The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 28, 1903, Image 1
mon mt
outl)ror
v
?SM S?miB WATCHMAN. KstabUahed April. 1850.
4*Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TB UK 80?THSON. Established Jane, IS 6
olfdated Aug. 2.1881.
SUMTER. S. ?.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1903.
New Series-Vol. XXIII. So. 13
PaWliuftd Story ^To?nQi'?&Y,
-:-Br
SUMTER, 8. Ce
TSE3?S :
$1 50 per annum-in advance.
ADTIST?SEXIST'
One Sqa&re first insertion.,.'...-..,,.$1 CO
* Svery s?bsequeat insertion......... 50
Corrtracts for three; months, or longer will
De made at rednce? rates.
All coossnanica'doDiS which subserve private
.ate??sts will be charged for as advertiements.
Obituaries and tributes of respects will be
charged for.
EL?J?H Q0W!E iii GOTHAM.
Ik New Zion Fakir Bas Not Soo
nested in Stampeding tte Nsw
Mers.
Carrie Nation and Dr. Parkhurst
Take a Hand in the Gam?.
Now York Oct 20.-About one
thousand persons* half of whom were
Zionists, attended John Alexander
Bowie's early service in Madison
Square Garden today, where he
preached on "Blasphemy.
He said he was going to meet the
editors of the New York papers at his
hotel and requested his followers to
pray for him. The six hundred mem?
bers of the Dow^e idioir will join the
house visitation force increasing its
number to 1440. Deacon Speicher said
the work was greater than anticipated.
Bowie's chief aids, his wife and his
son, are about .to leave him for a trip
abroad. They ?ill start on Thursday
from this city, taking the steamer
Saxonian Saturday from Boston. They
will go first to England, and then to
Australia, where Mrs. Bowies' family
still lives. They do not expect to re?
turn to the United States until next
July.
Mr. Bowie, arrayed in evening
clothes, talked for two hours tonight
before a great throng in Madison
Square Garden, ?he burden of his talk
bei ag deasmeitaicn of the clergy and
the press.
Carrie Nation, who occupied a seat
near the front, asked "Elijah" to ans?
wer some questions. He refused and
ordered her to fat down. Bowie then
praised the spirit in which Mrs. Na*
tioa had warred on ?he saloon, but said
she used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation
again demanded the privilege of ask?
ing questions. At once the Zionguards
surrounded her and with the help of
several policemen - ejected her. The
meeting was one of continuous disor?
der.
The Ber. Mr. Charles H. Parkhurst
today sent-an open letter tc Mr. Bowie
as folks ws z
"I do not want to be presuming, but
doubt if it is any more presumptive
in me to come and try to clarify you
than it is for you to come and try to
clarify New York ; and I do not know
which of us has taken the heavier con
tract. I attended your service at
Madison Square Garden last evening,
and I went determined to enjoy it if
could, and to be benefited by it, and
to go away and refute some of the
charges that I had heard alleged
against you. But it was of no use
your behavior on the platf orm crushed
every throb of sympathy I had with
you. I neper heard from a .public
speaker such a discharge of efferves
cent wrath and coarse invective. ]
went to ?ear you preach the Gospel
and you preached Bowie, Zion City
"stinkpot.* I was asahmed of you and
almost ashamed to be in your audi?
ence. It was a long way below the
standard even of the circuses that I
have attended in the same garden.
The only consolation I could derive
was that it was so abominable and so
far beyond the bounds of the respec?
table that even those in your congre?
gation who did not know what Chris?
tianity is, would have no idea that it
had anything to do with what you
were fsaying.
"Of course the ridiculousness of the
performance was only enhanced, by the
immensity of'your pretensions. If
you claimed to be only an ordinary
mau there might be some hope for you,
even with what you call the "Babble,"
but the rabble is discriminating and
eau discriminate as keenly as the
keenest between a prophet and a jug?
gler, between an Elijah and a mounte?
bank. I say this in no spirit of anger,
but either your head is twisted or your
heart infected or you have blundered
badly in your method. You cannot
bully people into Zionism, nor black?
guard them into the Kingdom of
Heaven. I hope you will take this in
the kindly spirit in which it is offered
and that it will be blessed to you. "
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Mayor Harrison
today gave notice of his intention to
stop all forms of race course gambl?
ing and to proceed against the hand?
book evil through the revocation of
licenses of all saloons in w/ . that
form of betting evil is/ itted.
