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JAPAN TOUCHED ON t
TENDER SPOT
Minister Takachia Says That He
Does Not Believe a Japanese Of
•toAa.l in Manila Had Deal
ings with FHipinc
Rebels.
Washington. Octo?.— 28 .\>r >,)<■:
chia, the Japanese :::i .isle:-. evi-i -ess. .1
great surprise at th.- st .-•••in ’ ■ G-m-
era! MacArthur's tele'.:’;. :> • 1 r
28, 1900, published today 1 ’• •»
had been discovered of .lea ling s be
tween a:1 official of the Japanese con
salute at Manila and the insurgent leader
Trias.
•’This Is the first intimation of such an
occurrence that has reached me," said
Mr. Takachia, “and while General Mac-
Arthur’s statement was undoubtedly
made In good faith, I cannot but think
that he was mistaken.
“But If, contrary to this belief, the
Japanese official in question did really
ns charged, he was not only guilty of a
gross dereliction of duty, but of a wholly
unauthorized departure from the friendly
attitude toward the United States in
variably maintained by the Japanese
government and Its officials. At the very
time when he was alleged to have been
plotting with Trias in October, 1900, Pe
kin had been relieved by the cooperation
of the United States and Japan with the
European powers, and the relations of the
two countries were most cordial. Marquis
Yama.gata. a warm friend of the United
States, was premier and it is ridiculous to
suppose that he or any one associated
with him In the government would have
sanctioned such a treacherous breach of
friendship as that attributed to this petty
official In Manila. There were at the time
come Filipinos in Japan, permitted to re
main without molestatidji in pursuance of
the policy always maintained by Japan
In respect of political refugees. Their
presence, however, exerted no appreci
able Important Interest upon Japanese
public opinion and certainly did not af
fect the friendly attitude of the Japanese
government toward this country.
“One cause for doubting the reliability
of General MacArthur's sources of In
formation In this case is the nature of
the concessions alleged to have been
sought from the insurgents on behalf of
Japan. Even a superficial knowledge of
cur situation should have been sufficient
to show that they were useless to us. For
we have all the coaling stations that we
j oed and the railway enterprises on foot
In our country, including Formosa, give
full occupation for all the energy and
capacity we have to expend in that di
rection. So far as freedom to trade is
c<mecr:e<l. we have always known that
we would receive that from the United
States and the gratifying growth of our
commer e with the islands, contemporane
ous with American occupations, con
vinces us that we were correct In that
ii.nthnpatlon. while it fully satisfies every
nmbition and d.-sire wo ever entertained
regarding the Philippines.
“I have spoken frankly on this sub
’ M <• ■' •
high source whence the report came.
Uoubtkss my government, for the same
reason, will deem the matter worthy of
official investigation, but. be It distinct
ly understood, because it would consider
It worth while to take notice of any
statement of that kind regarding its own
attitude, but because it will certainly
desire to discover whether oven the i~. st
responsibli among Its r.t':i.-;-iv- could have
boon guilty of such a egregious error.”
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOST.
Two Persons Killed and a Dozen
Injured at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, October 30.—One person
dead and possibly two, a dozen persons
Injured and a property loss of more than
S2OO 000 is the result of a fire which or.
enrr. 1 at mum today. The dead:
• 'HARI.ES -MESSMER, aged 16 y. r.
Harry McWilliams, a roofer
The buildings destroyed were the flour
mill of W. S Woodward & Sons, and the
Baltimore and Ohio grain elevator, which
ad join, ,1 the Mood ward structure. The
wagon works of 11. Kaiser & Co. were
damaged by a wall falling on tho root.
Revenues of the Philippines.
Washington, October 26.—The bureau of
Insular affair.- of the war department has-
Issued a statement showing the customs
revenues in the Philippines archipelago
for the first six months of 1903, to be
$4,449,424; for tho same period in 1902,
the receipts were $4,338,467. The state
ment says that each successive year of
American occupation lias brought forth
n corresponding healthy growth of these
Short $30,000, He Killed Himself.
Vincennes. Ind., October 31.—8. J. Mur-
S y, secretary of the Vincennes instilling
Company, today verified the report that
the late W. 11. Engle, treasurer of the
< mpany. was short in his accounts with
tln> • ompany. The amount is placed at
£30.000 Experts are nt work on the
Mr. Murphy thinks Engle killed
THERE IS GREAT DANGER IN
CATARRH.
If Left To Run Its Course Unchecked,
It Often Causes Death.
