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THS 3?HT1SK WATCHKAN, Eutabiiahed Apr?i, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not,-Let al! the Endsthon. Aims': at, be thy Country's, thy God's andaTrath's." THE TRDS SOUTHSO.N, Ketabiivh** .rm** : CG Coso?ld?ted Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1908. _New Series-Vol. XXL X<>. 21 --sr I^ff. C3r. Oateen5 SUMTER, 8. C TERMS I ?1.50 per annum-in advscr.c ADTKKT?SSMSKT; One Square first insertion.Si CO Every subseqnent insertion. 50 Contracts for three morths, or.longer wil be mads >*?; reduced rates. AH cot ?iunications which sabserve private interests 'ill be charged forjas ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects willgbe charged for. MAGLAY VERSUS ROOSEVELT. Demands Trial Under Civil Ser , vice Law. New York, Dec. 23.-Edgar Stan? ton Maclay, whose connection with the Schley case led President Roose? velt to request his resignation as spe? cial laborer in the navy, made formal demand today for trial by usual naval procedure. He averred that his case came under the civil service law and that he could not be dismissed with? out formal charges, trial and convic? tion. The request for his resignation was sent to him by Rear Admiral Barker, commander of the navy yard at Brooklyn, and he replied at once by letter formally setting forth his posi? tion. Discussing the case Maclay said : 4 4 The president cannot have me dis? missed under the law, as I see it. I do not see how he can force me out, I am protected by the civil service laws enacted by congress, whose enactments the president is bound to execute. I do not know positively, but I believe my position under civil service furnishes me complete protec? tion so long as I violate no rules of the service, and that I have not done, and I have so stated in my letter to the commandant, in answer to the request for my resignation. No, I did-not say that the president is as bad as the czar of Russia. "I have done nothing more than write the commandant and ask that the charges be preferred against me, and I will do nothing more just now. I have not been suspended and am working here today, as I have been doing for lo months. I have tried to do my duty here and have broken no rules and shall simply stand by my rights, more for the principie of the matter than -anything else, for my position here pays me very little and is chiefly valuable because of the ex? perience and information "it affords me as material for my books." Rear Admiral Barker forwarded Maclay's letter to "Washington. Having Refused to Resign by Request He is Kicked Out. Washington, Dec. 24.-Secretary Long has discharged Edgar Stanton Maclay from his poistion as a skilled laborer in the Brooklyn navy yard, Maclay having refused to resign upon request. Maclay is author of a naval history and in its last volume sharply criticised Admiral Schley and denounced him as a caitiff, poltroom and coward. "Washington, Dec 24.-Secretary Long's action was taken by direction of the president and followed a confer? ence between the president and the secretary, who took to the White House with him a letter from Maclay in response to the request for his res? ignation sent by the secretary last Saturday, in this letter Maclay sub? mitted that he could not be removed or be compelled to resign without definite charges being made against him and without having an opportu? nity to answer those charges. Al though the civil service rules sive employes of the public service the op? portunity of answering charges that may be preferred against them the president exercised his prerogative in the present instance and demanded Maclay's removal, it being held that the latter was aware unofficially if not officially of the reason which actuated the executive in taking the course determined on. Secretaw Long said the action taken today woafd dispose of the case finally. Mr. Jraelay's letter to Secretary Long rallying to the request for his ! resignation is as follows Navy Yard, Now York, Dec. 23. To Rear Admiral Albert s. Barker, U. S. N., Commandant Navy Yaru. New York. Sir: ? have "the honor of acknowl-j edging the receipt of your communier.