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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
CAUSED GREAT SURPRISE.
Rejection a Heavy Blow to Property
Owners.

Colon. Colombia, Aug. 1.-THE rejec-
ton of the canal treaty by the Colon
bian senate has produced a tremendous
sensation on the isthmus. 1t was gen
orally thought that the treaty would
pass with some notifications.
There is good reason to suppose that
the majority of the senate regard the
Spooner amendment to build by the
Nicaragudn route If the Panama route
was rejected by Colombia. as a mere
threat or the part Of the United States.
They are convinced that the Nicara-
guam project is impossible. and that
the United States viii again deal with
Colombia.
The rejection is a heavy blow to
property owners mere, who have been
investing heavily on the prospects OF
the treaty being ratified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
Preparing Ammunition.

Bucharest. Roumania. Aug 17.-Acting
War Minister Brataino has ordered the
government powder factory and small
arms ammunition depot 20 prepare large
quantities Of ammunition Immediately.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18

but replied by firing his shotgun. instant
" killing Thomas Ebbitt and Robert
Ford.
This afternoon Sledge was accosted on
the road by James Moore and Bud viii
son Without warning the negro raised
his gun and fired. instantly killing Moore
and fatally wounding Wilson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
River Full Of Bodies.

patch received by the Frankfurt Zeitung
the river near Monastir. Macedonia. is
fun of the mutilated bodies of women and
children who have been massacred by the
Bashi Bazouks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
FIVE GIRLS DROWNED.

Richmond Va. Aug Five young
girls were drowned while boating at Lou
uch station. their boat capsiziug. The
dead include two daughters OF John Rob
inson. a daughter of John Holloway and
two daughters of Mrs. L. .. Lee a boy
and another girl escaped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
MERELY A RUMoR.
President Marroquin Authorized TO
Make a New Treaty.

Bogota. Aug. lit IS rumored today
that President Marroquiu has been author
lied by congress to make a new treaty,
which will not require further ratification,
but that the basis given for the treaty will
States.
Tt is considered. however. in official
circles. according to reliable information.
that the authorization given by congress
to make a new treaty viii furnish basis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
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KILLED IN THE ALPS.

= Chamouix. France. Aug. IT,
Seven tourists. il was announced
= today. were killed recently while
= attempting 10 climb the AiguIles
y GRIEF, behind Mont Blanc, on the
= Courmayeur side OF the mountain.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
svmpathv Id BeIgrade.

Belgrade. Aug. IA mass meeting will
be held here on mug. % so express sym
pathy with the Macedonia Insurgents.
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regarding it unles sthere is a great
rise in the river. which seems unlike
~. At most the river Will not rise
above four feet higher All streams
in Kansas. including the Kaw. the
Smoky Hill and the Republican rivers,
are rising as the result of heavy rains
last night. and this water is expected
here late tomorrow.
The stock yards company has a large
force of men at work protecting its
pile bridge over which livestock for
the ArmoUrdale packing houses $
driven from the main yards. General
Manager Rust feels confident that the
structure viii stand.
The belt line bridge is being kept IN
place by heavily laden freight train.
Topeka. Kan. Aug. 17.-AU the
streams in Kansas are rising as a re-
suit of the heavy rains OF last night.
Reports tonight from WamegO. Man
haitian, Junction City. Abilene and
Lawrence say the rivers are rising
slowly and viii continue so until some
time tomorrow. There is considerable
alarm in Manhattan and WamegO over
the rising of the Blue and Kansas
rivers. but no damage has been done.
The Kansas river at Topeka is rising,
but would have TO get ten feet higher
before the situation will be anything
like the June food.
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THREE KILLED.
Zwickau, Saxony. Aug IA passenger
train was derailed today between Roth
enkirchen and ODER Krinitz. Three per
sons were killed and forty injured
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-18
THE METALS.

