it is now In' to consider for tfce results flwhicli Shaves been fihown.

I Speaking the Gtinnan transportation eyetem, Coniiil-Geawal Iftuwn. from £BR; 58S? -German among iiu first ihii the time would having rear their wbuld: remain fa vast of few coal, ores timber; a rthft in a "fully velcped nations' the propc-r v.ciii 1 l-o to yets, and the c-iwr-t-i of m-i-cha rid i se man i uroo lr t-j stf. pics -uhich'lhe had; brought to. their iioois." vFreycinet 'aifd that waterways wa ys are j'des lined hot sii UUni bu ft to there of -burdensome; traffic, which -demands regular I o.uick"; transit to Ethe waterways "gravitate; thejheayy freight's; of small canHbnly. be transported are low." "Waterways, rather'; auxiliaries ithari'T the facture cheap' transportation ff or 'coaliand raw.

freights: whose; subsequent transportation, 'gives profit' to the -v" A 'study, of the statistics, the St; Mary's Falls canal shows that fully tentis'of all: traffic to fand -Lake Superior consists of -raw an-i; the for; other show practically, the- same, The debates in -the'; Senate of France in the it is -to the "of ther State to -foster both' rail ways ciple' was (reaffirmed, in- 1872, again 'in an still again 1889; when it was that' experience had predictions' which had been They have certainly 'had experience; with waterways -in'; France, for litheyyf. began: building canals in country more than; a' hundred years' before' Christ was and they, have not's topped- of France have shown their faith 3 for-ih-that which much': smaller than the single State Texas, there has been spent since. 1814 6f the national on waterways and more than railways'and; more -tha $650,000,000 on wagori'i past weeks the' 1 House' of Deputies has 1 a' bill appropriating; no less than $132,500,000 for the construction of I canals arid the" improvement: of rivers and 1 harbors. beremarked ing, that the people of France a re r. as well informed as to the' value; of i ways as are Uhear i legislators, or jSvheri? a plebiscite -wa taken.

some years ago; to learrf the' eelingfas. to a canal 'f rom Paris to Rouen.V at', an estir mateel cbst of of 345,000 votes" cast only; thirteen were 'ihlthe' negaf tive? It'wbuld." seemito- have" been'in order I for." some to -make, it mbusj v- A 'TRANSPORTATION, TRINITY. The' truth, is there' are -three agen- cie's of each of, 'which a different uncti on to perform in the. commerce of- the world; all; of which'- are as as' 'are the sides of triangle, -and of eah'- reach" its' possible efflqiericy unless accompanied a synim etfical velopment- of the; other :two.y This; trinity; of, 1 transportation agencies is wagonway, the 'railway, arid the- water- Of. the wagonway ns commonly considered to be subsidiary to the other, same sense that a 'foundation is; subsidiary- to super- Btructure.

thought to antagonistic the rail. and so it isina sense and to a certain degree. For the three parts are not separated -one from another arid hemmed in like lakes 'i-by, rock. shores. of action; and.

their, elasticity is so great that- they can the ever7changing. conditions. and needs of that complex thing; caiied 'xue however, is essen i.ally 1, the railway continental; "and way of while the distinguishing characteristic; of the wagon way; may be. called as, speed is the.distiriguishins of the railway arid economy of the And iri 'the' last three-will not. competitors, "but not antagonists, but" No thinks lof nauling corn- or wheat from 'to.

New York a nor.i of 'building a railroad from I the bariv of every farmer nearest grain elevator it is in reality just as absurd arid economically wrong for to -haul luwrkraderaw materials. wliere. there is a deep property located arid 'equipped to perform" the When tralHc- is carried by an expensive method when an economical method is available," it results in a loss; iiot only the agency doirigi the theifacilities of 1 to be employed 5 the tion of higher Some years ago the of the Western 1 Railway, of being dissatisfied arising; from, the tions of the i foad.r 'riiade investigation which. shoWed'that the was to drive a-; canal out-'of using. SS per cent.