- j tion of this date, in which you for? ward the following communication of this date from the honorable secretary j of the navy : .4i am directed by the president to | ask Edgar S. Maclay. special laborer, i general storekeepers' x office, navy yard. New York, to send in his resig? nation. I respcefully subimt that ? was regu? larly appointed to my present position after having duly passed a clerk's examination in accordance with ali j the requirements of the civil service 1 regulations and, therefore cannot be | removed or be compelled io resign without definite charges being made against me and without having an op? portunity to answer those charges. I have bene in this office fifteen months, have been promoted for efficiency and, so far as I know my work has been satisafctory to my superiors. I have violated no rules or regulations of this office or of the navy yard, so far as I am aware. Such being the case, I feel that it would not only be an injustice to myself to resign under such circum? stances, but it would be establishing a precedent that vitally concerns thou? sands of civil service employes, both national and State. Very respectfully yours, EdgarS. Maclay. j Secretary Lena's dispatch to Rear ! Admiral Barker directing Maclay's ! removal was as follows: Washington, Dec. 24. , Rear Admiral A. S. Barker, U. S. X. : j By direction or president, Edgar ! S. Maclay is discharged. Notify him. Long. Washington, Dec. 24.-The division of insular affairs of the war depart? ment has prepared for publication a summary of the vital statistics of the city of" Habana for the month of November, 1901. The sanitary condi? tion of the city is excellent, each month showing a steady improvement over the corresponding month of the preceding year. During the past ll years the average number of deaths for November has been 902. In November this year there were 443. The death rate was 19.58, which compares favorably with cities of the same size in the leading civilized countries of the world. During November there were no cases and no deaths from yellow fever. This can be said" of no preceding November since 1762. During the last ll years the average deaths from dis? ease in November has been 43 per cent, III i .^Mgi^^^^W Americanizing the World. London, December 26.-The Daily News this morning, in an editorial discussing Mr. Wlilam T. Stead's rjamphlet on "The Americanization of the World," admits that Mr. Glad? stone's prophecy that the United States would replace Great Britain as the premier commercial nation has been, on the whole, realized, but it declares it to be impossible that Great Britain, as Mr. Stead suggests, could ever enter an American union, except after a series of disasters rendering separte existence impossible. The paper considers any kind of an Anglo American federation equally unlikely, owing to the Briton's insatiable love of caste, which led Cobden to insist that Englishmen were aristocrats rather than democrats. For the rest it, confesses the enormous influence which the United States will wield over the British coloneis, and that a majority of Irishmen would vote for federation with the United States. The article further says it would be interesting what might happen if the United States should drop their pro-* tectionist policy and should offer to Jamaica, Canada or even Australasia the immense bribe of admission on reciprocal terms to their* vast, ever extending markets. A Drunken Father Killed. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 25.-In defending his mother from an assault by her drink-crazed husband, Theodore Wat? kins, 13 years of age, shot and killed his father tonight at their home here. Richard Watkins came home and began abusing his family. He picked up a hatchet and started after his wife, saying he was going to kill her, anc. attempted to strike her on the head. Theodore siezed a revolver, which he fired at his father. The bullet took effect near the heart and death resulted soon. Young Watkins surrendered himself to the police. The boy says he killed his father to keep him from killing his mother, but he did not intend to kill his father. He insists he was justified in the shooting. Shaw Will Succeed Gage. Washington, Dec. 25.-It was an? nounced authoritaively this evening that Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, would be apppointed Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Secretary Lyman Gage. There will be no change in the office of Secretary of Agriculture, Sec? retary Wilson, also of Iowa, continu? ing to retain the position. The date of the transfer of the treas? ury department will depend on the mutual convenience of the outgoing and incoming Secretary, Mr. Gage having signified an entire willingness to remain at the head of his depart? ment until such time as it may be agreeable to his successor to take hold. It is supposed, however, that Governor Shaw will be inducted into his nev/ office some time in January. It has been known for two or three days that Governor Shaw was slated for appointment to succeed Secretary Gage, but it was not until today that the Iowa Executive accepted the ten? der made to him. Fiiiplnr War Goes Merrily On.. Manila, Dec. 24.