The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 06, 1905, Image 1

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TAFT HOWL FROM ORIENT Secretary ot War Founo Philippine Progress Slov/? ^ INDEPENDENCE IS FAR AWAY Ur?id( W?*e of l,iitrontiu ? Demands Bafortu of the Conxtabulttry and Gl*?? No Hop* of Autonomy For at Least * (ienuralloii to Cume? Not Fitted For 'v 8?)f.(iot?rnineul, San Francisco, Ca.I.? Lamenting the political situation in tlie Philippines ?nd the wave of ladronism tliat has swept over many of the provinces, Secretary of War William H, Taft, who arrived from the islands 011 the Korea, expressed the belief that a change in the constabulary ought to bo effected Immediately, and declared thnt tho proposition was now under consid eration by tho Government. Referring to tho fact that some of the younger men on the Island had been nuvocating immediate independ ence, he declared with considerable emphasis that in tho opinion of tho Administration there was no possible hope for independence short of a gen eration, because the people could not be fitted for self-government In that time, and it would probably take a much longer period. ? Miss Alice Roosevelt remained for n longer stay in the Orient, and the Har vlman party delayed Its return, as ail the cabin accommodations on the Ko rea had been taken. General Taft said: "fl was very grat ifying, on landing at Manila, to tind that the great harbor ? works, which will probably wake Manila harbor us convenient as any in the Orient, were practically completed, so that the larg est vessels wcro ablo to load and un load in stormy weather, during ' a south west monsoon, behind a break water, something which is ^Hrtrtfc'rd "bt for years. X . "Tho whole appearance of "the city, to out* who Knew it tojfv or five years afeo, is changed. Tlxystreets are well paved and cloan and the gutters, and curbs are in excellent condition. The main business streets are paved with the hardest kind of wooden blocks, the streets are being widened, new streets are being laid out. and everything is done in accordance with the plan made .for the improvement of Manffa by Burnhaiu, of Chicago. ' "The lusst noteworthy change is the construction of an cfectri9 street rail way along thirty-three, miles of the streets of Manila. It is a paying prop erty, greatly patronized by the na tives, and has nearly revolutionized llviyg In the city Concerning trade conditions In the " Orient, Secretary Taft said: "The pro^ jeet to- establish a,' comprehensive ex hibit of American goods at Shanghai Is one that commands my hearty com mendation. If It should be put through, it will be, so far as my" in formation goe& ^he flrst Intelligent ef fort of Americatujaetchauts to go af ter the^jusiness Orient "Situated as the American merchants are and possessing as -wo believe the best output in the world, they are nev ertheless being hopelessly outclassed in the quest of the immense commerce of China, /Japan and other Oriental .countries. > , "Americans are not sending the right goods over there, and what they do send is not put up in packages calcu lated to attract the merchants of those countries. The native dealers get no opportunity to inspect our products, and probably wouldn't buy such as are being fsported if they did. "Anjr such plan as this exhibit should" be supplemented by reorganized con sular service, and to this end mer chants should get after their Con gressmen and compel action on this most important subject." WOMAN AND CHILDREN SLAIN ftrtlirioH Murdered la Tex -Only ? Batoj Le* t Alive. DOWN WITH ALL CASTE. .Peasant and Duke Must Be Equal, Declares Moscow Congress. Moscow, Russia.? The Congress of Representatives of the Zemstvos and Municipalities was presided over by Prince Dolgorouki. The congress de cided on a political program, which includes: ? ? Recognition of complete equality in the personal rights of all citizens of the JBmpire. Equality of the rights of peasants with thpse of other classes of society*. Immedftfte recognition of the inviola bility of pCTson and domicile. Guarantees of the freedom of con science, faith, specch, meeting and as sociation and of the press. ... . Ab.QlUlon of the passport system and the Formation of a National Assembly Which shall actually participate in leg islation. RAN DOWN HIS FRIEND'S SON. ? ^ * Dr. Kress* Automobile