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. Yx ?' .??>? VOUJMKXXl. v CA.MDKN, 8. C.. FRIDAY. Al'(. 1ST t!?. l'.UO. NO. 31. KING ALFONSO Will HOI YIELD Bis Reparted Statement tu the ? French Premier. HE IS FIRM TOWARD^ THE VATICAN. Declares They Organized Juntas of Which Village Priests Are the Leaders-?His Complaint to the Vatican Ignored?Will Reduce the Number of Religious Orders. Paris (Special)Ix'? N'ouvelles eays that it is authorized to deny the state ment of ,the Madrid Epoea that Premier Priand strongly advised Klujj Alfonso against a rupture with Home and blamed the severance of diplomatic relations be tween France and the. Holy Sue to the clumsiness of the Vatican. The paper nay* furthor thnt Kin? Al fonso, during the interview with Premier Briand talked frankly about the situ? tion and told the French statesman in energetic terms that lie did not propose to obey the injunction of the Vatican, to tolerate the threats of Plus X, or to al low the Vatican to mix in Spanish poli tics. Let Nouvelles adds; "M. Pi'land's experience enabled him to ofTer suye advice to the poung monarch, warning his majesty to proceed dip lomat'callv, and avoid btusqueness aud wounding." KILLS FAMILY AND SELF. Life Taken By Each of Four Revolver Shots. Chicago (Special).?YV. J. Meyera, keeper of a a hoot in# pallery, used hid skill with a revolver with tragic purpose, shooting throe members of his household through the head and then taking his own life. ? Just four shots were llrcil. and four lives wire snuffed out by Meyers' un orrintr aim. ? Policeman Dennis O'Neill was passing the Meyers home when he "heard the four shots iu rapid succession. Brauhing into the apartment lie found the dead where they had fallen. A revolver with four chambers empty lay l-eside the body of ^eve's. Death in each case apparently hfcd been inHtajUarifevus. Meyers and his wife soparnted recently after she hnd him placcd under bonds to keep the peac;. There are no living eye witnesses to the tragedy. PITTSBURG'S EXPOSITION. Will Conaiet of Exhibits-of Land In terest Only. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).?Pittsburg is* preparing for the bigeest indoor pxposi tion ever held in the East. Tlw show i&' to ho known us the National Lund and Irrigation Exposition, and will consist of exhibits of land interest only. There will be government and state exhibits of modern farms and model dairies; models of irrigation plans and systems: samples of grains, s-.'eds, plants, fruits, vege tables, cottons, tobaccos, minerals nnd Other earth products. Lectures on soil restoration nnd agriculture will ulso bo given, and chambers of commerce, boards of trade and commercial bodies from all parts of the country will demons'rate to the farmer, the homeseeker nnd investor the particular advantages of their vari ous district*. The exposition will take place October 17 to 20. Explosion Wrecks Building. Philadelphia (Special).?Six persons were injured, one seriously, by the col lapse of a three-story brick dwelling fol lowing an explosion in the northeastern f?art of the city. The mcst seriously hurt s John Bolagh, a grocer, who occupied the first flcror of the building. There were several narrow cscapes from death. The explosion was caused, it is believed, the ignition of coal oil in Bolagh'a store. No Arrest in Three Years. Denver, Col. (Special).?According to Martha D. Coates. assistant secretary of the State Board of Charities and Corrcc- j tions, who has returned from an InsDec-1 tion of the city jail at Eldorado, Col.,' that town holds the rccord for law abid- J }ng communities. In three years not a single arrest has been made and the door j of ihe jail hps stood wide open. Eldorado, has a population of 500 persons. Big Elevator Burned. BufTalo, N. Y. (Special).?The burning of the Globe Klevator Company's build ings, near the BulTalo water front, caused a loss of about $125,000, and gave the fire department several hours of strenu ous work. The company's 300,000-bushel elevator, valued at about $40,000, com pletely wrecked, was uninsured. The loss in grain in storage is partially cov ered by insurance. Kidnapped By Brigands. Home (Special).?The mystery of the disappearance of Snlvatore Setta. one of the richest landowners in Sardinia, was solved when brigands who kidnapped him rn his big estate, demanded 810,000 for his ransom. It is probable that Setta's family , will ?: pay the price, Stgnor Ruin, another big landowner, was re cently killed bv brigands because the price demanded for his liberation was not paid. Speaks for Six Days. The Hague (Special).?Senator Ellhu Root concluded his six-day speech before the Arbitration Tribunal, whioh will do. cide the Newfoundland fisheries dispute. His speech marked tne end of the argu ment and the case has now gone to the arbitrators. A verdict in not expected before the latter part of September or ^early in October. 