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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
THE LONELIESr PEOPLE
Are Those Living in the Peninsula {
KAmRhatLn

Are Those Living in the Peninsula OF
Kamshatl1a.
Perhaps the most isolated tribe of
people in the world is the Tshuktshi. a
people occupying the northern por-
ton of the peninsula of Kamshatka and
the country northward toward Behring
straits.
These people are practically indie
pendent of Russia, which appears to
have reasons of her own for letting
them alone. They have practically no
communication with the outside world.
and have only been visited two or three
times-the last time by Maj. De Windt
on his journey through Siberia.
The inha bitants Of the new Siberian
islands are also practically alone on
earth for they can only communicate
with the mainland, and, therefore, with
the rest of the world, once year, and
a succession of bad seasons might
isolate them for years. The pigmies of
the great Central African forests, if
they can be called a tribe, have also
been people apart. For ages their
existence was little more than legend
airy and only two expeditions COM
manded by white men have ever pene.
trated into their abode.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
whence TugeIa Gets It's Name.

The name Tugela means "fear" and
1t has received the name from the
rapidity with which it comes down in
flood. A thunderstorm among the
mountains in which it rises will raise
the river many feet in a few minutes
and resident on its banks declares
that he has seen it rise forty Ieet in a
single night! The current is at all times
exceedingly swift and comparatively
light rise is sufficient to make the drift
impossible, while a heavy rise will
sweep away any temporary bridge
that may have been erected. -Chica9o
ChrOnicla
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

to himself a promise that the money
SO saved should be disposed of for the
public good-during his own and his
amiable wife's lifetime, if possible.
How well this promise has been kept
is evidenced by the fact that since 1890
be has given away $2,5G0,000 to the
following institutions:
Lake Forest university Chicago, $685.
COO Beloit college, S295,OOO; Chicago Theo-
logical seminary, $3.50, COO; Mccormick Theo-
logical seminary, $4,000; Chicago esby-
terrain hospital, $4,000: Chicago Y. NJ. c.
A., 100000 Drury college, Springfield, Mo-,
100000; Yankton college, South Dakota,
$780, 600: Colorado college, Colorado Springs,
100000; Fargo college, Fargo, n; p, $5O,-
900; Mount Holyoke seminary. 100000: Chi
cago Art institute, $4,000; Berea college,
KY, 100000 Marietta college, $25. 900; Nc
Kendree college, $4,000; Grand Prairie SEM
mary, Onarga, Ill. $4,000; Whitman col
lege, $12OO00; Pacific university. Oregon.
$780, 600 Pomona college, Cal, SIC, 900: Brad
ford, VT, public library, $1,000; Presbyter-
ian board of missions, 500, 900; First Presby-
terrain church, Chicago, $40, 900, Olivet col
lege, Mich, $4,000; Paramount college,
Kan, $50, 900; Carleton college, Northfeid,
MINI, $50 600; Chicago City Missionary
society. $1,000; Anatola college, Turkey,
$4,000. G.. W. WEIPPIERT.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

Mrs. Rogers, wife of an insur.
ance agent. On Tuesday evening
Cornish and the two women went
TO the theater, after which thew had
supper. The next morning Mrs. Adams
complained of having a headache, and
applied to Cornish for some bromo-
seltzer. He gave some of the contents
OF the bottle to her. Mrs. Adams took
heaping teaspoonful in a glass of wa
Ter. She was taken i'll at once, and
died in few minutes after the phvsi-
clan arrived. The gift, which was re-
celved by Cornish on Christmas eve
through the mail, was u silver med
lclne holder, with a small bottle. sun-
posed to contain bromo-seltzer. The
silver case was a match-holder. lust
large enough to hold the bottle. It
was nearly noon before the death was
reported to the coroner's Office. DR.
Weston, of that Office, went to the
Adams house and secured what was
left of the supposed bromo-seltzer.
Analysis proved that the stuff con-
tanned a portion of cyanide of mer-
curry.
a few days later mbrning news
paper printed an article headed ''The
Police Want Roland B. Molineux." and
SO the defendant was first brought
INTO the case. Molineux, while a MEM
Der OF the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, a year before, had had serious
Misunderstanding with Cornish con-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
THE ADAMS MURDER CASE
An American "Cause Celebre. I"

corning athletic matters. In search
ing for enemies of Cornish, Molineux
was picked out, and handwriting ex-
perts later testified that his writing
corresponded with that on the poison
package. The morning after the pub
LEGATION of his name in connection
with the case Molineux, then a prom
inent society man, and his father,
Gen. Molineux, veteran of the civil
war, presented themselves at the
house of Capt. McClusky, chief of de-
tectives, and the younger man asked
if he was wanted. He was told he
was not, and SO the matter ended for
time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
ME- of our American humorists