Catarrh sea iters its poisons throughout
t - entire system jhe stomach and
lungs ar,- affected by th- droppings that
I : :ato the throat and u- swallow'd
fluring sleep. Dyspepsia, inflammation of
the stoma.-h. bronchitis ami consumption
ftr- the results The blood also becomes
contaminated and carries the poisons to
all parts of the system. Frequently, in
the mor— advanced stages, the bones of
tho head become decayed and the air
passages ar- a putrid mass and create a
Menvh so foul and offensive as to be un
bearable. The expression, “rotten with
catarrh," is not overdrawn or exagger
ated.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets- strike at th
roat of this •-rribb-. odious disease and
eradicate it from the sy-t.-m. They are
n constitutional r< medy that, cleanses the
system thoroughly of ail poisons ami
purifies the blood. Under th-:r influence
the head beeom-s .Far, the dis ■harms at
the nos - an.l droppings into the throat
• ■•■ase, the lost sense of smell is restored,
the eye brightens, the foul breath be
comes par- ai.d sw.-.-t t .■ odious,
disgusting <ii- ... is thoroughly expelled
from th- sy st. m.
A Cincinnati man .-.-tvs; “I suffered the
misery and hum:!;: t ion of catarrh for
twelve years. My eas- be erne so aggra
vated that it seriously interfered With
all my business rvla'ian--. Th- di-ease
'became so offensiv that 1 would not
Venture into any on-':- pres nee unless it
were absolutely nece-sriry. I tri-.i every
r-medy that 1 e utd get hold of. Sotn.'
helped me ’- mnorarilv. but is soon as I
ceased taking th. m, I would relapse into
the old condition.
' Finally a friend told : .- o' Stuart’s
Catarrh Tabb ts ami Insist-,! thr.t I try
them. I had about despaired of ever find
ing help, but bought a box anyway. I
began to notice the inwrov.-ment within
twenty-four hours after I begin taking
them Before the first box was gone I
felt like another man. I kept up the
■treatment till 1 had taken three boxes
and was rely cured. I have never
had a recurrence of the trouble from that
day- to this. My head is clear and wll
Hnil none of the offensive symptoms of
the disease every trouble me. It has
been two years since I stopped taking
them.”
Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets are for sale by
a_J druggists at 50 cts. a box.
CUBAN TRADE NEEDED
BY THE SOUTH
Should the Bill Become a Law it Will
Enable Cotton Mills of the South
To Furnish Tueir Product
to the People of the
Island.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington. October 28.—(Special.)—In
• .it ■ tts: ion of the probable action of
eangress at the extra session, which
has bc.-n called to consider Cuban reel
pro.ity legislation, there are many opin
ions expressed and not a few questions
:sked concerning the attitude which tho
southern senators and representatives
may be expected to occupy.
It seems to be a general consensus
of opinion that whether there is prompt
action at the extra session or whether
the. Cuban legislation is to bring a gen
eral tariff debate which may delay ac
tion until the regular session, depends
largely, if not almost entirely, upon the
attitude of the southern democratic
leaders.
In just what shape this Cuban que’s
tion will be brought before congress is
not yet exactly clear. One plan which
has been suggested Is the passage of a
joint resolution ratifying, in as few words
as possible, the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
It is argued in favor of this plan that
It would operate to prevent the submis
sion of amendments which would be ger
mane to any’ bill In which the tariff
schedules were set forth in detail, afid
for this reason this plan is regard- <1
tho most desirable, it being the aim of
the republican leaders to prevent if pos
sible general tariff discussion. A good
many of them, however, doubt whether
It is possible to accomplish the desired
legislative result by means of a joint
resolution, but think that the thing con
gress must do is to pass a bill embody
ing the full schedules of the Cuban reci
procity treaty. That, they fear, would
open the way to the submission of amend
ments and to general tariff discussions.
Fear Tariff Issue Most.
Fmm a political standpoint, the repub
lican loaders are anxious to prevent a
tariff debate, for they fear the tariff
issue more than any other in lite cam
paign forth- presidency. They are not
a little worried over the tariff reform sen
timent they find not only in lowa and
Wisconsin and other western states, but
which is just now cutting so prominent
a figure in the campaign tn Massachu
setts; and they would like very much to
avoid being put on record by being com
pelled to vote upon such amendments to
the tariff schedules as would slioyv them
standing by the trusts. They fear that
the democratic leaders will submit such
amendments and advocate them in away
that will embarrass the administration.
They have no fear of their ability to
jam through the house any legislation
they may desire, for their committee on
rules can alway's pave the way for this.
