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FHB SUMTES WATCEUAK, Established April, is50. t43e Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andfiTruth's." THE TRUE SOCTHBOS. Established Jr>ne 1 66 CosoJidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1908. New Series-Yoi. XXL ? o. 30 - -?.ii i? .?lin ?IIMMnMMMMnBMMaMMiMa^MBMMMMnm^KBMMMB^MaaaMimiM^WMW?^ -sr B?3\ C3r. Osteeiij SUMTER, S. C. TESIS : ?1 50 per aaa ara-in advance ADVSET?SS??KT: On? Square first insertion.,.$1 00 3very subsequent insertion.^ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be nade at redoced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will becharged forjas ad verdeasen t3. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be -sharsed for. ROOSEVELT Ott SCHLEPS APPEAL. A Dispassionate Review of Case -Sampson's Charges Against Schley Refute Themselves. SCHLEY ERRED IN THE LOOP ; NEI? THER WON 6LORY. Washington, Feb. 19.-The follow? ing, in part, is President Roosevelt's memorancfrtm upon the appeal of Admi? ral Schley: "It appears that the court of inquiry was unanimous in its findings of fact and unanimous in its expressions of opinion on most of its findings in fact. Xo appeal is made to me from the verdict of the court on these points where it was unanimous. I have, however, gone carefully over the evi? dence on these points also. I am satis? fied that on the whole the court did substantial justice. It should have specifically condemned the failure to enforce an efficient night blockade at Santiago while Admiral Schley was in command. On the other hand, I feel that there is a reasonable doubt wheth? er he did not move his squadron with sufficient expedition from port to port. The court is a unit in condemning Admiral Schley's action on the point where it seems to me he most gravely erred; (his retrograde- movement) when be abandoned the blockade, and his disobedience of orders and mis? statement of facts in relation thereto. It should be remembered, however, that the majority of these actions which the court censures occurrred five weeks or more before the fight itself; and it certainly seems that if Admiral Schley's actions were censur? able he should not have been left as second in command under Admiral Sampson. His offenses were in effect condoned when he was not called to account for them. Admiral Sampson, after the fight, in an official letter to the department alluded for the first time to Admiral Schley's * reprehensi? ble conduct, six weeks previously. If Admiral Schley was guilty of repre? hensible conduct of a kind which call? ed for such notice from Admiral Samp? son, then Admiral Sampson ought not to have left him as senior officer cf the blockading squadron on the 3d of July, when he (Sampson) steamed away on his proper errand of communication with Gen. Shafter. "We can therefore for our purposes dismiss consideration of so much of the appeal as relates to anything except the battle. As regards this, the point raised in the appeal is between Admi? ral Sampson aDd Admiral Schley, as to which was in command, and as to "which was entitled to the credit, if either of them was really entitled to any unusual preeminent credit by any special exhibition of genius, skill and courage. "The appeal of Admiral Schley to me is not, as to this, the chief point he raises, really an appeal from the decision of the court of inquiry. Five sixths of the appeal is devoted to this question of command and credit : that is to matter which the court of inquiry did not consider. It is in effect an appeal from the aetion of President McKinley, three years ago when he sent in the recommendations for pro? motion for the various officers connect? ed with the Santiago squadron, basing these recommendations apon his esti? mate of the credit to which the officers were respectively entitled. What I have to decide therefore, is whether or not President McKinley did injustice in the matter. This necessarily iovolves a comparison of the actions of the different commanders engaged.*' The president quotes statements from Admirals Philip, Evans and Tay? lor, Capt. Clark and Commander Wainwright 8S to Sampson's part in the battle and the extent of Schley's command. The president then refers to the hits inflicted by the American fleet upon the Spanish vessels, saying that out of 40, ll were made by shells from the Iowa and 10 by shells from the Brooklyn. He briefly describes the battle and then goes on to say: "We have just cause to be proad of the vigilance and instant readiness our ships displayed, and. the workman? like efficiency with _ which they were Dandled. The most striking act was that of the Gloucester, a converted yacht, which her commander, Wain right, pushed into the fight through a hail of projectiles, any one of which woald have sunk her, in order that he might do his part in destroying the two torpedo boats, each possessing some more than his own offensive power. "The question of command is in this case nominal and technical. Admiral Sampson's ship, New York, was seen at the outset of the fight from all the other ships except the Brooklyn. Four of these five ship captains have testi? fied that they regarded him as present and in command. He signaled close in' to the fleet as soon as the first Spanish ship appeared but his signal was not seen by any American vessel. He was actually under fire from the forts and himself fierd a couple of shots at the close of the action with the torpedo boats in addition to signalling just at the close ol' the action. But during the action tot a single order from him was received by any of the ships that were actively engaged. 