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1 .ti mt ras SUaraXB WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? Cosoiidated lng. 2,1881. "Be Jnst and Fear ::.ot-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1 ?63 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1902. Sew Series-Vol. XXII. So. IS' % Wfbf?tym at? Jbtt|roit Pnslisisd S?ery Wednesday, J*3\ C3t. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C, . TBSM3 : $150 per san um-io advance. 1DT3STIB1XIIT: One Square first insertion.JJ1 00 Xvery subsequent insertion...... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wiU be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. TBE BI6 SUTTON CROP. Largest Figures Ever Given Out By^ Agricultural Department Over Ten and a Half Million. Washington, Dec 3.-The statis? tician of tbe department of agriculture estimates the actual growth of cotton in the United States in the year 1902 03 as 10,417,000 bales of an average net weight of -190.1 Th? area picked or to be picked is es? timated at 127,1 14, 103 acres, a reduction of 764,227 acres, or 2.74 percent from the acreage planted. The total pro? duction.of lint, cotton is estimated at 5,111,870,0518 pounds, an average of 188.5. pounds per acre. The estimated prc?3uction by States, j in pounds^ of lint cotton per acre is as follows: Virginia :248 ; North Carolina 236 : South Carolina 199; Georgia 165; Florida 120 ; Alabama IM ; Mississippi 220; Louisana 262; Texas 148; Arkans? as 268 : Tennessee 252; Missouri 252; Oklahoma 282; Indian Territory 244. The phenomenally favorable weather that has prevailed almost continuously for some weeks past ?hroughouta large portion Of the cotton belt has made a substantial addition to the coton crop as indicated on Oct. 3. All the eight States which at that date reported higher than at the corresponding date last year have still further, improved their positions, while two {Louisiana and Mississippi) of the five States that compared unfavorably with the year 1901, now report; slightly higher average yields per acre than a year ago, leaving only Texas, Georgia and Alabama with an unfavorable show? ing. The commercial ciop, will consist of "the above mentioned 10,417,000 bales, together with 154,592 bales brought forward from last year, about 250,000 bales of linters and sample cotton, and so much crop of 1903-04 as may be marketed before Sept. 1, 1903, less 198,190 bales of the present crop marketed before Sept. 1,1902, and so much of this same crop as may be carried forward to the year 1903-04. i-ni ? i mmm Roller Mill Flour Causes Appen? dicitis. The notion advanced by the humor? ous writers that appendicitis is a disease invented to confer social dis? tinction has pretty well died out, but here comes an Illinois physician who declares that appendicitis was rare be? fore the new processes of rolling wheat were invented. He says : About the date mentioned (1875) there began to be a general change from the old methods of grinding grain to the pre? sent method of roller mills and exces? sively fine bolting cloths. This plan of milling being first in the large cities, and appendicitis began to in? crease first there. Later the new pro? cess crowded out the small mills in the country and the people could not get flour made by the old process. They bought products o:: the large mill? ing establishments, and then the farmers b^gan to have appendicitis. He adds: 44Experienced millers will tell you that the fine flour is a less de? sirable flour than that made by the old process, but the tracie demands it chiefly on account of its whiteness." This physician says also in the last few years? appen di ci ti s Las become one of the most common of diseases, and he regards the discovery cf the cause of its increase as of supreme import? ance.-New York Evening Post. Woodruff, Dec. 4.--One year ago Mr. J. P. Roach, of Carville, while carrying the mail from Woodruff to Cashville found a railroad torpedo. Mr. Roach carried the torpedo home, not knowing what he had found, gave it to his children. His children have : been playing with the explosive for about a year. Yesterday through curi? osity, three litle girls. a;,red J, 6 and 3, respectively, determined to examine the contents. They carried it to a stone and hammered it causing an explosion, killing the oldest and injuring the other two. The Southern Pacific management has determined to spend more than: 8100,000 in the colonization of South? western Louisiana and Southern Texas. Does it Pay to Buy Cheap ? j ? cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want sc met hing that will relieve and c?ire the more severe and dan? gerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do ? Go to a warmer and more regular climate ? Yes, if possible ; if not possible for you, then in either case take the only remedy that has been in? troduced in all civilized countries with suc? cess in severe throat and lung troubles. "Boschee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Tr?? eme bottle. Recommended many j ears by all druggists in the w?