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WASHINGTON LETTER. if Looks Like Everything is Rot? ten. . "Washington, July 27.-An anomal? ous and unedifying situation exists in the Postoffice Department where the investigation still drags on under the most unfavorable circumstances. Rob? ert J. Wynne, First Assistant, is act? ing Postmaster General but is under ' snell strict orders that' he dares not say a word as to the progress" of the Investigation ncr even discharge em Bppfoves found to have fc>een guilty of actual dishonesty. Postmaster General Payne is away- from Washington, oraising about on a Government reve Beaue cutter, but so restricted are the powers of acting Postmaster General Wynne that Mr. Payne left the signed KKscharge of Charles Hedges wh?n he : -went away so that if the result of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow's investiagtion proved dis? honesty on Hedges part he could be gotten rid of without awaiting Mr. Payneys re turn Charles Hedges, superintendent of 43ty delivery, has been summarily dis? missed for falsifying his pay account WHle the charges against Hedges, are ample to v; arrant his dismissal it is -noteworthy that an old case, over three years old, was dug up and made the ground for his dismissal when there were far more serious grounds of re? cent occurrence on which his discharge might have been based. The reason for going back so far and taking up a comparatively insignificant charge is that Hedges' subsequent irregularities involved E. H. Rand, the confidential derk of the Postmaster General, whose pecadilloefj it was not desired to re? veal. Nevertheless, Mr. Bristow has now taken up the case of Rand and is investigating the numerous charges against him. Mr. Bristow's position in the mattel.* is a very delicate one and Shere isfscme doubt as to whether he will have the courage to make a report recommending the dismissal of the Postmaster General's pet employe. George W. Beavers has, since my last loiter, has been indicted for accepting commissions from the Brandt-Dent Automatic Cashier Company but has not yet been arrested, it is believed ~by the postal officials that Beavers was guilty of serious delinquencies although his tracks were so cleverly covered ar; to make their proof in ?oart very difficult Several more in? dictments by the grand jury of the District of Columbia are anticipated -within a few days and some new in? dictments have been returned hy the Brooklyn grand jury, although it is mot positively' known against whom ?hey were rendered. {; Resident Roosevelt has found him? self in an extremely delicate position : ia his relations with organized labor, ftiblic Printer Palmer recently dis- '. charged William Miller, an assistant foreman of the. bookbinding depart? ment, because he had been expelled the union. Miller appealed to the : "Jrasident and to the ' Civil Service ^Commission with the result that the Jitter found his dismissal was unlaw- j io! and the President ordered his rein? statement The union promptly held ? meeting at which it was determined "*3o file with the President charges 1 against Miller, and to declare that $he bookbinders could not work with m non-union man, but would be com- : palled to go on strike if Miller resum 43d his duties. Miller is expected to xeturn to work today and the outcome is awaited with interest The local staion of bookbinders has a peculiar nile whereby the amount of work "Which each man is allowed to perform 35er day is limited. Miller insisted 3hat the men perform more work and m incuried the displeasure of the un? ion. Mr. Roosevelt has issued a de- 1 "deration that in the departments of 1 "the government there shall be no dis- 1 ^crimination between union and non? union Isidor. In other words, the un- 1 f ion of the states is still supreme. The ] charges of the union against Miller, the President has refused to consider, J shifting all further responsibility on 5 JPnblic Frintsr Palmer. A report comes from Oyster Bay to the effect that Speaker-to-be Cannon, i after a conference with the President, < .torreed to withdraw his opposition to i the consideration of all financial legis- i "?ation at; the next session of Congress. 1 There is some skepticism regarding ? ...Shis retort, however. Persons who 2 Jtenow Mr. Cannon well declare that 1 3i? would never have receded from his < position without some very valuable i promiser from the President Of "^course, if Mr. Roosevelt was ready to ( place a considerable amount of patron- ? 3058 at toe disposal of the prospective Speaker, he could obtain from the lat? ter a promise to do or not to do any- \ tiling at ali On the other band, it 2 is pointed out that a promise from < -tile Speaker to withhold opposition \ means nothing, because the Speaker j does not have to oppose legislation. ? His mere neglect means its defeat1 j MT. Roosevelt's sudden interest in , financial legislation is taken to indi- , cate his desire to regain popularity 1 with Wall Street and it is interesting to note that interest and advocacy of : jsuch legislation dates entirely from a iong conference at the White House participated in by the President, Senator Hanna and G. W. Perkins, a partner of J. P. Morgan & Co. The news comes from Indiana that the republicans of that state are anx? ious to have Senator 'Beveridge made vice-piesident so as to make room for Govenior Durbin whom they wish to send to the Senate in place of the "boy orator" of whom his colleagues have grown very weary, and whose useful mess h.