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kil l reform heeded. f Mr. Jordan Profoundly Improssed by what Ho Saw Ob His Trip to the Foreign Cotton Centres, Makes Powerful Plea for Reform in Handling Cotton. No word has been spoken in regard to tbe handling and shipping of cotton is of more vital interest to the Southern farmer than that which we are reprinting on this page from President Harvey Jordan's recent, article in the Baltimore Manufacturer's Record. What Mr. Jordan Bays is not guess work. He went abroad to see ana nna out things that affect the price of the Southern farmer's cotton, and he has written the results of hie Investigation. As long as the American farmer sends abroad two out of three bales of cotton that he raiseB, the foreign buyer will be a factor in fixing the price that the farmer cannot ignore. And when it is demonstrated, as Mr. Jordan demonstrated it, that the shabby clothes our King Cotton wearB when he is abroad stimulates the cultivation of the staple in foreign countries and that ragged cotton bales abroad make ragged cotton farmers at home, it is high time our growers were taking up in dead earnest the matter of enforcing a superior and more attractive method of covering and handling their export cotton. But wc will give Mr. Jordan's presentation of the matter, and nothing we have printed on the subject is better worth your serious reading. He says: The average grower of cotton in the Southern States has been educated to believe that cotton of good quality and in large quantities can be grown only in America, and that therefore it made no particular difference as to how badly the cotton crop was handled, the spinning world had to take it and make the best of it. There is no doubt upon my mind that we are in error as regards the idea that foreign countries do not possess land and climatic conditions favorable to the production of the bent grades of cotton in large quantities. The trouble in more rapidly Increasing the production of foreign grown cotton lies in unfavorable climatic conditions as it does in the education of the people in those countries where cotton could be grown to tako hold of the industry and push it. In Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Australia, Egypt, India, Mexico, South Africa and other countries where the staple can he grown by natives are as yet but semi-civilized and where Din iew or me moaern luriiuies tor agriculture and transportation have been introduced. Anyone who will take the pains to carefully investigate the imports of cotton from all sources into Great Brltan and the Continent each year will soon ascertain that a large number of countries are now growing cotton and that the annual production of these foreign cottons, is increasing and In some sections to an amazing degree. While these shipments, aside from Egypt and India, are not large, still so many small shipments are beginning to foot up largely in the aggregate. India alone produced In the past yeur 4,000,000 bales of cotton, weighing on an averuge of 400 pounds per bale. This is as large as the American cotton crop was a few decades ago. One large firm. Piatt Bros. & Co., which I visited in Manchester, alone turns out annually 3,000 new gin out tits, none of which comes to America, hut all are shipped out to meet the demands of other countries. Undoubtedly the South holds a commanding positiou in the predominating supply of the. world's cottAn and will perhaps always maintain her prestige, but American cotton is bought by foreign spinners under protest, and only after similar grades of foreign-grown cotton has been exhausted, not because foreigners are prejudiced ^against American-grown cotton, hut oitjause of the had manner in whiciiAmerican cottou is haled and delivered ^abroad. American Cotton is the only cotton in the world Vhere every hale is sampled and carefully examined through which it passes from *he local cotton buyer in the interior, on through the hands of the foreign cotton merchant, and finally by the spinners under the roofs of their mills. It is the onlv cotton in the world where grades in the same bale are not uniform and where deductions have to be made for "country damage." If the growers and handlers of American cotton do not. reform the present method of delivering our cotton abroad, it will only tend to intensify the determination of foreign spinners to induce a larger production of cotton in other countries. I make this plea in behalf of American cotton after having visited the great cotton centers of Europe and personally investigated the facts herewith recorded. I personally inspected large cotton warehouses at Venice, Bremen, Manchester and Liverpool. At every point visited, accompanied by my associate, Mr. Walter Clarke, of Misslsippi, we were shown every courtesy by the large 'cotton merchants, the members of the exchanges, and shown through all the warehouses we cared to Inspect av.u freely given all the Information we wished. Everywhere, in response to our questions as to American cotton bales V compared with other cotton, the an I swers .were the same, namely, that American cotton was generally received In bad condition; that it reN& quired more sampling, carried highS?