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YO?TH?L BURGLAR CAPTURED. Albert Farmer, a Negro Boy, Enters Store Three Nights in Succession. On Monday morning of last week when the store of Levy "*& Moses was opened it was disr j covered that it had been entered and -the cash register robbed of its con? tents-abont $2.50-sometime between Saturday night ard Monday morning. The thief had entered . the store through tho skylight,^ having gained access to the roof by the way of the new building now under construction nest door. His tracks were seen on a pile of tobacco boxes just under the "skylight and on the roof also. There v?as, however, no clue that could lead to the arrest of the thief, and nothing was said about the robbery, except to the police who were informed of the facts and asked to watch the store. Tuesday morning it was found that the thief had again visited the store and had secured $2, without being de ; tee ted by the police. Tuesday night Policeman Barwick was stationed in the ? tore to wait for and capture the thief if he should make another raid. Be? tween 8 and 9 Vclock Officer Bar wick's watching was rewarded by the appearance of the thief who started to ! enter the store through the skylight, but before he had descended into the store he became frightened by a slight noise made by Officer Bar wick shifting his position in his chair, and endeav? ored to make his escape. Officer Bar wick ordered him to halt, vbut he did not do sa Officer Barwick then open? ed fire on the thief, who was climbing I through the s?ryEght. Four shots were fired in rapid succession, none of which reached the mark. The boy made his escape over the roof and got away before the policeman could get out of the store and pursue him. In Es naste and friight the boy dropped his cap in the store while climbing through the skylight, and with this to lentify him the arrest of Albert !armer, otherwise known as "Smut" or "Black Cupid," a boy about twelve or fourteen years old, a son of Sidney Farmer, soon followed. When ie police went to his father's house tor him he was found hiding under a He stoutly denied any knowl je of the robbery, but when his cap was produced he admitted his guilt and named first one and then another negro boy as his accomplice. These, boys have been able to prove ieir innocence and as there was only one set of tracks on the roof and as Policeman Barwick says there was but one boy trying to get through the skylight, it is almost certain that the little rascal was operating alone. The hone wagon racing teams that entertain the belief that they-can low? er the record now held by Delgar team of this city, should attend the tourna? ment to be held in Anderson during encampment week. The Delgars will be there to make good their claim to the championship. Mr. Sol Rytienberg who went to Arizona some six months ago for the "benefit of his health has turned a miner and is now working with pick and shovel is a goldmine which he and two partners are developing. His friends here hope he will strike bonanza. His claim is located in the Arizona desert about fifty miles dis? tant from Tucson and twenty-five miles from water. They haul all the water " they ?se, which, under the circum? stances, is rather a limited quantity. The Sumter Water Company com? menced work Monday on an extension of the water mains on Broad and Church streets. The Broad street main will be extended from the corner of Church street out as far as Mr. C. G. Rowland's residence. The Church streeet main will be extended from Broad street to the pumping station and conn nee ted with the pumps, so as to givet another line of pipe from ?he ' pump to the * standpipe. The extension on Chnrch street will be S inch piping, and the Broad street extension will be 6 inch piping, The new line to the pumping station is expected to improve the pres? sure is the northwestern part of the city and increase the efficiency of the - entire system. a - The Sumte:.- Telephone Manufactur? ing Com pany has been'awarded a big contract to furnish telephones for the United States Government. This cos tract was secured in competition with all of the telephone manufacturers in the country and is a remarkable en? dorsement of the superior quality of the telephones made here. A govern? ment inspector will be stationed here to inspect the instruments while in process of manufacture and to receive them when completed. The Sumter 'phones have won their way to the front rank by merit alone, and although the enterprise is already a big thing it is but in its infancy. The Cotton. Compress Co. will be re? organized on a plan suggested by the committee appointed at the meeting of stockholders held recently." The outstanding debt? of the company are to be paid and the concern will be placed on a solid basis financially. There is no probability of the plant being sold and removed from this city for the business mea of the communi? ty recognize what a great benefit it has been to the city and none know better than they do what an influential faetor it has been in building np the cotton market When the reorganiza? tion plans have been consummated the company will be in excellent condition and under economical management it is believed that the plant can be made to earn dividends for the stockholders. The compress has done an excellent business some seasons and there is no reason why the business should not be increased. Last season 3,000 bales were compressed and thc season before the number compressed was 14,000. Moultrie, Ga., July 19.