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THIS NORFOLK NKWS : FIUDAY , MAY 10 , 1002. American Consul Visits th ( Wrecked City , NOT A HOUSE LEFT ' INTACT fThlrty Thousand Corpseo Strew ' About Site of Destroyed City Tell I Story of the Awful Scenes Whlcl | Met His Gaze. I Fort do Prance , Martinique , May 1" It now seeuiB to bo generally ai ) mlttcd that about 30,000 persona los their lives as the result of the out break of the Mont Poloo volcano Careful Investigation by competon government ofllclals shows that th earlier reports of the Associated Pros .were accurate. Briefly put , last Thursday mornlni the city of St. Plorro dlsappoarec within ton minutes In a whirling ( In vomited from Mont Poleo , 30,000 pet eons wore Instantly and horrlbl ; killed and the volcano , whoso anclen crater for more than 50 years hat been occupied by a quiet lake , li ; whlch picnic parties bathed , suddenl ; discharged a torrent of fiery mud which rolled towards the sea , engulf Ing everything before It. Then tin last of cahlo communication wa broken and the doomed city was Iso lated from the world. The American consul at Guadaloupc Louis H. Ayme , has reached the dcso late spot where St. Pierre stood am confirms the awful story In all Us cs Bontlal details. Prom an Intcrviev iwlth Colonel Ayme , who Is a tralnei 'American ' newspaper man , the corre spondent of the Associated Press learned the following facts : Thursday morning the Inhabitant ! of the city awoke to find heavy cloudf enshrouding the Mont Peleo crater 'All ' day Wednesday horrid detonations had been heard. These were echoei from St. Thomas ont the north to Car hadoes on the south. The cannonad Ing ceased on Wednesday night am fine ashes fell like rain on St. Pierre The Inhabitants were alarmed , bu Governor Moutot , who had arrived a St. Pierre the evening before , did everything possible to allay the panic The British steamer Roralma reached St. Pierre on Sunday with ten passen , gers , among whom were Mrs. Stokes -and her three children and Mrs. H. .11. Ince. They wore watching the rain of ashes , when , with a frightful roar and terrific electric discharges , a cyclone of fire , mud and steam swepl from the crater down over the town and bay , sweeping all before It and destroying the fleet of vessels at an chor off the shore. ( Thirty Thousand Corpses. There the accounts of the catas trophe so far obtainable cease. Thirty thousand corpses arc strewn about , burled In the ruins of St. Plorre , or else floating , gnawed by sharks In the surrounding seas. Twenty-eight charred , half dead human beings . were brought here. Sixteen of them are already dead and only four of the .whole number are expected to recover. The Associated Progs steamer , char tered in Guadaloupe , neared Martin ique early Sunday morning. At Lo Precheur , five miles north of St. Pierre , canoes with men and women frantic to get away begged for pas sage on the steamer. Furious blasts of fire , ashes and mud swept over the Bteamer , but finally St. Pierre was reached. The city of St. Pierre stretched nearly two miles along the water front and half a mile back to a cliff at the base of the volcano. The houses of the richer French families \vere built of stone. The still smoking volcano towered above the ash-covered hills. The ruins were burning In many places and frightful odors of burned flesh filled the air. Grim Mounds of Dead. With great difficulty a landing was effected. Not ono house was left In tact. Viscid heaps of mud , of brighter ashes , or piles of volcanic stones were eeen on every side. The streets could hardly be traced. Here and there amidst the ruins were heaps of corpses. Almost all the faces were downward. In one corner 22 bodies of men , women and children were mingled In one awful mass , arms and legs protruding as the hapless beings fell in the last struggles of death's cgony. most notable was the utter silence and the awful , overpowering etench from the thousands of dead. Careful inspection showed that the flery stream which so completely de stroyed St. Pierre must have been composed of poisonous gases , which Instantly suffocated every ono who In haled them , and of other gases burn- .ing furiously , for nearly all of the vic tims had their hands covering their mouths or were in some other