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Why the Unite
Fought C
By Capt. A. T. Mahan, I
m m HE War of 1STJ was vr
United States and w
J ?J By these particular t
ft' ft ' s Canada. You have dt
a I a eipal reasons. One. tti
1# uient. formulated in tl
^ M unjustifiable injury an
other, the inipressiuen
ships. What have C
either? If war you must, carry on y
your avowed wrongs, and the seat of j
embroil those innocent regions and peo]
adequate cause, you are bringing upoi
only nation that now upholds the freet
of our race, that incarnation of all d
some alloy of self-interest, the question
so New England presented it to the
the Union: partly as a matter of hone
the factiousness inherent in all polit
wherever it can. aiul then magnifies th
until the point itself disappears under
Logically, there tuny at first appear
are bound to believe so. for we canm
ancestors, who doubtless advanced thei
answer, of course, is. that when two m
become internationally the enemies of
ciple of international law. the resident]
generations of international legists. W
liihilates all natural and conventional r
" !??.? u.moi.t.jin T.? rhn st:ite nf Wi
I HUM* IUiU k iuii* iv Scribner's.
This is a Count
By Dr. Leighton Parks
E are apt to take the iiiie.
a pets into the newspaper
B V I American rich man. The
\g%M I forget the thousands of
' W w I them, fourteen hours a
mm^^m I for others. I have not yt
but I know many rich m
I tatious. as hard-working,
as human nature is eapai
^. man should not be belal
man petteu Decause ue is poor. *. uam
If it be true that we are piling w
been piled up l>efore in tsuinan hist&r\
and our factories are making unprece<
glad that the development belongs to tli
The teachers in the public schools, the
multitude of men and women who-are
will continue to stamp idealism upon tl
will convert wealth to the service of ii
the power of sound ideals are iu coutli
make money its servant. This nation '
powerful influences iu its life to-day a
moral and spiritual tone of the count]
accidents of wealth and poverty.
All that the Government can do Is
their opportunities. It cannot legislate
Some will succeed and some will fail
help to equalize things?charity, advice
To the rich and poor alike it teaches
money successes. &
*
Distinction of B
v A _
America
By Thomas Wentworth
_\E can hardly cast so m
Senate in session, and tl
0 session, without reoognizi
a far more intellectual
without further observing
? in the British House is tc
i the Bench of Bishops, or
jlrM may have been of the hut
ugly.'' wrote one English
a problem In nature:" but
cr ugliness: it is of visible mental pow<
Even so far as a possible heredity g<
t lican life is what makes grandparents
technical whims of an organized peerag
one is left free to trace for good or foi
lines of ancestry. Those lines may 1
public service or social prominence, fron
Whittier's Quaker inheritance was
parentage of Judges and landed proprio
radical who. on going to England, pah
look up his ancestry. Coming back to
that the inquirer bad gone back no fui
name who was hauged as a rebel und
said the American, in delight; "do not
satisfied."?Atlantic Monthly.
II You Are W<
By O. S. Marden
will be kind.
1 You will not use slang.
j> V/ q You will try to make ot
X A Y'ou will not be sby or :
You will never indulge
You will never forget tl
You will not swagger or boast of yt
You will think of others before you
You will not measure your civility b
Y'ou will be scrupulous in your rega:
Y'ou will not forget engagements. i>r<
In conversation you will not be arg
Y'ou will never make fun of the poet
You will not bore people by constat:
Y'ou will never under any circuws
help it
You will not think that "good int<
manners.
Y'ou will be as agreeable to your so
periors.
You will not sulk or feel neglected
you do.
You will not have two sets of mat
home use.
Y'ou will let a refined manner and st
traveled, instead of constantly talking
visited.
You will not remark, while a guest,
been served to you.
You will not attract attention by eit
your egotism by trying to absorb convei
v . '
d States
Canada in 1S12
s. n.
