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r <? SUi?TEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850? ,4Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God s and Truth's." ftasolMated Ans. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1903. TEE TRUE SO?THROK. Established Jone, 1 6 New Series-Vol. XXIII. So. 20 Published Srary ?taosla?, BB". Or. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C TCSMS: $1 50 per ac2 cm-io advance 4DTiBTieiiiit: ?ae Square first insertion. .....o.. ~$1 CO Every subsequent insertion -......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer viii Be ?ade ut reduced ?atas. . AU eoomnnieaticot which subserve private tatarata will be Charged for ss ad versements. Obi maries and tributas of respects will be ch&rsod for. 16EME80IS SIHSIMalL eave $50,000 -te Erect a Schoo! Bo?ding la Columbia. The will of Charles Legan who died in Columbia a few weeks ago was filed for probate ou Tuesday. He leaves as estate of $300,030 to $500,000. In his will he gives $9,000 to the city of Col? umbia ia trust, to invest and use the income in aid of carrying out all laws and ordinances for the protection of animals ?ad prevention of cruelty to animals. He gives $5,000 to the Col? umbia Hospital Association. He be? queaths $5,300 to St Peter's Catholic .Church. After the death cf his wife, he gives four acres of the race course, fronting ca Elmwood avenue, next the lands of W. A. Clark, for .a public school for white children, and - if the property be accepted he further gives $40,000 for buildings and other im? provements, The school is tc be known as the Logan School, or the Logan High School, and is to be un? der the control and direction of the * city and a part of the graded schcol system. The remainder of tbe estate goes to his wife and relatives in this country and Ireland. A Break in the Cotton Boom. New York, "Bec. Influencbd by a bleak in the Liverpool market, where spot cotton was about half a cent low? er, ?&A futures at a decline, of from 13*io H points, the cotton market to? day bad a weak opening under liqui dation and bear pressure, with first: prices ll to 18 points lower. Good ; support developed on the decline, how? ever, and shortly after the opening prices had rallied to a net loss of about 9ai& paints. There was a continuation of the heavy selling at the partial re? covery, and the market ruled irregular wi th. trading active and the room sen? timent unsettled. Trading was rather l?as active after .the eariy recovery and fluctuations continued "very irregular. At the best Janna ry sold at 12.34, March 12.50, %May and July at 12.52, a gain from the low point of 36 to 39 points, : and a net advance of 19a28 points, but the higher level attracted a renewal of heavy realizing and the market was finalry steady, 2 points higher. Sales estimated at 800,000 bales A Cfepgyarran Talked Too Much. .v?te Dssv?Be*" Va., Dec 8.-Dr. J. Cleveland Hall, Episcopal rector, who preached a sermon recently in which he declared that the Danville prohibi? tion law is being violated daily, was before the grand jury in Corporation Court today, and he refused to divulge the sua wes of bis information. Tba fact was reported later to the Court, and a subpoena was issued, re? turnable for trim at 10 o'clock tomor? row morning, Be will be required to testify or declared in contempt.. Dr. Hall ?tated tonight that he would sot testify, and it is expected that be will ge to ?ail for contempt of Court Herbert Spencer Dead. LondonvDee. 8.-Herbert Spencer, the famous author, died today at his home in Brighton. His health has ben failing for some months. The illness took critical turn a few days ago and be. became unconscious last night, passing away without pain. By his own desire, the least possible information was given out during Mr. Spencer's illness. He was born in 1820. The newspapers all publish long appreciations and anecdotes of Mr. Spencer, whom they universal!v de? scribed as the "last of the great thinkers of the Victorian age.'' * Letter to L B. Durant. Dear Sir: Do' you want to sell Devoe lead-and-zinc for your town and country* The whole doctrine of it tunis on these three points: il) It is all paint and true paint; (2) It is the strongest paint; (3) It is full measure. Because it is all paint, true paint, proportioned for strength and full measure, (1) It takes least for a job; (2) Looks best ali the time; (3) Lasts longer; (4) Gathers the trade and holds customers. There is no such argument for any other paint; there is no other paint; there is nothing but talk for any other paint. Devoe is the paint, if yon want the facts on your side. The country is full of experiences; we bring these experiences to bear oe your trade, if you sell Devoe. Yours tm Iv, F. W. D? VOE & C., 31 New York. Gen. Wood's Bad Record Damaging. Testimony Before the Senate Com? mittee Throwing Much Light on Military Rule in Cuba. Washington, Dec. 8.