They may bring in a rule, of the double
ba.-k action variety, invent.d at the last
session under which the democrats will
?• shut off from amendments, whether
they- vote for the rule or vote against it.
But in the senate it Is different. Tin- in
dividual members of that body .-till have
rights.
It is possible the lemocratic leaders may
determine that it will better poli
ties io i. t the Cuban bill go through with
out much discussion and save their tariff
ammunition for tho regular session. With
the exception of the senators from Lou
isiana and Florida, most of the democrats
ar., in favor of the Cuban treaty as it now
stands. At the short session of (he sen
ate they were instrumental in securing
certain amendments to the original draft
under which the interests of certain
southern industries were better look- q
after than in the original treaty: then
most Os them voted for ratification; and
it is to he presumed that when th.i time
comes most of them will vote for the
legislation necessary to make this treaty
effective, unless there should be some
particular objection to the form of that
legislation.
Southern Cotton Mills Interested.
A good deal of quiet work in behalf of
Cuban reciprocity Jias been done by -the
representatives of the cotton spinning m
terests of the south. The enactment of
the legislation making effective the now
Cuban schedules will, it is believed, open
to tho cotton good.- manufacturers of the
south a market which will mean to them
the sal” of something like from six to ton
millions dollars of their products an
nually.
As things stand, American cotton goods
cuts a very small figure In the Cuban
Imports. England and Germany have a
decided lead over the United States in
this field, which should belong exclusive
ly to American manufacturers. Formerly
Spain controlled the Cuban market. Eng
lish cotton goods were shipped to Spain,
and from there the Cuban market was
supplied. Tin- latest figures show that
Great Britain has absorbed more of the
trade with Cuba which Spain formerly
monopolized than any other country; but
even Spain is ahead of 1 lie United States
at this time in exports to Cuba of some
grades of cotton goods, particularly those
made by the southern mills.
The last bulletin of the bureau of sta
tistics on Cuba contained this statement:
“In 1901 the exports from me United
States to Cuba of cotton goods amounted
to only 8 per cent of the total goods im
portations of Cuba, while Great Britain's'
share was 53 per cent.”
Going further into detail, the bulletin
stated that the imports of manufactured
cotton into Cuba in 1902 of plain fabrics
were $212,097. and from Great Britain
$1,654,864, while Spain stool second to
Great Britain with $629,431. In twilled
goods the value of the imports from tin:
United States was $82,713, and from
Great Britain $470,873. in knit fabrics
the trade with the United States was
valued at $17,456. with Spain $312,031
and France $ 133.827.
TORCH IS APPLIED BY LAW.
College Belonging to Christian Broth
ers Is Burned by Court’s Order.
New York, October 31.-—Men who
guard the New York city watershed at
Amawalk. Westchester county, have ap
plied tiie torch to the SIOO,OOO college of
the Christian Brothers, a Catholic insti
tution. where 100 boys are being educated.
Tin Brothers a few months ago got in
junctions to prevent the destruction of
tin- building. The injunction expired
this week and it was decided to burn tile
building. The Brothers having received
their condemnation award. left with the
students several weeks ago for Baltimore
and other cities, where they will estab
lish new schools.
The fire lasted all day and as the bull-l
it.g was burning the farmers of the neigh
borhood rushed in and carried away
everything of value that could tie moved.
Chilean Cabinet Crisis.
Santiago, de Chile. October 31. The en
tire Chilean cabinet has resigned. The
outgoing cabinet was made up of the
following ministers: Premier and minis
ter of interior, Arturo Besaj foreign af
fairs, Augustin Edwards: public instruc
tion. Javier Concha; finance. Miguel
Cruchaga; public works. Maximiliano
Espinosa; war, General Luis Barrios.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1903.
REVOLUTION IS ON IN
SANTO DOMINGO
I Already a Provisional Government
Has Been Formed and Revolu
tion Is Spreading—Officials
Are Seeking Safety
in Flight.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, October 26.—The
revolution which has broken out in the
northern part of the republic of Santo
Domingo and which already has resulted
In the establishment of a provisional gov
ernment under the presidency of General
Morales, at Puerto Plata, was, according
to advices received here, caused by the
numerous custom house frauds and the
prevarications of the. ministers of war
and of finance.
The signal for the outbreak of the re
volt was given at 2 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon by three cannon shots. That
same evening all the partisans of Pres
ident Wos y Gil, at Puerto Plata, were
arrested. The Inhabitants of Monte Crls
ti. I.a. Eigne and .Moca united and attack
ed Santiago. That town is now surround
ed by revolutionists, who liavc severed
telegraphic communication between San
tiago and La Voga.
