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Akk AIL { l1', 1I i \I\(z, C., 'h;1)\I ,Sh ', ! t'(itTS'1 LiB ERTY CONGRESS. Seys lrnerial Crcwns MLst be Cast Aside by THE ELECTION OF BRYAN. Gecrg-s S. B u wail Makes a Great Speech Against Im pe:iilism and Da cares for Byan Tle liberty congress of the National Asti-lmpcrialistic league met in In dianapolis oa Wednesday. About five hundred delegates were present. Tom linson hall was elaborately decorated with American flags and with portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Thomas A. Hendricks and Oliver P. Morton. There were two huge banners containing excerpts from the specches of Abraham Lincoln and three contain ing parts of the "Behold a republic" peroration of Mr. Bryan's Indianapolis speech of acceptance. Swung directly over the speaker's platform was an im mense banner with the following in soriptions: "I speak not of forcible annexation, for that cannot be thought of. That, by our code of morals would be crimi nal aggression-William McKinley." "Behold a republic standing erect with the empires all around her bowed beneath the weight of their own arma ments-a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared William Jennings Bryan." George G. Moneer of Philadelphia called the convention to order at 11 o'clock, presenting Edwin Burritt Smith of Chicago as temporary chair man. Prof. A. H. Tolman of the uni versity of Chicago read the Declaration of Independence. The Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow of Cincinnati invoked the divine blessing on the deliberations of the body, after which Mr. Smith de livered his address. He said in part: "The American people must ones for all put away the imperial crown which Mr. McKinley proffers them. A self governing people cannot acquire and hold power to rule others. There is place for none but citizens beneath the American flag. "The last six presidential elections have been determined by independent voters. These voters are today united in their opposition to the approval of Mr. McKinley's course. If they co operate at the coming election they will compass his defeat and bring the re public back to its true course. "Our correspondence which extends to the entire country, indicates that in dependent voters in large and increas ing numbers will vote directly for Bry an. Others deem it do sirable to have a third ticket as a means of withhold ing votes from McKinley. Some be lieve this to be a good time to found a new and conservative party that may in time dispute the control of the gov ernment with survivor of the existing parties. Each of these views is ably represented in this congress." Throughout the delivery of Mr Smith's address the applause was gener ous, but it reached its greatest volume when the temporary chairman suagest ed that many of the sympathizers with the movement were disp ad to give their support to Win. J. Bryan. The cheers and shouts which greeted this utterance lasted two or three minutes. Chairman Smith called for short ad dresses from delegates. Those who re sponded were Dr W. A Croffat d. Washington, Gen. Jos. thatty of C.> lumbus, 0 , Judge Moses Hallett of Denver; Edgar A BancrofP of Chicago and Gamaliel Bradford of B~ston. Dr. Croffutt said he had long been a Re publican, hut should this year give his support to Bryan. He presented to the convention the regrets of Gen. Win. Birney and ex-Senator John B. Hen derson of Washington and Senator George L. Wellington of Marj land. Gamaliel Bradford said he had taken the long journey from Boston princi pally to avert what he thought _would be a great mistake-the nomination of a third ticket. "This election," he said, "is not go ing to be settled by the newspapers nor by the politicians, nor by the capi talists, but by the people. Now if we are going to defeat Mc~inley we must throw cur solid support in behalf of Wm J. Bryan. (Great applause ) Then when he sits in the presidential chair, which he will, we wiil have somet influ ence with the administration, we will be able to say that we were with him from the beginning. I think the first consideration is to defeat McKinley, but I think it is just as importaut to elect Mr. -Bryan. I did net vote for him four years ago; I am a strong ad vocate of the gold standard, and I think he is mistaken about the money question, but 1 also think he is thoroughly earnest and honest and sin cere. ~1 have as much faith as I have in any doctrine of religion that when the people come to vote next Novem ber they will cast an overwhelming tes timony in favor of Win. J. Bryan." The venerable George S. Boutwell, ex-governor of Massachusetts and sec retary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Grant was made peimanent chairman. He made a splendid speech against imperialism, which was most enthusiastically received. He said: "I charge that the policy upon which the administration has entered _will m.ean the abandonment of the princi ples upon which cur government was founded; that it will change the repub lie into an empire. The first of the means before us for the preservation of rthe Union if our allegation is true, is the overthrow of the aduministration. We are told there is peace in the Philippines and our 69O/00 soldieis there are merely performing police du ty. The president has said the Philip pines are ours and there will be no abatement of our rights and no scutt'e policy. This seems to indicate that we have entered upon a colonial policy. 