of the to tal merit' inia traffic produced only 14 per. of total- revenue. iFACILIT IKS CREATE. TRAFFIC. One-sided views are always; and railway 1 mansjgers who" the; traffic; which' would-be taken" away.

from are as wrong and hort-sighted-asthe mobs that destroy ea power looms or; harvesting with the idea, that men would be" surface.rc-nds: in" New "York city opposed- the. elevated roads.vfearing.'thatth'ei tradic would be ruirjr-l "But the surface rcadi are' more' than the elevated Klines I were, arid the latter possess an arid profitable traffic which if" would be utterly impossible -surface roads to. The g-o'esvarbund tlie Cape of Good ssTas large ri as before the of the; Suez "means'- that -the -'truffle' ot 8,000,000. tons -'a passing through- that waterway, has 'been -created Not" a of the truth: is 'told', by "the' which given showing' the" increased tonnage on the' railways siriceUhe fcarialization of river figures' do not the fact that; this ton is'fo'f higher grade and freight rate, arid make no of the greatly-Increased "revenues gers'f- express: and -mails. i ry's ils twere opened in -1555, in; which :year.rthe register-' 1 A miiiiqn'mark 'was'ifeachedi'in 1.000,0i)0-ma"rk passed in 1573.

"exactly Acdinciderit iwitli the opening -of much; larger the; ribrnhwest grow leaps tori- nage of; the carial rose: from 2, to; 9,000,00 'in arid to- 16,000,000 1 more; enormbu.s locks have t-been iri' opera- "of and' in "this shore time the leaped 'upi to nearly; simply, ajmanifestation of rthe'developmentl of off miles Su- 1 coast. If by some of the'S Great should dried up, the enormous traffic! Jon their; i I whbleigalaxyfbf Liquid no Uhe A.GL IMPSE The development -of the JSTorthwestH' wlujchf In cbnseijueiice otl 1 thelbullding of the locks" af-thc- outlet ot is i but; a faint and shadowy image of -similar; L-, but 'i niiltipUed ji i plant as ciean rme ci your I. visitors Ja.c Mir ni 'Tl lfl jwhicri swill ast fuppn isthniia.ri^caDdl^ Since of pbr tati that is the true measiireVof fi trie I continent shfinkf until; its eastern arid 'areTcommer cially. bu half i- as far while ii yetf rib Its panse is Horig be jtb (New. San Scattleiwlli: become Hamburg.

JMm es fwin de-; the magic t. t'oucri-of irrigatibh, towiis; arid cities: will spring-flip "arid westernycomr: rribnwealthsVgrowrpopulbus; Statesh'thefcottpn; planters" of 'the S6uth; grairi''. the Middle enlarged markets or trieir; I can think: of "ribfportion; of trie Unifed, Statesj.which would share benefits showered abroad by the' cbnistruction of an isthmian canal, butfif I were asked' to point out would' receive the most abundant fj shareff- of the benefits; -which would; certainly, I. should, an instant's the -Western: States. 'f DEATHS AND Whitej" "wife VWhite, arid; daughter of 'and I Mrs.

D. of Washington, D. died at trier residence of her hiisbandj in -Alexandria, at -A. M. yesterday.

The funeral -will take place at 4:30 P. M. Episcopal church, She leaves; and three besides and little f-- r-'' ''One of Mrs. -White's -brothers-in-law; rs Mr Edgar White," Clerk- of the Police and another is Mr. Jl Carter White," of arid Potomac railroad.

J-Tlre of Mr." Daniel who died Tuesday morning: at his-; residence, Sls east: 'place-at the home this i morning- at '11; o'clock, and willibe i conducted-: by Russell Cecil, pastor, of the -second Presbyterian; church, of Mr. Denobn; was a as-" sisted by "Rev." Jl' Calvin Stewart. The pall-bearers i win -be I'i Messrs: William Ellyson, M. Crutchfield. arying.L/ Charles -Todd." Burton -Mopntcasne-, wallace Baker, CharleS R.

Messrs. How-, ard Swineford, James -Mc- Graw. -William Hill, F. Habliston; Dr. Cr.

