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RICE BR?WIHS WILL INCREASE.
Irrigation Expert Says Culture
Will be Extended.
Washington, Oct. 30.-Frank Bond,
irrigation expert of the Department
of Agriculture, who has just returned
from southwestern Louisiana and
southeastern Texas, where he has been
pursuing investigations looking to
the distribution of the available sup?
ply of water over a larger area than
it is now used to irrigate, predicts that
within the next five years or so the
United States will be raising enough
rice to supply all the demands of homo
consumption and be able to export
largely to other countries. He called
attention to the fact that only a few
years ago the United States 'was rais?
ing a very small' percentage of the rice
it consumed, while at present- 50 per
cent of the home demand is supplied
by the growers of the Texas, Louisi?
ana and Carolina districts. It is for
the grocers in the Texas and Louisi?
ana fxbxsxa- that Mr. Bond predicts a
future, a s in the Carolina fields, which |
are 200 years old, the character of I
the soil precludes the possibility of j
the adoption of modern methods of
cultivation.
The rice growers industry in Texas
and Louisiana, however, is compara?
tively recent, and largely the result of
the Agricultural Department's suc?
cessful solution of the irrigation
problem which confronted the growers
in those States. Irrigation of the rice
fields in Louisiana and Texas differs,
materially from the method pursued
in the Northwest. Instead of ditches,
serpentine reservoirs built above
ground ' convey water through the
rice-growing districts. Water pump?
ing stations have been built at inter?
vals throughout the district, where
huge Corliss engines of many hundred
horse power pump the water from
bayous into the reservoirs. When the
rice has been planted the fields are
flooded and the water allowed to stand
for seven days, when the fields are
drained. After allowing ten days for
the rice to mature, the rice is hard
enough to permit the employment of
modern machinery in harvesting the
grain in much the same manner as;
the vast wheat crops of the Northwest
are gathered. v.
It is with the problem of the rice
fields-that is to say, the determina?
tion of the least number of water inch?
es by which a successf ul rice crop can
be grown-that the department has
devoted its greatest efforts. From the
investigations made by Mr. Bond, he
has arrived at the conclusion that
the vast acreage in Texas, Louisiana,
Georgia and Mississippi which it would
be possible to place under rice cultiva?
tion could supply not only the de?
mands of this country^ but leave a j
large margin for export.
The rice growing industry, he be?
lieves, will, within a few years,
through the efforts of the Agricultu?
ral Department and the planters, be?
comes of great prominence. The State
of California alone used 42,000,000
pounds of rice last year. Of this
quantity 6,030,000 pounds were
furnished by American growers, prin?
cipally in Louisiana and 7,000,000
pounds came from Japan, 25,000 pounds
from China, and the remainder from
Honduras. The rice grown in this
country, Mr. Bond says, is far supe?
rior, both in grain and polish, to the
Chinese rice, and there is no reason
why, with its extensive cultivation in
this country, the price should not be
cut in half and the grain vie with the
American cereals as a staple article
of diet for the American people.
Plot to Massacre U. S. Garrison.
Manila, Nov. 5.-A plot to massacre
the American garrison at Moneada,
province of Tarlac, island of Luzon,
has been revealed by the wife of one
of the conspirators.
Several of the town officials are
implicated in the murderous scheme.
The woman who revealed the plot hid
a detective beneath a house in which
the leaders of the conspiracy were
meeting. Arrests followed and many
incriminating papers were seized.
The plan was to set fire to a house
close to the barracks, after dark, and
when the soldiers came out to assist
in extinguishing the fi?mes, 150 con?
spirators, armed with bolos, were to
rush on the guard, capture their arms
and proceed to massacre the garrison.
Commissioner Wright today took
the'oath of office as vice governor. He
will be acting governor during the
convalescence of Gov. Taft, who prob?
ably will be unable to resume his
duties for some weeks to come.
The United State? Philippine com?
mission today passed the treason laws
with slight alterations. Several
Filipinos spoke against them.
Ten Persons Cremated in Theatre.
