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In the House of Commons yesterday Mr.
Burns moved the rejection Of an amendment
10 the address in reply to The Kings speech
itgrettllg ITS omission Of any mention of
dealing with the UNEMPLOYED question.
the proposed Lahourite bill for relief would
pr mote pauperisln, and he denounced i as
Hnsc'oLtitic, and the distribution of charity,
ha diverted 10 the wong persons, harmful.
He declared that at er an attendan e at
buckingham Palace, by merely turning up
his collar, pulling his hat over his eyes and
locking miserable, although III court dress, he
had received a dole Of bread and soup amo &
the unemployed on the Victoria embank-
ment, and paupnrisIn would increase while
charity was so indiacriminate. Government
old age pensions to include one million per
sons at he minimum alioWance would ag-
grcgate |tinrten millions sterling. The
"mer 3ment was rejected by a vote Of 1875
again t l4G, the Socialists and Labourites
cheering the result.
III the House OF Lords during II debate
upon I.ish terrorism, the Marquis of Lon
Cpn@erry charged the Government with tol-
GRAFTON Of conditions disgraceful to any civi-
lized Government and as being MICH wolse
than III the eighties, only s convictions i'll
237 prosecutions was, he declared, practical
anarchy. Lord Iangford, who spoke for the
first time for twen'y-four years, related his
personal experiences. Lord Beauchamp de-
plored such pcssimism and eXaggeration;
conditions, he asserted, were no woIse than
they We're under Nh. Balfour'a administra-
ton, and the Government would not revive
the Crimes Act.
Sir Oliver Lodge, in & statement TO the
PsycAi>al Research Society, asserts that he
has cOnvorSed with dead authors, including
the late T.W.D. Meyers, upGer test conc. tions,
according 10 Meyers anteInortem declaration
Of his intentions
Professor Hyslop of New York, in an inter
view, has confirmed the above, asserting that
Meyers also communicated with him on
Thursday.
A Berlin despatch states that Prince Won
Bulow, answering Cardinal Kopp's argument
against Prussia's appropriation Of Polish
Lands as plouotlye of Polish disioyalty, de-
clared that the government Will procee@.
TLe Eastern provinces, he said, must be
either German or Polish, Is Germany WAS
unable to endure q state within a state or
DO without u province whose territory was
Within seventy five miles of Berlin.
Friction is stated to exist between Russia
md Austria regarding plans for u railway
between Vienna and Athens, via Bosnia,
threatening n revival of disorder in the Bal
kans, and it is not believed that Austria
VJuld venture wi hout German support.
1t is also expected that Turkey VIII avail
herself Of the opportunity to occupy further
disputed territory ~ Peroia.
Now York, Jan. 3Ist-A despatch from
Pnnto Arenas reports that two Japanese war
ships, supposedly to observe the passage of
the United States fleet, have been sighted
making for the Strait Of Magellan.
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dertd man, Taylor, and through Tie careless
mes Of one Of the children, the building was
burnt down. Nc lives were lost, but the
TavlOIs saved nothing except what Was on
their lacks, ana Mr.. Parrot lost his horse
and a number Of articles that he had stored
away la the adjoining room to that of the
L y'ors. Here is q deserving case for char
ity.
The sacred concert given last night at
All Saints Church by the choir was well
attended aud afforded a very pleasant time.
1T comprised many pretty pieces-live'y
choIuses, meloGious quortcttes, aud notably,
fine solos nicely rendered. There were be-
sides four selected organ solos by Mr.. Bull
the organ ST and MIR. Grimes, which last
named gentleman came here for the purpose
OF repairing the organ, and through whose
skill it is now again in good condition.
st. Thomas Bulletin, 28tA Ian.
A young man, a native of Barbados, who
bad been charged with defnlcation at Barba-
dos and who made his escape from the is
land by taking passage on the 81. Ian, on
being arrested at Antigua, suddenly fell
dead before he could be taken from the
ship.-MGU Notes @4th Jon.
The P0rima from New Yo;k arrived this
morning, beng delayed by a very stormy
passage. She has f~lty-one saloon passen-
gers, princi pally folks making the round
Trip The ship left New York at midday on
Wednesday last i'll good weather, hut on the
following night encountered a terrific storm
with frightful heavy seas, lost sheep pen,
got damage to steam pipes and life boat
mashed, and ship had to he kept consider
ably oft her course.-IK0U Notes, 3Oth JuH.
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BUTTE RACE MEET
FINANCIAL FIZZLE
PROMOTERS WISHING THEY HAD
BEEN GOOD.
Especial to The Gazette.)

