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VOMJMH XIX. CAMDEN, S. C? KRJDAY, MARCH 27, l?08. ? SJU+'.U '" .-f SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered from the Different Section? of South Carolina. 6 Not For Editor* to Decide. Columbia, Spceial.? William J. Bryan in a letter to to William E. Qoiuules, editor of The State, aaya that it it> not for him to diacuM the question of availability of candidates His availability us a candidate, he ?jays, if, not' a question upon which hia judgment should he ventured or ao c?-pi e<l, "I lmve simply stated that it in a question for the voters of the party to determine. "As a Democrat I have resented tiic eluim lliut u few editors should decide this question for the people. 1 Hiu a believer in free speech and in a froo press, and I recognize the right of any editor, whether his circulation be large or small, to state his opin ion and his reason for it, but those who read his opinion have a right to give ii such weight as they thiuk it deserves I have insisted that the readers ought to know what pecuni ary interest the editor has in the question under discussion. For in stance I asked The World to state <Vlitorially what financial interest its ' owner, Mr. Putlizer, bus in the stock and bonds of railroads and in the stocks and bonds of corporations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen fit to answer the question. 1 do not deny the right of Harri ..Kian, or Morgan, or - Rockefeller or Potlizer to own a paper and present their views to the public, but I do contend that in the interest, of hon esty and fair dealing, the owner of the paper should be known- and the interest of the owner in the questions frankly stated. Continuing, Mr. Bryan says: "It is deliberately, unfair in ignor-, ing this election and charging the de feats of 1890 and 1900 to me, jQst as it is unfair in ignoring the still worse! defeat of 1904 when The World was again the party's adviser. "I espccialy appreciate the gener ous support that has come to mc from? the Southern States. If the Democratic voters believe that I can assist the party by being a candidate why should I refuse And why should I take the advice of a few j editors who have never been friendly! rather than the advice of millions of Democrats who have been co-labor crs with me for ? mor? than a de cade?" Peculiar Case In Anderson. Anderson, Special. ? Tuesday af ternoon the 1-year-old child of Joe Sayles, colored, who lives in Dunklin township, Greenville .county, fell into a tub half filled with water, and was drowned. The mother had left the child alone while she was attending to some duties around the house, and while she was away the child fell into the tub. The news quickly spread and a number of the neigh bors gathered, among them Joe Jor dan, the 18-year-old son of Mr. J. B. Jordan, a prominent farmer of the vicinity. . Young Jordan walked up to the tub in which the child had been drowned, looked at it for^ a moment, and dropped dead. Mi*. Jordan says his son had a narrow escape from drowning in a like man ner when a child, and has had a weak ^ heart ever since. It is supposed that tho^voung man's recollestion of this, together with the shock of the negro child's death, caused heart failure. The Btate Pension Board. Columbia, Special. ? The State pension board held its first session 5 and passed upon a number of appli cants filed by the county boards. It will be several days before the list is finally approved. Edgefield Politics. Edgefield, Special. ? The Hon. P. Brooks Mayson will be announced ap a candidate* for the State senate. ITis i* the firft. Senator Talbert the present senator, will leave EdgefloM and return to Parksville, his former home. H( will still be in the county, however, and will probably stand for reelection. ' There is also some talk of his innning for congress. ? Boy Killed by Trolley^ Aiken, Special. ? A young boy named Dean was killed by the Au gusta-Aiken express car _ between Langley and Warrcnville, It is start ed that young Dean left home in the morning presumably foje school, but instead he went to Langley and when the trolley express, which is due in Aiken at 12 o'clock, passed through that- place Dean want underneath the car and located himself on the rods. Wb*n the ear was between Langley, and Warrenville he in some way lost hia hold and fell off and was literally torn to pieces nnderneath the ear. ' Tfcm