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r TH? SUMTES WATCHMAN, KttablUfced April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone, 1S66 C?&oli?ated Aug- 2,1881. New Series-VoL XXII. No. 10 Pub?si.e? E7?T7 Wednesday, 3NT. CS-, Osteen SUMTER* S. C. TERMS : $1.50 per anneen-io advance. &DTIBTI3?XSS?: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subs?quent insertion. -50 Cos tracts for three coombs, or longer wi! J be sande a: reduct rates. AU coaciS3uaicatio38 which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. ' SIRO TIMES ?N Will STREET. Interest Rate Rises to 35 Per Cent, and Money Scarce at That. - . . * >. New York, Sept 29.-With call money up to 35 per cent, and other ad? verse circumstances, today's market received a very severe shake up, net losses in many active issues "ranging from 2 to 10 per cent. The greatest loss was sustained by Louisville and Nash vile. Disappointment regarding the probable disposition of the road as much as anything else is supposed to have caused the break. . - Other features that combined to unsettle the market. were disquieting reports concerning the president's con? dition, the prolongation of the coal * strike and the indubitable fact that London and the continent are unload? ing "Americans" in large blocks. Practically all the money loaned on call today came from trust companies and out of town corporations and private individuals. The banks of the clearing house association stood aloof and made virtually no loans for spe? culative purposes. Moreover, the so called susbtantial interests offered no support to the market, which with few exceptions, including Atchison and St Paul, closed at the lowest level. The offices of J. P. Morgan & Co., and other leading banking houses were active \during the day. Mr. Morgan and his associates conferred with some of the more prominent fin? anciers, including President Stillman of the; National City Bank, President Baker of the First National Bank and President Hendrix of the National Bank of Commerce. None of ^hese gentlemen would discuss the situation except to say that further liquidation of stocks would clarify the financial atmosphere. The market opened weak and lower, all around, London's attitude having a marked effect in that direction. Call money opened at 15 per cent., went off a point or so but. soon rose to 20. In the second hour o? the af? ternoon session 25 per cent, was . the quoted price, and the top figure of the year-35 per cent,-was reached in the last hour. It was on the late trading that prices melted most, and the decline was unchecked at the close. Mr. Morgan was at his office till late in the afternoon. Asked his opinion regarding the outlook, he said : "Things are very much better, in fact, I think the situation better to? day. We paid out something like $12, - 000,000 in coupons. I believe the worst is over, but it may take some time for things to settle." "Do you think the stock market will be stronger tomorrow." "lam talking about the financial situation not the stock market" "To one of his callers Mr. Morgan is known to have declared that control of the Louisville and Nashville would undoubtedly go to interests identified with the Atlantic Coast Company, which is the holding company of the Atlantic Coast Line. This disposition of the property will be made, so Mr. Morgan is reported to have said, with? out consultation with the Gates-Haw ley interests in Louisville and Nash? ville, though it was not to be inferred that the deal would be opposed by Mr. Gates or Mr. Hawley. The price fixed for control is 150. Mr. Morgan could not or would not give further details except to say that the Louisville and Nashville minority interests would be fully protected. A Result of the High Meat Price. According to the National Provision? er the high price of corn, the shortage of good beef cattle and the unavoid . able high prices of meats during this year have stirred many somnolent ti ons from their comatose sleep. Ir* the high prices of meat and things have caused this industrial activity in the east, south and- west the country will be amply repaid Jor the strain on its purse, and the cattle shortage should be thanked rather than lament? ed for the condition it has shown and the lesson it has taught, also for the thinking and activity it set going. The net result is that the south and the east have determined on stock rais? ing and meat packing; old factory centers have imbibed life and evolved plans for their resuscitation ; the feed? ing of beeves and hogs in the south and west under new conditions has been worked out and general activity in the feed, live stock, meat and pro? vision world is felt everywhere. His Life in Peril. i;I just seemed to have gone all to pieces." ?writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare, Tex., "bili? ousness and a lame back had made life a burden. I couldn't eat or sleep and felt almost too worn out to work when I began to use Electric Bitters, but they corked wonders. Now I sleep like a top, ' can eat anything, have gained in strength and en? joy hard work.*' They give vigorous health and new life to weak, sickly, run? down people. Try them. Only 50c at J. F. W. DeLonne's drug store. SOOTH &MER?GA ALARMED. A Buenos Ayres Newspaper Wants the Argentine Government To Inquire Into Uncle Sam's Intentions. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 26.-The Prensa Press, a daily paper of this city, pub? lishes today a very violent article calling attention to the alleged tend? ency of the United States toward im? perialism,, which, it says, is illustr?t-'' ed by the landing of American marines in Colombia, and protests energetic? ally against it.f The paper says the United States ' ' does not exercise any political protection over South Amer? ica, which will never accept Euro? pean nor North American intervention in its affairs." The Prena concludes with saying that the Argentine Government should make an inquiry into the- matter and find out the real character of the aims of the United States, so as to inaugur? ate & diplomatic , movement and pre? pare for. defense-, 'and destroy the idea of the possibility of any intervention. INDEMNITY ?OF LONS STANDING. For Destruction of Merchantmen in 1834 Spain Sends Payment. * Washington, Sept. 26.-The treasury department has begun distribution of. $28,500, the sum received from the gov? ernment of Spain, as one of the annual payments of indemnity due under the treaty of 1834 The continuation of these payments is regarded as a marked evidence of the high sense of honor cherished by the Spanish peo? ple in meeting an obligation. .About 1818 some American mer? chant ships were seized and destroyed by Spanish national vessels and when the matter was brought before a tribu? nal an award was made in favor of the United States citizens" for the amount of their losses. The principal was con? verted by a curious Spanish method in perpetual rentes, and the Spanish gov? ernment has met the interest on these with gre?t rgularity ever since the treaty of 1834. By a rule of international law war absolutely extinguishes treaties pre? viously existing between the princi? pals ; but the Spanish government did not regard itself as thus relieved by its recent war with the United States and the only discomfort to which the scrip holders were subjected WAS in a slight deferment of two payments during the war. . Beaufort's Tall Men. f Dr.. Gould, sanitary commissioner of the United States army, recently made a statement to the effect that the tallest men who fought' in the civil war were from, Indiana.. Out of 118.254 soldiers from the Hoosier State, on the Federal side, the war re? cords show 1,547 to have been 5 feet lO inches in height; 8.706, 5 feet ll in? ches; 6,729, even 6 feet; 2,614, 6 feet 1 inch ; 1,357, 6 feet 3 inches, and 336 above 6 feet 3 inches. | These claims; made by Dr. Gould, according to information obtained yesterday from Major E. Willis, form? erly of Gen. Beauregard's staff, go too far. The Charleston veteran ha3 figures in his possession showing that the tallest men in the Confederate army were from Beaufort. If the re? cords were thoroughly searched it is be? lieved that the Palmetto State will be entitled to the palm now claimed by Indiana. Here are some of the human sky-pcrapers from Beaufort who fought for the Southern cause. Capt. George Cuthbert, 6 feet 1 inch ; Capt. H. M. Stuart, 6 feet 1 inch; Capt. Paul Hamilton, 6 feet 2 inches ; John Rhodes, 6 feet . 3 inches ; Dr. Benjamin Fishburne, 6 feet 4 inches; William Fickiing, 6 feet 5 inches; J. G. Y. Pope, 6 feet 6 inches ; Capt. Edward Pickling, now of the Columbia police department, 6 feet 9 inches, and last, but n?t short? est, Joseph Hasell, who stood even 7 feet in his stockings. Major Willis stated yesterday that one day during the war the following giants from Beaufort, whose names are not given, spent the day in this city and all registered at the same hotel : The lowest in stature 6 feet 3 inches : the next, 6 feet 5 inches; the third, 6 feet 6 inches, and the last, 6 feet 7 inches. If the above does not satisfy even a sceptical imagination that Beaufort is prolific in tall men, the following statement by the Major will clinch the argument he makes that this State, and especially the Seagull City, is entitled to any bouquets distributed for the production of modern Goliaths : "In 1824 or 1825, when Gen. La fayete visited the United States, the Beaufort Artillery paraded in his hon? or. Capt. Cuthbert, 6 feet 1 inch, was centre file. Out of the 150 men in line, 74 were taller than Capt. Cuthbert. It is claimed that Beaufort has produced more men of exceptional height than any town double its num? ber of inhabitants in the United States. Beaufort probably had the tallest men in either the Confederate or the Union army."-News and Cou? rier. A French chemist has succeeded in making diamond dust with the uso of electricity. He says that with such voltage as Niagara would give he could tum them out in big chunks. America's Famous Beauties. Look with horror on Skin Eruption =, Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don't have there, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Ecze? ma or Salt Rheum vanish before it. It cares sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains. Infallible for Piles. ?6o at J. F. W. De Lorme's drug store. THE FAMO?S CROPSE? S?SE. James Wilcox Has Been Granted a New Trial by the Su? preme Court. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30.