1 am not able to explain the motive of Mr. McKinley in taking this policy. I believe he is the maister mind in his cabinet and that noting has transpired except that whien he himself has origi nated. And he has carried it through thus far without interruption. He is the one person responsible for what has been done, our chief duty is the whin he is head. There is one issue -which the popular verdict will settle irrevocably, and that is the issue of imperialism. If the Republican party be successful its control of the judicial as well as of the executive and legisla lative departments of the government trill be absolute and its disposition to exercise all its power for the enforce ment of an imperialistic policy cannot be doubted. At the end of four years imperialism will be so firmly imbedded in our p:litical life that it can never be expelled. Since the election of Mr. Bryan is certain to deliver the country from imminent peril of imperialism, can the liberty convention hesitate to support him because of an impossible danger arising from his opinions on subjects with which, as president, he cannot possibly deal? "How is the overthrow of the admin istration to be accomplished?" inquired Mr. Boutwell. There is but one avail able means and you know what that is. I am for Bryan in spite of what he may believe concerning the currency er fi nances of the country. This question to which we invite the country's atten tion is a question of life or death to the republic. In such a crisis shall we stop to consider whether the silver should be worth more or less than it is? If the currency is impaired we can re deem it. It was impaired during the civil war and we redeemed it afterward. if you have not been deceived in a man and he promises to do what is right you are not to blame if you try him. Mr. Bryan to me stands in that position. Even i is enemies say nothing against him as a man. In this very city he has n.ade the most explicit promises to pursue that policy which we advocate. I am disposed to trust him. I believe Bryan is as honest in his purpose to redeem this country from degradation and its policy of imperialism as any man who sits in this audience. There fore, for one, I am in favor of support ing Mr. Bryan in spite of his beliefs in things conearning which he has not my approval. BRYAN ENDORSED. On Thursday the convention en dorsed Bryan and Stevenson, and ad journed sine die. HAVE A EEW DEAL. After Five Years Wives Go Back to Husbands They Exchanged. Two farmers of Monekton, N. B., named William Henderson and Walter Moore, who exchanged wives five years ago, mat and exchanged back on Satur day. Both were possessed of capable and handsome wives. The members of both families had been reared in the neighborhood and had been sweethearts and friends from childhood. After a period of what was believed by the neighbors to have been perfect happiness covering more than a decade of years. a coolness grew. up in each household. Mrs. Henderson returned to her parents. A few days later Hen derson was found by Moore with his wife. There was no quarrel with the men. Moore simply said: "If you want my wife you can have her," and left the house. That settled it, for the next morning enderson and Mrs. Moore disappeared, oing to Long Island City, Me , where e purchased a stock farm. Mrs. Henderson, who was obliged to work for a living, hired with Moore as is housekeeper, and she seemed to be appy. Things went along swimming y until two years ago, when Mrs. Hen erson's heart returned to her old, love, ad she and Moore undertook to locate he missing couple. Last Christmas eve word came to Long Island City of the eecin at Moncton, and a correspond mec rollowed, which resulted in the neeivg of the four at Waterville, Me. The couples neared each other at he railway station and the men did not ook at each other. They stopped a ew feet apart and the wives went to heir sides The reunited couples took he train at once for their respective omes. Suicide of Lovers. Armer Jones and Bonnie Turner, wo young people' living near Coal, o , were found in a dying condition n a buggy by the roadside Wednesday morning. They died about two hours ater from the effects of morphine, which they had taken with suicidal in tent. Jones was about 22 years old and Miss Turner was is. They had been keeping company for over a year and had intended to marry, but un fortunately Jones was kicked by a horse this summer, necessitating the expenditure of the money he had saved to marry on. As soon as he recovered and found it necessary to leave home in searc-h of work the young folks de ided they would rather die together than be separated. They went driving Saturday afternoon, remaining away all night. Sunday morning they un hitched the horse from the buggy, tied him to the fence, fastened the laprobe over the side of the buggy top so that they could not be seen from the road and took morphine. About 9 o'clock a man named Link McGinniss, who was passing, discovered them in a dying condition. Three physicians were called, but were unable to save them. A note to Jones' mother was found in his memorandum book, telling ,vhere his pictume could be found and asking that they be buried in the same grave. He gave as the explanation of the deed that they could not marry and would rather die than be separated. Japan Bore the Brunt. The Associated Press correspondent with the allied forces in China says the glory of the fighting at Peitsang belongs to the Japanese. They did all the hardest fighting. The Americans were in reserve and had no casualties. The Japanese. advancing across the plain, had no shelter and tlanked the Chinese from their strong :nud walls and trenches extending five miles. The feature of the battle was the magm& cent Japanese cavalry charge which ry suted in the capture of It) field guns. The Chinese ret reat was orderly and they left but a few dead on the field. The correspondent of the Associated Prss counted :Nli