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the eAM DEN PHRQNieLE. ? - ' . ' ' PLUMB XV. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 27. 1001. NO. 20. TNE CREED retained Presbyterian Assembly Declares For The Old Faith ... 9 ? ? ^ ? ASSEMBLY URGED TO RIJLCT IT Committee on Overtures From Other Calvinistic Churchee Appointed by the Moderator. <L ? i * - ? ? ? Mobile, Ala., Special.? The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In Uie United Stales began its fourtlj day's session with prayer by Rev. mV. Arrowood, of .South Carolina. Moderator Neal announced the fol lowing committee to consider all over tures from the churches of other Cui vinistie creed: I)r. W. E. Hoggs, of Jacksonville, Fla., chairman; Dr. J. S. Lyons, of Kentucky; Dr. J. H. McNeelly, of Tennessee; Dr T. 1). English, of Vir ginia; Dr. J. D. Leslie, of Texas; Dr. A. W. Milster, of Arkansas; Dr. J. Y. Karr, of Georgia; Dr. (}. G. Winbridge, of 1 Louisiana; Dr. W. M. Landley, of Missouri; Dr. li. W. Wlbane, of North Carolina; Elder F. 1\ Glass, of Ala baroa; Elder J. C. Sv'ott, of South Carolina; Elder S. M. Shelton, of Mis sissippi. The report of the cominitteo on va cancies and ministers without charges appointed by the last Assembly in re sponse to an overture from the Pres bytery of Greenbrier, Va., and adopt ed ad interim, was reail and referred. An^ overture from the Presbytery of lirazos, Texas, for special provis ions to Do made for work in a Japan ese colony located In Texat, was also referred. Tho matter of selecting a place for the next meeting of the As sembly was made the order of the day for tomorrow's meeting. After nufcfi 'discussion the report of the cpmmitt.ee on commissions was orderpd printed. Tlio report of the committee on the twentieth century fund for the cause of Christian edu- | cation was read and referred. Upon the re-assembling of the As- I sembly for the afternoon session, the , first business was the submission of tho report of the committee on for eign correspondence, which was adopted. Most of tho overtures re flate to tho construction of the laws of the Assembly. In answer to the over tures of the Pine Bluff Presbytery, asking the Assembly to enjoiu the eommiltte of publication from print ing in catechisms and other Sunday school literature what is commonly called tho apostles' creed, tho com mittee reported that, such request bo denlelT. Tho "same" action was taken AvJth regard to tho overture from the Presbytery of Ashevllle, asking that the expenses of entertaining commis sioners at meetings of tho General As sembly be borne by tho General As sembly. The following special order was made Thursday 8 p. m., the missions. The standing committee on home mis sions, to whom was referred the As sembly of 1903-. an . overture from the Greenbrier Presbytery^ as to min isters without charges and vacant churches, made a lengthy report upon the subject, showing that tho whole number of churches reported to tho Assembly of 1903 was 3,044, of which 20 per cent, are marked as vacant due to various causes. With regard to tho number of ministers without charges, it finds three causes ? disease infirmity, and "in transitu." Of 1,51/ ministers In the Assembly reports of 1903, 6 per cent, were without charges. Tennis In Neyi^ Orleans. Now Orleans, Special. ? The Gulf States' tennis championship tourna ment, under the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club's auspices, began Tues day. Outsido of four local clubs. Rubs and Crosson, of San Antonio, Texas, -arc heap to defend their trophy of last year. The play will last until Friday. Drowned In a Tank of Oil. Port Arthur, Texas, Special.? Wil liam Richard, of New York, and Fred Graham, of Gueydan, La., were acci dentally drowned In a tank of oil at the Gull Refining Company's plant today. Richard, who was working on one of the agitators bccame djssy snd toppled over. He succeeded In clutching a small pipe and swinging to It. Graham wit -sewsed the accident and went to Rich ard's assistance, but the gas overcame fcJav-aad be fefl Into the tank. Richard soon rendered unconscious and dropped in. The tanks