4' Admiral Schley at the outset of the action hoisted the two signals of 'clear ship' and 'close in' which were simply carrying out the standing orders of Admiral Sampson as to what should be done if the enemy's ships attempted to break ont of the harbor. Until after the close of the first por? tion of the fight at the month of the harbor and until after he had made his loop and the Spanish ships were fleeing to the westward not another Amreican ship noticed a signal from him. When the western pursuit had begun the Oregon and the Oregon only noticed and repeated one of his signals of command. The captain of the Oregon then regarded him as in com? mand but did not in any shape or way execute any movement or any action of any kind whatsoever in accordance with any order from him. "In short the question as to which of the two men Admiral Sampson or Admiral Schley was at the time in command is of merely nominal charac? ter. Technically Sampson commanded the fleet and Schley as usual the west? ern division. The actual fact, the im? portant fact, is that after the battle was joined not a helm was shifted not a gnn was fired not a pound of steam was put on in the engine room aboard of any ship actively engaged in obedience to the order of either Sampson or Schley save on their own vessels. It was a captain's fight. "Therefore the credit to which each of the two is entitled rests on matters i apart from the claim of nominal com? mand over the squadron : for so far as the actual fight was concerned neither one or the other in fact exercised any command. Sampson was hardly more than technically in the fight. T?is real claim for credit rests upon his work as commander-in-chief ; upon the ex? cellence of the blockade ; upon the pre? paredness of the squadron : upon the arm of the ships head on in a semi? circle around the harbor; and the standing orders in accordance with which they instantly moved to the at? tack of the Spaniards when the latter appeared. For all these things the credit is his. "Admiral Schley is rightly entitled -as is Capt. Cook-to the credit of what the Brooklyn did in the fight. On the whole she did well : but I agree with the unanimous findings of tho three admirals who composed the court of inquiry as to the "loop." It serious? ly marred the Brooklyn's otherwise excellent record being in fact the one grave mistake made by any American ship that day. Had the Brooklyn turned to the westward that is in the same direction that the Spanish ships were going instead of in the contrary direction she would undoubtedly have been in more "dangerous proximity" to them. But it would have been more dangerous for them as well as for her? This kind of danger must not be too nicely weighed by those whose trade it is to dare greatly for the honor of the flag. Morever the dan? ger as certainly not as great as that which in the selfsame moment menaced Wainwright's fragile craft as he drove forward against the foe. It was not in my judgment as great as the danger .to which the T?xas was exposed by the turn as actually made. It certain? ly caused both the Brooklyn and the Texas materially to lose position com? pared to the fleeing Spainsh vessels. But after the loop had once been taken Adimrai Schley handled the Brooklyn manfully and well. She and the Ore? gon were thenceforth the headmost of the American vesse?s-though the Iowa certainly and seemingly the Texas also did as much in hammering to a standstill the Yiscaya, Oquendo and the Teresa: while the Indiana did all her eastward position and crip? pled machinery permitted. In the chase of the Colon the Brooklyn and Oregon share the credit between them. "Under such circumstances it seems to me that the recommendations of President McKinley were eminently proper and that so far as Admirals Sampson and Schley were concerned it would have been unjust for him to have made other recommendations. Personally I feel that in view of Capt. Clark's long voyageMn the Oregon and the condition in which he brought her to the scene of service as well as the way in which fae actually managed her before and during the fight it would have been well to have given him the same advancement that was given Wainwright . But waiving this, it is evident that Wainwright was entitled to receive more than any of the other : commanders: and that it was just to I Admiral Sampson that he should re I ceive a greater advance in numbers than Admiral Schley-there was noth? ing done in the battle that warranted any unusual reward for either. In short, as regards Admirals Sampson and Schley I find that President Mc? Kinley did substantial justice, and chat there would be no warrant for reversing his action. "Both Admiral Sampson and Admi? ral Sc1 ley are now on the retired list. In concluding their report the mem? bers of the court of inquiry, Admirals Dewey, Benham and Ramsay, unite in stating that they recommend that no further action be had in the mat? ter. With this recommendation I most heartily concur. There is no excuse whatever from either side for any further agitation of this unhappy controversy. To keep it alive would merely do damage to the navy and to the country. Theodore Roosevelt.