T.v unpopular in certain sections of the
itli certain parts of the eommunity.
auit was found with the invasion of
niaied war. fT was said, for two prinie
peneral policy of the British Uovernje
successive Orders in Council, to the
d violation of American commerce; the
t of seamen from American merchant
inula and the Canadians to do with
mir >Niir u|?uu im- wrai?, lilt- cvvhc V*.
our adversary's prosperity, aud do not
pie in the couitnon ruin which, without
i your own countrymen, and upon the
lorn of mankind against that oppressor
espotism?Napoleon." So. not without
i presented itself to New England. and
Government and the southern part of
st conviction, partly as an incident of
ical opposition, which makes a point
e point to the uttermost possible, oftea
its incrustations.
some reason in these arguments. We
at entirely impeach the candor of our
u with some decree of conviction. The
itions co to war. ail the citizens of one
the other. This is the accepted prina
of the concentrated wisdom of many
hen war takes the place of peace it ailichts.
all treaties and compacts, except
ir itself.?From "The War of lSl'J," in
;ry of Ideals
extravagant millionaire whose portrait
s so often as the average type of the
> truth is that lit* is the exception. '.\ e
modest rich iuen who work, many of
day, and some of the time every day
t come in contact with colossal wealth,
en. very rich men. who are as uuostenas
unseliisb. as devout and as humble
ble of being. Let us be fair. The rich
u>red because he is rich, nor the i>oor
icter is the test.
alth up in America faster than it has
\ if our forests, our mines, our farms
lented private fortunes possible. I am
is country. m This is a country of ideals,
professors in the colleges, and all that
working, not for money hut for ideais,
le minds and hearts of our youth; they
teals. When the power of wealth and
ct. idealism is sure to couquer. sure to
was founded 011 an ideal, and the most
ire working toward noble ideals. The
ry is higher than ever in spite of the
to see that men srtcrt in life equal in
brains, character or Industry into men.
.- It Is the business of the church to
. education?but. above ail, inspiration,
that there are other successes besides
V *
arth in
and in England
Hi Vinson
uch as a glance at tlie United States
ie;i at tlie English House of Lords in
tig the American elective uouy to nave
aspect than the other assemblage: or
; that nine-tenths of the visible intellect
> be seen in the faces and foreheads of
the so-called Law Lords, whose origin
nblest. "Why noble Earls should itb so
observer of some note in his day. "is
the question is not that of mere beauty
es. it must be recognized that a repubmost
truly interesting. Free from the
e. such, for instance, as primogeniture,
r evil his inheritance from the various
je drawn with especial interest from
1 pursuits, or education, or even wealth,
as important to him as Longfellow's
tors was to him. I knew an American
.1 some one at the Heralds' College to
London some months later, he found
rther. as yet. than to reach one of his
ler the Tudors. "Just as I expected."
follow it anv further. 1 am perfectly
7
ill Bred?
hers happy
self-conscious.
in ill-natured gossip.
ie respect due to age.
>ur achievements.
.think of yourself.
y people's bank accounts.
rd for the rights of others.
miises or obligations of any kind.
umentive or contradictory.
lliarities or idiosyncracies of others.
tly talking of yourself and your affairs.
tanees cause another pain if you can
?ntious'' compensate for rude or gruff
cial inferiors as to your equals and suit'
others receive more attention than
liners; one for "company" and one for
iperior intelligence show that you have
; of the different countries you have
that you do not like the food which has
her your loud talk or laughter, .or show
sation?Success. ..." '.
V
TO LEVY WAR TAXES i
Japanese Will Arrange to Finance a
Long War If Necessary.
