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^ -T Don't Let ?! ? Your Nerves Get Control # 9\ By Dr. John K> Mitchell. i Jk?k. EFORE nervousness has been established and became a habit iXir ft is the time to attack it Once it has got possession, more severe measures must be taken to eject it?and advice will PjkJC have to wait till the war is over. To read the riot act to a \ That Pervades Us Jtu * ^ By Edward Carpenter. ?r i a HE outer life of society today is animated first and foremost *"" * ^ Fear. From the wretched wage-slave, who rises before " I " the break of day, hurries through squalid streets to the dis mal sound of the "hummer," engages tor 9, 10 or 12 hours, and for a pittance wage, in monotonous work which afTords H him no interest, no pleasure; who returns home To find his children gone to bed, *?><? his supper, and, worn out and ^^_=l weary, soon retires himself, only to rise again in the morning and pursue the same deadly round, and who leads a life thus monotonous, inhuman, and devoid of all dignity and reality, simply because he is hounded to It by the dread of starvation; to the big commercial man, who, knowing that his wealth has come to him through speculation and the tarns and twists of the market, fears that It may at any moment take to Itself wings by lb? same means; who feels that the more wealth he has. the more ways there are in which he may lose it, the more cares and anxieties be, v -longing to it; and who to continually make his position secure is. or thinks himself, forced td^ktoop to all sorts of mean and dirty tricks; over the great tnass -of people the same demon spreads its dusky wings. # * x? * =The= I "Japanese of Europe" I I By Consul'Ceneral Guenther. J I li, nn ,a ffciti fdb rW^flAtC / F European countries Italy has, comparatively, made the J J greatest progress in the last decade. Italian finances are * now in a healthy state and most of the bonds of govern? J ment, of the railroads and the municipalities, etc., held abroad have been bought back or redeemed. *> 1111111 The savings of the Italian people show large gains; iitiVittfl manufacturing industries have increased amazingly. The X* tl I >ti>? abundant water power is beginning to be used for industrial purposes, largely for the creation of electric energy. Within the last decade the exportation of manufactured goods has advanced from $31,400,000 to $80,400,000. The cotton factories not only supply the home demand but .export heavily to the Levantine countries and to South America. Another cause of the betterment of Italy is the accumulation of property by the Italian emigrants in the United States, Brazil, Argentine and other -v countries. Every year a large part of their earnings is sent home to relatives and for investment One-half of the Italian emigrants return to their native country after they have saved a competency. Some economists see in the Italians the Japanese of Europe. They are constantly gaining in the trade with Turkey and other countries of the Levant, and they have strong aspirations for getting colonies in Asia Minor and Africa. * * * * f.. Business Value if .. Whims.. <! ^ Har?ld Solce. p====i| HE commercial world of the United States has paid almost Tno attention td'fhe peculiar wants of the Laftm-American, Oceanic and Oriental peoples. Not long ago, for example, an American company tried to sell a cargo of heating stoves in Para, Brazil. Para is Just a little more than one degree south of the equator. ^ The women of India like to get their cotton goods done up in paper boxes, each containing in addition a few pieces of colored glass and a gilt box. These trinkets are practically worthless, and their cost to the manufacturers is infinitesimal. But the sturdy British dealer will not descend to further his trade by the inclusion of such gewgaws; and as American manufacturers have never given the matter ^ thought, the trade is beginning to pass to Germany, whose cotton cloths with -?lr accompanying baubles are put up to suit the Hindu taste. "T7hen I was in Japan they told me of an enterprising American who had with a new cure for corns. He had learned by correspondence that In - remedy for these Inflictions had ever been sold, and he conjured 'ortune. But when he got to the Sunrise Kingdom he discovare a barefooted race and had no corns to cure. This is ma -* it is one of many instances of American failure to se"cause of our ignorance of foreign conditions.? 