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Mf " F VOL. XII. GEN. GORDON DEAD Confederate Hero of Many Battles is Now at Rest lit EXPIRED ON SATURDAY NIGHT Much of His L'ff Since the Surrender H.ns Been Spent Trying to heal I I... HI,! Itn.rk Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?Lieutenant General John it. Gordon died at. liis winter home neat Miami, Fla., at 10:05 o'clock Saturday night. His fatal illness. which overtook hini last Wednesday , was congestion of the stomach and liver, following an acute attack of indig'-stion, to which ho was subjected. General Gordon was born in Upson anility. Georgia. July 0, 1832, of Soctch ancestry, which had a prominent part In the Revolutionary war. Young Gordon graduated from the (5 corgi a State University in 1852 and a few months later was admitted to the practice of law. Early in 1801 h? enlisted in the volunteer Confederate service and was elected captain of his a mpany. He rose rapidly by promotion to lieutenant colonel of the Sixth tlaltoma Infantry in December, 1861. H? participated In the struggle on the pi ninsula. and took part in the battle et Malvern Hill, and was commissioned brigadier general, November. 1862. He was In command at Chanceilorsvllle and in the Pennsylvania campaign. In an official report to General IX 11. Hill, General Gordon was eharretciized as "tho Chevalier Rayard of it.e Confederacy." When hostilities were ended, he tailed his men about him and advised tljem to bear the trial of defeat, to go home in peace, obey the laws an 1 rel tiild the waste 1 country. He has taken i prominent pr.rt in the councils of his party since lSliti. He v.as a defeated " riinlitiate for Governor of Georgia in 1868, and in 1873 and ix7'.? was elected ? tc? the Unit* 1 Stat, s Senate, resigning that position in 1.8>f). ho pnrtlcipnt. r ac tively in building the Georgia Pacific Railroad. In 1x80 and ho was 'e. ti'd Governor of Georgia and in 1890 entered again into the United States Senate fur the full terra. Since Iks retirement from poluhnl activity lie litis deioted mrr-h of his time in lecturing proi u?iti?jf\ the North as well as the South in his lecture upon "The Lust Days if the Confederacy." Sim e the urgnnidation of tl*" lTulted f'o.if' rate vrt< r: ns he has holt the posit'on of its chief commander. and lii: freqint re-election to that nositior have testified to the warmth of affection in which he litis heen held in the South. General Gordon hid hecn unron '..ic- nearly all d iv. The beginning of the end occurred this afternoon, s?ioiis complications setting in. ami by nigi t liis physicians had abandoned all hope. as his kidneys refused to secret and uraemia poison was very decided. His death was quite. He fell peacefully to sleep and all was over. (5>m ral Oordon became ill Wednesday aftrrnon with acute indigestion. He had suffered from the same trouble in Mississippi many months ago. At 11 o'clock Thursday morning consultation o! physicians was held and it was fi und that he was seriously and critically ill. His son. Major Hugh Gordon. who resides at Biseapne. was w'th him. A telegram was sent to nis daughter. Mrs. Burton Smith, of Atlanta, calling her to liis bedside. She was with him when lie died.Genual Go: don rew sbYidUy worse until today when he was uncoscious most of the time. Gem in' and .Viva. Gordon had been in Florida this wirier only three v. -oka i t'ore h . ik.'ith. lfis health had la-en unusually coo l prior to his fatal attack. I ' had bought a winter homo at His* syne three years ago. and had -dr.ee In 11 spending a portion of his winters there. G< neral Gordon's body will he shipped to his home at Kirkwood. near Vtlanta. tomorrow night, leaving tliero at S o'clock. It will reach Atlanta Men lav iiiKTiiooii. The remains of Gen. Gordon will be mid in Slate in Atlanta and will bo viewed by his numerous friends and sdmirors. Assembly Meeting;. San Juan, Porto Rico, By Cable.? rhe last session of the second biennial Legislature of Porto Rico will be opened Monday. Governor Hunt's message will be road on Tuesday and 't is anxiously awaited as It is expect rf to indicate President Roosevelt's jKil'cy in t.ho Island. The bettor ela.'s has assured the House of Representutiv.v that it will support the measure of a loan of $5,00ti.000 I?