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THE mm SEGIPBOOITY TREATY.
Although President Palma Returns
It Without His* Approval,
Proposition Will Be Sub
mitted to Congress.
Washington, Oct. 28.?The fact re
corded in the news dispatches from
Habana that President Palma has re
turned to "Washington the draft of the
reciprocity treaty without his appro
val has not shaken the belief of the
officials here that they will have a
treaty ready to submit to congress by
the date of its next meeting. The
proposition submitted by the state de
partment was in no sense an ulitma
tum and the matter is still open to ad
justment. Generally stated, the Cu
ban objections are based on a belief
that the United States has demanded
undue concessions in the remissions
of duties on United States products
entering Cuba, ranging all the way
from 10 per cent to 80 percent in
return for a 20 per cent cut in Cuban
' sugar and tobacco . coming into . the
United States. As a difference is one
strictly of figures and not of principle,
it is the opinion a$ the state department
that it can be settled amicably.
There has been an important change
in the programme respecting the whole
fabric of Cuba treaties. It has been
originally intended to perfect a re
ciprocity treaty before undertaking to
deal with other relations that must be
defined by treaty. As it is now seen
that the subject of reciprocity is one
that will require considerable time for
its disposition, ?he government here is
about to undertake negotiations look
ing to the arrangement of an extradi
tion treaty which is very much need
ed inasmuch as Cuba threatens to be
come a sinkhole for American crimin
als. The navy is pressing for the coal
ing stations promised under the terms
of the Platt amendment, and the
Cuban gorvernment will be at once in
vited to open negotiations on this
point
Si tes for coaling stations were select
ed tentatively many months ago by
Admiral Bradford, chief of the equip
ment bureau, but of the four points
selected, one, Habana harbor, has
been abandoned from regard to
Cuban sensibility. It is not likely
that further 'sacrifices of that kind
will be made and the other three
points, namely, Nipe, on the north
coast and Cienfugos and Gnantanamo,
on the south coast of the island, will
be chosen as permanent locations.
The Civil War m Colombia.
p Panama, October 28.?The r?volu- i
tionary general, Uribe-Uribe, with '
the cannon, 2,500 rifles aod 300,000
rounds of ammunition, has surrender
ed to Gen. Markarrcs at Rio Fr?o,
near Santa Marta.
The revolutionary forces under Gen. j
Uribe-Uribe, which were defeated
October M at Lacienaga, retreated to
Bio Frio and took up positions there.
Gen. Markarres, with 2,000 men, pro
ceeded against the rebels from Lacien
aga and engaged the enemy two days
ago. The Government general suc
ceeded in surrounding the rebels and
forcing thera to surrender, Gen. Cas
tillo was with Gen. Uribe-Uribe.
The news of this victory was receiv
ed here by Gen. Peromo and Governor
Se Iza r this morning in a telegram from
Gen. Markarres. Details of the en
gagement are lacking, but heavy cas
ualties on both sides are reported.
The surrender of Uribe-Uribe is said
to completo the pacification of the de
partments of M aguda le a and Bolivar.
The revolutionists no* occupy the
Isthmus only.
In the fight of October , at Laci
enaga, the revolutionary forces con
sisted of 1,300 men.
The Genuine Article.
Oxford, Miss., Oct 29.?Emanuel
Crump, a 14-year-old negro boy, who
had witnessed the recent hanging of
Mathis and Lester here, secured a plow
line and hung it over a tree limb and
arranged a noose for & mock hanging
of himself. He stood on a milk jar
and place his head in the noose. In
some manner he knocked the jar away
and his mock hanging developed into
the genuine article. When cut down
he was dead.
Caution !
This is not a gentle word?but when you
think how liable you are not to purchase
for 75c the only remedy universally known
and a remedy that has had the largest sale
of any medicine in the world since 1868 for
the cure and treatment of Consumption
and Throat and Lung troubl?e without
losing its great popularity all these years,
you will be thankful we called your atten
tion to Boschee's German Syrup. There
are so many ordinary cough remedies made
by druggists and others that are cheap and
good for light colds perhaps; but for severe
Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup?and especially
for Consumption, where there is difficult
expoctoration and coughing during the
nights and mornings, there is nothing like
German Syrup. Sold by all druggists in
the civilized world.
