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VOLUME XIII. \ CAMDEN, S.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2!?, IStft. NO. 34. Hit S. C. PRIMARY Latinvcr ::i the Lead For United Slates Senator 11EVWAR0 L!:Al)S FOR GOVERNOR. ' A ^ampa'gn Where Every Man's ? riati Was to Be a Winner Show* Surprises l;or Many. ! Columbia. S. g., Spoclal.-^The DoraO era tic primaries for the.i}?tnttintion of Governor and the State picket, congres sional m orvtKMU.'itives ind State legls-. latorc, v.ero held throughout thla State 1 uceday, Fallot:} were tu$u east to de termine a successor to failed States Senator McJ>aurln. It Is cstunlltcd that 7. 30,000. votes were received, put on ac count of late returns only 30,000 votes bad '.oen reported tip to midnight. '?^wlngto the South Carolina primary law which demands that successful candidates must receive a majority of the votes, cast In primaries It is pa th cly probablo that a second primary will lie in order In which the two lead ing candidates for every ofllce which failed to receive"?," nominating vote will lie entered. Every nomination with the til ngje exception of State Treasurer 'was latterly contested by irtany candi dates. Worn returns that have been report ed it is understood that I). C. Hayward, of Colleton, 1b far ahead in the race for the gubernatorial nomination, with tx-Cd a ? rcssman Talbert second and Lieutenant Governor James H. T i 1 1 - man, third: Partlil returns received -wp to mid night from 41 counties show that in the contest for the United States sen n tor ship tn guccood Senator Mcl^aurin, ConSffiss.nan Latimer leads and there fore will ho In the second primary. His yrobabio '->mpctitor will be either 1). G. Hence- on, of Aijfen, or ex-Con FresHnip.'.i J. J. Hcdfphill. U. X. Gun ter if; named for Attorney General, and McMahon is probably nominated for Supc:iutcnJent off Education. A aeco:v.l ' primary will be called to dctermlm tho nominations for the State offices of Illeutenant Governor, Secretary if State! Comptroller Gen eral. Railroad Commissioner and con gressional represdfitatives. ? Charlrr'.ttn; S. C.. Speclfil.? fcarilal returns from 41 counties after mid night sh).v that in the race for the United Kt" tes Senate to sucreed Mc Laurin Congressman Latimer leads and will, therefore, be in the second . prima, y. His competitor in the second primary \v:il bo cither D. S. Henderson, of Ail;cn. S. C.. or ex-Congressman J. J.- Hc;ii|?'d'.il. of Chester. In the race fot' Governor Captain I). C. Ileyward is very far In the lead. ? Congressman Talbert nc:-rt and AnspP'next. C0I4 James Til I mail has no chance of being In the intend primary. Wilcox Cose Argued. Raloijjh. Special.? Tho appeal in tho Wilcox case In which a new tri&l Is asked for James Wilcox, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of 'Nellie Cropscy at Elizabeth City, was hoard Tuesday l.y the State Supremo Court. Appellants endeavored to have , the court consider an affidavit made by Wilcox's father that his son did not have a fair trial and that the rinsing -Of- bells and demonstrations in court influenced the jury. This was refused, ' The grounds of appeal are that the ringing of bells and demonstrations In coyrt influenced the jury. This was re fused. Tho grounds of appeal are that the plaintiffs did not have sufficient evidence to go to the jury or warrant a conviction; that the testimony was not. in proper shapo and that there were errors in tho judge's charge. The State pleaded as facts to show a :rlme had been cam ml t ted. that there was no water in the stomach, lungs or pleural cavities of the dead body of Nellie Cropsey, no blood In the heart, little or no froUi in the lungs, that there was a biulse on 'the head; that the brains were decayed, the rest of tho body Intact and the membrane of the skull discolored. To show Wilcox's / guilt they pleaded the opportunity, time, place, 20 minutes unaccounted for ' and his indifference about the matter. It will be several weeks before a dsels . ion Is handed down. Heid Prisoners at liny. Covington, Tenn., Special. ? Nineteen prisoner? in the county jail here made an attempt to break out in the absence of the jailor. They bad bored through the top of ihc catG and were about to break thrrngh tho roof when the wife of Jailor Smith armed a negro trusty and taUint; her husband's shot gun cov ered the pi-vr'.mrM's. and kept tlicp) .still until her hur.hand's return. The pris oners went* then forced to go back to their cells. N-iws" Notes. A dispatih from Prairie de Chien, Wis., says: Fire broke out in the Prai rie Do Chicn Woolen Mills and the damage probably will reach ,$150,000. The origin of the fi^e fa unknown. Herbert. Hill & Co;,, members of the New York and Chicago sloek exchan ges and the Chicago board of trade," ; Tuesday went into the hands of Clar ence Ray, Receiver. Liabilities are be tween $150, COO Shd $200,000. Hon. Thomas E. Watson published statement concerning the Indian . Spring Iricfflent. It Is alleged Ifikt 116 i was refused accommodations without reason by the Wigwag : TYoubfe Threatened. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Sent tared Showers and Varying Tent* peratore. Th<? temperature was abnormally high during the first and decidedly cool during the second half of the week ending Monday, August 26, wHh an average of 78 degrees, a maximum of 101 degrees at Auderaou on the 20th, DluckvllLe and longshore on the 21?t, and a minimum of degrees at Cheraw and Spartanburg on the ISth Damaging hall occurred in Anderson Greenville and Newberry counties, accompanied by destructive high winds, but the Injury to crops was confined to United areas. There was more than a normal amouut of sun shine during the fltst of the week, fol io wed successively by much jploudi ness and then clear weatbor. Quito general rains fell on the 17th, too late to he re|>orted for l&Bt week# bulletin and scattered showers oc curred on the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 2!lrd, 'the latter nearly general over the greater portion of the State. Some points continue to stand in need of rain, but generally the ground has sufficient moisture for the present need of crops. In places the rains in terfered with current farmwork, but on the whole it was beneficial to growing crops. Late corn continues to make good progress and with limited exceptions, promises fair yields. Bottom land corn is very fine. Cotton failed to share fully in the general Improvement of growing crops, due largely to the spread of rust, that stopped further growth, and caused shedding and premature open ing, although on clayey soils there Is a new growth that continues to bloom and fruit. The outlook for a large top crop 1b not promising, except on low Spots where there has been plenty of njolsture throughout the season. On sandy uplands the plants have put on all the fruit they will do and are now dying. Cotton is opening rapidly ow the whole State. Some correspondents report nearly half the bolls open. Picking is actively under way In all sections, but showers and extreme heat Interfered at times with this work. In places open cotton was dam aged by the heavy rains and high winds. The crop runges from poor to very good, and this diversity in con dition exists in all portions of the State and even In the same town ships. The season as whole is earlier than the average. Peas, sweet potatoes and corn Im proved. iRco Is ripening, and harvest has begun In a small way. P. Charleston's Dry Dock. Washington, Special. ? Rear Admiral Endicott, chief of the bureau of yards, docks, has advertised for bids for the Construction of 'a stone and granite dry dock for the new naval station at Charleston, S. C. Specifications for the work will ho sent out in a few days and the bids are to be opened at the Navy Department on October 11. Tho 'dry dock structure proper and the en trance to the same are to bo built of concrete with a gr&inte facing \*jpd coping with a continuous water proof course of felt laid In asphalt unless during tho progress of the work it is found preferable to u&e piles under the entire bottom of the dry dock and the entrance. The dimensions for tho dock are 643 by 144 in length and breadth, with a greatest depth of 42 feet. The limit of the cost for the en tire work, including a pumping plant and other apparatus Is $1,200,000. The amount of appropriation available ' for the work under the specifications about to be Issued is $860>,000. Accused of Fratricide. Tifton, Ga., Special. ? Mack Paulk, brother of Hillman Paulk, the promi nent farmer who was found murdered in the road near here yesterday, was arrested on the charge of -being the slayer. He has been commuted with out ball. Officers are looking for John Walker, a young white man, wh? is suspected of being an accessory to the murder. A witness appeared before the