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% 9 FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XI. FORT MILL, S. C? WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1902. NO.l3. THE PRESIDENT OH CUBA He Favors Reciprocity in a Message to Congress. PRESENTS A PLEA FROM PALMA i ltoonpvelt S?y? the Oiivntlon t)n* to Connl<l<*r l?y ? lie Anni-nta Tlint No ltrvlaion of llitt TurlfT la ^nvolvrtl ?A IMciiilIni; l>la|iiit< li From I'jrealilent l'nlma? McKinlojr'a Word* Itrrallml. Washington, II. C.?President; Roosevelt lias sent the following message to Congress urging the granting of relief to Cuba through reciprocity: "To the Senate and House of Representatives: I deem it important before the adjournment of the present session of Congress to call attention to the following expressions in the message which in the discharge, of the duty imposed upon mo by the constitution I sent to Congress on tl^e llrst Tuesday of I >oeeiiiln>r last "'Elsewhere I have discussed the question of reciprocity. In the ease of Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national interest why the policy should bie held to linve a peculiar application, and 1 most earnestly ask your attenl ion to the wisdom, indeed to the vital need, of providing for a substantial reduction in tlie tariff duties on Cuban imports into the United States. Cuba has in lnr constitution affirmed what we desired, that she should sta nd. In international matters, in closei and more friendly relations with us than with any other power; and w\e are bound by every consideration of honor and expediency to pass comtnierciul llll^llKUrPK 111 fl*?? infni'itcf \f lmr w ... ...1- . . . . V V.JV Wt MV? | UlitlL" rial well being.' 1 "This recommendation was nlierely giving practical ctTrct to Presidetkt MoKinley's words, when, In ids messages of December 5, lNits, and Decemlter 0, 18011, be wrote: | "'It is important that our relictions with this people (of t'uliat shall (be of the most friendly character a nth our commercial relations close and rei lprocal. . . . We have accepted a (trust, the fullllment of which calls for the sternest integrity of purpose and the exercise of the highest wisdom. The new Cuba yet to arise from the i tabes of the past must needs he bound to us by ties of singular intimacy and strength if its enduring welfare is to be assured. . . The greatest ble ssiug which can conic to (hiha is the restoration of iter agricultural and industrial prosperity.' "Yesterday, June 12. 1 receivell by cable from the American Minister In <hiha a most earnest appeal (from President Pal nut for 'legislative itellef I i...r..-.. i? i? ii >r> urn line nun ims; fouiniry financially ruined.' "The granting of reciprocity with Culm is u proposltiou which standi} eutirely alone. The reasons for it far outweigh those for granting reci] >rocity with any other nation, and art entirely consistent with preserving ir tact the protective system under which this country lias thriven so niarvello lsly. Tlie present tariff law was designed to promote the adoption of such a : -eclprocity treaty, ami expressly prov ides j for a reduction not to exceed lw? ?uty per cent, upon goods coining from a particular country, leaving the tariff rates on the same articles unchanged :is regards all other countries. Ol ?jectlon has been made to tlie granting of, the reduction on the ground that . the substantial hcnctit would not go to,the agricultural producer of sugar, but would inure to the American sugar refiners. In my judgment provision <'iui mid suoiiui im' 111 ii<l?> which "will guarantee us against this possibility, without having recourse to a measure of (louhtful policy, sucli as a bounty in tlic form of a rebate. "The question as to which, if any.', of the different schedule*! ol' the tn riff ought most properly to be revised iloes not enter into this matter in any w ay or shape. We are concerned with getting a friendly reciprocal arrangement with Culm. This arrangement applies to all the articles that Culm grows or produces. It is not in our power* to determine what these articles sh,nll be, and any discussion of the tariff as It affects special schedules or countries other than Culm is wholly aside from the subject matter to which I call your attention. "Some of our citizens oppose the lowering of the tariff on Cuban products. Just as three years ago they oppostcd the admission of the Hawaiian Ishtmiu lest free trade with them