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Adab, the Old By Henri Pene Di ^^ ^DAB. the oldest city in tfr it under the ruins of Udn earthed. Babylonia's c ^ material of brick, so tint where it made its firs' Professor Robert F. jFof It in his researches among docume name of the city and indications of its first kings of Babylonia. Then one ui ruins and recover Adab. Its date is 1< Berosus, a wise man of Babylon there were ten kings of Babylonia v years. This is fabulous, of course. It reigned 747 years before the Christi; Babylon, who was the first king. _ Professor E. J. Banks, who direct* Harper, who directs tnem trom nis si unearthed the ancient city, because b are in the relics unearthed, and Udnui His force of 120 men will find, a: statues, onyx lamps and jewels inva'.i manners will learn from the houses o most ancient civilized men. All the , for ages has to be rewritten. 5^, The history of Babylonia may no i Herodotus, whom we had to believe >i ' fcave been great gatherers of fables, that they say. even as astronomy dis] old alchemists. The unearthing of Adab should i nezzar, whose reign of forty-three vc There are inscriptions of his time, bi gerations. One says that he built the Babylonia was essentially religioi f are full of humor which was unknov J cellent in the manufacture of textile . peaceful than the Asyrians. they had of the arts that charm. And these an The importance of their work ma as in other things, only the pupil and stone in abundance, and the Babylon itisstnncp hut tlho A scvHnno had fnrme ma<fe necessary to Babylonia. We 1 Assyrians too much, since we build he ?New York American. i" ^ ^ i King' Leopol | Captai By Samuel Philli ^HE meaa> of Leopold and #TT% before them was appare I M the rubl>er and ivory, t their undertaking. Eur ginning The comic pa - topic for ridicule. Emir ? never be exploited by w ance at Congo investments. Leopold anthropist. and an enthusiastic hobb a royal plaything. Even Belgium wot pTiests and the bad boys of the noble ; at first in securing able and good mei among the highest officials; but it mu most of the white men who went to tl From this dark background two genius of Leopold, and the capability country. The King never wavered, a faith which looks sublime in the !i no special apologist i'or the political [ tenacity of purpose in the Congo vent little short of marvellous. We Ame captains of industry; but here is a re captain of industry, puts Rockefeller of taking over the public domain of master over nearly a million square n Btitution restricts him. At the lowes r jrortb $300,000,000 in land alone; and minerals and for trading and other pu King of Be'gium is tb ? wealthiest ind: executive purposes, ou? head was beti with a few expert advisers, with man; s executive manager. He lias himself ager, president and financial agent. John Smith, Robert Winthrop. Warr ' an empire, but did it in person on th f without putting a foot on African soil. r ' ^ * [The Defect r Grea By Henry Harris* Hl ** y opening of the St. L< ^ I place, because such an e I I great measure of the ar >s also expected to be pliances. Ever since tl IqbSqeI in Hyde Park in 1S51, th as the indicator and ex varying opinions as to the real valu more of such exhibitions have been o practically been decided to abandon ft hereafter to make such displays rati some particular department of sciem wise one has been dc-monstrateti dv s vief appears to be confirmed by wh: Hulian endurance ha? set a limit to shows, and it is also clearly impract with even a single department of indi arts are -well represented at St. Louis, gaps which should have been filled t complete. The general combination of indn trated management has also acted t< tions. When there were numerous i accomplish the same general object, their various products fully and enei the visitor soon realizes that he is bei arranged that he should observe, and ' developed devices art' kept in the ba exposition, therefore, is becoming m< and less in it to attract the interest* Under such circumstances, it is appai be considered as another move in the < there and elsewhere ever since.?The Texas' Wooded Era. > Of all the states in the Union Texa> has the largest wooded area. Nci does this include the chaparra growth extending throughout the Ri( ' Grande country, but only the vast tim ber section of East Texas and th* Central and far Western woodlands These are estimated at 64,000 squan miles. ' Kansas has just discovered that he ; great flood last year had some goo* In It, after all. This year no rats gophers or rabbits have appeared t* damage the crops in the districts which were under water. est City, Unearthed it>ois. e world, has just b?en discovered. It was iraki, in Babylonia, and it had to be un* limate was good, and the soil gave the it civilization rose there naturally. Adab, t effort, was unknown until recently to Harper, of the University of Chicago, read >nts of Babylonia's history. He found the ; cite in a record of Lammurabi. one of the liversity sent learned men to dig into the )st in the years before Christ, ia, whom one need not believe, says that rho reigned before the deluge for 432,000 is enought