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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. A GAY DECEIVER. f hd La*t Escapado of Captain A. N- Freeland", MARRIED A YOUNO GIRL U ntl or an Assumed Nano- New Btlrg Hunted by Dafcctivciv, Having Decamped With Brido'8 J cw ai ry. Alottorfroin Sumter toThoStato, dated D?o. 3, says: Out ou tho -nido AtlauUo, several mouth? ago, a man and woman mot. Tho woman wan young, protty and attraotivo, tho idol of her millionaire father's bosrt. Tho man was a danhing, captivating follow with tho mannors of a oavalien Tho so quoi of tho mooting io a biokon heart ed fathor, a young woman's blightod lifo, and a wrookod homo. Tho villian n tho H tory wan a ouootimo rosidont of this oity and tho propio of Sumtor have an intcroat in tim story booauao of this faot. Ho io Capt. A. N. Freeland, who for inauy years waa a ti usted and rospoot cd employo of tho Atlantio Coast Lino, with whioh .oorpoiatiou ho hold a posi tion for 20 or moro yoars. During tho last eight or ton years of hin railroad lifo ho filled tho position of road master and hadoh&r&o of tho F?oronooColurri bia division, ono of tho mobt important on tho sysloin. Ho was summarily dismissed from thia position and au explanation waa never mado as to tho o a us a for his ro moval, but at tho timo rumora were ou?ront that ho was downed bcotuso of mun orr. 1 oonduot. Capt. Vreeland remained in thin oity whioh ho had m*do his homo for to ninny years and with whioh ho had bo oomo idontitiod by huninco and aooial ties, ho having married hero ard aoquir od oonaidorablo property. At thia niuo ho waa looked upon nu a fair, honest man and WAS rcspcotcd in tho business world. Ho hold a prominent plaoo in tho Mnfionio longo and other fraternal Booiotioa. Shortly aftor this disohargo by tho railroad oompauy ho cngagou in buai noBS, ?rat aa a mom ber of tho firm ol' Freeland & lloran, dealers in ohinaand glassware, and Bubsequtmlly wooamo r, menu er ot'tho linn of tho JDuoktr & Jiu lt mun oompany, of wbioh ho wau fur a time tho prosidont. lt was nt this timo that tho oyos of tho oommunity wiro fitat oponod to tho real character of tho man, although for sevarg years thora wore rumor/ atljnt that ho was not straight in his buniuoea dealing" It waa whilo pr jsidont of tho JDuokor & . (?ii'trano /lom party that'.fce - borrow? d au tho ihonoy that ho oouid indiioe ino banks to advanoo on t>uoh oollaterAl us ho could offer and tho ondoxsunonts of friends, and left tho oity, doaorcing his wifo and family, leaving thom, it was reported nt tho time, ill provided for. For a year or moro atior thia no ono in Sumtor knew anything about his movomonts, although diligontj efforts woro mado hy thoao who had suffered finanoisl loss thiough him, to tooftte him. Ho was roporiod to havo huon soon in neighboring Statos ou r?verai occasions, but all olforts to lind him' wore futiio. Ho voluntarily oponod communication with thoao who had had to pay his dishonored notes, ?nd in a ?hort timo returned to tho Olly and mado settlements of suoh olaims as could have boen oolltoted by legal pro ooBB-the othors wont unpaid. Ho was arrostod at tho instan co of ono par. y with whom ho refused to Bottle', but tho ovideuoo was not &trong onough to eonviot and tho cfcso wua dropped. .Agt;in ho left Sumtor and was gono for somo months, returning only to at tend tho funeral of his wifo, who died suddenly. Ho spout a fow woeks hero, and whon ho left took all tho money ho ?could obtain by any moans from his onildror,-monoy in sorno jnatanoco that had boon camed by hard woik. From that timo until tho arrival ol tho .Now York detooiivo nothing was known of his ffhoroabouta and no ono oarod Tho dotoetivo visited this oity toiu voBtigato tho past lifo of A. JN. Freo iand, and it is from him that is loamed tho story of tho man sir OJ holasthft Sumtor. Whon hero ho was suftoiing from rheumatism, whioh bad iran&iomiod him from a robust epcoiinen o? mnuhooii into a prematurely broken ond ia lirra man. Ho wont to Hot Spring? lor treat .mont? but it did htm no good. From : thoro ho visited Kuropo, , whore at ono "of tho Goiman spas ho wes cured, and tho rhcumatio's om.it.? wero broken, >and his health fully restored. Ho bo .oamo again a young man for his >car?. Ho viBitod tho Glasgow exposition ?md hfttr taking ii. that show ho tock passage i or America, lt wau on this trip that ho and tho young woman whom ho betrayed brat mot. Ho had now ohauged hm namo to Foster. Tho young lady's father was aboard, and be fore maty dajs ho had ingratiated hiui ooli imo the favor ol tho old gentlemitu. Tho daughter was next introduced, and it wno tho old story, "lovo at first sight." Fe H ter, alias Frooland, olaimod to bo a wealthy man, owning txvonsivo min ing ladds in Moxioo. Tho young wo? man was infatuated and before tho Am erioan bhoro was touohod, ito young woman h?d promistd to marry him. . Hor lather committed to tho imuiodi ato mtiiriape, au Frooland claimed that hio loavo of absenoo wculo. soon expiro and ho would have to return to Moxioo to look after a largo deal in mining etooko. Upon ronohing Now Yoik cards woro ?sued ?nd tho ni *i ringo ?obmnizod Very shortly. Tho bridal trip w . > tak en, and it wes whilo tho htnoj-moon was boing spout that tho blotters of tho brido broko into Freolaid'a trunk, and finding thero lotte rn aid photo graphs, loarnod tho truth. Thoy oon fionted tho villain and ho attempted.to defend himself, but only in ord?r to got timo onongh to osonpo. Ho h fr, his ibrido and his now routions without ipaoking his baggage But ho took all 'jtt his wifo's money . ?