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WHY THE FB1IB3 HOST GO.
A Government Official Explains
the Situation.
Washington, July 16.?A high oO
cial of the government gives ont the
follo wieg statement concerning the
negotiations pending in Borne. Sub
stantially these facts were cabled to
Gov. Taft in the latest instructions as
a basis .of his reply to the Vatican :
"In seeking through Gov. Taft to
secure the peaceful removal of the
friars of the four orders from the Phil
ippine islands, the American represen
tatives in the Philippine islands have
merely been endeavoring faithfully to
carry out the wishes of the people. It
is not the Unitsd States government
which in .any w*.y objects to the pres
ence of the friars in the islands. The
lay Catholics almost to a man practi
cally all of the parish priests will not
permit them to come back to the par
ishes and hold their lands in hostile
possession."
One of the avowed objects of the in
surrectionary government under Agui
naldo was to confiscate, the friars'
lands without any compensation to the
church. The United States authori
ties, recognizing the intensity and bit- j
terness of this feeling among the Fil
ipinos, but desirous of the most
scrupulous ;Mrness toward the church,
were willing to arrange for the pur
chase of the church lands by the gov
ernment, if the church authorities
would withdraw the friars, who are
not now and who for years have not
been performing their religious func
tions among the people, and would re
place them by other members of the
church who might take up with great-1
er success the highly necesary reli
gious work which they are no longer
able to perform. "
JUDGE TAFT'S LAST NOTE.
Borne, July 16.?At noon today Maj.
Porter of the judge advocate's depart
ment of the army at Washington, per
sbnally d?li vered to Cardinal Bampolia
the papal secretary of State, the last
note of Judge Taft, governor of the
. Phillippine isands, on. the subject of
the withdrawal of the friars from the
islands, which will presumbly end the \
governor's negotiations here, as Major ]
Porter simultaneously presented a let
ter from Judge Taft asking for a fare
well audience of the pope.
The following is, in part, Judge
Waft's note to the Vatican. It is ad
dressed to Cardinal Rampolla, Papal
secretary of State, and begins, thus:
'In reply to the two notes of your
Eminence of June 21 and July 9. I
have just received a communication
from the Secretary of War, Mr. Boot,
in precise and exhaustive terms, which
are here reproduced integrally. Sec
retary Boot says he is glad to see by
the two notes received from the Vati- j
can that the Holy See is animated by
the beet intentions to come to an un
derstanding with Washington about
the relations between Church and State
i;i the Philippines; that your Emi
nence has declared the Vatican to be
disposed to give clear and precise
instructions to the friars to occupy
themselves with religion only, abstain
ing entirely f rom politics, and that the
Holy See proposes to introduce, little
by little, ecclesiastics of other na
tionalities especially American. Sec
retary Boot adds that he cannot do
less than acknowledge the wisdom of
these propositions, but he must ob
serve that they would not solve the
question.
"The United States has no desire to
violate the treaty of Paris and seeks
not a forcible, but a voluntary, with
drawal of certain persons, who happen
to be Spaniards, and whose previous
experiences in the islands had thrown
them into antagonistic relations with
the people and with the Catholic laity
and native clergy, many of; whom have
left their parishes and can only be
reinstated by using material force,
which the Unted States cannot perimt.
This proves {that the Government of
the Philippines has no intention to
propose measures contrary to the in
terests of the Vatican, and,in fact, its
interest in the Church. If the ques
tion of withdrawal be left unsolved,
now that the Washington Government
has persuaded the ecclesiastical au
thorities to see the necessity of carry
ing out this step, the later withdraw
al of the friars under order of the reli
gious superior could not be regarded
as anything bnt voluntary, and would
not violate the treaty of Paris ; nor
could such order be regarded as affirm
ing or admitting any accusations
against the friars because the Ameri
can Government made no such accusa
tion. The United States did not
desire the withdrawal for itself?it was
indifferent to the presence of the
friars. But, in the interest of the
whole people of the Philippines, who
were bitterly opposed to their pres
ence.