40 Miles With Dead. Tttscon, Aria. (BpeeiaL)?After driv ing a team of bronchos with one hand for 40 miles on a stormy night, Alfred Villa, a youth, dasllvered the body of his dead brother to his parents near the city. While driving through the storm the buckboard in which the two brothers Were riding was struck by lightning, hill ing the younger laatantlj and paralysing one side of the other. Regaining eon ftciousnese, the alder boy headed the team for home, driving with his souad hand. 8WEETER THAN EVER. Per Capita Consumption of Sugar Last Year Waa Eighty-Two Pounds. Washington, 1). C. (Sj>eclal ).???'The averago American ato 82 pound* of sugar l?H year, which was wore than Jxe ever lisd eaten before in the hintory of tho country. The Hguron for the 1 ^ pionth* ended .June 30 were jU4t made public by the Department of Commerce and Labor. "Can you estimate the increased j>er contage of sweetness therefore possessed by the American girlt" wan asked. "That is impossible," solemnly repfied the statistical clerk, "I can #;?y, now ever, that the figures show that a greater pereentago of t>?*? Hweetness aetimilated by the American people wus what you might term home grown sweetness-?that is, sugar produced on American soil." The total amount of sugar eaten by Americans during the year is estimated at seven and one-half billion pounds. Only in two previous yearn did the total over approach the seven billion murk, and only on four other occasions'?lid it exceed six billions. Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines and the sugar producing lands in the United States schowed increased produc tion- Hawaii increased from 1,078,000, 000 pounds the previous year to 1,000, 111,000 pounds; Porto Rico from 488, 000,000 to 509.000.000 pounds, the l>est sugar fields in the United State* from 007 to 1,025,000,000 pounds. Tho Philip pines broke all records since their an nexation, with 170.000,000 pounds. The cane fields in the United States alone de creased, showing a reduction from 829, 000,000 to 750,000,000 pounds. SEARCHING FOR JOISON SIGNS Experts Work on Supposed Helle Elmore's Br<ty. Prof. Pepper, the British Home Office Physician, Now Seems 3ure of the Identity of the Remains Found Under Crippen's House. London (Special) .^-lt is reported thai tin? authorities have di."covered a clue to the certain identity of the body unearthed in the llilldrop Crescent home of Dr. Hnwley II. Crippen, now under arrest in Quebec, awaiting extradition on the charge of having murdered an unnamed woman. The police havo contended all fllong that the bits of flesh were parts of tho body of Belle Elmore, the actress wife of Dr. Crippen, l/ut their idontiflea lion as such has been a matter ot much doubt. It is generally believed that the case of the crown rc^ts on a po?;;ive identifi cation and tlx? greatest importance is attached to the litest envelopments. The hopeful clue was obtained during an I exhaustive examination of tho body by I Professor Pepper, the Home Office ex | pert who had previously given many ! hours to the problem. During the five | hours that ho worked Professor Pepper I obtained conclusive evidence that the sex i was feminine. Ho then continued with ! the purpose of determining the manner I of death, having in mind the possibility that poison was used. The analysis, st far as the poison ! theory is concerned, was not completed, but it was reported that the physician found evidence that at some period the woman had undergone a surgical opera tion. If this can be established the au thorities claim that they will have gone a lone way in proving thet the victim was Belle Elmore. It is doubtful if anything beyond the scientific evidence is brought to light before t'10 return here of Dr. Crippen and Ethel Clare Le Neve, who are jointly charged with guilty knowl edge of the woman's death. Lightning Saves Life. Norristown, Pa. (Special).?A flash of lightning revealed the form of Joseph Myers, of Conshohocken. lying on the Reading Railway tracks below West Conshohocken, and made it possible for the engineer to stop his freight train in time to save the man's life. Myers was walking on tho railroad during a heavy storm, when ho became exhausted and fell. The engineer brought the train to a stop as the pilot touched the body. Captain