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SOUTH CAROUN Hrttews of Interest Gleaned From K; Arranged Fcr B Watch the Fund Grow. ? Columbia, Special.?The State in ^Buits issue < f the 7th gives the follow- C< i. | ing amounts contributed by counties he to the Woman's Monument fund: wi G|l Abbeville $1S4.75 nu w Aiken 321.75 sti Kr L Anderso>? 42S.55 ja kBh Bambenr 32.25 ' AM Barnwell 91.50 ?" Seaufort 10.00 *u .^^ ?erkley su rjjH Calhoun 00.02 tic Charleston 16.001 D. I Cherokee 73.25 Chester 119.00 " Chesterfield 197.00 wi Clarendon .. 26.50 1Y Colleton 12.00 Darlington 2S5.25 Dorchester 16.50 n, Edgefield SS.50 U1 Fairfield 160.75 Florence 53.00 , Georgetown 25.00 ".c Greenville 152.05 ? Greenwood 1S3.74 '1 Hampton 10.00 ? Horry 40.00 f Kershaw 132.25 ,f Lancaster 121.25 Laurens 46.00 Lee 164.25 Lexington 143.98 V, Marion 403.25 01 Marlboro 443.43 Newberry 216.20 Oconee 20.00 Ornngeh-'.rg 36.00 a Pickens 1.00 (h Richland 581.00 i Salipla 18.00 .. Spartanburg 249.00 N1 n OVil.ii} ?" P* Union 37.00 at L Williamsburg 26.30 an York 60.83 pi C3 "Winthrop Gets Gift From the Iron pi Master. a.t Rock Hill. Special.?Dr. Johnson na of Winthrop has received a letter a, from Andrew Carnegie's secretary jn stating that Mr. Carnegie would do- is i nate $13,000 to the building of Win- M thrr.p's model school. It will be re- ar Pl > membcrcd that this State appropriat- te ed $20,000 for this purpose with the hi understanding that President Johnu ' son should raise $23,000 more. Mr. Johnson has raised $63,000 more instead. It is bis intention to get $100,000 for this school, which he th C" proposes to make a model school, tji second *o none anywhere. It will be hi K remembered that Mr. Carnegie gave n< $30,000 for the library several years w r ago and this last gift brings his do- ai nations to Winthrop to the generous d< sum of $43,000. n< a Meat Ruined at Greenville. pi Greenvilie, Special.?The local an- S? ihorities have received instructions , oj ^ from State health officers giving them fj, power to act for the State board in cc regard to the meat which was put bi under water in the ware house of Swift & Co., by the heavy rain of Friday night. City Meat Inspector ti Smith condemned the meat,and rumor pi had it that meat would be shipped 111 from this city to other parts of the State for use, but the Swift Com- j panv, it is not thought locally, has ? that in mind. It is understood that after a thonKigh invesigation, if the ' meat is pronounced unfit for use, it . will be properly disposed of by the meat company. About four thousand . dollars was the value of the meat lr covered by water rising in a nearby w stream and backing into the basement of the ware house. " Good Thing For Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.?The Southern Power Company will make Spar- w tanburg a distributing point, and will ^ open offices here some time in the fu- w ture. A statement to this effect was ai made to a committee of the charmber ol of commerce, which went to Char- OI lotte to confer with J. B. Duke, W. st S. Lee and Junius Parker. s] Work on Power Plant. Gnffney, Special.?Work on the Southern Power company's big plant at the Ninety-Nine Islands is making G splendid progress under the management of Mr. Jamison, who is in rt , charge of the works. Gaffney peo- as / pie who have visited the plant recent- t\ ly say that a force of about 350 fc hands is at work, and this force will rc 1 Xfl n,?T?,V,0.0<..l ? 'L- . ^ uu^MUi^iivuu ,|URi us ruun tt.1 I UU [) i ^r,. Work makes a little more progress. 8c The buildings are situated on the w north bank of the river and have si the appearance of quite a large town ai from a distance, and at night, when in the electric lights are turned on, it 0i reminds one of a city. is Fortune For Child. Aiken, Special.?Willie Rosenburg, the 8-year-old son of Mrs. Daisy in Rosenburg, who resides near the city C'< is made heir to a large portion of his b< father's large estate, by his will, it made before his death several days gi ago, and the sum of $57,500 is left w to him. A telegram was received in p< the city informing little Willie of his Q( father's death in Atlantic City, and e> --of the provision made in his will, w leaving his son this cum. ai ? - - -- A NEWS ITEMS All Sections of the State and usy Readers Fighting White Plague. Saluda, Special.?The Saluda mnty Anti-tuberculosis association hi a brief session here Tuesday tli Dr. Kirksev. the county ehniran, presiding:. The following conit ute the executive committee at rge to cooperate with the couny ticers in the