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Begins With Big Convention ?
at Shreveport.
GROWERS MEET IN FORCE !
Object of Gathering to D*vie? 1
Stringent Meaaures to Cut Short }
Ravagee of Dangerous
Peat, fl
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After being almost hopelessly deRd- ^
\ed In a parliamentary UnglCoyer t
HSfir ot permanent organl**- j
tlon, the first seeslon of the national {
cotton conTentlo^ at Shreveport, LA., t
finally adjourned V to a nght neaalon t
without selecting permanent officers.
More than four hufadred delegates, t
* representing every cotton growing <
state in the south, assembled at thW ?
Grand opera house at 3 o 'clock Mtw- (
day afternoon for a four diyiys' meet* '
'og, to dlscufcs the boll wee vil altua- c
tlon and devise. If possible, w^iys and i
means for the eradication or control e
of the peat. \ *
The convention was called to \prder
6/ Judge J. C. Pn*h chftlrmflin r>r
exeectlvo committee, who Voiced the
purposes of the gathering in a ringing
speech. Judge Pugh said that the^
delegates had been called together to |
i n niipfitioi) of vital linnor
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{ will . jeet the issue In the very uw?J
/ vray and see that tfiese recommenda*
tlons are enforced by legislation, If
necessary, throughout the length and
breadth of the Infested area."
Temporary Chairman Bolton, In at
brief address, made an earnest plea
to the delegates tot action. Mr. Bolv
- ton then read the following telegram
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Hum oociemry 01 Agriculture Wilson
at Washington: }
/ -*1 C. Ptf?h, Shreveport. L*.?
d, entorftploglst of this dec,
who has had wide oxperl-'
i^tooll weevil work in Texas,
. re?Jt?sent me at the Shreve/tfjfct
convention. I woula b& with you |
Iflpiy duties,here did not Imperatively
keep mo in the city. I hope' your dtv 1
liberations ^111 be Instructive. fc/eip?1
and conservative. I r.o before the (
house committee on Hgrioultuf^ today
urge the anoroorlatlon of a lnre? .
firnount of money to deal with the boll
weevil In the southern states, particularly
IxniIslana and Texas, for the ,
doming year." j
j The reading of the message wm i,
greeted with an outburst of applause. L
I Governor Blanehard, of I^oulslana, ' {
next welcomed the delegates to the t
1 1 state. H? Raid In part: {
v V 'The question that has brought you ,
fnnrn to hold !h!s jrs?.t convsstlon Is
fnot one affecting merely the cotton- ,
w*?"tiuk roision or me soutn. It affect* (
\ntlmately and directly the whole (
leountry. If the cotton crop of the
fouth Is to cease as the result of the }
yivaulon of thla Insect, It will prove (
jRrorld-wlde calamity. It will affect (
ruinously large commercial Interests|
fit will affect clieastrousy every com- (
imerclal Interest and every line of
Itrado the world over. More, perhaps, I ,
/than any other single prodnct of th? I
9 soli, cotton permeates and adjusts 1 *
I and revtilflt"" ?> >?--- -? *?-- m
- J .?U u?mui:B Ol- Ul ,
) world's trade."
CALL TO ALABAMA FARMERS.
Move en Foot to/8?cur* Bettor Price* 1
for Cotton by Grower*.
, Hon. R. R. Poole, state commlasloner
of agriculture, has Issued a call for
the farmers of Alabama to hold mans
Imeotlngs In their several counties on
^ Tuesday, January 10, 1905 dot.tere H
\ Tuesday, January 10, 180(5. to deto
mine what Ik beat to be done to nec>
% better prices for cotton and plan
the new crop. He urge* the ho'
of all cotton now In the hand*
farmers until that time at lcs
mailer acreage next year at
abundant food crops.
y ALL ARE UNITED ON ~
North Carolina F.irmorr
J ^ Discuss Cotton
f Letters are pourln
tho promoters of t'
action on tho part
era of North C Q |he 1Ub joBtftnt ^
priNp^.Pjae 0f fcev j w Sberjff tho
' \ *cu*.pff minister, Mias Veua Mit
N ell Ur Attoway Gilutran ?" ? "
t., ?<i t?? nek
10 ouiiuiy. The happv couple Imvo
0 congratulation* of their many
ends.
