Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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..The Ma .. Muci By Elter Editor of the J# 0 604" AM no apologist f( ter times, perhaps, they are full of 'sl business and of po: er sins of smaller Evil is here and we we Americans gulj throws to us and E every "exposer" be at every ass that brays? It is time to halt and to think nessed a political revival in this cou: ation, a revulsion against false lead( time of great calamity. A country which is governed by who spread it. One of the most int growth of the influence of magazines daily papers. Magazines entered t great advantages in the work of fori by party affiliations. They may sele selves qualified to treat. The inter, tion dates. imply a deliberate and < With the advent of the magazines i that "new journalism" from which t the journalism which deals thoroug: tion only at first hand and sparing facts. To-day that new journalism, is already in danger. It found the ci caught the virulent disease. This is a republic of honest mei butter for most of us is honest busin will be hunted down. Even now the their battles and won them. Where scandals, the Tweed Ring to-day? T can people turned on intrenched rasc we are on a flood-tide of -our own vi made on public confidence, which is dation of self-government, iet us hav tions, faith in the Republic.. The Facts By Woods H1 *+P+++++ -VEN though it take. and sL more to be + 3testine, what does t similated by the en all digestive canals E surest foods that Sbody. Its very sloN ing powers for haro Z+ inAs a matter of sia cured by the use of breakfast I stricted diet. An' adult alimentary canal whicl be regarded as healthy, and instead gestion, it should be braced up and take what is given it and make no f the'm too little to do almost as easily stomach -fit to cope with the emerge only that whicit is digestible, but mt is the standard which should be aime - Max Einhorn puts it: "The diet in most easily digegstible substances. F -system." Besides, a large bulk of sary to stimulate the lower bowel tc horses do. Pork, including ham and able meat food, and has laid the lil tion. What would an army, an e: camp, or a harvest-field be without b; Most of the restricted "hygienic selves are chiefly notable for the fa< value, and whoever lives on them wil -McClure's Magazine. Age at SComplaint Against Tender *~i~~'*T was a pleasure tc Decoration Day wit * $fire of youth in thei Ahaps some of them * * which is now so p ~ honored and not si ~ crepitude came. *~~+44*Now "Everybot eration will not allc people. Their faculties may be uni "we want new blood"-"we want yc let the elders stand aside-get out, Now, I believe in cutting out d but if we prune the top of our tree to at the roots. And I would like to k~ * people old at 40, and young at 70. 'I have passed the 50-year mark, at 25. Then I earned'a good salary; cause I am so old. I regret to .say I my position by a severe illness I thc want a younger man." so I have beeI could get it, and I am surprised at1 have discovered, for which I get mo ship, it is a lost art. I give you two definitions not as "Hustler." One who covers a g< about it. and leaves his work to be ci takes credit for it. Synonymous wit "Executive ability." Giving to c how to do; finding all the fault with credit. This is not a growl or a howl. I is the "poorhouse" for me. $7.14 Fine for Long Skirt. The municipal authorities of Nord hausen. near Magdeburg, German3 have forbidden the wearing of dres trains inside the city limits. Las year. "to prevent danger of health an< annoyance by raising of Gust," the po lice board forbade the ladies to allov their dress trains- to drag on certan: nromenades. This order has now been extendet to cover the entire city, and disobe (ience will be punished more severely The penalty for violations of this or dinance is by fine not exceeding $7.I-4 or imprisonment for a corresponding number of days. ri with the.. 1 Rake.. ' Sedgwick, rzerican Magazine. >r the times we live in. They are bet than the world has ever seen before, but ecteular wickedness in high places of itcs, just as they are full of the mean men. There is no blinking the facts. must face it and beat it back, but shall down the food every scandal-monger wallow it hook, bait and sinker? Sha'l our prophet? Shall we prick long ears scberly. The last two years have wit atry such as comes but once in a gener rs, as moral as any religious revival in public opinion is governed by the men eresting phenomena of late years is thte in the field formerly monopolized by the ie province of journalism with certain ning public opinion. They are not bound ct the questions which they think them 'als