-nd jowoiry ho "<oould lay hjta Laads ou, Hotcolives wore thon employed to in vestigate Freeland's career, and that is how wo oamo by tho story. Freeland hn.i hoon looatcd and in duo timo will bo dealt with according to tho NO LOV? FEA?T. Our Senators Glare at Each Other In Washington. Tho Washington Post in its pioturos of tho Un i toil Sttst CB rennt om on thc oponing day of oongross cont tuned tho following: "Thcro woro two son atora who did not fi h aro largoI y in tho geno* al ox ohango of folioilations. On tho Repub lican sido, Sonator Wollington of Mary* land wandorod around in loneliness, de wont into tho cloakroom and thon oamo out again; ho oat down athis dook and thon walkod out by himsoif. Occasionally ho Rhook hands with somo ono, but gonorally ho was grcotod only with a ned. Gu tho Democratic eido Sonator MoLnurin of South Carolina, who has ospousod noarly all tho ito publican doetrinos, sat in solitude, his hands folded and hin oyo? turned up ward toward tho occupante of tho gal l?nos." AnothoY Washington paper Bald: "Sonator Lodgo, hands in trousors pcokots and elimmor then of yore, oamo in with tho bald hoaded Baoon, frosh from tho Philippiuoo and loadod with information. "Sonator Tillman, as forooioua as ever, glarod at his oolloaguo, MoLauriu, an ho took hi? seat. Whou the Mo Lauriu roBolution was objootod to, Mr. Ti ll mau grinned with delight, whilo Mr. Mclaurin aoowiod." If'AOK TO FA OK. Tho Wtl6hinf,ton correspondent of tho Now York Sun says President Roosevelt oponod tim South Carolina lntoroHtato and Wost Indian oxposi?on by proooing an olootio button in tho Whito HOUBO. Tho ooromony took plaoo in tho no-oallod war room, or tolograph effie), in tho presonoo of Senators MoLaurin and Tillman, Ro v e. >-nt i'.tivi.n Kliiott of tho Obarloston distiiot, and several others. Immedia tely alter touching tho telegraph koy, whioh set tho exposition inaohinory in motton, tho president nont a moaaago of congratulation to tho pro&idont of tho lair. Then, turning to tho sena tors, ho said: ,41 most oarnostly -wish tho groalcBt possibio luck for tho exposition." Then thoro was somo inlornul con versation. "There is moro history around Char leston than any. other plaoo in tho United States," remarked Senator Till man, "iiouth Carolina is long on m?k jug history hut rather ohori ?? i??it ingit." "Still, you aro not at all slow in quot ing it," roplicd tho profcidont. "Oh, no, wo koop our windbags in pretty good oidor," enid Mr. Tillman. Sunt.tor MoLauriu nu,(lo no romiaka. TILLMAN TICK 1 .Kl). Washington dispatoh to Philadelphia Lzdsor: Sonator MoLauriu of South C?rJ??t a nak?d l?avo to" sond to tlio desk a resolution for "which ho askod immediate consideration, It was a rofl olution providing for tho freo ontry of articleB iutondod for exhibition in tho Charleston exposition and tho transfer of exhibits now at Buffalo to Charles ton. Tho derk started to road, whon Senator Hoar arono and objootod. Ho said it was parliamentary otiquotto, at leant, in tho aonate, to forbear to trans act any buoinoss whatever until op portunity had boon given for tho proai dout's moBsago to bo received and read, and he should objoot not only to tho rcbolution of the sonntor from South Carolina, but to tho consideration of any buoinoss until aftor tho message had been read. MoLaurin bit his lip and Hushed nt tho rebuke. Ron Tillman put his hand to his faoo to bido tho broad smile that diffused itsolf over his expansivo oountonanoo, and for 15 min utes hoohuckled and suiokorodln poor ly suppressed delight at tho du.oom faure of his errant oolloaguo. Dy this timo tho oponmg BOBS?OU of the renato in tho itfty-Bovouth oongross was 20 minutes old. Thoro being no tnoio buoinoss, a ve OOHS was taken for half an hour. PEING WATOWKI). Tho Savannah Nows says tho country will koop its oyo on tho aonatora from South Carolina. It is an opon soorot time sonator Tillman has boon taking a daily draught of vitriol and eating a quarter of a pound of sulphur for dos Bert with each dinner for tho last sev eral months, in anticipation of tho time whon ho would bo ablo to . faoo Mo Lauriu on tho floor of tho upper ho uso. And thc juMov senator during tho samo timo, has boon loading himoolf wuh guncotton and ooinproosod air in pioparaiion for tho santo occasion. At thc first opiiuriui.ity there aro going io to somo lively exohaugts botwoon tho gentlemen from bouth Carolina, CJOT IT I'ABSKD, A dispatoh irom Washington Bays Sonator Tillman Wednesday se ou red tho pustago of a ronolulicn dircoting tho sooroiary of tho trtamry to report as to tho cxponeo of titmsiomng the government exhibit at L'ui?alo to tho Charleston exposition. Confessed Fivo Murders. Thomas J. Hampton, oolorod, who committed a ?oublo murder at Fort Whito, Kia., nino years ago, was bong ed hero Friday for tho on mo. Tho doomed mao ediowod tho most romatk ablo nervo and smoked a cigar to tho vmy moment, tho blaok oap was adjuot od. In his statomont ju it before tho exoution ho oonfossed to Uve minders, ono of a oonduotoron a train in Loxiug ton county, South Uarolina, in 1887, a homioido that has for tho last ld years boen a myotory. Other murdora woro committed in Goorgia. Ho was woik ing in a turpentine oacep whon tho Fort Whito orimo was committed. Ho os oaptd and was only rooontly rooaptur od._ Now Treasury dork. State Troasurer ?T?nnings haa aa non need tho appointment of Mr. J. Fnllor Lyon of Abbovillo, formorly probate judgo for that e jun ly, to ono of tho olerioal positions in the State troasury. ?< Tho appointment booomos effuotive on Jan. 1, and Mr. Lyon suo ooeds Mr. 