*s, therefore, virtually ended. 'Of course, Beveridge will strenuously ?ppose the movement to nominate him Soar second place, but his wishes may -sot be consulted. There is considerable anxiety in Washington because of the failure in Hf?l Street of two large firms, Talbor X Taylor and W. L. Stow & Co. and the general demoralization of the market If, as is confidently hoped hy some republican leaders, the pres? ent financial crisis merely serves to jBguee-'se a portion of-the water oat of inflated stocks and does not affect the -general prosperity of the country all -will be well, but if, on the other land, it results in timidity of capital ead a general feeling of uncertainty throughout the country, the result .will l>e disastrous to republican pros? pects. As the conditions are just op? posite to those prevailing a year ago and interest is low and money plenty, the Secretary of the Treasury can do nothing to relieve the situation. RAGE WAR IN ILLINOIS. Northerners Get More Negro Than They Can Stand. Negro is Lynched by Mob of Six Hun dred Men-Mob Fired on by the Sheriff-Two Killed and Twenty v Two Men Wounded. i Danville, UL, July 25.-This city is in the throes of a race war. One negro, an unknown man from Evans? ville, Ind., who tonight shot and kill? ed Henry Gatterman, white, has al? ready been lynched by a mob of 600 men, who were later fired upon by; the sheriff, three men being wound? ed. The mob clamoring for the life of another negro named James Wil? son, who has confessed to a brutal as? sault on the wife of a farmer at Al? von, UL, just north of here. The unknown negro met 1 his fate while the mob was on the way to lynch Wilson. The an'gry throng was passing down East Main street, when the negro became involved in altercation with some of its members. They started after him and he pulled a gun, firing into the crowd. Henry Gatterman, a young butcher, who has recently returned from Fort Mon? roe, fell mortally wounded and expir? ed in a few seconds. The negro turned and fled, but was caught by the of? ficers within a block of the scene of the tragedy and hurried to the police station, with the mob in hot pursuit, temporarily diverted from their march to the county jail. The officers, with their prisoner, took refuge in the city building, bar? ricading themselves behind the door of one of the offices. They could not check the mob, however, for it secur? ed a long pole and battered down a section of tue wall and the door both of which were very thin. On account of the overwhelming numbers of the mob it was useless for the offi? cers to resist. The negro was seized and rushed to the spot where he had shot down Gatterman. It was the work" of an instant to throw a rope around his neck and swing him up to the nearest telephone pole. The mob did not delay long, but waited to see that their victim was dead. The life was slowly strangled out and he was left hanging, while the mob proceed ed on to the county jail. The officers hope to save the second by some ruse. THE SAME OLD STORY. Wilson, it is charged, went to the farm house while the woman was alone and told her he was hungry. While she was getting him something to eat he entered the kitchen door and seized her. He fled, leaving her half-dead. Afterward she man? aged to crawl to the nearest farm house, where she told the story. A posse of officers started in pursuit of the negro and when Wilson was cap? tured he was hurried to the county jail to prevent lynching. There the negro confessed. Three other negroes have been at? tacked by members of the mob and. severely beaten. One of them is Ben Rich and the other two are said to be refugees from Evansville, Ind. Some negroes are arming them? selves and others are preparing for flight. The victim of the mob later was identified as J. D. Mayfield. NEGRO'S BODY BURNED. The mob changed its mind before attacking the jail and went back and cut down Mayfield's body. They rushed it to to the public square and burned it in a bonfire, hacking it to pieces with knives as it burned. WHITE MAN SACRIFICED. Then they charged the jail and the sheriff and deputies fired, wounding ?everal members of the mob, some fa? tally. The moo repulsed, sent to. a neigh? boring mining camp for dynamite and probably will attack the jail again. The mob is infuriated and threaten to lynch the sheriff and his deputies, ilso the negro turnkey in the jail. THE CITY PRISON WRECKED. After securing battering arms it [?ok the mob about half an hour to ff reek the city prison, the negro being found hid in a safe. He was pulled :rom the safe, struck with sledges, inocked down, jumped upon and ?tamped to death. A rope was placed ibout his neck and his lifeless body, ffas dragged about three blocks. An i ?ffort was made to hang the body to a telephone pole, but the rope broke. SOLDIERS GUARDING THE DAN? VILLE JAIL. Danville, 111., July 26.