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THE TTVICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
Tuesday, July 9, 1907
SOME NEW TUB
CONGRESS ft
i SOMETHING ABOUT
yr«n 0!!HTRADEHTHCHINA
Hongkong from 91,336,530 in 1896 to
144.936.957 in 1906: and those from all
other countries from 46.375.526 in 1S96
tot 99,126.473 In 1906. The actual gain
in the ten years in question wus in im
ports from the United States. 32.506,-
336 haikwan taels: from ■ the United
Kingdom. 34.166,905; from Japan, 43.-
662.233; from Hongkong. 53.580.427;
WASHINGTON.
t , and from all other countries. 52,250,934.
.tTw ?«*??« «* in 1906 over 1896
jn me ruurm, eirenuuusiv utr - - , : ZrZl uniiea Kin
by his friends: still, there ara *** ■* , °J r *** la part at least, by the ofTi- pj ons .k 0 ng. 59; a
• who.hold to the opinion that Hon. i cial publication of the Chinese Go\- u . wh j le the ir
2. Wright, of New nan, will be In i ^fnment entitled Returns of Trade and tJons wa? 503.4
I e rhi°no I in th< ‘ case - of the United States.
». ■ 4-raae from the United States to Cnin«> 0 -o, TTnitpd Trinfrdm-n 77* Tamn °ai •
r 3 | are shown, in part at least, by the offi- j Ho £jfc on 59- a nd ali other countries
Iripl nnhlifot-nn tlw» PhinPSP (tflV- i ^ , n ® K . 5.®* * . Q Oluer COuIUneS,
increase in all importa-
i the race. , "L ra< jf ^P 01 ^ 8, 19 " 6 - 2^nt?«tie«fof^the * The im P 01 'tations into China from
ri a, |I> U 5 | Judge Mose Wright, of Rome, now {l® 3 ® 11 ®* 1 the Bureau of Statistics of th HQng , kon& it wI1I be seen from the
will not (upon the Superior Court bench, and a Department of Commerce^and l^io r. above fl gureSi are larger than those
‘brother of Hon. Seab Wright. Repre- ; 1 he statements and- figures which *5 f from any single country, although
...at State } resentattve from Floyd, l- mentioned;contains cover the foreign tpa ° e °- Hongkong is merely
of Screven | as a possible candidate in the Seventh , Cnina in-the calendar year 1.06 am , r — .... _.
ATLANTA. July 6.—Talk of pros- | ton. in the Fourth^ is strenuously de
pective congressional campaigns is in nfed
the air. It is generally conceded that ! some
more than one Georgia Congressman W. C.
will tiave opposition in next year’s
elections. The contents are yet a long
way off, but rumor and gossip
d °lT n is generally conceded that State | resentattve from Floyd, is mentioned j ‘ ^"r inc *«««.. “JJJ?" «* I Hongkong is merely the receiving port
Senator E K Overstreet, of Screven J as a possible candidate in the Seventh j ^ nina in * he calendar ear * f ifor the merchandise imported from it,
County" will oppose Congressman C. i against Congressman Gordon Lee. of l ^ T’.^e offTcia state- as it is not a producing colony or city.
— — the earner year... l .u. e vniciu state f fb | s i artrp amount of merchandisa
ments, coming from the customs de
partment of tne Chinese Government,
are especially Interesting in
BATCH OF NEWS GOSSIP
FROM NATIONAL CAPITAL
Robert X. Chamberlin, of
lac Countv Superior Court, the
presided over the entire
G.
Edwards in the First next year. | Walker County, while down in the
Senator Overstreet has declined to dls- ; Eleventh there is said to be considera-
cuss the matter, but hl= friends state' able talk of Judge T. A. Parker, of
that on announcement from him may ■ Baxley, getting into the contest with
be confidently expected before the end j Congressman Brantley,
of the legislative session. 1 Several prospective candidates are
Hon. Anderson Roddenberry, of j said to be grooming themselves in the
Thomasville, has practically announced j Tenth to go after the scalp of Con-
that -he will be in the race In the Sec- j gressman T. W. Hardwick, but up to
ond against Congressman J. M. Griggs,! tile present time the bailiwicks of Cor.-
of Dawson, and the friends of Judge W. gressman L. FT. Livingston of ‘h® K^fc^circu'SSs are”he
N. Spence, of Camilla, also expect him Fifth, and Congressman C. L. BarUeit, Mature* if the v^s (1906)
to shy his caster into the ring. Judge I of the Sixth, seem to have been elim- ld ' tlnct featur ® of tn ® ve *- r 1 ’
view of
the fact that the exports from the
United States to China showed a
marked falling eff in 1906 compared
with the immediately preceding year.
1995.
...... The report begins with the statement
F v " LivTngSton,° 'of ^ the I chat “calamity and a desperate struggle
Spence came pretty near getting into
the fight last year.
Tt is practically assured, • so his
friends say, that Representative John
N. Holder, of Jackson, will enter the
lists against Congressman T. M. Bell
in the Ninth, .and tha rumor is persist
ent that Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of
Twiggs County, will again make the
race against Congressman E. B. Lewis.
The rumored opposition to Congress
man Charles W. Adamson, of Carroll-
inated from the discussion.
The only possible aspirant for United
States senatorial honors whose head
has appea'red above the horizon, is Hon.