Scott Cool. Cape Town (Special).?No alarm Is felt by Captain Scott, commander of the British Antarctic expedition, over the de lay in tho arrival of tho Terra Nova, the vessel that the expedition is to use in its quest for tho South Pole. Tho vessel is now 12 days overdue and haB not been spoken since she left Madeira on June 27. Captain Scott says such delays are not unusual and thot he will not become apprehensive if tho vessel is not heard from for two weeks yet. ODIXS AND ENDS. After training, a good circus horse Is worth from $$000 to $fl,000. Tho United States loads all others in tho total number of patents issued. About one in ten letters passing through the Russian postoftioe is opened on Cfenergi principle*. " ? The Subway Telephone Construction Company, of Chicago, has promised to provido that city with a complete auto* matle telephone system by the flret ot Juno next year. At first it will ? cover only the business district, but later will be extended to the residential eoctiona. A pier and buildings at Siudad Boli var, ample for storage and handling of freight, and /or the custom-house, a rail way to extend the full length of the pier, all to *coet $289,300. The work must be completed within two years, and it Is expaQtM ,to be ready by July, 1011. ' Mora than 20,000 '20-?andlepow*r In candescent lamp filaments can be made from a single pound of tantalum. The mayor of Tomsk has commissioned Railway Engineer Koroteff to make a survey for a new railway line between Barnaaul and Tomek. Due to the lack- ofRuseUhr workmen and the regulation which limita tho em ployment of Chinese and Koreans, the fisheries in the neighborhood of Nikola evmk are seriously handicapped. There are about 200 births annually m ships trading to or,from British porta. Only one out of every fifteen para< haa both eyas in good condition. MAYOR GUVNOR STILL 11 DUHGiH ZONE Condition Favorable, but Blood poisoning Still Possible. HIS FAMILY HI I VERY HOPEFUL Bulletin# Are Uniformly Favorable, But Two Possibilities of Danger Still Remain^--The Position of the Bullet Has Been Definitely Fixed and the Doctors Agree That It Is Not Split New York (Special).?Another day .linn passed and Mayor Win. .1, (Jaynor, shot in the nock by .lamen .J. (iallagher, show* no symptom* of blood poisoning. lie con tinues to rest well at intervals, to take nourishment when desired and, if the bulletin* his surgeons issue di*guise noth ing, hi* condition is favorablo toward ultimate recovery. C The bugbear of septicaemia is not yet piutsed, however, nor Is the nosHibility that an artery or a blood vessel has been scraped by the bullet. With these possi bilities ever present he is still in the danger r.one and will be for mor? than a week. The same feeling of anxiety Is felt In le???er degree, but thera is no going b? hind the oilicial bulletins. There were reports that the Mayor's temperature had increased slighty during the afternoon, but no bulletin to this ef fect was issued. On the contrary, bis physicians maintain their hopeful atti tude. Reports that his pulse was Weaker also'found no official confirmation. COLLAR STAY CAUSES FIRE. Celluloid Explodes in Laundry, Re sulting in a Loss of $90,000. Portland. Ore. j Special).?The little device utilized by woman to hold tip their lace oollars?a piece of celluloid about two ineheH long And a quarter of an inch wide, worffl live cents the half dozen?cost the United States Laundry Company a Are loss of S'JO.UUO, and im perilled 200 laundry workers. Tho collar stay had been left in a woman's waist which, with hundreds of similar garments, hud been placed in the dry room in the haseirent. The waist was hung clone to the superheated pipe* that lined the room. Suddenly the cellu loid exploded and the room was instantly in flames. Two hundred panic-stricken jHrls re fused to descend the smoke-filled stair way. Firemen, finally by sheer strength, drove them down the stairways to the street. Five minutes after the last one had been rescued, the entire building was in flamoB. 375 FEET TO DEATH. Hundreds See Demented Sailor Leap From High Tower. Detroit, Mich. .(Special).?A Detroit Journal special from Hault Ste. Marie, Mich., says: Ililcy Johnson, a demented sailor, committed suicide by jumping from a 375-foot tower of a wireles* tele phone company here while hundreds of spectators were powerless to prevent tho traaredy. Tho sailor threatened to jump on any policeman who attempted to follow him and defied the ollicers to shoot. John son's homo is believed to be in Chicago. He had a lake seaman's card from Union, No. 1503. 