> the farmers. The Americans in the council are opposing the measure on the ground of economy uuu uiu mnihr nuuuiuiia retaliation by killing nl' the American measures, including the general appropriations. Far Eastern Situation. London. By Cable.?At the Japanese legation it was said that the far "Castem situation remained unchanged. No news had been received by rhe legation and it was believed some lays might elapse before any developments occurred, as Japan was still considering her reply and that no news had been received at the legation concerning the reported dispatch -of troops to C'orea. k.J j- i : ' J / ; i -4 / 0R1 FO WITH THE LAWMAKERS What The Two Houses of Congress | Arc Doing. The response of Senator Heed Smoot. of Utah, to the changes made against him was presented to the Senate committee Saturday. It was ngreed that at the regular meeting ?f the committee to be held next Saturday the attorney for Mr. Smoot an 1 also for the petitioners should be heart. They will be expected to show precedents and authorities and after they shall have made theiw pres? ntat ion the committee will decide wh? titer to ? / Lai LUt'l IUIU Vil I',? - witnesses dispose of it on tile showing which *111 then have been made. Mr. Smoot. submits in answer to charges against him the following: "This respondent is advised and avers tha*. but two of the charges made against him in said protests, either directly or by implication, arc such as, if true, could legally affect his right to hold his seat in the Senate. These two charges are: "1. That the respondent is a polygamic 2. That, he is bound by sonic oath or ?bligaton which is inconsistent wit*1, the tath required by the conatitutioi, wh'ch was administered to him befO'e he ook his seat as a Senator." llo h these charges respondent denies*. A:s to the rharges that he is a polyiainlstt the respondent says that he Wis miiTleil September 17. 1884 to Alph4 May ICldridgo. She is still his wife and is the mother of all ins children, de has never hud uny other wife and h is never cohabited with any othei woman. "As to tie charge that the respondent is bou^td by some oath or obligation "oatrjlling his duty under his oath as a Senator, the respondent says that he ha>- never taken such oath, or it* *nv w?v nKsnmn.l nnv siieh oliliun lion. Ho holds hitusolf bound to obey und tipholc! the constitution and laws of the United States, including tnc condition in reference to polygamy, upon which the State of Utah was admitted into the Union. "The respondent denies that he Is one of said alleged self pcrpctuaiin^ bodies of fifteen men, or thai there Is any suc h body of men. or that the followers or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Pay Saints, or ! any of tlieui. accord tin? riali! to sai l I aliened body to claim supreme auj i liorlty, cither divinely : auctioned or I otherwise, to shape* the belief or eon| troi the conduct of those tinder them | in all or any mutters, civil or tctn| pornl. or that sail church or such al! eg* d body or ur.v person or body e>I ' rclses any authority or power to in{ iiilcate or encourage a belief in the : 01 poivjamy or belief in or practice of polygamy or b ?Hc:* .i.oilie of polygamous cohabitation, or that cither countenances or connives at auy violation of the laws of the State of Utah or of the I'liitel States afi'l this respondent foi himself in particular denies that he is one of said aliened self-perpotuatinB body of flfti'en men, or that there is any such body, or that said church or auy part thereof or person therein inculcates or encourages a belief in the practice of polygamy or belief in or practice of polygamous cohabitation, and this respondent denies that he is guilty of polygamous cohabitation, or that lie in a polygamist, or that he ever has been a polygamist, or that he has ever practiced polygamous cohabitation." Mr. Smoot denied that