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VOL. V. Ho. 30. CAMDEN, 8. C., THTJR8DAY, AUGUST 27, 1908. Sl.SOPer Year SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS News off Interest Gleaned From AH Sections of the State and Arranged For Busy Readers $12,600,000 A TEAR WASTED. What the Sooth Can Say? in the lUm of Damage to Cotton. Columbia, S. C., Special. ? Col. John D. Frost, of Columbia who has handled thousand* of bales of cotton annually at Columbia, has written an open letter that is of exceeding interest to the cotton growers of the State, it follows: ? ? Hon. Br Harris, president farmers * Educational and Co-ppcrativc Union, Pendleton, S. C.t and Hon. E. D. Smith, president S. C. Division, Sou thern Cotton Association, Columbia, 8. C. Gentlemen: The time for picking eotton having arrived, has it ever oc curred to you to look into the question of damage brought about by a lack of eare for the staple, from the time it is ginned to the time of marketing t Having lived on a plantation for twenty-one years, and at present owning and operating one, as well as being in the cotton business for the past ten years, I thought possibly that my observations along this line might tend to show the great amount of money lost to this cotton produc ing country. I desire to impress up on the farmer the necessity of caring for his cotton nfter laboring hard all the year to make it, and thereby les sen friction between producer, buyer, aud manufacturer. A large portion of the farmers, as well as the carriers treat the staple an though it were coal, allowing it to lie on the ground for months after ginning subject to climatic conditions, which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for the market it is picked up and ottered for rale, the damage, as a usual thing, being diregarded until subjected to the buyer's inspection who, in pro tecting his interests, will either dock for the damage or have the cotton picked, rsulting in givat loss to the farmer. Unqcstionably it is to the fanner's interest to store his cotton in a reputable warehouse thereby pro tecting himself from loss l?y tire as well as damage, and in addition lie ean secure warehouse receipt for tiamo which is prime mercantile pa per, and can be discounted at any bank, allowing tho farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do so. My object, however, is to impress upon the farmers to houeo their cot ton as soon as it is ginned, whether is be in a warehouse, or in their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mindT, one of the most im portant things tho Farmers' Union and the Southern Cotton Association eould handle is the caring for cotton after it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 300,000 bales of cotton of all grades and staple, this cotton being shipped here from Tcxos and Okla homa on the West, to North Carolina on the East, I do think 1 am in a very fair position to speak intelligent- j ly of the item of damage, largely caused by carelessne**. In addition to tho rotten cotton on thousands of bales, varying from ? *- - - ? ? * ? . w .w ?iiuvii n n llll ru II 1111111*1*11 pounds per bnle, all of which has to bo picked off before settling for and which is caused by allowing (he cot ton to alt on one end or lie on one aide in the mud and rain for mouths before being offered for aale; there is another element of damage which It not so easily detected, but which has a far more reaching effect on the buyer, as well a* the manufacturer. I refer to what is called country damage. When cotton ii allowed to stand in the weather after being ginned for any length of time, although the owner may turn it about from side to side to keep it from rottir*;, the ptaple of the cotton on the outside of the bale is affccted Ju?t in propor tion to the time it is allowed to re* main exposed to climatic conditions. To llluatratc, a bale of cotton ginned and packed Dcoember the first and allowed to remain in the weather un til the first of March, will havo about half as much country damage an the aame bale would havo if it re mained in the weather until May the first, and when the manufacturer opens this bale, he will find that the cotton sticking to the bagging and extending inward is practically with out any strength of staple, and as a result all of this affccted eotton will go in waste or be found in the shafting overhead. Should J ho buyer detect this country damage the farm er is the loser, should the buyer not detect it, the buyer is the loser; in any event, dissatisfaction is the result, all of which could have been avoided by housing the cotton. The amount of country damage varies in proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather, and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per Urges Relief for Seneca. Columbia, Special. ? Upon petition from the citizens of 8eneca, 8. C., Capt. Sullivan, of the railroad com mission went to that place and inves tigated the accommodations at the railway station and found them to be in a very bad way. The force ia jiot sufficient to give satisfactory ser vice and the depot is not kept elean, $nd Commissioner Sullivan has made recommendation that the