-The sup? reme court of North Caroilna today handed down an opinion in the famous Nellie Cropsey case in whicb James Wilcox was charged with the murder of Nellie Cropsey in Elizabeth City last November. The court gives Wil? cox a new trial. The case is a familiar one to the public. Nellie 'Cropsey, a beautiful young girl, disappeared at night from her home-on Elizabeoh City. She had last been seen with Wilcox, at one time her sweetheart. Suspicion fell on him, but he was not arrested. Thirty-seven days after her body was found in Pasquotank river, and Wilcox was arrested was tried and sentenced to be hanged. He stoutly declared his innocence and an appeal to the supreme court was taken. In granting a new trial the supreme court says the evidence was entirely circumstantial. The jury does not seem to have given, the necessary cauti? ous and vigilant attention to4the evi? dence, or ; the presentation of the pri? soner's case by counsel, lt says that the conduct of the spectators in and about the court was sufficient to pre? judice the jury. "No such demonstra? tions," reads the opinion, "were ever witnessed in dur State before" Among these demonstrations were people leaving the court room in a body and the ringing of a fire alarm. The court does not find the jury was influenced by these things, but view? ing all of this 'disorderly conduct, it says the trial was not conducted in the proper form of law, and gives a new trial to Wilcox, which it says must be attended by no such demonstrations of lawlessness and intimidation as were present on the former ocasi?n. The next term of the court begins in Pas? quotank county on November 17, and thecase will be heard again at that time. . i B?RGURS AT FORT MILL. Bank Dynamited and Six to Ten Thousand Dollars Stolen. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.-The Fort Mill Savings bank of Fort MH1, S. C., 18 miles from Charlotte, was dynamited at an early hoar this morn? ing arid it is estimated that between six and ten- thousand dollars were stolen. An entrance 'was effected through the front door of the bank and the vault and safe doors successively drilled and ' dynamited. A clock on the wall of the banking room had stop? ped at 3.55 this morning, evidently in? dicating the time of the explosion. The bank officials refuse to make a statement as to the extent of their loss. A iarge amount of paper money was found torn to shreds by the force of the explosion. The robbers are thought to have been professionals. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the -deed. Duke Becomes King. London, Sept. 29.-J. B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco company, and who is to fill that office .in the newly formed Bri tish-Ameri? can Tobacco company, limited, in ari interview .today denied that the new tobacco alliance would result in raising prices above what was necessary for a reasonable profit. When asked about the Ogden . bonus, ? matter which greatly stirs retail tobacco dealers of this country, Mr. Duke said: "As Ogdens, limited, has ceased to exist, so has the bonus. After the payment of the quarter's installment which is due today, nothing further will be paid." Remarking upon the consumption of tobacco in England, which is only two pounds per capita, as against six pounds in the United States, Mr. Duke said he believed the small con? sumption in England was due to the high duty on tobacco and that the re? duction of this duty would result in trebling the revenues from it. The Birmingham Age-Herald ex? plains the new plan of "farming" pine trees for their rosin. It says: "Here? tofore the trees have been opened until a mere strip was left. Three or four boxes were cut in the same tree. This means the decay of the tree and early death. Dr. Herty's plan will at least double the life of the trees. He cuts no box at all-merely a gutter, at the end of which is a clay cup. In Irwin County he worked the two methods side by* side and the cup method gave rosin and. turpentine that brought from 20 to 300 per cent more money. In the end the Herty method increases the yield from a tree. All operators who have watched the Herty method in actual operation do not hesitate to say ?hat it is preferable in every respect. The earthen cups needed are inexpen? sive. Dr. Herty claims that his method will not shorten the life of a tree in the least, but even if it doub? les the life of a tree, as all who have studied it say it will, it will add mil? lions to the wealth of this section." The method, it is believed, can be ap? plied also to the collection of rubber in the tropics, which will greatly ex? tend its vlaue. Goes Like Hot Cakes. "The fastest selling article I have m my *tore," writes dru^icist <T. Smith, of, Duvis, Ky., 'is Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption, Cou^h* and Colds, he cause it always cures. Jr. my six years of salfS it has never failed. I have known it to save sufferers from Throat and Lun^ disease', who could ^et no help from doc? tors or any other remedy." Mothers relt? on it, best physicians prescribe it, and J. F. W. DeLorme guarantees satisfaction or refunds price. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes, r>Oc and $1. ? EPiDEMiG OF SUICIDES IN NAVY. ? ! Lreut-Coiffinander Bronaugh B!ov/8 Out His Brains on the Bat? tleship Kearsarge. New York, Sept. 30.