Rebels Favor Jiminez.
Paris, October 26.—Advices received
from Cape Haytien, Hayti, confirm the
reports that the revolutionary movement
In the republic of Santo Domingo is in
favor of former President Jiminez. Th.'
r.-vc.iution is spreading and according to
a dispatch received here all lite inhabi
tants of the legion of the Monte Cristi I
have joined tile uprising against the gov- |
ernment. The election of General Mo- ■
ral.-s as president of the provisional gov- ,
ernment is said to lie a, step taken pe-n.l- :
mg the arrival of General JimSi >z. who |
will be elected president of the republic i
it the revolution is successful.
War Ship Bars Mail Steamers.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, October 27 The
Dominican government cruiser Independ
eneia, appeared off Puerto ’ lata, the port ■
on (lie east coast of Santo Domingo,
which is in tile hands of the Dominican
revolutionists, today and prevented the
Cuban mail steamer Maria Herrera from
entering that port. The Independencla !
th.-n left Puerto, Plata, going toward the
American mall steam.-r Cherokee, coming
from Monte t'rlsto. in order to prevent ;
her from tombing at Puerto Plata.
Hurry Orders to Cruiser Baltimore. ■
Washington, October 28 Acting Secre- i
tary of th- Naw Darling this afternoon |
sent orders to the Norfolk navy yard for '
the eriils.-r Baltimore to proceed forth
with to Puerto Plata, San Domingo, to
look aft.-i American interests at that I
bloekad.-d port. It is expeeted tin- Balti- I
more will leave tomorrow, and she should
arrive .at her destination by Tuesday.
Further .advices have been received by j
the state department from United States
Minister Powell touching the outbreak of '
the revolution in Santo Domingo, con- '■
firming the report of the . eizure of tile i
port of Puerto Plata by adherents of the
late president Jiminez, who are seeking
to overthrow President Wos y Gil He
makes no mention of the reported block- .
aiie of that port by the government war |
ship Independencla and tho incidental ;
t truing away of a Cuban end an Amer
ican steamer.
Th. state department has called the at- ■
tention .a the navy department io the :
;.'ic!s ]. by I’owoll, <uh! j
the navy officers are ready to supply any |
m-.-essaiy naval force to protect Amer- :
ican interests.
It is said, however, that if the merchant i
vess, is ar. simply served with a warning I
and arc not seized by a blockad<‘ force, I
an.l if there is actually such force as to •
■ .institute an effective blockade, there will .
I).- no ground for interference on our I
J. 11-'. Put if a vessr-i Is seized without ■
waruing, or there is no snfficent govern
ment force to make more than a paper
blockade th. n the United States govern- !
in.-nt will not recognize It.
Rebels To Move on Capital.
Cape Haitien. Halt!. October 29 Gen- '
eral Navarro, the revolutionary governor I
of Monte Cristi. Santo Domingo, at the I
head of a strong force of troops, his I
joined General Morales, commander in i
. 'lief o* the to.--.-e-. In the Dominican rev- '
elation with the reported Intention of ■
moving t!’" combined forces on the capi
tal. San Doming".
The bloL-kad. of the port of Puerto
Plata, on the mirth coast of Santo Do
mingo. wbi' h is held by til.- revolutionists, |
has .aus'.l pr.ivlslons there. t-> become 1
A for.-.- "f It .minican revolutionists has
occupied I'otuy.
Among tiie passengers on board i lie
<'ut.au mall steamer Mary F.-rrara, which
was prev< nted from t ut.-ring Puerto
Plata on Tuesday by the Domini-, an gov
ernment cruiser Independencia, was Se
nor ( aceras, former governor of Santiago
de Las Uabaleros. Santo Doming", under
Hie presidency of General X'asquez. win. I
was exiled io Cuba by the present gov- 1
ernment of Santo Domingo. Senor <'a- i
ceres iris now gone to join General -Jimi- I
nez. the leader of the revolution at some ■
unknown point, and together tlie\ will i
make another attempt to land in Santo .
J I'nningo.
Tele-graphic communication with La- ;
Vega. Santo Domingo, has been restored. !
it Is reported that the French cruiser
Jurien de la Graviere, now at Port Au
I’rinec. Haiti, has been ordered to San
Domingo.
Martial Law Declared.
Santo Domingo, October 29.—Owing to
the rebellion in tho northern part of tile
republic, the government has decreed the
suspension of the constitutional guaran
tee and is enforcing martial law Tins
city and its vicinity is quiet. Active
measures are being taken to suppress the
revolution. A warship with troops has
bc.-n sent to Puerto Plata. Communica
tion -.v telegraph over the land lines i»
partially Interrupted. :
Entire Island in a Ferment.