he lias over connived at any violation of any law of Utah or of the t'nite l States, and declares that "since the manifesto of President Wilford Woodruff was issued in 1^90, neither a belief in, nor a practice of poly gam \ or polygamous cohabitation haa cither been taught or encouraged." The House was in session hut 12 minutes Thursday. Mr. Hemenwr.y, chairman of the commit too on appropriations. obtained unanimous consent that that one hour he devoted at the opening of Friday's session to the consideration of a bill amending I ho act appropriating $500,000 for the eradlcac&tion of foot and luouth disease among cattle, so as to make $250,000 of that amount available to meet the emergency caused by the Mexican bool weevil. The bill was favorably report 1 today The House adjouned. ? I - _______ Dynamite Explosion. Huntington, W. Va., Special.?A dynamite explosion occurred near Cassvllle, in Wayne county. Saturday, while a number of employes on the Norfolk & Western extension were at luncheon. Six men were killed and fourteen were injured. The dead are: Thomas G. Frar.ier, Frederick Marmim Unn.'o r/t flioirtri 'Cm n Ir Dotne The nam?H of the injured have not yet been learned. A training sch?x>l for philanthropic and social work will open January 12. in Chicago, under the auspices of the University Rx tension Division of the University of Chicago, with Prof, tlraham Taylor as dllreetor. The lecture course will include personal, institutional and public work for dependents; preoccupying, preventive, publie and agency method. There will be discussions on legislation, improved dwellings and open spaces, public school extension, co-operative and benelt agencies, the city's aoclal utilities, social settlements and ethical and religious -esowcca. L i i3il \ I * liT MILL, S. C? WEDN THE COTTON REPORT Census Bureau Givers Cut Figures on 190J Crop THE REPORT SHOWS FALLING OFF ? Stnti.stics Compiled F^om Reports of dinners Indicate a Heavy Shortage in the Crop. ?.?V? Washington. Special.?The Census Bureau has issued a rfeport showing that there had been ginned up to and Including Saturday, December 11!, 8,S is.717 commercial haleW, compared with 0,311,835 bales up to and including December 13 of last year. Tlie Census Bureau found that 29,971 ginneries had been operated this season, against 30,191 up to December 13 of last year. Counting round bales as hn'T bales, tho number oJ bales ginned is 8,526,244 this season, against 8,1)05,503 last season. This report was followed by two othera, showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1903 up to and including January 16, 190!, and a llnal report at tho end of the ginning season, about March 15, which will distribute the crop by counties, aggregate upland and Sea Island cotton and givo weights of bales. Of the total of 8,848,747 commercial bales for tho United States 8,1 14,493 were square bales 645,006 round bales and 69,248 Sea Isinnd crop bales. Tho report by States follows: Alabama, 946,656 commercial hales against 896,994 last season; 3,850 active ginneries, against 3.SS9 lesat season. Arkansas, 544,680 bales, against 768,861 lust season; 2,609 active ginneries, again ! 2.510 last season. Florida., 50,019 bales, again ft 51.443 last season; 209 active ginneries against 2S4 last season. Georgia, 1,202,815 bales, against 1,276,850 last season; 1,978 active ginneries. agaiust 5,046 last season. Indian Territory, 230.873 bales, against 372,012 last season; 4^5 active ginneries, against 42S last season. Kansas, no crop reported. Kentucky, 428 bales, against 1,027 last season; two active ginneries, against three last season. Louisiana. C86.60U bales. . gainst I 670,4?5 last season; J,167 n.tlvo ginneries, against 2,1 43 last season. Mississippi, 1,211,74'. hales against 1,135,567 last season; 1,192 active ginneries, against 2.113 last season. Missouri, 28,881 bales, against 39,185 last season; 74 active ginneries, against 59 last season. North Carolina. 