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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. V T ;• > « MADE GO-MASTERS TO 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*-