NNE of our American humorists
I the other day defined i phil
anthropist as "a man who
spends his time inducing other people
to spend their money for charity"
This definition may be considered
witty by some, and quite to the point
by others, but it does not apply to
the venerable DR.. Daniel X. Pearsons,
of Chicago, who has up to this time
given $2,5O0,OOO to charity, and has
but recently made the announcement
that he would dispose of the rest OF
his fortune, amounting to $l,5OO,OoO,
in the same way, keeping none of this
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

The fashion of decorating flowers
with various kinds of paper very rarely
produces agreeable aesthetic results.
When colored papers supposed &c match
the tints of the flowers or to contrast
with them are used the general effect
Is likely to be distressing.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

A custom which has been in vogue
among the Usage Indians for time i'm
memorial will be observed soon at the
residence of ex-Chief Frank Corn
dropper, near Bartiesville, l. T., when
his Oldest daughter, Mary Corndropper,
will be sold in marriage to the highest
bidder, who will make payment for his
bride in ponies. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
The Old MARYLAND Methna.

One of the peculiarities of admiuistr a.
ton in the State of Maryland is found
in the method of electing State treas
urcrs. They are not, as is the case in c.
most other States, voted for by the cit.
liens directly, but are se;ected by tia
members Of the legislature.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

"Leonidas," said Mrs. Meekton.
sharply, "whom do you regard as the
greatest general in history?"
But he was not to be caught mapping
Without moments hesitation, he an.
swered, Joan of Arc "--Washlnptop
Star
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
Especial New York letter.

MO CASE in the history of Amer
IN lean criminal Jurisprudence
has caused greater interest
among the lawyers of all nations than
that which ended in New York the
other day in the conviction of Roland
Durham Molineux for the murder of
Mrs. Kate j. Adams.
Told in brief, the history of the
crime for which Molineux is to
pay the death penalty is as follows:
Mrs. Adams, a widow SO years of age,
died suddenly on Wednesday morning
December 2S, 1898, at her home, No. 81
West Eighty-sixth street, New York,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

aIuer taxing what she
thought to be a dose of
effervescing salts used
to relieve headaches.
The physicians who at
tended her and the cor
oner's office were equal
ly sure that she had
died of one of the dead
liest poisons known,
cyanide of potassium.
Interest w as a d d ed
by the fact that if the
police theory should
prove correct the poi
son was intended for
Harry Cornish, physical
director and manager
of the Knickerbocker
Athletic club, who re-
ceived the package con-
tanning the poison as a
Christmas gift. Cor
nish and DR.. Hitchcock,
the first physician
called in after Mrs.
Adams was taken i'll,
both tasted the con-
tents of the bottle and
were seized with the
symptoms of cyanide
poisoning. Cornis h
boarded with Mrs. Ad-
ans and her daughter,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER NOTES.

Gov. Longino has appointed Prof. ].
c. Hardy, superintendent of the Jack
son public schools. as one of the capitol
commissioners. The commission con-
sists of Governor Longino, Attorney
General McClurg, Hon. Phil A. Rush of
Senatobia. Hon. w. G. Stovall of Oko-
Iona, and Prof ]. C. Hardy of jackson.
The sum of $1,000 was appropriated
for equipping State asylums and the
l. l. and {. with fire escapes.
The legislature declined to compro-
mise the baek-tax cases with the Illinois
Central railroad. The amount involved
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

The Best Prescription for Chm
and Fever is bottle OF GRovE's TIE
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and owIsIl
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. PHI je'I \
No place is so worthless that Il h.
some fers.-Washington Qa. Dem nay
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
AN. IDEAL PHILANTHR0PIST
DR.. D. K. pEARsoNs, of Chicago

portation enterprises and other COM
mercial ventures. He bought Chicago
city lots end improved property. in
vested in Michigan pine lands and
dealt in logs.
Whatever he touched seemed 10 turn
TO gold. The hopes of his middle age
had reached fruition; and in 1878 he
entered upon his matchless career as
a philanthropist, the city of Chicago
being his first beneficiary. In that
year the western metropolis, still suf-
fering from the evil effects of the great
fire, had reached the end of its credit.
The tax levies were in dispute, all
claims against the municipality were
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17
Our Nations Wealth,