dead or wounded Jaranese. The British loss was two men killed and a~ few wounded. Toe Briish naval brigade guns and two big Rusianls had a duel with the Chinese guns. which resulted in silencing the atter. The Russians found the plains east of the river flooded and joined the A COIN 1 EiPIRE The Rapid Approach of an Ameri can Emperor. THE ALARM SOUNDED. Some Serious R fiections from Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, on the Pli:i cal Outlock. Within the past thirty years the wealth of the United States, which was once fairly distributed, Las been accumulated in the hands of a few, so that, according to the last census, 250, 000 men own $44.000,000,000, or over three fourths of the wealth of this country, while 52 per cent. of the pop ulation practically have no property at all and do not own their homes. It would naturally be supposed that the 48 per cent. of the people who still have an interest in the property of the nation would be the governing classes. Recent events, however, point unmir takably to the fact that the 250 000 people who own nearly all the wealth have combined with the 52 per cent. of our population who have no property, and by gaining control of a great and aoretime patriotic political organiza tion have usurped the functions of a government and established a plu toracy. Among all monarchies of the past, whenever all power and all property hate been gathered into the hands of the few and disconcent appears among the masses, it has been the policy to acquire foreign possessions. to enlarge the army and navy, to employ the dis contented and distract their attention. The attempt on the part of the Unit ed States to acquire foreign territory, coming as it dees along with an ever increasing clamor for the enlargement of the army and for the creation of a great navy, is sufficient to alarm patri otic citizens and lead to an anxious in tuiry as to whither we are drifting oday we have no territory that a navy is needed to defend. The United sates is so situated that she can say whether she will have peace or war. But the moment we acquire distant, possessions we must build a navy to iefend them, for in case of war these possessions would be first attacked and taken from us France, England and ermany have possessions scattered all ver the world, and those nations are onsequently compelled to maintain mmense navies to defend them. These possessions, in case of war, furnish so nany points of attack, so many em )arrassments, so many opportunities 'or national humiliation that the strife s to see who can maintain the greatest leet upon the sea. Shall we enter the arena of this contest? From our earliest history we have nsisted that we would engage in no ntangling alliances. We have said that we would attend to our bwn affairs nd that our interests demanded that o European country should gain fur-' ther foothold upon the western hemis phere; and so strong has been our moral position that without a navy we have always been able to enforce this doc rne. Throughout our past we have en ountered many propesitions for the nnexaion of tropical countries and we resolutely put them behind us, un il our judgment was circumvented by the machinations of capitalistic combi nations and we took forcible possession f the Hlawaaiian Islands. The same influences are now at work to attach permanently to the United States the Philippine Islands; still deeper in the realm of th-' blazing sea. Tropical countries produce and main tain populations much more dense than ountries in the temperate zone be cause it takes less to clothe and feed and care for their peo;.le, because their demands and wants are less and because f the wonderful food-producing power f the soil of the tropics. The island of Java has an area no larger than the state of Iowa, and it ontains 24,000,000 people. It is rea sonable to suppose that the Hawaiian and Philippine islands can maintain a populationi in proportion to their area equal to those of other tropical coun tries. But what kind of a population? The more of them the worse. There is not a colony of European or Anglo Saxon laborers within twenty-two de grees of the equator anywhere on the No English, no French, no Germans, o Scandinavians, no Russians, none of the people whose blood flows in the viens of our people have colonized any portion of the globe within twenty-two degrees of the equator. American en terprise and Anglo Saxon thrift seek the region in the northern hemisphere or the southern hemisphere between the thirtieth and fifty-fifth degree of north or south latitude. They abide where the frost chills man's blood and where clothing made of the wool of the sheep helps to keep him warm. I think it can be estab lished as a proposition which cannot be refuted that self-government and inde pendence and high civilization are only embraced by people who find it necessary to wear warm clothing and who feel the tingle of the frost in their veins during a portion of the yeir. For a century the United States has held a position in relation to other nations of tbe world different fr->m that of any other nation that ever existed. So great has been the moral force of this grand position that no American can travel in any Asiatic country with out being constantly reminded of it. No American can travel in those coun tries without being constantly assured that he is welcome, that his nation is admired, and when you seek the reason you arc told that it is because the United States recognizes and respects de rights of other nations and is not engaged in a career or conquest. The people of China and Japan fear England, fear Russia, fear Germany, but they love ar~d respect the United States. Shall we break down this