"It was thought, by the generous
proposal of a contract which would
bind the Philippine^ Government to
certain financial and other obligations,
to secure the much longed-for desire
of the Philippine people in the with
drawal of the friars. Now that the
Vatican does not see its way clear to
make a definite withdrawal, the Amer
ican Government has deemed it wiser
to recar to the methods of settlement
of the vaious questions at issue sug
gested by Caridnal Bampolla's first
communication of June 21, namely :
"First. An investigation by both
sides into the possible and probable
liabilities and claims fand the settle
ment of them by an accredited aposto
lic delegate with the Governor in Ma
nila, after the conditions with respect
to these titles of the friars to the land
and the amount of claims for rental
have been presented by the representa
tive of the Church to the representa
tives of the Philippine Government in
Manila.
"As to the indemnity for the friars'
lands, your Eminence has pointed out
the difficulty of computing so precipit
ately the exact value, but this might
be done by examining the title deeds.
The Washington Government will im
medately order the general command
ing the forces in the Philippines to.
furnish all indications necessary to as
certain what damage has been done by
the military occupation. Although
regretful that all the questions have
not been deicded definitely, the Gov
ernment ii glad to express satisfaction
at the results obtained."
Secretary Boot, in his communica
tion, declares that Judge Taft's jour
ney is quite compensated for by the
fact that it is possible to fix general
lines ?? which, later, can be amicably
solved all the questions now pend
ing. Meanwhile, as a preliminary,
he wishes Cardinal Rampolla to send
to the Philippine Government four
iisis of the property considered to
belong to the religious Orders, com
prising :
1. That transferred to corporations.
2. The ecclesiastical buildings occu
pied by the troops, with indications of
the fiamage and compensations there
for.
3. The property before considered
Spanish Crown lands, which it is de
sired the American Government should
trasnfer to the Church, though Wash
ington will grant such transfers only
on condition that a satisfactory agree
ment be reached on all other questions.
4. The charitable and educatonal in
stitutions which the Vatican desires
to be considered as belonging to the '
Church.
Secretary Boot concludes by instruct-1
ing Judge Taft to express to Cardinal j
Rampolla his pleasure that the visit
of the American representatives has
resulted in a broad basis for harmon
ious settlement; his thanks for the
courtesy shown by the Vatican to
Judge Taft and for the promptness
with which the Vatican has acted, and
his hopes that, though no specific
agreement has been reached, the Vati
can will ultimately find it just to do
what has been suggested.
Judge Taft concludes :
"In obedience to Secretary Root's
dispatch, I request that the future
negotiations on the points raised be
held, in Manila between an apostolic
delegate and the Governor after the j
information suggested above by Secre
tary Root has been ascertained and
presented."
Mine Disaster in Utah.
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Park City, Utah, July 16.?Two
powder magazines at the 1,200-foot
level of the Daily-West mine exploded
about 1 o'clock this morning, causing
a fearful loss of life. The latest report
says that 33 bodies have been removed
from the two mines. Officers-of the
Daily-West state that only three more
bodies are in the mine. Miners, how
ever, assert that there are 12 or 15
still unaccounted for.
Twenty-five bodies are at a local un
dertaker's. The majority of the men
met their death from inhaling gas and
not shock. By 4 o'clock this morning
27 men had been taken out of the
mice dead and several others had been
recovered in a half dazed condition.
These were all brought through the
Onlaro mine shaft, which is a mile
distant from the Daily*West.
The 1,200-level of the Daily-West
corresponds to and is connected by
tunnel with the 600-level of the On
laro. s
In the Daily-West mine between 100
and 150 men were at work. In the
Onlaro were nearly 100, it is believed.
It is not known how many of these
are dead, but the disaster extends to
the Onlaro.
There are two powder magazines at
the 1,200-level of the Daily-West, one
at each side of the shaft, with a ca
pacity of from one to two cars of
powder each. A car of powder was
added to the supply within the past
few days.
Victoria, B. C, July 15.?News
was received by the steamer Empress
of India today of the destruction of
the Chinese cruiser lHai Chee at Nan
King by an explosion. Of the crew,
of 200 to 250 but two escaped. The
cruiser went up like a flash. Three
small boats lying alongside were
destroyed, with "their occupants.
Jennings. La., July 15.?Lightning:
today struck the big tank in the oil
fields here. The tank, with its con
tents, was burned and is a total loss.
The flames then spread to the pools of
oil surrounding Jennings Well No. 2
and later to the well itself, burning
the derricks, but doing no further dam
age. There were many other wells near
by, but they were covered with earth,
thus relieving the danger of the spread
ing of the fire.