502.591 bales, against 517.00S last season; 2,715 active ginneries, against 2,S63 last sear son. " Oklahoma, 155,242 bales, ugainst 163.190 bust season; 232 active ginneries. against 218 last season. South Carolina, 728,828 bales, against 863,989 last season; 3,173 active ginnerjes, against 3,187 last season. Tennessee, 210,668 bales, against 272,135 last season; 778 active ginneries, against 815 bust season. Texas, 2.210.725 bales, against 2.167.172 last season; 4,431 active ginneries, against 4,542 last season. Virginia, 11.143 bales, against 12.537 last season; 116 active ginneries, against 109 last season. Well Known Author Dead. naltlmore. Special.?Mrs. Mary I UV,..,.,1,?. 1 nOm... * V, i . 11 ?.?t ?;? ' 11 >? i?i um-j [.iiuiik ?, mu an thoross. is ilead at her home here. She was 7? years old and had been in feeble health for some time. The shock of the death of her husband, Randolph Hramle Latimer, on Christmas eve, was fatal to her. Her husband was a member of the engineer corps that laid out the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Dowle Wants an Island. New Orleans. Pecial? Alexander Dowie, self-styled Elijah, reached this city last night In a private car No. 09 of the Arkansas Pass Railroad. Assistant General Manager Agent Lupton, of the road, is personally conducting him. Dowie has been misleading the newspaper men, and his real objective point was not made known until after he arrived here, and that by accident. He Is going to Arkansas Pass to look over Montagonla Island with the idea of purchasing it. This island contains 30,000 acres, and if he buys the whole i tract, he will remove the "eternal city" from the shores of Lake Michigan to that island. The Chines? Treaty. Pekin. By Cable.?The Chinese gov eminent has promised United States M'n'rtor Conger to soon forward the Chinese cop yof the treaty to Washington for the exchange of ratifications. It is necessary first to obtain the Emperor's seal. After the treaty is ratified the opening of Mukden and Antung to the commerce of the world can te pressed. J . bi y-j; ESI)AY, -JANUARY 1." RUTH CLRVtLAND DRAD ? Oldest Daughter of lix-Prestdcnt l oll ! By Dlptherla. Pripoeton. X. .1.. Special. Until tho eldest daughtt r <>f Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, di d in this ?dtv Thursday very unexpectedly. tho immediate ' cause of death being a weakening of the heart action during a mild attack of diphtheria. Dr. \Vy? kolT. the attending physician, said that Miss Cleveland had been til with a mild form of diphtheria for four days, and teat the heart affection was not anticipated. The Cleveland household is ^rriofstrleken over the death of the oldest daughter and many messages of condolence are being received. The private School which Ruth attended has been Closed for the rest of the week out oI respect. President John N. Nlnley, of the College of the City of New York. Mr. Cleveland's personal friend, has come here to make all arrangements for the funeral. In response to many inquiries, former President Cleveland gave out the following statement: "After a few days' illness, which began with an attack of tonsilitis and developed yesterday suddenly into diphtheria, our oldest daughter. Ruth, died today, suddenly." Ruth Cleveland was born on October 1891, In her father's residence, at 681 Madison avenue. New York, after Mr. Clovnl'1 nil )in/l unrvnH lOc ... no I kJV I T ? W UIO IUCI tv I ?ll IV President. She was named after Mr. Cleveland's grandmother, and as "llaby Ruth" was a great favorite in Washington society during her father's second term in tin* White House. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland have four remaining children. It is now understood that it was the child's illness that prevented Mr. Cleveland's attendance at the dinner tc Mayor MeClellan, in New York, on j January 4. Th* funeral services will be held at ' (he Cleveland home, conducted by Rev. Maitland Rartlett. Mr. Cleveland, w.Ui i President Kinley. of the College of the I City of New York, Dean Andrew \V< st and a few intimate friends will accompany the hody to Princeton cemetery, where Interment will take place. It is said the oilier children show no signs of diphtheria. Right to T. x D/ink. i Washington. Special The United | States Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice McKenna, yesterday reversed the decision of the Supremo Court of the State of Louisiana, in tlio i case of the Citizens' Rank of Louisiana vs. Col. Parker, tax collector of the first district of the city oi New Orleans. The proceedings involved the right of the city to tax the bank, but the bank claimed exemption under its fhurior frnntofl in 1W!! Tho ?2t*ltn , <-> - - - I court held that legislation subsequent ! to tile charter had the effect of rcvok| Ing it, hut Justice McKenna's decision ' held otherwise. The Chief Justice and ^ Justices Harlan and Brewer dissented. * After Perry Heath. Salt Lake City, Special.?The l)e: sr.rt News says the government InI specters, including James 11. ?tenn? ?t. of Cheyenne, have been in the city for two weeks In an endeavor to subpot nae former First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath, but have not yet succeeded in serving the papers. It is said that the papers have been placed In the hands of the TTnlted States marshal. Mr. Heath's presenco, it s stated. Is required In the East in -onnertion with some phases of th< postofflce investigation. To Abolish Office, Washington, Special.?Secrotary Hitchcock, of the interior Department, has raoihmended to the President that the ottlce of railroad commissioner, held by tht late General James Ixmgstreet, be abolished. It seems probable ni^w that the recommendation will be adopted and that no successor to Gincral Ijongstreet. will be Tnf /%* ujjjHJinieu. .-tii two yurnr tn? Aiiicilor Department has made no estimate for the salary of railroad commissioner, the necessary appropriation for General Ix>ng*treet's salarj of $5,000 being made ty Congress on Its own Initiative. The duties of the office practically haAe been absorbed by the Inter-State Commerce Commission. News In Notes. It was reported in New York that John D. Roekfeller and his allies had wrested the control of the Steel Corporation from J. P. Morgan and his friends. On account of the great sorrow caused by the loss of Ufa In the big theatre Are In Chicago, the usual amount of noise at the beginning of the new year was dispersed with. % llioi. KILLED AN# INJURED] Many Suffer In Another Terrible Railroad Wreck CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER ERR c A frightful Mistake That Resulted in the Loss of Many l.lves and Produced Much Suffering. Tnpeka. Kan.. Special. ? Seventeen i persons we;e killed and thirty-seven injured in a head-on collision between the Hock Island. California AL- Mexico express and a freight at Willard Wednes lay morning. Most at the injured are in hospitals iu Topeka. The doetors announce that all will recover, with the exception of Mrs. M. A. llill, of Greenshurg, Kan. The dead are; Mrs. J. If. llill, (Ireensbitrg. Kan.; Mrs. W. S. Martin. St. Joarph. Mo.; Mrs. Mary Harvaillo, Chilli< ( the. Mo.; Hen llarvaille, son of Mrs. Harvaille. aged 13; Tot llarvaille, daughter of Mrs. Harvaille, aged 3; Mrs. Susan Heed, a sister of Mrs. Harvaille; Jatnes Griffin, Clareinont, Mo.; H. K. Mayer. Huffalo, N. Y.; Haymoud A. Martin, Chilllcothe, Mo.; W. S. Martin. St. Joseph. Mo.; K. It. Rankins, Do Kail), Mo.; William J. Wells, Jacksonville, ill.; Mrs. Mary Kaiser. Russian; dale Fuller, aged 7, Brockton, Iowa; Grace Reed, Chillecothe. Mo.; Lrnora Roed. Chlllieothe, Mo.; unidentified Itoy, aged eight years. It is thought that carelessness of the trainmen caused the wreck. Instruct, "d to meet a si>ecial freight train at Willard, the engineer anil conductor of the ill-fated passenger, noting that a freight fain stood in the siding at Willard. rushed through, thinking that the ears that they had seen were the ones which they had been instructed to |vass. Fpon seeing at Willard a freight train upon the siding. Knigneer Renjnir.in titrew open the throttle, and under the impetus of full steam the pas| singer It ipi d into darkness an I I ciushi d along ;:t a rate which the passe::,: s deila.e to have licen G"? miles an hv ttr. A