>rld. Yen can get this reliable remedy at China's Drug store. Prk? 25c. and 75c. i WHY THEY WENT TO GANADA. I - ?Wine and Fear of Judge Speer I Made Green and Gaynor Leave. i The flight of Greene and Gaynor, says the Savannah Press, was not pre? meditated, according to a story from New York that is authentic. Champagne and -fear of Judge Speer was its in? spiration. As is wei! known Capt. Geene lived at the Plaza Hotel, while Col. John F. Gaynor stayed at the Hoffman House, which for years has been the headquaters of the Democrats of New York State. Capt. Greene, on the night he and Col. Gaynor were to have come South for the purpose of standing trial, left his hotel in his j carriage and going over to the Hoff? man there met Col. Gaynor, who was ail ready to leave. When he arrived at the hotel a nnmber of friends were there to tell them goodbye and to pass a pleasant quarter of an hour. The time pased before any one realized it, while the popping of champagne corks kept up for an hour or more. Finally, Greene and Gaynor tore themselves away from their com? panions and made their way to the Jersey. City depot. There they .found the last train that would bring them riere in time for court, when their case would be called, had been gone for more than an hour. They were panic-stricken, as they had a wholesome and probably well justified fear of Judge Speer who they thought would place them in jail and keep them there until the case was disposed of, if they should arrive here late. Each of them had all of the cham? pagne he could carry and naturally their imagination was somewhat bril? liant. They saw at once the inside of the county jail and Capt. Greene said to Col. Gaynor that Savannah was no place for them. They talked about the matter for a half hour and a train being about to leave, they got aboard of it and went to Boston. At Boston they held another con? sultation and decided that it was then too late to return and their only safety was in continued flight. They con? tinued their journey and the nest heard of them they were living in ease and comfort at the Chateau Frontenac -said to he one of the finest hotels in America. This story is absolutely true, accord? ing to the facts as written by Col. Gaynor to a friend in New York city. They are said to entertain no ap? prehension of the ultimate outcome of their case. HO DEMOCRATIC STATES WANTED. Republicans Vote Against Admis? sion of Arizona and New Mexico. Washington, Dec. 3.-The senate committee on territories today agreed to report a substitute for the house omnibus statehood bill, providing for the admission' of one new State to comprise the territory now included in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the new State to take the name of Okla? homa. The bill as reported makes no reference whatever to New Mexico or Arizona. The vote of all the Repub? lican members except Senator Quay I were cast for the substitute and all of the Democratic members against it; Senator Quay voted with the Demo? crats. The vote stood 6 to 5. The status of the Indians residing in the two territories is defined in a pro? viso insert?d in the first section of the bill The section authorises the in? habitants /rf the two territories to adopt a State constitution and the proviso immediately follows: It reads: "Nothing contained in the said con? stitution shall be construed to limit or impair the rights of persons or property pertaining to the Indians of said territories so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished, or to limit or affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any law or regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property or other rights which it would have been competent to make if this act had never passed." As usual in the admission of States, all male citizens are authorized to vote for delegates to the constitution? al convention and there is provision added extending this privilege to Indians who are members of any of the tribes located in Indian Territory. These Indians also are made eligible to become delegates to the convention. Among the declarations prescribed fer the proposed State is one "forever prohibiting polygamous or plural mar? riages." The new State is to be allowed four representatives in congress until the next census and also is to have two United States senators. H. T. McIntyre, St. Paul. Minn.,who has been troubled with ;i disordered stomach, say?. "Chamberlain's Stomach and Livrr Tablets do me more i<ood than any tiling I have ever taken." ?"or sale by A J China. A Chinese trust to control the potato market in California lias been formed, with Lee Yuen, a merchant, as manager. Stockton is the center of the rich river land where nine-tenths of the potatoes in the State are grown. Chinese market gardeners rent the land. They have formed a co-opera? tive company and will handle the potatoes without the intervention of middle men. --m-*-*-*--* i The Pride of Heroes. Many soldiers in the last war wrote to say that for scratches, bruises, cuts, wounds, corns, sore feet and stiff joints, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best in the world. Same for burns, scalds, boils, ulcers, skin ? eruptions and piles. It cures or no pay. ! Only 25c at J. F. W. DeLonre's drag store.1 HE RAN FOR CONGRESS. A Trne Bil! Returned Against A. P. Prioleau. A. P. Prioleau, the negro candidate for Congress from the 1st district in the recent general election, was indict? ed by the grand jury in the United States District Court yesterday for