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'.ww.\?,.. y.i^ivOSb CAMDEN, S. C.. KillDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 11)08 WVTH CAROLINA POSTMAS TERS. 4w*ual Convention to Be Held In Columbia. Tho following circular letter hub been issued from the office of the president of the South Carolina Asso ciation of Postmasters: Bouth Carolina Association of Post i halters. Office of the President. Charleston.' 8. C. To the "PoitmnsUriT of South Caro lina: The fifth annual convention of the fiouth Carolina Association of Post masters is hereby colled to be held in the post office building at Columbia, 8. C., at 10 a. m., Wednesday, Oc tober 28, 100S, Officers of tin! Association are urg ed to meet promptly with the execu tive committee at the office of the ^ ins duiye oi me postmnster at Columbia, 8. C,, at 8 P- m. Tuesday, October 27, 11)08. The coiutii ution of the National Association of Postmasters of first class offices provides that the presi dent or li ? s t vee president of Htate aafocintions of postmasters shnll be fbgiblo (o membership in thut Asso ciation. ('loser affiliation of the Na ticml Association with State asso cations is further actively sought and will be urged through legislation foreshadowed ?t the meeting of Na tional Associations at Chattanooga, Tenn., September l.r)-17, to provide for representatives or delegates to be _ elected by Stuto liSKocirtt^oim. AVe will, thereto,';'* our forthcoming convention elf.. vpresentntives or delegates, as may then be determined. Poslma-leis in South Carolinu not enrolled by payment of 50 cents mem bership fee and $1 annual dues, I should be constitutionally eligible to j participate in its deliberntons. Kn . roll promptly and aid the runk and file of which you are a part in co operating with department ofHciali that the post office department sus tain as ellicient and patriotic distincT tion in the regard of our countrymen ^os/is accorded any co-ordinate de partment of the National Govern ment. None should rest otherwise satisfied "respecting it. ^ !' Information" circular from the office *6r+h fi- secretary-treasurer will be maile to you. If you fail to re ceive it, address him a? Summerville, S. C., therefor, and fail not to he present at ( olnmbia in convention with us on OcloTTTr Fraternally yourr W, L>fT ARRIS, President. ' JAMES 0. LADD, Secretary-Treasurer, Sunvwrsville, S. C. The object of the Association is to keep in touch with tho latest ideas and methods of business, and to dis cuss and thoroughly understand- the needs of the mail. .co' a* to be ablo to act in harmony with the department in Washington. . .. The coming convention will prob ably be addressed by some of the leading officials of the department* who will come to Columbia for the purpose. BLUE LAWS AFFIRMED. - ,r f Lower Court Sustained in Punishing V a Sunday Meat and Ice Sellor, Columbia. Special. ? In the case of William James, a Manning butcher and dealer in ire, convicted pT selling ice and fresh meat at Maning on Sunday, the Slate Supreme Court banded down an opinion of great in terest to the advocates and opponents pf Sunday blue laws throughout the J5tate. The decision wilj be receiv ed with great joy and satisfaction by those advocating an air-tight lid bo jng kept on all the cities and towns pf the State on Sunday, The con viction of James is affirmed on tbe ground that ho violated tbe State! Jaw on the eubjeot, that h? could not escape on the ground that either toe cr fresh meat is a necessity In a town the sire of Manning. Under a strict application of ths law, which th<5 legislature has stead fastly refused to alter for over a cen tury, all train service in the State eould be stopped, rfb could street cars | and the publication of newspapers. One paragraph in the law goe?s so far Six Fardons Refused. Governor Ansel Tuesday announced his decision 011 six pardon petition*, marking each "pardon refused." The petitioners were William