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I I IVOL. XII. ANNUAL MESSAGE ?? Recommendations of Mr. Roosevelt to Congress. THE COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS. Suggestions Touching Upon Our Public Policy?The Departments? The Uthmiaii Canal and Treaty With Panama?Other flatters. I ntroduction. To the Senate and House of Representatives: The coulitry is to bo congratulated on the amount of substantial achieve- I nicnt which has marked the past year both as regards our foreign and as regards our domestic policy. Corporations. With a nation as with a man the most important things are those of the household, and therefore the eouutry is especially to be congratulated ou what has been accomplished in the direction of providing for the exercise of supervision over the great corporations and combinations of corporations engaged in interstate commerce. The Congress has created tlie Department of Commerce and l^ahor, including the Bureau of Corporations, with for the first time authority to secure proper publicity of such proceedings ot these great corporations as the public h:i3 the right to know. It has provided for the expediting of suits for the enforcement of the Federal anti-trust law; and by another law it has secured equal treatment to all producers in the transportation of their goods, thus taking a ions; stride forward In making effective the work of the Interstate Commerce Coin mission. Department of Commerce and Labor. The establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with iiie Bureau of Corporations thereunder, marks a real advance in the direction of doing all that is possible for the solution of the questions vitally affecting capitalists and wage-workers. The act creating the Department was approved on February 14, 1903. and two days later the head of the Department was nominated and confirmed b> the Senate. Since then the work of organ!/.ation has been pushed as rapidly as the initial appropriations permitted, and with due regard to thoroughness and the broad purposes which the Department is designed to serve. After the transfer of the various bureaus and branrhes to the Department at t.he beginning of the current fiscal year, as provided for in the act. the personnel comprised 1,280 employees in Washington and 8.836 in the country at large. The stope of the Department's duty and authority embraces the commercial and industrial interests of the Natiou. It is not designed to restrict or control the fullest liberty of legitimate business action, but to secure exact and authentic information which will aid Lhc Executive in enforcing existing laws, and which will enable the Congress to enact additional legislation, if anjshouid be found necessary. In order to prevent the few from obtaining privileges at the expense of diminished opportunities for the many. Capital and Labor. Tlie consistent policy of the National Government, so far as it has the power is to hold in check the unscrupulous man, whether employer or employee; but to refuse to weaken individual initiative or to hamper or cramp the lndu rial development of tlie count:y. v.. . cognize that this is an era of fc dei. ion and combination, in which gr capitalistic corporations and labor v ions have become factors of t emend' us Importance in all industrial centers. Hearty recognition is given the far-reucliing. beneficent work which has been accomplished through both corporations and unions, and the line as between different corporations.as between unions, is drawn as it is between different individuals; that is. it is drawn on conduct, the effort being to treat both organized capital and organized labor alike; asking nothin^save that the interest of each shall be brought Into harmony with the interest of the general public, and that the conduct of each shall conform to the fundamental rules of obedience to law, of individual freertoiri nnU i.r IhcMm i fair d< allng towards all. Whenever eithpr 'corporation, labor union or individual disregards tlie law or acts in a spirit of arbitrary and tyrannous int inference with the rights of others, whether corporations or individuals, then whore the Federal Government has jurisdiction, it will see to it that the misconduct is stopped, paying not the slightest, heed to the position or power of the corporation, the union or the Individual, but only to one vital fact?that Is. the question whether or not the conduct of the individual or aggregate of individuals is in accoi fiance with the law of the iand. Eveiy man must he guaranteed his liberty and his right to do as he likes with liis property or his 1 bor, so long a.? he does not infringe the rights of others. No man Is above the law and no man Is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him io obey It. Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor. We have cause as a nation : > he thankful for the steps that have born so successfully taken to put thrse principles into erect. The progress h;:s been by evolution, rot by revoiui;<>n. Nothing radical has been done; t!?