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M I JaPan is Feeling Vet ^ | Jt | "Chesty"= - | J By Thomas F. Millard. \ ! I H= n x;t, some one may suggest, assuming that Japan lo victori^ i ous. has she not already declared her intentions m respect to Korea and Manchuria in a way satisfactory to a inajortt> I ... .. __ ? .? -i in ?Kio n <-?t an assurance of a or me powers ihiutoicu, ?uu ^ uuo ir" r=r? satisfactory settlement? True; Japan lias declared her intentions. But that was a year or so aso. Policies are amenjF?v able to the suggestion of events, even assuming that sincer ? ity and not expediency is the key-note of their promulgation. Since those utterances were given to the public Japan has had a series of brilliant military successes. The propaganda has intormed us of course, that the qualities of her statesmen and people are such that they will not be influenced in their impulses or ambitions by national glory. Howover, I am trying to forget that we are dealing with denti-gods, and in order to keep the discussion on a rational basis will lor the mo.nent project it. hypothetically, away from Japan. Assume a people long accustomed to regard ^ * * certain part of the world as representing the highest degree of potential power as expressed in military excellence. Let it be so well convinced of this that it copies the military methods of the other civilization and bends its en% ergies to acquire proficiency therein. Let it then encounter a power long assumed by the world to be most formidable in a military way. and easily defeat It. Such a people might be expected to feel a little "cocky," to entertain a?perhaps exaggerated notion of their own prowess; and if nearly the whole of the civilized world united in indiscriminate praise of them they would not be human if their heads were not somewhat turned. With my mind somewhat cleared by this digression into the realm of rationalism. I now see plainly. as I look about me in Japan, that the people have been affected by theirJ success just as those of any other nationality would have been. It is true that Oriental suavity, too long inbred to be readily disturbed, enables the be.jrf. ter classes to repress, especially in the presence of foreigners, their exulta tion. Having visited Japan several times before the war. I am able to make my own comparisons, and I say witnout hesitation, omitting details, that the whole nation Ts.feeling very "chesty. " to use a slangy but very expressive word which all Americans will understand.?From "The Fruits of Japan's \ icj > t Cory" in Scribner's iiagazine. fc * a J ' * * * / * i, >' 11~ W</? J net Donntntinns nf 0* M. M. %f \?> V vr y ?? American .'. Financial ?j ? f Leaders- f. A By President Nicholas Murray Butler, & j ? X of Columbia University. I ''in 1 t'ST now the American people are receiving some painful Fr ? lessons in practical ethics. They are having brought home j them with severe emphasis the distinction between characJ ter and reputation. A man's true character, it abundantly 3=^=== appears, nay he quite in conflict with his reputation, whien isthe public estimate of him. Of late we have boon watching ^ V reputations melt away like snow before the sun. and the sun in this case is mere publicity. Men who for years have been trusted implicitly by their fellows and so placed in positions of honor and grave responsibility are seen to be mere reckless spec. . ulators with the money of others and petty pilferers of the savings of the poor and needy. With all this shameful story spread before us it takes some courage to follow Emerson's advice not to bark against the bad. but rather to chain the beauty of the good. Put bluntly, the situation which confronts Americans today is due to lack j of moral principle. New statutes may be needed, but statutes will not put [ S?\. moral principle where it does not exist. The greed for gain and the greed for power have blinded men to the time old distinction between right and wrong. Both among business men and at the bar are to be found advisers, counted shtewd and successful, who have substituted the Penal Code for the mora) law as the standard of conduct. Right and wrong have given way to the subtler distinction between legal, not illegal and illegal; or better, perhaps, between honest, law honest and dishonest. The new triumph of mind over morals is bad enough in itself, but when in addition its exponents secure material gain and professional prosperity it becomes a menace to our integrity as a people. Against this casuistry of the counting house and of the law oftce. against this subterfuge and deceit, real character will stand like a rock. This nnii* vereity