Seaborn Wright, of Floyd. Mr. Wright
is not saying anything of a direct na
ture, but he admits with a modest
frankness that many friends have
urged him to get Into the race against
Hon. A. S. Clay, who will go before the
people for renomination and election
next year. —
PLANS OF THE NAVY FIT
IN WELL WITH JAP FLURRY
WASHINGTON, July 6.—Heads of
nnval bureaus manifest a singular ig
norance of the plans of the administra
tion to send the battleship fleet to the
Pacific, notwithstanding the official
confirmation of the reports that had
been eo frequently denied at the be
ginning. These bureau chiefs assert
that they are engaged only in the rou
tine work of the department and that
they are making no unusual prepar
ations for the great undertaking.
They also assert that they have had
no orders to do otherwise. And oil
the surface there are few signs of
abnormal activity in Washington:
many of the chiefs are away; the na
val general board is scattered; the
usual proportion of subordinate em
ployes are on leaves of absence, and
the war and navy departments ap
pear to be in the usual summer leth
argy.
But" -it is undeniable that the plai.s
of the department workers for this
particular summer fit In very well
with the exigencies of the moment.
In the matter of coal supply, ofr in
stance. It may be that the movement
of this fuel to tlje Far East and the
Pacific coast is simply equal to the
nverage demands of the naval service.
In fact it is suid that the coal would
have gone forward before this had tne
money been available, whit it was not
until the beginning of the naw fiscal
year. Then the supply of reserve na
val guns and ammunition and of tor
pedoes Is found to be much nearer the
needs of the service than it has ever
been at this season of the year. The
construction of guns for the new ships
is progressing very well and without
doubt the armament wil be found to
be ready by the time the contractors
the ships. Headway has even been
made in the fabrication of the great
guns for the two big 20.000 ton bat
tleships, although the contracts for
these have not been finally, sighed.
Only the routine expenditures un
der the ordinary heads of appropria
tions for construction and repair and
repair and account of the wards and
docks are being made on~ either, the
navy but the army coast defences in
Atlantic of Pacific coasts, according
to the officials, here but as Secretary
Metcalf pointed out, one of the the
items is a drydock at the naval sta
tion at Puget Sound and it would not
be surprising if a special effort was
made to dredge out the channel at the
Mare Island navy yard, so as to njake
the dry dock accessible to the deep
draught battleships, which it is not
now. Last year the navy department,
found it impossible to -spend al of the
money that Congress had' appropriated
for the building and operation of a
machinery plant in the Bremerton
navy yard. That was because the ma
terials could not readily be had, but
a more serious difficulty was the lack
of trained mechanics and skilled labor.
As this is the'only dock on the Pa
cific coast now ready to handle a big
battleship, some special inducement
must be held out by the department
to get trained navy yard workers to
make their homes in Bremerton, and
it is believed that steps have already
been taken in this direction. Alto
gether, notwithstanding the total ab
sence of any appearance of flurry or
anxiety among the few officials who
remain in Washington, it is patent
that much useful work is being done
in a quet way to put not only the
as good condition _as the appropria-
have finished the hulls and fittings of tions made by Congress will permit
OUR JENKINS STIRRED UP
distinct features of the year’s (1906)
trade. . . * Imports h«ve been
poured in during the past few years in
a vast flood, much of them remaining
upon the importers’ hands, unable to
find a market." At Shanghai, the re
port adds, the imports of the two years
have exceeded the normal consumption
by 80 million taels, and adding to this
surplus those in warehouse and await
ing distribution at Hongkong. Tientsin
and Newchwang, we have a sum of
from 120 millions to possibly 150 mil
lions of taels as the measure of the
Durden carrjad for two years by the
banks and merchants of China in ac
cumulated and unsold stocks of im
ported merchandise.
■Part of the falling off in the general
import trade of China during 1906 was
due to over-importations of cotton
goods in 1904 and 1905. “It is on rec
ord,” says the report, “that by Sep
tember. 1904, the English and American
cotton mills were filled with all the or
ders they could take for China for
twelve months ahead, and that further
orders placed early in 1905 could not
be filled for over a year.” Commenting
upon the effects of these large orders
placed in 1904 and 1905 the report says
that in 1906 “holders of stocks from
earlier importations were not only bur
dened by storage charges on-million?
of pieces, and insurance and interest
on tens of millions of taels’ value, but
found themselves with their stocks laid
down at higher silver equivalents, than
those of importers of later dates.” As
i consequence, the importation of cot-
goods fell from 27.724,980 pieces in 1905
to 20.247.123 in 1906.
This decrease in cotton importations
in 1906 was not confined to imports
from the United States. The four
classes of cotton cloths which China
imports from the United States are
shirtings, sheetings, drills and jeans,
respectively, imported in 1906 com
pared with 1905, and this offers an op
portunity to determine whether the re
duction in imports of these articles
from the United States was greater
proportionately than from other coun
tries. A careful analysis of these fig
ures shows that in shirtings imported
the falling off in quantity In those
designated as “American” shirtings
was 33 per cent and “English” shirtings
27 per cent; in American sheetings the
falling off was 28 per cent and in Eng
lish 24 per cent; in American drills, the
fall was 40 per cent, and in English 35
per cent: in jeans, the falling off in
American goods was 37 per cent: and
in English 43 per cent. Combining
these four groups—shirtings, sheetings,
drills and jeans. It appears from the
official figures that the reduction In
value in the classes of goods designated
as “American” was 33 per cent and in
those designated at “English” was 35
per cent. While the other classes of
cotton goods imported are not so des
ignated as to indicate their origin, the
Of tljis large amount of merchandise
Imported into China from Hongkong,
about two-thirds originates in the
Orient, including in this term India,
Australia, the Dutch East Indies, the
Malayan -Peninsula, Siam, French Indo
china, the Philippine Islands, For
mosa and Japan, while the other one
third -originates in the United King
dom. : the United States and Continen
tal Europe.
