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BTTT T WnPIII - VOL. XXXVII-NO. 22. BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901. SUBSCRIPTION: S1.00 Per Year I 5 TTOfiaiKP II, IT'S Christmas Eve, and moon light, ar.d the Christmas air is chill. And the frosty Christmas holly shines and sr;irkles on the hill, And tho Christmas sleiKli bells jingle, and thu Christmas laughter rings, As the last stray shoppers hurry, takJn' home the Christmas things; And ui yonder In the attic there's a little trundle bed Where there's Christmas dreams a-dan- rln' through a sleepy, curly head. And it's "Merry Christmas," Mary, once nr'in fer me and you. With the little feller's stoekin hangin' up beside the Hue. Tisn't silk, that little stoekin, and it isn't much fer show. And the darns are pretty plenty round about the heel and toe. And its color's kinder faded, and it's sorter worn and old. Hut it reelly is surprising what a lot of love 'twill hold; And the little hand that hung it by the chimbly there along Has a prrip upon our heartstrings that is mighty firm and strong; So, old Santy, don't forgit it, though It isn't fine and new. That plain little worsted stoekin hangin up beside the flue. And the crops may fail, and leave us with our plans all gone ter smash. And the mortgage may hang .heavy, and the bills use up the cash. But whenever comes the season, jest so long's we've got a dime. There'll be somethin' in that stoekin won't there, Mary? every time. And if, in amongst our sunshine, there's a shower er two of rain, Vhy, we'll face it, bravely smilin", and we'll try not ter complain Long as Christmas comes and finds us here together, me and you, With the little feller's stoekin' hangin' up beside the flue. Joe Lincoln, in Philadelphia Saturday Kvening Post. Copyright by Curtis Publishing Co. ELICIA hesitated. She certainly had no right to enter his rooms. The cats were his, and he could do just what heliked with, them; no one could prevent hfrjyid "Jhe cats themselves were hell jss. 3it-lp".ess? Yes, indeed, poor little things! And they were so soft and downy. Felicia had caught a glimpse of them as she went down the hall. It may be necessary to science that some creatures should suffer, but surely it w as cruel to sacrifice this whole family jf six Angoras the devoted mother oind her five worshiped, nestling babies. The Professor was out. Felicia half opened the doorof his room and peeped in. The alluring picture of domestic felicity that met her eyes decided her. Jladam, the Angora mother, lay pur ring, sleepily on a soft rug before the hearth, while five little bundles of soft down snuffled and wriggled against her maternal side. In a moment Fe licia was on the rug beside them, her dark locks mingling with the white fur, five pink noses rubbing in a search ing, puzzled way over her smooth cheek. For five minutes she gave her self u-p to this quiet ecstasy; then puss, resenting this prolonged interruption of her family privacy, gently but firm ly showed her disapproval. Felicia sat up and pushed back the rumpled hair from her face; then she looked trouud her at Prof. Max Eger's apartments. Just what a professor's rooms should be, she thought books, books with atrocious titles every where, along with a profusion of very ancient-looking curios. This next was his sleeping room, and beyond. Felicia saw with a shudder, was the labora tory. What a horrible collection of stulls, bottles, test-tubes, alcoholic specimens and infernal machines it as! And to-morron these little dar ings might repose on that shelf in bot tles marked "Felis domestica," and that inhuman wretch would smile with satisfaction at his ghastly work, find feel no more compunction than if he had taken a worthless watch to pieces to find out how it worked. Could she stand by and countenance 'this slaughter of the innocents? Her whole soul revolted against it. Her mind pictured the terrible process. He would do the cowardly deed to-morrow. It was Christmas, a holiday he might find a bore unless occupied in the pursuit of his favorite science. Oh, she would stay here until he returned, and dare him to touch a hair of their innocent heads! Then he would calm ly look at her through those formida ble glasses not at her, but at the wall back of her head in a way she had seen him do, and inquire how long since she had acquired the right to enter his rooms. If he should ever look at her like that she felt she would sink through the floor. No, she would not defy, she would beg, entreat. There was still the intrusion. She heard the landlady puffing up the stairs; she might be discovered at any minute. One momentof hesita tion, and then the six cats were bun dled, a wriggling heap, into her skfrt, and Felicia was flying up the hall to Ler room. Once there she threw her self, flushed and breathless, on the bed. while the mother cat, with little solicitous cries, licked and fondled her ' y Jostled children. Now, Felicia was no coward; three -ears of journalism tad thoroughly trained her woman's , heritage of nerves, but at every step that passed her door the color that never failed he Teu during-interviews deserted lips and cheeks until they were as white as the kittens she ca ressed. For Felicia was afraid of the professor; afraid of his voice, wheth er harsh or tender, afraid of the dark gray eyes that could be both cold and commanding. When she finally had to leave the kittens she stowed them away in the depths of her laundry basket, locked her door, and went away feeling as if she had left behind her some dark and terrible secret. Christmas eve in a newspaper office is like any other evening in the year, except that there as twice as much work on hand. It was past midnight when Felicia went up the steps of her boarding-house. A mixture of rain and snow was falling, and the wind was sweeping around corners with a velocity that wrapped Felicia's skirts about her ankles like a mummy -cloth, and threatened to carry off her um brella. While she was struggling on the doorstep a firm hand grasped the refractory umbrella and a deep mas culine voice at her elbow said: "Permit me, Mees Fay." Once in awhile the Professor's accept was de cided. "Thank you. Isn't this weather beastly?" "It is very bad weather." Felicia always felt rebuked for her slang by his measured words. "Why, you look like Santa Claus!" she exclaimed, when they got in Lhe hall where it was light. Prof. Eger threw back his head and laughed. Fe licia had never noted before what a boyish ring his laugh had. "I do feel like old Kris Kringle to night," he said, laying down the bun dles that had suggested the likeness and approaching the open fireplace, where Felicia stood warming her numb fingers. "All I need are the sleigh, reindeer and the ability to get down chimneys neatly to make me start out on my rounds." Felicia was amazed. Was this jolly, animated boy really the petrified Pro fessor? Here was a man who consid ered Christ a myth, and who conse quently could not logically believe in celebrating Christmas, now loaded down with packages that bore an un mistakable holiday air, and seemingly entering into the spirit of Christmas with the enthusiasm of a boy. More over, he had steadily avoided her for the past two months ever since sine: that night and here he was chatting HE BEGAN TO UNWRAP THE to her as if there had never been an interruption of their old tete-a-tetes be f -re--the hall fire. She felt pretty sure that this time he would be more careful about expressing his disappro val of journalism for women. At any rate, she would let sleeping dogs lie. Then she remembered the cats. "If vou haven't the reindeer and sleigh, at any rate you shall find slip ping down chimneys much easier than the real Santa." she said, hurriedly, sinking into a chair. "You haven't his horizontal development, you know." "That's so. I haven't." He glanced down at his rather slender figure and laughed again a warm, happy laugh Then his eyes fell upon his bundles, and he sobered. "Miss Fay, I wish to consult with you." A iresh .surprise. "You see, there is only one ladj-, one grown-up ladv, in the world whom I would dare present with a Christmas gift" Fe licia felt uncomfortable "and I have some doubt of the propriety of this." lie. began to unwrap the largest of his bundles. Felicia watched him, mys tified. Why should he consult her? The string was knotted, and dignified Prof. Eger was soon on his knees at his task. Now Felicia was distinctlj amused. He was beside her on the rug before the fiiv, and as she looked down she could see where the damp ness had curled his hair into soft rings on his- neck and on his temples. How a mother would have loved to run her fingers through the tumbled locks! Felicia conquered the temptation. "You like cats:'" The question was abrupt. Felicia started guiltily. Did he know? "I adore them!" The tone was de fiant. "Then j ou will understand why this appealed to me." And he held up his purchase for inspection. It was a wicker basket, thickly padded and lined exquisitely with blue satin, ruf fles of white lace and dainty ribbon bows. For a cat! Then he did not mean to Felicia almost groaned. 