to think that Xabonassar, who an era, knew Adab, as well as Alorus of Hi the diggers at Adab. writes to Professor tuuy at Chicago, that he is sure of having ricks inscribed with the name of Udnunki nki was built over Adab. s they found at Bismaya, temples, marble uable to art lovers. Then Che students of r .i,~ /.itv tho mnnnpr rrf lifp of the > history that has been studied painfully t escape that fate. Berosus. Diodorus and vhen we were children, are known now to Archaeology disproves most of the things proves the astronomers and chemistry the eveal to us the true history of Nebuchad>ars made Babylon, mistress of the world, it one does not know if they be not exagwall of Babylon in fifteen days, us. but its engraved gems and metal work in to Assyria. The Babylonians were exfabrics. in pottery and in painting. More raor* leisure than they for the cultivation 5 to be revealed by the diggers of Adab. v not be exaggerated. Assyria was in art. imitator of Babylonia. The Ass.vr'<\ns had ians were obliged to take it from a great of architecture which the use of brick had aave not the right to deride for this the uses of iron as if they were made of stone. P * d as a in of Industry pa Verner. his coadjutors were limited, and the work ntly boundless. It looks now as if, but lor hey must have been forced to relinquish ope prophesied failure from the very helpers made the Congo scheme a favorite lent scientists said that the country could hite men. Commercial bodies looked askwas called alternately a hair-brained phily-rider. The Congo State was'regarded as ild scarcely send to the field any but hardy families. The utmost difficulty was found 1 for pioneers. There were a few of these ist be admitted that for a number of years ie Congo were the scum of Europe. facts emerge into prominent relief: the ' for development possessed by the Congo He spent his millions like water. He had ght of the past and of the present. I am career of King Leopold; but his dogged ure must appear to any impartial beholder rieans boast of our kings of finance and al king. who. as a monarch of finance and and Morgan into the shade. Leopold's act the Congo territory makes him r'.-olute liles. No parliament controls him, no cont value he places on his possessions he is when the value of the land in metals and irposes is considered, it is evident that the ividual on the globe. He believed that, for ter than many. So he undertook the work f skilled laborers, but with himself as sole been the board of directors, general manThere has been nothing like it in history, en Hastings. Cecil Rhodes, each founded ie spot. King Leopold has done his work ,?The Forum. P ^ of it Expositions* an Suplee. mis exposition calls for comment in this xposition must necessarily be the result in iplied science of engineering, and because a display of engineering methods and aple opening of the original Crystal Palace ie international exhibition has been hailed ponent of progress; but there have been e of such enterprises. In France, where rganized than in any other country, it has or the future the universal exposition and ler of a special nature, representative of ?e or industry. That such a course is a several of the recent expositions, and this at has thus far been shown at St. Louis, the area to be covered by these mammoth icable in such cases to deal satisfactorily istry. While certain portions of the useful there are. as has been the case elsewhere, 0 render the exposition even measurably istries of a similar nature under concen) diminish the real value of great exhibindividual makers of devices intended to the spirit of rivalry led them to display -getically. At the present time, however, ng permitted to see only what it has been that many operative details and partially ckground by common consent. The great jre and more a gorgeous show, with less sd attention of the scientific investigator, ent that the exposition at St. Louis must lirection set at Paris in 1889 and continued Forum. Revanche for Agincourt. ? . r The first meeting of English and 1 French archers since the battle of ) Aginccurt took place at Le Touquet, - | near Staples, in circumstances which i were naturally very different rrvm . i those of 1415. A contingent of Engj lish archers, some fifty in number, I crossed the channel to take part in j an international tournament, and r j there were nearly one hundred French i ! archers among the competitors. In (> j a match between Englishmen and 3 J Frenchmen the latter proved their de. 5 cided superiority by winning handj somely.?London Daily Telegraph. , ! CHICAGO STRIKE SETTLED AT LAST : Donnelly States That the Step Had ! Become Necessary to Prevent DisI j ruption. Chicago, Special.?The strike of the butcher workmen, which has demoralized the great meat pecking industry throughout the country for the last two months, was officially de clared off Thursday night by President Michael J. Donnelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters r.nd Butchers Workmen of America. This morning Mr. Donnelly telegraphed the members of vhe national executive committee asking their consent to an announcement of the end of the