railroad tie required to grant tho needed relief. bale. I have carefully estimated that on every 11,000,000 bale crop pro duced, the producer, the carrier, and the compress together, allow 250,000 bales to be destroyeed by rot and country damage, and when you figure this at ten cents per pound it amounts to $12,500,000, all of which could be saved to the producer, the buyer, and tho manufacturer, should they exercise the proper precaution against damage. Three years ago A farmer brought twenty bales of cot ton to the warehou?e for storage in March, Which had been out in th4 weather since it was ginned in tb? fall. Some of the bales were SO badly damaged and water sobbed that they weighed one thousand pounds per bale. I asked him why he al lowed his cotton to get in that con dition; he replied that he was so busy making preparation for another crop that he had not cared for what he had already made. When this cotton was conditioned for market, he had about ten hairs of merchant able cotton left out of t lie twenty. A bale of cotton ginned dry and housed until marketed will hold out better than one allowed to remain in the weather subject to climatio conditions, and will not possess the element of. damage and will also re tain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton* sitting at railroad stations in the mud and rain, or you will see it lying on the ground around farm houses, where it will remain until ready for market, and when marketed, the bagging will be so rotten that you can not handle the cotton. Owing to the seeming negligence displayed in the care of cotton after ginning, the buyer, when purchas ing a lot of cotton has to take into consideration the clement of damage, or he would rather send his classer or receive the cotton, thereby estab lishing the amount of damage before payment is mad^. Where you find a section of country where great care is taken with the cotton, after ginning, and before marketing, thero you will find cotton sought after by the buyers, and everything else be ing equal, n premium will be paid for same. The manufacturer will pay better prices for cotton free from rot and country damage, because his percent age of waste will be decreased. The point I desire to impress i?: Take care of your cotton, handle it as though you thought something of it. If you cannot put it in a ware house whore it is insnred and you can use the receipt, put it in your barn, or shed room, or anywhere to keep it from climatic conditions un-j til you market it, and by doing this every pound will be spinnable and no dissatisfaction between producer, buy er, and manufacturer will result. i There are *omc places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities are adequate, but are unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from placcs where cot ton is not warehoused are badly dam aged, due to tho fact that it is al lowed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is uuvicii iur sine, ano oh n result, heavy clnim* nrc mnde, nnd yet the best cbnrnctor of rot ton, so far na body and stnple is concerned, is pro* dueed ot these places, nnd conld bf very much sought, were the element! of damage climinntcd. In conclusion, I would strongly urge that this matter bo brought to the attention of nil concerned, nnd thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the South* land, Very truly yours, JOHN D. FROST. Farmers' Union Formed, Orangeburg, Special, ? The Orange burg County branch of the Farmer*' Union was organised on Monday, o number of prorblnent farmer* be ing in attendance, The Stn.'e president Mr, B. Harri?, of I'cntlleton, was pres ent and presided at the meeting. Pres ident Harris made an inspiring ad* dress. Mr. L. ? L. Baker, executive committeeman for tho 7tb Conggres sional district, and Mr. 8. F. Parrot t, editor of the Farmers' Union Sun, the official organization, were nlso pres ent nnd made interesting talks. The following officeis were elected tc servo the county union: W. S. Barton. Jr., president ; J. C. Funclie*, viee president; J. F. Jennings, secretary nnd treasurer; \V. F. San ford, con ductor; W. M. Flinches, doorkeeper. There are already IS local unions in the county, with a inembeiship of about .'iOO, composed of the most sub stantial farmers of tho county, nnd there is every reason to believe that the movement will increase in popu larity the older it grows. Drowned In Tolas. Marion, Special. ? Mr. Maxcy Dick eon of this city, received a telegram last week announcing the death by drowning of his nephew, Mr. William Walsh, of Dallas, Texas. A second message r.tated that the body would not.be bryught to Marion,' but that the interment, would be at Dallas, where his parent?, Mr. and Mrs. (Ico. Walsh, are residing. Mr. Walsh had ^just attained his majority, and was a /oung man of much promise, CAMPAIGN IS BEGUN Both Presidential Candidates Make Speeches ? ? ? ? LINES NOW DRAWN FOft BATTLE Taft Speaks in Virginia and Bryan Starts on Campaign Tour in the West. Hot Springs, Va., Special. ? Judge Taft opened tke campaign in the South Firday, speaking to the Re publicans of Virginia. The exercises took place at the.baseball park. Spec ial trains carrying the