coroner's Jury. and testified that he passed Hillman and Mack Paulk about a mile from Tifton. They were riding In Mack's buggy and leading Hlllman'8 horse. That was the last seen of Hillman allv.e. An examination of the body showed signs of a severe struggle. The mouth was bruised and oh the throat were signs of toeth as if he had been bitten. The body was punctured by four bullet holes, three of which had apparently been fired after ho had fallen. Live Items. It in said that after holding the prop erty 25 years without profit a Colorado mine owned by ex-Secretary Lyman J. Oage is now yielding richly. Chief Willis L. Moore, of. the Unl ted States Weather Bureau, ridicules the! idea that Atlantic City Is in dan ger from a tidal .wave. Delaware Democrats are exceed ingly hopeful of winning the legisla ture this year. Tho National Negro Business League began a three days' convention at Richmond, Va.r Monday. The attend ance is large. The gathering was ad dressed by Booker T. Washington, who spoke along his usual lines on indus trial advancement for the negro. . Beginning September 1; the post office of Great Britain will arodpt par cels for transmission to the United States. The various attempts of the British government to conclude a par cel post arrangement with tne United States having resulted, in failure the British Postal Department hs * arrang ed this independent service. - .The subject of creating mortgage loans with a Government guarantee to aW the FHIipiao farmers la being agitated. . The eighth annua) section of the National Bible Canfer^hesuQpened at Winona, Ind? R*v. J. WilbSF^B** man telling the ministers they are not preaching Christ soittWTi ueorgia Kiimq one avoofced sevsrai.hullrtlngs and. ? cotton crop. . ALABAMA PRIMARY. ? ? ? ? , Jelks Won Over Johnson in Monday's Election. PRESENT GOVERNOR RE-ELECTED The Former Kxtlovernor and Fx Tar Heel Defeated In Alabama'* First Legal Prlmary.c Montgomery, Ala,, Special.? In the Democratic primary, held lu thla State Monday for the nomination of candi dates for State officers and congress ional representatives, Win. D Jelks, of Harbour, the present Goverror, won over former Governor Jos. K. Johnston, of Jefferson, for Governor, by a major ity which, will probably reach 20,000. The day's primary was the first held since the addition of the new consti tution, by which the negro is eliminat ed as a political factor lu Albania, but the new organic law was not made an issue In the campaign. Today's result is equivalent to au election In this State. The new constitution was en dorsed in Us entirety by Governor Jelks, and ex-Governor Johnston also guarantied to uphold It, although he opposed Its ratification. K. M. Cunning ham, of Jefferson, defeated C. 15. Wal ler, of Hale, by almost 20.000 majority tor Lieutenant Governor. The etlectlon of State officers by a general primary was an Innovation in Alabama and the voting passed off quell y throughout State. It. R. Poole, of Marengo, for Con> raissloner of Agriculture; Thomas L. Sowell, of Walker, for Auditor, aud J. Craig Smith, of Dallas, for Treasurer, bad no oppoAfrion, they being accorded a second term by precedent. For At torney General, Alex Troy, of Mont gomery; A. M. Garber, of Talladega; Massey Wilson, of Clarke, and former Congressman J. E. Cobb, of Macon, were the contestants. It is not belicred that any one of the four contestants was nominated and a second primary will be held between the first two re ceiving the highest vote, the State con stitution demanding that the success ful candidate for State office should have received the majority of all the votes cast. For Secretary of State, J. T. Hefiln, of Chambers. P. N. Julian^ of Cobsrt, and Jas. L. Tanner, of Jeff erson, were the candidates and a second contest will probably be ordered be tween the first two as no nominating vote was received by any of the candi dates. In the contest for nomination for Superintendent of Education John G. Harris, of Montgomery, Thomas L. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, Chapell Corrle, of Montgomery, and J. W. Hill, of Etowah, was nominated. The following Congressmen were nominated with op position: First district, G. W. Taylor; second district, A. A. Wiley; third dis trict, Sidney J. Bcrwle; sixth district, J. H. Bankhead; sevents district, John L. .Burnett; eighth district, Wm. Rich ardson; ninth district, Oscar W. Under wood. In the fifth district former Con gressman Willis Brewer is opposing Charles W. Thompson, present Incum bent. The returns ^indicate the renom Inatlon of Thompson. Fast Mall Wrecked* Toccoa, Ga., Spocial. ? Tlio fast mail on the Southern Railway, south-bound, was wrecked Monday ntorhing by an open switch, near Harbin's, S. C. The Mitire train, except the sleepers, turn ed over, but none of the passongers were hurt. Engineer Henry Busha, of Atlanta, was severely but not fatally Injured, and a tramp, who was steal ing a ride, was fatally hurt. Slight In juries were sustained by Fireman Chas. S. Swan, of Atlanta, Mail Clerks, N. E. Lowenthal, W. A. Dagnal, of Toccoa; J. R. Anglin and J. W. Gracy, Jr. Three switches near the scene of the wreck were found to havo. been tem pered v^lth, intentionally, It Is believed. An attempt is being made to capture the s\ixMpo8ed wreckers. Jailed For Libel. Manila, Specip.1. ? Frederick Dorr, proprietor, and Edward O'Brien, editor of Freedom, havo each been sentence to six months In prison and fined $1,000 each, for libelling Benito Legar da, a native member of the civil com mission, by publishing a certain article In Freedom. Both Dorr and O'Brien havo also been convicted of sedition, but have not yet been sentenced on thiB count. The case has been appeal ed to the Supreme Court of the islands. Fatal Trolley Accident. Memphis,. Tenn., Special. ? One per son is dead and seven Injured, one of whom may bie, is the result of a trol ley accident hore Monday. The dead: Mrs. Newton E. Morris, of 308 Iowa avenue; the Injured: Mrs. F. M. Walson, of Pleasant Hill, Miss., shoul der wrenched, injured internally; col ored woman, name unknown; W. J.. Fox, negro, knee dislocated, burned by electric current; Llge Williams, negro, haxvlr cut; Mrs. Fisher, bruised, not serious; Docla Adair, colored, ankle fractured, mouth cut; Conductor W. L. Jones, left arm broken. /.'.Vj t 11 Scfcoaf Board Act*. Shenandoah Pa. .Special? The school I NEW ENOLAND.TOUR President Speaks to Assemblage of Working Men MUCH ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED. Ten Thousand Toiler* fleet tllin and Present him With Magnificent Of. feting of Flower*?' Hartford, Conn.. Special.? President Roosevelt entered upon his Now JCng .an, tour Friday. Leaving Oyster IJuy ho ?,?.yn , -7h' Nt'W H,>Vetl W*? ",8t P?l?t visited. There the l'resl lent WU3 driven about tho city for an Jour, accompanied by u military .scort. on hia arrival here in the af P,'?Hi(1ent look another > o" lip i, a Victoria autorno ?, I n, P? 1 ark' 0,10 ot tho koauti ikv lo i'R recreation spots of the i \ f wns erected by 10, A.fJh ? ^ ,lile" who Printed him icri?ed.ma*Si t?1 flo,'ftl^?or??hoa in V. , ? i? i. W?rkinsmen'R Welcome to ?h / resident. * The President made a ? ief response. v ?io vd! i ,t,hoUnBa,?cr luen and women heaJ th? I Ti Co,18e"m horo at night to If... atL(!,0S8 of the President. At ?"-h rtls ot the aud'ence were .V 0k ,rr,n ftnd !,1C ^"^usiaam mant .cstcd by hem when the President al ?oul n! i r'shtB of Hie toller i !i V the keenest interest. Again n .ga'n. ,r'ng 11,8 remarks, which . ,7' ?n 0,1 ,llc?<?ent of the after noon, the presentation of a floral Pro?n f by tho w?rMngmen, tho President was interrupted by voclfer T'^lonW ^i80' ?, 8UCh 'SldG rom?rks as. don t care how honest a man may if no 1 s timid, ho Is no good." cvok d prolonged laughter. Again, in >peaking of the isthmian canal he 'Vie "n ml lo'lrl'i 'Jy Bayin* ,hut ono of ..he pioblems In connection with tho 150 OOOetl8iaTTi?.8 f?at WOUl<, Procure JoO.OOO patriotic. ambitious men t? work for a $10,000 fee The President said: "Rein* driven Around your beautiful city I was taken through Pope Park and at 2 platform where I w^s presented with a great horseshoe of, flowers, the gift of aeuS''i'n,!!"0np0f ,nartfo,d ('??'laP 3t^te~ uil e1 of the Un,tod state*. (Aifplnnm.) I listened to nn idmirable little address by Father Sul pnoiiih^o all rth,S 8,,ccch- he wa8 kind h S to allude to me personally, but he laid primary stress, as he oiiKht to 7 tlw that it was a lm 3f welcome from the wage-workers upon women ultimately fills govern : e^nri depends, and he coupled the which h Src'elin* wlth sentences in ^hlch he expressed his belief that r ?e?J a fH that 1 could to show my workef"0 rvnnP80ntat,Ve of the wa?e" teHv . nflf V nVun,en* 1 shou,d be ut if I f?n . . , position that I hold ?ct is Hehf0 f ?" Umt me 1,es- to ?ct. as light Is given me, to act so as ,hc bcst tlu>usht "i ? " L? Of ! wage-workers of tho tJnlt ?lause.)C0' Ud and cont'nuous' ap "Now, at the outset of the twentieth iomnr?y' We are facln* different Ifn d ?ennn 1 pr?kle|H8, Problem* social and SlM nf'?n ? WHI tax the best en f ?8 ?f aIl of us to solve right I EinLy?U W"A'a^fi w'th me that In long run the best way In which to Sny-^t set,f r c "'**?