-Fifteen thousand dollars is the price which the farmers of Colquitt county who engage in sheep-raising received for the clip at the sale held here yester? day. Sixty-five thousands pounds were sold and it is considered that the wool-growers received a good return._ Grover Cleveland, Junior. Buzzard's Bay, Mass., July 18.-A son was born to ex-President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland at their sum? mer home here today. The attendants say that all condi? tions affecting both mother and child are satisfactory. TILLMAN DAY IN BISHOPVILLE. Largest Crowd in History of Town Ga? thers to Hear Senator Tillman and Congressman Lever Speak. Bishopv?ie, July 17.-One of the largest crowds that had ever been seen in Bishopville met here today. The attraction was something unusual, however, and of course, a large crowd was expected. Senator B. R. Tillman and Congressman A. F. Lever, having both been invited by the citizens of the county, were the speakers ' of the day. Both of these gentlemen are very popular in this county and it seemed to give them graet pleasure to address a large crowd of enthusiastic citizens. There were no special features for the day. This meeting had been ar? ranged by the citizens of this com? munity for the purpose of enjoying a few good speeches. This spirit is only in keeping with the thrift and enter pise which is so evident in this town, and, in fact, the entire county. Mr. Ralph W. McLendon deserves great credit for the conspicuous' part he took in getting up this - meeting for the citizens, and inviting gentlemen who were so well prepared to do justice to such an occasion. The first speaker was Hon. A. F. Lever. Mr. Lever has many friends in this county and many of them are very enthusiastic admirers of him. Scarcely had his name been called when he was introduced, when great shouts of applause came from the vast audience. He expressed his apprecia? tion to the people of this- community for the liberal support which they had given him in the past, and said that his constant aim and desire was to render them some service that would make them feel that they had made no mistake in placing him in the high office to which they had elected him. He then commented at some length upon national politics and closed amid enthusiastic applause. The next and last speaker was Sena? tor Tillman. It is needless to say anything aboui the reception of this great statesman, for there is no com? munity in which he has a greater number of ardent admirers to the number of citizens than in this section. This was -his first visit to this town and there were a great many people present who had never seen him. In his usual original and characteristic manner he preceded his regular ad? dress with humor which caught the attention of the entire audience. He said that so doubt those who had never seen him expected to see an animal with horns and hoofs, but these! he had left at the hotels, as he did not expcet to need them. The Senator then got down to . business, and for nearly two hours held the closest at? tention of the crowd. He spoke of local affairs ic which the whole peo? ple of the State feel interested, and pointed to many grand achievements which he had been able to accomplish through his persistent and fearless efforts. - Then he discussed some of the great national questions, and pointed out some of those of the greatest -moment to the American people, now. He did not know who was the prob? able nominee of the D?mocrate party for the presidency, but said he hoped the party would nominate a true, genuine Democrat-one who would hold up the Democratic banner honorably. The meeting adjourned about 1:30 o'clock. F. F. H. Everybody's Magazine. j The August Everybody's, in its uni j que corer, is before us. On th cover runs the legend, "Good Summer Reading,'7 and a critical examination of the magazine confirms the legend. The August Everybody's would be good reading at any season of the year. The publishers mean that it is specially edited with a view to helping its readers pass the hot days pleasant? ly. There is only one so-called heavy article in the magazine-"Pope Leo's Succeesor," by F. Marion Crawford. The article is entirely justified by its tremendous importance and its time? liness, in addition to which it is ; beautifully written and in Marion Crawford's most entertaining style The usual excellent fiction abounds. The second instalment of the "Reign of 'tween Isyl" is another link in that chain of delightful stories. Justus Miles Forman contributes one of his artistic stories of social life. "The Conversion of Mr. Speck Mulligan," by Hartley Davis, is a remarkable