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THAT PANAMA OANAL TREATY
It is probable that comparatively
few people io this country under
stand the scope and moaning of the
Pamvma canal treaty which the
CdnmMan congress has finally re
fused to ratify. In order to know
jnrt what the Columbian congress
has refused, and that we may be in
potion to better understand any
future negotiations that may be
■unieredinto on the subject, it may be
interesting to refresh our memories
to the treaty:
Ju article 1 the government of
ipumbiu authorizes the new Pan
tfna Canal oomjtany to sell to the
Jotted States all its property and
concessions, including the Panama
railroad and all the shares of that
company.
Article 2 gives the United States
the “exclusive right fur the term of
100 years, renewable at the sole and
absolute option of rhe United States
for periods of similar duration, so
lang its the United States may de
wra, to complete rhe Panama canal
ftcrost the territory of Columbia,
and make all auxiliary works for
its mainienanoe, protection and
oj eration.”
In article three Columbia gives
the United States, “the use and con
trol” of a zone of territory five kilo
metres (three miles-) in width on
either side of the canal and rxtend
ing three marine miles from each
terminus into the Carribean sea and
Pacific ocean, together with the oc
cupation of the islands in the Bay
of Panama.
Article 4 recognizes the sove
reignty of Columbia over the isth
mus and contains a disavowal from
the United States of any intention
to increase its territory.
By article 5 the United States is
authorized to create ports at each
entrance of the canal, with light
hones, docks coaling stations, etc
In article 6 Columbia agrees not
to cede or lease naval or coaling
stations or military posts to any
foreign government within the de
partment of Panama.
Article 7 grants to the United
States the use, without cost, of any
•tone, clay, earth or other materials
belonging to the public domains of
Co '■imbia.
>• rticle 8 declares Panama and
Oiambia to be free ports, and that
no taxes of any kit d will be levied
by Columbia on vessels using the
nnal, or being used in its const!no
tion or operation.
Article 9 relieves the canal and
vwything pertaining to it from
>»xes of nay kind.
Art’ '.e 10 authorize’ the connec
tion • the canal to telegraph lines
vt *d joining systems.
.iticlH 11 P' rmita the immigra
tion of canal workmen <f any na
tlouality, and ex mpts them from
the militarv service of Columbia.
Article ' : allows the United State s
to import mto the canal z?ne, free
of duty, and everything needed for
the work.
Article 13 authorizes the United
Shift.- to protect the canal and rail
way to preserve order and discip
line.
Article 14 authorizes condemna
tion proceedings when necessary,
and article 15 throws open all Co
lumbian ports as places of reruge to
w- seis engaged on the canal.
/.rticle 16 makes the canal neu
n 1 in perpetuity, art the f/.lowing
x articles give Columbia the right
iree canal transportation for its
• -u
. vetaela, troop* and munitions of
! war, authortz*!! the United States to
fix canal rules and tariffs, wipe out
all interior'Jonoeshions and transfer
to the United States Columbia's in
terests in the new Panama canal
company and the Panama railroad.
By article 23 Columbia agrees to
provide aimned forces, if necessa
ry, for the protection of the oanal.
If she cannot effectively comply
with the obligation the United
States is authorized to employ such
forces as may be necessary, the
consent of Columbia to the landing
of American troops being first ot
tained, except in emergencies.
By article 25 the United States
agrees to pay Columbia for all the
rights and privileges secured by the
Ireaty 110,000,000 in United States
gold coin when the ratifications of
the treaty are exchanged and 1250,-
000 annually after the first nine
years.
Article 27 mikes provisions for
the joint commission required by
earlier sections of the treaty, and
article 28, the final one, provides
for the ratification of the treaty
within eight months from January
22, 1903, the ante of its signature by
Secretary Hay and Mr. Herran, the
Columbian representative.