and all universities, in season and out of season, must keep clearly in view before themselves and the public the real meaning of character, and they must never tire of preaching that character, and character alone, makes S knowledge, skill and wealth a help rather titan a harm to those who possess p them and .to the community as a whole. . - 'on* _ VI * VI ut y The Russian *1 ~ Sy Father Gapon. Pjp _ NCEtfcn old man came to me and begged me to conduct a service-in memory of his deceased wife. Having already ? j been fined several times, I had become rather cautious. So I asked the old man to what parish he belonged and why j 1? J:'' ??? Me niun nrl.iet Ho ronliod That hie nar- ! _ Ji =12? I UC U1U live e?U IV uto VM li (/ vwt, , ! lsh priest had asked seven rubles (13.40) for officiating, j which he could not pay. Asked why so much was de* * manded, the old man explained that at the time of the burial of his wife he had only been able to pay three rubles, and, being displeased, the priest now said he must pay for both occasions. \ * Moreover, he had heard my sermons, he said, and felt more drawn to rue W than to his own priest, and so, falling on his knees, he begged me to come with him. How could I refuse? The service, as is the custf^i in Russia, was followed by a kind oi memorial dinner. As I sat at the head of ,the table and talked to the family on religious and moral questions the door aurdcnly opened and the parish priest, drunk, his hair and dress in utter disorder, rushed in with several servants, and addressed to me a violent tornplaint, interlarded with foul language, that I was robbing him of his. ?d. The people were so much irritated that, but for my interference, jti ould have gone ill with that turbulent cleric. Once more I wui fined. I remember as a child how I was struck by the story cf one St. John, originally Bishop of Novgorod, of whom jt was narrated that once, while he was fervently praying, the evil one played all manner of tricks to divert him from his devotions. At last the devil got into the water jug that stood in the corner of the cell, whereupon the holy man quickly made the sign of fhe cross over it and so imprisoned his infernal enemy. The devil begged to be released, promising to do anything that was demanded of him. The bishop asked to be at once taken to Jerusalem, and that night they journeyed there and back, after which the devil was released. This greatly impressed me, and I shed innocent tears, but I could not, at the same time, help wishing that I could catch the devil to such good purpose. In the olden times, a peasant official said to me. the power of the government officers was such that, in order to show I hat they could do anything they-liked with the representatives of the peasantry, they would call the elder before them and compel" him to go down on all fours and bark like a dog before the villagers. While my father's friend was talking and congratulating himself that things were now so different a harness bell was 1 i?nao-in??>sr that an official visito>' was about to catch them, the CCUU auu, 'er and his assistant seemed suddenly stricken with fear. The elder, a ilent fellow, waddled away to the office and his assistant rollowed, sneal;jek'nd the hushes. /" y When we speak of the "people" U? ^ The Joy of It. we too often and too exclusively have j man, she said one jn mjnfj tjje ~ale portion of our citi* * day last week to a mar who had zensijip avers the Boston Transcript, heeged aflns of her. here Is a nickel. because t0 tbem_ln lhls porliM 0( and please to understand that I do ^ at |east ?is entrusted DOt \"a^a lfr.S mvThMitv 'snL^iinv direct-dealing with great public isrewafded for my charity some day, _ . ? , . , .. ' , sues. But a great mistake is made but because It gives me pleasure to , "u * 8' dL , " ' , go ? waen the women are left out of the ?The burly beggar looked dubiously r^koning. No great social or politithe coin cal reform &as ever ^een achieved ^Look 'ere. mum," he said. "In ,n which their influence could not be "'ere wicked world we don't orften trace(l aQd when large ethical questhe chance to enjoy ourselves.. tIons are involved they are usually not make It a dime and 'ave a .1^? first to feel and respond to the ood tine?" ':\ appeal that Is xnade. IMmmm DIVERSIFICATION VS. OVERPRODUCTION. The Southern Cotton Association will not'ask the farmers of the South to reduce the cotton acreage for 1D0() less than that planted in 190o. The Association does asl: and insist with all the force at its command that the average planted in cotton throughout the belt in 11503 l?e not increased during the planting season of 11)00. Let the