-Lieut. Com? mander William V. Bronaugh of the United States navy, committed suicide today on .the battleship Kearsarge at the navy yard by blowing out his brains with a revolver. Friends of Commander Bronaugh believe that he was very much worried over the mani? fold duties of his position as executive officer which are considered to be mote ardous than those of any other position of rank in the navy.. P. F. Harrington, captain of the Brooklyn navy yard, said: "There is an epidemic of suicides in the navy as surely as there was ever an epidemic of fever. Such a thing may occur, and cannot be explained. The man probably had been thinking of other the suicides which are very sad affairs, and then in an unguarded moment the desire to try it seized him and it Was all over in a minute. " Commander Bronaugh was.born in Keniucky and entered the naval aca? demy in FLORIDA MURDERERS HANGED. Two White Men Go to Death With Unshaken Nerve. * Bronson,. Fla., Sept. 30.-Theodore Smith and Thomas G. Faircloth, the young white men who killed the aged Lewis couple one month ago today were successfully executed by Sheriff Sutton this morning. The ti ap was sprung at 11.12 o'clock and both necks were broken. Faircloth was pronounced dead in 15 minutes and Smith in l2^o minutes! Bot& men had wonderful nerve and ascended the scaffold with steady step. They- had their coffins opened and in? spected and commented on them. Faircloth remarked that they were all right, \ and both men addressd the im? mense crowd with clear and unbroken voices. Faircloth w^s, baptized by Rev. J. B. Holley of Gainesville in the box whieh was to contain his coffin in jail this morning. Their nerve was beyond description and there was no excite? ment. The sons and daughters of Lewis witnessed the execution. The bodies of the hanged men were turned over to relatives for interment. Smith had a young wife and baby. Faircloth was engaged to be married and just before the -e?euti?a expreqped a desire to have the ceremony performed, but the sheriff would not permit this to be done. Highwaymen in New York State. Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 30.- The stage coach "Pioneer," which makes daily trips between Warwick and Goshen, was held up and robbed by three masked horsemen late this after? noon. The coach was bowling along the road two miles from Florida, and at a lonely spot on the road Clinton and Horatio S. Wisner, who own the coach and were on it, saw the men on horse? back suddenly emerge from the dense woods which line the highway Clinton was driving. The robbers or? dered him to pull up his horses.l This he refused to do and the high? waymen opened fire with revolvers. None of the shots took effect, but the shooting had the effect of compelling the whip to bring his horses to a stop. In the coach were Mrs. J. A. Cham berlin, Mrs. Fred Webster, Mrs. James Fuller, Mrs. Bart, Mrs. Ed. Johnson, ail of Florida. While two of the highwayme? covered the Wisner brothers with their revolvers, the third, using many threats, compelled the passengers to give up all their money and valuables. After the robbery had been completed the robbers spurred up their horses and escaped. A western moralist has made a pub? lic speech in which he compared the public men of the present with those of the past and declares that Clay, Webster and Calhoun were drunkards and gamblers and thereby caused some sensation. The legend is that Mr. Clay did play cards for money at every opportunity and apparently there is no doubt that Mr. Webster was given to brandy far more than was good for him. Probably they pursuaded them? selves, as many brilliant and hard working men do-and many others ?ho are not briMiant but believe themselve to be-that liquor and the excitement of.gaming were'neoessary to develop their best powers. Mr. Cal? houn, however, was a living and pres? ent contradiction of that theory. He had the reputation of a man of pure personal life and correct habits. A dim and vague scandal reflecting on his moral character was sprung in a strange way about twenty years ago, thirty odd years after his death, but the older people in South Carolina who remembered him most, intimately and had known him well rejected it as the freak of a man temporarily deranged.-Richmond News. Manila, Oct. 1.-The column under Capt. Pershing, which went ont against the Machin Moros in Min? danao, has attacked the enemy and captured three of their forts. The Moros stood but a short time against the American artillery fire. Twenty Moros were killed and many were wounded. There were no American casualties. Out of Death's Jaws. '.When death .?cerned very near from a severe stomach and liver trouble, that I had suffered with for years." writes P. Muse, Durham. N. C., "Dr. King's New Life Pills saved my life and gave perfect health." Best pills on earth and only 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store. PRESIDENT SEEKS TO END IKE GOAL STRIKE. ? Conference Held Tuesday But Ho Law Found For Federal Interference. Washington, Sept. 30.