Mayor Harrison's ?campaign against
book-makers includes all forms of
horse race betting at all seasons and
against ail interests.
A Cough is only a Syrup tom.
A cough is not a disease but a symptom
of disease. A cough always indicates that
either the throat or lungs are affected.
When the muciw lining of the throat or
lungs becomes inflamed the irritation caus?
es coughing. Don't neglect a cough. It
may be the symptom of serious throat
or lung disease. Bydales Elixir kills the
germs that cause the trouble, soothes the
irritated mucus membrane, gently stimu?
lates the nerves that control the respira?
tory organs and thus helps nature to
peedily restore normal conditions and
healthy action. All dealers.
HE OVER ll BALTIMORE.
Banters of Other Cities Send Mil?
lions to Tide Over the Crisis.
Maryland Trust Company Expects
to Pay Dollar for Dollar to
Creditors.
Baltimore, Md, Oct 20.-Four mil?
lions of dollars, which arrived here
early this morning by express from
New York, Philadelphia and Washing?
ton,, cleared the financial atmosphere,
and at the closing time of the various
monetary institutions this afternoon
there was every confidence that the
crisis in the financial district of the
city had been safely passed. Every in?
coming train during the afternoon and
evening brought packages of money to
the banks and trust companies and to?
night it is estimated that there is at
ieast $8,000,000 of currency in the
vaults of the financial institutions of
the city.
Conferences were held during the
.evening between various interests
and it was stated late tonight by. a
promiont banker that no further
trouble among tbe banks of financial
institutions of the cit}' was probable.
The directors and the receiver of the
Maryland Trust Company, the first to
close its doors on Monday, held a con?
ference today, and discussed ways and
means, but late tonight Receiver
McLane said that he had nothing to
make public, although he expressed
the opinion that the company would
in .the near future be in a position
to pay dollar for dollar to depositors
and creditors.
The directors of tiae Union Trust
Company also held a long session dur?
ing the day. While tiae statement of
assets and liabilities of this company
is not ready to be presented to the
Courts, Receiver White expressed the
opinion that the company will in a few
days resume business.
Other banking and trust companies
have been well fortified with currency,
and no further trouble is expected from
any quarter.
ENGLISHMAN ON THE TARIFF.
Ernest Hamlyn Says a High Tarif
Would be "the Salvation of
England."
Chicago, Oct 2L-The Tribune to?
day says: AsJrepresentative of Joseph
Chamberlain, for whom he is investi?
gating the results of the protective
tariff in the United States, Ernest
Augustus Hamlyn, of the Honorable
Artillery Company, of London, reach?
ed Chicago last night
The results of Mr. Hamlyn's investi?
gations, thus far are embodied in a
preliminary report, which he forward?
ed to London from Chicago. In it he
declares the commercial greatness of
this country :s due to the tariff, add?
ing that it would be "the salvation
of England."
The report concludes with an offer
by Mr. Hamlyn to contribute $500 to
a fond with which to bring to Ameri?
ca one hundred English workingmen
from toy manufacturing cities to
study the effects of a tariff on the
wages and living expenses of the
working classes.
Aristocracy a State of Purse.
Enlightened Americans once had more
or less of a creed that aristocracy was a
state of mind : of late years it has come
to mean a state of parse. We see to?
day in New York a fashionable society
which has no place for statesmen,
authors, scientists, editors, unless
they are very rich. Newport is still
more frank in this rigorous exclusion.
The multi-millionaire set each summer
ignores the naval officers as their ships
lie in the harbor. Even President
Roosevelt was suffered to visit the
place wi shout scial recognition; in
spite of his high and ancient lineage,
he is not rich enough to be in the
social swim. Once it happened that
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, while at the
climax of his power, when he was per?
haps the most notable statesman in
America, was on a friend's yacht in
Newport Harbor. That night a social
function was going on at a house
where Mr. Reed was known and honor?
ed, but an invitation to him could not
be ventured ; unimportant personages
could be smuggled in because they
were readily forgotten ; but the giant
could not be biddeX for the social
break would be too conspicuous.