*' He Kept His Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., stratched bis leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two years he suffer? ed intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, "but," he writes, "I used one bottle of Electric Bitters and 1 1-2 boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve and my leg was sound and well as ever." For Emptions, Eczema. Tetter, Salt Rheum. Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters has no rival on earth. Try them. J F W DeLormc will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. 4 OUR FQREIEN TRADE IS LESS. An Official Report From Secre? tary of State's Office. Washington, Feb. 18.--The import? ant document entitled "Review of the Foreign Commerce of the United States in 1901," showing the pace at which this country ran during the last calendar year in the great race for supremacy in trade in the world's markets, has been made public by Frederick Emory, chief of the bureau of foreign commerce of the State de? partment. It is stated that the commercial re? ports of our diplomatic and consular officers last year record continued growth rn the sales of many lines of manufactures from the United States in foreign markets and the increase of the general concern throughout Europe as to the possible results of our indus? trial competition. Although the figures of our exports compiled by the treas? ury department show a considerable falling off in the total value of manu? factured goods sent abroad, it is stated there, seems to be steady and uninter? rupted spread in the popularity of what may be termed American " novel? ties" all over Europe. In other words, while the aggregate of our ex? ports of manufactured goods has shrunk, the variety of our sales in Europe is being extended and the ter? ritory upon which they are encroach? ing is steadily being enlarged. The falling off in American exports 5s attributed, not to the goods being in less favor, but rather to business depression in Europe, affecting the purchasing power. The elimination of Hawaii and Porto Rico from the list of countries to which we export is also a factor. The treasury figures show that during the calendar year there was a falling off of $12,565,194, compared with the previous year .manufactures falling off 846,262,912. but being offset by a gain in agricul? tural exports of 835,591,077. ' Mr. Emory says it is evident that "the American invasion" of Europe b"s ceased for the time being to be of that sweeping character that distinguished it at first as an economic phenomenon. He recalls what was said in the Review a year ago of the danger of more stren ! nous European competition, the use of : new processes and our own models of machinery, but he says that Europe has not made any sensible progress in that direction. As to restrictive legis latioon pending measures in Europe might be abandoned, says the Review, if the United States modified its tariff policy and permitted more imports from Europe. On the whole Mr. Emory finds that we have hardly more than entered upon a novitiate in fitting ourselves for international com? petition, and he notes with encourage? ment the growth of popular interest in the Taine of foreign trade and well directed efforts for expansion. Fire In Newberry. Columbia, Feb. 18.-News was re? ceived today of the partial destruction of the office of the Herald and News, of Newberry, owned and edited by Mr. E. H. Aull, private secretary to the Governor. A telergam received from Mr. Aull states that the loss was not as severe as at first thought and is fully covered by insurnce. it ls a State Secret. Washington, February 18.-The Post will say tomorrow that because of a report in circulation here that Lord i Pauncefote did not draft the note of April 14, 1898, submitted by him to the foreign ambassadors as a final effort to avert war between the United States and Spain, and that the note ! had been framed at the State depart? ment and forwarded thence to Lord Pauncefote for submission to the diplomatic corps in Washington, it telegraphed Judge Day, who then was Secretary of State, to learn what he might have to say on the subject. The telegram to Judge Day was as follows: "Statements is made here that Pauncefote note of April 14, 1S98, was drawn by you in State department. Is this correct?" The following reply was received: "Canton. Ohio. February 18.-The Post Washington : Impossible to reply to indefinite statement of vour telegram. "W. R, Day."" PARTNERSH?PTIABILITY. The Supreme Court of Georgia held, in the recent case of Tucker vs, ! Murphy, that where a partnership is | dissolved by the purchase hy one part? ner of the interest of another, and the contract of dissolution provides that the purchasing partner shall pay the debts of the firm, the outgoing partner is entitled to bring suit against the purchasing partner as soon as he fails to pay any of the matured debts of the firm, and that in such a case the out? going partner is not entitled to an !in junction to restrain the purchasing partner from selling or incumbering ins property, even though he may be about to remove or may be causing his property to be removed beyond the limits of the state, or is fraudulent by disposing of the ?ame for the purpose of defeating the payment of the debts of the firm, but that the remedy in such a case is either by attachment or by writ of ne exeat, according to the j circumstances of the case. Brddstreets. Thousands Sent Into Exile. Every year a large number of poor suf? ferers whose lungs are sore and nicked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not al? ways sure. Don't be an exile when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption will cure you at home. Ifs the most infallible medicine for Coughs, ('olds and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The first dose brings relief. Astounding cures result from persistent use. Trial bottles free at J F W DeLorme. Price 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranted. 