violation of Section 3,891, Revised Statutes of the United States. Before he had Congressional aspirations Prioleaux was a railway mail clerk. In the indictment it is charged that on July 4, 1902, he unlawfully delayed, detained and opened a letter addressed to Peter Gailliard, magistrate at Eutawville. The negro was handling the mail on the postal car when he is said to have taken out the letter. The papers went to the grand jury and a true bill was promptly returned. The trial is set for this morning. Prioleau is here to defend himself against the allegations, and he has en? gaged Mr. A. Lathrop, of Orangeburg, formerly United States district at? torney, to represent him. Just at this time Prioleau has sought some prominence by filing notice of protest against the elecion of Mr. George S. Legare to Congress. In Charleston County he got less than sixty votes.-News and Courier, Nov. 4. A NOVEL SUIT. Action Brought By Kershaw Coun? ty Against Seaboard Railway. One of the most interesting and novel cases on record is being tried before Judge Izlar, in Camden. The case is a suit against the Seaboard Air Line Railway brought by Kershaw county for $5,000. When the Seaboard was building its road from Columbia to Camden a tem? porary bridge was thrown across the Wateree river and the bases were com? posed nf large pens or cri bs filled with rock. When the permanent bridge was built the cribs were allowed to stand, and the county claims that these cribs alter the natural course of the stream, turning it toward the bank, and causing it to destroy the bottom lands adjoining the river. The water flows over a road not far from the railway line and causes obstruc? tion to traffic. It is seldom that a county brings an action of this kind against a corpora? tion, and the novelty of the snit has attracted a great deal of attention, and man expert witnesses are being used il in the case. Messrs. Kirkland & Hay represent the county and Messrs. Shannon and Lyles the Seaboard.-Columbia Record. A HOLOCAUST IN* GHIGAG?. Fourteen People Perish in a Hotel Fire. Chicago, Dec. 4.-Fourteen men met death by suffocation this morning in a fire which occurred at 6 o'clock in the Lincoln Hotel, 17(3 Madison street. Thirteen of those who lost their lives were stifled while lying in their beds. One was taken from the building be? fore life was extinct, but died in the ambulance on the way to the near? est hospital. Coroner Traegar after inspecting the building united with Fire Chief Musham in declaring the building a veritable rat-trap and should never have been used for hotel purposes. Chie:! Musham declared that there were such wide cracks in the floors that the smoke poured through the building in clouds, rendering escape extremely difficult for those on the upper floors. There was no fire escape on the front of the building, although one was in process of construction. The scaffolds ing was up and and from it dangled several ropes, down which a number of people slid to the pavement after all escape by the stairwav had been cut off. WINS $!,0007000. Butte, Mont., Dec 2..-A son was born to the wife of W. A. Clark, Jr., last night, winning the ?1,000,000 gift Senator W. A. Clark offered his sons and daughters a year ago for the first grandson presented him.. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Morris of New York, recently gave birth to a daughter. Senator Clark, who is in Paris, has been notified by cable of the ariva! of tho purse winner. Richmond, Va., Dec. 2.-Dr. R. B. Ware, the member of the House of Delegates from Amherst, sprung a mild sensation in that body yesterday by the introduction of a bill to prevent promiscuous kissing in Virginia and to make this erstwhile innocent pas? time a misdeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than 85 nor less than 81. Onancock, Va., December 1.-The present fall has been a most remark? able one, especially for the moderate? ness of the weather. Many of the strawberry vines have borne a second crop. Mr. Asa J. Taylor, of Bull beg? gar, in Northern Onancock, gathered and shipped to northern markets one crate of berries. Twenty-three of the quarts brought $1 per quart, the balance 75 cents per quart. Other shipments of berries have been report? ed from other sections of the Shore: also shipments of green peas. Foils a Deadly Attack. "My wife wu3 PO ill that good physicians were unable to help her," writes M. M. Austin, of Winchester, hid., "but was com? pletely cured by iDr. King's New Life Pills." They work wonders in stomach and liver troubles. Cure constipation, nick headache. 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store. METHODIST ANNUAL GC8FEBEH?E. First Session in Newberry Wednesday. Newberry, Dec. 3.