1 ? MinB Luoy Mauldiu, a charraiutf
lady of the western Hide of the
bunty, visited this oflice Tuenday.
liss ifcutdin is in the race for tl>*
cboUrship and haw the promise < <
several *?
| J ..wo irum her friends and
Jieighbor*.
?-There in to be a OhrMtmas tre?
*t the court bouse Saturday night.
That's nico, and ju?t as it should be,
only please see that the older beads
don't get the cream, w.'v.la the little
| K'as 41 tots" have to be satisfied with
"akiin miMc." 1
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SUCCEEDS MARK HANNA.j
August Belmont Is Elected President
of National Civic Federation
at Annual Meeting.
At New York, Thursday night. An(Ust
Belmont was olectod president of
he 'National Civic Federation to bucseed
the late Senator Marous A. Hanla.
The election took place at the]
tinner of the national civic federation,
vhich wag held at the Park Avenno
iotel.
Samuel Qompera presided, and the
ipeakers were: Archbishop Ireland,
^UKUSt Belmont ami John Mltrholl A
>aper by Andrew Carnegie, who was
inablo to bo present, was road. In it
dr. Carnefcia^advlBed employers not
o hire new men during a strike, but
o wait,, for the old ones to come
tack.
Mr. IDasley ,1a his report, said the
novements for tho organization of tho
:lvlc federation are malting good progess
In England, Prance, Germany and
y&uada. He believed their success
night logically lead to the creation of
tn International body to Improve the
condition of wage-earnerB and their roatlons
with employers and to forward
ICOnOmlC eVlllPAtlnn fhrftiichAiif
rorld.
"N?ver before," the report says,
'have there been so many evidences
>f the growth of a spirit of broad conervatlsm
on the part of largo employes
and on the part of organized labor,
ts significant and. encouraging outlook
s wolcomed everywhere. Many differ
>n the details of the work, however."
Alluding to the section of apprenices
and efTorts to regulate competllon,
Mr. Easily said:
"The eternal presence of these queslons
so vital to all society and to the
)rogress of civilization, invites the
nost searching and devoted Btudy. If
hey are Insoluble and Irreducible
hero may bo found adjustments that
vould 'prove effectivo so far as they
iccord with principles. It Is for tho
attainment of these purposes that the
lopartment of tho industrial econonlos
has been organized."
The newly organized welfare depart
idiu n 11 ivit wun me pnystcal
comfort, recreation and education of
he employees has received onthuslasIc
support from many employers, according
to the report of Chairman H.
Vreeland, who followed Mr. Easey.
Mr. Vreeland said the work was
practical as well as altruistic.
A growing appreciation of the trade
igreement on the part of both organzod
employers and wage earners as a
practical method of securbig and
maintaining industrial Deace. wns re
ported by Francis L. Robbins, chairman
of the department of trade agreements
already existing in great national
Industries, andt an extension of
their local application. As an evidence
sf what can be done by this department.
Mr. Robbins pointed to tho relewal
by the organised bituminous
mine workers in the four states of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illiiols,
of their agreement with the opjratora'
association to which he referred
to as the most Important Indus
rial event of the year.
CATAL ACCIDENT ON WARSHIP.
I
enunt William C. Colo, were terribly
1 ^.1 nik.. 1 ?
.vnicu iiuirMuay, oy a rusn or Btcam
md boiling water in the lire room of
:ho hattlo tihlp Massachusetts, lying
it tho League Island navy yard in
Philadelphia.
The accident was caused by the giving
away of a gasket or rubber washer
on a boiler on the starboard side
jf tho ship.
The Massachusetts has been at tho
navy yard for some timo undergoing
axtensive repairs, particularly to tho
toilers and machinery.