-This city tonight is ender military protection ind there have been no disturbances since last night. Four companies of the Seventh infantry arrived this morning from the State camp at Springfield. They are under the com? mand of Lieut. Col. Clasby, who has doubled the guard about the jail this evening. One hundred sentries now form a cordon around it. No one is allowed within a block of the jail. Reports are persistent that a mob is being arranged for tonight by miners at Westville, which is five miles from here. Two persons were killed in last night's riots and 22 wounded. Sheriff Whitelock says he himself was the only man who shot into the mob. When the jail was attacked the sheriff said he became alarmed for the safety of his wife and children and considered that he was justified in shooting, although he was careful to shoot only in the iiands or legs. The 200 soldiers here, it is believed, will prevent further outbreaks for the present at least. Half of these will be on duty all the time. RUSSIAN BRUTES BURN 33 WOMEN Alive Because They Would Pre? serve their Virtue. London, July 27.-The St Peters? burg correspondent of the Daily Mail sends a report to the effect that near the village of Schalajifka, in the dis? trict of the Don, 33 female laborers were burned to death in a barn where they had locked themselves to escape molestation by male laborers, who, in revenge, fired the barn and watched the burning without heeding the -shrieks of the victims. POPE LEO'S BODY IS LAID IO REST Solemn Obsequies Took Place as the Sun Went Down. FRONT DOORS OF BASILICA CLOSED The Details of a Ceremony of interest to the Whole World. Rome, July 25.- The body of Pope Leo was interred in St. Peter's to? night. The strokes of the hammer which resounded through the immense dome of the cathedral announced to the earnest gathering in the nave that Leo XIII had been laid to rest. At sundown the most important, most solemn, of all the obsequies took place. The front doors of the basilica were closed, and the vast church, ex? cept for a row of lights at the shrine of St. Peter, the candles about the bier and those persons who had quiet? ly and with the utmost reverence gathered there, appeared deserted. About 1,000 persons had received invitations to attend the ceremonies. The cardinals, who met earlier in the vatican, entered the chapel choir, waiting there for the arrival of the procession, Cardinal Oreglia, the cam erlengO, holding the keys of command. It is estimated that 80,000 people passed the catafalque since Thursday morning. The last funeral mass in St. Peter's was celebrated this morn? ing in the chapel of the choir by Mgr. Penicy, canon of the vatican basilica. At the same time funeral masses were celebrated in most of the churches of Rome. The most imposing ceremony today was the reception by the sacred college, in the hall of the consistory, of the whole diplomatic body accredit? ed to the vatican. All the diplomats wore gorgeous uniforms and the cardi? nals had on their magnificent violet robes and were seated in huge arm? chairs, according to right of prece? dence. The Portugese ambassador, M. Martins D'Antus, dean of the diplo? matic corps, was at the head of the body. He advanced and delivered an address in French, expressing the sor? row of all the powers at the death of Pope Leo, who had acquired the uni? versal esteem of the world. Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the college of cardinals, rose and answered in Italian. He eulogized Pope Leo and his work during his long pontificate and ended with expressing the hope that God would suggest to the sacred college a worthy successor to Leo XIII. After this the members of the diplo? matic body kissed the hands of all the . cardinals, and especially congratulated Cardinal Oreglia on the sentiments he had expressed and which produced the best of impressions. When tlie time came to take the ' fisherman's ring from Pope Leo's fin? ger it has developed another was found in its place. This did- not surprise anyone, as generally the pontiff does , not wear it, the ring being less of an ornament than an unused seal. At the first meeting of the congregation of . cardinals after the pope's death, when \ the famous ring should have been broken, this ceremony was omitted, and it was put on record that the ring for the moment could not be found. The fisherman's ring is known to J have been lost twice before. So far it has not been discovered, but the vatican authorities assure The . Associated Press that the ring will be undoubtedly found.. On two other occasions the ring 1 was taken frem the papacy by force. In 1797, the French Republicans, in- . vading the papal states, despoiled Pius j VI of all his valuables, and among them of the fisherman's ring. It was , returned the next day, as it had no in? trinsic value. When Pius VI was kidnapped in the ; middle of the night and was made to i give up this ring, the pope gave it up ? after breaking it in two pieces, which ! were kept in Paris until returned to , Rome by Louis XVIII. Two Dead and Six Wounded, j Atlanta, July 26.