distribution of literare and such other matter as will bserve the interest of the associu>n: Mrs. \V. S. Crouch, Mrs. E. E. iser, Miss Mary Lester, W. II. are, W. K. Sher.lv. Miss Elsie (^iir ile, Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp, W. F. hit tie, P. P. Johnson, Mrs. J. G. ay son, Mrs. II. H. Ellis, Mrs. Dora iekler, Mrs. C. T. Carson and Miss la Derrick. About 40 new members were enlled. The executive couimitte will >ld a business tneetinp: here on the st Saturday in June. The nssoation adjourned to meet at the call the county charlnian. Considerable interest is beinpr manisted in the work of ti^htinjr the white plasrue" and with the ap intment of the executive committee Oni ;ill sontinnc tlx. ....... 'e will be injected into the work the association. Bluff Failed to Work. Columbia, Special.?Pope Howard, Saluda farmer who appealed to the ivernor last week to send bloodtunds to his place near HarvardsUe, to hunt down the person or trsons who a few days before in tempting to assassinate him, shot id killed his mule while he was owing in the lield, has gotten unpected results. The Saluda sheriff aced Howard in jail to await trial Edgefield next month for a parrularlv atrocious murder of a negro imed Tym Scurry about ten years ^o. TIkT sheriff says it is believed Howard's neighborhood that there nothing in the alleged attempt at isassination of Howard, that Howd shot his own mule to create syraithy for himself and to divert atntion from charges brought against m. Friiit and Grain Damaged. Oaffnev. Snn<>i!tl ?Tt Koo 1..^ J Jkv iiUO JUOt L/Ct'II arned here that on Friday night le northwestern section of this counr was visited by a very destructive ail storm. Full particulars could at be learned, but the vegetation hieh was growing on qnite a larr?e rea of farming lands was totally jstroyed. As very little corn and > cotton at all was growing, the amage was confined to the smtril rain and fruit crops. The same tction was visited two years ago by storm which destroyed large crops : both cotton and corn, several irmers losing their entire crops of >tton, and their crops of corn being idly damaged. Florence "Drys" on War Path. Florence, Special.?The Prohibionists in Florence County are belling to align their forces and are apping out a number of campaign eetings for the weeks ahead and be>rc the election in August. It is ated that Governor Glenn, or Xorth arolina, and other fine speakers are ring engaged to do some "hot shot" ork down here, and, once the work i opened, there will be no let up. . is stated that every Christian voter i the county will be accounted for hen the day of election rolls around id he will be "marked" should he lil to stand by tlie "Prohibs." .mistrial in Harrison Case.. Greenville, Special.?A mistrial as the result of the trial of Jesse arrison, charged with murder. He as accused of killing Fred Itubie, l Englishman who was an attache ? the Jones carnival, which was here 1 October l.i last. The jury was >ven for acquittal and tive for manuughter. To Improve Roads. GnfTney, Special.?The people of ntTney are becoming very much invested in the proposed automobile ?ute from New York to Atlanta, and i Gaffney is on the direct line beveen the two points, a special ef>rt will be made to put Cherokee's ads in the best condition possible y next November. Supervisor Lipomb has been having some fine ork done ou the roads of the county I inn li o at-? , A* uc mwuhicu iue uuues ot ottlce, id it is probable that he will be willg to have some special work done 1 the road through the county which on the proposed automobile route. Farm Work Backward. Lexington, Special.?All fnrm work i this county is rather backward, om is late and but little cotton has ;en chopped out, and in most places is just now coming up. The small ain will not be near as good as it as thought a few weeks ago. Es cially is this true of the oat crop, ood rains have fallen in nearly ev y section of the county during last eek, but the weather was very cool ad unfavorable to growing crops, | WASHINGTON NOTES VV>AAAAAAAAAA^V^VWW\^WV> The most important happenings ii the nation's capital Monday were a follows: The important "commoditie clause" ease was decided by the Su preiue Court of the United States which while sustaining the govern meat's contention that the Ilepbur, rate law was not unoonstitutiono held that a carrier may own stock i; a producing company and nt the sam time transport the product of tha company. Representative Hollingsworth, o Ohio, presented in the House Monda a resolution protesting against th placing of the picture of Jefferso Hnvic /> > V>4* 1 * ? ?? ?? .!