Hartzog, of Orangeburg, and Arthur Chisholm, of' Barnwell, four years each for- car breaking; General Hagood, of Burn,.: well, fiver years for manslaughter; Thomas J. Yoe, of Greenwood, three month* for keeping a gaming house; Joe Warren, of Colleton,, ten years -for manslaughter; William Jlenry, of . Fairfield, three months for ffiBlbtinj;) Boy Dies With Locjcjaw. Greenville. Special.? James ths eleven-year-old son of Pelieeman J. A. of thii clty? died from lookjiw, after ten dtyi of intense nrifcrin? Tl? Jittts . fellow'. rigfet I?c was badly crashed by the wheel of heavy iron wagea pawing over fet-S iw developed, CONDITIONS AFTER THE FLO*#) Pathetic Letter Addressed to Presi dent of South Carolina Red Cross. , The Charleston News and Couriei says: The following pathetic story of the appaling destitution that now prevails in tho flood-swept section! of the State is published that the peoplo way learn of conditions and contribute to fhe relief of thew starving human beings. "What can tho Red Crops dot" remarked Mr. Kaufman, "unless money is sent us to save these lives. The rcoent flood horrors in China, in kind, if not in degree, are being revived near out own dors." The account read thus. Lykcsland, 8. C., August 31, 1008. Mr. A. C'. Kaufman, President South Carolina Ked ( ross, Charles ton, S. C. l)ear Sir: I want to call your at tention to the condition (if about forty families of colored people that I know personally in thin county. These people live in the Congaree Valley that has just been swept by the most disastrous flood ever known by the oldest inhabitants, and bus destroyed everything but the cabins; not one of them has 0 hog, a chicken or cow left. All of their bedding and furniture was destroyed, and they had to take to boats for their lives. They have absolutely nothing left, and will suffer if they do not get help. None of them have even corn flieal. These conditions I know of person ally, as I took a boat and went down Lin that .country during Lhe worst o i tho high water, and have "seen and talked to them since the waters have receded. They will be glad to ?et anything, bed mattresses, quilts, blankets, old clothes, meal, bacon, A few dollars to each family would tide them over for a while. Any thing you might send them, 1 will see to its proper distribution. My freight depot is Lykcs, and postoffice Lykcsland, on tho Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. fcYs to reliabil ity arid responsibility, 1 refer you to the editor of the State. Columbia, oj the President of the Palmetto Bank. I am writing you this because 1 personally know all of these colored people, and realize their pitiful con dition. The white families in the same sec tion, of course, lost heavily also, I haye no interest in these overflowed laijds, and have not lost a dollar. I an* the freight agent at this place. Yours very truly, W. Lykcs. " Mr. Kaufman added: Th ^magnitude of the suffering oc. casioned from theBO floods is not fully realized. In Augusta, Ga., 10, 000 people are said to be in extrem ity. Great destitution prevails in many other sections of our State be sides that above noted. Contributions, largo or small, arc urgently solicited. They will be gratefully received by Treasurer John B. Reeves or President A. C. Kaufman, South Carolina Branch Red Cross, or at Tho News and Cou- i rier office. Official South Carolina Weather Re port. The weather for the week ending August 31, was particularly note worthy on account of the unusually low August temperature during the latter portion, and the excessive rain fall in the western portion that caus ed unprecedented floods. The precipitation waft excessive ih the western portion and generally' above normal in the central portion, and normal, or above, in tho eastern portion, A number of places in the. Western counties reported weekly amounts in excess of ten inches, with a maximum of 13.12 inches at Green yille, (Owing to interrupted mail and telegraph