splendid position? Shall we abandon the policy of a century? Where is our long-time boast that government de rives its just powers from the consent of the goverded. Som on sys this is an old-fogy no tion. It is not; it is new. That idea is only a hundred years old, and while na tions are thousands and thousands of years old, all of them before we estab lished that principle enunciated the doctrine that might makes right. It is to be abandoned in its youth? Is this government to recede from that splendid position and to take its first step in wrong, in crime, as a penple, by over turning the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the con sent of the governed, and without the consent of those people fcrce them to become part of this union? Around this doctrine is the idea that comes along with it-that wherever our flag is planted there it shall forever re main. That sounds well; it is good fourth of July stock, that whenever the Ameri can soldier has fallen and been buried that region shall becocome part of this country. But thisp.vernment is main tained for the living, not for the dead. What can we do to contribute to the happiness and prosperity anc com fort of our people alive? is the problem for us to solve. It is this cry of "manifest destiny" which cau'es the guns of Great Britain to echo daily around the world and ex cuses the massacre and assassination of the weaker people of the earth. During the last seven years she has killed twenty or thirty thousand of the people of Africa, bombarded towns filled with women and .children, and herself has lost in the unequal contest but seven men-all this in the name of "mani fest destiny." But Great Britain to day, with all her mighty power and her vast pc siessions, has not conferred upon the people of England the comfort and satisfaction and happiness which should come with a proper and honest national policy. One tenth of her people are paupers. Two out of three of her laborers who reach the age of sixty years either are or have been paupers. Two hundred and twenty-two thousand of her people own the great bulk of the property. More than two thirds of the people of Great Britain have no property at all. Her metropolist, meanwhile, contai s the darkest and most criminal caverns in the world. If we pursue this policy, if we annex the weaker nations of the world and un dertake to govern them, such will be the result with us. If we annex na tions to which we cannot apply oursys tem of government, if we acquire terri tory in the tropics, where men cannot live who are capable of self-government, then republican forms cannot exist in those distant possessions. The vigor ous blood, the best blood, tne young men of our land, will be drawn away to mix with inferior races and to hold them in subjection. CROPS HAVE SUFFERED. Some Places Drowned Out and Some Burned Up. The national weather burreaus's weekly summary of crops condition in the country at large says owing to the extreme conditions of heat and dryness, and excessive rains in certain districts the week as a whole, was unfavorable to agricultural interests in the di-tricts east of the Rocky mountains but on the Pacific coast it was very favorable. In portions of Missouri and Kansas corn, ore especiailly the late planted, has een materially injured. In the prin cipal States of the corn belt the reports ndicate that the bulk of the crop will e safe from frost by Sept. 10 and that the late crop will be matured one or two weeks later. Heavy rains in the principal spring wheat States prevented the completion of the spring wheat harvest and cause-d injury to the overr.ipe standing grain s well as to that in shock and stack. Over portions of the central belt cot ton has improved slightly, although rust and shedding are gennerally re ported and the crop needs rain in por tions of Mississippi, while suffering from excessive moisture and lack of ultivation in parts of Louisiana. In the Carolinas, Georgia and Arkansas the conditions of cotton has deterioated materially, premature opening being extensively reported from the Caro linas. In Northern Texas cotton has made favorable progress, but elsewhere in that State it needs ary weather and is making too rank growth. Some pick ing has been done over the southeast ern portion of the cotton belt and while cotton is opening in southwestern Texas, picking will not be general in that State for two or three weeks. In the Middle A lan tic States, includ ing North Carolina and Ohbio and por tions of Kentucky, tobacco has suffered much from drought and heat, but in the last mentioned State the general condition of the crop is promising. Some cutting has been done as far north as Maryland and Ohio. Getting More Active. Reports from the Philippine islands show that there has been increased ac tivity among the insurgents there dar ing the last six weeks. The American losses in the islands of Panay last month were greater than in any mnth sines January last. General Mojica, in Leyte, and Gen..ral Luchan, in Sa mar, are harassing the garrisons, shoot ing into towns during the night and ambushing small parties, firing and then retreating upon larger bodies. The rebels possess an adequate supply of ammunition and are organized to a considerable degree. The Americans hae garrisoned their towns on Samar Island, two of which sheltered a tenth of the original inhabitants who suffer from the continual sniping of the rebels from the surrounding hills. The third is without any native inhabitants, the rebel troops a mile away preventing their return to their homes. General L-han punishes the islanders who have any relations with the Americans. Cebu is also disturbed. Barring those who