COVINGTON OF COLQUITT
Dd/Af f fTf/l&I I ft I C fl 1 l/JI O Ti figures relating to these four principal
KlVULU IIl/N IN bHLufiUUK cIa ^ sesw ^° 8e ° ri * uiis *»»wn to
MEXICO CITY, July 6.—According to a
special cablegram received today by the
Associated Press at this city from Sal
vador. the recent removal of American
Consul General Jenkins has caused a
great sensation in the official and diplo
matic circles of the Republic. An open
accusation was made that Consul Jenkins
was the organizer and instigator of the
revolution in Salvador. It is declared
that these charges were conveyed t..
Washington and Inspector of Consulates
Murphy was instructed to Investigate the
case. After three months. Inspector Mur
phy recomended that Jenkins be removed
and ho was consequently recalled.
It was charged that during the recent
war, Jonkins delivered cables to secret
agents of Zelaya stationed at San Sal
vador. These cables, it is said, bore the
signature of United States Minister Mer
ry. The Government at ■Washington Jias
demanded an explanation from President
Zelaya because of his unwarranted use
of the name of the United States diplo
matic officer.
In support of the charges the Salvado
rean Government has tiled at tile State
Department at Washington copies of the
cables which passed between President
Zelaya and ills agents through the alleged
concurrence of Consul General Jenkins.
President Zelaya is stationing 2,000
troops on the Salvadorean border at the
Port of Corsiguila. preparatory to a sec
ond Invasion of Salvador.
PROHIBITION QUESTION
IS WAXING WARMER
. • 4 ^ ! enforcement of local option by the en-
ATLlANTA, Ga., July 6. It is safe j actment of such legislation for the pro
to say that no question has more agi- tection of dry counties as is here sue-
!? ted Georgia public mind since gested. It is purpose of the Atlanta
the W Ulingnam State prohibition bill j business interests and those of other
came so near enactment, as the self- j cities to enlist the influence of the Gov-
same qu^tion in tne snape of the ernor, if possible, in this direction. This
Hardman and Covington State prohi- ; was no { an issue in the campaign, and,
b h ti0 M bl s now before the Senate and ; j n fact, practically ail of the candidates
th ® House. ' stood upon the local option platform.
Talk to any member of the General cannot be said in any sense, there-
Assembly, if he be prohibitionist, and i f 0rt >, that the people demanded State
he will assure ^>u there Is no question ' prohibition at the polls,
whatever about the enactment fo State ; r bas peon urged that the Legisla-
prohibltion at this session. If ae ho ; >ure should give its immediate and un-
on the fence or the other side of the ; divided attention to those reform
question, he wil) express the belief or, measures which the people by their
the frnv the measure will be passed votes have demanded, and that these
” p *° the Governor for his signature, .should In no sense be sidetracked by a
If toe Mate prohibition bill reaches the question which was not brought into
Governor, he will sign it, for he has issue before the neonle
already so stated in his inaugural ad
dress—-the speech that was designed
and intended as his first message to
the General Assembly.
The prohibitionists have gone to
work in force all over the State. They
are gathered here in Atlanta In great
numbers, and they are Dusy. If the now behind nearly
anti-lobbying oil! were on the statute
books. It Is not sure but that some of
them, in the enthusiasm of their pur
pose, would come within the restric
tions of Its provisions.
On the other hand the interests op- ,
posing State prohibition have likewise
gone to work, and it Is their announced ;
Intention to use every legitimate means
to defeat the measure. At
large gathering -of Atlanta
men, strong resolutions were passed
opposing this legislation, and, for va-
rlous business reasons, urging its de- ,
feat. Similar resolutions have been
passed by the city councils of Atlanta
indicate that American cottons suffered
no greater decline proportionately than
did those from the- other chief sourefe
of supply—the TJnited Kingdom—and
this conclusion seems to be strength
ened by the statement in the report it
self that “but little has been heard
during the year of any active move
ment in connection with the boycott in
connection with American goods except
at Canton, and there if has taken the
form of public meetings and impas-
sionate speeches rather than of reduced
purchases.”
Another article in which a large re
duction in imports from the United
States has occurred is copper. The
official report from which the above
quotations are made shows that the net
imports of copper ingots fell from 21,-
392,970 taels value in 1905 to 211,516 in
1906, and as most of this large importa
tion of copper in 1905 was drawn from
the United States, the reduction of
more than 21 million taels in this single
Item explain to a considerable degree
the fact that the total imports of mer
chandise into China from the United
States fell off 32 million taels in 1906,
as compared with the high record year
1905.