watchword of every Southern farmer be Diversification, and through ( that agency produce an abundance of food supplies Jo maintain each farm. Permanent independence, thrift and prosperity can only be enjoyed by Southern cotton growers through the adoption ami maintenance of a system which will make each farm selfsustaining. If is the only medium through which the present iniquitious credit system which has so long held our peojle in bondage, can be effectively broken up and relegated to the past. It is the only medium through J which the great masses of cotton pro dueers can ever hope to control the sale ot' .their cotton in the markets of the country and force consumers and buycis to pay tliem fair and just prices for the staple. Any system ] which forces the producer to market his crops rapidly in order to meet maturing obligations to pay for supplies 1 that could be more cheaply raised at .home will ever tend to make a slave i **t" the grower, minimizing: the ri.trlil? >f manhood which every Southern cotton raiser should enjoy to the fullest extent. Over-production a Serious Menace. In sprint:. 190.5. a crisis serious and potential faced the cotton growers of | the So<;th by reason of over-produc>ion of cotton in 1904. The Southern Cotton Association at that time waned in aetiic and effective campaign ( for a 1 eduction in the cotton area of ?o planted in lOOo. .The advice of lie Association was loyally supported y cot {on trrowcis throughout the entiro cotton belt and a reduction of , fully five million acres was stricken from the cotton area for 190,5 and | dantcd in other crops. The result of . his display of <?ood judgment on the art of the fanners is today seen in niiuiutr flic production of cotton with in the legitimate demands for con- ( mmption. <:ood prices for the staple ; * *nd wcll-filled coi n crihs ana smoke- , ions, s from Xor li Carolina to the Kie , Iramie Ifiver. The agricultural, com- ! ncrcial. industrial and financial interMs of the South are today enjovinc. ... ifv 1'or 111 nf ' 1IJ I... V*. , . , uiy period expci ienoed within ,t!u ] msr half century. To maintain oui J >r?*sent position, and foyiro ahead in , he achievement of greater success, il j - imjx'raiivM that ho serious mistake v made by the planters who are now ( unking: rhcir aramrements for the prill? plant in? of 10(1(5. Let every nau pause and calmly consider hie 1 future even while enjoying: the flush j >?' a victory which has been the most marvelous eve* won in modern times. , Present Acreage Sufficient. The present estimated twenty-seven ( million acres planted in cotton is sutTi ient under nounal climatic conditions to raise enough cotton to meet the de ;nands of spinners for the American j staple. Any material increase in the oiton acreage for 1006 will tend tc ' stagnate the cotton market and dei > .ii ,, 1 press juices ontiw ineir icgiiimait value. The legitimate laws of supply J .iiul demand is t ho only true medium of regulating T?ir and legitimate [ uiices for our great staple product. ' I'iie Southern Cotton Association thrc ! all its sources of strength and co-oper* ' ative mediums of dissomnniing in for* ^ mat ion !<? its loyal and patriotic sipv l*?rters with an eye single to the fu* ' tare prosperity of all cotton growers ! and business interests *of the South 1 earnestly makes this appeal for broadening the splendid advantages that ( are to be gained by diversified agri- J culture on Southern farms. Plant an abundance of small grain, com and side crops. Raise more hay, cattls { and hogs. Peace and Plenty. Let well-filled corn cribs and smoke* 1 houses be the great bulwarks of safety ' between the farmers and the world of ' trade with whom they have to deal. 1 Rotate your enrps. intensify your ae- 1 reuse, fertilize liberally, cultivate well ! produce plentifully on the ae reage planted and enjoy those rewards 1 which should be the fulsome portion of those who till our Southern soils. ( Studay the'possibilities of our soils ( and climate and leant to appreciate ( ar,(^. develop ffte wonderful resources 1 at\opr command in the field, garden ( ar.'d on-hard-of Southern agriculture 1 BeCo/hc dcposiiots in your banks rather '^**ii(?wers. (*co on a cash bn.