Kills the Child ?, ' Of Dr. Herbst. j. : Allentown, ' Pa.? Henrj, the t^ylve year-old son of Dr. H. Herheit Herbst, was killed by an automoMfe belonging to Dr. Palmer J. Kra? fk neighbor and friend of th^MrMt family. The boy #Vs on his bicycle when Dr, Tim iiiininiiliiil by hit wife and cams along Jp his automo irtch he bat owned bnt two days ^ Which he was learning to operate, -eenttb* boy flying otribe gdewalk and ha was dead* when an -gnibu lance arrtred. . ~ |DIEP IN HOME-MADE; AUTO An Ingenious Connecticut farmer Killed by a Train, Samuel Cmncr'a Mmlilua Made So Much Nol?? That lfe railed to lletur the J.ocoinott vo. New Haven, Coup? -Man lias seldom 'contrived lilt* own death more pitifully through the triumph of l.U iwn efforts, aimed In a far different dircctlou, than has Samuel Casner, a farmhand living near here. After wjeeks of study and patient labor, to which he gave all his spare time and all his spare money, Casner built for himself a home-made Automobile. He was taking his first spin In it when, In running over a level crossing, he was caught by the Pitts held Express. He was killed Instantly, his mangled body being thrown more thau 200 feet. Ills automobile was ground into scrap iron. Casuer was on his way to see his father, who lives only half a mile away from the scene of the aeddent. Word of the disaster reached ^the old man, and he walked down to* the crossing to learn tho details without any fore warning of the fact that his son was tho automoblllat who had been killed. He was prostrated by the shock of the truth. * The building of an automobile had long been a pet project In Casner's mind. He was forty years old, and though he had been a farm hand all his life, -being In the employ of Welling* ton Smith, of Orange, at the time or his death, he had taught himself a good deal of the '"'""ments of mechanics and was of a highly ambitious bent. His friends laughed at him when ho tlrst told them he thought it would be easy enough to build ah automobile himself If he bought a few of the es sentia! parts, but he stuck to his idea, and, buying here aud there as he could afford it, turning his own wheels and shafts and hammering out his own frame, he at last was ready for the task of putting it together. ? I Put itJLogether he did, but it was far from reaching his ideal of a smoothly running machine. His motive, power was all right, but tlie roughly made Joints and cranks would not work harmoniously. The .automobile would go at a fair rate, but it- made such a clattering aud banging that Casner himself admitted he could not hear himself think. None the less he>had succcodcd in building his automobile, and he set out from his home ire Or ange t-i take his first real spin and show his work to his father at Tyler City. ' Farmers all along the road came out to see what was the matter as he crashed a;:d rattlod by, but Casner was too intent on running his machine to pay auy' attention to their chaffing ve jmarks. In spite of the noise it car ried him without mishap as far as the railway crossing. Just outside Tyler City. There the railway swings around a sharp- curve, and Casner, wrapped up in the enthusiasm of his own-creation, reached it JUBt as the Pittsfield Express was rushing down. The din of his ownr machine prevented him from bearing the roar ef the approaching train or the shrill whistle of warning, and the engine caught him as the ill-fated auto mobile was squarely across the tracks^ Ho was dead when picked up from a cluster of bushes 200 Ceet away. He leaves a wife and. four children. GUILTY OP LAND FRAUDS. ' ? *- V , Congressman Williamson and Hrs As sociates Face Imprisonment. Portland, Oregon.? After being out* for less than six hours, the third Jury which has heard the testimony of the Government against Congressman John N. Williamson, Dr. Van Gessner, Mr. Williamson's partner in the livestock business, and Marion It. Biggs, a Prineville ^Oregon) attorney, at one ? time United States Commissioner at that place, found all three of the de-* fendants guilty of having entered into a conspiracy to suborn perjury by. in ducing locators fraudulently to file on Government land, and providing them with money, under agreement that these persqns would convey title to Williamson and Van Gessner when pat- ' cut was obtained from the Government. BANK BURGLARS LEAVE $18,000. Telephone Girl Who Thwarted Their Purpose Gets Purse of Gold. Cincinnati, Ohio.? The Osborn Stnte Bank, in the village of Osborn, Ohio, several miles east of Dayton, was en tered by cracksmen af an early morn ing hour. The vault was pried opeu and the doors of the safe were blown open with nltro-glycerine. The noise of tiip olpiogtmi wafthpnfil fcy Mlsa.Pretty Hunter; a telephone operator, who aroused nearby residents* The burg inrs escaped in a buggy, getting only small sums of inoney from the safety deposit boxes. Eighteen thousand dol-, lars was in the bank, and. this was un touched by the burglars. Miss Hunter, received a purse of gold from the bank officials for he? bravery. SEES MOTHER BURN TO DEATH. Invalid Unable to Aid ^ck Woman When Oil Stove Explodes. Ogdensburg, N. Y.? An Oil stove warming the sickroom of Mrs. Ellen Nicholson exploded, and Mrs. Nichol son was Mo seriously burned that she i] died. She waa eighty years old and feeble. Her daughter, an invalid, was alau in the loom and *a w her mother 1 fateU? baroad^ without being able to render assistance. ' - ? f ? ? ? - ? '?! * 1 1 ? Canal Engineers Sail For Isthpaus. Theodore P. Shouts, chairman of tha Panama Cawrt .Commission, and a party of expert a ^IM from New York fair the Isthmus on the steamship Ha Tfeey go there to make an te. ^ xwrttv doae ? p* ttw to WEEGOIE THE PRESIDENT t Washington Greets His Return With . Enthusiasm. AREMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION Crowd* of M?n, Wouimi hii.I Children Line th? Kuule From tho IUIIroud Nintlon to Hie Whit# llouae, Cheering ldke Mud and Waving flag* and Handker chiefs?The l'resldont Deeply Touched Washington, I). C. ? There never was on Aiucrlcan President who, returning lo the caiHfal "ftt the imd of a summer' it vacation/ received such n welcome home/ as Theodore Roosevelt has Just receded. Tradition has it that Wash ington crowds are not overenthusias tic, that they seldom eheer. hut that was belled on the beautiful autumn evening when the President in his pas sage along Pennsylvania avenuo to the White Mouse received an ovation such as has seldom been witnessed in this city of pageants and ceremonies. From the time ho left the train that carried him from Jersey City until the Executive Mansion was reached Presi dent Roosevelt found enthusiastic hun dreds on every side, cheering like mad and waving lings and handkerchiefs ?.with a vim and warmth thnt he appre ciated thoroughly. In his characteris tic way he entered into the spirit or the occasion, and from the moment he left the station until the White House was reachcd he stood up in his car riage and waved his hat with au'Vii joyment that was apparent to every body along the line. It whs as tho ilea com nkr?iv mul not merely as the head of tho nation, that the President was received by the peo ple of Washington. No other ntffrt* who has occupied the While House was B paid such a tribute * as Wa# given to him. Official bound Washing ton, having its dinner at 5 o'clock p. 111., and confirmed in its habit of reading the evening paper after dinner was over, abandoned the habit of years and turned out in force to shout a greeting to a man whoso face was familiar and who conld bo seen at almost any time. Tho cordiality of tho reception and the size of the crowd were till the more remarkable from the fact that there were no spectacular or imposing fea tures to the President's homecoming. No bands weu^at hand, no uniformed military foriytfd his escort. There were only a lU#^ of conventional carriages and a few mounted polleemen. Bill the route over which the President pro ceeded lo his official resbfthice Was lined with"" men, women ?tnd children, '"Who forgot their hastily eaten dinner and their hastily* read evening paper in the sheer joy they felt of cheering and waving and making the most dis tinguished fellow townsman feel that he was one of them. The special train which brought the President and his party 'from Jersey City arrived in Washington at G.18 ;p*clock p. m., about two minutes be hind the schedule. Atarger party than usual of Administratiou officers met the , President at the station, among the cumber being Postmaster-General Cor telyou. Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock, Secretary of Agricufture Wilson, Seflrfetary of ^Commerce Metcalf and Assistant Secretary of State Lopinls. Mrs. Roosevelt's Manchester terrier. Jack, was there In charge of Charlie, the President's footman, and he rode up Pennsylvania avenue in the Presi dent's carriage. Mr. Roosevelt paused only a minute or so on the station platform to shake hands with the friends who came to meet him, but hurried to the carriagefJ which was in waiting near the place where the train stopped. The police arrangements had been m'ade with almost as much care as if the occasion had been an inauguration. The whole length of -Pennsylvania ave nue from Sixth street to the White -House had been roped off, and the crowd was kept back on the sidewalk. The President's carriage was driven slowly up the avenue, and Mr. Roose velt stood during the" entire drive, lifting his hat and bowing in response to the cheers of the crowd. Four Secret Service men and plain clothes men walked on either <dde of the car riage. and mounted policemen sur rounded the carriage at a distance of a few yards. In an open carriage, im mediately following the President's, was Chief Wllkle of the Secret Ser vice;. There was a big crowd around tho gate at the entrance to the White Hduse grounds, and thev carriage was Btqpned a moment while tho President, with his hat in his hand, said: "Good night and good luck; and ttianfc von very much for the reception you have gli'&i me upon my homecoming." Mr. Roosevelt seemed to be deeply touched by tho demonstration, so unusual for* Washington. The carriage was then driven rapidly up the driveway to tb-i pit>rte cochere on the north side of the mansion, where the President and Mrs. Roosevelt entered the house. Strikebreakers busted. The New York subway strikebreak ers, Imported by Farley, having served their purpose, will now be discharged by the Interb6rough Company. The Interborougli has asked the Brooklyn ItApld Transit Company, for thirty competent motormeh, and the Farley aggregation will be disposed of as quietly and quickly as possible. A VMory For Arbitration. Arbitration Is the keynote of the Norway-Sweden dissolution treaty. Tested Eyes Before Fight. Surgeob-General s. Sutuki. of the Imperial Japanese Navy, addressing Xh* convention of military surgAms, at Detroit, Mich., told how the Japan ese surgeons before every engagement carefully inspected the eyes c? all gnu ners on thewarablps. * _ ? jk\ ~ ?< ? i LftW Upset. i CLUB CANAL WORKMEN Shipload %from Martinique r i*3lor De&'.h (o Panama's Terrors Mittl i>k Their IU0 M?-u Dutnre 'J'liey Will I'orlsli llvlorn Working I'utU-r DeHdly Condltloti*. Colon, Panama ? Six hundred and fifty laborers fr;>m Martini<|n<*. brought hero on the French steamship Ver sailles under contract to work on tin* canal, refused to disembark or to sub mit to, vaccination, which la imperative under the American nanitar.v regula tions. The men. clamored to be taken back to Martinique, asserting that they had been misinformed as to the conditions iter? before they embarked, and that later they learned these conditions were Intolerable and deadly. How ever, D(M) of them were with difficulty persuaded to land, and these were sent to points along the line of the canal. One hundred and fifty remained on aboard and declined to leave the ship sunder any consideration. * These men were forcibly ejected from the vessel by Panama and ('anal Zone policemen, but not until nearly every one of them hud been clubbed and several were bleeding from their wounds. The French Consul at Colon, M. I Jon henry, appealed to the men to listen to reason, explaining that they had left Martinique under contract with the canal zone emigration agent guar anteeing the payment of their passage hera ???<f V*-* working on the eanaT they would have In addition to their wages the guarantee of Iree quarters and free medical uttciulanec. The men, however, were nor amen able to this reasoning. Before noon, at the instance of M, Raven, the agent of the company, and *^f the French Consul, a squad of Pan aiuan police went 011 board the vessel and told the men that force would be used if they persisted in their refusal to disembark. Seeing that the police were armed with bayonets and guns, the men again bared their breasts and said they preferred death rather than betaken ashore. Tne laborers at 2 o'clock were In formed that they would be given two hours to reconsider their decision, and at 4 