■Even this large reduction, however,
of 32 million taels in China’s imports
from the United States in 1906 when
compared with 1905 still leaves the
value of imports from the United
States in 1906 greater than in any
otlier year, except 1905, in the history
of the trade between China and the
United States. The total value of Im
ports from the United States to China
in 1906 is stated by the document in
question at 44.436,209 taels, while the
highest figure for any other year, ex
cept 1905, was 30,138.713 taels, and the
exceptionally high figure for 1905 was,
as' has already been explained, due to
abnormal importations of both cotton
cloths and copper, the former to supply
a supposed deficiency in northern
China where American cottons are
especially popular, and the latter to
supply material for use In making the
new copper coins of which over ten
ATLANTA. July 6.—“I miss Ran
dolph Anderson, of Chatham.” re
marked Representative W. A. Coving
ton, of Colquitt,' to a number of frineds
the other day.
Mr. Anderson was a well known and
prominent figure in the last House of
Representatives. He was a member
who had some strong views and who
did not hesitate to express them. In
many matters, particularly those of
reform legislation which engaged the
attention of the Jast House, Mr. An
derson took directly the opposite view
from that of Mr. Covington. Despite
the fact that they frequently. locked
horns, they were warm friends, and
used to enjoy personal conversation
after the battle.
“It might be said that Anderson rep
resented one element in the House and
I another,” Mr. Covington went on,
“but I do. not know of any man whom
I would rather have as an opponent
He was frank, open and above board in
every position that he took, and if he
had any personal motives back of his
attitude he unhesitatingly stated them
and then went on with his argument.
He always made a good one. too. Ho
was the kind of man I love to meet in
debate, because when he took a stand
he was conscientious in It and kept
nothing under cover. I am sorry that
he is not with us this year.”
There Is a well known figure in the
House about whom there has been
much speculation and gossip with the
beginning of this session. He is none
other than the Hon. Joseph Hill Hall,
of iBibb. Mr. Hall is one member who
has always had a strong following in
the legislative body. But as the result
of his attitude in the last campaign,
there arose some question as to just
what influence he would exert in the
new Legislature. A reformer always,
he is known, however, to differ with
many of the ideas of the new adminis
tration as to just how things should
be done. He has exhibited this differ
ence In one or' two of the measures
which he has already introduced.
It was thought by some that his
attitude would result in his failure to
gather round him the same sort of fol
lowing and strength which he has had
in former houses. But those who were
inclined to this view were never more
mistaken in their lives. His strength
and Influence, as of old, are makin
their appearance, and when Mr. Hall
gets up to say anything he is heard
with the same interest and attention
as of old and with pretty much the
same results. Already In one or two
little tilts in the House Mr. Hall ha
had his way, and indications point
strongly to the fact that he is going to
be the same power in the present body
that he was In the last and the one be
fore that.
COLUMBUS BOARD OF TRADE
WILL ACT ON PROHIBITION.
COLUM-BUS, Ga., July 6.—A meeting
of the Columbus Board of Trade has
been called for Monday night at the
written request of a number of mem
bers to take action upon the pending
State prohibition bill. It is urged that
there be a large attendance, so that
there can be a full expression upon
the subject.
GOULDING BLACK WAS
KILLED AT VALDOSTA
issue before the people.
The enactment of a State prohibition
law would mean the loss to the State
annually of $250,000. The sum which
the State derived in special traffic I thousand millions have been coined in
from the sale in 1906 was $243,694.92, I China during the past two or three
all of which goes into the common i years.
school fund with which the State is | While cotton cloths and copper show
million dollars, j a marked falling off In the exports from
Should a State prohibition law be en- ‘the United States to China in the past
acted to go into effect January 1, next, I year, certain other articles Show a
it would mean a deficit in the State ' marked advance. The flour exported
Treasury of more than $200,000 under j from the United States to China in the
appropriations which have already been j eleven months ending with May, 1907,
made by the preceding Legislature, j was $4,974,095 In value, against $495,-
The common schools are crying every ! 742 in the corresponding months of the
ear for increased funds, and in the ■ preceding year; wheat exports to China
I event of the loss of a quarter of a ! in the eleven months of 1907 amounted
a recent i million dollars from this source. It to t$l.153.000. against but $16,500 in
business would necessarily have to be made up the corresponding months of the pre-
by direct taxation. j ceding year, and cigarettes showed a
The cities of the State would lose value in the eleven months of $1,259.-
-uisiSei pons jo unsaj aqj sc sjunoutc; 161. against $1,120,442 in the same
I tion which they also would have to ! months of 1906, thus indicating that
, „ . .... i supply by direct taxation. In the case while the large copper exports to China
a " J - M 'a nn an, by the trade bodies and j of Atlanta this loss would amount to have ended by reason of the cessation
0 JF‘ inl ^tions of these and other ; S200.000 annually, and the result would ; of coinage, and the large exports of
01 , a be a proportionate increase in the tax : cotton cloths have been greatly reduced
J arse interests do not oppose the rate upon property in whose valuation 1 by reason of an overstocked market in
' I there would be an undoubted slump
VALDOSTA, Ga., July 6.—Goulding
Black, a white man, 40 years old, who
has been running a barber shop at
Waycross, was killed here today by
falling from an Atlantic Coast Lino
train. He was going to Quitman,
where he was born and reared and
missed the regular passenger train.
He decided to board a freight train
which followed the passenger. The
train was under good headway as the
caboose passed the depot and Black
tried to board it. He had a valise in
one hand and his coat on his arm.