character study. "Don Goyo's Holy Remedy,"" by William Bullfin, and "Masters of Arts,*5 by O. Henry, are the best types of the work of these two well-known writers. All the "Little Stories of Real Life"" are written by distinguished short ?tory writers Anne O'Hagan, Juliet Wilbor Tomp? kins, Kathryn Jarboe, Albert Bigelow Paine. *' The Verdict of the Gallery, ' ' by James L. Ford, is in line with a theory of Mr. Ford's that the gallery is the surest critic of a play. Mr. Ford is always interesting. The story of a pet spider, by W. R. Hopkins, is simply delightful. Charles E. Trevathan tells the life story of "Gun? fire, a Kentucky Beautv, the Feet-foot? ed Queen of the Turf." "With the Procession, "in the August Everybdy's, was written by a master craftsman, and contains some of the best writing in the magazine. One feature in Everybody's Magazine is its illustra? tions. They are carefully selected and superby reproduced. There are six full page drawings of "Out-Door Sports for Women," by Anna Whelan Betts, besides nearly a hundred photo? graphs and drawings by well-known photographers and artists. Yon will rarely see so beautiful and delightful a magazine as this August number of Everybody's. A Negro Mob Lynches a Negro. Lake Butler, Fla., July 18.-A ne? gro tramp named Adams who assault? ed a negro woman near this place a day or so ago, was captured last night by a mob of negroes and lynched in Santa Fe Swamp. His body was cut into shreds by the mob and severely dis? figured. The lynching was carried out by negroes entirely. Chiago, July 17.-There were un? confirmed reports that the town of Gardner, in Grundy county, had been destroyed and many people killed. All wires leading to the town are down and no definite information can be secured. MOSQUITO DESTROYER FOUND. Dr. Stiles of Kook Worm Fame ls the Discoverer-He Has Named the Parasite Ag * amomlermis Cuiicis. Washington, July 12.-Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, of the public health and marine hospital service, discoverer of the pararsite Uncinada Americana, generally known as the hook worm, or "germ of laziness," and whose ad? dress last December before the Sani? tary Conference of American Repub? lics, in which he told of the effects of the ravages of the hook worm disease upon social, industrial and economic conditions in the Southern States, at? tracted such widespread attention, has made another discovery in the parasite world, which is considered by Govern? ment savants as of the greatest impor? tance. This is the discovery and isola? tion of what Dr. Stiles has named the Agamomlermis cuiicis, otherwise known as ' ' the mosquito destroyer, ' ' a parasite which kills millions of mosquitoes each year and which, it is believed, under artificial propagation, will prove far superior to any means now known of ridding infested com? munities of these pests. jThe discovery was not the result of accident or of haphazard methods. Some time ago the officers of the pub? lic health and marine hospital service concieved the idea that at the preseent time, when mosquitoes are being sub? jected to such careful study because of the important relations they bear to public health, especially in connec? tion with malaria, yellow fever and diseases of a like nature-the mosquito, having been recognized as a carrier of fever germs-it was of the greatest in? terest to determine by what parasites they were infected. At the time this deterimnation was made the health authorities were con? vinced, although without the backing of data, that the matter had a practi? cal as well as a sicentific value, for it was considered that it would make I possible the elimination of certain non-pathogenic organisms from the life cycle of pathogenic organisms, certain stages of which were already known to exist in mosquitoes. It had a further practiical bearing in that it was then believed that the parasites of mosquitoes might multiply to such an extent as to become important factors in their extermination. The experimlents by Dr. Stiles, which followed this decision, have re? sulted in entire success. Tho parasite has been discovered and isolated. The right of the parasite to its com? mon title of "mosquito destroyer" has been established. All that ?ow re? mains to be done by Dr. Stiles and his associates is to discover a rc pl** and inexpensive manner of propagating the parasitics in sufficient number for general use in marshes, ponds and localities infested with the insects. The "mosquito destroyer" will do the rest. Certain forms of intestinal parasites had previously been found in mosqiuito larvae in India, Italy and Spain, but none had been discovered in Ameri? can mosquitoes until Prof. John B. Smith, of Rutgers College, forwarded to Dr. Stiles for examination two worms taken from the abdominal cavity of New Jersey mosquitoes. One specimen was hardly in a condi? tion to be of use for study, but Dr. Stiles determined that both speci? mens were larval roundworms, be? longing to the family mermithidae, either to mermis or paramermia Dr. Stiles christened the parasite II agamomermis