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\ VOL. XVI. A GAY DECEIVER. i Th?i Lanl Escapadn rf Captain A. , N Fr?aland. J ___ I MARRIED A YOUNG OIRL ' I I Uf.dor an Aisumad Nmtu. N >w 1 < BsilrK Huntfd by | Havirg Dtcamp*<1 W:\h Br?d?.'* J. wa-.ry A letter from Sumter to The State, dated Deo. 3, says: Out on the vido Atlantic, Hcvorsl months ago, a man and "Roman mot. The won an wat young, pretty and attractive, the idol of her millionaire father's heart. The man was a dashing, captivating follow with the mannois of a cavalier. 'The soquel of the meeting is a broken heart, cd. father, a young woman's blightod life, and a wrecked homo. The villicp in tho story vas a onoctimo roaidont of ^his oityau i tho people of Sumter ha/o an interest in tho story because of this fact. Ho is Cap*. A. N FrecUod, who for many years was a muted and respootcd euij loyo of tho AtUntio Coast Liuo, with which corporation he held a posi tirn for 20 or mcro years. During tho last eight or ton yea's of hio ruiroad lifo ho filled tho position of road master and had ohargo of tho F orenoo-Colum bin division, ono of tho most important on tho system. Ho was summarily dismissed frrui this position and an explanation was never mado as to tho camo for his to moval, but at tho tinto rumors wcro current that ho was downed bictUBO of immoral e induct. Capt. Frooland remained in this city which ho had undo h a homo for so 1 many years and villi whio'n ho had bocome identified by business and sooi&l tiep, ho having married here aod acqui red considerable property. At this ttruo , ho was looked upon as a fair, honest man and wis respcoted in tho bu idobs ' world. Ho held a prominent plaoo in tho Masonio Iodic >nd other fra'.orn*l Boeictic8. I Shortly after this di?ehargo by tho ra:iro*d company ho engawod in business, first a? a member of tho firm of 1 1 V. 1> l-.l J_ l i 1'ii'vinuu nu^nu, up*iofH in omna aou glassware, and subsequently boeame a | member of tho firm of tho L)uok(r & i Bultman company, of whioh ha was for I a tiiuo tho prosidont. It was at this timo that tho oroo of tho comuiuoity < wero first oponed to tho real oharaotor I of tho man, although for scveial yt aiB 1 thero woro rumors alljat that ho was : not straight iu his busiross dealing'" < It was while pr sidont of tho Ducker & I Bultman oompany that 1 o b irrowcd a 1 I tho inonov that ho could induoo tho bankH to advanoo on such collateral as ] ho oould offer and tfco ODdcrsr meets of friends, and left tho city, deserting his 1 wifo and family, leaving them, it was rcportod at tho time, ill provided for. 1 For a year or incro after this no ono in Sumtor know anything ab>ut his 1 movements, ahl ough dii gooi# "fin's i wero maoo by those globed wtfi r< <1 i financial loss through him, to looate him. Ho was roported to bavo been i scon in neighboring States on poveral occasions, hut all efforts to find him ] woro futile. Ho voluntarily opened communication withthoso who had had to pay his dishonored notes, and in a short tiiuo returned to tho oity and mado 6ottlemonts of euoh olaims as oould he vo been colls clod by legal pro- 1 ooss?the others went unpaid- Ho was < arrested at tho inatatoo of ono par y i with whom ho refused to Bottle, but tho < ovidanoo was not strong onough to ' convict and tho caso was dropped. Again ho lift Sumter and was gi no 1 forsoroo months, returning only to at tond tho funeral of his wife, who died I suddenly. Ho spent a few week* h^re, and whon ho loft took all tho money ho oould obtain by any means from ) is i children?money in somo joetanoos hat hid been earned by hard work 1 From that timo until tho arrival of the Now York dotcotivo nothing was known of his whereabouts and no ono oared Tho detective visited this o"ty tornvestigato tho past life of A. N. Frco 1 1 - _ J !i i- t V? il * "* muu, huu iv is irom mm vnai is tea