Death Strikes Down Qan. Whltenido.
Brigadier General Samuel M.
Whiteside, retired, who had comand*
)d at Santiago during the Spanlah
var, died suddenly in Washington
Thursday.
FURTHER ACTION BY HOUf
Committee Is Appointed t
Charqos in Swayne r
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ALIENS IN MILLS
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Germans and Poles Supplant
J Natives in South Carolina.
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Cotton Manufacturers Declare They
Cannot Secure Sufficient Home
Labor and are Forced to
Employ Outsiders.
The Introductlou of foreign labor
mio we cotton mills of South Caro- 1
Una, says a special from Columbia,
marks a new era in the cotton manufacturing
industry. This departure has (
| been made necessary by tne scarcity ,
| of mill labor, due to the high price of 1
cotton drawing the present help back .
| to the larmB
j An organized movement on the part j
I of the cotton mill interests was begun j
some time ago and as a result foreign !
help is being brought to the leading
i mill centers In the state
Lewis W. Parker, president of the 1
j Olympla, Richland and Granby mills,
' and of the mills in Greenville,
I stalt-s that he Is entirely satisfied with |
I the experiment in Greenville and is of
I the opinion that eventually foreign labor
will be brought to the mills generally
throughout the state.
The mill men are delighted with tho
seadlness and reliability of the new !
help and the foreigners, many of
whom are well educated, seem to be
pleased with their new work and surroundings.
It is Bftiri thftt nnn.ttili-'l c* ?- "
_ ??? v,..v V4*iiu ui mo nymdies
are lying Idle In the stato becauso
of the Insufficiency of the supply of
labor and It Is thin condition that has
forced the mills to look elsewhere for
help. I
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FOR THE NEGRO PREACHERS. |
Sum of $2,000,000 to Be Raised for
Their Education.
Fifteen clergymen and elders Interested
in the work of education of tho
' southern neKro nrr>nr>h?rn hnvo ori??n
a dinner In New York to Rev. G. 8.
Miller, superintendent of the John C.
Martin fnnd. This fund, which approximates
$2,000,000, Ib to be used for
educating negro clergymen of all denominations.
It Is the ultimate Intention
to bring the work to a focus In a
Chautauqua for southern negroes.
The Rev. Mr. Miller has been organizing
Bible Institutes for a year. He
| has completed the work In Arkansas
and made a beginning In Georgia,
South Carolina and Tennessee. "We
have 10,000 students now," he said,
"and hope to have 30,000 before we
. nre through. The clergymen aro eager
to learn and they pass the knowledge
I ounig/ii uu iu ineir congregations. Tbe
1 people of the south are with us; they
| approve of this method of uplifting the
j negro.
"We have had some difficulty with
Intor-denomlnatlonal prejudice, but we
kirc getting around to It. It Is tho
* greatest work for the negro undertaken
since emancipation."
NO VI8IT NEXT SPRING.
President 8ays Some Later Time He
Will Make Southern Tour.
A Washington dispatch says: ReD
resentative Lester, of Georgia, and
R. M. Larner, representing the Sa1
vanah board of trade, extended to the
! president Thursday, an invitation to
visit. Savannah on his southern trip
next spring. The president Informed
them that ho did not expect to
1 visit Georgia next spring, and that he
I will make at that time no general t'nir
of the south. He said he expected to
go directly to San Antonio, Texas, by
| way of Louisville. At some time later
in his administration, ne added, ho
hoped to visit Georgia and other parts
, of the south.
Home for Soldiers In Florida.
Senator Taliaferro Introduced a bill
in the senate Thursday to appropriate
$100,000 to acquire a site and construct
a branch home for disabled soldiers,
sailors and marines in the stato
of Florida.
CRUISER USED FOR SMUGGLING.
! Large Amount of Dutiable Qooda
Seized on Board the 8an Francisco.
Customs officers at Old Point Comfort
aro reportod to have seized on
board the United States cruiser San
Francisco a rich store of smuggled
goods, including silks, cigars, CuTna
and ostrich feathers.