crowds arrived early. Black Republicans were in the majority and the railway com pany was unable to handle the vast throngs. Mr. Taft in large part appcnled to the *i Solid South" to break from thi Democratic column. Among other things, he said^ "Every one having the interest of the country at heart would rejoice to have the Solid South as a Democratic assc^ broken tip. The better the States the better the country. Re publicans have improved the water ways, conserved the forests^ and wa ter resources and arc making many moves for developments to benetit the South. The growth of many indus-. tries in the South is the outcome of Republican l^islation. Many promi nent Democrats in the South agree with the Republicans in the main economic doctrines. I venture to say that should Jefferson return to life he would not recognize his political dc- j scendnnts." Another portion of Taft's speech was in the nature of a reply to Bryan's speech of acceptance, par ticularly the * * People d onot rule." He pointed to the majorities of Mc Kinle.V and Roosevelt as an example that the people rule. lie dwelt at length upon Roosevelt's efforts to purge the country of evils of the trusts, etc., claiming that the people rule through the Republican party. Bryan Starts on Tour. Chicago, Special. ? William J. Bry an arrived in this city Sat unlay to | begin a conference witli Democratic leaders and labor union officials, which may have an important bearing on the campaign. Mr. Bryan spoke in Des Moines, and confined his re marks principally to a discussiou of : the tariff. t During his three days' stay in Chi cago, Mr. Bryan will lmeet and con fer with Chairman Mack and other campaign managers and give them j the benefit of his counsel. The con ference of national and international union leaders, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor has been called for the same time and Mr. Bryan will doubtless meet the la bor officials nnd urge upon them the necessity of giving their whole-souled support of the Democratic nationall ticket. From this city Mr. Bryan will go to Indianapolis, where he will nttend the Kern notification ceremonies, scheduled for Tuesday. X. pon that occasion the Ncbraskan will deal with the trusts and will deliver ft long speech on the subject of combines nnd monopolies. On the way back to Uneoln from Indianapolis, where he will attend the Topcka next Thursday and deliver an address in support of the plank in the Denver platform declaring for Feder al and State guarantee of bnnk depos its. Mr. Bryan will make this one of the Important issues of the campaign, and will point to the success attend ing the trial of the plan in Oklahoma as proof of its practicability. Among other speeches arranewd for by Mr. Bryan are those on the tariff at the Minnesota State fa^r, August 91; on labor at Chicago, Sentember 7, and on "The State and Nation, at Peoria, September 0, Bryan Will Speak at Macon Fair. Macon, Ga., Special. ? William J. Bryan has acepted an invitation from the Macon Fair Association to ad. dreif the fair, under the auspice* of the Georgia Agricultural Society, on Sepetmber 14th. Chairman Norman E. Mack officially notified Committee* man Clark Howell, of Georgia, of this scheduled speech. Lusltaiiia~01ip# Three Hours From Record. New York, Special. ? With the best previous record for a trans-Atlantic voyage lowered by more than three hours, the Cunard turbine steamship Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook lightship at 10 o'clock Thursday night, having made tlio run across the Atlantic over the short course in four days, 15 hours and 25 min utes. Tho Lu?itania's former record which was also the oeean record, was 4 days IS hours and 40 minutes, the steamer by her new performance lowered her former mark and the record mark by 3 hours and 15 minutes. Rapist Gets Reprieve While on Way to Scaffold. Macon, Qa., Special. ? Ncal Ryals, colored, under sentence to be hanged at Baxley, Ga\, for rape held in Bibb county jail for safety, received a re prieve Friday morning whilo waiting for tho rain to take him to Baxley. Sheriff Branch arrived from Baxley with notice of the reprieve. He left a mob waiting for Hyal* at Bnxlev and he returned to Bibb jail. The re prieve to September 11th. will REVIEW CASE The Government Not Satisfied With Rebate Decision WOULD INVALIDATE WHOLE LAW Attorney General Bonaparte and His Assistant, Frank B. Keliofg, File a Petition For a Rehearing of the Case Against the Standard Oil Com pany. Chicago, Special. ? The govern ment's petition for a rehearing by the United States Court of Appeals of the case against the Standard Oil Com pany, of Indiana, v.