Tokio. Special.?The government has
not fully disclosed the proposal concerning
the war taxes to be submitted
to the special diet, but it now appears
as though it will not propose any
change in the tariff in sugar, but will
instead recommend a domestic tax on <
the basis previously stated. It now
seems probable that the only change
prim-tori in thp pnstnms tariff will be
an increased duty on kerosene and
spirits. No discrimination will be made
against Russian kerosene, because that
tiade is chiefly in the hands of the
British merchants. It is anticipated ?
that there will be a serious contention j
in the diet over the taxes on sugar and <
silk and dealers in the former com- j
modity are strongly agitating for a re- '
duction in the rate. Party committees j
are meeting daily discussing the tax
proposals and the belief is expressed ]
that the government will be forced to i
modify several features of their plans. '
If the tobacco monopoly is enacted it '
is estimated that it will be ten years 1
before it is finally completed, although J
the government counts upon earnings '
from it in 1904 amounting to twenty- i
four million yen. gradually ncreasing 1
until 1914. when it is estimated they
will amount to forty million yen.
It is estimated that it will cost the '
government eight million yen to purchase
the plants and stock required to i
consummate the combine and fully t
ine million yen to compensate the I
owners.
i
Jap Tobacco Monopoly.
St. Petersburg. Special.?The repre- I
sentations of United States minister to 1
Japan. Mr. Griscom, concerning Ameri- j
| can interests by the creation of a <
Japanese tobacco monopoly, will. The 1
1 Novoe Yreraya says, sharpen Ameri- 1
can-Japanese relations. It considers the i
, tobacco monopoly absolutely necessary ,
ior Japan in the present condition of i
' her finances, but says the compenia
Hon rlaimed bv the Americans would
more than eat up the income from the t
monopoly in the first years, but creat- 1
ing for Japan a situation, the "full '
meaning of which it is probable is
quite appreciated at Washington."
Stock Breeders fleet. i
Jacksonville. Fla.. Special.?Ths <
stock breeders of Georgia and Florida J
i met here Tuesday in convention and ,
: tomorrow will organize an association i
' to be known as the Southeastern Stock
Breeders' Association. The convention '
organized by electing State Senator C. j '
A. Carson, of Florida, as chairman and 1
Ralph Edwards, of this city, i
as secretary. The feature of the occa- '
sion was the address of Secretary Wil- <
son. He devoted much of his address
to the adaptability of Georgia and |
Florida to cattle raising.
School Boy a Murderer.
Columbus. Ga.. Special.?A special
irom Chiplev says that a fight occurred
at Whitesville between two 16year-old
school boys, which resulted in
the death of one. Tom Haralson, son of '
T. W. Haralson. Robert Maddox, son
of Hon. T. J. Maddox. was the other ,
: participant. luung .uuu?u.\ ?num
young Haralson with a large* stick. '
fracturing the skull in two places, from j
the effects of which Haralson died a ;
short time afterward. The cause of the ,
fight is not known. The two hoys were ^
intimate friends.
l
Severe Penalties for Pillaging ,
The army organ publishes an order
of the day issued by Viceroy AlexiefT.
threatening the most severe penalties
against soldiers injuring private prop- ]
crty or officers permitting the same. <
The Ameer Poisoned.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.?It is reported
here on good authority that the !
Ameer of Afbhanistan has been poisoned.
Habibuliah Khan, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, was born in 1S72. and
succeeded to the throne on the death
cf his father. Abdurrahman Khan, October
1 J SOI.
E. G. Mills Dead.
Wilmington. Special.?Mr. E. G.
Mills, a well-known business man of 1
Whiteville. and a brother of Messrs. F.
1. and W. H. Mills, of this city, died
at the James Walker Memorial Hcs
pital here Tuesday*morning and the remains
nere sent to his former home
for interment. Mr. Mills was brougat
to the hospital Saturday for an operation
for an ahacess upon his lower intestines.
The operation was performed
Sunday afternoon but the sirk man
never rallied and his death came after
several hours of unconsciousness. His
wife was in Wilmington when he died,
having accompanied him from Whitevjile
Saturday.
Cuban Treaty Ratified.
Washington. Special.?The Senate. '
in executive session, ratified the treaty 1
between the United States and Cuba, 1
signed May 22, 1900. embodying the
Piatt amendment defining the future '
relations of the United States with i
Cuba. The treaty recites the Piatt (
amendments and enacts them in treaty
form comprising eight articles. The 1
treaty is made public, together with a
supplementary convention extending '
the period with which the ratifications
may be exchanged.