service, reports wcTe not received from many stations in tho western division.) The heavy rainfall early in tba week closely foV lowing eiceisive precipitation near th? close of the previous week, caus ed destructive floods in all tha streams in the weatern half of the State, Previous records of high water were exceeded by from one and a half feet to six feet, or more. By the close of the week the flood stages had reached the lower courses of the rivers, exceeding previous high wa ter records by from one foot to four feet. The damage caused by the yheavy rains and the floods was wide spread, including tho practical de struction of all bottom land crofrs and damage to uplands by erosion. State Weather Bureau Director Bauer has received a few answers to inquiries pent out by him, but ?*iot enough so far to make up a general estimate,. He does not hope to be able to formulate a general report under perhaps two weeks. Reports that have come in so far indicate that Spartanburg county's damage orer $75,000. ? Mail Reaches Du? Weit Due West, Spedil.? Many hearts wore made glad at Due West on Wed nesday last W6ftk, as it is the firtt time newspapers or letters were dis tributed at that post office since the 2RK ST JU^nst. 80& ft seei le at tho MAAfAMiUk Uaa | %/v# Waam AAUAIImI , povifmm 0M nvt oocn tjquniicui i/iu ntB, bojti (lrU ?4 ?hlHren win wtltlof Mud?o?lf tor th* MWI tnm " A4^T?trr'~r&)! ??Zr - ?- TV^MAIwfci HOSI tR QF MEMBERS 01 HO.it! A. More Complete List of 1 ho*:e Who Have Already Been Elected to the House of Representatives. Mr. Jan. A. lloyt, of tin* Columbia State, says : Owing to t ho inrom pletems* of l he election returns from I li?? vai ion* "counties, due to the lloocls, and to the fact thut the coun ty newspapers have uot reached Col umbia lioni the up-country, it is dif lieult to tell the composition of the uext House of ltepresentatives, but with the reports at haud, carefully compaiod from different sources, a list ha* been compiled that is believed to be substantially correct. There is no complete report from Abbeville as to the House of Representatives nor fioin Dorchester) In other coun \ -JMC'h its ikangfihurg* Uhn xcsulL is calculated jfiorn the tubulated re turns as printed, the result not be ing definitely stated in the "repot Is published. The list so tnr us it can be made out in as 'follows: Abbeville Three, probably Mars, Ashley and Nichols. Aiken ? -Four; 11. t J. Wade, Wil liam* and Bush elected. Second race between W. S. Tyler and W. 1). Wright. Anderson* ? Five; Josh Ashley, K. M. ltuckcr, J. L. Jackson and J. N. Vand.ivcr elected. Second race be tween K. P. Smith and J. T. (ox, both incumbents, Huuiboig-r-T wo ; Kilay and C. W. Garris elected, B. W. Alilley de feated. Barnwell? Three; J< C. Griffin elec ted. Second race between T. H. Peoples, J. W. Johnson, A. B. l'at teison and J. M. Patterson. Beaufort ? Three; J, Berg elected. Second raco between W. H. Niver, J. ('. Bailey, J. M. Lengni'ck arid Roger - Pinekney. * Berkeley ? Three; C. T. SJiuler, F,. G. Ful;z and I). Wiggins clectcd. Charleston ? Eight; R. S. Whaley, A. C. Tobia?, Jr., James Cosgrove, II. G. T^eland, A. Vander llorst, F. M. Brynn, L. C. A. Rocssler and A. W. Todd elected. Cherokee ? Two; E. J. Clary and W. .S. Hall, Jr., elected. Chester ? Three; A. (I. Brice, J. E. Nunnery and S. T. McKeown, elected. Chesterfield? Two; E. W. Duvull elected. Second race between either Phillip Aarant or Rev. T. Wr. JScruggs and G. W. Vaughan. Clarendon.