\ is possi' le and break up ? rainoysl <*redir Asicm which 1 in ;fs ?as: J ins been V/ fata! to cot* 1 ton As Southern farms be- i come caclf.year more ?elf-sustaiiiiii2 ' under t'-? adoption <>f a diversified 9M-ini i*ke system of culture and < >prv V<- jit ion <?i- crops, the growers i of ttli's great staple Jim quck!y regal./!' ifs marketing to'meet ihe ] legitimate demands of consiufjptioi: t and maintain its price al such*figures as will always give to the produce] a profit on its production. Build warehouses with your surplus money, I i aiul secure adequate storage laeil' | < ties fot the proper liamlliufi of you. cotton in the markets of the country. Let us reach out and broaden the markets and uses for American cotton. Let us bring about direct trade between the producers and the spin- i iters of the world and in safeguarding , our magnificent and valuable staple from the -.Meed of speculative interests enjoy the blessings of its monopdy , and through co-operation rapidly de veloj) our beloved Southland into the richest an 1 most prosjieioiis section of the entir ^l"nion. Pause, reflect and make uoyatal mistake in entering upon the. Jew crop year for 190b. The sun o? peace and plenty is shining on til A loyal and patriotic heads of Somlir^ii planters today. Providence lias blessed our country. The clouds may thicken and darken our horizon in the sprimr if wc grow heedless of our duty. The Southern Cotton Association sounds its note of warning and issue its appeal to the people. Yours truly, HARVIE JORDAN, Pres. Southern Cotton Association The infidel howls at the Bible mlrades. hot he ainu at tie morale. . - ? N? fi. ic-iersuurg, rqx'ciai.? me |mu leteriat organizations through the "in visible go vein men t" threw a bomb in to the eainp of the official government during the niirht. issuring a manifesto following the form of the regular iin perial document, declaring the bankruptcy of the Treasury, ordering th< proletaria army everywhere to refuse to pay taxes of any description, to in sist on the payment of wages in gob or siVcr. and to withdraw all tliei: depe .ts from the savings banks it goh. The manifesto is a terrible indict inent of tiie manner in which tin bureanscracy has brought the count n to financial ruin, asserting that tin government has squandered not only the country's income, but the pro reeds of the foreign loans on railroads the army and tiie ileet. leaving tl:< |ieople without schools or roads. No Money ;o Feed Soldiers. It is declared that there is no mone> to feed the soldiers and that everywhere there are insurrections of tin beggar and starved troops and sailors The manifesto even charges the government with using the deposits i; the government savings banks to speculate on the bourse and with the rinrnim up 11^ curunir unicu> 111 uii interest on the immense debt by the proceeds of the foreign loans, whicl are at last exhausted. The rich, it if further declared, have already taker warning and aie converting theii property into securities and gold ami are sending them abroad. The onh salvation for the country, according to the manifesto, is the overthrow ol the autocracy by a constituent assembly. and '"the sooner the government falls the better. Therefore the last source of existence of the old regime :*s financial revenue, must be stopped." The document is signed by the membeis of the Workimrmen's Council the committee of the Pan-Kussis Union and the central commit toe ol the Social Democrats, Social Revolutionists and Socialists of Poland. Caught The Government Napping' This great step of the revolutionaries which throws down the gauge oi battle to the government, was prepared with such secracv that the authorities were taken off their guard and did lot even attempt to prevent its publication in the newspapers. The revolutionary leaders expect that it will he followed hv reprisals and arrests, hut all this has been foreseen. The lead >rs laid their plans deeply before issuing: the manifesto. The new committees of the various organizations hs.vc been placed in the third and fourth legree. If one set of committees i< put behind the bars, another will take its place and carry on the work. The League of Leagues was not ask?d to join in the manifesto, being regarded with some jealousy by the proletariat organizations which claim tc be bearing the brunt of the revoultior ind to be entitled to the fruits thereof The proletariat leaders claim to have absolute knowledge that the government has just issued $12~>,000.0X) ii paper money. Under the provisions if the press law, the editor of even paper which printed the manifesto has rendered himself liable to eight months' imprisonment and $1.50(" fine Now must come the vest of the government 's power. It develops that among the paper? if M. KmstlietT, the president of the 'xecutive committee of ilie Workmen's Council, seized at the time of Ins arrest. were documents which frrnisli fvidence o? a well-planned consnirici to seize and carry off Premier itle Damaging Sleet Storm. Greensboro, Special?Practically isolayd from the outside world. Greensboro on Friday and Saturday