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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08

Erratic in everything that charac-
terizes a normal human being, with
vice in all of it's horrifying attendants
as an ideal, hungering for fame as
man-eating tiger does human blood,
Mary Elizabeth MacLane has made
her sudden appearance upon the lit
erary stage.
II would as soon tell lie as eat
my dinner" says this morbid literary
paragon. "In fact, l am going to the
devil as fast as l can. Some call it
the demnition bow-wows-it's all the
same. After am dead | shall be herd
ed along with the goats
Good-looking in appearance, in spite
of the fact, as she declares, that she
has graduated from every school of
evil that has been recorded on the
calendar of crime, Miss MacLane is
apathetic in disposition and slow in
the very speech in which she declares
herself a liar, thief, in short a lover
of everything that is evil. She is of
medium height, slender of build, with
light brown hair, and has a peculiar,
cold expression in her eyes that defies
descriptive powers.
The book which owes it's origin to
her pen is entitled The Story of Mary
MacLane" When or where she wrote
1t no one but herself knows. She
makes her home with her mother, sis.
ter and stepfather, who reside on the
fashionable street of Butte. From her
very childhood Mary has been an enig
ma to her mother, who herself states
that she never understood her girl
What Miss MacLane cares for the
ones who brought her into this worlG
may be readily inferred from her ow1
statements. MY mother said she
'1s a perfect stranger to me. She does
not understand me. She is nothing tC
me- My father was the acme of sci
fishness."
In answer to the question whether
she would not miss her mother were
she taken away, she replied
well, suppose l would miss her
/ would miss that telegraph poll
which has been standing there 10
wears if it were taken away
Her usual way OF addressing
stranger is thus:
81 am a genius. ! care nothing 70
your oplnion; you are nothing to me
You have only a glass heart, and an
one can see through you; but | am
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loud and enthusiastic cry of Cod
Save the King.' from every part OF
the sacred building. At that moment,
too the peers put on their coronets,
the bishops their caps, and the kings
alarms their crowns. The benedic-
ton is then delivered by the arch
bishop, and the Te Deum sung by the
choir. AT the commencement of tho
TIE Deum the king returns to the
chair which he first occupied, but is
at once "enthroned" or lifted" into
the chair of homage by archbishops,
bishops and peers surrounding His
Majesty, who then at once receives
the tender of fealty from the arch
bishops and bishops and the homage
and fealty from such princes of the
blood as are also peers, and from the
premier peer of each rank for the peer
of the same order, each in succession
taking off his coronet, ascending the
throne kissing, or seeming to Kiss the
sovereign on the left cheek. and
touching the crown to signify that he
is one of it's supporters. While hom-
age is performed the coronation
medals are thrown among the people
from the three sides of the theater by
the treasurer of the household, at.
teSd Sded by the garter king-at-arms.
and the usher of the black rod.
After the homage an anthem is
sung by the choir, and then Queen
Alexandra rises from her chair, and.
supported by two bishops, advances
to the altar, attended by her ladies.
After a prayer, the queen, kneeling
at the altaS, Her Majesty kneels upon
faldstool near st. Edwards chair.
Here the Queen Consorts crown ID
placed upon her head.
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days functions. Upon the princesses
follow the King Regnant's minor re-
gaia-St. Edwards staff. the golden
spurs. the sceptre with the cross. and
the three swords. The princes OF the
blood royal will follow the regana.
and in their train will come the Earl
Marshal of England (the Duke OF Nor
folk), Lord Salisbury bearing the
sword of state, the Lord High Con-
stable of England, the sceptre of the
dove ST. Edwards crown, borne by
the lord high steward, the orb, the pa
tina, the Bible. and the chalice, this
latter ornament being borne by the
Bishop of London. Then comes the
King attended by the Bishops of Bath
and Durh am. and supported on each
side by ten gentlemen at arms with
| their standardbearer and lieutenant.
The king moves toward two chairs
| placed midway between the chair OF
homage and the altar, and standing
on a carpeted space which is called
THE Theater" After he is seated
her Majesty, the Queen Consost, takes
her seat in the second (and lower)
chair on his left hand, and the actual
ceremony begins. The solemnity
commences with the recognition OF
the sovereigns right on the part OF
the people. The Archbishop of Can
terbury advances and the sovereign
stands up. The archbishop then, turn
ing his face to the east, says as fol
lows:
"Sir, l here present unto you King
Edward VII, the undoubted king o1
this realm; wherefore, all you who
are come this day to do your homage
are you willing to do the same?" This
is repeated to the south, uorth ant
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Education OF Stat'sr en-.