-A Constitution ] special f rom Camack, Ga., says : Two . killed and six wounded, four of them, j it is believed, fatally, is the resnlt of ' a row at a negro church here tonight in which pistols and razors played a ] deadly part j The entire negro population of the town is terrorized as a re^nl?- of the 1 affray and it is impossible io Tearn J the real cause of trouble. The shooting started over a dispute < of some sort. There was then a wild ! rush to get from the building aad it is believed that many of the wounded { were hurt in this way. Women and 1 children were trampled under foot by 1 men, who, with knives and pistols in ? their hands were trying to escape foes armed in the same manner. ' As yet it is is impossible to learn 1 the names of those who did the shoot- J ing. It seems that nearly every negro ] in the building was using either a pis- ? toi or a knife and it may never be known whose efforts to kill were effec- 1 tive. Yokohama, July 26.-M. Pavloff, ; the Russian minister to Corea, having . objected to the Japanese telegraph line from Seoul to Fasan, which was constructed prior to the Rus? sian line, the Corean govern? ment asked Japanese Minister Hayashi to remove the line. The latter has declined to do so. The automobile has come to stay, and will surely and rapidly develop into one of the most important factors in transportation. They are being manufactured in this country by the thousand, and there are more of them in Europe than in the United States. The British Government, it is an? nounced, will make large use of them in Africa. It is now building in the Congo State a road 310 miles long, whicii is to be 27 feet wide on the plains and 15 feet in the mountainous regions, and on which automobiles carrying two tons and running 20 miles a day will be employed. The highway will serve the purposes of a railroad and will- cost far less. The same system, of course, would serve toe needs of many districts in the Southern States-but good roads must come first. "BETTER ?HA? LUCERNE" Co!. Aldrich's Combnation Fon Crop of Bermuda, Vetch ani Rye-Velvet Beans from Carolina S -How to Discourage Nut Grass. To^ the Editor of The News ? Courier: Responding to your reqi that I would state my reasons for serting that Bermuda grass, nat vetch and rye in combination furn something "better than lucerne,'1 will premise by saying that I wish be understood as applying my sta ments to the latitude of Middle Soi Carolina. Never having farmed the red clay soils of the Piedm section, or the level, insufficien drained low-lands of the coast, I unprepared to say that the forage grazing crops best adapted to Ba well, Aiken, Orangeburg, Colleti Hampton, Sumter, Lexington, Ri land and some other ' counties woi be equally valuable and satisfact< for Anderson and Greenville, or Ch leston and Berkeley. I am confide that the "double-barrelled system" cultivating corn and cotton togetl will be found to suit every soil a climate in which these two CK grow, for that is demonstrable point, as it has been to the visual c servation of many sceptics during t past three years. But to return Bermuda grass, vetch and rye. Fin there is no grass that will stand mc persecution in the way of close gre ing and tramping; in wet and d weather, than Bermuda. Second, the is no grass, not even the far fam blue grass of Kentucky, that is of fin quality or more nutritious. Thir there is no grass that will furnish time of drought the same quantity nourishment for stock. Stick a b pin there. As a rule, there is a gre deal of dry, hot weather in the cour of an average South Carolina summe So much for Bermuda grass. Noi having a few acres set in Bermud which is easily done, hire some o Charleston * ' Mauma' ' to go up alor the ditch banks of the phospha works in the month of May and pic several quarts of native vetch seed J seventy-five cents or a dollar per qua: -the only sure way of getting vetc seed. And in September plough in bushel of rye and two to eight quan of vetch seed per acre ; in other word; all the vetch you have succeeded i securing, into your Bermuda patel after having- broken np the sod tho: oughly, and harrow and roll the lane In April, between the 10th and 20t of the month, the rye being about fiv feet in height, cut it with a cradle c mower, cure and put it in your barr There is very little finer forage tha rye at that stage. Later it become coarse and woody. In a few days after the rye has bee; cut the vetch and. aftermath of ry will commence a most vigorous growtl together, and by the middle or latte part of May there will be a gram growth of rye and vetch ; the latte from three to four