'A mmermfto, who goes into other business. Mr. Lyon is now hore ncquainting/himaelf with tho duties of his position. Both tho treasurer-and. Mr. Lyon aro one-armed Confederate votorana ?nd thoy lost thoir limbs on tho samo day ; thoy have solved togotho: on a Methodist oonforonoo committee fer many yoaw^-Tho Stato, THE MESSAGE Of Prosldtnt Thucdor? Rooaevilt to Oongreis. ? AN INTERESTING DOOUMENT ? Rai? rs to Questions of th? Dey and Gives His Ideas as to Romadice For Oorrect ?r>g Evils* Tho pr?sidont iu his annual mossago to congress saya: Tho oongross aasombloB thia yoar un dor tho shadow of k groat oalaniiiy. On tho Oih of Boptombor Proaidont Mo Kinley waa shot by an anarohist whilo attonding tho Pan-Amorioan oxposi* lion at Buffalo and diod in that oity on tho 1-lih of that month, Of tho last aovon olootod prosidonts ho is tho third who haa bi on murdorod, and tho biro rooital of thia faot is auf?oiont to justify gravo alarm among all loyal Ainorioan ottizons. Moroovor, tho oiroumotauoos of this, tho third aa* oaaaination of an Amorioan PK. ni do nt, havo n peculiarly ainiator signifioanoo. | Both Proaidont Linooln and Prosidont Oaifiold woro killed by assassins of typos unfortunately not unoommon in history. Proaidont Linooln tailing a viotim to tho torriblo pas&iono r.rouood by four yearn of oivil war ?nd Presi dont Garfield to tho rovoogoful vanity of a disappointed oflioo Bookor. Prosi dont MoKiuloy waa killed by an utter ly depravod oriminal bolonging to that body of oirmin'ala who objoot to all govornnunis, good and bad aliko, who aro against any form of popular lib orty if it is guarantood by ovon tho moat jutland liboral laws and'who ure aa hoiitiio to tho upright oxponont of a froo pooplo'a sober will RS to tho tyran nical and irresponsible deapot. ANARCHY AND ANARCHISTS, Tho proaidont oontinuos with a eulogy ot Mr. McKinley, thon turns to tho bub j oct of anaxohy, denouncing ita dooli i .Xus and prcaohori, Homys; icarnoatly rcoommond to tho oongross that in tho exorcise of its wiso discr? tion it ohould tn ko into oonnidoration tho oomiug to thin country of anarch ists or persona protoseing principles ho s tilo to all government and Justify ing thc murder of tboto placed in au thority. buch individuals aa thoso who not long ago gathored in opon mooting to glorify the murder of King Hum bert of italy porpotrato a ornoo, and tho law ohould insure thoir rigorous punishment. Thoy .and thoso liko thom should bo kept otu of this oouatty, and if found here thoy .should bo promptly doportod to the oountry whonoo t y came;?and-farrcp.ohiwjB p^sl??T ?bculd bomf.de for tho punishment of thor-o who stay. No mattor oalls more urgout ly for uio wisest thought of tho oon groas. A 8UMJE0T l'Oit FEDERAL COURTS. Tho federal court? should bo &ivon juridiction over any man who kills or attompts to kill tho proiidont or aoy man who by tho constitution or by law is in lino of suoooasion for tho proaidonoy, whilo tho punishment for an unauoccasful attompt should bo pro portion to tho onormity of tho offonso against our institutions. Anarchy is a orimo against tho wholo human raoo, and all mankind should band against tho anarohist. His orimo should bo made aa olfonso against tho law of nations, liko piraov and bliab form of man mottling known as tho slave trado. Tho prosidont noxt oonsidors bum noun condition? whioh ho tindo highly satisfactory. Ho oonbiuuoa: The tremendous and highly complex industrial development which wont on with ever aoooloratod rapidity during tho lattor half of tho ninotoonth cen tury brings us faoo to faoo at tho be ginning of tho twontioth with vory Borious sooial probloms. Tho old laws and tho old o uti tomo whioh had almost tho binding foroo of law woro1 onoo quito sofiioiont to rogulato tho accumu lation and distribution of woalth. Sinoo tho induatrial chango? whioh have BO onormoualy inoreaBod tho productivo powor of mankind thoy aro no longor sufficient. TRADE COMBINATIONS. Tho growth of oities has gono on be yond comparison fautor than tho growth of tho oountry, and tho up building of tho groat industrial conter? has mount a startling inoreaao nob morely in tho nggroato of woalth, but in tho number very largo individual and especially of very largo corporate lort uno? Tho creaci?n of these groat, oorporate fortunes has not been uno to tho tariff nor to any othor govern mental aouon, bub to natural oausos in tho bufeiuoss world, operating in other countries as thoy operate in our own. Tho p;oo?as has nroutod much an tagonistic, a groat part of which is wiio/ly without warrant, lt is not true that an tho rioh have grown richor tho poor havo grown poorer.. On tho oou iraiy, ni,vor botero has tho Average man, ibo wagoworkor, tito larmer, tho small lu.uor, boon BO well off as in this oountry and ab tho pro?out time. There havo buen abuaos aonnootod with tho aooumlation of woalth, yob it remains mu tnat a fortuno aooutnuiaiod in logitimato bu?inoaa oan bo aooumulab ea by the person speoially bom fited only on condition of contorting ?ni monao incidental benefits upojvothoia. HuoocBftf ul ontorprino of tho typo whioh benefits ail mankind oan only oxht if tho oonditionaaro suoh aa to offer groat pi i/.on as the ro wards of suoocss. REASON? FOBUAUTION. Tho prosidont adda that thoro aro many roaions for caution in dealing with corporation;). Ho nay?; Tho samo bubinoes condition? which havo produood tho groat aggregations of corporate and individual wealth havo mado thom vory potent f. o torn in in toruational oommoroial oompotition. Moreover, it otnhot too often bo pointod out that to strike with ignorant violenoo at tho in<0rosts of ono sot of mon almost inevitably ondangcrs the inte ron tn of all. Tho fundamental rulo in our national lifo--tim rnlowhloh un derlies ali others-hi that, on tho v/holo and in tho long run, wo shall go up or down tpgothor. i Tho moohaninm of modorn busino?s ll ii flo dolionto that oxtromo earo mua bo Ukou nott to in tu-foi-o with it in a F pint of rashness or ignoranoo. In dealing with butmiomi interests, for tho govpmmonb to undortako by crudo and ill considered legislation to do what may turu out to bo bad, would bo to in ou?