attitude showing that they had sought relief from suffocation. All the bodies were carbonized or roasted. Stories of Survivors. J The stories of the survivors added ' 'to the awful details of the particularly harrowing account of the loss of the British steamer Roralma. Engineers C. C. Evans and John G. Morris , now at the military hospital of Fort do France , say the vessel arrived at 6 o'clock. As eight bolls was struck a frightful explosion was heard up the mountain. A cloud of fire , toppling and roaring , swept with lightning speed down the mountain sldo and over the town and bay. The storm of .fire lasted not more than flvo min 7 utes. The Roralraa was nearly sunK and caught fire at once , j "I can never forget the horrid , flery , choking whirlwind which enveloped me , " said Mr. Evans. "Mr. Morris and I rushed below. We are not very badly burned , not so bad as most of thorn. When the f.ro came wo wor going 1,0 , our pos s to weigh anchor an got out. When wo cnmo tip w found the ship aflro nft and fought I forward until 3 o'clock , when the S chet came to our rescue. Wo wcr then building a raft. " From the Italian ship Teresa Lot- CD several men were saved , hut the are In a frightful state except Jcai Prudent of St. Plorro. Although o deck and unprotected ho was llttl burned. Prudent says there was n awful noise of explosion and rlgli away a cyclone of smoke and fin but such was the poisonous , chokln nature of the sinoko that It burnc worse thau the flro. When It stnic people they fell dead. The cyclon of gas tore the masts out of ships blow others up and sunk some c them. Soon afterwards came n wav of llro bigger than the smoke cloud. "That cloud , " continued Prudem "was bigger , It seemed , thau the niour tain. The flro burned nearly ovorj where at once. Near mo I saw enl dead men ; but on shore I saw mei and women rushing back and fort ; amid the flames for an hour. The would not run long. Then came the choking smoke and they would dro like dead files. The explosion , smoke and fire all came and went In thro minutes , but the city burned for thro hours. Then every house was flnlshci and nothing allvo was left. At in time were there any earthquakes , bu big stones were rained down and fir fell like rain for a long time. " In a separate part of the hosplta wore found several persons savei from Carbot village , four miles fron St. Pierre. The village of Irrinc south of St. Pierre , was almost entire ly burned and almost all the Inhabl tants were killed. Ono of the sur vlvors of Irrlno , who will die , says tin sea , boiling hot , Invaded the land Six women , whoso bodies are ono solit burn , nro writhing In another wan of the hospital. Ton women severcl ; burned froinIrrlnc were brought li and four of them have died. It Is doubtful If any of the six still alive can recover. An evidence of the swift ness of the onslaught of fire Is fount1 in the fact that none of the victims was blinded , although the eyelids o ; most of them are nearly burnei through. All those saved , except the engineers of the Roralma , are pooi sailors and Martinique negroes. Nc ono knows how the passengers ol the steamers perished. American Consul Certainly Dead. Three hours' exploration of the ruins of St. Pierre resulted In the find Ing of no trace of the American con sulate. Consul Thomas T. Prentis his wife and two daughters are un doubtedly dead. That quarter of the city is still a vast mass of blazing ruins. The coast villages near St. Pierre were destroyed with that town. The entire island up to a few miles efFort Fort do Franco is covered with mud and ashes. The cattle are all cither dead or dying. The streams are all drying up. Thousands of persons arc flocking to Fort de France. Unless relief is promptly sent famine is im minent. The steamer Solent brought awful news from the British island of St. Vincent. May 8 and 9 a volcano there , the Soufriere , broke into violent erup tion. Mud , ashes and stones were hurled Into Kingston , the capital of the island , and over the country. From the meager reports obtained here It Is said 300 deaths occurred in St. Vin cent up to Friday. The volcanic detonations were distinctly heard In Barbadoes , 100 miles away , and the [ all of ashes there was so heavy that It resulted In Intense darkness for 3everal hours. NEW