-The Filipino Gen- ! eral Samson and ali the other insur? gent chiefs on the Island of Bondi i have surrendered with 28 cannon and 15 guns. During an engagement ir. Batangas province between the insur? gents and a detachment of the Twenty first infantry under Lieut. Edgar T. Conley, one American private was badly wounded. A mininer of the enemy were killed. The military prison at Subig bay ? has been re-established. A large num? ber of Filipinos captured in Laguna and Batangas have been sent there. The column under Dougherty is making a clean sweep of Laguna province, burning all the insurgents' barracks that are found, and a num? ber of small native hamlets. Col. Dougherty has taken many prisoners and the insurgent loss of life during his operations has been heavy. Health and Beauty. A poor complexion is usually the result of a torpid liver or irregular action of the bowels. Unless nature's refuse is carried off it will surely cause impure blood. Pimples, boils and other eruptions follow. This is nature's method of throwing off the poisons which the bowels failed to re? move. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are world famous for remedying this condi? tion. They stimulate the liver and pro? mote regular and healthy action of the bowels, but never cause griping, cramps or distress. Safe pills.-J S Hughson & Co "BO?GHER" WEYLER IS BESHS " O?TSOME BY TIE MB?. QhlJPainis an Appalling Picture of War Horrors in the Phil? ippines. (Extracts from Correspondence of Jos. ! Ohl in Atlanta Constitution.) Cebu, Island of Cebu, P. I.-The highly civilized and altogether hu? mane methods that characterized the rule of the gentle Weyler in Cuba are being resorted to by the American army in its efforts to subject the Visayans of this island of Cebu; of Bohol, and would be put into effect in Samar if the conditions were favor? able. Whole villages have been burn? ed by the orders of the general com? manding this district, and the recon? centrado policy of which we heard so much in Cuba is about to be put into operation here, if, indeed, it cannot be said to have already been insti? tuted. General Hughes believes that ' war ' is hell, " as Sherman said, and he is giving the people of Cebu a taste of the brimstone. Only a few nights ago an American officer boasted that he is known as the Weyler of the district where he is in command. He also said-though it may seem incredible-that he was proud of being so called. The people of the United States have no conception of the conditions pre? vailing down here. If they had, a howl would go up from one end of the country to the other. Army officers tell of these things in confidence, but nothing is said with the idea that, it shall get to the outside world. I have no doubt that when this appears in The Constitution there will be a chorus of denial ; and yet I am writing only that which I get from the very best authority. General orders have been issued that whosoever shall in any way give aid and comfort to the enemy shall be visited with dire punishment; that his house shall be burned over his head and that he himself shall be dealt with as severely as is possible. The officer commanding the battalion over on Bohol has been given instruc? tions to kill off everybody suspected of connections with the insurgents. He has been told that these orders give him the widest latitude ; that he is not to be very particular whether the sus? pect is bearing arms or has been ; if he is a suspect, he is to be treated as an outlaw and shot down. The ?people are to be brought in from the country and cooped up in the towns; those who refuse to come are to be hunted down. The only differ? ence I can see between this and the Weyler methods which brought down the wrath of the world upon the head of Spain, is that the Filipino recon? centrados will in all probability be fed better than the Spanish fed those in Cuba. These drastic measures are consider? ed necessary by General Hughes be? cause conditions on this island and its little neighbor Bohol are worse today than they have been at any time. Army officers who tell of these orders say they think them necessary in or? der to pu t a speedy end to the tronbles and argue that it will all turn out best for the Filipinos, even if they lose their lives as the result of it all. Passing Cebu island at night, I saw a village in the hills not far from the beach in the process of being burned. I could not see, of course, who set it on fire, but from what I had been told I incline to the belief that it was fired by the American soldiers. The prop? erty