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F VOL. X. CARE OF CONVICTS Arp's Attention is Now Directed to State's Prisoners. BE IS VERY DEEPLY CONCERNED. Reports of the Officials nt the Camps Have Been Read By the Bartow Philosopher. Next in importance to the education of the children of the state comes the care of the convicts, the lunatics and the deaf and the blind. These are charges, fixed charges that rest ev >rywhere upon the citizens and taxpayers and cannot be avoided. A careful perusal of the last reports of the officera of these institutions given us deep concern for their inmates are increasing faster than population and th s increase indicates a growing degeneracy in mental, physical or moral condition of our people. These reports give nm ii Interesting matter for there is hardly a state in the union where similar in stitutions are so ably and faithfully officered. We are especially fortunate in having such a capable and experienced man as Dr. Powell at the head of our sanitarium. The apprehension is that when lie dies we cannot fill h 3 place for we cannot find a man who hai both his ability and his long experience. The Bame can be said of Proftssor Connor, in charge of the school for the deaf. These two are veterans in th service and have by their long and faithful work nllnvod nil tiuhlic nnxletx about those institutions. But why should *so many more children be born deaf and dumb than formerly. and why should so many more people become insane? Only a few years aero Professor Connor reported 105, and now he has 215 in charge. Ho folks keep on marrying their cousins and will the law keep on allowing it? As to the sanitarium, there seems tJ be no limit, no diminution of the rapid increase and as f ?at as more room is provided more still is wanted. Dr. Powell reports that on October 1, 1000, there were 1,700 whites and 742 colored on hand, and the new applications now average about six per day. Of course many die and it is a comfort to know that many recover their reason and are discharged. Two hundred ami fifty-nine whites and , ninety-foiu negroes were discharged last year. One hundred and fifty-six whites and ISd negroes died. The doctor gives pleasant and easy employment to all who can and are willing to work. He is a philosopher of my own kind, for he say. that he has found that woris manual labor. Is more conducive to restorat'on and contentment than any other medicine. Gardening, sewing, washing, canning fruits, etc., is done on a large scale. Much more of this is done than formerly and the report shows an immense business. Just think of last year's work?1.000 aprons. 2,000 b?rl tlCKS. o.t'UU cnoinise, l.OUU calico un satss 700 homespun dresses. 4.700 pair drawers. i.FiOO pillow cases. 5.000 pair pants, 3.800 shirts. 1 .(>00 undershirts, and quilts by the seore?crazy quilts I suppose? making a total of over 50,000 articles made by crazy women. Goo 1 gracious, what an Industrious female family the doctor has got. In this way he has greatly reduced the cost of maintenance and brought down the per capita to $117. Hut on the other hnnd he had to be continually repairing or replacing something, for he srys "Insanity moans destruction and that the tendency of a large number of patients is to destroy furniture, crockery, bedding, clothing, lights, sash, and sometimes tear their rooms to pieces." Now Just imagine what an army of lunatics we have. Cartel svine is quite a large little country town of 3,500 people but three-fourths of them are children under age. Wo have only ah ut 800 grown-up people who are tit to I e lur tics, but here at the sanitarium are three times as many, and the number increasing every year. But the report of the prison commission gives us