were lajge ? of several thousand barrels capacity?and it was necessary to draw off all the oil to re. cover the bodies. Gov. -Bullock Goee Heme. Savannah, Ga.. Special.? Rufus ' B. -Bollock, the famous reconstruction Governor of Georgia, sailed on tho, Steamer Kansas City for New York, whence he will go to his home at R. I. , where, he has fx* pressed the wish that the end may come. He has been very 111 at Atlanta, and it Is feared that he will not crow 'strong enough to tako the trip^on which he Imw started. He fa 7b years "<?M. WEATHER AND CROPS The Weather Has Been Warmer and Favorable for Growth, The week ending X a. ni-^Jlay 23rd, ha.l a mean tompcratur# of 71 de grees; the normal for the same period it> 71 degrees. The day temperature# were normal, or a hove; the nights were unseasonable cool, with light frosts In Union eounty on 1 tho 15th and liilh and in Ureeuvllle county on the lHih, doing no damage. The low est teUip;:raioro was -<4, tho highest was 87 degrees. The relative humid* ity was unusually low and the kiiu ?l|ino excessive. The winds were gen erally light westerly. Showers occurred on the 17th and itfth, with amounts ranging from 1.10 Inches at Florence and laigoff down to trac^.4 In general, the northeastern couiUles had beneficial rainfall; it was light, insufficient or none fell, In ytlftr north central, northwestern, wytftern, central, southeastern counties and throughout the Savannah valley, in which districts the drought Is becom ing severe. The weather was favorable for farm work, which Ik well advanced, and cul tivation keeps pace with the" needs and growth of Held crops, that are free from grass and weed. There Is widespread complaint of the scarcity of laborers, and their unsatisfactory services. A general, though slow, improve ment in corn is indicated for all sec tions, except on bottom lands where worms continue to destroy stands. Its color continues yellow in the dry dis tricts. Soiuo corn is yet to plant, and some that was replanted is slow in germinating. Improvement in stands, color and growth of cotton Is noted in all sec tions where the rainfall was most copious. In other sections stands con tinue broken and irregular, with much not np, particularly in stiff, clay and red lands, and replantings. The cool nights are detrimental to the growth and vitality .jf cotton; some places re port plants dying from this cause and tho drought. Idee have appeared in Bamberg, Hampton and Marlboro counties. Chopping made slow pro gress; cultivation is thorough. Sea Island' cotton 1h dwarf ted, has poor stands and is suffering for rain. Tobacco suffers from tho cool nights and remains small. Hieo needs freshed water- for Hooding, -although its eral condition is fairly good;' Rowing continues. Oats improved in the east ern counties, and are poor in other sections, with spring oats practically a failure. Harvest is under way. Wheat, looks well and its appearance indicates an average crop. Peaches are ripening and shipments have be gun. Minor crops and truck are gen erally poor, except where the rainfall has been fairly constant and sufficient since planting time. ? J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Another Arrest Made. Newberry, Special.? An important turn in the baby murder case was taken when a warrant was sworn for Ixittie Spehl, a young white woman livlug on the outskirts of the city, charging her with being the mother and .murderess of the child. A preliminary trial haB been held before Magistrate J. H. Chap poll. -only a few witnesses being exam ined. Frances Franklin, ?i negro woman, who, It is thought, knows something of the case, was re-arrested and was present at the hearing. There being practically no evidence against her, however, she was released from cus tody. The hearing of the Spehl rase was continued for a few days until a further Investigation is made and more ? witnesses summoned. In the meantime the defendant was allowed to return to her home without, giving bond. This is the case which has baffled the police lor two weeks, and involves the plac ing of a dead infant, with its head crushed and ncck broken, in u cheap