lira tho btory of the man hiloj he last Kfc Sumter. When hero ho was (offering fiom rheumatism, which had transformed him from a robust f peoirncn of manhood into a prematurely broken and infirm man. Ho wont to Hot Springs for ?roU mcntt but it did him no good. From thoro bo visited Europe, whoro at ono cf tho Gorman spas ho was cured, and tho rbcumatio's ohains were broken, and hio health fully restored. IIu booarno again a young man for hio years. He visited tho Glasgow exposition and after taking in that show ho took passaeo for America. It wan on this trip that lo and tho young woman whom ho botrayed first root. Ho had now ohanged his name to Foster. Tho voung lady's fathi r was aboard, and bcforo mar y dajs ho had ingratiated him* 4 solf into tlo favor of tho old gentleman. Tho daughter was nrxt introduced, and it was tho old itory, "leve at first sight." Fostor, rdiae Freolind, olaimod to bo a wealthy man, owning (xtonsivo mining lands Id Mexico. Tho youug wo man was infatuated and before tho Am* orican shore was touched, tVo young woman had promised to marry him. llor father conserved to tho immediate marriage, as Fiocland c's'med that his loavo of abscnoo would bood oxpiro and ho would have to roturn to Mexico to look after a largo doal in mining ate cks. Upon reaching New York oards wore - N '"P** Iht^mMrUqa .olempizod _ J^UD|^I^a^not be done by rasolv-1 are very shortly. The bridal trip wa-t taken, and it was whilo the honeymoon was boir g ppoot that <ho brothers of tho brido broko into Frceiand'a trunk, ?ud finding thero letters ard photographs, Icamod tho truth. Thoy confronted tho villain acd ho attempted to J feed himself, but only in order to ?ot time onough to otoapo.. lio h ft. his tridoand his now rotations without packing his baggage. Hut bo look all i>f his wife's monoy and jewelry he could lay his lauds on. Dotcotivn3 ro then employed to investigate Freclard's oaroor, and that is how oaoio by *ho story. Froolaod has bocQ looatcd ard in duo tiiuo will bo dealt with according to tho Lw. NO LOVE FJS&8T Our Senators Glare at Each Other in Washington Tho W&r,hiug*on Post in its pictures of tho I iitod States senators on tho opouing day of congross contained tho following: "Thero were two sonators who did not share largolv in tho general cxo^aDgo of felicitations. On tho UepubI'eaueiJo, Senator Wellington of Mary land wandered nround in loneliness. fir* irro r i nt a t 1* a .1 *! ? iau iuuv i iuu v 11u ua'tf Aiuuiii nuu iiiuu oatno out again; ho sat down at his dosk and then walked out by hiui?olf. Oseasonally ho shook hands with souio oar, but generally ho was groctod o ly with a ncd. On tho Dc tnoora'io side Senator McLturin of South Caiolina, who has espoused nearly all tho Hopublioan dootrines, sat in solitude, 1 is hands folded and his oyos turned up Wird toward tho occupants of tho galler.'os." Another Washington paper said: "Senator Lodgo, liands in trousers peek Us and slim'nor than of yoro, oarno in with tho bald headed Bacon, fxesh from tho Philippines and loaded with information. "Si.na or Tillm.n. as fereoious as aver, glarod at his oolloague, MoLaurin, as ho look his seat. Whoa tho MoLauriu resolution was objcv'cu to, Mr. J il'mau griuuc <1 with delight, while Mr. MoLaurin soowkd " FACE TO FACE. Tho Washington oorrcspondont of tho Now York Sun says President, Koosovolt opened tho South Carolina Intorestato and Went I ndiau exposition by pressing an clootie button in tho Whito Ilouso. Tho ocromony took plaoo in tho so-called war room, or telegraph fffio, in tho presence of Senators McLturin and Tillman, ll?prosentativcb Elliott of tho Charleston iistint, and several others, Immcdia Ltly atur touching the telegraph Key, which act tho exposition maohiuory in motion, tho president nont. p mos^ago of congratulation to tho presidout of tho fair. Thon, turning to tho