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VOL. XVIIL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY THE FARMER'S BOY Who Rose to be the Leader of i Great Party. HOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOXINE Studied at Nights, Taught School Took up Law and Pabhed His Way to the Front Rank. 1 Born on a farm, living on a farm, the son of a farmer, married to the daugater of a farmer; plodding school teacher, shrewd country lawyer, stt adily successful politic'an, ctief judicial ofticer of the greatest State in the Union. These, in two scare words, are the two sides to the life and char acter of Alton Brooks Parker, the base and elevation of the man chosen by the Demccrats as nominee for President of the United States. It is the typical American story that has been broadened into a hun dred biographical libraries and. whcse features are so similar that they might be stereotyped. Judge Parker comes from close to the American soil and he comes, tco, from old American stock-for there was a Private Parker in one of Wash ington's New York regiments, and that private was the great-grandfather of the present Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. HE BELIEVES IN ANCESTRY. It is to be noted here that while Judge Parker might not hand down a dissenting opinion if the much-abused term "self-made man" were applied to him, he puts a god deal of trust in ancestry as a man-maker, and in the library of his house at Esopus hangs a framed emblazonment of the Parker coat of arms. It is not on record that the warrior spirit of the Parkers dis turbed any of the Judge's forebears after the days of the Colonial private. At any rate Alton B. 's father, John Brooks Parker, was a farmer who lived a little way out of Cortland, N. Y. There Alton B. was born May 14, 1852, which would make him just past the fifty-two year mark. The elder Parker bad married Har riett Stratton, and the old mother, she is past eighty, by her vigorous frame and strong mentality shows that her son came of good stock on both sides of the family. She is now enjoying the mother's supreme triumph of see ing her boy a famous man. The sud denness of his later rise has somewhat overpowered her, but in the estimates that she has been induced to give of her son's early years there is no incli nation to make him a prodigy. A PASSION FOR BOOKS. "Alton was a strong boy and a good boy," the mother says, "but he was not so good a boy that I did not think 1 cculd make a better one of him. So when he needed it I switched him and switched him soundly. He help ed his father about the farm after hours when he came home from the district schcol which he attended. He had his chores to do in the morn ing and in the evening. During the Summer time he worked in the fields according to his years and in his youth he did a big day's wark without a murmur. Yes, he was a cheerful and dutiful son." It was his father's wish that his son should be a farmer and grow up to work the homestead, but while Alton liked a farmer's life tbe could not limit his ambition to the field fences. He always wanted to learn things. His chores over he sought his bxcks, p:'r ing over them so long and late that his parents were obliged to drive him away from them and to bed, and when he outgrew the books of the district school he took up those of the Acade my in Cortiand. Then he thought he would like to open books to others, and so attended the State Normal School, where he studied to te a teacher. THRASHED SCHOOL BULLY. His ye:ars of hard work in the open fields and the good stcck tefore re ferred to made young Alton a strap ping youth and when he was sixteen he was almost as big as he is now, and he stands over six feet high, and has shoulders like a Columbia oarsman. The school committee of Ulster, N. Y., had a district school at Naoanoch, where the older boys were in the habit of making it so extremely interesting for the teacher that he usually found one term suffciently exciting to last a lifetime. The committeemen loolrg d at young Parker's inches and solidity and gave him the distinction of being schoolmaster for the troublesome dis trict and three dollars a week to boot. The troubleseme pupils also looked over their young teacher and, though one or two of the bolder tried to keep up the reputation of the district, it was a failure. The bully of the school was smashed and the school teacher was a success. He tried teaching for two years and at the end of that time, though tne committee raised his salary to the princely sum of $20 a month, y-oung Parker concluded that he had had enough oi school boys and school books and would take up those of the law. There was a tender side to this deter mination, it must be confessed. The last schcol in which he taught was at Accord, and in Accord lived Moses I. Shoonmaker, and Shoonmaker had a daughter, Mary. COURTs AND CoURTsHIP. The Schoonmakers are of the early Dutch settler period and trace back their ancestry as far as the Rocsevelts or Stuyvesanfts or DePeysters, and those of Moses I. Schoonmaker branch have been yeomen gentry for genera tions. School teaching may be an em inently respectable occupation, but it is not surpassingly remunerative in the country district grades. Trhere is more money in law, and one of Mary Schoonmaker's relatives, Augustus by name, had a law oflce in Kingston, and oddly enough, a vacancy was found there for young Parker, and when young Parker began to do well at law, after his admission to the bar, in 1872. Moses I. Schoonmaker, as well as Mary, smiled on him. And so the young folks were marrIed. Parker tok another partner-a law partner--and the firm of Parker & Kenyon opened for business in King ston. But the Parker member of the firm had aspirations beyond practice. His tastes were judicial, what might e called the politically judicial, and his Urst opportunity came iu 1677 when he defeated a popular Republi can candidate for the otlice of Surro gate of Ulster County. and when hi term expired he was re-elected, 1879. IE TAKES U.P PoLITICS. By this time the young lawyer wa recognized as a factor in the politic of 1ULster County, ard in 1893 th nomination for Secretary of State wa offered him by the Democratic leaders, In 1SS4 he was a delegate to thE Demccratic National C o n v e n ti or which nominated Cleveland for Presi dent, and when elected Mr. Clevelanc offered Parker the appointment o1 First Assistant Pjstmaster General. In 1885 he was made Chairman of thE Dzmccratic State Executive Commit tee, which had charge of David B. Hill's campaign for the Governorship, and Mr. Hill wanted him to run fol Lieutenant- Governor. But Parker stuck 6rmly to his idea of the bench as the proper step to preferment. So when there came a vacancy in the Supreme Court Judges, by the death of Judge W stbrook, Governor Hill nominated Parker to the otice and he was nominated for the full term of fourteen years in the election of 16s6. A curious thing happened at the election, and one which illustrated the quiet but powerful popularity of the man. Judge Parker was only thirty three years old, yet he was unanimous I ly nominated for the Supreme Court bench by the Democrats, and the Re publicans felt st certain of his election that they refused to nominate an antagonist or to oppose him. So it happened that not a vote was cast against him, yet he was not elected by a'1y plurality. He served in the Supreme Court until his election as Chief Judge of the Court of Appleals, in 1897, by a plurality of about 60,000. That elec tion practically assured a judicial position for twenty-two years, or until the end of his life, for, recent precedents prevailing, in the final year of his fourteen-year-term of office in 1911, he would almcst surely be re elected for a final term, which would carry him over the retiring age of seventy years, in 1921. WHAT nIS DECISIONS SAY. This brief record covers the politi cal history of Judge Parker. It shows him to be a man of tised ideas, of un doubted popularity and as a political manager of much executive ability. So far as his political opinions are con cerned he has always made his judical position the excuse for not discussing them. But in the decisions of Judge Parker there is much that is political and it is by the persual of these that one may find how the nominee stands on many of the great questions of the day. On the vital issues of the rela tions of labor and capital be holds that "if an organzition strikes to help its members the strike is law ful. If its purpose be to injure non-mem bers it is unlawlul." He recognizes the right of cne man to refuse to work for another on any ground that he may rega-d as suftici eat, and declares the employer has no right to demand a reason for it. He has ruled against contracts which threaten a monopo'y whereby trade in a useful article may be re strained and its price unreasonably enhanced, even if the price be so moderately advanced that the sum exacted is not burdensome. All fanchises, he declares, come from the State; the right to make :ontracts is restircted by legislation, public opinion and public policy; and above all does he insist that the tbree great departments of government the executive, legislative and the judical-should be confined each to its own constituti Jnal faactions. ON FRANCHIsEs AND LABOR. With judicial ease and growing means for comfort, Judge Parker's first love reas~erted itself, and cue of the g:eatest mome~nts of his life was when he bought the old ill farm, a mile or so out of the little town of ELopus-onl the-Hudson. He as named it Rjslmount, and there, when his judicial duties do not re uire his presenca in Albany, he pends his days of pleasant labor and his nights or quiet comfort. The es ate is of ninety acres, an-1 in the working of it Judge Parker actively assists. Tue house, a pleasant and and commodious old farm house, overlooking the river, is hospitably open to fxiends and acquaintances from far an near. Judge and Mrs. Parker had two children, a son who died when seven years old, and a daughter, Bertha, who is the wife of the Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, rector of the Church of the Holy Cross at Kingston, to which church the folks at Rosemount drive in Win ter and sail in their launch during the Summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have two child-en and the e twvo grandchildren are as much at Rose mount as at the rectory. Romping with these little ones, galloping over the country-side on one of his big horses, sitting at the head of his long dining room table, around which is daily gathe: ed a welcome and jolly company, helced by his devo ed wire and counseled by his wise mother; lov ing Nature and the hard work that is needed to subdue her: a sun-browned, wind-tanned man of huge build, firm chin, high check bone and bright brown eye-amid these surroundings and in these queit, almost patriachial pursuits judge Alton B. Parker waits the will of tihe pe- ple. The Slocum Wreck. The total dead in the destruction of the excursion steamer General Siccum on JuLe15, isgiven in final report pre sented to Police Commihsioner McAdoo Wednesday, by the inspectors in charge of the investigation by the poiedprtment. unly 891 of the dead1 were identitied, swrmiin and 51 unidentitled, while 180 were injured and only 