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^ VOL XVIL 0 HE DECLINES. f 1 Speaker Honderson Creates a Political (y Surprise by * t REFUSING THE NOMINATION | c I l<'or CoiiKioss niid Openly Declining to Htand fth 111 ?* Kxponcnt j of IIIh Party In 111? District. y A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says Speaker Henderson, finding that i bis views in respect to the treatment i of trusts by reducing the tarilf In whole or in part, are not in accord with the views of many of bis party in t Iowa, lias declined to accept the noin- c lnation for congress and has with- c drawn from the race. In bis state- I mcnt, Speaker Henderson, says: a "For three years I have advocated a giving control of trusts to congress. [ In my Judgment, proper supervision s can never be had until congress has n power to treat them. I am glad to see from speeches made by our fearless s and upright chief executive, that be u is advocating federal control over these s corporations, and while in some quar- r ters they may sneer at it, I have not ( seen any proposition yet, except this, t that seems at all likely to bring relief, c No proposition lias ever been made by c the Democracy excepting to put every- a thing on the free list and to give the c country free trade. In other words. they propose to kill the child dead In order to secure it. < "In my opinion, if combinations j could he regulated and controlled, we j would have very little ground for < charges before a change in the tariir ( laws. For my part, if anything great , in this country attains prosperity , through protective policies or any , other legislation and is using its ad- ( vantages, growth and prosperity to < plunder the American people I, for j one, am ready to strike it by whatever . legal means we may be able to adopt ( provided that In so doing, we do not f hurt Innocent interests. I have been ( more amused than hurt at the sugges- ^ tion that I have been against any j changes in the tarilf. F "I have never l>een opposed to mak- t ing needed ciianges, and I am not t now. I must say and emphatically, ( that I do not, believe that a single ( ^schedule of the I >lngley tar ill law can ^ ibe so amended as to relieve the people f from the oppression of trusts or coin- | hi nations of capital, however named and that such action may Involve the retarding of our expanding commerce ;aajd getting and holding of foreign <. miiurikets. Indeed, 1 l?elleve such plan i \?? !be frought with grave dangers to i thevtJple. I am a firm believer in ? reciprocity. I worked with untiring i zeal to secure reciprocal arrangements * ? between <Ouba and this country, and I * was successful in passing it through ' the house. The senate did not act on i the 1)111 tee cause consideration of it < would have .permitted the opening up i of the whole .question of tarllT rcvis- t ion. i "While 1 cannot speak for the pros*, t ipests of favorable action upon bills < :sent to the senate 1 still hope and be- c lleve that by a treaty the same result r may 1)0 accoinplislied, and 1 have no doubt that President lioosevelt is now t ^working on the question of a treaty t nvit.h flnha. t/i trlvn that ct.i?iur<rlln<r I -?I WW n..w V..V.V " V* ** "PS young republic needed help, a help 1 too, In which, while they will be gain- ( <crs wo will not be losers. And now, let mo say, and let there be.no misunderstanding as to my position: I believe in protection that will protect < the hand of labor, the wheels of Indus- \ try, every farmer and miner,and 1 am < ;against wicked corporations that would , trample on the rights of the people to j fair play and to the fruits of honest ( efforts. I am against unnecessary legislation that would throw my country j into panic and bring back the horrors , bequeathed to us by the last Demo- f cratic administration. , Speaker Henderson announced his f withdrawal after a conference of sev- s eral hour's duration witli Chairman , Glasser of the congressional commit- | tee and friends this afternoon. Speak- , <or Henderson lias been contemplating | this action for two weeks but had in- , ;tlmated nothing of it to friends until ( yesterday. At today's conference his 'friends implored him not to take the action, but to no avail. He said he J ? ui- ? ? man uinut! up nis ininu ana no argument could cause him to change his ' dooislon. I STATES' HIS IlKASONH. Wtota; asked for his reasons for his \ wlthdraiftfil, Speaker Henderson said: "My lettyr to Chairman Albrook is \ Xho whole ttyng In a nutshell. You cannot kill tl*e trusts by applying free J trade without