- ? Three; O. C. Scar borough, J. R. Dingle and Green elected. ? Colleton ? Three; Robertson ami Sanders elected. Second race be tween Way and Smoak. Darlington- ? Three; L. M. Lawson, L. E. Carrigan and M. J. Speara elected. Edgefield ? Two; Second race be tween Simpkins, Wells, Williams and Morgan. Fairfield ? Three ; Mobloy, W. W\ Dixon and Meares elected. Florence ? Three; T. A. Clarke, H. M. Ayer and Charles A. Smith elected. Georgetown ? Two; Olin Sawyer and W. H. Doar re-elected without opposition. Greenville? Five; J. .0. Wingo, John R. Harrison, T. P. Cothran, J. G.; Greer clected and either- J. M. Daniel or T. R. League. Greonwood ? Three; W. H. Nichol- i and Wade C. Harrison elected, Socond race between J. W. Bowers and J. F. Morrison. Hampton ? Two; T. 13. Whatley elected. Second race between O, G. Dowling and L. D. Newland. Horry ? Two; L. B. Singleton and M. M. Stanley elected. . Kershaw ? Two; John G. Richards, Jr. and Mendel L. Smith elected. Lancaster ? Two; -no eloction. Sec ond race between J. H. Foster, W. P. Robinson, H. Hinea and Geo. W. Jones. Laurens ? Three; R. D. Boyd and W. C. Irbv, Jr. elected. Second race between j. D. Sullivan and S. R. Todd. Loe ? Two; J. B. Lane and Green elected. This county not fully re ported. Loxington ? Three; J. L. Amlck and -E. P. Ridgell elected. Second race between Isaac Edawrds and J. B. WlngArd. * Marlon? Thres } L. M. Gaiquc, E. C. Edward j And R. P, Hamer, Jr. elcctcd. ?Marlboro ? Three; J. P. Gibson, D. D. MeColl, Jr. and J. P. Bunch elected. Nowberry ? Three; C. T. Wyche and Arthur Kiber elected. Second race between J. S. Dominick and Godfrey Harmon. Oconeo ? Two; P. P. Sullivan elect ed. Second race between tins Rev. C. D. Mann and "W. M. Brown. Orangeburg? Five ; Bowman, Hor ger, Hydrick, O'Reilly and Shuler elected. Richland ? Four; no election. Sec ond race between M. W.- Coker, John J. McMahan, Frank GL. Tompkins, E. O. Seibcle, P.. A. ,McMastei\ T. H. Suydan, A. F. Funderburk and R. H. Welch. , Salnda? Two; W. E. Bodie elected. Second raco between B. B. Evans and Wi L> Daniel. Spartanburg ? Six; 8. N. Nee bit elected. Second race between J. w. Boyd, J. W. N*#h, Btfown Canyrell, Gibson, % J. H. Dodd^Lcc, Mo#ley, Pasley and H.^T. Roger* Sumter ? Three ; T. B. Fraser, George W. Dick and C. Z. Stubba, S^Unioa? Two; L. J. Browniag elect ed. fceeona tmo between J. G. Hughes and L. G. Southland. WittUHMburg? Tbmi Carter and Bryan probably alaatad. Second raaa ' Yoik- Four: <>. L. Saudeis, J. s. ( Slas( tick, \V. H. Wilson, .1 r and 8. H, Bppfe* Sr. Calhoun ? 0ne; Pauling elected. Pickent.--- Two ; ,T. P. Carey and W. Q. Mauldiu elected ?. Big Elre at Branchville. Hrttnchvillc wax visited uu Monday by I lir? greatest Are in it* history. The flre wa* discovered in the store of A. V. H. Dukes about two o'clock. The loss is estimated at about $60,000, with about #30,000 in surance. MONUMENT TO HEROIC DEAD Handsome S^aft Un veiled at Ebeneeer Nev Rock Hill. "Itock TTin;* SJ ?V> <m a I . The hcauliful Confederate monument erected by the ladies of the S. I). IIhiuhi Chap ter, U. D. < ??i' Kbenezcr, as a tribute to the soldiers of Mtho IajsI Cause," both living and dead, was unveiled at Kbenezer Presbyterian Church last week in the presence of a great crowd. The monument in 11 beautiful and unusually giaccful one, rising about twenty-seven feet above the ground. Upon one side is the following inscrip tion: 14 Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice; defended truth, and the right; fought for their native land, enduring hardship and every sacrifice, we assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and devotion.' On the opposite side: "Erected to the Confederate soldier by the S. 1). Barron Chapter, U. I). C., of Ebe nozer. ' ' An interesting point was that Dr. J. Roddey Miller, one <?r (Tie junior speakers of tlio day, was as a small bov, the junior speaker from the. Tir zali School on the "occasion of the memorial exercivo at Kbenezer in 1882. CAN'T RECEIVE LEPER. Acting Attorney General of North Carolina Gives Opinion in Early's Case. Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Acting At torney General Ilayden Clement has tendered an opinion that John ? H. Early, of Lynn. N. C., the leper now quarantined in the District of Co lumbia, could not be received by Nor^h Carolina, and that his wife, who is with him, must be quarantined indefinitely by the health board of | Polk county in ease she returns to her home at Lynn. In his opinion, the Attorney Gen leral fays, there would be danger to people in the trip, whether by rail or through the country; that the disease T)ecame apparent in Washington and that North Carolina is not called up on to care for citizens ill in another State, or in the .United States out side of this State ; that there are no provisions for a case of this kind in the charity works of the State, and that Early is a discharged soldier of the United States, with the disease contracted while in its employ; it is ^ the duty of the Federal Government to care for him. In case Mrs. Early returns to Polk County, lie holds that she. must be quarantined indefinitely. Early has been granted a pension of $72 per month, dating from July 1. His wife has rented a cottage near where Early is. quarantined and will remain in Washington with her young child indflnitcly. * State High! Schools. Columbia, Special. ? The State board of education completed ite two days' session. A great deal of time was devoted to the study of., high school application?. There were nine ty. eight of these applications and elections are now pending in ten or twelve more districts. All applica tions to be considered for this year must be sent in before October 1. It is quite likely thero will bo con siderably more than one hundred ap proved high schools for this year. The following achoolfl eitabilshed last vear, were retained: Allendale, Blakn burg, Bateiburg, Bamberg, Brunson, Croes Anchor, Cross Hill, Chestarfteld, Central. Denmark, Dillion Easley, Fountain Inn, Fort Mifl? Qafftiey, Hampton, Heath Springs, Johnston Kershaw, Laurens, Lancaster, Little Mountain, Latta, Mullins, Mount Zion, Mountville, Marion, Mauldin, McColl, Ninety-Six, Olar, Pendleton, Pickens, Prosperity, Rafton Creek, Ruby, Ridgeway, Summerville, St. George, Saluda, Springfield, Simpson <ville, Schutz Township, Townville, Union Westminster. Watklns to Visit This State. Spartanburg, Spccial. ? Aaron S. Watkins, candidate for Vice Presi dent of the United States on the Prohibition ticket, will deliver one of his campaign speeches in Spartan burg next Thursday morning.. He will _ speak. prihibition from a national j standpoint. Death From Diafharfi of Parlor Spartanbrg, Special.? As the re, suit of a wound i&tha throat inflicted by the acidental discharge of a per nor riflo in t hounds of Rofftfr- Phil lips, James Posey, aged t yoara died in the city hospto!. Young Phillips of Phillij* went off acek bullet striking Pony in Chisholm Minnesota, Entirely Wiped Out PIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS Tie Town of CMslioliu Wiped Out and Thousands of Aorot of Minn*, tot* Laud Burned Over ? Many . Persons Left Homeless und Dcsli tuto Proptrty Loss Runs up in Millions. Duluth, Minn., Special. ? After de stroying llie town of Chisholm on the Mesuba range, nnd burning over thfn)Knn?|B li I' >ioi fh in, 151. I.u.iis Carleton nnd Itasca counties in Min nesota, and In Douglas county, \\ is consin, the many forest Ores which have hcon raging in thc.su tegions wore ehceked on Sunday. Cv hi* holm, Minn., a town of 4.000 inhabitants on the Mesalm lion* range 00 miles north of Duluth, was com pletely wiped out. Tho damage to' real property is now estimated at $1,000,000 and that o? personal property ut $700,000. The insurance e.uried by Ohisholm incr-# chants was about $300,000. <? ? ??. Governor Johncon Itsucs Appeal For . Aid. St. l'aul, Minn., Special. ? (lover nor ?iolniRcn Sunday issued the fol lowing prof I. miat ion : "A ri ch I disaster has como to northeastern Minnesota. Cliisholm, Olio of the splendid cities of the Mes aba range, has been totally destroyed by de?ti uctivo foK'sl lire which' swept over a largo portion of St. f.ouis county. Every home and bus j Incss house <>T "that tomnTuuily burned, and 0,000 people are sudden ly rendered homeless, the property loss amounting to millions of dollais. Kurly