22: out of nearly 1,400 on the steamer escaped uninjur ed. Assuming that the unidentified dead are among the missing, all but one person has been accounted for. Five Bathers Drowned. A Warsaw, Va., special says Miss Helen, aged 20 years; Miss Ada aged 19, and Harriet, aged 25 years, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemmon of Washington, together with Mrs. James Hubbard and child, of Meter, Va., were drowned at Edgewater, near Meter, Westmoreland county, Thurs Iday afternoon while bathing. Their PRESS ASSOCIATION. Meet at White Stone Springs in Large Body. ATLANTA EDITOR SPEAKS. Many Expressions of Affection for Late Col. Hoyt and Mr. Drew. A Pleasant Trip to Union. The Banquet. The Columbia State's correspond ent writing from White Stone Springs Wednesday, where the State Press Association is now in annual session, says: The newspaper men of South Carolina- a goodly number of *these faithful workers, at least-bave laia cumbering cares as:de and .nce more assembled in fraternal communion. These are good citizecs, they are in a mcst charming retreat, they have a fine programme and the prc-prietors are leaving nothing undone that will contribute to their pleasure. Only one business meeting has been held so far and this was a particularly interesting occasion. On motion. the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "That this association, through its president, convey to Judge A. B. Par ker its hearty congratulations and ex press our faith in the ticket and the party in November." Though only a brief sessic n has been held, affectionate reference has many times been made to the memory of the late lamented J. A. HoyZ, one of the ex-presidents of this association, a prominent and honored member, a useful and patriotic citizen. President Aull read a letter to the association from which this extract is is made: "Mrs. Jas. A. Hoyt and children wish to extend to you, and through you to the Scuth Carolina State Press Association, their sincere thanks and appreciation for the honor and atten tion shown to their beloved dead. The PrEss Association was very dear to him and will ever be to us and their last loving attention to him will never be forgotten. The lovel) 1i3wers have faded *** but the warm hearts and loving hands that placed them on his bier are still beating true to his mem ory." This breathes the spirit of him whom the members have lost and their words will be beard with grateful ap preciatson by all. THE WELCOME. The formal proceedings began this morning with a full attendance. That staunch and veteran newspaper man, Mr. Charles Petty, who has wielded a Spartan pen of influence for many hon ored years, welcomed the members in behalf of the proprietors of White Stone. He also extended a broader welcome for Spartanburg county and was most happy in extending welcom ing words that left no doubt of their genuine sincerity. President Aull spoke in fitting re sponse for his brethren and the 30th annual meeting of the South Carolina State Press association proceeded to business. The annual report of President Aull frst engaged the attention of the brethren. This included mention of the annual trip, paid feeling tribute to the late Col. J. H. Hoyt and Mr. T. I.J Drew, expressed gratification at the ontinued interest manifested by the members and expressed appreciation f the continued honors bestowed upon tim. The new members received were as follows: Rev. H. R. Murchison. South rn Home; Geo. M. Kohn, The State; A. W. Knight, Bamberg Herald, Riv. . A. Freed, Lutheran Visitajr, Messrs. J. C. Peurifoy, W. W. Colton, aed P. H. Fike. Tue courtesies of the asscciation were unanimously extended to Mrs. J. R. White of the Augusta Chronicle. The president announced the follow ing committees: A. P. Ford, E. J. Lide, J. M. Knight, 0. A. Freed and R. L. Freeman on programme. To report suitable resolutions on the :eath of Col. J. A. Hoyt: R. R. Hemphill, J. B. Towill, A. Kohn, J. M. Knight and W. K. Stringer. (On death of T. J. Drew:- C. W. Brichmore, J. C. Mace, N. G. Osteen, J. L. Sims and J. E. Norment. On officers' reports. Ed H. DeCamp, A. W. Knight, J. L. Stpplebien, L. W. Cheatham and J. 11. Buchanan. 2 IAt the afternoon sessio:, Secretary' Langston read nis annual report. This was full and interesting and ah o con tained heartfelt reference to the loss sustained by the association in the death of the lamented Col. Hoyt, and fitting reference to the recent death of Editor T. J. Drew. THE AFTERNOON sESSION. At the afternoon session papers on business subjects were read by Editor A. W. Knight of the Bamberg Herald and Editor R. L. Freeman of The Ad vocate. Brother Knight's subject was: "The Job Oftice in Conjunction With a County Newspaper," and Brother Freeman read a paper on "The Nece.ssity of Having Fixed Ad vertising Rates and Standing by Them." These subjects were well handled, familiarity with the subjzcts being clearly shown in the strong, terse speeches. Interesting discussion followed the reading of these instruc tive papers. Messrs. A. W. Knight. N. G. Osteen, J. L. Sims and Ed. HI. DeCamp participating. At 9 o'ckekc Wednesday night, Hon. John Temple Graves, the dis tinguished Georgian, delivered the annual address before the members and every guest of the hotel. Mr. Graves has all the gifts of the ba.rn orator and to these he adds a strong personality. His subject, "The Piess of America," was most appropriate and was handled even as betitted the reputation and fame of the gifted speaker. From the discussion of journalism in its multiform and varied aspects: from the changes wrought by the telegraph and cable; from the power of news agencies and associated