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a VOLUME XVIII. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOHMK 25. 190 NO. 42. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered from the Different Sections of South Carolina. martin objects to another of ANSEL'S APPOINTMENTS.. Thinks Precedent Will Hold When New Board is Named?Will Not Run Again. Columbia, Specif).??The appoint went by (lov. Ansel of llayne F. Bico of Aiken us a member of- the State board of education to fill "out the un expirel term of J. E. Roland resign ed from tlio second district, has caused Mr. o. B. Martin, the State' superintendent of education to write Gov. Ansel that the selection is not satisfactory because Mr. Riee is a lawyer and not ah educator. The let ter also makes the interesting state ment tjhat Mr. Martin will not be a * caydidatc fortthe oflic*? he now oc cupies again, f . f t The situatity; in what is called the "cabinet" by the newspaper men is rather strained. Some time ago Gov.! Ansel announced that he had offered the vacancy in the second district to. Hon. John C. Slieppard, Superintend-, ent Martin wrote the governor a very strong letter of protest and in the con troversy Mr. Slieppard declined to serve. The vacancy tiihiained until after the meeting of the Stale board of education last month and when the appointment was announced ,. Tuesday it was supposed that har? mony once more prevailed. The let ter notifying Mr. Martin of the ap-i pointmcnt was as follows; L ' o. ' lion. 0. B. Merlin, State Superin-', tendeut of E$&cation, Columbia, S.' C- 7' . ?' Dear Sir: I have appointed the Hon. Jlayue F. Rice, Aiken, S. C. as a member of the State board of edu cation to liil the. unexpired term of Prof. J. E. Boland, resigned. ?.tr. k. J^ice l:as t aken great interest in .BCTioot matters for years and 1 feci ^snre that ho. will make a very use f111 ??f the?boattil-of cdwn? - t.ion. j Yours very truly, - j M. P. Ansel, Governor, i Mr. Martin received this and at once replied with the lettewpublish ed below. Iu talking over the mat ter he said that he did not wish to withdraw from bis educational, work as he planned it. He believed, how ever that Avheu the terms the ??members of tfib present board expir ed Gov. Ansel would appoint lawyers or men who are not familiar wi^h j educational work and thus interfero with the work of the educational de-( part-men t. I . .Tho announcement by Mr. Martin that lie would not be a candidate for \ reelection will probably cause a num - bcr of announcement* to* be issued shortly. ? He was regard^ ** the strongest man in the coming cam paign for the office and therefore his removal will change the line-up con siderably. So far only one man has announced himself. E.' C. Elmore of . Spartanburg, but several others are, spoken of for entrance. Mr. Martin's letter to Gov. Ansel was as follows: * Hon. M. F. Ansel", Governor, Colum bia, SC. Chester's Probate Judge, ? Columbia, Sueciafc? Gov. ^ Ansel ho3 ordered an election in Chester county for November 26 for a kuc? ccssor to tlio lftte Jno. R. Culp judge of probate. This office ww offered ,T. A. Blako but be Njrecently wrote Gov. Ansel that he would shortly ? move to Alnbama and it was necea | sary to order an election for a suc cessor. J. B. Watson For Oonfreaa. Anderson,- Special.?Mr. J. Beltoii Watson, a former representative of this County, will announce himself a candidate for congress to succeed, Wyntt Aiken. His friends have been talking of the race for him for some time and when approached by a correspondent he admitted that he was figuring on coming onV for some oftW and said that it would iq all probability be fbr congress On an anti-immigratimi platform. The al ready announced condidstea. are Con gressman Wyatt' Aiken nnd Solicitor Julius E. Boggs, , To OnrUH NMl 1'wn. Anderson, 8p><isl. M a of the city m l*ru w* orerha?0 all of ikfrv 'mm Dear Sir; Your letter notifying me of the appointment of Mr. If. F. Kice of Aiken bar as a member of tli0 StaU board of education was promptly received. So you have *ue ceeded in appointing a lawyer and al so in not consulting the officer who ?s responsible to