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PUBLISHED THREE HYDRIQK NAMED For Associate Justice on the Thirty-Eighth Ballot BY LARGE MAJORITY Over Mr. J. S. Cathron, Who Is a Member of the House of Represen tative From Greenville County. How the 5Iembers Voted on the Last Ballot, When Hydrick Won. Columbia, Feb. 12.?A deadlock lasting through thirty-seven ballots ? was broken last night by the election of. D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg, as Associate Justice of Cue State Su preme Court to succeed Ira B. Jones, who was recently elected Chief Jus tice of the same Court.' The fol lowing account of the election is taken from The State: It became apparent during the bal lot taken the day before and the hallots taken yesterday morning that 2tfr. Hydrick was gaining rapidly and with Messrs Cathron and Sheppard still in the race the ballot would have been indefinitely prolonged and that legislatioa would have been blocked. It was no surprise, (therefore, when Senator Weston announced last night that he was authorized to withdraw the name of Mr. John C. Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard had received a magnificent vote and he was gratified with the support of his friends, but he felt that it would be but prolonging a final decision to allow his name to be used longer. Mr. Weston and other members of the Richland delegation then cast their votes solidly for Mr. Hydrick and with the other changes it was j shown early in the final collection that Mr. Cathron was defeated. \ Mr. Cathron is one of the most popular members of the House. He had strong support from the time of his entry. The name of John C. Sheppared also carried a large number of members and Mr. Hydrick had from the start a strong organi zation. Therefore it was evident that there would be a deadlock until one of these three names was withdrawn. The ballots taken yesterday were as follows: First ballot?Cothran, 48; Hy drick, 63; Sheppard, 50. Second ballot?Cothran, 47; Hy drick, 68; Sheppard, 46. Third ballot?Cothran, 47; Hy drick, 71; Sheppard, 43. Fourth ballot?Cothran, 40; Hy drick, 75; Sheppard, 46. After this, ballot the name of Mr. Sheppard was withdrawn and the final ballot resulted as follows: Cothran, 57; Hydrick, 103. f^The election.of Mr. Hydrick was then formally announced. The ele vation of Mr. Hydrick as associate justice means the election of a cir cuit court judge for nis unexpired term. The Electing Ballot. The following was the final bal lot cast:. For Hydrick. Senators Bass, Bates, Carlisle, Car penter, Clifton, Crosson, Earle, For rest, Griffin, Harvey, Hough. John son, Kelley, Laney, Lide McCown, Otts, Rainsford, Rogers, Smith, Spivey Stewart, Summers, Town send, Walker, Waller, Weston, Wil liams, Wharton. Representatives Amick, Ayer, Bo die, Bowman,. Brice, Brown, F. M. Bryan, W. D. Bryan, Bunch, Can trell, Carter, Coker, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, I. Edwards, Foster, Fultz, Garris, Gasque, J. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Glasscock. Graham, Green, Hall. Harmon, Hines, Hollis, Horger, Hughes, Hydrick, Irby, Jackson, Kibler, Lawson. Lee, Leland, Leng nick.McColl, McEachern, Mobley, Mc Mahon, Moseley, Nesbitt. Niver, Nun nery, Pauling, Richards, Ridgeil, W. L. Riley, Robertson, Roessler, D. C. Sanders, O. K. Sanders, Sawyer, Seibels, Shuler, Shuler, Sing leton, C. A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spears, Stanley, Stubbs, J. D. Sul livan, Suydam, Way. Wiggins, Wil liams, O. D. A, Wfilson, W. B. Wil son, Wright. Wyche. For Cothran. Senator Appelt. Black, Christen sen. Croft, Graydon. Hardin, John ston, Mauldin, McKeithan, Mont gomery, Muckenfuss, Sinkler, Sul livan. Representatives Whaley, Ashley, Berg, Bowers, "Boyd, Browning, Carey, Carrigan, Carwile, Celey, Cla ry, Cosgrove, Daniel, Doar, Duvall. E. C. Edwards. Fraser, Greer, Grif fin, Hamer, Harris, Harrison, Harri son, Lane. League, Maun, Mars, Mauldin, Nicholson, Patterson, Ruck er, Scarborough. Simkins, K. P. Smith, P. P. Sullivan, Tobias, Todd, Utsey, Vander, Horst, Wade, Wells, Whatley Wingo. A H?ld-Up at Greenville. Greenville, Feb. 11.?Last night at 7:30 o'clock while on their way home, A. Baron and E. Kantor were held up on the outskirts of the city by two men and relieved of $112 in cash. The highwaymen had a shotgun and fled into the woods immediately after. Sheriff Poole was noticed and soon