Silver. 55isc per ounce.
Copper, 12isc per h.; New York,
Sl350 per 100 lbs.
Lead. $3.50 per 100 lbs; New
York. 1875.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

Whistler put into his reflections on artistic
themes. No doubt some Of his sayings, though
with a grain of truth in them. have unmistak-
ably the speciousness of things said for effect
He paused once. in writing postal card which
he was making as decorative as a picture with
his dainty penmanship, to tell what he
thought of Aubrey Beardsley. ''We-e-H' he
drawled, he strikes me as one Of those men
standing about in the market place because no
man hath hired them He would see nothing
even in the young draughtsnan's technical
cleverness, to admire One evening in London
he stOrmed picturesquely for an hour on the
limitations of Ingres, whom he persisted in
calling a bourgeois Greek, and when 1 men
toned, among other masterpieces OF tha
Frenchman that seemed to me to justify my
protest. the great portrait Of Berth in the
Louvre, he rose TO shriLer denunciations. COM
pared it with the meticulOus works OF Meis-
sonier-and compared it with them to its dis
advantage! AT least" he maintained, lit was
consistent with the central principle OF Meis-
soniers art to show every button on the over
coat. to exhibit every strap and buckle in a
costume but that sort Of thing, which he in
sisted upon attributing to Ingres. only made a
portrait like the Bertin more offensive I sup
pose if one chose to isolate an incident of this
kind. Whistler might be made to seem a dubious
guide in the world of art, but it is easy enough
to separate the wheat from the chaf in his
contributions to criticism
Du Maurier. anxious to prove that Whistler
was an egoist, speaks of the zone god" he wor-
shipped, and adds, NO stOdgy old master. this
divinity, but modern of the mOderns" Read
in contrast to this the following passages from
the Ten O'clock lecture:
She lArtl is. withaI. seIhshly occupied with
her own perfection Only-having no desire 70
teach-seeklnS and finding the beautiful in an
condltlons and IN all times. as did her high
priest. Rembrandt, when he saw picturesoua
grandeur and noble dignity in the Jews quarter
OF Amsterdam. and lamented not that its in
habitantS We're not Greeks
As did Tintoret and Paul Veronese among ths
Eenetlans. while not halting to change the bro
caoed silks tor the classic draperies OF Athens
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

ing at it. But Il Is always wen IN reading at
tacks upon Whistler, to consider their source
and to see IL they do not come from embittered
antagonists who. in some face to face battle
with the Unconquerable one. were sent dlscom-
fitted from the field. nursing a ranking wound
For my own part. have never seen Whistler
collapse like pricked bladder beneath any
mans thrusts. nor among many who have
known him well. have 1 ever met any one who
had had the experience.
The discounted gentlemen. not content with
sneers at Whistler's wit. have and then
gone further and attempted to discredit his
artistic ideas They tell you that his paintings
will presently lose their vogue. and that all OF
Whistlers vaunted principles, as set forth in
his Art and Art Critics" in the famous Ten
O'clock lecture delivered in London and ar
Cambridge and Oxford in 1885. and in the other
writings gathered together in The Gentle Art
of Making Enemies are much rhetorical fop-
perry Not even the most confirmed Whistlerian
will maintain that everything in the book is in
spired truth; but one must be very prejUdiced
indeed must have been very sOreIy scared
by the painters pen or tongue. to have been
blinded to the insight and wisdom which
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

mot and spirit OF this matter" to see how he
reveIled in the episode
His Joy was sometimes out Of proportion TO
what he gained. "The Baronet and the Butter
fly: Valentine with Il Verdict" the book in
which he recOunted the details of the litigation
in which he was involved with Sir William Eden,
some seven or eight years ago. presents facts
which, to the outsider. seem far less eXhilaratins
than they were to Whistler himself, and in this
book by the way, his wit and his pOliteness are
far from being at their best. He had a rather
discouraging experience, too, in the spring of
1897 when Mr.. Pennell brought suit against
The Saturday Review for a statement made
n it's columns by Mr.. Walter Sickert, artist
and Whistler testified for the plaintiff. When
he was being cross-examned he asked If
Mr Sickerts alluSiOn to him in the obnoxious
article had made him angry. and replied, mot
in the smallest degree; if any one could be vexed
at all it is that distinguished people like our
selves should be brought here by a gentleman
whose authority has never before been recOg-
nized." This quaint, considering that Mr.
Pennell, his friend, had brought the suit; but
Whistler was in fine feather and gave no thought
to the slip. Counsel quoted Sickert as writing.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