^k er rates of Insurance, heavier tare, |||^L expensive arbitration and losses from what is termed country damugg or rot. Everywhere we were uuked if the American bale could not he reajflpBaMk formed. We had fine opportunity of judging comparisons, as we found thousands of bales of American cotton stored Bide by side with thousands of bales of foreign-grown cotton* E^Sq9|H^^^ The American bales were cut to Qffi?m^B^Wieces from numerous sampling, I he B^BgggQB^Hnt hanging out from these j.igged BQBBHBg^klcK. while the jute bagging in SH90H9g^^ch the hales were originally wrapwas torn, cut and hanging in I^DBK^R^^Bds. The bales were neither unifl^HH9ftHB|^Kin length, breadth or thickness. other hand, the cotton receivother countries was haled in n?HHR|9HMB^M,kagrH. wrapped In closelyH^HBBnSNR^^tnvas and of uniform size. |HHBMHj5K9B|^B bale in t?n, as a is foreign cotton, while the Hj^HKHflNKuHE^Kidiing. rate of inBurauce, less as compared with mH9RBSHRHER|^^^Wton, and no arbitrations RHKEfflffiKBSaSHKi^Ldtimage." As a Southand a close observnHBnraH&oiiodly impressed by I f . a CHARGED WITH MURDER. A Doctor and His Wife Held on Serious Cliargc. A dispatch from Raleigh. N. C.. ^ says an indictment was rendered by the grand Jury of Wake county against Dr. D. S. Rowland and wife, who have been in jail charged with the murder of Engineer Charles R. 1 Strange of the Seaboard Air Line rail way. Tk. J-.**- O. - " 11*3 ucam ui oirange occurred in March, and in six weeks his widow married Dr. Rowland. Evidence at the coroner's inquest showed inti- \ macy between Rowland and the wo- 1 man, but no trace of poison was 1 found in Strange's stomach. 1 Rowland had a few days before 1 been released after arrest for the al- , leged murder of his youug son. A YOl'NCJ lilFKSAVER. 1 1 Master Robert Dougherty. Rescues a | Ruby From Drowning. I Robert Daugherty, aged twelve j years, whose home is on Fayette < street, Cumberland, Md., Thursday ] saved the two year old son of Mr. l Isreul Morgan, of Cumberland, from < drowning in the Potomac river. The child had wandered down Johnson street to the edge of the river, and young Daugherty saw hip fall in. He rushed into the water 1 and rescued tho child after he had gone under twice. 1 these revelations, and I sincerely trust that, my exposition of tho facts > stated will have some tendency in turning the tide of sentiment in the ' South in favor of Improving the , American bale, which under existing methods is costing Southern cotton growers a heavy penalty for their apparent indifference. We were shown through the ware- 1 houses of the Manchester Ship Canal by the president of the Association. Mr. Robinson. Here we found the finest warehouse facilities in the; world, a solid warehouse nearly one mile In length, four stories high, and , built entirely of reinforced concrete. In one apartment of this warehouse is a large space set aside for picking American cotton bales of the so-called "country damage" or rot. No 1 oother cotton shipped from any other 1 part of the world carries a loss for : country damage. On the tracks on i the outside of thl? wi-Unn .?r n... warehouse I found ten car-loads of cotton being unloaded to be sent Into .this section for picking on account of damage, l found that all of this particular lot of cotton came from Memphis. Some of the bales being pick- ] ed showed a loss nof at least 2b0 i pounds to the bale in solid rot. Upon ni> inquiry as to who stood j these heavy losses, which was due entirely to the storing of this cotton , during the past winter on the streets ' of .Memphis, I was amazed to find j that the marine insurance companies paid all losses from country damage ' on American cotton, i naturally sup- ' posed that the cotton factors or ex- J porters of this damaged cotton from j Memphis would stand some loss on ? account of their negligence in allow- , ing these (tales to rot on the streets . of Memphis, but I found that the insurance companies paid the full damage, and that the cotton shippers * from Memphis got full pay for every | bale they shipped, whether damaged ' or in good condition. 1 I then decided to call on the ofli- 1 cers of some of the largest marine ] insurance companies in Livrpool. 