feet high, clingini to the rye stalks, ready for the mower This cutting will equal in quantity anything in the shape of forage tha grows on land and will be satisfactory in quantity. The butter from COWJ fed on it is the finest that can bi made. Very soon after this seconc crop of forage is harvested, the Ber? muda grass will be seen to be spring? ing up in succulent spears, and by the middle of June there will be available for the balance of the summer a wealth of magnificent pasturage fully equa] to the finest Kentucky blue grass. . In September only the rye will have to be sown again, as the Bermuda is perennial and the vetch reseeds the ground. The editor of The News and Courier will now see whether I claim too much for Bermuda grass, when I say that it is "far better than lucerne." Some years ago, at the suggestion of my friend, the late Gen. Johnson Ha sjood, I experimented with lucerne. He was doing the same thing, and we both were at the same time "projick ing" with Bermuda. Both of us abandoned lucerne, though it made pery fine hay and was excellent for soiling both cows and horses, in favor of Bermuda. For many years before he died Gen. Hagood operated profit? ably a Bermuda grass and hay farm, near Saluda, old town. I would not contend that for some soils and cli? mates lucerne would not surpass Ber? muda, but for Middle South Carolina there is hardly a comparison possible. Some cautious, not to say timid, far? mers may be afraid that, having in? troduced Bermuda grass, they could not get nd of it, if for any reason they might wish to reclaim the land 3et in it. It is groundless fear. Two 2rops of velvet beans will completely subdue it, and the land whereon it grew will, with a moderate application af acid phosphate, produce over a bale of cotton per acre. Because I have referred to velvet beans as a soil renovator only, let it not be supposed that they have no other value. For stock food they are equal of cow peas. The butchers of Florida pay more for sattle fattened on velvet beans than an any other kind, and to those melon growers who plant velvet beans in their melon fields, they pay two dollars per acre for the use of their fields to pasture cattle on till the beans are consumed. This I was told by those travelling Barnwell truck farmers, the Easter ling Brothers, who plant melons in Florida and do a merchandise business in South Carolina. This paper is per? haps already extended sufficiently, but I trust that the editor of The News and Courier will permit me to remind farmers who would make a trial of velvet beans that far better results w?ill follow the planting of seed grown for several years in this latitude than if Florida grown seed are used. The South Carolina grown seed will mature before fro9t, while the Florida seed will be caught half matured. In the same way that Bermuda grass can be killed out by velvet beans, nut grass can be discouraged and resisted. Any land infested with nut grass if planted in corn and velvet beans for three years will in the fourth year require less hoeing than second year's new ground. Alfred Aldrich. Barnwell, July 22._ Montgomery, Ala., July 27.-In the United States circuit court here today James H. Todd and Anderson Hardy pleaded guilty to charges of peonage against them and were sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 each. Hardy had returned from Texas, where he bad recently gone to make his home, to stand trial. BREAKING OUT OF PRISON. Desperate Convicts in Califor? nia-Thirteen Prisoners Afc tack Officers of Folsom Penitentiary. Sacramento, July 27.-A special from Folsom, says : Thirteen desperate prisoners confined in the Folsom peni? tentiary made their escape at the breakfast hour this morning. After a fierce fight in the captain's office, dur? ing which a turnkey was fatally stab? bed, a guard was killed and another officer was wounded, the convicts seiz? ed arms and ammunition, and, using the warden and other officers as shields, escaped. Tonight it is believ? ed they are making for the Bald Mountains. State troops ordered out by Governor Padee have gone to the scene. The convicts made their escape about 7 a. m. They went to the office of R. J. Murphy, captain of the guard, and seized Warden Wilkinson, his grand? son, Harry Wilkinson; Capt. Murphy and several other officers and guards. A desperate fight took place. The con? victs were armed with knives and raz? ors, and with these they assaulted Warden Wilkinson and his officers. The warden's clothing was slashed in? to shreds with a razor, but the blade did not touch the flesh. Turnkey Cochrane fought the convicts with chair, raining blows upon them right and left. Finally he was felled by knife thrust in the back. Guard Got ter was disembowelled by a cut in the abdomen and he died about noon. Palmer was severely cut in the head. The floor of the office was covered with blood. The officers were easily outnumbered and were soon relieved of their arms. Then, using the officers as shields, the convicts started for the armory, on