sonatoia, ho sa d: "I most earnestly wish tho groatest. potsiblo luck fur tho exposition." Then thoro was soino infoimaloonyoisa'ion. "Thero is moro history around Charleston than any other plaoo in tho United States," remarked Senator Tillman. "Soutli Carolina is long on making history hut rather uhort on writing it " "Still, you aro not at all slow in quoting it," replied tho president,. "Oh, uo, wo keep our windings in pretty good ordor," Baid Mr. Tilluian. Senator MoLaurin mado no remarks. TILLMAN TICKLED. Washington dispatoh to Philadelphia Lodger: Souator MoLaurin of South Carolina asked loavo to sond to the dcak a resolution for whioh ho asked loiraediato conoidoratioo. Ltwui a resolution providing for tho froo on'ry of articles intended for exhibition in tho Charleston exposition and tho tr*nh!er of exhibits now at Hullalo to Char.0.1ton. Tho olnrk started to read, win ? I ScD<Uor Hoar aroao and objooted. Ho raid it was parliamentary etiquotio, *j leas* iu tho senate, to forbear to trausuet auy L?u*inets whatovor uu'.il opportunity had boon given for tho president's in jssago to bo reccivod and road, and ho should objoot not only to tho resolution of tho soDator from South Oaroliua, but to tho consideration of auy business until after tho inosrago 1 ad been read. McLaurin bit his lip and flushed at tho robultc. Hon Tillman put his hand to his faoo to hido tho broau timio that ditfucod itsolf ov^r his txj anbivo oouotonaoco, and for 15 minutes hoohuckkd and sniokorod in poorly suppressed delight at tho diecomtnuio of his errant co.loaguo. By this tiruo the oponing softbion of the asuatc in tho fifty-bovonth oongross was 20 minutes old. There being no moro businoss, a rcocss was takon for ha f an . hour. B SI NO WATCIIEI). Tho Savannah Mows says the country will keep its eye on tho senators from South Carolina. It is an op.u scorot ti at senator Tillman has been taking a daily draught tf vitriol and eating a quarter of a pound of sulphur for dosstrt with each dinner for tho last several months, in anticipation of tho tirao when ho would bo able to faoo MoLaurin on tho floor of tho upper house. And tho juci^r senator curing tho saino time, has boon loading himself with gunootton and compressed air in preparation for tho same eooasion. At tho first opportunity there are going to lo some lively cxotiangts h^tweon tho gontlemen from South Carolina. GOT IT PASSED A dispatoh from Washington says Senator Tillman Wednesday scoured tho passage of a rosoluticn direoting tho eoorotary of tho treasury to report, as to tho expenso of transferring tho government exhibit at Buffalo to the Charleston exposition. ^^o^i^^er'ooal1 1juT_ ^e^^e (73T3 CONWAY, S. ' THE MESSAGE Of Pr?*id nt Thord:>r?? Roonovtlt to Corg'c^s. AN IN TEREdTINQ DOCUMENT to. Questions cf th<* Dry and Qtv?s His !d?a* as to Ramodfsr. For Correcting: Evils Tho presido.it in his Annual mossago to oongrcts says: Tho congress assembles this year under tho shadow of a great calamity, th tho Gih of Soptombor President Mo Kinloy was shot by an anarchist while attending tho Pan-American exposia: ^4 D..H. I l 1! . I .1 . uuu ri i>uu?io tnu uiea in mat oKy on tho 1-tih of that month. Of tho last soveu elected presidents ho ih tho third who hnBbt.cn murdered, and tho baro rooital of litis faot ia auftioicnt to justify gravo alarm among all loyal Aiuorican citizens. Moreover, tho oirouniatanooB of this, tho third aHnaefeinatiou of au Auiorioan president, havo a peculiarly sinister ?ig -sitioanoo. lioth President Lincoln and Presided Gai field wore hilled by assassins of typeB unfortunately not uncommon in history. President Lincoln falling t viotitu to tho terrible pasriouB aroused by four years . f civil tat i.nd President Garfield to tho iovongoful vanity of a disappointed 011100 scokor. Prohident Mckinley was killed by an utter ly dopravci criminal