the people for the conduct o f.the educational affairs of the State. I wish that \t were pos sible^ for me to think of your action m this whole matter other than us email-minded, officious and pernici ous. I prefer to think of the gover Dotenfh.imy ?tatG aS iiberaI Uli"ded, potential and statesmaiily. . / ??.te tbut y?u say thyt Mr. Rice ' " ?? '"to,eat in school ,?al tois. Likewise many of our school men imve taken.an interest in law shouirf toes noS fo,,ow tUai ^y bene, ii 1 Up,?n 1,10 sl*j>remo tnnil ? y ar? llUr<JI>' C0mpct?utv| to rr? ftl?hcu,its f"1* admission ' to tho bar and to discharge J he nu merous complicated but technical Z tl?* ?* the supremo court. * Jo t'ako a charitabjo view of? the ituatnm ] l^lieve you utterly fail thegK?*Si> k? drt,0S of n ,llembev of he State board of education. Some time ago when vou made your second board" T10t'h ? * ,a^er ?n the with R,Ji .ha"fl?t0r,zcd vour action with such language a* seemed at that tard p aster which afterwards seem la now hi p."nKe"'t- Tlw ?"??'?*>"" V0I1 a,? f ?"?? " U|K"' mu lllu' ? ??" a!.e fuirnislnng a concrete exem 85^3** & Whom I shall <?%,|ato aT'l'awver N6. 2 happened to fce too broad-gaug in n T" accept any appointment in a department whose head had been pored Appointed lawyer No. t Prof;' Rlce of Aiken bar, may elievf1 Tl ' ca,ibr? but I am to . report given to the press snTThal^; "PI*'!''1"1""1 I. should a> -,,e 1? at least ambitious amp|llh,o.iV nm^}^xtVourf XS naeHs\lindP,tC1;Xni,,ra,<1' T',(?sc c>"? "Plral t0 >""? A? y-M P^nrprr -Jcttotv yntr h jrvff next year Hip with th? av !?9 1,0a''<1 of education who JhSaJ5TPUon. ?f tbe *****ary o holds tfcs position ex ofllcio as a'?I I i^-ten^t of education tVp , have tho supreme satisfaction I.do "0t ions ) ?,?T be. bound by their act of knowing I ?'i^lVOi ypu Pleasure u Wg rd and now that I shall' 1?? J'\1 m'mbet ?f ?!?? board any longer than is necessary for me to I dinehaipe my duties, and obligations % ,tevf srh' ewffSC two terms I have been elected oppoSn'leit 1?' edu??tio" without fife V??d vto'Sy. "? ofyotnownTk"'if? wh"t i? the" poaitto" of the-old W ribb?" The Clerk MwL"dS ?f jred tr***-?*g sbc dat wav.'*'6 Sffi'f't" uP'' ribbon before yZiT^ Sincerely yours, ,> " .. ' Gov*? &|rintenden? ^ Make a statement on hie returfl. Bliss Calirlotte Powe Dead.' Cheraw, Special.?Miss Charlotte Powe, daughter of Mrs. James H. Pow? ot this place, died at Ashcville, N. ^ Thursday night, after avery short sickness. Her body will be brought here for interment. 8he was greatly loved and admired here, where she had many relatives' and friends. ? V Two Young Whit* Men Rob a No* giro's Home. ; ? ? # Kershaw, fecial.?Some little ex citement prevailed in town, when in response to a telephone message from' Heath Springs, the... chief' of police [and two or three assistants armed ?themselves and started out ; toward Heath Springs to capture two young white men, headed this way, breaking into ? colored man's hotfso and appropriating^ unto themselves. I one pistol, razor, suit of clothes aqd some minor articles. Tampered With Mail Bevsa. ; Ora&fsborf, SpecUl. ? Hampton parr and Demiis Davis, two yotujg wbita men, livix^ near Bt. ariestsd by Deputy United RETURN OF ESCAPED CONVICT Will Smith Arrested at Inrnan, S. 0., and Carried Back to Prison?Noth ing Heard of Two Other Men Who Escaped. Columbia , Special.??-Will Smith, who made a sensational escape from the penitentiary a few daj"s ago with Ilarry Dean, was returned to the j>eu itentiary early Sat unlay morning, having .been captured at Inman, where he had gone to see relatives. Former acquaintances informed on him and penitentiary guards were sent there to capture him and bring him back. Smith ,toldi Superintendent Griffith that he was convinced now that Dean had used him as a tool to assist him in escaping, admitting tha* it was foolish in him to run away with the expiration of h\s term so near at hand. Nothing has been heard so far of the whereabouts of Convicts Walter Allen and James Sudduth, life-tenn ers from Greenville's dark corner moonshine section, who escaped a few days after Dean and Smith got away. Superintendent Griffith has