Francis Bellamy in Everybody's.
Washington, Oct. 21.-The opinion
of the Attorney General in ?he case of
Representative Lucius N. Littauer, of
New York, involving the charge of
violation of the statute prohibiting
any member of Congress from making
a contract and supplying the Govern?
ment with goods, was received at the
war department today. The opinion
was not carefully considered by the
war department officials, but from a
casual perusal it is inferred that the
department cf justice does not pass
upon the guilt or innocence of Lit
tauer but decides that under the stat?
ute limitations Littauer is not subject
to prosecution by the department.
Saves Two From Death.
"Our little daughter had an almost fatal
attack of whooping cough and bronchitis,"
writes Mr?. W. K. Haviland, of Armonk, N.
Y., "but, when all other remedies failed, we
saved her life with Dr. King's New Discov?
ery. Our niece, wLo had consumption in
an advanced stage, also used this wonder?
ful medicine and today she is perfectly
well." Desperate throat and lung diseases
yield to Dr. King's New Discovery as to no
other medicine on earth. Infallible for
Coughs and Colds. 50c and $1.00 bottles
guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme. Trial
bottles free.
THE BRITISH COTTON CRISIS.
Three Million Persons Affected
by the Depression-Only Hope
in "Empire Grown" Cot?
ton-Bury's Grievance.
Definite fignres showing the full ex?
tent of the burden of the cotton crisis
in Great Britian have been obtained.
They emphasize an extraordinary story
of loss and suffering.
Mr. Smethurst, the general secretary
of the Federation of Master Cotton
Spinners said in an inteview that tak?
ing Lancashire and towns in the sur?
rounding counties engaged in the cot?
ton industry the operatives number
about 500,000.
"It is safe to say" he added4'that 80
per cent of these have been seriously
affected for something like three
months. "At an average of ?1 a week
eaeh the total weekly wage bill in nor?
mal times is ?500,000. It is hard to
say by how much this has been reduc?
ed since the crisis began. I should
think the total loss in wages during
the last fourteen weeks figures out at
not less than ?700,000. It is very pro?
bably more and it is pretty certain
that before the depression is over cot?
ton operatives will have lost nearly
?1,000,000."
Mr. Smethurst also pointed out that
500,000 operatives .Means five or
six times'that number of people actully
dependant on the cotton trade for a
living. Wives, children, tradesmen
and railway employees to the number
of something like 3,000,000 have been
affected by the depression. Many rail?
way men have been working short time
owing to the shortage in the carriage
of cotton between the towns.
"There is no doubt," he added, that
mill owners have been hit very 'hard.
Some say the mills are running at
losses varying from ?SOO to ?600 a
week. I should think that 90 per cent
of the mills are running at a loss.
SHORTER AND SHORTER TIME.
"It is impossible for anyone in the
American trade to see his own money.
Short time is increasing every week,
and has been general since the middle
of July, when the federation decided
that mills should not work more than
forty hours weekly. Many in the Old?
ham, district are now of sheer necces
sity~ compelled to work only thirty
hours a week, owing to the increasing
scarcity of cotton.
"To do any good cotton should now
arrive at Liverpool at the rate of one
boat daily, Sundays included, bat we
are scarcely receiving one cargo a
week. Since last Thursday night only
19,000 bales entered Liverpool; this is
scarcely a third of the normal weekly
consumption in Lancashire and sur?
rounding mills.
Speaking of the future, Mr. Smeth?
urst expressed the opinion that the
outlook is as gloomy as ever, and that
distress in Lancashire will probably
grow still more acute before things
brighten. "We are living on faith,"
he said.
"The new American crop is reported
to be a heavy one. Some place it at
70 per cent, but it is very late and will
now run the risks of frost or other bad
weather. Should a frost come and
take off 1,000,000 bales, (such a disas?
ter is not impossible.) I dare not
think what will be the result to
Lancashire. As it is the present suffer?
ing will last for another month.