N|f- g HEEMhE48
Butte, July 4.-Reaping the reward
of their obduracy, the a meet pro-
moters at Butta who insisted on 60
days racing, against the opposition OF
all the helpful influences In the city,
are already wearing anxious faces
over the financial outlook. The most
optimistic observers give the meet
not nor than three weeks more life
and the average Butteite is hoping it
will be less.
Poorly Patronlzed.
Never in the history OF the camp
have races been as poorly patronized
as the present series. It isn't the
weather, because that is perfect, 1t
isn't the races, because they are ex-
cellent and the horses are generally
high class. It is simply that Butte,
having gone through a winter of hard
ship and poverty, has learned a little
lesson of economy, and while the peo-
pie are still splendid spenders for
rational amusements they decline to
patronize the races and lose their
money to the bookies.
Bad Bunch.
Police oficers say that the races
bring to the city the worst class Of
pick pockets and strong arm men. A.
dozen arrests have been warned away.
"Touts' cappers and sure thing men"
abound. and the sheriff's office and
police force is fearing daily some
crime similar to that Of Reyes the
other night.
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Baseball
Athletics
o. a.ts. H@i 49,
and
Races
PACKEY M'fARLAND
BES1S FRED WELSH
POPULAR TERMINATION OF
LIGHT WEIGHT CONTEST.

Ringside, Los Angeles. July 4.-In q
s25-round fight remarkable for fast and
clever work, Packey Mcfarland, Of
Chicago and Freddie Welsh, of Eng
land. demonstrated their respective
claims to consideration of light weight
fans before q crowd OF nearly 1000
spectators before the Jefries club
this afternoon.
II q decision had been rendered,
Mcfarland would have been given the
victory because Of q superior showing
made in the last seven rounds Of the
battle. when his relentless pursuit Of
Welsh and his savage rushes which
sent the Englishman against the
ropes time after time. led the crowd
to believe that the bout would end in
q knockout. In the twenty fourth
round, Welsh was caught by right
swings that weakened him percepti-
bly, and from that time on he had all
he could do to finish without showing
his distress in too marked a degree.
The decision was on the whole, q
popular one. Mcfarland was a 2 to
/ favorite. The match was fought in
open air under a hot sun that may
have weakened both men. j. j. jeff
ries refereed.
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Y K 1T EASY.
Is Practically Certain That Nebraska
Platform Will Be Emulated.

Is Practically Certain That Nebraska
Platform Will Be Emulated.
Denver, July 4.-Since giving his
approval to the Nebraska state plat
form some months ago It is said up.
on authority that Mr.. Bryan has not
written a prospective platform for
submission to the national convention,
nor has he made drafts Of planks to
be incorporated in that document.
The Nebraska state platform. how
ever, was drawn entirely upon nat
ional issues. and MI. Bryan has let
it be known both at Lincoln and Dem
yer that the planks in this document
represent precisely and exactly his
views on every public question intend
ed to be brought forward in the COM
ing campaign.
With this knowledge in their pos
session. the members Of the resolu-
lions committee of the national com.
mittee will be given the task of writ.
ing the platform. It is understood to
be the plan to have this work done
first by q subcommittee. This sub
committee will be numerically larger
than IL customary that its work may
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A STONE L
One More Delegation Scored BY
1ryan's Friends.

