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‘the sandersvIlie. herald. MEXICO FOR MEXICANS Policy is Demandsd by Editors o ! Soviibcrn Republic.. FOREIGNERS NuF WANTED RELEASED AFTER 10 IS SLAVERY. Declares a Leading Mexican Newspaper —Americans Made Object of Contempt and Told to Stay Away from Mexico. Men Were Inticed Aboard Sh p * nd Held in Peonage. San Francisco. Cal.—Nineteen sur vivors of several hundred South Sea Islander kidnapped 18 years ago from their native strand and sold into slavery among the coffee plantations of Guatemala, arrived here on the steamer City of Para. They are free and homeward bound and in addition are traveling as tourists with the Hrit- ish government paying expenses. The natives were kidnapped by Cap tain Blackburn, who visited the Mexico Citv, Mexico.—The anti-for- j islands in his steamer, the Montzeratt clan fight in Mexico Is assuming very and enticing them aboard, sailed away, large proportions and a bitter contro- They were supposed to be contract versy over the question Is being laborers bound to their Guatemalan waged by the foreign and natiVe! employers for three years. Dreg g Ignorant of the language and In a La Patria recently printed an arti- strange land, they slaved until their cle in which it proclaims that the plight was made known to the British time is ripe for a policy whose cry j government. This however, was no shall be “Mexico for Mexicans. ’ until 18 years had passed and most Most of the tirade is directed j of the natives had died, against the ’’yankees." a term of eon-1 Captain Blackburn was lost at sea (emj)t used by Mexican editors in des- in December, 1894, when the Montzer- ignating Americans. Among other tilings, I.n Patria de clares that If Americans think the governments of Argentine, Chile or TRE PROHi CANDIDATES Eugene Chafin for President; A. S. Watkins for Vice-President. SHORT PLATFORM ADOPTED Rev. Palmore of St. Louis Was Nominat ed Vice-Presi-.'e it by Acclamation But Declined the Honor. ratt went down with all hands. IS 1NMUNE TO RABIES. Brazil iu»rq enlightened than that of Mexico they should journey to those parts; 1 lie sooner the better. After referring to the efforts on the part of the foreigners against the pro posed new mining law restricting In corporations in Mexico, the paper has this to say; “We repeat out attitude towards foreigners. We are not boxers, but patriots, and when we take a given decision we take it not as against for eigners, but for the benefit of Mex ico." The paper summarizes the nnti-fer- eign sentiment as follows and cham pions all but the railway measure: “The minister of public works lias submitted to t lie executive of the Man Claims to Have Been Bitten be Three Thousand Dogs. New York City.—Dr. F. U. Jackson of the Pasteur Institute was called to Montclair, N. J., to make scientific examination of David Steinfeldt, the Montclair dog catcher, who, according to the record he has kept during Ills six years' service, lias been bitten three thousand times by all manner of dogs at least one of which was af flicted with rabies. Dr. Jackson made a close examina tion, and Stelnfelt, in answer to his questions, said that ho is frequently affected by some of the symptoms which usualy presage hydrophobia. Steinfeldt has not yet decided whether he will visit New York to , . , , , , . , .undergo scrutiny at the institute, as union the draft of a new mining law hr , f(>nn , -experiments" may be con- which incapacitates foreigners from (luc , (>d t, y the surgeons if he places acquiring mines in (he frontier states and foreign companies from acquiring mines in any part of the republic.’ GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS. himself In their hands. RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. Texas Blacksmith Making Race for — i Governorship of That State. 700 Delegates from Southern Sttaes ! n a i laB Texas.—Saturday the demo- Close Business Session at Asheville. I cratK of Texas will decide at their Asheville, X. C.