OfCTMrtU" Colombia, Special. ? Three negro children periahed in the flam ea when the house <jfT5llaa Davis, a colored man living near Walhalla, wu burn ed. Four children alone in the house were playing with a torch near a sack of seed cotton, which eenrht Are, igniting their clothing. Though the door stood open the three youngest were too mneh frightened to Motion For Revocation. Columbia, Special. ? Attorneys foi tbe diapennary commission prepared formal uotiees of a motion befor< Judge Pritchard for an order revok ing bit* former order* granting an injunction and appointing recoiveri for the dispenaary funds. The mo tion is to be argued at Asheville on March 27th and is bused on the ground that the Supreme Court ol outh Carolina has interpreted th< law in dispute contrary to the inter preation of Judge Pritchard. Th? notice will be at once served on. th< attorneys for the whiskey house. Until this motion is disposed of on< way or the other the Supreme Court of the States will not issue t lie for mal writ of mandamus which it has decreed the Attorney General is en titled to in order to secure the $15, 000 of dispensary money for prosecu ting aloged dispensary grafters. New Treasurer Elected. Lancaster, Special. ? Mr. LeRoy Springs, president of the Springsteir Mills, has just returned from Ches ter, where he has been assisting the American Audit Company in locating the shortage of Mr. R. W. Honey! treasurer of the Springstein Mills. Mr. Springs states that the Americar Audit Company will not be perpared to make a complete statement ' be fort tho last of this week or tho tirst ol next. So far the shortage amount* to Something over ' $7,000. Mr by** a surety Txmd of $10,000. At ? meeting of tbe board of directors Mr Waddy C. Thompson of Lancaster was elected treasurer to succed Mr Honey. Ware Shoals Railroad. Columbia, Special. ? The railroac commission has decided to order a re hearing in the case of the Ware Shoals railroad, which line has been declared a common carrier somt weeks ago. Tho lino, which connects at Ware Shoals with the Southern railroad, and runs out a distance of about six miles, has, it is charged, re fused freight shipments from othei points and an order issued by tbe commission declared Uie road liablt for all freights, must receive all freight shipments. The commission in ordering a rehearing decided that shipments up to that time must be received as per previous order. - Fire in Laurens. Laurens, Special. ? At about 2 o'clock 'Wednesday night the resi dence of I. T. Balentino, the bocf market of which Balentino was pro prietor, located in the same building and the store of J. W. S noddy in nn adjoining building were destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved. Inaurarict amounting to $2,500 will probably cover tbe losses. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the firt^ alarm, was giveu and tho Belentine ' beef market wa? found fire, but tho blaze tva* promptly put outj evidently a spar's was left smouldering Bomewhere tc do serious damage later. Dies' From Mad Dog's Bite. Newberry, Special ? The 6-year-ol< son of F. J. Russell, who was bitten by a mad dog on the streets of New berry of February 26, died at the Pasteur institute at Atlanta. Tt wo* thought that the child was getting along well until on Saturday hydro phobia developed. The remains wil be brought to Newberry and inter meiu will be at Rosemont cemetery Oaftney, Special. ? Great interes was token in the election held hert last week to nominate a member of tbe board of public works to fill out the unexpired term of mayor Hoss The vote was as follows: Cash 301; Clary OS: Randall 73; and Baker 49. This will necessitate a second rac* between Cash and Clary. Election at Qaffney. . Brother and Sister Dead. Fort Mill, Special. ? Mr. Thomas Thomaason, who has bect^ ill for som( time, died here Saturday night. Hif sister, Mrs. Bffie Stinsoh, who livec in Nashville, 'Jtoim., died of heart failure on Friday morning. Her bodj \va9 brought here for burial and th< funerals of brother and sister wer< held together in the Methodisf church by the pastor,'" the Rev. \V M. 0 wings, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Bcith bodies were inter red in our town cemetery at the sam< time. Hugenot Mills to Bt Sold Juitt 10th. Greenville, Special. ? It was de cided at a meeting of the creditors to sell the Huge not Cotton Mills, bankrupt, oj this city, on June 10th. IJo hi* le* thaa