killing our own Indus- 1 tries. The foreign trusts arc fighting f the American trusts, and I do not be- 1 lieve that, for the purpose of controll- ( Ing American trusts, we should make 1 a market for foreign trusts, thereby j crushing out tho industries of this 1 country. After my conference last ' Saturday at Waterloo, hearing views 1 of the chairman of my district, I confeluded that my views on the tariff question were at variance with those of many of my party, and I did not desire to appear In a false position." I Speaker Henderson gave out an ad- i dress this evening which states his i views on the tarilT and trust question, 1 and becauso these views, in his opin- i Ion, are not in accord with the State I platform and with tho opinions of < prominent members of his party, he < declined to accept the nomination. 1 WILL NOT 11ECON8IDBB. 1 Speaker Henderson Is positive In his ? declination of tho congressional nomi- 1 nation, notwithstanding the flood of 1 telegrams from all parts of tho coun- 1 0 m ry protesting against his decision and tnplorlng him to reconsider the same, 'resident Roosevelt sent a telegram, leploring his action and urging him to withdraw his declination, but the j peaker replied that his decision was inal. Other telegrams of the same enor were received from all the mem>ers of the national committee and uitional congressional committee,Sendors Allison. Hanna, Spooner, Lodge, Fairbanks and others. Tiie following is the telegram re- : icivcd by Speaker Henderson from the -resiueni: Oyster Hay, Sept. 17. Most earnestly ask that you reconilder your determination not to run. (Signed) Theodore Uooscvelt. Congressman .1. W. Habeock, ohairnan of Republican congressional comnittec sent the following: New York, Sept. 10. 1 "Am In receipt of telegram signed i >y you saying that you have this day . leellned nomination for congress. We . .annot believe the telegram is generic. Hepburn and Hull are here and 1 dl enter our earnest protest against 1 ictlon of this kind by you. The He* \ lubllcan party that you have served o long and faithfully cannot part vlth your services now." Replying to these telegrams, the 1 pcakcr further explained his action < idberlng to his position, lie gave po- i itive assurance that there was no \ langer to the Third district, that < Jov. Holes is a very weak candidate, j hat the Republican candidate will lie lected and that he will do what he c an to Insure his election. After these \ issuranecs the speaker said he must ( lecllue to reconsider his withdrawal. 1 DKMOCUAT8 JU11ILANT. I The Washington correspondent says t Speaker Henderson's refusal of renom- ' nation to the fifty-eighth congress I las caused the most profound pollti- I :al sensation the national capital has ' urnericncerl in manv .lnliilnMnn 1 ... J ..........v.V... eigns at Democratic campaign head- J juarters, where it Is claimed its clTeet 1 vi 11 be the elect ion of .'10 now Demo- 1 ;rats to the house this fall. Secretary Shaw and Secretary Wilson have both t iccn stunned by the announcement * ind arc at a loss to explain the speak- 1 ;r's course. Many Republicans here ire indignant that he should have < ,aken a step so vitally affecting the 1 velfare of the party without consult- 1 ng any of the Republican leaders. My * ;omc It is said Speaker Henderson's f ihanees for re-election were slim and hat he has scl/.ed upon the attitude >f his district on the tariIT as an oxuise for declining. Friends of the general deny this and declare Ids ac,ion shows the serious division In the tepubllcan party on tarilf revision. CAUSBI) A SKNSATION. The announcement of Speaker iienlerson's declination of the congressonal nomination caused a sensation n Washington. Very few public men ire in Washington at this time, but ill there expressed regret that tr.o ipeaker had determined on the course innounced in the Dubuque dispatch. The causes leading up to his decision j. ,V<<ro ni>rli!i nu au ii-iiir.l? >i moHni. . .. x.. x/ i?.y ikuvii c? iiiuma;i ui | sommcnt as the refusal to stand for | ecleotion. Public men acknowledge .here Is a demand in sections of the $ vest and northwest for a revision of ? jhe tariir along certain lines. Their t >plnion Is that (Jen. Hendersons de- I ;lsion will make this Issue mure acute. rhe speaker always has been a j itralghtout Hcpubllcan on tariff mat- , :ers and at the hist session of congress j ;he general understanding was that } 10 opposed the suggestions advanced ] 'or tarilT revision along certain lines t m articles controlled by the trusts. i i Too Greedy. ; A special