struggle, and having received favorable answers from all, he declared that the strike of the members of his organization would end at midnight. The strike of the members of the affiliated unions at the stockyards ' 1 who quit wors in sympamy ?uu wo butchers will officially be called oft Friday morning at a meeting of the conference board of the allied trades. This was decided upon at a meeting of the central body of the allied trades. The geneial body was at first in favor of continuing the strike, but Mr. Donnelly, who was present, announced that the men were defeated and that in order to save his union from being entirely disrupted he would order his men to return to work in the morning no matter what course might be taken by other unions. As the other unions had no grievance of their own', but had gone on strike to aid the butchers, there was nothing left for them but to follow the lead of Mr. Donnelly, and they, too, decided to call off the strike, as far a3 they were concerned. Cotton Crop Letter. Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co., of New Orleans, furnish the following statement of the condition for the past week: Weather conditions since the past fortnight have been unfavorable, and 1 nrlfh fon; OY/>f>nt inTIS puvaic autivco, nuU *v.? v?v?r?.??, report the crop to have deteriorated to a large extent over the entire belt, particularly in Texas. There are numerous complaints of shedding and rust, and insects ravaging the crop in many sections of Mississippi and Louisiana, while the boll worms and boll weevil are reported to have done great damage in many portions of Texas, the latter being more numerous than in past seasons and infecting many new localities. The crop situation at present is very uncertain, and it will be sometime before an approximate idea can be formed as to the ultimate yield, and considering the deterioration in August, we believe the Government Bureau Report of the condition up to the 25th August rather too good, however, the crop has deteriorated mater ially since the Government Report was compiled, and any further deterioration is likely to cause a rapid advance in prices. Dwelling Dynamited. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?At 3:30 | Tuesday morning a residence cccu-1 pied by two negro women, Sallie Gar- [ nev and Ella Jenkins, in an eastern j SUUUI'U Ul una UIJ, WttJb uiunu UJ dynamite. The two women were asleep in bed in the front room, and beneath this part of the house the dynamite was placed. While the room was torn to pieces and the bed demolished the two women escaped unhurt. Sallie Garney stated to the police j that she had been told by a neighbor} that a man had been seen in her yard ! about 8 o'clock. She also said that some time ago she found poison in her food and that all the food in her house was poisoned at the time. The police have a clue and will probably soon make an arrest. Race War in Georgia Town. Macon, Ga., Special.?Specials to The Telegraph say that at^Pavo, Ga.. a clash between whites and blacks is -imminent. The whites are alleged by the negroes to have burned a hall in which a "Before Day Club" was supposed to meet. The negroes have organized in armed bands outside the town and sent challenges to the whites, who are sleeping on their guns in anticipation of an attack. Moultrie has been called on for assistance and the militia is ready to go at a moment's notice. A Great Race. New York, Special.?Beldame, the great three-year-old filly, won the September stakes, one mile and three furlongs, at Sheepshead Bay. She made practically all the running and won with ease. Ort Wells was decisively A ?-? Un /? n roi?)o I _ Ufaien. liuidiiiii? a uau umu. uiu^iui lio finished second. In the opinion of meny horsemen, Beldame's easy victory rlaces her in a class by herself. Supreme Grand Lodge. Beulah. Miss., Special.?The national convention of the Golden Rule Supreme ' Grand Lodge began here Wednesday I There is a representative delegation ; frcm all the lodges comprised in the i Supreme Grand Lodge. I I Two Killed in Freight Wreck. Birmingham, Ala.. Special?Two : men were killed and another seriously : wounded in a freight wreck on the Southern Railway between Dodge| wood and Wilton on the Birmingham : & Selma division Friday afternoon. I The dead: W. H. Cherry, engineer, and J Will Ivey, brakeman. Dangerously i wounded: N. L. Snow, white, fireman. PRESIDENT'S LETTER Mr. Roosevelt Writes The Committee Defining His Position HE ASSUMES A FIRM ATTITUDE The President Says It Is Difficult to Find Out From the Utterances of "Our Opponents" What Are the Real Issues Upon Which They ProPose to Wage Their Campaign. The following is the substitute of President Roosevelt's letter of acceptance, which is quite a lengthy document! Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1904. Hon. J. G. Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee. i My Dear Sir: I accept the nomination for the presidency tendered me by the Republican national convention, and cordially approve the platform adopted by it. In writing this letter there are certain points upon which I desire to lay especial stress. It is difficult to find out from the utterances of our opponents what are the real issues upon which they propose to wage this campaign. It is not unfair to say that, having abandoned most of the principles upon which they have insisted during the last eight years, they now seem at a loss, both as to what it is that they really believe, and as to how firmly they shall assert their belief in anything. In fact, it is doubtful if they venture resolutely to press a single issue; as soon as they raise one they shrink from it and seek to explain it away. Such an attitude is the probably inevitable result of the effort to improvise convictions; for when thus improvised, it is natural that they should be held in a tentative manner. The party now in control of the government is troubled by no such difficulties. We do not have to guess at our own convictions, and then correct the guess if it seems unpopular. The principles which we profess are those in which we believe with heart and soul and strength. Men may differ from us; but they cannot accuse us of shiftiness or insincerity. The policies we have pursued are those which we earnestly hold as essential to the national welfare and repute. Our actions speak even louder than our words for the faith that is in us. We base our appeal upon what we have done and are doing, upon our record of administration and legislation during the last seven years, in which we have had complete control of the government. We intend in the Tuture to carry on the government in the same way that we have carried it on in the past. A party whose jnembers are radically at variance on most vital issues, and if united at all, are only united on issues where their attitude threatens widespread disaster to the whole country, cannot be trusted to govern in any matter. A party which, with facile ease, changes all its convictions before election cannot be trusted to adhere with tenacity to any principle after election. A party fit to govern must have convictions. In 1896 the Republican party came into power, and in 1900 it retained power on certain definite s - ?t- ? -i. ..1 1.. I pieages, eacn 01 wmcn was scrupuiuusiy fulfilled. But in addition to meeting and solving the problems which were issues in these campaigns, it also became necessary to meet other problems which arose after election; and it is no small part of our claim to public confidence that these were solved with the same success that had attended the solution of those concerning which the battles at the polls were fought. In other words, our governmental efficiency proved equal not only to the task that were anticipated, but to doing each unanticipated task as it arose. When the contest of 1896 was decided the question of the war with Spain was not an issue. When the contest of 1900 was decided, the shape which the isthmian canal question ultimately took could not have been foreseen. But the same qualities which enabled those responsible for making and administering the laws of Washington to deal successfully with the tariff and the currency. enabled them also to deal with the Spanish war; and the same qualities which enabled them to act wisely In the Philippines, andtn Cuba, also enabled them to do their duty as regards the problems connected with the trusts, and to secure the building of the isthmian canal. We are content to rest our case before the American people upon the fact that to adherence to a lofty ideal we have added proved governmental efficiency. Therefore, our promises may surely be trusted as regards any issue that is now before the people and we may equally be trusted to deal with any problem which may hereafter arise. MISREPRESENTATION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES. So well has the work been done that our opponents do not venture to recite the facts about our policies or acts, and then oppose theiu. They attack them only when they have first misrepresented them; for a truthful recital would leave no room for adverse comment. Panama offers an instance in point. Our opponents can criticise what we did in Panama only on condition of misstating what was done. The administration behaved throughout not only with good faith, but with extraordinary patience and large generosity towards those with whom it dealt. It was also mindful of American interests. It acted in strict compliance with the law passed by Congress. Had not Panama been promptly recognized, and the transit across the isthmus kept open, in accordance with our treaty rights and obligations, there would have ensued endless guerrilla warfare and possibly foreign complications; while all chance of building the canal would have been deferred, certainly for years, perhaps for a generation or more. Criticism of the action in this matter is simply criticism of the only possible action which conid have secured the building cf the canal; as well as the peace and quiet which we were, by treaty, bound to preserve along the line of transit across the isthmus. The service rendered this country in securing the perpetual right to construct, maintain, operate and defend the canal was so great that our opponents do not venture to raise the Issue in straightforward