1 You are surprised, nich wahr, that I should like a cat so well. This cat was my mothers, and 1 have just rceived her. I wish to make her and her wee family comfortable, and when I saw this in a window I was ueiigMed. It must have been made specially for little kittens; see, so soft and downy." "For kittens!" Felicia smiled to , herself. It'was a baby basket. j How she had wronged him! Her I IftSMmhmsBM PI- c f action seemed utterly inexcusable now. He would be angry with her for supposing him capable of such a heinous crime, and now that he had begun to treat her as she longed to have him she could not endure the idea of coldness from him. Now he was gathering up his bundles and pre paring to go up the stairs, and she leaned her head on her hand and did not say a word. She nodded good night to him, and then looked down into the fire. She knew he would come down again. And he did, anx iously and hurriedly, peering into the dark corners of the landing. She watched him nervously until she caught his eye. "You are looking for your kittens?" she asked. "Yes; why " "You'll not find them here." lie questioned her with a surprised glance. "I took them," she answered. "Away?" "Not very far; into my room." "But I do not understand." Prof. .Eger moved nearer to her. "Neither do I now. I thought you wanted them for specimens 'Scien- tific sacrifices,' you know. And they looked so helpless, and I love kit- yards to open ana serve tne sutler tens." inff public. She felt like a naughty girl con- The temperature at 4 a. m., Mon- fessing some mischief. She saw his day, was nine above zero, the coldest eyes darken. "Oh, I know it was wrong of me to jump at such a hasty conclusion, but some one told me how you once ap- plied electricity to a dog and made it suffer horribly, and I was afraid I couldn't bear " She stopped. His mouth was closed in the straight line she dreaded. I will get them," she said, and! started impetuously up the stairs. But she was very tired, and coming from the cold outside to the warm room had made her dizzy. She caught at the bannister for assistance. Prof. Eger put his hand very gently under her elbow, and in silence they walked to her room. "Will you get. the basket?" she suggested. He brought it to her in her sitting room and waited while she put the kittens into it. Felicia felt very small and mean. She almost wished that she Were blind like the kittens, that she might not see how dark and angry his eyes had grown. LARGEST OF HIS BUNDLES. "You don't look much like a cheer- I ful Santa Claus now. she said, try- I ing to make her tone light, Dut lier lips and hands were trembling. . "Xo; and the feeling is all gone, too," he replied, gloomily. 1 am sorry. 1 would not nave taK- en them if I had dreamed you eared, so much. I He interrupted her, fiercely. "That is not what I care about! It hurts me that my interest in science should have made me seem to you a brute I You misjudged me once before, but I hoped I had made you understand me better!" "I do, now," she returned, quickly. "Forgive me this time," very plead ingly, "and I will try to be a good girl;." and she smiled whimsically up at him. Max Efi-er's face changed. Felicia looked down quickly and laid her hand caressingly on one little crea ture in the basket. "I might have known you could not harm a thing so helpless and white and little," she said. Prof. Eger suddenly placed his hand over . hers and gathered hand and kit ten in a close grasp. It is little and white and love- able," he said, intensely, "and if you wish to prove that you do not think me cruel and heartless you will give it to me and let me care for it as ten derly as I long to." Felicia tried to slip her hand away, but he held it tightly in his. It rest ed the-e; it trembled there. The kit ten squirmed uneasily; he could not understand his position in this mat ter. No wonder; he was still blind. But in the morning it was Christ- I mas, the kittens were nine days old, and thej began to see things. Wom an's Home Companion. Pans Them On! All who joy would win Must share it Happiness was born a twin. You have no money for Christmas presents? Then pass on the things you have the books you have read. the unhung picture, the duplicate present, the scarf or gloves you do not need, the musical instrument you have stored away, the Christmas cards packed in desk or boxes any thing by which you may enrich or comfort or please others without im poverishing yourself. These things have yielded you their best flavor; let them carry to otners friendship's rieh aroma. Pass theni oul Suo- cee m i After a Hard Grip, Lasting Thirty- Six Hours, the Frost King is Letting Go. IT RESULTED IN SUFFERING AND DEATH. At Man - Points All previous Decem ber Itecorili for Low Temperature were liroken Kiainfg Tempera ture oted From All Southwest ern Points. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 16. It is believed that the cold wave which has held the south tight in its grasp for the past 36 hours has been broken. In many cases the lowest temperature recorded Sunday night broke all rec ords for December. In Atlanta two deaths attributed to "he cold, both of the victims negroes, were report- I ed to the police. The police gave per- mission, Sunday, for coal and wood recorded for December since 1S82. Freezing temperatures were report- ed Monday morning in Florida as far south as Jacksonville, and from 6 to I 16 degrees below freezing in south- ern Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, I The Florida orancre belt is believed to have escaped damage, as a tern- perature of 40 was reported from mid-Florida, and 34 at Key West. RISING TEMPER ATI" HE. Getting- Warmer at All Points In the Southwest. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 16. A rising temperature is reported from all points in this part of the southwest. The following readings, all above zero, were recorded at the local weather bureau for seven o'clock Monday morning: Kansas City, 17; Concordia, Kas., 8; Wichita, 4; Dodge City, 20; Okla homa City, Okla., 16; Springfield, Mo., 12. But little snow was reported dur ing the past 24 hours. Another drop in temperature is predicted for west ern Kansas for Monday night. December Cold Record Broken. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 10. The ther mometer here registered 16 degrees above zero, the coldest December weather ever experienced here. Two Deaths I"rom l'ref zItik. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 16. The mercury stood at 8 degrees above zero Monday morning. Two deaths . I from freezing are -reported. The 1 I T " " 1 1 l j.,. ,1 x eiiutsee i urr win rem-u me uanger line of 33 feet Tuesday. Coldest December Day on Record. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 16. This is the coldest day of December ever re corded here. The temperature, at 6 a. m., was five above zero. CLEAHI.XG IX WYOMING. PreTlons Reports of Lome Were Kxaie iterated. Rawlins, Wvo., Dec. 16. The weath- er cleared up in this part of the state I Sunday night, and it is claimed that the loss caused by the storm has I been only nominal. Some bands of sheep were badly scattered by the storm and herders are busy tryinjr to get them back to their ranges. Sheepmen who have just come in from the Red desert nay they know nothing about, the reported loss of life aniono- the herders. :ind nidi. fmm I the sheep killed on the railroad, the loss has been light. A GANG OF SEVEN BURGLARS, They Crarked Two Safes at lthtiie-bet-k, . V., Uut They Didn't Pan Ont Heavy. Poughkeepsie, X. Y., Dec. 16. A gang of burglars entered Rhinebeck post office and bank Sunday night, blowing open the safes in both places. I In the Post office they got money and stamps to the value of $300, but in the bank they secured nothing. Th robbers seized Harry Crandall, a rural mail carrier, who was in the post office, gagged and! bound him and carried him to a blacksmith shop. Here they placed him in a chair, threw a blanket over him and blew up the forge fire so that he would not freeze. A night watchman named Tallerday was also captured and placed in the blacksmith shop. Ac cording to Crandall, there were seven of the burglars. SHOT HER LATE EMPLOYER. Mrs. Lola W. Ilockins Keented Be ing; Discharged With a Trio of Pistol Shots. Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 16. Mrs. Lu- lu W. Hocking shot at B. R. Andrus, manager of a tea company, at his store in East Twelfth street, because he had discharged her. The woman fired three times. Two bullets took effect, one in the hand and the other in the forearm. Neither are at all serious. Mrs. Hocjdng, who is 35 years age, was arrested and is being held for examination. Mrs. Hocking and her husband had both worked for An drus. Hocking was discharged two weeks ago for inefficient work4 and Monday morning the woman was let out. John Swinton Dead. New York, Dec. 16. John Swinton, for years a leader with labor organi zations, and a writer on such topics, died, Sunday, at his home in Brook lyn, aged 70. He had been ill for tea days. FATAL DISOBEDIENCE. Conductor's Neglect of Orders Cannes Wreck and the Lokh of Eight Lives on the Illinois Central. Rockford, 111., Dec. 16. Failure on the part of a conductor to obey or ders is supposed to have been th cause of a collision on the Illinois Central railroad between Irene and Perry ville, early yesterday. ' The two trains were the east-bound passenger train No. 4 and a through freight from Chicago going west. As a re sult eight persons are dead or miss ing and eleven injured. The known dead are: Richard Ormsby, Chicago; engineer of the passenger train. James Reardon, Freeport; fireman of passenger train. , Robert Thompson, Dubuque; Amer ican Kxpress messenger. J. W. Funk, Chicago; brakeman passenger train. David Behan, Freeport; freight en gineer. Edward Carey, Freeport; freight fireman. Missing and supposed to be dead: Newsboy on passenger train; name unknown. Section foreman from Irene; name unknown. ine injureu, so lar as tne names could be ascertained, are as follows: II. G. Wellman, Chicago; right arm crushed off at elbow; taken to Rock- ford City hopsital; condition crit ical. D. It. Ahrendt, Chicago; cut and J bruised by broken glass. J. II. Quinlan, passenger conductor; cut and bruised, crushed about the chest; taken to Rockford City hos pital; condition critical. W. B. Keefe, Sioux City, la.; head severely cut. Frank Stadlemen, New Athens, 111.; cuts about head and arms. Thomas Hendricks, New Athens, 111.; cut and bruised