COST OF LIVING IS LESS-
Au interesting bulletin has re
cently been issued by Dun’s Com
meicial agency in which statistics
are given to establish the fact that
the cost of living has been reduced
this year as compared with last, and
that pric es were lower in July than
in June. For a long time there has
been complaint among housekeepers
of the increased cost of living and
they may be surprised to hear that
conditions have been improved.
According to Dun’s Review the fig
ures are aS follows :
Aug 1, July 1, Aug 1,
1902. 1903 1902.
Meats 8.977 9,269 11,679
Dairy and garden....ll.Boo 13,083 11,347
Other Lod v,266 9,186 8 821
Clothing 17,177 17,136 15,582
Metali 16,489 16,544 16 544
Miscellaneous 16,807 16,765 16 526
Total $97,891 >99,456 $100,177
The figures, says the August
Chronicle, show no sensational bet
terment, but there is a decline in
prices for July of 1.55 and for the
j ear 2.28. It is likely that this de
chne will be tyaintained and possi
bly may go further during the com
ing m inths. The ample crops that
are being made will prevent any
rise in the price of foodstuffs, and
with the ab indent corn crop there
will be no occasion for an advance
in the prices of meat. Clothing is
the only commodity which is not
likely to be cheapei, as the scarcity
of cotton and the shutting down of
mills will keep up the high price of
the raw materials and correspond
ingly of the manufactured product.
Rut while wo are obliged to buy
food whethe-’ it is high or low, we
can always economize in the matter
of clothing.
A reduction of 2 2 per cent, in the
cost of living, as stated above, does
not constitute a sensational im
provement, but it is well enough to
note the fact that even this has
come to pass. If it be true, as
farther stated, that while this slight
decrease in the cost of living has
come about, there Las been at the
same time an increase of 10 per
cent, in the wages of a Urge por
tion of lhe laboiring classes, then
we are somewhat better off and we
may as well have the satisfaction of
knowing it.
HOW "LAMBS" ARE SHORN-
The recent disastrous drop in
stock might naturally be supposed
to have had its effect upon those in
the South who are anxious for un
worxed-for wealth, and that in fu
ture they would think twice before
embarking upon speculation as a
road to that auriferous goal. Bad
habits, however, are hard to over
come, and henna, perhaps, it can not.
be too frequently and forcibly im
pressod upon the public what, a
handicap is imposed upon those
who would take this short cut to
affluence.
For this reason we reproduce the
extract given below, since it briefly
and clearly explains one disadvant
age under which speculators labor,
that in itself (unless offset by un
precedented luck) is sufficient to
render their efforts futile. Ig ap
peared originally, we believe, in the
New York Timos. We recommend
it to the attention of all of our read
ers :
A feature in dealing in stocks
from a speculative point of view
which is not taken into account at
H, or if at all, then by not more
Total
than one person in ahundred, is the
equality of the amoutns won and
lost, figuring both winnings and
losses the same. For example, A
buys 100 shares of stock, say at 70.
and carries it for thirty days, and
then sells it at 72 :
His Krons profit is >2OO
Less cummiasiun 25
$175
L?hr interest account 30 days at $1 a
day 30
His net profit is $145
Now take this vary same propo
sition and change the two point
profit to a two-poins loss, and we
have the following result:
Hu gross loss is S2OO
Commission! (sama as if he had woo) 25
Interest (same as if he had w0n).... 30
His net loss Is $255
Here is a difference of <llO against
the loses on a proposition apparent
ly the same. Admitting he makes
six turns si ways the same and
breaks even, that is, makes three
winnings and throe losings, his ac
count will stand as follows :
1 hree winnings at $145 $ 435
1 hree losings at $255 765
He Is out of pocket 5...$ 830
In order to avoid losing at all he
must
Win 16 times at- *145... >2.370
Against losin ; 9 times at >255 2 295
After which phenomenal proceed
ing he will be a winner of >35.
Deduct wear and tear of nerves’
loss of sleep, and the chance ot los
ing your whole investment, and the
conclusion is arrived at that a job
©{•carrying bricks at 12,50 a day is
a cinch.