When he caught the step guard of the
caboose the speed of the train was so
high that he could not pull up. He
was therefore dragged about a hun
dred feet when he turned loose and
fell. The grease box of a truck struck
him on the back and neck, breaking
both his back and his neck. His body
was taken in charge by Undertaker
Ulmer and was shipped tonight to
Atlanta where he has a wife and sev
eral children.
WASHINGTON. July
Uncle Sam’s representatives are at The
Hague, seeking for the abolition of all
war and striving to coax down the
dove of peace with offers of the corn
of conciliation. Uncle Sam is deter
mined not tq be caught napping if the
Mikado casts envious eyes on his pos
sessions in the Pacific. Although the
Navy Department is striving to min
imize the importance of the announce
ment that the sixteen big battleships
in the Atlantic squadron are to be
transferred to tile Pacific coast, the
matter is of such moment that Vis
count Aoki, the Japanese ambassador,
has publicly expressed the opinion that
his Government would not regard it as
an unfriendly move. There .is the
strongest reason for believing that this
program was fully mapped ut and
adopted, and it is known that work on
the new battleship Nebraska, which
was placed in commission this week at
the Bremerton naval station in Puget
Sound, was hurried with almost fever
ish haste. However, in view of the
publicity given the program, it is re
garded as not unlikely that President
Roosevelt will order that' the transfer
of the ships be made quietly and un
obtrusively, and r.ot in squadron as
was first contemplated. It is consid
ered practically settled that the United
States naval forces in Pacific waters
will be strengthened so that it may
cope with any eventuality. The condi
tion in the navy is causing much un
easiness to the department. There is
a woeful lack of officers and men, and
this week the Indiana nnd Iowa were
placed out of commission because there
were no crews to man them. These
fighting craft have gone to join the
Texas, which long since was placed in
reserve, and the Massachusetts, the
Oregon and the New York, all of which
are out of commission.
tion of Judge Landis to hale John D. rich, by Judp
Rockefeller before his court in Chicago ! Jbe M°n‘i
| has a significance farther reaching i
than it was first supposed. Develo,p- j judg!, Aldrich wrote to Judge (fchamher-
ments here within the last'two or three j ji n that he had hesitated about accepting
days point to the fact that Judge Lan- | the sole responsibility on account of “the
: dis’ proceeding will place in the hands : delicacy and sensitiveness or the ait -
; of the Government investigators a ' J*®" 1 a ' ,l J I 7, ” Aldrich
|great fund of information, for use in , couId*not serve as master unless
6—While Preparation for the suit at St. Louis 1 a co-master, or two co-masters “of high
by which it is hoped, to dissolve the j standing in respect to mental conditions’
great trust. Frank B. Kellogg, of St. ! should be appointed. Judge Chamberlin
Paul, the “buster" of the pajier trust, j accordingly appointed Dr. Jelly and Dr.
is here at present putting into finai Blumer ns co-masters.
shape the documents which the. bureau
of corporations has gathered for use at i c Turnr
St. Louis. Mr. Rockefeller’s personal} L)OLLlVAl\ i)AVo I McKL
testimony, if his appearance before the
Chicago bar of justice can be effected,
will supply invaluable ammunition for
Mr. * Kellogg and the officials* of the j
Department of Justice.
This week saw the passing of a block
of historic houses which long has been
a landmark in Washington. They are
situated on I street, adjoining the
famous old Arlington Hotel, and were
erected nearly a Half century ago by
W. W. Corcoran, the Washingtonian
who gave to the nation the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, as homes for foreign
representatives accredited to the Cap
ita! of the United States. Mr. Corcoran
believed that lodgings fitted for the
diplomats were not to be found in
Washington in those days, a lack which
he believed reflected on the United
States in general* and on Washington
fn particular. When he was convinced
of this he built a row of six houses and
turned them over to the foreign en
voys as residences. Since his death
the houses have fallen practically into
disuse until this week, when the George
Washington University took them over
as homes for its divisions of education
and of architecture, and college of en
gineering and the women’s college.
This was necessitated by the great
growth of the university, fhich pro
poses to modernize the buildings and
make them fitted for educational pur
poses. The university's occupancy of
this now will be merely temporary, for
within the very near future thp insti
tution intends to erect a notable group
of buildings on a site to be determined
on in the fall. The university is to be
national institution, a graduate
school, to which it is hoped will be at
tracted scholars from all over the
world, and work is progressing in the
collection of subscriptions *to an en
dowment fund sufficient to enable it
to realize this ambition.
Benjamin James, for the last two
years an attorney in the Spanish
Treaty Claims Commission, resigned
this week and returns to Ohio to re
sume the practice of law in Toledo and
Bowling Green. Mr. James is a mem
ber of the Ohio army of "claimers.” He
claims that the Taft boom is not nearly
so serious as many persons outside of
Ohio seem to imagine, and he believes
that Senator Foraker eventually will
come out of the fray a victor.
IS TO LRUTH IN STORY
There were other “claimers” in
Washington this week, however, and
they sang a different song. Among
them were Arthurl Vorys, Secretary
Taft's political manager, and Nat C.