The funeral of Hiram Wynn, died -June "28th, took his New -Kent county, Sunday at 2 o'clock. Mr. Wynn? was bne of the, reservation and- bought al beautiful arm New Kent county, and had' become a- large crowd- of Indians: 'and- whitestattenaed the funeral, 'and all well' of the dead He Cleaves wife and child a brother, Solomon- Charles Kid well, the 3-year-old' son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ECf Kid died in" home of his sl7 Denny street, Fulton? Tuesdays of The funeral v.was held- at rthe residence" of the yesterday after-; noon tat: 5:30 the John S.W.

pastor of the 1 Apostolic officiating. The: burial was Oakwood': Mr. Thomas' Russell -died' yesterday morning at' o'clock at the home of; the Little Sisters of the -Poor. He leaves the following Charles Russell. Mrs.

IRollins. rand C. Wai 1 funeral -will take -place; this morning 10- o'clock. Services at the grave in M. of died.

Tuesday at her resident No: 19 souths Belvidere She. -a of her age. The fu: -al will take' place o'clock this n. from: St. Mary's.

CONFLAGRATION: It-Destroyed. One of tUe. Best ill tHe Town. i CAMDEN. S.

July A fire, which broke but in: the this city, of the most substantial blocks of Camden, entailing an estirriated loss STO.OuO by The town was entirely at' thefmercy. of -'being wi been: recently by firel A chnnpre the direction of wind, "which swept.the flames back over the burned area, the The fire wa caused by; an explosion of a lamp in. an. uptown- and' spread rapidly through ntire block, icontain- ingj eleven." stores an rL business buildings. The Pythian arid the Masonic were: destroyed.

Two stores belonging to J. C. Mann were entirely -The Bank en was i saved only after the most; persistent The fire-department Columbia promptly, answered the if can for assistance; -trie: special train with the'f arrived' after the flames had spent their. fury. DEMOCRATIC-LEAGUE; OF NEW ENGLAND.

Banquet ai Beach, To-Day W. J. Bryan, dwardiM. and Speat. BOSTON, July r23.r Everything in -readiness the great of the which; is l.to held at tormorrow, iarid at: which at least 'four! men of natiqrial reputatibnvare "grfye their: Yon: present Kpolitics.tThe'.

presiding officer be Mayor Patrick of a consul-general at TJopdonjf President speakers V.will^ be: Bryari; of Nebraska Edward Sh'epard; ofj, New W. Pkr.mackV^The^Visjtors-ar^T^pect^'toiafriye, early to-morrow. After; a( hbmeV.tpTa/j ew.J'friends^.but no) public for- Nantasket at and dinner 'will be' served at About; 300 persons have securedHickets adjourn to i a mammoth where the place." RIVERIANDIHARBORIWQRKI Estimates: for Caw-, Una Georgia. The Chief of Bnglne.ors receiyedia; number of re officers in-enarse of work on rivers "and toKOther with for; the fiscal year. 1904.

E. Van Lucas submits for North Carolina: Oiptain Cassius jG.Giiiotie.'ift, charge of the "improvements'af sub mi ts the following Savanhahl 000; harbor, route 'between Savannah, Ga.l and Fla fS Cumberland and .5400,000. SCHURMANAT BAY. Roosevelt He -Will Jlake a CanipaisTi Tliia i Fall. OYSTER' N.

July lunch to-daisr; President- JacbblGould' of. Cor-. nelirUniyersityjrPreside'ntsNicholasjMurr ColumbiaV arid Norton of New York, long hats beeri'v; identified with the civic ref orm New.y York.v.s Presiderit Schurrinian is passing the summer: at his country. 'hbme-nearj here and President Butl erf came to 1 sp end the i day with the at Sagamore fit isfaririounced'that these were, mere-; ly social. The pcpers'in the court-martial of Major, Edwin F3 Glenn, of the Fi th Cavalry, tried cruelty -to the have been received by "th President from the War Department.

