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Corporatt Pretentious 41 By( g 444 NE of the most warned on all h scrupulous use o Never has the i and sometimes crafty and darit And the po% by corrupt mea and citizens of i bility has never been farther reac cent scandals have not only disc 'cality, but opened vistas ef :rapa< -demoralization and so utter an aba and duty among some members:0o public confidence that we fairly s And beyond this, throughout toward the ruthless assertion an< -of the sarong over the weak. -of m and stimulated by the artful arra: principles to scorn and sets up su by whatever means achieved, as tl .idol to be adored. 'It. is the work This republic should smnd a tions-a gentleman scorning the i bulge with loaded six-shooters an :and shirt front; a gentleman modi rying justice, forbearance and co: his hand rather than a chip on his successful in its highest .mission in battleships. Avarice D The Heart of the l Loses RL Love ft HE 'besetting:sin wealth is not a' .nature -or the ai ever-increasing i it invading the Men cry out aga behind it What which.brazenly t it. It nay .not te your -fortune to enter it, for it is not the Garden o: tions many, and it has been said country, too, public men must en scurrilons abuse. while public offic tion for .he able and honest. I dc 1 say that, almost any-other way i, Every :age has its-evils. Our i Let us not .shut our eyes. This ev ism. The heart of the worshippe for God 'or :country. With its har ccncerned. I speak of its baneful when it .succeeds in. debauching t the enrichment of the unlawfully Let -us not delude sourselves public trust for money, 'by compa sink into insignificance and lends Do not think me unduly pessi1 our destruction is -at hand. But1 ward it off. A~~7fter Sc g.4+.eg+ Y :DEAR girl, if:3 -~ ing, go forth as + -+I help you; but if ~~:and :able to sup] + -+ behave yourself. $4.4+<-><+.9% it with youth an ++<:t .ness, -and it isn't ing too much, o ed. You are lia1 more, just in -common every day li The country is .full of mother: toiling ove sewing machines thai fine college, but that she may have the class pin, and do as other girl: It is always the same story. comes home to diffuse light and: pleasure. But,.,alas! how often is head has been turned. .Nothing si and revises the family pronuncia1 doesn't consider 'it worth .while to father may have spent thousands< won't even play him a ballad in masters in elocution, but she wor Many a man must have 'looked at thought he got precious little for h ter of common honesty and 'gratitu and enthussarm on your .parents. (New Dre4 HERE has zppea: 7A7 and exceedingly ~ suits. which rseen L~J keenest regard. velopmnent is rdes Ref arence is to the custom-of provement of citi he one merely of aspect. though 11 sideration. but it includes probler ,and site, these involving the gre effectiveness of its public building its business, and enlarged facilitie The improvement has various special emphasis on different pha r-elief of congesaed street traffc: i: park system: in Washington it is beauty. In oue place the making< citizens who have the interests of secured at the expense of the bus chamber of comme'rce. Again, it Realist and Romanticist. A recent interviewer of Dr. He 'Van Dyke discovered amoug his tr ures a photograph of Rudyard Kip upon which Kipling had written odd aphorism: --As a matter of< fact, the man who calls himself ar ist is in the nature of things a libel and unconvincing romanticist: wh as the man who, admitting all are liars, joyously sets out to w' accordingly is the only real realis Lis so because human nature is trarious." vow ? Greed Uses Respectability arl Schurz. striking features of this period-so we are ands-is the inordinate pursuit and the un f wealth, and the worship of success as such. ise of wealth in the promotion of selfish iniguizous-ends been more unprincipled, ver of wealth in subJugating to its schemes is public authorities, political organizations nfluential position and pretentious respecta hing. Indeed, the revelations caused by re losed startling instances of individual ras Ity without bound and of so widespread a :ence of the most elementary sense of honor the highest class of business men claiming tare with anazement. the world. we observe a rushing tendency I the rudez enforcement of arbitrary power ight over right, and that tendency is upheld of sarcastic sophistry which laughs moral ccess as such, to whatever end devcted and ie supreme goal to be striven for and as the : of the -niversity to combat this tendency. s the gc-ntlemaa par excellence among na -ole of the swashbuckler whose hip pockets d who :fiashes big diamonds on his fingers st in the consciousness of strength and car ciliation on his tongue and benevolence in I shoulder. if this republic is to endure and b) it .nnst put its trust rather in schools than i estroying )ur Patriotism ' orshipper of Mammon r God or Country.... ) of Americans is avarice. Our mad rush for i honest effort to increase the products of -ails of human effort., but a hideous vice of md insatiable -greed. Year by year we see government ,rith ever-increasing audacity. inst tainted money-that has its vile record . we have to fear is money which taints, empts men to sc.l1 their honor and then buys enter public life. -I am not ativising you to the Gods. -The prizes nre few. the e that even :republics are ungrateful. In our dure the bitterest detraction and the mest :e affords no adequate pecuniary compensa > not think that I exaggerate the casev an easier road to the ea rs. )artcula-r -evil, as I -have told you, is avarice. 