><? 8 SD^rit ! , ke weH' to try to act in a 2? ? fa,irueS8 and justice to all: to five to each man feis rights- to ear* guard each man In his rlehti An,i." follows6?11 Roo?evcHU^n continued* as tndth^v the i&ya Monroe, Clay *nd tho jounger Adams, .we, as a neo~ le, have always looked Wh Interest ?pon the Wo? Indies- and tlto lathm,?. :oanoctlng the two AmerlcS feeuij /ion 8** must "ifo happen,ng In those re ?a?e Thm concern to our wel ?vor h?f # V a'npler reason than " '?r this feeling. The out ?e "sLn or li'r'n? fi! war 1>ut u" I>?s session of Pbrto uico and broueht na (lo8e touch with Cuba ? f pa8saK? of the Hay-pAuncel fote tieaty at least cleared tie wav for Po0rto>mco'Tt'?? ?0f|th<l '???>? rorio ttico, it is a pleasure to say mav oow eerve a. ao example ot the bSt Ofcti.oau of admintsterlng our InsuS. possessions. So excellent have been t? lngCthls iiSUn -ad?,n,8tratlon concern L* ' islapd that their vory excel knee has resulted In thfir hefng ai most forgotten by those at home. There SrST? &>a rlpp,e of fflHure In the it.ream of our success; and so. as is ant Fir?? ?.Ur,Wfy' we do not think of It afi First and foremost in Porto Rlro 5?ry 8JrtTcn to get the Of fhrislTnS administer the affairs tnents S ,In ,mak,n? appoint SSJ^art t^,. Infiular service. It 1. MerT^TtvV ^,gara any <??e??on ot ff.? tnSf/L* *Pfdloncy and to look at the matter sQlely from the standpoint rh? I1,0001" of ?UF own nation and of hat hS ^v. ? th0 ,sIand Itself. This miLh? 8tandpolnt adhered to in lovernr&n^i Wbo rcPre8cnt our ?overnnwnt In Porto Rico ? Governor rreasurer. Attorney Oener.1 SZ' Superlntcden, of' EdSc.Tlon-^ver,; k 'n con?0Quenee. all Americana ?rhSh /h*!1 a rfial prlde ,n t"e way in which their compatriots who are re SaSrt in f0r ihe 8?vcrnment of the ?, ' e administered It. I 'In Cuba the problem wis lareer MoT co,TP,,catod and more dlfflvult* ut?l<- For !vflpkSl ?Mr ,,romtee abso u . three yoar8 we admln stered it on a plane higher than It had frver reached before during the four %n furies alnec tho Sp.nKh Km l.nSea spoil it* chores. We brought moral and physical cleanliness Into the govern ?6nt. Wo stamped out yellow fever. In tself an Inestimable service, both to (fee Cuban people and to the people of tut oiva Southern fttatea. We eatab Ished a fchool system. ; ind-iropciu. " l politics, ftnt* hu;m in mil*!* n<tIona1\affaiiK bo to a degree a p u t. ol our political system. V\'i> expect her toWioepi/a i>t>llrioal attitude toward us whlWi >/o think wisest both for her and ili! "Before we start on the construction of tho canal, details of our relations with the people owning tho noil have to ho settled. When thin has been done, the first question will come upon choos ing the commission which i? to super vise tho building of tho canal. Hero, again, wo have to ileal with an enter prise so vast and so far reaching in its effect that but one thought is perml.t Bible ? how to get tho very best men in tho nation, the men of tho highest en gineering and business administrate skill who will consent to undertake tho work. If possible I should like to 8oo those men represent different sec tions and different political parties. Hut these conditions are secondary. The primary aim must be to get men who though able to control much greater salaries than the nation is ablo to pay, ucvert bless possess the pa triotism and the healthy ambition which will moke them willing to put their talents at the government's ser vice. ^ "The Spanish war Itself was an easy task, but it loft us certain other tasks which wore much more difficult. One of these tasks was that of dealing with tho Philippines. 'J,'he i.u>y thing to do tho thing appealed not only to lazy and selfish men, but to very many good men whoso thought did not drive them down to the root of -^?wr.?