- ibo rink of auoh ferroaohing nation al dirmator.fcimt it would bo pvoforablo to undortako nothing at all. Ibo mon who do m Mid tho im po? Bibi o or tho'un doairablo sorvo aa tho allioa of tho forooB with whioh thoy oro nominally at war, for they hampor thoso who would ondoavor to lind out in rational fashion what tho Wrongs rosily aro and to what extent and in what marmor it is practicable to apply romcdioe. i HOW TO CORRECTTUE KVILB, All thin is tiuo, and yot it ifl also true that thcro sro real and gravo evils, ono of tho ohiof being ovoroapitaligv ? lion boaauBO of ita many baleful oon aequonoofl, and a rocoluto end praotieal effort must bo itiado to corroot thoeo evil?. It ?B no limitation upon pvc p ir ty rights or freedom of contract to roquiro that whon mon re?oive from government the privilogo of doing bu ni nomi .under oorporate form, which frooa them from individual re? p inability, and ooablos thom to oftll inco thoir enterpriaoB tho oapital of th? publie, thoy snail do oo upon absolutely truthful roprraenla tiona na to tho voluo of the property in Whioh tho oppltal ia to bo invested. Uorporationa engaged in intorstato oom nioroo nhould ho rogulnted ir thoy nro found to oxc-roieo a Hot uno working to tho publio ir j ury. It should bo aa much tho aim of thoso who nook for 000101 betterment to rid tho buainosa world cf orimos of ounning as to rid tho .entire body politic of erimoB of violo'.oe. Groat corporations cxiut only boocuae thoy are eroated and aafoguardod. by our inutitutiouB, and it ia therefore our duty to soo that thoy work in harmony with thoso institutions. PUBLICITY TUE FIRST ESSENTIAL. Tho first essential in determining how to deal with tho groat industrial combinations is kno* lodge of tho fsots^ - Publicity. In tho interoot of tho pub lio tho government should have tho right to iuapeut Und exiwino the work ing of the great corporations ongafcod in interatato business, Publiolty ?B tho only ouro remedy whioh wo ean no,? invoke What further romodieo aro nooded ia tho way of govornmontal regulation or texuion oau only be do torminod after publicity has boon ob tainod by preoeos of law ?nd in tho oourso of administration. Tho ?lrat .equiaito is knowledge, full and com pleto-knowledge which may be ssad? pubiio to tho world. Artificial bodios, suoh an corporations and Joint stook or oihor asa??intioaa, dopondiog upon any statutory law for;, thoir oziatenoe or privil?ges shoutbVbe subjoet to proper governmental super'; vision, and full and accurate informa tion ss to thoir operations should yb$/ nando publio regularly at ronsonab?o r Tho largo corporations, ooxtiAo?riy : oallod trusts, though organized in ono atato, alwaye do business in many states, ofton doing very little buwn?ss in tho Btctto whoro they aro incorpora* tod. Thore io utter lack of uniformity in tho stato lawB about them, and, as no atate has any txolusivo interest in or powor over thoir acts, it has in prae*. tico proved impoasiblo to got adequate regulation through stato posion, There fore, in tho intorost of tho whole poo ?tlo, tho nation should, without intor ering with tho power of tho statoB in tho mattor itself, also assume powor of supervision and regulation over all cor porations doing an intorstato business. AMEND CONSTITUTION IF NECESSARY. When tho constitution wan adopted, at tho ond of tho eighteenth century, no human wisdom could ioiotoll tho swooping ohnnges, aliko in industrial and political conditions, wbioh woro to tako plaoo hy tho boginning of tho twontioth oentury. At that timo it von. aoooptod as a matter of oourso that tho aevoral statea wore the propor au thorities to regulato, BO far aa waa then neoosaary, tho comparatively insignifi cant and siriotly looaliiod oorporato bodkin of tho day. The oonditiona aro now wholly different, and wholly differ ent notion io oallod for. I I bolicvo that a lav oan be frnmod whioh will onablo tho national govorn mont to oxoroiso control along the linos j abovoindioatod, prod ting by tho expo vi i onoo gained through tho pasaago and administration of tho interstate oom moree aot. If, howovor, tho judgment of tho oongroaa ia that it laoks tho con stitutional power to pass suoh an' aot. thon a constitutional nmondmont should bo submitted to oonfor tho powor. Thcio should bo eroated a cabinet of ftoor, to bo known as ncorotavy of oom morco and induelrios, as provided io tho bill iutroduoul at tho last aoasiou of too oougroas, It ahouid bo hie provioo to deal with oommoreo in ite brotdost sonso, inoluding among man\ other things whatovor oonoorns laboi and all mattoro afl?oiing tho great busi nets oorporationa and our morohanl maiino. LABOR, Tho proeidonb dcolaros that ho vo gards it cooossnry to ro-onaot tho CJJu neau exoiuaion law. In rogard to labo: ho aa>s that the ??ovcrnmont s\oul< provide in its oomruois that all v'orl should bo dono under "fair" oondidoni and that all night wc k should bo for bidden for women and ohildron as wei as oxoesoiyo overtime. Ho oontiouos Vory groat good has boon ?nd will h accomplished by assooiations or union of wageworkors when managed wit! forethought and whoa thoy combine iu siatonoo upon , thoir own rights witl law abiding respoot for tho rights o othor/n The' display of thoso qunlitie in emoh, bodios is a duty to tho natioi no loss than to tho associations them solvos. Finally, there must also ii many oasos bo notion by the govern mont in order to safeguard tho ritfht and interests of all. U.idov our oonati t u lion thoro is umoh moro acopo tc ?uoh aotion by tho nation. But o oiuts such as thoso touohod on. abov bo national government ??n aot. j Ho asserts that tho immigration law aro unantitilpotory and tbntalawshoul bo onaotod to koop out not only nnai ohists, but persona of a low moral ton donoy or ol unaavory reputation an thooo who aro b?lqw a comin etandar of oconbmio fitnosB to onfcor Our indui trial field au oompotitoru with Amer can labor. 