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GOLF OF MEXICO
FISH ARE DISTURBED.
Belief That Volcanic Eruptions
are the Cause.
New York, July 15.?A New Orleans
telegram to fthe Tribune says : There
is something wrong with the Gulf of
Mexico, or at least with its fish, and
the belief is growing that the volcanic
disturbances manifested by the Marti
nique disaster are the cause. The sud
den invasion and subsequent death of
fish at Harvey*s canal have called spe
cial attention to an astonishing state
of affairs all along the Gulf coast.
The water which previously has been
remarkably fresh for ocean water, has
suddenly developed an intense acrid
salinity, and immense schools of
man-eating sharks have invaded the
waters close in to the shore line so as
to terrorize the coast.
Tuesday a party of four pleasure
yachts, with Udolpho Wolf, Jr., son
of the president of the New Orleans
Board of Trade, at their head, were
enjoying an outing near Ship Island,
off the Mississippi-Louisiana coast.
Only Wolf's yacht had a deep-water
anchor, and when a light blow came
on that boat was anchored, and the
others were moored to her. All went
well till ajschool of sharks, of unheard
of size, surrounded them. One of the
fish became entangled in the anchor
chain and dragged the entire fleet of
yachts into the breakers.
The story would seem incredible
were it not vouched for on their honor
by the members of the party, who
came very near losing their lives
through the mishap.
All along the coast all deep water
fish are rushing on shore, and red
snapprs and' rednsh are captured oh
the sandy beach. The frightful 3tench
arising from Harvey's canal opposite
the city caused by the myriads of
putrid fish, has caused annoyance to
almost half the area of New Orleans,
and today reached a pionfc where it
was decided to violate the State laws
and cut the levee of the Mississippi
river so as to turn the current of the
stream into the canal and wash the
dead fish bpek into the sea. All to
day a gang of men has been at work
on the cut, but it will be Thursday
night before the excavation will be
deep enough to let in the river wa
ter. Great gangs of men are still
clearing fish from the canal, but it
would take a month to purify it that
way.
THE NEW CHINESE MINISTER.
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What Manner of Man Mr. Tung
is?The Retiring Minister, Mr.
Wu, to Write Two Books.
Washington, July .?-It is not ex
I pected that Minister Wu will leave
Washington for his new post in China
for some weeks. Officials acquainted
with the new minister, Liang Chen
Tung, describe him as a man of im
posing stature, being over six feet in
height, slightly inclined to stoutness.
He speaks English with the greatest
facility.
Minister Wu said today that the first
and most urgent need of China was
a financial readjustment so as to re
lieve the country of the great and in
creasing burden caused by the pay
ment of foreign obligations in high
priced gold, while silver was the only
current money. Next in order the
country wanted three things, namely,
education, railroads and newspapers.
More young Chinese stadents should
study in the United States and Europe
and there should be a system of popu
lar education. The minister intends
to write two books, one on America,
for publication here, and the other on
his observations outside of China for
circulation in that country.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 16.?The Or
phans' Court today awarded Dr. W.
\ C. Browning, of Philadelphia, 829,239
against the estate of the late Senator
C. L. Magee for professional servicse.
The physician claimed $350,000.
Pine wood, July 16.?Saturday even
ing five negroes on Mr. . B. Mims'
place several miles from here, while
engaged in a personal difficulty drew
pistols, and emptied all their cham
bers at each other, resulting in Joe
Cooley being severely and perhaps!
fatally shot twice in the neck by John
Barwick.
Florence, July 16.?Fire this morn
ing destroyed the re-dry i ng'plant of
the American Tobaccon company, Cov
ington's old stables, a large tobacco
prize house, a small dwelling and dam
aged several other buildings. The
total loss is about $13,000, fairly well
covered by insurance. The fire is
thought to have started by the acci
dental dropping of fire in the re-drying
machine, which had "just been over
hauled.
Jennings, La., July 16.?The fire in
the oil fields is raging, and the flames
appear to be gaining strength. The
chemical engine from Beaumont, Tex.,
was used without appreciable effect.
Tjie owners of the oil wells seem to be
confident of their ability to overcome
the flames within a day or two. A
carload of chemcals has been ordered
and is now on the way here.
The Same Old Story.