gave chase, but no clue was obtained as to the iden tity of the men. TIMES A WEEK. AID FOR A BOAT THAT LAY HELPLESS OFF CAPE HATTERESS Summoned by Wireless, and Seven Ships Hasten to Aid a Distressed Barkentine. New York, Feb. 11.?Thanks to a wireless summons sent by the steamer El Norte of the Southern Pacific Steamship Company, six oc ean-going vessels and the revenue cutter Onondaga are keeping more or less distant watch tonight on the barkentine Matanzas, bound for Philadelphia from Fernandina, and sighted 12 miles southeast of the Diamond Shoals lightship, flying sig nals of distress In a northeast gale. The El Norte came up with the barkentine yesterday and stood by her until daylight, while the crew jettisoned her cargo of lumber. A wireless message sent by the El Norte to owners of the Matanzas here apprised them of the plight of the barkentine. A similar message sent to the four winds was picked up by the steamer Comus of the Sou thern Pacific Steamship Company, which hastened to the assistance of the disabled ship. The El Norte then proceeded upon assurance from the captain of the Matanzas that he could keep his vessel afloat. When the Comus came up with the barkentine a few hours later the water was gaining on the men at the pumps at the rate of a foot an hour, and her captain decided to stand by. A wireless message sent by him to the Hatteras station and out to sea a thousand miles brought the steamer Larimer .of the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company to the scene and the two vessels stood guard over the little sinking craft until 5 o'clock this afternoon when she was reported 43 miles northeast of the Diamond Shoals lightship. The Larime then proceeded, leaving the Comus on guard. The Comus and the Cape Hat teras station are in wireless commu nication with the revenue cutter On ondaga, which is hurrying to the as sistance of the Matanzas and with the Prince Eitel Frederick of the Hamburg-American line en route from Jamaica to New York; the Co manchie of the Clyde line, on her way from New York to Jacksonville; the Seminole of the Clyde line, bound from Turk's Island to New York, and the Lampasas of the Mal lory line, out from New York for Tampa, so that the barkentine will not want for assistance should it be needed. \. RELIGION FAST ADVANCING. Remarkable r*rogress Outlined in Paper Read at Chicago. Chicago, 111., Feb. 10.?Remarka ble progress in religious education was outlined in a paper read by Prof. Geo. Albert Coe, of Northwestern University, at today's session of the Convention of the Religious Educa tion Association. The future is not less bright, re cording to another paper delivered by Henry Churchill King, president of the Oberlin College. The astound ing progress of the Christian relig ion in the Orient, particularly in Japan, during the last fifty years, was dwelt on by ProL Edward C. Moore, of Harvard. At the business session Prof. George Albert Coe, of Northwestern University, was elected president of the association. JUROR DROPS DEAD. Mr. J. E. Hill Expires in Yorkville Court House. Yorkville, Feb. 9.?Quite a sen sation was created in the court house yesterday morning. Mr. J. C. Hill, a substantial farmer and citizen of Bullocks Creek township, who was a juror at this term of court, walked into the room and in a few minutes after sitting down he fell over into the arms of a friend and expired before a physician could reach him. Heart failure was said to be the cause of his death. He lived at the Roseboro place, twelve miles from Chester, was 50 years old and leaves a widow and several children, two of them grown. ELECTORAL VOTE COUNTED. Taft and Sherman Declared Presi dent and Vice-Prcsident. Washington. Feb. 10.?With sim pie but impressive ceremonies, the counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice-President oc curred today at a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, held in the chamber of the lower body. William H. Taft, of Ohio, and James S. Sherman, of New York, were officially declared to be the choice of the people for the term beginning March 4 next. The count consumed exactly forty minutes. Took a Hot Bath. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 10.?Diving headlong into a vat of scalding water Phillip Otto, a cooper ended his life tonight. A widower with six chil dren, he became despondent over fi nancial matters and for three days had been bidding friends goodbye. WM OBANGEBTJBG, i SHOULD BE HANGED. A Brnte That Attempted to Assault . Two Girls. . Bainbridge, Ga., Feb. 9.?Ike Jones, a negro, attempted to ?crimi nally assault the 16-year-old daugh ter of Joe Spooner early this morn ing. The negro went to the home of the Spooners, and there was no one at the place except the daughter. The negro asked where her father and brother were, and the girl toid him that they were both in the fiel:1 working. He then told her that he wanted to buy some sau sage. When the girl went out to the smokehouse to get the sausage for him, the negro followed her. As he caught her around the throat she pulled away, and ran past him, screaming, ;o the field, where her brother was working. , A posse was soon organized and succeeded in finding the negro who was brought before the girl, who identified him. He was carried to Iron City and placed in the town jail. There was some talk of a mob taking charge of him, and he was brought to Bainbridge on the noon train. A number of citizens' of the west ern side of the county, where the crime was committed, have followed the negro here, and there is consid erable uneasiness among the officials that the negro will be lynched.' Judge Frank Park, of the Albany circuit, is here in town and has offered to give the negro just as speedy a trial as necessary, saying that he would remain over until to morrow, if necessary. The same negro has been identi fied as the one attempting an as sault upon the daughter of another white man in the same section some months ago. WANTED THEM TO CLINCH But There Was Too Much Culture For That. Washington, Feb. 10.?Rather an amusing incident .occurred in the Senate yesterday while that body was in executive session. A sharp pas sage at arms occurred between Sen ators Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Senator Smith, of Michigan. Mir. Lodge asserted that Mr. Smith had misunderstood utterly what he had said to him and when Mr. Smith insisted that he had not the two- senators -.xchangeu sola?? sharp comments upon each othet'p understanding of a iccent conver sation. Senator Tillman interrupted to re mark that he hoped Massachusetts and Michigan would clinch, but that he supposed there were '-'too-many centuries of culture in the Massa chusetts member to permit of any thing so commonplace." "If they would only get togeth er," said Mr. Tillman, referring to his encounter in the Senate a few years ago with his then colleague, Mr. McLaurin, "it would detract from one chapter of my history which I should like to put behind me." REPORT FROM JAPAN Says Papers Over There Arc Copying Yellow American Tales. Tokio, Feb. 10.?Sensational re ports of the anti-Japanese sentiment in the Pacific States, published in the papers here are having a marked influence on public feeling. All foreigners doing business here are likely to be adversely affected, as in the minds of all but the educated Japanese, who are relatively few members, all foreigners are alike. The sensational Hochi appeals to the passions and prejudices of its readers, concluding with the pro verb, "Even Buddhe loses patience if his face is slapped thrice." The more conservative Asahi urg es patience on its readers and reli ance upon the better element in America for protection of the rights of the Japanese living there. The official situation remains un changed, assurances being given that Japan is in no fear that the action of a State legislature will be per mitted to interrupt friendly rela tions with the United States. KILLS SELF AND WIFE. Man Gets Drunk and Commits the Terrible Crime. New Castle. Pa.. Feb. 10.?Peter Cupps and his wife were found dead in their home tonight when neigh bors arrived in response to cries for helj) of Cupp's stepson, Clyde War neck, who ran from the house with blood streaming from a wound in his shoulder. Mrs. Cupps was seated in a rock ing chair with a bullet hole in her forehead. Cupps was on a couch in an adjoining room, shot above the right eye, while his fingers still clutched a revolver. Warneck stat ed that when he returned home from work Cupps was intoxicated and quarrelling with his wife. He says he interfered to protect his moth er, whereupon Cupps shot him through the shoulder. After he ran from the house he says he heard two shots. Cupps was present was 60 years old, and according to the stepson, frequently quarrelled with his wife. Warneck is expected to recover. 