-The one hun? dred and seventeenth session of the South Carolina annual conference Methodist Epicopal Church, South, convened in the Methodist Church this morning at 9:30. Bishop W. W. Duncan presiding. The opening de? votional exercises were conducted by the bishop who read and expounded a sripture lesson, after which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated. Bishop Duncan expressed in simple language the pleasure which he felt cn meeting with this conference once more. E. O. Watson, secretary of the last conference, called the roll and 1.53 clercial and 14 lay delegates re? sponded to their names. E. 0. Wat son was reelected secretary with W. L. Wait, A. E. Holler, A. J. Canthen, Jr., assistants. S. H. Zimmerman was re-eleced statistical secretary with M. B. Kelly, R. E. Turnipseed and J. H. Noland assistants. The bishop called question twenty, Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official administration ? The names of the superannuated ministers were called. Brothers F. Auld, M. L. Banks, L. M. Hamer, L. C. Loyal, J. F. Smith having died during the year, their names were referred to the committee on memoirs. N. G. Ballenger was referred to the committee on conference relations for the supernumerary relation. Of the supernuerary preachers, Rev. John Manning reported effective. Question 2 was called, Who re? main on trial? Thos. L. Belvin, S. O. Cantev, S. T. Creech, G. W. Dukes, A. E. Driggers, G. E. Ed? wards, J. A. Graham, W. H. Murray, J. I. Spinks and J. L. Fowler, hav? ing been approved by the examining committee submitted their reports and were unanimously passed to the class of the second year. Each of the pre? siding elders submitted a report from his district. These reports were most favorable. The past year has been marked by large endeavor and great achievement. Not a single discourag? ing note was sounded. One of the young ministers made a remark con? cerning the needs of our work at manu? facturing points, which led the bishop to emphasize the supreme importance bf such work. He declared it to be ?be work of our church in this State. Now is the time to press our work at all manufacturing centers. The board of trustees of the Colum? bia Female College, at a meeting held this afternoon, unanimously decided to recommend that the College be moved to Greenwood. Offers were re? ceived as follows: Brookland, twenty five acres of land; Sumter, any site within or near the city limits which the committee might choose; Laurens, 825,000 in cash and one of three choice sites; Greenwood, $42,960 in guaran? teed subscriptions. The matter will come up before the Conference as^ a special order at 12 o'clock tomorrow. The cause of the removal of the Col? lege from Columbia is being vigorous? ly championed and as vigorously op? posed, and an animated discussion to? morrow is predicted. Newberry, Dec. 4.-The second day's session of the South Carolina Confer? ence, held this morning, was mainly devoted to an address of wlecome by Mayor to Klettner on behalf of the city, responded to by tho Rev. J. A. Clifton, D. D., on the part of the Conference, and the discussion of the matter of the removal of the Columbia Female College. The board of trustees of the College submitted a report re? commending that the institution be moved from Columbia to Greenwood. The point was raised that in its re? commendation the board had transcend? ed its authority, which point was sus? tained. After a good deal of discussion further consideration of this matter was postponed until 10 o'clock tomor? row morning. J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, whose daughter was cured of congenital hip disease by Prof. Adolph Lorenz, has set on foot plans for an Institute of Bloodless Surgery, which, it is said, he will endow with ?:>,000,000, for tho treatment of similar cases. The proposed institution will be open free of charge to the public. Dr. Frederich Mueller, the assistant of Prof. Lorenz, will bo placed in charge. An important meeting of fifteen re? presentatives of leading trust and in? dependent bicycle manufacturers of the country was held at Cleveland, ()., recently. Tho companies represented control 95 per cent, of the bicycle out? put of the United States and repre? sent a capitalization of 819,000,000 It was decided to standardizo the busi? ness and in 11X34 the manufacturers will cut the number of typos of bicycles in two to decrease the number of differ? ent make of wheels. The trust will boost prices at next year's meeting. Walhalla, Dec. 4.-At a meeting of | city council last night most drastic or- j dinances were enacted against the j shooting of fireworks during the ap- j preaching holidays. It was made a ; misdemeanor for any merchant to sell, offer for sale, barter, lend or give ! away any fire cracker or to shoot one or to aid or abet in any way the ; shooting of fire crackers. Saved at Grave's Brink. "I know I would long ago have been in my grave," writes Mr.-. S. H. Newsom. of Decatur, Ala., *'if it had not been for Elec? tric Bitters. For three year- ? suffered nntold agony from the worst forms of in? digestion, waterbrash, stomach and bowel dyspepsia. Hut this excellent medicine did me a world of good. Since using it I can eat heartily and have gained 35 pounds." For indigestion, loss of appetite, stomach, liver and kidney troubles, Electric Bitters are a positive, guaranted cure. Only 50c at J. F. W. DeLorme's drugstore. THE FEMALE COLLEGE REMAINS IN COLUMBIA. The Conference Decides by a Vote of 120 to 95 Against Removal to Greenwood. AN ALL DAY DISCUSSION PRECEDED THE ROLL CALL. Newberry, December 5.