9 Hress Reformer. Vernats, Servia's finding his reg'railing skirts ins at each i he order v skirt | and <e mob of emotions is valueless, and he who is wise will choose a more wholesome hour for his exhortations. Before and after are the preacher's hopeful occasions, not the moment when excitement is at its highest and the self-control we seek to get help from at its' lowest ebb. The woman who suffers from nervousness must try to study for herself her life, habits, environment, temperament, in order to discover whence the trouble springs. Oftenest some departure from proper ways of living will be found at the starting point. It may have been unavoidable when it occurred, or have been thought so at least, or more likely not thought about at all until the mischief was done. Few things will more certainly insure a future disastrous result upon the character than a habit of yielding to or cultivating to excess the expression of a.l emotions. Tears for trifling pains or loud complaints, about small annoyances physical, social, or what not?may give at first momentary relief to the weeper, but soon become a habit which weakens the power of self-control, and lessens the possibility of endurance in all forms. It is not within the ability of every woman to absolutely suppress all manifestation of suffering; it is surely within ihe power of every one to make up her mind?and to teach her children >o endure the smaller necessary woes of existence without an outcry, and thus aid fn the acquisition of control over larger forms of trouble. I said that often one>eause of nervousness lay in the dull mechanica?Srouline of household yrrrk^and management, work unvarying in kind am, for ? Htfruy people uninteresting, involvingmany small annoyances and constant struggle with untaught and unteachable servants. Since this cannot be done away with, every endeavor must be made to supply new interests in such lives. Active physical exercise is a good corrective for ordinary nervous irritability. To acquire an interesting hobby or two and to ride them pretty hard is another and more lasting form of help. To raise chickens or pigeons may be made amusing and profitable if you raise good ones of known and valued breed's. To make your own garden Is a delightful occupation, but do not let it be a mere matter of seeding and weeding. Try f?r the finest flowers, or to fix a new color in a familiar flower, or study cross fertilizing of plants. The other day a charming lady told me no hand but her own had touched her garden for two years, and that she had hybridized two thousand carnations in the previous season.?Harper's Bazar. % * * * * nThat Hunted Feeling f i ifiiiif m of imsi ? . Notes of Southern Cotton Mills anc Other Manufacturing EnterprisesDenison, Texas. The Dcnison Cot ton Mill Co., will start operations a an early day, making- Ss to 14s 2 pb yarn in skeins. The capital stock i: $150,000; W. H. Munson is president W. It. Munson, treasurer, T. L. Clark superintendent. Plant is equippei with S.000 ring and 4.000 twister spin dies ami operated by steam. This plant formerly known as the Ameri can Spinning Co., will soon ins!*l eonsiderable new machinery in tie mill. Walt?rboro, S. C. The town o Walterboro S. C., is to have a nev cotton mill with a capital of $100,00 The Walterboro Cotton Mills is tb name of the new corporation. Th incorporators are: John F. Lucas, o i,. U atieiuuiu , u uiian .uuiuni, VI.. uw. Walter Pringle of Charleston. Columbia, S. C. The Capital Cit; mills. Richland cotton mills and Gran by cotton mills held their stockholder meetings Oct. 19. Since their reor ganization some time ago, Mr Lewi W. Parker has been manager of th concerns, and durinng the short time ; very showing has been ma?le. Mi Parker was re-elected president of th three mills. Greensboro, N. C. Two hundred ad ditional looms are to be installed i: the White Oak Cotton Mills at onct making the total in operation SOC When the full capacity is reache* there will be three thousand. Th Pomona Cotton Company has awardei contracts for thirty thousand tenemen houses to have from four to nin rooms each. The engine, boilers am part of the machinery for the mill i expected next month. Waxahatchie, Texas. At the an nual meeting of the