have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States the rebels are im prisoned in Manile. When amnesty was proclaimed it practically was with out ffeet and the expectation that the proclamation would accomplish much in the unexpired time is daily diminish ing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A Millionaire Dead. Collis P. Huntington, railway mag nate and multi-millionaire, died sud denly Tuesday morning at his camp in the Adirondacks, near Racquet lake, New York. He was stricken without waring- Before assistance could be summoned he expired, presumably of heart disease. Death occurred at Camp Pine Knot. THE AIKEN MEET. Eight Hundred People Heard the Speakers Quietly. TILLMAN TALKS OF 'NINETY. The Other Speakers Went Over the Usual Ground. Each Candidate Has His Say.. The State campaign meeting was held at Aiken on Wednesday. Dr. limmer man and Capt. Jennings' had their friendly bouts and paid each other com pliments.Mr. Brooker and Mr. Derham spoke more peaceably. Messrs Ellison Capers, Jr. and McMahan told why they shculd be elected. Gen. Floyd and Capt. Rouse with their usual speeches. Messrs. J. H. Wharton, B B. Evans, T. N. Berry, I. E Pettigrew, W. D. Mayfield and W. D. Evans made fine arguments why each one of them should be elected railroad commissioner. TILLMAN NEXT. Senator Tillman was then graciously presented by State Senator Henderson. Senator Tillman first took up the chagse of "bossism" and why he was in this campaign. He had sense enough to know any attempt from him to "boss" would be resented. Hampton came here years ago in entirely differ ent circumstances and he charged here that you wanted a repetition of the Mahone campaign and such things. Common consent then said Hampton was to be returned to the senate and he was no candidate, and Tillman was here as a candidate under the orders of the State committee. There would have been half a dozen candidates had any one felt there was a show for them. The prohibitionists have started to draw factional lines. He asked wheth er he was expected to accept the bribe of universal support, to keep his mouth shut and not to do his duty. Why then did they attack him and utter slanders against him, he asked. Then he took up the election of 1S92 which was not conclusive- for prohibi tion, he argued, and the dispensary has been endowed five times. Then he gave the history of how the dispensary was agreed upon. He reiterated the "alliance" state ment and incidentally said he heard there were no "blind-tigers" here but he did not know whether it was so. Then he took up the preachers and said he was not afraid of them. It was the truth that hurt them. As long as he told the truth he was indifferent as to who it hit. There were no fly specks on Col. Hoyt, and he had absolutely no candi date or favorite, but he was defending his administration and the dispensary. He laughed at The State's being the organ of prohibition although it was a license advocate. Then he jumped the Rev. W. R. Richardson and his sermon, and then said why he needed no machine. Fif teen or twenty thousand would scratch him if Gonzales cauld muster them, but he wouH' rather be scratched than muzzled. He then took up the advantages of the dispensary. A Voice: "Uncle George is against it." Tillman: "He is no oracle." He then took up the merits of the law and said there was no Scriptural objection to the sale of liqiuor. He had nevcr jined the church because he did not feel good enough, and then~ he qote d a passage about drinking and forget your poverty and suggested that some had been so judging from the rops about here. This occasioned much laughter. Common sense was a jewel, even in the pulpit, and it was a pity there was so much dogmatism and fanaticism. He insisted on voters standing for principle and not friendship or admira tion. He was thankful that party lines were very nearly obliterated. Senator Tillman did not speak as long as usual, and held no hand pri mary. OTHER CANDIDATES. Messrs. Whitman, Gary, Patterson, McSweeney and Hoyt made there usual pleas as to why they should be elected governor. Then followed Messrs C. L Blease, J. L. Winkler, John T. Sloan, Jas. H. Tillman and Knox Livingston, who tried to impress upon the people the importance of electing one of them lieutenant governor. This ended the meeting. The crowd was quiet and orderly. Poisoned with Perfame A special cable dispatch from Paris says: An artful attempt at poisoning by the oss of perfume, which recalls memories of Luoretia Borgia, is excit ing all the gossip of Paris. Thursday the Chinese minister, Yu Keng, re eeved a letter which was signed "Julie Czerwinska," and contained some dried flowers which the writer asked the minister to accept. The secretary to the legation, Armar Dii lirma, opened the letter and was imn~ediately over come by the deadly odbr emanating from the flowers. He fell in a faint. His rec very was accom panied by vio lent sickness and vomiting. In fact his condition presented many charac teristics of poisoning, and only by prompt treatment was he relieved. Mile, Czerwinska has been arrested. She appears to be mentally deranged. They Are Busted. Six hundred American excursionists, holding second class return tickets to the Uinited States, are stranded in Paris, and are unable to leave because of the crowded condition of home-going steamers. All are living on hotel cou pons, but these will soon expire. A committee of relief is proposed, Ambas sador Porter and Commissioner Peck taking the initiative. Killed by Falling Slate. The dead bodies of James Pickett and James Sharp, two Negro miners, were found Wednesday morning in Slope No. 6 at Pratt City, Ala., having been killed by fallhng slate, which was piled on them to the