i i He; is the final It -was not announced whether he make public his endorseirietit.upon thefpapers or. not: I'Capt: X- McConnell, chief United I States navy (retired), who was fleet" engineer on' the flagship York during the Spanish-American talked briefly; with president on technical "questions to the proposed; canal. I The- president received T. B. M.

secretary, and general agent of the Cityi: Municipal-: of Philadelphia; who 'calleds to enter a complaint on behalf of -the association against William McCoach; collector of revenue, First it was stated, also i holds roffice'as member of the 1 'y-'-'-7- action' the. case was taken. Gn'nl) 1 pat Sco rpion Aground. July. The gunboat Scorpion aground in the upper The Scorpion -ishard on the Blue is 'feared: that her plating may be for there: are jagged rooks struck: The -Scorpion has-been with'ithe; fleet on! Block.

lsland, Her en-; ginesrf ailedi at an order, and for the she; up-: Reversing, her vengines no good, and the tide nothing to do but wait forUhefnext'flood: to-night' the Scorpion succeeded- in backing-: off rocks' with heriown; She to' the bay! and anchored: is believed the damage 'to? herds Sam; sternjs good luck. Realizes Handsomely on Main-Street A Good Omen. Mr. S. purchased from Mr.

Stern No. 1720 east-Main' which was formerly occupied :by.Mr:. Stern at; the: price of $5,000. The sale' was. made tnrough Pollard ln IS9S Mr.

Stern -bought this property, for which he paid it sold- at sale at an increased price of I $2,000, after, he had' the enjoyment ofvthe -property six years. This is taken estate of the as criterion: by which- to judge whether not realty is good: investment In. Richmond. ANOTHER MURDER? AGAINST HIM. Viof Carolina, Kills Second Deputy July' News reaches here to-riieht from Aiken, S.

that' Dcputy-Shr-riff: of 'Aiken. county, S.JC.,; nisrht, by 'the C- alias killed a named at 16th killed Joe --who tried to arrest him near After the; murder of escaped into thejOgeecheerriver: swamp. was next of; in -Deputy Ahl starte-d after As the party rbrie up to the houpt where JerYcoat waa stoppfngr. he. opr-ned fire and then ran.

Ahl was he gained on'the. fugitive, was: abbut-to r.un-rhifn when "Jeftcoat dodsred to one As "Ahl went "by the -desperado shot' him. the back. Ahl fell a- few- minutes, "anrt Jeffcoat-- escaped the woods." Sheriff Alderman' with a large is in Aafs body- has hern to Aiken. XEDOCHOWSSCX li iTiXG IS STATJB.

Grief "Poland Aiii'ouiits Almost to National DesiibaMtriition. i July The. remains of Cardinal Ledochowski, Iwho died were laid in to-day, the chapelle ardtnte the -Palace of the Propaganda; where 1 they Were all -the members of the Sacred: "Coiloge. t- Letters and? telegrams- of regret are pouring an-f rom Tail The of "Poland.f.Cardinar-LedocJiowski's I native country. amounts to almost a national the dead cardinal having persona -non grata 'to Russia'.

and Germany, to his advocacy of Polish Mock on' liiock Island Aban IBL.OCK; ISLAND, July The proposed'- attempt -by the battleships Alabama; and-Kearsargc, ma-, to i captures the northwest -i portion of -this near, the entrance to New. was to-day bly because the unfavorable i weather and i this; portion' of probably" will be out i later; 3 i The marines who? landed yesterday; -for- the? defence island went 'aboard the which; lay, atfa.ncb.or, a. mile off shore. The ships soon put W.l. Hi Bies at July A prominent citizen Beaufort.