directors of th Waxahatchie Mills Waxahatchie, Tea held recently a divdend of 10 per cent payable January 1st, 1900, was de clared and instructions were issue* for the enlargement of the plant a soon as the directors consider it neces sarv. The mill is running 5,000 spin dies and 150 looms on duck am towels. Graham, N. C. incorporation pap ers have been issued at Raleigh, N. C for the Leota Cotton Mills Company of this place. The capital stock bein, $125,000 and the propose to establis! a cotton manufacturing plant, defttil of which are now under consideratioc James V. Pomeroy, William V. Whit and J. H. White, of Graham are th incorporators. Rome, Ga. The Anchor Mills hav purchased 20 acres of land as a sit for its new buildings, and will begii construction work soon. The com pany has decided to expend $100.00' and install 700.000 spindles; presen equipment 3,700 spindles and 70 loom Fayetteville, Tenn. A company ha been organized to manufacture cottoi goods at Fayetteville, Tenn. Th company?The Fayetteville Mill Com pany?has a capital stock of $110,000 The incorporators are H. K. Hoi man A. M. McLaughlin, J. H. Rees, J. H A. M. McLaughlan. J. H. Rees, J. II Harms and C. T. Harms. Wilson, N. C. The Wilson Cottoi Mills have declared a dividend of 7pe cent on $"25,000 worth of preferre< stoc and 8 per ct. on $ 75,000 commoi stock. '.Rhis company operates 6,0Si ring spindles on the manufacture o warps and yarns. Albemarle, N. 0. The Efird Mfg Co.. Albemarle, N. C., contemplate doubling: the capacity of thir mill and installing additional looms. Huntsville, Ala. The Merrimacl Manufacturing Co., of Huntsville Ala., it is reported will soon beprii tli^ erection of a third mill in Huuts ville. The original plans of the com pany provide for a series of eigh mills and a bleacherv and the com pany bought enough land for tha purpose, besides establishing a svsten of waterworks large enough for th< mills and a town of 10,000 population Shelby, N. C. Mr. J. C. Smith., for merly secretary and treasurer of thi Newton Cotton Mill, and a successf* coy on mill man. has bon-1 * a larg interest in the Shelby \ Mill and has also been elect ' -r and treasurer of said r enter upon his duties Alexander City ' that Messrs. C. K /b ton, Mass., will abw-*e to e?, .ii( operate the Alexander City "Cottoi Mill. This plant has a capacity o: 15,000 spindles, and has n?W*V 'beei equipped with machinery. r .wa: built several vears ago. Tarboro, N. C. E. V. Zoeller. treas urer of the Tarboro Cotton Mills, an nounces that contracts are soon to b let for the work and machinery fo: ehnnein^ the present systems of heat ir.g and water supply. Hagan, Ga. A movement is on foo tor a new cotton mill here. It is pro posed to organize a company with t capital of $200,000 to $300,000. R. A Sc'tt is at tho head of the project. Pitts, Ga. P. G. McDonald, oJ \ enna, Ga., is interested in plans foi establishing a cotton mill at Pitts $50,000 to be invested. Concord, N. C. It is rumored thai the Coleman Mill is to be started uj again with negro operatives. Then seems a disposition to give a seconr test to the experiment. There maj have been other causes than the char the operatives that led to ift ,4 ,v.t JEWSAL 1 / . Frightful Slaughter < ' People ii J UPRISINGS AMONG PEOPLE) I s Investigation Shows Almost Entire j Jewish Quarters of the City Devastated and Their Inhabitants Either Killed, Wounded of Fled?Methods Employed in Butchery of Men, Wo1 men and Children Too Revolting ^ For Description. e e According to the latest dispatches j that have come out of Russia Count Witte is making his force felt. His hand i:- on the helm and disorders are v beginning to cease. Emperor Nicholas has signed the manifesto granting practical aus thority to the Finns and it has been e dispatched to Helsiufors, where a a ^rrave revolution was threatened, and g battleships had already reached that port with 10,000 troops to quell the insurrection. I- Count Witte has practically settled r* the railroad strike by giving in com* pletely to the strikers, with whom he ,j had a conference. Dispatches are brief e from the riot centers. An Odessa dis1 patch says * *'It is believed that the worst is L' now over. In several towns the entire Jewish quarter has been devastat8 ed and the inhabitants killed or wounded." Wholesale Massacres. e A London newspaper's