might ruin & >rtain of our interests here, in the aeti m 1 event their fears proved baseless as i *e gards Hawaii, and their apprehensio qs as to the damage to any industry of our own heeaus(> of the proposed uietisure of reciprocity with Cuba seems to me equally baseless. In my jut: ginent, no American industry will be hurt, and many American industries will be hcnclitcd by the proi>oscd aketion. It is to our advantage as la nation tluit the growing Cuban markpt should lu> controlled by American producers. "The events following the war with Spain, and the prospective buildiug of the Isthmian Canal,, render it certain that we must taKe in the future a fqr greater Interest than hitherto In what happens throughout the West Indies, Central America and the adjacent coasts and waters. We expect Cuba to treat Us on an exceptional footing politically, and we should put her in the same exceptional position economically. The proposed actl/n is In line with the course we hive pursued as regards all the islands with which we have been brought Into relations of varying intimacy by the Spanish War. Porto ltico and Hawaii have been included within our tariff Hues, to their great benefit as well as ours, and without any of the feared detriment to our own industries. The Philippines, which stand in a different relation, have been granted substantial tariff concessions. "Cuba is an independent republic, but a republie which has assumed certain special obligations as regards her international position in compliance with our request. 1 ask for her certain special economic concessions in return; these economic concessions to benefit us as well as her. Tliere are few brighter pages in American history than the page which tells of our dealings with Cuba during the past four years. On her behalf we waged a war of which the mainspring was generous indignation against oppression, and we have kept faith absolutely. It is earnestly to be hoped that we will complete in the same spirit the record so well begun, and show in our dealings with Cuba that steady continuity of policy which it is essential for our nation to establish in foreign affairs if we desire to play well our part as a world ?ower. "We r.re a wealthy and powerful nation; Cuba is a young republic, still weak, who owes to us her birth, whose whole future, whose whole life, must depend on our attitude toward iter. I ask that we help iter as site struggles upward along the painful and difficult road of self-governing iiulei lend en ee. I ask this aid for lier. lie cause she is weak, because she needs it, because we Lave already aided her. 1 ask tliut open-handed help, of a kind which a self-respecting people can accept, be given to Cuba, for tlie very reason that we have given her such help In tlie past. Our soldiers fought to give her freedom, and for three years our representatives, civil and military, have toiled unceasingly, facing disease of a peculiarly sinister and fatal type with a patient and uncomplaining fortitude, to teach her how to use aright her new freedom. N ever in history lias any alien country been thus administered with such high integrity of purpose, such wise judgment and sucli a single-handed devotion to the country's interests. Now I ask that the Cubans lie given ail possible chance to use to the best advantage the freedom of which Americans have such right to he proud, and for which so many American lives Lava been sacrificed. "THBODORK ROOSEVELT." A NOBLE RELIEF WORK. SoiiiltnK the Children ol" New York'. C?nifevteil District** to the Country. New York City.?The hot summer months are the most trying and ticpressing of any in the year for the mothers ami children who live in tlit? congested districts of litis city. It is during t'" y'lted term that the mortality e, tlcfache little ones, especially babies.