Gold and silver are poured abupd,,,
the lap of the nation, but our material
and strength is rather in iron, Inc mo W.
full of all metals, just as the wealth 10y ~
man being lies in useful stomach VIlt
have overworked yours until il h A.,
try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters I, a1
lieve the clogged bowels, improve NV W.
tite and cure constipation and dv,e!
biliousness, liver and kidney disea.sp
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

No Spectator ever quits in time M
ington (Ia.) Democrat. w
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

paid in deprecated
scrip, and the eastern
b O n d h o | d e r s were
clamoring for their
pound of flesh. The
city council thought
seriously of repudiat-
ing the bonds, a prop
osition which was en-
ergetically opposed by
DIR. Pearsons, who was
then one of the alder
men from the First
ward. On his own re-
sponsibility he went to
New York and Boston,
convened meetings of
the bondholders and
pledged his personal
fortune for the re-
demption of the bonds.
His reputation for hon
esty and integrity was
so high in the east that
the guarantee W a S
gladly accepted; and
he returned to Chicago
the savior of the city's
credit and the foremost
benefactor of that day.
When DR.. Pearsons,
way back in 1860, re-
solved to accumulate
a fortune. he also made
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

The Mississippi Press Association
will hold its next meeting in Jackson
on the third Wednesday in MAY. A
program for an extensive excursion
will be submitted at that time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

The new Catholic church was totally
destroyed by fire on the night of the
9TH. There was only 50. 900 insurance.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-17

R. M. Belcher, of Rosedale, wrote
the Commercial Appeal that he thought
he had the oldest violin in existence;
but Mr.. j. L. Henry, of Wallerville,
has one made in 1929, which is 214 years
older than the one owned by Mr..
Belcher.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
LAwYER1 AND LAWYERS.

(NorfoIk Landmark, July 20. 1900
Be 1t distinctly understood, how
ever, that We do not include in thu
list of level-headed lawyers any OF
those little fellows who subordinate
their talents to ward and crossroads
politics. Such little hide-bound
whipper-snappers know no law that
does not give them . political advsn-
tage. Their highest ambition is to
hatch out election laws that will in
ure to their benefit and the benefit
Of their henchmen. This element
would be dangerous in . constitu
tional convention, and the people
she uld shun them as they would the
lof, lest demon of darkness.
Unforr unately there Is q larg-
breed of this cattle In Virginia, and
that is perhaps the secret OF . dispo
sition cn the part OF many honest
people to outlaw the lawyers vher
We come to select delegates to thu
convention.
But al lawyers IRE not vo-f r-f iv
cent pcl,ricians. In every distrio
lad in every county In the 8 ate q
good lawyer who Is 8 good and pa
triotie cit z a can be found TO com,
up to the help Of old Virgins in thiI
emergency. The people can comman'
the ser sice of these lawyer pa,riot
If they will.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
Personal Letter.
RALEIGH, N. C., July oath, 1900,

My DEAR SIR the
high the ticket to
made aud
atipg Convention think
stating Why think 1t the osst
the party State, conditions
which agreed by both paes
Z
At one time there hope
eecuga moi of the Legislature
Gently the sua ION mas improved so rApa,y a ~ .
for printing the tickets seemed probable that we could elect the
could unite all the forces agap
machine Therefore, the problem
this Snail State be tboug"
chances of eng all State ohcer
Offices free gift the Dem
should cooperative ticket representing all e
opposed Democratic machine and unite vote
| with prospect of electng ii
week ago or every Count,
Township
Candidate whose had been received Headquarters
ing very e,esuons
.. g., h: p;t No - ,h Iosnno, fes otherwise th.,
letters
should head this ticket for Governor
When reply all the were in conference
State candidates could
s s sssns . ns $; nar s ts hh: thu s
ID The
p . aa 49, " Id nd b.vanasr this arransnt the m
ha permitted INV to head the ticket for Governor believe
think will with
value the res Senator Batter than that should
arrangement electing
legislature otherwise would
will readily understand
East this election
opposition the Simmons Dam
largely the portions the
there many white Republicans
Also while the prospects eectng STATE
the Legislature
In short could lose the STATE IL, ket twenty thou
legislature should
@ p @ sn ss sns seon
Amendment Peoples
holding
besides the
no the Democratic
sufficient justification
satisfied will asf
could be done
support
political
a Iaw (
RITZ Shlch after all is but egaizsd fraad.
We and Legislature Get
shoulder wheel till
pg NAS WY AN'' cvRus TuoupsoN
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