Port Arthur Bombarded.
London. By Cable.?A dispatch tc
Heutler's Telegram Company from St.
Petersburg says: "Japanese torpedo ,
boats appeared off Port Arthur at i
midnight of the night of March 21-22 ]
and the shore batteries and guardships
shelled them for twenty minutes
The Japanese retreated but reappeared
four hours later, when they met with 1
the same reception, when they retired 1
again." 1
THE HARBOR 15
Another Attempt On Port Arthur
Failed Signally
JAPANESE MADE BOLD ATTACK
rhe Russian Guns Repelled the War
Vessels From the Forta and the
Harbor Remains Open.
St. Petersburg.Bv Cable?An official
iispatch from Port Arthur to the Emperor
says that at 1 o'clock Monday
morning mo i\ussi<ili svaiwun^uio i?*o
Mosed four large merchant steamers
making for he entrance to the harbor,
supported by six torpedo boats. A j
heavy fire was opened on them by the!
batteries and some warships.
The torpedo boat Stilni. commanded
by Lieutenant Krinizki. turned the!
merchant vessels from their course by j
blowng up the prow of the first and j
hen boldly attacked the enemy's tor- j
pedo boats. In the fierce fight which
followed Chief Engineer Swyereff. of (
:he Stilni. and six marines were killed
md the commander and twelve men
ivere wounded.
The Japanese plan to block the enhance
to Port Arthur was frustrated,
however, and the channel is still clear j
Vice Admiral Makaroff, commanding
the Russian naval forces at Port I
Arthur, has sent the following tele- j
;ram to the Emperor:
"I beg most humbly to report that J
it 2 o'clock this morning the enemy
made a second attempt to block the
entrance to the intaer roadstead. For
this purpose they dispatched four
large merchant steamers, convoyed by
?ix torpedo boats to the entrance. The
enemy's ships were promptly discovered
,by the searchlights and were
bombarded by the batteries and by the
guardships. Fearing the enemy's i
ships might break through Lieut, j
Krinizki. commanding the guard tor- j
pedo boat Stilni, attacked tne enemy i
md destroyed the bow of the foremost:
Japanese steamer with a torpedo. This |
steamer turned to the right and was .
followed bv two others, with the result j
that the three were stranded to the ,
right of the entrance. A fourth steamer
went to the right of the enemy's!
ships and likewise sank to the side 1
Df the fairway. The Stilni then bat- j
tied with the enemy's six torpedo j
boats. Engineer Artificer Sweyereff
ind six seamen were killed and the
commander and twelve seamen were
wounded. At daybreak the enemy's
batteship and cruiser squadrons appeared
.and 1 proceeded with the fleet
under my charge to meet the enemy,
rhe second attempt of the Japanese
to block the entrance to Port Arthur
bas failed, thanks to the energetic defence
bv the sea and land forces, who
icted as they did during the first attempt.
The harbor remains perfectly
clear."
The following official dispatch has
been received from Gen. Smirnoff:
"Port Arthur. March 27.?Last
night, after moon-rise, the Japanese
attempted to block the entrance to the
harbor. Four fire ships were sent toward
the port convoyed by a torpedo
flotilla. Toward 2:15 a. m. the approach
of the enemy's ships were perceived
by the guardships and batteries
which simultaneously opened upon
Lhem heavily. The fire ships were |
preceded by torpedo boats, followed at ;
a considerable distance by larger
ships, which opened on the forts supporting
the action of the fire ships and
the torpedo boats. Owing to the
heaviness of our artillery lire and the
boldness of our torpedo boats, the
fire ships did not reach the entrance j
to the harbor. Two of them grounded i
cn a reef under Golden Hill, another !
sank behind the first turn of land. ;
struck by a torpedo from one of our;
boats, and the fourth sank, its bows
touching a Japanese steamer sunk in
the previous attempt off Majatchnaja 1
Gorda. The entrance to the harbor remains
clear.