G. G. Gbezn, Woodbury, N. j.
PBOOUM?TIOH BY THE PRESIDENT.
Designated Thursday, November
27th, As a Day of Gener
al Thanksgiving.
Washington, Oct. 29.?President
Roosevelt today issued his proclama
tion designating Thursday, Nov. 27,
as a day of Thanksgiving. The proc
lamation is as follows :
According to the" yearly custom of
our people, it falls upon the president
at this season to appoint a day c-f
festival and thanksgiving to God.
"Over a century and a quarter has
passed since this country took its
place among, the nations of the earth
and during that time we have had on
the whole more to be thankful for than
has fallen to the lot of any other peo
ple. Generation after generation has
grown to manhood and passed away.
Each has had to bear its peculiar bur
dens, each to face its special crises,
and each has known years of grim
trial, when the country was menaced by
malice, domestic or foreign levy, when
the hand of the Lord was heavy upon
it in drought or flood or pestilence,
when in bodily distress and anguish
of soul it paid the penalty of folly and
a froward heart.
"Nevertheless, decade by decade,
we have struggled onward and upward ;
we now abundantly enjoy material
well being, and under the favor of
the Most High we are striving earnest
ly to achieve moral and spiritual up
lifting. The year that has just closed
has been one of peace and overflow
ing plenty. Barely has any people en
joyed greater prosperity than we are
now enjoying. For this we render
heartfelt and solemn thanks to the
Giver of Good; and we seek to praise
Him not by words only but by deeds,
by the way in which we do our duty,
to ourselves and to our fellow men.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore
Roosevelt, president of the United.
States,' do hereby designate as a day
of general thanksgiving, Thursday,
the 27th of November, and do recom
mend that throughout the land the
people cease for their ordinary occupa
tions and^ in their several homes and
places of worship render thanks unto
Almighty God for the manifold bles
sings of the past year."
Atlantic Coast Lumber Company
in Hands of Receivers.
New York, Oct. 29.?In the United
States circuit court today Freeman S.
Farr and Edward J. Hathorne were
appointed temporary receivers of the
property of the Atlantic Coast Lumber
Company, within the southern depart
ment of New York. The same tempor
ary receivers were appointed previously
by the United States district court
for the eastern district of Virginia.
Mr. Farr was the former president of
the company. The appointment of
the receivers was due to an action
brought against the company by its
trustee, the Colonial Trust Company
of New York, the lumber company
being unable to meet the interest pay
ments due the trust company. A
statement issued today by those in
terested in the two lumber companies
says the various receivers were appoint
ed in connection with the reorganiza
tion and contemplated consolidation
of the principal lumber companies
owning and handling what is known
as North Carolina (short leaf) pine.
The statement claims that even in
the case of liquidation the assets of
the two companies will be in excess of
all liabilities.
Plans are already in process of form
ation for the reorganization of the
southern pine lumber interests.
Waterman A. Taft, Edward J.
Hathorne and Ben L. Fairchild were
appointed in the supreme court today
temporary recievers of the Export
Lumber Company in the application of
the majorty of the company's directors
asking for a voluntary dissolution
of the corporation. The petition says
that some of $50,000 liabilities due
and about to mature cannot be met.
The total liabilities amount to $2,358,
538 and nominal assets $3,598,920.
The company was-incorporated in 1878
and has a capital stock of half a mil
lion dollars. The property to come
into the hands of the receivers in this
State will not exceed that amount.
The principal stockholders are Charles
F. Flint, Alsden Swan and John D.
Carberry. The company has branches
at Boston, Georgetown, S. C, and
in Canada.
Volcanic Eruption in Mexico.