87,000 Enlisted Army. Washington, I). C. (Special).?Tho en listed strength of the Army during the present fiscal year has boon fixed ap proximately at 87,000 men, under the ar rangement of the estimates by Major Gen eral I^eonard Wood, chief of staff, and ap proved by President Taft. General Wood's plan is to use the army appro priation for soldiers and materials and make reductions in other direction*. The new chief of staff wants an army Jlf fight ing mon equipped for business and says lie is willing to make sacrifices in other ways to obtain It. Murder and Suicide. Kansas City, Mo. (Special).?William Davis, 50 years old, a wealthy farmer of Braymcr, shot and killed his brother-in law's widow, Mrs. Nattie O'Dell, in a rooming house here and then killed him self. Davis leaves a widow and a son in Braymcr. Mrs. O'Dell was 39 years old. Davis shot Mrs. O'Dell five times. < r Three Boy* Killed by Train. Emlenton, Pa. (Special).?Leo Rapp, aged 13; Walter Sloan, aged 10, and Kmile Jacobs, aged 11, wore killed when a train on the Allegheny Valley Division of tho Pennsylvania Railroad struck a horse and wagon in which they were riding Rapp's body was tossod a hun dred feet from the track. Former Congressman Bound Dead. Milton, Pa. (Special). ? Franklin Bound, who was a member of the Forty ! ninth and Fiftioth Congresses, diod here, aged 81 years. He was a delegate to the State Convention which nominated Andrew G. Curtin for governor and a delegate to the National Convention which nominated Grant for President. Hayes' Birthplace Gone. Delaware, O. (Special).?The birth place of Rutherford B. Hayea, nineteenth President of the United States, was de stroyed by Are. It was a two-story briek, and was 100 years old. It was owned by W. C. Dlven, candy manufacturer. The blaae was oaused 'by a defective flue. Aeroplanes for Signal Corps. 4 Washington, D. C. (Speeial).?Provi sion (or several aeroplanes for the Army may be made in the estimates to be pre sented to the next session of Congress. Tbf efttmstee are wow beta* prepared and an effort will be made to keep them down to last year's figures. If it is pos sible without reducing any of the eeti "SE "treTdy mental purpose., which will mean that tw.? poeaibly three aeroplanes will be MIdw for* MANY NEW QOVEKNORS. Largeat Number Ever Chosen at One Time?Four Election* Before Fall. Washington, 1). C. (Special) .-?At the coming fall elections more States will elect governor* than ever before in the history of tlu: Union. Fur tlu> iimt tiun: Oregon in to join the lint nf Common wealths electing their executive* In No vember. Heretofore the Oregon State election has h?cn held in June. A total of 30 governor# are to he elect ed this fall. 'Inirty-two will be voted for at the general elections in November. Three States?Vermont, Maine un?l Arkansas? will vot'e for governor ne.it month, and '(ieorjfla wilt cle.t its e\ecu tive in October. The guherniitorial contest* in some of the State* arc of a more than ordinarily interesting character. The elections in other* will he of a purely perfunctory character, the election of tlte Kcpuhlican or the Democratic candidate, as the cam1 may Ik?, hein$( a foregone conclusion. So cialiats and I'rohihitioniat* will have can didates for governor in a nfajoritv of the States, and in some of them they, ?rv cxpectcd to poll a considerable vote, HARVARD MAN IN I A LOVE TRAGEDY Finds Young Woman Ho Loved Engaged to Another. Gamaliel Bradford, Third Descendant of First Governor of Plymouth Col ony and Brilliant Student, Pleads in Vain to Girl to Forsake Another and Marry Him fioutli Framinghnin, Ma.ss. (Special).? With a copy of Hvron's poems beside him, Gamaliel Bradford, Third, of Wcllesley Hills, direct descendant of VVilliiun Brad ford, first governor of the Plymouth Col ony, and a member of the graduating class of 15)10 at Harvard, shot' himself to death at a local hotel, because the girl he loved and who is engaged to an other, had refused him. Bradford was 23 yearn <uu' l'u> course of his young passion broke the stern barrier of long generations of Puritan repression when he begged the yoling woman lie loved to break her engagement to another man. His pleadings were made at the railroad station here, and, concealing his agitation at the young lady's refusal, Bradford walked directly to a nearby hotel, en gaged a room and, saying he was tired, locked himself inr1 Within half an hour four shots were heard. When hotel em ployes broke down the door of the young man's room he was found lying on the lloor unconscious from a wound in his head. The other three shots, Are wildly, left their