valise, and putting it. aboard the east bound Southern passenger train, which passes Newberry at 11:40 p. m. The case has attracted no little attention in this community, and it is hoped that the guilty parties will .rood bo found. The Spehl woman was represented at the preliminary by Fred li. Domlnlck, Esq., and Lambert W. .Tones, Ei?q. (.ieorge Johnston, Esq., represented the Franklin woman. Dragged to Death. Westminster, Special. ? Alex Mason, a white man living between here and O.ikway, with his aged father, was go ing to mill Saturday afternoon and while going down o slllnt one of the holdback straps gave way, causing the horse to become frightened and un msnagaeable, overturning the wagon and throwing the old geDtleman out unhurt,, The younger man was drag ged a short distance under tho wagon and died a few minutes later-^he (dead man was about 45 years old and unmarried. Ha was a farmer and a well-to-do and reapectod cltiren. Barn Burned. Iva. Special. ? The barn belonging to Mr> W. T. McGee, nw H#r?, waa d? >tmyed by hre Saturday evening. The origin -of the fire la unknown. Whan the flames were discovered several head orirtock were i? the building, but all ?rere gotten out except one mule, which perished. Bcaldea the barn aud mule, a reaper and a quantity of corn, fodder, etc., waa destroyed. M t. Mc Hce's loss waa some $500 or I'M), and he hsd no Inauraaca. ' ^ A SERIOUS - WRECK Heaviest Damage Experienced in ihe History of I ake Navigation LARGE STEAMER GOES TO FILCES British Steamer Turret Bay, of 2,211 Tone, Goes to Pieces ? Five o* th? Crew Die While Being Taken to Land. North Sidney, Nova Scotia, Special. Tho worst marlno disaster iu the his tory of tho St. Lawrence river coal trade occurred Friday oft Cape North, the northernmost point of Capo Breton, when ihe British steamer Turret Bay, landed with coal and hound from Syd ney to Montreal, struck on tho rocks af St. Paul's Island, and sank in deep water twenty minutes later, causing a loss of thirteen lives. Only nine men from a crew of twenty-two were saved. Tho dead: .7. 11. Hayden, captain; M. A. Cara. first officer; O. F. Gray, second officer; W. H. Adams, chief engineer; 11. S. Matthews, second en gineer; George Johnson, boatswain, to gether with the atewarVl, name un known; cook, mess-room l>oy, two llre uicl, a sea man and a helper. According tq, the government agent it St. Paul's Island, tho steamer struck near Southwest Light, about 8:30 o'clock Friday morning. A den.se fog prevailed at the time, and tho sea was running mountains high. Almost Immediately the Turret Bay backed off into deep water, but sank within twenty minutes. Tho crew attempted t'> cut the boats clear, but while thus engaged (lie vessel plunged down bow first, carrying every man aboard with her. Some of the men, struggled to tho surfaco and clung to floating pieces of v/j-eok age. Fourteen persons were taken off tho wreckage by tho life-saving crew that put out from the Island, but five of tbeui died before reaching tho Island. Tho survivors say that. ..they did not know that they were in danger until the vessel,, struck. Tho fog was so thick that the shore could not be seen, and, hearing tho foghorn at the light house, they mistook It for the whistle of another steamer. The disaster occurred nineteen miles north of Capo North. There Is a light house on the northeast point of St. Paul's Island, and also one on the southwest point, and a steam fog whis tle in situated near th*> southwest light. It was this whistle that tho crew of tho Turret nay heard. Admiral at Vladivostock. Vladivostok. By Cable. ? Admiral Skrydloff arrived here Saturday af ternoon. He was met at. tho station outside of Vladlvostock by Major Gen. Voronetz and deputations of tho mili tary, naval and municipal authorities, as well as by an enthusiastic crowd, and was presented with bread and salt. Entering tho town, the admiral drove to tho pier in an open carriage and escorted by Cossacks, and board ed the cruiser RoBsia, on which a short servlco was held. The chaplain sprink led and blessed tho admiral's flag bo fore it was run up to tho masthead, where It was