^r? leave tho islands. Had we done this a period of wild chaos would have su pervened and then some stronger pow er would have stepped in and seized tho island and have taken tip the task which we, In such a case, would have lllnched from performing. A less easy, but infinitely more a,b*urd ? course, would have boon to leave the Islands our 'solved and at tho same. tluie assert that we would not permit any one olso to Interfere with them. This particular course would. have combined ail the possible disadvantages of every other course which WUs advocated, luwould have placed us In a humillaUng^?t*V?l tlon, because when tho actual test came it would have boon quite out of tho question for ufc, after some striking deed of savagery bad occurred in the islau.ls^to stand by and preveut the re-entry of civilization into them; while the mere fact of our having threatened thus to guarantee tho local tyrants and wrong-doors against out side interferences by ourselves or others, would have put a premium upon every ijpecles of tyranny and an urchy within tho Islands. "Finally, there was the courfce which wo adopted, not an easy courso, ono fraught with danger and difficulty. Wo tnado up our minds to stay in the isl ands, to down violence, to establish peace and order, and then to Introduce a just and wise civil rule accompanied by a measure of self-government which should Increase as rapidly as the lsl nnders showed themselves lit for Jt. Well, it was certainly a formidable task, but think of the marvelou?ly suc cessful way in which it has , Upon ac complished. The first and vitally im portant feature was tlje establishment of the supremacy of the American flag and this had to bo done by the effort of thise gallant fellow-Americans of ours to whom so great a debt is due tho offl cors "and enlisted mon of the United States army, regulars and volunteers alike. In a succession of campaigns, carried on In unknown tropic. Jungles against an elusive and treacherous foe, vastlv ou tn t*n bori nc thorn, undor the most adverse conditions of climate, weather and country, our troops com pletely brokerthe power of this insur gents, smashed. tK^ armies and har ried tho robber mtm^plnto submission. I do not refer to tl^^Jfciros, with whom we have exerclsed^H^ditmost forbear ance, but who may -'f<*r<?e us te ehaetlse them if they Borslsl' in1 -attacking our troops. ? Among the Filipinos proper, however, peace has come, -? "Step by step, ps the army conquer ed, the rule of tho military was Sup planted by tho rule of tho civil authori ties, the soldier was succeeded by the civilian magistrate. ThcQitmost care has been exercised in choosing the best typo of Americans for the high civil positions, and the actual work of ad ministration has been so far as pos sible by natlvo Filipino officials serv ing under these Americans. Our suc cess has been wonderful. No country h?s a more upright or abler body of officials than Governor Taft, Vice Gov ernor "Wright and their associates and subordinates in the Philippine Island^. It was, of courso, inevitable that thero should be occaslontrt-Xallure, but It is astonishing how few UK?e have been. Each inhabitant of tho Philippines is now guaranteed his civil and religious rights ? his rights to life, personal lib erty and the pursuit of happiness, sub ject only to not Infringing on the rights of others. It Is worth nothing that already tho Philippine people have received a greater share of self-govern mejit; that they have moro to say as to how the? shall bo governed than Is the case with the people in the Orient, under European rule. In Short, wo aro governing the FillplnqjA'prlmarlly In their Interest ^na ror their very great benefit. It would be hard to And In modern times a bettor example of suc cessful executive statesmanship. Final ly, in the Philippines, an in Cuba, the Instances ol wrong-doing by either our civil or military representatives have been astonishingly few and punishment has been meted with even-handed Jus tice to all offenders. "The awakening of the Orient means very much to all the nations of Christ endom, commercially, no less than po litically, and it would be shortsighted statesmanship on our part to refuse to take the necessary steps for securing a proper share' tor our people of tills comroerlclal future. The possession of the Philippines hss hslped us, as the securing of the open door in -China has helped w Already the government hXs take* the necessary sups to pro SPEAKS or TRUSTS. President Roosevelt's Utterances On litis Subjcct j SPOKE AT PROVIDENCE SATURDAY. Ills Views Supposed to Indicate the Policy and reeling of t lie Adminis tration Towards Trusts. President Rosevelt