"A Hotchkiss one-inch calibre quickfirer
was found aboard one of the
sunken steamers from which a fire
bad been kept on our torpedo boats. ;
\ boat left each of the sunken ships, j
carrvinz their crews. One of these is ;
believed to nave been picked up. Toward
4 oc'lock a. m. the enemy's torpedo
boats retired and the bombard?/
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Preached on Alars Hill.
Athens. By Cable. ?Rev. John Potts. !
o. Toronto. Ontario, preached on the j
Hill of Mars Sunday to the delegates to j
the world's Sunday school convention. 1
The ministers and delegates repeated
St. Paul's address to the Athenians.
All the members of the party from
the I'nited States are well and will
proceed to Jerusalem, where the meet- j
ing of the convention will he held.
May Ls?t Two Years.
Paris. Special.?The Matin's Harbin
correspondent says a rumor is being
circulated there to the effect that the
war will last two years and that it will
not really begin before September, the
rains making July and August unfavor- 1
able for military operations. Despite
China's protestions of neutrality, the
rorrespondent continues. "General Ma
is advancing to Manchuria. If this
r.ovement is combined ..ith the Japanese
operations the Russians will be
obliged to act against General Ma. who
continues to move northward, although
the Pekin government, it is under- i
stood. has ordered him to retire.
I
Rumor Unfounded.
Tien. Tsin, By Cable.?It is learned
upon reliable official authority that
ihe rumors of disaffection and mutiny
amongst the Chinese imperial troops
Dn the border, which have been current
for several days, are absolutely
unfounded. Col. Muenthe. of Viceroy
Yuan Chi Kai's staff, who was sent to
Port Arthur ten days ago to remove
the Chinese from that city, returned
to Tien Tsin Saturday, having satisfactorily
terminated his refuge mission.
|
/
i STILL CLEAR
ment ceased. Vice Admiral Makaroff
at once proceeded in a steam launch
to inspect the enemy's sunken steamers.
The enemy's torpedo boats reappeared
at 3 o'clock this morning.
They were sighted south of Port Arthur,
and the batteries re-opened on
them. Toward 6 o'clock the enemy's
squadron appeared on the horizon, and
ours steamed out to meet it. At 6:30
tho hnrrorips nnened fire. The ship's
batteries soon ceased, the Japanese
drawing off to the southeast, evidentlydeclining
an engagement. At 10
o'clock they disappeared below the
horizon."
A further telegram to the Emperor
from Vice Admiral Makaroff says:
"I respectfully report that the enemy
having withdrawn I returned to
the harbor with the fleet.
"The torpedo boat destroyer Stiini,
which stranded on the reef in consequence
of damage caused to her engines
by one of the enemy's shells,
was floated during the course of the
night and entered the harbor, thanks
to the energies of her crew. Her commander.
Lieut. Krinizki. who was
slightly wounded in the arm, did not
quit his post.
"On the fireships wore infernal machines.
the wires connecting with
which were cut by Lieut. Kedroff and
Ensign Pilsoudsky of the irregulars
whom I dispatched on the tack. They
boarded one of the steamers as soon
as it stopped, cut the electric wire and
extinguished the fire which would
have lit up the entrance of the harbor
to the enemy in the roadstead.
"In the morning a floating mine was
found bearing an infernal machine,
but the latter was successfully removed.
"The inspection made showed that
the steamers utilized as tire snips
were not old. They were each of about
2.000 tons and they were armed with
light calibre guns."
The Japanese practically repeated
the tactics of February 24. by sending
in four lire ships, preceded by a torpedo
boat flotilla, with the exception
that the fire ships this time were armed
with Hotchkiss guns for the purpose
of keeping off the Russian torpedo
beat destroyers.