greeted with a saluto from all the cruisers In tho harbor. The admiral addressed tho officers and crQW of tho Rossla, saying: fcTho Emperor orders mo to convey his greeting and loyal thanks for your gallant services In consideration of which ho reduces your tour of sea duty to three years." Admiral Skrydloff's reception was of tho heartiest everywhere, he being a great favorite when last at Vladlvo stock. Capital Stock Increased. Trenton, Special. ? .Tho Virginia Carolina Chemlenl Co. filed a certifi cate with tho Secretary of State, In creasing Its authorized capital stock from $50,000,000 to $58,000,000, of which $38,000,000 Is common stock and $20,000,000 preferred, tho latter paying 8 per cent, dividends. The cortificato Is signed by S. T. Morgan, president of the company. The Flood Damage. Fort Collins, Colo., Special. ? Esti mates of the damage Caused by the flood In the Cache Poudre Valley run from $1,000,000 upwards. The head gates of all the irrigating ditches have been washed away, and miles of em bankments destroyed. Unless repairs can be made in time to save water (or Irrigating this year, the loss will be nearer $2,000,000 than $1,000,000. Ono hundred and fifty housea in the Rus sian settlement, at the sugar factory, north of tills town, were destroyed. So far as ascertained, only one life lost her*. The body of a Russian was found today. . Senator Quay lit. Beaver, Pa., 8peclal. ? Senator Quay loft his brother's home, at Morganscn. Sunday, and Is located at hta own home at this place. At his home it was ?aid the Senator stood the journey well. He wai driven from the station to bla home in a. closed carriage, from which he was carried into the house. The Senator spent a restless night last njlght, and was not so well this morn* inc. His condition is said to be not as good today es H has been far the pest f?w day*. . - TWO INTERESTING CASES 6li ickland v?. the Capital City Mills Completed and Senteil v?. the Southern Begun. Two Quito interesting niHi'h were ar gued t Ufa week before the Supreme Court. One* was that of Strickland vs. die Capital City jMiM? Htri< kland .commenced action in March, 1902, against the mill* to re co ver damages for injuries alleged to have boon received while at work in (lie picker room, on 15th November. 1901. The complaint alleged tha* the plaintiff took employment to work in the cwrd room, with which he wan fa miliar, but on November ?i:uh, was transferred to work in the picker room, with which he was entirely un familiar, and incapable of under standing the danger to which this work exposed him; thai the niachiu cry was unsafe, without ^felvquato guards; that plaintiff's arm as caught and lacerated and he great ly injured, through those negiv gent adB of defendant to his damage Jl.fiOO. The defendant denied the alleg.e lions and further alleged that If tho plaintiff was injured, il was caused by his own carelessness and negli gence and not by the negligence of the defendant. A verdict was rendered foi^ $l,.~ji?o in favor of the plalnfm, and the mills appealed. Mr. Frank <?. Tom pk In. ?4* appeared for Sirickland and Mr. H. \V. Shaml for the mills. Tho case of Senteil vs. the South ern railway was brought up from Edgefield: Senteil, says the com plaint, was subject "lo a malady which caused him al times to lose control of his movements and become unconscious and compel him to sit or he down and rest." Anyway, Senteil sat down on the end of a crosstio of tin* Southern Hallway track about 300 yards south o'f the station at. Warren vlile in Aiken county on May 2n. 1900. His head was on his hands hikI tho complaint says that this is a position that Indicates that "either he was sick or unconscious." The train struck him and he was killed. The pliantiff, his widow, claimed that the engineer could have seen him, as the track is straight, for a mllo or more and tho train could have been slopped. One thousand, nine hundred and nine ty nine dollars and costs were asked, and when the case came to trial the entire amount asked was given. Tho case whs then appealed by the rail road, Mr. J. W. UoVoro began argument for the appellant. Murray