press, the speaker came back to the man behindfl the pen-the editor. "But tomorrow brings back the man," be said. ''Tne great editor looms once more upon the horiz:n. The ruling force, the guiding intelligence, the imperial mind that sways shall once again be throned in the sanctum rather than wrannarl In the stntmr7ziM toga or magnified in the politician' wiles." The editor grows with a growinj world and the press leads the wor'd' ad vance, the press heralds the world': thought and the cumulative inflaenc is bard to overestimate. The grea - d tor is the great man of the worldi future. If he but knew his tools, I: he but comprehended hs power, if hi but magnify his calling, if he sbal always tell the truth and if, while h looks with shining eyes upon magnifi cent opportunity he be sobered alway with a solemn sense of his splendid vast responsiblity. Thus reasoning th3 distinguishe editor and speaker argued thatbehin all theory, back of all ideals and be yond all editorial pages stands th( man. The great editor will reach his full statue and Influence when he lay down forever the habit and the hopi of h ling ulice. The press shall b: faithful without b'ing fierce, loya: without lying, true to its friends, jus1 to its enemies and as splendidly fail as it shall be splendidly free. Tbe brief synopsis but imperfectly and fragmentarily outlines one of the best and most eloquent addresses eve made before this association and is a rare and splendid tribute to idealE that have been lived up to by some South Carolina journals. The address was listened to most attentively and was most enthusiastically received. The gathering now looks like a large family affair and all seem to be enjoy ing themselves. AMONG THOSE PRESENT. Among thcse now present are: J. C. Mace and wife, Miss Theodosia Jones, Miss Lizz'e Ragsdale, A. W. Knight-, wife and children, J. L. Sims, J. Izlar Sims, H. R. Sims, H. S. Sims, N. G. Osteen, Miss Moneta Osteen, Miss Louise Murray, Mrs. R. 0. Bristow, Miss Bristow, Miss McCullough, John M. Knight, Mrs. John M. Knight, Ar thur Knight, John B.ll Towill, Miss Towill, C. W. Birchmore, wire and children, James T. Bacon, L. W. Cheatham, E. H. Aull, Mrs. E. H. Aull, Jas. L. Aull, Miss Al'ce Aull, Master Humbert Aull, Miss Sarah Howseal R. L. Freeman, Miss Corrie Freeman, Rice B. Harmon, Koel F. Oswald, Robt. R. Hemphill, Miss Grace Hemphill Chas. C. Langston, Miss Norma Clinkscales, A. B. Cargile wife and child, E. J. Lide, Charles Petty, W. K. Stringer, Ed H. De Camp, Jos. L. Stoppelbein, August Kohn, Mrs. August Kohn, J. E. Nor ment, Hugh R. MurchiEon, John H. Buchanan, Mrs. W. A. Corkell, Mrs. James Hamilton, W. K. Stringer, F. H. McMaster of The State, L. G. Young, Union Times; Mr. and Mrs. C has. H. Henry, Spartanburg Journal, and G. E. Moore of the Honea Path Chronicle. THE UNION TRIP. It required two trolly cars to carry the party to Union, in response to an invitation from the Union Business league. This invitation and the man ner in which It was carried out was a genuine exponent of the life and progress of one of the finest of the thriving young South Carolina cities. The Hon. R. L. McNally, mayor, and Messrs. L. G. Young, B. F. Ar thur, R. P. Harry and R. E. Browne ame over to White Stone on a special ar to escort the party over. Nearly very me mnber went on the trip, which was decidedly one of the most pleas nt features of this annual meeting. THE soUVENIRs. Souvenir invitations, gilt edged and uique, carried the party to the hand. ome store of the Union Drug Co., whe' e ices, cream and delicious sft rinks were numerously served to all. Union has done many thlngs well as er record proves, but this trip of the South Carolina State Press associ~ation ill long be remembered by every articipant as a crowning evidence of he grace and finish of Union's hospi ality and courtesy. THE ELEGANT BANQUET. The hanquet was indeed the fin'sh ng touch to a most enjoy able meeting. The handsome dining room was beau ifually decorated and brilliant with lght and b:auty. Not by any means he least consideration, was the feast, ts preparation, decorationand service. Everything sped merrily and well, al enjoyed the fraternal communion and "blest be the tie that binds" was he music in the air. The following osts and responses brought forth ap lause and added materially to the pirit of the evening. "The State of South Carolina" ieut. Gov. J. T. Sloan. "Our Associatin"-President E. I. Aull. "Our Iests"'-Mr. A. Kohn. "The Press"--Mr. J. M. Knight. "Woman"-Mr. J. E. Norment. The pleasures lasted until a late our. The guests, friends and fellow itiz:ns all enjoyed the moments so swiftly speeding. Then came the de srted festal board, pleasant dreams and the anticipation of another pleas at morrow. Woman Shot to Death. Information reached Dublin, Ga., f the killing Wednesday of Mrs. [obert Floyd in Lowry district, that ounty, by Malcom Currie, the 13 ear-old son of Mrs. Elmira Currie. Crrie shot Mrs. Floyd six or seven times and then shot Mrs. Thomas Floyd, his sister-in-law, inflicting a serious but not dangerous wound. The row started by Mrs. Currie en eavoring to get her child, which for some years has been in the charge of er son, who married a daughter of Mrs. Floyd. It is said that Mrs. Floyd starded toward Mrs. Carrie with a knije, when the boy began shooting, killing her instantly. No rrests have yet been made. It is said however, that Mrs. Currie and er son Malcolm will be arrested. Oldest Georgian Dead. A special from Anniston, Ala., says Wiley Davis, of Bremen, Haralson ounty, Georgia, is dead here, at the age of 115 years. He lived in Haral son county nearly all of his life and ad been a very