'il menaces us. It is destroying our patriot of Mlamman loses every sentiment of love ful influence in private life. I am not now effects 'upon -the institutions of our country, he representatives of the :people's right for 3 privileged few. with scphistr~y. 'The man -who betrays his5 rison, makes the crime of Benedict Arnold a respectable hue even to piracy. istic. Our'evil has not spread so far that .he danger is .here, .and good citizens must 'hoolisP )orothy Dix rou have 'the :necessity 'of earning your liv bravely and earnestly as you may, and God you have a good home, and a father willing >ort yeu, for .goodness' sake stay in it, and Every woman 'who has .a -career"~ pays for d health and strength and tears and loneli worth the :price. Don't worry about know think that your fine education will be wast 1e to -need all .that .you know, and a little s who -are slaving over cooking stoves and Sallie may not only be educated in some the college colors and the-college ring and s do. Everything is to -be all -right when Sallie knowledge and be a -comfort :and stay and Sallie i. disappointment! Her poor, foolish hits her. She -corrects the family manners, ion, and sets the house by the ears. She take any .trouble to please her parents. Her >f dollars on her musical education, but she the twilight. .She may have- had the best I 't read himx 'a column in the daily papers. his daughter as she came from school, and 1 is investment. My dear girl, just as a mat de, spend -a little of your .time .and .attention -Ainslee's. xm for Citis Piulford Robinson. red in the last three or four years .a new interesting municipal movement. Its re very promising, will be watched with the There never has been anything exactly like recent rapid spread suggests that its de tined to go far. made to the matter-one may almost -say securing expert plans for the physical im es. This improvement is not designed to 1t phase is receiving more and more con- I s of circulation, aclaptability, recreation. ter convenience of the city, the increasel I s, a greater economy in the transaction of s for the pleasure of its citizens. development. Different places throw the ses. In New York today's demand is the Chicago it is the acquirement of an outer the increase of the urban stateliness and f the plans is entrusted to a committee of the community at heart. Elsewhere it is iess men in the board of trade or iThe is paid for by the municipality. IForbidden Guest. The following verse from a recent poem es- deliente- little hint: C'omre from that darkened corner! Tou-ro' this the imp who in my ear For thirty years has whispered. with e'erish lips of foar. e '' Tht the thing to get was money, the ' suff' that men most prize: Don' think I-m l'nger'i blinde'd by- the ere- glamor of your ties. For you're- a mighty liar, and the thingc tokeep is health. rite And it has a value greater than all your boasted wealth: t- Ad aother oine is honor, and some more 'on aetruth and right: I can hardy bear yorrpresence am~on~sg s iOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the limate and crop service of the De )artment of Xriculture issues the :ollowing oilicial bulletin of weather aid crop-coiditions for the past veek: The week ending Monday, Septem >er l1th, was frol t.o to three de rees cooler than normal. with week v exmimes of a maximum of 94 de tees at Blatckville on the 7th and a niuhnianu of 54 degrees at Greenville n the 5ti. The wead.her was generally clear ma the air dry with somevhat more bain the usual amount of bright sun 4Iine. There were showers. some quite co aous. in the eastern and southern :ounties, but over the greater portion )f the State thiere was no ram, or nappreciable amounts. The general absence of rain was avorable for general farm work. but xas unfavorable on growing crops vhich deterioated slightlv over all )ut the coast counties where there Ivas improvement. Late corn needs nore moisture in the central coun There was no marked change in :he condition of cotton. In some l lities there was a slight improve :ent and the plants continue to fruit, h1le in others there was a steady leterioration due to iust and the pre unture opening of small bolls. The ruliing season is now over as what ritage is taken on after this time s very uiKcelv to mature. On san lV soils 4he plants are