Ironwood, Men., Nov. 6.-Ten lives
were lost and four buildings destroy?
ed by a fire which started in the Klon?
dike'theatre at Hurley, Wis., today.
The '.'Klondike was a vaudeville
theatre and all of the dead and injur?
ed were connected with the theatre as
performers. Most of them lived at
Hurley, and Thomas Leplaire was a
brother of the proprietor of the
theatre.
Another Arrest in Columbia Mui
der Case.
Columbia, Nov. 6.-Instead of fini
j ing evidence which will mitigate tl
circumstances surrounding the awfi
death of William Seaver, the office:
of the law seem to become more ar
more convinced of the fact that it WJ
useless shedding of human blood in
manner most horrifying. The peop
of Columbia deplore the terrible o<
currence, and will hold up the hanc
of the officers of the law.
Sheriff Coleman and his deputii
and the police working with him ai
receiving general commendation fe
the vigor and fearlessness with whic
they are prosecuting the search .fe
the truth. There was an addition?
arrest yesterday, and others are ei
pected at almost any time. The sui
; pects now in jail are young men, son
of them under 21, none of them o vc
25. The sorrow of their loved ones i
pitiable.
Bob Mor ton is the boy who was a:
rested yesterday. He is said to D6 OD
of the "Hurleyville gang" and is sm
pected of having been in the part
which went to Seaver's house. Th
others in jail are Archie McCranej
Harry Jones, Tom Green and Toi
Huggins. The first named is the on
who told the sheriff that he fired th
double-barreled shotgun. The tw
white women are still in jail, bein
held as material witnesses. It was re
ported yesterday that George McNes
had been arrested. The sheriff state
last night that such was not the case
McNeal is able to prove an alibi, fo
j he was at work from 8 until 12 o'clock
Saturday night. In his testimon
before the coroner, Rinder, the wound
ed man, deciard that a nergo woma:
had warned himself and Seaver tha
McNeal was coming down to clear on
the house if Annie McNeal did no
leave within three days. It was sus
pected from this that he might possi
bly have been in the party or that h
had prompted and incited the youn;
fellows who are under arrest. But m
direct evidence has been found to con
nect McNeal with the bloody tragedy
Li Hung Chang Dead.
. Pekin, Nov. 7.-Li Hung Chanj
died at ll o'clock this morning.
Pekin, Nov. 6.-The physicians wh<
visited Li Hung Chang at 10 o'clod
last night found him in good spirits,
though extremely weak as the resul
of sitting up and working in defianc?
bf their instructions. When the]
called this morning- they found hin
unconscious and sinking rapidly. 11
was announced at-noon that Li Hung
Chang could hardly live three houri
longer.
At 9 o'clock this evening Earl Li is
still breathing and displaying unex?
pected vitality. The physicians, how?
ever, think he will probably die in the
morning hours.
The burial clothes have already beer
put OE. The court yard of the yamer?
is filled with life size paper horses
and chairs with coolie bearers, which
his friends are sending in with Chi?
nese custom to be burned when he dies,
in order to carry his soul to heaven.
CAUSE OF LI'S DEATH. ?
Altercation With the Russian Min?
ister Over Manchurian Treaty..
Pekin, Nov. 8.-A violent dispute
with M. Paul Lessar, Russian minis?
ter to China, over the Manchurian
treaty, appears to have been the imme?
diate cause of the death of Li Hung
Chang.
The diplomatic events preceding
this tragic climax have enabled Japan
for a moment to frustrate the desjgns
of Russia. A fortnight ago the Japa?
nese legation secured a reliable out?
line of the terms of the treaty and,
thereupon -demanded that the Chinese
plenipotentiaries officially lay before
them the text, basing this demand
upon the allegation that Japanese in?
terests were involved in any change of
the status of Manchuria.
The Chinese plenipotentiaries refus?
ed to comply with the demand. There?
upon the Japanese government from
Tokio communicated with the south?
ern viceroys and induced them to use
their influence with the empress dow?
ager against the treaty. In the mean?
time the empress dowager instructed
Li Hung Chang to communicate the
treaty, after certain modifications, to
the ministers of the powers and, if
they did not object, to sign the same.