marks about the apartment. News of the shooting reached the young woman who had rejected him and she fainted. But Upon recovery she begged to go to Bradford's bedside at the hos pital. where he was taken, and there she remained until he died, a few hours later, unconscious to the end. Gamaliel Bradford second, the youth's father, and a widely-known author, said his son had long brooded over his love affairs and the family had. feared such a result. HEIM'S TERRIBLE FALL. The Aeroplane Drops 225 Feet at Johannisthal. Johannisthal, Germany (Special).? The aeroplanist Hcim met with a serious accident at the aviation meet her**.' While Hying at a height of about 223 feet in a Wright machine one of the pro pellers broke. The other continued to run, causing the craft to turn over sev eral times. It fell and was completely demolished. Heim was carried pff the lleld unconscious. Later he regained con sciousness, but his injuries are considered very grave. AT THK NATIONAL CAPITAL Major William R. Logan, supervisor of industries of the Indian Service, and superintendent of the Fort Belknapp In dian Reservation, in Montana, has been appointed supervisor in charge of the construction of roads and trails in the Glacier National Park, in Montana. The'' United States Civil Service Com mission has decided to localize appoint ments outside of Washington by giving them over to district secretaries. Complaint has been filed with the In terstate Commerce Commission that charges by the Pullman Company for upper berths ore excessive. General Wood, chief of staff of the Array, has directed a battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry to go to Missoula, Mont., to help in fighting forest fires on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Bituminous coal miners of tho middle West live under letter conditions than do the men engaged in the same industry in Pennsylvania, according to the Na tional Immigration Commission. The Navy Department is to investigate the sinking of the naval collier Mnrcellusij which was in collision with the Nor wegian fruit steamer Rosario di Giorgio off Cape Hatteras. Mrs. Judith Kllon llorton Foster, the noted temperance lecturer and writer, died in Garfield Hospital after an opera tion. The population of New Haven, Conn.J according to the Census Bureau, is 133.603. Four hundred and thirteen transporta tion companies are made defendants in ? hearing IWore the Interstate Commerce ] Commission, beginning August 15. The announcement ia made thai thej forest Area are now under control. Six thousand and 75 acres of land from] the National Forest, In Wyoming have bean restored to the publlo domain. There waa a decrease in the asporta tion of every commodity exocpt corn, | which showed Improvement. Report comes from India that ^h? at tempt to grow cotton on a large aeale has resulted in failure. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is con sidering the admission of Indiana to white schools. .Members of the confenittee to tnapect savings banke of the Bast have gone to Philadelphia, New York and cities in the Middle Weat. FLYING MACHINE MM TURTLE Aviator Hrookins lMunges Iuto Crowd of Spectators. AIRSHIP WRECKED AND SEVEN INJURED. Daring Bird-man. Who Molds the Altitude Kecord, in Avoiding a Throng of Spectators, Meets 4 Tricky Wind and Machine Turns over Backward at Asbury Park. Asbury Park, N. .). (Special).?A seri ous mishap to Walter Biookins, in which thy during Wright aviator wu* painfully, but not dtnigerou-dy hurt, marred the opening day of tho aviation meet heie, Hrookins was dashed, stunned to tho earth when tlw machine suddenly turned turtle after lie hnd been lorwd to swerve the airship suddenly to avoid crashing into a prowd of ?>)m>c tutors. Seven other persons among whom the machines tumbled were more or less seriously in jured, Hrookins is the aviator who on .Tulv !> elimlwd to tlie record height of 0,'27ft feet at Atlantic Cltr and then coasted safejy to the earth with his power shut otf. Hrookins was pinned under the wreck age, and was only half consoimi* wlwn friend* reached him. This started a re port that he had been fatally injured. An examination showed that his note was broken and that he had been badly bruised . and shaken up. Tho mishap wn* witnessed by the large crowd gathered for the meet and was directly due to the thronging of specta tor* out into tho held:?Itrookins in de scending had no room to operote the tnachiuc, and wim driven to make a sud den turn to avoid crashing among the watcher/. The tricky Wind caught the machine and sent it spinning over back ward. ' ? In