-The presi? dent took initiative steps to ascertain, what, if anything, could be done by federal authorities to settle the coal strike. The result was a rather gen? eral expression of opinion by the ad? visers of the president to the effect that the federal law or .the constitu? tion did not afford means of federal interference to end the strike, but an? other conference will be? held tomor? row and the president wifl do all he can properly and legally to bring about a settlement. -At the temporary White House a conference was held with three cabinet officers, Attorney General Knox,,Secre? tary Moody and Posmaster General Payne. Gov. Crane of Massachusetts was also present. These gentlemen met with President Roosevelt?first and after the subject had been considered for some time they adjourned to an other room and conferred together for an hour. They all returned later in the day and held another conference with the president and the strike situa? tion was discussed further. President Roosevelt is deeply con? cerned over the situation. The ap? proach of winter with a coal famine imminent and the distress and suffer? ing that must ensue unless coal be? comes available presents a situtaion which he thinks should receive the at? tention of the administration if there is anything that can be done by the government. Many appeals have been made to him and many suggestions have been received by him and it was with a view to ascertaining what power the federal authority could evoke that caused the conference to be held. During the conference every phase of the situation was discussed. The general opinion of the advisers of the president was that the situation did not present a case in which there could be federal interference by any war? rant of law. There has been no inter? ference with federal authority in the mining region, either by stoppage of the mails or resistance of United States court process. It was pointed out that there was no occasion for the use of federal troops, as Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania had not called on the government for assistance nor had he even exhausted the resources of the' State by calling out the full strength of the State militia. The question of the-.righfc to seek appoint? ment of receivers for the mines 'in or? der that they might be operated was discussed, but neither in the consti? tution nor in any known law could any legal warrant be found for such action, though the discussion on such lines went so far as the consideration of how the properties could be relinquish? ed and control surrendered after the object of supplying coal had been ac? complished, assuming the federal government could intervene through receivers. The tenor of the whole discussion was to the effect that there was a lack of power in the Jfederaljadrninistration to take any action at the present stage of the strike, although the seriousness of the coal famine now and the much greater evils soon to follow were con? sidered at length and with a wish to discover some method of ending the industrial deadlock. Gov. Crane's presence naturally, brought into prominence the proceed? ings begun in the Massachusetts courts to secure the appointment of receivers for the coal piv^rties, but the opinion was expressed that the situation could not be met successfully with this method. New York, Sept. 30.-The head of the coal railroads were in conference today at one of the weekly meetings of the Temple Iron company of which they compose the board of directors. Before John Markie went into the meeting he was asked as to the truth of the report that President Mitchell had been in conference in Philadelphia with a representative of the operators and j. P. Morgan. "It is not true," said Mr. Markie, "for if a representative of the opera? tors and Mr. Morgan had been there I would be in a position to know it, and I have heard nothing of the kind." The coal situation in New i'ork is today more serious than at any time since the strike of the anthracite miners. Instead of 150,000 tons, usual? ly in stock at this time of the year, there are about 2,000 tons of hard coal. In tenement districts the price is 75 cents a bushel, which is at the rate of S25 a ton. President Baer was asked today if there would be enough coal in this city to supply the demand before win? ter sets in. "Oh, certainly," he said, "this idea that there is going to be a scarcity of coal this winter is simply a scare. There will be plenty of coal in New York before the cold weather." Trenton, N. J., Oct. 1.-The ship combine was incorporatd here this af? ternoon by the filing of papers amend? ing the certif?cate of incorporation of the International Navigation company, which was filed in June, 1893, with an authorized capital of 815,000,000. The amended certificate hied today changes the name from the International to the Mercantile Marine company with an authorized capital of 6120,000,000, of which one-half is to be preferred stock with (5 per cent, cumulative divi? dends. Tho company is also author? ized to issue 375,000,000 of ff o per cent, bonds. T?ie excitement incident to traveling and change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, and for this reason no one should leave home without a bottle of Chamber? lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Re? medy. For sale by Dr". A. J. China. ROOSEVELT VOLUNTEERS TO ARBITRATE. Requests Coal Mine Operators to j Come to White House to Meet President Mitchel!. Washington, Oct. 1.