shmdding eaves and have stopped growing. hile on elay soils, and over the west rnm counties generally, the plants .out inue green except where attacked >v rust. The mature bolls are open .g rapidly and in many places half >r 1mre, of the crop has been picked ,ea Island cotton has improved and is pirking progresses the yields are yetIer than anticipated, while the in is excellen; quality. Some open stton vas injured by heavy rain in i fw central counties, but generally he 1int has been saa -A in line con ition. And but very late corn has been tripped of' fodder. Haying made (ood progress. Truck is coming up sell in the southern distriets and morlv in the northern ones. The eral condition of minoi crops is ess vroinising though still fairly oodI.J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Killed Fo:r Cause. , The death of 1:. JoeBenColeman asI aused on acco.int of the discov rv by me of intimate relations.ex sting between Mr. Coleman and Mrs. Bless:" Such is the statement of state Senator E. S. Blease concerning ;ie delorable matter that has shock d saluda County and the entire Stt:c. The two men had married sis :ers. the wife of Coleman having been lead for about two years. Blease md~ Coleman having been the closest > friends until the report of the riminal in timacy between Coleman mdt Blease's wife reached Blease's aes Then followed a few sharp tvords at their first meeting with the sequal that Coleman was shot to ileath. The matter has eaused general egret. Greenville Graft. Greenville, Special.-Six former n~eers of the county board of con rol who have overdrawn their sala ies -in amounts varying from $30 to ;t22, four having paid the money >ak to the county treasurer and two -euinc topay; one beer dispenser unearly $1.000 on August 1, which ie has since paid: another beer dis nenser the grand jury thinks is due hout $50 and the case is referred o the solicitor; former register of nesne conveyance short about $470 shich lhe -has since paid.; one magis rate due county $42. which he has ;ine paid; recommendlation that spe ial committee inve.tigate books o:. :ormer regristers of mesne conveyance:; nl two or three magistrates making nonthly reports and returns to audi or and1 -trasurer as required by law. [he above are some of the items tha: o to make up one of the most sen ational grand jury reports that has >een handed in for a long while. In the Charter Mil. Fotr commissions were issued by he secretary of state Saturday as ~ollows: Winah Tract ion and Power con >any.. widh promises to give a street aiway t@ Georgetown. six miles long. Ehe izrutai -eapital is $50,000 and the itimate -eapital $100,000. The cor oratos are:: J. B. Steele, W. W. Tay or. E. W.. KFamin ski. W. H. Andreyvs, . MonZOL. n.'2 of Georgetown. Peoples' Bank of Chester, capital zed at $33.000. Corporators: G. 13. hite, D. ... Macauley, John Fraser, i. H. *WahteL, W. A. Corhill, C. C. -dwards. A charter was issred to the Farra -rs' Union Warehouse company of lok Hill, capitiized at $3,000. The dicers are: R. K Strugis. F. H. Bar >r, vice-president, and W. W. Mil er treasurer. The other officers are: r. B. Tohnson. JTohn Steele. W. B. WVil on. N. B. Williams, John T. Roddcy mld D). P. L Leslie. Daniels llsland Mercantile compamy f Daniels Island and Charleston. apitalized at $1.000. (Corporators: '. M. Mordecai and William Austin. Th le Thompson ompany ,of York -ile, .apitalizedl at $50,000. Corpo ators: .Jas. F. Thompson and .John F. -ve of Gastoiiia, HI. P'. Stowe of (orkville. Senator Tillman Speake. Senator Tilln:.ain spoke last vweek at ~irzah, in York C'ounty. at Lancaster d at Lexington~ on the dispensary u neston. He rAdvo(ates a contlu ne of the syst.em with such changes. a the law as will remove the terap ation to frand and graft, and in. Nearly Six Hundred Kilk In Deepe TIE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD Li Lasebo Harbor Sunday N\ight, the Japanese Navy Department, An nounces, the Battleship Mikasa Was Destroyed by Fire Starting at the Base of the Mainmast and Subse quent Exp-tosion of the Magazine. Tokio, By Cable.-Thc Navy Depart ment announces that the battleship I Mikaga has leen destroyed by fire and the explosion of her magazine, causing! the loss of 599 lives, incluling men of other ships who went to the rescue. The fire started from an unknown cause at midnight Sunday night, Sep tember 10. Before th, officers could be rescued the fire reached the aft miaga zine, which exploded, blowing a hole in the port side of the vessel below the water line and causing the ship to sink. An investigation is now being held to determine the cause of the fire. TOGO NOT ON BOARD. Admiral Togo was not on board the Mikasa when the disaster to the battle ship occurred. The disaster to the battleship has cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa was Togo's flagship and was endeared to the hearts of the people. The ship was at anchor in Sasebo harbor when the fire started at the base of the mainmast at midnight. It spraed with great rapidity, exploding the after magazine an hour after the fire had been discovered. The Mikasa sank in shallow water, and it is bo-' lieved that the ship can be repaired. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships in the harbor and there was heavy casualties among them. CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN. Various conjectures are current as to the cause of the fire. Some attrib- I ate it to an overcharge cf electricity. Great relief was felt throughout Ja pan when it was learned that Admiral Togo was not on board the ship at the time of the fire. The Mikasa was a first-class battle! ship of 15,200 tons displacement- She was built in England and was launched in 1902. The battleship was 400 feet long, had a speed of over 18 knots and carried a errew of 935 officers and men. She was heavily armored and carried four 12-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns, twenty 12-pounders and a number of mall rapid-fire guns. She had four submerged torpedo tubes In the battle of the Sea of Japan the Mikasa 'was the heaviest loser of all the Japanese ships, having 63 killed and wounded. She approached nearer to the the Russians than any other bat tiesip. The Mikasa was also the flagship of Admiral Togo after the great naval battle fought off Port Arthur on Au gust 10, 1904. on 'which occasion the Japanese flagship also suffered the most, but continued in the fighting line. On that occasion the Mikasa had four officers and 29 men killed, six of ficers and 29 men severely wounded and four officers and 29 men slightly wounded. Appointed District Attorney. Washington, Special-L. L. Lewis, United States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, has ten dered his resignation to the Depart ment of Justice and it has been ac epted. Robert H. Talley, of Norfolk, has been appointed to the vacancy. M~r. Lewis is the present candidate on the Republican ticket for Governor of Virginia. 150 Union Printers Strike. Indianapolis, Special. - Committees 'r union printers and for employers of C' ndianaolis having failed to agree on an eight-hour day to commence on January 1, the local typographical ti union has ordered 150 members in In-I dianapolis to strike at once. Presidentc James M. Lynch, of the International Typographical Union, said: "I have in structed unions in various cities to de mand contracts immediately for an eight-hour day, to commence on Janux ary 1. Wherever the demand for the eight-hour day is refused the union printers have been instructed to strike at once."C Witte e.nd Rosen Sail. New York. Special.-The Russian , commissioners who successfully con cluded a treaty of peace with the en voys of Japan at Portsmouth. N. H... started on the return to st. Petersburg - [uesday. sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm I Before leaving the city, Mr. Witte and Baron Rosen made a farewell calH upon the Japanese diplomats. Baron Komura was unable to see the Rus iians because of his illness, but through Minister Takahira he sent them a cor- I di message of farewell. Catholic Church Not French. Rome, By Cable. -At the present* time the catholic Church in Japan is' suering from the imputation that it is a Fench institution, and France being the ally of Russia. the Church C cones in for a share of popular dis- a favor. To counteract this, it was sug-q gested that the Pope should come for ward as a sovereign and appoint a representative at Tokio, at the same time requesting the Japanese to ap-a point a minister to the Vatican. The uggesto mae well received by Hie I !d and All Japan Now ;t Gloom BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE. Says That He Is Not Now a Candi date For Any Office. Chicago. Special.-"I want to make my position perfectly clear; I want to say to you that not only am I not an nouncing a candidacy. but I am not permitting a candidacy." In these words William Jennings Bryan adminstered a check to the en [husiasm which, at the Jefferson Club banquet given in Mr. Bryan's honor, grCeted the speeches advocating his omination for the third time for President. "I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a :andidate for any office. I have never said that I would never again be a ,andiate for office, but I want to say now that talk of candidacy for office oes not affect me as it once did. I believe that my place in history will b5 determined, not by what the people are able to do for me, but by what I am able to do for the people. (Ap plause and cheers.) I think it is now too soon to choose a candiate for President to make the race three years from now; it is too early to pledge ourselves to any one man. I rust that before the time comes to name a man for the next presidential race light may be thrown upon our party's pathway and that a man may be chosen who will be able to do for the party more than I have yet Leen able to do." Further Insurance Investigation New York, Special.