wa< in the grip of one of the worst sleet storms it has experienced for years Telegraphic and telephonic comouciication was cut off for tlie best part [>f the day. due to broken wire* an; falling poles. This damage was iem porarily repaired and all vires vert soon in fair working order. Inestimable damage was done to trees an: folage crushed beneath the iveiiht ol icy tendrils. Street car service war seriously hampered cud a gencr: 1 dis comfort lire ensued. Lynchburg Nearly Cut Off. Lynchburg, Va., Special.?Kxeopl for a single wire to Danville and an other to Washington, Lynchburg wa< cut off by telegraphic commuuicatioi Saturday morning with the North an< South on account of a sleet storm. Th< 200 linemen at work here on the sys terr. are restoring the circuits. Mam of them went to Greensboro, X. (\ where the worst of the storm appears to have been experienced. Treasury's Cash Balance $138,490 001 Washington, Special.?Saturday 'i statement of the Treasury balances exclusive of the gold reserve, show: available cash balance to be $138,490 001; gold $S7,GG5,27G. .. Honor Beethoven's Memory. Berlin, Special.?The 235 anniver sary of the birth of Ludwig Van Beet hoven was generally observed satur day here, and a wreath was placed c; the statute of the grejrt composer. \ A ' * . * j|ii 1 1 ?? BANKRUPTED RULER PEN MIGHTIER THAN THE BOME Russian Revolutionary Leaders Issiue Manifesto Declaring the Treasury Bankrupt Ordering Their Followers to Ceas< Paying Taxes in Order to Uttc-rlj Ruin Czardom?Withdrawal of A1 Eank Deposits in Gold Urged?Gov eminent Said to be Covering Ui Deficits by Proceeds of Foreigr Loans?No Money to Pay Starving Soldiers?Document a Sudden anc Terrible Blow. i i _ t- ti | THE WORK OF CONGRESS I What Our National Law Makers Are sx | Doing Day by Day. w Rate Bill By Tillman. ' With spirited debates on the sub- H jects of railroad rate legislation, oris- 1\ in<r through the introduction of a bill la by Mr. Tillman to authorize the inter- 01 state eomeree commission to fix max- d< imnm rates, and the Panama Canal, n; J due to a controversy over the refer- S r once of the emergency appropriation ti 1 bill to a committee Monday's session ti of the Senate continuously proved in- a; teresting for more than four hours, if 1 An adjournment was taken without a . x*. ./} it., i-i.. c* a. i riA. -1. .i : mention 01 uie laie oeuarur .luiicijcij, tl ; of Oregon, and so for the lirst time I the death of a member was permitted tl to pass unnoticed by the Senate. b After more than a score of Senators had discussed the Panama Canal bill it was refered to the appropriation* d committee by a vote of 40 to 23. ti House Committees. ei The addition of a Republican mem> ber 10 all of the important committees f - of tl.e He use lias enabled Speaker I . Cannon to solve the difficult problem ,> , of committee assignments in a matter p which ape pars most satisfactory to tl both parties in the House. Only two t! - important chairmanships were vacant, it 1 appropriations and public building? j] l and grounds. In filling the former, p the Speaker followed precedent and f, 1 looked the whole House for the avail able material. James a. Tawney. 01 rj - Minn., was chosen chairman of appro fl , priations, and Richard Bartholdt, of a Missouri, chairman of public build- r ings and grounds. 0 The minority committee places ,| were decided on by Mr. Williams, the u minority leader. The chancres of note ^ are the transfer of Shackelford, (Mo.) : and Lamar, (Fla.) from the inter- ^ State and foreign commerce commit- 0j tee and the substitution to their places of Rartless, (Ga.) and Russell. (Tex.) t; 'j Messrs. Underwood, (Ala.), and (j. ' Grander, (R. I.) wer named for the ,| Democratic vacanicies on ways and means. j. Brief Session of Senate. The open session of the Senate Tuesday was brief. One bill was pass ' ed. * ,> Mr. Taliaferro took the oath of of , ! fire for his new term as a Senator J : He was escorted by his colleague, Mr. 1 Mallory, before the vice-president. who administered the oath. In the p ' executive session Senator Lodge moved to send back to the committee on * : foreign relations the treaty in rela- , tion to Santo Domingo affairs. Op- \ position developed, and without ex- "s > plaining his reasons for asking for : the consideration of the treaty again i by the committee. Senator Lodge with drew his motion. Senator Morgan ^ said that before any amenments were voted upon or the treaty itself was . discussed, it was desirable to have '' | further information as to what had been don6 during the recess of the Senate. If the provisions of the j treaty had been carried out before | the treaty had been ratified it was desirable to know why such action j had been t~ken and by what author^ ty. ... "!