( depute greatest, sometimes reaching . t.firming figures. There is no relief fo> Vie poor sufferers, as tlieir poverty forbids the spending of even :i day at the nearest and cheapest seaside resorts, and their conditions wo I be unendurable did not good-liear.i . persons and philanthropic societies devote money and time to somewhat alleviating tlieir miseries. In tills way hundreds of lives are saved aud lifelong illnesses prevented every summer. One of the most beneficent charities conducted among the poor of the city is that of the Jacob A. Kiis Neighborhood Settlement, which is under tlie auspices of the King's Daughters. The city lias provided for their use this summer, rent free, a beautiful house on Twin Island, iu Pollinm Bay Park, one of the loveliest spots in this vicinity. During tlie summer children will be taken there lu squads of about fifty for a stay of two weeks, and tlieir mothers will go with them. The fathers will join their families on Sundays for a romp under the trees and along the shore. It costs $'J.5o to care for tin adult f-?r one week, $1.5tf for a child, and $3.50 for a mother with 1 :r bahy. of course, this good work car.nnt tie carried on without money. While enough funds have been donated for immediate put-poses, more financial support is needed. The fund cannot be too largo for the work that is done With It. Miss Clara Field, the treasurer, at 18 Henry street, will acknowledge every contribution forwarded to her. which will nobly do Its share i:i bringing health and happiness to the careworn mothers and the frail, ailing children of the tenements. LIFE TERM FOR Mlisni tKin Notorious ItnlUn Hilcami Sentenced Far Sfrlfn of Murilrr*. Home, Italy.?The notorious brigand Giuseppe Musolino, who lias lieen on trial at l.nnn for a series of murders, lias been sentenced to iuiprisoumcat for life. I ^ Musolino was the tnosi notorious of the many brigands Italy has produced, and it cost the Italian Government upward of $500.0(10 to capture him. Nearly three years ago he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of imprisonment, lie escaped and swore vengeance, and he kept his word. He killed the Judge, who tried him, most of the jurymen, and nearly all the witnesses who testified against him. The scene of his principal exploits was in Ucgglo di Calabria. After the police showed that they were powerless either to capture him or check his I crimes, the Government sent a strong i military force under command of a I General to run him to earth. They pursued him for months, but Musolino was everywhere aided by the peasants | and managed to retaiu his freedom i until the fall of 1901, who be was ! arrested uear Urbiuo. AVERAGE CHOP PROISEO General Outlook the Country Over in Cereals Up to Past Decade. SPRING WHEAT THE BEST OF ALL Tw.Itii Itrport Had Apple Pro?pects, Wlille the Peach YIel.l la Ilatlier jjpufr in ninm troiion* ? out Crop j 1'romliiei Fair, W bile th? Clover Crop ! In Doubt?Spring WlifRt Arrvace. Washington, D, C.?Preliminary reports of the spring wheat acreage Indicates a reduction ol' about 2,511.000 acres, or 12.8 per cent. The average condition of spring wheat on June 1 was 1)5.4, as compared with 02 on the corresponding date last year, 87.3 on June 1. 1000, and a 10-year average of 02.0. The present reported average cond.tion lias been exceeded only three times in the last fifteen years. The average condition of winter wheat on June 1 was 7(5.1, as compared with 7(5.4 on May 1. 11)02; ST.8 on June 1. 1001; 82.7 on June 1, 1000. and 80.3, tli<> mean of tlie June averages of the last ten years. The total reported acreage in oats is about four-tenths of one per cent, in excess of the acreage harvested last i year. The changes in acreage are very ? veiny (iisinDiuod ami arc generally in- ! considerable. The average condition of j cats is 00.0, against S3.3 on June 1. 1001; 1)1.7 at the corresponding date in 1000, and a 10-year average of 1)0. The acreage of clover for the country rs a whole cannot be satisfactorily determined. The condition of the crop exceeds the 10-year average by "J points in California, 3 in Minnesota, o in Michigan and 8 in South Dakota and Wisconsin. In Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio conditions reported on June 1 correspond wltli their respective 10-year averages, and tlie principal clover j States reporting a condition below sucli j averages are: Illinois, I point; New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, 0; Kansas, 7, and Missouri, 11 points. The average condition of apples is on the whole unfavorable. l)f the 1-1 large TWO NECRO 30YS LYNCHED. Itrutkrri, Thirteen anil Sixteen Venrs t>l?l I1uuK<'<1 lor ? Woman'* Muriler. Charlotte, N. C.?Harrison and Juuics Gillespie, negro lioys. sixteen and thirteen years old, respectively, who murdered Miss Nellie Benson were taken troin the jail at Salisbury and hanged. After the lynching the mob perforated the bodies with revolver bullets, and before departing applied burning splinters to the feet 01 the boys to see if life Still lingered. The