-When the Senate committee on military affairs convened today to continue its inves? tigation of charges against Gen. Wood, M. C. Fosnes, a postoffice inspector, told of a visit he had received from Judge Ortiz, president of the Audien? cia, which Court tried the Cuban pos? tal cases The visit was for the purpose of ob? taining translations of the Bristow re? port on the Cuban postal -frauds for use in the trials. Mr. Fosnes was asked whether he had learned that the request made bj Judge Ortiz was at the suggestion of Gea. Wood and answered that such was his understanding. It was shown that the translations ware made at a cost of $350, and that the cost was paid ont of the Cuban in? sular i ands. The Spanish version of the report was filed as documentary evidence, and used by the Cuban Judges rn the-trials. Mfrjor Edgar S. Dudley, U. S. -A.?. retired, was the second witness. He said that lie bad served In Cuba as Judge Advocate under the administra? tion of Gen. Wood as Governor Gener? al. He said that when Gen. Wood re? ceived the application of the Jai Alai Company for a concession to erect a . 'fronton, " or amphitheatre, for the playing of the Cuban game of pelota, the application had been referred to him for investigation. After making a thorough inquiry into the character of the games the witness said he had informed Gen. Wood that he should re? fuse to endorse the application, on the ground that the game was a gambling institution, and, therefore, should not be permitted during American occupa? tion. He said that the application had been changed to represent the mere building of an amusement amphithea? tre, and that in that forra it had re? ceived the approval of the war depart men The ten-year concession to the Jai Alai Company was subsequently granted by Grenu Wood. Gen. James H. Wilsen, U. S. A., told the committee! of his meeting with Capt E. G. Bellairs at Havana, saying that he had become convinced that Bellaire came to Havana with the purpose of wilfully falsifying condi? tions in the island; that Bellaire call? ed on him at his headquarters in the province of Matanzas, and that he (Wilson) then accused Bellaire of writing dispatches which gave a wrong color to affairs in the island and in? jured the work of Gen,. Brooke and jthere. The witness said that Bellaire sighed and admitted that he was standing by his friends, declaring that his position was^a necessary one. Gen. Wilson said the remark.could have but one meaning, and that was that he was backing* Gen. Wood, that this was evident from the nature of Beliairs's dispatches. The witness^as serted it to be his belief that Bellaire went to Havana for the purpose of promoting "the * advancement of Gen. Wood. When asked concerning the rapid strides made by Gen. Wood in jump? ing over himself '/"Gen. Wilson) and Gens. Ludow and Lee, the witness showed a feeling of bitterness against Gen. Wood. The effect of the response was that he considered the promotion was ?one brought about by preferment satber than warranted by merit. AIRSHIP WOULOri'?" FLY. Washington, ?ec 8.-Under weather ! ?smditioDQS which were regarded as per? fect the .Langley airship or aeroplane today ?*as .gi ven a -second trial a short distance from Washington down the Potomac, the result being a complete wssek of the airship. Everything has bees in readiness for the trial for some days, so that it .was felt all that was needed for the test was the right sort of wind ?md weather. This afternoon these conditions presented themselves and the test was made. On the word being giren to iaunch the aeroplane it glided smoothly along the launching tramway antil the erkl of the tramway w?s reached when on being left to it? self the aeroplane broke in two and turned completely over, precipitating Prof. Chas. M. Manley, who was operating it, into the icy water beneath the tangled mass. One of Iiis assistants leaped overboard and brought him aboard the houseboat on which the launching tramway was laid. Prof. Langley was present to witness the test, and appeared crestfallen when be saw tbe product of months of study and labor disappear beneath the water. - '. i II nm? The Journal of Tropical Medicine tells of an apparently harmless bever? age which is tho sole" stay and stimu? lant of the working classes of Paraguay and the Argentine republic. It is often known as Paraguay tea or mate. It is usually drunk as a hot infusion, through a metal tube, but may be raken like rea, with milk and sugar. Workmen take it with them wherever I they go and sip it occasionally. Wood cutters will work on it for five or six hours before breakfast, and the writer of the article declares that, taken at night, it makes nursing, study, or what doctors call "night work"" real pleasure. Analysis dees not explaain these results and life long and per sistent use appears to have no evil con? sequences. Is Beauty Only Skin Deep ? Beauty is only skin deep, but the forces that create beauty are HS deep as the foun? tain from which they flow, when the Blood is charged with impurities Beauty disap 1 pears, when the blood is pure Beauty blos? soms in face and form. Rydales Liver Tablets keeps the Liver healthy and the Rowels regular, prevents the blood becom? ing ladened with bile and waste matter, make the skin clear, eyes bright and beauty mure than skin deep. All dealers. TURKS ASSAULT AMERICAN CONSUL Consul Davis Then Hauls Down Flag and Leaves Alexandretta. Constantinople, Dec. 8 -The United States flag over the consulate at Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, has been hauled down and Consul Davis has left his post for Beirut, in conse? quence of a serious diplomatic incident during which Mr. Davis was insulted and assaulted by the local