The President is forty-four years
old, a lawyer, and graduate of Har-
ward Secretary Hay is sixty-four,
literary man. and graduate OF
Brown. Secretary Shaw is fifty-four,
a graduate Of Cornell College, Iowa
and lawyer. Secretary Root is fiji
ty-seven, graduate of Hamilton, and
a lawyer. Acknowledgement Knox Is
fifty. and a graduate of Mt. Union Col
lege. Ohio. Postmaster-General Payne
is sixty. is a business man, and re-
ceived an academic education. as did
Secretary Hitchcock, who is sixty
seven, and also business man. Sec
retary Moody is forty-nine, lawyer
and d graduate OF Harvard. Secretary
Wilson was born in Scotland. received
an academic education, and is a farm,
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His Majesty, King Edward VII, or.
according to his proper title, "the
King" accompanied by the Queen
Consort, reaches the western en-
trance of Westminster Abbey shortly
after eleven o'clock on the morning
of the coronation. There he was re-
ceived by the great officers of state,
the noblemen bearing the regalia, the
bishops carrying the patina Cor broad.
shallow dish), the chalice and the
Bible There follows half hours de-
lay while the king and Her Majesty,
Queen Alexandra, repair to their rob-
ing chambers. where they don royal
robes of crimson velvet furred with
ermine. Close upon noon the organ
peals the first notes Of the anthem Il
was glad" and the same moment the
grand procession enters the choir,
headed by the prebendaries and Dean
of Westminster.
After the abbey clergy come the
officers of both royal households, the
Archbishop of York, the lord chancel.
lor, and the Archbishop of Canter
bury. The last named, indeed. imme
diately precedes the Queen Consort's
regalia, and Queen Alexandra herself
who Is followed by the princesses OF
the blood royal; and apart from the
monarch and Her Majesty, he has by
far the most important part in the
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west Side OF the rheater, the sover-
eign standing all the while, and turn
ing to the sides of the stage as the
archbishop severally asks the ques-
ton. At every repetition there is an
answering volley of cheering from
those present, and with the last round
of acclamations the trumpets sound
and the drums beat. The king then
advances to the altar, and kneeling
upon the crimson velvet cushion,
makes his first offering, an altar cloth
of gold, which the archbishop places
upon the altar. An ingot of gold, OF
one pound in weight, is then placed in
the kings hands by the lord great
chamberlain and the sovereign in
turn delivers it to the archbishop who
nlaces it in the oblation basket. After
a short prayer the latter takes the
regalia from the great mobiles gather
ed round the king, and these. save
the lord chamberlain, then retire to
their respective places. leaving His
Majesty alone. The Litany and Com
munion Service are then read, and
the sermon preached.
| Once more the solemnities OF the
coronation proper re-commence. Al
the conclusion of the sermon 1.-The
oath" is administered to the king
who all this time has worn the cap
of state, removes it, and listens tc
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genius. That is sufficient. Nobody
understands me, but | understand my
self. l know myself. Is that not
enough? l have attained an egotlsm
that is rare, indeed. All this consu-
tutes oddity, and l am quite. quite
odd. But l am alone-alone, for no
body understands me. genius is
never understood. 1t has always been
so, and it always will be So
Why this authoress attributes to
herself so many horrifyinS vices is
inexplicable, for she lives quiet,
uneventful life. Yet in tone such
AS one describes the state OF the
weather she declares that she would
like to steal something or kill some
one.
To be eccentric seems TO be the
aim of her life. Some declare that
she is insane others that she is
dissembler, and still others that she is
simply taking this strange course to
get herself before the world. That
she has a morbid disposition is very
true, for every day she takes walk
to an abandoned shaft. where she
loves, she says, to gaze into the deep,
| still darkness below
| THE MacLaneS are a strange lam
| ily," says she. Il have an aunt from
whom ! inherit my nature. She was
not a genius. but her life was one bit
ter disappoint tsnen+ trn.n- beginning TO
end. and so will mine be.
Yet she is very willing to be un-
happy. she declares, and in the very
| same breath says:
There is no happiness for me.
cannot get away from myself. | am
| bound"
From the time she was l3 years old
! her history is thus told in her own
words:
From l to 13 years | was terror;
from 13 to IA years | was person
from "A to ] ) years | was young per
son: from Is to 16 ! was a paragon
from 16 to II | was a perfect lady
from Z to is ! was an old maid. anC
from IS to 19 was a genius; these
other characteristics were simply ;
veneer.
There is one plague that ! should
have added to my litany, and that is
Good devil, deliver me from the news
papers.
What Miss MacLane means by ;
perfect lady, of which she has writer
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so often in her book, is thus answer
ed:
"A perfect lady is one that wears
silk petticoat and calls cn her
friends and sips tea and eats little
cakes, all the while talking about-oh,
such shocking things-in traslcal
whisper
Il want fame says Mary MacLane
81 want to write-tO write such things
as compel the admiration OF the world
at large-such things as are written
but once in years: things subtly but
distinctly different from the books
written every day. l can do this. Let
me but strike the world in vulner-
able spot and / can take it by storm.
Let me but win my spurs, and then,
my good people, you will see me,
woman kind and young, valiantly
astride a charger, riding down the
world with fame following at the
chargers heels, and the multitudes
agape."
Miss MacI-ane does not expect to
realize a fortune from the sale OF her
book, which, she says, is portrayal
of her soul; a communion" 18th her
inner self during a period ui thre>
| months.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08