1 TUB TAiumr Anio moiritooiTY. Tho prosidont dooUro* that nothin could bo moro unv? Iso than to dis tut tho buainoaa intoroeta of tho oountry b any gduo?M inuit ohango at this timo. Ho a d'il LI i Yoe it is not only possiblo, but omi* 'noutly.desirable, to combino with tho stability of our ooonomio syatom a sup plomrtotary syatom of reciprocal bono fl*) atti obligation with othor nations. S?oh ropiprooity is an incident and ro sult ot tho firm cstab?isbinoutand pres ervation of our prosont coonomio poli oy. jt was opooially provided for in tho present traill law. Keolprooity must bo troatod an tho handmaiden of protection. Our first duty in to soo that tho protcotioa grant od by[tho tatii? in ovory OSBO whore it is noejlod is maintained, and that rooi prooity. bo sought for so far aa it oan flafolyTbo dono without itjury to our homo-industrios, ifttdt how far this is mur,fc ho dotormiw. according tc tho individual oaso, romombering always th vt ovory application of ourtariif poli oy tolmo?t our shifting national moods must^bo oonditionod upon tho o&rdinal i'a?t that tim dutios must novor ho re duced below tho point that will oovor tho dift'tu'onoo botwoon tho labor cost hero >/>nd abroad. Tho woll boing of tho tfftgeworkors is a primo oontidcra tion of our on tiro policy ot ooonomio legislation. NKKD FOR WIDER MARKET? BuHjoo? to this proviso o? Ibo proper protuotioa ncooosary to our industrial well being at homo, tho prinoiplo of ro oiprohity must oommand our hearty 6upp|f3!t. Tho phonomooal growth o^ our t-sport trado cmphasizos tho uvgoo-' oy oy fcho notd for wider markets aud foe ri liberal policy in doaling willi for oigo pitUono. Wu?te vor io merely pot ty t>ii.4??vox?tiou!i in tho way of trado rentvioVioufi should bo avoidod. Tho ou8tvv.Vo'r? to whom wo dispose of our aur#t|rr} product a in tho long run, di rooflyjOr indirectly, purchase thone sur plu!'(iif.oduot? hy giving xx* somothing io Their ability to purchase our otiuots.ohould as far ai possible bo &? .i?ifcd'by no arranging our tariff as to oi'rtbl? ua to take from thom thoa? prp'(Vu)qiVs.-.whioh wo can- UGO without kx. u) pur.own iuduatiieaaod labor or tho ?"so. tf whioh will bo of marked ben-, l>;>'o vi i. . li i'd most important that Y?O should mai. ..?iu .i ho high lovol of our proBont p?Oi? i/oHtyi'';? Wo havo now r'oaohod tho poi^.?jn tho dovolopmont of our inlor (;ntiv)vh^to wo not only ablento supply o?r-.v;$$$ty)fptBt but to produco a oou sUv; \ ,f {?i'?ivirig turpins for which wo iou.;:,iVavi^;rkotH abroad. To scouro tho^.'^'me^'.cda wo oan utilize cxiiting dub; i fwy. 0*90 whoro thoy no longer ftOo/i?d W. ^ I'urpouo of proteotion, v?r^:-:vVi;yi,v?V.(J where ?ho m\?\a ia not prc'dhv?d her?, rind tho duty is no longer nectary iyr;.Yovonuo, aa giving us 'apr - u . to; ' of?or iu oxohango for tf Uk, ';Tko cordial rotations wis ..y.{iti^.?|ia?8'whioh aro so doaira. bio yiO nitUYAlly' bo promoted by thc lO'o??M^.t-htt? w^u?rod by our otvn inter . ' '\r>Wtttl Hm)i-of dovolopmont for a foy$) with .mose of our pruituouom wbioh no Aongei requiro ?ll of tho sup port OIWJO Hooded to oitablish thom upon a f;ound bonis and with those otb or? whe.ro either booauio of natural or oj onoun/ 'v oriuBOS wo aw boyond thi xc? oi flueoosaful oompotition. > ? ftksk tho attention of tho nonato t< the Jt?oiprooity troatioa laid boforo it b: ?n^yjpir?uoooaaor. . J THE -MERCHANT MARINE. 'J;ho condition of tho American mor chant marino is auoh as to oall foi im im..tiinto remedial action by tho con gross. It is diBoroditablo to us as a na t?o?, that otir merchant marino shout bo utterly insignificant in oompariso to that of othor nations whiph?wo ovoi toji in othor form? of b?oino9S. W should not longor submit to oondition undor whioh only a trifling portion c oup gre'Ai ccmmoioo ie oarriod in ou own ships. To remedy this stato o tilinga would not morely servo to huit up onr shipping intorosts, but it woul also result in bonofit to all who aro it terosted in tho pormanont ostablisl mont of a wider markot for Amorioa products and would pr?vido an auxil nry torco for tho navy. Ships work f< tLoir own countries just au railroac work for their terminal points. Shi] pinga lines, if established to tho pr ino pal oouuirios with whioh wo hat doaliuga, would bo of political as wo aa oommoroial boncllt. From ovoi standpoint it is unwiso for the Unite Stat os to continuo to roly upon ti ships of oompooing nations for tho di tribution of our goods. It should I rando advantageous to carry Amener goods in Amorioan built ships. At present Ainorio.in shipping is u dor oortain groat disadvantages wh< put in oompotition with tho shippii of foreign oouritios. Many of tho fa foroign steamships, at a spood of fou toon knots or apovo, aro subsidize and alt our ships, sailing vessels ai stoamors aliko, cargo oairios of slo spcod and mail oarrus of high s po o have to moot tho faot that tho origin oost of building Amotinan ships groator than is tho onuo abroad ; that tl wages paid Amorioan officers and so men aro vory much highor than tho paid tho officers and eoamon of forei, competing oountiios, and that t standard of living oa our ships is i superior to tho standard of living tho ships of our commercial rivals. 0 govornmont should tako such notion sf ill io me dy t lioso inequalities. T Amorioan morohant marino should Koatorod to tho oooan. Vi NA NU! Ai,, Thopasflago of "tho act establish! Solo as tho standard monoy baa, it ooiarod, boon shown to bo ti moly a judicious. Tho provident adds: ' .lu many respoots tho national bai lug law furninhon sufficient li bort y tho propor exoroiso of the banki funotion, but thoro aoemo to bo no of better safeguards against tho > ranging influonoo of oommoroial erl and ll tumbi ni panics. Moreover, t ouironoy of tho ocuntry should mado responsivo to tho demands of < domostio trado and oommotoo. Keonomy in expenditures is urg Amendment of the iutorstatooomme aot is advised to insure tho oardi provisions of that aot. The work < ried on by tho dopattmont of ajrh turo is hoxt conoid ero d and pr ai highly. The prosideni, then'turns forest preservation and irri^tioi arid lands, saying that both