WfiOO for the ma chinery and building will bo enter tained. The other propeitj consist - iM?.of the employes ' housee.Will he ?old at the same time. This is the. mill corporation that wwt into bank KIM OF Mill Will .lu.f ... ? i Florida's Junior Senator Die* After Short Illness YOUNGEST MEMBER OF SENATE Elected Less Thau Three Month* Ago to Succeed the Late Senator Mai lory as Florida's Representative In the Upper House of Congress. V Washington, Special. ? llnitod States Senator William James Brjeo of Florida, died at Providence Hos pital at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morn ing of typhoid fever, it was only 73 day* since lie took his seat as the suc cessor of the late Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died December 23d, and 3 days of that time was spent in his light against diseaso. Several times during Mr. Brayn's illness his friends despaired of his recovery, hut as late as Saturday night the report was given out that his condition had taken a turn for the better. His death, therefore, came as a surprise and a distinct shock. in physique Mr. Bryan was nuta ted to withstand a protracted fever. Ho wag slight of build and of ner vous temperament. He came to Wash* ington early in January from the warm climate of Florida and from the day of his arrival was far from well, finally he was compelled to ; give up aud . was taken to Provi denco Hospital. During the last few days of his illness he was attended by specialists" from Johns Hopkins Uni vcrsity Hospital, Baltimore. * In Mr. Bryan the Senate loses the seventh member by deatli^since the adjournment of the Fifty-ninth Con fess on March 4th, a year ago! They were 'the two late Senators from Alabama, Mr. Morgan and Mr. lVt tus; Mr. Mallory, of Florida; Mr. Latimer of South Carolina; Mr. Proc tor of Vermont; Mr. Whyte, of Mary land, and Mr. Bryan. Curiously enough the last two were the oldest and the youngest members of the body. Mr. Whyte was 84 years old and Mr, Bryn less than 32. hough Mr. v Bryan was in the ??Senate loo short a time to impress his individuality on legislation, or to take a prominent part in the consid eration of matters ia committee, it is conceded that he would have be come a forceful part of the miilority. Mr. Bryan was born in Orange county, Florida, October 10th, 1870. He attended the public schools of his State and Emory College, Georgia, graduating from the latter institu tion in 1890. Three years later he was graduated from' Washington and J^ee University and in 1800 began the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla. Until a short time before his appoint ment to succeed Mr. Mallory in the Senato he had served as solicitor of the Duval County Criminal Court. He was married to Mis* Janet Allen, of Lexington, Va. * Mr. Littlefield Resigns. Rockland, Me., Special. ? A sensa tion was caused in political circles Uere by the receipt by Governor Wil liam T. Cobb of a letter from Con gressman Charles E. Littlefleld, ten dering his resignation as a member of Congress, to take effect on Sep tember 30th next. In the same mail was a communication to the chair man of the second district Republican congressional committee from Mr. Littlefleld, in which the latter gave as the ieason for his resignation his de sire to resume his law practice, which in a large degree, he has been com pelled to abandon because of his con gressional duties. The resignation ramc as a great surprise to Governor Cobb, and to the surprise of the Con cicsj-man 's friends in this district and was received with much regret. ? Pirates Surrender French Vessel. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, By Cable. ? The French fishing vessel Ba loine, which was captured recently by Moors near Cape Juby, and to ri?ouc which the French cruiser Cassard was ordered to the coast of Morocco, has been turned over to the Cassard, together with the members of the^crew without ransom. All Quiet in Hayti. Port au Prince, By Cable ? Presi dent Nord Alexis in an interview- at t ire palace, declared., that conditions in the republic* were absolutely tran quil. He said that he did not ques (ion his ability to preserve order and protect interosts hese. Should the powers, however, decide to keep the warships in this harbor he would not object, but be added that there was no necessity for such a thing; there was no possibility- tor such a popular ontbreak against the foreign residents. Norfolk, Special. ? Early ' 8rmdaj i?