Wright, editor-in-chief of the Cleve
land Leader. Both brought the most
glowing accounts of the situation in
the Buckeye State, and declared there
was not the slightest doubt but that
the secretary would have the support
of the Ohio delegation at the Republi
can national convention. Mr. Vorys
also brought word concerning the
growth of Taft sentiment In other
States, and declared that great prog
ress was being made. Mr. Taft has
mapped out a strenuous summer and
autumn. He left this week for Mills-
Iburg, Mass., where he # will spend a day
or so with his mother, and will then
go to Murray ©ay, Canada, where he
will spend a month. month. About
the middle of August he will go to
Oklahoma, provided there is no change
in the political situation, and on Sep
tember 10 will sail from Seattle to Ma
nila, to open the first Philippine popu
lar assembly. It is possible he will re
turn to the United States via Siberia,
topping over in St. Petersburg for a
few days, and probably visiting Berlin
and other European capitals.
ATLANTA, July 6.—State School
Commissioner W. B. Merritt, in his an
nual report to the Legislature, just
furnished that body in printed form,
calls attention to the fact that while
the progress of high schools through
out the Southern States has been
very gratifying, Georgia is somewhat
behind hand in this matter, because
the State Constitution prohibits the
Legislature making appropriation to
this class of educational institutions.
The incongruity of appropriating mon
ey for common school and then for
collegiate education, and ignoring the
very important intermediate branch, is
brought strikingly to the attention of
the General Assembly as was done in
the recent message of Governor Ter
rell, and an amendment to the Consti
tution which will remdey this defect
is strongly urged.
Commissioner Merritt urges more
liberal appropriations to common
schools and all State educational insti
tutions, and in a striking table shows
the marked difference between com
pensation of teachers and the wages
paid for ordinary and skilled labor.
The average monthly pay of women
teachers in the United States is
$39.77. The highest is in Arizona,
$71.75, and the lowest in South Caro
lina. $23.20. The average monthly
earnings of stablemen are $57.50; of
bricklayers $120: of stonecutters, $100:
of plumbers, $115; of carpenters, $110;
of hod carriers, $52; of helpers, $39. In
Georgia the salaries paid teachers vary
from $13 a month to $70, the usual sal
ary varying from $25 to $40. Despite
the greatly increased cost of living,
and the increased wages in almost
eevry calling, there has been no in
crease whatever in the compensation
of the teachers of the State. Commis
sioner Merritt urges the importance of
legislation not only to enable the State
to pay the salaries of the teachers
more promptly, but. to the end that
they may be better paid for their ser
vices.
The aid from local taxation while it
has helped many localities, has not
been all that was expected, nor has it
been highly encouraging. Local taxa
tion has been adopted principally in
the cities and towns, but it is gratify
ing to note. Commissioner Merritt
says, that wherever the school term
has been extended in the country dis
tricts as the result of local taxation,
there has been an increased and a
better attendance.
Commissioner Merritt discusses the
application of business methods to
education, the progress in industrial
education, the establishment of the
district agricultural schools and calls
attention to the fact that he has
sought to urge greater interest in edu
cation on the part of grand juries, with
the result that he publishes a number
of recommendations from these bodies
in his report.
The commissioner is confident that
the common schools of the State have
lost money through the fact that too
low estimates of the prospective school
fund for the succeeding year have been
made by those officials who are re
quired to make such estimates based
on the receipts of the year previous.
In 1906 he secured a revision of the
estimate for 1907 with the result that
it was increased by $92,000. He be
lieves that as the result of low esti
mates during the last ten years the
school fund has lost more than $300,000
and he now has an expert accountant
looking into this matter from whom a
report may be expected early next
week. He hopes to secure the return
of some of this money to the school
fund, or at least to keep it up to the
highest ppssible limit in future.
CHICAGO. July 7.—In regard to spe
cial reports sent from Jackson, Mich.,
recently to some newspapers re-arding an
alleged altercation between United States
Senators Polliver and Tillman, a denial
of which was sent by the Associated
Press correspondent at Jackson last
night. Senator Dollivar tonight said:
"There is not a shred of truth in the
story of an altercation. Senator Tillman
spoke at Jackson on July 3 and left on
tile same day for Louisville. 1 made a
Fourth of July speech there the next
dav and left for Chicago early on July
5. I have not seen or spoken to Senator
Tillman since March 4."
CHICAGO. July 7.—A disprtch to
the Record-Herald from Warsaw, Tnd.,
says:
“Send Rockefeller and a dozen other
trust magnates to prison for a long
term of years and one of the most
vital questions before the people of
this country will have been solved.”
declared Wm. J. Bryan yesterday at a
banquet given in his honor by Dr. Sol
C. Dickey, president of Winona Lake
Assembly.
"President Roosevelt and others are
now bringing to a successful issue the
principles and ideas I advocated sev
enteen years ago,” Mr. Bryan contin
ued. “This is particularly true as re
gards the tariff. The President Is com
piling my future speeches for me.”
Mr. Bryan took a fling at the Presi
dent’s cabinet, saying that there was
not a man in it who agreed with
Roosevelt. Referring to the contro
versy between the United States and
Japan, Mr. Bryan, who during his trip
around the world, visited the eastern
empire, said a little more backbone at
Washington would settle the difficul
ties for all time to come without a
conflict between the two nations.
SLIP FROM WEEPING WILLOW
SHADOWING NAPOLEON'S GRAVE.