Mexico City, Oct. 28.? The latest
news from the southern part of the
Republic is that the people are less
alarmed over a shower of ashes than at
first. In some places rain has cleared
the atmosphere Subterranean noises
are heard at Tuxtia, Gutierrez, and
this phenomenon is said to be gene
ral in the district where the ashes felL
There were, ?ap to Saturday, forty-five
distinct shocks of earthquake at San
Cristobal. Palenque advices are that
no change can be observed from there
in the shape of San Juan Mountain,
but loud and prolonged explosions are
frequently heard. Ashes fell all day
yesterday. Scientific men in Tabasco
say that the force required to preci
pitate such an immense quantity of
ashes over so extensive a territory
would be equal to 300,000-horse power.
The Indians say that the Mountain
Huistprec is in eruption, butjthis is not
confirmed.
A Startling Surprise.
Very few could believe in looking at A.
T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust blacksmith
of Tilden, Ind., that for ten years he suf
fered such tortures from Rheumatism a?
few could endure and live. But a wonder
fnl change followed his takiDg Electric Bit
ters. "Two bottles wholly cured me,*' he
writes, uand I have not felt a twinge in over
a } ear. They regulate the Kidneys, purify
the blood and cure Rheumatism, nervous
ness, improve digestion and give perfect
health. Try them. Only 50 cts at J. F.
VY\ Delorme's drug store.
THE TORCH IN EOGEFIELD.
Three Places Set on Fire in
One Night.
Special to the News and Courier.
Edgefield, October 29.?There was
an effort on the part of some miscreant
to destroy the town of Edgefield by
fire last night. First the residence of
Mrs. Charlton was discovered on fire,
in time, however, to extinguish
he flames before any damage was done.
Soon afterwards the barn and stable
adjacent to the residence of W. B.
Penn, a block from the Charlton
house, were ablaze and while this fire
was being fonght another alarm was
given and it was discovered that the
barn and stable of Mrs. W. E. Lynch
were also afire. Both the Penn and
Lynch properties were destroyed, the
latter including a valuable horse.
It was by the most strenuous efforts
that the conflagration was prevented
from becoming general, and but for
the good work of the engine recently
purchased by the council a large part
of the town would be in ashes this
morning.
There was no other reasonable theory
of the cuase of the fires but that they
were the work of an incendiary or in
cendiaries. Many believe that there
was an oragnized plan on foot to des-.
troy the town, while there are appre
hensions that it may yet materialize.
To-day every one is having each and
every building on their premises in
sured.
The Growth of Socialism.
I : The New York Herald has recently
I made a poll of forty-five States, which
will elect 386 members to the House
of Representatives of the Forty-eighth
Congress, indicating that the Repub
licans will have a small majority. In
order to control, the Republicans
must elect 194 members, and the Her
ald's return gives them 2C0.
In commenting on political condi
tions as indicated by this poll, the
Herald says that perhaps the most
significant sign of the times is the
growth of Socialistic sentiment in this
country which is appearing very much
as the Populistic sentiment appeared
just prior to 1892, only this time the
sentiment is in the Eastern States and
the Middle West, whereas ; the Popu
listic sentiment referred to was largely
in the South and the far West. This
Socialistic sentiment, according to the
Herald, made its appearance a year or
two ago and grew to such strength in
New England that the workingmen's
candidates were taken up by the Demo-,
catic party and labor Mayors were
elected in a chain of Connecticut cities.
The sentiment has now spread all
through New England, New York and
New Jersey, is rampant in Penn
sylvania and Ohio, and exists farther
West in Indiana and Illinois. In con
clusion the Herald says :
'' All over the East combinations have
been made between the Democrats and
labor unions. In New York State, in
the counties of Schenectady, Saratoga,
Washington and Warren, where a street
car strike had lasted for several months,
the workingmen have been arrayed
against the Republican party, and the
Democrats have eagerly nominated
active labor agitators for the Senate,
for the Assembly, for Congress and
for various local offices. It was in or
der to take advantage of this growing
sentiment of unrest among the labor
ing, classes that Senator Hill, at
the Democratic State Convention in
Saratoga, inserted in the platform his
grotesque plank for the government
ownership of the anthracrite coal
fields. For the same reason Demo
cratic orators on Wednesday night en
deavored to make John Mitchell the
great popular hero of the age, and pnt
all the blame for the coal srike and
for everything else the public com
plains of on J. Pierpont Morgan. Once
more the masses are being arrayed
against the classes.