Convicted of Forgery. Charleston, Special.? (Icorge W. Mur ray, (ho former Congressman from the third dlstrot, was last week convicted of forgery, at Sumter, this State, after a desperate/flght by his lawyers to Rave him. The trial consumed nearly two days. * The jury was out nearly an hour deliberating, but returned a ver dict. of guilty, without recommendation for mercy. Murray's attorney gave no tice of a motion for a new trial, and arguments will be held tomorrow. This case will undoubtedly bo fought to the court of last resort, as Murray Is the largest laud owner in this county, hold ing about 800 acres. He was ably de fended, and the conviction was the re sult of the strongest possible evider>co of guilt, mainly documentary, and a part of which was given and sworn to by Murray himself in a civil suit held last year, at which time be produced the forged contract and offered it In evidence in support of his case. New Trial Refilled. Sumter, Special.? George W. Mur ray's attorney made a motion for a new trial in his conviction of forgery on the ground that the verdict was not war ranted by the evidence. The attorney claimed that it was not only unwar ranted In fact and law, but of far rtachlng effect, for evil If allowed to stand. In reply the solicitor and assist ant counsel reviewed the evidence and showed that no other verdict could have been returned by an Intelligent and honest jury. Judge Purdy refused to grant the new trial. He stated that the verdict was fully ?warranted, and the one to be expected from so Intel ligent a Jury of representative citizens. Murray was then sentenced to pay a tUio of $250 and serve three years .on the chaingagng. Notice of appeal was f-iven and he was bailed on a $2,000 bond. To Cost $20,000. ? Florence, Special. ? At a citizen's meeting, held at the court houso Fri day night. It was decided that the present 'school building tie torn down and 'a new building to cost not lefts than $20,000 bo built. The trustees were instructed to have a committee visit some of the modern school buildings in the United States and ' with the aid of a school architect to formulate a plan with eosts and sub mit It to the citizens at another meet ing. yicrencc has a good looking bulldlnjj^now but It was not built right for a school bouse and Is defective inc ventilation. I . Clover 8chooi Closing. Clover, Special. ? The Clover High School closed Friday morning with ap propriate exercise*. The manage ment of^he Clover school haa been for tho last two years under the <11 | Taction of Mr. W. H. Hamilton, who after pleasant *and profitable work, now resign* his position resume hla studies at Davidson College, where be wiahee to do special work prepara tory to a' continuance of h.s studies St Johns Hopkins- University. _j_ l.OSF. TWO VESSELS1 Plucky Japs Meet Wilh Another l?is- 1 aster On Sea SUM BV MINE AND COLLISION ? The Battleship Hatsuse Struck a Rus sian Mine and the Cruiser Yoshlno was Rammed During a Fog by the Kasuga. Tokio, )ly C?4il)lo. ? Vico Admiral Togo haft reported aft follows: "A report from Rear Admiral Dewu ?aya .that the cruiser Knsuga und Ytv slilno collided during u fog pit Port Arthur oft May 15. TUo Yoshlno sunk, only yo of her crew being saved, "On the same day the battleship llat Huse at ruck a Russian mine and sank." Giving details of the disaster, Vice Admiral Togo soya: "At 14 minutes past 1 in the after noon of May 16, In a deep fog off Port Arthur, the Kasuga rammed the Yo* shim), sinking the latter In a few min utes. Ninety of her crew were saved. "The samo morning the Hatauao, a idle cruising off Fort Arthur, covering the landing of the soldiery, struck a mine ten knots southeast of the harbor , entrance. She signaled for help, and Instantly struck another mine. She sank in half an hour. Threo hundred of her crow wero saved by torpedo boat*." The Yoshino was a cruiser of 4,180 tons displacement and 15,000 indicated dorse-power. She was built In Eng land, was launched in 1X1)2, was 350 fret long, had <16 Vvi feet beam, and iter draft was 17 feet. The armament the Yo shlno consisted of four ti-ln^i guna, eight 4.7-inch guns and twenty-three 8 poundern. She had five torpedo tube#, ' her armored deck wan 4Vi inches thick Und her gun positions were protected by shields. The cruiser's ppeed was ? estimated to be 23 knots, her coal ca pacity waft 1,000 tony, ami her crew numbered 300 men. * The Hatsijsewas.