The value of the goods seized can
not be ascertained, the officials doclinlnfi?
tn fti?P?nn (ho rnottni
than to admit that the confiscation
was made. The seizure was effected
Just before the San Francisco sailed
for Norfolk.
13 RESOLVED ON CRU8ADE.
President Will Work to Aid the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
A Washington special says: Prosdent
KoosoYelt considered Wodnes
lay wltli several friends, his t'ecomnendatlon
that Increased powers bo
conferred by legislation upon the Inorst&te
ooramerco commission. Thoso
o whom he talked were not only mom)f>m
of congress, but even In other
iruika of Ufa.
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VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY.
Hughes Family Came to Death al
Hands of Persona Unknown.
The Jury of Inquest tn the Hughes
ase asnombled at Trenton, S. C.,
fonday ahd, after two or throe houra
f testimony and consideration, roamed
a verdict that the Hughes fam*
y came to death at tho hands of paros
or poraona unknown.
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MvvruL vuwa lAtMilM.
Mormon* Required to Oblls*to Thorn elves
to Most Revolting Creed.
Ceremony Described.
Fivo witnesses wore examined Tuesday
by the aenate committee on prlv
lieges ana elections at wasnmgton in
the Investigation of protests against
Senator Keed Smoot retaining his
seat in the senate. The first witness
J. H. Wallace, of Salt Lake City,, described
the obligations taken by persons
who pass through the endowment
house and declared that everyone
agress to submit to mutilation of tho
person if he or she reveals what takes
nldpa Murine/ Hin ^o?-nmr\nv
vw?wmwM/. a nu
members of tho faculty of the Brigham
Young university testified that
they have sustained polygamous relations
since the manifesto of 1890,
and a teacher in the public schools
asserted that the church had relllgon
taught In such schools.
Questioned as to his beliof, Mr.
Wallace said he never believed fully
in the celestial marriages to the dead
and four times had stood as proxy
for four marriages of living women to
dead men. He married his present
wne m trie temple.
Explaining the marriages in the
temple, Wallace said it* is necessary
to take the endowment before marriage
and in this way he had passed
through the endowment house twenty
times at least.
Wallace was asked to give the oaths
taken by those who participated in
the ceremony, and this he did, together
with a description of the secret
signs executed by each person. Nearly
all of the obligations were that
those who tolk part would not reveal
anything they saw or heard on peril
of mutilation of the person and every
one who passed the temple, said
the witness, was compelled to agree to
the condtions laid down by the priests.
The penalties agreed to for violation
of these oaths wore given by
Wallace as follows:
That tlio throat be cut from ear to
ear and th? tonsue bo torn out.
That the breast be cut asunder and
the heart and vitals be torn from tho
body.
That the body be cut asunder at
the middle and the bowels cut out.
That if demanded we will give all
we possess to the support of the
church.
The next obligation was ono of
chastity, in which the obligator agreed
not to cohabit with nnv noponn r
given him or hor by tho priests.
"Another obligatlln was ono that I
we would 'never cease to importune
high heaven to avenge the blood of
the prophets upon the nations of the
earth or the inhabitants of the earth,
I don't Just remember which,' said
the witness.
"This was followed by a quotation
from the Scripture, I think. Revelations
6:9, 'The souls of those slain
cried aloud on the altars for vengeance.'
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GREAT BLAZE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Mammoth Stores Gutted, Entailing
Lots of $6,000,000 and Three Lives.
Three men killed?two firemen and
one citizen?the latter by a live wire,
and from six to eight million dollars
worth of property destroyed Is the result
of a conflagration, the worst In
the history of Minneapolis, which began
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night. The
flames were confined to three bulld:
IngB, two of which are gutted, and the
third, the Powera Department Store
the largest In the city, destroyed by
water and fire to the extent of one or
two million dollars
Because of the dense smoke It was
Impossible to got access to the burning
buildings, the heat being so Intense,
despite the zero weather prevailing.