"This is one of the pregnant signs
of the times, it would seem to fore
shadow a great coalition in 1904 be
tween the Democratic party and the
Socialistic and labor element. It
would be a coalition in some respects
similar to that in which the Demo
cratic National Committee entered in
1892, when the Populistic and Demo
crats combined in half a dozen States
in a fusion on presidential electors, the
result being that the Populists element
of the party ran away with the organ
ization four years later at Chicago
and nominated William J. Bryan on a
platform more Populistic than Demo
cratic. "
This is enough to give every Demo
crat in the land a genuine fit of the
blues. The situation may not be as
bad as the Herald has pictured it,
but it is bad enough, as we have time
and again pointed out in these columns.
Socialistic sentiment is indeed grow
ing and growing rapidly, and the
worst part of it is that some men who
have been prominent in the D?mo
cratie party are catering to it. This is
one of the saddest facts in the history
of the Democratic party and in the
history of the country. There has
always been a part representing the
Hamiltonian view of government, and
there has always been i> Socialistic
element in on?r population. The Demo
cratic party has stood between the two
and has stood alone for those pure
and true principles of Democracy upon
which our government was founded.
There never was a time in our history
when there was so great a need for
true Democracy and for a strong and
virile and couragous Democratic party
as exists today. The very hope of
the republic depends upon the exist
ence of such a party, for it would be a
disaster for the government to run in
to extreme Republicanism or into ex
treme Socialism. Either would mean
destruction of the republic. But if the
Democratic leaders are now going to
rally the Socialisic element and join
hands with them, if they are going to
forsake their principles and tarn to
Socialism, heaven save the party and
the republic !?Richmond Times.
Smart Set at fl, G. Osteen & Co. a
THE GOAL ARBITRATION.
Members of Commission Arrang
ing Details of Trip Through
Coal Fields.
Washington, Oct. 29.?The major
ity of the members of the anthracite
coal strike commission left here at 3
o'clock this afternoon over the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad for Scranton,
Pa., where they will meet tomorrow
morning to begin their investigation
of the conditions in the mining re
gion. The party consisted of Commis
sioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright,
Gen. John M. Wilson, Bishop Spald
ing, Grand Chief E. E. Clark, of the
Order of Railroad Condnctors, Assist
ant Recorders Moseley and Neii> and
three stenographers. The other mem
bers of the commission are also ex
pected to reach Scranton by tomorrow
morning. The commission will spend
tomorrow at Scranton, arranging the
details of the trip through the coal
fields. The hearing will not begin
until the formal claims of the miners
and the answer of the operators have
been filed.
None of the members of the commis
sion are willing to be quoted in pre
dictions of the length of time the
work of the commission will consume.
They say that they will go into the
subject exhaustively, and one of them
said privately today that he believed
the report would be ready within two
months. "If either of the parties to
the controversy should refuse to abide
byv the decision of the commission
what could be done?" the commis
sioner was asked.
"I do not regard that as a possibil
ity," was his reply. "We see no re?
son to anticipate anything of the sore.
I do not believe that either side could
face the force of public opinion by re
jecting the conclusions which they
have agreed in advance to accept."
. Dr. Earle's Condition.
Dr. Tfaos. T. Earle of Greenville,
ex-president of the South Carolina
Medical- association, was successfully
operated upon for cateract a few days
ago at the New York Eye and Ear In
firmary, New York city. Dr. Earle
for the past 18 months has been
practically blind.
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Negro Outrage on Negroes.
Memphs, Tenn. October 29.?A spe
cial to the Scimitar from Wynne,
Ark., says:
"Mary, Sophie and May Gibson,
aged 17, 12 and 10 years respectively,
daughters of Thomas Gibson, a pros
perous negro farmer, were killed and
one of them was the victim of a crimi
nal assault at their home near here
yesterday. The murders occurred
while Gibson, the father, was away
from home attending a circus, leaving
the three girls alone in the house.
Upon his returnTie found the bo'dies
of two of the girls with their heads
crushed, while the body of the third
lay in the yard terribly mutilated.