^ battleship of 15, 000 tons displacement and of the latest model. She was only completed In. lft)0, was built in England, was 10ft feel long, bad 70 Mi feet beam, drew 27 f/>et of water, had 10,300 Indicated house power, und was fitted with water tube boilers, ^he waft compiotoly armored with stee?. Her armament consisted of four 12-inch guns, fourteen 6-ineh guus twenty 12-pouudsrs, eight 3-pounders, and four 2%-pounders. She had four torpedo tubes, her estimated speod was 19.11 knots. Her crew numbered 741 men. St. Petersburg, By -Cable.-"- Tho loss " of at least two Japanese warships la officially confirmed. A nxesago dated Port Arthur, received by carr/er pigeon at Mukden, was transmitted to tlie^ Emperor early yesterday morning, Bay ing that two Japanese warships had been' lost, off that port. The message followed the Emperor to Koursk, and no one here knew it* contents until late last night, when foreign telegrams brought full details of ihe Japanese loss. Eanly in the afternoon, reports of < the sinking of tho Shlklshlma aud the Fuji, on the authority of Russian ref ugees from Dalny, begafl" to circulate nnd aroused the most Intenso interest. When, later, confirmation camc of the sinking of the Japanese warships, tho gteatcst enthusiasm was manifested. Without reference to ltd effect on the campaign, tho people attribute the en emy'a disaster,- to divine Interposition in the Russian cause. ? In naval circles tho Japanese catas tiophe la a matter for rejoicing, though regrets aro expressed thnt bravo mon have lost fbeir lives. 13ut this foeling of sympathy Is swallowed up In the greater thanksgiving foi* tho b!ow In flicted on the Bta power of the enemy. It is pointed out that tho Hatsuse was one of Japan's finest battleship*, and that tho loss of two, and possibly <our v.arshipe at Intervals of a few cannot fall to deeply ailect Japan ana to lnfluonce tho course of the cam paign. Tho general staff tonight ft without direct news or tho sinking of the Japanese ?hlpat but there Is an Im pression- that it may bo true. The re ports, at any rat<v have Infused fresh life and enthuslatsm in official" plrcles, whore It is believed the tide has turned. No surprise 1b expressed by the ad clrallty at t&e Japanese vessels strik ing Russian mines, the admiralty ex pecting that sikh a mishap to Vice Admlraj.Togo, particularly since the navel c<*omanders at Port Arthur have faithfully duplicated his plan, whlph resulted In tpe sinVing of the Petro paviovslc. ? ? ? Warships Unrestricted. Wa&hlngtor Special? Chlni has been informed that th? Washington gov ernment claims tbe riRht to dispatch warship*, not only to thoaa Chinese porta declared by treaty to be open to the world, but also upon the Inland wa ters of China, "Wherserer Americana amy b# and whera by treaty with Cnlnn tkty in authorised ta engna in SwiaiB or rsnlde tor tba porpoa* of . 'w1" ^ . NEWS TBPOUGHOUl THE COUNW Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the 8outh, liaiu'y Ij. Myers, of Norfolk, was se verely wounded by a pistol shot. Mayor \. A. Moan, of Newport Nuw.t, tn a political tfuarrel gtruok Commit teeman 11. W.vperkiuli. While bldrttluK at a lirue quarry at Tom's Brook, Shenandoah county, Vs., a large cave wm discovered. Orcat preparations are being niado at Nashville, Tenn,, for tUo Confeder ate Veterans' reunion, Juuo 14 to Id. KanHftu City wan chosen as the next meeting place of t ho Southern Baptist convention, and many devotional meet ings were held at Nashville, Tenn. Democratic primaries in Florida re sulted In u victory for SonatCr Talia ferro for renomlnirtlou and a likeli hood that the Stato will he for Hearst. Fire at Waver ly, Sussex county, Virginia, destroyed tho wholo business part of tho town, Including tho hank bullding, postofilco, and tho Norfolk & Western railroad ntatlon. I.osh, $*!