most nnxictj. for that, concerns crime and involves the safety of our people from the lawless who fear not God nor regard man. The maintenance of the sanitarium costs the State *275,000 annually, hut there is one good thing, and only one about the convicts. They cost -e State nothing after the trial, but on the contrary they bring in a considerable revenue. and under the new system this revenue is rapidly Increasing. General Evans, Mr. Eason and Mr. Turner inaugarato.l this system only two years ago and it has already proved a signal success The State now has the absolute control of all its convicts and has purchased a large farm near Mliledgevdlc. whore the old men and the boys and nil the women are kept. Under the sk.lful management of Mr. i oster the farm pr. d well the first year and the convicts are nearly as happy as they were in old slavery times. Most of the ab'ebodied convicts are leased to farmers at good prices, but the State provides guards and medical attention. Here Is r other army of 2,500 to look after, but these are not all. There are 2,350 more at work In the county rhaingangs. making a total of 4. >">), of whom 358 are white, ten are white and 215 are negro women. Of the State con vie' } for felony 907 are guilty of murder or manslaughter, 915 for burglary or robbery or larceny. 237 for the usual crime. The rest are for most any other crime in thy cata> ORT I 5 J logue. Most of them ^ere laborers, Lut I note that twenty-seven did nothing and eighteen were preachers. Ninety per cent, of the negroes are between the ages of fifteen and forty, and knew nothing of slavery. Only 1 per cent, are the old slaves who are over sixty years old. Two hundred and forty four of them are seiv.ng a second term. Thirty are serving a third term and a few a fourth and fifth ?nrm TKn.> >/. HI 1* " tvi UI. ?uc/ OX v 111 IU line 11. UU? thousand and twenty of these convicts are from throe counties?Fulton. Chatham and Bibb. As Thomas Jefferson said, "The influen e of cities is pestilential to good morals." It Ls especially so with negroes. The large majority of the negro convicts Are from Ihe cities and large towns. Twenty years ago there were 1,100 negro convicts and 90 ?er cent, of them were wholly illiterate, sould neither read nor write. Now we have three thousand negro convicts and 54 per cent, can read and vrte. How la that? Does education le.son crime or incrcas it? Mr. Stetson, the State statistician of Massachusetts. sayB I* "increases crime not a li.tie but im mensclv," and he proves it. It certainly does among the negro race In Georgia. It is curios to note that we have two counties in the State?White and Gilrem?that have ro repres .-uctll/a among the con\:.*ts. There ere f'ur counties?Town". IMckc- iy, Banks and I Dawson?that have but one each. | There are three counties--Union. Murray and Rabun?that have but two each. How is that for good morals in our most northern mountain counties, where the school master has not been abroad in the land to any alarming extent. No. the truth is that education of itself neither lessens nor increases crime. It depends on the moral training that the boy gets either from his teacher or his parents or his early associates. but if his environments are had his education makes him a more dangerous citizen, for It enables him to cover up and conceal his crime or to escape from punishment in some way. it is like throwing pearls before swine to give the vile and vicious an education, but we can't pick thenf beforehand and so all must have a chance. Rut if 1 was a lawmaker I would put some penalties upon bad citizens, upon the idle and vicious, whether white or black. We do not allow them to have their names in tho jury box. They cannet try a man for