The girl had been subjected to the
most atrocious indignities. Posses,
composed of both blacks and whites,
were formed and David Cross, and old
negro, was arrested. Cross denied all
knowledge of the crime, but finally
confessed that he had witnessed the
killing and said that a negro named
Johnson was the gnlity man."
'Texas Fever."
Special to The State.
Williamston, Oct. 29.?Considerable
uneasiness and anxiety has been caused
here within the last few days on ac
count of the death of a number of fine
cows from what appeared to be a
very mysterious cause and in order
to give the case a thorough investiga
tion, Dr. J. R. Foster, the States
assistant veterinarian from Clemson
was summoned, and came down this
morning. After a post mortem ex
amination he pronounced the disease
"Texas fever," which he says is incur
able, the best remedy being to separate
all cattle which are infested from the
others. He says the disease is com
municated by what is commonly known
as the "tick," and after a cow comes
in contact with the disease through
this medium, and is taken sick,
nothing can save her from death,
which follows within a few hours.
It is to be hoped that no further loss
will be sustained through' the influence
of t?aie deadly germ in this community.
Death of Mrs. A. C. Haskell.
It was a great shock to the people of
Columbia when it became known yes
terday morning that the esteemed
wife of Judge A. C. Haskell had died
very unexpectedly at an early hour in
the moaning?4.30 o'clock. She had
been in her usoal health the preceding
day. She was one of the most lovable
women in Columbia and will be miss
ed from the community where her
gentle influence and sweet charity was
a power for good. All who knew her
loved her.
Mrs. Haskell's maiden name was
Alice Van Yeveren Alexander, and she
was a daughter of Adam Leopold and
Sarah Hillhouse Alexander of Wash
ington, Ga., being a sister of Gen.
E. P. Alexander of Savannah and also
of Mrs. E. Boggs. She was born
on July 21, 1848, and married Hon.
Alexander C. Haskell on Nov. 23,
1870.
She leaves surviving her, besides
her husband, ten children?four sons
and six daughters.?State, Oct. 30.
Luck in Thirteen.
By sending 13 rnil?s Wm. Spi rey, of
Walton Furnace, Vt.. got a box of Buek
len's At nica Salve, that wholly cured a
horrible fever sore on his leg. Nothing
ehe could. Positively cures bruises, felons,
ulcers, eruptions, boils, burns, corns and
piles. Only 25c. Guaranteed by J. F. W.
DeLorme, druggist.
STRIKE COMMISSIONERS. i
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They Are Looking Carefully Over '.
the Coal Fields.
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Scran ton, Pa., Oct. 30.?The seven
commissioners appointed : by President
Roosevelt to adjust the differences ex
isting between the anthracite mine
workers and their employers, today
made a tour of the extreme upper coal
field, and saw every step taken in the
production of coal from the time it is
blasted from the ground, hundreds of
feet below the surface, up to the point
where it is sent to market ready for
the use fo the consumer.
The arbitrators had an interesting
day and returned to their hotel at 6.30
o'clock tonight, grimy from coal dust
and tired after eigth hours of observa
tion and investigation.
The trip was quite a novelty to most
of those in the commissioners party,
some of whom had never been in the
hard coal regions. The commissioners
displayed the greatest interest in every
feature of coal mining. The seven
arbitrators had to endure many dis
comforts, make their way through wet
places in the mines, almost crawl along
some of the gangways in the workings
and pass through ctouds^of coal dust
in the breakers. Notwithstanding
this, their eagerness for information
was not diminsihed and then they ex
pect to put in another hard cay's work
tomorrow in this vicinity.
It would be unfair to say that one
commissioner displyed more interest
than another, but it can be a truly
said that Bishop Spalding asked more
questions than any one of the others.
He was usually in the centre of a
group of commissioners and asked
many questions of these who are em
ployed in and about the mines.
Today's tour consisted of an inspec
tion of No. 2 mine of the Hillside
Coal and Iron Company, operated by
the Erie Company and the Coalbrook
breaker, of the Delaware and Hudson
Company. The former is located at
Forest City, 22 miles north of this
city, and the breaker at Carbondale,
four miles south of Forest City. On
the run up the Lackwanna' valley,
the commissioners viewed with inter
est the several mining towns situated
along the Delaware and Hudson rail
road.