Denver, July 4-United States
Senator William J. Stone, and former
mayor James A. Reed, OF Kansas City,
Colonel c. Wettmore and w. A. Roth
well, four prominent Missouri demo.
Gratis comprising the advance guard
Of the delegations from that state, ar.
rived in Denver this afternoon. The
two first named + delegates AT
large Colonel Wettmore, an intimate
personal friend Of William ]. Bryan,
is alternate at large, and Mr.. Rothwell
is the national committeeman from
that state.
Colonel Wettmore came direct from
Lincoln, where he visited two days
with Mr.. Bryan.
"Mr. Bryan, while taking the great.
est interest in everything apportain-
ing to the convention, is In no wise
interfering with the desires Of a single
delegate. He will doubtless have many
suggestions to make regarding the
platform, but so far he will not insist
that they will be accepted. OF course,
should the platform be not such as he
can approve. he will not take nomina-
ton.
"But there is no such contingency.
I found a great chance in Lincoln, and
and in Nebraska as to public senti-
ment regarding Mr.. Bryan since four
and eight years ago. Where at that
time there was apathy. II not anita
gonism towards Mr.. Bryan in his
home city and state, there is no warm
support Of at least q cordial feeling.
MI. Bryan can carry Nebraska by a
safe majority If he is. nominated"
Senator Stone and Major Reed
were equally sanguine Of the politi-
raj situation in Missouri. The delega-
ton is instructed for Bryan.
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YACHTS ON
PACIFIC START RACE
THOUSANDS WITNESS START OF
RACE FOR HONOLULU.

7 San Pedro, Cal, July 4.--Four Of
the fastest yachts that sail the Pacific
started in a race today from San
Pedro for Honolulu. Cheered by thous-
ands Of people gathered from every
part of Southern California to parti-
cipate in the fourth Of July celebra-
ton, the white sailed racers slipped
away from their anchorage in front
of the South coast yacht club to the
boom of q signal gun fired as the
word came from the executive Offices
at Washington. Followed to Santa
Catalina island by q fleet Of small
craft the participants crossed the line
at Deadmans island, rounded Terminal
island and set a straight course for
Diamond head, Hawaii islands. nearly
$500 miles distant. The four yachts
with the clubs, navigators and handi-
caps, are as follows:
Lurline, South Coast Yacht club.
Los Angeles; Commodore H. H. Sin
Clair.
Gwendolyn. H., Elliot Bay club,
Seattle, Captain Joseph Redfern, time
allowed II hours 80 minutes Sc 30
seconds.
Lady Maud, San deco Yacht club,
Captain Harris, allowance 8 hours 9
minutes 50 esconds.
Hawaii, Hawaiian Yacht club, Cap
tain H. ]. Harris, allowance 8 hours.
81 minutes, 80 seconds.
The allowance were made on the
basis Of half an hour for each foot Of
length.
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have the greater weight With the full
committee, with the convention, and
with prospective democrat voters.
With full data and precise language,
as embodied In the Nebraska platform
before 1t, it is pointed out there is
little likelihood Of serious disagreement
in either tie subcommittee or the full
committee. There 10 no other desire
manifested here than to give MI.
Bryan. II nominated. precisely the
sort Of platform he wants. This will
not preclude the committee and the
subcommittee from giving full hear.
ing to all who may apply for the pur-
pose Of presenting planks and making
arguments on their behalf.
Gompers TO 20 Present.
President Samuel Gompers OF the
American Federation Of Labor, &C
companied by several Of his conven
ton conferees, is expected to present
to the committee the demands Of or
gan1zed labor, as was done the = .
publican committee on resolutions at
Chicago.
H. +. Fuller, representing the Ma
tional Brotherhoods Of railroad men,
arrived in the city today, and will
make an argument, IL permitted, in
favor Of an injunction plank. Frank
s. Monet, former attorney general or
Ohio, has been here for some days,
having come for the specific purpose
OF giving the committee the legal
and political history Of the injunction
question.
With the ideas of the prospective
candidates so well defined on the ques-
ton Of the platform, there is little
matter for consideration by prelimi-
nary conferences, and 1t has been an
nounced that the political form will
be allowed to wait until the commit
tee has held its first meeting and the
resolutions committee has been ap-
pointed.
EH -t.- - -E-. LI -- E4 F.' IA
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JUST A LITTLE LATE.
Judge Gray Should Have Been Nomi
mated Four, Years Ago.