dispatch from August, ~Ja., to The State says a most unusual ' ihlng has occurred In the Georgia 1 state election. R. R. Russell was 1 lominated without opposition for the 1 udgeshlp of the supreme court, west- 5 ;rn circuit. Since tho resignation of 1 lustlccllall Lewis from the supreme 1 icnch Mr. Ilusscll has entered the ace for that position also, and the I iecretciry of state has ordered Ills lame added to the ticket, making It r ippcar for two different ofllccs on the 1 lame ballot. In tho supreme court *ace he has two opponents. Should 8 io lose in tills race, he will be sure to 1 .vin in the other as he Is alone in the i race for the lower court. The like of this has never happened In a Georgia , jlectlon. Left Hlft Bride. J The will of the late Rardford Ii. f VIcGregor of the Standard OH Co., ( vho died at Mamaroncck, N. Y., Sept. 7, after an operation, and who t narriea missuiara ttcnicmmeror Mew s VTirk, a few hours before ho submit- t to the surgeon's knife, was Hied 1 Wednesday. It was reported at the < iime of ids death that he had left a r arge fortune in the Standard Oil < ihares to his wife, but sho is not men- I doncd in the will. Sho will have a 1 lower right in all the real estate left iy him, which consists of large hold- r ngs In Florida, Ohio and New York, \ Mrs. T. H. McGregor, the testator's N nothcr, is the heir to the bulk of tho c property. The Letter "E." (1 An exchange says that the letter s 'e" Is the most unfortunate letter In e die English alphabet, because it is r lever in cash, always in debt, and a icvcr out of danger. Our exchange t forgets that the aforesaid letter is c icver in war, but always In peace. It 1 s the beginning of existence, the \ jommenccment of case, and the end if trouble. Without it there would >e no meat, no bread, no life, no gospel, no heaven, no hell. Tills reminds is of the conundrum. Why is tho t etter 4,o" like the day of Judgment? c because it is the end of time and tho r icgglnnlg of eternity. 1 It* i CONWAY, H. C THE WAGES OF SIN. 9t Millionaire New York Banker Beaten in a Saloon AND DIES IN A HOSPITAL. VIcIioIam Fish was the Name of tl?o Victim, niul liis Violent Dentti OreatCR n Great Sensation. "Nichols Fish, millonalre, diplomat unl descendant of the best known of \merican families, died at the lltMtse/elt hospital New York city at halfmat three o'clock Wednesday niornng, the result of an Injury received In i bar-room row the day before. OonllctltiK stories are told such as would laterally follow an event in which criminal responsibility must be placed ?but there seems to Ik; no doubt that Mr. Fish had a quarrel with a private ictectlvc named Thomas J. Sharkey, who Joined the banker at a table where he had been for several hours Irlnklng with Mrs. Llby J. Phillips ind Mrs. Nellie Casey. According to the police, Mr. Fish mtercd Khrhardt's saloon Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Jaxey. The police say that Mrs. Philips knew who Fish was but that lelthcr Mrs. Casey nor Sharkey, who subsequently Joined the party, were iware of his Identity. Sharkey, who uicw the women, was not reluctant to Join the party when one of the women invited him to. The police say that Fish did most of the buying. Fish then discovered that his money was exhausted, and lie announced that le would have to draw a check. Sharkey, Ignorant of Fish's identity, questioned his ability to make Ids shock good. Fish, it is said, took of'ense at this and angry words ensued, l'lien, according to the police, some me slapped Fish's face. One of the women, clinirimr tn Iflah'a irm rlro.r {ed him toward the doorof the saloon ind out to the sidewalk. The police >ay t hat Sharkey attempted to follow Wish, hut fora moment was restrained 'rom doing so by the other woman. 11o finally went out of the saloon and ic and Fish encountered each other m tho sidewalk. Sharkey's hat had jeen knocked olf and he was bareheaded. There was a scuttle, by whom commenced, It Is not known. Fish fell or was knocked down, Ills lead striking a tlagstone. Just before die scuttle on the sidewalk commenced, Mrs. Casey, becoming alarmed, liur ledly left the party. After Fish fell, t Is said that Sharkey reentered the taloon and left It and went Into a saoon a few doors away and a moment at.er left that place and boarded a itreet car. He was closely followed >y Mrs. 1'hlllips, who was carrying lis hat and who also boarded the car. Fish was lying unconscious on the ddcwalk and a knotof people gathered ibout hlra. Men carried him into die hallway of a saloon and tried to evive him. being