1 \ met several of them the next day and was Informed that what I had heard , was substantially correct, and that the insurance companies protected : themselves by charging a high rate ] on American cotton. They said that 1 affidavits were made by American ! shippers that cotton was damaged af- j ter it was insured, and they had no \ recourse but to pay. 1 The point which I wish to make . is that this excessive tate of insurance on American cotton made to pay damages of cotton improperly cared for is one of the fixed charges ( which the growers have to pay and 1 for which they are in no wise respon- 1 slide, as cotton sold by farmers in a | damaged condition is usually picked at the local warehouses when the j purchase by the buyers is made. We | should have some stringent laws aiong tnis line which will force the v large cotton centres of the South to ? more properly store and protect our ' cotton from these heavy losses. i Never before in the history of the i cotton trade has such activity been i displayed in the building of new cot- ( ton mills in the Lancashire strict j and elsewhere Millions of new spindles an? being put in annually, and j new mills can be seen going up on J every hand. The foreign spinners are J making more money than ever be- 1 fore, and their only fear is that at the present splendid condition of the business too many mills will be built There is but little fear of lower 1 prices for either the raw materials or thn^Jlnlshed product within the next year or two, and there need be no fear that every bale of good nor- ( nial crops of American cotton will c not be damaged at good prices. The i one essential thing for the Southern grower to learn is to raise his food ( supplies largely at home, curtail the ? credit business and begin at once to s improve the present method of the { baling, handling and delivery of his ( cotton to foreign parts. We should ( make the American bale of cotton as t attractive from every standpoint as s any other bale of cotton grown on any other land in the world. This should be so not only from a matter of pride, but from the economic de- 1 mands of the present time in good ( business methods. # J With these problems solved, we c will l>e a long step forward on the ? highway of bringing about still clos- ? er relations between the growers and j' spinners of American cotton. The growers and spinners of Amer- r lean cotton are more vitally interest- * ed In the cotton industry than all i others combined; hence It is eminent- <: ly proper that these two interests 1 should cordially co-operate to the J mutual advantage of each. c Manchester spinners insist that 1 farmers first ship the cotton to Manchester, and if grades are satisfactory upon examination by their ex- ' pers, then the trade le consumated, * but Ihey are very much opposed to paying for cotton on this side before v shipment. It seems to me. .therefore, a that the growers must first inaugur- a ale the reforms noted with respect to c baling and delivery, build warehouses v in which to store and finance their . cotton, and get Into a position strong enough to.demand such prices from 0 the buyers, whoever they may be, as *1 will secure for themselves a fair and F Just profit upon the products of their p labor. c - " 'x ' '; = FARM LABOR LAW. udge Brawley's Decision Carried to Supreme Court rhc Present I^abor Situation is Said to be One of Demoralization All Over the St tfe. A dispatch from Charleston says the dicision of Jud^e Brawley declar ing to oc invalid tne act 01 tne legislature making the breach of a farm labor contract a misdemeanor is to be submitted to the supreme court af the United States for a ruling. In the office of the district court today the necessary papers were filed appealing from Judge Brawley's decision and taking the case to the highest tribunal. The papers were filed by Attorney William Henry Parker and W. St. Julien Jervey, acting for Attorney General Lyon, with whom they associated in the recent hearing of the test case of Elijah and Enoch Drayton, in which the court rendered its decision and released the negroes from custody. A lenghty bill of exceptions, prepared by the attorneys, is filed in the case, setting forth the reasons for the appeal. The court is held tj have erred in taking the position that the imprisonment of the negroes on the chaingang for violating their contract was a violation of tne thirteenth and fourteenth amendments of the constitution of the United States. The view of the court is objected to on the purpose of the act in question, the bill of exceptions stating that "it is respectfully submitted that both the purpose and effect of the said act is not to secure compulsory service in the payment of a debt, but, in the legitimate exercise of the polic power of the State, to punish crime in repressing fraud in the breach o" a civil contract, and incidentally thereby to prevent the commission of such crime." The court is held to have erred in finding that "there is no essential distinction between an act which penalizes the breach of a