-The Co? lumbia Female College will remain in Columbia. By a vote of 120 to 95 the Conference KO decided tnis morning. The discussion preceding the vote took np the whole of today's session and was a battle royal. The forces in favor of the removal were led by the Kev. E. O. Watson, of Charleston, chair? man of the board of trustees of the institution, and those against the re? moval by the Rev. J. W. Daniel, of Charleston. The arguments of these gentlemen were strong and forcible. The whole discussion, however, while it was lengthy, and while every, point was hard fought, was in good "temper, and when the final vote was reached and the most important question that will come before this session of Con? ference had been decided everybody was in good humor and glad that the tension had??been relieved. The matter was taken np soon after the devotional exercises. Dr. 0. A. Darby was the first to secure the floor. He offered the following resolution : "Resolved, That it is the sen ie of this Conference that the Columbia Female College remain in the city of Columbia, its present location.'* Signed: W. H. Bays, 0. A. Darby. The Rev. L. F. Beatty moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "remain in" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "be removed from." Mr. C. C. Featherstone raised the point that the report of the committee appointed to investigate the legal status of the matter and to report whether or not there are any legal obstacles in the way of the removal of the College must be heard. The committee reported that, after full investigation, it was of the opinion that the College could not be removed under the present charter, but that an amendment to this charter could be secured through the ofiice of the Secretary of State, without any action on the part of the Legislature, and that there were no legal obstacles in the way of securing this amend? ment. It was moved to lay on the table Mr. Beatty's amendment, making it. Jfche sense of Conference that the College should be removed from Columbia. " ? roll-call was demanded. The mo? tion was carried and the amendment lost by a vote of 10S to 106. The resolution offered by Dr. Dar? by, that the College remain in Co? lumbia, was then squarely before Conference. The'Rev. E. 0. Watson, chairman of the board of trustees, desired to make a statement ir regard to his own attitude and to that of the board. The board did not attempt to arrogate to itself any superior sense of the solemnity or the importance of this matter. AM were interested alike. The present conditions indicated pro? gress throughout the South-the birth cf a new Southland. The situation, as the board saw it in the light of this progressive spirit, was that one of two things was necessary enlargement or removal. The College has a glorious history behind it,' and was never in more prosperous condition than at present. But at the present location there was no room for improvement; for keeping in touch with the spirit that is incarnated in this new Metho? dist Church, in the hum and whirr that is going on throughout South CaroHna. As trustees charged with a sacred trust they could not turn away from these other nowns, which offered opportuni ty for this enlargement. Un? der the resolution of Conference a committee from the board was appoint? ed to visit the points desiring the Col? lege. Propositions were received from Aiken, Laurens, Greenwood, Sumter. Brookland, but none from Columbia. "We wrote to Columbia that we would visit Columbia. We went and found two or three men and had some conversation, and that was all." The trastees visited the other towns and after full investigation they recom? mended Greenwood. But that was eliminated from the subject and the question was now upon its removal from Columbia. The board had no objection to the city of Columbia ; but something had to be done, no im? provement under present circum? stances was possible. The old building it was hardly possible to improve and the site was not large enough for the present buildings and a suitble cam? pus, to say nothing of additions. Greenwood's offer was 642,900 in cash. A most desirable site in that town could be secured for $2,000, and no site was oiifered for a greater amount than 811,000- They were not going to throw the buildings in Columbia on the market, but were going to sell them in their own good time and in their <nvn good purpose. The board believed that by the removal of the College 8100,000 could be put into new buidlings. It was a question of enlarge or remove, and hitherto en? largement had not been possible. To remain where they were, simply to do nothing, would be to sacrifice glorious opportunities. The Rev. J. W. Daniel, of Charles? ton, a member of the board of trustees, heartily concured in some of tho state? ments that had been made by his good brother. Mr. Watson. He could not disagree with his statement that there is at present great activity in all lines. But he eould not agree with his con? clusion that the removal of the Colum? bia Female College from its present site would aid in the development and expansion of the College, and put it in touch with the spirit of progress. Suppose the College were removed to Greenwood. Then it would be only twenty or thirty miles from Wi?liams-1 i ton Female College, and the two Episcopal colleges of women in the State would be brought into sharp competition, and the death knell ?of Williamston would have been sounded. All the female colleges were now crowded into the upper part of the , State, and there was no surer way