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Wounded Lioi The Indian mail to hand brings us vivid ard pathetic details of the death of Major Carnegy during the licn shooting exploit in the Gir forest dis trict. The major, of course. was the political officer of the viceroy, says the London Pall Mal Gazette and the expedition had been arra-!ged by Lord Lamington on the site of the lion hupt prepared for Lord Cur;:>n five years ago, but never fulfliled. It is belleve( there are sixty or seventy linons in the Gir. aid the major. having spent the last couple of yvars in the vicini ty. knew' the Junagadli better than any one. On March 9 a tracker arrived who had been attacked by a lion while rid ing into camp, and while he dropped his weapons and escapcd it was only by abandoning his pony and seeing the animal carried off. The "shoot" was divided into three parties with the major in the second, and it entered the jungle to a depth of about ten miles. The major and his two friends. Mr. du Boulay and Capt. Foljambe, selected a tree, each ran ing along a nullah. and the two latter fired at a fine lion. wounding him high in the right shoulder. The major also hit a lioness. The natives also fired their old-fashioned guns, and it was thought safe to descend the trees far Defects of i An English merchant resident for many years in China recently visited Japan. He makes the following in teresting comparison between the natives of the two countries: "As a nation I cannot think that the Japa nese have the permanent staying qualities of the Chinese. They are physically inferior, and have the mis fortune to inhabit a country ;of active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes, whose terrors destroy or threaten. Yeddo was wrecked and 100,000 peo ple killed bT an earthquake :in 2855. and you must remember the devasta tion of the one in 1S91. The average is 500 shocks, great and small, every year. There have been two eruptions and several shocks since I've been here and the peerless mountain. Fuji yama, sometimes gives threatening signs and may suddenly spread wide cast ruin. This dread of earthquakes - has restricted the architecture and household arrangements of the whole country. "Chinese are employed by the for eign banks, merchants and hotels here for most responsible positions, comn pradores, godown keepers and head Life Viewed Man is born into the world. He is at once attacked by nettle rash, croup, measles and the whooping cough. He has the colic before his first teeth are cut and when he is swindled we say he is getting his eye teeth cut. If he scapes the scarlet fever and the mumps. he finds directly in his way the scarlet rash and the seven -year itch. If he is not carried off in a hearse before he is too large for short pants he still stands a show of cutting off one of his toes. being kick ed by a mule or getting shot with a target rifle in the hands of a boy that "didnt know it was loaded." He gets his feet wet, runs at the nose and is scolded by his parents for going in swimming on Sunday. He goes to the circus, rides on the merry go-round and hits the dignified old gentleman in the back of the head with a snowball before he is well in his teens. He now reaches the stage where he gathers watermelons in the light of the moon. eats green apples and lays out of nights. The fuzz begins to On the Snow The sun that brief December -day rose in the old familiar way; but not so brilliant were its beams, as some sweet summer sunrise seems- A silence fell along the streets, and the blizzard came in sheets-a storm that gave us real pain-and I was on the eastbound train. Another morn broke cold and clear, and many a soul was racked with fear, and many -a drum mer pa~ed and said, "we're up against it, on the dead." for snowdrifts cts tered mountain high, seeming to touch the leaden sky, and still the wind as fiercely howled as when at first the blizzard growled; .small wonder that we were appalled, because we knew the train was stalled. A man who traveled selling soap remarked, "I guess there ain't no Poet's AnaIh What is the existence of man's life Ruit open war or sltumber'd strife? Where sickness to his sense prese.nts The combat of the eleme~nts. .And never fkels a perfect peoace 'fill death's cold hand signs his reeae Is a storm-where the hot blood dutvi's in rage- the boiling flood: And each loud passion of the mind Is a furious gust of wimd. Which beats the bark with many a wate. Tilil hie easts unchor in the gra'se. It is a lb-ower-which huds nndl grows. And w ithe'rs as the leave.s disclos-': Whose sprimg and fall faint $seasonsL Keep. 1ike tits of waking before sleep. Tlhen shrinds ito that fatal motd Where~ its eirst being was ezuedi'd. Josep~h L. Hlerwig. four times presi dent of the New Orleans stock ex-: chanige andi diretor in a nu~mber of banks andi o:hcr ins:itu-!ons. dF'i WVednesdlay. aged 