SHE WAS RESCUED
AND THEN MARRIED
LOVER WAS LOST IN
FUR-LINED COAT
CLAYTON, N. J., .July 6.—Some
where in a fur-lined^’coat, tall leather
boots and white shirt that buttons up
the side is roving Etefan Bojczuk,
while Fedosa Kozeestuk is pining for
him in Clayton, N. Y. Fedosa wired
here that her Joseph, the Austrian, for
whom so much pains were taken after
he had made three trips to this sta
tion in search of the other Clayton and
his waiting sweetheart, had not ar
rived, and she was ready to pay all ex
pense of finding him.
Joseph left here billed throjugh to
Clayton by Theodore Kier, but where
he is now nobody has the remotest
idea. It is believed that the fur-lined
coat he wears in all weather may be a
mark of identification even if the high
boots fail.
enactment of legislation the effect
TAMMANY DELEGATION
COMPLIMENTED W. J. BRYAN
JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 7.*—Com
missioner of Public Works Jas. J. Ha
gan, leader of the Fifteenth Assembly
that country, certain other articles are I District of New York city, came here
The National Zoo has received a pair
of extremely rare birds, as a gift from
Carlos H. Jones, a prominent planter in
the State of Campeche, Mexico. They
are ocellated turkeys, a species found
in a narrow strip of country running
through southern Mexico and Central
America. The bird Is considered to be
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., July 6.—
After a balloon ascension that has
never been equaled in this section,
Miss Maggie Dailey, of this city, made
a parachute leap while 2,000 feet in
the air, and after traveling a long dis
tance landed in the middle of the
Wallkill river late this afternoon and
narrowly escaped death by drowning.
An hour later she was married.
She was rescued by Thomas Regan,
one of the spectators who had follow
ed the course of the balloon and saw
the young woman fall in the water. A
wagon was procured and Miss Dailey
was hurried back to Midway Park,
from which place she made the ascen-
SEATTLE. July 6.—There will be
planted on the grounds of the Alaska-
Yukon-Pacific Exposition which will be
held here in 1909, a tree the original
slip of which.was taken from what, is
probably the most famous tree in the
whole world. For not even the cedars
of Lebanon, nor the sacred grove of
Dephne are reverenced more by mod
erns, .than the great weeping willow
that waves over the St. Helena grave
of the great Napoleon, or the slip of the
same tree, now as as lordly a growth
as its parent, that rustles on the hill
at Mt Vernon above the grave of
Washington.
The descendant of this tree that will
be transplanted on the grounds of the
University of Washington, or as better
known, the the grounds of the future
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was
brought by General J. B. Metcalfe, of
Seattle, from St. Helena. One day he
was talking to the guard by the
grave where the Man of Destiny was
first buried, and obtained permission to
take a generous slip from the tree.
This he took to California, where trans
planted, it developed into a hardy
growth.
When the General came North he
brought the shoot with him and this
grew to be an immense trees in front
of hi? home on Main street. But at the
present time a series of great im
provements are taking place all
through Seattle. Hi.ls »re being cut
down, streets are being widened and
paved, and a portion of these improve
ments involve the oid site of the Na
poleon tree. General Metcalfe had fp
face the situation of either having- tliO
tree cut down or to delay all the im
provements in *his neighborhood. Some
one suggested that the tree should be
taken up and carried to the exposi
tion grounds and transplanted there.
This will be done at considerable ex
pense.
As is generally known, when the
present tomb of Washington was built,
a portion of the -weeping willow above
Napoleon’s grave—his body then re
posed below—was carefully transplant
ed on the Mount Vernon Hill, and there
today it sways in the breezes of the
Potomac as lofty as the original. There
are few if any other trees from the
original in any portion of the world.
Hence this great tree will be quite a
source of interest during the four and
a half months of the great fair.
Death of Clifford Holmes Lowe.
AMERICUS, Ga., July 7.—Clifford
Holmes Lowe died this afternoon, the
end following a period of six weeks
severe illness. Frequent rallies Induc
ed hope of ultimate recovery, but the
end could not be stayed. Mr. Lowe
was 26 years of age and for some time
has been assistant business manager
of the Times-Recorder. Socially and
In business circles he was universally
esteemed and his death causes sad
ness throughout Americus. He is sur
vived by his wife of one year, who
was Miss Perry of this city.
the most gorgeous of all American ' sion
birds, its plumage, far surpassing that
of the pacock. The term "ocellated”
is applied to the wonderful colors and
eye-like markings of the feathers. The
turkey is extremely rare, even in its
own country, and only one pair was
ever exhibited in Europe. The National
Zoo has been seeking a pair of these
birds for a long time.
Deep interest is being taken here in
the bill that passed the Wisconsin
State Assembly by an overwhelming
vote, providing for the naming of
United States Senators by a direct
vote. The first election of the kind
will be watched closely by political ex
perts, and it is believed that if the
Wisconsin experiment proves the plan
a success, it will be adopted by other
States, with the result that the person
nel of the upper house of Congress
likely will suffer a remarkable change.
. T;le enactment 1 ests themselves will enter any protest States has been more rapid than that!for him for the Democratic nomina-
„f n a Jaw as thls would go a long j against the dry counties of the State |of other principal countries, even when 'tion for the Presidency in 1908.
way towards remoting the most pow- securing legislation for their own pro- the figures of the unfavorable year of, -
r.ul argument now advanced in favor I tection .igrirst the jug evil. But it : 1906 are used as the basis of compari-I Resignation, of Director of Mint.
and would leave will be urged in all reason that the son. The official figures of China’s; WASHINGTON, July 7.—The resig-
Icitie* of the State, and the counties in trade returns show that imports from | nation of Geo. E. Roberts as director _
which they are located, which pay the : the United States increased from II.- of the mint, will take effect on Au-jmen, on account of
I larger proportion of the State taxes. ! 929.853 taels in 1896 to 44,436.209 in } gust 1, next. Mr. Roberts has been} speed of machinery and the necessity
upon this 1906: those from the United Kingdom - elected president of the Commercial ; for one person looking after a large
of State prohibition,
the cities and more densely populated
and better regulated communities of
the State free to pursue their own poli
cies In the matter.