which elapse between their publica ispassionate investigation of the facts. ato the political and social arena began he country has a right to hope much Ily with- a question, accepting informa neither time nor expense to get at the just risen to the fulness of its strength, untry sick of commercialism and it has 1. The business which earns bread and ess. One by one the gaunt, gray wolves pack is thinning out. Our fathers fought are the Whiskey Ring, the Star Route hose battles were won when the Ameri als and drove them headlong out. To-day ctories. Spurning the malicious attacks alike the basis of business and the foun e faith in ourselves, faith in our ins tu AboutiPo2? tchinson, M. D. pork four hours to leave the stomach, dissolved and absorbed in the small in iat matter so long as it is completely as d of that time, as it is in 90 percent of ? It is the slowest, bat also one of the -e have to give off all its energy to the 7ness is what gives it its splendid stay . work, whether muscular or mental. fact I have seen more cases of dyspep. acon than by any kind of drug or re i cannot digesi; bacon sor hiam is not to of humoring and giving in to a weak di I under skilled supervision educated to uss. Stomachs can be spoiled by giving as by giving them too much. A healthy ncies of life must be able to digest not .ch that is difficult of digestion, and this d at in dietetric therapeutics. As Prof. health should not always comprise the or by doing so we weaken our digestive indigestible residue is absolutely neces Sproper action. We need "hay" just as ibacon, is easily our second most va eral foundation of our western civiliza ploring party, a rai-lroad gang, lumber Lcon? 'diets on which our patients put them t that they are deficient in proper food .be dyspeptic just as long as he does so. d Work hIe Habit of Preferring Juveniles.'y ~ankee.", see so many "aged" men marching on . firm steps and erect carriage, and the r eyes as they thought of "long ago." Per forgot for a time that contempt for age revalent, and remembered when it was elved and pushed aside before real de ly works but father" because this gen w him to work. It has no use for "old" mpaired, their experience valuable, but unger men.' This is a 'hustlijng" age; o hang. eadwood and cutting off dead branches, ymuch we still have a growth of suckers now when old age begins. I have seen but can do better work now than I did now I have to take what I can get be am a good accountant, and when I lost ught I could easily get another, but "we idoing temporary "expert" work when I he careless, ignorant and worse work i re "cuses" than thanks. As to penman od as I am: od deal of ground, makes a great noise >rrected and finished by others, whie he h "blower." thers what you cannot do. or know not their work you can and claiming all the take things as I find them, and guess it T Roast Reptile. In Australia sevrml kinds of snakes ,are eaten roasted. They are said to be equal in delicacy and flavor to the t finest stewed eels. An English tray eler declares the steam from the - roasting reptiles is by no means un savory. i 1 -- _______ Atlantic Fisheries. IThe New England fisheries are the -most important branch of the Ameri . can fishing industry, the aggregate - au:e of their annual catch being .anout $1O.000.000. or one-fourth of the alue of the total catch of the United ADDRESS TO PEOPLE Governor of North. Carolina Is Trying to Suppress Lynching SAYS LAW MUST BE RESPECTED Chief Executive of the State Cals Up on Good Citizens to Uphold the Strong Arm of the Law and Writes Specific Instructions to Sheriffs and National Guard Officers-Expresses Confidence in Officers, Press and People. Raleigh, N. C., Special.-Hon R. B. Glenn Governor of North Carolina, has taken a vig;orous stand to put down the mob spirit in his State. To this end he has just issued the following: "To the People of North Carolina, Greeting: Up until a few weeks ago and for four years. our State was blessed with faw an( order and peace and plenty reigned. Now, a few lawless men. in three instances, have taken the law into their own hands and by violence and with strong hands have overthrown the law, and wilfully and deliberately committed murder by lynching persons confined in jail. In none of these instances was there the slightest excuse for these acts, for in all cases special terms have been or dered and in one case the court was actually sitting and trying the pris oners. Such acts breed contempt of law, bringing the courts into dire pute, and put a blot on the good name of the State. To stop these disgrace ful occurrences and to protect all prisoners, no matter who they are, I have issued the following order to