]. H. Ross, the young politician
from the Northwest Territory of Can
ada. who was not long ago appointed
lieutenant governor of the Yukon
province. has been showing eXtraor
dinary vigor since he went to Dawson
City. He has now issued an ordinance
abolishing all the gambling-houses in
his capital, and is steadily backed in
this policy by the Dominion govern.
ment.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08

Most remarkable in it's beauty is
piece of old lace in the collection
owned by Mrs. A. l.. Vrooman of Min
neapolis. This piece was excavated
from the ruins of the ancient city of
Pozzuoli beyond Pompeii.
The city was built on the original
site of the city of Puteoli, mentioned
in the Bible. 1t was partly buried dur
ing q volcanic eruption in the twelfth
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08
Hte One Enemy.

Edward Everett Hale said at the
celebration of his eightieth birthday
>last month, Il never had but one en-
emy. and last week. when l was
irving to think of his name. I found
l had forgotten who he was This
is better than keeping him in mind
by making plans G. ~ day for get
rirg evea."
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century, and it was totally buried by
another eruption 400 years later.
This remarkable piece of lace was
one of several found when eXcava-
tions were made. 1t is thread lace,
every stitch having been made with
the needle, and the pattern is plainly
intended to represent the scene in the
Garden of Eden. In the center of each
repetition of the pattern is q tree
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with many branches. Under the tree
are plainly shown the figure of man
and a woman. and two of the branches
of the tree. one on each side. are Sinu,
Gus in form and terminate in we'll
defined serpent's mead.
The lace. which is of silk, is est
mated to be more than 900 years ole.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08

Lady Warwick has peacock which
is believed to be more than 100 year;
old. A writer in Country Life says:
"A friend told me he has had the
same peacocks for fifty years. How
old they We're when he had them first
he did not know
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-08

The least man is an essential par
of Gods great plan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
LIES NAILED BY BOWEN.

Superintendent of Public instruction
in Philippines Makes Report.
The bureau Of insular affairs OF the
war department has made public a re-
port from Frank Bowen, acting gener-
a; superintendent of public instruction
for the Philippine islands, upon
charges made in the United States
against the school system OF the Pnli-
ippines, alleging that it was used as
a proselyting agency against Catholics
and generally used to the prejudice OF
Catholicism. The report closes with
the following:
"The venemous attack on the PhiAp-
pine commission, and, especially the
Filipino members thereof, who are
termed traitors and rascals, serve to
show the degree of bitterness and
recklessness Of statements which char
acterize the whole article. The nego
tiations at present under way in Rome
as related to the church lands in these
islands. is sufficient refutation OF the
last wild statement of this extraordi-
nary production, in which not one
material statement is true"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
HENRY JUMPS "F0UR HUNDRED"
Editor Waterson Swoops Down Upon
Newport "Sassiety" With slz-
zIing and Trenchant Pen.