** While the Levering joint resolution. I directing the S"cretarv of Agriculture to furnish certain information con cerning the cotton crop is not taken very seriously as a piece of prospective legislation, a number of people will doubtless he interested in the pro- s visions of the bill, and it is therefore 11 given: J LOVER IXG'S RESOLUTION h i Whereas, the estimate of the grow- ' ; ing cotton crop made and published !' > by the Agricultural Department on Sl December fourth indicated a total pro- S( . duct ion in the United States for the ^ - season of nineteen hundred and five * . nne ninetenn hundred and six of ten > million one hundred and sixty-seven Vi i thousand eight hundred and eighteen . bales of five hundred pounds eaeb, n . gross weight: and b Whereas the census returns of the p nniinrt (nnnfd in VilcinilS Stntcs I 11 i up to the first of December nineteen 11 ' hundred and five, show that in the sl : States of North Carolina, South Cnro- l' : lina, Georgia and Oklahoma the yield ri . for the entire season as estimated by a . the Agricultural Department had been 11 more than ginned; and ? ; Whereas neither the picking nor w the winning of cotton in the State n s named, or in any other of the cotton- * . producing States of the United States P i is completed by the first of Dccem ber, and that therefore the estimate 0 . of the Agricultural Department as to the yield of cotton in the States s' named is plainly an understanding 51 . and likely to mislead, and damage the t( . cotton interests of the United States; and v Whereas, in various other States where the picking and ginning *is f. known not to have progressed toward P *.vAn !< I'llllv ill tllf- f'oilV '* - ' general debate in whkh\Jrphazes j ? the controversy were exploited. I A separate bill regulating the islance of bonds for the canal and lacing them on the same basis as ther government bonds, was pasted ithout debate. The Republican members of the x>use, in caucus Monday unanimous' declared in favor of admitting Okihoma and the Indian Territory as :ie State and bv a vote of 110 to Go eelarcd in favor of admitting Arizo a and New Mexico as one State, tsotii tatehood questions are to be eonlined in one bill. The only opposion to the program was directed rninst joining Arizona and New Mex'O. Debate on the recommendation in le President's annual message rearding insurance regulation occupied le House agaiu Thursday without a reak. The House then adjourned. The Panama Canal was again nner consideration by the Senate Friav and Mr. Tillman occupied the at ire time given to that subject oxept when he gave way to questions mm or interrupted by other Senators, le did not indicate any intention of pnosing the passage of the appronation of opposing the passage of he appropriation bili. but he erifised lie methods of the canal commission t many of its transactions. When lie Senate adjourned the bill was still ending, but there was an agreement or .1 vote Saturday. The House devoted four and tlireeuarter hours to a lively debate on lie possibilities of controlling insurnce companies. No conclusion was cached on the committee reierencc f the insurance feature of the Presient's messa^ which is the jnattei nder consideration, and the debate ill Droceed Saturday. Tne House indulged itself again aturday to the extent of four hours * what was many time termed an *adero:c discussion of Federal conol of insurance. It was the fourth i.v of the debate and the interest of ic members had appreciably dirainhed. The holiday recess was tixed vm next Thursday to January 4. For the purpose of bringing out in>'mat ion showing the existence of a vil pension list, the House asked the resident for the number of civil cmloves of the government who have ached the age of 70 years. Senate Passes Canal Bill The Senate on Saturday passed the ana ma Canal emergency bill. A i!-.stitiie for Mr. Bacon's amendment ITcrcd by Mr. Hale, was accepted. specifically requires that Congress mil he supplied with a detailed estii.ate of all salaries except those paid > laborers, skilled and unskilled, tliorwise the bill was passed as real ted from committee. During the ay Mr. Ilale made the authorized iinouncement that Mr. Bishop'? ut ie? as a (i press agent" would b? iscoutinued. I0DY NOT TOBE EXHUMED udge Watts Denies Petition of Fidelity Mutual Insurance Co. to Have Body of Dargan, the Dead President of Independent Oil Company Taken Up for Examination?$25^000 Policy in Question. Cherav, S. (\. Special.'