(), 000; Insurance unknown. The Southern Baptist Convention, which began Its forty-ninth annual hch siou in Nashville, Tenn., re-elected ex (Jorornor lOagle, t>f Arkansas, president and Rev. pr, O. F. Oregoty one of the permanrnt secretaries. Wshfngton Happenings. A number of additional wltm-ssee testified In the. (rial of James N. Tyner and II. "J. Barrett, accused of conspir acy in the I'ostnffl. e Department. Secretary Taft appointed a commis sion to formulate regulations for the conduct of the business of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Since January 1 the available cash balance in tho United States Treasury declined from $2211.374,895 to $l7fi,7l?. H79. A lively controversy Is being waged between Weather Bureau Chief Moore and W. 'l\ Foster, who la classed as a "long-viyigo" Weather forecaster. ? CSovernment' figures show that Cu ban-American commerce baa increased greatly since the reciprocity treaty went Into effect, in December. Secretary Shaw transferred to. Mor Knn & Co., In New York, $40,000,000 in payment for tho canal property and re ceived $25,000,000 in bonds as security in return. President Roosevelt promulgated the regulations to govern the Isthmian Canal Commission, which will be under tho direction of (he Secretary of War, John Mitchell; of the Mine Workers' Union, called President. Roosevelt's nt> tcntlon to the situation arising from the mine troubles In Colorado. in the North. Dr. V. H. Podstata of Chicago stated that music was a great aid in the euro of ftasanity. DV. "Robert Ha r tholo \v . an eminent physician and profeenor lu Jefferson Medical College, and a native of Mary land, died in Philadelphia. It Is announced that Prealdeut Roosevelt will recolfo no delegations during his summer visit to Oystef Bay. v Tho President lias signed the procla mation opening the Rosebud (S. D.) Indian Reservation to settlement on August 8: A maiubolleved io havo )>eeu a New York stockbroker named Shell commit ted suicide by jumping ovorbOWd from n steamer in Lake Erie. Tho Illinois Republican convention at Springfield was marked by scenes of great disorder. An explosion of powder in a mine at Murphysboro, III., klllod six and prob ably more men and injured upward of 80. Tho question of heresy trials Inter ested tho Northern Methodist (Icneral Conference at Los Angles. The Brotherhood of Ix>comotlvo En gineers met in convention at Los An geles, Cal. ^ ?> Tho Knowllng Expedition, after, ex treme hardships, arrived a! Olenwood, Newfoundland. ? ? ? ->'? The Republican convention in Con necticut olocted delegates to the na tional convention and indorsed Roose velt for the Presidential nomination. Dr. Ira Romsen, president of the Johns Hopkins University, was one of the speakers at tho inauguration of Prof. C. S. Howe as president of Case School of Applied Science, in Cleve land. Ohio. Foreign Affair*, . Seventeen Americans were killed and five wounded In a Moro ambush at Slmpatern, Mindanao. ' Tibetans aro getting arms nnd threaten more serious reslstanco to Colonel Youughusband's Brttlah expe dition. . ? ' The Tama* of Tibet. ar* nrear.hing a holy war against the English. Spaulsb Minister AJeda says he thttike Spain benefited fy the loss of her colonies. The body of Henry M. Stanley, It has be$n decided, is not to rest In West ta HNW Abbey. Prince Ferdinand i>t Bulgaria and King Peter of Servla Will meet today at Ni?h, Servla. A special dispatch received liwParis hhows that Turkish forces have prac tically exterminated the Armenian mountaineers in the 8asso xn district. A Japanese torpedo boat was blown up while trying to remove a Kusaian. inlne from Kerr bay;xreii,TJalhy, 7* men being killed and 7' woonddfl. ' ... ~ ?mperor "Wiillam/tn an 5k Searbrveken. Russia, said he prayed tor hMvesly aid In his endeavors to pre* serve pence. I ' ftisril vUl m4 ^sKMfs ?nr ?c? u Of tbe dispute wit* Pew ebons I WERE ALL COLORED Bishop Turner Declares God Never Made a While Man HI: CREATED QUITE A SENSATION >? .N Bishop Turner Accepts Uncle Rewui' Theory In Part a* to the Origin of the Race* ? Doesn't Like the Words of a Hymn. Chicago, Special. ? "God a white man. In the beginning all men