In an editorial in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, entitled "A Flock Of
Unclean Birds" Henry Watterson
says:
"The four hundred contrive to keep
themselves constantly before the pub
lie. Yet, somehow, it is their scan
dals, not their benefactions, that ad.
vertise them.
But yesterday it was the Fair trag-
edy in France that recalled the lnfe-
llcities and vulgarities of a family
which, except for it's millions, would
have decorated the criminal instead OF
the social annals OF its time.
"Today's sensation relates to the
Van Aliens, an off-shoot Of the Astors.
1T will be remembered that one j..
J. Van Allen, an ambitious donkey with
dollars, thought in advance to be the
representative Of Grover Cleveland
in case he was elected-to the Italian
ulSSlOu, SuUSCllUOu, ~ Noo oeaAo, hA ~
thousand of the Astor shekels to the
campaign fund.
"The story got out, and, character
istically, Mr.. Cleveland, having had the
usufruct of the money, repudiated the
deal. This is the same Van Allen
whose daughter defied his wishes and
married the man of her own selection
a few weeks ago.
'Now comes the Remington suicide,
and We learn that it was all on &C.
count Of another of the Van Allen
girls, and so it goes. We never hear
Of the four hundred except it be
murder, suicide or divorce. A shot
fired into a flock Of these unclean
birds cannot miss hitting an injured
husband, a recreant and disgraced
wife or at the least q gilded nincom-
poop like Van Allen, Sr."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
A SUNDAY RACE RIOT.
Whites and Blacks Mix on Ball Field
at indianapolis.

WHITES and Blacks i:iLH VT Do' WV
at indianapolis.
A race riot broke out at Haughville,
a suburb Of Indianapolis, Sunday al
ternoon between two hundred negroes
and whites employed by the National
Malleab.e Castings Company. There
had been bitter race feeling between
them for several years and trouble has
frequently broken out. Two people
have already been killed at different
times.
A ball CANT Sunday morning be-
tween the two factions caused the ex-
citement. AS the crowd left the field
hostilities broke out. Stones. bricks,
clubs and other missiles were used.
Two hundred persons we're Immediate
" crushed together in fighting mass.
Twelve or fifteen shots were fired
and 1t is reported one negro was shot,
but he was slipped from the field be-
fore the police arrived. The whites
were victorious, driving the blacks
from the field and wounding a num-
Der Of them. Several white people
were badly injured.
Ten arrests have been made and
others will be made as rapidly as the
persons are found. The police re-
sponded to a riot call, but on account
of the distance did not arrive till the
fight had been fought to finish. Off,
GERS Of the company fear other out
breaks will follow.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
TROLLEY CARS CRASH
Three Die Instantly and Fifteen
Others Seriously Injured.
MOTORMAN DiSODEYED ORDERS
Cars Were Crowded With Sunday Ex-
cursionists and Were Completely
Telescoped in Fright
full Impact.

A special from Norfolk, Va, says:
In a head-on collision between two
cars on the Bay Shore Terminal line
late Sunday three people were killed
and many others badly injured. The
dead are: w. S. Yandall, motorman;
C. B. Golden, motorman; Linwood Fen
tress, aged 10. Fifteen of the passen-
bers were seriously injured.
The accident occurred about 3 IL
miles from Norfolk. One car was COM
ing from Ocean View and the other 60
Ing out. The orders were that the
Shorebound car should walt at the sid
ing for the other. Motorman W. S.
Yandall endeavored to jump, but was
crushed in the telescoped cars. Mo-
torman C.. D. Golden, of the other car,
applied his airbrakes as soon as ne
saw the danger, but the collision oc-
CURED on a curve and then tried to
jump, as did LlnWood fenIress' SUI VI
R. B. Fentress, president of the Nor
folk Cold Storage and Ice Company
Both Golden and young F'entress were
caught under the platform Of the
shorebound car, which piled up on the
other, and were killed outright.
Both cars were full Of Sunday ex-
cursionists and few escaped injury.
Help was phoned to Norfolk for and
physicians and ambulances were hur'
ried to the scene. In the meantime a
large number of the injured were ta-
ken to the city in private conveyances.
There is no complete list OF the in
jured.
A coroner's jury viewed the dead
and took some testimony, but adjourn
ed until Wednesday,.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
A MIMIC HERO IS HIGGINS0N.
PilIskury's Fleet is Theoretically
Smashed to Smithernes OF New
England Coast.