reports indicate al-o the total destruction ?;f the mining locations of Shenando, Hartley and Pillsbury. The total number of pvoplo rendere 1 homeless will reach 12,000 and vast t#acts of agricultural lands have also been devastated. "This disaster i< without parcllol in the history of Minnesota and in view of the appalling calamity, 1 ap peal to the generosity of the people of Minnesota for liberal aid, and ow ing to the great necessity, ask that this assistance be a< prompt as pos sible. ' ' Tho loss on the buildings at Chisholm estimated at #2, 000,000. Cliisholm Is in the center of the great est iron producing area in the world. Refuges poured into Ilibhing until the population of 10,000 was olmofit doubled. Chisholm presents a scene of ruin and desolation. Blackened nnd smoking piles-of eharred^vood, -little heaps of gray ashe?, scorching gaunt skeletons of brick nnd mortar, nil canopied witJ| a dense pall of smoke, comprise wfflt was one of the most flourishing jg>wns on the grent Ma saba iron rjf&ge. The only remaining buildings n iV* the now hijrh school a graded schcol, a Catholic church, the Italian church and a dozen dwel j lings in tho southernmost part of I town, v FIRE SWEEPS RAWHIDE. * Three Thousand People Rendered Homeless. Rawhide, New., Speeinl. ? As n re sult of a disastrous llro which ravag ed this city on Friday tjirce thousand people are homeless and property is destroyed to tho amount of $1,000, 000. Tho fire started in t lie Rawhide Drug Company's building and fanned by a gale tho flameq swept ea-tward over the town until thev reached the People's Hospital. As a last resort tons of mining dynamite were wheeled into the town square in truks, placed under the block of buildings and touched off by short fuses, The hospital wag saved. Miners from surrounding mines aided the lire fighters, Bo far as known no pAg was seri ously injured. President Ring, of tho Rawhide Coal and Iron Company, ordered a spccinl train to bring him* ber sufficient to erect five large tem porary buildings at Rawhide, The ruins were searched to recover valu ables lost In the flames. Reconstruc tion work will occupy five hundred carpenters, commencing next week. Laborers are being imported. The Virible Supply. New Orleans, Special. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply r; f rotton issued last week shows the total visible to be 1,091,549 against 1,710,592 last week and '2,211,364 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 969.502 against 966,540 last week and 1.2HS, 389 last year. And of all other kinds including Egypt, Brazil, India, ctc.. 722,046 against 744,046 last week and 922.975 last year. Of the world's ' visible fnpply ft cotton there is now ; afloat and held in Great Britian and continental Europe 059,000 against 1,310,000 last yeatv Negro Chairman Arrests! : Atlantic City, Special. ? Jesse Jack son, the negro ch airmail is charge of the eheir containing Charles Rob erts and Mr*. Williams, principals in tho board wel> footing mystery Was placed uador afreet Saturday under $500 btul. -WbethwThe i? walited a* ? witness or on the theory thaftho was a co?fcdertkt-1f -C JbYfcicry. Jackson . repudiate the published statement in which be scoffed at the Items of fr.lcrtit Gultcrcc! By Wire qrd Ceble CUAMF OwS TR( M DAY TO PAY I,iva Itam? Ccrtri:?j H.-cnts cf More cr I.ers XflUrvt at JIjmq Abrocd Fcretiu AXT I j:3. Baron Saekville-Wcst, at one time British Minister to the United States and author of t hu Mur.ehctmn letter, is dead. . ? Tin* Hultnn ?>f temcd to he ti n i ijrt- !? r? ? r tin* pint lie look as le nder of 1 1:?* raid on I'm any. Pm'oticKS IS pet k \ < *.i Stcrnburj; will re* the a petition as the widow of a diplomat who died in service. The Auiorieai) Meet #p"iit i'.s last day at Melbourne. The M'?i "(?