belonging to that body of ciruiioals who object to all govornmcnio, good and bad alike, who aro against any form of popular lib orty if it is guarantcod by ovon tho most just and liberal laws and who aro sb hoslilo to tho upright exponent of a froo people's Bobcr will as to tho tyrannical rnd irresponsible dospot. ANARCHV AND ANARCHISTS. Tho proaident oonlinuos with a oulogy of Mr McKiuloy, then turns to tho Buljaot c " anarchy, donounoieg its doctiioos and preacher*. He says: I earnestly rooimiucud to tho congress that in the exoroieo of its wise dioorntion it should take into consideration tho oomiDg to thia oouutry of anarch ists or poisons profosbing principles ho-tilo to all government and iabtify ing tho murder of thee placed in authority. hi 0 1 individuals an those who uot long a^o gathered in opou mooting 1 to glorify the murdtrof King Hum- J Deri 01 iuiy porpctrato a crimo, and ' tUo law should insure thoir rigorous punishment. They and those liko them should bo kept out of this country and if found hero ihoy should bo promptly deported to tho oountry vrhonoo tbey omuc, and farroaohing provision should bo inado for thu punishment of these who stay. No matter calls more urgent ly lor tno Vti6cst thought of tho congress. A SUBJECT FOR FEDERAL COURTS. Tho fedoial courts should bo givon Jurisdiction ovor any man wtio kills or attempts to kill tho proiidont or any man who by tho constitution or by la.v is in lino of succession for tho prosidouoy, while ti:o puaishmont for an unsuccessful attempt should bo proportion to tho enormity of tho offense 4{ ainst our institutions. Anarohy is a crime against the wholo human raoo, and ..!! mankind should ' band against tlio anarchist. His crime should bo mado an oiiouso against tho law of nations, liko piracy and that icrrn of man stoaliug known as tho slavo trado. 1 The prosidont next considers business conditions whioh ho finds higLiy satisfactory. llo continues: The tromendous and highly oomplnx industrial development which wont on with tvor aooeloratcd rapidity during tho latter half of tho ninotocnth century brings us fuoo to face at tho beginning of tho twentioth with vory eoiious social problouis. Tho old laws and mo oi?l customs whioti had almost | the bindmg foroo of law woro onoo quito sullioiont to rcgulato tho acoumu- j lation and distribution of wealth. Since I tho industrial chaDgos whioh bavo ho enormously incroasod tho produotivo power of mankind they arc no longer bulboiont. trade com uinationb, Tho growth of oitiow ban gono on boyond comparison tan tor than tho growth of tho country, and tho upbuilding of tho great industrial oontcrs has inoatit a startling inoroaso not merely in tho aggrcato of wealth, but in tho numbor very largo individual and especially of very largo oorprrato fortunos. Tho oroation of those treat corporate fortune* has not bocn duo 10 tho tariff nor to any other govoromenial action, but to uatural oausos in tho bueinosa world, operating in other countries as thoy oporato in our own. Tho proceed has arousod uuoh antagonism, a groat part of whioh is wholly without warrant. It in not truo that as tho rich havo grown riohcr tho poor havo grown poorer. On tho otatraiy, never before has tho Avorago uiau, tho wagoworker, tho farmer, the email trader, boon so well off as in this o .untry and at tho present time. Thero havo been abuses oonnootod with tho aooumlation of wealth, yet it remains truo that a fortune aooumulated in logitimato business oan bo aooumulated by tho person spooially benefited only on oonduion of oonfomng linmeuso inoidbatal benefits upoa others. Saooossful entorpriso of tho typo whioh bentfits all mankind oan only exist if tho conditions arc suoh as to effor groat piizos as tho towards of success. REASONS FOR CAUTION. The iresident adds that tboie art) many reasons for caution in dealing with corporations. Ho says: not broftWlROtuK over tkitffltittaBMM / ???