to kill them all than by further crowding. It was not true that Columbia had done nothing. A half century ago the city of Columbia built the present building, a building that at present cannot be replaced for $50,000. By making an offer at the present time, after the impression had gone out that the agitation was simply to secure money from her, was simply for Colum? bia to stultify herself. But how in? significant were the bids for the col? lege's removal ! Take Greenwood's bid, the insigni? ficant sum of $39,000, and that in sub? scriptions subject to death and to with? drawal. It was proposed to give up a building worth $50,000, a desirable lot in the centre of one of the most - progressive cities in all the South, and to be side-tracked in the little town of Greenwood for the insignificant little sum of $39,000! Mr. Daniel spoke of the moral side of the question, of the compact made between the fathers and the people of Columbia, and the fact, as he said, that this compact would be broken by the removal. The Conference had been discriminating against the Girls' Col? lege, even in its twentieth century movement, and yet they expected it to grow and flourish in equal degree with Wofford. And now it was pro? posed to continue this discrimination by removing the College at a sacrifice. He did not know what the Bishop was going to say about it, but he be? lieved that some of the greatest safe? guards of governments and individuals were enshrined in parliamentary law. Here was a movement proposing to change by its removal the very name of this historical institution. He be lived, in accordance with parliament? ary law, a two-thirds vote would be necessary. Finally, in the name of common sense and in the name of the women of South Carolina, he pleaded that the College be left in Columbia: Don't touch that insitution. Leave it where it is. Do that and the bless? ing of God will rest upon you. Move it and you stab to the heart Methodist female education in South Carolina. Messrs. C. C. Featherstone, J. H. Lesesne, Rev. R. A. Child, M. L. Carlisle. J. M. Steadman, J. A. Clif? ton and others took part in the debate. Upon motion previous question was called and in the vote roll-call was demanded. The resolution, making it the sense of Conference that the Col? lege remain in Columbia, was carried, the vote standing 120 yeas to 94 nays, and the College remains in Columbia. GOVERNMENT ?? REPORT IS BEING STOLES. Action of Wednesday's Market Indicates That the Report is Made Known in Advance. New York, Dec. 4.-The Journal of Commerce will say tomorrow: There have in recent years been many reports that the agricultural bureau's cotton report has "leaked," in other words, that its general character has become known to a favored few before the time of its official publication. But never has the conviction bean more firmly held by the cotton trade than in the instance of the report issued by the government on Wednesday. It is naturally impossible to give entirely specific evidence that the report was dishonestly made known to particular interests "in advance, for direct- evi? dence of this character could only be received from parties themselves par? ticipating in the theft. But the course cf Wednesday's cotton market is ac? cepted by the cotton trade as being absolutely and unequivocally in? dicative "that large market interests had definite information cf the char? acter of the report. In addition the following specific information is avail? able : First-The exact figures, 10,417,000 bales, of the government; estimates, were definitely known at least twenty minutes before the official hour for publishing the report, namely, noon. This information was civen to rcpre sentatives cf this journal by one of the best known members of the ex? change. Second-The news was very general before ll o'clock that the department's report would be 10,000,000 bales. Third-Advance information regard? ing the exact character of the report was otrered early in the forenoon to a very large commission house, which refused to enter into negotiations or consider the purchase of the stolen in? formation in any form. The greatest evidence that the in? formation was dishonestly circulated was contained in thc action of the market itself, and there are many re? sponsible members of the New York cotton trade who believe the?ileak" occurred not on Wednesday morning but some time on Tuesday as there_ is every evidence that both the New York and Liverpool markets were forced up to a selling basis. - ? ???-lill - Tho insurance report of the comp? troller general shows that for ail class? es if insurance in the State the loss was 4b\*27 per cent, of the premium paid. The loss of foreign fire insur? ance companies were 02.80 and of American companies 52.39. A Million Voices Could hardly express the thanks of Ho? mer Hail, of West Point. Ia. Listen why : A severe cold had settled on his lungs, causing a mo?i obstinate cough. Several physicians said he had consumption, but could not help him. When all thought he was doomed he began to use Dr. King's Xew Discovery for Consumption, and writes : "It completely cored me and saved my life. I now weigh 227 pounds." It's positively guaranteed for coughs, colds and lung troubles. Price 50c. and fl. Trial bottles free at J. F. W. DeLorme's.