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..i. ':.?.-...-.- r-:v ' The 65'? IX) THOU LIBERTY CREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." NO. 33 WHITES MUST RULE Is the Keynotes of the Democratic Convention in West Virginia. EX-SENATOR DAVIS AGREES But Thin UH it Would Bo li rut Not to Force tho Issue .lust at Thia Ti inc. Davin' WI H hen Mcoiiied In Itule. A dispatch from Parkersburg, Wa. Va., says the Democratic State con vention was In session two hours Wednesday afternoon aud almost three hours Wednesday night without reaching the regular order ol'business, which was left over until Thursday. Awaiting the report and the platform the time was devoted tooratoiy, much of which wus In favor of a diutinctly "white man's parly." It is stated that while Henry G. Davis favors the so-called "Lily "White" policy, he does not consider lt expedient to inseit such a plank In the platform at this time, lt is cur rently reported that he and otheis have received telegrams ft om mem bers of the oath ital committee and other leaders,especially ia New York, that such a plank in tho platform would have a had effect in doubtful Sba tts at this time. The committee on resolutions is be lieved to be oppt sed to inserting such a plank in this convention, lt ls re ported that two luevhers refused to desist in deference to the wishes of Mr. Davis and that the convention was held over until Thursday in the hope of preventing a "Lily White" minority report. W. ll. Thompson of Huntington and State Senator John Cornwell of Hampshire are tonight tue most pro minent candidates for the nomination for governor. The convention did not meet under such harmonious conditions as had been anticipated, especially fur minor places on the ticket. The delegates were still disposeil to subordinate everything to the desire of aiding Henry G. Davis In carrying his own State for the national ticket, but there were differences of opinion as to "what was best for Davis," and as to "How things should be done even after lt was decided what was wanted. The wigwam's sealing capacity of 2,700 was taken with standing room in demand when the convention was called to order by Col. Thos H. Davis, a brother of the vice presidential candidate, and chairman of the State committee, who anni uneed John T. McGraw of Grafton as temporary chairman. Mr. McGraw said, among 'other things: "The record of President Roose velt's administr?t ?MI is bee of prom ises broken and convenants unf ulfilled. "Wm. McKinley cauterized the wounds '1 of the Civil war, wiped out by the last vestige of sectional hate and rancor, only to have them reopened by Theo dore Roosevelt, in breaking bread un der the national roof with one whom God had not matte us his social equal; in imposing upon southern pe iplc men of like color as their public servants and political peers, and in attempting, by a plank in bis party's platform, bi disfranchise .southern represenlatives and nullify southern votes in the elec toral college." On reassembling in the evening the convention indulged in a long con tinued demonstration as Former Sen ator Davis entered the wigwam. Mr. j v? Davis thanked the convention for its hearty greeting and hoped its har mouy anti enthusiasm would continue until November. He said in part: "I cannot refrain from anevpre sion of my gratification at ibis large and enthusiastic convention of Democrats, showing as it d ies the sane ^ptiit ol unity and determination io We it Vir ginia that, pervades the Democracy throughout all sections of the coun try. Our nation standard bearer, Judge Parker, will on the loth day of this month be formally notified of his nomination, ami in the acceptance thereof will naturally give his view upon the questions at issue in the campaign. A week later 1 will be notitietl at White Sulphur Springs of my nominal ion for Hie oilice ol' vice president, and at that time it will be my duty to give some expression of my views on political issues, lt is I b therefore, 1 think, my duty both to ti our candidate for Itu: presidency and p to our party that I should not now lt enter into a discussion of the issues." As Mr. Davis was concluding some one yelled, "Hurrah for a white man's party." when Mr. Davis replied: "1 certainly agree with you on the white man proposition." Then followed a rousicg demonstration that lasted some moments. The convention on Thursday nomi nated State Senator John Cornwall for governor and endorsed .lohn T. Mc Graw for United States senator to succeed Nathan lb Scott. The pro ceedings throughout appeared to bein accordance with the wishes nf Henry G. Davis, the. Democratic candidate for vice-president. There is no ques tion about the convention being al most unanimously in favor of the "white supremacy" proposition, anti yet at the request of Mr. Davis it was kept ?out of the platform, receiving only 87 votes cut of 5)74. Mr. Davis did not attend the con vention Thur.