of innocent people was doubtless destroyed in that conflagration along with the property of the guilty. They who have made their lives in that vil? lage know that war as it is being now conducted is "hell." I do not mean to be a sentimentalist on this subject, but some of the stories I have been told are calculated to arouse the sympathies of anybody. General Hughes told me of the burn? ing of one town. He said it had been found that the people of that town had entertained some of the insurgents, giving them food and aid. The condi? tions in cases like this, as they have ben told me by officers, would indicate that the charge is technically correct. The people of this village were waited upon by a party of the Fi li {.-ines who were armed with guns and bolos. They were informed that the insurgent ? army expected so much rice, or coin, so many chickens and a stated amount of money. If these requests were refused, they would be very promptly bcioed. They j were helpless in the hands of (?bis arm? ed band and, with ail the haste p?ssi- j ble, proceeded to produce. Then they ! were ordered to join in and give heir j pleasant visitors a feast. Needless to say. they did. Our soldiers, getting wind of this act of giving aid and! comfort to the enemy, proceeded to burr, the town under orders, of i course. The people who have inhabit- J ed that town were threatened with I death if they refused the demands Of j : he insurgents, and would have gol it: ! they have had their houses burned over their heads because they were j anxious to save their own lives. A detachment of soldiers went the other day to a town where there had been prepared a feast, ila occasion being a "fiesta of a religious character. The soldiers ate ail there was to eat, then burned the town. A man living in the count ry was sur? prised one day by a lot of signal corps men under escort stringing a telegraph wire near his ittle home in the coun? try. He was gratified because he be? lieved this to be an evidence of ad? vancement of his part of the country, lie was not so hapiy when he was j calmly informed that he was expected to guard that wire religiously, and that if anything happened to it if it should be cut his house would be burned down. Some nights later the wire was cut, and investigation show? ed it had been cut near his house. He had not cut it, for he had too much sense ; at least, he had that sense of self-preservation which most men have. Perhaps an enemy of his, learning that he had been ordered to protect the wire, and the penalty of failure, had sneaked out and cut the thing. When the wire was repaired, the soldiers made good their instruc? tions and burned the house of the juan ordered to protect the wire. Genuine cases, .these, so far as I am able to find out : genuine cases, though of course some of those protesting innocence may not be so innocent. They may at heart sympathize with the insurrectos and some of their contributions to the men in the field may be voluntary. Men who ought to know declare, however, that deep injus? tice is being done many innocent peo? ple. A State of War in Philippines. Washington, December 26.-In referring'a claim to the treasury de? partment Secretary Root, of the war department, has expressed the follow? ing opinion: . "The insurrection in the Philip? pines against the sovereignty of the United States and the authority of the Government of the Philippine Isl? ands is of such character and extent as requires the United States to pros? ecute it? rights by military force and, therefore creates the condition of war in said archipelago." The claim in question is that of First Lieut. Horton W. Stickle, corps of engineers, for 8125 34, for certain books lost en route from WTest Point, N. Y., to Manilla, under shipment by the quartermaster's department. The books were the personal prop? erty of Lieut. Stickle and it appears they were included in a large portion of the cargo on the transport Centennial, which was . thrown overboard in order to lighten that vessel when it ran aground off the coast of Northern Luzon, Phil? ippine Islands. Secretary Root has recommended to the Secretary of the Treasury that Lieut Stickle's claim be included in the recommedatioLS to Congress res? pecting the general deficiency bill. Race Riot in New York. New York, December 25.