police. The affair grew ont of the arrest of an American, Ohannes Attarian, a naturalized American citizen. Attarian bad been in prison at Alepho during the last two months and had just been liberated through the intervention of the Amercian consular agent on condition of leaving the country forthwith. Mr. Davis was accompanying Attarian on board a departing steamer when the police intercepted the party, assaulted and insulted Mr. Davis, and despite the resistance of the consul and his atten? dant guards, rearrested Attarian and took bim back to prison. Mr. Davis immediately lowered the flag over the consulate and formally broke off re? lations with, the Turkish authorities by quitting Alexandretta, leaving the consulate in charge of the vice consul A mob of .Moslems seized on the occa? sion to make a hostile demonstration against the consulate and against the Christians generally. The local authorities assert that Mr. Davis struck the police with a cane and that after he rearrest of Attarian the consular cavasses (military cou? riers) attempted to rescue him and that in the fracas which ensued the cavasses broke the windows of the pri? son. The matter is engaging the ener? getic attention of the United States legation here. Minister Leishman bas made urgent representations to the porte and is now awaiting a fuller re? port before taking further steps. "THE SHADOWS ON THE YEAHS." Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix Preaches Stirring Thanksgiving Sermon. New York, Nov 26-Thanksgiving Day services in old Trinity Church were conducted by the Rev. J. Nevitt Steele. The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, the rector, preached a sermon, in which he reviewed many of the evils that threaten the nation He said inpart: "Tell me, if you can, what can be done to stop men from beating down values and making worthless the pro? perties in which multitudes of people of modest fortunes have invested all they have? What can be done to stop strikers from their violent acts by which they prevent honest men from working because thev do not wish to join their unions? What can be done to prevent organized labor from step? ping the industries of the country and "forcing on employers their exaggerat? ed and preposterous claims? "Shadows fall, and under them we add intercession to thanksgiving. What casts somev of those shaudows? Let me answer briefly: Class aliena? tion ; the insolence of wealth and the angry discontent of the poor, the growth of luxuries, riotus living, the misuse of money and its reckless squandering on pleasures and pride, education without religion, the steady breaking up of homes by divorce and adulterous remarriage ; the appearance of vast systems of religious imposture and their success in making converts; the spirit of gambling in every place where it can be practiced ; the cold? blooded assaults on private property by those who attack corporations and drag them down to bankruptcy for their own advantage; the insecurity of life through contempt for the law and the freedom of assassins to wreck their will upon their innocent vic? tims; tiie steady decline of woman? hood from its old ideals and its deteri? oration through copying the ways and invading the sphere of men. - "These are some of the things that cast a shadow on the years. No one sees how they are to be stopped and none who thinks it over from a Chris? tian standpoint can doubt that if they are not stopped the harvest will be frightful beyond telling." Fight Will be Bitter. Those who will persist in closing their ears against the continual recommenda? tion of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con? sumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. R. Beal!, of Beall, Miss, has to say : "Last fall my wife had every symptom of consumption She took Dr. King's New Discovery after everything else had failed. Improvement came at once a?d four bottles entirely cured her.'' Guaranteed by J. F. W. De Lorme, Druggist. Price .r>0c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free. The Status of Crum. 'washington, Dee. S*.-Senator Till? man has prepared a resolution directing the judiciary committee to inquire as to the status of nominations that failed in the last session and were re? newed at the beginning: of the present session of congress. Thc inquiry is for the purpose of developing the pres? ent position of Gen. Wood in the army, and Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston, S. C. Head About to Burst From Se? vere Bilious Attack. "I hail a severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst when I jot hold of a free sample of Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. 