crime nor set in Judgment upon his civil rights. Why si aid such men be trusted with the ballot? Why not 1 let tlie same commission that makes | up the jury box also make up the bal| lot box? If some good necro'es got in and some bad w hite men were le t out it would be rewarding me:lt an:l putting a penalty upon bad citizens. I Alabama and Virginia have this qucsI tion before their conventions and we hope they will consider it wisely and give encouragement to good citizens, whether they be white or black. Goo,! conduct should he the test. It is more Important than education or property. Let us purge the ballot box just as we do the jury box. Purge it once a year. Put such colored men as Gassett. and Joe llrown and Tribble in and leave all such w hite men as Pat Ranks out. Don't shut the door forever on cood negroes. By the way. I wish somebody would hunt tip our cook and send her home. She is not a "settled 'oman," and is Just gallivanting around till her spell Is off. I have to get up before I feel like it and fire tip the stove and then call the girls r.nd they get a good breakfast in half an hour. Biscuit and coffee and hominy and fried eggs and beef Bteak are good enough lor anybody. but I will have to discharge our cook and hire her over again and leave out the spell privilege.?Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. Work Done by the Eun. It has repeatedly l*cn proposed to make tw of the enormous power issuing from the stin in the ^hapc of heat rays What enormous amount of labor is done by the sen of this earth alone is evidenced in part by the circulation of water on the earth's surface. Every day the beat of the sun turn> into vapor a Targe amount of water on all the watery surfaces. and these rising vapors are far above us converted into clouds, which the cool currents of air carry overland to countries which arc not blessed with plenty of the fluid element, and upon further condensation the clouds in the shape of rain fall upon the earth In smaller or largt ? quantities water streams again toward the ica, and dttr ing thi< cours man undertakes to withdraw from the water part of the storedup power of tlie sim. using it for, industrial purposes. The Paris meteorologist. Professor Metericht, estimates the quantity of water turned into vapor by the sun in the Mediterranean Sea alone on a clear, hot, summer day. at not less than 5,280,000.000 tons. At that rate the quantity of water taken from the entire globe on one hot day within the limits of the temperate and tropical zones would amount to not Tess than 245,000,000,000 tons. A Doubtful PriZA. With a view to obtaining the best selfpropelled lorry for military purposes thf ltriti?h War Office offers three prirea for the three lorries which shall be adjudged the best after an exhaustive series of trials. Money prizes are offered, but it v udd be better, thinks the King, to promise posthumous glorv in the share of statue*, a* the winners will probably be a long time dead when the decis ( n is made known. 1 MI] 3RT MILL, S. C? WED CHRISTIAN ^ENDEAVORERS The Twmtieth International Convention Held at Cincinnati. a mfmrfrship op a nnn nnn r, V www TIi* Convention I!n?l the I.nrc(<*t Attendance on Itecoril?tJood ltc|>ort4 of tile Secretory nml Trcn*urer?Tlic Ofttcer* Were Ke-eloctcti For Another Yonr ? A<Iilre???e* liy I'ronilnent Speakers. Cincinnati. Ohio.?With the largest attendance on record, the twentieth international convention of the Christian I Endeavor Society began here on Saturday. Cool weather favored the delegates, atul the business session with which the convention began was carried out in a pleasant atmosphere. In i the evening the customary welcoming addresses were heard at the Auditorium. President Clark