aro big nooossary. Ho would put all tho w inoonnootion with the forest rosoi in obargo of tho bureau of forestry. V 1RRWATI0N. The prosldont continuos by trac the eonnootlon botwoon tho for??t serves aud tho water supply. Ho naya: Tho foroota aro natural rosorvoiro. By restraining tho (if ron ins in flood and roplonshing thom in drought thoy lnaho possiblo tho uso ot' wat ora otbor wiso wasted. Thoy provont tho soil from washing and so protect tho stor age reservoirs from filling up with silt. Forest conservation ie. thoroforo an ossontiai condition of water oonsor vation. Tho forests alono oaunot, howoyor, fully regulato and ooosorvo tho wators of tho arid rogion. Groat storago works aro nooossaiy to equalize tho now of straains ?nd to save tho flood waters. Thoir oonstruotion has been cor olu civolv shown to bo an undertaking too vast for private oflort. N jr cnn it bo best aopouiplishid by tho individual Htatos acting alono. Tho govornmont should oonsttuot and maintain thoso rosorvoirs os it doos othor public works. Whoro thoir purpo?o is tc regulato tho flow of strooms, tho watoi should bo tornrd freoly in tho channels in tho dry Bjason to tako tho samo oourso under tho samo laws as tho natural flow. The roolamation of tho unsettled arid publio 1 Andi prosonts a different prob lem. Horo it is not enough to regulato tho fl>w of stroams. Tho objeot of tho government is to disposo of tho land to flottiere who will build homes upon it. To aooomplitih this objoot water must bo brought within thoir roach. . Tho pionocr settlers on tho ario pub lio domain olio-.c thoir homos along Btroamo from whioh thoy oould thom solves divort tho wator tb roolaim thoir holding-). Suoh opportunities are prao tionlly gone Thoro romain, however, vast aron? of publio land whioh can bo mado avilablo ior bovnostoad nott lo mont, but only by rosorvoirs and main lino oanals imyraotioablo for private ontorpriflo. Thoao irrigation work* should bo built by tho national govorn mont. Tho lands reolaimed by thou should bo resolved by tho govornmont fur f.oui'U Gottlors, and tho oost of con stxuotion should, so far as possible, b>. ropaid ny tho land roolaimed. Tho dis tribution of tho water, tho division o tho Btroamo among irrigattm, shoul< bo lott to tho sot-.loru thomadlvoa ii oonformity with state laws and with out in tor; oren co with thoso laws o; with vested rights Tho declaration ia mado that in thc arid Bttttos tho only right to watoi whioh should bo'recognised is that oi uso. Tho prosidont says tb at tho doo trino of private ownorehip bf walo: apart from land cannot piovail withou oausiug wrong. INSU I,AU PROBLEMS. Insular questions aro next treated In Hawaii our aim must bo to dtvoloj tho territory on tho traditional Amor ioan lines. Porto llioo is deoiarod to b thriving as novor boforo. Tho atten tionof congross io o ailed to tho nood o legislation oonoorniug tho island's pub lie landa. , In Cuba it is statod tba' muoh progR*3S has boo- mado towax .-.putting: tho independent-govornmont ? deoiarod that mdepondonoo will be a aooomplished f?ob. Tho prosidoc adda: J?lspwhoro I havo diaoussod tho quel tion of roolproeity. In tho onso of Uv bit, howovor, thoro aro weighty ioasor of morality and of national interee why tho policy should bo hold to ha\ I a peculiar application, and I most on nosily atk your attontion to the wi dom, indood to tho vital need, of pr yiding for a substantial reduction ' tho thrill duties on Cuban imports in tho Unitod states, In dealing with tho Philippine po plo wo must show both patiouoo ai strength, forbearance and steadfast rc olution. Oar aim is high. Wo do n dosire to do for tho islanders more what has olsowhore boon dono for tro io pooplos by ovon tho best foroij governments. Wo hopo to do for the what has nover boforo boon dono J any pooplo of tho tropics-to ma thom fit for solf govcrnoiont after tl fashion of tho really fro o nations. Tho only foar is lost in our ovorar ioty wo givo thom a dogroo of im por.donoo for whioh thoy aro un: thereby inviting'reaotion and disasfc As fast as thoro is any reasonable he that in a givon district tho pooplo < govorn thoinsolvos solf govornmi han boon givon in that district. Th is nota looality fittod for solf govo mont whioh has not rcooived it. Bu may woll bo that in oortain oases will havo to bo with drawn booause inhabitants shows thotnsolvos unfit oxeroiso it; suoh inntanooa havo alroi ouourod. In othor words, thoro is tho slightest ohanoe of our failinf show a suffioiontly humanitarian ri pi Tho danger oomos in tho oppositodii tion. TROUJUL?H AHEAD YET. ' Thoro are still troubles ahoad in islands. Tho insurrection has boot an affair of looal banditti and mara ors, who dosoivo no higher rog than tho brigands of portions of old world. Enooura'gomont, direct mdiroot, to thoso lnaurrootos standi tho samo footiug as ouoou?agoraon hestilo indians in tho days when sii.l had indian wars. Tho prosidont dcohros that the t has oomo for additional legislation tho Pmlippinos. Ho says: It ii uoooasary that tho oong should pass laws by whioh tho sources of tho islands oanbo de volo so that franchises (for limitod term yean) oatt bo graotsd to oom panie;] ing buuiooss in thom and ovory enc agomcnb bo given to tho inoomin bus in eos mon of every kind, lb ii gently nooosnary to enaot rmi tab lo dealing with genoral transportai mining, banking, currency, bornent and tho uso and ownership of tho 1 and timbor. Those laws will give play to industrial ontorpriso, and commercial development whioh 1 surely follow will afford to tho pi of tho inlandu " the bent proofs o sincerity of our d?sire to aid thom, TUE OABhl AND TUS GANAI?. I natl your attontion mont, earn to tho,crying nood of a oablo to II and tho Philippines, to" be ooo ti from tho Philippiner, to points iu Wo should not defer A day longer nocossary tho construction or st oablo. lt io demanded not. morol oommoroial bub for political and taty, oommloiv.tions, ' liithor tho gross should immediately provid tho oonstruotion, of ,r governnioi hie or olso an ?rjratkomftnt shou mado' by which Uko''advanttg those aooruing from a govornmer ble may bo soourod to tue goven (Continued on page d.)j COTTON WBNT UP. The Government's Report Caus?d a Paulo on 'Ohasge. Trad i UK ou tho looftl Now York cotton oxohnngo Tuesday of last week wa? oou vulnod by tho public Rt ion of tho No vombor ?ovommont'B estimate of a short cotton orop for tho your. Tho figur?n wore 9,674,000 baloo or noarly 2,000,000 bales less than the trado gonorally ox {tooted. 