St. Pctorsburg correspondent estimates that in I nrovincial towns 01 Rus .j sia 1,000 persons have been killeu and s 10,000 seriously wounded in the last - 24 hours. The revolutionary move^ ' raent in Finland is unchecked the Finnish national guard opposing the advance of Russian troops and eompell> ing them to retire. > Odessa, By Cable.?A dispatch from ' Kisineiff savs: g [j "A horrible massacre has occurred s heie. Hundreds have been killed. All i. the hospitals, pharmacies and hotels e are full of wounded and mutilated pere >> sons." A telegram from Nieolaoifr savs: e "The whole town is in the hands of e bandits who are devastating the Jew " ish houses and shop6 and beating Jews q to death without the slightest hint drance." s The authorities here have similar nou-c frnm other southern cities. S n Odessa, By Cable.?The troops e wreaked terrible vengeance on the ( residents of three houses from bal1( conies of which shots were fired by . unknown persons upon the soldiers. The latter immediately stormed the houses, and with unheard of barbarj itv, massacred all the inhabitants r It is persistency asserted that the I unknown persons who' fired on the ^ troops were disguised policemen who ? purposely provoked the troops. The city is a dismal sight. The streets are filled with Cossacks patrols g" and flying detachments of the Red g Cross, which follow the bands or murderous rioters. The firing has been 66 Casualties at Sevastopol. i Sevastopol, Russia, By Cable.?Six * persons were killed and sixty were ~ I wounded during the rioting Friday. All the banks, schools and stores are t closed and the houses throughout the 1 city are boarded up. The Black Sea s Squadron, with Vice Admiral Biri. leff's pennant flying, arrived here from the Turkish coast. e Per Capita Wealth $31.69. 1 Washington,'Special.?The constant e increase of wealth in the United States, outstripping even the growth 1 of population, is shown in the statement of the amount of money in circulation, issued by the treasury department. The circulation per capita j on November 1st was $31.60, which i is the highest point yet reached. A f year ago the per capita was $31.38; 1 on November 1, 1903, it was $29.99; s in 1902 is was $29.36; in 1901 $2S.73; and November 1, 1900, but $27.S2. 1 I Died of Burns. Dunn, N. C., Special.?The two year old daughter of Mrs. B. B. Jernigan . died as the result of being seriously burned a few days ago. The accident was a sad one because the mother t is seriously injured also. The little . child was playing with matches and l her clothing caught on fire. The mother, who was never able to extinguish the blaze, was seriously burned in her efforts to save the child. ^ Shaw In Alexandria. r Alexandria, Special.?Secretary of ' the Treasury Shiw opened the Republican campaign at Alexandria by an [ address in the Opera House. Hon. ) John B. Henderson, Jr., of Alexandria , county, candidate for the Legislature, I and W. B. King of Loudoun county, also delivered addresses. -A band of " I music naraded the streets "to draw the ' J. SLAIN I Among The Jewish 11 Russia I uninterrupted the t\hole day and still 1 continues ns this dispatch is tiled, i Many hundreds have ben killed or < wounded. ? The Cossacks eagerly attack the student militia, which is couargeousIy trying to stem the bands who are massacreing and pillaging, principally in the Jewish quarter. The looters openly divide the goods, the Cos- < sacks in many cases participating in i the proceeds of the robberies. , The rector of the University has ( sent a telegram to Count Witte imploring him to immediately dismiss : Governor Reinhardt, who is held responsible for the outbreak, as other- ( wise catastrophe is unavoidable, j Count Witte's answer has not been reegived The city is in a dreadful state of ' panic. Even the telegraph offices < were closed most of the day for the ( first time since they opened. ARREST JUDGE AND CONSTA- ! BLE. Charged With Killing Colored Woman Near New Orleans. New Orleans, Special.?Judtrc T. W. Adams, city jndge of the town of Kenner, in Jefferson parish, about ten miles above New Orleans, v. d John Ledoux, constable of his court, have 1 been arrested by Sheriff Marrero, with (hp murder of a.neirro woman, Stella Stallwood, and are now looked up in tbe parish prison. On Sunday a week ago a snoot in? affray occurred in a negro