delivered his anI nunl address, and Secretary Itaer delivered his report on the society's proi gress during the past year. The following telegram, addressed to Secretary liner, was read from President MoKinley, at Canton: j "Upon the assembling of the Inter| national Christian Endeavor Society | this evening please extend to those present my cordial greetings and best wishes for the success of the sessions. I regret that it will he impossible for rue to be with you on this occasion." i nc louowim; ormvrs wore ro-olootoil by the Convention: Francis K. Clark. Coston, President: i Wllllnin Shaw. Boston. Treasurer: John W. Bacr. Boston, (Jeneral Secretary, ami I\ II. Kidder. Hoston, Auditor. A now position. Field Secretary, was created, and the It >v. Clarence B. Rbermtin, of Lancaster, Penn., was elected. Secretary Baer's report showed that In lS'.M there were ltJ.274 societies, with an aggregate membership of 1.000.000. In 11101 there are 01.427 societies with -1.000,000 inetr.bership. The constitutions are now printed in nearly thirty languages, the junior societies now number over 10.000. with memberships of -IS.'t.oot). intermediate * soeieties I'JSo. with ttS.000 members. Elaborate programmes were earriVd out in the different auditoriums and ehnrches simultaneously on Smulay, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The list of speakers im-ludod the names of the most eminent ministers and lecturers In the country. PRINCE VON HOHENLOHZ DEAO. j Bennnny'n Former Imperial Clinnrelloi I'iihsck A way at ItuRiitz, NwMjterliwnl. ! Berlin, (lernmnv. - i'rinee von Ho hcnlohe. formerly Certnan I mperiiil Chancellor, died at Itagal/., Switiier*. land. Cldodwig Karl Victor, Prince of IIo. henlohe-Sehlllingsfursr, and nlsc Prince of llatilior and Kovvel, wot born at Kotenhourg, March 111. isib lie was Havarian Minister of Forelgi Affairs 1St'i('?-7t>: became < let-man Am hnssndor at Paris in 1ST* and was appointed (lovernor of A lsnce-1.online it 1SST?. Prince von Ilolienlolic rendered ex traordinary services to tlie (Jerinau empire in various ways, and after Pismarch retired in INtKt he was appointd Chancellor. I lis other honors were numerous and important. ITHACA HAS A FRCC PEST. '1 rattle Slutli-il. Houses Invalid!, t.nnlcni l)e?lro)i!il, uuil ( rounil Covered. Ithaca, X. V. All Ithaca is suffering from a iron pest after the recent heavy rains. Tne frogs have appeared la large numbers. The ground in tin vicinity of U.-nwick Park is covered with them. A train which left for Auburn a few days ago had dillieuhy in working ii> way through the myriads which appeared on tiie track. The rails became ko slippery that the wheels would not take hold. Trallic on a branch of the Ithaca street railway running on Stew art avenue has been impeded and thousands of the l'rogs appeared on the lots south of the l-'iske-Meilraw mansion. The frogs have invaded houses and dcsiro/WI many gardens. Congress ins ii Stokes lie.iil. Dr. J. William Stokes, Congressman rom the Third South Carolina l?i>rict, died at his home in U range burg, . C.. after a long illness. C<rpl>K I'ltlli With Twenty 1'eriuni. I.etli* Muydau, eight years olt.. was klled, ami twenty-two persons were inJ led by the brick coping of n buildi g at Outon. 111., upon which were t 'euty parsons, falling on -.lie heads o the crowd on the sidewalk below. Xvo others probably will die. Siaaiidil I'?nle iu Southern Kiiatin, \ [xui.c prevails iu Southern ICussht a ? result ot the failure cf the Kharlli Commercial Hank. It is estimated tiit the deficit in the bank's accounts unvuiit* to over $J,I?iA>,uuo. 1 A T^.tillnur t in* ll> i'urli I. certain Pa.Is milunery firm was ^?iblished In a small way ten years p. The first year Its prof.ts w re ?3 c,0. Thi! next year they had loupe I I to $19,000, ami in three years l ad I inched $231,000. The last year's halI a re showed Ct 13,000 on tne right .side I olthe ledger. LL 1 NE8DAY, JULY 10, 100 BOY MURDERS PLAYMATE Lad of Thirteen, After Shooting- Companion, Hangs Himself. ~'ra<ri?