Carrying charges and commission
are certain. Profit depends upon
the chances of the market. No
wonder that the lambs that go into
Wall street come out shorn.
When William R. Travers was at
tne yacht club one day, so tradition
runs, he asked, who was the owner
of a particularly fine craft, and was
told that it belonged to a broker in
Wall street. Ho then inquired con
cerning another and still another,
eliciting in each case a similar an
swer. Tnen, with his habitual
stutter, and humorous twinkle in
the eyes, he inquired : “Where are
thee c-customers’ yachts?”
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Champagne from Scuppernong 6rapes•
By J. H. Sledge.
George C. Husmann, an export in
viticulture of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, has for the past several
weeks been on a tour of the South in
the hope of exciting interest in the cul
ture of grapes, especially in the scup
pernong. This variety of grapes, in its
wild state, the muscadine, is native to
this country and they grow nowhere
else in the world so well as here in the
South.
In North Carolina scuppernongs are
being raised in large quantities, from
which an excellent article of cham
pagne is being made. Thii American
champagne, according to Mr. Husmann,
is as good as any in the world. It is
just as good as the California product,
which is fast becoming popular, and ie
in many cases being palmed off as the
European article.
From one acre of scuppernongs Mr.
Husmann says five hundred bushels of
grapes should easily be gathered.
These are worth seventv-five cents a
bushel in the Morth Carolina district
where the champagne is being made.
The champagne finds a ready market at
$3 50 a gallon as soon as made.
Mr. Husman has covered various parts
of Georgia, as well as other States in
the South, and has not completed his
tour. At Savannah he visited a num
ber of truck farmers in the vicinity and
urged the revival of grape culture,
which was once quite an industry here.
It is probable that this encouragement
that the department is giving the cul
ture of grapes will result in many vine
yards being put out next fall.
Orator and Historian Dead.
New York, Sept. 2.—The Rev. Dr.
James Ix>onard Corning, the celebrated
pulpit orator, and historian and di
plomat is dead in Munich, according
to a private dispatch just received
h: > Dr, Corning was 72 years old.
FI" had been active as a minister for
the last 20 years, and was one of the
t z -elebrated art historians of the
ent age. He was at one time
At criean consul at Munich. He wag
an intimate friend of President Lin
coln. General U, S. Grant and Henry
Ward Beecher.
Labor Day Celebration.
While comparatively a new celebration,
L ib- r day n■w o, upies a lii.v'i rank in
popularity img other American holi
days. Its ob., .unjo bring . tiu: people in
-•■I >ser aec >rd with the w ig. earner and
dem mitrat. s to the wor.d the superiority
of the American workingman For 50
vuir Hostetter’s Stomach Bbters has been
dein.mstrat.ing to the world its wonderful
ability to cure stomach, liver aud kidney
disorders- Its fams and success as a funi
ily medicine is known from one end of
the countrv to the other, mid while other
medicines have sprang up from time to
time they have been unable to move it
from its position in the front rank. The
I’itd :s is < iec-ssful be .muse it positively
cures ilatuloncv. heartburn, insomnia,
dyspepsia, indigestion and constipation.
We urge all sick people to try it.
SUMMER VACATIONS.
a s (Vtf n’t
Farmer (after some hard thinking): “I’ve got it. That feller 's one of
them city millyenairs. He ain’t likely to find a dook fer his darter out
here, but, by crackey, I’ll have enough money to buy that ’j’inin’ forty acres
*his fall!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
RECEIVED 123,000 BALES.
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Figures at Columbus ShoW Rapidly
Increasing Business Area.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 1. —Columbus
cotton receipts for the year were
128,000 bales. Os this cotton 60,425
bales were received by the warehouses
and 68,000 by buyers and shippers.
Last year the warehouse receipts
were 57,975, so it will be seen that the
warehouses received nearly 3,000 more
bales during the season ending today
than during the previous fiscal year.