"In my opinion not a man who
knows the industry can deny that
Lancashire's only hope for the future
rests in empire-grown cotton."
The losses incurred by tradesmen in
the various towns affected is enor?
mous. In no town where the Express
representative has investigated the
distress have tradesmen estimated the
decrease in their takings at less than
50 per cent, while several, such as
general dealers and tobacconists, state
that their takings are about a quarter
of the normal turnover. Those who
know the towns and the ways of the
people best say that scores of small
tradesmen will be ruined through de?
creased takings and giving too liberal
credit:
There is scarcely a trade of any kind
that is not affected in some way or
other. Depression is written deeply
over the whole cotton spinning area,
but there is a great and growing con?
viction that Mr. Chamberlain is the
strong man who will in some way set
things right.
What the way will be people of all
classes are waiting to know. The cam?
paign of speeches is eagerly anticipat?
ed everywhere. People who have been
among the bitterest local opponents
of Mr. Chamberlain now do not hesi?
tate to declare that they are in favor
of an inquiry.
No fewer than seven mill owners in
the Oldham district, who admitted
being so far pronounced free traders
said this yesterday. Their minds are
open to be convinced if Mr. Chamber?
lain can show that distressing times
like the present can be avoided by his
scheme of fiscal reform. The Tradi?
tional devotion in Lancashire to free
trade is, in short, relaxing on all
sides.
A typical instance is afforded by
Bury theatre audiences. GeorgeDance's
company is playing "A Chinese
Honeymoon," and a song is introduc?
ed dealing with Mr. Chamberlain's
fiscal policy as the remedy for Bury's
cotton famine, and silent mills, and
the verses have been cheered to the
echo and these Lancashire lads know
how to cheejr.
It is the opinion of a great many of
Bury's electors that Mr. Toulmin, the
free trade member of Parliament for
the borough, will be thoroughly beat?
en by the Hon. H. Lawson, the Union?
ist supporter of Mr. Chamberlain, at
the next election.
The utmost that could be gotten from
Mr. Toulmin in a recent interview
was the statement that he had "noth?
ing to say," and this, according to
many local gentlemen, is Bury's griev?
ance.
The distress fund has now reached
?1,550, and every penny of it is abso?
lutely necessary for feeding the many
hungry mouths.
At the Town Hall last night the
Express representative was informed
that the distress in the district is
growing steadily worse. At Elton sev?
eral more mills have been compelled
to run short time, and it is clear that
a great many more people not only in
Bury, but in Rochdale, Oldham,
Ashton and Rawtenstall, are yet to feel
the pangs of this terrible cotton hunger
before relief comas, and Lancashire is
taking its bitter lesson to heart.
ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
United States Wins on Every Point
-Canadian Commissioners in
the Sulks Over Their Defeat.
London, Oct. 20.-In consequence
of the attitude maintained by the
Canadian commissioners Lord Chief
Justice Alvertbone decided this morn?
ing not to hold the proposed public
meeting of the Alaskan boundery com?
mission, but to hand its decision to
Messers. Poster and Sifton, respective
agents of the American and Canadian
Governments.
The Canadian commissioners not
only decline to sign the award, bot
said they would publicly withdraw
from the commission. They as well as
all of the Canadians connected with
the case, are very bitter. Telegrams
from Premier Laurier and other
prominent persons in Canada, show
that this sentiment is shared generally
throughout the Dominion.
The Alaska award relating to the
Portland Canal gives the United
States two islands, Kan nag hu nut and
Sitklan, commanding the entrance of
the Portland channel and the ocean
passage to Port Simpson, and destroy?
ing the strategic values of Wales and
Pearse Islands, which are given to
Canada.
The change in the Alaskan pro?
cedure (due to Lord Alverstone's de?
cision not to hold the proposed meet?
ing and to hand the tribunal's de?
cision tc the American and Canadian
Government agents) caused much as?
tonishment, among the people who
crowded the corridors adjoining the
war rooms. Ambassador Choato, as
well as the Canadians and others im?
mediately connected with the case
were admitted to the room where the
tribuna] had been holding the open
sessions, but the commissioners re?
mained closeted in the Cabinet room.