1 took a dose of them after supper and next day felt like a new man and have been feeling happy ever since." say* Mr. J. VV. Smith of JulifT, Texas. For biliousness, stomach troubles and constipation these Tablets have no equal. Price 2.r> cents. For sale by China's Drug Store. TILK OF ? COTTON FAMINE. What Mr. Sully, the Great Cotton Bull, Has to Say. increasing Demand and Decreas? ing Crops Threaten a Disaster to the Prosperity of the United States. Written for the Manufacturers' Record. Just as the people and the resources of the South have been underestimated as elements of national strength, so has the importance of the South's chief staple-cotton-been undervalued as a factor in the nation's prosperity. Recently, however, by reason of the higher prices which cotton has com? manded, people all over the country are beginning to give more considera toin to what cotton means to American industry and commerce. And there has been more or less discussion of the Juestion whether the South's capacity or producing cotton may not be di? minishing, and this has awakened a feeling not very far removed from alarm lest cotton -famines may become possible in the course of time. Even today there is a shortage in the sup? ply, and if the steady diminution of th? cotton crop which the last few years have witnessed shall continue much longer we shall be face to face with a national calamity. During the last few days I have had several veryjinteresting talks about the cotton situation and outlook with the man whose movements are being watched more closely by the alert ele ment both North and Sonto, in city and in country, as well as across seas, than are the movements of any of our presumably great statesmen, financiers or captains of industry. This much observed individual is Daniel J. Sully -a man to whom the people of the South very naturally feel profoundly grateful for having led the movement for higher prices for this year's cotton crop before it had passed out of the growers' hands. For some years past one of the various hardships that the grower has been beset by has been a low price at the time he was obliged to sell and a higher price after the fruit of his labors had been brought up by mill owners and speculators in this country and broad. During the past summer, after Dan? iel J. Sully had put the price of May cotton to eleven cents, he went to Europe to recuperate his energies for a campaign, which he had planned several years ago, for putting the price of this season's cotton up to what he believed to be its real value. While in Great Britian and in Continenal Europe he tells me that he spent much time studying cotton conditions from the standpoint of the South's and the nation's prosperity. His observations while abroad led him more than ever before to consider cotton in the light of a great national asset. He impress? ed upon foreign buyers the importance of entering the market early in the season, and convinced many of them that they might look for higher levels than they had been figuring on. He opened the eyes of some of the Old World's largest buyers to conditions warranting a continuation of high prices, giving convincing reasons for his opinions and conclusions. How serious was the impression made by him upon foreign buyers was shown by the immediate cabling to all the world of his prediction, made to a great Russian concern, that in five years cotton would bring twenty-five cents a pound. Returning to this country in Septem? ber, he began where he had left off in May, and in the face of the most deter? mined opposition from various com? binations began the movement that has, by the enormous sales of cotton at high prices to Europe, saved Wall street from what, in the opinion of many, would have been a disastrous panic, the etffects of wich might have paralyzed business all over the Union. In response to an expression of ap? preciation of the good work he had done, he raid that in order to act con? stantly with his convictions he would have to follow year by year the same plan of campaign that he was now en? gaged in, but that it would be broaden? ed to meet the exigencies of situation I demanding the most serious cousidera i tion of every thoughtful man who has I at heart this country's welfare, j When asked why he felt that the j situation was so serious he replied : ; "Four years ago I discovered that i there was danger of shortages from ; damaged seed. Since then seed de : terioration is discernible alike in in j complete germination and imperfect I reproduction. Moreover there are large, j areas throughout the States east of ! the Mississippi River in which there has been more or less impoverishment of the soil. Then there is the irre? pressible boll weevil in Texas, tint, whatsoever the causes, the fact re? mains that the crop is becoming smaller, while consumption is annual? ly growing greater. There will be a shortage this season sufficient to keep closed a considerable percentage of the mills of the world, if we should pro? duce next season as much as we produc? ed in 1S9S-90 and a million bales more, still under the operations of the law of supply and demand, prices a year hence would he. but little, if any, lower than those now prevailing. It is very easy to figure out how much cotton must be raised in coming years to meet the world's requirements. No one can make this calculation, taking due ac? count of the steady increase in demand, and making liberal allowance for diminished consumption on account of higher prices for cotton goods, without feeling more or less anxiety over the world-vide distress that would follow any considerable falling off in cotton production. "But" he added, although I have for months devoted all the time I could spare from my business activities to the study of this question, I am not quite prepared to give to the public my final conclusions, but I hope in a few days to be in a position to state the case and suggest a remsdy. The South must go