STEEL COMBINATION. Corporation Is ot Be Known as the American Steel Foundries. Chester , Pa. , May 13. Additional ulvlces concerning the now comblna- : lon of steel casting plants which is , o be formed with the American Steel lasting company , whoso principal ilant and offices are In this city , as a lucleus , have developed today. The now corporation will bo known is the American Steel foundries and las as Its principal underwriters Fudge E. H. Gary , chairman of the Jnited States Steel corporation ; 3harles M. Schwab of the same com- mny. John W. Gates and General 3harles C. Miller of Franklin , Pa. The lew company will control about one- ourth of the production of steel cast- ngs In the country. Other concerns mve been approached to go Into the lomhlnatlon , hut they refused on the lasls of stock consideration offered , [ "ho capital of the combination will bo i40,000,000. r i wo cna I heir Lives. Lewiston , Ida. , May 13. A special rom Ore Flno , Ida. , reports the death it that point by suicide of Dr. F. J. -eadbrook , a prominent physician , ind Miss Winnie Booth , the 19-year- ild daughter of Rov. O. M. Booth , pas- or of the Methodist church at Mos- ow , Ida. The couple had taken mor- ihlne by hypodermic Injection. Blaze at Texarkana. Texarkana. May 13. Half a block if brick buildings are on fire and the Iromen do not seem able to check the lames. The buildings burning are oc- upled by C. W. McClure , general icrchandlso ; People's Furnishing ompany , John MIllH , grocery , and leorgo Scherer , dry goods. Stabbed by a Woman , Dete Molnos , May 13. Following a Carrel between Louis Wade and a oung woman named Thomas in a : Itchen of the restaurant In which hey are employed at Newton last light , Miss Thomas plunged a > butch- r knlfo Into the abdomen of Wade. Vado will die. Two Hundred Others Survive it Great Agony. EXPLOSION OF NAPHTHA CAR ! Railroad Yards Near Plttsburg a Mas of Flames Men , Women mid Child ren Are Enveloped In Raging Fire Many Will Die. . _ J , ' . - , U . . _ _ PUtslmrg , May 13. The Shcrailoi yards of the Panhandle railroad wa the scene last evening of the inos disastrous , explosion and llro know : In this section for many yeara. ; score of lives wore lost and about 20 persons wore so badly burned thai according to the judgment of physl clans In attendance , 75 par cent o thorn will dlo from the effects of the ! Injuries. The property loss Is $ GOO , 000. 000.Tho The dead : David Smith , Albert Me Koan. John Swan , H. F. Smlthloy Charles Hertlg , W. W. Taylor , G. 1C Hunter , Dallas Bert , W. F. Wright W. E. Rosl , Tony Leo , Lawrence Kec nan , James Keenan , P. Mader , fou unknown. The Injured : Albert Hnrtlgcn , Car Eatings , Henry Donv.lno , Sadlo Soy niour , Pick Conatll , Clydo Grlnnago Roy Guthrldge , Clyde Pair , Charlei Keenan , W. H. Enoch , Prank Doors William Henderson , Hugh Henderson J. E. Ilnnnn , J. J. Wallace , James Gal lahan , Albert Vorry , Mrs. Julia Han sen , Frank Culture , Matthew More land. Cause of Catastrophe. The cause of the catastrophe was the explosion of a train of naphthr cars being switched In the yards and in the switching the rear car tele scoped a car forward. The leaking naphtha Ignited from a switch light causing nn explosion , which threw the flames 50 feet high. Much of the os caning naphtha ran through Cork'E Run to Esplen borough , , distance ol ono and a half miles , and caused an other explosion , blowing to atoms the Seymour hotel and the Collins house and badly wrecking a frame building nearby , In which were congregated 200 or more men from Plttshurg and vicinity , betting on the races and baseball - ball games. Few of the occupants of this building escaped Injury. Mrs , Seymour and her daughter of the Sheraden hotel were seriously , and it is feared fatally , Injured. Explosion of Cars. The first car of naphtha exploded about 4:40 : o'clock und the spectacle soon attracted a largo crowd on streets lining the hills on both sides of the railroad. The second car exploded about 5 o'clock , but it was at G:15 : o'clock when three more cars of the deadly stuff went up with a roar that could be heard for miles , that the work of destruction really began. A torrent of flame belched forth on each side of the track , sweeping back the terri fied spectators like a charge of