The secretary of the commission Regi?
nald T. Tower finally emerged and in?
formed the waiting crowd that no pub?
lic session would be held, and that
the award would be made public
through the Jagents. No explanation
was offered and but four persons knew
that the attitude of the Canadian com
"missioners was responsible for- - the
awkward change.
The Canadians feel very sore over
the outcome. They almost openly
accused Lord Alverstone of partisan?
ship. When the latter presented them
to King Edward at Buckinham Palace
yesterday, tLe King endeavored vainly
to enduce Messers. Jette and Ayles
worth to say they were satisffied, or
that .they accepted the sitnation but
the two Canadians declined to in any
way express acquiescence with this
view. They simply shook hands
formally and bowed.
"A PARTING OF THE WAYS"
One of the Canadian commissioners
afterwards said to a representative of
the Associated Press :
"This award affects much more the
relations between the Dominion and
the mother country than people here
seem to realize and almost marks the
parting of the ways at least so far as
leaving any such question for England
to decide for us."
Messers. Jette and Aylesworth the
Canadian Commissioners in a state?
ment of their reasons for refusing to
sign the award said they consider the
finding of the tribunal regarding the
islands at the entrance of Portland
channel and the mountain line is not
a judicial ont\ They add:
1 ' We urged our views as strongly as
we were able but we have been com?
pelled to witness the sacrifice of the
interests of Canada. We were power?
less to prevent it though satisfied that
the course which the majority was
determined to pursue in respect to the
matters above especially referred to
ignore the just rights of Canada.
Messers. Aylesworth and Jette will
submit their contrary opinions to the
tribunal so as to go officially on record
and while they declined to sign the
award, they signed the maps agreed on
by the majority.
Broke Into His House.
S. LeQuinn of Cavendish, Vt., was rob?
bed of his customary health by invasion of
Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King's
New Life Pills broke into his house, his
trouble was arrested and now he's entirely
cured. They're guaranteed to cure, 2,5c at
J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store.
Washington, D. C. Oct. 21. -A col?
lision occurred about 8 o'clock tonight
at Mammsco, about twenty miles be?
low Alexandria, Va., between the
south-bound Seaboard Air Line ex?
press, No. 31, and north-bound freight,
No. 806, on the Richmond, Fredericks
burg and Potomac Railroad. The
north-bound freight had taken a siding
to give the right of way to the north
bound Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac express, No. 66. The Sea?
board Air Line express took the siding
for the same purpose, resulting in
a collision. There were no casualties,
Engineer R. C. Davis, of Richmond,
of the Seabord Air Line Express, be?
ing but slightly injured.
Better Than Pills.
The question has been asked-in what
way are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets superior to the ordinary cathartic
and liver pills ? Our answer is-they are
easier and more pleasant to take and their
eifect is so gentle and so agreeable that
one hardly realizes that it is produced by
a medicine. Then they not only move the
bowels but improve the appetite and aid
the digestion. For sale at 25 cents per
bottle by China's Drug Store.
FEAR OF WAR NOT REMOVED.
Continuance of Warlike Preparations
in Far East Cause Apprehension.
Russia is Active on the Corean
Frontier, Sut Assures Germany
That She Will Keep Strictly
on the Defensive.
Yokohama, Oct. 21.-The ministerial
conferences, naval preparations and
notably, the appointment of Vice Ad?
miral Toga, known as a "fighting ad?
miral," to commnad the standing
squadron, have led to a renewal of
the anticipations of trouble. Some
decided development in the crisis is
expected shortly. The steamship and
railroad companies have been notified
to be in readiness for emergencies.
RUSSIA IS ACTIVE.
London, Oct. 21.-A dispatch to
Renter's Telegram Company, from
Tokio, says:
"Russian military activity on the
Corean frontiers is unabated. The
important newspapers take a gloomy
view. They are inclined to believe
Russia does not intend to. fulfil her
repeated promises and declaration,
in which case it will be incumbent
on Japan to take decisive steps for the
sake of her very existence. The
Japanese gunboat Chiokai was to have
wintered at New Chwang, but this
arrangement has been countermanded.