- a tion lies In en both moderate and ich.? luie. Therefore the work w.'ll star* There shall be no backward step. \ OR1 FOl Needs of Financial Situation. The Integrity of our currency is beyond question, and under present conditions It would be unwise and unnecessary to attempt a reconstruction of our entire monetary system. The same liberty should be granted the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit customs receipts as is granted him in the deposit of receipts from other sources. In my Message of December 2. 11102. I called attention to certain needs of tlit* financial situation, and I again ask the consideration of the Congress for the.-qticsitons. I mmigration. We can not have too much immigration of the right kind, and we should nave none at all of the wrong kind, j The nerd is to devise some system by ! which undesirable immigiution shall > be kept out entirely, while desirable immigrants are properly distributed throughout the country. Naturalization I muds. The special investigation of the sub! ject of naturalization under the dircc| tioti of the Attorney-General, and the consequent prosecutions, reveal a condition of affairs calling for the immediate attention of the Congress. Forgeries and perjuries of shameless and liagrant character have been perpetrated, not only in the dense centers o." population, but throughout the country: and it is established beyond , doubt (hat very many so-called cittzens of the 1'nited States have no title whatever to that right, and are asserting and enjoying the benefits of the same through the grossest frauds. It is never to he forgotten that citizen- j ship is. to quote the words recently used by the Supreme Court of the United States, an "inestimable heritage", whether it proceeds from birth within the country or is obtained by naturalization: and we poison tne sources of our national character and strength at 1 the fountain, if the piivilege is claimed I and exercised without right, and by ! moans of fraud and corruption. Need For Treaties Making Bribery Extraditable. Steps have been taken by the State j Department looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with | foreign powers. The need of more ef- ; fective treaties covering this crime is inutiiicHi. inc exposures ami prosecutions of official corruption in St. i l.ouls. Mo., and other cities and States ! have resulted in a number of Rivers nnfi takers of bribes becoming fugi- i tives in foreign lands. Bribery lias not been included in extradition treaties j heretofore, as the necessity for it has not arisen. While there may have been as much official corruption in former years, there has been more developed and brought to iight in the immediate past than in the preceding century of our country's history. It should be the , policy of the United States to leave no 1 place on earth where a corrupt man fleeing from this country can rest in ! peace. There is no reason why bribery should not be included in all treaties ar, extraditable. Alaskan Boundary. The Alaskan boundry dispute has been one of long standing. The Presi- ' dent congratulates the country on its j amicable settlement, and Incidentally remarks upon the great development of this valuable area of our possessions. The President calls attention at length to the settlement of claims against Venezuela hclii I I Britain. Germany and Italy, and remarks upon the important part played I by our government in the just settlement of the same. He remarks upon the growing sentiment of the nations favoring peaceable settlements in such cases. Internationa! Arbitration. Last year the Interparliamentary T'nion for International Arbitration met at Vienna, six hundred members of the different legislatures of civilized countries attending. It was provided | that the next meeting should be in 15*04 at St. Louis, subject to our Congress extending an invitation. Like the Hague Tribunal, this Interparliamentary Cnion is one of the forces tending towards peace among the nations of the earth, and it is entitled to our support. I trust the invitation can be extended. Rural Free Delivery. The rural free-delivery service has been steadily extended. The attention of the Congress is asked to the question of the compensation of the letter carriers and clerks engaged in the postal service, especially on the new mral free-delivery routes. More routes have ix on installed since the first of July last than in any like period iu the Department. While a due regard to economy must be kept in mind in the establishment of new routes, yet the extension of the rural free-delivery system must be continued, for reasons of sound public policy. No governmental movement of recent years has resulte 1 in greater immediate benefit to the people of the country districts. Rural fire delivery, taken in connection v.itli the telephone, the bicycle, and the trolley. accomplishes much toward lessening the isolation of farm life and making it brighter and more attractive. Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 1 trust that the Congress will continue to favor In all proper ways tl,e Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Th:s. Exposition commemorates the Louis ana purchase, which was the first greit step in the expansion which made us ? iontinental nation. The expedition of Lewis and Clark across the continent followed thereon, and marked the be ginning of the process of explorat ory and colonization which thrust our national boundaries to the Pacific. The acquisition of the Oregon country, in eluding the present States of Oregrn and Washington, was a fact of Immense Importance in our history: firriving us our place on the Pacific so hoard, and making ready the way fo o. r ascendency in the commerce of tb greatest of t^e oceans. The ecntrnn a j o?' our establishment upon the west coast by the expedition of Lewis no Clark is to be celebrated at Portland, ? Oregon, by an exposition in the sum " MI iT MILL, S. C ., WEDN nior of 1005, and this event should receive recognition and support from the National Government. Cotton Weevil. The cotton-growing States have recently been invaded by a weevil that lias done much damage and threatens the entire cotton industry. I suggest to the Congress the prompt enactment of such remedial legislation as its judgment may approve. Indian Affairs. The Indian agents should not be dependent for their appointment or tenure of office upon considerations of partisan polities; the praetiee of apnnin t illir whnn tmooiKlo ...- ......... -wt a. ??? ii | nioiji n iv, i hi v milerrs or bonded superintendents to the vacancies that occur is working well. Attention is invited to the widespread illiteracy due to lack of public schools in the Indian Territory. Prompt lieed should lie paid to the need of education for the children in this Territory. Sefety-Afrrdiance Law. In the matter of the safety-appliance law mill 11 good has already been accomplished. The law should be vigorously enforced. Pensions. No other class of our citizens deserves so will of the Nation as those | to whom the Nation owes its very being. the veterans of the civil war. Spo- I rial attention is asked to the excellent 1 work of the Pension Bureau in expending and disposing of pension claims. During the fiscal yrar ending puly 1. 1903, the Bureau settled 251.982 claims, an average of 825 claims for each working day of the year. The number of settlement since July 1. 1903. has boon in excess of last year's average, approa* liing 1.000 cdainis for each working day. and it is believed that the work of the Bureau will be current at the close of the present tiscal year. Civil Service Extension. During the year ended June 30 last 25.560 persons were appointed through C'fimnpHtivo ?> v I m Inil i..-~ ? -1 ' - ...f ^ x.Mtuiiiiuuwua uuuer mi' | civil-service rules. This was 12.72 more i than during the preceding yoer. and 40 j per cent of those who passed the ex- | a initiation. This abnormal growth was largely occasioned by the extension of classification to the rural free-delivery service and the appointment last year of over 9.000 rural carriers. A revision of the civil-service rules took effect on April 15 last, which has greatly improved their operation. The completion of the reform of the civil service is rec- i ognized by good citizens everywhere as a matter of the highest public importance, and the success of the merit syst? m largely depends upon the effectiveness of the rules and the machinery provided for their enforcement. A very gratifying spirit of friendly cooperation exists in all the Departments j of the Government in the enforcement | and uniform observance of both the letter and spirit of the civil-service act. Executive orders of July 3, 1902; March 26, 1903, and July R, 1903, require that appointments of all unclassified laborers. both In the Departments at Washington and In the field service, shall be made with the assistance of the United States Civil Service Commission, under a system of registration to test the relative fitness of applicants tor appointment or employment. This | system is competitive, and is open to ] all citizens of the United States qualified in respect to age. physical ability, moral character, industry, and adaptability for manual labor; except that In case of veterans of the civil war the element of age is omitted. Board of Charities. The report of the Board of Chari m-n mi iin* uisirict of Columbia is submitted for the consideration of Congress. It is a qualifying statement. Bureau of Corporations. The message urges the establishment of a Bureau of Corporations. This in the opinion of the President will accomplish much good. The Army. On the subject of the army the message is lucid and full, congratulating the country 011 the high efficiency being reached. The Navy. The needs of the navy are set forth in a strong manner, much emphasis being laid on the need for war vessels of modern constructions. Receipts ar.d Expenditures. The receipts of the Government have been in excess of the expenditures for the year, and a safe balance is on the rignt side. Public Land Laws. Our public land laws need revision sadly. A groat deal of fraud h is crept into their administration, and scan '.Is are common. It is urged that they be thoroughly revised. Isthmian Canal. Ry the art of June 2s, 1902, the Congress authorized the President to enter into treaty with Colombia f r the building of the canal across the Isthmus of Panama; it being pro' ih\l that in the event of failure to seer o such treaty alter the lapse r f a reasonable time, recourse should be hi 1 to building a canal through Nicaragua. It has not been necessary to const u-r tills alternative, as 1 am enabled to lay before the Senate a treaty provi 1ing