-Selling $800,000 in bonds one day and buying them back the next but one, a holiday inter vening, in order to keep within state ments in the New York Life Insurance Company's report to the Superintend ent of Insurance. was the sensational disclosure made at the session of the executive insurance nvestigating com mittPe. The fact was drr.wn from Ed mund D. Randolph. treasurer of the New York Life Insurance Company. late in the day after Attorney Charles E. Hughes. of counsel to the committee had labored for over an hour to get a direct answer from Mr. Randolph to a direct question. The inquiry had dragged through a mass of figures almost the entire day, but it was not until near the hour for ending the session that the sensational feature was brought out. Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syn dicate underwritings and transactions of the New York life for the last ten years. This statement was to show, and a "ootnote to the schedule so sta ted, that the company had participated in no syndicate transactions that had teen closed out at a loss. Among these transoctions was the underwrit ings of the navigation syndi-cate, er In ternational Mercantile Marine. 30 Killed; 70 Wounded. Tiflis, Caucasia, By Cable.-.A hun dred social democrats were killed or wounded in a conflict with Cossacks a~t the town hail and many were trampled to death in a subsequent panic. Two thousand social democrats had forced an entrance into the town hall, which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious holiday, the beheading of John the Baptist. Revolutionary speeches were made and the chief of police ordered the meeting to disperse. Part of those present obeyed, but the remainder refused and some revolvers were fired. A large force of Cossacks dirawnl up outside the building then fir ed a volley into the crowd time and time again, killing 30 and wounding upward of '70. In the ensuing -panic many persons fell and were trampled o death by their comrades and the pursuing Cossacks. Two Good Swinmers Drown.. Tampa, Fla., Special-A Tribune pecial from Fort Myers, Fla., says P. . McNally and M. Douglass, white resi lents of Fort Denaud, were drowned while crossing the Caloosatchi river. Fheir boat capsized in midstream and Ilthough both men were good swim ners they could not reach the shore. Cheir bodies have been reen~vered. 2,500,000 Dividend Declared. New York, Special.-The direcu.rs >f the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and Tro)n lmpany declared a scrip dividend of 2,500,000 common stock, payable to he common stockholders of the comn any October 2 next. The regular uarterly of 1% per cent. on its pre erred stock and the usual semi-annual ividend of 2%, per cent. on its com on stock also were declared. J. N. Vallace, president of the Central 'rust Company. was elected a mem cr of the executive committee, to 1 the vacancy caused by the death f William E. Strong. Don't Want Negro. Redmen. Nashville, Special.-A~t Tuesday's sslon of Great Council of Improved )rder of Red Men of West Virginia. a legation offered a resolution protest ag against the organization of negro ribes of Red Men and and requesting hat the rituai of the order be copy The Californma delegation introduced resolution commending President losevelt for the part he took in bring. g about peace between Japan and Mexican Cotton Crop Larger. Mexico City. Special.-Last year's otton crop was 75.000 bales. The low st estimate for the present year is 0.000, and possibly 100.000 bales. The otton produced in the republic is bout one-third of the quantity re uired for native mills. The annual in rease in acreage is smaller. Reports f the experiments with the cotton tree re not very satisfactory and it is not kely that cotton from this source will >r a long time be had in quantities to ifcrt the market SMADE LARGE. GIFT3 The New York Life Insurance Coin pany's Political Contributions WAS AFRAID Of ThE DEMOCRATS George W. Perkins, bsurance Com pany's First Vice-President and Member of the Firm of J. P. M3 gan & Co., Divulges the Meaning of a Check Made to Morgan & Co. Last Year., New York, Special.-George W Per.-. kins, member of the firm of J. P. Mor gan & Co., and first vice presideht of the New York Life Insurance Compa ny, was the star witness at Friday's session of the special legislative com mittee probing life insurance company methods, and his testimony was re-A plete with revelations in finance as ap plied by insurance companies. Mr. Perkins was first called just pre vious to the hour for luncheon. He$ resumed immediately after the recess and was on the stand when adjourn ment was taken for the day. The climax of the day came when Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an entry of $48,702 in a ledger, marked "Ordered paid by the President." Mr. Randolph, the treasurer of the New York Life Company, who had been on the stand earlier in the day, had been sharply questioned as to the