\0. THURSDAY, DI<) ~ f>l<?} Tho sauio burliness conditions \*i door hnvo producer. the gnat a&grega;"i,| s of oorp^rato aud individual wcaU'"'r<,V?H rnado thotu very potent fnotor^" u|l" tcrnaiionti oom:noroial oompot/. ,/,V j,'"1' Moreover, it oanuot too Or ^ pointed out that to strike with ign,I,| violonoo at the intorofts of ouo itiiu i?i? mcu almost inovitaoly ocdangorsiing u, iuterosts of all. Tho fundaiuenta 'tml I lu cur uatioual life?tho rule whic tin dorlies *11 others?is that, on tho and in tho long run, wo shall go up or down together. Tho mechanism of rnodoru business is so dolioato that extreme oaro must ho takou not to int? rfero with it in a f-p'rit of r*?hpos9 or ignorauco. In d-. allng with business inti rests, for tho government, to undor<*ko by orudo and i'l considered legislation 'o do what may turn out to be bad, would bo to iuour tbo risk ot puoh f rroHo' iugnatiour.i disaster that, ii would tin proforab) , to undoitako nothing a* ail. 1 ho inou who douiaud tho impossible or tbo undcsirablo sorvo as tbo uliiot; of tho forces with which thoy aro nominally at war, for they hamper tho>o who would endeavor to it id out, in ratiora' fashion what tho wron^a really ate ai d to wliat extent aud to what manner it is practicable to apply KUndios. how to colllt p. <' t til e kyii.s All this is true, and yet it iu also true that there *re real and grave f vile, odo of tho chief being ovoroauital v.\ lion boaaufio of i*s mauy baleful oon sr'juunoos, and a resolute aud praotioal effort ruuut bo made to oorrcct thoso ovils. It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to roquiro that wiiod men reooivo from govern moot tho privilogo of doing business under corporate form, wliioh frees them from individual rorpmsibility and or>abjf> thorn to call iruo thoir entor priscc tho capita! of tho public, tboy shall do eo upon absolutely truthful ropres'n'a liuus an to tho value of tho prop oriy in whioh tho capital is to bo invested Corporations engaged 1 n interstate oom mi roo should bo rogulatod if they are foiled to exoroifo a Ho^dho working to tho public injury. It should bo as muoh tho aim of thoso who so.^k for pooisl betterment to rid tho business world of crirnus of ouuniDg as to lid the m' re body politic of orimos of violence. Great corporations ex'st only boo?' Ji they are created and safeguarded by our institutions, and it is therefore out cut7 to sco that they work iu harmony with those institutio s. PU11LICITV TlIK KIHdT KSHENTI Ah. Tbo first (6sontisl L. dotermiDiiw how to deal with tho great indus rial combinations is knowledge cf tho fscis ? punlkity. In tho interest of the publio tbo government should havo tho right to inspect and oxammo tho working cf tbo groat corporations ougagod in interstate business. Publicity is tho only euro remedy which wo can now iovi ko. Wiiat further roinodies aro uocdrd iu tho way of governmental regulation or taxation can only bo dotormiiiod after publioity has bona ob tainod by proooas of law and in tho oourso of administration. Tho fir.it .cquiftito is knowlcdgo, full and oouip.ote?knowlodgc which may bo rnado publio to tho world. Artificial bodies, such ai corporations and joint stock or othor associations, dopor.diag upon any statutory law for their existence or privileges should bi subject to proper governmental super vision, and full and aoourate information as to thoir operations should bo rr orln tin Klin f ?<A*aAn? ^1a I a Mjwviv I'ui/itu i j ?