spoke at Provl denco, Rhode Inland, on Saturday, lu discussing Llio subject of Trusts he said In part: ^ * "For aotno of the ovlln which have attended upon tho good of tho changed conditions wo can at present b?o no complete remedy, for the reme ! dy must * ome by tho action of rnea themselves in their private capacity, I whether merely as Individuals, or by | combination one with another. F\>f- ; I >i;t othniH Home remedy ean be found i | In legislative and executive action, na I tlonnl, State or munlvlpal. Much i>f tho eomplalnt ngaipnt' combinations ? Ih entirely unwarranted! Under iwob ! t nt day conditions It Is ns necessary | to have corporation# In tho business i u'/n'i/i ? " " ?*- ~ J ~ 7 n'm'TiVft wilftC-workei'B. But wo have a right to ask In each ease that they shall do good and npt. harm. ICxactly As labor organizations, when man sgml Intelligently and In a spirit of Justice and fair play, aro of great sor vlee ix it only to the wage-workers, but to (he whole community, as the his tory of many labor organisations has j conclusively shown, so wealth, not i merely Individual^ or corporal, when I used aright, Is not mcroly a benoflt to I tho community an a whole, but Indls ; pennablo to tho upbuilding of the i country under tho conditions Which at i present the country lias grown not ! only to accept, but to demand as nor ! mal. "This Ih ho obvioviB that It seems trite oven to stato It, and yet if we aro to Judge from some of tho argu ments advanced against, and attacks made upon wealth, as such, It Is a fm t worth keeping In mind. A great fortune If not used aright makes ttj possessor in a peculiar sense a men* n< o to tin* community an a whole, ]usl tia a Kroat. intellect does If It Is unac complished by developed conscience, by character. Hut obviously this no mqre affords grounds for condemning Intellect. Every man of power by the very fact of tho power is capable of doing datnngo to his nolghbors, but vvo cannot ultord to discourage the de velopment of such men merely be* cnusQ- it Is possible they may use tliptV power to wrong ends. If we did so, wo should leave our history? blank, for wo should have no great statesmen, soldiers or merchants, no great men of arts, of letters ; or of Bclenco. Doubtless the most useful man to his follow citizens is apt to bo tho one to whom hoe been given what the Psalmist prayed for, neither poverty nor riches. But the great cap tain of industry, tho man of wealth who alone or in combination with hie fellows, drives through our great busi ness enterprises, is a factor without which this country could not possibly maintain its present industrial posi tion In tho wotrid. Good, not harm, normally coin e/f com the piling up of weultU through buslnAs enterprises. Probably tho most serious has been when wo harm ourselves by letting the evil vices of envy and hatred towards our follows eat into our natures "Still there Is other harm, of a more ovldcnt kind, and such harm It Is our duty to try to cradlcato. if possible, nifd ln any event to minimize. Those great corporations containing some tendency to monopoly which we have grown to Bpeak of rather loosely a? trusts, aro tho creatures of the State, and the Htato not only has the right to control them, but Is in duty bound to control them wherever the need for such control Is shown. Thfeye Is clear ly a need of supervision, need to exer cise tho power of regulation on the part, of tho representatives of the pub lic wherever, as In our own country at the present time, business corpora tions become very strong, both for bonefleent work and for Work that la not. always J>eneflc/*ot, It is idle to say that there J# no need (or tM pension. A sufficient warrartt for H le bo be found over and over again in any of the various evils resulting from the present system, or rather lack of sys tem. ? "?* "There Is In our country a pecular difficulty in the way of exercising such supervision and control, be rause of tho peculiar division of gov ernmental power. When the InduattfM conditions were simple; very little con trol was neded, and no trouble was t-auged by the doubt aa to wherepow cr was lodged under the CottlHlutton. Now the conditions are complicated, and we And it difficult to frame na tional legislation which ehall be ade quate. while as a matter ot practical experience State action has proved entirely insufficient and In all human probability cannot or will not be made sufficient, to m$et the neede of th* case. Some of our States have laws, laws which It would be ifrell Indeed to have qnacjtcd by the national legliltr ture, but the wide differences la these laws, even between adjacent States and the uncertainty of the power of thom, result practically to* Insuffi cient control. 