-President Roosevelt will make an effort to bring the anthracite coal mine owners and their striking employes together in the interest of the public erood. This conclusion was reached after a series of conferences with his cabinet ad? visers covering yesterday and today. The decision was arrived at when the lawyers of the cabinet informed the president that there was no way, under the constitution and the form of government of the United States, for federal intervention to end the strike. Every phase of the situation was canvassed and the determination to have the mine operators and Presi? dent Mitchell meet the president was reached when it was found that no other method was open. At the conclusion of ;the conference today, which was attended by Secre? taries Root, Shaw and Moody, At? torney General Knox and Postmaster General Playne, at the temporary White House, the/following telegrams were made public : White House, Washington, Oct. 1. To Geo. F. Baer, president Reading railway system, Philadelphia. W. H. Truesdale,. president Dela? ware, Lackwanna and Western corn pan v, No. 26 Exchange Place, New York E. B. Thomas, chairman of the board, Erie Railroad compnay, No. 21 Cortlandt street, New York. Thomas P. Fowler, president On? tario^ and Western Railway company, No. -46 Beaver sreet, New York. R. M. Olyphant, president Delaware and Hudson company, New York. John Marjkle, No. 527 West Thirty fourth street, New York. I should like to see you on^Friday next, Oct.. 3, at ll o'clock a. m., here in Washington, in reg*ard to the failure of the coal supply, which has become a matter of vital concern to the whole nation* I have sent a sim? ilar dispatch to Mr. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Work? ers of America. Theodore- Roosevelt: John Mitchell, President United Mine Workers of America, Wilkes barre, Pa. : I should greatly like to see you on Friday next, Oct. 3, at ll o'clock, a. m., here in Washington, in regard to the failure of the coal supply, which has become of vital concern to he whole nation. 1 hav* sent a similar dispatch ^tor^"?r-pres?den ts of the anthracite coal companies. Theodore Roosevelt. At the meeting Friday the line of approach toward the settlement of the strike will be an appeal by President Roosevelt to both sides to come togeth? er as men and not to allow false pride or a feeling of obstinacy to stand in the way of the termination of the great strike, which is fraught with such a threat to the minds of the peo? ple. Itjs stated by one of the presi? dent's advisers thar- beyond this the, president cannot go : he has no powers of compulsion to bring into place against either side and he muse rely upon his persuasive abilities and his appears to their sense of humanity if anything tangible is to be accom? plished. The president intends to lay before his hearers the situation as it appears to him with all the prospective horrors that will follow a fuel famine, and will urge them "in the interests of humanity to.open the mines and sup? ply the demand for coai. The presi? dent has taken this action because he feels it to be his duty to do so as the executive head of a nation, threaten? ed with great peril. The president has, in a sense, taken upon himself the burdens of an arbitrator in this great dispute between capital and labor, and though the arbitration is not com? pulsory and is not even known under the name of arbitration in any of the invitations issued today, it is the hope of the president and his advisers ^that it will be effective. President Roosevelt's proposition for a gathering here Friday morning oi' representatives of the coal companies and coal operators and the miners met a prompt response from a number of the gentlemen to whom invitations were sent. During the afternoon and evening the president received replies to his i nvitations from President Mitch? ell of the United Mine Workers, Presi? dent George F. Baer of the Reading Railway system and one or two others. Mr. Baer's prompt reply to the presi? dent's suggestion was particularly gratifying-to Mr. Roosevelt, as it was-, believed that in all probability his ac? ceptance will insure favorable replies from other officials who were invited. Lieut. Peary says if he had 8200,000 be could capture the N. Pole. Let us chip in and raise it for him. We ought to have that old pole by all means be? fore some blasted foreigner sneaks in and gets it.-Wilmington Star. Mrs. Roosevelt has a new set of china, SOO pieces, for which Uncle San; pa vs ?30,000. Caution ! This is not a gentle word-bat when you think how liable you rire not to purchase for 7")C the only remedy universally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since ISGSfor the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without losing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your atten? tion to Boschee** German Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggist.- and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs. Bronchitis. Croup-and especially for Consumption, where there is difficult expoctoration and coughing during the nights and mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup. Sold by all druggists in the civilized world. G. G. GBEEN, Woodbury, N. J.