the faoo of 11 hl?h wind the aviator had uiadu a successful short flight, circling the field and then descended in a splendid sweep. As lie neared the earth he <li>t saw the crowd in the Held near the point where he hnd intended to descend. To avoid them he swerved the machine sharply and found himself headed straight for the grand?tnnd. Instantly | he allowed the machine to drop, when it turned turtle. When Hrookins wns found beneath the tangle of the torn plane fabric and splin tered framework and wires he lay on the soil of the aviation field with his face in u jxiol of blood and his right hand still grasping a steering lever. He was thought to be dead as he was dragged out of the wreck bv Chief of Police Sexton ami Private Henrv Kruschkna, of the Third Infantry, New Jersoy National guard. While being carried into the hos pital tent a few feet away, however, tho aviator began to gronn, and, as Dr. Tay lor, of the Asbury Park Free Dispensary, leaned over him In the hospital tent, Brookins asked weakly, "IIow did It hap pen ?" ? - Had tho aeroplane fallen 10 feet further back In its flight it would have un doubtedly crashed upon the grandstand crowd nnd crushed many mew. women and children, who a few r^pments beforo were cheering the aviator. Ono could al most reach out and touch the wreckage from the front row of tho grandstand seats. LIVES WITH BROKEN NECK. Lost an Inch of Spinal Column as Re sult of Auto Smash. Lawrence, Mass. (Special).?With nn inch of hi? spinal column missing one of his vertebra having been removed, by surgeons when they believed it to be the one chance in a thousand of saving his life, Alexander Potter, of IJoston, bus been discharged frorn^ the hospital. His neck wits broken in an automobile acci dent at North Heading, July 10. A com panion in the accident, who at tho time was thought to have been orfly slightly injured, Walter C. Boardman, of North Cambridge, died a few days after tlw smash. When he was released from the bos filial, Potter was told that if he was caro ul how he handled his head and ncak, there was no reason why ho should ever suffer any inconvenience by his missing vertebra. TARIFF'8 BANNER YEAR. Revenue Was Greater by $75,000,000 Under Operation of New Measure. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The first full year of tho working of tho Payno Aldrleh tariff law has ended with a total of $20,214,028.09 to it* credit in the sur plus of ordinary receipts. This is greater oy almost $15,*000,000 than the ordinary receipts of the ilscal year of 1007, whicli was looked upon as the banner year in the point of receipts, its total having ex ceeded that of any other year by almost $00,000,000. It is therefore pointed out by Acting Secretary of the Treasury Hillis in a statement jiiBt issued that the Payne Aldrleh law produced in its first full year a revenue greater by $75,000,000 than the sum collected in any other year in the life of this government, excepting 1007. Baseball in Heaven. Mattapoisett, Mass. (Special).?"Base ball in Heaven," was the subject of q sormon preached Sunday by the Rev. C. Julian Tuthill, pastor of the Congrega tional Church. Ht said In part: "Hea ven is but an evolution bf this world. A Christian taay love a ball game and, lov ing It, remfcin a Christian. Why, then, is it not safe to prophesy that even tin came of baseball will have its place in aomo spiritual form in heaven Snake Venom His Cure. Pottsville, Pa. {"nrir'l r-!V I. J. Mays, of Philadelphia, the physician who ha* been sucoeeaful In the use of rattle snake vendm in the treatment of tuber culosleT.U Visiting in Pottsville. tlw guest of the Rev. J. H. Umbenhen. He inform ed members of the Schuylkill Countv So ciety for the Prevention of Tuberculosis that hi* new treatments, together with open air ?d modern sanitary Methods, employed at howy were destined to re duce phthisis fully .50 per oent. wlthii the next docadt. i. v IN OLD SOUTH CAROLINA | dream of tbe News (lathered From All Sections of the Commonwealth Tor Our Many Readers. The River aud Harbor Projects. Tilt* I'nited States enj^imor's de partnvent a>t Charleston is u busy place these days w:th the prelum* ikuv work iff Ilu? various river and Harlx>r projects wliCeh were provi ded for at the hvs.t se;<sion of the Congress and in whie.h there i.< much general interest over the ftiatee and whoso ?mu-eessful pnwsoiMition is now an issue in the election of hohw of I lit* < onu ro,>.