received, a letter from Allen's wife, telling him that she had heard of her husband's escape, lint., that she did not .approve . of his action, and that if she saw him &*he would cer tainly advise him to come back to the penitentiary, as hopes of his se curing a pardon at an * early date seemed so bright. Those who understand the charac ter of these moonshine people believe that Allen will in time surrender himself to the authorities; that his mountain friends wil pursuatle him to do this. Race Trouble at McCormick. MeCorinick, Special.?neni^y "Od oius, a negro who has been working as a section hand on tho C. & W. C. rainlway near Bordeaux was arrested at that place Saturday evening while trying to leave with goods he had un lawfully obtained. I Co resisted, and had to be conquered by force. After quiet was restored another negro a friend fo.'Henry/d^TnaMed of the of ficers that they turn Jkjim loose. This precipitated further trouble t and a number of negroes began to gather for the ostensible purpose Of rescu ing Henry. Thfc officers telephoned fof assistance from here, and a nucjr her hf.rr,eft responded. Willi the ap pearance of this extra help the ne groes became frightened and dis ?bimnetr Cvttlimrt fin'tlrer troublcr While//Henry, waft being brought hero to no placed in the calaboose, he conefssed that he was an escaped convict from Georgia; that he was serving a life sentence for murder whe^ lie escaped to this State, and that there was a reward, of $200 for his capture. Gov. Smith of Georgia wired to at Once and his secre tary replied'- that $75 wpuld be paid for his delivery at Fargo, Ga\ The ofjlcern were not satisfied wiflh the amount x>'? thc.rewniA.Htod bav$ turn ed Iignry over to tut* sheriff of Ab beville cuontv in o^der that the par ticulars might be found out. Killing at Warrenville. Aiken, Special.?Tho^killing of W. J. Chambers of Augusta by John Ca to of Warrcnvile lias just been re ported to C6ronei' Owens. The kill-' ing>happened at the honle of Cato at Wa^euville on Saturday but Cham bers did not die until Monday. The following details are all that can be learned:# It is said that both njen wqfe drinking. They went to Cato rosidence about 7 o'clock Saturday night. They entered the house and some time afterwards Cato decided Chambers was too familiar with his wife. Without a word of warning ho drew a knife from his pocket' and slashed the throat of Chambers from ear to ear. Chambers dropped to the floor. Cato then turned upon his wifo and stabbed her twice once in the- breast and once in the hip. Chambers was taken to the Augusta hospital., .where he. diad.~on Monday morning. " CiSto Is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing at which, time new developments are ;expe<;ted. Contention Closes. Richmond, Va.f Spe&al.?The Tri ennial General Convention of the Epi^opal Church aft'ef^busy sessions of both houses, adjourned to meet three yedrs hence in Cincinnati. The closing serv ices which' occurred at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Holy Trinity ehurch were in an adapt ed form of prayer meeting. The services1 were opened by the Bishop of Dallas- and two lessons were read by l)r._ R., H. McKim, president of tho iluukc , of Deputies* v.~'TIh? Miccne Creed and the Collects were recited I by Bishop J>oape, of Albany, and the address replacing tho, pastoral lettor w&s'mad? by BisHop TJiittle, chairman ef j^be House of Bishops. A great ; crowd rttshod ctor tfie doors of the fob when they 4 were opened at o'fcldcjf* and ?rill?'5,000 persons -refused, admittance. v Many oh bishops and deputies' left on a spetial train late this afternoon for Washington; * 1 ?j i u * PANAMA CANAL 100 NARROW Lieutenant Eogseau, of Isthmian Oa* nal Commission Lays Before Sec retary M?tcaif Proposition to In crease Width of Panama. Washington, ?Special.?Lieut. 