-A race skirmish between whites and blacks in Harlem today developed serious pro? portions and kept the police busy for a time. The negroes, 100 strong, were armed with revolvers and clubs, while equally as many whites used stones as weapons. The negroes had the advan? tage,'but were driven back into their tenements by the police, after they had charged on the whites with pistols and razors. Fourteen negroes were ar? rested. Four whites, including a policeman, were badly shot or cut. The rioting began when some white boys stoned two colored girls, where? upon a dozen negroes seized the white boys and beat them. The boys when released told their story to white men in the vicinity and an organized at? tack was made on the negroes, who were driven back to their tenements under a shower of stones. The confu? sion increased when the white men began to bombard the tenements with stones and other missiles, and the negroes fired from their windows into the crowd. The whites, surprised by the shooting and seeing men fall wounded, turned and ran, followed by the negroes, who used knives and clubs freely. At this point a squad of policemen arrived and with drawn clubs stopped the rioting, chasing the negroes back into their houses. Head of Famous Factory Retires. Chicago, Dec. 23.-William Deering, founder of the great harvester con? cern which bears his name, has retired from active business, leaving the com? pany to his sons, Charles and James, and his son-in-law, Richard F. Howe, Mr. Deering's reasons for retiring are failing health and a desire to rest from business worries after an active career of more than half a century. Mr. Deering is one of the best known men in the West, and is one of a num? ber of Tuen who, through their public spirit and force, have made Chicago what it is today, lie was born in Maine in 1S26. In 1873 Mr. Deering esablisbed the Peening Harvester Company at Deer? ing, now a part of Chicago. It covers eighty acres, and 7,000 men are em? ployed, tho output of the company being thirteen hundred harvesters a day. Many educational institutions have been endowed by Mr." Dering. It is estimated that his gifts to the North? western Universitv have exceeded 8400.000. *-.T*^? -<Jin Birmingham, Ala., Dec. *2'.',.- In a general fight between white men and negroes at Cbildersburg yesterday afternoon a white man and his son were killed, and a while boy and a negro wounded. With great difficulty a general outbreak was prevented. Ter negroes are new in jail at Talladega Walter boro, D?ceraber25.- A white man. supposed to 'oe the Rey. James j !.. Douglass, alia> -lames Hamil- ' ?<>n. who is wanted in Lithonia, (?a., for bigamy, larceny, etc, and for whose capture a reward of 8400 is offered, lias been arrested and put in jail here. He claims'io be an evange? list, but he answers the printed de? scription of the man who is wanted in Georgia, lie refuses to give refer? ences and his conduct is such as to make the officers believe that he is guilty of some crime, either the one for which he has been arrested or some other. Urbana. Ill, December 26. John B. Weeks, of Champaign, a personal friend of Rear Admiral Sapmson, has received a letter from Mrs. Sampson, in which she says the mental condition of the Admiral" is beyond recovery. The letter was written in reply to a note expressing sympathy with the Rear Admiral in the personal annoy? ances he has suffered in the con? troversy with Rear Admiral Schley. Benevolent ?ssH?tioof Filipinos. Three Filipinos Convicted of the P^urder of Fiva American Soldiers. Washington, Deer. 24.-The war de? partment has received from the Philip? pines the records of courtmartiai by which three natives were tried for im? plication in the murder of five Ameri? can soldier prisoners. One of the Fili? pinos was Timito Dahlan, a command? ant of the insurgent forces, who order? ed Manuel Gonzales, a lieutenant of insurgents, to kill the president of the pueblo of San Miguel de Mayumo, province of Bulacan, Gonzales, in command of a band of insurgents, successfully ambushed a detachment of the Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, taking five of the American soldiers prisoners. The Americans had been acting as a guard for the president of Miguel de Mayumo, and he, too, pass? ed into the hands of the insurgents. The Americans captured and after? wards killed, were Privates John T. Hickman, Co. B ; William A. Smith, Co. C ; Hamlet Jarvis, Co. C. : Elmer Dane, Co. E; and Frank H. Wilson, Co. E. The president was turned over to a small band of the insurgents and put to death with a dagger. The Americans were placed in charge of an insurgent sergeant, who bound their arms and took them into a marsh call? ed the Ca?aba swamp, where they were struck with bools until dead. There was an attempt on the part of the three Filipinos to shift the responsibility for the crimes at the trial. Certain details of the testimony adduced brought out the baseness of. the Filipinos' characters. For