\j i'jaouunuiu iu* tervals. Tho largo oorporationa, oommonly culled trusts, though organized in ono stato, alw&yj do business in many states, oftou doing vory littlo business iu tho stato whoro they aro incorporated. Thoro is uttor lack of uniformity iu (ho atato laws about thorn, t>nd, aa no Blato haa any exclusive interjat in or power ovcrthoir aota, it haa in praotioo proved impossible to got adequato regulation through utr.to rotion, Therefore, in tho interoflt of tho wbolo poo plo, tho nation should, without interfering with tho nowor of tho atatoa in tho mattor itself, alao aaaumo power of supervision and regulation over all corporations doing an interstate buaiuosa. AMEND CONSTITUTION IF N KCKHSAKV, When tho constitution was adoptod, at tho ond of tho oighteonth oontury, no human wif.dom oould forotoll tho swooping changes, aliko in industrial and political conditions w'ninh wnrn (a take plaoo by tho beginning of tho twontioth oontury. Ab that time it was aoooptod as a matter of courao that tho aovoral states were tho proper authorities to rcgulato, so far as was then noooasary, tho comparatively insignifioant and strictly looalizod corporate bodies of tho day. Tho conditions are uow wholly difloront, and wholly different anion is called for. I bcliovo that a law oan be framod which will onablo tho national govornmont to oxorc so control a long tho lines abovo indioatcd, profiting by thoexperi clco gained through tho pasbago and administration of tho interstate oominorco aot. If, howovor, the Judgmont of tho oongrojs is that it laoka tho eonotitutional power to pass euoh an aot, then a constitutional amendment should bo submitted to oinfor tho power. Thtio should bo croatod a cabinet offioer, to bo known as scorotary of oommorco and industries, as providod in tho bill iotroduoed at tho last eoasion of tho oongross. It should bo his proviso to deal with oooiuieroo in its broadest sonso, including among many other things whatevor oonoorns labor and all matters affeoting tho groat hu' ness corporations and oar morohanc marino. labor, Tho president declares that ho regards it nooessary to re onaot the Chinese exclusion law. In regard to label ho ea>s that the government should j provide in its oontraots hat all work ?"i. Mf-. ;,rr.I i,,,;.'rr (' "Uphilnt f;..nn ' ?r<'i |i> Now.\ irirj,, J'Jl; Y"'l-><v,lip " 7v| Swap,. ... elu) udrr n' 00,,,'?on i.trii? ?| jiy I _ 1 for"? JlKllfO I \?r WOll ??NVr for Sniriiv , ,,M,N'?>Wnno?: M i inc sh>(ill bo m?" i.?V,,C Qions ^ f,?*! {< ?;l " with rinses *W 7'Mm. TurHnnat . . in Dip72 00 Tyff?!Uin^ fjf, ,cf B South I ' "7JHI -ualittoa '. i> ful t .... ... - .--(J' \.T'"{hU nation no 1ob8 than to tho associations thombcIvcb. Finally, thrvo muBt also in un.ny eases bo aotion by tbo government in order to safcffuerl tho rights and ictcrostsof all. Under our oonntitutiou thoro in much uioro soopo fjr Huoh action by the nation. But on points mi oh os those touched on above tho national government ovi act. llo asserts that tho immigration law. aro un iatin'sotory and that a law should ho enacted to koep out not only aoar ohists, v ut persons of a low moral ton denoy or of unsavory reputation and th<"so who arc bolow a coruiu standard of ccouomio fit ices to entor our iudus trial li "'d as competitors with Ainoii can Ubor. THE TAlllFf AND UR?*I PROCITY. Tho prohideat doolarcs that notbicg ooul'i ho uic.o uuwiso thau to disturb tho business iutorostsd' thooo-intry by any gom tal tariff oliaugo At this tuuo. Ho add??: Vet it is not oo'y possiblo, but eminently d? sizable, to combiDo with tho stability of our eoinooito s}8tcui a sup plementary Byrlcui of reciprocal bene Gt h. d obligation with othor na'ions. Siioh vooiproeity is r.n incident i>nd roe?i t of t ho firm oBtab i muont ar d proae rv.uion of our present economic poli cy. It w*h specially provided for in the pre Hr ul tariff law. lUoiprooity must bo treated an I ho h >.4 timaidon of prutcc ioD. Our first du'y io to soo that the protection ^rant c<? by the la'itf iu cvory case wboro it is hooded is maintained, atid that rroi prooity bo soug it for ho fur as it oan nafoly bo eioro without ii jury to e u home iudustrioH. .Just how