1 believe that the nation must assume this power ot control by legislation, ..and if it becoasea evident that tho constitution will not needed legislation, then PJ tlonal amendment. ? a ? Power Released. New York, Special.? Peter Power, who was name* as complainant to cult to preeent the tnrnlnf over at. imSii iilfm TTiwimn Ml n m HONORED BY CUBA. Distinguished Americans Receive the Decoration. GOVERNMENT IS NOT UNGRATEFUL The laland Republic Shows Us Ap preciation of Efforts Made In Se curing Its Independence. Havana, By Cable. ? It has been de cided by tho now republic of Cuba to decorate Congressman J. M. Moody, of tho Tenth North Carolina district, <* and .othor Americans who rendered notable uovvlces to tho Cuban re* public. Resolutions are now pending In Con gross to prepare a list of Cubans and foreigners who rendered special ser vice in the lntore*t of Cuban indepou dence and the establishment of self government. The following art> among the njtmes which will appear In thiH list: /sena tors Morgan, of Alabama; Money, of ntyi ? /}/?)){? f?/> ** A?f V/??/ n? ? ahlro; Thurston, of Nebraska; Hopro- . S?Ptatlve Moody, of North Carolina; William K. Hearst and James Gordon Bennett, of Now York, and other^ General Gomez, former commander in-chief of (he Cuban army, favors tlw payment of pensions to these men - but President Palina says many of them are too distinguished to receive money for their services and will bo more honored by the decoration and the presentation of a certificate re counting their deeds and expressing the gratitude of the Cuban republic for the work done to secure for them - eolfgovernracnt. This plan will be adopted. v. Seaboard Not In the Merger. ' Atlanta, Ga., Speclatf&Wltb refer- . i ence to rumors .that the .Seaboard Al>.^ Lino would ent^inie^ a ^merger with other Southfern roads, under the con trol of J. Pterpont Morgan, the follbw Ing t^togrnm waa received by an At lanta pamper: "Reports that any nego? ?; tlatlons are now or have been uadee consideration lodging to a sale of the controlling, interest in this system laffi its present owners are abrolutelyjyf; without foundatkm. Tho Seaboard Air . Line system is now and intends to re main independent and will -continue " devote its best energies and efforts trf- ' ward ? advancing the Interests of the ; territory which it now occupies, or which it may hereafter enter In ^ work ctf development. Ifib**' Skelt WllllSms, president ** Alr Line. Parmer Tlfton, Ga., Special.-^-Hll one of the most prominent Irwin county, waa found* tract of woods two miles ndr?^~_ Tlfton, with Tour bullet wouada lh. body any one of which would -4 proved fatal; The discovery by a party of men .who ctainS and evidences of a a highway which led into near by. No weapon,, bey CrW.j, pocketknife, waa found on or a body and only 11 cent<nrari man's pockets. Paulk was alive In Tifton Saturday, and & left-later for his home, . ten uiilse vwatfr with several companions; Superintendents ChuuttlL. New York, Special.? Belvidero Brooks, general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company,' has been appointed assistant general superintendent of the ; Southern dl vision of the same company in place of ' James Merrihew, resigned, to take ef fect September 1. This combines the two superintendmder~ TOder " 0?r^ head. ? Ax and Grindstone Trust. Louisville, Special. ? The Times J ?ays: "Caleb IX Gates, president and general manager ol.ihe Turner, Day',. J ft Woolworth Handle Company, Just returned from New York, where ? he Conferred With capitalists who " promoting af 3 5,000,000 trust :toriea and grindstone factoi this country and ?ahadayj&* to be operated trader one m . . wSBgm .... Killed la Street Car Collision? Norfolk, V& Special.? In collision bteween two cars. Shore Terminal Line lata noon, three people wei many others badly injured. are: W. 0. Yandle, Colden, aotorman; Uw aged ten* .The serionaly W. n. Waller. Krjn Stevenson, , lira. Joseph fcWhite, Aheara, _ Land, Jofcn thyloiv Fentress^ eotored; HkitahA m MmmS il ' rnofne rrmncx, hr,? Jnrad; VI nephew of Maj. andJ^MHJ Vi > tJSW* A ^ - Nm: Uiiwwi