'Cotton jumpod $2 a balo in as many minutes, amid Boones of exoilo mont rarely soon. Brokers fought with oaoh othor to oovor short oontraots and tho pit became a pandemonium for Rov er al minutos aftor tho roport was ro ooivod. For throo hours thoreaftor tho vol umo of bueinoss transaotod was onor mouB. Aftor tho first advanoo of noar ly forty points a slump dovolopod whioh oarriod prioos nearly half way bnok to tho quotations provailing boforo tho figures woro mado known. Boforo tho clone, howover, tho losa was rogainod and pr io OD wore at thoir highest. Tho markot was exceedingly fevonsh during tho morning trading and brokors Woro not inolined to enter into any oommit monts prior to tho publication of tho government roport. Tho prinoipal op tions woro soiling about 7.60-couts a pound. Within throo minutos after tho report was road tho tapo rooordod advanoos of 40 points in all tho options. Evory ono talked 8 cont ootton and when tho market dosed brokors wero wondering what influonoo tho roport would havo ou Liverpool market, for it is gonorally understood that. Livorpool estimates were exceedingly bearish. The housos with wire connections in tho Sohth did an immomm amount of business, mainly profit taking. TUB HKVOHT. Tho statistios of ?ho dopartmont of oguoulturo roports 9,674,000 bales as rho probabio ootton proiuouon of tho United S.a?oB in 1901-02. Tho aroa picked or to bo piokou in estimated m 26.802,239 ?ores, a rou notion ol 730,216 nores or 2 6 por co ut. from tho iune*?go plautod. Tho total production oil Hut ootton is estimated at 4,529,904,000 pounds, an average of 169 pounds por a oro piokbd or to bo piokod. Tho cati malo produotion by Statos, in pounds of lint ootton por aero, is as follows: Virginia, 176; North Carolin?, 142; South Carolina, 141; Georgia, 167; Flor ida, 177; AlapAmt, 156; Misoissippi, 205; louisiana, 260; Toxas, 159; Ar kansas. 173; Tennoifloo, 136; Missouri, 196; Oklahoma, 196; Indian Tomtoiy, In addition to tho department's ordi- ] ] nary orop reporting agonoios, 15,000 ginners and 5,000 bankers and mer-1 < ohants h?ve turnished yaluahlo infor-|< mation oonoeraing acreage and produc tion. Tho gum ors have also roportod tho amount of ootton ginned botwoon -Ai%UiUlir?.aadi Moyamber. 20. this year anpiaBt year. wHh\tftv:?-<i'T&v~vffiet; woight per balo and tho average weight' of bagging and ties. This has enabled tho stttistioian to asoortain tho avorago | not weight of bales for each soparaio State and for tho ontlro ootton bolt/ and those weights have been used in do- 1 termining the total number of halos ] produced, whioh is believed to bo the lowost average in at least 10 years. The largo number of light bales being markotod and also nomo roduotlon in tho proportion of light seed ootton aro subjQots of frequent oommonb by eor rospondonts of all olassos. A Little Boy Stabbed. Tho ehooking soono of a school boy oight yoars old stabbod to doath by a sohoolmate, agodll, was witnossod on tho nt root of Nowport, Ky., at noou Wednesday. Joseph Oroolman, the vic tim, had a quarrol in tho BO bool room with jiddio Armines and on th J v/ay I homo tho quarrol was renewed, Orool man throw a piece of briok whioh I struok Armi?os on tho head. At that mooiont Croolman ran up to him and was stabbed. Ho soon foll and in] fifteen minutes was dead. Tho ArminoB boy walked rapidly away, carrying tho pooket koifo in his hand. He wont to tho firo engino house, whoro his undo is captain,- throw tho knifo into an outhouse, but said nothing about tho murdor. W hon tho lad's death b po arno kn awn, his unolo promptly surrender ed him to the police, to whom tho boy told this story of tho ori.no: Oroolman missed his reading losson and was sont j to the foot of tho otass. Tho toaohor mado him sit at tho blackboard and I laughod at him. Whop sohool was out ho oursed mo. I startod for tho ongine houflo and Piummor threw a brick at mo and Oroolman ran ap and grabbed mo by tho arms. I did not think tho1 briok was thrown Ab mo until it hit mo on tho hand. Then 1 stuck tho knifo outoasy and hoard his ooat rip." Both boys bolong to exooilent famlioB. A Cannibal at Large. A dispatch from Honolulor flays ad vioos from Tu lui I a say that tho nativos aro mu oh alarmod ovor tho prosonco in ! tho bush of a Solomon Islander who1 doBortod from a plantation with two1 others. Tho th roo stolo a boat and j mado their way oightv milos to Tutuila, whoro they lived liko savagos in tho buah, stoaling pigs and fruit. Finally thoir oanuibal tastos woro aroused and ato two little children. The nativos hunted them down and killed two of hom, THO third oioapod to tho Aba onda and was protootad. Itsoontly ho od to tin slurs au! it is feared ho will oaumo his cannibal praotioos. Fatal Railroad Accident., Throo poisons killed and 38 injured is tho result of a hoad ond collision bo two on two p AB nen gor trains on tho St. Lam's Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, ono and one-half milos south of Malvern, Ark,, Friday ovoning, The trains we.ro tho St, Louis fast mail southbound loaving St. Louis at B a. m., and the Little Book < and Jildorado passengor, northbound, due in Llttto Book ai 8 p. tu. --r.