unsuccessful, they igaln brought him to the street, dilnklng he might revive there, lie was lying on tho street when a pollccnan appeared. The olllcer called an imhnlanee frnm l*rn>?nvolt. OnorvJKnl Fish's Identity was not learned until die hospital wan reached and his clothing searched. As soon as It was found rvho he was, ho was entered as a prlvite patient. Mrs. Casey, Mrs. Phillips and Shar<cy were arraigned Wednesday in poice court and were held for the coroner. A detective said to the sitting magistrate that the prisoners were irralgned as suspicions persons in connection with the death of Nicholas Kish. Mrs. Casey denied all knowledge of Jne case. Mrs. Phillips, when questioned ibout the caso, said: "You'll tlnd out ater." Coroner Jackson held Sharkey In 110,000 ball, and Mrs. Phillips and VIrs. Casey In $500 ball each as witnesses. Sharkey mado the following statonent before his arraignment: "I went into Ehrhardt's and saw Jnese two women,with whom 1 am aclualntcd. They called out when they law mo: 'Come over nnd have a Irlnk.' "I went over and sat down with diem and after we had talked together lome, this Hanker Fish seemed to yake offense at my being there. Wo nad a few words and all at once he lrew oif with his arm and struck me. Then we both got up. I went out >no door and he the other. He. must. lave stumbled down the steps and falcn In going out." Mr. Fish was the head of one of the nost distinguished families in the Jnltcd States, a banker of great vealth and one time minister at the jourt of Holglum. A dispatch was ient to Mrs. Fish who was at Tuxedo ind who reached tho hospital soon' ifter midnight, romalniqg at tho ildo of her husband who never regainid consciousness. As soon as the fact >f Mr. Fish's identity was established i dozen detectives were sent on tho ,rall of his companions and before lay light thoy wero traced to tho louse in which the woman lived and vcro arrested. . < f ' > f >/ ntwv.i Not Wanted. Now it is in Indiana that a girl was ixcluded from tho public school bolause sho was suspected of being a nulatto. And they say race projudlco g a southern folly! owl! THURSDAY, SE1 WYOMING IN FLAMES. (Jroat Forest Fires Destroy Much Property nntl Muny litres. Governor Richards has been informed by telephone from Grand Encampment that for many miles along the Wyoming-Colorado line, nortof Pearl, Col., a furious forest lire is raging, devastating everything in its path. Every etTort to subdue the llames lias been exhausted without effect. Govnrnur I i !/%),? rrlo I ?,nr1 VI IIV& I %IV IIUI un IIIIIIII Miiliv I ) V. ' Mil" inunicated with Governor Orinan of Colorado, lyid arranged for both to Send a telegram to the secretary of tho intoirior asking for aid. According to tho latest rqiirts there arc at least eighteen serious forest 11 res burning in Wyoming, to say nothing of numerous smaller tires In Southern Alhatny county that are destroying great swamps of tine pine timber hi tho Medicine How range and threatening mining buildings. Although a hundred miles away from Cheyenne the smoke from these lires obscure the sky there and tho odor of burning wood is plainly noticeable. Tho lires In Southern Carbon county are burning llcrecly. A government agent, with a large force of men, Is on the ground, hut Is reported tube making littlo progress. Five or more miles arn burning in Fremont couty, and more than U00 square miles of magnificent timber land is already In ashes. In Central Uintah county a fire Is burning, and in the Jackson Hole country two big blazes are eating tho timber. Farther east, In the Shoshone reservation, n lire lias been burning for weeks. In Natrona county a good sized lire has been destroying timber for the past ten days. One big fire threatens the tlmlicr of the itlg Horn mountains. 'IM?o - # ? ' i we, ic|h>i~ln iruiu nic sineK(>u district along Mie Lewis river continue to grows worse. Thirty-eight charred bodies have been found, and It is believed more will be taken from the ruins. Many of them are sett lers and campers. From outisde posts the missing number 500 settlers whoso homes have been swept by forest llres. ! Such Tor Damages. The State says the widow of Mr. It. S. l'ringle, who died some weeks ago as the result of injuries sustained by falling into a sewerage excavation on Wheat street, Columbia, has entered suit against Guild & Co., the sewerage contractors, for $50,000. An attachment has been placed on the money the llrm has now banked in Columbia and on the money yet to he received from the city and also on the financial receipts from the contract