and hair scorched off. Slightly cut: G. E. Shurtleff, Ge- noa; C. M. Burch, Kankakee; M. E Franklin, Lake City, la.; A. L. Boggs, St. Lo uis; John Ilussey, Indepen dence, Is The trains met at a slight bend in the track, both running at full speed The smoker, express and baggage cars were piled on the locomotives, pinning in the occupants of the smok ing car. Only half a dozen occupants of that car escaped. The others were penned in, and if not killed were roasted to death and their bodies, along with those of the engine crews were entirely consumed All efforts of the survivors to res cue the victims were unavailing. The flames drove them back at every point. The temperature was 20 de grees below zero and an icy wind blowing across the. prairie, the point where the wreck occurred being in a shallow cut affording no protec tion. The injured were without hats and wraps and suffered terribly iy ine uniteu eiiorts of the sur vivors the way car was pushed back from the wreckage to escape the flames and the wounded were placed on the bunks inside. Two hours elapsed before any relief was at hand. I hen an engine ar- rived from the east and pulled the caP to Irene, ten miles distant. A relief train was started from Rockford at 1:30 a. m., having on board Doctors S. It. Catlin, Henry Richings, W. B. Helm and Agent E. W. Brown. It arrived at the scene of the wreck 20 minutes later. In the mean- time the injured who had. been brought back from Irene in the way car were transferred to the relief I train and brought to Rockford. .aii tne injured are doing well ex- cept H. O. Wellman, of Chicago, who is in a critical condition. WIIECKEI) IN THE HOCKIES. Eight PerHoug Killed in a Wreck the Great ortliern. Helena, Mont., Dec. 16. A special to the Independent from Kalispell saj-s a wreck occurred on the Great 'Northern railway, near Essex, in the I Rocky mountains, at two o'clock yes- terday morning. The engine, mail car- and smoker remained on the track, but all the others were de railed. Some cars were overturned and all were more or less wrecked. The accident was due to rails spread ing. Amonc the killer! wna Ottr P!riV- son, en route from Sweden to Califor- can be assigned for her sudden sum nia. Seven others were killed, but mons- She was aPP1 situated at their names have not been learned, home and was popular with a large They were three old women, a young girl and three men. One of the old ladies was hurt internally and neith- er is expected to survive. Fourteen others wer more or less seriously hurt. Among the injured was Advance Agent Sycle of the McPhee Co. The train was going at a rate Of 25 miles an hour, when it broke in two. and the air brakes set imediately pre vented a more serious accident. Tho largest number of injured were in I the day coach. All were asleep at I the time of the accident. The day I coach caught fire, but the flames were I extinguished by the passengers. , I Another Fatal Collision. I Freeport, III., Dec. 16. A freight I train, a light engine and a wrecking J train came into collision on the Chi cago Great Western road at Bolton, five miles from here, yesterday. F. M. Riley, of Dubuque, fireman of the wrecking train, was killed. Two Men Killed Indrr the Wheels. Toledo, O., Dec. 16. Charles A. Wilson and August Basch were killed 3'esterday in the Lake Shore yards at Air Line junction by being run down I uv w. i"cj nciC pdri oi a I Moore county, on the nieht of Decern gangr of track repairers. I T TENNESSEE STATE NEWS Cornstalk Disease Killing Stork. Dr. W. C. Rayen in his report to Live Stock Commissioner Dunn on the nature of the disease which has been killing cattle all over the State during recent weeks, and concerning which there have been numerous complaints to the State bureau of agriculture. gives it as his opinion that the cattle at Burford's, in Giles county, died from the cornstalk disease a tnaladv which tne cornstaiK disease, a maiauy wnicn has its origin from fungi which grow on decayed cornstalks. The cattle In question had been turned into a field which had lately been denuded of its corn, and by eating the stalks that were left on the ground they contracted the disease which ended their lives, Capt. Dunn says there is no cure for this disease, and the only preventive ' J is to keep the cattle off the Stalk fields. Horses are dying all over the State from eating molded and rotten corn, and Capt. Dunn says the only remedy for this Is to stop feeding such corn. Suit Against the State. A sensational suit has been Insti tuted by Mary II. Phelps against Prison Commissioner W. T. Murray and H. T. Cory, cashier at the State coal mines at Petros. Tenn. The bill seeks to prevent the purchase by the State officials of certain coal lands, on the ground that the effort to ac quire this land Is to permanently hem In and prevent the development of val uable coal property adjoining State mine No. 1, and which is the same vein of