@ M HdIeo f0ufs years Ago. - e.
Denver, July 4.-Former Senator r.
+. Pettigrew, of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
chairman of the delegation to the
democratic convention from this state.
arrived today after having spent some
time with Bryan at Lincoln. Mr..
Pettigrew is ~unalterably opposed to
the nomination Of Judge Gray for vice
president. Ills reasons are that Judge
Gray stands for none Of the principles
of reform on which Mr.. Bryan has
made his record and will not be in har-
monious accord with the ticket.
The time they should have nomina.
ted Judge Gray should have been four
years ago." said Mr.. Pettigrew. "Then
was the time Of the supremacy Of his
element Of his party. To nominate
him now would simply be putting a
premium on his political assassina-
ton"
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WILL MAKE FIGHT.
y" '""A.. II n 1"HTf. r e MtNN T0909. ~ =. Y
King County Men Determined TO BE
Duly Recognized.

|EHFt Eg# 2Eaf HE|GS HHGg 80
New York, July 4.-Determined to
make a stubborn fight in the national
democratic convention at Denver for
recognition, a delegation represent
ing the Kings County Uniona leader,
Senator P. H. McCarren left here to.
day. About nine district leaders OF
the Jefferson Hall democracy Of which
the senator is head. filled five Pullman
cars that made up the special train.
At the democratic state convention
the McCarren men were not recogniz.
ed, but refusing to abide by the de.
cision of the convention, the fight is
being carried to the. national conven-
ton.
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-13
THE DISPENSARY MESS.
What Senator Tillman Thinks of the
Whole Matter.

In speaking of the dispensary mess
in Columbia Senator Tillman express"
es himself in his usual plain manner:
1.-The trouble never would have oc"
Cured" said the senator to The
States correspondent, If the legis"
lature had never placed the funds in
to the hands Of a commission which
could take the money out of the State
treasury. Do you suppose that if the
money had been in the State treas"
ury and the regular officers Of the
State in charge of it, any federal
Judge whould have dared to touch it:
Judge Pritchard's action had for its
ground the fact that the commission
was acting merely as trustees for
the State, and he holds that this
places them in the same position as
trustees or agents for any business
concern. There is something pecu-
liar about this commission business
anyway. | have been trying to 1lnd
out who was the author Of the bill tc
create it.
1t looks to me like at the bottom
of it there was some attempt to play
underhand politics. and while | don t
like to say there is something crook
ed about it. it certainly seems that
the banks which have had all that
money on deposit all the time have
been greatly favored. Why hash
the commission paid out the money.
or at least those claims which they
have approved? They hadn't paid
anv of it out until little over week
ago. All the time it has remained IN
the banks and the banks have peer
getting the benefit of it.
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ONE GIRL SHOT ANOlfEh.
About il Young Man Who Was At
tcntiyc TO Her.

A special from AshevllIe, \. C.'
gives the particulars of a sensational
shooting there last week Of a young
woman. Miss Ida Franklin by Miss
Parseda Shelton.
1t seems that the shooting is the
result Of enmity arising between the
two former friends over the love OF
a young man with whom both were
infatuated.
Miss Shelton. hearing that that
Miss Franklin had been talking
about her" went to the latter
with the purpose of securing Il
personal interview about the matter.
When she appeared she was refused
admittance to the Franklin home ana
the door was slammed in Miss
Shelton's face.
The former thereupon drew pls-
FOL and fired through the door. the
bullet striking Miss Franklin IN the
breast, making a dangerous wound
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-13
TESTIMONY GIVER OUT.
Suppressed Dispensary Matter Made
Public by Chairman Murray.

Chairman w. J. Murray, of the
dispensary commission Wednesday
made public the testimony taken in
regard to Tue expense and per diem
accounts of Mr.. B. F. Arthur, one of
the members of the commission who
was appointed receiver by Judge Prit-
chard. This testimony was taken in
October and was transmitted to Gov
ernor Ansel but the governor has
taken no acton and all Information in
regard to the matter has been with
held from the press.
Mr.. Arthur has not since attended
meeting Of the commission. In lact,
all inquiries were met with the an
swer that there "is nothing in. it,
The investigation of Mr.. Arthur
was caused by a report to the COM
mission by its attorney. Mr.. w. F.
Stevenson, in which he said.
Voucher No. 211, the Hon. B. F.
Arthur, for March, shows 13 days
service in March, s65. The record
shows that he attended meetings of
the board on March II and 13, aud
he doubtless came down to sign
checks which could not have taken
more than two days, which would
leave nine days to be accounted for,
which | don't understand, and II al
lowed to stand as it will subject the
board to grave criticism, and con-
structive per diem cannot be allowed
1t contains items of mileage to Rich
mond which should be explained fully
in the vocher or mileage could not be
charged from Richmond to meet the
board here.
His account for April is for eight
days, and the record shows only one
day at a meeting, and if we allow
one day to go and come and one trip
for signing checks, allowing two days,
making four possible days for the
month and cannot approve the
voucher as it stands.
It seems that whenever Mr.. Arthur
came from Union to Columbia to
sign checks be charged up three days,
although he was not engaged more
than fifteen minutes in signing the
checks. On one occasion he charged
mileage from Richmond, Va.
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LOSE THEIR LIVES.
The Sad Fate of Three Little Boys
Over in Sumter.