now under way in Newberry. The suit was filed last week and in lieu of publication one of the defendants now resident in Tennessee was served with the papers. The defendants have 20 days In which to answer the allegat ion and are also given the right to transfer the case to thcUnltcd States courts. It Is probable that the case will be transferred as the defendants are resident of another State. The allegation Is based on the negligence of the sewerage contractors in failing to provide proper protection In that the dieth was left uncovered and unprotected by a fence and lnsutllcient lights of warning provided. Ciov. Cniidlor's VIowh. Gov. Candler, of Georgia, at Atlanta, Thursday, commented as follows upon Speaker Hendersons withdrawal from Congress: "Henderson is lleelng from the wrath to come. He sees the handwriting on the wall. He Is anxious to get out. There Is going to be a revolution of sentiment In this country against the Republican party and its oppressive measures; and if that revolution Is not successful, and the Republican party continues in power and continues its oppressive measures, allowing the trusts to dominate the country, there is going to come a revolution of blood, one that will stir the country from one end to the other. The people are tired of the trusts and of Republican domination." Children Burled Alive. Three little children were burled alive at Williams Station, Mich., on Thursday afternoon, while on the way home from school. John Rutherford, aged 5 and his brother Harry aged 7, and Bryon Moore, aged 9 yoars, stopped to play in an excavation beside the road. Digging in the sand witli pieces of board "to make a tunnel," they loosened the earth and brought tons of it down upon them. At supper time a scarcli was. made for the missing children and their dinner palls were discovered lying near the scene of the tragedy. The bodies were recovered about 6 o'clock about three feet under the earth. The Rutherford boys were sons of a prominent farmer, and Byron Moore's mother Is a widow. A Blind Man's Luck. John Brlslln, of Pittsburg, Pa., former roljor who helped Antonio Vlnnac, another roller, Invent and patertt a table for carrying hot Ingots of steel to and from Che rolls mechanically and In whose favor Judge BufTIngton gave a decision against the Carnegie Steel Company. Brlslln Is blind and Is 76 years of age. ITls partner died two years ago. lie left his Interest to Brlslln. If Brlslln ever lives to secure his rights he can re&wer^Ht-loaKfr f5,000>000. royal ties for Infringement* on patents. This would fall heaviest on tho United States Steel Corporation. Brlslln until recently was a Janitor In the Bakewell building, but lost his place through loss of sight. Ipwl 'TEMHEll 25, 1002. THE FOOL KILLER NEEDED. A Enniitlcul I'uklr Croalcn a HriiNii- 'I I I.... 1 A dispatch from London, England, says amid scenes of disorder J. II. c I'lgntt Wednesday carried out his pro- * mlse to proclaim himself the Messlah at the Abode of Love, -j which Is the name ft r Agape* \ \] monists' church at Clapton. Only 'j 200 of the waiting ft,000 persons t were able to enter tho building after ( about 300 of the Agapomonlsts took g their places in tho church. Those strangers with the outside crowd kept t up a continuous din t hr??ughout tho si service. Those who .succeeded In en- 7 torlng found thcinsclvc* with bruised f? limbs and torn coats. S In the chapel, which showed a beau- t tlfully decorated interior, with alienor- lit ieal has reliefs on the walls, pews of l carved oak, and much carving in marble and Algerian onyx, I'iogbt, with- n opt surplice or robes, faced Ids eougre- p gallon, staring Intently and afterward d assuming a mystic, far-away louk. A '1 silent prayer followed tho singing of Ih a hymn, which was Interrupted by il blasphemous comments from the non- \\ members, three of whom were expell- p ed. 1'igot t read in u well modulated a' voice tho verso from the epist le to the oi Corinthians; "because the foolishness of Hod is o wiser than men, and tho weakness of T God Is stronger than men." ai lie then proceeded to say that God ai was about to manifest this in tho time T that was beginning, lie added: "Cor t< the second coming there was a man o< sent from God whose name was pi Brother Prince (referring to the foun- pi dor of the sect ) Those who received t< his message were very few. The churches rejected him as a blasphc- S mer and a wicked man, hut his wis- p dom is just,illed again for those who I) received that message receive him s now. It, Is not as a rector of this b; church