iar this i aiust bo determined according to the individual case, reraoiubt ring aiwajs i that every applio&tiou of our tariff poli' oy to moot our shiTing nation*! oeods ' UiUwt bo oondiiiooed upon tho oardinal j faot that tho duticu must never bo ro' duuod below tho pomt tint will cover i tho diff.woooo hot.worn tho labor oost hero a .d abroad. Tho well being of tho wagoworkors is a prime oon idt ration oi our outire polioy of econctmo legislation. need FOR WIDER MARKETS. Subjjci. to this proviso of tho i roper protection m oeetary to our industrial Wi'll being at homo, tho priuoiple of re oiprooity must oouimund our hearty support. The pheuoinonal growth of our < xport trade cmphabiz h iho urgonoy of tho no d for wider maikttfl and for a liberal policy in dealing w?th fov oign nations. Whawvoris inor ty pot ty and voxatioui in tho w?y of traJo restrictions should ho avoided. Tho customers to whom wo dispose of our surplus produoiH m the long run, directly or iD^ireotly, purchase thoso surplus products by giving us something in return. Their ability to purchase our products should as fir as possible bo secured by bo arranging our tariff as to onablo us to take from thorn thoso produc e whioh wo can uso without harm to our own industries and labor or Lliti use c 1 which will bo of inarkod benefit to ufl. It is most important llint wo should maintain tbo high level of our present prosperity. Wo have cow roaohod tho point in tho development of our interests where wo not ouly ablo to supply our own markets, but to preduoo a constantly growing surplus for which wo oauat find markets abroad. To scouro theao markets wo oan utilize existing duties in any oato where they no lougar uoodod for tho purpose of protection, or in any oaso whoro tbo artiolo is not produced horo and tho duly is no longer uooossary for rcvoauo, as giving us something (o offer in exchange for what wo ask. Tho oordial rotations with ether na ions whioh are so dosirabio will naturally be promoted by tho oourso thus required by our own interoste. Tho na'ura! lino of dovolopmont for a policy of rcoiprooity will bo uu oonnco tion with those of our productions whioh no longer require all of tho support onoo noodod to ostablish thorn upon a sound basis and with thoso others whoro oithor boonusu of natural or ol ooonomio causes wo are boyond the reach of t u oissful competition. I ask tho attontion' of tho sonato tc tho rooiprooity treaties laid before it bj my predeoossor. Til K MERCHANT MARINE. Tho oondition of iho American mor ohaut marioo is suoh as to oall foi im ukd'uio remedial action by tho con gross. it ii disoroditablo to us an a na tioa that our raorohaut marino shonlc bo u turly insignificant in oomparisoi to that of othor nations whiolr;?vo over top in othor forma of business. W< should not longor submit to oonditiom under which only a trifling portion ol our groat oemmeroo is oarriod in ou own ships. To rcmody this state ol things would not moroly serve to buitc up our shipping interests, but it wouc al.o result in benetit to a'l who arc in t'lrostod in tho permanent eaiablnu moat of a wider maikot for Amono >r prodaots and would provide an auxili ary foroo fcr tho navy. Shipi wor* fo Lhoirown oountriis just as railroadi vork for thoir terminal points. Ship pings lines, if ostabltuhod to the prinoi pal oountrios with whioh we hav dealings, would bo of puii'ioal as w 1 as ootnmeroial benefit. From ever] standpoint it is unwise for tho Umu< Siatou to oontinuo to roiy upon th? ships of oompooiug nations for tho dis ' tribution of our goods, it should b< mado advaniagoous to oarry Aiu.r.cai goods in Amorioan built ships. (Continuod on psge 4 ) ~ mm wro i Voi ?i<? i i i i *+ i tmnmv im MWMVMMMi j coir on ,Vi.n r up. ! The Government's Report Caused a Panic cn Charge Tradicg on tho local Nc .v York cotton cxohsngo Tuosday of last