contract for personal service 'without sufficient excuse to be adjudged by the court' ard the act in question here which penalizes such breach made 'wilfully and without cause,' that is, fraudulently." It is pointed out that there is "an essential difference in the eye of the law between fraud in the making or procuring of a contract for personal service and fraud in the failure to perform the same. "The essence of the South Carolina statute," it is declared, "is the rep- j ression of the fraudulent practice of breaking contracts of a personal service of the kind indicated, that is.! by laborers on farms lands 'wilfully and witnout just cause* and incidentally only to induce the performance :>f stipulated service in liquidation [>f the debt which was the consideration for the promise." The court is further held to have ?rrcd in holding that the breach of a contract of personal service, even j if dishonest and fraudulent, can not be a crime under the constitution of the United States and can not be; penalized as such by any State in this Union. Error in judgment is also held in j the construction of the court that there shall be "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted," but also that there shall not be "involuntary fervitude" even for crime, if the crime arise from the breach of a contract of personal service. In concluding, the bill of exceptions states that the court "failed to iistinguish between criminal legislation for the purpose of preventing fraud and incidentally inducing the aborer not to commit fraud." mi ? i iit- case is a very interesting and mportant one and its consideration ay the supreme court will be followed with much concern. The decision if Judge Brawley declaring the State aw unconstitutional caused much demoralization of labor conditions on iccount of the peculiar relations of nuch of the farm labor to the farmer and much pressure has been brought to bear upon the attorney general's oflice to press the case further and if possible fecure a favorable decision to sustain the farm labor aw. C AN'T I Id S T TI1I0M. Vrmy mid Navy Itun Out All Japs anil Chinese. Following the policy of putting >nly Americans on guard, it is understood that orders have been issued iorbidding employment of foreigners on all military works at naval stations. A similar order was issued ! ?ome time ago relating to the embloyment of foreigners on the ships j >f the navy. This resulted in the dis:harge of a large number of Japanese and Chinese who had shipped as stewards and in other minor capaci;ies. The naval officers were rather sor y to let them go, because of their efficiency, but it was found that the Iananese especially were using much >f their time in making careful examination of their ?hii?c onrl %*??va ftUIIO ind learning a lot about machinery, >tc., which it was not supposed a nere cook or cabin boy would care o know. The policy of depriving foreigners >f this source of information has now >een extended to the works on American fortifications, and the news :omes from Manila that a number of Japanese who have l>een employed >n the fortifications and also the 01mgapo and Cavite naval stations lave been discharged. Army manoeuvors similar to those vhich are going on this summer at 1 til the principal ports of this country tre about to be conducted at Olong- 1 >po, where army and navy forces vill join in an attack and defense of hat place. That is for the purpose >f developing the strength or weakless of the meagre fortifications in lace there now and to ascertain the oints at which new defenses are nec-1 essary, |, ' .Uv- . : - & ^CLERK LOCKED IN. . Flrenen Broke Open Big Vault to t Rescue a Man. ..<jt Locked in a vault for more th^\ an hoar, Joseph H. Daly, a clerk i? the oftce of the Consolidated G J* Electric Light and Power compai W Baltimore, came very near smotht^V Ing to death in the Continental Trui.l building Thursday night, and hadi not been for the prompt action of th^vl police and flre departments In break- 1 ing open the vault, William E. Brash- ( ers, a fellow clerk, who locked him in 1 accidentally, would probably have 'i passed the night in the station house \ with the charge of causing a fellow-t, man's death laid at his door. I As It was, when Daly was Anally , released, he was weak from his Ineffectual efforts to free himself from 1 his plight. Daly and Brasher had been detained at the ollice of the i company during the evening. As they were putting the records away, Brashers said to Daly that It would be a joke to lock Daly in the vault. While bantering over the subject, Brashers swung the vault door, the lock snapped, and Daly was a prisoner. Brashers was panic stricken. Tie tried to work the combination on the vault, but could not. Then he yelled for the watchman. Next it was decided to telephone to the police. The police cnnie