* Ontcotrii* of - ? - ? ? mounixii ?jnnrr? at Alhuny ? Iloth I#olonj;pd to AVell-Known Famine*. Albany. N. Y. ? Rnrmonil Albers. n thirteou-yenr-old boy, Flint ami killed Emanuel Koeliler. a boy of twelve years, and then banned himself. The boys were playmates, and aeeordlng to statements of neighbors, they had quarreled some days ago. Albers was the sou of Albert Albers. n well-known painter, and lvoehler was (lie son of the Itev. John T. Koehler, a minister of the gospel. who, with his family, resided in this city. The shooting took place at <1 o'clock In the evening. Young Koeliler was standing on a fence in the rear of Albers's house. Tie was with his eightyear-old brother. Theodore Koeliler. who was the only one who saw the shoot 111*.'- 'Pile ltaln f.'ll""1 4..1.1 l : father In (or that the two hoys had some words. and that Alhors raised :i rilio ho had. ami. point in;: it. shot tin* Koohlor hoy. Alliors. when ho saw Kooliler fall from tin* fonoo. said a?cording to tlio youthful wltnoss: i "rm sorry 1 douo It." . Tlio ritlo used was a .22-ralihre Flnhort ritlo. which Alhors h.ad in tin* yard with hint. Tlio hall struck Koohlor in tlio loft hroast and passed through his lu*art. Ho dioil almost Instantly. After the shooting Alhors ran into the house and tohl his inotflof. The neighborhood was quickly alarmed with the news of the shooting. and the word was sent to tlio police, while doctors were summon <1 to aid. if possible, the wounded hoy. lie was (lead, however, before they nrrh ed. During the excitement Alliors had been forgotten, and it was not until the arrival of the police that a search was made for him. lie was found in the cellar of his homo, suspended by the neck from the end of a rope tied t > 11 lll*a 111 ?lf I lie nh..,-.. lb since ISSiT. They defeated the 1 Americans after a very close au<l ex- 1 citing straggle, l>y one length, in the 1 kuat time of i minutes -1 l b seconds. ^ Scrcre Drought In Missouri. The intense heat and drought arc causing great damage and di. ,r< >. (n v Southwest Missouri and portions of 1 the Indian Territory. I i.It -s rain ;aii> k toon the corn crop m muiij locality > will he a complete failure. ________ _ i Cold Coin Myntciioiisly M Using. Fix hags of goal coin, aggregating fbh.oou, have disappeared uom the mint at San Franc.seo, Cal. ii.rector ltohcris said thai ituies* *i?c : ystory , is solved soon civil isult* ?vitl Lu ' brought against employ v?A \ lie 1 t:i<1 p ile to the cellar. and, taking a piece of rope, tied ii to a heani: then, standing on a cask, lie fastened It ahout his neek. 1I<? liad then evidently jumped front the cask, for lie was suspended in ntld-air when found. When rut down the hoy was still alive, hut with a gasp he died t:s he was laid on the cellar tloor. The event has caused ere at excitement In this ? i t v In en use of its pernliar and unusual featur* s. M LLIONS TO AST K'USEUMI. IJoIativo* of .Tamil S. Ilt?ni-r?, ttie l.oc.imotivn l.tiilder, llWterty tlls:i;>j?;>lntiMt. I'aterson. N. J. The reading < f lh" ' will of Jacob S. 11o;.<ts, locomotive huilder and many times millionaire, which followed the Initial of Mr. Rogers tit tledar Lawn Cemetery, reunited in one of the greatest sensations in I'atersoa's history and will ultimate* ly lead to perhaps the greatest will contest the Slate of New Jersey lias ever known. Ity the provisions of the will Rogers*, Who. It is estimated, was worth ahout SS.ouO.oot >. bequeaths a little more than S2."i(>,<! !.? to seven nephews and ni *? < six of them getting $'J~>,0oo ea<h :tti? 1 the seventh .