3. C, SATURDAY, FEBE PLEAD FOR LIFE Some Substantial Evidence in an Aiken Murder Case. HEARD HER BEGGING For Her Life, and Then Heard Screams and Blows?One Witness Declared That Mrs. Lowe Resign ed in Favor of Another AVoman, Who Had Supplanted Her. Aiken, Feb. 10.?A very interest in case is being tried at the present term of our court, being that of Sovereign Lowe and Lee Boyd, charg ed with the murder of Lowe's wife. The case had not proceeded far before it was discovered that Boyd had nothing to do with the crime, and the judge instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty in his case. Lowe is now being tried and the testimony against him so far is very damaging. was that of Alford Glover, who re was that of Alfard Glover, who re sided a short distance from the Lowe's house. He said about three o'clock on the night of the murder, he heard Mr. Garry Toole call him, and he went out, and when he got out of the house, he heard a wo man scream in the direction of Lowe's house, and he went to the corner of the fence a few feet from the door. Here he heard screams, and a woman begging for her life. He said he recognized the voice as that of Mrs. Lowe, and he heard a man striking blows and cursing, and he recognized this voice as that of Lowe. Dr. H. Hastings Wyman, Jr., testi fied that he assisted in the second examination of Mrs. Lowe's body, and made a dissection. He found her neck broken, and corroborated the testimony of the other physic ians. A very important point in the physician's testimony was that they were of the opinion that the bruises on her person were made before death. Coroner Johnson held the inquest. He first went to Lowe's house on day of her death, but did not hold inquest; again visited that section .on.following Satjirday, at instigation of mother of deceased. Remains were disinterred, but body not tak en out of coffin. Again held an ex amination on following Wednesday, when the physicians made a dis section. Neck was limber, as was also the hands. The defendant did not object to the holding of the in quest. The negro Alford Glover, said on cross examination that he did not testify to what he told today, at '.he coroner's inquest because he was afraid to do so, as his brother had been waylaid and killed. He also said that threats had been made against him since the crime, if he said that he had heard Lowe say said that he had heard Low say that his wife had come home one day, and wrote on the wall that she would "resign in favor of another woman" and would leave Lowe. The State then rested its case The first witness the defense called was Mr. Garry Toole, who resided near the Lowe house. He said so far as he knew the defendant and his wife were on good terms. Said he got up about three o'clock on the morning in question, and called to Alford Glover; said he heard no screams; knew that Mrs. Lowe had a sore on cheek; said he saw face was black after death, and that breast and throat were discolored. Olivia Boyd testified that Mrs. Lowe could not write, consequently could not write the inscription on Lowe's house. Saw blue place on neck; looked like bloodshot mark; neck was stiff. (Witness was the "other woman" referred to in the writing on wall of house.) Jennie Atkinson said slie wrote the inscrip tion on Lowe's house. Two witnesses here testified that the neck of the deceased was limber at the inquest. Lee Boyd, the acquitted defendant, being sworn said he was with Lowe Sunday afternoon and night; said Lowe was not drunk; Lowe, after being in bed a few minutes, said he j was sick, and got up, and went out. Witness then went to sleep; was awakened at about three o'clock when Lowe looked at clock, and went back to sleep. Short time after that was awakened by Lowe calling his wife. Boyd and Lowe got up, struck a light and found Mrs. Lowe dead. Slept in same room. Lowe, the defendant, was next placed on the stand; said he had several drinks on afternoon before Mrs. Lowe's death. He told prac tically same story as Boyd, finding his wife dead. Boyd went to Mrs. Garry Toole's and then several came to his house. Denied that she met violence at his hands. Said wife was not sick. Found Him Guilty. Aiken, Feb. 11.?The jury in the case against Sovereign Lowe, charg ed with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Rainey Lowe, rendered a verdict of guilty this afternoon, after having the