week was convulsod by tho publication of tho Novouibor government's cstimVo of a short cotton crop for tho year. Tho figures wcro i>,t>7 1,000 bales or nearly 2,000,000 bales loss than t 1a3 trado gnoerAlly expected. Ootton jumped $2 r bale in as mauy minutes, aiu.d scenes of ixoitomonf rarely socu. lirokors fought with oaeh other to oovor short oontr?o s t .J tho pit became a paodciucniuoQ for several minutes afur iho report was ro ooivod. For throo hours thereafter tho volume of bmiocss traosaoted was onormous. After tie lir t advance of uoar iy forty points a slump dovolopod whioh earned prices nearly half \vny back to .ho quotations prevailing before tho figures were made kuown. U,foro tlio elefte, howovor, tho loss wai regained aud prioos wore at thoir highest. Tho market was exceedingly feverish during tlio morning trading and brokers wore uot inclined to enter into auy commitments prior to tho publication cf tho government ropcrt. Tho principal options wcro w liiog about 7 lit) coats a pound. Within thrco miuutos alter tho roport waa road the lapo rooord?d advauois of ID points iu all the options, ftvory ono talked 8 oent cotton and wlnu the market oloaod brokers wore Woudcriug what influonoo tho icpcrt would havo on Liverpool market, for it is genorally undoriitood that L vorpool osuuiaioa were cxooouiDgly bjarish, Tho houooa wuh who connooi.o..s in die South did ao mmicn o auiouut cf buBiuoas, mainly prolit taking. TUB llBPORT. The statistics of tho departmont of agnoulturo reports 9,071,GUI) bales as tho piohablo ootiou pro.uouou of the U nted States in 1901 1)2. Tho aroa p.eked or to bo pioko'l is estimated at 2t> 802,231) ?.oroB, a rouuc ion of 730,210 acres or 2 0 per ooui. Iroiu too aoreago piautou. Tlio total production ot tut ojiton is estimated at 4,52'.),1)54,000 pounds, an averago of Iti'J pounds per acre j loked i r to be picked. 1 he esti uiato produotion by Statos, in pounds oi lint, ootton per a.iro, is as follows: Virginia, 170; Mirth Carolina, 112; S^uth aroiina, 111, G orgia, 107; Ifior id*, 177; Atnb?Di i, 150; MioMsnippi, 205; lijutsiaua, 20); Leans, 151); Ar K ? <Si?-, 173; l'ouu< soo, 130; Mistijuri, 11)0; OtiMioum, 190; luduu I'erruoiy, 214. In addition to tho do.iartmout's ordi n#ry oiop rep rung ageneios, 15,000 ginners and 5,000 bankers and moronania havo luruiahvd va.uabio infer m*iion ooocur ilug acreage aud produo iieu. 1 tie giuuois have aCo reported tile auiouul oi cotton ginned oo-woun Aiigu-jt 15 ui.d MoVtiuuor 20 tbii year and iani. yjar, nidi die average gross weight per balo and tho average weight of bagging and ties. This has enabled the statislieiau to ascertain the average not weight of bales for cauh sop-uato State aud for tho entire onton bolt, aud thoso Weights have been used in determining tho total number of bales proaujod, which is boliovod to bo tho lowest avorago in at loaut 10 yo..ra. Tho large number of light bales being uiA.ltoted aud also sumo roduotion in the proportion of light seed ootton aro BUfejoow of frcquon comment by oor roBpvudcnta of *11 olaeBOB. Saved Ilia Life"1 wish to b&> that 1 foci I owo my lifo to Ivodol Dyspepsia (3 to," writob li. U. UhrcatonBon of llajtiold, Minn. "For throo years 1 was troubled with dyspopBia bo that I could hold nothing oa uiy Btouiaoh, Mauy tin_s I would ho unablo to rotam r. luorujl of food. Finally I was oouliaod to ruy bod. Dootors oatd I oould uot livo. L road ono of your advertisements on Ivodol 1)>bi pcptua (Juro aud thought it lit my oat?o and oommonood its mo. 1 bogaa to i improvo froui tho li rat bottle. 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When the platform was reached the body beoamo 1 rigid, remained so for a moment and ? then b.oomo limp. Wilson was exo aminod carefully by the physicians, who o fioially pronounocd hi u dead, death having boon oausod by strangulation.