'G. Hei was ihrn in Port au Pri :e wil e his fate:' th.'u of Baitimere was 'nite. States cca sul ther'e. .1 ehn W. ElId. ex-chiet engineer i: the Philadaiphia itration brreau was held under bail. ch:argeoi with falcifying paper's. and the S7E.O'00 c'ontract for fltration-plant \w.ork. held by D. J. McNichol & Co., was i e voked. -- 1 K iled 11iM P a consultation and search for the wounded quarry. The lioness appearcd and ran for a shilari. but the major fired and drcp- T ped her head. Then there was a pause for drinks, and the party commenced to fillow the lion's trail down the nullah for a mile or so. Now and then e men ascended trees to keep a look out, and at last the party came into a clcaring with waist-high grass in stead of trees. Suddenly there was a roar and the ion dashed out, making straight for the major, who fired one shot. just ti grazing the beast. Simtultaneously p there was a struggling cloud of dust, 0 in which the nqtives say they saw the lion beat the major down with a 0 blow of his paw. Capt. Foljambe fired. Mr. du Boulay ran up and fired point- s lank at the lion's heart, a native fired irto his hind quarters. while oth ers clubbed it. with a riefle-butt and swords. The major was found to be S dead. lie must have died instantan eously. The body was carried on a d charpoy by torchlight and conveyed back to Raikote by special train, and the shock caused by the news through out the Juragadh district was inten sely felt. It is added that the lion measured 11 feet from tip to tail. The others - shot were two lions rather less, and a f lioness (the major's) of 9 feet. 11 he Japanese servants. The general testimony is il that Japanese are untruthworthy for i. such positions and that native mer chants have not much commercial honor. loral responsibility appears to rest too lightly upon all of his E dlass. which may be partly caused by the facilities afforded by the numer- r ous temples for the remission of sins. .d A coin thrown into a box, a bell rung. L a devout attitude and a short formal S prayer quickly brings the sinner into } favor again with his gods. -Making allowance for the small e stature of these people, their children, k especially the thousands of school boys I've seen. appear puny and weak and -they are tame and girlish in their ' sports. The small size and frequent F hollow chests of the men detract from fi their appearance as soldiers and po- T lice; physique and disposition will always prevent the Japs from realiz- P ing our ideal of a soldier-a man of n good size by our standards. well de veloped. erect, smart and brisk. The troops I saw marching and drilling E lacked these soldierly qualities, moved in a slouching way. their arms and equipments appearing too heavy for them." by Pessimist grow on his upper lip and he blushes when he sees a girl, until his hair A scorches. He next develops into a "smart Alec," and his parents are un decided whether to shoot him for smoking cigarettes or turn him o-ver t to an asylum manager as a confirmed t lunatic. Man is subject to typhoid fever, pneumonia, spinal meningitis, smallpox and his own intemperance. re is beset by disease, indebtedness and breach of promise suits until it is t a wonder that any of us are able to score three score and ten. If he es- u: capes a famine, pestilence and war, :1 he does his best to shorten his days g by keeping his boiler overloaded with inferior booze. He is subject to sick headache, lumbago and infiammatoryK rheumatism uintil he cries aloud that his last stage is worse than his first. af He wears false hair, false teeth and a goes to jail for getting money under al false pretenses.g Yet when he has finally run the C gauntlet and passes off the stage ofa action, the heavy ..ws for the country paper says: "It is well" Nevada Post. bound Train hope for no one getting through to- tt day-this is an awful storm, but say,l it ain't -no marker to .a blow that. we d was in two years ago;' and thern ex claimed the ma-- that sold enlarged sI pictures, "Gee, it's cold!" Long hours t rolled by, and then-oh, John! a din- e ing car was coupled on-a blessed dining car. I swear, it seemed like an tasis there. And all that morn and afternoon I -gave instructions to theb coon. Alas for him who never sees o i dining car in times like these, whoJ in the smoker snores away, waking up T ow and then to pray that there will w be no more delay; who has not learn- sI ed in cafe cars the truth to emi- 7 rants3 unknuwn; that tables are as ood as bars-that is-as good to let a alone.