two boys were arrested for the murder of Miss Nellie Benson, a white girl, near her father's home at Salisbury, The boys were crossing a held near the bouse and Miss Benson catue out nnd ordered them to leave the premises. Instead of doing so one of the hoys picked up a stone aud threw it, striking Miss Benson in the temple. Then with jagged rocks the boys beat Miss Benson's head until they crushed it completely. VOLLEY FIRED INTO MOB A Boy is Fatally Shot in a Riot in Pawtucket. r.limle Inlnmt'n (ioTrmor Ortloro Out Troop* to l'olice the City?Trouble* Cuu*e<l by Traction Strike. Fawtueket, It. I.?The city officials Laving declined to increase the police force to meet the unusual conditions resulting frotu the strike of the Union Traction Company's men here and in Providence, by order of Governor Kimball eight companies of infantry and two of cavalry were scut here to patrol the streets. From the time the strike was declared, on .ittiic 2, there ltas been frequent trouble in this city. Appeals were made to Mayor Fitzgerald to increase tlie number of police, but lie declined to act, declaring that the city's tlnancial condition would not permit him to employ additional men. Finally the Governor was appealed to, with the result that the militia were ordered out. The action of tlie Governor was precipitated by a serious disturbance when a detachment of sixteen special deputy sheriffs were attacked by a crowd which had held up and demolished a street car. Tilt? oilieers were stoned and a number of persons were injured. A boy was shot and fatally wounded by a volley tired into a crowd I by deputies. The soldiers were stationed at short spaces and maintained practically a solid line, while cars were run. each with a guard of deputy sheriffs, the schedule being maintained with some show of regularity. There were few passengers. Just before noon four cars became stalled in a crowd on Pawtuoket nve- 1 iiue. The ears were eaeli guarded by four deputy slierilTs and a detachment of special officers. A troop of the cavalry and a company of infantry ! were sent to the locality. An attempt to move the ears was the signal for the beginning of a bombardment of stones. A number of the officers and men were struck and slightly injured. The depu- 1 ties arrested the onslaught by tiring a volley from their pistols, aimed high. This caused the crowd to fall back and the car proceeded. The incident seemed 1 to awaken the disturbing element. Just before one o'clock a ear. escorted by a squad of cavalry and tilled with deputy sheriffs was stalled off ' ' Main street by a mob. Stones crashed J through tlie windows and a tumult was raised. Then a volley of shots tired by the deputies rang out. Tanner l'e- , terson, twelve years of age, who was in the crowd, fell, having been liit by ' a bullet. The incident staggered the | crowd. The car passed on. It was j ' badly battered. All the windows were broken. A doctor who was near at hand ex- 1 amined the Peterson boy and said that | he was fatally Injured. At the request of Hrigadier-tlenernl Tanner reinforcements were ordered hv (Jovernnr Ktnilmll f? i....? and two companies of the Naval Heserves and the machine gun battery were added to the eight companies of Infantry and two of cavalry already 1 here. WEST POINT CENTENNIAL ENDED. Preftlclxnt KoohwvaK 1* resented Kucti N?w ( Ofltcer With IIU Diploma. West Point, N. Y.?The centennial celebration of the West Point Military Academy was ended with the presenta| tion of diplomas to the graduating j class. The weather was fine, and the ceremony took place out of doors on j that part of tlie parade grounds known as "Cavalry Plain." An open tent ! over a platform had been erected for j the speakers and officials, and standing at the front of the platform President Roosevelt presented each new officer with ids diploma. It was expected the President would niali*' a few remarks, but he simply shook hands with each cadet. On the platform besides the President were General Horace Porter, General Nelson A. Miles, Secretary Root, Secretary Moody, Postmnster-t Jeneral Payne. < he Chinese Minister, Wu Ting-fang: Sen' ator Pettus, of Alabama; Senator Queries, of Wisconsin; Governor Odcll, i tlie Italian Ambassador, Signer I>es Planches; Generals Corbin. Young, I Schofield, McCook, Rrooke, Right Itev. I>r. Conaty, Cheklh Bey and Congressman Dick, of Ohio. The crowd of visitors gradually left early in the afternoon, and after