all the sheriffs of tly State, and to those in command of the State troops: To the Sheriff of county, North Carolina: In the future, whenever any crime is committed in your county, use ev ery means in your power to arrest the offenders and bring them to trial. Af ter their arrest and confinemenf in your jail, if you hear of any threats or rumors of violence, you will at once notify me, giving all facts, to the end that I may take such steps as to me seem expedient. I also hereby direct you to notify the captain of the nearest military company of said rumor and order him to be in readi nes to aid you in case of need. You also have the power to summon and arm all citizens as a posse comitatus. If, after this, violence is attempted, I hereby command you to order out the military company and the posse and have thiem armed and ready for duty. You will then make proclama tion and order all crowds about your jail or attempting to seize your pris oners to at once disperse - telling them if they refuse you will use force and their injury will be on their own heads. Use every peaceful means in your power to disperse the crowds. without using force. but if they still refuse to leave, and continue their threats and unlawful acts, use force sufficient to disperse them, even if killine- be necessary. You will like wise arrest and put in- jail all such persons engaged in said mob to the end that they may be prosecuted andl punished geording to law. I have confidence in the intergrity of the civil ofieers and count on their co operation with me in suppressing all crime. Herein fail not but obey this or der. R. B. GLENN. Govern or. To Captain , Company , North Carolina National Guard: Sir: Hereafter in case at any time you hear of- an attmpt at violence by mob law, you are hereby com manded to report the facts to me, and also notify the sheriff of the county "here the violence is threat ent-, of year readiness to tender him your services. In the event yon are ordered out by the sheriff. you are herehy commanded to obey his law ful orders. Attempt no violence as long as there is a chance to enforce order peacefully. If the sheriff, af ter ordering the crowd to dlisp~erse, and they refuse. ordlers von to - fire, do so. Arest al Ithe mob you can and deliver them to the sheriff, and continue to guard and protect the jail nutil you are relieved. Do nothing rash, but in every wvay possible aid the. civil authorities in suppressing mob law. I have confidence in the willingness and ability of the military to carry out this order. This is a gzen eral order, in force now and hereaf ter until countermanded, and of it you will take notice and act accord ingly. R. B. GLENN. Governor and Co:ader in Chief. The above orders show my desire to preserve law and to protect the State, but even these efforts will be futile unless all good citizens of the State will aid in them. Law-abiding people should keep out of the mob. render it no assistance or sympathy directly or indirectly, use every cf fort in their power to get it to dis5 perse and should willingly help the officers in the discharge otf th~eir ~ dm. Remember every effort will always be made to arrest and try all persons who commit crime. There is, there fore, no need of lynch law, and if the courts and .furies fail to do their full duty and this is made known through proper channels ever-y re source will be adopted to punish the guilty- parties. for thus degrading jus tiee. -Our judges are honest andl true and speedy trials wil be or-dered. and therefore there can be no shadow of excuse for the people taking the law into their own hands. and1 when they do. they become themselves -law pale of legal protection and must be dealt with as a mob and suppressed by use of needed force, even though carried to the utmost extent. The newspapers with their means of hearing and dissinating the news can greatly aid in warning of danger, thus repressing crime. I ask of the papers of the State, daily and week ly, to publish this address and to N ,write strong editorials calling on their people to assist in maintaining the law. I have confidence in the people L and the press, the otlicials, both civil and military, and therefore call on them to help me in my efforts to maintain peace and quiet and forever to prevent such disgraceful scenes as we have just pased through scenes which reflect on our people, giving us the name o falw-breakers. which tie overwhelming majority of the peofle don ot deserve, and in- I juring our good State in every sense, materially. educationally and moral meIV ll L lv. Living in Raleigh, often far from s( the scene of trouble, I can only act tl through a-ents, and in person when I " can arrive on the scene, so again I call on all good citizens, civil and a military. who love their tSate, who de- a sire to urotect its fair name, to give al me both their physical and moral sup port. and if mortal man can accom- s plish such an end. I shall and will b enforce the law and protect all citi- e( zens. Respectfully, o R. B. GLENN, G Governor. T Derailed by a Washout. t< Norfolk, Va.. Specia.