*men with tilvo drafts men, printer* and elerks busy, there will Im> even busier times when the prtsli mi nary examinations will have been held whiieh are tfoiioiully lixed for August Ml) and towards this end the oiiyiueur's department is now addrc&*ing eireular letters' to Virion* poiytm-a wJ?o may In* thought to Ih? in a |H>siti<wi to furnish infor uiutitKi regarding theso projects ami desired by the Kov*rnm<Mil for <lh? tlnal del enn in at ion of the question of th-f'ir pivsecution. Hundreds of them? eireular* wore untiled to various plaees, covering work on tbe following pi\?'i>ocM*i pro jects : 1. Charle*lon harbor, with view of ?ocurinx a depth of .'10 feet. 2. Waterways from Ortmgebuiy to Charleston, in-eluding eut-ot? or ca nal from the Edisto river to tin Ashlev river, with a view to provide a uu>re direct route between said eitiea *than that afforded by existing channels. .'1. Waterways from Columbia and Camden to <Mutrleston, including eut olT or canal from the Kunteo river by anv exiting or proposes] route to the (*o<>|M*r river or Wando river and any ef their 'tribu\?ne<s between said ciliies ?han that afforded by existing waterways. 4. ?So?vti'.i Fork KdisSo river to Gittjrnard "s kvnding. 5. Croat l'ee Dee river at (Jib.son, W'itli a view to aid navigation. 0. Salkecha<tcliie river to Morris crossing. 7. A roller 's eraek. The eireular letters in every ease in rile a full presentation of views for the pro|x>sed projects, to be giv i en in w riting on or before Aug. 30. President Will Sail From Charleston lit seems to he settled Hint the T\.?ident will s*;il from Charleston in November on his trip fro Panama, It is likely the President will sail On one of the armored cruisers of t.lie ' Atlantic fleet end perhaps a second cruiser will be eent along as a convoy and for use in case of emergency. South Carolina Summer Capital. For (the next three weeks Green ville will be th<?. summer capital erf South Carolina. Governor Ansel is there for his vacation and State af fairs will ho directed 'from the Har ris residence on Pendleton street. Reduction on Lumber Rates. Tha/rate on lumber over the prin cijval railroad' lines of t.he State woe reduced by 30 per cent for all hauls as a result of a circular issued by the Railroad Commission. Thcro is a much urealer reduction for short ?hauls. This means a saving orf many thousands of dollars annually for the lumber dialers of the State. The rate is applicable on the Southern railway, Blue Ridge, A-tlantic Caro lina, Seaboard Air Line, Columbia, Newberry & Laurens road and the Chesterfield & Lancaster. These roads operate about 80 |>er cent of tho mileage of the State. The new rate is on car-load lots of 24,000 pounds and the ratu breaks every live miles, up tolOO miles. The new rate becomes effeotivo Sept. 20 of ibis year. Railroad, Telephone and Telegraph At the meeting of the State Board of Assessors at Columbia Tuesday they will consider assessment* on rail road property, telegraph and tele phono companies, palace cars arid street railways. The board consists of the following: The Comptroller General, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the State Treas urer and the chairman of the Itail road Commission of this State Shrinera Preparing for Big Time. T.he Shliners say 1,000 of their nobles will attend the presentation of Hen Hur on a spectacular scale, which is being arranged by the Shri ll ers at the Columbia theatre Nov.' 24 as the Iwg feature of the Shriner's convention Nov. 21-24. A committee consisting orf C. ""B. Simmons, of .Oelnmbia, on behalf of the Sbriners; Manager Fit7. Hugfa Lee Brown, of the Columbia theatre* and Secretary A. MeP. Hamby, of the Columbia chamber of commerce, is at work to secure from the rail roads a flat rate for the occasion like that which is extended for the State fair. Passed Old R. K. Ticket for $6. Hubbard Bums, oolored, is in jail at Anderson in default of bond for hie appearance to answer to a charge of obtaining money by falsa pretense. He is charged with passing an old C., .0. and G Railroad tick**, heart rig date 1873, on another negro, for a $5' bill, getting change in salver. Tha owner of tb* naUrtrisd to pay for a lunch at a restaurant with tha "paper" and this float lad to Bum's arrest. Bums has tha appearance of being a pretty shrewd negro ? HXHasbinQton Uniforming Uncle Ham's Sghtlac men la again a question of dtscussLon between the quartermaster K*nml'? department und the Infantry commit* tee of the general Uniform** for staff, which has mad* Fighting Men. some retemmradtr tlone for chanxw la the equlpifiont. Whether the man be hind the K?n ahull have a pea Jacket ImHt cud of a long tailed overcoat to flop about bis legs aa he marches,, w hot her ho uhall enjoy the