A report was i:. circulation on the
Stock Exchange to-day that the nego?
tiations between Russia and Japan had
been broken off, but the foreign office
officials here* said that they haft* not
heard anything confirmatory of the
rumor. This statement was made sub?
sequent to a visit paid by Baron
Hayashi, to Foreign Minister Lans?
downe this afternoon. The officials of
the foreign office add that the report
was contrary to the general trend of
its information.
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Berlin, Oct. 21.-The German Gov?
ernment takes a cheerful view of the
Russo-Japanese difficulties. Russia
has conveyed assurances to Germany
that she will keep strictly on the de?
fensive if Japan occupies Corean ports
in force. Japan may act aggressively
towards Corea without Russia being
affronted thereby making a counter
stroke. The only limitation Russia
piaces on Japanese action is that she
must not cross the Yalu River.
The impression that might be derived
from the foregoing definition of Rus?
sian policy, it is pointed out here, is
that the negotiations are nearing an
end favorable to Japan. But the asso?
ciated press is informed that while
the result of negotiations is still
pending precautionary military pre?
parations on both sides are going on.
JAPAN AFTER WAR SHIPS.
Santiago de Chile, Oct. 21.-It is re?
ported here that the Uhilian Govern?
ment is treating with Japan for the
sale of two war ships.
Question of Ethics.
The Orangeburg Patriot, which pro?
fesses to have no partisan feeling for
either Jas. H. Tillman or N. G. Gon?
zales, concludes a long editorial upon
the recent trial in Lexington with the
following apposite remarks :
"Lastly, the latitude allowed attor?
neys in which they may honorably go
counter to their personal convictions,
either in defeading or prosecuting a
case, is entirely disproportionate to
that allowed witnesses and jurors in
testifying and deciding a case. For
the sake of argument, or illustration,
let us suppose that an attorney takes
the wrong side of a case for a* 'fee'.
Suppose, then, a juror on the same
case decides the wrong way for a 'con?
sideration. ' In what way shall we
measure the moral quality of their
I respective acts or differentiate the
moral principles involved in each?
How much better or worse, how much
more honorable or dishonorable, is it
to advocate a wrong cause for a 'fee'
than it is to decide a cause the wrong
way for a 'consideration'?"
The Record not so bluntly, made
some observations last week upon the
same point. Lawyers are bringing
their profession into disrepute by sharp
practices. Court houses are becoming
temples of injustice. The most deeply
dyed villain can obtain the zealous
services of able lawyers to help him
cheat the law if he but have the price.
And all this is excused upon the spec?
ious plea that the lawyer is in honor
bound to do everything in his power
for his client. If a private citizen helps
a criminal cheat the law and escape
punishment, he "compounds a felony"
and is punishable, but if an attorney
does the very same thing, he is a
"great lawyer" and has "done his
duty" to the client who bought his
brain and conscience. Is it any won?
der that lynch law should have advo?
cates when such conditions flourish.
Can the bar associations do a nobler
work than to purify the legal profes?
sion? It will take high moral courage
to do this work and do it fearlessly
and thoroughly, but it should be done.
-Columbia Record.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
No one who is acquainted with its good
qualities can be surprised at the great
popularity of Chamberlain's Cough Reme?
dy. It not only cures colds and grip effec?
tually and permanently, but prevents these
diseaseb from resulting in pneumonia. It
is also a certain cure for croup. Whoop- 1
ing cough is not dangerous when this
remedy is given. It contains no opium or 1
other harmful substance and may be given '
as confidently to a baby as to an adult. It ?
is also pleasant to take. When all of these 1
facts are taken into consideration it is not '
surprising that people in foreign lands, as =
well as at home, esteem this remedy very
highly and very few are willing to take '
any other after having once used it. For c
sale by China's Drug Store. I
PACIFIC UNO SCANDALS.
Department of Interior Looking
Into the Matter, but Uncom?
municative.
Oregon Newspapers Talk About the Stu?
pendous "Land Graft."