-?lay, but was busy at his hotel in arranging for thc cam paign. He remained there until Fri day night in conference with state committeemen, candidates ami others. While there were "free for all" con bests for minor places on the state ticket, the control of the party ma chinery was said to be involved in the head of the ticket . John T. McGraw, member of the national committee for West Virginia, was opp sod by former Governor McCorkle, Jos ?ph Chilton and others, who had concentrated on W. R. Thompson as flie r favorite for governor. Colonel Met ?raw lirst fa vored John F. Holt, who was the Democratic candidate lor governor four years ai"-. In the interest of harmony Judge Holt refused toben candidate. Colonel McGraw finally selected Senator John Cornwall for the head ol' the ticket, lt required three exciting ballots to nominate Cornwall. In this contest former Senator Davis was entirely neutral. Chairman Dailey had no sooner fin ished reading the platform than cries were heard, "Where is the white man's plank?" George Byrne offered an amendment bo the unanimous report which added Hie "white mau's plank" that had ueen so much talked about during the week and an animated discussion be dail on that Issue. The Byrne imendment was as follows: "We believe that the destinies of West Virginia should and must be diaped and controlled by the white people of the state and while we dis ?laiin any purpose to do auy in justice whatever to the negro popula tion, yet weaunounce without ^erye mr fixed purpose to preserve, in every ronservatlve and constitutional way, die social and political supremacy of )ur own race believing that by the rank avowal acd c.nsumatlon of such jurpese alone eau racial contention md conflicts be permanently avoided." Byrne made a strong speech lo sup port of his amendment, showing that mell action had been taken by some ."ates bordering uu West Virginia as ,vould cause an invasion of negroes tito this state, especially during elec tions aud subsequently make s. dal xmditiems dangerous. Chairman Dailey replied., admitting jhe . condition that confronted Hie stule, but in the interest of the na .Ional ticket, he insisted that, this was int Hie time for such action. Here erred to the mixed schools and other ionditions in indiana, New York, N'cw Jersey and Connecticut as the loubtful states that were wanted for 'arker and Davis and in which the | :oiored vote was a Tactor. Dalley, who is the neighbor of lavis, made a strong appeal for one lience Lo the wishes of the vice-prcsl lenlial nominee. As soon as Dailey concluded, many vere se. king Lo speak, but they were topped bu Hie previous question be ag ordered. The amendment was lefeated, yeas, 87; nays, ?15. Many f those voting announced, "We favor he amendment, bul vote, 'nay.' " L'he Dlalform as offered was then idopled._ NEW ENEMY OF COTTON. Itcport ol" ? Fun nus Growth on tim Weed in this Stale. The Columbia Record says reports lave been received from Greenville ind Laurens county of a soi l of blight which is destroying the conon Lo a ionsiderabie extent. The blight ap )ears to be a sort of rust, attacking .he young leaves and causing them in i few days to turn brown and die. Section Director Bauer when asked Lbout the new enemy said that it was irobably a sort of fungus growth vhich is a sort of blight. There lias leen little so far in this state except n the sea island districts several years igo and when it was found that it was lontagious and it was killed out by etting the ground alone for a few leaaons. While he had not received tnough information about, il to speak luthoritati vely lie did not think lt vould do much damage now, that Hie ;rop was so far advanced. Here ls vhai the Greenville News says of it:* "Cotton plants in Hie Heida txtend ng along the Augusta road, from this ?ty almost, as far as Princeton, in .aureus county, have been attacked iy some kind of blight which resem iles rust, bul which appears to be far aore pernicious and baneful in its tlects, tliap either rust or what is isually known as blight. In fad none f the planters, familiar with Hie va ious diseases to which Hie cotton ilaut in Hits section is heir, has Hie east idea what this new enemy can e. lt attacks the tender leaves, and ti a few days they turn brown, wilt nd die. The boll ls not alicker! and he new scourge is evident'y nut the debated and greatly dreaded wee li. First, small spots upprar oil the oder side of the leaf. They grow bicker rapidly, as though inn?mera ile little insects were feeding on Hie urface, and soon Hie entire leaf is irown and dead, lt is not devoured i ry Hie insect, or whatever the cause ? f the destruction may he, bul seem ather to tie pois med. "Several armers were in Hie city Wednesday rom the affected area, and one of hem exhibited two stalks of cotton kdiieh had been attacked by the pest, lany of Hie leaves were dead and thers were becoming yellow and rown. The loss of the leaves was eginning to tell on the bolls and Hie lani generally which had been greatly ajurcd in the process of deVelOp JCIlt." The Times and Democrat reported his disease as having appeared in ( >r .ngeburg County several weeks ago, nd expressed an opinion that it was vhat ls called the "wilt..*' The Neuro I'IHII 1.. The Portsmouth .Star says in the sorth tl e negro pail of the Itepubli an platform ls alni Dst laking care of tsell for the Democrats. That is, he Democrats need not do anything nore than inge the negroes to take ne posilion Ihe Ko sevelt policy sug ?esta to them and the Democratic andldates will get Hie white voles by housands on the issue ot elevating be ii gro. The crusade for thc negro vas selfed in the state of New Jer ey by the outrage on the farmer's oung wife near Burlington by three icgro tramps. New Jersey is not larticularly fond of President Ijtoose relL on any plea, bul on the plea for icg ro supremacy thal one ca o fettled he quest ion with Hi; average voter. Killed hy liiKlitnitiK? A special lo The State from ('reen dlle says news reached lu re from Maui lins of the killing of John !'