purport of this entry, but he was unable to explain it. He thought no one but th4 president could. Mr. Perkins had been called to testify as to some other trans actions and after a recess he was ask ed to produce the check. It was made out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co., and Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was a contribution to the national Republi can campaign committee and had been paid to Cornelius N. Bliss.. Mr. Per kins said. "This payment was made after very careful deliberation. It .must not be considered an ordinary contribution to the campaign fund. It was paid because we felt thatothe assets of the New York Life Insurance Company would be jeopardized by a Democratic \ success." Mr. Perkins said contributions were also made in 1900 and 1896. As an ' illustration, witness said the first con tribution made was in 1896, by Presi dent McCall, who is a Democrat. ) "He contributed money to the Mc Kinley campaign fund and voted for McKinley because he felt it was in. the best interests of the policy-holders of his company.'' This bomb caused a murmur of conversation about the room, which had become packed with spectators. Standing room was at a. premium; and everyone bent forward to catch the testimony. This was hardly necessary, for Mr. Perkins. spoke distinctly, In a voice audible throughout the school room. He paced the .small platform upon which the witness chair is placed, just before ' the committee's rostrum, and accom panied his explanations with earnest. gestures, often times suggesting ques tions to the counsel. Pursuing the check inquiry' further, Mr. Hughes brought out that this ex penditure was never brought to the attention of the finance -committee, the witness terming it a "purely executive action." It was charged against cash on the books of the Hanover aBnk of fice or financial department. The witness did not know on what ac count the other contributions were made, but he would furnish data. Mr. Perkins here interposed: -"I would like to make one statement The fact that the check is drawn to . P. Morgan & Co. has no significance. I paid out the money and it was mere ly because of a convenience of re-pay ment that the check was made payable to J. P. Morgan & Co." "What other contributions to politi- $ cal campaign funds have been made by the New York Life?' "Is there no self-restraint allowed the officers in these campaign contri butions?" "None; to my knowledge." Accident to North Carolina Party. Wichendon, Mass., Special.--An au' tomobile containing members of the party accompanying Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, plunged over a bridge on the road to Royalton here and landed at the bottom of a ditch, pinioning the occupants underneath. The injured are: J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob server, badly cut about the head. Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, se riously hurt. Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of' Wichendon, haed cut and bruised. Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wichendonb, knee injured and back sprained. Purchasers Announced. Norfolk, Va., Special-An announce ment was made of the purchase of the Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad, running from Bayboro to Newbern, N: C. by the interests in control of the Virginia & Carolina Railway, which Is: to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort, N. C., through the lumber section of' North Carolina. This line will be used as a. branch of the main line to New- - bern for additional terminals at that The Potter Trial. Sanderville, Ga., Special.-The State closed its evidence in the trial of Mr. S. Potter and the defense will put him on the stand to testify. No other wit nesses will be called. The books of a. Savannah bank were used in evidence.. The charge against Potter is the embez zlement of some $20,000 of the funds of' the Davidson Bank, of which the young~ man was cashier. Gov. Glenn Elntertained. Boston, Special.-Gov. R. B. Glenn,. of orth Carolina, was entertained at dinner at the Algoquin Club. Thle din ner was given under the auspices of the American Invalid Aid Society, S. S. Pierce and General Charles H. Taylor. Freight Depot -Burns. Bristol. Special.-TIhe freight depot here, owned jointly by the Norfolk &. Western and the Southern Railways,. was destroyed by fire. The loss wil? probably reach $50,000. THE YELLOW FEVER STATUS A Good Many New Cases Developing at Diferent Points. New Orleans, Special.