Li Hung Chang visited M. Lessar
and explained to him the instructions.
The Russian minister strongly object?
ed to revealing the text of the treaty
to the ministers of the other powers,
and a stormy interview ensued. Li
Hung Chang weat home in a violent
passion and had a hemorrhage, which
the doctors attribute to the over exer?
tion of a weakened system.
While these things were happening
in Pekin, the southern viceroys sent
to the empress dowager a memorial
against the treaty. She then counter?
manded the order to sign.
Boers for Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 6.-A number
of the Hague bankers and other
wealthy men of Holland are making
arrangements to establish a colony of
Boers and Holland Dutch in Wyoming.
A tract of 300,000 acres has been se?
cured in the valley of the Green river
in Sweetwater eonnty, Southern
Wyoming. Surveys have been made
for a gigantic canal and irrigation
system and construction is to be com?
menced at once. The prospective set?
tlers are now being brought over to do
the work Tests have been made
which show that the soil is especially
well adapted for beet sugar culture,
and a large beet sugar factory will
be established in the colony.
Florida's Board of Health will de
! clare a quarantine against all ports
I that have bubonic plague.
ROOSEVELT BOWS TO THE MACHINE
Recent Appointment Shows That
the President is Not So Ardent
a Civil Service Reformer
as He Once Was.
Washington, Nov. 6.-President
Roosevelt has fonnd the combined
pressure of Senator Platt and Gov.
Odell more than he could resist and
as a result, it has been given out at
the Treasury that Mr. George N.
White head, now Collector of Customs
for Porto Rico, will be appointed to
the Appraisership of New York in
the place of Mr. Wilburn F. Wakeman,
the present incumbent. As indicated
in these letters some weeks past, Sena?
tor Platt came to Washington for the
express purpose of getting Mr. Wake
man's official scalp. On investigation,
Colonel^ Roosevelt found that Mr.
j Wakeman had sinned only by a fail?
ure in subserviency to the New York
boss and he advised the Senator that
he found no excuse for removing him.
About this time Secretary Gage en?
dorsed Mr. Whitehead for the place
and Senator Platt joined issue with
the Secretary of the Treasury and
wrote to the President, endorsing him
also. Still the President stuck to his
colors, but Platt came to Washington
again and so did Odell, and both rep?
resented that the discipline of the
New York machine was at stake, and
that it was essential to the best inter?
ests of the organization that Wakeman
be made an example of. The matter
i terminated by the President giving in
as above stated.
Another . test of the President's
loyalty to his former principals is in?
volved in the case of Commissioner
Rodenburg, of the Civil Service Com?
mission. It will be recalled that Mr.
Rodenburg was appointed to the Com?
mission after the adjournment of the
last Congress, which will necessitate
the presentation of his name to the
Senate, for confirmation, at the com?
ing session. Mr. Rodenburg was not
a Civil Service reformer when he was
appointed by the late President, and
his appointment was a concession to the
spoilsmen* of the republican party,
who desired a friend at court. The
appointment was deplored by many re
puplicans at the time, who believed
that however much the Presdent
might see fit to restrict the authority
of the Commission, the Commission
itself ought to be kept free from any?
one not in entire sympathy with the
purpose for which it was created.
Since his appointment, Mr. Roden?
burg has not demonstrated any partic?
ular hostility, although the commis?
sion has permitted some wide devia?
tions from the spirit of the law, and
in favor of the spoilsmen. Mr. Rod?
enburg has a powerful republican
faction back of bim and it will require
the utmost courage for the President
to signify desire for his resignation.
Although the address of Secretary
Wilson, delivered at Dysart, Iowa, on
Saturday, has been heralded as com?
ing pretty ?straight from the White
House, it is a very weak production.
It goes back to the old-fashioned Re?
publican doctrine, that the United
States ought to practically build a
wall about ils shores and conduct its
International affairs along lines that
the Chinese boxers would adopt if
'they could. The Secretary held up as
a sort of eccnomic millenium the time
when, economically or otherwise, the
United States will produce everything
it uses in its own territory and ap-1
pears to forget completely that only a
few months ago, the late President
made the sag;e remark that "we must
not expect to sell everything and buy
nothing."