. Clark ind Charles B. (?arr. lt, farmers, by Ightning mar that village Monday ittetnoon. Another farmer, George Thompson, svas standing bv and re leived serious injuries. Physicians ;ay he will probably die. Toe Lwo armers were sharpening tools on a rrindslonc when the bolt struck. They vere killed Instantly, their bodies lelng badly burned and their clothing llerally Lorn from Hiern. A peculiar reak of the lightning was the destruc ion of a bee gum about five feel Lom vhere the men were killed. Every iee in Hie hive was killed by the same -nit that killed the lwo farmers and eriously injured another. BRYAN IS LOYAL. Wall Brio gs Message from Him to Judge- Parker at Eaopua. THE DIVISION IN WISCONSIN. Ttl? Spooner anti I ,n lol let? e Squabble In t ii ai State at Lieast Make It Debatable Ground fur I le in ocr Al rt. Edward C. Wall of Wisconsin and Mrs. Wall were the guests of Judge Parker Weduesday. They are eu route to Europe. Mr. Wall brought a cordial message direct from Wm. J. P.ryan, assuring Judge Parker that he is heartily with the. ticket and will place himself at thc disposal ol' the Democratic national committee todo everything in his power to Insure par ty success this fall. Mr. Bryan break fasted with Mr. Wall at the latter's home In Milwaukee July 2."lrd and they spent several hours together. Mr. Wall said today that Mr. Bryan had bsen misunderstood In the east and that the feeling toward him is unfortuua e. Continuing, he said: "Bryan is a Democrat and never will he anything else. While duter ing on some questions from delegates in the St. Louis convention he realizes that these questions were ruled upjn and has accepted the tlecisiou. He ls sat is tied with the platform adopted and thinks, all circumstances consid ered, the platform is for the liest in terests of thc patty al large. 1 will net attempt to say that he has aban doned any of the principles he advo cated in his campaign, but. he thinks that if he was right he will eventual ly be vindicated. That, however, will not turn him from what he be lieves to be thc duty of every Demo crat to support the platform and the ticket of the party. UKYAN'S ADMIRATION. "The admiral ion Mr. Bryan has for Judge Parker is not halfhearted. He said to me that Judge Parker's tele gram to the convention showed cour age and that a mau who could so bravely confess his convictions is a suitable standard bearer for the party and one that every Democrat can en dorse and support with credit to him self." Mr. Wall was ay ked about the re port that Mr. Bryan while supporting the ticket, would not speak directly in favor of Judge Parker's election. He said emphatically: "That is not true, and I want you to quote me as Baying so. Mr. Bryan was twice given a commission to lead the Democratic party and at the St. Louis convention he surrendered his position of command. But in surren dering that he abandoned none of his party fealty. Again, 1 want to say he is a Democrat In every sense of the word. " Judge Parker was greatly interested In the Wisconsin situation. Mr. Wall told him that while the State under normal conditions gives 20,000 plu rality to the Republicans, the breach between the Lafollette aud the "stal wart" factions is of such a natu e that lt cannot be healed. lie ex pressed the belief that if the Demo crats who suppoited (?ov. Lafollette two years ago for the purpose of ad ministering a rebuke to the faction beaded by Senator Spooner and Con gressman Babcock return to the party, there is no doubt that the Democratic SUite ticket will be elected. WISCONSIN SITUATION. Discussing the division in Wiscon sin's Republican ranks, Mr. Wall said that while the two factions have named thc same set of electors, the law enacted a few years ago to take advan tage (fa break in Hie Democratic par ty would now work against the Re publicans. Under this'law the same name cannotjjappcar twice on the bal-"" lot. The electors will be placed on the ballot over the ticket of the "stal warts" or over the Lafollete faction. Whichever faction wins this distinc tion said Mr. Wall, will get the vote ol' the party man who always vote the straight ticket, but If a representative of the other faction want? to e*ast his ballot for the Republic in electors and his own State ticket, it will be neces sary for him to place a cross before the name of every person on the ticket, for whom bc desires to vote. Mr. Wall expressed the belief that this light will cause a defection to the Democrat ic ticket. "At any rate," he continued," Wis consin must at least be counted as one of Hie doubtful States." Among the prominent visitors ex pected at Rosemount tomorrow are Senator Jos. W. Bailey of Texas, Na tional Committeeman H. D. Clayton and Col. IC. L. Russell of Alabama. Col. Russell ls general solicitor for the Mobile and ( Hilo Railroad. Cholera Sweeping l'omia. The Presbyterian board of foreign missions has received letters from the Ameritan missionaries In Persia re garding thc cholera epidemic, which has come into that country from the south and southwest and has extended as far as the capital lu Teheran. There were nea-ly forty deaths at Teheran July 2, and the recent dis patcher report a great increase. Tue missionaries have opened four centers of relief, using the hospital and churches. There ls already a great panic and much netti of relief. Many People Hurt. At Winnipeg while watt hing a tight between bulls at the Dominion exhibi tion grounds, Thutsday night, thirty three persons were injur. tl hy the c illapsc of the huge cati le shed w hich overlooked the r Hg. Ah nit a bun dled nelsons were on the shed when, without u moment's warning, the roof fell thiough and precipitated half the crowd to the Moor, a dislai.ee of about thirty feet. About fourteen were taken to the hospital with fractured limbs. Lynch? d by Mob. Andrew Dudley, a negro boy about. 1 I years of age. who attempted criminal assault upon two little white girls near tiicenlield, Nelson county, Thursday, was taken from a con stable while enroule for jail on a train by a mob near Afton, Thursday after noon, and carried to the woods, where, lt ls presumed he was lynched. A NEGRO MURDERER. Carno Very Near ticing Lynched Up In New Knglaml. Henry Osborne, a former police commissioner and '.