A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says between and 6 o'clock
Tuesday the dead body Of Welley
Wedekind, a young white boy be-
tween and 9 years of age, son oi
Mr.. Henry C. Wedekind of that city
was found floating on the water oi
a clay hole at the Sumter brick work:
just outside of the city limits. Mr.
Tom Roland being called, went in
and brought the body out.
The caps Of two other boys were
also found, and Durrell Lide, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Lide, and Archie
Ledingham, two boys about 9 years
each, are missing and there is little
doubt but that they were also drown
ed in he asme hole. All three of the
boys have been missing all day.
Mr.. Irwin A. Ryttenberg, proprietor
of the Sumter brick works, says that
the three boys above named were al
the brick hole that morning, when he
ran them away.
An old boat in the clay hole has
been used by some of the boys around
the town and the supposition is that
these three boys went out in this
boat, which overturned or they fell
out of it and were drowned.
A searching party has been drag"
ging the clay hole for the two missing
drowned is unknown.
drowned S unknown.
At 9:15 information was brought to
the city that the body of Archie Led"
ingham had been recovered.
The deplorable tragedy has cast q
gloom over the entire community and
the afflicted parents have the sympa-
thy of all the people in Sumter,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-13
MILLS SHUTTING DOWN.
Thousands of Operatives Are Affect
cd by the Curtailulent.

Thousands of employees or New
England Mills and factories went on
a short time basis following several
months of depression. In some places
reports come OF several factories re-
suming Work arrer the shut down or
increasing their running time. ?
The Hargraves Parker mills in
Fall River went on a four days a
week basis. The Fisher Manufac-
turing Company's cotton mills, at
Fisherville, Mass, employing 700
hands, were shut down until Monday.
The Cabot mills, at Brunswick,
Me-, with 500 hands, went on a
schedule of four days week.
a Cotton mills in several towns own
ed by B. B. and r. knight, and enf-
ploying six thousand operatives, went
on; a three quarters time schedule.
+ The Putnam Manufacturing Com
pany's mills went on three and half
time schedule and the Nightingale
and Powhattan mills, Of Putnam,
Conn, have reduced to four days a
week, affecting 700 hands.
The Edwards cotton mills, at Au-
gusta, Maine, employing 1000 hands,
adopted a half schedule, and the
Within machine shops, at Within
vile, Mass, making cotton mill ma
chinery, with 1900 men, reduced
time to forty-five hours week.
Curtailment of production is also
approved by the Chicopee cotton
mills, of Chicopee Falls, 1900 hands,
the Dwight mills, Of Chicopee, 500
operatives, Salmon Falls mills, Sal
mon Falls, N. H., 700 operatives,
Naumbeag cotton mills, of Salem,
$500 hands. and other concerns.
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the home is based on; but do not
do children. don't do grown people,
the dreadful njustice-through a
love that is merely one form of weak
ness-of failing to make the child,
or might add, the man, behave It
self or himself. A marriage should
be a partnership where each OF the
two parties has his or her rights,
where each should be more careful
to do his or her duty, than to eX-
act duty from the partner, but each
must in Justice to the other partner
no less than to himself or herself
exact the performance of duty by
the other partner. { Applause Let
each of you do his or her duty first
but do not lose your self respect by
submitting to wrong.
The first session Of the congress
was held at the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal church at John Mar
shall place and C street. Elmer E.
Brown, United States commissioner
of education, who was appointed by
President Roosevelt as the official
representative of the United States
smoke on children in the United
States