11. H. ltosseau, civil engineer in the U. &. navy and a member ol the Isth mian canal icommiabion hus arrived hero from the isthmus and laid be fore Secretary Metcalt' a proposition to increase tlie projected width of too Panama caual which is now planned ut 100 feet in the locks. The recom mendation is based upon the rapid in crease of beam in naval construction since the canal plans were formed. Secretary Met calf will tako up the matter with the Prcaidenl us soon as possible. Lieutenant ltosseau depart ed for New York soon after liis inter view with the Secretary Undoubtedly naval exigencies, sup plemented by the building of. the giant C'uimrders Lusitunui and Maur itania, was the basis for this pro jected change of plan which will in volve the expenditure of many adr 'iilionnl millions of dollars and per haps the extension-of the time re quired for the completion of the ca I nal project. It is also probable that the mere suggestion of such a con siderable change of plans as that pro posed by Lieutenant Rossenu would precipitate, a general debute in Con gress and re-open the whole issue of sea level, versus lock canal which' was believed t6 bavo been finally set tled by President Roosevelt and Sec retary Tflft when they y;ave the order for (the beginning of work on the lock canal plan. The fujt is that when Congress was so warmly dis I cussing the two projects about two years ago, the sea level canal advo cates inane the point that theirs was jtho only plan that would have sufli j eiont elasticity to met't the needs of rapidly increasing tonnage in marine const ruction. Their plan involved the use of but one lock, merely to offset* the tidal difference between the east ern and western sens, a comparatively low and iiisignillcant lock which could i bo easily widened when required. But. they made a strong point of the difficulty, expense and loss of time in the use of the canal- that would fol low t"hc attempt to widen the compli cated and massive locks required for the high level .cgmal. Possibly i^resteing ? the force of that argument, the canal commission ^appajCL'iitly feel*-that it-would-be wiso to rnahd- the locks of tl/e canal rtvide enough in the beginning to accommo date the giant ships, not. only of tin navy but of the merchant marine, that are sure to be constructed in the near future. "" .. Pefhils of the new plans cannot be obtained at present, but thfe change is siiid to be costly, though of its ne cessity few naval oflicors have any doubt. < y Breaking Camp :* Startf&onl, La.y ^Special.?With the close of the day the President termi nated his fourteen day hunt on Bcnr Lako and Tensas Bayou. That tho last day was one of unabated activity on his part is certain, but,what the reSrtltx Was, was not - known at 0 o'clock as no messenger leaving the catpp after, the close of the day's sport had^'teached the telegraph sta-g tion. Tho weather was excellent ay it has been throughout the week anu the party started out in the early morning in high spirits and in antici pation of a fine day with which to close the fortnight of sport. The President will reach Mr- Shield*^ home^duriifjg the forenoon and will meet a ? number of Mr.1 Shields' friends at dinner. A special train will take the President and. bp, party to Vicksburg starting from this point at 10' o'elook Monday. After, a stay of four hours at Vicksburg the Presi dent will J>oard the Pennsylvania Railroad train which earrtcir; him from Washington to Keokuk Had re turn to Washington aboard It '???"?* ,7T.?riViTi'~r * '~nr n ? Cow Derails a Train. t i Helena, Ga., Special.?A construe tion train on the Southern Railway in charge'of Conductor John Bird* song, of Macon, was derailed--*^*? Savage creek, a short distance from Adams Park, and the conductor was fatally injured, dying subsequently. Flagman Bird song was slightly wounded and Bridge Foreman 3. M. Askew, and fonr negri* laborers wer? also hurt. Engine NoTi 1805, pulling the train, Rtruck a oow on the track and several flat ears goaded Willi bridge ties were derailed.. : Charted With Blackmailing. New' York, , Special.?rljtigo C Voecks, arrested Sunday nfghfc on ttw complaint of Raymond f Hitchcock the actor, on a charge of blackmail ing, was arranged in police' court ant held in $1,000 bail. Fran^.O'Tom . U?<Wuin? plot. ( TOT B Byjmipa Wly daavaged Kb?n?*er fiynagogiw ?