4 BIG FLY WHEEL BURSTS. An Accident in Spartanburg That Will Probably Cost Three Lives. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Feb. 19.-Tonight at ll o'clock at the power house of the Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Power Company, a terrible accident happened as a result of which the three persons in the building were danger? ously and perhaps fatally injured. The flywheel of the larger engine which runs the trolley cars burst, destroying the engine and generator. Laurens Wilson, night ?ngineer, was fearfully hurt. His right leg was cut off below the knee and his right arm and side mangled. Hope of his recov? ery is &i ven up. Robert Sample, colored, night fire? man, was killed. T. R. Pike, white, who has charge of the gas house just by the power house, in the building, was seriously injured. The roof of the building was torn off and the windows smashed. . ^ The best medical attention is wait? ing on the injured people, and at 12 .o'clock tonight doctors hold no hopes 'for their recovery. --m ? - Silk Growing on Farms. In connection with the Charleston Exposition a movement has been start? ed to organize an association of those interested in reviving silk culture in South Carolina. In Colonial days the Huguenots carried silk worms to South Carolina and instituted a pro? ductive industry. As late as 1840 silk was produced in the State to the extent of 75,000 pounds, but in 1890 ] there was practically no American grown silk.* The proposition to revive it is sensible and attractive. The soil and climatic conditions of many sec? tions of South Carolina are identical v ith those of the silk growing districts of Northern France and Italy, but ten vears of observation in the United States, from 1880 to 1890, have shown that the slk worm and its plant foods are hardy all over the country, and 'that a first-class quality of silk can be produced in any part of it. The work of tending silk worms is easy, interest? ing and pleasant, and especially com? mends itself to women, who can engage in it without interference with their regular occupations and add a gratify? ing sum to the family income. Many acres of waste lands could be planted with the mulberry trees for silk worm growing, and, while the men of the family pursue the heavier work of farming, the women, children and enfeebled men could be engaged in the lighter and far more profitable work of making silk, thus doubling the income from the farms, in 1890 there were 13,000,000 pounds of silk import? ed into the United States. Why should not some of the benefit of such an industry go to the women on the farms of America? South Carolina is pre? paring to make a start, but women elsewhere should be ready to follow. - Baltimore News. The Boers' Hopes Raised. Washington, February 18.-Repre? sentative Cochran, of Missouri, two weeks ago introduced a resolution in? viting Paul Kruger to visit the United States as the guest of this country. Yesterday Mr. Cochran received a let? ter, signed by three members of the Boer delegation quartered a Brussels, thanking him and all who are support? ing his efforts for the noble interest they are taking in the two Boer repub? lics. The letter in closing appeals "to heroic and generous America" to intervene in behalf of the Boers, and says: "'Since England will not permit friendly intervention invite her to a congress of the nations and see wheth? er such a congress called in the inter? est of peace will be ignored. England would not dare < to refuse to attend such a Congress'if called by the Uni? ted States and participated in by four or five of the great Powers." Don't Let Them Sutler. Often children are tortured with itching and burning eczema and other skin dis? eases but Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals the raw sores, expels inflammation, leaves the skin without a scar. Clean, fragrant, cheap, there's no salve on earth as good. Try it. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c at J F W DeLorme. 4 McLaurin, the newly fledged repub I i lean, spoke on Lincoln Day at Chi? cago. He said he "was the greatest i man this nation has produced since 1776." Curious! And yet Lincoln was southern born, as were Farragut and Thomas, the really two greatest heroes of the north in the tremendous con? flict. But McLaurin has no scales big enough with which to weigh the greatest man since 177G. He is not capable of estimating Robert E. Lee and others. Lincoln is a northern idol, just as John Brown was of the New England rhapsodists, song writ? ers and speech makers.