This is due to the fact that the city’s
catton territory is being extended.
Os the cotton received by the ware
houses 34,000 bales were consumed by
the local cotton factories. All the
factories here buy their raw material
from thte Oolumibus sedth
the exception of the Bibb
tag company, wilich ueos-fog? ptiti stad
Sea Island cottch exclusively j
The ■warehouses new a sAusjt
of orfly six bales, somotfrtgg jf.-.w-Wt
unprecedented. Usual# iMtawc
houses here receive ewyoenl
bales o? nw cotton 1-AngnsL
only a few bales were received in Au
gust.
f6und hanging to rafter.
Business Troubles Cause Lee County
Farmer to Suicide.
Rockmart, Ga., Sept. 1. —Jack Lee,
a prosperous farmer living 3 miles
from this place, was found dead hang
ing to a rafter in his cotton house.
Everything goes to show that it was
suicide.
It seems that Mr. Lee had been
troubling about a damage suit which
he filed against the Seaboard Air Line
a short time ago for alleged damages
done to his plantation by the construc
tion of their line through it.
Mr. Lee had a brother to commit
suicide by hanging himself about five
years ago.
He is survived by a wife and nine
children.
Sam Lee, a prominent business
man of this place, a son of the de
ceased.
TEXAS’ COTTON CROP.
Statistics Compiled For Year Ending
August, 1903.
Galvr-’on, Tex., Sept. 1. —-In its an
nual trade edition of Sept. 1, The Gal
veston Daily Nows published careful
ly compiled statistics showing the
amount of the Texas cotton crop for
the year ending August 31, 1908.
The total, crop for the year just clos
edls 2,646,215 bales, showing a de
crease of 61,044 compared, with the
Texas crop for 1901-’O2. The total
crop for the Indian Territory and Ok
lahoma territories for the year Just
closed amounted to 523,236 bales, a de
crease of 7,262, bales compared with
the crop for IWO-l-TM. The total crop
for Texas and the territories for the
past year is 3,169,171 bales.
COTTON RECEIPTS BRISK.
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Dougherty County Rushing Staple to
Market.
Albany, Ga., August 31. —Albany’s
wagon receipts of cotton Saturday
hare been in excess of 200 bales.
Farmers are rushing the staple to
market as rapidly as possible and. there
la lively demand for cotton pickers.
The latter are more plentiful than
has been the case at this season of
the year for more than a decade pash
This state of affairs is attributable to
the state have manifested in round
tag up the vagrant class, who have
sooth the cotton fields tn order to
avoid arrest.
A negro cropper on a Dougherty
county plantation sold in a lo;?al ware
house a bale of cotton weighing CIO
pounds at 12 cents per pound —$76.80.
For the seed from the bale be received
an additional $lO, making the total
amount receivod $86.80. A white farm
er of this county sent in eight bale*
on a aiiw’lo 6-ir.ule wagon, and the load
•was worth only a little 1 r.i'.r.a >3OO.
Man 117 Years Cid.
Atlanta. Sept. 2. —"Old Uncle Ar.dy”
Montgomery, the oldest negro In the
frtate of Georgia, and probably the
oldest man in the southern states, died
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at tha
Old Folks’ Ce'ereil Home. He was
well known :.->t only in Atlanta, but
throughout • r,-:rth and o.ist, and
had many fr' among both whits
and black. ;
sition to know his age was said to be
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Trial of Railway Officials.
Newark, N. J., 9ept. 2. —At the trial
vs the officials of the North Jersey
street railway company, accused of '
manslaughter in connection with the
Clifton grade crossing, Frederick Ev
vans, former secretary to Vice Pres
ident Hobart, and now secretary of the
public service corporation, was called
upon to produce the books containing
th/) bylaws of the North Jersey Street
Railway company. From this the pros
ecutor read selections on the duties of
directors and officials showing how
the various duties are delegated from
re to ano ler, but tshey all are re
uponaible fbr the carrying out of the
rules of the company.