$100,000, and leaves the entire residue of ids estate, real and personal, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York City. The heirs, who were all present at tlie funeral, were, without exception, surprised and disappointed. They left the house indignant, and thov will <*>mldm> to break the will. lighting It lit the courts as long as they can, if necessary. Lin incut lawyers of th State who were Keen stated 11..1! from :ill t!:< y 1i:hI seen of the will, they cl?'ein<?l ir .1 pvrfeetl.v sound on;-, and tiny I in ?aj ing tliat ii will ue most 11:: 1 i cult one 10 break. CIRL MADE A DEPUTY SHERIFFftlio JJoito Hot rlmi'k Thirty Mil.?* mot ArreMcil Tlirco l)i><i|ii'rii.lop^. Topeka, Kan.?Slnrii: Seit5t. of Mo- I 1 I'lter.-on County. Kan., lias reward d ! his daughter, Mi-- Ilauio Seiiz. wiili 1 u eoiumisslou as t'.r-i d? ptity sheriff. ( This* brave young woman, in apparition io lur fat hit's wi-!. traveled 011 horselark thirty mi>> . arrested j Ihree nnti charged with assault with | intent to kill ami safely landed tin 1:1 in the Mcd'horson jail. Miss Seitz is t!m only woniau deputy shTiff iu the I lilted Stall fc. I I'rnn ttinttn at Henley. To the disappointment of all the ! Americans ui Henley, England, the Leauder llowing Club erev/ defeated the Anieriean crew, representing the University of I'cnnsylvnnia in ilie Until bent for the (Iraud Challenge ' Cap, thus retaining that trophy, whic h 1 they have won at every IlcMey reg.tj- ' pime i I. civil Me ipiipies Govcrnor-Gmornl Taf t Inaugurate] With Simplo Ceremony. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT /til Military Authority Ik Trrtn?ferrp?t to tirnrral I'lmtTct1, ami (.piiprul Mac* Arthur Snil* I'or thp I'uttpil Stilton? Nat I vp* to H<> Appointed on tho Com. mlntlon?'Thp CorptuoiilpH ut Mini tin. Manila.?Civil government in tli > Philippines was inaugurated auspiciously on Thursday. Ctmiinissioner Taft was escortrd by Ceneruls MncArthur and ChnfTee from tlu? palace to a great temporary tribune ?>:i the opposite side of the Plaza l'alacio. Standmc on a projecting centre oJ' the tribnne, William II. Taft, the new Civil Coventor of the Philippine Islands, took the oath of ctliee administered by C hief Justice Arellano. A TcaTure oi The inaugural ufo tress of Coventor Taft was tlie umiouncement that on September 1. ltmi. the Philippine Cointntssioii would he increased i?y the appointment of three native members, l>r. Wardo 1 lata vera, Benito tmgarun ami Jose I.uzuriagu The reading c.f President MeKinlcy's message of congratulation \v;is enthusiastically cheered. Tin* President's message, addressed to Cuvemor-liencral Taft, is as follows: "Upon iht' assumption of your now duties as Civil I ioVfrtmr of the Philippine Islands I liaw groat pleasure in sending congraiulat ions to you ami your associate Commissionts ami my thanks for the good work already accomplished. I extend to you my fnil conlidenee and hest wishes for still greater success in the larger rcspons'hilities now devolved open you. and the assurance not only for myself, hut for my eoimtrymen. of good will for the people of the islands and the hop that their participation in the government which it is our purpose to develop among them may lead to t?i??iihlghest advancement, happiness :.nd prosperity." The transfer of the military authority to Ceiieral Cha'Vee was carried our hi the pr- seiav ol' the Cetierals in (Soneral MaeArtlittr's otlice. There was no formality, tletter; I MaeArlhu presented the new eomuiaitder to the tlenerals and remarked: "I bequeath to you all my trophies.