_ n ? _ * f .. e ?' wracking ifee *stabii?h?ent, Uio clothing store of Saks $ Oo., %pd damaging the exchange of the South ern State* Telephone, and stocks of E. II. Meeks A Co., electricians, and* L-rsdcn - 'L'VjK |76,000 Fire at Norfolk. DANGER AHEAD FOR THE FLEET CALIFORNIA GIRLS AHK FORWJNO LKAP-YKAR PROPOSAL OLUR8. 1 ? Caitoon by <?. VVillinmn, in the Chicago News. Sing Ho! For Our Gallant Fleet Now in Magdalena Bay 14 ow "Fighti ns' Bo b'- a n d the M e n Be h i n cj t h e Guns Brought the Big Sixteen" Safely to Anchor in That Beautiful Harbor. WHAT THE CREWS EAT ON THE LONG PRACTICE VOYAGE Magdalena Day. Lower California, ' via pan nieuo. Cal. ? It is probable ! that the fleet, will leave here between i April f> and April 10 Stops will be j tnado at "San Diego, the ports of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Santa ! Cruz. At Los Angeles the fleet will \ be divided into division." of four ships < earh, to be anchored off Long lieach, j San Pedro, Reeondo, Venice n nd j Santa Monica. It is not unlikely that the fleet first v. ill steam !n siuule line formation up the coast along the line of the various ports and then divide. This would make ;i splendid Jiaval pa geant which ntisht be witnessed by the people of l.hnse cities Asnln, on departure, the (lest will probably form In siiiRiv.1 column and sail north, repeating the parade. A simultan-^ eous salute, such as wa's given in some of the South American ports, may be fired, en, Bald: "The plans which wer6 fofniu"" lated last August for the coaling oi? the present cruise provided for th?J use of eighty tons per 6teamlng inlU? Then there was added eight tons daily for various necessary allow I ances. We have found that wo wen* able to keep well within this estU mate and maintain the ten-kuot speed. The arrangements for coaling at all our various stopping places have been carried out, and the prear ranged plans have proved entirely adequate "At Rio we took on 24,000 tons, at Punta Arenas 2 1,000, at Callao 21,000, and at Magdalena, when wo have finished with the colliers, we shall have taken on 3f>,000 tons addi tional, This supply will be adequate to last until we arrive at San Fran cisco. This provides also for the coal to be used In our target practice. All this amount of coal was provided, with the exception of the amounts taken on at Rio and Trinidad, .fropi Chartered colliers. ' * , The Provision*. "The supply rhlp loads and the .^provisions for tho fleet were co > pitted at- the same time as the c al estimate, and submitted to tho de partment. These have worked out to perfection. pur fresh meat lasted until we reached Magdalena. where we still had 200,000 pounds left over. We had 1,000,000 pounds of fresh meat when "Ve started. The bakeries on our Uiips have supplied us with from 900 t'o 1000 loaves of bread dally. We started with half a million pounds of potatoes, which supply was exhrftsted at Punta Are nas. We issued the last 4000 pounds there. F the Soldier* >Vlio Drwrted Sua pffted of Killing logger's Crew. Havana, Cuba. ? Corporal Cooper and prlvR*#x Grinelly and Farley, of th# United Statea Army, were lodged In Mil at Finer del Rio 09 the charge of anrderlng two man who wore trancing a lugger which they had chartered to get away from the ialand after deserting on March >. r A gunboat picked up the lugger vhile U waa" drifting Off the coast, fhe bandtea of the mlaalng boatmen lave not been found. The soldlera W-'-- - A V" " T"" L- ' ' 1 ? Target Practice. Target practice will occupy prol5! ably about three weeks. There wir be no battle practice, that being hel in the fall of t lu? year. Prellminar"" practice is limited to two ships, thir Kansas and tin* Vermont, which hav.j, not yet fired all their guns in practice All will engage in record target pnir, tice. There will be four range?, fou"'1 Bhips firing at a time The rafts forth targets were finished and towed ou to the grounds, to the southeast rj. where the squadron was anchoretr1 Three or four of the ships, including the Georgia, Rhode Island, Kansa> and Vermont, were on the range lay* j ing out the lines and anchoring buoy" for the attachment of the targets anft for the guidance of the ships. Th<r frames of the targets wore towed ou^ by a tug. c Coal Problem Met. , Captain II. R. Ingersoll, chief o staff to Rear-Admiral Evans, upo*) whom much of the detail work iri connection with the voyage haB fall crews wore rationed with dehydrated nr dried 'vegetables. which were found to he most satisfactory. At Callao. we took on 2118,000 pounds of potatoes, which lasted until we reached Magdalena. Here the Buffalo j met uh with 200 torts more. Thin ^will last ten do vs.