The flre started In the photograph
j Bupply house of O. H. Pock & Co.. on
j Fifth street-and First avenue, south,
and was soon beyond control, being
communicated to adjoining bulldlnsrs
1n a remarkably short time. The firemen
were forced to abandon the doomed
structures and turn their attention
to Raving adjacent property.
i LOW RATE FOR MUNQER BALE,
Georgia Commission Passes on Cotton |
J Compressed by New System. j
| The Georgia railroad commission!
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Thursday after hearing further the petition
of J. S. Cowart, of Arlington,
for a rate on Munger bales, grantod
I the request and passed an order re*
I quiring mo railroads to transport
j bales com pres.sod by the new system
j at G cents per hundred or 30 cents
i a bale less than is charged for uncompressed
bales.
| This rate applies only from Arlington
to Savannah and Brunswick.
MOTION TO QUA3H DENIED.
Trial of White Woman and Negro at
Jacksonville, Fla., Set for Jan. 9. ,
Judge Call, In the circuit court at
Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday morning
denied the motion to quaih the indictmont
against Nellio l't.:n.mcr, white,
and Jake Bradford, a negro, for the
killing of John Plummcr, husbanJ of
the accused woman. The defendants
wTr ^mlgned nnd nlended not KrnHty
The trial was set for tho 9th o" January.
TAPT'? REPORT RECEIVED.
Hie Negotiations With Panama Fully
Approved By President.
The report of Secretary Tait, speclal
envoy of the United St.ites to
Panama, of his negotiations with that
government, was received In Washington
Saturday. After careful consideration
the pfe&tdenl gave his entire approval
of the same and has advised
(Secretary Taft by cable to this effeo*
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tAltHMINAIt YLSI
Is Injunction Issued to Planters
of the South
BY COTTON CONVENTION
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Growers Must Got Together to Combat
Spread of Dreaded We?vll.
Call for Great
Gathering.
After passing resolutions commending
the aid of the government experts
In their efforts to exterminate
the boll weevil, and urging the farm
em oi mo mtected districts In Texas
and Louisiana to burn all cotton stalks
in the early fall, the national convention
adjourned at Shreveport, La., late
Wednesday afternoon.
The resolutions feature what are
generally recognized to be tho most
successful methods of combatting tho
peat.
Prior to the adoption of the resolutions,
a spirited light was precipitated
on me noor or tno convention by th?
proffering of a majority and minority
report. The bone of contention was a
plank Inserted by a Georgia delegate
to the efTect that the only way to destroy
and prevent the spread of the
boll weevil la to prevent the planting |
of any cotton within the infected sections
of Texas, or any other state or
territory, wherein infected lands exist,
for th eperiod of one year.
The minority report agreed to all
recommendations of the majority, except
the plank outlined above, which
was finally voted down.
The resolutions of the convention in
part, follows:
"That we extend our sincere thanks
to the department of agriculture of the
United States for the timely assistance
it has afforded in an effort to
overcome the cotton boll weevil.
"Tbat we thank the department of
entomology, headed by Dr. W. D. Hunter
which has accomplished excellent
results In educating the peoplo regarding
the nature and habits of the boll
weevil conceived plans and work of
experimentation along the line.
"That we desire these departments
U> continued their work in the infected
districts, as well as to closely
watch other sections which might become
endangered by the boll weevil;
and that we Invoke a continuance of
me national aid whenever and wherever
It may bo needed.
"That we heartily approve the
methods already employed as being
both scientific and practical, and that
we emphasize the Idea of thorough
preparation of the cotton lands, a reduction
of acreage, the rotation of
crops and the intensive cultivation,
with most vigorous efforts to secure
early maturing cotton for all the boll
weevil districts. *
"That the cotton planters throughout
the Infected districts are hereby
urged to co-operate with the general
Buveriuuviii in me pians ior overcoming
this devastating peat."