?The first tepto be taken by the Fidelity Muital Insurance Co.. of Philedelphia, in n effort to have the body of Robert [eith Dargan, the late president of lie Independent Cotton Seed Oil Coinany, whose reported suicide here nine months ago caused a profound ensation. exhumed, failed Saturday cfore Judge* Watts, of the Circuit 'ourt. who refused the petition of the imipany. Dargan was insured ill this ampany in the sum of .$"25,900. The attorneys argued that ihe testilonv set forth in the affidavits was ased entirely on hearsay and for this ?ason the court would not be justified i ordering the body exhumed. Ir taking his decision. Judge Watts tated that he did not l'eel that it was lie court's business to confirm these umors and that the facts in the ease, s presented by the petitioners, did ot justify an order for the re-opening f the grave, inasmuch as the action as brought by individuals. Had the pquest came from the solicitor Judges i'atts stated that it would, in all robibilty have been granted. One of the attorneys of the petitinnrs stated that the company would bein action at once along other lines to ?cure the desired end. It is probable fat the company will make an effort ? enlist the interest of the solicitor. The hearing of the case has reived. to no small extent, the inter- t which attached to the failure of ic Independent Cotton Seed Oil Com:riy. the- suicide of Robert Keith Durau the presirent. whose accounts ere hundreds of thousand dollars ;ort. and the sensational rumors to ic effect that Dargan did not commit ticide and that he was still alive At in time of his death, or supposed path, it was said that lie had made an shaustive study of hypnotism and lesmerism. as had also his brother, ho v as with liirn at the time he was lid to have died. Some rumors were ) the effect that Dargan, when vhe >roner's jury viewed the body, was ot dead but merely in a state of hypotism. It is a fact that neither the ivotier nor any of the jurors touched ie body or made any examination, hey were, to use a common cxpreson. railroaded through the room here his body was. One of the arguicnts of the attorneys for the insurnce companies at the hearing was ased on this theory of hvpotism. Since the day Dargans deatu was 'ported there have been many of the ?st citizens in this and surrounding >wus and counties who have doubted ie reality of his death and this opinm obtains now without any dimmtior.. THE MAUCH OF EXPOSURE. "What are yonse cry!' fer?" asked he first urchin. "Me conscience tedders me," relied the second urchin. "Last week robber me little brudder's hank. "Don't worry. It'll be some time efore Mister Lawson gits around to , ouse." * _ [ urii;, u,iv,.,.v.. ..v I States named^ the nmoiwit of cotton . ginned up to the lirst of December s' , shows that the Agricultural Depart- " . merit's estimate of the yield is unques- s' I tionablv nn underestimate: ami [ Whereas it is a matter of the first ; importance to the people of the United p; States that, they he supplied with a more accurate estimate of this sea- w son's cotton crop; Therefore be it ^ Resolved by the Senate and House ^( of Representatives of the United ' States of America in Congress assem bled that the Secretary of Agriculture ' s is directed to proceed immediately to j j collect such data as may, in his opin. ion be necessary for r. more correct estimate of the season's crop, and S1 to publish the same 011 the tenth day u " of January, nineteen hundred and si?:, 03 tmrni linr villi 1 fllll .111(1 COnUllf'te ?' ' statement of the method by which the 'r' estimate is arrived at, and of the details of the various reports comprising Jc said estimate See '2 That the sum of twenty | . thousand dollars is hereby appropriat- . ed out of any money in the treasury K| s" not otherwise appropriated, as a spe- u eial fund to defray the expenses of collecting and publishing such a revised report. The Senate spent four hours Thurs- t! day in discussing the Panama Canal . emergency appropriation bill4 and P . when it adjourned the bill was still I .. under consideration. There were set j speeches by Messrs. Teller, Scott and b j Morgan, and they were followed by J BSBvas I ; 3 IB New York Stat* M Sustains Cccte Parker for Uxs BH Election Law 2> M Courts to Grant K ^^B canvass of Balots. nfl Albany, N. Y., Special.?The Court Bfl of Appeals, in a decision handed down MSBI Wednesday in the New York city bal- Ml lot box case, sustains the contention! flHfl of counsel for Ma}or George B. - II McClelland and denies that of attar* neys for William Randolph jgearst' . and his colleagues on the xdiiicipai mam Owners Y.p League ticket. The court | holds, as was argued by former ^11 Chief Judge Parker and his asso- II riates, that the courts have no