cuiicis." The agamomermis cuiicis is an in? ternal parasite and has its habitat in the abdominal cavity of mosquitoes, infection taking palee in the larval or pupal stages of the growth of mos? quitoes. Mosquitoes infected with the parasite are sluggish in their move? ments and do not live long. Female insects infected do not breed. The researches which led up to the discovery of the paxaiste agamomermis cuiicis showed conclusively that what is generally termed "a bad year for mosquitoes' '-that is, when the pests are most numerous in their usual haunts, and even in places where they are usually few in number-is due to the existence of conditions unfavorable to the natara! propagation of the ' * mosquito destroyer. ' ' Correspond ingly, in years when the parasite breeds in large numbers, mosquitoes are not so troublesome. Indeed, from what lias already been learned, it is apparent that, were it not for this na? tural enemy of the mosquito, the pests would breed unchecked in such num? bers as to make certain sections of the country almost uninhabitable in cer? tain periods of the year. It is admitt?d by Dr. Stiles and other Government scientists that con? siderably more ?difficulty will be experi? enced in propagating the "mosquito destroyer" in -snfficient numbers for general use than was involved in dis? tributing the parasite of "the grass? hopper plague"" throughout the farm? ing sections of the West. Although not generally known, it is, nevertheless, a fact that the department of agri? culture by seeding out cultures of this plague to many points in the Middle West and Souhwest, where formerly a general blight of all crop from grass hopper hordes was no uncommon thing, have practically obviated the posisbility of such calamities. When the researches with regard to the newly discovered parasite have pro? ceeded as far, and the expense of pro? pagating the "mosquito destroyer*' has been reduced to the minimum, it is considered very possible that the public health and marine hospital ser? vice will take an active part in prac? tically exterminating mosquitoes in the United States. It is interesting to note that the "mosquito destroyer"' belongs to the family ofgordious or horsehair worms. It is no uncommon thing to see thou? sands of these worms wriggling on plants, trees, sh rubbery and on the earth, following a heavy storm, and it is this which has given rise to the common belief in rural districts that "it rains, worms." As a matter of fact, however, the horsehair worms, like their more useful cousin, the "mosquito destroyer," live in the ab? dominal cavities of various insects, and a long drought, followed by a heavy rain, usually results in their leaving the bodies of insects and re? turning to the earth and to their first stage of existence. These species, how? ever, are not harmful to the insects which house them. The "mosquito destroyer" is deadly, but to mosqui? toes only.-New York Sun. LYNCHING IN WYOMING. Two Murderers Killed by a Mob at Basin, Wyoming. Butte, Mont, July 19.-A speial to the Miner, from Red Lodge, Mont., says: Jim Gorman, who killed his brother about a year ago and ran off with his brother's wife, and a man named Walters, who killed a widow named Hoover, at the Hot Springs, two years ago, because she refused to marry him, were lynched at Basin, Wyom? ing, today. C. E. Pierce, a deputy sheriff, was killed during the attack on the jail. A state of lawlessness now prevails in Northern Wyoming, as a result of which all law and order seems to have been abolished. From President Moffett, of the Montana and Wyoming Telephone Company, who is now mak? ing a tour of inspection of his com? pany's lines, comes the news of the lynching, and of an appeal for help from Sheriff Fenton, of Big Horn County, who has arrested a number of prominent cattlemen near Thermopolis, and has appealed to the Governor of Wyoming for the assistance of the militia in getting his prisoners to Ba? sin. It was reported to Sheriff Fenton last Wednesday morning that a mob was coming up to Basin from Hatts ville and Tonslip, to lynch Gorman and Walters, and the sheriff took these two men and a horse thief from jail and secreted them in a gulley near town under guard of Deputy Sheriffs Alston and Pierce. Gorman managed to slip his hand? cuffs, and make his esape He swam the Big Horn River (an unprecedent? ed feat) and made for the mountains. A posse was quickly organized and Gorman was recaptured early yesterday morning about fifty miles from Basin. Last night a mob of about fifty unmasked men rode up the east bank of the Big Horn and compelled the ferryman to carry them across the river. They made no demonstration until they entered Basin, when five shot were fired as a warning. The mob proceeded at once to the county jail and fired a volley into the jail. Deputy Pierce and Special Depute Meader were guarding the prionsers at the time. One bullet grazed Mead er's shoulder and entered Pierce's heart. Members of the mob then tore up the telephone poles and battered the jail doors down. They first came to Walters, who was crouched in his