** All the high eivtl and army oilh-ers neeonipnni.d Ceneral MacArlkur to | th>? river front, where he lormally emharked. tjovernor Taft and Cem ral 1 Chaffee then returned to the palace j ttuo im iihi l lie pUIMlC. The rinsing ilteidi-it ??f the eelcbr: lion \V!>s :i reception in lie*, cf (.literal Mac Arthur in the resident* oi' t ?*i\ i 1 ii'ovi'VMdr. Mates. T.uft am! CI .1- | lo<? assisted in recoivir-.. die uuest-. (ionoral MacArthur ai'd l.i siafl sailed for tin* lulled States u:t tliu transport Meade. / CRIP CAUSES SUICIDES. PerPonH \VI?o Iluvo SuflVr<?l Willi t!i? I > Uu(>lo to IllHHIllt>. Chicago. l?r. II yn ?!ds. Cotnnii;sioner of Health. explains that the large increase in the nilinhi".' of sttieides in Chicano and other centres is | lite to nervous shock entised hy the grip. He points out that in tlie live years from 1.N71 to 1 ssuicides in Chicago were 1'J.tJ in ? a<-11 loo.uiin of population. In tlie last four years tliey were tweiity-thre in lno.uou. He asserted that this disease profoundly nlTeets ti:e n-rvous system, eattsiug all grades of nv ntal disturhattees front simple melancholia t > in-lite insanity. The Coroner, who has been working in conjunction with th.* Commissioner, has reported ilia: a majority of suicides were former grip victims. llorx'H Drills in Mi<kiH.i|ipl, The .Mississippi Ih.ard of Health is hoing iir-.1 utiy appealed to 1 *y plaatci la Ituiivar and n Ijobiiiti; counties for extraordinary a- -nun c m sttppr In climb.u. which devastating thai section 01 horses, tunics, cattle ami ntla r d itttcs, ie an 1. ah. t'hurhon is a ( malignant disease thai attacks she -p. horses, and cattle. The ravages >; tile .1 -s i " ' 10 Uii ill 111 OS l beyond credibility. 1 bultun Will >rttl<- All liiflVreiicn. ' (Jlieitib l'.i y, tli.' new Turkish Minis. ' ler :tt Washington, is believnt t.? have 1 brought ussurnneis that the Sultan iv111 settle all ilii1 oil :k\ s now t iutweew the two countries?. 1 Island LVopi in Unuscr. I The drought and heat have wrought > lavoc among the fathers all through ( he eastern and central parts of I.o-ng eland. There lias n< t l> i n u drop o?' aIn to alford relief to the burning ^ Tops, and there is danger that unl a in coiues soon there 111 be great oss. I'.iiftinoiM I allures t'er a W??L. ! Buein s ?Ir.nit tin* past VCfli, JKI'Kl'iill:; to 11. <?. utm ic Co.. 1 mi iln?r il -? ! in the L niU'.l Malts ami wentj three iu t'mrula. California i-eins t<> lie losing her grip ( tlv gr" v ta! |>- id'icing Sta'.e 1 ! ntnna. C"! r:. i ? and Arizona were ach ahead her last year in the ag ' >'v i : "!ti< i' i V Tint alone itik <1 v.t v. ">::c Colorado l,"d -47f*x?.r.<s.y 'n 1. wcvcr. x c Golden State stii1 icatls. 1 ti I 1 * :s. NO. 17. Mirnn nrrum nrTiin-'irm lit 111 Oh lV l! 116 U i 111L Lift washington* Add'.son Iirnwn, United States Judao fur the Soiiilimi district <>f New York, rosisrned because of advanced :%"c and ill health. The Treasury Department refused to order the deportation of So Rhih Chin, the Chinese reformer. Secretary Root authorized the West Point cadets to pro to the ltuffalo Exposition. Secretary Wilson predicted that the United States, with their new possessions. soon will lie able to produce everything. Posttnnster-Ceneral Smith decided t? debar from second class mail privileges periodicals which depend largely oil prift enterprises, guessing contests, cts.. for seettrin;: circulation. The law repealing the war taxes on fell-crams and bank chocks went into effect. on: AiiorTia) isi.anos. Kllipino iIi'Ii ^iiUn demanded <>f P >po I.eo that their bishops ami priests l>e selected frmn the native cler;r.v. The Porto Itiean Assembly nnnnintously adopted n resolution deelnritiK free trade with us. A two days' battle took place on the Island of Mitidanao, 1'. I., between factions leil by