that 1 stand before you, but le as him who has come again as the son tl of God, come in my own body, come tx to please my people, to receive my r? people to myself,.and togive overlast- h ing life to all nosh." si 1 mmcdiatclyaftdrtheserviuowasover tl the crowd rushed pell moll to catch a It glimpse of Plgott, who emerged pale, g, hut smiling, and with vacant eyes, t; The throng surrounded him, yelling, n hissing and threatening, him with up- ej lifted sticks, IMgott put his head out p of the window of the carriage which he. had entered, his black and gray tl hair hanging over his face, and scorned si to Invito martyrdom. The police e: prevented him from being assaulted. T It is understood that a man who was f< on the Imix beside the driver was an tl cx-prlzo tighter. ai During the service a detachment pi from the Salvation army, of which t< IMgott was formerly a member, marched past the church singing "We Shall si Know Him When He Comes by the B Nail Prints on Ills Hands." The ai crowd backed theSulvationistsagainst .1 the Agapemonists. Some of them C shouted to IMgott "Hold up your S hands!" Pigott did so, showing both V hands bound in white cloth. V IloiiCN In tlio Hody, 1) Each ear hits four bones. The body has about 500 muscles. The human s skull contains thirty bones. The low- j;j er limbs contain thirty hones each. The senso of touch Is dullest on the n back. Every hair has two oil glands ,, at Its base. The globe of the eye Is n moved by six muscles. The cerebral () matter Is about seven-eighths water. y The human skeleton, exclusive of r) teeth, consists of 208 bones. Hair Is ^ very strong. A single hair will bear a weight of 1,1 f?0 grains. The enamel of the teeth contains over 1)5 percent of calcareous matter. The roots of the hair penetrate the skin about onetwelfth of an inch. The normal ^ weight of the liver Is between three 0 and four pounds. The wrist contains C( eight bones, the palm live; the fingers a have fourteen. The weight of the '' average-sized man Is 140 pounds; of a woman, 125 pounds. o Ho Dropped the lloinl). ^ A special from Skagway, Alaska, t says: About .'1 o'clock Wednesday af- t tcrnoon an unknown young man o walked Into the Canadian Hank of d Commerce, a revolver in one hand and h a dynamite bomb In the other and dc- J manded $20,000 threatening to blow r all Into eternity. Cashier l'ooley and ( Teller Wallace were the only two men II in the bank. Wallace ducked to get his gun and ran quickly to the back of the room, calling for Hooley to do the same. * "No, you don't," yelled the man, d dropping the bomb. t The clerks had Just gotten out of a the window. The bank was wrecked, n The robber's head was smjished and v one arm was torn off. People living a above the bank were blown Into the v air. J. (J. Price, formerly prosecuting (1 attorney, who was entering the bank a at the time, was hurt but not serious- n ly. The dynamiter died without re- b gaining consciousness. The bank lost vt about a thousand dollars, chlclly in tl gold dust, which was lying on the e counter. v l>cntli to WoIvch. A special from Plggott, Ark., says arrangements have been made for a big wolf drive next Monday In which all the people will participate. The animals have exterminated all the o hogs of the surrounding country and if have decimated the poultry and have t< even invaded the suburbs of the towns. d A Omul lilt. ?< The Richmond Times speaks of tho tl new move of the republicans In the vt soutli in excluding negroes as the ef- a fort to "Kalsomlne tho republican i party," whichMs not so bad a lilt. d ~ * . OUR PHOSPHATE BEDS. I'lir Commlsidoiicr Give* Fact* anil 1 Fl^ui'oh \hout the UunIiichm. The board of phosphato commissionrs mot In Beaufort on Wednesday for he purpose of the annual Inspection f the phosphate territory. Gov, MeSweeney, as chairman, and Cols. I>. II. ,'ompUins and.I. II. Manning;, mem- / iors of the phosphate Ixiard, and Col. \ J. Cuuuintfham, phosphate Inspcc* t?r, were in the party, (Jol. I*. X. iunier, repre?enthi? the attorney eijeral, was also present. The report of Col. Cunningham for he ei^ht months ending August 31 liowed that there wen4 on hand 'th,:t(l tons of rook as against 01,.'Kit) tons 0 >r the same period last year; t hat the <j, tate had roeclved in royalty for the iglit months tlt),:tlu.