II I * ? ?
Har!ey Will Recover.
I,A dispatch received in the city from
Parkersburg, W. Va., stated that
W. Brooks Harley, who was shot on
Monday, is still alive and is rapidly
recovering.?State, Oct. 30.
Mi Hedge vi lie, Ga., October 29.?
Peter Lingeld, a farmer, of Scotts
burg, in this county, surrendered to
the sheriff today, admitting that he
had killed his brother, J. P. Lingeld.
Peter Lingeld said that he and his
brother were intoxicated, and had
quarrelled while on the way home
from a circus. Then began shooting
at each other and J. P. Lingeld was
instantly killed.
9 Washington, October 23.?The fear
ful ravages of plague and cholera in the
Old World are set forth in mail ad
vices received by the marine hospital
services. For Manila Chief Quaaran
tine Officer Perry makes a conservative
estimate that the cases of cholera that
have actually occurred, in the Philip
pine Islands" since March 20 last ag
gregate 75,000, with a mortality of 75
per cent. The province of Illoilo and
the adjacent island of Negros are bad
ly infected and the situation is alarm
ing. Some of the towns in these pro
vinces have lost 10 per cent Of their
population and the epidemic continues
severe. In Japan the latest advices
show that there have been 42,329 cases
and 1,650 deaths from cholera.
In China there have been 40,000
deaths at Nankin. In Egypt there
were 23,684 deaths between July 15
and August 15.
The barn and stables of Mr. P. C.
Beck, of ?arlington County, were
burned Friday night about 9 o'clock.
Ten horses and mules besides wagons,
forage, etc., were destroyed, and no
insurance. Mr. Beck's place is about
one mile from the town of Darlington,
near the Mineral spring. The early
hour of the fire would seem to indicate
that it was accidental.
J. P. Morgan & Co., during the pre
sent year, are estimated %o have re
ceived $42,190,000 in profits for engi
neering great combinations. The great
est profit was in promoting the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation, and this
is put 820,340,000. Several combina
tions are yet to be heard from.
Boyd Barnhardt, a carpenter, of
Williamsport, Pa., has sued Miss
Laura Updegraff, a member of one of
the best families in that region, for
$38, the value of certain articles pre
sented to her while he was courting
her. Miss Laura has filed a counter
claim for $137, the value of the meals
eaten byJier lover at her house while
the courtship was in progress.
Madrid, Oct. 29.?Premier Sagasta
will retire from politics in November
on account of ill health. This is im
parted by a close friend of the premier.
The minister of the interior will more
than likely succeed to the premier
ship. In view of his many recent
clashes with Alfonso, it is believed
that Saagsta has finally become dis
gusted with the attitude of the young
monarch.
Asleep Amid Flames.
Breaking into a blazing home, some
firemen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security, and
death near. It's that way when you neg
lect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr.
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give* perfect protection against all Throat.
Chest and Lung Troubles. Keep it near,
and avoid suffering, death and doctor's
bills. A teaepoonful stops a late cough,
persistent use the most stubborn. Harm
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THE mii HEOQTi?ll?MS.
Colombia Not to be Allowed to
Stand in the Way.
Washington, October 29.?The states;
today of the Colombian Canai negoti
ations is that both sides are awaiting
a decision of the Colombian Govern
ment as to whether Minister Concha
shall, proceed under his original in
structions to present to the State de
partment the Colombian response to
the department's proposal for a treaty.
When the response arrived in Wash
ington two days ago the minister
promptly notified the State deparment
of the fact, but hue added to his
notice the statement that in view of
recent developments he had regarded
it as his duty to withhold it until he
heard, further from bis Government.
As the State department had in some
way come to know that the Colombian
response woald, if submitted, go far
towards meeting the desires of this
Government in the matter of actual
treaty? this delay was very annoying.