-"Travel." rsis of Life~ It- is at dream--whose seeming truth; .a: Is moralized in age and youth: Wher'e all the comforts he can share As wand'ring as his fancies are, Ti:1 in a mist of dark decay Th deamers vanish quite away. [t is a dial-which points out The sunset as it moves about: And 'hadows out in line-s oif night R rhe subtle- stages of Time's flight, J 'rill al-obscurinig earth had laidh Etis body In perpetuni shade. h r is a weary interlude 0: Which dloth short joys, long woes. in eiude; rhe world, the stage, the prologue tears; pi re acts~ vain hopes and varied iears: g rh- see ne shut up with loss of breath, \nd leave.s no e;>ilogue but D-ath: ni ____-Henry Klng. 11 Gema-ny hlas refused to agree upon e snhj es matter' to be discussed at .ru-osed 3orocean couference un Fr'-ae ac(eepts the conference itself. .Urs She~e1 K. Smith v-as ptut on ali inhester. \':.. chargedl with -a:,in th et o; her T-year-old sond b Con.=able .\iann. of Appomattox. who id ent to Lync-hburg: to arrest a negro, 11, was himself ar:estcd on a charge of p >eing drunk. The "-wets" carie:-i Wootistock in the'ic ERRIBLE CYCLONE gin athway of Texas Twister is Strewn C With Wreckage era on ORNADO KILLS OR MAIMS SIXsY to any Dwellings Swept Entirely Away the Near Nacona, Tex., and Fourteenp an( Persons Killed, Mainly Women and a; Children, Besides Many Injured. C Dallas. Texas. Special.-A special to Ro 'he News from Nacona. Texas, says pre at a tornado and thunder storm Joi asse:l a few miles west and south il1 f there Wednesday afternoon, killing 1 >urteen persons and injuring many thers and destroying a number of the ouses. The latest reports from the' orm-swept district gives the foll v- Tn ig casualties: a c The dead: the 31rs. C. C. Shackleford. ion Line Shackleford. daughter of R. G. is hackleford. hin Mrs. S. L. Tumbleson and three chil- in ren. by Mrs. Mary Lester and four children. int Caleb White. Mrs. Ira Williams. the Frank, son of Samuel Eakin, killed of y lightning. nii Injured: Ii James Simpson. Miss Alice Simpson, in - Moore, arm broken; - Hobbs, an tally: C. R .Christian and family; by M. Stewart and family; C. H. Wil- suc ams. leg broken: Miss Nance Austin, su -riously; J. J. Woodson, Frank Wood- fer n. seriously: R. G. Shackleford and O -ife: Z. W. Shackleford, injured about of ae head. Of Four children also received serious dip ijuries. A child of Mrs. Mary Lester U. ;hiieved to be fatally Injured. dis Many farm houses were swept entire- 510 r away. The school house. three miles da: rest of there, was damaged. of Baptist and Methodist churches at ha >cliher were considerably damaged. po 'he Methodist church at Montague is cn orted wrecked and the court house azaged; also other churches. The th ixie School building. six miles in t the uth of here, was entirely blown away. thr [al stones as large as hen eggs fell ere. breaking out many window glass s. Reports of the work of the tornado re still coming in. The number of thi illed and injured will probably reach of Exty. Nacona is in the northern part of 'exas, on a spur line of the Iissouri' " :ansas & Texas Railroad, four miles -om Gainesville. 'EN DEAD AT MONTAGUE, TEXAS. Montague, Texas. Special.-Ten peo- Pr le are dead as a result of a tornado iat passed over Montague Wednesday ( fternoon. They are: an A. P. Earl. Miss Sadie Earl, daughter of A. P. Ro |arl. an< Burk Earl, son of A. P. Earl. ton Baby Carl Lawrence Pilow. abi Tomlinson family, consisting of hus- i gi and, wife and four ch~1dren. the Fatally injured: clu Clayborn Whit. 45 years old, in Houses totally demolished: ar J. F. Clark's drug store. D. Y. Lunn's grocery store and of-; me ces. b Old Bank Building. occupied by G. L rec .lcrn, real estate agent, thE Store of Rowe Hardware Company.' Ca Fifteen dwellinzs. The tornado lasted perhaps 30 min- Fe: tes. Hundereds of head of stock in mi ls vicinity were killed outright by e wind, ret The number of injured is unknown. no' me I Cotton Crop Letter. Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co. issue Ru e following cotton crop letter: hai Since our crop letter of the 1st poi lto., the conditions have improved he: aterially, and farmers have had r >od weather to cultivate the crops,; Ru hich were very backward in a greatsa any sections. Jus In~ Mississippi. Tennessee. Texas an< id the Territories, the plant with the ple ception of being late, is healthy no' ad making rapid growth, but there Mia re still complaints from Louisana ad Arkansas, of some fields being isexl assy, in Georgia, Alabama, and the tat arolinas the crop is well cultivated Ru ad making good progress. wit The crop over the entire belt, is clu >w making good progress, and we~ COt lieve the Government Bureau Re-: lve rt to be issued on the 3rd inst will iow an average condtion of about 82, ;ainst 88 last year, and 77.1, in 1903, wever, it is too early to form an. inion as to what the final outcome dic ill be as the crop has to pass jur rough the most trying period during w. te July and August, and much also pends upon the weather conditions in ring the picking season. pri The undertone in cotton shows less th rength, and with good weather condi- .be ons, prices are likely to seek a low- 'l level in the near future. f ________________noi Nholesale Killing in South Carolina no6 Columbia. S. C., Special.