San Domingo. October 30.—The situa
tion in this city is unchanged. Quiet pre
tails, but serious trouble may arise here
at any time and the presence of a. for
eign war ship is desirable. Tiie. Clyde
line steamer Cherokee, from New York, ;
arriv d here today. Site had been pre
vented by tho Dominican government
cruiser Independencia from calling at
Puerto Plata, Samana and Nacorls She
reports that Hie whole of the northern
part of the island has joined the r.-volu- '
tionary movement.
Insurgents Control Wires.
Washington, October 30.—A cablegram
received at the state department today
from United States Minister Powell at |
San Domingo reports that conditions ,
there are in a state of great disturb
ance. The state department Is making
strenuous efforts to communicate with
Mr. Powell by cable, but with unsatis
factory results, owing to the fact that 1
the insurgents appear to be in possession
of tie- land telegraph lines connecting
the eapital, San Domingo, with the cable
station on tiie east eoast. Incidentally,
this also has inteiruptcd communication I '
with Venezuela To guard against any
further cable lapses tiie state deji.-irt'-
rnent is sending through tiie navy de
partment written instructions t,. Minister •
Powell for his guidance during the revolu
tion and these will go forward on the 1
Baltimore, which sails today from Hamp
ton Roads directly to San Domingo. ;
THEYASKFORHELPTO
FIGffT_FLOODS.
New Orleans Convention. Asks the
United States To Levee Both
Banks of the Mississippi.
President Sends Message
of Sympathy.
New Orleans, October 27.—Resolved to
appeal to the federal government for ad
equate aid to levee both banks of the
Mississippi river and to maintain such
levees at maximum grade, thereby mak
ing possible tiie reclamation and protec
tion of the alluvial lands and improving
navigation, the largest and most influen
tial levee convention yet held in the val
ley convened here todat when President
Charles Scott called the Interstate Mis
sissippi River Improvement and Levee
Association to order. The occasion was
otherwise a notable one because of the
direct announcement by the president of
the United States of his sympathy with,
the movement which the convention pro
poses to inaugurate.
Many State? Represented.
The delegates represented eight to ton
states of the Mississippi and Ohio val
leys and included governors, senators,
members of congress, high railroad offi
cials and representatives of commercial
exchanges and levee boards. President
Fish, of th- Illinois Central railroad;
Vie., president Thorne, of tiie Texas and
Pacific; lesser officials of th- other trunk
lines entering New Orleans; ex-Seeretary
of the Tre..snry Charles S. Falr.'hll. 1, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson. Judge Rob
ert 8. Taylor, of the Mississippi riv-r
.-omn.',- lo:i; Go.ernor Longino. of Mis
sissippi, and Governor Htard, of Louisia
na. Senator Berry, of \rkansas; Senators
AieEnoy and Foster, of Louisiana; R. H.
Edmonds, editor of The Manufacturers'
Record, qnd others w-re. pn-sent.
in calling th- eonv. ntion to order
President Scott defended the levee sys
tem and urg'd the constitutionality, the
expediency and tiie cemmereial and mih
tarv ne.-'isiij "f g..v. rani. i.t charge of
the .iver Mayor Capd.. vrnile and G"V
ernm Heard mad. addresses of w- lcome.
I'orm.r C-.agr.--.-man Wilkinson, ot
Louisian.t. i-minu.d f-i t-tuporarv
chairman of th.- . -nv -ntion ix-Goverm.r
E O. Stannard, ot Missouri in taking
th- ehnir Governor Stannard laid great
Stress on the necessity tor such aid to
the river as would mak.- it navigable from
its beadwaters to the gulf and Colonel
J. I. Vanee. of Ohio, suiipletm nted the
remarks of th.- chairman with a strong
pre-:< ntaticn of tin claims of’ tin p >pl<
of the Ohio vall'-y for ihe joint tmprove
in -nt of he Ohio with the Mississippi.
John M Parker, of J.ouisiana, was ap
pointed ehairman of tin- -"mmittee on
permanent organization, which reported
in favor of Charles Scott for permanent
chairman of tin- eonv. nti-n and John W
Brv.-int. of Louisiana, and \V. A Ever
man, of Mississippi, as secretaries, ami
for a committee on i-sohitions composed
of two dr legates from each stat, repre
sent. d an.l ten at large.
Before the convention recessed until
night Chairman I’atker. of Hie commit
tee on arrangements, read a letter of
svmpathx with the movement from Pres
ident Ito-secthat aroused mu'h en
t liusiastn.