forward, and not back? ward, in the production of its great staple. " Associated with Mr. Sully as a mem? ber of the firm of Daniel J. Sully & Co. is that time-tried friend of the South, S. F. B. Morse, who, as a railroad man, made a record in development work that will long be remembered in Louisiana and Texas. Mr. Morse as passenger-traffic manager of the South? ern Pacific Railroad for some years, until he resigned last summer to be come a member of this firm, was the leading factor in bringing about the great rice development in Louisiana and Texas. For several years he had insisted that the cotton growers were not receiving a fair price for their product, and through the press and in very wide private correspondence he forecasted the conditions which the world now sees-of production inade qute to the world's consumptive re? quirements. Thoms P. Grasty. New York, December L Developing Fmer Varieties of Gotten. Results of the Department of Ag? riculture Experiments Near Hartsville. A Hybrid with Possibilities. Special to The State. Hartsville, Dec 7.-Dr. H. J. Web? ber, head of the laboratory of plant breeding of the department of agricul? ture at Washington, has conducted a series of experiments with cotton at tbis place for two seasons past. His idea is to test, first, weather Egyptian cotton can be grown successfully in this country, and secondly, to produce a prolific, long-staple, smooth-seeded cotton for genera' upland planting. It was demonstrated beyond doubt that Egyptian cotton can be produced successfully in this country, so far as getting the quality is concerned. A dozen or more samples grown in this State, along with the same num? ber of specimens of real Egyptian grown cotton, were submitted to cotton mill men throughout the country and only one examiner was able to dif? ferentiate between them. When it is re? membered that over $1,COO,0C0 worth of Egyptian cotton is annually import? ed for mills in this country, it is easy to understand the importance that this matter would assume were the crop readily produced here. It is yet to be proven, however, that it can be grown in such quantity as to compete, acre for acre, with upland cotton, though ir seems entirely ' probable. To produce a . -olific long-staple, smooth-seeded cotton for upland plant? ing Dr. Webber has grown a hybrid between the Egyptian and the sea isl? and cottons. The hybrid is more pro? lific than either parent and so far has shown,pretty constnt Egyptian charac? teristics. The fibre of this hybrid averages I1 ? inches as against 1 1-4 average inches for Egyptian, 1% aver? age inches for sea island and 1 average inch for upland cotton. The yield from the crop of the hybrid, this year, is estimated at about 1,500 pounds seed cotton per acre. The yield of lint cot? ton will be 37 per cent, of the seed cotton yield. The stalks average 6 feet are long limbed and have an average of 50 to 75 bolls to the stalk. As many as 212 bolls were counted on one plaut. The experiment with this hybid is re? garded as successful and the seed will probably go on the market next sea? son. Prof. D. N. Shoemaker of the de? partment of horticulture and botany at the Welsh Neck High school has had these experiments in charge, and on his own account has conducted a series of experiments looking to in? creasing the length of \ the staple of the ordinary upland cotton. This he hes done by a process of selection, planting rows from the seeds of the choicest plants in the cotton fields around here, and then planting in turn rows from the choicest of these plants. The first crop yielded an average in? crease of 1^ inch in length of fibre and Dr. Shoemaker is greatly encouraged with the results. He says that the Egyptian and the long-staple hybrid cotton can be ginned successfully late in the season on dull saw gins and with low speed: cotton ginned here last season passing the scrutiny of mill men, to whom samples were sent, in all but one instance. LEVER'S CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST To be Heard Next Week-Why there is an Element of Uneasiness. i Special to The State. Washington, Dec. 10.- Representa? tive Lever's contested election case has been set for next Monday, when it will come np before election committee No. 1. This is the second time Mr. Lever has been called on to defend himself in a contested election case, both times the contestant being a cornfield darkey named Dantzler. Dantzler is contest? ing the election on the ground that the suffrage laws in South Carolina are uncontsitutional and therefore the elections there are illegal. National interest centers jn this case of Representative Lever for the reason that the entire principle of suffrage qualifications in the southern states, like North and ??outh Carolina. Louis? iana, Alabama, and Mississippi is in? volved. There is some uneasiness at the acion of Senator Cannon in refer? ring the case to election committee No.I. This committee holds the record for having unseated more men in con? gress than any other committee. At its head is Representative Mann of Illinois, who takes a peculiar delight in defending the negro against what he claims is the maltreatment he re? ceives in the south. J' ll lill-. When you want a pleasant purgative try Chamberlain's Stomach and L ver Tablet?. They are easy to take and produce no nausea, griping or other disagreeable effect. For sale by China's Drug Store.?g? FIGHTING ON THE ISTHMUS PROBABLE. Report That Advance Upon Pana? ma is Commencing-The Admin? istration is Ready. Our Warships and Soldiers Will be Dispatched to the Isthmus if Colombia Will Fight. La Quay ra, Venezuela, Dee 9.