It is thought here that Mr. Wash?
burn, of Minneapolis, is rather com?
ing to the support of Representative
Babcock, of Wisconsin, in his fight
against the uteel trust In a recent
interview, 2lr. Washburn says that
steel rails can be made and sold in
this country at $17.50 per ton, and
that figure *ould give a larger per?
centage of piofit than the millers can
make on their flour; but they are sold
at 628 per ton, and that the trust pays
a handsome profit on a capital stock
that is more Joan half water, and in
order to enab le the trust to do this.
Congress maintains the duty of $7.80
per ton. In conclusion, he says: "If
this is not robbery, I would like to
find a stronger word to characterize
it.
There are rumors afloat that the
democrats will invite Admiral Schley
to head their :iext Presidential ticket,
but they are regarded as mere rumors
by all of the democrats I have met in
Washington. As a matter of fact, no
one knows what Admiral Schley's poli?
tics are, nor if he is in sympathy with
any of the traditions of the party
beyond what may be inferred from the
fact that he is a Marylander. It is
even intimated Chat the rumors have
been started to hurt Schley, as it is
well-known that the insignificant lit?
tle presidential bee that got into Ad?
miral Dewey's bonnet, injured him.
The indications are that Admiral
Schley has too much .good sense to
even listen to the siren voice of politi?
cal ambition.
A prominent Democratic Senator
recently called my attention to the fact
that the old law which prohibits any?
one from sailing, asan American ship,
any vessel which was not built in the
United States, is still in vogue. He
claims that were this law repealed
most of the alleged necessity for a Ship
Subsidy bill, would disappear and
that American Commerce will re?
sume its normal proportions, "propor?
tions which have absolutely atrophied
under a law enacted in a vain at?
tempt to divert unearned profits to a
few Maine shipbuilders."
When Rear Admiral Crowinshield
retires from the head of the Bureau of
Navigation, he will also retire from
his Rear Admiralty and become once
more a simple Captain. His appoint?
ment to the European station will
necessitate his promotion to the "rank
of Ac^aiiral by the President and the
confirmation of his appointment by
the Senate. It is by n means im?
possible that he willenocounter too
many friends of Admiral Schley in the
Senate, to permit of confirmation, in
which case, he will be compelled to
take a ship in the squadron of some
other officer to whom he would be
subordinate or to apply for his retire
ment.
A Washington correspondent tells of
the meeting between the President and
Peter Dunne, author of the famous
1 ' Dooley' ' letters, at the National Con?
vention in Philadelphia. Shortly be?
fore Dunne had written his "Alone in
Cuby" in which he had made Dooley
portray Roosevelt as writing the story
of the Cuban war, as if he had fought
it all himself. When Colonel Roose?
velt met Dunne he said "By Godfrey,
Mr. Dunne, I would rather meet you
than any man in this hall. You gave
me the worst roasting I ever got, and
my wife has read it to me seventeen
times when she thought I needed
discipline but it ,t7as the best thing you
ever wrote."
MONEY WINS ADM '
Oberlin M. Carter io Have An?
other Trial.
Chicago, Nov. 6.-Oberlin M. Car?
ter, now a convict in the government
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.,
and formerly a captain in the United
States engineer corps, is to have a re?
hearing of his case in a civil tribunal.
He now has the assurance of the gov?
ernment authorities that all the evi?
dence is to be reviewed before Judge
Kohlsaat in the United States
circuit court in this city, the
hearing to take place, . pro?
bably, within a few months. Car?
ter will be called on as a witness in his
own behalf, and for the purpose of
testifying in court, he will be released
temporarily from his place of confine?
ment.
This is the result of the suits
brought by the government some
months ago in several federal courts,
for the purpose of recovering $722,582,
which it was alleged at the court
martial. Carter had embezzled from
the United States. His uncle, Lorenzo
D. Carter, and his brother, L Scan
ton Carter, were said to have reinvest?
ed this money and secreted it for the
purpose of having a fortune ready for
the former army officer upon his re?
lease irom the military prison.