&*? MUif* BANKERS KELT RELIEVED Relief la Felt Throughtout Financial District at Close of Short Session ? Most Panicky Week Wall Street Has Known For Long Time. Now York, Special.?There was ft sigh of relief through the financial district when the short session of t!i'' stock exchange ended Saturday, marking; the close of one of the m^st panicky weeks tlint Wall Stroot has known for a long tiuie. The declination of tho presidency of the Memiutile National liarrk hi Mr. Vf^Mtuu H.. Ridgolyr Federal Comptroller of the Ourroncy, did not ?come until after the business day wa* over and therefore had no elfeqt on the market or (lio llnaneial situation in general.. What the etYeet may be when the market opens Monday il m impossible to say. hut it is the gen eral opinion ot financier# that (hi* week-ond holiday will serve to pefllo matters in the street and unless there are ^unexpected developments in the delieuto situation, conlldenee in a large measure will be restored. b\ Monday. The weokl\ hank statement showed an unexplained addition of $0,443,100 to Hi?> cash holdings of the hanks, bridging the wash holdings $11,180,000 ahove tlun mpnrcd ic serves. This is takeimto mean that, the hanks are preparing tjiciuselves for any crisis thai may ho forced on them next week. On fho stock exchange and the curh practically every stock dealt in suffered a decline during the week. United Copper, which is not n listed stock, and is dealt in only on the crub, suffered a net decline of riS 1 -ft for the common and 9'l-'4 for the preferred, ^losing at 7 .'1-4 and 23, respectively. Ouggenliiine* Explora tion dropped 45 points. On the ex change, Amalgamated copper. ncufheil 4.1 1 -2, closing Saturday at 44 J-H and shoVtng a not )Vs of in the week. On the lowNpoiut reached was the bottom price for several years and was 77 3-4 points below the high point for the year. American Smelting also made a now low mark of 6). 1-4 and \showed a not loss of 12 points on the .week. The low figure was 03 .'1-4 ^points-under- the high prico for the year and 77 lj2 under the low price for 1000. Railroads and industrials suffered during the,week but the close Saturday was in almost every ease substantially above the lotv figure for the week. ~~ ~~ ~ GOLD AND SILVER. STATISTICS. Former Director Roberts Oompletoa the Compilation North Carolin's Lose of Gold. Washington, Special.?George K. Roberts, who retired from the posi tion of director of the raut, on Au gust 1st, 3907, has completed the compilation of the statistics of the production of gold and Hilver .in the vurious States and Territories of the United States for the colendar "year of 1900. Mr. Roberts estimates the production of gold in t,he United States during t h^calcndar^ year 1900 to .have been $94,373,800, as ogainsl $88,180,700 for Jho calendar year of 1905, a gain in 1900 of $0,193,100. 'The principal gain was in Alaska. Novadad's gain in gold was $3,919, 500; Oregon, $70,200; Tennessee, $22,-' 300; Arizona," $55,800; , Vir&inia, $5,300. The greatest lose of gold in any State was in . Colorado where there was a decrasd of $2,760,700. North Carolina lost $33,900; South Carolina $20,500, and Georgia $71, 100. The tetal production of silver in the .United States during the calen dar year 1006 is given us 50,517,9jd0 One ounces of the the commercial value of $38,250,400, as against .50, 101,000 fine ounces of the commercial value of $34,221,87fr in '1905. /he net gain in. the production of silvei over that of 1905 was 410,300 ounces. i Succeeds at Last. ( - 25W York.?Friday afteir ,flve years of patient tedious effort in perfecting his.wireless telegraph ap-. paratus, Signor Marconi witnessed the checking of the message marking the formal opening of tho trans-At lantic wiielcss service for public use. The commercial rate will be ten eenttf a <rord and press rate, one-half that. Newa in Brief, The ..committee of the Congregtf tionalist convention reported iir favor of a union of that denomination with the Methodist Protestants and United Brethren. Emperor Francis Joseph's condi tion is reported to be unsatisfactory. The Navjf Department gave out a number of tho records made, by the Atlantic fleet in battle practice. V* v General Crozier, chief of prdinance, recommends a surplus of ammunition sufficient for six months' use in case ' ' ' > ' SeJ^Jary Taft waa the recipient of farther attention at Manila. The atoekboWere' meeting-of 41xa Bliaoiae Central Railroad was eoy tiaoad xrithoufr reaalt in the Fiafi Hanriman fight. til* Duches* oi Manchester enjoyed "v ??