stick, tied together, and asked
each one in turn to try to break 1t
They all failed. The bundle Of
twigs was too strong for them. He
then directed them to unite the
bundle, and try, and SEQ II they
could break one twig at q time
They did this, and broke the twelve
twigs one after another. He then
pOiated out to them the lesson
taught by these twigs-that their
enemies could not defeat them as
long as the twelve of them stood TO-
gether, but that their enemies could
easily defeat them one at time
and thus defeat them all. 1t /:
said that the member of the legisla.
ture, after using this illustration
said:
IF we try to disfranchise tot
many people at the first time, they
will stand together and they viii
overcome US. But If we will dis
! franchise a few at first, and then
few more the next time, then w
can do ANYTHING we want to do. be
cause those already disfranehise.
will be powerless to help the las
ones that are disfranchised,"
Moral-Let every man who love
liberty, ard VINO loves his Sat
stand together in this fight, an,
the bundle OF twigs will be to
large and too strong for Simmon
and his oligarchy to break it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

1t IS said that, In Wake county, as
well as all over the State, as fast as
Populist po-ters are put up, ann"un-
cling some speat ing they are torn down
1t seems to be an organized effort. 1t
shows they are afraid for the people to
be enlightened on the issues Of the day.
1t is cowardly act The man who
tears down these posters, would don a
red shirt, cr shoulder a Winchester and
shoot down those whose arguments b.
can't meet and his party can't meet, II
he dared to do it, and was not too COW.
ardly. The principle Is the same
Democracy is on its last legs. It's wiss
(p) speakers run from a joint debate
and its thugs run around and do the
dirty work.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

"Tns people will not s'.nd Gov
,rum-nt by assAssins ion 10 Ken
lucky, or tareats OF violence in North
and Observer.
That is true. No threats ~ or
,aniz-d. drunken, ignorant rd
shirts, or roiten.egg thugs. or threa' .
o, violence by Waddell, siums
Douglass, &C., dire city or indirectly
will work 10 this State. Good men
in church and state and in all par
ties will condemn it, And . party
Who has to resort 10 the shot CUR
racket, either Ia without . record
tbs will bear investiga'ion, or Il
composed OF leaders who are 90 igno
rant til they ere dangerous voiert
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
SECRET GIVEN AWAY.

az" In the Morning Post, gives
away the secret In his article head
ed, ITO The Colored Voter" He
says:
ait Is really not 30 much our OPP
position to his political franchise,
nor to his representation as q race In
all Legislative matters. To these
privileges he In entitled ~ free
man, and the intelligent exercise OF
his franchise would long since have
secured him friendly recognition by
the better class Of white people OF
the South. The passage o.
the amendment will, primarily, set
tie race prejudice. 1t will, further
more, engend-r I'm every man TIT
desire to secure for himself sucl
qualification as respectable citizen
ship rightly demands. 1t will puri
fly the Republican party. II viii
elevate the respectable negro an
paralyze the white scum that hs
fattened upon the creduIity of tn
simple negro"
You see the negro is all right an
will have political rights and hol
Office, If he will join the Sinmor
machine.
You will see in the last paragap
that it Is not the negro, but "whi'
scum" the machine is afraid O
The "white scum" are, he argue
/, those who refuse to vote for II
red-shirt gang.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
OVERWHELMINGLY nrer>

The Democratic machine saystA.
amendment will disfranchis. No
white man. and 10 tries 20 nah.u
appear thst the Dsmocrstic part,
will not do such . mean thing
In order 20 carry this sl.c;los
they Are disfranchising whit. ma
now. In sampeon county, IL On.
precinct, where the Popull.'s sr-
largely In the majority, they "a ID
TO appoint . registrar who would
register the voters, and henc. they
cannot vote. This 10 wholesale dis
frAnchisement with . whoop. vita
out regard 10 race, color or previou.
condition OF freedom or serviiuea
In another precinct In sAmp~ol
county, 10 Was found that the Pop
uIIsts had registered n great man
more voters than the Democrat,
They have put out the repor' that
q band OF masked men has gone
and taken the book from the regis.
tnr.
| And they have the impudenos 10
say Popuiists did 70. Every body
knows this 10 too unreasonable IL
Is all a put up job to get nd Of Ii,
Populist majority. This - Anoth
OF wholesale disfrAnchisem.nt o.
white men, good honest farmer.
and church members. Now = pArl,
that will disirAnchise men 90 g-t Ia
AZ the Democratic machine L. nov
doing, will disfrAnchise white meI
TO stay In. And the mAs.es, r.
] CARELESS OF party will reAliz" q
when IL IL too late TO remedy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
THE Story OF THE BUNDLE O.
TwIGS AND THE MORAL
THEREOF.