depth of five feat. They were not missed until Wednesday morning, when a search revealed their A NEW YORK MOB Makes War on Negroes for the Kill ing of a White Policeman A mob of several hundred white per sons formed at 11 o'clock Wednesday night in front of the home of Police man Robert J. Thorpe, in the city of New York, to wreak vengeance upon the negroes of that city because one of their race had caused the policeman's death. Thorpe was stabbed and bruised last Sunday night by several negroes when he was attempting to arrest a dol ored woman. The man who inflicted most of the injury is said to be Arthur Harris, a negro who went to that city several weeks ago from Washington. In a few moments the mob swelled to 1 500 people or more, and as they be came violent the negroes fled in terror into any hiding place they could find. The police reserves from four stations, numbering 400 in all, were called out. The mob of white men, which grew with great rapidity, ranged through the district and negroes, regardless of age or sex, were indiscriminately attacked. Scores were injured. It took the com bined efforts cf the reserves with as many more policemen on regular patrol duty in the four precincts to restore or der. Clubs were used until the police men were almost exhausted. Revolvers were emptied into the air and in one or two instances fired at the upper sto ries of the negro tenements from which the negroes defensively fired bricks, paving stones and other missiles. The policeman's body was brought to his home Wednesday night in Ninth avenue between Thirty-sixth and Thir ty-seventh streets. At once the house became a sort of shrine, and from all over the vicinity men and women called to pay their respects. Many carried handsome flral offerings. As the. night grew on the feelings against the negroes seemed to grow. The fact that the many saloons roundabout were crowded doubtless had its influence on the rising tide of anger. A few minutes before 11 o'clock a woman under the influence of drink came out of the place. She set up a howl and began to recite the virtues of the dead policeman. She said the ne groes ought to be killed. Just then a young negro walked by. The white men made a rush for him and he was quickly surrounded. He was beaten and kicked and was rescued with great difficulty. If there had been a careful ly arranged plot and this had been the agreed signal the outbreak could not have been more spontaneous. Men and women poured by the hundreds from the neighboring tenements. Ne groes were set upon wherever they could be found and brutally beaten. the blacks at first offered resistance, but they were so soon outnumbered that they fled without delay. For the next hour the streets were filled with a rioting, surging mob. It was a scene on very much the same order as that which was witnessed a few days ago in New Orleans. New York has seldom had its equal. The shouting of men, the shrieking of the women, the lamentations of the chil dren, the shooting of revolvers, the crashing of windows-all made a per fect pandemonium. Chief Devery was at his home right in the heart of the bat tle ground, but did not take charge of the place at once. He finally took personal command. The police said the Negroes were apidly arming with revolvers and knives. They say that nearly all the prisoners had weapons of some sort. The police did a great deal of the lbbing of Negroes, some of whom were roughly handled. Many Negroes were hauled into the west Thirty-sev enth streets station for protection. None had escaped without some kinds of injury, and some of them were bleed ing froum half a dozen cuts. The crowd that surged into Broad way. ser med uglier than that farther west. There were at one time more than 5,00)0 persons in Broadway up and down, into and out of the hotels and saloons, through Herald square and side tracks, the mob surged and rushed, looking for Negroes. Any unfortunate. black was set upon and beaten. Up to 1 o'clock Thursday morning not a single white man had been reported under arrest. Chief Devery said he would take every precaution for pre venting a repetition of the outbreak. John B. Mallory, a young Negro, a studeat in a civil engineer class, was going home from the colored engineers' club with Godwin Jones another stu dent about his age. The gang jumped on them at Thirty-seventh street and Ninth avenue. Mallory was knocked down. A policeman heard him yelling and managed to get him on an up town car. He told him to go to a hos pital. Just then another policeman ran up, pulled Mallory from the car and began to club him. The passen gers on the car cried "shame" and the policeman stopped his assault. When the police charged through Thirty-seventh street and were driving the mob before them the Negroes in the tenements began to fire things at the mob and police. The policemen at once tired into the upper windows and drove the black heads into hiding. Whether anybody was hit by the bullets or not is unknown. Forty-two Perish. During manouevers of the French leet of Cape St. Vincent Saturday night a collision occurred between the irst- class battleship Breniius, flying the flag of Vive Admiral Fournier, com mander of the fleet, and the torpedo boat destroyer Framee. The Framee sank immediately. The acoident was ue to the fact that the Framee turned to the right when ordered to the left. Only ~a small portion of the crew, osisting of four officers and 56 men were saved. It is believed that no fewer than 50) were lost. Great anxie ty is felt here. The Framee, which was of 313 tons displacement, was a re ent addition to the French navy. It is now known that out of the Framee's crew of 56, 14 were saved. The losses include three officers, a