J. A. Kelly relates an experience similar
to that which has happened in almost
every neighborhood in the United States
and has been told and re-told, by thousands
of others. He says : "Last summer I had
an attack of dysentery and purchased a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
D.arrhoea Remedy, which I used according
to directions and with entirely satisfactory
results. The trouble was controlled much
quicker than former attacks when I used
other remedies." Mr. Kelly is a well known
citizen of Henderson, N. C. For sah by
Dr. A. J. China.
ARKANSAS WANTS
PRESIDENT HARTZOG.
Offered Presidency of the State
College There?He Had Better
Accept.
Columbia, July 16.?Apropos of the
I recent settling of the trouble at Clem
; son College, which ended in the reten
I tion of President Henry Hartzog, and
I the exoneration of that officer by the
board of trustees comes a flattering
offer of President Hartzog to become '
president of the Arkansas State col
lege. Nothing was known of the|mat- !
ter until the governor returned to the
city yesterday and opened his mail
and telegrams. In the bundle he found
a dispatch from Gov. Davis of Arkan
sas, which together with the reply
sent the governor of Arkansas is incor
porated in the following dispatch
which the governor at once sent to
President Hartzog at Clemson College :
To H. C. Hartzog at Clemson Col
lege, S. C. : rt?
I have just received th6 following
from Gov.?avis of Little Rock, Ark. :
"If yon oack President Hartzog of
Clemson College, your State, please
have him wire me acceptance presi
dency of Arkansas State College.
Please do so at once. ' '
I have sent him the following reply,
just having received his message :
"Your telegram just received.
?eartily endore President Hartzog and
regard him as a competent, high
toned, Christian gentleman, and rec
ommend him without reservation as
thoroughly competent and proper 'man
for the position as president of your
college.
Do as he requests if you care to.
. B. McSweeney,
Governor.
It is not konwn here whether Presi
dent Hartzog was aware of the offer
or not and whether he will accept.
The State's correspondent at Green
ville wires that nothing is known
there about the matter, and that Mr.
Donaldson, one of tie Clemson
trustees, who left Clemson yesterday,
had been seen but knew nothing of it.
A MACED?NI?N "UPRISING.
Turkey Put Dowsn the Revolt with
Much Slaughter and Desolation.
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London. July 16.?The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says that
official reports describe a formidable
Macedonian rising in the Vilayet ? of
Monastir, European Turkey. The
rebele, intrenched on the banks of the
Ostrovo, withstood the attacks of a
thousand Turkish regulars and several
hundred Bashi Bazourks for a week.
Finally the Turks placed the Macedo
nian women and children in the front
as a screen and stormed the position of
the rebels. The latter maintained a1
j marderons fire and many women and
children were killed by their own hus
I bands and fathers. After dispersing
the rebels the Turks massacred the
population and looted and burned the
houses of the inhabitants.
{"BELL ROARING JAKE"
RETIRED FROM ARMY.
Roosevelt Reprimands Him as
j. Ordered by Court.
Washington, July 16.?Secretary
Root brought from Oyster Bay the
case of Gen. Jacob H. Smith, tried
by court martial at Manila on ac
count of orders issued to Maj. Waller.
Gen. Smith was found guilty of the
charges by the court and sentenced to
be admonished by the reviewing au
thorities. The president has so ad
monished General Smith and retired
him under the law which provides that
officers having reached the age of 62
years may be retired at will by the
president.
Secretary Root supplements the j
reprimand of President Roosevelt in a |
long circular showing that General
Smith issued the "kill and burn" or- j
der, very few persons were killed as a
result of that order, the cruelties
being confiend almost wholly to the 11
natives killed by Major Waller's direc
tion.
Charlotte, N. C, July 16.?Four of
the largest yarn mills of this city have
shut down owing to the depression in !
the yarn market. The mill owners
claim that at the present price of cot- j
ton and the selling price of yarns it is
impossible for the manufacturers to j
come out anyways near even. A prom
inent mill man informed your corres
pondent today that unless the yarn
market advances materially in the next
thirty days most of the yarn producing
mills in North Carolina will, of neces
sity have to close down.
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Washington, July 16.?Major Micah
Jenkins, the new collector of internal
revenue for South Carolina, will
take charge of his office at Columbia
next Monday, the 21st. His bond has
been filed and approved and his com
mission will be sent to him during
the present week.
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THE OREENE-MYNOR CASE.
A New. Application Made for the
Extradition of the Fugitives.