were bli^ck but In hie wanderings on earth many of them became bleached. In their niMutural pallor these bleached men now look with contempt and in difference, often with prejudice^^wpd hate, upon their brothers, the n*$#6es who have retained the color God them."' Ho said Kiev. 11. M. Turner, Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Epis copal Church in an address at the an nual conference. Many negroes were present and applauded wildly. The bin hop continued: "What w<t negroes need Is more edu cation. We should write books of our own, poems and scientific treatises of our owr, in harmony with our color and race. Don't learn songs like 'Wash mo and 1 shall bo whiter than snow.' A song 1 would notgtylerate If sung In tpy pre3ence. I don't want to be mis understood, and will say to the white man, whoso race in at. the samo time the meanest and best I over saw, that wherever our race tries to ri?? and ruin ho will help us." North Carolina Republicans. . "> Greensboro, Special. ? The Slate Re publican convention met. at nopn < on Wednwdriy, being the largest attended in tho hlsjtory of the party. fWo hnnrn were consumed In a speech Of' welcome by C. P. Fra'ztep, a reapdftse by .T. J. Hiitt, an ablo address by Chairman Rollins In calling tho con vent Ion to order, and selecting commit*" tees for permanent organization, cre dentials, resolutions aiul adjournment* wqk had until 3. The appointment of the oommltt^s on credentials by th* chairman, who will settlo tho content* of tho eighth district, Involving the reg ularity of Blackburn's, nomination Ho Congress, and Yates' victory for him,' made the complete triumph of what Is known as the Federal office-holding element, headed By Collector Duncan. ^ Tho following State ticket was nomi nated on Wednesday night: . Governor, Chas. J. Harris, of Jack son county. . ? . Lieutenant Governor, Isaac! M. Meek 4n?;-of- Pasquotank, Attorney General, W. H. Yarborough, of Franklin. t Secretary of Stale, J. J. Jenkins, of Chatham. Treasurer, C. G. Bailey, of Davie? Auditor, Frank Linney, of Watauga. Superintendent of Public Instruction, C. P. Fraxler, of Guilford. v ' Corporation. Commissioner, D. X{. Ab bott, of Pamlico. Commissioner of Agriculture, W. R. D!/?n, or Craven. Labor Comlmaaloner, J. Y. Hamrick, of Cleveland. Supreme Court Justice, R. Jtf. Dong la rs, of Guilford, and .W* A, Montgom ery. of Warren. Elector* of State at large, J,. iJLJBttti,.; of Buucombe; R. Z. Linney, of Alex ander. Delegates to the national convention^ Thomas S. Rollins, E. S. Blackburn, E. C. Duncan, B. P. Mebane; alternates, R. H. McNeill, ClaudtuS Dockery, Mark Drown, II. L. G^ant. The nominee for Governor la la wealthy leather manufacturer and min er of the mountain district, aged 60, who camo to this State from Minnesota 18 years ago and is a member ot the flrrii of Reese-Harris Tanning Co. Roosevelt m4- WlBT Orand Rapids, Special. ? With no pvospecta of light except on ques tion of resolution declaring for pri mary reform, the Slate Republican Convention was called loorder h#re to day to select four delegates arfd alter, nates nt largo to the National Conven tion. President Roosevelt was endorsed. Indications early in the day are that Hltt will be endorsed for the Vice Presidential, nomination. * Eighty-Five Doctors. RttW-ifdi, N. (J., SpecM;? -Kighty-dve young physicians have registered for an examination (or ..license practice that begin* before tho State Board of . Medican Kkamlners. It* is expected that fully 123 will register before the 'register closes. The htjfcrd con- . fc!fta~D T Dr. Fletcher . Asherllie; Dr. Preesley, Charlotte; secretary. Dr. F. H, Russell, of Wilmington; Dr. Parrott. of Kinalop; Dr-oBattle, of OrewsjiboK); Dr. Kert. of Lenoir; Dr. LsUgElng houi$? Of OreewviUo. The examination will be completed and the successful ' aplicants announced oefore the State Mfdieal Society which meets here next Wednesday. . ' "v ? a? A Small Flood. Winston -Salem, Special. ? Thehearl tatra^i in jwfckjetftttftt A** To?^y_jol*ht - Reportaare _ that all email streams to the arefhlgh Meeting ef ___ JJ??. y? ??*-.??? . 1HI Tad -91 _ _ "1J~" ?'k4' ?