>.?? of the leading business men of Hartford, Conn., was murdered by bis former colored body servant, Joseph Watson, Friday. The negro v?as found Friday night hiding under a bed in the basement of the Osborne home. Outside tue house at the time the murderer was found a thousand people were gathered and as Watson, heavily manacled, was escort ed down the steps to the police patrol wagon the air resounded with cries of "kill him, lynch him." As the wagon started the crowd, which was rapidly increasing in si/.e, swarmed after it, making a demon stration, the like of walch has hardly been duplicated under like circum stances In New England. AL tho sta tion the police bad ditllculty in pre venting the crowd from forcing its way Into the guard room. Watson ls 18 years old and ls very unprepossessing in apprearauce, but diet not quail when face to face with the crowd which seemed so anxious to avenge thc murder. Ile said he killed Mr. Osborne. "1 had it in for him, and I killed him," he said. "1 am not afraid to die; and 1 am satislied now that 1 killed him." Mr. Osborne was deliberately killed by Watson out of revenge for being discharged as valet on July 15. Wat son says that he got into the house Thursday night after Mr. Osborne re tired and went tu bed lu the base ment. Friday morning Watson went up stairs when be heard Mr. Osborne stirring about and meeting him at the bath room door, tired one shot. Mr. Osborne ran into his bedroom aud the negro followed and ??red two more shuts, both bullets taking el?ect. Seven Idvcu LiOSt. A dispatch from Halifax, N. S., says that in trying to reach the shore in a small tender from a stranded yacht on Thursday evcuiug, seven of eight persons in thu boat were drowned through the capsizing of the little craft. Mr. Yedibi of Hear river was the only one saved. The dead as far as can he learned are: George Leach, 4?, manager of a woolen mill, Nason vllle, lt. I.; Capt. Ohas. Hersey, Dig by; Mrs. Vedito, :U), Digby; Mrs. O'Rellley, 40, supposed to be a New York woman; ber son aged 13 and also a daughter. The name of the other victim connut be ascertained. The accident occurred in Annapolis bar. near Bear Island. The yacht which the unfortunate people left was the Ouida, owned by Commodore Irvin? of t he Digby Yacht club ai.u "was iii charge of Capt. Charles Hersey. .She left Digby at 7 o'clock Thursday morn ing for Pinckeny's point, at the mouth of Hear river to take out a party of American tourists who were ? amping in that vicinity, lt appears that when the yacht grounded on the bar a half mile from laud, all occupants of the yacht got on board their tender and began lo row toward shore. The little boat was swamped by her heavy load. Murder und Suicide. Impelled by cupidity Harry Fisher, ?ll) years old, early Friday entered the home of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Shearer in the northeastern section of Philadelphia and, detected inanellort to steal $1,000 she had in the house, he shot and killed lier and her hus band, Joseph Shearer. His sister died instantly and his hr jther-in-law died un the way to a hospital. While the police were searching for the prepe trator of the crime, Harry Fisher, a dissolute brother of the ?ead woman, walked Into the house with blued .streaming fr.?rn a wound lo the breast .which he had indicted upon himself. He announced himself as the assassin and confessed that robbery was his motive. He died Friday afternoon. After the commission of bis crime Fisher concealed himself In the loft of astable in the rear of the house. Rack ed by remorse he turned the pistol upon himself. The shot not proving fatal he left his hiding place and sur rendered to the police. Mr. and Mrs. Shearer had been marri cl only one month. The money which caused Fisher to commit the crime was to have been expended in the pinchase ol' a hume. Uathera Drowned. At Alton, 111., while bathing In the Mississippi river Friday night Michael Kiley, his daughter and six of the lat ter's little girl friends, wr rc drowned. One child who was in the party was rescued. Iii ley lived t;car the river in the southern part of the idly und was accustomed to bathe on the beach in fr. nt of his home alter his return from work. Friday night his little daughter begged to go with him and Kiley ?took her and seven of her girl friends to the beach with him. When they entered the water Kiley bade the children join hands and they all waded into thc river and walked along a sandbar which stretched out Into the stream at that point. They had gone some distance from the shore when midden ly thc whole party disappeared b? neath the water, having in the dark ness steped from the sandbar into the deep channel. Cut to 1'ieocH. Thomas Young, keeper of the Unit ed States reservation near Waco, Ga., was cut to pieces Tnursday afternoon about 2 o'clock by a negro named Kowen. Kowen bad been at work on tba reservation, and thc trouble is said to have arisen over the settle ment between Young and tho negro. The crime was committed on thc res ervation und the negro ls still at large on the grounds. There isa large posse of Waco and Kremen citizens assisting the soldiers to capture the negro. The last report is that Young isgrow weaker, and it is thought he will not live. Young married a prominent young lady since he has been keeper of the reservation. Killed i>v Stm-ln-Law. 13. Vamell, who was highly esteem ed, was killed near Tarboro, N. C., Tuesday afternoon In an encounter with his son-in-law, Joe Phillips. The latter, is under arrest. There are no particulars. INCREASED SALARIES. The