> on iix mid aci vice (u uc pr\ Rented to the battleship Misfiiasipj by the people of her patronymi State. The appointments of Oscar i Straus, as ambassador to Turkey an W. W. Iiockhill as ambassador t Russia were announced. Tariff discussion was continued i the Senate, Mr. Pyles, of Washingtoi speaking in defense of the Dingle rates on lumber, and Mr. Borah, o Idaho, strongly advocating an ineom tax. Tribute to the memory of the lat Alexander R, Shepherd, former Go^ arnor of the District of Columbia, wa paid by citizens of the District at th unveiling ot a statue erected in thi city in his honor. Senator Dolliver spoke upon th tariff Tuesday and enlivened the pr< ceedings of the Senate. Mr. Doll ver said he had been accused, in pu suing the course he had taken i support of lower tariff duties, of 'mere cowardly acquiescence to sentiment in Iowa. He read an ed toriul criticism to that effect, sayin he would not have done so "were i not an authentic echo from the Sei ate chamber itself. He said hi course was in pursuance of a cotitrai entered into with the people of hi State nine years ago when he wr first elected to the Senate. \Yhe Mr. Dolliver declared, as he said ci the authority of Mr. Aldrich, that th schedules of the pending bill wei made by officers of the New Yor customs house and not by the con mittee on finance. Mr. Aldric promptly denied that he had made statement on which such nil assei tion could be based. Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, 'Wedne! day continued his tariff speech an again he secured the undivided a tention of the Senate. Recalling that Mr. Aldrich had sai Tuesday that it would be shown 1 the Senate that no changes increasir me cotton rates bad been made h the Senate committee on finance, M Dolliver said that if that was a co rect statement, he would expect ? of the italics carrying Senate amen mcnts to be stricken from the men ure. The fact was. he said, th these cotton rates were increased. 1 then read from a New York new paper, which he added had fi "twenty years been watchful of tl spiritual side of the Senator fro Massachuetts" (Mr. Lodge), stnt raent to the effect that Mr. Lodj had said, that as reported from tl committee on finance, the cottt schedule, as amended by the Sena committee, was "of great value i Massachusetts." The same articl he said, also appeared in a Bostc paper. Mr. Dolliver said Mr. Lodge wi quoted as saying that "the ad valore rate in cotton had been incrased." Mr. Lodge said that that must 1 a misquotation. "It is stated," 1 said, "the ad valorem rates had n been increased." Mr. Bailey declared that there no in exemplifies the frauds and injustii of the entire protection system i well as the woolen schedule. In r plying to a suggestion by Mr. Mone Mr. Aldrich ventured to proplies that within 20 years the representi tives of the South in the Senate w; be voting with the Republicans f( protection. 999 Two Democratic Senators, Hughe of Colorado, and McEnerv, of Louii iana, voted with the Republicans I fix the duty on lead contained in lea bearing ores at 1 1-2 cents a poun< "Uncle Joe" Cannon, speaker < the House of Representatives, eel brated his seventy-third birthday i his desk at the capitol attending t his official duties and receiving tl congratulations of friends. Rear Admiral William H. Pott has been appointed chief of the bi reau of navigation of the Navy Di partment to succeed Rear Admiral . E. Pillsbury, retired. ? A Southern man ha* been seleete to succeed a Southern man as con missioner of internal revenue, Pres dent Taft having decided to appoi: Royall E. Cabell, of Richmond. Vi in place of John G. Capers, of Soul Carolina, Diplomatic and official Washinpto joined to do honor to the memory < Henry Wadsworth Lonpfellow at t! unveilinp of a statute of the pre; American poet located in the heart < . the fashionable district. - t - - -r?