-At a big ch~ rbecue at Gaston. 16 miles south re here, in Lexington county, Mack wva ~rrett, Rembert More, Elliott Pound, bil E. Reese and Joe Reese, all of horn were drinking, undertook to ttle some old quarrels, of several ars' standing., with the result that .E. Reese was shot in the abdomen Ise~ id will die. Mack Jerrett was fatally bar it in the back and side, and Joe Co eese was dangerously shot in the4t p. The fight is said to have com enced by Pound knocking Jerrett >wn, the latter drawing a revolverFe id beginning to shoot as he arose. m thers ha'd pistols and knives in play, hai d for a time excitement ran high. m Jr. Hulk in Way of Navigation. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-E. L. .ontgomery, master of the schooner C obrt McFarland, rcports that on v~ ec 29, about 12 miles off Hatteras. dri: passed a three masted schoone! wh beam ends, hull awash, with top,. ma ast~ about 15 feet above the water, un inting north-northeast. The hulk ac as right in the course of steamers, bor >rth-northeast of Diamond Shoal the ghtship, 20 miles distant by leg. e Bee Keepers Hold Convention, to Savannah, Special.-The Southern e Keepers' Association met here enesday and discussed methods of g e culture. The convention was but cial tly attended. ou ing to crop condi- tha ons. vhich demanded the attention the many members. S. Cheatham, of tha dgefield. S. C.. was eleted vice pres- r ent. ::o fill the vacancy caused by m e deth of a former incumbent,.o resident J. J. Milder, of Cordele. Ga.. for esioed. The next meeting of themi nvention will be held in Atlanta ma >vt Nember. FUNERAL OF MR. HAY Iple But Impressive Ceremony 4arked the Burial of the Dead tatesman. leveland, Ohio. Special.-The fun I of Secretary Hay took place here Wednesday. The body of the dead tesman did not lie in state. owing the ex.ress wish of Mrs. Hay and family. The ceremnies were jm ssive, but simple. The President I party were in attendance, as also arge outpouring of citizens. A Prociamation by the President. yster Bay. L. I.. Seial.-Pre t .evelt has prepare:1 the formal clamation announcing the deatl of n H.y. Secretary of State, as fol ,s: A proclanation by the President of United States: John Hay, Secretary of State of the ted States. died July 1. His death, rushing sorrow to his friends, is to President of this country a nat al bereavcment. and in addition it a serious loss to mankind, for to I it was given to stand as a leader the effort to better world conditions striving to advance the cause of rnational peace and justice. He entered the public service as trusted and intimate companion Abraham Lincoln. and for well ht forty years he served his country I loyal devotion and high ability many positions of honor and trust: I finally he crowned his life work serving as Scfretary of State with -h farsightedness of the future and h loyalty to lofty ideas, as to con lasting benefits not only upon our n country, but upon all the nations the earth. As a suitable expression national mourning, I direct that the lomatic representatives of the ited States in all foreign countries play the flags over thcr embas and legations at half-mast for ten -s; that for a like period the flag the United States be displayed at f-mast at all forts and military ts and at all nav3l stations and all vesscls of the United States. I further order that on the day of funeral. the Executive Department city of Washington be closed, and t on all the public buildings 'oughout the United States the nat al flag be displayed at half-mast. Done at the city of Washington, s third day of July, A. D., 1905, and the independence of the United .tes, the one hundred and twenty th. "TITEODROE ROOSEVELT." r the President: Herbt D. Price, eting Secretary of State." sident Announces Peace Commis. sioners. yster Bay, N. Y., Special.-Official ouncement was made by President osevelt of the names of the Russian I Japanese envoys to the Washing peace conference. The character and lity of the men selected by both bel ~rents is an earnest of the desire of ir respective government to con le, if possible, the tragedy enacted the far East. The plenipotentiaries ussian, Ambassador Muravieff, for rly Minister of Justice and now am tsador to Italy. and Baron Rosen, ently appointed as ambassador to United States to succeed Count apanese. Baron Komura, Minister eign Affairs, and Kogoro Takahira, aister'to the United States. y direction of the President, Sec ary Loeb made the formal an incement in the following state 'RESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. The President announces that the ssian and Japanese governments e notified him that they have ap nted the plenipotentlaries to meet e (Washington) as soon after the t of August as possible. The two ssian plenipotentiaries are Ambas or Muravieff, formerly Minister of ;tice and now ambassador at Rome. Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese nipotentiaries are Baron Komura, 7 Minister of Foreign Affairs, and aister Takahira. It is possible that each side may .d one or more additional represen ives. The plenipotentiaries of both sia and Japan will be entrusted, h full power to negotiate and con-I de a treaty of peace, subject, of irse to ratification by their respect home governments." Covington Not Guilty. ittle Rock, Ark., Special.-A ver of not guilty was returned by the r in the trial of State Senator A. Covington on a charge of accept a bribe of $6,000 on the bill appro ting $800,000 for the completion of new State capitol. 'The jury had n out since Saturday night at 11.30~ ck. After the verdict was an nned the prosecution entered a le prose qui in the remaining rge against Senator Covington of epting a bribe of $100 and a gold .h for his Vote on the district court Sons of Veterans Elect Officers. imingham, Ala., Special.-At thc enteenth annual convention of Ala. n and Tennessee United Sons of ifederate Veterans, held here July the following officers were elected: nnander, W. P. Saunders, Knox e Tenn.: vice commander. Frank k. Birmingham: deputy vice .comn ider. Charles A. Brake. Birming Ii secretary. M. D). Freidman. Bir gham; treasurer, Valentine Gi lb. Birmingham.. Threw Himself Under Train. olumba, S. C.. Special.-News sreceived here of the suicide at w Castle, Ky., of Mr. John A. Hien c formerly a resident of this city. are he was very popular. The sage stated that he threw himself er a moving trnin. He had be ae short. to a small extent. in hie ounts with a speccal agint of ding company he-re. reTIresent na Bell Telephone company. .Mr irix. was. uinil recently, a clerk~ W.. .Lever's shoe store htero. UI. a few month's ago he was correct is abits. Army Ordered to Mobilize. tockholm, By Cab'le.-The Asso edd Press is in a position to state n order for the mobilization of Swedish army ha, been issued and ta proclamation to this effect will baly be issued within a week. The bilization is intended as a means ;iving added force to any proposal settlement which the special com tee appointed by the Riksdag may -e to the Norwegian Sterling. SPOKE TO TEACHERS Noble Profession f!Ighly Praised By President Roosevelt PRAISES lIVES OF SACRIFICE! Addressing 12,000 Delegates, the Chief E.xecutive Declares That the Teach ing Prcfession Makes the Whole World its Debtor. Asbury Park, N. J., Special.-A crowd of thirty thousand persons which turned out to welcome Presi dent Roosevelt Friday. the closing day of the Naiional Educational Associa tion convention, the most impressive of all the great educational meetings. The duzics of the rich was the sub ject matter of the speech, which the President delivered to the educators. Although this was the last day of the convention, the President fo.nd 12,000 delegates. nearly all school teachers, waiting to hear his speech, which was made in Ocean Grove Audi torium. Several pretty receptions marked the trip !rem the depot to the auditor ium. Outside the depot the Indian band from Carlisle School was in wait ing and fail into line immediately be fore the President's carriage. As the carriage turned into Main street it passed a wagon filled with negroes, who began to cheer. In response, the President waved his hand at the de lighted negroes. When the President entered t-he au ditorium, thousands mounted chairs and cheered him. As soon as quiet had been restored, he began to speak. His address was filled with good sug gestions and bright thoughts. It was attentively 'listened to by the throng present. and marked an important point in the proceedings of the great meeting. In closing Mr. Roosevelt said: "Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute en deavor for the achievements of lofty ideals, and furthermore, to instill, both by your lives and by your teachings, these ideals into the minds of those who in the next generation will, as the men ,and women of that genera tion, determine the position which this nation will hold in the history of mankind." 25,000 Teachers Attend. Asbury Park. N. Y.. Special.-The forty-fourth annual session of the National Educational Association at Asbury Park is being attended by 25, 000 teachers, and thousands of visitors who are here to look in upon the great meetings being held daily in Ocean Grove Auditorium. ROOT SUCCEEDS HAY. Unofficial But Definite Announcement Indicates His Selection. New York, Special.-It can be defi nitely stated that President Roosevelt has offered the position of Secretary of State to Elihu Root and that Mr. Root has accepted. Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.