for the building of the canal acio > the Isthmus of Panama. This was the route which commended itself to t.ie deliberate judgment of the Congress, and we can now acquire by treaty (ho right to construct the canal over this route. The question now. therefore, * not by whirl) route the Isthmian canal shall be built, for that question lias I een definitely and irrevocably doi Ided. The question Is siTtply wheth r or not we shall have an Isthmian canal. Provisions of Treaty By the provisions of the treaty the United Slates guarantees and w .? la in tain the independence of the 1 public of Panama. There is gri n'" I to the United Slates in perpetuity tuo i . e. jccuputic n and control of a si ip . ten miles wide and extending thien nautical miles into the sea at cither LL ' ESDAY, DKCEMBKR terminal, with all lands lying outside j of the zone necessary for the con-1 struetion of the canal or for its aux-1 iliary works, and with the islands in the Bay of Panama. The cities of Panama and Colon are not embraced in the canal zone, but the United States assumes their sanitation and, in case of need, the maintenance of order j within the granted limits all the rights, power, and authority which ! it would possess were it the sover- , cign of the territory to the exclusion of the exercise of sovereign rights by the Republic. All railway and canal property rights belonging to Panama and needed for the canal pass to tho ! United States, including any property of the respective companies in the cities of Panama and Colon; the works, property, and personnel of the canal and railways are exempted from taxation as well in the cities of i * m..uuni. ativi a uitm Jim >n i"do canal | zone and its dependencies. Free tin-; I miRr;aion of the personnel aud imporj tatu 11 of supplies for the construction i and operation < f the canal are grantI ed. Provision i nnlc for the use of i military force and the building of fortifications by the United States for | the protection of tiie transit, in other details, particularly as to iho acquisition of the interests of the Now Panama Canal Company and the Panama Railway by the United States and the condemnation of private property for the uses of the canal, the stipulations of tho Hay-llerran treaty are closely followed, while the compensation to be given for these enlarged grants remains the same, being ten millions of dollars payable on exchange of rattiealions; and, beginning nine years from that date, an annual payment of 5250,000 during the life of the convention. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. White House, Dec. 7, 1903. Ask Appropriation. Washington. Special. ? Representa- 1 five Burgess, of Texas, introduced a Dill to lessen the damage of the cotton boll weevil, directing the Secretary I of Agriculture to appoint a com mis| sion in his Department to include residents of tho State of Tovns and Louisiana to study the problem. The bill | appropriates 5250.000 to be used for l |MU|>u9c. iu? suKKi'siions or tr.is 1 commission are to he embodied into > regulations and recommended to Lei;- ' lalatures. Attempted Train Robbery. Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?An attempted train robbery was frustrated Saturday night by Special Officers Rodger and Hcisler, of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, at Rutherford yards. William II. Crabb. supposed j to be from Pottsvillc, had mounted the engine of a train and drove the fireman off the engine, firing twice at him. Crabb was overpowered by the officers and committed to the county prison. Railway Men Fleet Officers, Baltimore. Special.?Sunday's aes| slon of the Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggage Men of Americ a was devoted to the election of the remaining officers for the ensuing blennium and the adoption and revision of the constitution. The following additional ofileers were chosen: Grand secretary-treasurer, John F. Waltz, Baltimore; grand board of directors, A. H. Bracken, Wilmington. Del., president of the board; Wm Sellman. Baltimore, secretary; Oeorg*- Bretzen. Syracuse, N. Y.; A. F. Melvin. Baltimore; B. H. Garden, Trenton, N. J. Advanc" in Cot on woods. St. Johns. N. R., Special.?Col. Geo. P. Jones, president of the Cornwall & Cork Mills Company, which operates I two large cotton mills In this city, said I that because of the very high price of raw cotton the company had increased their prices cn practically all grades of output fiOm 5 to 10 per cent. They have a few weeks' supply of raw cotton on hand, bought at low prices, but will have to go into the market for future supplies. They u :< practically all Southern cotton. Col. Jones looks for further advances in manufactured goods. Cotton Mill Isnprovem nts. There is to he an addition to the Raleigh cotton mills and this is now under construction. The addition vil provide a F.pac< for Itw additiomi spindles, making a total of 1 .",700 fo. hosiery yarns. In ;b.? mill If. hales ol I cotton a day are r e '. President A. A I Thonip on. of tiii- Carah lgh and j Neupe mills. a/s that at t.he latter n ; 30-l>orst power oo'-iue ami boiler nr? j being put in to ni I the power when , the water auppl" at i'.e Falls of \"eus? j runs low. In tin mill tu re are fc.ovt spindles and 2">6 b ott-. L-ad'ng R'c Planter Dead. Wilmingttin, Special.?A. \Y. Reiser, a lending rice planter of nrunswlel: | county, died suddenly Wednesday at noon at his home, four miles from Wi'rrington. He was about f>0 years old ' nd was register in bankruptcy liejust after the wnr. lie leaves a wife one son and two daughters. The interment will he at Southport. Ex-City Attorney I,. K. Salsbur toftided at Grand Rapids that whole ale brlbhery had been going on in tin vity government there. Has Read Bible Cften. , John Shular, aeed seventy-three, on" of t!ie most highly respected citizen ? of Ilughesviile. Penn.. is an arden student of the Bible. He lias read i through from Gem-sis to Revelation forty-three times, and soon will have made it forty-four tiiin ;. i'LMl !