and then it was decided j to call out the tire department. The vault was surrounded bv.. a six-inch wall of terra colt a and brick. so the fire fighters got out their picks and nxes and went to work digging a hole In the vault. After an hour's work they made a six-inch aperture, through which they passed tools to Daly. He was able to wrench the inside of the lock apart and the door flew open. Daly staggered out so weak he could hardly stand. He had been ' cramped in a standing position and ' had been unable to move or tuni < around. An electric light burned n the vault, and Daly felt that he woud stiile before aid could reach him. FATAL TO TliltlCK. H About Thirty Workmen Curried Down With Structure. ( Three men are known to have bean j killed, one was fatally hurt, and 18'i others were injured in the collapse | of a new concrete building Thursday at the plant of Hridgman Brothers . company, manufacturers of steam j fitters' supplies, at 15th street and ' Washington avenue, Philadelphia. About 30 workmen were carried l down in the debris. i The body of Marshal Hopkins , aged 4b years, and the bodies of Two" j unidentified colored men have beea taken from the ruins, it is believe* there are others hurled under tha 1 heavy mass of concrete as the pc- 1 lice and contractors have not been < able to locate two Italians and tlree < colored laborers who were on the { building when the accident occurred. < The building, which was being | erected as an annex to the Hridgunn j plant, collapsed according to the sdluissions of C. II. Miller, boss cui- 1 pouter, because the shortings w?re . taken away from the concrete before ' it had properly set. A. S. Ite'ls, trading as the Sheet Metal and ,C>rnlee company, wus the contractor of the building. The structure was four stJufies high and the heavy concrete crashed down like an avalanche. Besides ^ those carried down in the fall, a number of persons were struck l?y i u> inrrrh ui uiv uuuuicif iiU'i tui about the face and hands. . 1 But for a dispute between the bricklayers' helpers and the contrac- i tors as to wages the former were to ] receive for hoisting brick to the top i of the building after hours, an addi- . tional number of workmen would ^ have been on the building when the j building collapsed. 1 WILL HELP FAHMERS, ] < Edison Predicts That Nitrogen Will ' Come From-Air. 1 Thos. A. Edison predicts t>Jat before long science would ena lo the ! farmer to enrich his lands by means ! of nitrogen from the air. "The element necessary fo* mak- 1 ing land fertile," he said, "is nitro- J gen, which exists in almost incxhaus- i tible quantities in the atmosphere, j Until recently, however, the utiliza- j tlon of atmospheric nitrogen was re- v garded as merely a laboratory de- \ monstration. Ilusiness men said it could never be obtained cheap enough to sell to the farmer as fertilizer. f "But the day is Just about :o dawn when the air will be made to give its nitrogen to the earth, and make it yield more abundant harvest and fatter herds of cattle. Tn Norway a . plant has been established which has been conducted with such pood results that I expected to se</j|atmosphere fertilizer on the markcLin this t country within the next tenCjpars. "That such a product will^oon he imperatively necessary there is no doubt. Every shipload of wheat and corn which goes abroad leases the , United States so much poorer, not in ' gold, hut in nitrogen. ! "Sir William Groks. when he was president of the British association , for the advancement of science, prophesied that in another quarter h of a century the earth would lie ! drained of nitrogen to sucn a degree that there would be famine in many ' regions of the world. He may have taken too discouraging a view of the subject, but nevertheless his statement had a true basis of fact. "At the present time the bulk of . the world's supply of nitrogen comes from the saltpeter beds of Sotfth America, but these are being dug up so fast it will not be long before they will be exhausted." , *1 l?OSKI> AS MRS. TII.IJMAN. Ordered ? I>ot of .Jewelry to lie Scut to the Hotel. Representing herself ifa the tyife ' of United States Senator Benjamin x Tillman, of Smith Carolina. Mrs. Isaholla Loomis, of No. 8 West Tentli ' street, a woman of striking beauty, wearing jew.els of value and hand- ' somely gowned, was arrested by . I.ieutenant Andrew Nugent., of the Central office as she was leaving a Maiden Lane jewelry store. She is 1 charged with ordering jewelry and 11 goods of high value from Maiden Lane stores, having them sent to 11 prominent hotel and then disappear- 1 Ing with the articles forwarded her. ^ Many a man's failure Is due to his y being afraid to try. c ??????? r Many a man who is fancy free jy doesn't fancy his freedom. I h.'i WOMAN WHIPS TWO JAPS. And Says She Gould Handle a IKntW of Them. A St. Louis