Mr.. Whistler's almost nOthings are priceless"
and asked the witness, You don't dissent upon
that?" Whistler smiled and replied 1T is very
simple and very proper that Mr. Sickert should
say that sort of thing, but I attach no import
ance to it," The bystanders were delighted. of
course, but the laugh turned against Whis
tier himself in the next moment. Addressing the
judge he said, May be permitted to explain. my
lord, to these gentlemen 1.-THE juryl why we are
all here?' Certainly not answered Justice
Matthew, 1--WE do not want to hear about that
we are all here because we cannot help it," and
the world was deprived of what would doubt
less have been a speech worth hearing. His
speeches were always worth hearing. Some OF
those who have been stung by them have, not
unnaturally, sought to belittle his sayings
Some like Du Maurier. in the passage already
mentioned have bided their time and sought
revenge after their fashion This is the way
in which the author OF '"TrIby' spoke Of his
former associate in the student life of Paris:
The moment his friendship left off, his enmity
began at once Sometimes this enmity would
take the simple and straightforward form of
trying to punch his eX-friend's head; and when
the eX-friend was too big, he would get some
friend to help him. And much bad blood
would be caused in this way-though very little
split And all this bad blood was not made
better 10y the funny things he went saying
through life about the unluCky one who had
managed to offend him-LhingS that stuck for
ever! His bark worse than his bite-he
was better with his tongue than with his fist
"a dangerous joker! But when he net another
joker face to face, even an inferior joker-with a
rougher w.t. coarser thrust. louder laugh
a tougher hide-he would Just collapse like a
pricked bladder,
He is now perched on such a topping pinnacle
(of fame and notOriety cOmbned) that people
can stare at him from two hemispheres at once.
and so famous as wit that when he Jokes (and
he is always joking people laugh first and then
ask what 1t was he was joking about And YOU
can even make your own mild funnimentS raise
a roar by merely prefacing Them "As Joe Sibley
said"
The present scribe has often done So
ana IL by any chance you should one day
by happy fluke, hit upon really good thing Of
your oWn-good enough to be quoted-be sure II
VIII come back to you after many DAYS pre-
faced. "As Joe Sibley once said
That was Du Maurier's spenetic way OF look
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

In its proper perspective. Things that would
have sounded grotesque on the lips Of another
man seemed somehow inoffensive enough when
they came from him. Thus In conversation he
resented contradiction, and disposed TO
meet it with a vehemence that alarming, but
I have known him to be inimitably amiable
afterward, in atonement for his hasty speech.
He was a captivating host at dinner, consum-
mate in politeness, and entertaining beyond
measure.
There was a good deal about Whistlers per
sonality to recall the inSolent eXQusiteS of the
eighteenth century on both sides of the Channel
He had their capacity for almost brutal cruelty
in speech, and he had their deftness and grace
of demeanor. While he could infiict a deep
wound with a sort of debOnair Indifference to
the sufferings of his VICTIM no one knew better
than he how to observe the punctilio of an
occasion-and he did not always require pomp
and circumstance for the admission of his
man. had come in only ten minutes before from
suavity He called once at an obscure lodging
house in the Latin Quarter to return the visit
of two friends One of them, burly English
a long tramp in the rain, and sat in his shirt
sleeves with his feet in tub of hot water
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26