case under consideration for less than two hours. The verdict carries with it a recommendation to mercy of the court, and this will UABY 13, 190?. THE IT PERFORM HEROIC FEAT. | i _ ! Save the Crew of Schooner Tlint I Goes to Pieces. Delaware Breakwater, Del., Feb t 10.?The four-masted schooner Sarah W. Lawrence, from Newport News, with a cargo of coal for Bos ton, was today blown aground on the Hen and Chicken's Shoals off Cape Henlopen, Del. The crew of nine men and the captain's w'fe were rescued by the Cape Henlopen life-savers. The schooner broke In two after the ten persons had been taken off. They were landed at Lewes, Del. The sea was running so high that it was impossible for the life-savers alone to go to the assistance of the stranded vessel, and a tug was called upon to tow the life-savers in a launch out to the schooner. The Cape Henlopen men risked their lives in putting their boat through the pounding surf, but they reached the schooner safely and just as the hull of the Lawrence became sub merged. Those aboard were hud dled on the fore house of the sunken vessel. The sea was running so high that the hardy rescuers were unable to get close to the crew and life pre servers and ropes were brought into use. The captain's wife was the first taken off, and it took several hours to effect the rescue of the others. NEGROES FATALLY BURNED. One Woman in Field and Two Children in House. Cades, Feb. 10.?Hester Wingate, a colored woman who lives a few miles above here, caught fire while burning brush and before anything could be done for her, her entire clothing had been burned off. She caught and burned in the presence of several men, who failed to render any appreciable service. One got his hands severely "burned while doing what he could to aid her. Yesterday came news of the burn ing of Mellard Wood s house and two-year-old child, while father and mother were some distance away at a neighbor's house. This seems to be another of those not unusual cases among colored people, where they go away and leave their child ren alone in the house to meet death by their parents' gross carelessness. THREE MEN DROWNED. A Boat Party of Five Capsized in Florida Gulf. Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 10.? Through the capsizing of their boat yesterady afternoon in the Gulf-of -Naples, below this place, three men were drowned and two others reach ed shore after staying in the water on the wreck all night and part of today. The dead are: William Phil lips and Charles G. Wicker and Ray Hackney, of Chicago. The body of Wicker was recovered, but those of the two other men have not been found. A dispatch states that the men intended to be out for a few hours only, but that in a squall their boat was overturned, the two survlv | ors saving their lives by clinging to the wrecK. They sought for the bodies of their companions, hoping to find them. The body of Wicker was sent to Chicago tonight. SHOULD BE HANDLED. j Two Rowdies Behaved Very Badly at a Country School. Spartanburg, Feb. 10.?A special dispatch to a local paper from Lan drum, in the upper edge of this county, says that two boys visited the Bennett School, near that place, several days ago and frightened the girls by their outrageous conduct, which was extremely disgusting. One of the bys fired a gunshot Inco the crowd, several of the shot strik ing Miss Smith, a pupil of the school, in the face. Fortunately the young lady was some distance away when the shot was fired and was not bad ly injured. These young rowdies should be severely handled by the law. DIED A HERO. Young Mau Drowned Trying to Save Young Gfrl. Springfield, Mass., Feb. 10.? Albert C. Heimsath, _G years old, of Cleveland. Ohio, president of the se nior class of the International Y. M. C. A. training ach/jol in this city, and Miss Gertrude Hurd, IS years old, of this city, broke through thin ice on Waterhops Pond, adjoin ing the school tonight, and both were drowned. Heimsath regained his footing immediately after going into the water and had an excel lent chance to save himself, but went back for the girl and perished. save the prisoner's neck. Lowe has not yet been sentenced, but he will receive a life sentence. The case was given to the jury this afternon after about two days and several hours had been consumed in the trial of the case. A very large crowd was in the court room when the verd'et was read. The spectators have