-M.., ,...." ',. A Farmer Robbed. Mr. Oliver Waves, a farmor living a few mlloi from Jonesvlllo, wonk; to Union ono day last wook and sold some I ootton, and1 oh his way homo about ! hight ho waa attaokod by throo ottfogt negroes, knookod ponnolois ?hu robbed, Fort?nale for Mr., t?avos ho had do posltod ail his monoy at Union but about six dellars, whioh tho tobbor? got. A STRANGE CASE.. Mora MyotQ?y About th? Dlaap* poarance of MIsi Orcp86^. A COUPLE ARRE8TEI At Wilton Whe Aro i^ppo>?^ to ba $he miss Orops?y of Elizabeth City arid Durham. All of North Caroline in groatly agi tated, over tho mytorious disappearance of a young lady from her homo in Eliz aboth City. A opooiol to The Observor from Wilson, N. 0., Wednesday night nays: Monday r couple giving thoir namos as Mr. and Mrs. ?MAokay Durham stopped at Ward's boarding house boro at midday. In tho ovonlng Durham was found drunk ?nd dlaordorly on the atreoto and looked up, and remainod in tho town guard houso < throughout tho night. No suspioiou, rostod on tho par tios and Tuosday, whon Durham was sober, he was roloasod from ouatody and ho, with his suppoood wife, left In ? buggy for Ashovillo, N. 0. At thia juncture tho authorities suapootod tho oouplo to bo tho Jiliuaboth City oouplo, Miss Nollio (Jropnoy and Mr. Darham, who diuappoarod from that olty on Wodhosday night .o? Nov. 21. Thoy woro pursued by two of tho olty'? po? lioo foroo on oaoh road loading out'of Wilson on to Turkey orOok, about 16 miloa nortjh of here. Thov we'r? arrest- , od by Vohoom?? Felton and Br"-t?ffiai?% brought baok. to town, thia Jildrning. MtriB'Tyor, who wa? a playmato of . Miss Nallie Cropsoy for four years, and who is now at nohool hero, identified her, tcatifying that "for four y OMS oho ba? not seen hov, but tho ghi in ouoto iy rcBomolss Nallto vory muoh; that when sho knew nor hov hair was lon g thy, ?hat hor foaturoi were identically tho nuao." NJW Misn Cropay bas hair a {coat doa! shorter and Miss Tyor did mt at onoo recognize hor, but was euro t was Miss dropsy in hor opinion'.' Before tho authorities this ovening sho laid abo was a Mus Kersey, ancj, raisod )? a truok farm near Chattanooga, Tonn., and says har mother has boon narriod tho sooond timo, pow bearing me name of Mrs. Elizabeth .Clark. Whether she is Miss Cropsoy or not jannot bo learned. But if not hor, oho jviu??tly d??iro? to keep her affair* ?o )rot. She will bo hold in euitody until [??rtica arrive from hhizaboth. City. Cho allogod Mia? Orepsoy says she hau mly boon married a few days and also iho seems to bo dooply diaire??td, tVho . tpnoara to bo about 17 years old an is ndcod good looking and has an ihtclli rent.f.ito 1. Whilo hoing questioned by. >iayor Herring sho stated many things \\t*&:}M?tk.?ii? Durham.'* .etate?nent:i, 3ao ?a^.f li?^ ianoog?. . Tho young iwa^aehio? hav ing boon to epood or Washington, but itatos that thoy havo boon to Nowbcrn, , Plymouth and Bath. It ?como hor nomory io very short,; MI sho doos not remember any nemos of tho places aho biad xeoontly visited. When sho was ftskod whothor or not flhe know a Mr. Wilcox sho stated that she did not. but J, after pausing fer a moment oho said ehe ' boliovod she had hoard of him. Evi dently this woman is Miss (Jropnoy, or some ono who doa? not intend for any body to know any particulars concern ing her affairai REPORT DISCREDITED. A dispatoh from JBlizaboth O?J t aaye bho nows from Wilson, N. 0M of. tho de tention thero of a woman partially Identified VA Miss Nellio Cropsoy has oreated little intorost hore among tho fiiTn family or tho oOi alain of the town, t is behoved horo that this same wo man and hor companion woro exam ined, at Spood, N. C., by an jugent of Chief of Pol io o Dawson sovoral days ago and found not to bo Mina (Jropnoy, though resembling hor in a goner al way. An export diver spent the day acaren ing tho bottom of tho river above the pier noar the Cropsoy houso in hopo of finding the body, but diuoovorod noth ing, No oluo of valuo has. yot boon found and tho atrango ORSO id in tho same position it was the day af tor tho girl disappeared. Chief of Polioo Daw son reooivod a telegram from tho ohiof of Polioo of Wilson, N. C., giving a de scription of tho Durham woman. It does not?t all auswor to Nollie Crop soy's description. A Virginia Tragedy A spooial from Fredorloksburg,'Va., nay? that a terrible tragedy was onaotod in Wostforoland oounty Wednoaday night. Ono man waa killed and two others were seriously if not mortally woundod. Tho doad man is Wm. P. Taylor, Jr., and the woundod are J. Q. Stiff and Willie Kellin. From inform*, tion now at hand it anpoara that Tay lor being iuformed or ah alleged gross insult offorod by Horbort Marks to his cousin, Mins Hoaa Taylor, endeavored to havo tho matter amtoablp oottlod. Failing to do so, ho in oompany with Stiff, Hoflin,.Ueo. V?. Thompson and Mr. Douglas? vi?ltoi tho Marka hoiifle. On arriving thoro they found tho houso barraoked and when they tried to opon a door Marks suddenly bogan ohooting from a window. Taylor v/ao shot through tho heart and died instantly, Soi! was shot through tho nook' arlu ile il m in the '? stormie h, Marka surren dered to the authorities. Ail tho parties to thia unfort?nato affair aro prominent. A Marvelous Tale. Bud Wilflon, tho convict who killed ft. H. Naylor, e guard of the Yoll county Ark;, ooriviot oaino last Dooem bor, WAS Friday hanged et Danville. Twenty minutes af tor tho trap wan sprung tho body was lowood Into a ooffin. Before tho lld was plao'iid upon tho oofiln tho body bogan moving? abo^t, Wilflon oponod hiu eyes and hie whole frarao , shlyorod.. I Ho waa i^k?n from tho co flin by tho deputies and earrlod up tho flteps to the aoaffoid for the phr- . poae of hanging him ? jain. When the platform WAH roaohed tho body bobamo rigid, romainbeT t?o for a moment and then beconio "k.m^ Wileon, Waa ex amined oarefully by tho physioiane, who flnially proheunood him doad, death wing boon OAUSQA by ?Hrangulation,