captain, the second lieutenant and the chief engi neer, Sick Soldiers. General MacArthur has cabled the war department a brief statement con erning the health of the troops in the Philippines. The number of sick in the hospitals is set down at 3,863 and. in quarters at 1,261, making a total of 5,129 sick soldiers or 8.47 per cent of AN OPEN LETTER From a Negro to the Negroes of North Carolina. S. G. Atkins, colored, president of the Negro industrial school known as the Slater Industrial college, located at Winston, N. C., has published an open letter relative to Lhe future course of his race since the passing of the consti tutional amendment in North Carolina disfranchising the illiterate Negroes. President Atkins, among other things, says: "It cannot be questioned that the Negro people are now in a serious state of mind. They undoubtedly feel that they have been torn from their moorings and it is not surprising that they are somewhat at sea as to the future." President Atkins then enumerates a number of pledges and promises of justice, fair treatment and good will on :he part of the leading Democratic pa pers and business men of the State, md continues: "I do not think there is any room for ioubt as to the sincerity of men repre ;enting the leading business interests )f the State when they avow that the ssue is not against the Negro with the purpopse to destroy his rights under the a w. "The breasts of colored men heave with pride all through the State when ver they remember the history and raditions of the old North State. "For these considerations I think :here is ground for hope and should ike to appeal to my people in the anguage of Moses, 'Stand still and see he salvation of the Lord.' It seems to ne, therefore, that it would be unwise 'or the colored people to contemplate eaving the State in large numbers be ause of the results of the election, and hat it is now the opportune time for he Negro to show his faith in God and umanity." "It is probably unfortunate that poli ties in the past has formed the chief ine of cleavage between the races and .n the future it seems wise for the Ne ro to think of the individual for whom ie votes as well as the party. "We will do well to turn our atten ion now especially to land getting, to he work of education and to our im provement generally as individuals. "Let me suggest to my race some hings which must characterize any eople that expect to have a perman .nt place and hold theirown in the com etition of life. '1. A scrupulous regard for the rights mnd property of others. "2. A love for and appreciation of he value of truth. "3. A pride in making ourselves Lseful members of the communities in hich we live. "4. A genuine love and respect for ork well performed. '5. A strong sense of responsibility s to obligations, uttered or implied, hat is, an unimpeachable integrity. "6. In the schools the endeavor oust be to train pupils to form habits I thrift and economy. "North Carolina will, I think, repeat ter own history in the fair treatment f the Negro as he rises up to this neasure of manhood and citizenship, nd I appeal to those entitled to speak ~s to whether I am right or wrong in his opinion." Red Pepper in Chureh. Troubles at St. Hledwig's Polish 3atholic church, Wilmington, Del., mded Sunday in an attempt to keep he R1ev. John Gnicz, the pastor, from >raching. A crowd of women took >ossession of the vestibule, backed by he men. Pelice Sergeant J. 13. Tucker ud a squad tushed the priest into the >uilding, whereupon the officers were ttacked by women with red pepper. ['ucker's eyes were filled and became >adly swollen, and Patrolman John B'ord was thrown down and kicked all >ver the vestibule by the women. Cap; :in Black and a Equad appeared in m patrol wagon and rescued the men. E(ate and Josephine Ruzenski and Elsie Smith was arrested. Father laiez preached and then the church was locked up. A Great Historical Find Mail advices from Constantinople, lated August 8. announce the arrival there of Prof. H. V. Hilpecht, head of he University of Pennsylvania's expe iition to Nippur, after having discov :red the library of the great temple, with over 17,000 tablets dealing with iistorical and literary matters, not one >f them of later date than 2280 B. C. The unexplored remains of the li rary," says the correspondent, "will equire five years for excavation. If hose parts prove as rich in results as ~he portion already found there will be 1o example in the world's history, not ~ven in Egypt, of so complete a re ovry of the records of ancient civili ~ation." A Nies Point of Law. The Columbia Record says: "Magis rate Smith was called upon to decide point of law this morning. Capt. H. V. Dixon, of lower township, rented a iece of land to a negro named Laur ~nce Spigener and ferbade him cutting he trees upon the land. Captain Dixon ~aught the negro in the act of cutting .he trees and selling the wood and had iin locked up. He was tried this norning, and magistrate Smith decided :at he was guilty of larceny. The nagistrate ruled that Speigner had no ight to use the wood even if he did ent the land. The negro was fined 253 or thirty days on the gang. Took Poison on Stage. While performing Monday evening it the Royal opera house, Budapest, Austria, the well-known opera sihger, ame. Nemethy, drank a virulent poi on instead of the colored water sup yosed to be used on the stage. Mmne. Remethy fell before the horrified audi mece and expired an hour later. How >oison came to be substituted for the ~olored water has not yet been ascer ained, but it is believed, the corres yondent asserts, that Mine. Nemethy as quite ignorant of the deadly nature >f the drink. Bombardment Resumed. A semi offieial dispatch from