--While no fficial confirmation is obtainable here of the announcement that Eiihu Root has accepted President Roosevelt's proffer of the Secretaryship of State in succession to John Hay, it can be said that the President will authorize a statement to be made regarding the matter. The precise nature of the state ment is not known. Mr. Root boarded the President's special train at Jersey City. just before it left for Cleveland, at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. - While the member.; of the Presi ment's cabinet retired to their apart ments on the train at an early hour Tuesday night. the Pr'esident and Mr. Root remained in conference for several hours. Then it was that the President broached the subject of Mr. Root's re turn to the cabinet. All phases of the situation were considered carefully. On the return journey, their confer ence, interrupted by tlee mission on which they had gone to Cleveland, was resumed. His acceptance of the prof fer announced in New York is believed to be without reservation at all dif ficult to overcome. Junior Endeavors' Rally. Baltimore, Special.-The second days' session of the 22d international Christian Endeavor Convention was presided over by Rev. George B. Stewart, of Auburn, N. J. An impres sive prayer was offered by Rev. Ralph W. Brokaw, of Utica, N. Y. William Shaw, of Boston, delivered an ad dress upon "Wh'at Christian Endeav ors Have Done." The afternoon session of the con vention was devoted to a "junior and intermediate rally." presided over by Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith, president of Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn. Jordan's Advice Causes Slump. New York. Special.-A statement at trbuted to President Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, in oppo sition to the abnormally high prices for cotton is supposed to have affected the cotton market and caused a decline of 16 points. October selling at 10.62 at noon; December at 10:66, and Jan: ary at 10:77. The market opened an average of 5 to 7 points down. Pres ident Jordan in his statement advised the farmers to sell at 10 cents. Child Killed by Lightning. Sunset, Tex., Special.-During a storm, Essie, the ten-year-old daugh ter of Rev. St. John, has been in stantly killed by lightning while stand ing in a yard with her father and other children of the family. The re mainder of the group were severely shocked by the bolt and it is report ed that all of them were stricken blind by the flash of electricity. The family reside six miles east of Sunset. Counterfeiters Released. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.-William L. Kendig and William M. Jacobs. the two Philadelphia counterfeiters have left this city for Philadelphia, after )eng released from the Federal peni tentiary here. Their sentences were comiuted to pre sent service by Pres ident Roosevelt on the ground that the sentnces were excesslve. T:e President pardorned William L. Kendig and William M. Jacobs convict ed cnunterfeirers. AIRINi STATE ilOUSE MATTER Suit of State of South Carolina Against Architects For Faulty Construction of Repairs on State Capitol Comes Up For Trial at Columbia. Columbia Special to Charlotte Observer. The civil suit which will be begun by the State in the Circuit Court here for $200.000 damages against the con tracting firm of Mcilvane, Unkefer & Company and Architect Frank P. Mil burn. for faulty-construction in remod eling the State capitol. will attract much attention throughout the State. Governer Heyward and a number of other prominent men have been sum mcned as witnesses and it is expected that some sensational evidence will be brought out. In the opinion of experts twice as much money as was necessary to com plete the building and put it in perfect conidition has already been expended. athough the work is not yet complete. The scandals. following an exposure of the affair. involving certain prominent politicians belonging to the State house commission. which accepted the work and released those responsible from their bonds, caused the matter to be the subject of a number of heated ae bates in the last several Legislature. So heated. in fact, did the debates be come, that, at times, it looked as if personal violence would result. The new State house commission's architest, Mr. C. C. Wilson. declared that the new dome was faulty in construction and liable to fall in with disastrous re sults, its supports being insufficient. Governor Heyward employed the gov ernment's leading expert. Mr. Kert Berle, who came here and passed upon the dome. For the most part he sided with Mr. Milburn, though the commis sion loyally adhered to the contentions of its own expert. After the architeet and contractors were paid for their work to complete the building, a subsequent Legislature found it necessahy to appropriate $145. 