—The Southern primary whether to elevate a black- Wholesale Grocers’ Association closed smith to the governorship or to retain its three days’ contention in this city Governor t’umpbell in that office for a with the election of the following of- second term. fleers: President, J. Van Hoose. Birming ham, Ala.; first vice president, H. A. The blacksmith who is opposing Governor Campbell is H. It. Williams, of Crumby. Williams served one term Forchelmer, Mobile, Ala.; second vice | n t h e legislature eight vears ago. president, W. B. Mallory, Memphis, Hls slogan against Governor Camp- Tenn.; treasurer, S. W. Lee, Binning-, be)I ls lhnt the latter lias injured ham, Ala.; secretary, Robert Moore, Texas bv his extreme anti-corpora- Blrmlnghain, Ala. hion poliev. The following were elected to com-; williams is literally hammering pose the advisory board: Adolph Sey- himself along, for as lie manages hls er, Arkansas; I.. I). Cooper, Florida; Campaign he is carrying on his trade A. S. Pendleton, Georgia; James Han-! n t the anvil and shoes ill-tempered dy of Monroe, La.; L. B. Rogers, mustangs and stubborn mules. South Carolina; J. K. C. Wulbern, Charleston; W. J. Dobbs, Tennesee; j JR TOUCH WITH MINISTRY. J. R. Williams, Lynchburg, Va. Hot Springs, Ark., was selected as This Country Has Not Yet Recognized (lie next place of meeting. ( New Government. After the convention adjourned, Washington, D. C.—Although the abput 700 delegates were given a American government has not official- drive over the Riltmore estate. Columbus, Ohio.—For president, Kugene \V. Chafin of Chicago, ill.; for vice president, Aaron S. Watkins of Ada, Ohio, This ticket was nonr.nated by the prohibitionists national convention, and both nominations were made unanimous. The full Indorsement ot tlie convention was not, however, giv en to Mr. Chafin, until after three bal lots had been taken. On the first two ballots Mr. Chafin did not show a great amount of strength, receiving but 195 out of 1,083 votes on the first, and 376 out of 1,087 ou the second. However, when ttie third ballot was taken lie received 636 votes and ills nomination was made unanimous, liis strongest competitor was Rev. Wil liam B, Palmore of St. Louis. Reverend Palmore was nominated for vice president by acclamation, but refused to accept the nomination. Tills involved the convention In a parliamentary tangle. The rules were several times suspended and the su- pension immediately revoked. Three men were named for vice president, A. S. Watkins of Ohio, T. R. Demnree of Kentucky and C. S. Holler of Indiana. Watkins of Ohio received an over whelming majority on the first bal lot and his nomination was made unanimous, The platform adopted by the pro hibition party is the shortest on rec ord and is as follows: "The prohibition party of the Unit ed Slates, assembled in convention at Columbus, Oho, expressing gratitude to Almighty God for the vlstories of our principles In the past, for encour agement at present, and for confi dence of early and triumphant suc cess in the future, makes the follow ing declaration of principles and pledges their enactment intu law when placed in power: ..One. The submission by congress to the several states of an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, importation, exportation or transportation of alco holic liquors for beverage purposes. "Two. The immediate prohibition of the liquor traffic for beverage pur poses in the District of Columbia, In the territories und all places over which the national government has jurisdiction; the repeal of the inter nal revenue tax on alcoholic liquors and the prohibition of the interstate traffic therein. "Three. The election of I'nited States senators by direct vote of the people. “Four. Fquitable graduated Income 8HRINERS ELECT OFFICERS. Louisviile, Ky., Selected as Meeting Place For 1909 Conclave. St. Paul, Min.—The imperial coun cil of the Ancient Arabic Order, No bles of the Mystic Shrine, decided to nold the conclave of 1909 in Louis ville and elected the following offi cers; Imperial potentate, Edwin I. Alder man, Marion, Iowa; imperial deputy potentate, George L. Street, Rich mond. Va.; imperial chief rabban, Fred A. Hines, Los Angeles, Cal.; im pel ial high priest and prophet, Wil liam J. Cunningham, Baltimore, Md., imperial oriental guide, William W. Irwin, Wheeling, W. Va.; imperial first ceremonial master, Jacob T. Barron, Columbia, S. C.; imperial cap tain of tlie guard, Henry F. Nledrlng- hans, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; imperial treasurer, William S. Brown, Flus hing, Pa.; imperial recorder, Benja min F. Rowell. Boston, Moss. The council granted a dispensation to Masons of Seattle, Wash., to organ ize a Shrine in that city. The new temple will be known as "Nile.” Dis pensations were refused to Macon, Ua„ Dawson Citv, Yukon and Cairo, Illinois. TO REMIT BOXER FUND. of ly accorded recognition to the govern-! and inheritance taxes. | ment of Paraguay formed since the "Five. The establishment of postal recent revolution in that country, yet,! savings banks und the guaranty of i following the customary practices in deposits in banks. United States Returns Money Paid by KUt . b ( aseS( Minister O’Brien is in | "Six. The regulation of all corpora- China—That. Country Grateful. | t ouc h with the ministry. This is de-j lions doing an interstate commerce Peking, China.