The enemy's attempt was discovered
by means of the shore searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from the
batteries and from two ^gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
the habor. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Stilni was outside on scouting
duty, and to the dash and nerve
cf her commander. Lieut. Krinizki.
is chiefly due the complete defeat of
the plans of the Japanese. He at
once made straight for the oncoming
ships under a hall of fire from the
Hotchkiss guns, and torpedoed the
i Yi'ViistVt ohanro.l nff fnl
Itrauius 5U1JI, nuivu ouvv.vu
lowed by the others, three of them
being piled up on the shore under
Golden Hiil and one under the lighthouse.
Stilni then engaged the entire
six torpedoa boats of the enemy, coming
out from a terrific fight, with seven
killed and her commander and
twelve of her complement wounded,
but on the Japanese side only one
boat's crew were saved. In addition,
according to unofficial reports, it is
believed that the Japanese lost two ,
torpedo boats.
The Japanese cruisers which sup-j
ported the attack exchanged shots |
with the batteries and then drew off.'
after which Vice Admiral Makaroff j
took a steam launch and examined'
the fire ships. An hour later the Jap- j
anese torpedo flotilla, followed by j
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, sailed out |
to engage the enemy, but after the
ships and batteries had fired a few
long-distance shots. Vice Admiral Togo
decided to decline the issue, and j
disappeared to the southward.
The conviction continues to grow j
here that the Japanese may have con
- - u !
dueled mat it. wuuiu uv iuau<
to make a direct frontal attack on
Manchuria from Korea against the
whole Russian army, and that it will
be necesary to land a flanking column
in the Guif of Liao Tung to divide
the attention of the Russians, and if
possible to seize the railroad and cut
off Port Arthur. The ground above
New Chwang is perfectly familiar
to tho Japanese, who occupied it for
a year during the Chino-Japanese war
firs. Davis III.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Special.?Mrs.
Jefferson Davis., widow of the President
of the Southern Confederacy, who
iame here from New York after an i list
ss. was last night stricken at her
hotel with an attack of acute indigestion.
Through her remarkable vitality
she rallied and no apprehension is now
expressed for her rapid recovery.
Somebody Yelled Fire.
New Haven. Conn.. Special.?A pan-1
ic occurred at the morning service in
St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in |
which almost a score of persons were
it.jured. Four of the most seriously in-!
jnred. two women and two children,
were taken to the Haven Hospital.
Some one in the congregation shouted
'"Fire." dnring a prayer, and immedi
atelv the worshipers arose and rushed
tor the door at the rear of the church,
the only exit. The police and members
of the church have made an investigation.
but no reason far anyone giving
an alarm of fire has been discovered.
Cut His Throat.
Buchanan. Ga.. Special.?Immediately
after telling his twelve-year-old
daughter to leave the room. S. J. Bryant
killed himself at the house of S.
L. Land here Sunday by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with a razor
he had just sharpened for the purpose,
depression over bad health is the
cause assigned for the deed. His
daughter is the only child and his wife
is dead.
THE COTTON FIGURES
Full Report for 1903 Given Out By
the Department.
Washington, Special.?The final report
of the census bureau on cotton- ^
pinning, showing the total cotton production
for 1903, gives the following:
Number of commercial bales, including
liuters, 10.399,558, against 11,275,105
for 1902. *
The following table distributed the
crop, exclusive of linters: In the
United States 10,205,073 commercial
bales, 9,359,472 square bales, 770.208
round bales. 75,393 Sea Island bales.