000 more to complete the repairs. . A large amount of this has already been expended. in a new heating plant and in permanent work. The principal-point of difference now. and the one which will receive the most attention in the trial, is as to wheiher a new roof should be added to take the place of the one the contractors put on under Architect Milburn. The new commission has the plans and specifica tions for a new roof all ready for awarding the contracts, and will let these contracts. as soon as the result of the trial is known. The new roof will be of terra cotta. The failure of the million-dollar In dependent Cotton Oil Company and the esultant failure of the $200.000 Darl ington Trust Company, will cause much suffering in and near Darlington. where a large amo'unt of the stock was held. It is understood that a controlling in terest in both concerns were held in Darlington and neighboring. counties. n a number of cases the holding amounted to as little as $50 to $3.000. but these represented the savings of years. It is stated that a number of the larger stockholders are endorsers on the companys notes to a large ex tent. However, the statement is confi dently made that no other business en terprises of that section are involved. and Zhbere are those who believe that both concerns will get on their feet again. About $100,000 worth of the stock was held in Charleston. At one time the concern's headquarters were in. Charleston. with Morris Israel, of that city, as its president. The head quarters were moved to Darlington, but again transferred to Charleston. but finally went back tO Darlington on in terests there acquiring control. The affairs of the two concerns will be - thoroughly investigated by the re ceivers. which Judge Watts appointed Saturday. Messrs. L. E. Williamson and E. C. Lide have been appointed re ceivers for the trust company, and Mr. Bright Williamson for the oil com The complaint in the oil company cases alleges indebtedness aggregating $520.000. The complaint urging the ap pointment of a receiver says: "The Independent Cotton Oil Com pany owns eight oil mills, with ware houses and other appurtenances, num erous ginneries, tank cars, live stock and applicance. has valuable contracts outstanding, is employing a large num ber of hands, and has on hand large valable stocks of raw material and manufactured product, and it would be dsastrous to the business of the said cmpany and to its stockholders and creditors for its operations to be sus pended." Americans in Mexico Celebrate. Mexico City. Special.-The Fourth of July was celebrated by the Ameri can colony. Robert Barret read the Declaration of Independence and Am bassador Conger delivered a patriotic address. President Diaz was enter tained by the Society of the American Colony at lunch and made a brief ad dress, paying a tribute to the United States. He was cheered lustily. New Enterprises. The secretary of state last week is. sued a charter to the Lynch-Letton company of this city. - which has bought 'tha drayage business conduct ed for many years by Mr. T. S. Har per. The capital stock is $10,000. The Evr ing Post Publishing corn anat of C..arleston has increased its capitalization from $10,000 to $15,000. A commisSion was issued the Benev olent and Endowment association of Columbia. a concern for the insurance cf negroes. The M. L. Sullivan company of An derson was given a charter to conduct a mercantile business, capital stock South Carolina Items. A farmers institute, under the di rction of Clemson college, will be held at Moore Spring, near Duncans. Friday. July 21. The following pro fssors will make addresses on prac tical subjects: Prof. Klein of the veterinary department of Clemsonl. Pof. D. WV. Daniel of the industrial deartment. Prof. C. C. Chanmbliss of the entomology department. and Prof. C. L. Newman of Clemson will discuss agriculture fr-om the scientific stand The South Carolina board of Medi cal Examiners held its first annual meeting .June 13. 14. 15. 1905. At this meeting there were t;6 applicants for license to practice medicine in this Sate. Of these 44 passed and 22 faied. This is quite a large percent age of failures. Telgraphic Briefs. Hary Copenhaver was killed by a live wire in the telephone exc-hange at Martinsburg. The county superintendents of scools completed their conference at Carlottesville. COTTON LEAK FOUND Termination of a Great Scandal in the Agricultural Department 1H0W A FEW BROKERS GOT NEWS Secretary Wilson Makes Public an Official Report Stating That Edward S. Holmes Communicated Advance Information Through L. C. Van Riper to Theodore H. Price and Other New York Operators. Washington. Special.