fashion; for if so raised there would be no issue. The beneficent result was the exercise by the President of the powers vested in him. and in him alone by the constitution; the power to recognize foreign governments by entering into diplomatic relations with them, and the power to make treaties i which, when ratified by the Senate, becomes under the constitution part of { the supreme law of the land. Neither ! in this nor in any other matter has 1 there been the slightest failure to live up to the constitution in letter and in spirit. But the constitution must be observed positively as well as negatively. The President's duty is to serve the country in accordance with the constitution; and I should be derelict in my duty if I used a false construction of TTTOOV f me consuiuuuu oa a suiciu im n ness and timidity, or as an excuse for governmental impotence. Many other objections of Democrats to the Republican policies are cited and answered in the same strain. The President touches upon the question of capital and labor, claiming that his administration has done everything possible to assume harmony between these forces. On the subject of Civil Service he says in part: Our opponents have now declared themselves in favor of the civil service law, the repeal of which they demande din 1900 and in 1896. If consistent, they should have gone one step further and congratulated the country upon the way in which the civil service law is now administered, and the way in which the classified service has been extended. The exceptions from examinations are fewer by far than ever before, and are confined to individual cases, where the application of the rules would be Impracticable, unwise or unnecessary. The administration of the great body of the classified civil service J is free from politics, and appointments and removals have been put upon a business basis. Statistics show that there is little difference between the tenure of the Federal classified employes and that of the employes of private business corporations. Less than 1 per cent of the classified employes are over 70 years of age, and In the main the service rendered is vigorous and \ efficient. Where the merit system was : of course most needed was in the Phil ippine Islands; ana a civil service ian , of very advanced type has there been i put Into operation and scrupulously ob- | served. Without one exception every appointment in the Philippines has be$n made in accordance with the strictest standard of fitness, and without heed te any other consideration. The Tariff and Reciprocity are both touched upon at considerable length, in the usual forceful style of Mr. Roosevelt. The Philippines come in for a lengthy discussion, claiming that the administration policy is the correct one. Governmental expenses are discussed, and the claim made that the present expenses are economical, and a j good balance has been kept in the treasury. The letter closes with the following: Our appeal is made to all good citizens who hold the honor and the interest of the nation close to their hearts. The great issues which are at stake, and upon which I have touched, and mere than which I have touched, for they involve much that comes home to the individual well-being of our people. Under conditions as they actually are, ; good Americans should refuse, to ! to change the national policy. We, who : are responsible for the administration and legislation unddr which this country, during the last seven years, has [ grown so greatly in well-being at home and in honorable repute among the nations rvf the earth abroad, do not stand inertly upon this record, do not use this record as an excuse for failure of effort to meet new conditions. On the contrary, we treat the record of what we have done in the past as incitement to do even better in the future. We believe that the progress that we have made may be taken as a measure of the progress we shall continue to make if the people again entrust the government of the nation to our hands. We do not stand still. We press steadily forward toward the goal of moral and material well-being of our own people, of just and fearless dealing toward all other peoples, in the interest not merely of this country, but of mankind. There is not a policy, foreign or domestic, which we are now carrying but, which it would not be disastrous to reverse or abandon. If our opponents should come in and should not reverse our policies, then they would be branded with the brand of broken faith, of false promise, of insincerity, in word and deed; and no man can work to the advantage of the nation with such a brand clinging to him. If, on the other hand, they should come and reverse any or all of our policies, by just so much would the nation as a whole be damaged. Alike as lawmakers and as administrators of the law we have endeavored to do our duty in the interest of the people as a whole. We make our appeal to no class and to no section, but to all good citizens, in whatever part of the land they dwell, and whatever may be their occupation or worldly condition. We have striven both for civic righteousness and for national greatness: and we have faith