A special from Rockport, Mass,
says: The naval search problem on
the New England coast was terminal
ed at $40 Sunday morning by the
signal, Surrender; demand an uncon-
ditional," from Rear Admiral Higgin-
sons flagship, and the reply, "Ac-
cept surrender" from the fore truck
Of the rPrairit, Commander Pills
bury's flagship. The battle between
the blue, or defending squadron. and
the white, or attacking squadron, was
thus quickly ended miles south OF
Thatcner's island.
The enemy had most signally failed
to make a harbor, having for It's OBJ
jective Salem. A preponderance OF
fighting strength, relatively 81 points.
represented by the battleships Kear-
sarge, Alabama and Massachusetts,
Scorpion and torpedo boat, had over
whelmed the Is points represented by
the auxiliary cruisers Prairie, Panther
and Supply. To speak from . theo-
retic standpoint, the white squadron
was entirely destroyed by the guns OF
the defending battleships.
Thus, on the fourth night the game
of naval strategy was brought to an
end, it having covered a period OF un.
ceasing toll, sleepless nights, OF anx-
ious and wearing vigil and OF grave
uncertainty to its participants.
The destruction Of Pillsbury's squad
ron occurred at a point just within
the outer limit of Gloucester harbor;
not over 8 miles southerly from
Thatchers island, off which had been
anchored Wednesday, when the war
game was declared open, the three
powerful. battle ships Of the blue
squadron.
The surrounding and putting out OF
action" Of the squadron in command o.
Commander Pillsbury was the cuimi-
mating incident in one Of the most
interesting chapers In the peace MS
tory of the American navy. For the
placing In operation Of the maneuvers
OF the war ships off the coast OF New
Ensland. the navy had long prepared
itself and had long looked forward
with keen anticipation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
Great Battle of Ballots.

The primary election was held
throughout the state Tuesday. Sena'
tor McLaurin's successor was nomi
mated as well as a state ticket. There
were six candidates for the senate,
Congressman Elliott and Latimer, for
mer Congressman Hemphill and John
stone, D. 8. Henderson, state senator,
and Ex-Governor John Gary Evans.
The candidates for governor were
NJ. F. Ansel, former circuit solicitor;
DR.. w. H. Zimmerman, former state
treasurer; w. J. Talbert, member OF
congress; D. C. Hayward and James
II. Tillman, lieutenant governor. The
campaign has been featureless except
for the terrible arraignment of Till
mans personal character and public
career. The candidates have spoken
in each of the forty-one counties in the
state.
Captain Heyward is farmer and
has never held political office, yet ii
is conceded that he will get plurality
on the first ballot, and will probably
run it over with either Colonel Tai
bert or Tillman. There will be a Sec
ond ballot for near.y every other office
The campaign for United States sen
ator has also been featureless, except
for the attacks on Congressman Lati'
mer by Ex-Governor Evans and Colonel
Johnstone. 1t is impossible to fore
cast this race.
In each county there was primary
for officials of minor Importance. The
fight against child labor in cotton
mills has been the issue among legis-
:ative candidates, and the result is
doubtful. The official count only will
decide who the victors are.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-08-28
TWO Orphan Boys Drowned.

Leon Phinizy. 13 years of age, and
Van Veronee, - years, inmates of the
Charleston orphan home, were drown
ed in the surf at the Isle of Palms.
Benjamin Harrington, 13 years, was
with Phinizy and Veronee, and was
saved from the same fate by Rudolph
Claus, who was bathing with the boys.
The tide was at the full when the
party entered the water, and, with the
strong east wind, there was consid-
cradle undertow.
Veronee cou:d swim, while his COM
panions could not, fact which added
to Veronee's confidence, and seemed
also to make the other boys believe
that they could care for themselves.
The boys were out of their full height
in the water when suddenly they lost
their footing and we're carried too far
out.