< an sifunt'on .is report ed as rcmainiuj; un'ehauued, notwifh-. standing eonlVreiice. The Holy Synod of Russia hint is sued an cneyclienj against Tolstoi. c; A lire in Japan destroyed a large i number of house*. Political. Mr. Tuft did not ^o iishiiipr. hat went over his mail and eonferred with various political leaders. Mr. Bryan made a speech to f :? r ntet!) at an Iowa fair and also talked to the patient* at a hospital. ( haiiiuan Mack will try to swinj; various F.as'crn States in line. L'iiiiiuuaii llitclicuL-ii. iiiul. u iiiulia-.. cnce with V irc-I'residcnt Kail banks. The plan of nseertainii.u' the Hughes sentiment is t-o? Im*. ojcleude;! to Kind's rounty. President Kcosrvolt received a num ber of visile is. ' l?< publican leaders nre pleaded with (he result of the Vermont election. Jud?rt? Taft and Senator Korakev met, f? atet tii/ed- and complimented inch other, and peace hovel's ovor the Olr o I ua I :< .1. Wiliiatn J. Bryan attacked T. f'ole rran iMtpont in on anti-tiust speech. ( hubs S. M i 1 1 i ;i 1 011 . of Herkimer, N. V., w: . > Herniated for ( 'impress as ? lie successor of James S. Sherman, Vice-Presidential nominee of the Rc publiean party. .. , The Prohibitionist Vice-Presidential candidate wp? notified of his nomi nation. - Judge Parker is to stump the Eastern Stat eo for Bryan. News of the Day. Frank 1'. Sargent, tJnited States Commissioner of Immigration, is tlcml. Victor O. Bloede, the Bftltimore ink manufacturer paid a $5,000 lino for an unintentional violation of t ho law in paying royalties to a Government employee. Orvillc Wright made a second suc cessful flight in h)s aeroplane at Fort Myer. Twenty buildings. 12 of them dwellings, were destroyed by fire in Shircmanstown, seven miles from Unrrisburg, Pa. A female, burglar, who uses pistol and eloroform, js sought "by fhe Jer sey City police. Af Pittsburg, Pa., an additional claim was filed against Harry K. Thaw, bankrupt, by his brother, Josiah, in the sum of $8,040. The amount was allowed by fhe referee. Two 14-year-old bovs at Cape Henry saved Mrs. Fourqurean, of Richmond, Va., from drowning. Hv an aeci'jcntnl pistol shot Miss Lucille Porter, who Uvea near Stautir ton, Va., wet? killed, The dismembered and headless body cf Honorah Jordan, an actress was found in n trunk and t ho head and bonei of the legs in a furnaoe nt the home of the conplo in Boston. Judge Vnndovventer ^ranted a re straining Injunction against the appli cation of the 2'Cent fare law in Ar kansas. "Abe" Hummel, the disbarred New York lawyer, was named as his cxe cutcr by Tony Pastor. The Grand Army of the Republic dccidcd to meet at Salt Lake City next year. A subscription Ls being taken up among members of fhe New York eotfon exchange for the relief of the Augu>ta flood sufferers. A**consider nbl" sum has been realised already. After conducting a campaign in Eu rope to reduce the high Mortality ot infants bv the Pasteurization of mifc, Nathan Straus returned to New T(ork on the steamer Cedric. Mr. StrlfnV presented laboratories for Pasteurised milk to Vienna, Munich, Karlsruhj, Liverpool, Dublin and . Sandbausen, Germany. ? :? ? Her. Joseph Jergc, formerly at Woodstock Collcje, Md., is dead. Because their union was not offi? cially recognised by the 8hef8oM Farms Dairy Company, who employed tbcm, a largo number of drivers of milk wagons wont on strike in New York City aad many residents -jmsm deprived ct their usual supply o? toilk. Milk vagooa we overturned and harness cut, end encounters oc curred between atrikere and mett hir 94 to takf their placoa, r ^ ^ Mtiis limit Demonstration of Unemployed in New York H M < ?"?n- ?? rOUCE MAKE MANY ARRESTS Alexander Bcrkman and Other Well Kucv.n Anarchists Make an At- I tempt to Br??k Into a Moating of New Ycrk'o .Unemployed and Turn it Info an Anarchistic Demonetra ! tloi). .. New York, Bpecial.