coal as that worked by State convicts. The owner of this property which is threatened to be hemmed In, as alleged, contemplates immediate development, It is said, and now seeks to prevent it being permanently cut off from the outside world. Missing Man Returns. Four years ago a young man named Alfred Butler mysteriously disap- peared from his home in the Eight eenth district of Carroll county. He was reported to have been murdered by two brothers, and a year later a skeleton was unearthed at a place on the Tennessee river near where the killing was alleged to have occurred The skeleton was said to have been that of young Butler. Last week But ler appeared at his father's home. Death of Robert Pirtle. Robert J. Pirtle, aged 76 years, dlyd at his home, near Toone, last week, iff pneumonia. He was for more th?Ji twenty-five years an honored membr of the county court, as well as a moft prominent citizen. His father, Wm. Pirtle, was one of the first settlers of West Tennessee. A Bitter Fend. A feud in the Sixth and Seventh school districts of Warren county crowinc out Of the attempt to con- ii,io wco. i;ofT-ir.t -h-x rMfhpH tne Pint of incendiarism. One night last week' tne scnooi nouse at turn- I mings, in the Sixth district, was set I on fire by emptying a lamp of coal oil on it and setting fire to the sills, but the incendiaries were ioilea Dy ine ais- covery of the fire before doing a great deal of damage. There is no clew to I the nernetrators of the deed. Intense I feeling exists on both sides. Won't Have Long to Serve. R. B. Bundren, a well-to-do farmer nearly sixty years of age, living near Rutledge, was sentenced to life impris- onment for the murder of Attorney J TI Prnyior whn -was shot down in a public highway last July. Crozier -erved as attorney for a widow and had SOUght to collect a debt for her from Bundren. Keceipta of the Memphis and Nashville Postotlice. The gross receipts of the Memphis postoffice for the month of November I . . ,rm j-m i 1 were m,6Vi, against -v,vzz ior tne same month of last year, being an in- crease of $4,446 or 21.3 per cent. The receipts for tne Nashville office were $19,729, against $18,597, an increase of $1,132. Found Dead in Bed. Miss Hadie Daniels, daughter of L. A. Daniels of Jackson was found dead in her bed one morning last week. The young woman retired at her usual hour in apparent good health, and no cause number of friends, lhe family moved from Vinson a few montns ago. An Old Citisen Dead. Peter Edwin Lewis, aged 85 years, one of the oldest citizens of Harde- j man county, passed away last week. The deceased was born in Petersburg, Va., and moved to near Chattanooga, where he lived until about 1868, when he moved to Bolivar. He was an ex- Confederate soldier, ana me home In the valley, near Missionary Ridge, was destroyed during that battle and the family fled to Bragg's headquarters for protection. He was a devout mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. Coal Lands Mortgaged. The Beatrice Coal Mining Company of Spring City filed at Dayton a deed of trust to the North American Trust Company of New York for $100,000 -on 5,000 acres of coal land, to secure bonds to the amount of $10,000 to be used in developing this coal property. Reward for Alorderer. The Governor has offered a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of Wess Whlttaker, colored, who 1 a gald to have murdered John Doster in what congress is doing. Resolutions, Bills and Other Matters Coo sidered at the First Session of the Fifty-Seventh Body. There was a highly dramatic episode In the senate on the 9th when Senator Tillman fS. Ct rhallpntrfii his oollene-iip- I senator McLaurin. to resign with him on I the spot, in order that they might be able "to wash their dirty linen at home." J tion of privilege and proceeded to ex- henatnr MrlJiurin nan firisen to nues- I plain what he charged was a conspiracy 10 a'sereun mm in u own siaie lor &ctg anJ vlew9 whlch did not ,neet tha approval of certain democratic leaders, The episode was brought to an abrupt Ztw? m?j5 I (Mass.) offered a resolution to authorize the president to enter into negotiations rfi.Hlfr1 t?Lwn purpose of selecting some Island to which might be transported anarchists. The resolution was referred to the committee f" tolgn relations. Senator Fry. s (Me.) introduced the new ship subsidy bill and Senator Hoar (Mass.) introduced a bill eiving- the United States jurisdiction in cases oi lyncning ana maKing me crime punishable by death. Senator Lodge (Mass.) presented in executive session the report of the committee on foreign relations recommending favorable action upon the Hay-Pauncefote isthmian canal treaty The house was not in session. Senator Gallinger (N. H.) Introduced a bill in the senate on the 10th to protect the president, vice president, persons in tTfce line of succession to the presidency and ambassadors and foreign ministers'. The bill