-A a coon hunt. A RACE RIOT AT NEW ORLEANS Negroes Kill Patrolman and Bam cade Themselves in a House. Now Orleans*, La., Special.?Far ther race troubles are feared as tin outcome of u riot Friday night by negroes, resulting in tli6 death of Pa trolman C ampbell, who was killca while attempting tho arrest of a gan^; of ' boisterous negroes. The negroo.? barricaded themselves in u house and wounded two of tlie police. Militia .?moked tho negroes out, arresting live an.I woundug dud. The police are threatening to even things up with the negroes. Sixte?jr Under Arrest. New Orleans, Lb., Special.-^-Six hen members of tho sp-eallod ""Coun < il i)i' God," negroes, under arrest, (cn of them charged witli murder, was tho result Haturday of nolieo iu \ estimation into Friday night's race liot Some almost unbojievablo ten* ets of their alleged religion were an nounced by thosa arrested." One of these belief* was that men should bo worshipped dieties. In apparent sup port of the existence of this belief the police state that a few dftys agv lour leaders of tho couucil called on M.-iyor Helirman requesting $100,000 to Iniihl a tabernacle for their Konietv in this eity. It was learned also tbat i roin- of the members had been forced into the society by threats of death, i Pmhie pxcitamtmt was the only rea son-the police could learn for Hatur day.night'? outbreak. Of the dozen wounded two are in d/th'gCf of dying. Tltey are Patrol man Wenek, whoso neck is cut by a ra/.pr, and Edward Honor, negro, an alleged leader of tho society Sorg<$Hpt Wheattley, who was announced as fulnlly injured, recovering. Friday night's trouble started dur ing a meeting when excited negroes drew razors oh Policeman Cambias because he attempted t<v ontor tho house to investigate reports of a dis turbance cause<J by bi>y? throwing slimes thrtMiph^Iiik-^iWows. Kawors were drawn across his face and neck, mortally wounding him. Many at the meeting then lied. Xbosc..who re mained -ami ?? 4M?*f4?*ad??d ?-themselves were armed and after the negroes had been smoked into submission by a burning fencp, several shotguns and other lire hrms were found under tho meeting houso Thj fighting occurred on~New Orleans stjeet and did not start in fron^ of a Gorn^an Preiby-. terian chufch as stated in early re ports. Ban on Sunday Marriages. Pittsburg," Pa., Spefoal?Right Rev. Bishop Regis Canevin has placed the ban <in Saturday and Sunday mar riages of Roman (Catholics in i the Pittsburg diocese. Only by special permission of tho bishop can mar riages be celebrated on these two days. This order is the result of many scenes of disorder, often ending in bloodshed, at the weddings of for eigners but it will apply with equal* force to English speaking Catholics.,1 It is also considered conducive to the better observance of the Sabbath, making it a day of worship, imf cad of mcrry-makiag. Automobiles Collide. San Swbastinn, Spain, By* Cables? A sorious automobile accident took place near here Saturday and a<* a result two people aro dead and /:\it' seriously, injured. Two automobiles going in., opposite 'directions came in,; collision at a point on the jroad abovo a dangerous precipice. Th'e wheels of the cars became interlocked and together they rolled over the^edge of the cliff and crashed to the locks be low. . Don Luis. Zappino, and a young woman whose name has not been learned, were killed. Senor Zappino was secretary of the Royal Racing Club. There were ten persons in tho two cars. They are all well known in court circles. King Alfonso Has a Narrow Escape. Manresa, Spain, By Cable.-?Kipg Alfonso had a narrow escape frb'ttt a serious accident near hero Sunday ^ in his automobile. The King was ! goj/ng.over a temporary bridge wheu j the jiglit structure eolapsed under j the weight of the car, which was pre- ( cipitated into the water.