The total crop reduced to a common
basis as to size of bales Is an equivalent
of 9.851,129 500-pound bales, as
against 10.630,945 500-pound bales in
1902. The number of bales counting
round as half bales, including linters.
was 10.014.154. against 10,784.743; the
equivalent bales of a 500-pound standard.
including linters. were 10,405,610,
against 10,287.168 in 1902. The square
bales upland crop reported from ginneries
which aggregated 9.359.472
shows a decrease of 633,193 from 1902;
the round bales, upland crop, reported
from ginneries were 770,208, a decrease
of 211,056; the bales of Sea
Island cotton reported from ginneries
were 75.393, a decrease of 20,560. and
the bales of linters reported from cotton
seed oil mills were 194.485, a decrease
of 1,738. These statistics were
collected through a canvass of the individual
ginneries of the cotton States
by 631 local special agents, who found
that 30.218 ginneries had been operated
for the crop of 1903, compared
with 30,948 for 1902. In the final canvass
for this crop where ginners had
not finished ginning they were requested
to prepare careful estimates
of the quantity of cotton which remained
to be ginned at their establishments;
their estimates, amounting to
75.401 commercial bales, have been
included in the totals of the above
table.
The distribution of the crop, exclusive
of linters, ty States and territories.
giving the total commercial
bales, follows: Alabama. 1.-J23.959;
Arkansas. 741.236; Florida. 58.572;
Georgia. 1.329.278: Indian Territory,
312.776: Kansas. 75; Kentucky. 6*4;
Louisiana. 858.56S; Mississippi. 1.439.294;
Missouri. 39.233; North Carolina,
355,i30; Oklahoma. 204,957: South
Carolina. 814.351; Tennessee. 250,437;
Texas, 2.562.632; Virginia. 13.681."
The complete annual report of cotton
ginned will be issued May 1.
Canal Commission.
Washington Special.?Two important
points has been developed in
connection with the work of the Isthmian
Canal Commission. One is
that the headquarters of the committee
will probably be on the Isthmus
of Panama, instead of Washington, ai
though an office probably will be
maintained, and the other, that ail of
the time of at least five of the commissioners
will not be devoted to the
canal work. Their private interest
will demand a part of their time. Legislation
now pending before Congress
provides for the appointment of a
government of the American zone,
in Panama. Should it b|? enacted into
law, It is quite probable that the
President may designate General
Davis as the governor of the canal
strip. The President has practically
determined that the Panama Canal
Commission shall be atached to the
War Department.
E G. Milts Dead.
Wilmington, Special.?Mr. E. G.
Mills, a well-known business man of
Whiteville. and a brother cf Messrs. F.
1. and W. H. Mills, of this city, died
at the James Walker Memorial Hospital
here Tuesday morning and the remains
were sent to his former home
for interment. Mr. Mills was brought
to the hospital Saturday for an operation
for an abscess upon his lower intestines.
The operation wa3 performed
Sunday afternoon but the sick man
never rallied and his death eame after
several hours of unconsciousness. His
wife was in Wilmington when he died,
having accompanied him from Whiteville
Saturday.
A New flethod Suggested.
Manila, By Cable.?Capt. Do Witt,
with a detachment of constabulary and
Lieut. Pitney, with a detachment of
scouts, have just encountered MacArio
Sakay. the so-called president of the
Filipino republic. Sakay. with 15 of
his followers, wen? killed and the remiar
n* rhp hand was rantiired.
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There were no casualties on the pert of
the Americans.
An Expedient.
Washington, Special.?A member of
the Hor.se committee on the judiciary
has prepared a bill looking to a consolidation
of the Northern and SouthI
ern judicial districts of Florida. This
| expedient is proposed to legislate Judge
Charles Swayne out of office and avoid
the necessity for impeaching him.
There is serious objections to this plan
among many members of the House.
It is stated in opposition to the plan
that even if the district should be
abolished Judge Swayne would still be
entitled to his salary as judge and
that it would simply work a hardship
on the people of the district and
on the judge for the Southern district
of the State.
Cuban Treaty Ratified.
Washington, Special.?The Senate,
in executive session, ratified the treaty
between the United States and Cuba,
signed May 22. 1903, embodying the
Piatt amendment defining the future
relations of the United States with
Cuba. The treaty recites the Piatt
amendmtnts and enacts them in treaty
form comprising eight articles. The
treaty is made public, together with a
supplementary convention extending
the period with which the ratifications
may be exchanged.