It was also resolved:
"That It Is the sense of this convention
that the legislatures of the cotton
stales bo memorallzed to enact stringent
laws for the protection of all insectivorous
birds, their eggs and
young."
"Whereas, The pernicious Idea that
the boll weevil Is not an unmixed evil,
In that its ravages must of necessity
result In diminishing the quantfty
of cotton harvested, raise tho price
of the staple, and that, therefore, Its
propagation should be encouraged by
the farmers. Is dally gaining ground
In many sections, particularly during
ovwiuiis i/i hi pru'cs, uuuer
through Ignorance or the crlmlnnl selfishness
which would strike down an
industry, therefore be it
'Resolved, That this convention endorses
and recommends for adoption
by the legislatures of the cotton
states, a law relative to the importation
of the boll weevil in any of its
stages of growth."
A KINDNESS THAT PAID.
Hotel Clork Get# $10,000 for Once A?>
slating an Aged Stranger.
I Houston Bond, a clork in a leading
I ilntfi! r?f NhhIivIIW. Ton n rnmlirod m.
I ;ertlfled chock Tuesday morning from
j Evansvllle, Ind., for $10,000. Four
I years ago an old gentleman fell on
| the sidewalk In front of the hotel and
severely Injured himself. Mr Bond
went to his assistance, lifted him from
the ground and cared for him until he
had recovered. The check was the sequel.
Mr. Bond would not disclose
the name of the man who sent the
chock.
LUNATIC RUN8 AMUCK.
Young Man In Birmingham Uses Pistol
With Doubly Fatal Effect.
Monroe Wells, asod 22, of North
IJlrmlnghnm, Ala., Tuesday morning
i secured a plBtol and fired at his moth1
fir. tlio hnllnt nnrmwlv mlu?ln? hot.
Miss Addle Beale, an annt, rnnhetl
to the rescue, when the young man
shot her in the neck, inflicting a fatal
wound, lie then turned tho weapon
upon himself and blow out his own
bralna.
PRE8IDENT AT PRAYER MEETING
Make* Short AHdr**? fn ftnnnMin*l*?
and Holds Reception.
Proaldent Roosovolt attended the
prayer meeting at the Grace Reformed
church, in Washington, of which ho is
a member, Thursday night, and made
a short address to the large congregation
and held an Informal reception,
shaking hands with all tho members
of the church and Sunday school present
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MOVE TO HOLD COTTON,
Delegate* to Boll Weevil Convention
In Qhreveport Will Aleo Fight
Wall Street Bear*.
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The Georgia, South Carolina and
Texas delegates In attendance upon
the Boll Weevil flnnvunHnn In Shravn.
port, Louisiana, conferred together
Monday morning with a j
view td organizatiin in furtherance ot 1
a plan to hold cotton until prices return
to the normal, that is 10 cents. It
was arranged to bring the subject and
plan to the entire body of the delegates
and secure adoption.
Delegates report that 75 per cent
or the farmers who have cotton on
band are in condition to bold indefinitely
for 10 cents, and will do so. The
belief It general tbat the glnner's report
will ehow a crop not exceeding
eleven and a half million bales. The
eatlmate by the government statistician
Is regarded as nothing more than
a guess, and la regardod as absoutoly
groundless.
It is understood that southern bankAPd
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farmere to hold by advancing, K deslr- J
ed, $30 per bale.
The concensus of opinion Is that
farmers are more ready than heretofore
to stand together and to make
sacrifices If necessary to defeat the
schemes of the bears who are seeking
to despoil them. Moat experienced
farmers declare that ordinarily the
cost of production of a pound of cotton
is 7 cents, with higher prices for
farming Implements, etc., actual cost
Is 8 cents, and the producer is clearly
entitled to 2 cents a Dound for his la
bor, etc. Farmers have never shown
themselves more In earnest or more
determined to stand to their Interest
tha nnow. They can thwart them. All
they have to do is to stand firm and
united.
South Carolina farmers have an Inspector
at work In each county now
collecting crop Information that will
be reliable nnd of great value to producer*.