o'clock three of them consented to disembark, the others still holding out. Then the Panama police, armed with clubs, approached the laborers, and on their refusing to leave the ship began to club them right and left. The y.tme police, a few minutes inter, assisted iu the clubbing, but with better Judgment and less indiscriminately. About fifty of the laborers leaped into the sea, but all of them were able to swim. The captain,- however, lowered a boat, which picked them up. Ncnr?y every man had received blows and several of them were bleeding from ugly wounds. JJf Seeing that rcslctanco wn^useless, the men yielded, came ashore and be gan to eat the food which had been placed on the dock in sight of them for several hours. At 5 o'clock nil the la borers, who were in a pitiable condi tion, were placed on board a truin, which left for Corozal, where they will be put to work. MOTHER KILLS HER 7 CHILDREN She Then Wounds Herself Mortally and Sets Fire to Her Home. Cambridge, 111.? Neighbors of Will iam Markuin discovered that the Markum house was on fire. Hastening there to assist ^n subduing the flames, they saw the bodies of Mrs. Markum and her seven children lying Inside* the burning building, .covered with blood. They succeeded In pulling the bodies from the flames only to find them all horribly gushed. M\ were apparently d,ead, but signs of life were discovered iu the woman and she Was restored to consciousness. She at first said a strange man had killed the children and then set the house on fire. Later, just before she died, Mrs. k Markum confessed that she had killed the children with a hatchet and had attempted to kill herself with the same weapon, but falling, had set the house on fire. After her death a letter \i'as found addressed to her husband, telling him she was going to kill herself and the children; that she loved him and the children, but believed they would be better ofT and safer iu the arms of the IIBL1) FOR KIDNAPING FA KM Kit. Real Estate Dealer Accused of Crime to Gain $17,000. Kaukauna, Wis.? Wenzel K. Cavot. a real estate dealer of Green Baj*. was arraigned before Justice Sch win on a .?itfuarg-e of kidnaping M. M. McCarty. a prominent fanner of Kaukauna. who has been missing since September 14. Not being able to furnrfi a b'ond for $1200, Cavot was committed to Jail. - McCarty lived alone. His real es tate and personal property is valued at $17,000. When last Fceu be said he was going to Green Bay. After he had been missing about ?t week Cavot appeared on McCarty 'h farm with a bill of sale and began disposing of the fetock. The instrument is in McCar ty's handwriting and is slgped by him, but contains the names>qf^iio wit nesses. Proceedings against Csvot, were started by McCart^'s relatives. * Asphalt Trust Aided Rebels. Testimony was given during a suit in New York that the Asphal^ Trust sided rebellion in Venezuela. Witte Is Home a Hera. . Wltte, chief pwcMjvoy of the Cur, wss warmly welcomed home to Petersburg by officials sod pwpls - Lord then they were on earth. Boston to" New' Tork by Electricity. TO* New 'York, Now Hitcb and Hartford lUttrosds order fs* tweety. Wholesale Price* Quote! io New York Mil K. The M i'W Rxchani??> nrice for standard quality i* 2*; ??, per quart. IUJTTER. Creamery ? Western, extra .$ 20'4(<?$ 20% Firats , 10 (ft 20 State dairy tub.*, firsts..., IR'^tif lit Imitation creamery \lx/f(ft Factory, thirds to first*. . , , 15 (-i) 17% niRi:8K. State. full cream, {awry..,. 11 (fti Small ? (ft 1 1 *4 Part skini", good to prim?, 7',i(ft 51 Part skims, common. ,K7. ? - (<$ 0 Full skims. . 3',? roc*. Jersey --Fancy 28 0^ 3) State and l'enn '28 <ft ;V) WfitfWfegrChoice :... 21 0) 22 AM) PICAS. Hcatis ? Mflij^S|k choice. . . . ? ? (ft M 40 Medium, cluWe 2 22',i (ft 2 '25 Pea, choice 1 70 (<^1 75 Bed kidney, elioice...,., ,*$ 00 (ft' 3 05 NVllow eve. . . . ' ? (ft 2 00 B'ack turtle aoup ? Of- 70 I.ima, Cal .1 70 Of .1 75 mriTK A XI) It Kit It I ICft ? l*' IIP* II A pn!r*, Kin/, per bb! 2 25 (?i> H 25 (IreeoiiiK. per li'ol, ...... . 1 7"i 01 2 25 Peaches, in r ba*ki'l '20 <n' 7 I Pears, Kiefcr. tier hhl 1 00 (ft :i <;.) Hartlett, per hhl 2 71 (</ 5 (V) Seckle, per It!.! :i 50 7ft 5 on Plums, Kcr basket 13 (ft 3) ItUrapen, Cnfcf nrd. pev baskf t 0 . (ft 10 1 ) a wa rc^fci'.h-t xU c t 10 Of 13 Cranberries, pei^Vbl P> O'J (?. 7 CO i.ivkYoiji.tiiy, Fmv!