when Whistler tapped at his door. Thinking it
his comrade from across the landing, he
called to him to enter. The door opened and in
walked Whistler, to the CONSERVATION of his
host. Did the great painter smile, or show en-
barrassment or amusement in any way? He
took in the situation at a glance, helped himself
to a chair, and in five minutes, by his charm of
manner and his wit, he had driven all sense of
annoyance and humiliation from the mind of
the man he had so inoppOrtunely surprised.
It was amusing to hear him declaiming against
the British in the South African War. For our
recent conflict with the Spanards he had
nothing but admiration. 1 remember his speak
ing with enthusiasm of the dignity of this coun-
try in the entire affair. and especially of the
high breeding shown by our officers in their atti-
tude toward the enemy. He eloquent over
our treatment of Admiral Cervera. The occa-
sion seemed appropriate and asked him why
he did not come over to visit US, telling him
what a welcome he would be sure to receive
Whistler was always a man of singularly up
right carriage, but he seemed to stand more
erect than ever as he stopped in the middle of
the pavement, and, tapping it with his stick,
looked me straight in the face and earnestly
declared, 81 shall come to America when the
duty on works of art is abOlshedr His tight
fitting coat was buttoned around him as he
spoke. the tall silk hat with its straight brim.
which he always wore, added to the piquant
grimness of his appearance. and as he gave me
his terse ultimatum he seemed fighter, every
inch Of him. hurting defiance at the lawgivers of
his native land. He was ever ready for a legal
scrimmage; in fact, 1t may be said that he de-
lighted in litigation Witness. for example, his
account of the suit which he brought against
Ruskin in 1878. the great writer having said
apropos of certain of his pictures, that he had
seen and heard much OF cockney impudence
but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask
200 guneas for finging pot of paint in the
public's face" Whistler sued him for f. OOO
and was awarded farthing, but one has only
to read the account aforesaid. in the first pages
of The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" and
the little essay in which he presented "the fin
New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
WHISTLER.

From the dry point by BoIdini)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
A Sumter Boys Success.

The rise of Mr.. Ja Nevelaad Brand
in the railroad service has been as
rapid as tits deserved. He began as
a telegraph messenger boy when the
Western Union Office was at the depot.
When the Office was moved up town
he was made the first manager al
though only fourteen years old. He
held down this job for several years
to the satisfaction of the public and
the telegraph company. Having learn
ed short hand, became an expert stenog-
rapher by constant practice during his
spare moments, he left. the telegraph
service to accept the position OF prl-
vate secretary to the general manager
of the old G.. S. & n. r. r. A little
later he was made chief clerk and then
Train Master of the G. S. g u. before
he was twenty-one years old. just be-
fore the G. S. n. was bought by the
A. G. Z. he resigned to accept posi-
ton as chief clerk to Mr. 3. Borden,
Supt. of Transportation Of the Allan
tic Coast Line This position he re-
tained until his promotion about a
year ago to be assistant superlnten-
dent of Transportation. His last step
upward just announced places him in
the responsible position of superinten--
dent of Transportation of the second
division Of the A. G. L. System, with
headquarters in Savannah. He is now
only 81 years old, and there are few
men of his age holding so responsible
a position in the railroad service. His
many friends are glad to hear of his
rise and are confident that be will go
higher, for be has the qualities that
will carry him to the top.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

There is cotton mill talk in the air
again.
The veterans are getting ready to go
to the Reunion in New Orleans.
There is talk of new dry goods firm
opening business here this fall.
Hon. NJ. L. Smith, of Camden, has
accepted the invitation to deliver the
Memorial Address on May 11tb.
Real estate in and around Sumter
may be high in price, but it has not
reached anything like the dizzy
heights of Aiken dirt.
The extension of Salem Avenue
from Haynsworth street to Broad has
been widened and Strengthened. and
greatly improved thereby.
Many farmers along the line of the
C. S. & N. r. r. between this city
and Gibson, N. G. are blowing up cot
ton and replanting to get stand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
CONTRIBUTED LOCALS.
Personal Rention-.-News Items and Other
Matters of Interest.