| } the news in brief 1 A. II s Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable S <" GLEANINGS FRCM DAY TO DAY i- ei' n Live Itexis Covering Events of More ni I W( or Less Interest at Hozno and q n Abroad. nn e _ * Simon Bilstein celebrated his 100th 'anniversary in St. Iyouis. Mo.. Sun- jje f | dnv. lie worries about nothing, drinks r v a gallon of whiskey a week, with u< ? never a drunk and smokes and chews ro c tobacco. II T , . , Ia In the storm along the upper wuters ,j( of Long Island Sound and along the >l Connecticut shore Monday night, four , c men were drowned, four barges went ,a to the bottom and three barges were ,'r , piled up ashore. ^ (| At Birmingham, Ala., early Sun- mi day inorninsr Mrs. W. K. Lendford yP ? was instantly killed and her dangh- tl: ter fatally hurt by a runaway team, I gr _ ? -- i -i - i ii ?uii-ii vci-n-ii aim I I new iiiciu ,]usi , in front of an approaching car. au .. Twenty-five men narrowly escaped and 25 mules were burned to death ;o in a coal mine at Suiithdale. Pa., te e last Sunday. yf The principal feature of the Cone federate veteran reunion in Memphis r- will he the unveiling of the statute is of <ren. Stephen 1). Lee. c Criminal proceedings are to he inls | stituted against the Sugar Trust. ^ It is estimated that 250 people were I ki lli-it i?i last uSipin uifti ' 10 double thnt number injured. The property loss ran hardly be even ap- ^ l_ proximated. pj r" Mrs. Eugenia Greenbnldt. of T)e- rr n troit, is suing for a divorce on the g? a ground of desertion. She says her ;n husband continually cried lor his jj mother till he linallv returned to the .*5 mother and staved. -1. it 1 1_ Former Governor J. C. Beckham w js has become editor of the Kentucky \ State Journal, published at Frankis fort. ki " ,n Foreign Affairs. V in Castro now seeks to get damages ie from the French Government. not pi pp for expelling him from Martinique tl k (for it has a right to do that) hut si j. for taking him to France without h consulting his wishes as to where he a would go. r- Dr. Manuel Amador, first president is of the Republic of Panama, died Inst b: Sunday at the age of 75. o: s- It now seems certain that the new c' d turn of affairs in Constantinople was ^ t- hastened to avert a plot to massacre 0i r.ll foreigners on Saturday, May 1st. ^ d Ex-President Roosevelt killed three Jo Hons with three shots and his son j* ig Kermit killed one with three shots >v last Friday. He has killed several r. since and will probably bo called the " r- lion killer. fj The Emperor of China died last 'v November. On May 1st his body was p started on the 80-mile journey to j, the western tombs. The body of the R, *e Dowager Empress will remain in l s" Peking until fall. "p The portrait of Christian 14 ol w ' Denmark was sold in London last p week for $330,000. It is understood e- , . i inai iue purcnnse was made tor an j American. It was painted 372 years asm Iiv Holbein. Under the Dingley g tariff it would cost .ffiti.OUO to omc ^ it into port. It will probably come e. in frro- . R m Several dump ears loaded with M earth fell fro." the Culebra track at s its Panama last .iturdav and resulted t, ni in 9 deaths of nlborers. b The Wright Brothers. Wilbur and c< be Orville, have sailed from France p le where they have been displaying their G ot aeroplanes to return to their home t< in America. A The Shah of Persia has announced 18 the grant of a constitution for Per^ sia and steps are being taken foi "e elections of delegates for the forma- P s? tion of the instrument that he thinks ^ e- . , v will restore order in the empire. " iy The German government has gone j i- to employing feminine sleuths. It is ti *1 thought that woman's intuitive qual- ,, >r ities will serve her well in the detee- y tive sphere. 3 Washington Affairs. Miss Mary Thomas, t>5 years old. *" who was for many years an employe ' in the department of Justice was ^ ,d dismissed from the service to take '' j effect March 3rd. She died last Fri- c f day night, her friends say of a brok- ^ g_ en heart. S1 Unskilled laborers were called for '* 0 last Saturday to supply about 250 ' ,e places. There were about 4,000 ap- ^ plications for positions ranging from J pr $250 a year to $050. j- General staff officers and 100 sol- |j e- diers left Monday to study the % J. science of war from the battlefields (| of Virginia. t The treasury receipts for the last d ten months aggregate $02,405,000 less l- than the expenditures, i- The new tariff bill proposes to em- n it power the President to make rates 1 i? higher or lower according to his idea f> :h of fair treatment at the hands of t other nations. r n The committee, has returned from i, if Panama and again it is reported that t le the Gatum dam is secure, the work t at is progressing pleasingly and the i of unanimous opinion sustains the lock j plan rather than that of a sea level. , /h - - HIRTEEN TURKS HANGED mong These Executed Were Major Youssef and Three Other Men, Who Killed the Syrian Deputy A Large Placard iu Turkish, Setting Forth the Sentence of Jie Court, Was Pinned on the Breast of Each Criminal. Constantinople. By (.'able?Thirteen riliuns an<l soldiers sentenced by the ilirary courts to death tor