-as filed Friday and represents, it is authoritatively stated, the administration's attempt to save the Elkins' act and the inter state commerce law from being futile. The filing of the petition marked the appearance of Attorney General Bonaparte in the case as well as that of Frank B. Kellogg, who is a spe cial assistant to the Attorney General. Besides these two names the petition is signed by Edwin W. Sims, United States district attorney at Chicago, and Special Assistant James II. Wilk erson, both of whom presented ths government's side of the ease in the original hearing before Judge Landis, who administered (he famous fine of $29,210,000 against the defendant. Block to Prosecute. Although it is not spccificially stated in the petition it was agreed by counsel for the government in their conference at Lenox, Mass., following | the reversal by the appeliate court of Judge Landis' decision that if the in terpretation of the law given by Judges Gro?scup, Seamnn and Baker was ullowcd to stand, successful pros ecution of rate cases against corpora tions would bo impossible in the fu ture. The lawyers at that conference were a unit in expressing the opinion that the reforms in rebate matters brought about by the Roosevelt ad ministration would represent so much waste of time unless the upper court can be convinced that it is in error in its construction of the law. | "On but a single noint involved in the trial up to the retnrn of the ver dict of guilty," says the petition, "arc the rulings of the trial court criticised by the Court of Appeals. In all other particulars his rulings are sustained. The point on which the trial judge is reversed by the Court of Appeals relates to hia ruling on evi dence and his charge to the jury with reference to ignorance on the part of the Standard Oil Company of the law ful rate as a defense. The court of Appeals in its opinion has not cor rectly stated how the judge ruled on this subject." Knew What Lawful Rate Was. Continuing, the petition declares that whereas the opinion of the Court of Appeals states that Judge Landis refused to admit evidence to the effect that the Standard Oil Company did not know what the lawful rata was, the record of proceedings in the lower court shows that such evidence was admitted. Although the government points out what it considers other errors in the opinion of the Appelate Court, the allegation that the Standard Oil did know that it was not paying the legal rato is regarded as the vital point. If with the evidence introduced at the trial before Judge Landis it can be held that the defendant did not have guilty knowledge of its own acts, then successful prosecution of similar cases is regarded as impossible. All the years of legislation designed to cor rect rebato abuses would have to be repealed. Investigation of Georgia Convict Lease System Ends, Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? Inquiry in to the convict lease system of Georgia ended Friday. The legisla tive committee, which has been opera ting the probe, is now engaged in making up its report, which will be submitted to a special session of the Legislature, called by Governor Smith to assemble on August 25th. Editors Select Seattle For Next Meeting Place. St. Paul, Minn., Special. ? Thurs day's session concluded the National Editorial Association convention. Selection of the next place of meet ing developed a spirited contest b? tween Seattle and Toledo, the form er winning out. The meeting was opened by th* presentation of a reso lution indorsing the lawn and rules of the l'ostofflce Department rejjard in?- second-class matter and endors ing the enforcement of the laws and regulations. A Wirelsrt Telephone Plant. New York, Special. ? Contracts have been signed whereby a wireless telephone fystcm will bo installed in tho 700-foot tower of the Metropoli tan Life Insui'anco Comnanv by the DcFovc6t Company. When installed DcForcat cxpccts to talk with Phila delphia, Boston and other cities. Then lie hones to reaeh Paris, where a plant will be installed on Eiffel Tower, GREAT TIME AT SYDNEY fcutotti Practically .Buapenfed? American Fleet Haa Taken the City ? Governor General ef Australia Sends Greeting to the President Sydney, N. S. W., By Cable.? With :ho official dinner by the State de aartment, ami entertainments free a every theatro for the jaekiee the irst day of the festivities in honor it the American fleet closed. Sydney presents an animated scene. Busi ness is practically suspended.- Thous ands of visitors and citizens throng the streets. The illuminations are nost elaborate. The parade of the sailors and ma rines was one grand ovation filled with the doingi* of the sailors. Thousands lined the streets and ?hcered the Yankee tars. The Sydney papers are filled with the doings of '.he sailor lnds. The programme includes exenr uons, a naval regatta, football games, exhibitions by the jaekies. Dinners tvill be given aboard the ships in the Venetian carnival. A Message to America, Oyster Bay, Special. ? President Roosevelt received through the Brit sh charge d 'affairs a telegram from the Governor General of Australia as follows : "Australians by hundreds of thous mds gathered on the shores of Syd ney to welcome the battleships. The continent of Australia scuds greetings to President Roosevelt. We rejoice in the opportunity afforded by the dem onstration of the fleet." President Roosevelt sent an appro priate reply. Awaiting Minister's Report. The Hague, By Cable. ? Holland's action against Venezuela and the text >f her note to President Castro, will depend largely upon the reports M. 3e Reus, former Dutch minister to Venezuela, who recently was expelled by President Castro, makes to the government. He