The President Favors Action.
The tiresi.l. nt wrote;
“My Dear Mr. Parker -Permit me
through you to express my very groat In
tcrest in the work of the interstate love"
convention. Exa-tly as I ha’.- taken a
keen interest In Irrigation in the arid
regions, so I feel that the movement for
thoroughly prote. ting tiie isslssippi
lowlands by levees is one of importance
to the whole country, no 1.-- than to the
people immediately adjoining th. gr< at
river 1 wish a 1 sitee-ss to your conven
tlon. and shall follow its proceedings with
close ntt< ntion. Sincere’v vours.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
When tho letter had been read Murray
F. Smith, of Vicksburg, offered tho loi
lowing resolution which was unanimously
adopted:
“Resolved. That the thanks of the peo
ple of tin- Mississippi vallef are hereb.v
tendered to President Roosevelt, through
this (.invention, for his manly and pa
triotic letter, indorsing tit- purposes for
which this convention has been called,
t.> wit: The deepening and improving tile
channel of tiie Mississippi river and tiie
pr-te.-lion of tiie vast area of alluvial and
fertile territory along its banks from
de tatiou to floods; thereby eonsorxing
mi l facilitating the vast .ind growing tn
t-rst-it. commerce air- adv transacted
through tho m- diuni of great railroad
svstems hind the 1.-vecs.
“Resolved further. That tho chairman
and secretary of this cnnv-ntion b< re
quired tn wiv these resolutions to tho
president
Tiie convention took a recess until 8
p. m
Judge N. c Binm-h..rd. of T^ouisiaria,
spoke, urging government control of :hc
Secretary Wilson Speaks.
Secretary of Agrienltme Wilson, fol
lowing Judge Blaneliard. was welcomed
with groat cordiality. Il" said the ques
tion of government enntr ■! of th- levees
was a new one to hini. It interested him
deeply and the people of the low. i vail. -.
had ii>:. deepest sympathy in pushing it.
Th- s'-cretary spoke for rhe new policy
the government had entered upon in the
matter of irrigation in the w st amj re
ferring to forest destruction, ho said
this and a gr< ter Mississippi river in
tin I-tur.- wire problems which the peo
pie "f the south would have :o fa.-e.
<’ ngressman J. Ransdell followed
S.-'-r.-i irv W.lson When Mr. Ransdell .-r.
eluded 'President Scott announced the
committee on r..-solutions witli t.— -n--r.-il I .
I • Catellings, o: Mississippi, as chairman
and members from the following st it.-s
represented in the e >nventi->n: Indiana.
Ohio, Pennsylvania. Illinois. Mississippi,
Missouri. Arkansas, Tennessee, N w
York. Alabama. California. Texas. Geor
gia, Kentucky and Louisiana.
Millions Asked for Levees.
New Orleans. October 23 The Inter
state Mississippi River Improvement and
Levee Association concluded its session
tonight after adopting a series of resolu
tions in favor of government jurisdiction
of the levees, or adequate appropriations
for their spe. dy construction if govern
ment control is not advisiibie, and iudois
ii.g th" proposed waterway from the
great lakes to the gulf and the Chicago
sanitary canal as a part ot that project.
The feature of tin morning session was
Judge Robert S. Taylor's appeal against
lite proposed movement for government
ownership. Judge Taylor urged the con
vention not to sacrifice tlu- assuran ■■
of increased appropriations for the river
by an attempt to reaeli the unattainable.
At tiie afternoon session a reference of
Pre-i.lent Scott to ex-President Cleve
land. without mention of his name, arous
ed a great burst of enthusiasm.
Senator J. H. Berry, of Arkansas, fol
lowed Judge Taylor In a brief address.
“As to the objection offered by Judge
Taylor to the federal government owning
and controlling the 1< vccs," said Senator
Berry, “let us not cross that bridge until
we get to it. What we want is more
money for tiie completion of our levees.
We want money irom the fcd'-ral gov
ernment, and we want it right away.
Lot us try to get a united influence suf
ficient to secure tills increased appro,.tia
tion and w.- will lei tiie government own
ership question alone until the time is
ripe that wo should take it up and con
sider it."
At tiie opening of the afternoon ses
sion Chairman T. C. Catchings present-
FALL WEATHER —WOMEN.
Pe-ru-na is a Perfect Catarrhal Tonic. Every Woman
Especially Needs Such a Remedy in November.
UC J.’
Decollete Gowns and Catarrh.