Bural Carriers to be Remunerated by a Graded Scale. CONGRESSMAN LEVER NOTIFIED. Tliia Will Hi: Hon. ile lui to tho Greater Nnuiiiher of tho Kural Free l)elivery"Cnrricru In thin Section. Congressman Lever passed through Columbia Tuesday on hts way to Branchville to keep au appointment, Bays The State. He had Just received from Mr. J. L. Bristow, fourth assist ant postmaster general, an interesting lotter relative to the pty of rural majl carriers. Heretofore these car riers have bcon receiving $000 per an num, regardless of the number of miles or the number of families in their routes. There has been a change so that a graded siale of pay will go into effect. Mr. Bristow says: "I beg to say that the law tixes tiie maximum salary for rural free delivery [carriers at $720 per annum. The only change was thc increasing of the amount from $('.00 to 8720. The law has always given thc postmaster gen ?eral the authority to regulate anti I grade tb? salaries. On July Isl there were about 21,000 rural routes. The ave ?age length of these routes was about 21 miles. Many of them were 2!) and :t0 miles long. Formerly most of the carriers wnose routes were over 2u niiies long received the same pay. There was great complaint by carriers having routes from 24 to SO miles that they were given no more pay than carriers having routes but 20 and 21 miles, lt was thought equita ble to take about the average length of the routes and make that, the stankaad route, and 2s miles was se lected. There were were between 11,000 and 12, routes 24 miles and over In length, lt takes the curies on ail average of from six to seven and a half hours to deliver o route 24 miles long. ' A salary of $720 per annum for a routo 21 miles in length ls equivalent to $30 per annum per mlle. Bul it was thought that a rather liberal al lowance should be made for the cost of the carrier's equipment, so instead of deducting $:io per mile for each ' mile less than 24 travelel, only $18 per mile ls deducted; According to this schedule carriers whose routes are 24 miles and over receive $720, 2:i to 24 miles receive 9702, 22 to 23 miles receive 8084, 21 to 22 miles receive $666: 20 to 21 miles receive ?048, i S to 20 miles receive -3012, 10 to 18 m?1* - >u<?eive $5"0, 14 to io miles re vo-iO,' i? LO 14 irides receive 8504, 10 to 12 miles receive 8408. . TJnder this schedule of the 24,500 carriers nearly 10,000 of them get an increase of over a hundred dollars per annum, and the remainder get in creases from 848 to 884 per annum. The complaints you speak of probably come from those having roures 20, 21 and 22 miles long. They would prob ably prefer a full 24 mile route and get the maximum pay. This dissal isfatlon can in many instances lie ad justed during the tiscal year by Hie extension of routes so as to take in ad ditional territory. In that way a larger number of people can be served on the same route where the carriers can without difficulty deliver the mail. "Cn r>plaint has been made from the sou bb that the roads are sandy and thal during the bot months lt is much more dllilcult to serve their routes than in other parts of the country. In the north the complaint is made that-during the snows of winter the hardship of the carrier in this region ls much more severe than in other parts of the country. In the west lt is claimed that the black mud ls very heavy aud makes traveling dilllcult during seasons .if rain. And in Virginia and parts of New lon gland complaint, is made of the hills and tocks making roads difllcult of access. In the rich and fertile parts of the country carriers deliver much more mall per route than hillie rough and hilly regions. Tbess carriers com- j plain of the mileage basis, slating j that the number of pieces of mall handled should be taken Into consid eration. Bul as a rule, while lhere are exceptions, lt is quite general, however, the carrier with the good roads delivers more mail than the carrser with bad roads, so that the mileage oasis is beyond question the most equitable upon which the com pensation eau he ii.\ed. of the 24, 500 carriers in the service on .lune :u>, more Ulan 0,000 of them had routes 20 miles and over in laugth, and 1 do not think it equitable or just to pay the carrier who travels bul 20 miles as much as the one whw travels 25 miles. "There was another feature which Hie dcpartine.nl had to consider, namely, the money available for rural delivery. Congress appropriated $20, 180,000 for Hie salaries of rural car riers. Under the sci,erl nie as Axed there was but $.5,000,ooo left on July 1 for the Installation of new service during the present liscal year -about as much as the department had last year-although we have 22 additional agents examining routes. The sche dule as lixed In addition to being the most equitable to all the carriers in the various parts of the country that could be devised hythe department, will als().enable it to proceed promptly with the establishment of additional service which is now in great demand. This could nol have been done if a Hat increase to $720 had been given as some of the carriers expected. Petitions have been coming in since the 1st of January for thc establish ment of rural delivery at the rate of i about a thousand a month and it is almost impossible for tue deparrtment i to make any headway toward reducing ; the number of pending petitions. On i thc 1st of July there were ?,200 pend ing petitions and at the rate tney i have been coming in since that date i lhere ls no prospect of materially re ducing that number soon, lt ls an i enormous task to undertake to deliver l mall daily to the rural population of i this country and we are endeavoring | to give a satisfactory service on