dispatch says: "And ire those the little chaps that think ;hey can whip the United States? Why, I could handle a dozen of jherr.." fSuch was the boast of Mrs. Essie Earner as she passed into the Four Courts holdover today, proceded by . Managa and Tom Muratsidi, Japinese, whose heads she had beeu knocking together "just before two letectives seized her. TIanaga and Muratsidi run a restairant at Ninth and Chestnut stieets. Mrs. Warner was employed th?re as cook. She went to work st\3, because hei husband is ill. 5he asked her employers for $1. Wien no dollar appeared Mrs. Warn?r began to recite to Managa her opnion of his country and of himsdf. When blows were struck the Jipanese received all the punishment ard his nose was trickling crimson ynen Muratsidi came to his aid. An \ppercut from Mrs. Warner's fist uscomfited Muratsidi and she then g'asped the collars of the two and Irought their skulls sharply together several times. They struggled and Picked, but succeeded only in upsettng a table and breaking some dishes. Mrs. Warner says if they practiced any jiu-jitsu on her she was not aware of it. Detectives Keaney and Finan found Mrs. Warner in full control of the j fituation. They arrested the trio and ill will have to go before Judge Tra:y Friday on charges of disturbing the peace. Unless bondsmen appear they will have to stay in the holdover m Independence Day. ST A AIXKUATION Aade by (Ih1 ,la|MUK'M> and Korean ; Kxelusion Ijcngnc. A vigorous protest has been received by the government from Japanese ind Korean Exclusion league, the leadquarters of which are at Seattle, Wash., against what is asserted to be an organized traffic in Japanese women, who, it is alleged, are being brought to this country in large numbers for immoral purposes. The protest declares that wholesale misrepresentation, perjury and fraud ire perpetrated on the part of immigrants, and perjury and collusion on the part of Japanese residents in this country. It is said that the traffic is regularly organized and that the women are brought into the country ind sold into n <if eloir<ii>ir In connection with the traffic there is mid to exist a pang of blackmailers, composed of Japanese, who live on the "hush money" collected from the importers of the Japan slave girls. It is asserted by the officers of the league that hundreds of these women ire scattered among the cities of the Northwest and in the legging and mining camps and that they are drifting gradually to cities throughout the country. The protest is signed by P. B. Grill, president, and A. E. Fowler, secretary of the league. It will be brought to the attention of the insmigration authorities. Fourteen Japanese laborers, who, ander the immigration law, are not permitted to land in this country evaded the authorities in Philadelphia and are at large somewhere in the United States. The men arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Erskine M. Phelps, sugar laden, from Hawaii, on May 29. They were a part of the crew of the vessel and were paid off n Philadelphia. In accordance with the law and egulations, they were taken before :he immigration authorities by the captain of the ship. They could not ie landed, but, as they indicated an intention to reshipon another vessel, ;hus continuing their occupation as seamen, the immigration officials had io control over them. An inquiry nto tbe matter was made, developng the fact that the 14 Japanese simply disappeared into the country. Where they are now nobody knows. WIIITK MAN SHOT. Thirteen Negroes in Jail Charged nun i no iTliiic. The Waihalla Courier says the 'Glorious Fourth" brought with it lot ouly hot weather, hut "hot times" is well. Magistrate J. Mat. Whitulre of Newry lias sent up several latches of prisoners to the Oconee iail, numbering in all thirteen. They, all colored, are charged with [lartielpatlng in a row and shorting it Old Pickens, in this county. YV. Marion Gray, a white man, was shot, and is seriously wounded, though lope is entertained for his recovery. Mr. Gray had been working in his leld, but left there to po to Gautt's itore for something, and while in the lUhlic highway came in contact with he crowd of negroes, who were engaged in a general hilarious row. A number of shots were fired by nembers of the crowd, and it is said hat George McKinney was their target. One of the bullets struck Mr. iray just above the left breast, rangng down, and passing between the irst and second ribs. TWO YOl'Xti P(HU.S. remiessee I toy and Girl Obtain Parents Concent to Will. A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn., ays in tlie marriage of Willie Richirds. aged fourteen, the youngest ottple ever to marry in Tennessee vith Hie consent of their parents, vtll become man and wife Saturday light at Thorn Grove. oijuu t' .loirn w. tirown win omiate at tho ceremony and the school ?oy and girl friends of the contract* up parties will serve as attendants, " he groom-to-be Is yet In knickerloekers and the bride's dresses do tot come below her knees. When young Richards first called it the office of County Clerk John M. 