power under the election law to order'by H^BB man damns the opening of the ballot_ II boxes and .1 recount and re-canva of ballotsl The case relates direct !y to : *:c vote for mayor, corapfroler and president of the board of aldermen cast in the second election of New I York county val the election of Xo-r ember 7. last, but is of the utmost V imoprtance in Mr. Hearstcontest ? <1 for the mayoralty of New York city, I and is fundan ental m its effectjipcn tl.e elec'ioial system of this State im- sH dor the present ehclion law. The ?le- ' Ififl i*i was ti ijL'fd by a diTi.'ed Bfl ecurt. tve to two. i Thomas F. Ryan, told the insurance investigating committee what E. H. Hnrriman said to him when he learnof the purchase of the Hvde stock 1 in the Equitable and demanded to be let m on me aeai. ana crmeu oinies Senator Dryden detailed the op^ra- HH tions of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of which he is president. The prist of the majority of opinions Ah H is that the courts are "without power * 9| or authority to order a recount of the H ballots cast in the election district,'' and that therefore the candidates de- I feated on the face of the returns are 1 "left to such action at law. or other- 1 wise, as may be appropriate wherein ; to question it, as to the ballqte counted ?j i without question.' I Tlie dissent in? judges hold that the J* purpose of the Legislature in the ele?T*i J A tion law in commanding the presC t i<>11 for nix month* of the bal!??*^|^^| and other documents relatfnj*4n election was 'manifesly for til pose of having them available recount. If this is not to be permit ^ ted under the present law. they say. Ifl^^ "a new election law cannot be too soon drafted and enacted." 9H|H Miss Alice's Engagement. iHj Washington, Special.?F<?nnal ah- W nonncemeut has been made by the II President and Mrs. Roosevelt of the IHB engagement of their daughter, Alice HHH Lpo Roosevelt, to Nicholas Longwortb |fl I Representative in Congress from th firs<4jstrict of Ohio, one of the Cir |^B|H cinnati I announcement of the engaggment^^^|^H| the additional announcement that the^Hfll wedding will take place about theH|H| middle of next February. While ar-^^HH ransremenis lor tue wcuuhik u?>c m-i been uiade, it is expected that it ml j| occur at the white hoi^e. Hj Merriwethcr Sentenced. < ' jH Washington, Special.?Confinement to tiie limits of the Naval Aead?xn><*^^^H for the period of one year and a pubHe reprimand bv the Secretary of the . Xavv is the sentence of the eourt in the case of Midshipman Minor Meri wether, Jr.. tried by court raartia.~a* v <fl|| Annapolis on charge? of manslaughter violation of the third clause of the jyJ eighth article for the government of . ^ the navy, and conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline: all .JS three charges arising from n fy?t fighf Vtween the accused and Midsnipman James R. Branch, Jr., on November last. Two days later Midshipman ^ v' Branch died. Locomotive Works Doubled. ^ j Richmond, Special.?Preparation* are being made to enlarge the Rich- J* mond plant of the American Locomo- 3 tive works to almost double its present capacity. The plant is now working day and night with a force of > ' about 2,4D0 men. It has large orders for locomotives and will eYeet new .Vvo buildings at once. Fivo Men Blown to Atoma. Birmingham. Ala.. Special.?The mixing bouse, or upper shop "punch- ' | ing" department of the Dupont p<order mills, located eight miles north of 23w Birmingham, blew up and five men met gJj a horrible clcr:!,. Ti: > explosion was I board for 15 miles. The men who were killed were employed in the mixing /Jw department, and while it lias been the rule not to allow much powder ?.'j? or dynamite in these separate rooms, there was enough to blow the buidinsr into smithereens. yv'?fs \vg|g Ecceiver for Railroads. .. . m Cincinnatti, Special.?An appliea- ,-^j tion for the appointment of a receive* for the Cincinnatti, Hamilton & Dayton Railway and the Pere Marquette Railroad was tiled in the United States Circuit Court here by Law- : & rence Maxwell, Jr., circuit Judge Lorton immediately began hearing the *, application and appointed Attoney General Judson Harmon as receiver for both roads. Insolvency is admfcted. Cocfirem as Public Printer. Washington, Special.?The Senate in executive session confirmed the fol- <;.|S lowing nominations: Charles A. Stilling?, Massachusetts, Jm I to be Public Printer. Henry W. Furniss. Indiana, minster Postmasters: j Georgia?Rutledge A. Griffin, Quit- | a man; Thomas K. Hensobn, Sylvester; Walter I. Cooper, Sylvania. Alabama?Ella G. Nix, Fort Payne.,Ay' fl| South Carolina?Wm. C. Brown, VBH