as I sound a basis as possible. Of course i we regret that some of the carriers ' should be dlappolnted but they had i no reasou tu expect that they should all receive the maximum pay; such has never becu the policy of the de partment, nor can carriers who trav el only 20 miles rightly expect as much money as those who travel 24 or more miles. "The department under the sche dule is experiencing uo dlulculty in securing good carriers who are willing to carry the routes for the compensa tion Axed." Congressman Lever has also receiv ed the following letter from Mr. Bris tow: ' KU ITA t. UUUTK KOK LUCKNOW. "Your letter of July nth, urging establishment of proposed rural route from Lucknow, S. C., notwithstand ing the fact that there would be serv ed but 57 families within the limits of a route 22 1-2 miles in length, lias been received. In reply you are ad vised that Ute department having adopted 24 miles as a standard route, it has been decided to amend the rule requiring 100 families on routes of 20 or moro miles so that hereafter 100 families will be required on routes of 24 miles and and proportionate num ber of shorter routes. Owing to this change of rule the Lucknow route will be established at an early date." TAXES HIS OWN LIFE. .Mr. David 1*. Vernor, ot' Greenville, si.s Himself. A special dispatch to The State says: At tl o'clock Thursday morning at his country residence near that city. O. P. Yerner, master In equity of Greenville county, killed himself instantly by shooting himself in the head with a double barrel shot-gun, as the supposed result of temporary aberration on account of ill health. The tragedy occurred io his bedroom while Mr. Yerner was in the room alone. When found after the report of the gun, the body was across the bed with the left, side of the head blown almost completely off. During the night thc gun had stood In a corner of the room. The com munity was shocked by the distress ing news and sympathy for the strick en family was spontaneous as it was general. Ile was one of the most popular and painstaking of all??Green vilie's county officials and has tilled the master's olliee of the county with eminent satisfaction for a period of 17 years, his repeated elections testifying to the universally high esteem lu which he was held. Ile was in his utllce Wedncsiay and in the afternoon was driving about the city. Mr. Yerner was born in Oconee souuty, his youth being spent at the home of his parents near Walhalla. Ile received the usual education given at the country schools and as a ybung mun read law in Walhalla where he was admitted to the bar. Later- lie moved to Greenville where he prac ticed law until elected to the otllce of master of (?reen ville county in 1887. Judge Yerner served faithfully in this capacity for 17 years and had he lived would have been the occupant of this oillce for 22 consecutive years, Having been chosen to serve another four years. He ls survived by a wife and two daughters. He was ;70 years old anti is one of a family of ll chil dren, nine of which survive him. No funeral arrangements have as yet been made. Dieu in Jury Box. A special to the State from Walter boro says a great sensation was caused in the court house Tuesday when Capt. B. G. Willis dropped dead at 11.45 a. m., while sitting on the jury. The court had beets engaged since Monday afternoon in the trial of three negroes for stealing a hog, the attor neys for the State and defense had tinished their arguments and the judge had just begun to charge the jury when Juror Willis'head was seen to fall backward. A physician was summoned from just across the street but before he could get up the stair svay Capt. Willia had passed away. Toe (lector thinks the deceased suf fered a stroke of apoplexy, which camed his death. Capt. B. G. Willis lived at Cottageville and was one of the bast citizens of the ouuty. Ile was in the sixty-third year of his age and leaves to his wife and six children thc record of a life well spent. Upon motion of C. C. Tracy, Ksq., acting solicitor, the members of the bar con senting, court adjourned until it o'clock Wednesday out of respect to his memory. Gen. Miles Wife Dead. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles died Tuesday night at West Point, N. Y., of bearii disease. She and Gen. Miles had been visiting their son, Sherman, who is a student at the military academy. (?en. Miles was not present at the time of his wife's death, having gone out of town Monday. Mrs. Miles was 02 years old. She made a number of calls Monday and apparently was in her usual health. At her bedside when death came were her son-in-law, Col. Samuel lieher: IL S. A., her son Sherman and her nieces, Miss Fitch and Miss Hoyt of Washington. Mrs. Miles was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sherman of Ohio and Geo. Wm. T. Sherman. Presi dent Roosevelt scut to Lieut. Gen. Miles a telegram expressive of the sympathy of himself and Mrs. Uo.ise velt in the general's bereavement. Mrs. Miles was well known to the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, who held her In cordial esteem. To Cotton Outlook. The State says the average condition of cotton on July 25, as reported to the department of agriculture, was ?l.