Washington, Oct. 21.-Only a gener?
al confirmation can be secured here
of the-report of extensive fraudulent
practices in the securing of public
lands on the Pacific coast. The inte?
rior department officials have been con?
vinced for a year that there were vari?
ous combinations of speculators seek?
ing control of the public lands for
their own purposes, and more recent?
ly a number of special agents have
been working in the field to secure
evidence which would assist in stop?
ping the frauds. A common plan of
operation on the part of the specula?
tors is to buy State lands inclosed in
areas which are liable to become parts
of forest reservations. These it is said
they often secure : for one or two dol?
lars an acre, whereas, when the reser?
vations are created the value is in?
creased to five or six dollars per acre.
Governor Chamberlain of Oregon, is
now in Washington conferring with the
Secretary of the interior concerning
these land transfers. He claims that
the State has lost a considerable sum
in this way, and is endeavoring to se?
cure a settlement which will reimburse
the State.
Secretary Hitccock declines to dis?
cuss the question, but says that he will
make a settlement at a later day.
HOW IT LOOKS IN OREGON.
Portland. Ore., Oct.-21.-The Ore?
gonian today says :
The Government has unearthed a
stupendous "land graft" that has been
carrying on a business in every well
timbered area on the Pacific slope.
This ring not only has acquired
"base" lands by " dummies'' and other
fraudulent means, but has- debauched
State land officials, making them hire?
lings of partners in the business : has
maintained in the general land office
at Washington agents whose duties
were to "leak information about pro?
posed reserves and other profitable
matters and, by use of money, has in?
fluenced placing of reserve boundaries
to its own inteest."
The central figures in this conspir?
acy are said to be in San Francisco.
William J. Burns, in the secret ser?
vice of the treasury department, and
A. B. Pugh, an assistant attorney in
the interior department, were in Port?
land last week gathering evidence that
will help the Government in prosecut?
ing the instigators of the conspiracy.
ANOTHER BIS COTTON COOP.
Brown and Haynes May Combine
Forces With Sully to Advance
Prices. *
From the New York Herald.
According to report, another bull
campaign in cotton is to be waged iii
the crop now moving to market. The
new coup with Cotton Exchange brok?
ers are gossiping about nowadays ia
said to have as its organizers the old
Brown-Hayes pool of New Orleans^
and D. J. Sulley of this city. The
triumvirate are known to be bullish
on this year's crop and are talking
much higher prices for the staple.
The combination successfully carried
through the biggest cotton deals ever
attempted in this or any other cotton
exchange during the last year^ but the
members worked at different tinges*
The first movement of importance Was
made by Mr. Sulley, and he closed his
trades with a handsome profit. The
work was taken up by the Brown
Hayes pool, of New Orleans, and they
continued the corner throughout three
months and sold the greater part of
their cotton at extraordinary profits.
It is said that Col. W. P. Brown will
leave this city shortly to take up the
work of organizing the New Orleans
market, while the New York market
will be left to D. J. Sulley, and Frank
V. Hayes, according to report, will
look after the Liverpool manipulation.
A division of the work, such as is in?
dicated, it is considered, will result in
a strong combination.
On the Cotton Exchange yesterday
the report of a co-operation of these
three interests to lift the price of cot?
ton resulted yesterday in a slight flurry
in the price of the nearby options. .
Satisfaction.
It is always a sonrce cf satisfaction to
know of a remedy that can always be re
lied on in emergencies and when accidents
occur, such a remedy is Elliott's Emulsified
Oil Liniment. It is the roost serviceable
Accident and Emergency Liniment ever'
produced, and is just as satisfactory in all
cases where ? Liniment is required. All
dealers.
A *5?AL CURE FOR
MALARIA.
It has recently been discovered tha?
the germs tha? produce Malaria, breed
and multiply m the intestines and from
there spread throughout the svstera
by means of the blood. This fact ex?
plains why Malaria is hard to cure by
the old method of treatment. Quinine.
Iron. etc.. stimulate the nerves and
build up the blood, but do not destroy
the germs that cause the disease.
Rydale's Ionic has a specific effect
upon the intestines and bowels, freeing
them from ali disease breeding mi
:robes. It also kills the germs that
nfest the veins and arteries. It drives
rom the blood all poisonous mattel
ind makes it rich and healthy.
RYDALE'S TONIC is a blood
)uilder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria
lestroyer. Try it, ii v. ill not disap?
)ointyou. ... ....