active man until a few years ago. He was considered the oldest man in Georgia. American Peaches for England. England is in the American market for peaches, and arrangemnents are under way for the exportation of part >f the large croip that has been pro :uced here. The peaches from the Ozark mountains seem to be most favored for export. * s TWENTY LIVES LOST. Picnic and Freight Triin Come To-, gether With a Crash. Twenty persons were killed and about twenty-five injured Wednesday i night in a collision on the Chicago and Eastern illinois railroad at Glenn wood, Ills., 23 miles south of Chicago. The collision occurred between a pic nic train from Chicago, which was re turning from Momence, Il!s., and a freight train, into the rear end of which the excursion train dashed at high spied. The picnic train was coming north and the freight train was on the southbound track. A mis placed switch threw the picnic train over on the southbund track, and be- 1 for the engineer could apply the brakes it ran at 40 miles an hoar into the rear of the freight. The locomotive, the baggage car and the first coach of the picnic train were demolished, and all of the killed and injured were on the locomotive and in the two cars. Tue picnic was the annual outing of the members of Doremus. After spending the day on the picnic grounds at Momence, the train load started on the return trip, running in as the second section of the regular passenger train, which is due in Chi- s cago at 8 35 p. m. GIVEN CLEAR TRACK. c When the picnic train reached Chi- J cago Heights four miles beyond Glen- a wood, where the accident took place, v it was switched to the regular south- t bound track and although it was com- C iog north, it was given a clear track a by the operator at Chicago Heights t until it should reach Glenwood, four r miles away. The train, after leaving r Chicago Heights, gradually increased I its speed and when half the distance d between the two stations it was jumping along at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Just half way between Chicago Heights and G'enwood there is a sharp curve. As the picnic train tore around this on the southbound e track, a freight train was backing i from the southbound track to the e northbound track. It was partly on both tracks and no train could, have a pasted it in either direction. The e bend is so sharp that the engineer of the picnic train did not see the freight fo until he was almost on it. It was too late to do anything but to set the brakes, but before they could take effect the passenger train smashed a into the freight at full speed. The locomotive and the baggage car of the passenger train went through the freight and were piled up in a heap of wreckage. On the further side of the switch track. CAUGHT UNDER DEBRIS. The first coich of the picnic train S plunged into the wreckage and buried n itself in a mass of kindling wood. P Nearly all of the passengers in the ti first coach were caught beneath the al mass of debris, and it ' was here that ci the lois of life occurred. The people ci in the rear coaches were hurled from t their seats and many of them were ti bruised, but all of the serious casual ties ozcurred in the first car. The t) uninjured passengers and trainmen at Ji once hastened to the relief of those b4 who were pinned under the wreckage. e The wreck was two miles from any- hi where and much delay ensued before T the injured, who were held down by TI heavy timbers, could be extricated. ca Nothing could be done for them until lifting machinery came from Chicago Heights. The first train to arrive came from Chicago Heights, and it carried six physicians. A short time i afterward a second train arrived from B Glenwood, bringing additional physi- b cians and a number of nurses. Dark ness had fallen, and rescue went on by E the light of bonfires. A relief train n was made up at Glenwood, and it p b ought the dead and wounded to Chicago. p_______ PAUL KEUGEE DEAD. k Transvaal's Ex President Succumbed si to Heart Weakness. P. Paul Kruger, former president of the Transvaal republic, died at Clay-a ens, Switzerland, 3 o'clock Thursday t morning from pneumonia and super vening heart weakness. Mr. Kruger lost consciousness Monday. His daugh ter and son-in-law were with him atd the time of his death. He had been out only once since his arrival here, at the beginning of last month. The ex-president's body was em balmed and the remains were placed in a vault pending funeral arrange- . ments. Application will be made to the British government for authority e to transport the remains to the Trans vaal. In the meantime they will beg tempcrarily interred here. Mr. Kruger, who was staying at the ~ Villa du Boichet, had been gradually failing for a lo ng time but he was able to attend to affairs, read the newspa pers and receive visits until Saturday. s1 A change for the worst set in on Sun day. He became unconscious Monday and remained so until his death. b Besides the Eloffs, Mr. Kruger was attended by his own physician, Dr. ~ Heyman, and by his secretary, Mr.t Redel. On several occasions Mr. Kru ger had expressed a desire to be buried beside his wife, in his own country. The post mortem examination of the body showed that Mr. Kruger died of v senile pneumonia, caused by sclerosis of the arteries, which made rapid , progress during the last few weeks. bi The ex-president's state of health was kept secret. ci Woman is Poisoned. P Minnie Bardorf, 27 years of age, a d hair dresser, of N. Y., is dying from tI the effects of poison alleged to have ti been administered by an unknowng woman. Miss Bardorf was brought home by the mysterious woman who h le!'t