*, -pnr lh . ? Of 13 Chickens, p^r <h 1 1 12 Hookers, per lh ? (ft Turkeys, per lh ? (ft 1.1 Ducks, per pair 40 (n> H?> (Jcesc, per pair 10) (#' 1 VI Pigeons, per pair...* ? <? '.'0 IIIIKSKI II I'OI) | Til V. Turkeys, per lh...# II (ft M Chickens. Phiia., per lh.... 20 <"\ '22 Fowls, pre !|> ~ 12 ('? II Spring duck-. per lh 13 (ny 17 Squabs, per down.... .... 1 25 (ft 3 .*)0 IIOPA. Slulc, Iflfll, choice 1?. (ft 10 Prime 1(1 (ft 17 Pacific Coast, 1001, choice.. 17 'V?i ]8 O'.d odds 'J {ft 10 IIA V AMI HI II AW IJav, prime. pee KK) lh TO 85 No. 1. per 100 lh 77 82'4j No. 2, per 130 lb \<r(ft 72 j Clover niixcd, per 100 lh. 02V 4'") 0-) Straw, long rye "JO (a) 7.5 vr.uKTAiu.Ka. * potatoes, L. J., per hhl.... I.7.*' (V 2 AflT .Terney, per bid 1 Ml (tf> 1 75 Sweeta, per basket. 40 (?4 7;1 Tomato?*, per hoSe 11 (a) ,r?0 I'-XH p'ant, per bid 7."> (?i> P0 Hqnasti, per hhl.; 40 (<i> 7) Pens, per basket f><i (?? 2 .*>0 Pepper*,, per hhl 50 (") H."? Lettuce, per dozen 2-? (</> 73 Cabbages, per 100 2 is) Of 4 DO String bertns, per basket.. ^10 1 Onions, I., red, per bag. 1 .W (ft 2 ftt) Conn., white, per hi)!.... 3 0>) (ft 3 rO Olery, per dozen bunches. 15 Cft 40 Carrots, per libl 1 00 (<i) 1 50 Beets, per 100 hunches 75 (if 1 00 Cucumbers, per hhl 2 00 (ft 4 00 Cucumber pickles, per 1000 . 2 00 Of 5 00 Lima beans, per bag 75 (ft I 50 Corn, ner 100. 50 (ft 1 2-5 Cauliflower, per bbl. 1 00 (ft 3 50 Okrrf, per basket 50 (a) 75 Pruesels sprouts, ner qt. .. . 0 (>i) J2 Pumpkins, per hhl 50 (ft 05 Spinach, per bbl.. 7i? (ft 1 00 Turnips, per bbl 6 J @ 85 GltAIK. u ro. Flour ? Winter patent* .... 4 25 (ft 4. 7"? Spring patents ^..'4 05 (ft 6 15 Wheat, No. 1 N. Pululli... ? (ft 92 No. 2 red 69 ? WJ?4 Corn, No. 2 white.,.. ..... ? (H>. Oat*. , mixed ,.??.... 32'^ 3''.4 Clipped white,. ........ 3 ~>Vi(a>. Lat'd, city ? @ 7', 4 I.I V K STOCK. Beeves, city dressed ^ Calves, city dressed 8 13'/i Country diTssed 7 (ft. 12 Sheej), per 100 lb 3 50 (ft 5 00 Lambs, per 100 lb 7 50 @ 8 oO Hogs, live, per 100 lb 4 90 (ft 6 00 GIJOWTII OK FOIttfNJN Tit A DR. In 8 Months Exports lncrcaso J? 1 1 o. 1 10.5(58 ami Imports $103,070,445. Washington, 1>. The exports of ? lip United States for the first eight months, of the calendar year exceeded those ol t lio sain? period last year by $115,149.5(18. the' total value reaching $000,353,025. The Imports fot tho tamo months, valued at $77^,315,800, show a comparative increase, of $103,070,445. The foreign trade of the United States for that period was therefore $218,228.. 013 great or than In the corresponding months of 1001, and the balance of trade in favor ot this country was $100,007,210, against $173,034,003, a gain of $12,073,123. TELI.S OF TREMENDOUS CHOPS. Secretary Wilson 8nys Corn Yield of Middle West is Best He Ever Knew. Washington, 1). ('.?lion. James Wil son, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, returned to Washington from a vjsit to the Middle West. He says the glowing reports of epormous crops have not been exaggerated. In tho Dakota* the small grain has sur passed in yield and quality the crops of the last six or seven years, and in these Stu'es and iX'ebraskn, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois the corn crop is the best lie has ever known. He says the entire crop i? beyond- tho danger of frosts. The Mercantile Situation. Dim's Review says: "Current trade shows n distinct gain In Comparison with the ?amc time last yeiir; crop re ports are reassuring, and evidences of continued activity^ are noted in almost ?very department of industry. Fall trade Is now well under way, espe cially encouraging results being achieved In dry goods, mWtaery. foot wear and ail ilnes of wearing apparel, while mercantile payments are unu sually prompt for the season." , ? Buyers Looking For Winter Goods. Jinslnees continues brisk In nil 4ot> blng eetJlbliahtnenta throughout" the Mow York market, and the demand for tall and winter good* le rapidly ac counting for m slsabtoaoaattty ?