(J, or 12 points higher than at the same time last year. What ls also slg nl(leant is that t he condition of the crop in Texas is it I the same as in South Carolina. Considering thc in creased average, the prospect for a large crop ls very strong. The portion nf the crop first marice ted will bring sxccllent prices that ls, excclleut from the viewpoint of two or three seasons ago when 10-cent cotton was the farmer's highest ambition. Unless the spinners buy sparingly and the product is rushed to the market thero Is no reason for prices to fall serious ly, even with.a 12,000,000 bale crop] There will be use for all the cotton made. IN ATTACKING FORT ARTHUR. Kassians 'Claims that Japs I jost Twenty Thousand Men. ^ Tho tl rat Russian report of the storming Operations at Port Arthur received at St. Petersburg is sensa tional and declares that the Japs were repulsed with a lo3s of twenty thous and men after desperate lighting. The. Russian consul at Ct ie foo sends lu the report and continues by saying that the Japanese began a general at tack on Port Arthur last Saturday week -with an immense force. They opened a bombardment of unprece dented violence, and at the time of the sending of the dispatch the Japa nese army had been repulsed. The Russian shell and artillery ' mowed down the attacking forces like ten pins as they assaulted again and again the Russian poslblcus around Port Arthur. The casualties of the Japan ese are placed at twenty thousand, while the Russian losses were insigni ficant. The consul says that the Russians have au abundauce of ammunition and that they are in position to coutiuue the siege a long time. The telegram from the consul dues not mention the naval -[operations m the attack, and it is supposed here that the Russian lleet in the harbor took in thc light and threw shell after shell into the ranks of the he sloging army, dealing death and destruction to the atacking forres. The dispatch does not state how the consul received his uews ot the attack. The exact date of the events report ed in the St. Petersburg telegram from the Russian consul at Chefoo is not clear, as also the method of trans mission Is not stated. It may refer to the events of a week ano and prac- , tlcally covers tb?^r?ports In the Asso- , elated Press dispatches from Chefoo. It is known that severe fighting ls going on around..Port Arthur, and Friday Tokio reported that the Japa- ? nose bad taken an Important outer ( fort of the stronghold, while the dis- , patches in the Sunday morning pa- | pers relate that the Japanese reduced i all the outer defences of Port Arthur, i Lately- there have been numerous ru- , mora that Port Arthur had fallen, but i they have been contradicted at Tokio ? and St. Petersburg. About a month , ago a report was circulated that the Japanese lost thirty thousand men in , storming Port Arthur through the ex plosion of a mine, but the report was denied a few days afterward. RUSSIAN ASSASSINATIONS. The Fearful Death ol tho Emperor Alexander. Tbe record of recent assassinations , In Russia ls a remarkable one. On March 13,1881, Emperor Alexander II < was slain in a manner similar to that of Minister Plehve. On April 1 ti 1902, M. Slpiaglnue, the predecessor of M. I Pnlebve, was assassinated by a student I named BalmascholT. A little more than a mouth ago, on .lune 10, Gen. Bobre-' 1 k-oit. was killed by a Finish patriot.. ? Emperor Alexander had escaped re peated attempts on his life, In one i of which the guard room of the Winter | palaeu was blown up before he was ( dually assassinated. He had attended i a ceremony in honor of a Russians reg?- i menton Sunday, and was returning to . his palace in a sleigh after luncheon j at the borne of a relative. As lie was t passing by the Catherine canal a nial- I list threw a bomb which exploded be- ? bind the vehicle and kil ed two Cos- | sacks. The emperor alighted and was t speaking to the bomb thrower when a j second missils exploded at his feet and i tore off bothr of the legs of the emperor below the knees and Injured him In < other ways. Several' persons were kill- | ed outright, and the bomb thrower j was injured in a manner similar to the emperor. So many of the errperor's escort were hurt that lt was some time before aid waH given to him, and then he was driven to his palace iu a sleigh, his injured legs being held higher than his head, but nu further effort to staunch the How of blood being made. His death followed in a few hours. The man who threw the bomb also died. Four ot her men and two women were convicted of participation In the crime, and all save one woman were executed, she teing imprisoned for life. Tue Emperor Alexander's assass ination was in the same year as that Of President Garfield. -New York Tribune. . ... Wilt er l'uni, Burnt. .A dispatch to The State says the big water tank ut West's a small sta tion on.tlje Southern road four miles from .Charleston, burst Thursday .morning at ll o'clock, seriously In juring J. A. McLemore, who was in charge of the" pump house, wrecking] the pump house and doing consider able damage to the telegraph wires. The tank was completely wrecked. The accident was caused by too much water being in the tank, the strain be ing too great on tha Iron bands which held the tank together. MoLemr. ?. was in the a^o of releasing some of the .water so as to relieve the pressure when tue tank burst, and a great vol ume of water came upon him washing him some distance. Several pieces of the tank struck him on bis right arm, indicting severe bruises. The pump house was In the direct path of the volume of water and it was partially wrecked. The telegraph wires which were attacked to the top of the tank popped and for some time railroad telegraph communication was inter rupted. A new tank will be erected at once. Will Ho Huns. Geo. W. Williams, colored, who criminally assaulted Miss Iv node, a school teacher near Harper's Kerry, W. Va., sever?! weeks ago, was con vected In the court and was sentenced to be hanged September !?. Miss (Coode was on the stand fifteen minutes and identified the accused. The case was submitted without argument, and the jury, after nine minutes deliberation, returned a verdict "guilty." A scene followed the announcement of the ver dict..The spectators In the court room Cheered.' Their shouts were taken up hy the crowds In thc streets and lasted twenty minutes. The terror-stricken prisoner begged the guares to pray for him as he thought he was about to be lynched. A company of state militia ls guarding the prisoner. ALTON B. P ASKER Eas Besigned Position of Chief Justice of New York. WILL BE A PRIVATE CITIZEN Until November, When He Will Be 101 ec ted President ol' the United Btates to Suc ceed Teddy. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., ' says Alton B. Parker ceased to be chief justice of the court of appeals of that State at 3.20 p. m. Friday and became the untrammeled candidate of ' the Democratic party for the presi dency of the United States, lacking only the formal notification of his nomination which will take place at Rosemount next Wednesday after noon. Without any advanced announce ment or intimation of his purpose, be came to Albany, took part with five of the other judges in clearing up practically all of the cases which had , been argued before the court and then serib a messenger to tile bis formal resignation in the ol?lc? of the secre- ' tary of state, as the constitution and public oillcers' law required. He left Esoptts at 10.20 a. m., ac companied by the newspaper men who have been on duty at Rosemount ever since his nomination. Until after the train had left Kingston he would not divulge his destination. Pew of the people In the day coach in which he rode appeared to recognize him, though there were one or two Ulster county acquaintances with whom he chatted until the train reached Kings ton. He arrived In Albany just after I o'clock and after luncheon went to the capitol and at once joined in con sultation with his colleagues over the sases pending before the court. The consultation lasted a little over one ' bour and at 3.05 the judges filed Into the court room and handed down to blie clerk OG decisions which practi cally cloared up the business before the court. The only cases remaining ire two or three lu the hands of Judges Gray and Bartlett, who are in Europe. All of the cases lu which Judge Parker waa asdstlng judge * were disposed of. AN INTERESTING FEATURE. An Interesting feature of the ses sion of the court was that the judges were without the long black silk robes which they ordinarily wear. This was owing to the fact that the session was unexpected and there had not been time to get the robes, which had been packed away for the summer. The judges present 'were':""Parker, O'Brien, Martin, Vann, Cullen and Werner. The court was in session less than ..wo minutes, and adjournment was Immediately taken until October 3. lt is a long time since any such nura aer of decisions bas been banded down tb one sitting of the court. His business as chief judge being' "jims completed, Judge Parker then .ook up the matter upon which he had lome to Albany, the filing of his ?es i g nat ion. He called in all the ?ewspaper men, took them through ?he court chambers, private otllces md consultation rooms, and Introduc id each oi?e to his associate judges. In ils own room, which he has occupied ?o long, he shopped and looked out of ibe window to the distant hills across J.ie Hudson. His voice trembled Derceptibly as he said: "This room, joys, was mine. The very slight emphasis upon tiie iVord "was" was the tirsb indication lie bad given of bis Intention to resign. s KN o IT IN. Returning to the consultation room, he took a long envelops from bis pucket anti turning to Uuell C. An drews, one ot the otllclals of the court, 3ald: "Andrews will you do a kind ness for me. Just take this down stairs and tile lt with the secretary of state." The document read: "Hon. John P. O'Brien, Secretary of State. "Sir: I hereby respectfully resign my ellice as chief judge of the court of appeals of the Suite of New York, such resignation to take ell'ect Imme diately. ALTON lt. PARKER; "Rosemount, Ksopus. N. Y., Au gust 5, 1904." Judge Parker spent the remainder of the afternoon in conversation with his late colleagues in the court. He refused to make any statement or comment In connection with his resignation beyond saying: 'lt speaks for Itself." His fellow judges were not so re ticient, however, and each one of them had something to say, all testifying to the esteem In which they hold him as jurist and mau. REACHED HIS OWN DECISION. The preliminary steps for Friday's extraordinary session of the court of appeals were taken by Judge Parker in his letters to his associates of the bench outling his plans and suggest ing that this sitting would allard an opportunity to cle.tr the docket of cases In which Mia chief judge was concerned. Whatever pressure had been brought to bear upon Judge Parker in the matter timing his resig nation so that his successor might, on the one band, bo uamed by the gover nor, or on the other chosen at the November election, was etTort lost for the course pursued Friday was the one the judge decided upon as soon as the Sb. Louis convention nominated him for president. A dispatch from Ksopus says Judge Parker reached his home just after 8 o'clock Friday night and retired early. For the tlrst time in nearly 30 years he ls only a private citizen of Ulster county. Fatally I nj n red . Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Reynolds of Marietta, Ga., were seriously and per haps fatally Injured in the crash of their automobile Into a telephone pole about six miles from Atlanta, Thurs day night. L. N. Trammed and Miss Alma George were also lu tho car, but were not seriously Injured. All are well known. Mr. Reynolds is a pro minent citizen of Marietta.