-As the result of the investigation by secret service agents into the charges madle by Rich ard Cheatham, secretary of te Cotton Planters' Association, that information had been given to cotton brokers in New York by some person or persons in the Bureau of Statictics of the De partment of Agriculture, Secretary Wil son made public an official report in which he states that Edwin S. Holmes, the assistant statistican, has been guil ty of "juggling" the official report. The report says it has been found that Mr. Holmes communicated advance infor mation to L. C. Riper, a New York broker. and that a Mr. Hass, of New" York, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acted as a go-btween in conveying information from Holmes to other New York brokers, - including Theodore Price. Steps have been taken by Secretary Wilson to prevent any further leakage of the Department figures, and an en tire re-organization of the Bureau of Statistics and manner of preparing monthly crop reports has been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the investigation were referred to the 'United States attorney for the District of Columbia and he has reported that, in his opinion, a criminal prosecution will not lie agiinst Holmes. Holmes has been dismissed from the service of the Department. BROKER VAN RIPER WITNESS. According to the report, Wilson Judd, of New York, formerly in the employ of L. C. Van Riper, induced the latter to tell of his connections with Holmes and then communicated the informa tion to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became the principal wit ness in the investigation conducted by the secret service and said he was in- - duced to communicate the fact that ad vanced information was being given out by Holmes because he had heard that Holmes and his associates had intended to try to manipulate the June cotton report. Having this information as a foundation, the secret service agents r interviewed numerous persons who had meen mentioned by Judd and Van Riper, as well as gathering a mass of correspondence, including many letters written by Holmes to Van Riper ,and others. The report made to Secretary Wilson and the Secretary's comments, ~ together with the details of the new plan of conducting the Bureau of Sta tistds, makes more than four thousand words. It reviews the entire investi gation. beginning with the charges that were laid before Secreta:y Wilson by Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. Just That Way. If an editor makes a mistake, says the Factotum, he has to apologize for it, but if the doctor mages one for it. but if the doctor makes one there is a law suit, swearing and the smell of sulphur, but the doctor makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers and a smell of varnish. The doctor can use a word a yard long without knowing what it means, but if the editor uses it he has to spell it. If the doctor goes to see another man's wife he charges for the visit, but if the editor goes to see another man's wife, he gets a charge of buck shot. When a doctor gets drunk it is a case of "overcome by heat." and if he dies it is heart failure. When an editor gets drunk it is a case of too much booze, and if he dies it is a ca e of delirium tremens. Any old medical college can make a doctor You can't make an editor. He has to ue born.--Ex. N'ews of the Day. The body of Secretary Hay was in terred at Cleveland with simple cere monies, the President being one of those present. The Rabinical conventior continued its sessions at Cleveland. Interesting addresses were delivered before several departments of the Na tional Educational Convention at As bury Park. Two Illinois banks, of which C. 3. Devlin, the Topeka (Kan.) capitalist, was president, have closed. Refugees' fleeing from the yellow fever scourge on the Isthmus of Pana ma arrived at New York. and paint conditions in the Canal Zone very dark A man who registered as a son of August Belmont was arrested in Color-. ado Springs for alleged forgery. In New York hie was declared an impostor. The Knlaz Potemkins, with her crew of mutineers on board, has arrived at Theodosia. Crimea, and raised the standard of rebellion. She is reported to have beeu seen in several other places Sixty of the mutineers of the Pobie donosetz have been imprisoued, and it is thought all will be shot. Russia now seems anxious to con-, elude peace and particularly eager to' conclude an armistice, fearing that another bad defeat would threaten the safety of the Empire. Cossack's fired on workmen at the Potiloff works and wounded a number of them. Servheld in memory of Secretary Hays wrhedat St. Paul's Cathedral, id London. The dignitaries sent to receive the body of Paul Jones were dined by Pre m ijer and Mine. Rouvier. H. H. Rogers testified in Boston i the suit of George Wharton Pepper, re eiver of the Bay Stat6 Gas Company against him. Additional mutinous demonstratiO have been made among the Russia ships at Cronstadt. It is estimated that during the riotin at Odessa 6.000 persons were killed an nearly $10.000,000 worth of proper was 'destroyed. It is stated that neither Norway n Sweden is making preparations f George E. Lorenz, convicted of comn plicity in the Postoffice conspiracy,w taken to prison.