A Court of Arbitration.
Mexico City, Nov. 5.-The prospec?
tus for a treaty of arbitration and a
ccrarlf of arbitration which -will be
submitted to the Pan-American con?
ference tomorrow by the Mexican del?
egation is largely framed on lines
raised by The Hague peace confer?
ence. However, it proposes an in?
creased number of obligatory subjects
for arbitration and creates various
sanctions with a view to coercion or
punishment of nations which, after
signing a treaty, fail to live up to it.
Among the sanctions proposed are
the following :
The aggrieved nation and any other
nation sympathizing with it may
terminate their treaties with the
offending power before the proper date
for their expiration. Members of the
offending power on the court of arbi?
tration may be erased therefrom, and
if the majority of the nations signing
the treaty approve, a note of censure
may be addressed to the said power.
In extreme cases the disapproving
powers may suspend diplomatic rela?
tions with the calcitrant government.
The reception of Mme. Diaz to the
delegate and their families at Chapul- \
tepee castle tonight was the most
brilliant yet of the social functions
in honor of the visitors.
ATLANTA THEAUBE DUBBED.
Audience Attending Matinee Es?
cape Without Panic.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6.-The Lyceum
theatre, Atlanta's vadueville theatre
house, was destroyed by fire this
afternoon. A performance was being
given when the fire broke out, but the
audience was dismissed in time to pre?
vent a panic. Fred Jones, a fireman,
as rescued, badly burned, from an
upper window and Roy Danner, an
electrician, was injured by a fall. The
fire was preceded by an accident which
caused some uneasiness in the theatre.
An immense electric sign extending
across Edgewood avenue in front of
the house, fell at 2.30, just as the per?
formance began, throwing two electric?
ians to the ground and injuring one of
them-Roy Danner. A network of
wires was thrown across the street and
in the vicinity of the theatre. The
wires became crossed and burned out the
feedbox at the entrance to the theatre.
The smoke found its way into the
opera house and caused considerable
excitement in the audience. Some of
those inside attempted to leave, but
were immediately stopped and urged
to remain seated, and the performance
proceeded. One hour later the roof of
the theatre was discovered on fire, and
fear-ing harm, the management dis?
missed the audience, their exit being
expedited by the ushers.
The fire was quickly beyond control
and in less than an hour, the theatre
was in ruins.
Crates of Human Bodies.
Chicago, Nov. 6.-Eight human
bodies were taken this evening from
two crates at the freight depot of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail?
road. They were consigned to R. J.
Jones, at Brashear, Mo., and were
marked as second-hand laundry ma?
chinery. The bodies were purchased
during the day from the Harvey Medi?
cal college of "this city and were being
shipped to Missouri for purpose of
dissection. The police are looking for
Jones, but so far have been unable to
locate him. The only charge that can
be brought against him is the ship?
ping of bodies in a manner contrary
to law.
SHOOTING NEAR LEESVILLE.
Hon. E. L. Asbill of Lexington
Shot by Mr. C. W. Sollee.
Special to The State.
Leesville, Nov. 6.-The quietness of
our town was broken today when it was
learned that one of our leading young
men had been shot. The unfortunate
affair happened about three miles west
of this town and the result is that
Hon. E. L. Asbill is lying in a criti
; cal condition at the point of death.
j Mr. C. W. Sollee of Batesburg did
the shooting. Both parties are highly
connected and the unfortunate affair
is deplored by the entire community.
I Mr. Asbill is a young man, an at?
torney and repesen ted Lexintgon coun?
ty in the State legislatrue a few years
ago.
Mr. Sollee is one of Batesburg's
leading merchants and has extensive
failing interests. Both parties have
always borne the name of peaceful and
law-abiding citizens.
The facts as best obtainable are as
follows : It seems as if Mr. Sollee and
one of his hands on his place had
some misunderstanding as to dividing
the crop and the negro employed Mr.