President Roosevelt had gone there were few left on the Academy grounds. The two most talked of incidents of the *-fiehrsHon are the speech of Genj eral Horace -'ortcr, which made a deep inismuu, niKi me uetense of tin* Army in different speeches. tleneral Miles's remarks were chiefly those of ! an older to younger officers, and referred almost wholly to the business of war. lie was loudly cheered and applauded when he arose to speak. Major Waller KotnriiN Home. Among the ollieers arriving at San Francisco, Cal., from Manila on the transport Warren, were Major L. W. T. Waller and I.ieutenant J. 11. A. Day, of the Marine Corps, the two otlieers who were recently trie?l by court-mar- ! tial in the Philippines on the charge | of cruelty to Filipinos and acquitted. Major Waller and' Lieutenant Day are both enfeebled in health by the long strain of Philippine service, and came home with a battalion of marines. Wl|i?? Hut m Y. M. C. A. I> t>t. Henry A. Sal/.er, the La Crosse. Wis., seedsman, has donated the last $1000 to wipe out the debt of the La Crosse Y. M. C. A. WEST POINT'S GREAT DAY The President Attends the Ccniennial of the Military Academy. A CADET UNUSUALLY HONORED Vonnjj Til.i?. Who Won the Flret to Scole the l'ekitt AVr.ll. 11. !?. - From I*rr?l?t?*nt Iloo?rvplt'? IIiiihIp? f-ecnUnry Hoot, Rfnpr?l Mile* nnd tlio Itnllan Amliiomiitlor Mnko Sprrrhm. Wost Point, X. Y.?Wednesday, the great day of Wost Point's centennial celebration, was marked by the arrival of President Roosevelt. He was met at the station by Colonel Mills, Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy, and his staff, and the Academy hand. A salute of twenty-one guns was tired as the President appeared on the top of the hill, on the way to Colonel Mills' quarters. The cadets were paraded in front of the barracks and stood in attention as the President and party passed 011 the way to the superintendent's house. A review of the corps of cadets followed immediately. The scene at the review was unusually brilliant. The post had been decorated on a lavish scale with the national colors. With the President as he passed in front and back of the long line of cadets, all in dress uniform, were French officers, ministers from oriental countries in their distinctive garb of office, and many others representing the home Government ami the foreign embassies. Some of the representatives of the Army, Navy and militia were Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, MajorGeneral ltrooke, Major-General Corhin, Major-General Samuel It. M. Yfiiine Ili>l,i.i.lln? ' 1 ? ' ' ? ... rt.liii<-i-<irufuil .1(11111 U. Bates, Brigadier-General Joseph C. Breckinridge. Brigadier-General Ludilington, Brigadier-General Leonard Wood. Captain F. E. Chat wick and Major-General Cliarles F. Hoe. A feature of tlie review was the presentation to Cadet Calvin Titus of i medal provided by Congress for ids lira very in scaling the wall at Pekin. china. The order was read by Captain Hivers, and President Roosevelt pinned the medal to the coat of tlie young man. and as he did so extended it is congratulations. After the review a reception was held at Superintendent Mills' quarters. Following tlie reception luncheon was nerved for the invited guests and the alumni in Memorial Hall. Tlie guests and the alumni assembled at the quarters of Colonel Mills at 11.45 o'clock, and escorted the President to the centennial exercises in Memorial Ilall. The order of march was. the cadet corps, the President, the Invited guests, alumni, staff and former officers and cadets of the Academy. Throughout the program the Academy band played martial melodies and the audience applauded martini speeches wildly. Saluting the colors was the first thing on the program, and then a prayer by the chaplain, followed by an address of welcome by Colonel Mills. The latter then introduced President Roosevelt, who made un extemporaneous address. I.ieutenniit-tJeneral Sekolield, the only survivor of the United States Army commanders in the Civil War, followed the President. With a brief speech lie unveiled a beautiful bronze tablet donated by the Association of Graduates to commemorate the Academy's successful hundred years. The orator of the day, Horace Porter, Ambassador to France, was then introduced. (Jeneral Porter talked nearly an hour, feline of West Point's I,iss?.?..?? ' ... . .. Ill'l lilUIDllS sons, ami her great place among the country's institutions. When