Pe-ru-na Is a Safeguard for the So
ciety Women.
Miss Florence Wayland, in a Jotter from
1608 Aldrieli Ave.. Minneapolis, Minn.,
“I can honestly give Pcruna the hlgh
e t indorsement." for I have used it and
found it has special merit. During th, ;
early part of the winter I caugfit cold,
being exposed to a draught at tho opera,
and tiie next evening I attended a .lan.
ing p.artv and caught more cold, ami
soon found that influenza had mo In Its
iron grip. 1 was then dosed with
liquids, powd. rs and pills, but found no I
relief until a friend who call.-d brought |
me a bottle of P.-runa and insisted th.it I
1 discontinue the use of everything else
and give this an honest trial. 1 did so j
and foe) very glad indeed that I did. I
Within ten clays I was convalescing and I
in two week-' I f. lt m-. • If onec mor.
Poruna lias an honored place in our med I
icino cabinet at homo, ami wo all tak" | t I
upon .-at.'tuns the slightest coid. ' Flor i
cnce Wayland.
Catarrh May Attack Any Organ of
tiie Body.
Miss M.arv Gray. Walk.'iviHo, Ontario. .
|<'an:m.a wiftes: t I
i “Pen ami Ink never can tell of the good i
' Purina has done for me after sov. re ■
I suffering from congestive atari ha 1 trou- ]
| ’..les in my stomach and bowels. 1 ;,al- |
: !z* <1 the cause had to bo removed, and as ,
j I had your medicine recommend' d to me 1
i by a friend who had used it [ conelmied to :
; tri It ami found it to fill .all tho r< uuir. !
■ meats In my case, for a few bottles of i
! ed and r :;.l the report of the committee
|on resolutions. j'|,e resolutions were
, inoci-d. .1 i>\ an eiaiiorate pi.-ambic in
which the levee system Is defended ns
1 the only r< asonabie and scientific pro
i tection against overflow by the river.
' and in which the gi'c.t burden which
i tIlf! pcopl. of tie low.-r valley have had
! to sustain in guarding against annual
I inundation is pointed out. 'Che resolu
Hons follow:
Resolutions Adopted.
"Resolv.-d, i'liat in the judgment, of this
convention Hie protection of the Ails
■ sissippi vall.-y from floods is of su.-li
: national Imper'am ■ as not only to jus
| til'v but to make it the duty of tile g< n
, oral government to undertake it and
1 press it to tin- speediest possible cotn
' pleHon. If for any reason th'- '-X'-rcise
I of .-ole ja. -tion at this time by tiie
' general government shoahl not !>'•
' dt.emed advisable, then tliis convention
urges nmst . .-.-m - Hy that congress nial;
[ at its approaching session s.icli appro-
I luia-lons as are recommended by the
; Mississippi rii • : commission in its rm - nt
"Resolved fUrtii-T. That the system of
: river improvements ir th- valley of tiie
. Mississippi from i s headwaters to th"
' gulf, an.! in the v.il'ey of the Ohio and
: other t ribtit.i rn-s no w provide ! for and
i th.*., which ma.- hereafter be provid V
. for bj- congress, under the supervision of
I the United States engineers moves our
! iiearti commendation and should be
i pr.s-ed to completion without u:i:i? es
sarv delay.
“Resolved. That the attention "f con
gress is invited to tiie serious disasters
"which liave l.'-fui’on those residing at or
ne;-.r St Louis. Kansas City and other
localities by reason of tiie r.n ent great
i t’.oods. and tile se retary of war is re
-poet fully requested to .-iu|- in inquiry
, to he made with a view to th. prep:.r:t-
I tlon of suitable plans for tie prevention
I of a recurrence of such injuries. Be it
I “Resolved. That the convention of dele
' gat.-s rep: s.-nting the states of the great
; Missis Ipl'i valley, from Duluth to tlm
I Gulf of Mexico, gives its unqualified ap
i proval to tiie movem. n: for tiie , onstruc-
I lion of a w;.tet way eoime tin,- Hi.- great
lakes at the nui th with the Mississippi
river -u:-l tie Gull' of M xi< o at the south.
I “We recognize Hie exuendilure $35.
000.000 by the s.iuitaty district of tlhie.igo
i as a practie.il demonstration in the lur
! th.-rance. ot this project. We express ttie
i hope Hl it Hl'- senators ami r"pres .ntatlve;-
l in •■■■:.|i ■ from th" various stat.s repre
I rented m this convention will give their
J encouragement ami as-ist:i.u'.- to con
' gr.ssional le--' isia ti-m tn favor of the com
pletion of tiie d'--|. wao-rw.i; t i which
lhe Mi. -.. .«ippl valley “tales have already
given theii- approval, ami to wijeh the
state of Illinois and tie- sanitary district
of t'hieago are. committed a- a matter of
polici an 1 by great financial expendi
tures already made."