bar-toom in Kenncr, in which ?,-;,e;ia Stallwood. a negro woman standing just outside of the .saloon, was ir.stanti\ killed and four negroes severely, two of them fatally, wounded, one being the husband of the dead woman, Glasgow Stallwood. A coroner's jury was summoned to investigate the affair, but ??1though the shooting was witnessed by a number of persons the jury contented itself with a verdict declaring that Stella Stallwood had come to her death from gunshct wounds, and making no suggestion as lo who had inflicted'these wounds. Sheriff Marrcro then visited Kenner and reported the case with tbe result that tiie judge and constable of the town, charged v. ith preserving the puce, ere'now in jail tinier the accusation of murder. Secretary Taft at Panama." Panama, By Cable.?Secretary of War Taft, accompanied by General Storey, ex-chief of artillery, retired; Colonel Black, Engineer Corps; Colo- 1 nel Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs and W. W. Michler, arrived here. Mr. Taffc says that he comes to discuss a number of affairs with the Panamans. He wishes to see what has been accomplished this year, so that he can compare it with Last year's work, so that he can tell '> Congress where the mon?y has gone. He will remain at Panama until the Oth. < ] Bank Examiner Discharged. ?* ----- O :_i n?, \Y asningion, optriin."^vvuij/nwi?v? . the Currency removed from office Bank Examiner ft. H. Mattern, of the Western Pennsylvania District, for failure to discover the conditions existing in the recently wrecked Enterprise National Bank, at Alegheny. I Mexican Ambassador Returns. Mexico City. Special.?Ambassador Cassius, wife and seven children, with his physician, Dr. Albert, left here Saturday night fo- the United States via Laredo. Several stops along the route will be made and the ambassador will attend a banquet to be given in his honor at St. Louis. He is now fully recovered from his recent attack of illness. Skull Fractured From Fall. Wilmington, Special.?P. McCarson 25 years old, an itinerant plumber, ] said to be from Nashvile, Tenn., fell , from the northbound train out of Wil- j mington near Burgaw, Saturday night ' and suffered a fracture of the skull and a number of contusions about the ( head. He was brought to the hospi- . tal here and is in a dangerous condi- < tion though his condition showed im- , provement. Two brothers in Asheville ^ have been notified of the accident, and j aer on their way to Wilmington to be with the injured man. < Four Shot at Negro Dance. Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A special from Huntsville, Ala., says that 1 four persons were shot, one being kill- 1 ed, at a negro dance at Shelsev, a ne^ : gro village near Huntsville, early Sat- ' urday. San Ruffin, a drunken negro, ] opened fire on a crowd of dancers. A 1 daughter of Peele Branch was killed instantly. Cliff Branch was wounded . fatally and two others, a man and a woman, were shot and are expected to die. Ruffin escaped. Employes Barely Escaped. New York, Special.?Two hundred girls and 50 men at work at King and ^ Greenwich streets were thrown into panic by a fire which completely des- 1 1 roved the building. So quickly did t Ihc ilames spread that less than 50 ( of the young women had Jimc to get . out by stairs. The rest were rescued by firemen, who cnrricjl them down * ladders to the street. All esca[>ed tin- t hurt./ The total damage^ was esti- j mated at $140,000, y . j .1 ? -i 'Urti,,, aaua STANDARD WEIGHTS FIXED Bach County Shonld Have the Official Measures. Columbia State. There is not a little discussion in ?ome counties as to the question of weights and measures. The issue >eems to have been joined at first by two rival concerns which sell computing scales. Governor Hey ward has received perhaps a dozen letters from clerks of court in reference to the standard measures which should be in the court houses in compliance with an act passed in 1842. ' The acts of this State declare that weights and measures must be regulated by a standard fixed by the congress of the United States, that the weights furnished by *.he federal government must be kept by the State treasurer and by such shall all weights in the State be regulated. Section 1614 says: "The elerk of i*ourt in each county shall furnish and is required to keep in his office the weights and