negtlgeo comfortH of a uweater instead of car rying several coats and whether Ike Khali have a pair of slippers to go with hlu pipe when he takes b!s avea* Iiik rest in barracks, are all questions uimettled. The general staff wpmts to equip the soldier for comfort and ear vice. The quartermaster general's department wants to keep down tho coat. It also was recommended that the soldier have a neckerchief to when he tramps over dusty road* der a blistering sun, hot that alao -mm been objected to. But a pair of aUp pers, of all things, officers of the In fantry are determined he shall have. Anything which redaces the likeli hood of foot soreness, they say. Is off utmoHt Importance. It Is holla*** that the fighting man will get aom* off the comforts lor which his friends aro contending. Reduce the "life" of counterfeit money one-half by educating the pub lic to scrutinise more carefully the papor and coin it handlea, la the slo gan of the United State* Scrutinize secret service* whom Your. Money, report for tha fiscal year became public. Chief Wilkic announces a decreased activity among criminals who make the Imitation of currency and cola their specialty. There la atlll trouble in Bome districts oyer "raised" notes, where the denominations of one and two dollar bills are altered to giveths appearance of tens or twenties* "The greatest menace to the Integrity OC the currency ever conceived, impor tant ns a counterfeiting enterprise, but really much more concerned with, public safety/' is tbe way tha report describes the operations of Igaasla Lupo, Ouiseppe Morello aad others, following whose arrest and convlctkm niiu;k Hand crjmes among the NffW York Italians decreased mora than TS per cent. There were 316 arrssta by the secret service agents during tha fiscal year, or those arrested till were born In the United States, SS tm Italy, 13' In Ruasla and the rest scab* tered. New York furnished most o! the cases. The new bronte doors for the ?Mt> ern entrance of the capital ?l?eltM( by Louia Amatels, a naturolited Ital ian sculptor, hare arrived and wfS soon replace the plait New Door* wooden doors that hen* for Capitol, been need for meaqr year*. Tbey will <o? plete the series and gtre to the eapttot four entrance*, each closed vtth heavy bronte doors.^ There_ are t?e cf the door*, each nbuqi S im wide and 13. feet high. Over them la * bronze t/ansom, and the whole la hup* rounded by an ornamental frame. In the elaborate transom the sculptor has Hummed up the Idea of the "Apo theosis of America." The treason panel represents America seated in m chariot drawn by lions, typical of strength, led by a child, atcnlfytas the superiority of the intellectual OT0* brute force. At the. sldea of the riot are figures representing tlon, architecture, literature, patefc ing, music, sculpture, mining, com merce and industry. At one aide of j the transom panel stand Jefferson* ?\nd at the other Franklin. The taking of candy from a baby la atronuouH exercise com pit red to tha Kontle art of aeparatlng the Amertcaa tourist from hia money, according te a report Just reeetvw* Americana from H. D. Van Mulcted. United Statea eoual Dunfermline, After citing aeveral InaUocw of enp orbltant prices paid for "?iifftfir Itjf Americana, Mr. Van But aajas "Tourlata should not pwthaaa aa tlquea of value without receiving the advice or aervice of aome trathvartky dealer or Judge of euch Americana seem to be mor duped in theae mattera than the liah or French, notwithatanding general reputation here of the 4 lean traveler for abrewdaeM Judgment In driving bargains** rite Van Sant aaya he ha^authentle ta formatlon of the recent purchase by a dealer near DuafcrsnUsd of *sk <m? Dutch cabinet for a few ehllUag^ which waa placed on sale in aa an tique atore and eold to aa BafiWi earl for $1,400. Soon afterward owner, becoming diaaatlafled viU bargain, offered it la London, and It waa eold to a wealthy Amerteaa toar let for 94,886. The AmeHcaa cooewft adds: "The cabinet wtie bought la Culroaa in. thla district, from mm elderly Scotch widow, who aper'rta greta having parted with it at aw* * low prlee. Several aaeh nablaete weva recently offered near here for II la ?6." Another caae cited by Mr, Vaa Sant ia that 6f aa Ajnarleaa official abroad who bought a table and aideboard for that had beea bought for le 9S6 by the dealer with Ilia purpoee of aelling It to the official- ? PaysTi^a. " trailer o4 Iff A. JM t v ^rBSniDKi0Hi tips to #aIiera oi expense to'^the g ruling made by |hf TS-eatury ft a receal Dr. J. H. Romlg, aiclan at Sew a fable and room auditing the bill the - Joy