rival dattos, the h .sses belli:; la avy on bitli shies. The Illness of < lovernnr-ttcnernl WY.od. at Havana, was otlielally di nosed as typhoid fever. The (Irand .Jury called to investigate the eharjres of bribery in the Ha- V waiian legislature report d that it found no eviileiiee of bribery. No move to raise the hatlleshiiv Maine, sunk i:i Havana 1 Inrbor. was made. tJetseral A. W. (ire lv arrived nt Manila, as dhl llfty teaehees flout the 1 ' ...1 v?. ... V Ulii'ii ota ir.i. IMIJIKSTIC. Champaign and rrhnnn. II!.. wero greatly damaged by :i cloudburst. Through Inch of watt . and cUgiticM being nut of i <*|>:iir, llii:i[i:i;ta;i, W. Va.. 1? >[ >i i.(!(! t by . Andrew Carnegie offered $7"u,OOr> toward pttbli library buildings in Hell-oil, A! icli. Itlrn '.vJi ;iv.? mare pi -v. .if ' !' ? Island ?il' Nantucket than t*: y k .ve Ini"i ltn* more ilinn t?>*i years. A tornado struck tlraml Island. Neb., r.ntl two jut. ms were bill d and sever al Injured. T!;t> 11 r.n .oead Hotel. at Virginia 11.>1 Sprit . was 1 an: d. with a loss CJ r SP.CM.I ?)! , j:!1 ill . ;;;ii si S ( Stalling. Professor ,l<-li11 1-iske. tri? historian rttd | kilos..pher, died ;:t (lion-ester. Ma.-s, f:o;u , he 1: at. 'J'ho liev. i'. llroeker committed r; '< !< Kearney. Neb.. by slanting hi:; - it' with a revolver. !: was met. ally unbalanced. .Mr. P.rockcr V. * '1 Ut.uwil as the < nwboys' 1 ..t lit i*. The 1'liiladelphia branch <>f Swift A: Co., of Chicago, managed by A. A. Jev.-eit ,v Co., was damaged to the i xti at of pl.'.M.OOt) by tire. The origin cr t: e lianu s is unkn uvu. A mob at I'ar'.s, HI., tried to gain, p. s- ; ssion of an Italian who liatl assa.ilkd a woman, a lynching lieing ct nie pla't !. but the at'' run failed. upon. a forr..T State Senator. was killed Ly lightning near Sayirinv, Mich. -w The Ailenhursd Inn. otic of the fIne i hi ds along the Atlantic coast iw New .Jersey, wrs destroyed hy Lre. The !<>-< is estimated at $172,OX). A Inert I-. Johnson, of ("1 '.eland, 1 ,rot her >f Mayor Thomas L. John- -n, and no d .ns a street railway pro>eio;\ ilii l at Fort Hamilton, I i.vn N. V. A it.vi' in of lite roof of the TVnrtsyl- " ranln ltailrond tunnel in Itnltiinore, Mil., caught the express ear of a pas longer trait:, a catastrophe In ing narrowly avert i Wiih his head erusln il. nail the .at cut. IJoh'Tt ''r-uiipii a. a fat.nor, w.is. found iturdetx d iu Ins I ::r:t at Sauu- , i! rsvillo. It. f. > I'.y a vote of sixty :11. e to fourteen Ii Virginia < 'ute ; :t tt! ior.vl <' ;r nt!o:i *> refused i <1 take an ontli to support thef .. Fon-Sinn. :i of the Cni.ed * The Fin e of Sou li Carolina will test II. i ustiiutinutility of the ?!?*?-I-i :i ref.r.irltu: tax stamps for disp- nsark's. Ii.j . p r!y seen red loans to tiinnrtraeturim: eoiieerns and h -s s on real state etui- -d closing of the City N'aional Jtank of Ituffnlo, N. V. The only six tnasteil schooners in tin? vorlil were in collision off (.'ape Cod. loth were htully damaged. 1'ols .neil lemonade is supposed to :ave earned the detttli of Mieiinoi tiad ' fouy llui!/., little hoys, at Cleveland, Dr. Wintnor, formerly of New York by. who last April shot and killed Viiliam I.ennrd, a gambler, for eheatwas acquitted at Cranite Falls, linn. With about p<?0 pr.vs t:gi rs fror.i louth Norwalk, Conn., nhtnid. the ex -.i mi inner aioiuiwi; siiliK OU thy . r ii'.ii", lie sir l1leu Island, FOREIGN. T*i tIjo r.iitisli House of Common* he .v <:i of the Admiralty prrnt'- i| t > intTiase the ft relict tli of the ut dit. rrnir an Heel, in reply to lium'i'OllS fi ll it .si.is. ll't?:.i . octii'.ri (1 in Iiuenoi Ay res, .1.... ami uevcial persons were . ountktl a.s ;1.? result t>l a licirouMnisen a^ains. the 1)11} foe Uie unlllcatlou >i the public debt. V-, J i