Scaled Highest Peak of Andes.
(M-lcago, Sept. 2.—A. dispatch to The
HewovfkTlerald from Albuquerque, N.
W.. says. Miss Annie Peck, of New
YwS, who has achieved fame as a
KjOmstsJp climber, accompanied by Dr.
Vt r G. Tight, president of the Uni
-4? New Mexico, and two Swiss
geidotO, successfully ascended
'M’eiaß.t Snrtfta, ta Bolivia, the trighest
peak in. the Andes. This is the first
time the sum«iit has been scaled.
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Another Fluke; No Race.
New York, Sept. 2.—Today’s attempt
to sail the third race was but a repeti
tion aS. yesterday’s fluke. There was
a heavy fog and no wind. Both boats
waited unti-1 after midday and then
were towed back to Sandy Hook.
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Colima Volcano Active.
Mexico City, Sept. 2.—Colima volca
no continues intermittently active.
Monctey there was a terrific report and
the people of Tuxpan rushed out of
doors in a panic. Scientists believe
the mountain will radically change
its shape.
THLEGR.APHi-0 BREVITIES.
Anniston, Ala., is to ge-t a million
dollar steel plant, now located at Pitts
burg.
A North Carolina woman proved her
ability to defend herself by knooking
down with an umbrella a young man
who insulted her.
William J. Bryan has canceled his
engagements to speak in Ohio. No
reason is given for his action.
At Laredo, Tex., a rigid quarantine
is being maintainedi against Mexico on
account of yellow fever in the latter
country.
Harvey Logan, the train robber, who
escaped from jail at Knoxville, Tenn.,
has returned to Montana and Is trying
to hold up trains.
Robbers entered the office erf the
Chicago Street Railway company, kill
ed two employes, wounded two others,
secured |3,000 and escaped.
Membere of the Society of the Army
of the Philippines are gathering at
St. Past for their annual reunion. The
south will be represented.
A farhlon show will be held in Mad
ison Square garden this week. All the
latest styles in female dress wfU be
shown, handsome girls wearing the
gown.
The liquor dealers of New York have
passed resolution.* denouncing Mayor
I-ow and announce that they will en
ter the city campaign to fight their
enemies.
Secretary Shaw is going to St. Louis
to see If the exposition directors have
expended 1100,000,000. If they have,
the government appropriation of
$5.(W>,000 will be turned over.
King Alfonso has left Madrid to tour
the provinces. He is being receiv
ed with great enthusiasm.
Au Austrian gunboat has foundered
off the coast of Spain. Only eleven
of the 104 men on -board were saved.
Since the Macedonian outbreaks, the
sultan of Turkey steeps at a cost of
S!XMj a night for guards. Tls weekly
domestic expenses are SBOOOO.
Secretary of War ET.hu Root, Han
nis Taylor and T.dg-v Bickln/on have
arrived in England for meetings of the
i 'askan boundary comfnls-ston.
M. Witte, Russia’s great finance
minister, has been made president of
the council of ministers. He is suc
ceeded as finance mlnlstr b;. M. pje
kc.
battleship Slava, one of ths
largest vessels in the naw
has been launched at t'.;> ”‘d..'c yards
in the presence of the czar and his
family.
TORCH APPLIED Tj
CHRSSTIANViLIAGES
Three Hundred Insurgent/ ,
Killed In Monastir. >
PEOPLE FLE.H4NG FROM TOWNS. H
It l« not Known Whether \Bulgartana J
..or Albanians Are Perpefratora ot
the Numerous Outra“i'»-r Pc>rte te ’
sues Note. \
Constan tiiwpte Sept. I.—Oqk la>l re
ports say that 300 insurge.