* until the Culgoa j can get here from San Diego, whore | she was sent from Callao with orders to tuk? on stores and return here, i Site will give us enough fresh provts i Ions to last until we arrive at our J final dest (it'll Ion at San, Francisco. 'The trip has demonstrated that i the Aiiani'c fleet onn go to any part | of the world if c.oal is provided. The j men I'.nd unit-era of tho- fleet havo not I regarded the present cruise In the | eruiip rematkablo sense that the pub lic has. With thrm It has merely ; been a day's work ? nothing more. ? However, they are all gratified at the I successful conclusion of the cruise to v Nature; I'llo.*, Son.- 8 11 pi or f ? ? in Cr, ck relief to hard corns. ) i>*, F.cxema, Tetter and eon or 1 ook-.l a ? j unclean instruments, Allaya and alleviated ion, hut musical in \l? witlumt. Nothing but i,t.i umuufncturc. .Six uu&niity an % o?inr<s. ipltixioi\. and why not racl (rum iin eelehrnt. lux and many Doctor ry box KUaruntowd or ?y nil druggists, or, lotto, IS- G, Nice | Bea > F m way. beach some flfN? feet and extend for perhaps 1000 yards along the shore. Mr. Heney, a cousin of Francis J. Heney, the assistant distinct attorney of San Francisco, Is the only full white man In the place. He has re sided here for the last eight years as local manager of a company control ling 4,120,000 acres of land which fronts along the hay. A young wom an, a cousin of Mr. Heney, and her mother reside with him. The remain der of the population is entirely Mex ican. There are normally about 115 people In the place On the ranch horses and cattle are reared. The cattle are killed for local consump tion. Water la the great problem. Ordinarily, It Is* brought from many miles Inland, and frequently Is fur nished to Mr. Heney by warships In the. harbor, which have distilling plants. ~ ' The day before the arrival of the Atl^ptlc fleet the steamship Curacao, from I-a Paz. landed thirty-eight Mex icans at Magdalena. and the question of food and water for them was a se rious problem. Mr. Heney solved It by sharing a supply from the ships. Governor Sanglnef and his ofllelal narty are quartered at Mr. Heney'g residence. Within the last two days two or three new buildings of a temporary nature have sprung up alone th? beach and are being used by Mexican vendors. Hundred Persons Quit Theatre - Seats to Shake Schmlti'i H?nd. Sin Francisco. ? As a demonstra tion of the feeling against the graft prosecution and its methods, ths au dlencs at the Lyceum Theatre chearad former Mayor Scbmits a* be ? talked up the al?le between the acts of "Rob ert Emmet." ? "Three cheers for Mayor Schmiu," soma one shouted. Nearly every per son In the audience joined in the cheering. ? hundred or more persona left their Hill and ?Hottkju# wit* bin. [WO RMADS CUT WAGES V Reduction of 10 Per Cent, to Bo Made by Penn. and Reading. I<'all liiver Mills Opci'Mlcd b y St. V. I). Jtordcn Hliut Donn? Order Affects ti 750 Workers in Cotton mid Iron. ( Philadelphia. ? Having exhausted practically every other means of re* dicing their operating oxpeupes some where near u parity with the heavy falling off in gross earnings ns the re sult of the heavy depression in indus trial and commercial circles without accomplishing the desired results, of ficials of both- the Pennsylvania and the Heading roads reluctantly ad mitted that the ue*t move would he u general reduction of wages, WIihii the cut coinvM,- whleh muv he In April, and certainly hot later than May J, unless a material change for i he better suddenly develops, a cut of ten per cent, in the wages of em ployes making full time will likely he made. The complete reversal In policy within the last few dayB on the part of tho Pennsylvania and the Heading In retaining In the service only such employes as aro actually required and putting them 011 full time, from the one established about four weeks ago of giving partial employment to all. Indicates plainly the direction In which tho straws are drifting. The plan contemplated wlll*not ap pear nearly so drastic as a similar cut with only half time. In other words, employes working tlfty-flve hours a week aftd having their -wages cut tell per