is expected to arrive here next Monday. M. Van Swin Jernc, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will consult with M. de Reus before the government takes further steps in the matter. The ex-iniuistcr's ar rival is eagerly awaited here. The Wigan Mine Disaster. Wigan, Special. ? Clinging to the theory tliat the fifty miners cntomh fd in the Maypole Mine by Tuesday's explosion are still alive, their rela tives made demands of the officials who are flooding the mine in order to prevent the cremation of those possibly still* alive. The grief crazed wives and mothers who stand about the mine shaft made a rush on the man manning the pump. The spe cial guards gently repulsed the crowds. It is thought that it will be several days before the mine is re entered or the bodies recovered. Louisiana Mob Searching For Negro. Natchez, Miss., Special. ? A posse is searching the swamps at Concordia parish, Louisiana, across the river from the city, an effort to capture Henry Walker, a negro who attempt ed to assassinate Robert Clayton, a merchant in his store, at Clayton sta tion. The negro flred on Mr. Clayton with a shotgun but the bullets went wild and he was not injured. A fight between the negro and the posse is anticipated should he be found and it is probable that he will be lynched. That Lady Smuggler. Chicago, Special. ? A conference is to be held by local officials of the Treasury Department to decide what suggestions shall be made to the district attorney relative to what cus toms inspectors term are attempts to smuggle articles of value into the country by Mrs. Emily Chadbourne. It is estimated that the woman passed $80,000 worth of valuables through the customs as household goods. The Standard Oil Case. Chicago, Special. ? In accordance with the ruling of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Clerk Small, in tho absence of Dis trict Attorney Sims last week for the government filed a petition for a heaving of the Standard Oil Com pany case. Eirrly action in the mat ter is expected. Killed Himself by Throwing Himself in Front of Train. Wilmington, Spccial. ? George Cox. a middle-aged citizen of Rose Hill, in Duplin county, was run over and killed by an Atlantic Coast Lint train at that point Wednesday after noon. According to witnesses it was a plain case of suicide. Cox, who was standing in front of the depot rushed across the track just as the train neared the |>oint where he way standing. The body was horribl> mangled and portions were scattered along the track. A CASE OfJLtPRQSY North Carolinian Discovered With Well Developed Case IN HEART OF WASHINGTON CITY North Carolinian Develops Ou? of Leprosy In Washington City and is Put in Qnarintino. Washington, Special. ? John R. Early, a leper, is held prisoner in a tent at an isolated spot in the out skirts of this city. Early arrived in Washington 10 days ago and was discovered to be suffering from the dicsase while liv ing at a Salvation Arm- lodging house on Friday. The health department officers have written to tho authorities of North Carolina, to obtain permission to move the leper to Lynn, N. C.f his homo. The public health and marine hospital service arc co-operat ing with the local authorities. If the North Carolina authorities refuse to take care of Early, he prob ably will be sent to the leper colony in Louisiana. Early has a wife and child, a moth er, two sisters and a brother living in Lynn ,N. C., from where he came to Washington to attend to his pension. He served in the army for nearly 0 > ears and i< supposed to have con-, tractcd the fatal diease in the Philip pines. Early is 35 years old and the health officers say he has had the disease for over a year. In that time he ha? been employed in various stores and mills, r.nd was actively engaged in Salvation Army work in numerous cities in New York State. Among the places in which he has lived since he was discharged from the army at IMattsburg, N. V., in November 1!)0(>, are Winchester, a suburb of Boston, Mass., Troy, (iranvillc and Oswego, N. Y. At the last two places the symptoms of leprosy lirst became pronounced. From Oswogo he went to Canton, N. C., in Mav of this year, and was employed in a pulp mill em ploying S00 hands. Later he went to Lynn, whence he came to Washing ton. Valuation of N. C. Railroads. Raleigh, Special. ? The work of fixing valuations for assessment as taxation on railroad and other corpo rations of quasi public character in North Carolina is just completed by the corporation commission and shows an increase in valuation over that for 11>07 of $1,458,003. There is also a showing1 of '2-1.") miles' increase in the mileage of railroads in the State, of which the Noifolk & Southern has 100 miles increase. The synopsis of valu aations follows: Atlantic Coast Line Hail road, 1)47.8 miles at $28,434,900 valuation; Seaboard Air Line, 616.71 miles at $12,500,000 valuation; South ern Railway, 1,332.74 miles at $33, 913,168 valuation; miscellaneous roads, 1,454.28 at $10,932,63.). Total railroad mileage in the State, 4,351.51 valued at $85,780,703. The aggregate of valuations of other classes of cor porations assessed are: Electric light and gas companies, $1,196,306; bridge