the outskirts of the .penitentiary grounds. They passed a Gatling gun on one of the walls, but the guards were afraid to shoot at the convicts for fear of killing the prison officials. When the armory was reached offic? ers there attempted to interfere, but were quickly overpowered and the convicts after arming themselves further.with rifles, knives, pistols and ammunition, made a dash for the country. Convicts, each armed with a rifle, marched one on either side of Warden Wilkinson, who was threatened with death if lie made an attempt to escape and the officers were told that if any of the puirsuers took the life of one of their number they would retaliate, life for life. At. Mormon Bridge, about a mile from the penitentiary, the warden, his grandson and Capt. Murphy were released and sent back. The others were marched along with the convicts. Further on the convicts went to a farmer's house, seized his four-horse team and wagon, stripped the house of all its portable valuables, took the farmer with them as a driver, and headed for Bald Mountain. Evidently, it is their intention to reach Alabaster Cave, situated near this mountain. All the convicts a::e still at large. Among the officers carried off by them is Gen? eral Overseer McDonough. Some fears are felt for his sfety, as he bears the especial ;i ll-wi ll of the convicts. The several hundred remaining pris? oners made no attempt to get away, and were quietly returned to their cells and. locked up. Warden Wilkinson was the first to return to the penitentiary. The con? victs had taken his hat. Capt. Mur? phy appeared afteward, minus .part ol: his clothing, and later \oung Wilkin? son came in. Folsom penitentiary is the prison without walls. It is situated in rocky amphitheatre', close to the American River, about twenty mile; from Sacramento. Nearly 1,500 men are confined there, where it has been the practice to send the most desper ate prisoners. Modern Woodmen at the W?rld's Fair. St. Louis, July 26.-Modern Wood then of America and their allied fra? ternities are making big preparations for the proposed encampment at the World's Fair, St. Louis, in Septem? ber of .next year. The Woodmen num? ber about 750,000 members in Amer? ica. G?en John H. Mitchell, comman 3er of the organization, says that L50,000 will be at St. Louis during the week closing Sept. 5, with "Mod 3rn Woodmen of America Day." The Foresters, a semi-military organiza? tion allied with the Woodmen, "has 80 300 uniformed members, and it is said that 5,000 of these will attend the en? campment. Many of the Forester com? panies are said to be drilled as well is any organization in the United States. The Royal Neighbors of America, also auxiliary to the Wood? men, has a membership of 140,000 lady members, and Gen. Mitchell es? timates that 20,000 of these will be at the World's Fair during the first week in September. Newport, R I, July 27-After to? day's race between the Reliance, Con? stitution and Columbia, in which the former boat again demonstrated her superiority over the other two, the challenge committee of the New Ycrk Yacht Club selected the Reliance as the defender of the America's cup. It was also decided to discontinue the trial races. ? Farmington, Iowa, July 27.-A mob of farmers early today began search? ing for a negro named Clark, who is accused of having assaulted and at? tacked with a razor Gertrude Hess, a white girl, on Sunday. It is thought the girl is fatally injured. The mob is now in fine region of Medill and re? ports received here state that they have surrounded the nergo in a hol? low, and it is only a question of a short time before he will be lynched. Roanoke, Va., July 27.-Serious trouble is threatened between the white and clacks near Blue Ridge. Several nights ago a colored woman was whipped by a party of white men for insulting a lady during the absence of her husband. This angered the ne? groes to such an extent that they have been arming themselves. Several blacks came to Roanoke today and purchased guns and ammunition. A telephone message tonight says the whites are armed and considerable ex? citement exists. THE PAPAL ELECTION. Aimost al! the Cardinals in Rome Now. Cordial Reception of Cardinal Gibbons Cardinal Pietro as a Compromise Candidate. Rome, July 27.-Almost all the Car? dinals of the Conclave have now arriv? ed. Their time today was mainly occu piied with a long meeting of the Con? gregation, which was notable for the cordiality with wfcich Cardinal Gib? bons was received. After the meeting the Cardinals received numerous visits at their various residences. In well informed circles Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, prothonotary of the late Pope, is being talked of as a compromise candidate, in the event that Cardinals Oreglia, Gotti, Rampolla or Serafino Vannutelli are unable to secure the necessary votes. Should Di Pietro be elected Pope he would; it is said, be the representative of the Rampolla Gotti faction, and yet would be fairly acceptable to all. Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbisohp of Armagh, who, with the exception of Cardinal Gib? bons, will be the only English-speak? ing Cardinal in the Conclave, arrived today from Irealnd. He said he be? lieved that the successor to Leo would be quickly chosen. In his case perhaps the hope is father to the thought, as he said he did not look forward with a great degree of pleasure to being shut up in the Vatican during the present hot weather. Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons, the Irish Ctardinal paid him a glowing tribute, though like all the prelates here, he held out no hope that the American Cardinal had the remotest chance of election. "Indeed," said Cardinal Logue, "I think Cardinal Gibbons would be a subject for commiseration if the selec? tion should devolve upon him, for no American would care to spend the rest of his life confined .within the pre? cincts of the Vatican. " The Irish Cardinal expressed the opinion that the question of sending a note to the Powers protesting against the treatment of the Vatican by the Italian Government should be left to the next Pope. Tomorrow Cardinal Logue will pay an official visit to Cardinal Oreglia and then formally join the congrega? tion. It is now practically certain that all the Cardinals will be present at the Conclave except Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, who will not reach Rome in time, and Cardinal Celesia, Archbishop of Polermo, who is too ill to attend. A proclamation was posted in the streets of Rome tonight inviting citi? zens to attend the annual commemora? tion of the death of King Humbert, which will take the form of a proces? sion through the streets to the Pan? theon. Early in the morning of July 29, under the auspices of patriotic and other societies, the Itailans will visit the tomb of Humbert at the Pantheon and decorate it with flowers. Com? memorative exercises at the Capitol will follow. For this event King Vic? tor Emmanuel will return to Rome on Wednesday. Queen Margiierita will arrive tomorrow. The ecclesiastics riew the approaching ceremony with some alarm, believing the Anti-Cleri ?als may take advantage of the oppor? tunity to make a counter (remonstra? tion against the sympathy expressed ill over Italy in connection with the ieath of the Pope. Against the Law to Kill Bullbats The secretary of the Audobon society, of North Carolina, T. Gilbert Pearson, hs3 issued the following statement. According to a recent act )f the Legislature, generally known as :he Aubobon bill, the song and insect sating birds of the State, together ,vith their :aests, are now protected :rom destruction by the law. One of ;he most valuable birds in North Jaroilna is the night hawk, usually mown as the "bullbat" This bird leeds exclusively upon insects, earing arge quantit?s of flies, gnats and grasshoppers, which are so trouble? some to man, but perhaps he renders is no greater service than by eating nosquitoes. Since it is now known ?hat the malady known as malaria is carried by mosquitoes and transmitted Dy their bite there certainly is strong reason why the bullbat should be ac ;orded the protection which he so .eadily deserves. It has long been the ;ustom in. many sections of North Dardina to shoot these birds in great lumbers in the late summer after 100ns. Numerous cases have been re? ported to me and I have seen the same ?pith my own eyes, where these birds vere shot down by the dozen merely or the practice of shooting and the iport of seeing them fall. Some spcrt >rs do not even go to pick them up, md I have seen wounded bullbats ly ng about on the ground late the next lay after they were shot The Audo xm society of North Carolina appeals o the good people of the State to use ?heir influence in every way possible n behalf of the bullbat, and to see to t that the dreadful sufferings caused Dy the thoughtless slaughter of these Di rds in the past shall not be reported n the State this summer. The Development of Man. St. Louis, July 2a-Prof. W. J. McGee, chief of the Department of Anthropology for the World's Fair at St. Louis, is quoted as saying that ;he aim of the department will be :o represent human progress from .,he darkness of the earliest ages to She highset enlightenment, from sav? agery to civic organization, from ego sm to altruism. Special attention mil be devoted to Indian school work, America's best effort to ele? vate the lowor races. The method will be to use living peoples in their accustomed avocations as object lessons. Failing these in some cases, human products will be used to il? lustrate humatu progress. i mm i ? ? -- Norfolk, Va., July 27.-The big Nagshead Hotel, at the North Caro- \ lina ocean resort of that name, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The hotel had 140 guests and all were saved, though Mrs. John Lowe, of Norfolk, wife of the proprie? tor, died afterward as the result of ex? citement. The guests lost practically all their effects, and some even lost what cash they had on hand, leaving y them destitute.