—In reply to formal s i rab i e because a contingency may 1 business, notification that the United States; arl8e where by the United States may Seven. The creation purposed to remit a portion of what 1)aYe 1o cal) UJ)0n the existing provis-1 nent tariff commission, ls known as the "Boxer" indemnity,! j 0na i government for the protection! “Eight. The strict enforcement of China has sent her thanks to the' 0 f American interests or make other law instead of the official tolerance American government and at the: representations. Whether the United and practical license of the social same time she conveyes a statement gt a t(> s will recognize the new govern- evil which prevails in many of our cit of her intention to send each year rnenb j 8 n question for future settle- a considerable number of students for menb and will depend upon whether education in America until the entire new ministry will be able to award shall be paid. China further- ma intain peace and successfully car- more will send a high commissioner, ( .y 0lk treaty relations, it is understood here, a princely com- 1 WORKINGMAN FEEDS UNEMPLOYED. Scores of Hungry Men Are Given Bread and Soup Each Day. New York City.—One hundred men a day are being fed free or cost by Joint Morgan,, nimself n poor work ingman, ai No. 103 Christopher street, and so quietly that not even residents of the neighborhood have known what was going on. Every morning at 7 o’clock scores of huungry men out of employment appear in groups of eight or ten and tor a full hour they come and go, crowding the small room to its full capacity. Every man helps hiruself to soup and bread and coffee without stint, and lie is at liberty to obtain his break fast and dinner there for a reason able time until he shall have a chance to get work. Mr. Morgan has been carrying on tlie work on a small scale for the last two or three years, but the de mands on him have Increased so that his accommodations are now taxed to their full capacity, ,He has no money and lias found co-operation in his work from his daughter, who helps him to pay the rent, while he collects food for hls proteges as best he can. The expense of renting suitable ac commodations is divided between them, and for their provisions, they largely depend on the bounty of ba kers, butchers and grocers, among whom Mr. Morgan makes his rounds at 5 o’clock every morning. NINE PERSONS BLOWN TO OITS. By the Explosion of a Powder Maga zine—Many Others Injured. Cleolum, Wash.—An explosion in the powder magazine of the North western Improvement company, killed nine persons and seriously Injured a number of others. The dead; George Mead, manager of Northwestern Im provement company's store; Gifford McDowells, clerk; Andy Grill, clerk; Mrs. Perry Moffatt, wife of brick mission, to Washington to convey the special thanks of the government for this friendly act. Tlie bulk of the indemnity returned to China will be devoted to the edu cation of Chinese students in America. RETURNS TO FACE CHIME. I>eima in OF POLITICAL INTEREST Chairman Hitchcock is in Colorado Springs, Cal., preparing for a hard fight in the west. William H. Taft, who is at Hot Springs, Va., lias completed the ....... speech he will deliver in accepting Mexico Delivers Walker, the $500,000 ,| ie republican nomination at Cincin- Embezzler, to United States. nati, July 28. San Diego, Cal. M hen the steam-j j 0 jj n Kern, democratic candidate er St. Denis arrived from Ensenada, fm . vk . e pre8 ident, made a visit to she had on board William F. WalKei, 0 id home at Kokomo, Ind., and the New Britain, ^onn., aoscoudei, l, as g j ven a r0UB j ng reception. Later who was in custody of State Supoi i- ma( j e a H hort address, tendent of Police Egan of Connecticut and H J Hoffman, a detective. I Alabama delegates to the conven- Walker was .rather a pitiable object ,11011 of the Independence League, aB he stepped ashore, stooped and which will be held ill Chicago next haggard. The newspaper men who week, have decided to push the name sought'to interview him could get lit - of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the tie more than, a shake of the head, nomination of president of the United and Ui<? remark: ''‘It is a very fine S(a(es day.