-Official report to 6 p. m.: New cases, 49; total to date, 2,462. Deaths, 6: total to date, 329. New foci. 15. Cases under treatment, 316. Dis charged, 1,817. There was nothing new in the local situation beyond the increase in num ber of new cases and deaths. There were really seven yellow fever deaths, but one of them does not appear on the record. It is the case of an Italian, who, in the delirium of his fever, secured a revolver and blew his brains out. In the country, the situation in Tal lulkh A. improving under the manage ment of Drs. Chassaignac and Von Ez dorf. The people there have asked the State board of health that Dr. Chas signac be assigned to remain there and conduct the campaign to the end. Tbis has been referred to Dr. Chassignac, who will determine later what his course will be. Among other country reports were: Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner 8 cases, 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one death; Bowick, one death. Four More Cases at Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla., Special- Two deaths and four new cases is the re port officially announced at the board of health headquarters, all of the new cases being in the infected area. The first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a draughtsman, who came here several weeks since to take a position in an abstract office. He had been sick five days, but during the first period of sickness refused to take medicines prescribed. On account of objections made by Governor Jels, of Alabama, the Marine Hospital Service camp, which was to have been established near the Alabama line, has been aban doned. It will be located at another point. Mississippi Fever Summary. Jackson, Miss., Special.-The Missis sippi yellow fever summary for the past 24 hours is as follows: Soria City, a suburb of Gulfport, one case discovered by Surgeon Waslin. Mississippi City, one new case. Vicksburg, two new cases. No new cases developed at Gulf Port, nor did Natchez, Pearlington nor Hamburg report any new cases during the day or any deaths at any time of the infected points, Surgeon Laven der reports that the sickness at Kemp's Landing, Va., is not yellow fever. No New Cases at Natches. Natchez, Miss., Special.-Not even a suspicious case of yellow fever was reported. Six patients are under treat ment. Drs. Lavinder, Aikman and Sessions, who went to Kemps, La.. to day to diagnose five cases at that place, reported that they are not even suspicious. Vicksburg, Miss., Special.-Two new cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg. Total cases to date, 28; deaths 3. Seven patients are under treatment now. Patent Medicine Decision. Washington, Special.-The Commis sioner of Internal Revenue has render ed a decision that will seriously affect a number of patent medicines composed largely of distilled liquors. He has re versed a ruling of his Department made many years ago and now decides that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out licenses as rectifiers and liquor dealers and the druggists and others handling them will have to pay the usual retail liquor dealers' licenses. The commissioner, in a letter of in struction to collectors of internal reve noe, says that there are a number of compounds on the market going under posed chiefly of distilled spirits, with the names of medicines that are com out the addition of drugs or medicines in sufficient quantities to change mate rially the character of the whiskey. Farmers in National Council. Richmond, Va., Special.-The Far mers' National Congress met in its 25th annual session here with a large au dience in attendance, representing al most every section of the United States. The body was called to order by its president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticel lo, Ga., and was welcomed to Virginia and Richmond by Governor Montague, Mayor McCarthy and J. C. Freeman. vice president of the Richmond Cham ber of Commerce. Responses to the welcoming addresses were made on be half of the congress by First Vice President Bennehan Cameron. of North Carolinas and Second Vice Presi dent Jqshua Strange, of Marion, Ind. Chinese Bride in Norfolk. Norfolk, Special.-H. J. Goon has returned from New York bringing a 17-year-old bride who had just ar rived from China Sunday. She is the only Chinese woman here and Goon, who is a laundryman in Cum berlaid street, keeps her hidden, ac cording to the Chinese custom. She is pretty and Goon is proud. Report of Final Engagements. St. Petersburg. By Cable-Telegraph ing to Emperor Nicholas under date of September 5, General Linevitch report ed that the Japanese, September 4, started to advance along the mandarin r'oad and commenced constructing en trenchents, but retired after meeting the Russian artillery fire. The general also, reported an offensive movement by several battalions of Japanese ac companied by cavalry and artillery in north Korea September 3. but the re sult was not announced in time to be sent off in the dispatch to the Em peror. Killed by Lightning Indianola, Iowa, Special.-Four men were killed, six were seriously burned and a dozen more were stunned by lightning which wrecked a crowded poultry exhibition tent at the county fair here, The lightning struck the tent pole, splitting it in two, and tear ing the sides of the tent into shreds. Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition