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epw~.%vBy Ward Hutc1 HE last deluson, an diet needs to be "re anxiously considers going to agree witt peptic, and will alv modern writer "not digestion is a strik: -T of men are led by t and sensible dietar3 our minds off our digestions and the ter it is for us. It is not even well f of water or food taken, or whether it The really healthy stomach ought only the digestible and the difficult 1 other kind of a stomach is not worth we physicians are now training our will melt down and utilize anything i one fitted to survive. Stomachs can 1 them from the necessity of taking dil sonally I have met with almost as n the latter. The stomach like any < concert pitch. It should not be all be humored too much. This, of co ligent discrimination in the choice o: Some perfectly wholesome foods and those which after repeated trials Our aim should be to keep our ability to eat and thrive upon everytt nant animal, living where others wou be kept for any trace of "spoiling" o: instinct and a special sense for this and follow it and follow our noses w, ing. But Mrs. Grundy says i's ruc zine. Da Prevent J By Henry BE ECAUSE of the seri man, the most dam Compared with the deata +al is, small. hot countries, parti no favorite land or them. In Alaska, I quitoes existed in c< suicide or insanity.' Superior, when the snow was severa feet in thickness, relates that "mosqu ening the banks of snow in shitered As to the best methods to emplo3 region, of mosquitoes, the directions ernment entomologist, who has been 1867, are of great value: "Altogether, the most satisfactor which result in the festruction of th ing places. In not every locality ar places there is absolutely no neces three main preventive measures are troduction of small fish into iishles: such pools with kerosene. Th ese a: will be efficacious and any one of whi against the trial of the others. "The quantity of kerosene to be I experim:ents, is approximately one o and ordinarily the application need ponds of any size the quickest and of kerosene will be to spray the oil of WDhat t4 By Lor *4"++++++++ AM interested in s 4. scientific magazine + + 4 were other constitu 5. nitrogen and carbo: + + test new element i + .'H phonious name. $&+++++++ Tne constituen *++++ th oxygen, nitroger bonic di-oxide. Wh which seven years ago I gave the nm ists in the atmosphere, I cannot say. tain by experiment whether such is t portant discoveries to record. But part of the atmosphere nearest the of neon in a thousand million cubic feet would be present. The properties of these gases a matter I have set myself to investige can observe, to be inimical to bacte: most potent bactericidal agent knov affinity for that form of uranium kno A Meetin, I The i rpt~tI~b~IW By M~ oooooo NE of the most sat * ' a meeting of unem Olike beasts at the s Iing them. The c: Swilling they are to of some wonder-wt ~44~t~g their cause. Howb are. Poor things, stumper, even if a esty written in letters of brass on he-lpless they appear! What fir be are! Such profound respect and reg tiative and power, still under the sp hypnotized, they are the fruits of cou vitude, and subordination. Oddities About Alphabets. When the Portuguese first exnplore Brazil they made fun of the native of that country because they had i their alphabet no f, or 1. a people. th invaders declared. with out fe. ley c rey--without faith, law of king. Th Mohawks, again, have no labials ani vowed it was absurd when the mis sionaries tried to teach them to pic flounce p and b, "for who," said they ''can speak with his mouth shut?" Black~wood's Magazine:. 'he Stomach to we . . tinson,A.,M -D. d not the least dangerous. is that our gulated." A man who continuously ani the kind of food he eats-whether it is him or not when he eats it-is a dys ays remain so. In the language of a ing survives being thought of," and the iag case in point. The vast majority heir instincts, to a reasonably nutritious I and the more completely we can keep "chemical" choice of our food, the be )r us to consider too nicely the amounts is digestible or not. : to be and is capable of disposing of not Af digestion, but the indigestible. Any having and that is the standard to which dyspeptic patients. The stomach which n reason that is given to it, is the only )e "pampered" just as easily by airig ficult foods as by overloading them. Per tany dyspepsias due to the former as to ther instrument, should be kept ,*) to owed to shirk its responsibilities cr to. rse, is by no means to discourage intel I food. are literal poisons to certain stomachs, steadily disagree had better be avoided. food-range as wide as possible. Man's Ling has gone far to make him the domi Id starve. The sharpest lookout should r putrefaction. Nature has provided an very purpose. If we would only use it e would escape many a ptomaine-poison Le to "sniff" at table:-McClure's Maga zger! - vosquitoes - ach Needham. us and often fatal inquiry it inflicts on gerous animal known is the mosquito. evil done by the insect pest, the cobra's This venomous serpent is found only in ularly in India, while mosquitoes know clime. Arctic explorers complain cf t is recorded by a scientist that "mlos yuntless millions, driving us to the verge A iraveler on the north shore of Lake feet deep, and the ice on the lake fix itoes appeared in swarms, literally black places." in ridding a country place. or any other furnished by Dr. L. 0. Howard, the gov a careful student of the problem since ways of fighting mosquitoes are those e larvae or the abolition of their breed e these measures feasible, but in many sity for the mosquito annoyance. The the draining of breeding-places, the In breeding-places, and the treatment of, e three alternatives, any one of which :ch may be used where there are reasons ractically used. as shown by the wrltiters uince to 15 square feet of water-surface, tt be renewed for one month. . . On most perfect method of foirming a film er the surface of the water." Wie Air I d Kelvin. eeing how the opinion expressed in a some years ago to the effect that there ents of the atmosphere besides oxygen, tic (i-oxide, has been justified. The Ia to be known as xenon-not a very eu ts of atmospheric air k:nown so far are ,krypton, neon, helium, argon and ear ether any one of those is the element to Lne of biogen. and which I feel sure ex I am in hopes of being able to ascer he case, and later on may have some im neo and helium are very scarce in the earth. There are only' 125 cubic feet feet of air. Of helium, only 40 cubic nd their influence on living things is a Lte. Helium appears to me, as far as I ra, and I am inclined to think it is the n. It seems to have an extraordinary wn popularly as radium. g of 7nemployed :rie Blass. e~ee e-*ww hetic and painful sights in the w-orld is ployed. How imploringly and pitifully, ambles, they gaze at the orator address oss they carry is a heavy one, and how shunt a corner of it onto the shoulders >rker or cloud-compeller, who espouses lotched apd gray, and seamed their faces how willing they are to listen to any man with cunning, falsehood and dishon his visage. How hopeless. squalid and ievers in law, order, and authority they ird for property! Babies in thought. In eli otf feudalism; paralyzed, drugged and ntless centuries of caste domination, ser By Ear. d It was out in Kansas City that a girl s went nto a bookstore and asked to see a copy of "The Pio'ne'er." She e looked at it for a few minutes. say-s r the New York Tribune, and hand~ed it e back to the clerk. J"'Tain't what I want," she saic;. "r want a book on pi-ano playing." "Did you think 'The Pioneer' was ,such a book?" asked the proprietor. - "Why, yes." she replied. "Wouldn't MLMETT0 AFrAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston. firm.... .. .. .. .. 7-16 New Orleans. steady.... .. .. 5-16 Mobile. steady.... .. .. .. ..9-3-16 Savannah. easy.. ...... ..93-16 C(h'rleston. firin.... .... .. .. -9 -1 W\ilminii,-ton. sta(lv.. ..).. ..!3-16 Norfolk, st eady.... .. ..-. 9 7-16 Baltimore. nominal.... .. .. ..9 1-2 New York. ieict .. .....9.75 Bost om. (jitiet ... . . 75 Philadelpidia. <uiel.t .. .... ..10 Hollstoll. steady .. .. --s A.nsta. stead ............ el..is. steay.... . .....7 St. Lots. (jilI... .. .. ..... ..9 5 Louisville. fin........ ..101-4 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represenit the price-, <puoted to wailons: Good middling.... ..3 Strict middling...... ..9.35 Middlin.. .. .2 Good mfilddlin:,V. linled.......S7-S Stains...7 1-2(a.. .1-2 Charlotte Prcduace Market. Chickens-Si ng .. .. . . 2 ilens-per hiead.......... Ducks..... .... .. .. ......25 Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore. ..Sept. 24-Flour (uinit an11d steady. unehaned. Wheat firmer: spot contract 71 3-4 to 717-S: Southern 38 to 67. Corn firmer: spot 54 3-4 to 54 7-S: Southern white 55 1-2 to 56 1-2. Oats firmer: No. 2. mixed 36 to 6 1-2. Rye tirmer: No. 2 Western. 66 to 67. Butter steady and unc(hanged: fanev imitation 20 to 21: do creham ery 25 to 26: do ladle 1S to 20: stor, paeked 16 to 17. Eggs firm 24. Cheese active nd in (h.aniged 12 5-S to 131-4. Srgar steady. unehanged. Marketing the Cotton of Last Year's Crop. Spartanbur-g. Special.-IMr. E. L. Archer. president of the Spartanburg county Cotton association, sold 344 bales of cotton for the members of the association. The cotton was all ofi the last year's crop and a uniiform prce of 10 cents wvas obtained, any offer 'md.er this being refused. Mr. Ach-.: has recently beeni very active in the marketing of the association ctton, having sold during last and this week 6140 bales at 10 cents per pound, all of the cotton being taken hv the local mills. Mr. Ar-cher esti nates that there are still about 500 biles of last year's crop in the local warehouses in the county. all of which will probably go on the market within a 'short time. In speaking of the joint stock company whieh there has been much talk of forming in the. South'. Mr. Archer said that lie could1( see nto use for it. If the com panty was formied the stockholders would want to make money, and the result after a few yer w1ould( be the same as from all oth'r similar move ments. Mr. Archer stated that in his opinion it was nothing more than another hear movement. He stated hat if the landholders wotuld agree to withhold the crop from the market util the price wouldl be remuienrative the same thing wvould he accomplish ed as5 is ouit lined~ in t he proposed sixi y million dollar holding companiy. White Man Nominated. Spartanburng, Special.- In the re port sent (lit fromt this ('ity ini regardl to the Republican district conivent ion nominating an opponent of Congress man Johnson. it was stated that David Gist, a negro of Union, was the nominee. This was an error, the nomintee being Dav~id C. Gist of Union a white Republican of thait p)lace. The Walhalla Schools. Wtalhalla. Speial.-The Wal~ihalla graed schotols opened Moniday morn iig withI an unusuall laI.rge numbher of putpiN presenit. Prof. I). F. Nicht olson, tile efficietnt superintenident, and his corps of teachers soon had the work runntting smoothly. The teach ers are: Professor Nicholson. sup erinteldetnt and t eachter of ntintt and tenth grades; Miss Stelek. seventh and eighth gra.des: Mris. Wray. iftht and sixth g.radles; Miss Sturkey. t hird and~ fouth~ grades. and Miss Tribble. first and second grades. Miss Mary'. Ansel is teacher of Millville school. State News Notes. Mr. J1. Fraser Lyon. nominee for at trney general stated that by law Mr. Youmtans will have the. appoint ment of elerks in the eng-rossing de partent. Mr. Lyon wvent to Augus ta. H~e has rested Since the cam~tpaigni and( shows the good effec'ts. lie is still working oin evidence against thIe dispesary and wvill be glad to get aty facts thiat may be suggested to Col. J. C. Boyd of Greenviile, re ently nominated for adjutant gener al. has settled his business affairs in Greenville and has moved to (olum bia. whtere lie will be engaged in the br kernge business utii he takes charge of his office. Hec says lie has not selected any- one for assistant. The Statet pardon board will meet on the 3d( of October. Miss Hlendier son, of Gov. Heyward' office. is pre paring a list of all the cases to be 5a0211 CAROLINA CROPS I ,ondition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Septem ber 17th, as Given Out by the De partment. There was ample sunshine during he week, except in the extreme iorthwestern portion where the pre -ailing weather was cloudy. The ast two days were cloudy over the rhole State. The temperature was unseasonably iigh until the 15th after which date -t was slightly below normal. The naximurm temperatures were gener illy about 90 degrees, or above, dur ng the first five days while on the ast two days they were about 80 legrees. The extreme maximum for "he State was 97 de-ress at Black rille on the 14th. The minimum tem jeratures had a wide range during the veek from 60 to 76 degrees, the low ?st having been noted at Liberty on he 11th and at Greeville on the 12th. The precipitation was below nor mal. Rain fell on only one day at nost places, and some localities had so rain. The weekly amounts were ze:.ieraiiv below 0.25 of an inch. al :hough at places in the nlorthern and wes' -rn counties the amounts ranged from about half an inch to nearly two ineies. These heavy showers were widely scattered and covered com narativelv small areas. The soil has become quite dry over the central 1ad easiern parts of the State. lemson College Opens Year's Work. Clemson College. Special--Clemson Uollege opened last week with about 350 boys on hand. Of these about 200 were new students. The main body of the students came in Tuesday night in the midst of a very heavy .torm. but no one seemed down-heart. d. Dr. P. H. Mell conducted the -hapel exercises Wednesday morning and made the opening address. He spoke very earnestly to the young men about the cpportunities they have f making the best posible citizens -ut of themselves, and urged them to act the manly part at all times: He advised them to join the Young Men's Christian Association. to put themselves under the best influences and to exert the. best influences. Dr. Mell's address was full of good ad vice to old students and new. En trance examinations and make-up work are in full blast, while the reg ular recitations of the higher classes are being held. The college work starts off wvell, with everything in good health and high spirits. Palmetto Bank of Laurens. La urens. Special.-The PalImet to bank, the new banking) institution here. was organized at a meeting of the stockholders. which was held at the National Ban~k building. The meein ws presided over by Mr. John J. Bluss and Mr. C. A. Power acted as secretary. A m afrity of the stock was represtned. 36 shareholders representing themselves and 11 prox ies being present. The following wvell known farmers. lbusiness and profes sional men of the city and county were chosen as directors of the bank; Messrs. John J. Piuss, John J. Ow ings, Mancel J. Owings, Robt. B. Bell. Tully F. Babb, D. Casper Smith, S. James Craig and Rufus T. Dunlap. Subsequently the board of directors met and elected Mr. J. J. Bluss presi dent; Col. J. W. Ferguson, vice pres ident; Mr. S. J. Craig. Cashier. The Palmetto Bank is capitalized at $50, 000. It is a home bank, the stock hav ing beecn taken by local subscribers. Republican Judicial Candidate. Kinlst on. Secial.-The. Republi '-an executive com~mittee of the third judicial district met here and nam ed Mr. Julius F. Duncan, of Car - teret county. to oppose Hon. 0. H. Gunion. the Democratie nominee for judge in the district. No one was nominated for solicitor b~ut Col isaac A. Sugg. of G reenville. was endorsed against Solicitor Moore. the nomi niee, and who' also lives in (reenville. C7ol. Sugg is a Decmocrat. Tin Ore in Gaston. G'astonia. Special.-Mr. A. R. Ru disill. of King's Mountatin, talke d in terest ingly andl enucouragingzly about the pr'ospects for finding a tine becd of tin ore at his mine near~ Long. Shoals. The propery is beinz deve! oped by a King's Mountain co!apanyv andl it is conitiden tly exp~ecd that i will be a payinig investment. Mir. Rudisill had with him siveral line samples of the ore, several of hem in the form of' erv-stals. Charlotte's Good Health. Chad'otte still leads in the record for good health. According to The Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health for Juily. the temporary annual death rate per 1.000 for this eity was 10.S. For Durham it was 29.8: Greensboro. 24: Raleigh. 22; Salem 18.9; Salisbury. 12: Weldon 1(6.~; Willimgton 1S.S. An Editor For Solicitor, Salisbury. Special.-Zeb. B. San ders, editor of the Albemarle Index, was nominated unanimously for so licitor of that judicial district by the Rowan Republican and in his speech of acceptance said he would ask for a joint canvass. New Concern For High Point. High Poingt. Specil.-The Leon ard-Bea vins-Stamey Company is a new concern for this place with an authorized capital of $0,000 SOUTH HEARS BRYAN famous Nebraskan Speaks in North Carolina TOUCHED ON POLITICAL VIEWS Famous Nebraskan Makes Many Speeches and Attracts Large Con courses of People at Every Point. Greensboro, Special.-Mr. William Jen:ings Bryan came to North Car olina Monday morning. He has met with a warm welcome all day. The people of Raleigh. Durham and Greersboro heard him speak. At Durham and Greensboro he was giv en great ovations. The crowds at these poiuts were unique. They were made up of all sorts of men, women and children. The death of Dr. Char les D. MeIver came as the Bryan celebration was in full bloom and east a gloom over the entire touring party. Mr. Bryan was introduced by Gov ernor Glenn, who said among other things: North Carolinians. tbis is a pleasant duty to me. Who is this man that I am to present to you? He is no potentate. le is not Presi dent of the United tSates. This great audience has cone here this dark. gloomy day to see and hear a man who. by his fidelity to principles and stand for the poor and humble against the great and mighty. has endeared himself to millions of peo ple in this country. This man is as learned as Calhoun or Webster, az eloquent as Clay or Henry. But above all he is an humble, sincere Christian gentleman. le is the Great Con moner of the people of the Demo cratic party. Hle has the approval of his own conscience. iHe is states man, orator and defender of the peo ple's rights. ' In his speeches at Raleigh 'Mr. Bryan did not introduce any new argument. He prefaced his ren'arks by saying that North Carolina had a claim on him. It was this State, he said, that came to him at Chicago and gave him support when he needed it. He declared that lie had always been well received here. He admit ted that North Carolinians do not need to have Democracv preached to them. He told his audience that he wonld come to this State whenever h.is services were needed in any cain paign. "You have stood by me," said he, "and I will stand by you. Some of the originail Bryan men are North Carolinians. Sometimes I think ] waste my time when I come South. You have so many men here who can preach Democracy as I see it. There are so many Democrats here who long just for a chance to vote."' Mr. Bryan took up Secretarp Les lie M. Shaw's recent speeches in North Carolina and answered certain portions of them ini detaiL IHe de lared that he was grat:ful to Mr. Shaw for many things that lie had said in this State. He claimed that Mr. Shaw had palmed off an old speech on North Carolinians. Iowa has already rejected the doctrine that he* advocated here. Secretary Shaw is the high priest of the Republican stnd-patters. He says that the Re publicans have done all they should have done. He sees no need of tariff reform. In other States in New Eng land, Iowa and elsewhere the Re publicans want revision. Even Mr. McKinley, just befo:, his death saw that something had to be done. But Secretary Shaw favors no change.'' Remedies For Trust Evil. Three remedies for trusts were sug gested: 1. A reduction of the tariff; 2. Legislate against a duplication of directors in corporations and, 3, Do not let trusts use mails. telegraplis and railroads. The railroad rate law said Mr. Bryan is a Democratic meas ure. It was advocated in Democritc platforms. by Democratic leaders and carried through the Senate by the eadrship of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. Mr. Bryan touched on the Philip pines question. He said that the United States had spent $500.000.000 in the Philippine islands. This sum would have built the Panama canal. irrigated the arid lands of the West, or built a railroad from Newv York to the Paciti', coast. in closing Mr. Bryan said that the argument used by the Re-publicans vindiicated the money policy ot the Democi-ats. Mi-. Bryan also spoke briefly at Durham. illsboro. Bui-lington and Grensborn, his speech at .(Greens horo being a eulogy on the life and work of Dr. C'has. D. Mclver. On Tuesday Mr; Bryan spco!ze alt a nuber of points in North c:C a.a incldinzr Iernlersv.ille, Winst on -Sa lm. High Point. Lexington, Salisbury and Concord. and arrived at Char lotte late in the afternov. At every point Mr. Bryan was greeted by big crowds and was attentively listened At Charlotte. Carlotte, N. C., Special.-Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke here Tuesday night to a laige and enthusiastic audience. -is speech was on rather new lines. iH devoted much time to the tariff and trusts. He went from here to Columbia, S. C. Crew of American Balk Rescued. Charleston, S. C., Special.-The Clyde liner New York brought into port the mate and three seamen of the American bark R. D. Bibber, Cap tain Savnes, lumbei- laden from Sa vannah to New York. wrecked oli the Frying Pan shoals. The vesel turned turtle and went to pieces. The men were found elinzin to the spars. The captain anc others of the r.w were not found. RATE LAW DFfINED Commission Puts Construction On Excursion Section THE RUILES FOR PUBLIC NOTICE Inter-State Commerce Commission Makes Public Opinion, Providing General Rules Applying to Joint Tariff Rates on New Lines and to Commutation, Mileage and Excur sion Rates-Nothing But Money Can be Lawfully Accepted in Pay ment for Transportation of Passen gers or Property Washington. Special.-In an opin ion made public, the inter-state com merce commission takes'important ac tion in construing the application of the new railroad rate law and provid ing ,general rules applying to joint tariff rates on new lines and to com mutation. mileage and lexcirsiOn rates. The decision is as follows: "Payments for Transportation Nothing but money can be lawfully received or acceptcd in payment for transportation subject to the act, whether of pasengers or property. or for any service in connection there with, it being the opinion of the com mission that the prohibition against charging or collecting a greater or less or different compensation than the established rates in effect at the time precludes the acceptance of ser vices, property, or other payment in lieu of the amount of money speci fied in tie pu'->lished schedues. "Notice of Change in Rates Where two or more connecting car riers establish a joint rate which is less or greater than the sum of their local ra::es, such joint rate is a change of rates and requires a notice of :30 days. In such case the joint rate, when duly established and in force. becomes the .only lawful rate for through transportation. "New Roads-Oii new li nes of road including branches and extensions of existing roads, individual rates may be established in the first instance. and also joint rates to and from points on such new line, without no tice, on posting a tariff of such rates and filing the same with the commis Slon. Excursion Rates Not Included. "Round Trip Excursion Rates-It is the opinion of the coninnssion that the provision of the aniided sixth section in respect to the publishing. filing, and posting of tariffs apply to the mileage, excursion, and commauta tion rates authorized by the Twentv second section. Such a rate. when first established or offered. is held to he a change of rates which reouires a notice of 30 days. No reaison 2:ppears why this notice should not be ;:iven in the case of mileage rates. co:auntta tion rates, round-trip rates or other reduced rates, which like ordoinary pasenger rates, are estabi~iedl for an indefinite period and appear to be a matter of permanent policy. Strictly excursion .?'tes. however. covering a named and limited period. are of a different charaeter in this regard and~ may prope19y be est~imed on much shorter notice. Requirements for Excursion Rates. "To avoid the necessity for special applicastion in eases of tis~ kind the commission has made a general orde1 fixing the following names times of notice of round-trip excursion rates, and carriers may govern themselves accordingly: "Rates for an excursion limited to a designated period of not more than three days may be established, with out further notice. up)on postin~g a tariff one day in advance in iwo pub ic and conspicuous places in the wait ing room of each station where tickets for such excursion are sold and mail ing copy thereof to the commission. "Rates for an excursion limited to a designated period of more than three days and not more than thirty days may be established upon a no tice of three days in place of the thir ty-days notice otherwise required by the amended sixth section. "Rates for an exeursion limited to a designated period exceeding 30) days will require the statutory notice un less shorter time is allowed in special cases by tne commission.' Carter Case Reopened. Chicago. Special.-The case of Ob eriin~ M. Carter. formerly a captain in the corps of cn-ineers in the~ United States army, was r. cpen.i in the Federal (Curt be fore Ju dy: Kohdlsa t. The issue in the present heal! in is an niemnpt by the governlment to recover from Caract :$1.PY.000 wichi it is (.aiad ha1. took wl.i'e in! charge of work at Sar'a!nah. Ca. '2:rter ex presed hand~': as e T z.hn: that t he eas-~ wil ne. in .i~'ecompilete vin Richmond. Va.. Speelal.-Governor Swanson and a party left Richmond on the Commodore Mau'y, agship of the Virginia Oyster navy, for the site of the Jamestown Exposition where they will meet Governor Warfield of Maryland, and a party from the old line State for the joint exercises 0! laying the cornerstones of the Vir ginia and Maryland buildings. Dental Association in Atlanta This Week. Atlanta. Ga., SpeiaL.-The Nation al Den:aI Association will begin its anlfnal convention here Tuesday and will conclade on Friday. More than 1.500 denftists from all parts of the 'rantry are expected to attend. The :nerin-:s of the National Association f Dental Examniers and the National Association of Denial Faculties, which have been in session two days of the past week. will merge into the con Late Nets In 'Brief A MINOR MATTERS Of INTEREST The American warships arived at Gibraltar in time to take part in the funeral of Admiral Chichester. Gen. Thomas H. Barry and Gen. William P. Duvall have been recalled from Germany and are understood to be designated for commands in Cu ba if an army is sent to the island. Railroad tariffs are to be uniform, stated in plain language and thor oughly idexed, according to the new Commission. No bids were made for the con struction and operation of a pneu matic tube postal service for Balti more. "Cap" Hatfield, the noted feudist, was shot and killed by his brother, Dr. Elias Hatfield, near Wharneliff, W. Va. The cornerstones of the Maryland, Virginia and Missouri Buildings and .hat of the Travelers' Protective As soeiation were laid at the Jamestown Exposition site. Five Richmond druggists, charged with emploving unregistered drug elerks to fill prescriptions. were ac quitted because private parties and not tile State 1. ard were the pro secutors. At Woodstock, I. M. D:nges was sentenced to two years on the public !roads for raising a $10 check to $50. A tumor on the brain has driven George Painter of Stephens City, in sane. Republicans of the Second Virgi nia district have nominated Floyd Hughes a young Norfolk lawyer, for Conaress. President Roosevelt has issued an order extending the Eight-Hour law to all public work, especially to river and harbor improvements. Twenty persons are reported to be missing as the result of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad wreck near Dover, Okla. Bryan. made an address at Colum bia, S. C., and then started for Geor A semi-annual dividend on Read ing second preferred stock was de elared. The annual rport shows in creased earnings- for its coal busi ness. "Scalping' tickets of the Pennsyl vania, Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads was perpetually prohibited by a Federal injunction issued in Chi eao. E. H. Harriman, speaking at a launching at Quiney, Mass., urged ship subsidies and painted a gloomy picure of the future if they are not Thntat.ive rules iregulating labels ou food products and medicines un der the Pure-Food and Drug laws. were published and developed oppo sition from interested quarters. Texas Democrats will consider the question of opposing the re-election of Senator Bailey as a result of his alleged relations with the Standard Oil interests. Charles Conley, the negro who at taked two white women in Delaware recently, was sentenced to servve 50 years in prison and to -receive 30' lashes at the whipping post. Officers and men of the Richmond Blues await the action of Majior Cheatwood in the trouble which has.*, split that organiLZation. A correspondent describes tihe pro gress of the work at the Jamestown Exposition grounds. Tucker county, West Virginia,. Democrats nominated a county ticket and endorsed William J. Brayn. Lizzie Deaner, 14 years old, was. eriminally assaulted in Parkersburg. A 'Wheeling man is under arrest. ac cused of the crime. 'Winston Churchill, the author. is making gains in his fight for the Re publican nomination for Governor of' New Hampshire at the primary. Charles E. Carbonneau, who was dismissed in Philadelphia on the charge of having kidnapped his si ter-in-law, is said to havc secured his fortune by marrying a woman who kept a road house in the Yukon gold tields. President Benjamin Ide 'Wheeler,. of the University of California. in a address at the comimecement of Le land Stanford University, argued against the spelling reform 'advocat ed bv President Roosevelt. Thomas 'W. Alexander who disap peared from Augusta, Ga., after hav ing defaulted for $20.000 was arrest ed in Pittsburg, Pa. The Palm'a Government has hasten (d to stop the Cuban revolution, aird efforts are being made to compromise with the insurgents. At present the United States Ma rine Corps has over 7,000 mce- in ae tve service, the legal limit of the corps being 9,000. A monument to George 'Washington was unveiled at Budapest, Hungary. 2llssouri I~epublicanis are urgin.4 Roosevelt to run for P'resident &aain. The Pacifie Mail Company's steam er Manchuria, which grounded on a. reef near Honolulu August 20, has been fioated. The steamer Mongolia, a sister ship of the Manchuria, ran aground on Midway reef. Mexico is believed to be seeking to gain control of the Mexico Central Railway as a means of stopping rate discrimination. Surveying parties are making sur