in? stance. Commandant Dahlan in order? ing the ambuscade, gave the following directions to Lieut. Gonzales: "Sepa? rate Jose Luecanio (the president) from the Americans, and with these Americans, do as if you were to take them to the general, but when you reach the tall grass do with them what we are accustomed to do." He finished his order for the murder with these words: "You will receive fiv? pesos for the soldiers. God keep you alive many years. " In passing upon the findings in the case of the insurgent commandant, Gen. Chaffee said : "His open appeal to the base instincts of his soldiers by promising reward for the execution of his inhuman command, aggravates his offense and marks the accused as one so lost to the better instincts of his race as to preclude an appeal to clemency." In Dahlan's case and that of Gon? zales, Gen. Chaffee approved the sen? tences of death by hanging imposed by military commission. In that of Clemente La Cruse, the sergeant who personally directed the murder of the prisoners, he commuted the death sentence to imprisonment for life at hard labor. Brutal Murder in Alabama. Cawford, Ala., Dec. 26.-Jos Finch er, a prominent merchant and planter, was shot to death here last night! Uriah Porter, a neighbor, is charged with the killing. It is said that Por? ter had openly threatened to kill Fincher and a widow named Belcher and also a negro man who was a tenant on Mrs. Felcher's place. It is alleged that Porter went to the home of Mrs. Belcher yesterday and abused her. She appealed to a negro tenant to remove him from the premises and also sent for Fincher, who later with the negro took Porter to the road. At 6 p. m. a shot was heard at the Fincher store and Mrs. Fincher says she saw Porter leaving with his gun and that when Porter saw her he fired at her also, but with? out effect. When Mrs. Fincher found her husband dead she says she was alarmed on account of threats Porter is alleged to have made and she imme dately fled to the woods with her little children and sought refuge in the house of a negro tenant until morning. During the night some one fired through the window of Mrs. Belch? er's house, but hurt no one. Porter is at large. -? -ytJCXMO- -<oao?w^? A Successful Boer Raid. London, December 2i>.-The follow? ing dispatch has been received from j Lord Kitchener, dated Johannesburg:! "Gen Rundle reports thar, on the night of December 24 Col. Firman's j camp, at Zeefontein, consisting of J three companies of yeomanry 'and two j guns, was successfully rushed by a ! strong commando under De*Wet. It j is-'caret: the casualties were heavy. Two regiments of light horse are pur- j suing t he Hoers. " u r resistance has always been very strong in that uart of the Grange River Colony, which was thc secret of DeweVs Christmas. A great quadrangle of block houses is being built there, th" four points cf which j an- V?reenniging Volksrust, Harris- | mi th and Kroonstadt. At the south-1 east corner : of this quadrangle is a long open space from Bethlehem to Lindsay, where the square of block houses is still incomplete, and here De Wet made his attack, ('ol. Frma's force probably amounted io four hun? dred men aie! tin- disaster, especially the loss of guns, the possession of which may enable De Wet success? fully to attack the block houses, creates a disturbing impression. Cherry Tree Men in Court. Raledigb, X. C., December 25.- The trial of some of the alleged swindlers who operated the Amos Owen Cherry Tree Company in Rutherford County is in progress, and the deveolpments are sensatinal. It is now asserted that the alleged swindlers did their victims out of as much as $100,000. It is classed as the greatest and the most infamuos swin? dle North Carolina has ever known. One of the operators is a preacher. People are waiting to see whether his church will promptly back him. BEO?PENOE of mm mim. Dropping to the Third Piace in Trade and Commerce. Washington December 24.-'^There is a l?ge and ever-increasing number of thoughtful and well informed peo? ple in Great Britain who express the serious belief that if radical changes do not come about in the near future the United Kingdom will be relegated to the third position in the rants of the world's trade and commerce/" This statement is made by United States Corsul Boyle at Liverpool, in his annual report, extracts from which were made public today by the State department. It is conceded, says Con? sul Boyle that in manufactures Great ' Britain has, within the last? few years, failed to meet the competition of the United States and Germany. As to this Mr. Boyle says the optimis? tically inclined plead exceptional and marvellous