her on the steps of the house in a d state of collapse. The woman called si some children who were playing near- s by and leaving her victim with them fi hurried a way. d Mrormons in Chattanooga. President Bcnjamin E. Richards of the Southern States mission of the Mormon Church Friday purchased ir subtantial buildings in that city for n the permanent establishment of head- ai quarters for the Mormon church in w the south. All the southern States will ai be in his jurisdiction and missionaries t< will be sent out from there. There ti head-quarters are moved from Atlan- ti JAPS DEFEATED With a Loss of Thirty Thousand Men by Land Mines X FRONT OF PORT ARTHUR. Ehis Terrible Disaster Is Said to Have Discouraged the Japs Very Much, and Elated the Russian Army. A dispatch from a Russian corres ondent at Eukden dated July 12 says: 'According to intelligence received here the Japanese Friday night at acked positions near Port Arthur and vere repulsed with enormous losses, aused by Russian mines." One esti nate places them at 30,000. The London Morning Post's Shang ial correspondent says that the Japa tese casualties by land mines at Port Lrthur Sunday night are rumored to ie 25,000, but none of the many other var special dispatches mention a Jap nese disaster at Port Arthur. THE STORY REPEATED. A dispatch from St. Petersburg ays a special dispatch from Ta Tche 'iao dated July 14 repeats the ac ounts of the storming of Port Arthur uly 10 and saying that the Russians ,sumed the offensive and attacked fith the bayonet. The Japanese re lied in the wildest disorder. The 'hinese estimate the Japanese losses t 22,000. The spirit of the Japanese, I he dispatch says, is sinking as the sult of the Port Arthur engage ient. Dysentery is epidemic at Feng Vang Cheng and there are many eaths daily. LOSS HEAVILY. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says bat the Japanese were heavily de ated is not doubted here, but in the bsence of further information the rtent of the disaster that befell them beginning to be seriously question 1. Definite news has been received om Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters t Mukden that a week before the ngagement at Port Arthur, Maj. -en. Fork administered a severe de at on the Japanese on July 4 and uly 5, driving them from the heights mmanding Lunsantan pass with a s of 2,000. This is considered here 1 proof that there has been heavy ghting before the fortress of Port .rthur and as making the silence of 'kio regarding it all the more sig ificant. THE NEWS CONFIEITED. A dispatch to a news agency from . Petersburg says the war office an >unces the receipt of a dispatch from rt Arthur confirming the report iat the Japanese sustained consider 3le losses on July 11, the exact parti ilars of which have not yet been as- r ,rtained. According to the dispatch C ie Russians recaptured all the posi- r ons lately taken by the Japanese. t In the fighting at the right flank of f ie line of defenses of Port Arthur, t ily 3 to July 6, the Russians drove I Lck the Japanese and occupied the 4 ist bank of the Lunsantan and the t ights commanding Lunsantan pass. t he Japanese losses were abont 2,000. bose of the Russians were insignifi- a Lnt. C JAPs WITHDRAW.1 A dispatch from Mukden says: "The ipanese have withdrawn fro:n the est side of the railroad and are mass g their armies on the Russian left. econnoissances in force carried ont i Russian cavaly and artiliery Fri Ly and Friday almost as far south as ai Chou failed to disclose the Japa ~se. A division Is expected from Ta ass. It is possible that some of the panese have been withdrawn off to ort Arthur to replace the terrible sses of July 10. ANOTHER REPORT. The latest reports regarding the orming of Port Arthur, July 10,s Lace the Japanese losses in killed or 1 ounded at 25,000 and those of the ,ussians 5 500. The Japanese retirede id the Russians occupied the posi on. The Japanese have changed their -ontal position and a big battle is ex-c acted at the eastern portion of the senses owing to the Japanese turn-( g movement. Insane Man Released. Silas Martin, white, 26 years of age, I Columbus, Ohio, has just left thee irginia State penitentiary, barelya ~caping a 13 year sentence thatd pparently should never have been ven him. Martin was received at ie prison last N~ovember with two stences of eight and five years eacht tore him. He had been twice con cted of car breaking in James City >unty. Gov. Montague grantei arin a conditional pardon on the ~ rong recommendation of the, au iorities of the Ohio State insane I ylum, at which institution he has ~ en under treatment with a fair I rospect of being cured. Martin caped from the asylum at Columbus ~ vo months before he was arrested in 2 irginia.______*____ Another Cab Mystery. A special from New York says Chas. i r. H. Carter, a wealthy manufactur- a -, was found dead Thursday night C ith circumstances surrounding which ~ar a resemblance to the recent death t Caesar Young. He was in a r b with a young woman, near Pros- ' et Park, Brooklyn, when the woman lled for help and shortly afterward sappeared. Investigation showed at the man had been dead for some me. The young woman insisted on C tting out of the cab against the toan's protest, after she had called i attention to her companion's con tion. She walked some distance be- ~ de the cab and at a dark corner, iddenly vanished. Carter lived in a C a house in IFlatbush. His wife and ~ Lughter bad just left for the summer me on Shelter island.1 Tillhnan Not injured. Senator Tillman arrived in Wash- ~ gton from St. Louis Monday after >n. The report that he was in an tomob~le collision in St. Louis in ich he'is