Washington, July .?The officials
here who are seeking to obtain the
extradition from Canada to this
country of Greene and Gaynor are
now feeling more confidence in the
success of their efforts. The reason
fo their optimism is a change in the
method of procedure, they having
framed their application for the extra
dition of the men irecisely in accord
I ance with the language of the extradi
j tion treaty. This was done on the
! ground tnat the language of the treaty
I relative to receiving any money, valu
able security or otter poperty, know
! ing the same to hare been embezzled,
stolen, or fraudulently obtained, is
claimed^to actually fit the offence of
which the men are said to have
been guilty. It is expected tfcat the
Canadian Court will thus be relieved
of the necessity of ruling upon the ob
jection made by the defendants that
the crime charged in the indicttment
does not correspond with the treaty.
Under the new application the Court
will simply be required to decide
whether of not a prima facie case of
receiving stolen moneys has been made
out against Gaynor and Greene.
If the men are surrendered under
extradition proceedings the Georgia^
Courts will be obliged Ito decide* the
difficult and delicate question wbetlh
er Gaynor and Greene can be tried
for conspiracy, as indicated, after hav
ing been obtained from Canada on a
warrant which does not charge that
offence.
PROCEEDINGS IN QUEBEC.
Quebec, July 15.?Messrs. Gaynor
and Greene filed answers today to the
motions made by counsel for the Uni
ted States to quash the writs of habeas
corpus issued Dy Judge Caron on June
20 and 2L Should the writs be set
aside the extradition proceedings will
be heard on their merits. Among the
reasons set forth by counsel for Greene
and Gaynor for denying the motion to
quash the writs are the followng : That
when Marion Erwin made the com
plaint upon which the demand of
extradition was made before Commis
sioner La Fontaine he rendered him
self unworthy- of continuing said pro
ceedings in his name, as he had offer
ed the accused to compromise by aban
doning the demand of extradition on
their payment of a sum of $500,000.
WINTHROP COLLEGE FACULTY.
Meeting of the Trustees of th?
Coliege Yesterday and New
Teachers Elected.
Rock Hill, July 16.?The board of
trustees of Winthrop College met here
yesterday. With the exception of
Hon. D. S. Henderson, who was ex
ofi?cio a member but whose resignation
as senator leaves a vacancy, all the
members were present?a very unusual
thing and perhaps the first time in the
history of the institution that a t full
meeting has been held.
The principal matters to come before
them were elections of teachers to fill
existing vacancies. Miss Elizabeth
Lumpkin of Columbia was elected
teacher of elocution and reading ; Miss
Barbot of Charleston, to be assistant
music teacher ; Miss Olive Boss, re
cently of Asheville, assisant in Eng
lish ; Miss Evans of Marion, assistant
in history.
Miss Mary F. Wickliffe, who si:nce
the beginning of the college has been
one Of the two teachers in charge of
the practice department, having re
ceived a scholarship in the Teachers
college of Columbia university, asked
for leave of absence for one year. This
was granted and Miss Charlottte Powe
of Chreaw, was elected to take chi.rge
of Miss Wickliffe's work in her ab
sence.
Charleston, July 16.?The receivers
of the expositin company will have a
public sale of the palace of commerce,
the administration, machinery and
negro buildings, bridges, pergolas,
cattle barns, dairy and a number of
other buildings and property, in ac
cordance with the order of Judge Gage
of the court of common pleas. The
sale will be held on July 31. The pro
ceeds of the sale will be devoted to the
payment of certain claims. The ac
counts will be kept separately for the
sale of the different properties and the
accounting made to the court by mas
ter, as ordered.
St. Paul, Minn., July 15.?Tremen
dous damage and, it is thought, great
loss of life were caused tonight by a
tornado, which swept in a southwest
erly direction from the boundary across
the northeastern portion of North
Dakota. Three towns, according to
reports, were totally wiped out. Rail
road and telegraph lines are wrecked
and there is no communication with
the section of the State where the most
serious devastation is thought to hare
been worked.
Women and Jewels.
Jewels, candy, flowers, man?that is the
order of a woman's preferences. Jewels
form a magnet of mighty power to the
average woman. Even that greatest of all
jewels, health, is often rained in the stren
uous efforts to make or save the money to
purchase them. If a woman will risk her
health to get a coveted gem, then let her
fortify herself against the insiduous con
sequences of coughs, colds and bronchial
affections by the regular use of Dr.