Tien ain, says the Russian Col. Woyezak ias ~received ad vices from Pekin an 2ouncing that during the night of July 1 the bombardment of the foreign egations was resumed and that the sanapan church yard was desecrated. A HOT WEEK. Practically Entire Absence of Rain Over the State. COTTON BADLY DAMAGED. The Premature Opening of Cot ton is General and the Leaves Were Shedding Very Badly. Below is given the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops in this State issued Tuesday, August 14, by Directoi Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weath er bureau: The temperature averaged nearly seven degrees hotter than usual for the week ending S a. m. August 13th, and on the 10th the maximum temperatures of 100 to 104 prevailed over the whole State except the extreme northwestern portion. The week was the hottest of the season, and the highest tempera tures ever recorded in August occurred at a number of points. With the exception of light, scattered thunderstorms in the central and west ern counties on the 12th, there was an entire absence of rain, and little or no dew during the latter portion. The sky was generally cloudless. The high tem perature, the absence of rain, the dry ing winds and the bright sunshine we-e conditions that were extremely damag ing to all crops, checking their growth, wilting, burning and withering them. Early corn was too nearly matured to be much hurt, but late corn failed rapidly and is in a critical condition for lack of moisture. Fodder is drying on the stalks, many of which have not eured, while many of the ears are in the milk, and on such the grain is shriveling. The heat and dryness caused cotton to shed leaves, bolls and forms freely, and also caused half-groan bolls to open. Premature opening is general. Rust is more prevalent than heretofore and sea-island continues to blight and is taking on little fruit. The first new bale was marketed on the 6th, which compares with previous years as fol lows: 1899, August 14th; 1393, August 9th; 1897, August 2d; 1896, July 28th; 1895, August 20th; 1894, August.15th. Picking has begun at a number of points, and will soon be general. Tobacco curing is finished. Peas are shedding leaves in places, but continue promising generally, although in need of rain. River rice is doing well, but upland rice failed materially. Pas tures and gardens are parched and burnt. Cane and sweet potatoes need rain badly, and are losing condition rapidly for lack of it. In places the hay crop will be short. The need of rain is general and for all crops. Cor respondeots report the general crop out look to be gloomy. Young Man Was a ThieL A dispatch from Florence, S. C., to the Colmbia State says a warrant has been issued by Magistrate Floyd, of that city, for the arrest of D. M. Moorer, a young white man from Or angeburg county, charging him with petit larceny. The warrant specifies the theft of a pair of shoes and other articles of clothing from two young men, boarders at the Sturges house. The dispatch, which is dated August 14, says: "Moorer came to this city about two weeks ago, engaging . board at the Sturges house and claiming to be in the tobacco business. Sunday morn ing two young men, -regular boarders, missed some of their clothes. Moor er's actions were suspicious and he was watched. Sunday his room was searched and the missing clothes were found be tween the mattresses of his bed. The two pairs of shoes could not be found. A scarf pin belonging to one of the young men was found on the floor. The inmates of the house heard the young man moving about in his room Sunday at midnight. Monday morn ing he was gone. He was last seen in Darlington. Sheriff McLendon is on his track, and it is probable that he will be brought back to this city shortly. Moorer is due his landlady two weeks' board." People in Orangeburg county who know Moorer give him a bad name. Ferrell Collapsed. A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio., says Rosslyn H. Ferrell, the confessed murderer of Ezpress Messenger Lane in Friday night's Pennsylvania railway robbery, Wednesday was removed to Maryville for preliminary hearing. At 2 Wednesday morning the anguish of Miss Costlow, Ferrell's fiancee, be ame unbearable, and after a long struggle with her pride, she begged her l ather to be taken to Ferrell's cell for a last interview. TIhe visit was con ducted with the utmost secrecy. When they were about to say good-bye, pos sibly forever, they kissed and the young woman was led away. Ferrell . collapsed and for a time was in a coma tse state. Miss Costlow is prostrated and under the care ef a physician. When arraigned at Marysville the pris oner replied "not guilty" and waived examination. He was held without bail to await the action of the grand jury and was at once returned to the jail. Ferrell collapsed after he was taken back to the jail and is moaning and crying for his mother. Dr. Mills was called to attend him and endeav ored to quiet him. A special guard has been placed over Ferrell to keep him from committing suicide, as he has stated he will do. What It Costs. During the first nine days of August the war department expended $5,415, 000. The total of expenditures for that department since the beginning of the new fiscal year, July 1, is $24,260, 124 47. That affords an idea of the cost of militarism. Under an imperi alistic policy it might be expected that the army expenses would continue to be at least that large, and probably larger. It is now regarded as prac.tr cally certain that there will be a heavy deficiency for the year in the war de partment. Tne appropriation for the year is something over ?114,000,000, but the campaign in China was not reamed of when it w.d made.