>, li?03. A FEVER EPIDEMIC. Ravages of Typhoid In a Pennsylvania City Gives Alarm. Butler. Pa.. Special.?No authentic report of the number of cases of typliohl fever that developed in the city Sunday could he obtained. The chairman of the war committees reported It that they had heard of. but the men had no opportunity to ascertain the full nuuiii'.'r i i ciisvs. i lie u)i<ii in mi- u. wil> probably run from 15 to 20. Only one death occurred. This evening there are reports in several eases that patients a e not exp ct< 1 to live through the night. l)r. Necly, Harris. Miiuer, Mc.Aih e end Hoilmnn are row on the fever li t. This evening a suh-eoinntittee reported, to th" e- alive eoniinitteo on the relief v. >rk. The resume shows that, the total nntnher of fever cast s reported up to Suni!i\ morning was 1.1:18 and the total number of deaths result- | itig from typhoid fever 4:*; that there were three eases ut diphtheria and three i <" searlet fev r under cpiarantine In the town, which is above the usual number in a city of tS.ftOO people; that about 2<M families had reeoived aid, and t "it the State board of health and j 1> s. i rench and Houston had said to prepare for a struggle of from sir. weeks to three months with the epidemic. A fund of at least f50,000. and perhaps twice that amount, they estimated. would he necessary and to raiso this amount all voluntary contributions would be received and used in the work. Convict Kills Himself. Thomaston. Me., Special.?After reading a letter from his attorney In which the recipient was told that there was no hope of a pardon for him, Charles Morgan Wallace, a life convict. at the State prison, killed himself by taking morphine. On January C ICUr. lUnlln.m ...... ? *?, . or.i, u an.u r, n nw ? ?i [muuiiimui Grand Army man and lived in Augusta was convicted of tnurdc r in th<> second degree, in killing Ocputy Sheriff Howman. Influential friends have since made ri pealed attempts to secure his pardon. Wallace had been charged with selling liquor to the inmates of the old soldiers' home at Torus, Howman stopped Wallace's carriage. In which were Wallace and his wife. Wallace claimed the officer had insulted ' his wife. Wallace came to Augusta from Philadelphia, where it is said re latives now live. He was possessed of some means and during his imprisonment. made several gifts to public institutions. Fired on the Fort. Aden, By Cable.?Ideutenant Com- i mander Charles Grabnu, an Italian offlflcer. commanding an armed dhow, landed a party of friendly natives :>t i Darhe, Somaliland, Africa, and ordered i the Italian (lag hoisted on the fort. The I commandant of the fort refused to per- ; mit the order to be carried out unless i it had the sanction of the Sultnn. i Lieutenant Comnmndcr Grabau thereupon gave the commandant two hours in which to obey the order and at the expiration of that time, the command- < cant not having complied, mod on trie fort. The fort replied with shell, killing Grabau. The dhow then put to sea and was picked up by the Italian cruiser Galilee which landed the officer's body here. Big 1-ire at Pittsburg. Pittsburg. Special.?The Hubbard Shovel Works, one of the largest manufactories of its kind in the country, employing close to 1,000 men and covering a ground space of nearly five acres in Butler street, near the Sharpsburg bridge, wi s almost totally destroyed by fire Saturday night. Before the fire department arrived, the structures were a mass of flames, and, as the water supply was short, it was but a short time until the plant was almost completely wiped out. J. W. Hubbard; president of the llubard Shovel Company, says the loss will reach $250,000, with but little Insurance. Railroad Officlrls Ditched. Mr Arthur. ().. Special. While tho ] special 11 ;tiit carrying President Mon- . sarratt. of the Hocking Valley Hailrood, and 1T> Pennsylvania Railroad of- ' flrinls. was parsing a switch here the two last cars dashed into the switch ' and collided with Hie caboose of a . freight train. The ear containing the officials was overturned and a number ! of the officials sustained scratches and brnisf s. News Notes. Mr. Cleveland was quoted as saying he was not a candidate for the Pr< idoney. Thirteen minors were entombed by an explosion in an Arkansas mine. Three persons pleaded guilty of peonagr at Savannah, (la. Fifteen or twenty Civil War veterans | in the army are soon to ho made brigadier-generals an I retir. d. fir Spr ng?r l>rad. Washington. Special?Former Representative William M. Springer, of Illinois, a Democratic leader, conspicuous in the House of Representatives during the 41th to the 63rd Congresses. 