evinced the keenest interest in the case throughout the trial. MAKING WHISKEY IN A ST DLL IN A COUNTRY GRAVEYARD. Wien One Took a Drink of It He Sang "Hark From the Tomb, a Doleful Sound." Atlanta, Feb. 10.?In a nunsed grave of a country graveyard, near Macon, an Illicit distillery was found last week by the revenue force. Monday, officers in the York set tlement of the "Dark Corner" of South Carolina, found three children, each of whom is under ten years, making brandy with a still which they had constructed themselves. The distillery in the graveyard was concealed within the grave, and the dirt was heaped up in a way to give the impression that the grave had been used. The owner of the distillery had first opened the grave, fixed in the still, then placed planks across the top and covered them with earth. At one end, but very care fully hidden, he had left an opening by which he might enter and go out. In the gray of the morning, a negro passing along the road that runs by the church yard, saw a head apparently bob up out of a grave, then quickly disappear. He didn't stop to investigate, and he was still speechless when he reached the next house. Others took the matter up end a small party was formed. When the graveyard was reached, they formed a ring and slowly closed in on the uncanny grave. But instead of the weird things their imagina tion had painted, they found the opening at one end and the' stili inside. It is believed that 'this distillery had been operated for some time, but even th/ose living within :the immediate vicinity were unaware of its presence. The liquor it produced is said to have had a peculiar de pressing and saddening effect. After drinking it, one's desire was to sing, "Hark From the Tomb a Doleful Sound," instead of "We Won't Go Home 'Till Morning." The place where the children were discovered making illicit whiskey is not far from Ashevllle. They had constructed a complete still them selves, and were making brandy of as good quality as any that can be distilled. A wooden bucket served them as cap, a pair of kegs were used as doublers, and a bored-out poplar limb served as a worm. The officers say that not oils of 'he children could. have been over ten years. CONTROL WAREHOUSES. Farmers Long Cherished Dream Near Realization It Is Said. Atlanta, Feb. 10.?President Charles S. Parrett, of the Farmers' Union, announced today that a con solidation had been etfected of the one hundred cotton warehouses built by the farmers' organizations in Georgia. The management of these enterprises will be immediately brought under one board of direc tors. President Barrett stated that the work of organizing the farmers' warehouse in the other cotton States was about concluded, two-thirds of the States already having been or ganized. The effect of Jthis combination when it is fully established will be to centralize the control of the en tire cotton crop of the country in the hands of the farmers. BARN WELL BARBER KILLED. White Man Shoots Negro Who Had ? Cursed Him. Barnwell, Feb. 11.?Julius Green, a colored harbor, was shot and killed here at 2:30 p. m. toda;. by Mr. C. F. Baker, a painter. The killing occurred in Green's barber shop. It seems that there was some trifl ing trouble between the parties and that Green cursed Mr. Baker, who left the shop and returned in a few minutes, when the killing occurred. Baker admits having shot Green, and the verdict of the coroner's jury was in accordance with this admis sion. Baker is now lodged in the county jail. Motion for bail will lie made by his attorney in a few days. VERDICT OF GUILTY. Driggers Guilty of Murdering His Sister in Clarendon. Manning, Fell. 11.?The jury in the case of .1. Frank Drivers, charg ed with the murder of his sister. Mrs. Mamie Boseman, at 10 o'clock tonight returned a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy. Driggers is the first man convicted of a capital crime by a Clarendon jury in the past 11 years. A few weeks ago he shot and killed his sister about money matters. They both lived near this place. Fell Three Hundred Feet. Grand Junction, Colo., Feb. 10.? While plowing through the heavy 'rifts at Baxter Pass on the Unitah Railroad, a locomotive and snowplow in rounding a sharp curve on the down grade plunged over a 300 foot precipice, killing Engineer .T. E. Lane and fatally injuring a section hand. 0 CENTS PER COPY. SOME WAR TALK Russia Getting Ready