*’ 1 ' ‘ H*e ‘rdturned no answer to j ' many pointed questions that were put | Virginia’s independence League has to him The fugitive and his custodi-j stated that John temple Graves is ans , proceeded at once to the Santa their preference for president of the Fe station, and soon left for Los An-j United States, provided William Ran- geles. dolph Hearst will not run. Thomas E. Watson opens his cam paign for president on the populist Political Boss of San Francisco Now ; ticket Thursday, July 23, in an ad- Under 78 Indictments. i dress at Macon, Ga. San Francisco, Cal—Abraham Ruef, William J. Bryan lias practically until two years ago the dominating . completed his personal plans for the ies, with its unspeakable traffic girls. "Nnine. Uniform marriage and di vorce laws. "Ten. An equitable and constitu tional employers’ liability net. "Eleven. Court reviews of postof fice department decisions. ‘‘Twelve. The prohibition of child labor in mines, workshops and fac tories. •Thirteen. Legislation basing suf- FREIGHT RATES GO UP Increase of From Four to Ten Cents Per Hundred. SHIPPERS TO MAKE FIGHT Some Officers Urged Thxt an Increase at Thia Time Was Impolitic, But it Was Declared a Necessity. Louisville, Ky.—That freight rates should be advanced in the territory of the Southeastern Freight Associa tion and the Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association, which takes in all ot the territory sotuh of the Ohio river, was decided on nt the meeting in this city; ot the executive offices of all of the railroad systems interest ed. The advance, it is said, will be from 4 to 10 cents a hundred pounds hori zontally, to correspond with the ad vance decided on by the Southeastern Freight Association recently. The advance was decided on after considerable opposition on the part of railroad executives, who maintain ed that Hn advance of rates at the present time was impolitic, but this opposition was finally won over by the argument that in order to meet the various increased expenses an in crease In rates was absolutely neces sary. The clerical forces of the railroads interested are quartered In Louisville temporarily, working out the tariffs, it is considered probable that the tariffs will not be in shape for filing before August 1, and in accordance with the requirements of the .inter state commerce commission compell ing rates to be filed thirty days prior to becoming effective, the new rates will not be in force until September first. The Southeastern Freight Associa tion governs all the roads east of a line from Cincinnati through Chatta nooga and Birmingham. The territo ry of the Southeastern Mississippi Val ley Association is included between this line and the Mississippi river. Indianapolis, Bid. — It was stated here by prominent shippers that the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers' Assacoation will resist with persist ency any attempt by the railroads to increase freight rates in Central Freight Association are now in ses sion in Chicago, checking in rates,will hasten to fruition plans which have been put on foot for a conference of representatives of shippers’ associa tions in practically all of the states This conference, which likely will be held in Indianapolis, will take up the question of the proposed increase In rates all over the United States and will adopt plans for fighting the movement of tlie railroads. CAR ROBBER GANG CAPTURED. Eleven Men Are Jailed at Pensacola, Florida—Loot Recovered. Pensacola, Fla.—One of the best or ganized and most successful gangs of freight car robbers and wholesale grocery operators ever to operate in Pensacola was unearthed by the po iviia. run > .uuiiun, » tit: ui uiiuv* i .. . , maker; infant child of Mrs. Moffatt; I llce ’ and f ev ™ T? 1 ' 11 land | d , J ai1 ’ Joe Rossi, miner; Joe Pogrlappl, min- oat! Drably fatally wounded by an er, and two miners. .. ™ Manager Mead and the two clerks from the store went to the powder house to ussist in unloading a carload of powder. How the accident hap pened is not known. BOY AND*MOTHER WOUNDED. Shot From Passing Freight Train at Loaded Trolley Car. Atlanta, Ga.