he sahl< that the Academy's graduates played a great part in recent events that had made the I'nited States a world power, tlie President and others in the audience applauded enthusiastically. Secretary Hoot followed with an extemporaneous speech. Adjutant-lienernl t'orhiu and Signor Mayor ties l'lanches, the Italian Ambassador, also made addresses. Two congratulatory cablegrams were received by Superintendent .Mills during tlie exercises. One was from tnc Academy's alumni in Manila, where 110 of them held a centennial banquet. The other came from the Imperial Russian Military College in St. Petersburg. When the exercises were over and the Presidential procession started back over the plain to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the cadets went to en tup to prepare for the last parade of this year's graduating class. The grand banquet was in the "Mess" Hall, and was attended by all of the guests of honor and old graduates. 1 Hiring the banquet there were fireworks and illumination of the post. BATTLE WITH YAQUI INDIANS. Twenty-four Meziewn* uu<l Mure Tlntn loo Yuqulft Killed. Herniosillo, Mexico. ? A messenger has just arrived here, bringing the latest details of a decisive battle between Mexican soldiers and 1-00 Yaqui Indians. The battle took place at noon on Sunday. Twenty-four Mexicans were killed. Including several Officers, and over loo Yaquis were slain. The Mexican army took over *J00 prisoners, a majority of them were women and children left behind by the retreating Yaquis. The tatt'tr left eighty dead ou the tleld. KING DINES WITH CHOATE Unprecedented Honor to the American Ambassador at London. One of the Hfotfc Inf*r<??Hn?r T' the I*re?ent Kp'cn. and All London Talked About It. London.?It Is not only unusual, but almost unprecedented fo*- a reigning monarch to honor the Ambassador of a foreign nation by dining with him. Therefore, the fact that King Edward and Queen Alexandria dined at the house of United States Ambassador Clioate must be looked upon as an extraordinary mark of favor and esteem to him as the official representative of the United States. In no way could the King more clearly express his wish to maintain the elosest, most eordial relations with the United States than by thus signally honoring the American Ambassador. The visit was one of the most interesting incidents of the present reign, and all London talked of it. A big crowd collected outside of Ambassador Choate's residence to witness the arrival of the King and Queen. The exterior of the house was illuminated with designs representing the American flag and the royal crown, with the letters "13. K." The Interior was elaborately decorated with roses and palms. All the gentlemen guests wore knee breeches, white waistcoats and coats similar to those worn as court dress. There was a sumptuous menu. The dishes, bearing American names, were prepared by the best cooks in London, including the chef of the Carlton Hotel. About forty guests were present. They included Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Kohl, the Itussiain Ambassador, the Bishop of London, Sir William and Lady Yernon-Haroourt. Mr. Arthur Balfour, Mr, .1. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. nml Mrs. Henry White and Miss White, Mr. John S. Sargent, Mr. ltobinson, Mrs. Johnston, Mr. Woodward, Mrs. Cowles and the staffs of the Embassy and the special American Embassy. After the dinner a concert was given. TORNADO'S SWEEP IN ILLINOIS. CJrei?t Destruction of Property In Various Parts of the State. Chicago.?Illinois was swept hy a tornado, 'life* destruction of property wns'wldesjTfCTfl. Many lives were lost. The whole State suffered, but the greatest damage was done in the central and southern regions. Of the cities reached hy telegraph Bloomington seems to have been the greatest sufferer. Damage estimated at .<.">()(?.(?