artil lery , and sending a tower of flame over their heads resembling Mont ' Peleo on a small scale. The scene that followed was beyond description. The successive explosions had heated the air to such nn extent that before the third explosion many were ren dered unconscious by the extreme heat and the gaseous fumes and were car ried away when the torrent of flames swept over the excited crowd. There was an awful hush for a mo ment , then followed a scene of frenzy. Men and women , their clothing ablaze , their faces scorched and blistered , ind their hair burned off their heads , ran wildly shrieking , hither and thither , only Intent on escape from Lhat awful furnace of fire. Some gave I'ent to frenzied appeals to kllMhem ind put thorn out .of their misery , and little children , with their curly locks ind light summer clothing afire , cried plteously as they were swept along. The townspeople did all possible for .he stricken victims and all the Pitts- nirg ambulances were immediately llspatched to the scene with a corps ) f physicians. Many of those not serl- > usly burned were removed to. their ionics In Shcraden , while others were sent to the various Pittsburg hos- iltals , and the dead removed to under- aking establishments In Sheraden dclnlty and to the Plttsburg morcun. Volcanic Outbreak In Alaska. San Francisco , May 12. The Alas- ; an Commercial company has re- ielvcd from Its agent at Unalaska , Aleutian Islands , a letter dated April 10 , elvlnjj Information of volcanic llsturbances in that portion. The let- or says : "Unalaska has been shaken ip by earthquakes lately and on sev- Tal occasions the ground was covered vlth flno ashes from some volcano , leports reach us from Unimak to tbo fleet that with every westerly wind heir village is covered with some : lnd of ashes , Indicating that some i-estcrn volcano Is In action. " Walters and Bartenders Meet. Louisville , May 13. The tenth an- mal convention of the Hotel and Res- aurant Employes' International alll- , nco and the Bartenders' International .eaguo of America b'egan here yester- lay. About 150 delegates are in at- endance. The opening sessions wore akon up with formalities and the an- lual address of President Michaels f Syracuse * . Bartholdt Is Renomlnated. St. Louis , May 13. Hon. Richard Jartholdt of St. Louis was yesterday cnomlnated for congress by the Re- mbllcans of the Tenth Missouri dls- rlct. There was no opposition. This s the sixth tlmo Mr. Bartholdt has ecclvcd the nomination. HAYTI HAS A REVOLUTION. Three Parties Take Up Arms to Coi trol Election of New President. Port nu Prince , May 13. The ropoi ( hat a revolution In on thu point < breaking out hero an the result of tli recent resignation of President Hai and the questions arising from tli cliolco of hit * successor , la now coi firmed. Threw parties Iniva taken u arum and they are all ready to bogl hostilities. General I.cconto'ls supported by tli military element ; General Vilbrun , tli nilnlBtor of war , has thu sympathy < llio retiring president , and Genun Salnt-Folx Colin , the district con mandor , has the support of the populi tlon . * ' " . here. _ _ : i At the mooting ot congtWs yonTo day , called to elect a president of tli republic , the minister of the Inlerlt formally handed the resignation e President Sam to the house. A men her of the chamber of deputies nsku the president of that house to ordi the withdrawal of the strong force < troops which occupied the chamber The president replied that the trooj : were necessary to protect congrof while engaged In Its deliberation and said that ho approved of the proi euro of the military. The meeting t congress was then puspondod. Th whole population la now In arms. Severe lighting Is progressing In th streets of Port nu Prince. The sltui tlon Is very serious. The street fighting , which laslo about nn hour , resulted In a trliimp for the opponents of the government The troops at the arsenal surroi de-rod. Only two men were killed an three wounded. A provisional go\ \ eminent has boon established , undo the presidency of Uolsroud Canal , former chief magistrate of Haytl. H snys all the towns of the republic nr In a state of revolution. MANY NONCOMBATANTS DEAC Venezuelan Government Troops Vic late the Rules of Civilized War. New York , May 13. Great