<U) as against ( IS.410. Ill for the same period of H* DO 1. ni The business Is not as largo as for- t, lerly In as much as t lie Coosaw comany, one of the largest, has with* ripvn and is disposing <?f its property. " 'ho main reason for this withdrawal ?l i that the business did not warrant f< tie payment of the largo salaries hlch they were able to pay when hosphato rock was much higher than t present. This company is closing Al ut its plant at a great reduction. The companies now at work are the j'1 entral, the llcaufort and the Empire, hey seem to be doing a good business J* ud are entirely satisfied with results , ud have no idea of abandoning work. ' '1 'hero Is an elTort on foot, it Is said, \ ' > take up work in the same Held re- . mtiy abandoned by the Coosaw coin* ! imy, showing that the deposits of hosphate rook arc not nearly exhaus?d, M The phosphate commission will ask A' tate geologist Sloan to visit the plios* bate beds of the State and request C( 1 in alter an Investigation to submit ,, report to the governor wblcli may y iiio governor be submitted to the l" Klslaturo, as to the true condition of M 10 State phosphate interests. The ' . ick Is Just as tfood as it ever was and suits show that the industry is In a n ealthy condition and apparently the !l! lppl} is almost incxhaustihle. It is le desire of the commission that tlio < ( ispector shall confer with tho Stato u colonist as to tills industry and asoor- 1 tin as far as praotioahlc something " lore definite as to the State's inter- ' its and tho extent, and iiuality of the hosphate deposits in tlie State. This industry Is a direct income to C1 le State and costs the State only tho ilary of the inspector and the actual . Kperises < f Jie annual Inspection. . 'here arc at present only tho Heau- 11 >rt and the Central at actual work, M uouuh the Empire is still in business, a ad so tlie Stono. Tho Ooosaw com- C( any has on hand, unsold, about 500 ' ins of rock. " After the inspection of the mines a ,l xip was made at tlie naval station. 04 esides tlie commission mentioned 11 hove there were in tlie party Hon. esse T. Gantt, (Jol. Elbert II. Aull, M ol. W. 0. Mauldln, Mr. Miles P. Mc- jl weeney, Capt. A. W. Anderson and ? Ir. E. Williams of the Charleston and ' Western Carolina railroad. This was thctirst i^?- .ual Inspection !r. y the commission since the death of , ol. S. W. Vance, who was the In- ( [lector last year. Ho was very popu- l) ir among the people of Heaufort, and V, lany times were his visits pleasantly sferrcd to by the people. He had I1 mny friends there, as elsewhere, who j. ilss him. Tho trip was a pleasant . ne. The ofllccr In charge of the na- ( al station lired the governor's saluto * f 17 guns as the party left the sta- ?j Ion on the return trip. ?The Stato. ^ e< Work of n Fieml. ^ A most brutal assault upon two lit- h le girls, aged 6 and 0, daughters of y\ harles II. Mot/or, has caused intense > xcitement at Hamilton, Ohio. Ac- K, urdlng to the story of one of the girls, u stranger enticed them with candy f] itoan alley and when the children f; ried to get away lie seized them both y the throat, dragging them to a lot ri vergrown with high weeds and threw a hem out of sight. lie struck one on p lie head witiia blunt weapon and cut |t he head of the other. When the t! utrage became known several hunrcd citizens began a search. Mood- n ounds led to the liousc occupied by i, oseph Roth, and he has been ar- p ested, but vigorously denies his guilt, fi )ne of the children Is not expected to 0 ve. f, Don't Want tlio Nc^ro. The sovereign grand lodge of Odd ^ 'ellows at DesMolnes, Iowa Thurs- gl ay by a vote of 140 to 30, repealed n he amendment to the constitution f. doptcd at Indianapolis in 1901, ad- u litting memliersof mixed Indian and h diitc bl(H>d. Tiie debate was spirited a nd the amendment was supported igorously by the Indian territory elegates who originally secured its doptlon on the ground that many ion of high character have Indian ? lood in their veins. The delegates H rho opposed the amendment and P hose from the southern jurisdictions a xpressed the fear that if adopted it P rouia prove the opening wedge which * light eventually result In admitting ^ he negro to membership. v o Wotl In the Pulpit. Itev. Alfred Moon returned to his g Id pastorate at Kelvcden, Kssei, Eng- t ind, a few Sundays ago, and preached 0 his old congregation. During the frmon he alluded to those who had led during his absence, and added: ? 1 can see them now." He gave out I ho hymn and sat down. While tho r rords, "(> man with eyes majestic a fter death!" wore being sung Mr. t loon fell forward In the pulpit and \ led In a few minutes. t - ^ ' ** s I * s NO. J). V V THE REPUBLICANS. Vhito Winged Peace Reigns in Grand Old Party. fO CONVENTION THIS YEAR. ? uh iXot on tlnml. Many lltincotnhn ll?nohiifi>n Were Adoptnl. \ Cheeky II?