In Texas the merchants who
make advances will require diversification
of crops and smaller cotton acreage
next year.
The ruling spirit Is tha? the boll
weevil ?nau he killed and the bears
put to flight. i
The feeling, which has ripened Into
a conviction. Is that If there la a 12.- |
| 000,00<M>ale crop, every pound Is
worth 10 cents. It Is further proposed
that arrangement*) be made next
I year that cotton obligations be payable
In January Instead of October and |
November. These are matters that
wltt be perfected In detail.
BOMBARDMENT CONTINUE8.
jap uum From 203-Meter Hill Wreck.
Ing Buildings In Port Arthur.
Dispatches received In ToRlo Monday
from the Japanese army beseiglng
Port Arthur report that the InInterior
of the fortress was bombarded
with heavy guns Sunday. The hattie
ship Poltava, the transport Amur
and the wireless telegraph station
at the foot of Golden hill, were damaged
and the arsenal set on fire.
The commander of the Jlapanese
land battery, reporting Monday, snya:
"Four Russian battle ships, two J
cruisers, one gunboat and one torpe- 1
uu u?Hir?yor, lying in Port Arthur, i
are completely disabled. There la
no further necessity for bombarding
the Russian naval force.
"Are now engaged in shelling the
town of Port Arthur, which la boing
heavily damaged."
WESTERN UNION LOSES.
Railroads Have Right to Remove
Poles Says Hight Court Decision.
The supremo court of the United
States Monday, docided the case of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Involving the right of the
railroad company to remove the telegraph
poles from its right of way In
favor of the railroad company.
In the decision the court held that
the conirresslonal act nf
controlled in tho case, does not grant
eminent domain to telegraph companies
over the private property of railroads.
COTTON SLUMP CLO8E8 BANK.
institution at Wrlghtavllle, Qa., Falls
to Weather the Decline.
The Citizens' bank of Wrightsvllle.
(la., han suspended business. J. K
Linder, tho owner of tho bank, at
iriumuH ins misiurtune to ihe neavy
(lccllne in cotton, having on hand
something liko 2,000 bales at high
prices.
Since the announcement of his suspension
ho has paid his depositors
$10,000, having on hand $63,000 In deposits
at the close of business last
Thursday.
It is tiie general opinion that he
will pay all creditors in full.
DOXOLOGY NOT CUT OUT.
8tatament Made by Chicago Unlve*
alty Official* Corrects Error.
The statement that the doxology
had been displaced at the Unlvorslty
of Chicago and that Instead of "Old
Hundred" "Aly.ia Mater" be sung at
the close of the junior college chapel
servloe, wag a mistake.
''"ho doxology never was sung At
the close of the service, but at tho bfr
ginning, wnoro it continues to b*
*ung.
SLAYER OF PLEHVE SENTENCED.
Russian Anarchists Qet Long Terms
for Murder ?I' Minister of Interior.
At St. Petersburg, Tuesday, Saaoneff,
who throw the bomb which killed
Minister 01 me iiuonor von rienve on
July 28 and Slkorlfsky, his accomplice
In the crime, were found guilty by the
court of appeals. The former was
sentenced to Imprisonment for llfo
with hard labor, and the latter to
twenty yearn.
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IMPEACH SWflYNE
? *
The House Favors Deposing v;
Florida Federal Jurist,
VOTE IS OVERWHELMING
?rt \ ?
Must Qo Before Bar of Seriate tn An*
?wer for High Crtmeg Whlcft
Have Been Charged
Against Him. ,
A Waschington special says: Sitting '
as a grand jury, the house of representatives
Tuesday, with almost full membership,
and afetr more than five
hours' discussion to the exclusion of '
all other business, adopted a resolution
providing for the Impeachment of
PKni.Ur. ,xf ?W..
fuugo v/uai iua owa/nu, \jl iau iifiiir
era district of Florida, for high
crimes and misdemeanors."