cent., would still havo left prac tically fifty hours of service at full ?pay, as agninst t\rnnty-gpvoTi houvij under partial employment. Furthermore, with their employes on full time, a Icbh number would he affected by such a put than If It were put In effect with an Increased force on one-half time, and the chances for rebellion against such a cut would he materially lessened. Again, the chances of u vigorous protest against BUfcb a reduction aiul a possible strike are Bt 111 further lessened by the large Increase In the number of Idle men that the "present 4)lans of the rail roads entail. BORDEN'S MILLS CURTAIL. Nearly 6000 Hands AfNctcd by Four Weeks' Shutdown. Kail River, Mass. ? Simultaneously with a drop <jX?n quarter of a cent In ihc price cloths* notices were posted in the hpvpii mills of the Full lliver Iron Works Company and the works of tho American Printing Com pany, all owned by M. C. 1). llorrton of New York, announcing; that those plant s would be cloifd all next week und alternate weeks until four weeks curtailment has Iteen completed. The- Iron Works mills have not been shut down fur curtailment of production for ten yearn. The Im mense plant produces 80^000 pt?C3s of print cloth a week, employe 6000 operatives nnd has a weekly pay rvll of $35,000. Tiie American Print Works has 760 hands and a capacity of 1 20,000 pieces weekly. They are the largest producers of printed fab rics in tho United States. Tho print cloth market ic In a de moralized condition, the *eventy-flve mills of Fall lliver combined selling only 20,000 pieces in the last week. Their capacity is about 25 0)000 pieces weekly. SAYS 200,000- FACE STARVATION Now York City. ? Rohsrt Hunter, formerly head worker of the Univer sity Settlement, who married a slstcr. of J. Q. Phelps tiokes, said at "a meet ing of unemploy*i:ii In Hobeniian Hall, ill East Seventy-tu.'rd street: "The Legislature has -no more thought of the starving and the un employed than you have of a fly or worm crushed under foot, -To com bat gambling now appears to be the, greatest problem of the age. The lobbies at Albany are filled with gamblers on the qui vlve for every aggressive move on the part of their enemies, the clergymen and tho re formers, All this Is going on while 200,000 men are facing poverty, evic tion and starvation, and not a voice in the Legislature is uplifted on their behalf. " MEN DECIDF. TO ACCEPT REDUCTION L'oston. ? 3v unanimous vo'.e sta tion men on i ; J)oi;').i and Maine system have dcoldc.l to accept the cut of tive i 2v C2nt, ii their wages until July i, as proposed by Presi dent Tuttl<?. It Is said unofficially that several of the railroad b.o:herhr>ods are lu favor of accepting t'no cut. REDUCTION FOK CO, COD HANDS. Boston. ? Thus far colton mill# In N 8W England employing about G0,0CU hands have posied notices announc ing a wage reduction in April. Man ami .Woman Mis. Eli l\Mn>3:\ HgSil^ft^rty-five, and Joseph ito3?nb"..uu, Hgatr fifty three, wgis drowhod in the Sheuango Hive.*, at Sharon, fa. llo'enblum was driving nnd Mid. Palmer asked hlni for a i ide. The hon?c, fright tnad at a pila of as ir, plunged oyer ho ?*mb?.nament into tna k w 1ft ctfS v ?iii, . Gi-rru lluK* Appfitr. Green bugi a;J -imported to be spreading thr^ty'i Kansas nui OUla homa even mors a'ufm'ugly than las/ year for the wheat croy, Chilrt llrldc K'.ilw a liltlle filrl. "WhUt plajiut Elizabeth Dnmbrosio, aged svx : %arr, was ac cidentally shot en. i K.l.cd by Mrs, Lucy DiAngeli?, at Baltimore, Md. With several companions tho Dum brovto child wf.nt to the home of Mrs. Dl Angelic after sc.icot. Mrs. DiAn* gelis la ooly flttesn years old and hii been married two weeiu: Taft Men Claim 553 Drtegates. ~?'i The Taft managers, at Washing ton, D. C., issued a statement claim* log 55a vote*. FLEET GOING 10 Ml JIT IMP'S WISH Invitation Through Ambassador Accepted by Cabinet TO STAY A WEEK AT YOKOHOMA Triii Ut? Down Ham, and JCntlre Itln ivMi'y Must Ho Ilecmt ? lie lie ved Tint i It Marks Knd of Frlc (Ion and Will Hllenco MJlngoe?." Washington, D. 0.