cnriiugi was wrought at Caruplno , the Vene zuelan seaport town which WIIH n ( taekcd , says the Port of Spain , Trlnl dad , correspondent of the Herald , b ; land and sea on May fi , by govonimcn troops and gunboats without 21 hourp notlvo having been Riven so that non combatants could leave the town. Foreigners in Caruplno are wlthou asslBtttnco from their respective gov crnments , notwithstanding their tip peals. Many women and children won killed. Wreck on Santa Fe. Keokuk , la. , May 13. The Callfor nia limited , eastbound , on the Santn Po was wrecked yesterday at Revere Mo. , ten miles from the scene of the wreck of the same train two weeks ago. The axle of the dining car broke and the train ran into a 'switch. The train crashed Into n boxcar on the Biding. The corner of the dining car was torn off and six coaches were thrown from the track. The speed of the train at the tlmo was moro than a mile a minute. Ono passenger , Miss Jane Adams , of Hull house , Chicago , was injured. Will Build New Road. Kansas City , May 13. It is stated that the Missouri , Kansas and Texas' ' will build its own line between Paola , Kan. , and Rosedale , Kan. , a suburb oi Kansas City , n distance of 40 miles , and enter this city over the Santa Fc tracks. The "Katy" now reaches Kansas City from Paola over the 'Frisco track , hut the increasing traf fic renders necessary a new road , which will almost parallel the 'Frisco. Kansas Town Almost Wiped Out. Topeka , Kan. , May 13. Carbondale , a small town 15 miles south of hero , was almost entirely destroyed by flro yesterday morning. Loss , $30,000. All the best wells in town were pumped : lry In an Ineffectual effort to subdue the flames. The telephone exchange tvas among the buildings burned. Negro Lynched In Tennessee. Chattanooga , Tenn. , May 13. Mows fins reached hero of the lynching of Mm UnderwDod , a negro , at Decatur , Tenn. Underwood was In Jail , charged ivlth carrying a pistol. He openly boasted that ho hud killed two men ind threatened to kill two prominent : itlzcns at the first opportunity. Joint Convention of Bankers. Kansas City , May 13. A Joint con- mention of the bankers' associations ) f Missouri , Kansas and the Indian ind Oklahoma territories will begin lore today for a two days' session , t is expected that 800 bankers will ittend , among them several financiers ) f national reputation. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Harvard defeated Yale Monday In heir annual intercollegiate debate. The verdict of the Judges was unanl- nous. Considerable excitement prevails at Barcelona , where the anarchists ore ittemptlng to provoke a general Hrlke. The president has issued a procla- nation opening to settlement the Fort lall Indian reservation In Idaho on uly 17. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett left Ishklll sanitarium Monday for New 'ork. She has entirely recovered rom her recent Illness. A. G. Huston , manager of the Colo- ilal bank of Barbadoes , landed at St. Morro with a party from the British teamer Solent. Ho found the bank lock stopped some minutes before 8 'clock. Ex-Senator Thurston of Nebraska nd ox-Senator McConnell of Idaho ave Joined In a mining venture and , -ill operate In New Mexico , filing ar- Icles with the South Dakota secretary f state. Work All Stopped in the An thracitc Region. ARMY OF 145,000 MINERS BTRIKI Three Hundred and Fifty-seven Col llerles at a Standstill Union's Or der to Suspend Operations I Obeyed In Every Instance , Philadelphia , May 1,1. Mine worl ors throughout the entire nntlmielt coal regions of Pennsylvania , to th number of 115,01)0 ) , formally bega their struggle yesterday for { ncrpnsoi wages and shorter iioTirs. Never litho the history of hard coal mining has i tloup been so complete , not ono of th 8li7 collieries In the territory holng li operation. There Is every Indlcatloi for thu belief that the suspension which was to cover only the llr.st throi days of the week , will bo made pormn mint by the miners' general conven tlon which will meet at Hazolton oi Wednesday. Absolute quiet prevail everywhere. In pursuance of the re quest of the district oxncutlvn board which mot Jointly at Scrnnton IIIH week , all the local unions throiighou the region met and elected delegate to the llazolton convention. It Is si ) ; ill ( lean t that In every Issue where i vote of the "local" became public prop erty the ballot showed n decided ma Jorlly for a permanent strike unlesi the operators grant the demands. Predictions are miiile that If It li decided on Wednesday to continue tin strike , the struggle will bo longer inn more bitter than was that of 1900 which lasted BX weeks. The coul companies In the vnrloui parts of the region have already niiuli preparations for a siege. Coal trail crews and other employes iiiiinherliif several thousand not Identified will the mine workers union have been hih : off until further notice. Some of the companies have also brought theli mules to the surface and placed their In pasture. President Mitchell expressed him self IIB well satisfied with the way the men responded to the call for a HUH pension of work. CANS KNOCKS OUT ERNE. Wins Lightweight Championship In First Round at Fort Erie. Port Erie , Out. , May 13. Joe Gans , the Baltimore colored lightweight pu glllflt , IB champion in his class , oftci knocking at the door for the past tun years. Frank Erne lost to him In tht first round last night at Port Erie. The end cnmo with startling sud denncBs. The men were scarcolj wanned up , when Gans , trying can tlotisly , caught Erne napping , and landed n hard right on the ear , which appeared to jar Prank badly. Erne sparred wildly and Gans sent out n right to the point of the Jaw. The blow completely settled Erne. Ho sank slowly to the floor , foil on his back and was rolling over on his stomach ach when Helfreo White had finished counting him out. The quick defeat astounded the thousands of Erne men at the ring side. The Horford party was over whelmed with congratulations and a crowd of negroes proudly escorted Gans to his dressing room. Queen Regent Steps Out. Madrid , May 13. The queen regent 3f Spain yesterday sorrowfully took leave of her ministers and practically relinquished to her son the solemn charge which Bho has so faithfully lulfllled for the past Ifi'X. years. When : ho queen regent withdrew her pen from the parchment conferring the or der of the Golden Fleece upon the 3uke of Cumberland her eyes were moist. Her regency really terminated at this tlmo , although until the king akes the oath In the presence of the chambers , May 17 , his mother remains officially the queen regent. Holdrege Elected President. ' Billings , Mon. , May 13. The first annual meeting of the stockholders of he Billings and Northern Railway company was hold In this city yester day. Nothing was given out for pub- Ication. It was learned , however , hat G. W. Holdrego was elected presl- lent of the now company. The Bill- ngs and Northern railroad will be JUllt to Great Falls , connecting with he Great Northern at that point and with the Northern Pacific at Billings. Rock Island Shopmen Strike. Chicago , May 13. A strike of black smiths' helpers yesterday afternoon at ho carshops of the Rock Island railroad - road caused a complete tie-up In the : ar repairing and car building opera- Ions at the Chicago end of the road , kbout 450 skilled mechanics are em- iloyed at the works and whllo the trlko lasts most of this force will bo ompelled to remain Idle. Find Body of Artist. Wichita , Kan. , May 13. The body f an artist has been found covered vlth rocks and debris near Mountain Wew , O. T. Ho was probably mur- ored. It Is thought that ho was outer or some paper or magazine last fall oforo the Comanclio country was pened for settlement. Nothing but ketchlng tools were found with the ody. Double Tragedy at Minneapolis. Minneapolis , May 13. J. W. Volet. commercial traveler representing he Milwaukee Harvester company , ust evening shot May Welch In the ead and then fired a bullet through Is own brain. His death was Immo late and the young woman died on ho way to the hospital. OUTLINC3 POLICY. Ohio Senator Snys It la Ncccsnary to Keep Philippines for Present. Washington. May 13. An Important contribution to the discussion of thii Philippine government bill wnn niudo In the senate yesterday by Konikur. He mnlntiiliKMl that thu United Htatrm could not leave the Islands until or der had been restored and until a stable government had been wilali- llshod. Ho declared that this govern * inont would mjt rouio away from the Islands under , the present or