Asbill to defend him. Mr. Asbill
went out to see the nergo who still
lives on Mr. Sollee's plantation, and
while over there Mr. Asbill met* Mr.
Sollee in the road. It is said that al?
most as soon as they met Mr. Sollee
was seen to pull a pistol and fire. At
this moment Mr. Asbill jumped from
his buggy on the opposite side from
Mr. Sollee and fell, afterwards rising
and running and calling for help,
stating that he had nothing to defend
himself with.
As soon as Mr. Asbill reacehd his
home here, Dr. Crosson was sum?
moned and he reports Mr. Asbill's
j condition very critical and the
chances greatly against him. He is
growing very weak and very restless.
The doctors failed to locate the ball
after probing for vit some time, but
i think that if he can last through the
night that there will be a chance for
his recovery.
He was shot only once-in the back
near the lungs.
- Friends came to Mr. Asbill's assist?
ance and took him to town.
He was shot with a 44 calibre pistol.
RETURNS FROM NEW YORK.
Low's Plurality a Little Less
Than Thirty Thousand.
New York, Nov. 6.-Complete un?
official returns from every districts of
Greaier New York give Seth Low,
Fusion candidate for Mayor, 294,992
and Edward M. Shepard, Democratic
candidate, 265,128, making Low's
plurality 29,864.
Edward M. Grout, Fusion candidate
for comptroller, received 299,713 votes,
and Wm. Ladd, His Democratic rival
254,737, making the plurality ?of the
Fusionist 44,976.
Unofficial returns from every elec?
tion district in New York county give
Wm. Trarves Jerome, Fusionist, a
lead of 15,880 over Henry W. Unger,
Democrat, in the race for the district
attorneyship. The vote of the two
follows: Jerome, 163,959; Unger
148,079.
Complete revised returns gathered
unofficially show the electiion of the
following justices of the supreme
court :
Morgan J. O'Brien, Democrat and
Fusionist; Samuel Greenbaum, Fu?
sion: James A. Blanchard, Fusion;
John Proctor Clarke, Fusion. Clarke,
who got the smallest plurality of
any of the men elected headed Charles
W. Dayton, the nearest man to him on
the judicial ticket by 6,116 votes and
beat Robert A. Van Wyck, the present
mayor, by 29,080.
Mayor-elect Low was the recipient
of scores of congratulatory dispatches.
This dispatch was received from Presi?
dent Roosevelt :
"I congratulate the city, even more
than I do you, upon the overwhelming
triumph of the forces of decency. ' '
Mr. Low replied as follows :
''Your hearty congratulations have
done me good."
Mr. Low sent the following reply to
the congratulatory telegram sent him
last night by the defeated Democratic
candidate, E. M. Shepard:
"Your hearty and generous con?
gratulations are highly valued. Ac?
cept my sincere thanks."
A Scotch Apology.
A Scotch newspaper contained a
paragraph which told of two localgmen
who had been - addressing temperance
meetings in the country and who on
their way home were thrown out of
the machine in which they^ sat. The
paragraph wound up by saying, "For?
tunately both gentlemen were quite
sober. " One of the temperance men
resented the insinuation which might
be read into this sentence and wrote
an angry letter to the editor. This is
how that gentleman apologized: "In
our account of the unfortunate acci?
dent to Messrs.-we stated that for?
tunately both men were sober. It ap?
pears this statement has given great
offense. We beg, therefore, to with?
draw it. "-Editor and Publisher.
A company has been organized in
Albany, N. Y., with a million dollar
capital, which will use liquid air as a
motive power.
KILLED BY ELECTW6I??.
Turbeville Found Dead on the
Streets of Florence.
Florence, Nov. 7.-Florence had her
first accident resulting from live
electric wires last night, when Mr.
Geo. D. Turbeville, a well known
detective of this city, was electro?
cuted.
There were no eyewitness to the
tragedy and when the prostrate form
of the man was found under an arc
light about half past ten o'clock,
the first thought was that heart fail?
ure was the cause of the sad death.