THEREOF.
It 10 perfectly clear that it is the
purpose of the Simmons oligarchy
II they get this legislature, to in
trench themselves In power forev
er. They intend to disfranchise not
only every man who cannot read
and write. but they intend next to
disfrsnchise all who have not three
hundred dollars worth of property.
or more. When this much ia done,
they will have their machine cleo
ton officers to disfranchise by va.
rious devices, every man, rich or
poor, educated Or uneducated, who
will not vote for the machine. They
started out when the legislature
met In 1899, to do all Of this at one
time. They changed their plans
however, and decided that it was
better to have several bites at the
cherry.
1t Is said that one OF the mem.
berS OF the legislature In one of their
secret midnight caucuses, warned
them that it would not do to do toe
much at one time. He used the IL.
lustratton Of the bundle of twiss
which runs AS follows.
An old patriarch on his death
bed, sent for b twelve sons, ant
handed to each one a bundle of l.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26

The Norfolk Landmark Of July
25th, says. 'It was q sad day for
the State IF Kentucky when the Goe.
bel election law was adopted. TIT
Landmark was among q number Of
newspapers that made this comment
at the time. From all lndieations,
the next Cubernatorial campaign in
the Blue-Hras State is going to hinge
upon the same old Issue and the fgh,
il to be waged with the same old bit
terness and feroeity."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
40 HEREDITARY PRIVILEGES oU
Ho>ORs.

HONORs.
TIE suffrage amendment 10 inoonsI-
tent with IN the State and Nations
CONSTRUCTIONS. The more this mon
strosity IL examined and inyestigRt.-d
and studied, the more absurd IL b"
comes and the more dangerous Il hp-
pears. The Fifteenth amendment g.
the Constitution Of the United state
reads:
| THE r. ght Of citizens az IN. United
States G. vote shall not be denied 90
Il abridged ny the United rtst or ~
j sny state on A~coun' az race. rolor 80
previous condition ~ servItude"
Therefore IL q. clear that ~ IN" pur
pose OF the amendment IL 10 'eliminhi'
the n. gro" as claimed by the support
ers o. TIE amendment, here is di-crlrn-
instion on account Of coior such d.
elimination H. obviously unconsiiio-
tionAi.
s.rtion 80 OF Article OF the Stat
Const tuition reads as follow-:
, $40 hereditary emoiuments. PRIV
Ieges or horors ought Ia be granted 90
II COultfrru iu the cthlt.
The advocates of 'he Anendrn~uf
have claimed and now calm that q o-r-
tain part Of the citizenship have q be
q red tary r ght 10 vote while En"thrr
cia-s has not: but by reading the abo'"
q quoted section IL becomes clear ihAi ~"
cain cannot re log rally Sustained.
and that any law purporting 10 oo"i'f
such hereditary right H. nnconstiinti"n
e nj. The constitution ought not 70 COD
{. hict with itse Z, but IL l. plain thsi IT,
q adoption Of the proposed sufrsg'
amendment would be- in conflict VIA
y section 30. OF Article I OF the corstiio-
ton.
Again the proposed sufirs r. amend
ment indisputably propose. " ooni'T
certain privileges-that Of voting-"n
y ONE citizens while denying 81 20 oth~r
citizens. This IL clearly violstion ~
81 that part Of the above nan-d srcii'h
4 of the State Constitution VIII RI ssy'
IL no privileges ought to be granted 10
DR. this Stale.
u In ever sense and IN every part cu'
y iar. this proposed nisfranchi-ing sch'H''
grows more subject 20 crIticism arc
.r unqualified condemnation every dhs
RI and unless the people want 10 brihs
vs. upon themselves chaotic state ~ go'
OF eminent with unit Id and inoescrifso'
~ civil and political disasters they nn''
IL give this liberty stealing device orush
IN ing blow at the polls. We firmly o
y. lieve tn G IL ell be Overwhelming
~ defeated in August.