-? The announce ment was mado at the Navy Depart ment, thAt tho President had accepted the friendly Invitation from Japan to have the battleship fleet visit Japan ese watoru on its way around the world. Tho Invitation was delivered to the Becrclury of State by Ambassador TaUahlra. ^ riut Japanese note follows: "Japanese Embassy, "Washington, March 18, 1008. "Sir ? Under Instruction from lit* Majesty's Minister for Foreign Af fairs I have tho honor to communi cate to you that the Imperial Govern ment, having learned of the com tem plate <')ii is;.) of tho United States battleship fleet from San lQranclsco to tho Philippine Islands, aro sincere ly anxious to bo afforded an Opportu nity to cordially welcome that msg nlflccnt fleet and io give an en'thuslaK-t tic eipresslon to the sentiment of* friendship and Admiration invariably entertained by (he people of Japap, toward the people of the United SLaltfs, v. T ' "I am further Instructed to inform you that the Imperial government is flrmly convinced of the reassuring ef fect which tho visit of the American i fleet to tho shores of Japan will pro duce upon the traditional relations of good understanding and mutual sym pathy which ho happily exist between tho two nations', and to express ' to you the hope of the Imperial Govern*.? iinen t that the fleet may be instructed lo t all at the principal porta of Japan In its extended cruise in the Pacific. "Accept, Sir, the renewed assur ance of my highest consideration. "K. TAKAH1RA. - "Hon. Kllhu Root, Secretary of State." It was tho subject of considerable discussion ut tho Cabinet meeting,.: and the decision wan in favor of ac ceptance. The official aceptance of the Jap anef-T' invitation was contained In a letter delivered to' Ambassador Talca hlra. The letter was signed by Rob ert Bacon ns Acting Secretary of State and wan as follows: " 10xc?llency ? I havo the honor to acknowledge the receipt ot your val- '? ued note of tho 18th Instant by which you nve so good as to convey on behalf of the Imperial Government an Invitation for the American fleet now on the Pacific Coast to visit the principal ports of Japan. "1 liavo the honor and pleasure to say in reply that the Prouideut, to whom 1 have communicated this cour? teous and friendly action on the part of > our Government, highly appre ciating this evidence of tho hearty good will of the Japanese nation, hai charged rao to request you to inform your Government that the United States is most happy to accept the In vitation. It give# thU Government peculiar pleasure to accept because of tho long existing and unbroken friendship between the two countries and the Blncsre regard of the Atner* " lean people for the people of Japan. " f regret to add, however, that tin limits of tims imposed by the ar? - vaugements for tho return of the fleet - to the Atlantic Coast of the United States will not psrmit a visit to mor< than one of the ports of Japan. "Accept, Excellency, the renewed asEtudnces of my highest con?ldera< tlon. "ROBERT BACON, "Acting Secretary," /cc?Dtanca of the Invitation brok4 up tl.o Itinerary previously announced and the Bureau of Navigation in bua> drafting a new one. The fleet will sail from San Francisco July 6 foi Hawaii. Tho n>xt port visited will, be Melbourne or Sydney, Australia It had been intended that the fleel should R0 from Australia direct tc the Philippines, hut in the meantime New Zen' and has sent an urgent invi- . tation, '1 Iif a could have been de clined had not the Japanese Invita tlon hsen accepted. It is probabU that New Zealand will be visited. Then the fleet will go either direct ly to Manila and call on Japan on the way home, or first to Yokohama, caU* .. ing at Manila later This part of the itinerary will depend on economy ol coal and time. Yokohama has been selected as tho Japanese port to b? visited, as the United States has ? coaling station there. "' The acceptance of the Japanese In vitation Is regarded in official circle* as of importance in the way of a demonstration of tho cordiality-exist Ing between the American and Jap anese governments. The added tri( ?* la nearly equal in distance to a voy age from New York to Europe. California J?p<? Friendly. F-u Diego, C'al. ? The Japanese committee delivered to the fleet en tertainment committee $211 cOll&at&I ftU'ong the Japanese of the city, Th* money waB?all given by sarvaota and laborers, in amounts ranging from twenty-five cents to v *. Great Urimin'v Hig Fleet. J.n-.-u v^-crdmo-.'tii said in ttaa up re - hotice of Parliament that Great H.v^iu would oU.-.oBt be able to as semble a fleet of battleships in 1M1 whh'ii eonl'l mi b? matched by ah th? powers in tho world. Officers Tight * llnel. General Smirnoff waa set wounded by General Fock in a _ with pistole fought in the ring of riding aehool at St. "" ** "??? J' ... rrr-.