1j died" at V. the residence of his Mabie, in village, "-1 Mr." s'Lockwood came a month A ago on a. visit- He had; been infill healths soirne He was a'memberfofi the. South' Carolina teg- Islaturei; or.Ttwo arid a member of Governor Richardson's staff. 3V egrb Wif and Daughter.

aiACON. July tof" day. Monroe out the brains of fihis wif cv: and'; da.iighter.;i in an open yard: The i with" hounds, iis tracking 1 are greatlyj excitedi'andfAdams may. be severely. handled brought to.

the city. Murdered. i 1 WASHINGTON. The War Departments to-day recei following regar dingsthe school ff teachers have jbeeni if rom? Cebu 3 since June 10th:" "John B. Wells.

i his V- same address feErhest 1413 KVirie street Clyd France, I missing from Cebujl murdered Ladrones Bodies i ref Leader of 1 murderers eight' others captured by the constabxi- Charles Williams young i whitetman," was Detectives ATomltrisonit Gibson; and Wren yesterday ands locked split-second' Kirk steal ng-5 and iumts I Fcuci at Jackson, 5 at" 5 Jnckson; 1 Uojrest tv-day, in the Cockrell family buryinff-: ground, three miles below Jackson- An place. "Manypfrorainent men have fciiiitori '7Vv temerity that the to lastfrilfeht.fand j- to nfitf. 1. Those who kriowS the i'sltuaiibriJi hi Jackson, say rnemberfof the Cockfell-jfaction "arrived: from; after I Ingi name be because' fits "publication said vi that jithe of James I was shot lar kriowri. fHe claims that bur: men were the" court- rooria 1 when shots fwere and were ffi windows men were aided to escape -f arid fjtheir whereabouts fare: jnbw: knowri! He claims: that thef-Cbckrellffac'-'-tibnf'fwlll make; anyf; assassinations.

be. inclined until 'the': law is ab, le bring the murderers to PHILIPPINE STATISTICS; Percentage of American I Killed and Wounded 9.7. D. July James of the Adjutant-General's has "compiled some interesting regarding -the insurrection ml- the Philippines. appears tria tether e-.

were 2,561 engagements with thejenerny.irnbre or- less; between February which isthe' date of the of Manila. andrt'April 30. 1902, fixed -as the downfall of the The larger of these ngrits were attacks ambush orithe American' troops, or in which onlyi small' detachmerits-tbok part. no case, in -these engage-. meri'tsVy says Major barker; "did "American troops surrender, or have i to or hayetofleave their, dead wounded possession of the notwithstanding that in many cases age" of -was high.

'j. The; number of troops'- that have transported to the Philippines and, have arrived there up: up to July last, 'was 4,135 officers and 123.503 men. -The average strength, taken from the of the insurrection, was approximately 40,000. Parker casualties of the "Arne'rican army Killed or died of wounds, 69: oncers and 936; enlisted officers and. 2,535 enlisted trien; deaths -from accidents, six officers 125 ferilistedmert; drowned, six officers and 10 -officers and 72 men; rhurdered, 1 officer and 91 enlisted men.

Wounded, 190 officers and 2,707 enlisted a tota.l of 2,897. and and: deaths other than.oy'.disease^'2B2"officers and enlisted men; large proportion of J.the^dea'ths^by' drowning: occurred in for In active operations; against the enemy, I Major Parker "makes the percentage of killed; arid wounded to the strength of the army 9.7. SEVENTH GEORGIA VETERANS IN TOWN. a Reception Xast by Lee.and Piclsett Camps-Wei-: corned by the 1 The -veterans of the Seventh-Georgia Regiment, are visiting Richmond for two! were given a "reception Camp Hall last night by, the Lee Cariipj arid the George E. assisted by the Daughters of the Conf eracy.

of this city. A large number present, and the; evening was en throughout. ..1 welcomed the-. raris''iri behalf of the State in a brief aridappropriate. talk.

Dr. W. Nor tori, surgeon'" of Seventh Georgia." responded forf" the', visitors. Dr. Jnmes extended'the hospitality of the; camps to; the Comrade D.

C. them the freedom of the city, which was gracefully by Dr. Captain J. Thompson visitors in behalf of iiee. Camp, while Commander P.

P. the rsame, court for Camp. 'i'heir words of were responded to H. B. Good win, Colonel the colonel of iheiSeventh.

Geoff and Mr. S. H.f An was -road from the Virginia: Club, asking the.Georgians to their club hone, the historic-Van Trie- musical and Cortiracle Polk" Miller.flead the assembled guests in singing Confederate" while -combination of singers rendered. "The Bonnie 'Blue Flag." Eugene Davis and: his musical jteam of 4 that were received. The ladies who; accompanied -the.