alleged to have had his kle sprained, is denied by the Sena >r. He is hale and hearty and none ie worse for wear, despite the fact iat he had only a few hours sleep ENDS ER OWN LIF. Woman's Dead Body Found in St. Louis Hotel. The dead body of a fashionably dressed woman was found in a room of the St. Louis Hotel Milton, Wednes day, where she registered July 7 as "Mrs. M. Smith of New York." Two empty bottles were found by the side of the bed. One that contained some drig that has not yet been Identified and the other alcohol. From statements made by Rev. Al len K. Smith, rector of Christ's Church cathedral, in whom the wo man is said to have confided to some t extent, her correct name is Mrs. M. I K. Dantes of either New York or Washington. Upon a promise of secrecy, the wo- I man told the Rev. Mr. Smith that t her mother's name is Mrs. Martha Wiggins and that she lives at 111 K t treet, N. W., Wasbington, D. C. s When pressed by Mr. Smith for her t reasons for using an assumed name, Nrs. Smith or Mrs. Dantes refLsed tc give any, remarking that she had per- d onal reasons for not wishing to be t inown by her correct name. V INQUIRY XADE. I Inquiry at 111 K street, where Mrs. a Eartha Wiggins, the mother of Mrs. 11 9. K. Dantes, is said to have lived, a lisclosed the fact that Mrs. Wiggins 1 mnd a daughter, Miss Kitty Wiggins. g ived In the house for several years p I'he daughter left there about a year p tgo last November and the mother v ;he following April. A neighbor says she believed Mrs. Wiggins went to Kent, a suburb of f gorfolk, Va., on leaving Washington. f [t was understood that the daughter a as going away to be married. P LIVED IN NORFOLK. Mrs. M. K. Dantes left here recent- s y for St. Louis, where it was under- 3 itood she was to be married. She is sister-in-law of E. C. Hathaway, rice president and general manager of he Norfolk Railway and Light com >any, at whose house her mother, Ers. Wiggins, lives. Mrs. Wiggins s 84 years old and it is feared that 0 he news of the death of her daughter f vill result fatally. The family here re very reticent in regard to the novements of Mrs. Dantes, the only -b nformation obtainable from her rother-in-law being that he had farn- n shed her money for her trousseau and he trip to St. Louis. Asked whether his sister-in-law had f )een married Mr. Hathaway said he I lid not know but presumed she ha. a Miss Wiggins, as she was known 1 iere before she is said to have been I narried, was quite popular in society ind was a reigning belle during the ' ast season. t a A Dying Stable Boy. King Edward Thursday added one ore to- the many informally demo ratic incidents that have marked his e elations with his poorer subjects since te came to the throne. Slipping away rom the crowded Newmarket race rack London where he had been atching his own horses run, the king f rove to a neighboring poorhouse. In he poorhouse hospital his majesty no iced a mandolin on a bed where a table boy lay dying of cancer. In nswer to the king's question if he muld play it, the boy said he would ike to try the national anthem. "Let s hear you," said the King Edward, nd summoning all his remaining trength the boy sat up in bed and layed "God Save the King," His ma esty stood by the bedside until thet amiliar air was finished. What the ing said to the dying boy is not bronicled, but ,ewspapers say t'1at rhen the king strode out and the hos ital ward relapsed to its usual silence, he stable boy lay back on his bed and aid: "I can dIe happy now." Cotton Growing Rapidly. The Washington weather bureau's eekly summary of crop conditionsa ays: Cotton has grown rapidly 1 roughout the cotton belt, com ilaints of too rapid growth being re eived from portions of the central istricts where the crop is suffering s or cultivation, in portions of the 1 astern districts cotton is also in need 1 f cultivation and some shedding Is 1 eported from portions of Texas and b larolina. Over the greater part of 0 exas, however, and in the eastern b listricts, the crop is in a good state ' f cultivation, and comparatively ' Ittle damage from insects is reported, h xcept In Texas, where boll weevils t re increasing and becoming more estructive in the southwestern coun-t les. The weather conditions have C een highly favorable for tobacco 0 hich Is In a tnrifty condition in all ~ he important tobacco States. *P Doing Good Work. ij The effectiveness of the G-uatemalan el ts in checking the ravages of the ii soll weevils in the cotton fields has oj een tested and Mr. Cook, the expert se f the department of agriculture, In a fj elegram to Secretary Wilson Tuesday se nounces that the ants promptly de- Ii troyed the weevils and the Texas red 1: ts as well. The telegram which was b he subject of great satisfaction to 11 oth Secretary Wilson and Dr. Gal- la way, the chief of the bureau of plant dustry, Is dated Victoria, Texas, d is as follows: "After four weeks f captivity and of sugar diet the si ~uatemaian ants promptly destroyed A~ he Texas bull weevils; also the Texas tl ed ants, the harmful species which it v as feared they might resemble." h Stuck Gun in His Face. At Greenville Mr. P. S. Butler, who v .as charge of the routes and carriers s the Daily News, was held up by ree negroes about 2.30 o'clock Sun- re ay morning on the upper end of Pen- d leton street and relieved of his watch a nd his purse which contained a small 1c mount of cash. Sunday afternoon sc ne of the thieves was caught. He m ave his name as Dan Wright, and1 a: aid the other two negroes who took ei art in the hold-up were Bruce Wil- cc lams and Joe Bagby. They were em- 01 loyed as brakemen by the Southern t ailway and lived in