--Wilmington, N. C., Messenger. Don't Let Them buffer. Often children arc tortured with itching mid burning eczema and other skin dis? eases but Bucklen's Arntca Salve heals the raw sores, expels inflammation, leaves the skin without a scar. Clean, fragrant, chead, there's no salve on earth as g<;od. Try it. Cure guaranteed. Ouly 25c at J F W DeLorme's. 4 A Boston doctor, who sneered at vaccination as a preventive against! smallpox, which wasn't contagious anyhow, said he would prove it, went into a pesthouse where there were several well defined cases and soon went to bed with a robust attack. His theory didn't work out, but the smallpox did. h BLOW ?O THE TRUSTS. Effect of a Presidential Order On Xhange. * New York, February 20.-The an noncnement by the Attorney General of the United States that he believed the Northern Securities Company in? fringed the anti-trnst law and that he would file a bill in equity in the Su? preme Court, in accordance " with in? structions from the President, to test the question, overshadowed all other considerations in the stock market to? day. The acute interest manifested in this company by all speculators and indeed all holders of securities was vividly demnstrated by the effect in the stock market and was the more notable since Great Northern preferred is the only stock remaining listed on the Stock Exchange which is directly included in the .Securities Company. Yet the whole market fell away sharp? ly under heavy liquidiation, with only a few unimportant exceptions. The stocks of the trans-continental com? panies were naturally most affected, as the formation of the Northern Securities Company represented an effort to harmonize conflicting inter? ests in that field. Great Northern pre? ferred lost 6*4, Northwestern 1%; Rock Island 5%: St. Paul 3%: Union Pacific 3}^. and Southern Pacific 2%. Elsewhere in the list losses generally ran from 1 to 3 points and consider? ably over that in many exceptional cases. On the curb Northern Securi? ties, when issue, dropped over 3 points. The direct concern of such a variously assorted lot of securities in the welfare of the Northern Securities Compnay is not very obvious, but the average speculator in stocks, and especially the professional trader, is deeply imbued with the conviction that all his woes are the outgrowth of the conflict for Northern Pacific control last year, and that it is only necessary for the readjustment to be made of the situation precipitated at that time for the stock market to resume all the buoyancy and specula? tive furor that was interrupted by the May panic. For some time there has been a deep-rooted conviction amongst the speculators that the Supreme Court was to throw out of Court Min? nesota's suit against the legality of the Northern Securities Company. This morning's announcement from "Wash? ington was a rude shock to the optim? istic sentiment that has been carefully nurtured in the financial district. The selling movement swelled the dimen? sions of the trading during the first hour to a volume equal to a full day's business during the recent past. Prices declined sharply, and the market looked semi- demoralized. Wherever prices had been moved up recently on the presumption that plans were in prospect for combinations of existing properties along the lines of the North? ern Securities Company the effect was especially marked, as in some of the coalers and the Gould Southwesterns. The early excitement was succeeded by comparative quiet. Liquidation proceeded, but in a more orderly man? ner. Buying for support occasionally rallied the market, but it was discon? tinued at recoveries and the sagging tendency revived. This course was continued up to the close, which was active and easy, but not at thc lowest for any present stock. There was enormous selling of some of the speculative bonds, especially the Wabash debenture B's, Baltimore and Ohio convertibles, Union Pacific con? vertibles and Consolidated Tobacco 4's, which fell from 1 to 2 points at one time. In the general bond list there was no pressure of liquidation, al? though slight declines were, the rule. Total sales, par value, 85,720,000. United States 2's advanced the refunding 2's %, the 3's % and the old 4's Per cent on tne last call. Some interesting deductions are drawn by the Director of the Census from statistical data recently made available by the office regarding migra? tions from the north to the south and from the south to the north. It ap? pears from the figures given that the migration northward of southern whites, while increasing in absolute amount, has declined during the decade ending in 1900 relatr^ly to the whole body of the white population in the south. The migration northward of colored persons from the south has increased rapidly, yet the northward migration of southern whites is sitll nearly three times as great in absolute amount and nearly one and a half times as great relative to the popula? tion from which it comes as the northward migration of the colored people. This is attributed in part to the better economic position of the white people of the south, and in part to the fact that; the center of popula? tion of that class is nearer the border. The current of migration from the north to the south was greater in abso? lute amount during the decade than that of southern whites or southern negroes moving northward, though considerably less than that of both combined. It is increasing much more rapidly