The case against the respondent
was clearly set out by Mr. Palmor,
of Pennsylvania, chairman of the buJ>committee,
which heard the evidence
in the wise. Ho carcfully dissected
the evidence bearing on each of the
specifications, and said that if it were
found that Judge Swayne had done
well, he should bo vindicated, but if
he had done ill, he should bo ucnt to
trial, "where his excuse and apologies
may not receive consideration." He
was followed by Messrs. Clayton, of
Alabama; Powers, of Massachusetts;
Henry, of Texas, and I.amar, of Florida,
each of whom in most vigorous
terms advocated Impeachment, .'aessrs. ^
Gilbert, of California, and' I lefleld,
of Maine, In speeches oppo: e I their
colleagues on all the specifications except
one as to the account rendered
to the government by Judge Swayne
for traveling expenses.
Throughout the session intense interest
WftR shown by members. Fol
lowing tho adoption of tho impoachment
resolution, a provision was made
for tho appointment of five members
to notify the senate of tho impeachment
and for a committee of seven to
preient the caso to the senate.
The day's proceedings were the first
of their kind since the impeachment la ?
1876 of General W. W. Belknap wha>
was secretary of war in President
Grant's cabinet.
y\ner ivir. nemunway, 01 Indiana,
from the committee on appropriations,
reported the urgent deficiency bill and
gave notice that he would call It up
Wednesday, Mr Palmer, of Pennsylvania,
from the Judiciary eommitteo,
called up the Swayne resolutions.
Speaker Cannon compelled silence
while It was read, remarking that every
member should hear It. Mr. Palmer
then read the specifications
against the judge, upon wh'.ch the committee
had based its action.
In support of the charge of misbehavior,
Mr. Palmer said the evidence
showed that out of oac.h vnnr .Tnrlcre
Swayno spent on an average of 212
days somewhere else, neither in his
district holding court nor outside, of
his 'district holding eorrt Ju^~e
Swayne, he said, never voted in Florida,
never registered there and nevsr
lived there in any proper sense of tho
term.
Mr. Palmer then turned his atten
tlon to a review of the evidence token
before the committee, the main features
of which already have been published.
ROADS MUST CONNECT.
North Carolina Supreme Court Handt
Down Important Decision.
i no JNorm uaronna supreme court
Tuesday, decided the very important
case of the State Corporation commission
against the Atlantic Coast Uno
railroad, involving the power of the
commission to require this railway to
make connection with the Southern
Railway at Selma by putting on an
extra train.
The supreme court holds that the
Anmmlmilnn hna full nr\wr>r f rumnnl
railways, as public highways, to nrsako
connections with other lines, even if
an extra train has to be put on to do
this.
VARDAM NOT BLACKLISTED.
Mississippi Governor Will Be Invited
to Witness inauguration.
Governor Vardaman has finally
been given official recognition by Hio
inaugural committee at Washington
Monday. Brigadier General Harries,
who is chairman of the committee on
miltary organization, sent to the Mississippi
governor the same friendly
letter of inquiry concerning the. mil!*
I tary organizations his state will send
to take part in tho ceremonies. This
letter Is n quasi Invitation, and Is
Just the same sent to the governors
t all other states.
SKELETON IN NAN'8 TRIAL.
Qruetome Object Introduced irt Court
fop U80 of Doctor.
A headless human skeleton, dorsal
vertebrae and ribs, played an Impor
tant pact In the trial at New York of
Nan Patterson for the murder of "Caesar"
Young Monday. The grunnomo
exhibit was made uso of in tho examination
of Dr. Philip Hanlon, tho coroner's
physician, who performed I he
autop&y on Young's body.
PREFERS KANSAS CYCLONE8.
Pension Commissioner War? Grow#
Sarcastic In Discussing Resignation.
Commissioner of Penslonc Eugeus
F. Ware callod on the president Wednesday
to pay his respects on the eve
of his departure for his wo?tera home.
"I am about to leavo for KanBi*. Oie
land of cyclones," ho said. 4 "1 want a
something easy after my eKterJoiiCo
in tho pension office."
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