( mer cbaodlee. Healthy C?sAtioM of Trade. Weelo WASHINGTON. ^ / Secretary Bonaparte hits adt'Twcfl Hrookly nltcs tluu ho will not take up the imittoi' of tho sale of the frigate Constitution until Congress moot h, lie says the matter U one for Congress to Ueeitle. Secretary phaw declared thai tho remedy for tho non-elasticity In tho currency system ll?s In the authorisa tion of additional national hank elrcu* hit ton. Tho Chinese hoyeott^-at Shanghai at least. Iihr conic to an end, according fo a dispatch rooelvod at the State De partment from Consul-General Rod ger b. ! n Baron Kaneko, confidential u?cnt of the Emperor of .la pan, who h^s been suddenly recalled, expressed his be Ilcf that the rchitlons between his country and the United Slates will grow closer. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The Governor of Guam recommends the establishing of two lighthouses on ! the island. Commander G. I.. Dyer, Naval Gov ernor of Guam, in his annual report, siiyn tho natives are well pleased with the sovereignty of tho United States and that there Is no sentiment among them for independent government. The Philippine 'Government has de cided to discontinue the operation of tho seventeen coast guard ships and turn the lntor-lshind water traffic of tho Government over 'fo commercial lines of steamers. >?> ,\n I* an Juan, Porto Hico. liavo been opened. Sixty thousand children have born registered, a gain of since the A moi'lonn occupa tion. Tlitt Philippine Commission has 011 neteu a law prohibiting in the Prov ince of Cavite any 0110 to pell to Ally soldier of the United States Army, Fil ipino scouts excepted, or to any sailor or any enllMod man of the United States Navy? or marine corps. rnny of the so-called native wines or liquors, DOMESTIC. ?Tohn D. Rockefeller haft boosted tl?% prleo of oil In Chauute, Ivan., and PitTs burg. I11 Pittsburg all grades were raised, with one exception, from two to live cents a barrel. Professor L. Eddy, tho oldest teacher at the Kentucky State School for Deaf, Danville, Ky., dropped dead -while in the schoolroom. Professor Eddy was seventy-five years old. lie was noted as an astronomer.- \i BJshop Potter frowned on the at tempt of a clergyman in the Diocesan Convention, New York, to pafts a reso lution condemning those blamed for insurance scandals. #Four firemen were seriously hurt In a $200,000 blaze In Charleston, W. Va. Jainea B. M. Grosvenoi*, John U. Reinhard and Count Lulgl Cipriani died suddenly in New York City, and physicians said that their deaths were duo to the mad rush of city-lifer United States Senator John F. Dry den, president of the Pruder.aal ;Llfe Insurance Company, began a propa*. gaudtt for his bill placing life Insur ance In Federal control. . A11 organization to arrest and prose cute wife deserters was form: d on the east side of New York City, Emma Goldman, the Anarchist, opened a women's halrdresslug estab lishment on Broadway, New York City. John Hutchinson, Using near San dusky, Ohio, was plcklircup coal along" the Ilocklng Valley track when struclt and killed by a train. He was worth urnre than $70,000. The barber shops of Normal, III.-, an nounced their refusal to serve the ?ix Filipino students at the State Normal .University because their white custom ers threatened n boycott unless they placed a ban upon the Filipinos. After twenty-one hours' deliberation a jury found former Alderman James Mpl not guilty of accepting a $850 bribe in the notorious water dei^Mrit Grand Rapids, Mich. , The North Carolina Pine Association lias advanced the prices of all grades of lumber, the advance averaging about seventy-five cents per 1000 feet. foreign; Tiie withdrawn I of General Gomez, (lie Liberal candidate for President, clarifies the political situation in Culm. President Paltuti wltt tiow be re-clectcd without organized opposition. ' The Council of Professors at St. Petersburg, ?Russia, has voted In favor of the unrestricted admission of the Jews to the University courses, and has recommended the admission, of nil candidates for matriculation. 