than either, but the pro? portion of it relatively to the popula? tion from which it comes is less than that of either of the return currents. The gold production of the Cripple Creek district for the month of Janu? ary, based on mill and smelter re? turns, was S2,030,000. At the rate of the January production Cripple Creek is producing one-tenth of the world's entire output, based on the official statistics of last year. The closing of the transfer books of the United States Steel Corporation, in preparation for the annual meeting next week, has developed the fact that the 8150.000,000 in preferred shares are now in the hands of 22,000 separate holders. An official of the company admitted Tuesday that a large propor? tion of the shares were held by small holders ; that is, the people of moder? ate means. GKE?P CREDIT ?ND LONS PROFIT. The Pass to Which the Lien Law is Bringing Farming Pursuits, m A letter from Cberaw to the Dar? lington News says, ina doleful account of the hard times: "Landowners cannot find renters, and the only cul? tivators will be the owners of the soil. "Isn't that the ideal farmers' life? And if that condition of affairs were the rule in South Carolnia, what a prosperous and happy little state we would have, and how rich and pro? ductive the fields would become. It is the renting system, backed up by the lien law, that has done so much to ruin the land and to make farming unprofitable as a profession or calling. High rents and high priced lien goods pay big dividends for a time ; but they do it at the expense of the fertility of the soil and, worse by far than that, often at the expense of the manhood and energy of the renter. Perhaps these hard times and others that will surely follow, so long as this system is kept up, will bring about a change. It may be th,at in a few years the farming population will con? sist of landlords and laborers-small farmers working their own lands themselves and large farmers working theirs also by themselves and hired help. "We do not. mean-, that there ought not to be renters. ? man who rents land may be a good farmer and may thus become a landowner; but the evil is in the present system of renting and furnishing, which takes the life out of the land'and the laborer at the same time.-Newberry Observ? er. Taft m the Sweat Box. Washington, Feb. 19.-Among other qustions pertaining to the Philippines discussd by Governor Taft today in his testimony before the Senate commit? tee on the Philippines.wasthe attitude of the differrent religious, sects toward one another. He said that generally the relationship is friendly and that the evangelical churches, are seeking to secure a foothold in.tue. islands. In reply to questions he said that from 25 to 50 persons fiaa'been deport? ed from the Philippines*.- and that the were all sent to. Guarit^y the mili? tary authorities, be??us?jthey are con? sidered irreconcilables* vi&?se presence was injurious. He saict in reply to Senator Allison that so far gs, the Phil? ippine advocates of independence had expressed thmeselvesj ..all., of them desired that the United'?States should continue its protection of.the islands; in other words, they wanted indepen? dence, with a United S tates protector? ate. The witness was asked - a great num? ber of questions about , the Malolos constitution. He said that the con? vention which adopted' it had been made up largely of residents of Manila, although designated by Agui? naldo to represent the variouus pro? vinces. Comparatively few of the Filipinos, he said, are familiar with the Constitution of the United States, and he does not believe that Aguinal? do is among those who have this famil? iarity. "Are the newspapers at libcrtyto adovcate the independence of the isl? and?" asked Senator Culberson. "They are under the restrictions imposed by the statutes which we dis? cussed yesterday, just as others are," the witness responded. "Therefore they are prohibited from such a course?" "That is the eftect of the statute while the war continues." Referring to the climatic and health conditions of the islands Gov? ernor Taft said the health of the troops there when not engaged in cam? paigning is about as good as it would be in the Southern States. The cli? mate is not severe, ncr is it a disagree? able place in which to live, but the continued high temperature becomes after a time wearing upon Americans and Europeans. An Incentive to Peace. Washintgon, February 20.-Senator Bacon gave notice today of his inten? tion to offer an amendment to the Philippine tariff bill, declaring it to be the intention of the United States when order shall be restored in the Philippines to allow the formation of a government for and by the Philip? pine people, and to guarantee to them the same liberty and independence that this country has pledged to the Cuban people. London, Feb. 20.-Cabling from St. Petersburg, the correspondent of the Daily Mail says tho seismic dis? turbances at Shamaka have recom? menced, and that a fresh volcano began to erupt vigorously last Wednesday. The correspondent adds that the num? ber of killed in the Shamaka district is now estimated at five thousand. akmg Powderj Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards the food against skim* Alum baking po waders are tue greatest xneaacers to health cf the present day* mini IMMW'" ^K!NG *^?gft C^'li^'Ta^llllllllllll