But as the minister had his own no
tion of duty in the matter, it was
decided that an appeal should be taken
over his head to the authorities in
Bogota. Accordingly a cablegram
was' sent to United States Minister
Hart, at the Colombian capital, notify
ing him of the action of the Colombian
minister here. The matter of objec
tion by our own officials is the attempt
to link the negotiations for a canal
treaty, pure and simple, with the
discussion of the question of the cor
rectness of the attitude of our naval
officers on the isthmus. The Colom
bian officials hold that as the projected
treaty renews or continues the pro
visions of the existing treaty relating
to neutralization of isthmian traffic,
which are now the subject of conten
tion between the two Government, it
is proper that the canal treaty be held
back until, either by an amendment
of the old treaty or a change in the
language of the new treaty, Colombian
integrity can be safeguarded.
It is expected that the delay will not
be long, for even if the Colombian an
swer is not satisfactory the United
States Government will still be bound
by the terms of the Spooner Act to
proceed towards the construction of
an isthmian canal, and the only ques
tion to be decided is as to the method.
T iere are two ways open even in case
of an adverse attitude on the part of
Colombia; namely, either the United
States Government to proceed without
delay to complete the treaties with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica necessary
for the constrcution of canal in these
countries, or, and this latter course
would be adopted with reluctance, the
Government might purchase outright
the franchise of the French Panama
Canal Company and go on resolutely
with the construction of the Panama
Canal, taking no further notice of
Colombia.
The State which has the smallest
number of Non-English-speaking resi
dents is South Carolina, with 65 only.
Ge?rgie, has only 200, Tennessee 7(K>,
and Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi
and Alabama less than 1,000 each.
Rhode Island has 17,000, while Kan
sas has 9,000 and Kentucky l,00O.
Florida has 5,800 and Minnesota, in
which Scandinavians are numerous,
75,000. Iowa has 26,000 and Missouri,
only 15,000.
Guilty of manslaughter with recom
mendation of mercy was the verdict
agreed upon Friday night at 11 o'clock
in Laurens court by the jury charged
with the case of the State vs. Walker
Edwards, accused of murdering by
shooting Mrs. Rosa Edwards, at the
Laurens cotton mills, in Laurens, on
Sunday night, May 18. last. Counsel
for Edwards argued the motion for a
new trial.
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Indianapolis, Oct. 30.?Mint cultiva
tors in Northern Indiana, most of
whom are confined to St. Joseph coun
ty, will realize im?nense profits on the
crop this year. The price per pound
one" month ago was S2.50 : now it has
advanced to $5. Former Congressman
Todd, who is the owner of 12.000 acres
of mint in this State and Michigan,
has practically secured a corner on the
mint oil crop of the world, controlling
95 per cent of it. The total crop for
this year is given at 190,000 pounds.
Tbe total value would be about $30,
000, the advance being nearly S500,?00l
Washington, October 2.?A severe
shake up is 'soon to be made in the
immigration service at Ellis Island,
following a secret investigation tha
has been made into the condition of
affairs on the island. Some of the facts
are to be placed before the grand jury
in New York. The department _ of
justice is understood to be handling
the facts for presentation to the grand
jury. The outlook is that about five
inspectors of immigration and ? num
ber cf lessor officials will be dismissecL
The investigation shows, it is claim
ed, that for years a system of petty
thieving and blackmail has gone on.
Besides the dismissals, there will be a,
shifting of about forty "privilege"
men. Railroad and steamship com
panies will likewise be held responsible.
in the future for the employees.
New York, October30.? Six months'"
imprisonment in the Kings County
penitentiary was the sentence prtf
nounced today by Judge Kellogg, of
Yonkers, upon W. B. Raymond, the
automobilist who was arrested after
his machine had been in collision
with a trolley car on Sunday last..
The accident caused injuries to twenty
two persons who were on the car. The
occupants of the autombile escaped
unhurt. Judge Kellogg, in sentenc
ing Raymond, said he was convinced
that the automobilist had been negli
gent and that he should be punished.
Startling, But True.
"If every one knew what a grand medi
cine Dr. King's New Life Pills is," writes
D. H. Turner, Dempseytown, Pa., "you'd
sell all you have in a day. Two week's nse
has made a new man of me." Infallible
for constipation, stomach and liver trou
bles. 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store