One of the men in the crowd that
gathered, was Mr. C. F. RevilL
Revill's little finger was burned to a
crisp. He had a very narrow escape
from death.
Mr. Turbeville was doing special
police duty last night. One who left
him a few minutes before the tragedy
says the officer had noticed that one
of the street lamps was not burning
and had said he was going to "shake
it up." It is supposed that a live
wire had crossed the cable used to
raise and lower the lamps, and when
the unfortunate man grasped it he re?
ceived his death shock.
The coroner's jury this morning ren?
dered a verdict in accordance with
the facts.
Mr. Turbeville's death will be a
loss to the detective force of this sec?
tion, throughout which his good work
is well known. He was bold and fear?
less in the discharge of his duty and
passed through several thrilling ex?
periences. He served as chief of po?
lice of Florence for about nine yearsy
after which he accepted the position
of detective for the Coast Line. In
January he was appointed deputy
sheriff and served in this capacity up
to a few weeks ago. Mr. Turbeville
was about 36 years old, and leaves a
wife and four small childrn. He was
a popular as well as an efficient ^officer
and his tragic death has caused
genuine sorrow.
President Roosevelt in Charleston
Charleston, Nov. 2.-Advices receiv?
ed from Washington tonight conveyed
the very gratifying intelligence that
the president has accepted the invita?
tion of the South Carolina Inter-State
and West Indian exposition to attend
the exposition on Wednesday, Feb,
12th. Lincoln's birthday, and prepara?
tions will be made here to ' celebrate
the event with the most imposing cere?
monies. At the meeting of the cabi?
net yesterday the president mentioned
the fact that the invitations had been
extended and the matter was fully dis?
cussed, the members of the cabinet
agreeing with the president that the
date suggested for the president's visit
exceptionally appropriate for a presi?
dential visit. Before leaving Washing?
ton the special committee from the
exposition called on the members of
the cabinet and extended to each of them
a personal invitation to accompany the
president to Charleston. It is under?
stood that Mrs. Roosevelt and all the
ladies of the cabinet Will attend the
exposition with the presidential
party, and it is hoped that the condi
tion of the public business will be such
as to permt the president and his party
to spend some days at the exposition.
Thomas Nelson Page Consulted.
Washington, Nov. 7.-The vacant
Virginia judgeship caused by the
death of Judge John Paul, occupied
a good deal of the president's atten?
tion today. The names of Democrats
as well as Republicans are being pre?
sented to the president, but he has not
yet reached a conclusion. A delega?
tion consisting of Wm. R. Trigg, Dr.
George B. Johnston and Egbert G.
Liegh of Richmond, today presented
the name of Daniel Trigg of Abing?
don. Mr. Trigg is a Democrat.
Gen. Rosser, a friend of Judge T.
L. Lewis, formerly a member of the
court of appeals, John T. Harris, a
law partner of Judge George E. Sipe
of Harrisonburg, Va., another candi?
date and Gen. John E. Roller of Har?
risonburg, who is himself a candidate,
also saw the president.
J. Hampton H?ge, the Rebubli
can candidate for governor of Vir?
ginia, is said to be a candidate, as is
J. L. Moore of Radford. The presi?
dent it is understood has consulted
Thomas Nelson Page, who is a person?
al friend, about the appointment.
French Marines Take Mitylene.
Paris, Nov. 7.-A dispatch from
Admiral Caillard has been received,
announcing that he landed marines on
the Island of Mi ty lene this morning
and occupied the customs at Midilli
without resistance.
The French government has receiv?
ed satisfactory replies from the powers,
without exception, to its note explain?
ing the measures taken against
Turkey.
An excellent impression has been
created in official circles by the tone of
the response of the United States,
which is couched in the most friendly
terms. _
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Leavenworth, Kas., Nov. 7.-One
man was killed, five others dangerous?
ly wounded and 26 desperate convicts
are at large, as a result of a mutiny
this afternon at the site of the United
States prison, two miles southeast of
here, where 400 prisoners from the
federal prison, in charge of 30 armed
guards, were at work.
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