provides for the punishment by death of any person who shall intention ally kill or who. with intent to kill, shall assault the persons named. The same penalties are prescribed for persons who Ehall incite others to any of the forego ing deeds. Minor penalties are prescribed for using threats. Senator Cockrell (Mo.) introduced bills for the relief of the Uni versity of Missouri for damages incurred during the civil war and for the relief of insane asylum No. 1. at Nevada, Mo. Senator Morgan (Ala.) introduced a bill providing for the construction of the Nicaraguan canal. The bill provides an aggregate of $180,000,000. Senator Clay (Ga.) introduced a bill to repeal the bank- ruptcy law After a number of nomina tions had been confirmed Senator Lodge (Mass.) called up the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.... In the house Speaker Henderson announced the appointment of the com mittees. About 1,500 bills and resolutions were introduced, a general speech on the Philippines was delivered by Galusha A. Grow (Pa.) and then Mr. Burke (S. D.) formally announced the death of Senator Kyle and, as a mark of respect, the house adjourned until the 13th. In the senate on the 11th the house con- current resolution providing for a noli- uay uujournment irom Liewmoer in unui January 6, 1902, was referred to the com mittee on appropriations. On motion- of Senator Lodge (Mass.) the senate went into executive session to further consider the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and soon aft erwards, adjourned The house was not in session. On the 12th the senate listened to speeches on the new Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty and opening the way for the construction of a canal across the isthmus of Panama by the United States, the principal speakers being Senators Spooner (Wis.), Money (Miss.) and For- aker (O.). Senator Lodge (Mass.) made an effort to secure a vote, but It devel oped that there were other senators who desired to be heard and it was agreed to take a vote on the measure on the loth and the senate adjourned until that day The house was not in session. The senate was not in session on the 13th The bill to temporarily provide revenue for the Philippine islands was re- I ported in the house by Mr. Payne (N. T.) and bv unanimous consent an order for the rnnsidprntinn n f thfe HIT! ir tlia i7tH ani 18th was adopted, general debate to i ir o ciock on, ine istn, wnen me uiii will ue pia.cea upon lis passage. Mr. Jackson (Kan.) introduced a bill pro viding that the United States government purchase the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies and thereafter oper ate them in connection with the Dost office department. Mr. Mercer (Neb.) introduced a bill for a building in Wash ington for the United States supreme court, the department of Justice and International tribunals, to cost not ex ceeding J7.0u0.000 for site and building. An adjournment was then taken to the 17th inst. CAN THIS BE TRUE? Discarded Wife of "Atheno," the Alleged Six-Day-Sleeper, Says He Is a Fakir. Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 14. Mrs. Carl Atheno, wife of the alleged hyp notist and slumberer, who spent six days under ' ground Kansas City and was dug up after an interment of two daj-s in Omaha, avers that her husband is a fakir. M. Ath,nn ,i. " cared that air was admitted to Ath eno's grave through the shaft down which the public looked, and that food and drink were passed to him in the same way. This was given to him in small quantities, and at night. when there were, of course, no specta tors present. Mrs. Atheno says that she herself lowered food to her hus band in this way. A desire for re venge prompted Mrs. Atheno to make her exposure of her husband's alleged methods. Atheno has deserted her. and now the woman who watched be side his grave night and day while he was buried here has become a Nemesis and asserts that if possible she will put him behind prison bars. Tbe Blackest of Traitors. Manila, Dec. 13. Ygnecio Siaotong, an insurgent, after having taken the oath of allegiance, has been sentenced to hang for murdering a native "wo man suspected of friendliness' to the United States. Xw Preitident of Rock Island. New York, Dec. 13. The resignation of W. G. Purdy as president of the Rock Island railroad was accepted by the directors. William B. Leeds wsi elected president. Mrs. Roosevelt Effect Reconciliation. Washington, Dec. 13. Last summer Senator Wolcott and wife, of Colora do, were divorced after a long 'es trangement and Mrs. Wolcott went to Europe. Since her return she has been the guest of Mrs. Roosevelt at the white house, through whose offices, it is said, the couple will be reunited. For Posts In Philippines. Washington, Dec. 14. The secretary of war asks congress for $500,000 fo the construction of army, buildings in Manila and $2,000,000 for posts is other parts of the Philippines. )