Gainesville, Ga. tt Aged P'eople Drowned. At Portland, Oregon, ina cloudburst ccompanied by 1css of life and great amsage to property near Mitchell, in a heeler county, Mrs. Bethune, aged R 0 years and Martn Smith, 91 years, y rre drowned. Twenty-eight houses m , Mitchell were destroyed. DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL. arker Will Gain Strength as Cam paign Progresses. =TLXAN TO TAKE THE STUEP. Washington Democrats Believe That a Strong Ticket Has Been Named, Which Will Appeal to Sober Interests of the Country. A special from Washington says sev ral distinguished Democratic mem- - ers of Congress have been in Wash ngton this week en route from the ,reat Democratic gathering at St. .ouis. Without exception all who iave been seen speak in the highest erms of the candidates, and of the ilatfurm adopted by the party, and hey declare that the outlook for party uccess in November next is brighter han it has been at any time since the nemorable campaign of 1892, when )leveland was triumphant over Presi ent Harrison. Without exception hey express the belief that New York vill swing in line for Judge Parker on Tovember 8th, and that Connecticut nd New Jersey and Indiana will 101 )w the example of the Empire State, nd that the result of the election will ot be in doubt. Parker, they say, will rain strength rather than lose sup ort as the campaign progresses. . He ossesses qualities, they declare, which rill commend him to the sober judg ient of the people. The nomination of Senator Davis Dr the Vice-Presidency Is very satis actory to this section of the countr, nd will beyond doubt result in the lacing of both Maryland, his natie ate, and West Virginia, his adopted Date, in the Democratic column in tovember. TILrMAN TO TAXF-STUXP. Among Democrats in Washington ack-from the St. Louis convention is enator Tillman, of South Carolina. 'he Senator took a leading part in the )nvention and is enthusiastically In. Lvor of the ticket and platform nom iated by the convention. He says that 1 his judgment Parker and Davis will e elected. "It had been my intention to take o part In the canvass, for my throat in bad condition," said Senator illman, "but now, unless the doctor arbids it, and if the party wants me, will work as hard as I did in 1896-. nd 1900., Then I was a silver man; ow I'll work for-well, work to beat Woosevelt. 'Anti-Boosevelt' is my latform. I am for a return to con titutional government and law.. nr [red of imperialism at home, as well s abroad." SENATOR CULBERSON CONFIENT. Another prominent southern sena )r, who was one of the so.uthern lead rs at St. Louis, is Senator Culberson t Texas. Senator Culberson has just een re-nominated for another term i the United States Senate, which is ry pleasant news to his many iends in this section of the country. 'he senator is one of those who have ill confidence in the party's chances >r victory in November. GONE TO HIS KEWARD. leath of'Venerable President of WU liamaton College. - A special to the The State from lilliamston Thursday says never In ze history of our town has'the death Sany one caused such universal sor >was pervades the hearts of our peo le this morning over the deaba of Dr. amuel Lander, the beloved president Williamston Female College. Sur >unlded by his entire family, with ae exception of his son, Dr. John M. under, who is en route for his mission eld in Brazil, the end came quietly ed peacefully at 1.30 Thursday morn ag, and as calmly asa childfallinlgto eep in Its mothers arms the life of als grand man came to a close. Although it had been known for >me time that his condition was crit al, no one was willing to reconcile imself to the fact that we must give im up. For 31 years Dr. Lander as been actively engaged as president SWilliamston Femnale college and his essed influence is felt, not only here SWilliamnston where we all delighted >love and honor him; but in the earts and lives of hundreds of women iroughout the South, whose good >rtune It was to be brought under le saving Influence of this pure bristian gentleman and born teacher y oung women. Here In Williams >n Female college he has left the im ress of a Christian charater upon undreds of girls who have gone out ito the world to perpetuate his indun 2ce and bless his memory, and here isociety his godly life has been one Sthe -grandest and most eloquent ~rmons that has ever been preached om any pulpit, and although the ~rmon is now closed, Its infiuence will ye perpetually. Friday morning at Lo'clock the funeral sevie were ld In the Methodist church of Wil amston, after which the remains were Ad to rest In the city cemetery. No Truth in Boll Weevil P.eport. One of Section Director Bauer's b-agents, Mr. J. Tupper Henry, at nsel, in Greenville :,ounty, reports 1e probable presence there of an ad ince guard of the Texas boll weevil. [r. Baurer, however, is not alarmed. e thinks it extremely unlikely that ae boll weevil has appeared in Green ile county or any where else in this ate. Mr. Henry merely remarks at "the neighbors sal" an insect sembling the boll weevil is doing image there. Mr. Bauer has for arded Mr. Henery's card to Entomo ist Charles E. Chambliss at Clem n college that Prof. Chambliss ight go to Ansel and make an ex nination If he sees fit. He forward i to Clemson a card from a Pickens unty correspondent reporting the meration there of the boll worm-not ie boll weevil. Mr. Bauer thinks ie oll worm report has substantial undation in fact. * Woman Stabs Another Rose Morris cut Patsy Fair's throat ith a razor Thursday night In New ome, Ga. Both are negroes. The air woman is dangerously cut and ay not recover. Rose Morris made er escape.