l' rmal Inquest was held at the w.i k todtM i?y Coroner Dooly, of \V;ihit: ee conn'v. The investigation, will be c< utium d morrow. | il. G. Patvors. a reporter of the T >- i |k ! u State Journal, who was on the ' ui< ked K ck Island train, arrived in | To;:eka a? eight o'clock this morning, i alar driving nve land fr m the 3?vnc Oi tire . >llh!i- n. Pars* us ? -ajred with i j slight injuries, while two p rsons on ! SCIM 111 II.:;m 1)1 lli:n IVITC Kill' j l'aI'm wis ti lis the following story 1 f i!.o w reel:: was in t' e lliiril car of Mir pas- i r ain, i!m' fi st roach having : 1 i <11 pi ! ci -led iiy a sin or an I a li:r;_ i I gt o car. that tin- greatest ! ss . f I :"?? I i'i'C'. tci!. The smoker, which was or- 1 iujic.| hy only two < r tim e in. 11. wis j eve turned anil pushed through the1 1 ir behind it. which was crowd* I with I pas rimers. some standing in the aisle, j The first, warning given the pasengers 1 in .;:is ear was when the sudden set- j ting of the air brakes shut off the lights, leaving all in darkness. A 11101111 t't later a mass of splintered wood I an! iron was crowded down upon t!i m. None were thrown out of their s ats hy the glow. Most of those in t!u fui ward i nd of the car were killed instantly. Thirty in the rear 1 nd of the 1 h. however, succeeded in es- 1 cat ing from that end of the e tr which was still unobstructed. No one in the J front half of the car escape 1. They j were crushed down between the seats j of the smoker. When rescue was tin- j n'ly possible only three living persons were taken out hy the res . iters, who were compelled to chop holes in the j i anc through the tloor and top of tin e .e h t reach them. "The three rescue 1 from this portion were a man, a small girl, nii.ldleagc 1 woman, who were begging to be taken out. One man. hurt internally, was removed through the rear door within five minutes after the collision, but died almost a4 soon as the rescuers could iay him down. A woman died two hours later while trying to tell a physician her name. A dozen men had worked on the place where she seemed to he before she was extricated. "ltounle Martin, a girl 11 years old, was pinned down between the two cars, the heavy stove resting on one foot. Her cries attracted the res cuers and men, many of thein ble?ding from wounds about the face and arms, worked heroically to get her out. It took some time to release her. When she was taken out she addressed the doctor who was bending over her as "papu." The physician did not have the heart to tell her that she was an orphan, her father nnd mother having been killed. Mr. Martin was killed instantly and Mrs. Martin died ten minutes after being taken out of the wreck. The child was suffering with a broken ankle, whore the heavy stove fell on her, and severe scalp contusions. She was put to sleep by a hypodermic injcctU a to relieve the pain. '"Some cf the bodies found in the wreckage wore so badly crushed as to be unrecognizable. Through a hole chopped in one side of the car the body of a gray haired, heavy-sot man *.nd a woman with long, yellow hair, wore visible. Firo3 were built along the track at short intervals and by he light of these the re- mors. In their agerness to remove the victims, hopped opening:-, ia the wr icked oaches until exhausted and then the landed their axes to others. The en ire sides cf the car had been r hoppe-i way when the work was completed Jccaslorally the re? cuers would de isi upon an a:_ '.w,'*,3 raised by H /Oo NO. 43. watchers, who declared that the chopping awa\ of the coach was lotting the smoker down upon tho victims. So torritlc was iho force of tho colllson that the smoker left tho truck in its cckward rush, leaving the trucks still upon tV.o trie! Not a wheel In tho utlre passenger train seemed to he off the track. The freight train fared differently. I'll., fmii i... Ii.