murder. L>re hanged in different parts of jnstnntincple at 4 o'eloek Monday anting. Major Vottssef. his son and throe her men who killed the Syrian puty. Emir Mohtunmed Arshwid, in out of the Parliament Building, ?re executed on the spot where they minitted the crime. Five others ire hanged at the entrance of the inistry of war. and three men at e Staujlniul end of the (iulata idge. I'pon the breast of each iminal had been pinned a large plar?l in Turkish, setting forth the sonnee of the court. Around the foot the gibbets on the bridge, the early anting buyer* of fruits, flr-.vers nod iretables proceeded as usaul, while c bodies weie in full s:;;ht of tlie oat crowds that u?nde their way or the bridge between Statnboul id (inlata. Docutnetitary evidence has been dievered ami nv: tin* records of the legrapli oflhe here of tin* knowledge tin- Constantinople authorities that ossneres had been planned for dnnu distriet, and they were to ineide with the politieal events re. Other papers have been found in.litinir also (Lot tin* ennspirators at e palaee nc4cd in the Sultan's name preparing tlie military mutiny of pril 12. Lists of houses, with notes * the kind of loot to he found there , wcrr ?usrovere?i on some of the isotiers now in custody. The aringcnicnts included n general masicre of foreigners in Constantinople, eluding the diplomatic reprcsentaV"s on April ii-l. Tlu* Turish Cabinet resigned Monty. The political situation is beildoring. No one can tell what the itcome will be. A special via London says the Turish Cabinet has resigned and that .i 11ui Pasha will be the new Grand ir.ier. An ollicial dispatch confirms refills of the complete destructinon of te Jesuit Mission at Adana. The sters, however, are safe. Victims of Fearful Storm. Montgomery. Ala.. Special?A specd from Giles county, Tennessee, lys: Eighteen funerals as n result f the fearful storm of last week, oenrred in one village of this county, uuday, six persons being buried in ne grave and four in another. Mrs. [cCraw and live children were buried jgethcr and Mrs. IlulTy and two chilren was laid away in another grave, ne of the MeGraw children, after ie terrible storm of Friday, in wnieh > many people lost their lives, holpi her crippled father to find the fnmv and get them together, five of horn had been hilled. Then she wallcd a hall' mile to the nearest neighor where she gave the alarm and sked for help, saying that she would e dead in a little while. Within a tw minutes after uttering these ords, she fell to the ground and exired. Straus Made Ambassador. Washington. Special. ? Oscar S. trnus, former Secretary of Comlerce and Labor, has been selected >r ambassador to Turkey, and W. W. !oeklii 11 for ambassador to Russia. rr. Kockhill was formerly Assistant eeretnry of State and latterly minis?r to China. Mr. Siiaus was twice pfore minister to Turkey. He sucaeds Ambassador Leishman, who oes to Rome in place of Lloyd S. rriseom, who has expressed a desire > come home. Mr. Roekhill sueceeils Ltnbassador Riddle at St. Petersburg. Troops Escort Negro. Savannah. (Ja., Special.?The Oeorin Hussars, 32 strong, commanded v Captain M'clntyre, left here Tuesay on a cross country march for 'lvde, Bryan county, having in charge Irunswick MeRae, a negro, who is o be tried in the Bryan county Suerior Court for the murder of Zenas Varnell, a turpentine operator, scvral months ago. Plea Against Free Lumber. Wasington. Special?A plea acrainst ree lumber and a story of Oriental ibor figuring in the difference of ost between the two sides of the 'anadian boundary line featured a peech by Senator Pyles, of Washing[>n, in the Senate Monday. Mr. Pyles ontended that a tariff sufficient to ave to the manufacturer the United lates market for his low grade lumer and shingles will make it |?>sible for him to utilize even- part of he tree. Free lumber, he said, would timulnte the development of Cnnaian provinces and be a detriment to he business interests of the country. Charges Against Two Judges. "Washington, Special.?Making serins charges against the conduct of 'Vderal Judges John F. Phillips and iniith McPherson. of the western disrict of Missouri. Representative Mnr>hy, of that State, introduced a resontion Monday providing for an invesigntion of their conduct in the litigaion v twecn the State and the railroad r Vnics over the maxirmm Tre* \ \and the two-cent passen :e t >of that State. u MAY 20TH CELEBRATION Program of Entertainment*?What Charlotte and Mecklenburg Have in Store For the Occasion. Charlotte, N. Special.?An event of special interest to Mecklenburg