—Hiram Jamieson, 8- year-old soil of Superintendent Jam 3- son of the Decatur Methodist Or phans' home, and Mrs. Jamieson were seriously wounded while on a suburb an car returning to their home after an outing given to the orphans of Fulton county. As the car was speed ing along a shot was fired from a passing freight train on the Georgia frage ouly upon intelligence and abil- j railroad, which parallels the trolley By to read and write the English lan- \ line, the bullet passing through the guage. ,*■ head of the boy and entering his “Fourteen. Preservation of the min- mother’s neck. Who fired the shot is eral and forest resources of the coun-; not known, but later the entire crew try and the improvement of the high 1 of the freight train was placed under RUEF TO FACE THIRD TRIAL. political power in municipal affairs in ! campaign. It is his intention to make San Francisco, and who built up the ten or a dozen political addresses, union labor political organization— dealing with the vital issues as pre- vhich three times elected as mayor seated in the democratic platform, Eugene E. Schmitz, formerly orclies- but to deliver no stump speeches, tra leader in one of the local thea-i Mr. Bryan will go to New York tres will be placed on trial for the some time in August. It is said he third time for alleged bribery. Ruef has determined to wage a fierce bat- is under seventy-eight indictments, tie in that state, believing that, des- which charge him with bribing four- plte his failure to get an eastern run- teen of the eighteen members of tlie ning mate New York is debatable, last Schmitz board of supervisors to' Ollie Janies of Kentucky has been grant franchises to various public! selected for the chairmanship of the service corporations. NOT THE TIME FOR ADVANCE. Eastern Railroad Presidents Decline to Raise Rates. • Philadelphia, Pa.—In a statement issued with reference to the meeting of railroad presidents in New York, at which was discussed the question of raising freight rates, President Mc- Crea of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, who was present, said that the conclusion reached was that the time is not opportune for an advance in all class rates in the territory rep resented at the meeting. I democratic national committee. Hawaii had a candidate for the democratic vice president nomination in William A. McKimmey, a leading lawyer of Honolulu; but didn’t get a chance to present liis name. The first appeal for campaign con tributions by the democratic condi- dates for the presidency and vice presidency has been made. In a for mal message directed to the farmers of the country, Messrs. Bryan and Kern urge them to contribute accord ing to iheir means and in other ways assist in restoring democracy to power. ways and waterways “Believing in the righteousness of our cause and in the final triumph of our principles, and. convinced of (he unwillingness of the republican and democratic parlies to deal with these issues, we invite to full party fellow ship all citizens who are with us agreed.” Mrs. Carrie Nation, who represent ed the District of Columbia at the convention, made a speech in which she declared the nominee must be a man who did not use tobacco as well as a prohibitionist. She named no <;andidate, and was finally called to order and forced to conclude abrupt ly. AMERICAN BEEF COMBINE. England Fighting Against the Con trol of Retail Trade. I/mdon, England.—Pressed to take some action to prevent the American beef combine from obtaining control of the retail beef tr{ide in Great Brit ain, Winston Churchiil. president of the board of trade, lias informed Lord Robert Cecil, in the house of com mons, that the operations of the six firms constituting the beef combine were receiving the careful attention of the government. Mr. Churchill said that liis investigations Uius far had not yet convinced him of the neces sity of appointing a house of com mons committee of inquiry. arrest. WORK TO BE RESUMED. Railway Will Finish Double-Tracking Between Washington and Atlanta. Greensboro, N. C.—The Southern railroad will soon begin double-track ing the line from Danville, Va., to Greensboro. A thousand men are to be employed on the improvements. The cost of the work will be about $12,000,000, and it will probably take two years to complete it. This will be an important link in the double track work between Atlan ta and Washington. HEAVY PEACH CROP IN DELEWARE. - t Forecast is for Nearly Two Millions Baskets of Luscious Fruit. New York City.