-The pas- " senger train which left Norfolk over the Southern Railway for Danville. v Va., was derailed between South Ilill s and Union Level, Va., 120 miles west ti of Norfolk as die result of the wash- E out of an iron culvert by the recent c heavy rains. The engine ei'ossed f safely, but all of the coaches of the tl d train, four in all, left the track and h the baggage and mail coach turned over, the others careening. Several persons were injured. S n Cabinet Officers All Away. t Washington, D. C., Special.-For u the first time <this summer every ti member of the President's cabinet e was absent from Washington. They b are scattered all the way from Cana- d da to Uruguay, and the administra- c tion of governmental affairs was in the hands of assistants. Affairs moved as smoothly as if every cabi tl net officer had ben at his desl:. Fined For Hissing Flag. n S Bayonee, N. J., Special.-James Piege, an - Englishman, was fined $25 for hissing at the American flag pur ing a performance at the theatre. The judge who imposed the fine was a member of the audience. Piere 's action in hissing at the Stars and Stripes as they were waved by at pe .tformer at thp conclusion of' s song, almost caused a riot in the au dience. -- g Killed Wife and Himself.b Sherman, Texas, Special.-J. W. hi C. Wilder, a farmer, residing half a mile from Tom Beam. a smnall town. d six miles from Sherman. heat his ~ wife's brains out with a flat ironi and shot hirrJpelf with a shotgun. h The charge entered tihe left side. dis. tI embowling Wilder. He will die. t Three small children witnessed the b crime of their father. One hoy. 7 e: y'ears old, and a smaller brother. walked to Tom Bean and told th. story to a married sister. PROMINENT PEOPLE. h Pius X. celebrated the third ann!- G versary of his cor-onation. ig; King Alfonso and Queen Victoria s: left Cowes to visit Lord Leith ia " Scotland- e JTudge E. K. Gates, a Missouri man with a beard five feet long, is visiting in Colorado Springs. -1 Sir Chentung 'Liang-Cheng, the t Chinese Minister, attended the con ference at Northfield. b: Harlow N. Higinbotham, a partner p for many years of the late Marshall w Field, Is the author of "The Making a of a Merchant."a An English artist, Sir William a~ Richmond, R. A., is modeling a de sign for a more beautiful motor car than the present shapes. Ia Shelby M. Cullom was born on No- E vember 22, 1829, In Kentucky. He al has held a seat In the Senate since I March 4, 1883, and his new term will tl carry him to March 4, 1913. a One of the royalties who witnessed the attack upon the present Czar when he was in Japan ended her ac- tc count of~the incident with the little q11 sentence: "Then Nicky ran." le Sir Joseph George Ward, Postmas- al ter-General of New Zealand, who re- am cently visited the United States, will succeed the late Sir Richard Seddon as Prime Minister of Nev Zealand. SI In the name of the nation Presi-b dent Alves presented Mrs. Root with t a large and beautiful Brazilian die- vi mond, and the Minister of Finance, Senhor de Bulhoes, gave her a gold en casket inset with a watch. Professor C. R. Lanman, of Har- qi ard University, has been elected an tl honorary member of the Societe Asiatique, of Paris, founded in 1821, hi and since that time only twenty-nine am men have been put on its honorary r list. G WEAVING SILK RAGS. t Tiny Icomns for the weaving of silk 0j rags into strips which are afterwards .m joined to make rugs, or couch covers, or even portipres, are among the m- a teresting invention brought about by the interest women are taking in all forms of handicraft.h On the locm can be woven strips of hb about nine inches wide, the warp threads stretched as firmly as in the T big, full-edged affairs used for the heavier sort of work.tl "Hit-or-miss" patterns are as popu- tC lar in silk work as they are in old- er fashioned rag carpets. used now only ei for kitchen or nursery, but often strips -I composed of two colors are made, with X one u-ed for hnrdering thea ends. I It PLEAD IN VAIN overnor Heyward's rruitess Effort to Stop Lynching EGRO RAPIST SIOT TO PIECES t Broad Daylight and Almost Within Sight of the Chief Executive of South Carolina, Bob Davis, Who Assaulted and Nearly Killed Green wood Girl is Literally Riddled With Bullets. Columbia, S. C., Special.