1 inclusive, and once chairman of the ways and means committee of the House, died at his residence, in this 1 city Friday, aged <'t years. His de,.t'> ! \vc.3 due to pneumonia, contracted iM Chicago on Thanksgiving Day. M. Springer lias been n resident of tit '!y during the past few years, fo'ii 1 'tig his retirement from Congress. :?u ' lms followed the practice of law ! !e 1 survived hy a widow and a son, who is ' a chaplain ir. the army. NO. 3-f. MAY CUT PRODUCT. - ? Genera! Movement to Reduce Production and Wajrcs Imminent. NEW ENGLAND LOOKING SOUTH President Sandford of the Antcricaa Cotton Yarn Exchange Says the Situation is Serious and Calls for Concerted Action. Boston. Special. That a widespread curtailment of prods .ct ion by cotton mills in the I'nltod States will be found nee?-sai\ during the next few months, on account of the groat cost of the raw materials, is the opinion of leading mill men in this city, from whieli the policy of many cotton mills in the Norlh is directed. The market for finished material has been unsatisfactory for months, and prices have not risen correspondingly with those of cotton. The cotton mills in New England employ fully 175.000 hands, 65.000 of whom have had their wages reduced 10 per out. this fall and 15,000 additional will suffer a cut within the next two weeks A matter of great interest iu New England is the project now on foot ia the Southern States to bring about a general curtailment. A meeting of the Southern manufacturers lias been called for next Tuesday and if a policy of widespread curtailment is adopted, it will have ranch influence on the future action in large New England mill centres. Whether or not a general agreement in the North can he reached Is not known at this time, hut it is expected that, if the Southerners decided a general policy it will induce a largo number of Northern Manufacturers, especially In Fall lliver and Rhode Island, to stop their spindles. If no agreement is reached In the South, there is no likelihood of an tir.dcrst.init'n<? .M 1110 arrived at between Northern mill ownr rs as a whole, for those who have cot' ton do not care to stop manufacturing while their competitors are turning their usual amount of poods into th? market. Most manufacturers here agree that the cotton situation is the most critical for 2.1 years. Arnold B. Sanford. president of the American Cotton Yarn Exchange here, says: "The situation is very serious and the outlook offers no encouragement. I cannot see anything hut a general curtailment. The conditions confronting the industry are the worst In many years. The mills will not manufacture at a loss. They must, therefor?, curtail production and reduce wages. This will result, undoubtedly, in great suf fering. The one tiling to he done under thes? circumstances to save the situation is for the manufacturers to get together throughout New England and th* South, as well?for it cannot be dom? without concerted action - curtail production. reduce wages and break the present speculation by not buying cot ton. "Seldom in the history of the bus! aess lias it been so difficult for the manufacturers and their selling agents to make terms accept able to buyers ...... ...iionnrin. I MIS IW1S tfl? rnuse of t'i,% poor demand and the poor prices. Reduced prices an 1 reduced wages seems to be the only v.ny to meet the situation." Several mill treasurers have today predicted that, an extensive curtail r.ent isinevitable.Shonld no genral cur tainient in NewKnciand liencrped nnon durintr the winter, it is thou-M tint ur.ly the mills that arc flnnnci ally thn strongest will bo ablo to keep all their machinery in operation. In Manchester, N. 11.. Eowcll ami a number of Maine points, there is said to be a large supply of old cotton on hand, but In Fall River and many Rhode Island towns and elsewhere the amount ? limited. There are nhout. 1.1100 cotton mills in (he United States with nearly 22.000. )00 spindles. Of this number r.70 mills with nearly 11 fiOO.OOO sn'ndles are in New England. About J ih. oon hairs of cotton arc consumed annually in the Northern States, when l!i * mills or" -M running. On Seri'-us Cfinrg". Winston-Salem, Special.?Samuel Hauser, a well-to-do farmer at who home moulds and material for making counterfeit monry were found last week, was given a hearing before a United States com mis ioiu . and hound over to the next term of Federal court at Charlotte. Hauser put up $77.0 cash bond for his npptarnre. The evidence against him itrdnmaging. Sjfc'nl I'ei mlts for Jews. Berlin, Uy Cahio.?American .lews arc no longer poimitted to cross the Ftussian frontier without a special per mlt in eaeb case from AT. von Plevwe. he Ru-slan Interior Minister. Most Americans travel through Russia by tvey of Ccrrr.any. The practice* until he last two weeks was for the Res .inn consul general lie.e to advise tielews pat sports upon re< -i viug a slat :nmt of their purpose to visit Re., la. lPd that their stay there was to ii" .eriporary. The new restriction is an >xtcnsion of the policy Initiated by ti e recent wlthd nwul of tie vice po.* >. < roni the Rusision consulates in Arru ri a.