cell begging piteously for mercy. No needless torture was resorted to. Wal? ter was shot instantly. The mob next found Gorman, whose body was pierced by five bullets, and he was left presumably dead. He lingered, however, until this forenoon. I A still more alarmng state of affairs is reported from the vicinity of Thermopolis. About six weeks ago, as a result ?f the range feud that has been so bitterly waged, a sheep man, named Minnhick, was killed by cattle men. The sheriff, it is asserted, has captured the murderers, who are all prominent cattle men and whose names have been withheld owing to threats made against the sheriff. Sheriff Fenton is unable to get his prisoners to Basin. It is said the same mob that lynched Gorman and Walters are sympathizers and have de? clared that Sheriff Fenton will never get out of the locality'alive with his prisoners. Sheriff Fenton has wired the Governor of Wyoming for per? mission to use the State militia at Lander, and has also sent a telephone message to Basin and other towns asking for volunteers to asssist him in upholding the law. Everywhere hardy Westerners are respondiing to the call, arming themselves and hasten? ing to Thermopolis. It is probable the militia will be ordered to the scene and a bloody battle may be fought. The country about Thermo polis is a-wild and lawless one. The last message from Sheriff Fenton, which was received this morning, said ire still held the prisoners and that he believed he could hold out until reinforcements came Mr. Fitz Hugh McMaster. : With today Mr. Fitz Hugh Master, j for nearly eight years the business j manager of the Evening Post of Char ? leston, assumes the new position of circulation manager of The State. Mr. McMaster needs no introduction to the people of Columbia or of South Carolina. He has a wide acquaintance over the commonwealth and his friends are those who know him. In connecting himself with The State he is only coming back home after a period of endeavor in another field, where succ?s has attended his labors. In building The Evening Pest from an unlikely venture to a stable insti? tution Mr. McMaster has been a chief factor, and it is with the confidence that his energy and ability will prove of equal value to this newspaper that the man?gmert of The State has in? vited him to return. The creation of the position which Mr. McMaster now takes is tendered necessary not ?only because of the .steady increase in The State's circula? tion but also OE account of the oppor? tunities for further growth whi-ch are feeing every day f presented as South Carolina advances in the ways of business and of prosperity. That the State shall properly use these op? portunities is the task to whi-eh Mr. McMaster will devote himself.- The S raie. The Case of Beavers. New York, July .20.-Counsel for George W. Beavers, former superin? tendent Ot thc division of salaries^and allowances of the inostoffice depart-1 ment, against whom two indictments have been found by the Federal grand jury in Brooklyn, made a statement today, saying that he had commuicated with District Attorney Youngs, offer? ing to produce Beavers before the United States commissioner for a pre? liminary hearing, but that Col. Youngs did not care Ito accept that offer. The statement characterizes the course of the district attorney as ir? regular and unfair, and says that the reports repeatedly circulated in the press that Mr. Beavers has at any time offered to turn State's evidence are absolutely false. Streator, 111., July 17.-A tornado killed five persons, injured a score cf others and caused a heavy property loss here tonight. THE POPE IS OEID. He Passed Away Late Monday Afternoon. SEW-eOHCIOUS TO THE LAST. Dr. Lapponi's Description of the Death Serene-Events Fol- v lowing.Announcement of Death. Rome, July 20.-The Pope died shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. His last moments were comparatively peaceful a ?d painless, and were pre? ceded by a period of insensibility. Around the bedside at the final mo? ment were the Cardinals, the rela? tives and the members of the Papal Court. Before lapsing into uncon? sciousness the dying Pontiff feebly moved his lips, his last articulate ! words being those used in bestowing a benediction. Gradually the shadow of death spread over the Pontiff, his extremi? ties became cold, his features assumed the fixed rigidity of death, and Dr. Lapponi noted his last fluttering heart beats, which * gradually became slower and slower until they finally stopped. The news of the Pope's death spread rapidly throughout Rome and caused a most profound sensation. ? The whole city is in mourning. I The whole day was one of continual emotion, one distressing scene follow? ing after another. When it became known, shortly before 4 p. m., that the Pope's journey through the valley of death was almost finished, Cardinal Vannutelli hurried again to his bed? side, and was followed shortly after ; wards by what is called in Vatican phraseology the * ' Papal secret family, ' ' and the 1 ' noble family, ' ' besides the ?"personal family," including the