killed or woanded during the ilgiwiq*
which oosurred last weed in the vila-V
yet of Monastir. A
The ports has sent a memorandum 1
to the Austrian and Russian antoassa- <1
d-oi's here pointing out that at the re
cent mass meeting o< Macedonians in
Sofia, Bulgaria, it was decided to send
fresh bands into Macedonia and also
calling attention to the tact that com
mittees in Bulgaria were supplying
the insurgents with arms and ammuni
tion by means of ships which land
their cargoes on the coast in the vi
cinity of Iniada. V
Consular dispatches from Prishtina,
near the Servia frontier, confirms the
reports that nearly all the Christian
villages In the districts of Dibra, a
miles from Monastir, and Gicevo, have
been pillaged and burned and that g
the inhabitants have fled. It is not
stated whether Albanians or Bulgari
ans were the perpetrators of the out
rages.
In spite of the gravity of the gen
eral situation, optimism prevails in
Turkish circles. In the course of the
audienoes which the German ambas
sador, Baron Hirschal Von Bieber- >'
stein, and the Russian ambassador, M.
Zlnevieff, have had with the sultan
for tae purpose <rf recommending meye
eoerget-io action anil entrusting to iSe
Turkish oommaader ta chief full di
rection es the military operation's, the
sultan replied that he preferred to *.>
tain oontroi nt Gtocstantinople.
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VILLAGE ATTACKED.
|
Turks Massacre Entire Population at
Sterlovoi
Sofia, Sept. I—A.1 — A. strong force o<
1 Turkish infantry, cavalry and artil
lery recently attacked th© village oi
Sterlovo-l, northward of Malkoternovo,
which had l>ee<i occupied by insur
gents. Tire latter retired after which
the Turks entered the place, massa,
i cred the entire population and destroy
ed the village.
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, has
arrived at Euxlnograde, Bulgaria,
where he has been joined by Premier
Petrcff. The prince is expected to
remain there for some time
CONTEST OVER ESTATE.
I
; Th-roe-Oomerod Fight Over Bedford
Property.
New York, Sept. 1. —As a result of
the complications arising over the
property left by Gunning S. Bedford,
of this city, who died last February
In ’Paris, a three-cornered fight has
begun in th© supreme court.
In th© name of Eugene Lash han and
Stophen Fiske, trusteos, action has
• been brought to determine the rights
of all persons interested, including the
widow. The latter -was detained in
j London a few mouths ago, charged
with attempting to foist a child on.
the estate. The Infant Is reported to
have died In France recently.
i While the estate is not great, there
Is a large trust fund Involved which
•hould pass to Bedford’s heirs.
| SLASHED WITH KNIFE.
Tennesseean Slain In Dispute at Lime,
stone Cave.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept I.—A special
I to Th© Sentinel from Johnson City
says Louis Buchanan and George
'Preston, two well known citizens of
Limestone cave, became involved In
i a dispute over domestic troubles. Pree
■ ton drew a knife and slashed Buchan
; an across the right leg just below the
: bip.
Buchanan fell and died In a few min
utes. Preston escaped to the moun
tains nearby.
FLED WRATH OF WIVES.
Youthful Bigamist Requested To Be
Locked Up.
New York, Sept. I.—Joseph Lauer,
20 years old, has astonished the Brook
lyn police with a request that he be
looked up.
"I have got two wives,” he explain
ed. Both are looking for me with
a warrant and I think I’d rather spend
i the night here than g 0 home.”
I The police readily accommodated
, him.
Convention Foresters.
1 ; . Phladei'phia, Sept. I.—The eleventh
, biennial convention of the Companions
I of the Foresters of America begun to
,day in Odd Fellows’ temple. There
■ : were present about 450 delegates rep
’ resenting 719 circles throughout tho
’ B-nlted States. This order of the wo
j man’s branch of the Foresters’ of
j America was organized in Detroit in
• June, 1883. Until recently it was gov
. erred by the parent organization, hut
it is now entirely in the hands of Its
own members. Four years ago there
were but two circles, but during that
time the order has grown rapidly, ten
new circles having been instituted dun
i i..g tho past year. There are now
' about 60,000 members in Eie’order.