-The French steamer Versailles which has arrived here from Scvanilia, reports that Colombian steamers. have landed 1,100 men from Cartagena near the month of the Atrato river (Gulf of Dari en) to open a way over the Danen mountains into Panama. ; Other troops from the department of Cauca, Colom? bia, are said to be converging on Pana? ma, and from all parts -of Colomba troops are reported to be marching or awaiting on tbs result of Gen. Beyes mission to Washington. THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 9.-Gen. Herran, the Colombian charge d'affaires, today authorizes the statement that if troops from Cartagena have landed near the mouth of the Atrato river, as reported by the French steamer which has ar? rived at La Guayra, it is directly, in opposition to the advices of both him? self and Gen. Reyes. Gen. Reyes stated that the La Guayra dispatch was the first information he had received of the reported movement of Colombian troops. He declared, however, that if it is true, as stated, that such movement has been taken without orders from bim. Upon coming to Washington as the special representative of the Colombian government, Gen. Reyes temporarily relinquished the command of the Co? lombian army, the duties falling upon Gen. Gastro, second in command. Gen. Reyes confirmed the statement recently made by Admiral Coghlan in a report to the navy department that prior to his deprture for Washington he had given instructions to the Co? lombian troops to make no hostile demonstration until he was heard from, and said that those troops were now awaiting orders, which, however, were not to come from him direct but from the government at Bogota. Tlie general had been fully informed by the president himself as to the in? tentions of the government of the United States respecting the isthmus. He was told by the president, as was set out in the president's message to congress, that the United States had determined to maintain the independ? ence of the new republic of F nama against all comers. While this guaran? tee is contained in a treaty now pend? ing before the United States senate and as yet unratified, the administra? tion nas for some time past been acting upon the theory that the understand? ing is in full force. Therefore ali necessary preparations have been made to exert whatever physical force may be necessary to protect the isthmian transit. No Colombian troops will be allowed to cross the frontier into Panama ; or, if they cross they will be ejected in due time. The policy of the navy department with respect to the entry of Colombian troops into Panama was said today to be to prevent a conflict before it com? menced. To this end, the naval com? manders in those waters have been given instructions to keep the Colcm bian troops at a greater distance from the isthmus, at points where a fight with the Panamanian troops is not like? ly to occur. In all naval operations, it may be stated on authority, that the department is still guided by the treaty of 1846, under which the United States guarantees to keep transit across the Isthmus open. A broader interpreta? tion of the duties and responsibilities of the government in this respect has been given to the treaty, by which the protection of the United States will not alone be confined to the canal strip but to any part of the territory of Panama. When seen today Lieut. Gen. Young, chief of staff, authorized the statement to be made that the war department was ready to dispatch troops to the isthmus on short notice, should their presence be demanded. Although the statement heretfore has been drnied, it is learned that the department has taken notice of the repeated reports that Colombian troops were assembling at dfferent points with the avowed purpose of making a hostile demonstra? tion agiust Panama, and bas perfect? ed all military plans to repel such an invasion. Gen. Young said thar should lie be called upon to assist the navy it would not be necessary tc .-end to the isthmus more fhn a regiment or two. Although none of the members of the joint army and navy board, which met today, would admit that the isthmian situation was under dis? cussion it is known that snch was the* case and that both the army and the navy are now in a state of prepared? ness for any conflict with Colombia which might raise. Fewer gallons; wears longer: Devoe. Rydale's Stomach Tablets. Ry dale's Stomach Tablets are made fur the stomach and organs of assimilation and are not intended for a '"cure all." They contain concentrated aseptic, pepsin, pure pancreatin anl other digestive agents. They contain powerful tonics and miid stimulants that have a specific effect on the stomach, and organs of assimilation and which aid nature in reconstructing the broken down cells and strengthening the tlacid muscles of the walls of the stomach and other digestive organs. Rydale's Stomach Tablets are a perfect stomach medicine-they relieve at once and soon cure the worst forms of stomach trouble. Price 25 and 50c. a box. All dealers.