-Within e shadow of the home of his victim, .iss Jennie Brooks, after havitg been entified by her, and after Governor . C. Heyward, who went' to the ene of the trouble had addressed e mob in vain, Bob Davis, the negro ho on Monday murderously attacked iss Brooks with intent to commit ;sault and who afterwards outraged negro girl 1' years old, was lynched )out '.30 lu clock Friday evening. Governor Heyward reached the ene shortly .fter the negro had !en captured. A platform was erect in a fence corner o:? the premises the victim's father from which overnor Heyward addi 3ssed the mob an effort to prevent the lynching. be Governor beseeched the mob not > lynch Davis, but in vain. At the ,nelusion of his speech the Governor as vociferously cheered. The mob ten removed the prisoner from the ew of the Governor and within a iort distance of the home of his vie m the negro was riddled with bul ts. It is impossible to estimate the .owd, as the citizens from several )unties had gthered at the scene and >r two days had been in pursuit of Le fiend, but it is certain that hun reds of bullets were sent through is body. The militia in that section of the tate is now encamped at Chicka auga and there were no near-by -oops to be called upon. - The Gov nor's Guards and the Richland Vol ateers of this city had been ordered > hold themselves in readiness in the rent their services were needed, at the mob was determined and it is oubtful if the presence of soldiers )uld have prevented the lynching. Mob Furnished Platform. The mob erected a platform near ie home of Miss Brooks for the Gov nor to address them. He pleaded ith the mob not to stain the fair ame of Greenwood county and the tate of South Carolina. His words 'ere cheered lustily and when he id finished the mob took their pris 1er a few hundred yards away and iot him to death. Governor Hey ard viewed the horrible spectacle rom a distance. The negro was captured in a creek. ed hand and foot and brought to ~e home of his victin. for identifi ition. When they arrived at the gate the Brooks home a great crowd ~thered there. "Lets wash his face. >ys, before we take him to the use,'' said some one, but the crowd as too impatient. Four men1wer alegated to escort him toi the house. he young lady was lying on her bed ith a deep gash in her throat, turned er eyes toward the negro as he stood iere between his captors, his hands ghtly bound with a rope, his jet lack face all in a blaze, his blear res rolling from right to left. That's the scroundrel.'' she said.1 I know him by his eyed." Governor's Appeal. The negro was removes outside the >use, where the platform had been -eeted for the Governor. "Hear the overnord' said some one, and he be in in his clear voice a most impas oned appeal. "I know,'' he said that nothing could take place that >uld keep, you from hearing the overnor of South Carolina.'' The 'owd cheered lustily and clapped eir hands in admirat-ion. "I come ~re alone,"- he continued, "not inging any troops; only two news iper men came with me. and they as eil as I are South Carolinians, just3 Syou are, with like feelings. You 'e my friends. Here I am not alone ;jour Governor, but as your friend. "But it is my duty to .enforce the ws of South Carolina. Don't cheer. en, this is a solemn occasion and I n very much in earnest. and besides understand it excites the ladies and iis is a consideration that appeals tc 1 South Carolinians. (The residence as but forty feet away). I come appeal to your manhood. The iestion is, Shall the people be al wed to be ruled by their passions id prejudices or shall the supremacy id the majesty of the law be upheld9 promise you on my honor that as >eedy trial as the law allows shall held. I would not object to cuttin.; e rope to hang that scoundred pro ded the law says so.' A Picturesque Sight.t It was one of the most pictures te sights ever witnessed either in 1 is State or any other. Just a few yards away stood the Ipless prisoner, who looked dazed. id men stood close about him with fles and shotguns in their hands. "I am here alone,'" went on the overnor, "but I represent the majes -of the law. I represent the State 'South Carolina. your. State and ine, and I say to you. I beg you, I 1plore you in Giod's name. don't put iother stain upon our fair State. 1 ead with you to let the law take its urse. You have an opporunity re a splendid opportunity to let it said that South Carolina leads ir is matter. Let us reason together. fel just as you (do. 1 have lived in .e country and realize the dangers 1 which our women are constantly posed. but there is something high-. than the wreaking of vengeance on1 at black devil and fid of hell. on won 't enjioy it tomorrow when mu look back unon ital.i CHILE IS SHAKEN UP Severe Earthquake Visits the Country South of Us DAMAGE IS HARD TO ESTIMATE Cable Communications is Cut Off North American Continent Shaken, Seismograph at Washington Show ed Swaying of the Earth of a Quarter of an Inch. Washington, Special.