'urrier to obtain the marriage liense he was refused, the clerk sayng he would not isuue one to such outhful people without the consent if their parents. This afternoon he eturned with the written c. n --.i of j Irs. Belle Nelson, hiu mother, uud of | saac Brock, father of the girl. Yariir^^^^V Nowhere ilr-all J^^^is the effect of the late war with 'lussia more obvious in her navy yards. The statesmen of Japan have not not been slow to recognize the advantage of a large navy and a powerful and numerous mercantile merchant marine. During the late war a single company, the Nippon Yusen Kaisia, was able to place at the disposal of the government 250,000 tons of shipping, with which it successfully carried 1,250,000 men, 124,000 horses and 2,000,000 tons of stores. ITmW th?> same paternal encou? agemcnt the same company has increased her mercantile marine to 951,000 tons displacement in the past three years, an increase of 335 ships. The shipyard at Kure is the most active navy yard in the world. The navy yards at Kure came into existence 11 years ago, the offsprings of the war with China; to-day it provides employment for 30,000 men and is capable of building battleships the equal of any afloat. They are complete and self sufficing in every detail. The yard turns out everything connected with the construction of battleships, from a rivet to a 12-inch gun. Prior to the late war nothing bigger than a third class cruiser of 8,000 or 4,000 tons had boon attempted, but the war gave great impetus to Japanese naval construction, and in January, 1005. the keel of the first large cruiser, the Tsukuba, was laid down. To-day she is all but completed in her dock at Kure, a powerful first class cruiser of 13,750 tons. A little way off lies her sister ship, the Ikoma, though not quite so far advanced. Japanese ambition has not stopped here. Two vast battleships, the Satsuma and the Aki, are now under construction at Yokosuka and Kure respectively. Not even the Dreadnought, the latest pet of the British navy, will boast superiority to these monster engines of war. With a displacement of 19,000 tons, a speed of 19 knots and an offensive armament of four 12-inc'n and 12 10-inch guns, they will meet with but few equals upon the sea. There are at present being completed in Japan two first class battleships, four first class armored cruisers and three small cruisers. In addition to these two batsleships are being built in England, Russian ships captured by Japan in the war will shortlv lip nnf fp coo ?1" ,v ?v I.U OV.O. 1 IICJ IIICIUUU six battleships, four cruisers, two coast defense ships, three destroyers and two gunboats. OLDRST WOMAN IN AMERICA. Oregon Claims to Have Her in Mrs. Mary Wood, 120 Years Old. Oregon claims the honor of counting among its residents the oldest white woman in America, Mrs. Mary Ramsey Letjions Wood, and in the celebration of the Fourth of July, Mrs. Wood, aged 120 years, 1 month ' an 1 15 days, was crowned Queen of Oregon. The coronation was performed by Gen. George H. Williams, attorney general under President grant, and the only living representative of that cabinet. Gen. Williams is in his eighty-fifth year. He was assisted by Hon. J. D. Lee, president of the Oregon Pioneer Association. Mrs. Wood was born at Knoxville, Tenn., May 20, 1787. She was twice married, her first husband. Mr. Lemons, dying in 1839. In 1852 she moved from Missouri to Oregon, settling in Washington county, where she still makes her home, riding on horse-back the entire way. Mrs. Wood married her second husband, John Wood, May 28, 1854. Of her four children, all of whom lived to ripe old age, only one is today living, and that is the youngest child, Mrs. Catherine B. Southwortn Reynolds, who was born in 18150. Wise and Otherwise. Where there's a will there's always an heir. Holding a convention doesn't stop its progress. A foregoing disposition is the first law of self-preservation. Sl'M'Hl'll BATIIS AT 1IO.MK. They Ileal the Skin and Take Away Its Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and give the body a wholesome glow. Now you don't have to go off to a high-priced resort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in the hot wat^r, and you | get a perfect Sulphur bath right in your own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to the affected parts, and Eczema and other stubborn skin troubles are quickly cured. l)r. It. 11. Thomas, of Valdosta, (la., was cured of a painful skin trouble, and he praises it in the highest terms. Your druggist sells it. 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