and canal companies, $167,350; re frigerator companies, $111,136; steamboat companies, $131,633; tele phone companies, $2,190,951; water works companies, $445,225; Southern Express Company, $419,099; tele graph companies, $017,974. Total, $7,402,153. Grand total, $93,182,856. Big Fire in Constantinople. Constontinople, By Cable. ? Fire broke out Sunday evening in the Stamboul quarter and within a very brief period a terrible conflagration was raging. A strong wind carried tho flame* at great #peed, and for six hours they swept over tho section de stroying 1,500 houses and shops. The fire was still burning at 9 o'clock at night, but the wind had decreased considerably. No. 38 Jumps the Track. Atlanta, Special. ? Train 38 on the Southern Railway, known as the Southwestern Limited, which left At lanta shortly after noon Sunday was wrccked four miles north of Su wanee, Ga., about 3 o'clock. The colored fireman, Mason Watkins, was killed instantly and the engineer, B. F. Dewberry, of Atlanta, was so badly scalded that he died later, both bring pinned underneath the ensrine after it left the track and turned over. The mail car, baKjrage ear and combination ear also left the track and turned over rolling down a 15 foot embankment. THE NEWS jN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire ar.d Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY 14to Itema, Covering Events of Mora or Less Interest at Homo and Abroad. Domestic Affairs, 1 The final outcome of the West Point hazing cases resulted in the dismissal of two offenders and the suspension for a year of the other six. ! Democratic leaders have planned a hot campaign for New York, in cluding several speeches by Mr. Bryan, with a view of carrying that State. At Robinsvillc, Mississippi. II. B. Subcr siul J. II. Gilmore, rival mer chants, fought a dud with pistol*. Suber was shot in the breast. His pistol failed to go off, and thru ho seized a shotgun and shot (iilmore in th ebnek. Both will die. But 12 years old, Isaac Edwards was given n four year tenn for arson in Suffolk. Freddericksbnrg Masons are plan ning a new temple as a memorial to George Washington, who was ? member of No. 4 lodge. Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, was renominated with a whoop in spite of his declaration that he did not want it. A special from Eskridge, Kansas, says: Grieving over the result of the Springfield riots, caused Plato Brakebill, a negro resident of this place, t <? commit suicide at Alma, Kan., by swallowing carbolic acid. His pockets contained a number of riot clippings. Ten incidents against two of the alleged mob leaders at Springfield, III., were returned by the special grand jury of Sanagamon county. Six of these are against Abraham Raymor and four are against Kate Howard, Raymor is charged with murder, four eases of malicious mis chief and one of riot. The charges against the Howard woman are for malicious mischief, and are identical with those against Raymor on these counts. Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub lican campaign committee, visited President Roosevelt to advise with him concerning tbo situation in New York. Jesse L. Livermore, the spectacular young cotton operator, is said to have lost a million dollars in a single break in prices last week. Four thousand men of the Ameri can fleet attended high ma-s at fhe Cathedral at Sydney Sunday, and had a great reception tendered them later in the day. John Early, a North Carolinian, was found at a hetel in the heart of Washington City with a well develop ed case of leprosy. The railroads in the Southeastern freight association have filed answer to the government in the cases ef fecting the recent increase of freight rates in their territory. Mayor-elect Richardson, of Rich mond, opposes the plan to have a demonstration in his honor. From the Foreign Field. Holland will go it alone in spank* ing Castro. Pope Piu? is considered well enough to resume hid audiences. The Belgian House of Deputiei passed the Congo Annexation bill. The American warships had a great day at Sydney and the men were al lowed to go ashore with arms. Miscellaneous Happenings. Governor John Johnson of Minne sota was forced to tnke the Demo cratic nomination for a third term as governor. D. L. G rover was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Second di?trict. The grand jury at Springfield found indictments against the alleged lead ers in the riots. J. L. SpeakeH, a fearmcr, near Manassas, committed suicide. Taft may visit Baltimore and make a spceeh Inter in the eampaign. President Roosevelt conferred with Chairman Hitchcock and Vice-Presi dent Shermun. and it is said that ho favors Hughes' renomination. Bryan started on a short campaign trip last week. Candidate Tnft was busy receiveing political leaders at Hot Springs. Attorney Shea, one of the lawyers for the Hains# brothers, declared that Captain Hams was marie insane by the wife's confession of infidelity with Annis. was? riiCTRIC BITTERS B l UMAvN ? HQulokRtlliftAdCvtfoffRMd* Th? bul tootoi CunMw | 1/ Hm ifih*. BtolUeb*, DIstlntM, HadloliM f#r these* ^dU? MVER 8 IVIDNEYS HI ladlfMtioo, ll?Urta(et9, eseee. fOo. Guarantee*, V