7 ' Dautzig, Germany, is to be gradually transformed Into a great naval base by the Kaiser's officers, says a dispatch from Berlin. This follows tils advice of expert^ who declare Dantzig to be of greater importance than Kiel. A cyclone struck Malmesbury, Cape Colony, a town of 6000 inhabitants, sit? uated t|ilrty-five miles from Cape Town, and reduced it to ruins. A num ber of persons were killed. Tbe London (Kng.) l)ally Telegraph's Tokio correspondent says that the British Far Eastern squadron will as semble in Tokio Bay early in October, after the- ratification of tho Itusso-Jap anese treaty, and that tbe Japanese^ fleet will also assemble at the same place. . . - - . ? .. Finnish farmers and fishermen fur fw^ve thousand spectators at * ball* fight at Nines, Franc*, broke up the chairs, other seats and the boxes audi set Are to the barriers earroandlD* the are ??. because the matadors _rg to MR awtlwr hot! aa am encore they had de^atcked fire. . y xrm<' 9JsmnHBr His 11 mra m President Roosevelt Not I ekfTfflliv-2 ? View of Tanger From Fever IS NOT AIR A I D OF NEW ORLEANS OfHci?.! Announcement ia luiuiu Thai the Oresont City WU1 Be Made Final Stop on Southern Trip, Pres- ? ident Taking a Cruiser For Return In Order Not to Violate Quaran tines. Washington, Special. ? The very in teresting information wan obtained from Senators who called ut the White* lloilfo that the President has not changed his views With roforenea- --- to railway rate legislation. They found, indeed, that it was the subject uppermost iu his utind, and, in the i;S language of one of tlieno Senators, ? ? "The l'resUeut'u backbone* is just as C still' as it over was." Senator Koraker, of Ohio; Senator llemenway, of Indiana, and Senntor ^ Burkett, of Nebraska, were three Salesmen uhomihe President led int? ? conversation ab/nit rales almost oh soon as they red his private of liee, alt hough* 'they had not called to 7? talj> about this question. There is no doubt that the President stands by the recommendation ho made to the last Congress. It was also mudo clear , that there would be no extra session of the Fifty- Ninth- Congress next month. Senator Market t, in speaking of his ? visit to the While House, said: "I discussed rate legislation with the President and I foujjd . him . as deter- . mined as ever. Although there will bo no special session, dlio President will take up railroad matters as soon' as Congress convenes, and will give * a great deal of attention to it through out the session." Secretary 'Shaw Speak;, in Richmond* . Richmond, Va., Special. ? I^atie WL Shaw, secretary of tj*e treasury, Mon* ; ^ day night luldresseu ft large Repubii can gathering at tho Academy of Music. Judge L. L. Lewis,. Republican nom* ' inee for Governor, presided at . t&e meeting. Mr. Shaw was preceded by Congressman Yost, who made a strong ^ .appeal for purity of ' elections and for x the choice as governor of Judge Lewis. Secretary Shaw said in part,:. "You must bear in mind there was never a tariff -law-^onwe-ted- that ? perfecf on. that anyone claimed it wa*. ? perfect. No two .-Congresses w< ever enact the sanie iff law is no aggregation of: com mise. AH the Republican party < claims for any tariff law is that principle - is perfeetr -The be too j}|gh here and too low tl but protection will be found in very feature^ ' ' The Opposition party n?yer claims that their tariff measures^ are per fect. They only claim "that the prig* eiple of free trade, of which thfey -.pt+r fess to construct their tariff laws, ia\ tho coiTect principle. They claim" eliminate every element of protect fi'om all th?ir tariff laws, rs Kuglj eliminates protection fi ?> h'cr i laws. England provider n tariff the sole purpose of revcnr.e,rimtjF. Democratic party pro.f't>s lo~du the same. They have openly and repeat- ; edly Vb'inMftvRVd' a s" ? robbery ? they^""*4" striko at tho principle. "While the Republican party. nev er claimed foOanv tariff, law that . it was perfect, and never promisesto ? enact a perfect tariff law, it does elaim that all its tariff laws are build ed on the principle of protection- It ;'vj has never sacrificed one industry for the sake of building up another, and ~ never will." ' , Bat Fetf Cases Of Smxllpox. " . Nashville, Special.? Reports from county health boards sent in response to the request of the state board,, of . . health, show that there tiavd ti?n fewer cases of small>po* in the StatOi^ for past six months than for many . yearn previous during the san^e periooT It is also shown that the cases which ; have appeared wero of tlio same mild type -as- formerly appearing. ? ?*' ,L i - - - r i " * ? Auto Lin* For K?ymi ? ? Nashville, Tenn;, Special. ? The |Jn ejin, ion ? Transportation- ( orapany been orgatiixed .. 'by the 7 negroes Nashville and will put in five automobiles for the pit transporting negro passengers jcjous part* of this city. - Somo. the leading negfoes of N interested in the ventu to havo ample capital. Rrir tbe '-'Jim Grew" street eaar-^y^w