—Reports received here from Delaware and Mary land indicate tlie peach crop in those states this season would be bigger than in many years. The railroads have estimated the output of Delaware alone will be 1,- 779,030 baskets this year; and the traf fic managers of the railroads leading through the peach growing section of the state are making arrangements to move the big crop as soon as it is ready to harvest. MONEY TO MOVE CROPS. Mississippi Farmers Will Have No Trou ble in Raising Funds. According to the leading bankers of Mississippi that state will need very little, if any, outside financial assistance in marketing the season's cotton crop. The banks proper are in a better shape to finance the crop FOR KILLING HIS SISTER to Otis D. Smith, White, Sentenced Hang. Jacksonville, Fla.—Otis D. Smith, a young white man, must die on' the gallows for the murder of his sis ter, Cora Belle Smith, a few weeks ago. This verdict was rendered in the circuit court after a hard fight for the young mail’s life. Witnesses told of this, year than last, and the MissisBip-1 crue i treatment to the girl and of ca- pi branch of the Farmers’ Union will | r i 0U s threats made against her life, play a very prominent part in the! -p be { ] a te of the execution has not work. j been set The gang, which is composed of em ployes or drivers of wholesale gro eery houses, were supplying the res taurants and stores with stolen goods. A raid was made upon restaurant operated by a man who formerly served many years as head waiter at a leading hotel. There were found large quantities of butter, lard, beer, whiskey, champaigne, etc. Following this clue the police arrest ed proprietors of two stores and found these stores filled with goods stolen and which the Louisville and Nashville officers had been endeavor ing to trace for months. TRIBUTE PAID TO GENERAL LEE. Letter Received from Dr. Burrage, Historian of Maine. Jackson, Miss.—Director Dunbar Rowland, of the department of ar chives and history, is in receipt of a letter from Dr, Henry S. Burrage, his torian of the state of Maine, asking for a copy of his sixth annual report. In concluding hls letter Dr. Burrage pays the following tribute to General S. D. Lee, recently deceased: "1 also wish to say that i can well understand what a loss you have suf fered in the death of General S. D. Lee. 1 was with Grant at Vicksburg. When the Massachusetts monument at Vicksburg was unveiled in 1903, General Lee was present and made an address as patriotic as it was forceful, it deeply stirred my heart as I read it, and I sat down and wrote him, thanking him for its noble utter ance. I still have his noble reply. God bless him! We cannot be too grateful that we have had such men.” PROHIBITION IN MAINE. Democrats Favor Resubmission of the Question to People. Bangor, Maine. — Maine democrats in convention unanimously nominated Obediah Gardner of Rockland for gov ernor, and Everett M. Mower of Au gusta for state auditor. Electors of president and vice president were also nominated. The platform declares for resubmis sion of the prohibitory law, repeal of the Sturgis law, abolition of the state liquor agency, a fifty-eight hour law for women and children in factories and prohibition of child labor in fac tories and endorses the national tick et and platform. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. The Western Maryland express from Elkins to Baltimore was com pletely wrecked near Keyser, W \ a Eleven passengers were seriously j u ' jured. Nearly nil are West Virgin- lains. Two caskets containing corps es were broken open and lie in the wreckage on the river bed. it has transpired that an American woman who was traveling through the wilds of the state of Chiapas, Mexico dressed In mans attire, and who was suspected of being Mrs. Bell Guinness the notorious LaPorte murderess is Mrs. K. M. Cameron, widow of a preacher of ParkerB.'W. Va. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis Railway company declared a semi annual dividend of 2 1-2 per (( >nt which Is a reduction of 1-2 of i |,„ r cent from the regular semi-annual div- ldend. The government custom inspec tors and a wharf watchman were kill ed and two longshoremen ami two clerks injured in the explosion at Boston of a box containing detonating caps. The box had arrived from Gei- many and when one of the Inspectors attempted to open the box he struck it with an ax and the explosion fol lowed. Miss Annie Morgan, daughter of j. Pierpont Morgan, is investigating in stltutions of German workingmen, in company with a committee appointed by the Berlin city council, she in spected the municipal laborer's houses of