-r-An attempt vai made Monday to tUrn ft WGetJjng of unemployed woiklijRiiien into an anarchistic demonstration and for half an hour (iic l>i^ meeting, hall in < ? uper Union where the meeting took place, was tho scene of wild excite- t nwnl, during which red Hags wero : raised, the police denounced, and in cendiary speeches made. Alexander I'eikman, the anarchist who some yea i s jij.o shot Henry ('. Friek, fl xWcl <<?mi?uny official, during the lit meMea l stiike in Pennsylvania, wirs dra treed from tlie hall by tho police and locked up. A .voting wo man who gave her name us ''Mary Smith," oiid who stood hv Bcrkmuu, also was arrested, and I'hnma Gold man. rerognisod leader of tho "Rods" in 1 his country, was made to leavo the Ijall. Not since tho dipurbing scenes fol low int; a meeting held in Contral I'alaee to celebrate Ihe acquittal of William l>. Ilyowooit accused of tho murder of y ex-(jovoriior Hteunen burfr, of Idaho, has the anarchistic element raised such ft disturbanco <>d hy i he police prevented the meet ing from becoming an out-and?-out anarchislic a Hair, although the un employed 4ind Brotherhood Welfaro Association which planned the meet ing had no other intention than to Present its claims that there are thousands of idle workmen bore. J. K. Ends liowc, of St. Louis, sometimes alluded to as the "Million aire Hoho," planned tho demonstra tion. He and- other ofllfeers of tHo unemployed and Brotherhood Wel fare Association have for some time icen making arrangements for a monster parade and meeting on La bor Day, hut when the parade form ed there were less than 1,000 in ?inc. The polico fay they recognized > imny anarchists in line among ? hem pome who r.ttended tlie meet* n^ in Union Square Inst spring when a bomb was thrown at the police, which killed a spectator and fatally wounded tho bomb-thrower himself. ENGLAND AND COTTON. Many Manufacturers Attend Meeting - at Liverpool of West Indian. Cot ton Growers ard Resolution is Passed to Spendi Five Million Del lars to Encourage Growth of Got ton in West Indies and Africa. London, By Cable.^-Tho British" Cotton Growing Association is more determined than over to make Great ? Braitain independent of the American cotton market, and at a meeting of West Indian Cotton Growers at Liv erpool tho other day at which many prominent English manufacturer* were present it was resolved that the association would spend one million sterling annually to encourage the growth of cottoii in Africa and Brit ish West Indies. A resolution was alfo passed urging tho government to establish on a permanent basis the Im perial Department of Agriculture for tho West Indies and to extent the scope and area of its work. It was further recommended- that as the fu ture prosperity of the wholo empire is largely dependent upon the develops ment of cotton and other raw ma-? terials and agricultural produots it if. - essential, that there about be .a per* mancnt central department on an im* perial basis for the purpose of invest!* gation, experiment instruction And ed* ucntion and defsemination of inform** tion. Sir Alfred Jones promised the West Indian cotton growers that in order to enable them to tneeeisfully compete with American cotton in the English market he would carry all cotton free from Jamaica for twelve months in tho steamers of bis com pany Messrs. Edler, Demyster & Co. King Edward Will Not Be Present, London,, By J2able. ? Despite rumors of King Edward's indifference to tho prostests of 'tho Protestant Alliance against tho King's proposed reception in honor of Cardinal Vincent Vannu telly the papal" delegate to the Eucha ristie Congress, it was announced that the King found it ynpossiblo to be. in Lgntojjwritifc JJtlQ *vsc!f. ??jlie celebration. The decision of the King to absent himself is universally in terpreted cs a method of escaping-., from on embarrassing situation which the protest forced upon birii. CloEins cf Cosmopolitan Bank of Pittabnrg. Washington, Special ? Acting Comp troller of the Currency Lane uphold* ? tho closing qf the Cosmopolitan tion a 1 Bank of Pittsburg. The bank I i I, iHirti #ii i hnma Hita I Das Dccn rn Dan snapo xor aonjc I a*d * tourre of uaeaaiucea. Treasury^ lsa:.;rus2,-sr^! ars; srtsrwsr ~ tm5Z