the next administration , even though UKJ la.Wor ho Uomocratlc , because the American" Jioonlo hover would consent to pol > troonery. Porakor read some cdllorlnln from the Denver News , of which Hen- ntor Patterson ID the proprietor. The > editorials maintained Omt the Unltel ! * States must retain control of the Phil ippines and put down the Imiurroctlou among the Plllulnos. . With keen nar 1 rnHin the Ohio senator declared that the editorials did not road as did Pat terson's speeches road now. Porakor hold that the policy adopted In the Philippines wa ono of the kindest nn < T gentlest possible and In accord with the Instructions of President McKln- ley. Ho declared that the minority had nttneked the army , from the com manding general to the humblest pri vate all because the army had rn- snnled outrages without parallel In cruelty , committed by the Plllplium. Tim American army , ho said , Imd shown a humanity unsur [ ; i ned In his. lory. The American pcoplo always had stood by their army and they always would. The senate concurred In the house amendment to the bill making an ap propriation of $200,000 for the relief of I ho people of the French West Indies. HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR AID. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars for Relief of Martinique Sufferers. Washington , May 12. The houno yesterday passed by an overwhelming vote n bill granting $200.000 for thu relief of the sufferers In the great ca. lainlly In the West Indies. The bill was a substitute for the relief meas ure passed by the ucnnte and followed the receipt of a message from the president , setting forth the magnltndo of the calamity and urging the appropriation priationof $1500,000. The special meeting of the appropriation committee - tee was hold to facilitate action on the bill and It was reported to the house within a short tlmo after the receipt of the president's message. Homlnway , the noting chairman of the committee , explained that the amount was limited to $200,000 , owing to the fact that largo private contri butions would bo made. The debate on the bill was brief , Underwood ( Ala. ) being the only ono to speak in oppo sition. The bill was plumed hy 19C votes to 9. Took ( lie- Second Sinn. One evening recently n well to elo bachelor volunteered to tench a spright ly young widow the game of checkers , lie quite overlooked the possibilities of the game. "There , now ; It's still your move , " he exclaimed to the lady shortly after the game had commenced. "You have tak en only one man , and you are bound to take another. " "Thanks for your advice. " said thu widow sweetly. "Suppose 1 take you , then ? " She did subsequently. Tlllen. Give n Georgia darky a "chaw" of tobacco ami you're a cap'n. Give him a quarter and you become i colonel. Paralyze him with n dollar and you ire a general for life. Throw In an old suit of clothes and Lwo stiff drums of corn liquor and he raises nil his children to call you gov ernor. Atlanta Constitution. A Contly Prnj-er Hook. Queen Elizabeth used to carry about tvlth her suspended by a chain of pure 'old a book called "The Golelcn Manual jf Prayer , " n dainty volume of 300 pages , bound In "hammered virgin 'old. " One side of this costly volume ; nvc n representation of the Judgment ) f Solomon , the other the brazen t > cr- ) cnt on the cross In the desert. A Fn l niiil n Cnlt. A Boston editor , asked to define the inference between n cult and n fad , ese to the emergency In this manner : 'A fnd is anything that arouses ova- lescent mentality , while a cult la any- ihlng that inspires permanent mental ly. " Extenuation. Visitor That painting Is by an old nnstcr , I see. Mrs.McShoddloapolOKCticallyi-Y-e-s. ( > ut the frame Is new. New York Week- y. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Phl3 preparation contains all of the llgestants and digests all kinds oi ood. It gives Instant relief and never alls to cure. It allows you to eat all ho food you want. TUG most sensitive tomachs can take it. By its use many housands of dyspeptics huvo beeu mred after everything else failed. la inequiilled for the stomach. Child- en with weak stomachs thrive on it. [ /uros all stomach troubles 'ropared only by E. C. DF.WITT & Co. . Otilcaga Uo il. boUls contains 2 t1 wcs t bo 50c , else.