(mi was done there, and at Ilerna. ten miles from Bloomington, three young women were killed and half a hundred hurt by the wrecking of a dance hall. The railroads reported many washouts, and traffic was seriously crippled. Dispatches from Pekin, 111., stated that a tornado passed over Tazewell County, killing three and fatally injuring two persons at Kingston mines, south of there. The entire east end of the village of loot) inhabitants was da inaged. The storm traversed part of Iowa. In I)es Moines considerable damage was done, and at Burlington several boats were sunk and many buildings were unroofed. There were many other reports of damage in both Illinois and Iowa. LYNCH/ IRISH M. P., ARRESTED. Tlin Boer Fighter Charged Willi Trcnnun ? unu UHilUUl I>It II. Chicago.?Illinois was swept by a was elected a Nationalist Member of Parliament for the District of Gnlway, Ireland, while he was lighting in the Doer Army, arrived at Newhaveu from Dieppe, France. Colonel Lynch was formally arrested upon his arrival at Victoria Station. Detective Fitzgerald recognized him as he left the boat tit Newhaveu and traveled to London in the same railway compartment. The warrant of arrest charges Lynch with treason. Colonel Lynch was remanded. Lieutenant-Colonel Nolan, Nationalist MemMember of Parliament for Galway. applied to the Magistrate at the Dow Street Court for leave to give bail for Colonel Lynch, hut the Magistrate said that he had no authority to accept hail. PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS MEET Judgti I'amjrpxckttr Nominated For Governor?Administration 1 ndomed. Ilarrisburg, l'a.?Judge Samuel \V. Pennypacker, of Philadelphia, was nominated for Governor over AttorneyGeneral John 1*. Glkin, of Indiana, >>y the Depublican State convention by a vote of U0l? to lu'J. Former State Senator William M. Brown, of Newcastle, and Major Isaac 1*. Drown, of Erie, were nominated by acclamation for Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of 1 I ? IV.. I.. < 4iviil.ll AI1U1I9 I Wiy . Senator (juay was unanimously < hoseu (J ha inn a n of the Republican State Commit tec l?y a suspension of the rules requiring the State Chairman to be chosen by the nominees ami the presiding ollkvrs of the convention, and lie will conduct the campaign for the State tickets. The platform indorses the administration of President Roosevelt, reaffirms loyally to the principles of protective tariff, declares lot pure ami honest ballot reform, condemns trusts, approves the action of the President and Attorney-(leneral in proceeding against the Beef Trust, and makes no mention of the State administration. "Kttgtline" Out of i?uvor. "Ragtime" music will no louger be played by tile Marine Band iu the White .House concerts in Washington. producing States but two report a con- ! dil'on above the 10-year average, as ! follows: North Carolina, 08, a gain of i 1 point, and Michigan, ST. a gain of 0 points, in Maine the condition is IK5, 1 corresponding with the lo-year average in that State. New York reports a condition f? points helow the 10-ycar averages: Illinois and Iowa, 0 points; Ohio, 12; Pennsylvania and Kansas, 1??; Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, 17; i Missouri, IS, and Indiana, It) points, ami in tite remaining States it is prohable that considerably less than an nv- | ernge crop will be produced. The present prospects of the peach crop are quite favorable, notwitlistand- j lug the fact that several important j peach-growing States report conditions considerably below their 10-year averages. The States showing such reductions are: Tennessee, 5 points; Georgia, S; Kansas, .'12, and Missouri, 1 :::? points. On the other hand, Mississippi reports a condition 1 point; Vir- j glnia, 2; South Carolina, North Carolina, 7; Alabama, 10; Texas, 111; Call- I fornia, 10, and Arkausus 25 pcints above such average. ARRESTS FOLLOW A FIRE. A Dozen Acrunot of Itesponnibillty For Lnax of I-lf? ? ? Chicago.?Twelve persons were lichl by the police in connection with the r.t. Luke Sanitarium horror. City officials were quickly aroused from lethargy by the people's unanimous denunciation of the "society," its system of handcuffs, of drugging, of operating without a liuccusc and its violation of city ordinances. The prisoners are O. E. Millet, President of the Society, once indicted in I Denver in connection with a hank failure; Michael Connors, head attendant; J. P. Nagel, inventor of a gasoline which destroyed the building; William Sterner, engineer; A. Davis, business manager; II. O. Luce, attendant; F. S. Johnson, attendant; William Lanahan, fireman; T. T. Miller, I. ,1. Davis, George F. Scribner, Amos Allie, inmates, held as witnesses. It is of record that the society was refused a license to operate a sanitarium in the building and that the building was condemned. To make the deathtrap perfect, a gasoline plant was installed and all light and power cut off except that generated by gasoline. This in a measure explains the rapid sprdad of the fire.