T: is well known that Governor Smith
s State prohibition, standing as
l*- stated, for local option and for the
France is in danger of losing Its dis
tinction as the greatest silk producing
nation of the world. The rapidity with
which the industry has increased in
the United States during the last few
years is shown in a bulletin just issued
by the census bureau. This bulletin
shows that there has been an increase
between 1900 and 1905 in the capital
invested of more than 35 per cent,
making the total money invested in the
silk industry exceed $109,000,000. Wo
men workers are benefiting by thi3
growth, for in the five-year period it
was found that the proportion of men
and boys employed Increased greatly,
there being a proportionate increase in
the number of women employes taken
on. The reverse is the case in the
cotton industry, for the census bureau
has discovered that women and child
ren are gradually being displaced by
the increasing
should be allowed to legislati
subject for themselves, a ri
has been accorded to evu
j community in Georgia.
ght which I from 44.571.357 in 1S96 to 78.73S.292 in (National Bank, of Chicago, to succeed number of machines.
similar 1996: those from Japan from 17,390,123 . the late Jas. E. Eckels. Mr. Roberts’;
iin 1S96 to 61.052.356 in 1906; those from j successor has not.yet been named. It has developed that the-detewnina-^
In the presence of a wildly cheering
crowd, the balloonist married C. Ar
thur Brockett, a fireman on the Erie
Railroad.
Wet and bedraggled the young wo
man took a position beside her fiance
while Aiderman Lamonte performed
the ceremony. Immediately after the
ceremony, the young aeronaut and her
husband left on a wedding tour.
Miss Dailey is 20 years old, and be
came an aeronaut bj* accident. On
Memorial Day of last year she saw a
professional aeronaut make an ascen
sion. When the balloon was ready
again, some of Miss Dailey’s compan
ions dared her to make an ascension.
She ran forward, and, grasping the
parachute, in an instant was 3,000 feet
in the air.
After that she made several ascen
sions, narrowly escaping death several
times. During an ascension at Elen-
ville last fall one of the guy ropes of
Miss Dailey’s balloon wound round the
leg of Mrs. Roper, of Brooklyn, and
carried her in the air. Miss Dailey,
with great presence of mind, caught
Mrs. Roper by the hair and saved her
from death.
GENERAL J08E MARTIA LIMA
IS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
MEXICO CITY, July 7.—Genera!
Joes Martai Lima has been appointed
commander-in-chief of ail tho -Gua
temalan forces stationed along the
Mexican frontier. General Lima, was
accused of instigating the assassina
tion of General Barillas.
REYES’ PLAN TO CONFEDERATE
CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS,
MEXICO CITY, July 7.—Dr. Francis
C. Reyes will leave here on the thir
teenth for Salvador. His mission is
connected with the plan to confederate
the Central American republics. He
will first call upon President Figueroa
of Salvador and later on President Ze
laya of Nicaragua. He hopes to bring
about a reconciliation between these
warring presidents and thus open the
way for a congress to be held in Mex
ico some time later where plans for
confederation will be discussed.
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TEST MRS. EDDY’S MIND
MME. MARIA DE RUIZ SANDOVAL
STORY DECLARED TO BE CANARD
MEXICO CITY. July 7.—A story
emanating from New York to the
effect that Madame Maria DeRuiz
Sandoval, who claims to be the widow
of Gen. Francisco Sandoval, had re
ceived at letter from her sister, Isabel
DeRulz. in which the writer said that
she with sixty other Mexican women
were prisoners in Belem for political
reasons, is pronounced a canard by
the authorities. No such woman ex
ists. Gen. Sandoval a Mexican exile,
died in Gautemala on May 9 last. His
brother, who lives here, claims he was
unmarried.
NOTHING K^-. d OF REPORTED
KIDNAPING OF M. SARAVIA
MEXICO CITY, Julv 7.—At the for
eign office here nothing is known of
the reported kidnaping of Manuel Sar-
CONCORD, N. Y., July 7.—Dr. Geo. } avia from a jail in Douglas, Ariz., re-
F. Jelly, of Boston, a specialist in men- cently. The man is one Louis Jountel^
tal diseases, and Dr. G. A. Blumer. of ' who published a paper advocating a
Providence, R. I., has been appointed : revolution in Mexico. It Is said at the
co-masters with Judge Kdgar Aldrich, 'foreign office that the man was ar-
of Littleton, N. H„ to determine the rested at Agua Prieto, a border town in
competency of Mw..Maty Eddy._the | Me xico. over a month ago. He is still
founder and head of the Christian Science . . ,, ,
faith, to transact business and care for !/} P r --s°n there, the report that me
her own interests. ; Mexican consul at Douglas will be ar-
The appointment of the two co-mas- | rested in connection with the alleged
ters were made at the restrof Judge Aid- I kidnaping is not credited her*-