Geor-r giaris- were, entertained; of the. Confederacy at Morriss's 1 The veterans were provided for. by, the local camps with lunch liquid in the library-room of the' hall. The'Cparty of veterans and -their." ladies arrivetl' yesterday, afternoon the Richmond, Fredericksb'urg I ana Potb-; rriac They willrAisit: the battlefields faround Richmond and for Petersburg Friday, where Vmiich of the time will be fspent at the" From Petersburg" -the party will, return. to Georgia.

Among. trie party registered: at Murphy's are: Messrs. J. R. J.

North. H. L. E. Chevls.

B. Ernbry. N. 'Wilson." W- A- Chevls. Mann.

rrA and J. J. -J; Misses' Kirby; Leigh. Bailey. Camp, Cotton.

McCurdy; Brown; McEI-f feath." Mrs. B. 4F. Mann, f- and Mrs. M.

Haines. PLUMBERS' An 1 Agreement LBoth Sides JReachcd at a- Conference Held iMHt plumbers' strike -j it has been on, for: the. five now: adjusted, both sides being pleased; with 1 the settlement. result; was preached last night a con ererice the Plumberyi; tiorT and Journeymen Plumbers'Xocal the '-building cbrrierjbf Seventh and streets i last committee frbrh each i -whose action is i final and cisive. in ture; of a't parties "to differ eric evTou it of whi the grew fare I pleased fat basis of ftag'reemen t.

The agreement reached mon party, i into" I is lution of -the compact. Here are a'; summary; of plumbers i and the aettlemerit as 'agreed upon: perjday fforjuniorj 'perl dayjfqrifull journeymeri; gin immediately. They get the thi3 Trate'f October Ist, Terms jiwere' agreed upon as to the apprefjtices and Jaa'ftoVtha handling o- pAari agreeing' i "1" A of the Master Plumbers' A3socffc tloh. rugg One 'of the Master Plumbera stated thel; strike fhiui "been good it'waj occasion 'ot an agreement" Insure steady as long' as ISM HOUSE OF COMMONS, Exchanse VBctwecu ifVrmlliam South Tyrone; Member, Trast fWuifProVofcefWor. -LONDON; July The -House of Commons 7f to-night entered Yon a series of Irish-debatesl the "estimates for Ireland-came upfordiicussibn.

'John Redmond." "chairman of the moved the reduction ot Uhe of he chief secretary. George ilrl Redmond maintained that Mr. Wyndham -ha done nothing; for the arid that the "Irish problem was: more. -dangerous to thef Empire than it had been for, a quarter of a. Wyndham, 'in refuting the assertion," at present." could no'ecristructive policy, and maintained that home, rule Impossible, -even for those tvho- cherished it.

untH; process of social proscription and of'i fear'; which prostrated and paralj-zed every- nerve of national life, were repudiated by 'the good sense- of the people, "and by the power of the, Mr. Wyndharn's accusation that Mr. Russell. in ember for South 'Tyrone." palliated': disorder: during the DeFreynb evictions, brought out a heated denial from Mr. and lengthy exchanges between himself and Mr.

"Mr. Russell declared that only a man who had sold himself body and soul to the -arid: evictors would dare Dealing with the formation of land trust. Mr. Russell-said it would' proyoke a war. the of which ho man could How to.Keep Healtliy.

how many of the few centenarians in have kept "such healta rules as nref recommended by tho "Pubno Healths as; follows: -slowly, masticating' the "food so, if possible, than 's required health. The more' time the food spends in" the, mouth the less it wilt spendf in the stomach. Avoid drinking ac meals; at; most sips i 'of drink. at close of the. meal, if the food Is.yery/drj-in character.

general, dyspeptict stomachs: manage dry food bettei than "containing much' neither' very" hot' nor cold food. The: best temperature about- that of body void exposure to cold, after i careful Uq avoid excess in" eating. --Eat ric more 1 thanfi the wants of the Sometimes less. than Is rea.ll>* needed must Ibe- taken when digestion is very weak. depends not on what la eaten, but fwhat is digested.