Mrs. Jas. R Ligon and little daugh-
ter, Maurine, returned Monday af-
ternoon from Asheville, where they
have been for fortnight on visit to
DR.. Ligon, who has almost fully re-
covered his health. The trip benefited
Mrs. Ligon very much.
Mr.. J. II. Dorrity and family, who
have been boarding with Mr.. G. S.
Curtis since their residence was burn
ed, have removed to No. II, Dingle
street.
Mrs. VIM. D. Shaw has been sick
several days with fever.
Mr.. Samuel F. Osteen and family,
who have been boarding with Mr..
Witherspoon on S. Magnolia street
have removed to No. lib, Kendrick-
street, where they are keeping house.
Capt. j. Diggs Wilder and family
have moved into their new residence
on the Northeast corner Of S. Magnolia
and Kendrick streets.
Mrs. Fannie Osteen, the well-known
blind musician, is attending the meet
ing this week at the First Baptist
Church.
Miss Sharlie Graham, who has been
on visit to her sister in the North,
is at home again.
MI. and Mrs. M. G. Kennedy are
boarding On Levi street with Mr.. Bax-
ter
Miss Lyla Barrett, of. Bishopville, is
visiting in the city.
Mrs. Jas. D. Graham has been sick
several days.
The meeting at the First Baptist
Church is glorious success. The Rev:
Fl. P. Fitch, D. D., is a celebrated
evangelist. His plain. practical way
in expounding the Gosepl of Jesus
Christ has touched the hearts of hard
ened sinners, and strengthened Chris
tians. Large congregations are pre-
sent every afternoon at 4.30 O'Clock
and every evening at s; 80 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited by the pas
tor and members of this church to at
tend these meetings. Seats free.
The Board Of Aldermen must pass
an ordinance regulating the speed Of
locomobiles, and other machines OF
like character, in the public thorough
fares. It also would not be a bad idea
to require a license from every operator
of such a machine in order to test his
knowledge and capability to manage
them. After child is killed to pass
such an ordinance would be out OF
order.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
1 ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A Sumter Girl Travels Alone 5000 Niles
to Wed The Nan She Loved.

Miss Claudia F. Mcclellan, the
sweet and charming young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mcclellan, of
Dingle Grove, met Mr: Waiter b.
Jones in Greensboro, n. O., five years
ago. The aequaintauceship ripened
into mutual love, and sometime ago
Miss Nc cClellan received a loving mes
sage telling her to come to his far
away home. where he might claim
her as his own. as it was utterly inn
practicable for him to come to South
Carolina. With true womanly deVo-
tion, and womanly confidence she bade
mother, home and loved ones a sad
farewell on April lst, and boarded an
Atlantic Coast Line Pullman for her
future home in the far northwest. The
account of her trip is very interesting.
While crossing the Mississippi Valley
section OF country the car wheels were
covered with water from the Missls-
sippi food for many miles at different
places, but she never grew faint, but
with dauntless courage she continued
her Journey. She speaks of the great
kindness TO her Of men and women
while en- route. When she told that
she was South Carolinian and trav-
cling alone, she received many courte-
sizes.
Miss Mcclellan arrived at Hnntely,
Washington, her destination, OF the
sth- eight days on the road. On the
evening of the 1lth the marriage was
solemnized at the home of the groom
by Rev. E. F. Jones.
Mr.. Walter Jones, the groom, is q
eattleman and extensive wheat planter.
He is young man of sterling worth
and great energy.
Mrs. Jones, the BRIDE, is highly
pleased with her new home, and prals-
ses the country very much. Sne was a
member of the Episcopal church here,
and was popular with a host OF
friends. We wish them much happi-
ness and prosperity Sumter Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
MARRIED.

Married at the home of the BRIDES
parents at DuRant, by Rev. 0. Z.
Porcher of Greenwood, last Wednesday
evening, Mr.. Ben S. Crawford and
Miss Wilheimina Gaillard, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Gaillard:
After the ceremony the assembled
guests sat down to feast, and the
occasion was highly enjoyed. The edi-
tor Of The Times was prevented from
being present. but he was kindly re-
membered With pack of dream cake.
The couple have taken tour to the
up country, and are now visiting reia-
tiyes at Pendleton. We wish for both
of them long and prosperous life
Manning Times. April %.