- Hia ma-: jesty escaped with a wetting. ^ , A $160,000 Fire at Pittsburg. i . Pittsburg, Special.?Fifteen fire men narrowly escaped 'death...ojc serious injtiry Sunday when tho plant. of the Pittsburg Stovo & Range com", pany and the lumber yard of the. At S. Schwcfd Porch Column company/ of Allegheny, wore gutted' by The loss is $150,000. Tfce start* cd in the lumber yard and waa earn ed. it is said> by a spark firojn a' rail-, road shifting engine. Fire ? Chief. Tighter warned the firemen jmt it* time to save them from being crushed by falling walls. ? f> ? ?' Charlea W. laM the-Union Iron *. ? ?> JI ? tW ' 1 f fc'i I AM f . . Capori ordara i f**I wn mm jphbh Secretary Taft Expresses His Desire to Be Private Citizen IN HIS PHILIPPINE ADDRESS At a Banquet in Manila the Secretary Says His Visit Two Years Hence Will Probably Be as a Private Citi zen?Audience Not Struck With ?? His Personal Remarks. rr*-??-fr ?? Manila, Hy GtCblc.- At u bahquct given in his honor io 'this city Heft rotary of War William 11. Tat't made a most significant satcmeut.,. IJu was referring to the fact mat h#i;: had already visited the Philippine Islands threo tiroes, ami in expressing hi* in tention to come here again he *aid: <41 hope another two years to visit Manila again, but l! en I probably will come as a private citizen';," The signillcanee of Mr. TatVs re mark in illation to tho cjiance iof his'; nomination for the presidency;/. next year did not seem to strike his,audi-: ence. Tho Secretary 'h speech W,es re ceived with, much enthusiasm by tho representatives of the Filipino^.pres cut when be declared, tin# govepiiment was anxious and rcad^ to h?lp the, business prosperity of the islands. Secretary Tall opened, his address by declaring that the future prosper ity ol' thd Philippine Islands depend ed primarily on the l^Upipv.s them selves. They nwst^juak# progress &s a nation before tl^y eou)d obtain the. benefits realized by other nations and it was tho duty of fmaiuess iftoband others .eontemplatihg investment in tho Philippines to help the- Natives better thei^ condition'.' It>W&b,r with the rnoftt inteiwjr satisfaction' 'that he :? came to the islands toda^ and found them quieter than eVcr ? beiose in | their history. ,r., . He was glad the Assembly, had been established and hoped ;i{y/l?ould take oyer some. of,. the responsibility qt. government. He saidjto eqritaUato aim oiniji'tf iouktng fyr iraxi?>ni9?s otiu concessions that another'' power had arisen in the lipid and that' hereafter th*?y iuust come to the' Assepdbl^ with th&v rc<pn*t? He'farad lit* MdotHH the; Afisetn bly would ^tiarefuiiy^+ consider all questions affecting, the nWlfire of the islands. That it would-ndt only look out for the interestaotf foe F peopfc but wouliHwejlcome;*vUfc lib erality the investment of foreign eate ital so absolutely necessaryfp the development of the, Philippine existence of the Assembly, strengthen the hand of the j ment an? the government. wi??" ious and ready to help the bfrsinest prosperity of tho islands In '^which the people themselves were qt&te aa tduch interested as rhe merchant#. This vTas the beginning1 of-avjj^eviod of prosperity; the spcalker aaierted, and ha trusted that tyiffeK; body would be bap] ed. . Tho'Becretary declared "hot ashamed of anytf ' .lands opd prged the to make sv#ry effort bad been to the" Phillppiiwfc three tim%8 already and he he^dinimoth er two yeaw to visit tbe islBods^agaiu, but then he probably wouh? *6ne ajr' a private 'citizen i Mr Tsft's speech was gtfieted at I the close with cheers J This afternoon Secretary Talt laid the corner stone of (mj flrtit perma i nent school house built-in- Mimua un ! der the Ameriean*Tegime. He dfliv e aenoor tn wureir ne\inmgrafulatea u^on tb$**ent fne ta To Oo To tow Tcrk, ; w ai*v ritf uriced "here ** ~ tbot ^^empl# Graves, iditttr Qf ^lior ^^nta Geor gian and News, and fian?idered on* m thtf-TST&uth Y most gifted ^oui and aurtotti, Laiatfiibpted the editorship of tbe New York eaa^> It is understood that about November Ifitb ;:l, ? - * ? ? 'ivii ? ??. i ?' *.i? ' J***? New, York, Special.?-A$ I mx of her ektten^ebiWrep mzm latter from i explosion Mi rtp> -Cnxd ttro??h..to?botiliftr