-The North American continent was shaken all night by an earthquake which is re ported to have wrought destruction :n the west coast of South America. The seismeograph at the weather bu reau here gives a clear record of the earth's tremors. The instrument shows that at 7:50 o'cleock the earth swayed a quarter of an inch. The quake began at 7:29 and continued Cor four hours. Reports from Valapraiso, Chile, say the earthquake there did great damage, and it is believed that hun dreds of the city's inhabitants are buried beneath the ruins of the razed buildings. The Associated Press correspon dent at- Buenos Ayres cables that it is feared the town of Los Andes, in the province of Aconcague, has been destroyed. At the same time he points out that Buenos Ayres has no direct communication with the dis turbed district. No official information has reached Washington from Chile, and while positive information is lacking, New York officials of cable companies hav ing connection in South America ex press the opinion that the first reports )f the earthquake were exaggerated. A Hamburg firm is alleged to have received a dispatch stating that num erous districts in Chile had been par tially destroyed, that Valapariso had been practically demolished, that many ships.had been lost, and that over a hundred persons had been Killed and many hundred injured, rhis dispatch however, is not well authenticate?. Valporaiso is a fortified seaport of Chile and the most important com mercial town of the western coast of South America. It has a population )f about 150,000. It is the capital :f the province of the same name and is situated on a large bay in the west of Sautiago, 75 niiles west-north west of Santiago, with which it is ionnected by rail. The Bay of Valparaiso, which is well sheltered on three sides, is bounded by ranges of hills rising from 1,600 to 1,700 feet high, on the slopes af which a considerable nortion of the city of Valparaiso is built. On the south- side of the bay are the spacious suburbs of Nuevo Malecon and Gran Avenida, from which pass ut one of the finest thoronghfares f Valparaiso, the Avenida de las Delicias. The lower central section >f the city is constituted by- the Al nendral, having regular and attrae tive streets and containing the prin eipal business houses, the park, the Plaza Victoria and the National l'heatre. Many Killed Elsewhere in Chile. Buenos Ayres, ~By Cable.-The news apers publish telegrams from Men Aloza (which is an entry port for the :rade between Buenos Avres and Chile, with which it communicatetd by the mountain passes of Upspalla ba and Portillo) to the effect that nany houses in the Los Aindes dis :riet were destroyed by the earth. unake and that there has been a large mumber of casualities. The interrup ~ion of all means of communcation with Chile causes communication with hile causes much ailxiety. Many rumors of disaster are afloat. 50 Entombed in TunneL. Bristol,- Va., Special.-Fifty men ~re entombed alive in the Clinch Siountain tunnel at Cinehport, Va.. as i result of a cave-in which occurred F'riday morning. It is not known vhether the men are (lead or alsive, )ut the wc rk of rescue is being rush ad as fast as possible. The work of -escue will continue as rapidly as pos ;ible, though it cannot be stated with tny degree of certainty how long it vill take to reach the men. No bodies iava as yet been recovered. Nearly Bled to Death. Winchest er. Special.-Davis John ;on, a wealhy pianing-mill owner of ~Vinehcster. nearly bled to death ~rom an injury sustained a week ago, then several tingers were mashed off n a moulding mra:chine. The injuries vere hiealing. b;ut suddenly and un broug~h th flesh and continued for everal hours befcre ai doctor could e found. Bank Failure Reported. Washington. D. C., Special.-The ~omptroller of Currency is advised f the closing of the first national >ank of Chelsea. Mass.. the failure be nz due to too large excessive loans 0 oIliCes andI~ directors. The last tatement shiowed the ba1ck had a 'apital of $300.000: deposits $679. 29; surplus $139.344 and total re ources andl liabilities of $1.309,849. oans and discounts were $1.114,586. ~astor Quits the Cumberland Presby terians. Nashville. Special.