<|iicnt Im Made. The State Republican Kxcutlve om ml Hoc held ;i long session in nlumbla Wednesday. District Atirney-Goneral Capers, who fellow)ips with Leas and the other black icmbcrs of dc party on very friendly Tins, was not on hand, but Chalrlan Uoas, who called the meeting. (Obt. Smalls, Knsor, Screven, and the .her stalwarts were on hand. The dlowlng account of the meeting we ike from The State: Some of the delegates were lively id emphatic, but when It was ( er all had consented to let harmony rovall In the ranks of the organizaon. It was a close vote on the pro>sltion to hold a State convention, wo of the leading speeches of the ly were made by Dr. Knsor and malls In advocacy of a convention, he committee decided that It wsis n practicable to hold a State con virion this year. The committee on re lutlons consisted of T. L. Grant, K. .. Drayton, J. A. llaxter, J. It. Levy id VV. \V. Itamscy. lielow arc given le resolutions reported by this submi mi tteo and adopted: Itesol vcd, That we, the Republican Uitc committee of the Republican irty of South Carolina, would most !?peoUuily and earnestly urge his ccellcncy, Gov. M. H. MoSwceney, lat the Republican party be accorded 'presentation on the boards of coralissionersof elect,ion, viz.rone ltepubean to each county board to be nam1 by tho Itepubiican county chairuan; and that t he county t>oards lie istrueted to allow one Republican icmbcr to each board of managers, >r each precinct, to lie named by the .epublloan member of commissioner r elections. Resolved, That lite Republican State nceutivo committee duly assembled lis day having decided that the ungh toons registration and election iws of Soutii Carolina makes the ominatlon of a State ticket this year fruitless effort, therefore, it Is reim mended that each county chalrlan in the State lie required to imicdlately call a county convention nd district chairman to call district inventions,-and reorganize the party rider the rules of the party. Resolved, That we endorse the adllnistratlon of President Roosevelt nd congratulate the country upon avlng elected a vice President who as proved so worthy a successor to tie lamented Wtn. MoKlnley, and adllnlsters the affairs of the nation witli tiat fairness, patriotism and personal Isinterestcdncss so conducive to that rosperity and progress which carries ur country Into its destined grandure. Vo arc tlrmly of the opinion that either the president nor the admlnisratlon arc In sympathy with the legal and unjust election laws now in irce in several States of the union dilcli deprives the colored man of the xercise of his Just right of suffrage, liat In due time proper national legisitlon will be recommended and passi correcting this great abuse. We urther lielleve that the president and is trusted advisers have no sympathy dth the movement inaugurated In forth Carolina and Alabama which jeks to eliminate colored men from lcmbershlp In the party and that in ue time the president will make tills ict known. This committee expresses Its high 3gard for the chairman of the natlon1 committee, Hon. M. A. Ilanna,and ledges him the support of the party 1 this State to further the interest of lie organization. We advise the people that tills comllttee opens the door of the party and ivltcsall who believe in Republican rinciples to enter and Join us in ghtlng for those tilings for which ur party stands, labors and contends 3r, and that their entry into the arty will be welcomed by us with utstretchcd hands and thankful earts. For party harmony, party access and relief from Democratic lisrule we willingly bury all past actional differences and invoke, a nlonof all those who agree that the est Interest of our country lies in continuation of Republican rule. Want* Froo SlWor. The Nevada Republican platform cclares for the election of United tates Senators by direct vote of the eoplo, favors the largest use of silver s a money metal in all matters comatable with the best interests of our overnment, and pledges the nominee o Congress to exorcise ids best endeaora to secure the greatest possible use f silver. Ilryanlsra must be making ome headway among the Republicans f the West, and there aro occasional tgns of disloyalty to the standards of he East. Got a Verdlot. In the court of common pleas at Ipartanburg Thursday the suit of ^ula Moore, colored, vs., the Southernailway, was concluded. The Jury warded a verdict of $500 damages for he loss of the woman's husband, who vas killed about two years ago by a rain on the Southern railway.