to believe that our hands will be upheld by all who feel love of country and trust in the uplifting of mankind. We stand for enforcement of the law and for obedience to the law; our government is a government or oraeny uuerij cquanj alien to tyranny and to anarchy; and it? foundation stone is the observance of the law, alike by the people and by the public servants. We hold ever before us as the all-important end of policy and administration the reign o! peace at home and throughout the v.orld; of peace, which comes only by doing Justice, RUSSIANFLEEF SAILS Coming to the Assistance of Their Fellows RUSSIA INCREASES HER FORCES Sends a Number of Warships and Other Fighting Craft to the War Zone?Active Operations in the Vicinity of Mukden Almost Entirely Suspended?Viceroy Alexieff Said to Have Resigned. What little news was received Sunday from the Manchurian theatre of war indicates the almost entire suspension of active operations by both Russians and Japanese. The last dis paten from Mukden was niea oy a correspondent of the Associated Press Sunday evening. It said that all was quiet in that region and the understanding was that the main fore of the Japanese had retired to Yentai, on the railroad, about 10 miles northeast of Liao Yang. Kuropatkin briefly reports that there was no fighting Saturday, except small patrol encounters. A dispatch received in London from St. Petersburg gives a report that Viceroy Alexieff has resigned. The Baltic fleet, rumor regarding which have from time to time occupied the press reports, sailed Sunday from Cronstadt and it Is officially announced in St Petersburg that its destination is thq. Far East, St. Petersburg dispatches Indicate active preparations to greatly increase the Russian fighting force. The story from Port Arthur is one of bombardment. Prayer for Russian Arms. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The Official Messenger publishes the following resolution which adopted by the Holy Synod: "By virtue of an imperial ukase to the effect that during the present trials of our dear country more ardent prayers should be offered for the victory of the Russian troops who are worshippers of Christ, over a cruel enemy, full of guile, the Holy Synod pronounces the time ripe for special prayers to be offered in all of the churches in the Empire on Sundays and holi days after mass, beseeching that heavenly aid should be sent to the Russian army, which is sacrificing itself for its faith, its Emperor and its country, for long life for the victorious troops and for the repose of the souls of the warriors who fall." The following prayer has been specially ordained: "Although unworthy, we implore Thee, who are strong in battle for aid and humbly beseech Thee to accept our weapons in Thy cause, to give thy Christ loving army victory and to permit it to subdue the enemy. Send from on high Thy hand and touch the hearts of the enemy so that they shall make supplication to Thee, the God of Peace who loves His creatures. Strengthen us with Thy might Defender of the orthodox faith, send Thy arrows to confound the enemy. Strike them as with lightning , c and give them into the hands of Thy faithful troops. Thou who harkened to Moses, bless the Emperor's doings, multiply His glory and confirm his Empire. By Try almighty hand preserve his army. Send Thy angel to fortify his troops and give them salvation. Send peace upon us. May Thy invisible finger defend Thy servants, show them the right path, forgive them, their sins and bestow upon them the crown of glory. Grant the Emperor peaceful life and well-being, the fulfillment of his desires and a conquest of his enemies." The prayer also appeals to the Virgin and concludes by beseeching eterral rest for the dead, and for all those who have laid down their lives for their faith, and their country. Eight People Drowned. Philadelphia, Special.?The Delaware river steamer Columbia, on its way from this city to Bristol, Pa., Sunday night crashed into a steam launch about 10 miles north of here, grinding it to pieces and causing the drowning of 8 of the dozen occupants of the small boat All of the party were Philadelphlans. The dead are: Joseph Fortescue, owner of the launch; Wade Auday, Thomas Duffy, Thomas Corvesier, Anna Young. Joseph Pfromer, Mrs. Joseph Ffromer, Engineer James Briggs. All Quiet at Mukden. Mukden, By Cable.?All is quiet in this region. It has upnderstood that the main force of the Japanese has retired to Yentai. A solemn service was held here for the repose of the souls of those killed in action. It was attended by the entire stafT and garrison. A few distant shots were heard during the ceremony, but this did not disturb the solemnity of the service. The weather is threatening and more jam is expected. Many Japs Killed. Washington, Special.?A dispatch from Tokio which reached the Japan* ese legation Saturday placed the total casualties on the Japanese side at tho battle of Liao Yang at 17.539 officers and men killed and wounded. Of these the army of right (Kuroki's) lost 4,866. The centre (Oku's) 4.992 and the left (Nodzu's) 7,681. The number of officers killed was 136 and the number wounded 464.