measures established by law which shall be the standard of all jther weights and measures in the ?ounty and to which any person shall have access to test the same. The governor of the State is authorized ind required to purchase such standard weights and measures out of the fines and forfeitures incurred in their respective counties." To begin at the beginning, Governor Heyward wrote to the department of commerce and labor at Washington, stating the case and asking if this State has been supplied with the official weights and measures of the federal government. In regard thereto, Mr. F. B. Ross, acting director of the bureau of standards, has written to the governor as follows: "In reply to yours of the 13th ultimo I have to state that a complete set of customary weights and measures was furnished to the State of South Carolina prior to 1842 and that throo hnInnccs to be used in eonnec tion with the standard weights were delivered July, 1848, all of this ap paratus being delivered at Columbia. "Our records further show that a set of avordupois weights, a Set of capacity measures from 1-2 gallon to 1-2 pint and a 1-2 bushel measure and a yard were delivered on July 24, 1866, to the governor at Columbia. This set was to replace the former one which was destroyed. These measures are doubtless somewhere in Columbia at the present time and we would suggest that a search be made for them and that if found, they be returned to this bureau for repair and verification. "In regurd to the weights and measures for use in the several counties, I would suggest that you correspond with W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York, who have gone into the business of making sets of weights and measures suitable for county and city sealers. They have several different grades of standards, all of which have been constructed in conformity with specifications prepared by this bureau. "The bureau is very much interested in the question of the proper in=nof?tion of commercial weights and measures throughout the country and arranged for a meeting of State sealers which was held last January. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the question of uniform laws and inspection throughout the country and the discussion which took place at this meeting certainly illustrated that there is great necessity for co-operation in the different States. "It is proposed to hold a second meeting in the near future and it is aoped that the State of South Carolina will send a delegate. As soon as the minutes of the first meeting has been published we shall forward yon 1 copy." While it would be costly and wellnigh impracticable at present to supply each of the 41 counties with the jfflcial weights and measures, yet it night prove a saving in the end. If scales record weights imperfectly, there is a "loss incurred by somebody ?very time a transaction or an ex?hange is made. Palmetto Points. Petitions asking for an election on the question of dispensary or prohibition liave been in circulation in Chester county, and an election will be orJered at an early date. Activity prevails at Great Falls of * * -a the Catawba, the seal just no? ?.??> ivork of the Southern Power eoirpanv. trailing is being pushed on the railroad to be built from Fort Lawn to the falls, several hundred laborers being employed on the work. Warrenville has recently installed Jlectric lights. The State board of dispensary directors will hold a meting on November 14th, and it is expected that severil matters of importance will come up. The board will consider the matter of linking purchases for the Christmas trade. Another public meeting was held in the parlors of the Batesburg club on Monday evening in the interest of the broposed tri-county fair to be located it Batesburg. Anderson's Dispensary Vote. Anderson, Special.?In accordance vith an agreement reached some time igo between the county supervisor and the central prohibition committee the. lispeusary election for Anderson county has been formally ordered for the J5th of November. The election will take place on Saturday, and it is o.\bectcd that the mill vote wil'^be much leader on this account. / Givtf ~ ri ^ Thursday, November 30th the Day Set Apart ^ THE PROCLAMATION ISiSMED Reciting the Origin of the Custom * Among the Early 3ettlers, the President Asks That The People Observe the Day by Thanksgiving For the Past and Prayer for the Fn- _') tnre. Washington, Special.?The Pre si* ** dent has issued his proclamation . naming ^Thursday, November v 30thj next as a day for thanksgiving. The proclamation follows: By the President of the nited States * of America, a Proclamation. $ . When, nearly three centuries ago, the first settlers came to the.country 2 which has now become this great republic, they fronted not only hard- rJ ships but terrible risk to their lives^In M those grim years the custom grew of . setting apart one day in each year for a special service of thanksgiving m to the Almighty for preserving the people through the changing seasons. - H me custom uas nuw oecuuie uanuxuu h and hallowed by immemorial usage.. H We live in easier and njoxe^ plfenti- 3 ful times, than .ouiL^^efather^^UM^ ,3 men who with higged strength faced' the rugged days; and yet the dan- . ?| gers to national life are quite as great , now as at any previous time in our history. It is eminently fitting that once a year our people should set apart a day for praise and tbanW | giving to the Giver of good, an^, at the same time, that they express their thankfulness for the abnndant mercies received, should matffullv acknowledge their shortcomings and 1 pledge themselves solemnly and in" ; 1 good faith to strive to overcome them. I During the past year we have been 1 blessed with bountiful crops. Our j business prosperity has been great. No other people has ever stood on as K1 high a level of material well-being as 1 ours now stands. We are not threat- \ jj ened by foes from without. The foesViffl from whom we should pray to be de- M livered are our own ap- m petites and follies; and against^hese jjH there is always need that we Therefore, I now set apai fl| day, the 30th day of this > I as a Day of Thanksgivi past and of prayer for and on that day I ask t H| out the land the people g? HH homes and places of wo gjS rendering thanks unto t H for manifold blessings H year* consecrate themse U of c1enlinrssr fcenor^ar mm that this nation may work on the earth ir 911 worthy of those who fo Mil of those who preserved I In witness thereof, T III set my hand and cau HI the United States to be y Done at the City of Hi this second day of Nove Hfl year of our Lord one the BH hundred and five, and of the jflfl enoe of the United States jH hundred and thirtieth. Ml (Seal) THEODORE ROOSE\ 9| By the President. sH ELIHU ROOT. H| Secretary of St. M The womalTwhose torso was found ^ | in a d:ess-suit case in Boston har- 'I bor and whose arms and legs were 1 picked up in another case was identi- 'v" m fied by means of rings on the fingers I as Miss Etehel Durrell. a chorus girl from the "Shepherd King"^?^ii^JB pany. ^ Five minor officials of toe Ww moreland Coal Company wore killed ^ by an explosion when they entered ; 1 the Hazel Kirke mine, at Ha^el Kirke, ^ Pa., to ascertain whether a fire started some weeks ago tfas out. "N?^ ^ Two hundred natives were kil}?d. ly Portugese troops whoni they amhrndif' fs| ed in Portuguese, West Africa. President Loubet was welcpjped to _J Lisbon, Portugal. Navy Unfit For Battle. Washington, Special.?Fear Admir- , al Charles W. Roe, engineer-in-chief j of the United States navy, in his an- '"jl nuai report calls attention "to the | critical condition of engineering :n fa the United States navy'' and j to tlie explosion on the gunboat Ben- "J ningtou in San Diego harbor, whichhe savs, most forcibly emphasise* the a necessity of serious and immediate at- - ja tention. The report says: "Were the country suddenly plunged into war the navy would find itself in no condition , jjj to win battles. Current Happenings. JH The Lake Mohonk Conference^ of Friends of the Indians and Other De- HB pendent People opened at Like Mohonk, N. Y., Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott ^ presiding. < J The Federal Court in Chicago snstamed the demurer tff tiu' meat pack- ? j ers to the live indictments monopoly, but dismissed i rer to the five alleging c jSmm The Columbia on th ^Hfj Norfolk, Va., Special.? jHHH Columbia passed out the cp B o'clock Tuesday morning B pennant of the Secretary B bearing that official and BHI panying party who lef* B capital bound foj th' B ama. The Columb fljj^B reach Colon curly : B retary Taft will a B the^sth Ww^M Wasbingtou^atoS B