county as the leader in declaring American independence and tbc city of Charlotte as the banner bearer in the glory attached to the now nfltiouid historic heritage is to be celebrated this month in the Qu?eu City. It will call together the representatives of this grand nation in the persons of governors of the various commonwealths and many citizens of adjoining states, the climax being the prcseuce of the President of the United States. Helow is the program of entertainments, but the beauty and the grandeur of the occasion can only bo grasped by those who take in what Chat lot te and Mecklenburg offer. MAY IS Fill ST DAY. 1J tit.? Itarlotfi lire companies ex| hibition and rates. 3 p. iu.? I'uited States eavalry drill mid military manoeuvres. Concert by Cnited States UVyimental Hand at l'air uroiinds. 1:30 p. in.? Leairue liasball. 7 iu. Kvl.ihit ion drill l?v Charlotte eelebrated drum crops in front, of reviewing stand. 3 p. in.?Concert from reviewing ktand by Tinted States Ibirimontnl Hand and Concord and Cliffside bands. Three carnival companies irivinti i'oti t in nous performances. MAY lit. cnYKUNnK 'S DAY. 1 :3t) p. in.? Athcletie meet at fair ct ninds. 2:3ll n. in.?Slant address bv (Tov. ernor Kitehin. of North Carolina, and by tioverii rs and Lieutenant (Jov"i*nors of other Slates, at fair grounds. 3:3.) p. in.- Cnited Stales euvalrv drill and military manoeuvres. Concert by Cnited States Hetrinientai Hand at fair irrounds. f> p. rn.? Leatrne baseball. t> :3n p. in. Kxhibition drill bv | Charlotte celebrated drum corps in 1 front of reviewiuir stand. 7:20 p. m.?("oncers from reviewing stand l?y l":?ii?*?l States Regimen* tul and < uncord ami Cliffside ha mis. s :do p. m.?May Music Festival at Auditorium. ft p. m.?Red Mpii's illustrated parade. Three carnival companies giving continuous performances. MAY 20. PRKSIDKNT'S DAY. lit a. in.?A salute of 21 suns by Charlotte Artillery on arrival of the 1 'resident *s special train. Special committee to receive the President and Mrs. Taft at station and escort them to Selwyn llottel. where tliov will be welcomed by (Jovernor \Y. \Y. Ivitchin. of North Carolina; Senators Simmon? and Overman and the mayor of Charlotte. 11 a, m.?President and Mrs. Taft to receive reception committee and all committeemen and their wives at Selwyn Hotel. 12:0(1 m.?Old soldiers to escort President and Mrs. Taft and Mas. Stonewall .Jackson, the Governor of the State and mayor of Charlotte and distinguished visitors to the reviewing stand to review the grand parade. Grand parade. 2:30 p. m.?May Music Festival at Auditorium. 3:30 p. in.?President Taft to address the public from reviewing stand. 4:30 p. m.?United States cavalry drill and military manoeuvres, concert by United States Regimental Band at fair grounds. 4 :3o p. m.?League baseball. f?:30 p. m.?President Taft to specially address the colored people and students of Riddle University. (i p. m.?Exhibition drill by Charlotte celebrated drum corps in front of reviewing stand. 7 p. in.?Concert by United States Regimental and Concord and CliflFsridc bands. 5 to 0:30 p. m.?President awl Mrs. Taft to receive the public in large parlor of Selwyn Hotel. 8:30 p. m.?May Music Festival at Auditorium. . _ . Situation in Adana. Adanrt. By Cable.?The new Governor General of the Province of Adana lias arrived here. Three thousand soldiers are put ruling the city. The greatest danger now is from contagions diseases, whieh have broken out. There are fourteen hundred sick and wounded, ami thousands of the refugees have been transferred to capitals m the outlying districts. Plans Are Approved. Washington, Special?Approval has been given by the Navy Department to the plans submitted by the general board of the naval militia for the exercises of the coming summer. Several States by reneon of lack of funds are unable to take part in any general manoeuvres. These States are New York. Georgia and South Carolina. North Carolina still has the matter under consideration. It is pointed out that the situation in these Stntes reveals he necessity of provisions for the general government to assume the expenses of the summer manoeuvres. Protection For South. Washington, Special.?A strong speech for the principle of the pro tcctive tariff wiih a special plea for a duty on jute was made in the Senat Tuesday hv Senator Bradley, of Kentucky. "Give us fnir protection ip Kentucky." said Mr. Bradley facing the Republicans of the Senate, "and I promise you that in a short 1 while it shall become as certainly Re. pub.ican as the great State of Massachusetts." \