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arrest consumption in its early stages and
heal the affected lungs and bronchial tubes
and drive the dreaded disease from the sys
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TRIED TO HOWL DOW?
EX-BOVERNOR EVANS
Features of the Meeting at Char
leston Last Night.
Special to The State.
Charleston, July .?The senatorial
and congressional candidates' meeting
was held in the Hibernian hall at S
o'clock this evening in the presence of
800 people.
The only incident of the meeting
was the thwarting of > .prearranged
plan to howl down ex-Governor Evans.
It was reported on the streets this
evening that such an attempt would
be made and friends of all the candi
dates went diligently to work to pre
vent it. Be it said to the credit of
the better element of citizenship in
Charleston the disgrace was narrowly
averted. The world applauds a manly
man, whatever or whoever he may be,
and had cot Mr. Evans pursued the
course he did he would have had
succumb to the inevitable.
He hurled no defiance at these peo
ple as in the days of yore, he made no
threats or boasts, but simply stood
his ground and never yielded an inch.
He made his speech and finished his
allotted time amid applause. Credit
is due Chairman Thayer, who ordered
the police to remove from the hall one
young man who seemed to be a leader
of the mob.
Another thing was demonstrated to
night, South Carolinians have not the
patience to sit up in hot halls and
court houses and listen to warmed
over speeches prepared in the summer
school of education 12 months ago
against Commercial Democracy. That
question is settled in South Carolina.
The audience naturally expected to
witness the sequel to the Georges'
meeting but no personalities were in
dulged in nor was any reference made
to the incident
Strange to say there were no "farm
ers" among the candidates nor was
any reference made to what "we farm
ers" didin '90and '92, in fact the
"farmer candidate" was by far the
most dudishly attired candidate on the
stage and the Irishmen mistook him
for a "Mickey." That accounts for
the cordial^ reception extended him.
Col. Elliott's ovation was almost,
equal to the one accorded him in
Georgetown.
Virginia's Legislature.
Richmond, Va., July .?The gen
eral assembly convened today for the
first time under the new constitution.
The only feature of the session was
the refusal of L P. McLean, Republi
can member of the house of delegates
from Mecklenburg, to take the oath to
uphold the new organic law. When
the speaker, acting under a resolu
tion, called upon the members to rise
and receive the oath from the clerk,
Mr. McLean stood.
"I will never take that oath," he
said. "There is no power to compel
me to do so. I emphatically refuse."
He then gathered his papers together
and stalked from the cap?tol. Under
the constitution his seat is thus va
cated.
The members of the senate took
the oath individually.
Philadelphia, July .?Rather than
face a committee of his creditors at a
meeting which was to be held tomor
row, Jos. G. Mariner, proprietor of
the Philadelphia Wall Paper mills,
committed suicide today in Smyrna,
DeL Mr. Mariner was heavilyjinvolv
ed financially.
Chicago, July .?With agreements
reached between four railroads and
their employes the great strike of the
freight handlers and teamsters that has
paralyzed the industries of Chicago
for a week is apparently broken. A
majority of the strikers are expected
to return to work tomorrow. By
Thursday, according to the present
outlook, there will be few evidences
of the strike.
Charleston, Miss, July .?In Til?a
toba Creek Bottom, ten miles south
east of Charleston, Joseph Dunn, a
white man, 2 years old, while resist
ing arrest, was killed last night by a
sheriff's posse.
Galveston, Tex., July 16.?The
Scate Demoratic convention today
nominated S. W. T. Lanham, of Par
ker, governor, and compliment of
Slate officers. Judge H. J. Reagan, the
only surviving member of the Confed
erate cabinet, presented the name of
Congressman Lanham for governor.
In his speech he referred to the fact
that Lanham would probably be the
last Confederate soldier to serve as
governor of the State of Texas^
The Louisville Courier- Jon rnaii
which has a way of hitting the nail
square on the head, says: "Those offi
cers of the United States navy who are
said to be indignant because of the ?
report that Pierpont Morgan wil?
place his Britisli steamships at the'
disposal of Great Britain in time of
war should direct their indignation to
the law makers of their own country.
Mr. Morgan could place these ships
at the disposal of the United States if
the laws of the United States would
allow him to raise the American flag
over them. ' '
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