natural advantages as far as the United States is concerned, while, as to Germany's fierce competi? tion, the unsatisfactory financial and commercial situation now prevailing in that Empire is cited as an in? stance of a country booming itself too rapidly. The cry of "Something must be done!" says the consul, is going up from commercial bodies, political speakers, economic writers and from the newspapers. There are fears ex? pressed, says Mr. Boyle, that, even in the carrying trade, the supremacy of Great Britain is threatened. When the war in South Africa is over, it is stated, there is certain to be a popu? lar demand for legislative action, and the indications are that the British Government will be compelled to devote itself to the more earnest con? sideration of matters relating to the trade and commerce cf the country. There is a strong sentiment among the masses of Great Britain, it is stated, which appears to be gaining strength as time goes on, in favor of bringing about what has become popu? larly known as "fair trade," and which, says Mr. Boyle, is nothing but reciprocity. Reciprocity per se. is not very much advocated, but it is signi? ficant that many of the most widely circulated papers of Great Britain are now boldly advocating a policy of "fair trade"or "do to others as they, do to yon." Against this sentiment, however, says the consul, must be set the national dislike to change-.a traditional respect, amounting to rever? ence, for established institutions, of which free trade is one of the most fundamental. GERMANY CROWDING VENEZUELA. Ultimatum Has Not Been Sent, But Will Be Soon Unless De? mands are Complied With. Berlin, Dec. 24.-The announcement that Germany had sent an ultimatum to Venezuela has been conspicuously printed in the press here. The papers maintain the closest relations with the government affirm that this news is premature. While an ulatimatum has not yet been delivered to Venezue? la, they say, this step will soon be taken unless Venezuela yields to what are deemed here the reasonable demands of Germany. , The leading ultra-montane organ, the Cologne Volks Zeitung, in an ex? tensive article on Germany' attitude toward the Monroe doctrine asserts that the assurances of Dr. von Hol? lenbeck, the German ambassador to the United States* with regard to the Venezulan matter indicate Germany's recognition of the Monroe doctrine in a more absolute manner than has here? tofore been done. This paper says Germanv bows to the Monroe doctrine. War Not Probable. Washington, Dec. 24.-Encouraging news has reached the state department from Buenos Av res a nd tee officials have renewed confidence that there will ne a peaceful settlement of the serious dispute between Chile and Argentine. Mr. Lord, United States minister a Buenos Ayres, has reported by cable that the Agen tine government has concluded not to press the demands upon Chile which threatened to lead to hostilities, but instead has decided to allow the issue to go before the boundary commission, which Las fer several ylears been engaged in the delimitation of the boundary. More? over, 31 r. Lord reports that while the Argentine minister to Chile has ariiv ed in Buenos Ayres, the Argentine legation at Santiago de Chile has not been closed and consequently diplo? matic relations between the two coun? ties have not been interrupted as was supposed from the report from our m ir. i ser in Chile. Washington. Deo. 2?. A ;tat< ment exhibiting the extent bf cotton manu factury of the United States fer ?900 as compared with ISSO was issued to? day by the census bureau. The state? ment places the total value of c otton manufacturing products at i.'\k:.974, SST. a gain of over 25 per cent, since 1S90. The number of establishments in 1900 was 1,001, a gain of 1(5 per cent. : the capital 8167,240,157, a gain of 32 per cent. : salaried officials 4,996, a gain of SI per cent. : amount paid in salaries ST.."vi"), 12:?, a gain of 117 per cent. : average number of wage earn? ers 302,SOI, a gain of 3S per cent: total wages paid 690,384,532, a gain of 36 per cent. : cost of material used 8176,551,527, a gain of 14 per cent. - TT I ? U i -- A J Snell wanted to attend a party, but was afraid to do so on account of pains in his stomach, which he feared would grow worse. He says, "I was telling my troubles to a lady friend, who said: "Cham? berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe? Remedy will put you in condition for tl party.' I bought a bottle and take pie ure in stating that two doses cured and enabled me to' have a good tim^ ;he party." Mr Snell is a r?sidez Summer Hill, N Y. This remedy sale by Dr A J China,