that city, Two men were killed at Santa Bar bara, Ca., by falling Into a tank of burning oil. The tank contained 35,000 barrels of oil and the men were fighting the fire, being suspended over the tank by ropes. The ropes broke and they dropped into the sea of boiling oil. The Right Rev. William Awdry, Anglican bishop of-South Tokio, Ja pan, in a strong letter to the London Times repudiates the idea that the Japanese have any aggressive inten tions towards the United States or elsewhere. Three men were killed, one fatally injured and a dozen severely hurt by an explosion of fireworks on the Bos ton and Maine freight wharf in Bos ton harbor. The shed was destroyed. Six hundred men were at work on the wharf. One died on the way to the hospital. Japan is rapidly making arrange ments for the building of two new battleships. The keel of one will be '.aid at Yokosuka during July, and the keel of the other at Kure before the end of the year. The displacement cf these ships will be 20,800 tons; their speed, 20 knots; their armor, 12 inches, and their principal armament 12 inch guns. A St. Louis judge has decided that a combination of laundry companies does not violate the trust laws. Hls reason for arriving at this decision was; “There are many ways of clean ing soiled clot lies and a person does not necessarily have to have soiled clothes washed by any company or companies." A pleasure launch bound from Ma nila, J\ I., to Corregildia island, car rying about seventy-five* passengers, was caught iu a typhon and foun dered. Twenty-five of the parly, in cluding three Americans were drown ed. The rest were picked up by a British steamer and landed safely. The lepers located on the island of Molokiu purchased a large quantity of daylight fireworks which were used to salute the Atlantic battleship fleet as it passed tlie island. A large piece which on its explosion formed the word “welcome," was placed in a position of vantage. H. H. Rodgers, the well-known Wall street man, in an intervilew declared that the country has fully recovered from the effects of the recent panic and that business along all lines was in as good, if not better condition, than before the scare. Following his action of naming one of the great national forest reserves "Cleveland National Forest," presi dent Roosevelt has written -Mrs- Cleveland praising former Presiden Cleveland’s act of establishing fores reserves. BILL POSTERS CONVENTION They Will Hold Their Convention at Atlanta, Ga., Next Year. Detroit, Mich.—The following offi cers for the ensuing year were elected by the Associated Bill Post ers of the United States and Canada, President, George L. Chennell, Co lumbus, Ohio; vice president, \V. s. Burton, Richmond, Va.; secretary\ Charles Bernard, Chicago; treasurer' C. U. Philley, St. Joseph, Mo. The next annual meeting will be held at Atlanta, Ga., iu July, 1909. Washington. A young man who gave Ids name as Juan Herzgeld was arrested ta New York City at the request of the can authorities at Washington on ino charge of having stolen $5,065 110 the Mexican Sugar Refining company at El Potrero Cordora, in the state oi Vera Cruz. That a household servant, "hrn traveling with a member ot a ' ily entitled to a pass is lawfully n eluded within the term "family. » used in tlie act to regulate cornua > is one of the interesting rulings 1 public foy the interstate rename commission. According to plans being dif-im cd at Washington by the signal non- flee and the board of ordnance army, one million dollars will *’ 0 { ed of the next congress for m ■ ^ dirigible airships similar to '* Count Zeppelin for coast defeu ' ^ fo) ., id progress in aeronautics ainoi b eign nations makes it mperative, they believe, that the l nite' should begin plans for aerla The United States government filed a petition in the Jame* at position federal court litiga a Norfolk, Va., asking protection » nt creditor of the exposition on of its $1,000,000 loan and c ^ priority payment over eveiy n y. owl'll V .he Exposition The petition sets out that due th** government is $8J<> J A board of officers from th< j ships Alabama and Maine o{ into the conditions of the with *• Guam and needs of the P e °l . n8 view to offering recommendati to the future government oj bip , The people petitioned foi L , were modified laws and schools ai unanimous for a continuum President Roosevelt has re offer to make speeches {Qy ,j, e government ] _ m ceiver of a talking machine j purpose sale, of making records for