Never take any either mental or 'physical, either, just- before or just, after 'a It is notfgood-tb sleep immediately after, Never eo-t mbrevthari three a day. For many dyspeptics-, two meals are- better th more. 'Never eat Va morsel 7 of. any sort between meals. Never eat fwhen very tired." whether exhausted, from.

fmental or physical "labor. "Never eat when, the mind is 'worried or the' temper, ruffled, if possible favoid 'doing so. Eat only fooVt that Is easy of disrestion. avoiding corn-plicated and indigestible and. but three at a mfr.l.

Most persons will bejbenefTEed by the offoafrrieal. wheat meal, cracked and preparation a thoneh many wilL -necessary. especially, -when fruits are How the Rapee Getx'Aroaml "WorM. CNew York Commercial.) "While it is true that pur r-odip sret 011 1 Into sight here home. less in to active ft "is true -that" -is -nl-lansf riurnber oT.

in world of whoa hat never ITnited Stnfps rom than is. the tic p.bout the cnjris 'of any other civilized tion. Old potd is an almost strictly stay-, at-home- coin, as far as actual cirrularion is connected. This -is 'not rase- with "the coins oin ny other' countries. however.

Qi'fte. considerable of "the.mf icircnlntrt wider than for wriich they, were br.srinn.ny Tnlrs the" rupee, lndia. instance, 4S cents in our li of 'miles from' its native-, homf. -who'stons '-Rt any. of the, ports the Straits of or in of: the cfvilizedrsetf laments "of Sumatra iwill, find the nrevaiont there.

as in India itself. been" scattered, through 'As are.V fovn-1 Indian -traders go. they wide tion the const of Crioa roTTt: he Gulf of to the. th of the There are in plenty at -a-score of. coast strptohinc: for I.s:>,miles Rupees ma.y also he ojirid'iat ronny pir; two or hundred miles inlnncl.

Arab lings thp The of in wariderSnjrs U. stfikintr 'Illustration of the conditions sunder -which small change; or country f. may be 'used In other regions." A Vgrent many few' travellers are between Africa 'and fey? of East Africa are to Bombay to Europe. "Everybody andifro, Rupees are most -and money, for trie East African trads. and they therefore flow, into the Contirient.

Too Kissiuj; CfIX the Sew York Rochester (N. special" says: Officials: of 'York Central railroad are, considering the advisability ol Issuing orders prohibiting all kissing in train shecis. or stations arjon car platforms. The Central officers recently ordered thatfall rice ithrowingbcprohiblted In the train: sheds of. their 1 road.

and now the- ban kissmg Ms to; be promulgated: cormpany; it is -said." waat3 lt understood', that, it- does: not so naucb about-kissing, vbuttthatjitrnust may- be' done the in 'carriages," and" on 7 the i streets. but-inithei train; sheds' and car; platforms it declares, 1 custom nuisance and I trattic. Theinew order! it -is said, go into effect September of Bachelor. I Yor Press.) mltm lt is -better to -pride: in your speople's- aeemsttoi work, through: Calomel' settles a good many, heart problems 2 otherwise -would 'i respect which a. good many have for- themselves- is the -invera4 ratio to respect others never; learn 'discretion from experience; no' matterJ how often they; walk intoa I itr- again just -to i see lit the; same thing will happen.

Astronomy i(New York Commercial.) It is a fruit-trade" journai that the i Georgia farmers i have every expectation Sof .5 fine crop peaches ix theSpresent weather It added that some think thisp successful passing of the April moon. There 1 is 2 an old negro i superstttionl to I the effect I thatAwhen at stafidrops a certalnlmonth. the jyam crop will 1 dry up.x%We 1 mayij shortly pect tfo I hear; that if ouri? agricultural In 'their curricula; if finpoJrtant? factor i the successful Qi Jhe hoe. Saleldfe at a. Keferaai.

SALISBu ixi. July CampbeUi; a-lonetarmedi Civil oik Is A.