to Gift Japan a Thrashing. WILL EVEN UP SCORES Such Is the Prediction of Congress man McKinlay, of California, Ad miral Robley D. Evans and Wil liam T. Snead, One of England's Greatest Editors, Who Is Here. Washington, Feb. 11.?Relcently a single issue of a Washington news paper contained statements from three eminent men, concerning di rectly and indirectly the present re lations between this country and Ja pan, which are of much significance. In a speech delivered in Wash ington Saturday night, Representa tive William S. McKinlay, of Califor nia, defended the right of his State to regulate Its own local affairs, and made use of the following lan guage with reference, to the rela tions between Japan and the Unit ed States: "The question of war is idle. Among those who really know con i ditions in the far East, the concen I sus of opinion is this: Japan has only ended a preliminary skirmish with Russia. The Russian defeat is not ultimate. Today Russia is double-tracking the railroad whose ridiculous inadequacy led to her hu miliation. She is preparing to pro tect her frontier, is making up to the present peace of civilization, and has not turned her face from the goal set by Peter the Great. "If Japan should turn for a mo ment to engage in warfare with a second, or even a third rate, power, Russia would oe at her throat. The statesmen of Japan know this phase of the question so much better than we do that it is ridiculous to dis cuss it. "Fighting Bob's" Opinion. The same issues of the news papers which reported Mr. McKin lay's speech carried an Associated Press dispatch reading as follows: Chicago, Feb. 6.?"A few days ago, when the Russian government floated a loan of $250,000,000? which was subscribed thirty times over, that was Russia's notice to Japan 'To get ready for war, and stay ready, for I am going to lick you.' " Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, seated in his apartments in the Au ditorium Annex, tonight made thia statement: "And what is more," added tho admiral, "Japan herself recognizes and realizes the position in which she is placed. The hand-writing is plain. Japan can read." A number of othor predictions, of international import, viewed from the standpoint of "Bob" Evans, did the admiral make. Briefly summer ized, they are as follows: The United ?tates will have no trouble with Japan, neither will England. When the next Russo Japanese war does come Germany, France and Austria will espouse the cause of the Russian. England will find herself allied with Japan by vir tue of existing treaties. What the result of it all will be no man can foresee. "Japan cannot go on at the rate that she is spending money now," he continued. "It is out of the question. Japan recognizes that a conflict with Russia is inevitable, and the government is straining ev ery nerve, exhausting every effort to put itself in a state of prepar edness." W. T. Stead's View. ! The third statement appearing contemparaneously with the two above quoted is from the pen of William T. Stead, the great English journalist. While it makes no di rect reference to Japan or her rela tions with the United States, it is significant that his remarks bear out what Mr. McKiulay and Admiral Evans say concerning Russia. Mr. Stead says: "The great fact which ought to ?command universal attention is overlooked. It is the coming of the Slav into his kingdom, a fact com pared with which the fortunes of kings and emperors are as dust in the balance. The proposed annex ation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Austro-Hungarian empire is but one of the signs of the ripening of the Slavonic question, the gradual emergence of the Slavs from the po sition of subordination and political serfdom and their establishment as the predominant race in the heart of Europe. "Of all the great races of Europe the Slavs have received the fewest favors from the fates. Providence has been to them a cruel step moth er. "From century to century they have been the prey of conquerors, European and Asiatic. When, as in Russia, they were able to assent their independence of Tartar and Turk, they could only do so by sub mitting to an autocrat whose yoke was seldom easy and whose burden was never light. But for this Cin derella of Europe the light is rising in the darkness and there are not lacking signs that in the future tho despised kitchen maid may yet be the belle of the ball."