late Pope's nephews, Comte Ludovico, Riccardo, and Camilli, and also all the Cardinals at the Vatician, who after? wards retired to the adjoining library, after they had been allowed to kiss the Pontiff's hand and pass along, presenting another of those pictures which will live in the memory of all those participiating in it. The aged Pontiff was lying prone and uncon? scious, propped up to assist him in breathing, one hand laid on the red silk coverlet, the heavy Pontifical ring being in danger of falling from- the shrunken finger, while the other hand clutched his rosary and crucifix. Though he was entirely unconscious, gleams of intelligence seemed to flicker across the worn face, and the shadow of a smile fell over the pallid lips when the nephews passed and re? verently knelt and kissed the Popee's hand. No word was spoken. The only sound which broke the silence of the death chamber was the rattle of the arms of the Noble Guard, who were stationed at every door of the Pon? tiff's private apartments, it being their privilege and right under the circum? stances to take possession of the apart? ments and guard the body of the Pope. Tomorrow the Sacred College of Cardinals will assemble for the im? pressive ceremony of officially pro? nouncing Pope Leo dead. After this function has been performed the body will be taken to the small throne room adjoining the death chamber, where it will be embalmed. The funeral cere? monies will extend over nine days, the remains being removed to the Cathe? dral of St. Peter's, where they will lie in state. The ultimate resting place of the dead Pontiff will be in the magnificent Basilica of St. John, the Lateran. The Pope's final moments were marked by that same serenity and de? votion as when he was conscious that calm intelligence which is associated with his twenty-five years' Pontificate. His was no easy death. An hour before he died, turning to Dr. Lapponi and his devoted valet, Pio Centra, he mur? mured: "The pain I suffer is most terrible." Yet his parting words were not of the physical anguish that he suffered, but were whispered benedic? tions upon the Cardinals and his nephews, who knelt at the bedside, and the last look of his almost sight? less eyes was towards the great ivory crucifix hanging in the death chamber. Practically all the Cardinals in Rome, kneeling at the bedside, watched the passage of his soul. Earlier in the day Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli had im? pressively pronounced the absolution in articulo mortis. The condi tion of his Holiness varied from agony to coma. Wishing to relieve him, Dr. Mazzoni suggested that morphine should be administered, but Dr. Lapponi did not agree, fearing that the end might be quickened. Z Of this supreme moment Dr. Lap? poni gives an impressive description. He said : "Death occured through exhaustion, although in the last: two hours Pope Leo made a supreme effort to gather together all his energies. He suc? ceeded in recognizing all those about kim by the sound of their voices, as his sight was almost entirely lost. Still he made a marvellous display of his energy and even his death was real? ly grand. It was resigned, calm and serene. Very few examples can be given of a man of such advanced age, after so exhaustive an illness, show? ing such supreme courage in dying. The Pontiff's last breath was taken exactly at ::our minutes past 4. I ap? proached a lighted candle to his mouth three times, according to the tradi? tional ceremonial, and afterward de? clared the Pope co be no more. I then went to inform Cardinal Oreglia, the dean/?f the Sacred College, who im? mediately assumed full power and j gave orders that the Vatican.be cleared I of all curious persons having no right ' to be therein. Contemporaneously, the Cardinal instructed Monsignor Righi, master of ceremonies, to send the Swiss Guards from the Clemen? tine Hall to close all the entrances to the Vatican and dismoss all persons from the death hamber, the body be? ing entrusted to the Franciscan peni? tentiaries. Meantime events of momentous im? portance to Catholic Christendom were occurring. The death of Pope Leo i meant tho passing of the supreme power int3 the hands of the Sacred College of Cardinals as its temporary custodian during the interregnum. The perfect administrative ma? chinery of the Church provided against the slightest interruption of the gov erning authority. As th? senior member of the Sacred College, Card? inal Oreglia. to whom the Pope today solemnly confided the interests of the Church has now become the exponent of the Cardinals until Pope Leo's successor has been elected. This brought forth Caridnal Oreglia as the striking personality of the hour. The Cardinal is the exact antihesis of Pope Leo, having none of the late Pontiff's sympathetic and benevolent characteristics. He comes from a noble Piedmontese stock and his nobility is shown in his haughty and austere manner. He is not popular among his colleagues or the Romans, and his brusque manner has earned him the title of "The Piedmont Bear." He is tall and robust and his 74 years are shown by the whiteness Of his hair. His face has the twany hue of old parchment and is deeply lined. Despite his austerity the Cardinal's learning and piety are universally re? cognized. This is the man who, for the time being, is practically Pope. It was he who issued the orders to clear the Vatican from intruders and brought tranquillity out of the confusion im? mediately following Pope Leo's death. COUNT GiSSINI TALKS. He Will not Allow Roosevelt and Hay to Make any Capital out of Alleged Actions on His Part. Paris, July 20.