*i.. ......i.. . ... ...? iiiiiiu axaivijr uvuilKl I III! engine were crushed into kindling:. Dead and dying cattle littered the right of way. while ninny which had escaped from the cars unlnqured run about, adding to the confusion. "On the passenger train. In the sleeper, was a young physician, who walked with a crutch as the result of spinal trouble, lie was thrown down nnd slightly injured, but was the tlrst man to emerge from the sleeper and immediately began aiding the injured. He had a portion of Uio chair car and the berths in the sleeper cleared, and to them the victims were carried. The physician was without lustrunints or medicine, nnd the only tiling he could do was to bind up wounds with bandages which he made by tearing up sleeper sheets and pillow eases, and giving the patients whiskey to deaden, the pain. Big Suit. Washington, Special.?Robert Bur ton Rodney, paymaster, with rank of lieutenant commander on the rotir?*d list of the navy, brought suit for $50,000 damages against Capt. Samuel C. Deinlcy, judge advocate general of the navy, for alleged lung-continued pecuniary and naval grade losses and indignities. The complainant alleges that Captain T,emley has accepted practical supremacy In the Navy Department and is depriving the com plainant of legal rights under his com mission. Charged With Hlgnmv. Minneapolis, Special.?Samuel (X llazzard, alias Samuel Margrave, a former officer of the United States army, has been arrested in this city for alleged bigamy. llazzard Is a graduate of West Point, and served four years as instructor In the army. As a lieutenant In the army llazzard went, all over the country as inspector. He also went to Europe, it Is saitl. to Inspect the armies of foreign i-rmiit Hes jii.l \v:is: hold in LM o.it f.ivor at army headquarters In Washington. Paid Big Price. New York. Special.?Daniel J. Sully, who gained fauie in the recent bull campaign in cotton, closed arrangements today with Edward Morrison for the purchase of his seat on the New York stock exchange and the seat was posted for transfer on the exchange. It was sai.l that Sully paid something in the neighborhood of $t;s,000 for the seat. The committee on admissions will act on the case within a week or two. Merchants' Association. N"t>w York. Special Former Pres. William King, of the Merchants' Association, has planned to start February 1st for an extended tour throughout the South and West, with the view to the ultimate formation of a National Merchants' Association. Although no definite plan of union has been formulated. it. is the purpose to discuss the feasibility of such a combination with, existing local organizat'or.s. V/ORLD'S FAIR TOPICS. Map of TTniled Slates in growing 1 crops 'overs area of live aeres. 1 Kol l Hums' col Inge at Ayrshire to be veproeU'MHl oil grounds. I Ninety I housand gallons of water per i minute llow over eascades. I'alaee of Mines and .Metallurgy, 525 by 7o0 feel, cost $ ll)S,OtX>. I'on slry. Fish and CSutiin Fuihling, | by tlOO feet, cost $171,000. Three great cascades, largest wnter' falls ever constructed by man. The IIrnnd Trianon mid Versailles Gardens reproduced by France. Palace of Agriculture, Dili by 1 COO feet, twenty-three acres, cost ?r?2!),040. Moiiticcllo, Thomas Jefferson's home, for Virginia State Kibbling. Display of guns of all calibre us;?<l by United Stales Army and Navy. Liberty Kell will be in tbe rotunda of the Pennsylvania Kibbling. Model of United States warship; real guns and drills by marines. Temple of Fraternity, 1100 by .'100 feet, headquarters for fraternal orders. Four miles of standard gauge railroad in Transportation Kibbling. Twenty-live best. Jersey cows in the world participate in a dairy demonstration. Itustie house over spring 100 years old; water raised by old-fasliioned well sweep. "The Creation," an illusio.i, under a dome ir.lt feet in diameter, a feature of the Pike. Germany reproduces tbe Castle of t harlottciihurg. Emperor William prepared the plans. "Galveston Flood," a Pike feature, s lows the elTeets of tbo great storm and the restoration. Franco, Germany, Mexico. England, China. Japan and Kru7.il arc each to spend over ^>r?00,000 on elaborate exhibits. Palate and sleeping go baeU Ionly to the close of the civil war, tho oirbrsko to 15G8, a..d vostibulod train a. to ISStJ. . .