-Rev. WV. L. At inson has resigned pastorate of Cum ~erland Presbyterian church at larksville. Tenn., to become pastor f Firset Presbyterian church at Sul ivan. Ill. IDr. Atkinson and his con ~regation could not agree on the hurch union matter, he being an ar lent unionist Late Nemr iIn re MINOR' MATTERS OF INTEREST One person was killed and four others prostrated by foul gases from a tanning vat near Asheville, N. C. The South Carolina cotton manu facturers have decided on various changes with respect to freight allow ances and other conditions. It was stated that President;Stens land, of the defunct Chicago bank, made careful preparation fur flight, even taking a silver dinner set. The subcommittee of the Interna tional American Conference on the Drago doctrine agreed on a resolu tion even more general than the one, on the program. J. Raynor Storrs Wells. the weal thy young man who entered the navy, is under arrest at the Norfolk Navy Yard and threatened with court-martial for overstaying his leave. - William J. Bryan is to make a trip to Australia after the November elec tion and will be absent 10 weeks. King Edward left for Germany and will confer with Emperor William on the Rusian situation. Maj.-Gen. Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, prominent in African and other cam paigns, has been retired. The creation of a separate governor generalship for the mining region of Russia shows how seriously the con dition there is regarded. Defying the labor black - list, Speaker Cannon is so certain of re election that he will not canvass his own district. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholate vitch declined the military dictator ship of Russia and recommended General Linevitch for the post. - Secretary Bonaparte's ~mail is full of letters in regard to his Cumber land speech on anarchy. The Sultan of Turkey is better after his attack of illness. Though -Henry H. Lippart bid $5,000 less, the contract for 40,000 army blankets was'awarded to - the American Woolen Company, the so called Woolen Trust. Terrifie rains caused great damage in Norfolk and vicinity. William Butler, of Keyser, W. Va., was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train at Paw-Paw, W. Va. The eruiser Mlinneapolis reached Norfolk with 300 seasick Brooklyn :naval reserves. The National Firemen's Associa tion is holding a convention in Roan oke. *John Colline, a miner, was murder ed for his money near ~Fairmont, W. Va. Hard work was done by the Fourth and Fifth Regiments at Mount Gret na. The annual encampm:ent of the Grand Army of the Republic has taken 100,000 visitors to .Minneapolis Minn. - 'William J. Bryan renewed the fight against Democratic National Committeeman Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, charging misuse of funds. Four persons were shot, three per haps fatally, at Coney Island by a man who made his escape after hold Iing his pursuers at bay with a revol ver. Officials of the First National Bank of Birmingham. Ala., announc ed athat Alex. R. (Chisolng paying teller, is $100,000 short in his ac counts, and he was arrested on his return from a vacation trip. A census of divorces is being taken in New York, and it is feared that f many family searets buried in seal ed court records will be laid bare. The committe on insurance laws of the American Bar Association recom mended certain changes in the laws. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com pany stopped its surface lines t6 Coney Island at 6 P. M., in spite of all protests. George Hill, a white ex-convict,. was found guilty of participation in the lynching of three negroes at Salisbury, N. C., last Monday night and was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. Indictments on charges of giving and receiving rebates were returned by the grand jury of Jamestown ,N. Y., against the Pennsylvania Rail ,road and the Standard and Vacuum Oil Companies.. William Loeb, Jr., secretary to. President Roosevelt, was sued for_ $50.000 damages by Nadage Doree,. a Jewish writer, on a charge of false arrest. Bishop Lawrence, of Massachut setts. denounces the "endless-chain'' prayer scheme started under his nlame as a hoax. For stealing .9960 at the Norfolk race track William Cates was sen-. tenced to four years ini prison. A Kentucky sheriff and posse are saidl to have invaded Lee county, Vir einia, to capture Frank Ball. Randolph counity (W. Va.) 'iealth :tUuhorities will build a hou~se for the leper.. George M. Rashid, and care for him. The investigation in progress at Chicago against the Standard Oil Company is progressing. Frank Kowvalski, paying teller of the wrecked Milwaukee' Avenue Bank of Chicago, shot and killed himself. Fifty-five persons were hurt, a. number of them seriously, in-a wreck on the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad. near Fruitland, Texas. Secretary Root was feted at Mont