-A representative of the Associated Press has interviewed Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador to the United Stetes, who is here with his daughter, spending part of his leave of absence in Paris. He said : * "lt is not correct, as cabled, that I arranged with Secretary Hay, before my departure, the question of open ports in Manchuria. It is true that Mr. Hay called on me on June 28, but it was a friendly visit and entirely un? official. The Manchurian ports were mentioned during our conversation, but no definite arrangement was com? pleted. What has been done by the charge d'affaires since my departure, fourteen days ago, I do not know. "Regarding the Israelite petition the United States Government al? ready knew that such a petition would not be received. No such peti? tion would be received by any in? dependent State. The United States, first of all, would not consent to any foreign interference in its domestic affairs. Beyond this I do not know anything about the matter. " AN UNOFFICIAL STATEMENT. Washington, July 20.-In a conversa? tion at the Russian embassy on the afternoon of June 29, with the As? sociated Press representative, Count Cassini referred to the call of Secretary Hay the day previous and expressed his gratification at its results. The ambassador, in reply to the question as to whether Manchuria was under discussion during the call, replied in the affirmative, stating that he had assured Mr. Hay that Russia would execute to the letter her pledges in Manchuria, and at the proper time would concede certain ports. It is believed here that the point the ambassador is endeavoring to make is that the general understanding reach? ed between himself and Secretary Hay at the conference on June 28 did not specify the ports to be opened, which at that time had not been decided upon. Moreover, when the ambas? sador says no definite agreement had been reached it is assumed that the re? fers to the fact that no written ex? changes passed between Secretary Hay and himself at that time. The battlleship Kearsarge which bas recently been so prominent in foreign 1 waters, is now on its way across the Atlantic under orders to "do her best" in the matter of showing what 1 sort of time she could make for a long 1 distance in an emergency. This trial 1 awakens interest in the possible speed of big warships and makes a review of 1 former efforts interesting, The Kearsarge herself made the trip to Keil from New York a few weeks ago at an average speed of 16.62 miles or 14.40 knots per hour. The Oregon, with a trial record-of about the same 1 as that of the Kearsarge, made the great voyage of 14,000 miles from San Fandcisco to Key West in sixty eight days, maintaining an average speed of over ll knots an hour. The fastest trip across the Atlantic ever 1 made by a war vessel was that of the ; cruiser Columbia in 1895. The Co ; lumbia made the voyage from South ; ampton, England, to New York in six davs, twenty-three hours, and forty nine minutes. The best four hours' run was SOU knots, or nearly 23 miles an hour. The average speed for the seven days was 18.41 knots, or nearly 1 21 miles per hour. This speed record ' stands unequaled. The Columbia at that time was the fastest cruiser ; afloat, and it is not expected that any 1 battleship will equal her record. . A Chicago inventor, Georgi grady, has discovered a process ci" manufacturing a thirty-six candie power light that will never go cur. While experimenting with photo? graphic chemicals four years ago Ma grady's attention was attracted by a glow in a small globe. The glow was caused by a chemical which th?, inventor keeps secret. Magrady en? larged the glow and perfected" the light by placing it in an air tight; glass. He says there is no reason why the light will not remain brilliant forever if it is not broken. A com? pany has been formed to manufacture the lights in numerous sizes. A patent hood fits over the globe, and covers it completely when the light is not needed. Widewater, Va., July 20.-Work on Prof. Langley's airship, which was suspended Saturday, was resumed to? day with vigor on the part of Smith? sonian experts and mechanics under the direction of Charles S. Manley, head assistant. They have nearly completed the launching car which is: to dash across a track 70 feet and cast, the airship into space. Prof.. Langley was not here today. The boathouse is secure now, but will be removed to its original position. The hammocks being sold by H. G. Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in Sumter, at the price.