Resolutions Reported.
The resolution:: were received with ap
plause and on motion oj General Catch
ings were unanimously adopted.
On the motion of J. N. Luce it was
unanimously agreed that a committee
should be appointed to memorialize both
houses of congress witli tit.' resolutions
as adopted.
ITi-si.ii >:t Scott then Introduced Hon.
Uliarle. S I-'.iir.-iiild, of New York, .-.if
ing lio bad been a memb.-r of Hie official
cabinet of one of tiie country's greatest
presidents. Great applause greeted the
reference to ex-President Cleveland.
Air. 1- a ire ■ .Id si id < wlien the ojqiortu ni: y
was presented !,j the dying away of Hie
. lieeisi tjf.a: tin federal government was
ticing much in all directions.
• t I’/jd taken up Hie problem of irri
gation, lie sa: I. "Long ago it aided in
tiie building ot til*' tr.-iip -ontin.-ntal rail
re.ads. this :• V. e caused .ippe i!s to
the general government on vastly higher
grounds than any other ever given con
sideration by it. Tiie government is
about to spend a vast sum for Hie build
ing of an isthmian canal. But 1 believe
tiie true proposition if . iiil.'d out will
be of ..-ven greater value.”
Editor Edmonds Speaks.
Kii hard h . Edmonds, editor of The
LManufa 'Hirers' Record. followed Mr.
Fairchild. He said in part:
“i’roper leveeing of tiie Mississippi river
will bring into cultivable condition 30.-
000 square miles of alluvial soil upon
win li. witii Hie prevailing methods, may
be raised double the present cotton crop
of t’ue whole country. Tiie world is cry
ing for more cotton. England and the
continent are seeking to develop its cul
tivation in th- heart of Afrii a Even
the president of the New England Cotton
Alanufactui ing Association, at i s an
r.ual tn> eting a t'.-w weeks ago. .-x;.rese
ed tiie hope that cotton production might
be iner.-ased in other countries in ord. r
to Increes.' Hu- world's supply. But
here is a region which m:i' b" reclaimed
by national work, large enough to pro
duce twice as much cotton as the whole
south now grows—a r. gion which could
ad.l a million dollars a year to the ag
ricultural output of the country. That,
jliAßY Gray.
■ it restored nm to gonq health. '■■ Mary ,
| If Catarrh of the Lungs Is Neglected
| It Often Develops Into Consump
i tion.
| Miss Mary Ixemkemer, 44 Raynicr St ,
i Cicvelaml. Ohio, writes;
•‘I am glad to advise you of the
very satisfactory results I liave ex
perienced through the use of Peruna.
I contracted a severe cold at an even
ing party which settled on my lungs
most persistently. No medicine
helped me until mother gave me Pe
j runa, which quickly caused a com- :
j plete change for the better and cured ,
ime in three vzeeks. I have had no
. bad after effects nor recurrence of the !
; trouble and am truly grateful to you i
for you wondeful Peruna."—Mary
Kemkemer.
■ The society woman is very prone to '
I catch .-old during tho social sea. c on. T.cw i
■ [ however, is hut a part of the value of this
’ • work. Proper love- ing would not simp'.y
i I mean that adding of 20.00c.000 acres or
t j more of the most fertile soil in the world
■ | to our national domain, it would mean
• I untold w- Htl: . <lil<<l to the r< gion drained
1 j by the Alis-fis.-ippi ami its tributaries and
I I thus to the whole country. Can any man
1 | imagine that any . ountri in Europe witii
such an opportunity b"for.. it would hes
hate for one moment in "mhirking upon
a plan compreliensiv,. • i .mth to measure
up I" “ii-'h unbound, d possibilities'"
SHOT DEATH INTO HIS BLOOD
i Dr. Rood Accidently Inocu lated Him
self with Deadly Serum.
D'-s Aloincs. lowa tober 26. !>'. L.
• I». Rood, one of the ii|..?t prominent ;Tliy~
i sicians, a.--id< niaHy inoculated 1 imsch’
. i with lanic “ rum whil,. at', -r.ding
. , a child who was dying of lockjaw .-.nd
> today '..is friends wcr.. startled ins
: announ-.-'-meiit that lie ...xpv?ts t-> be dead
I m one wc.-k.
, ; "1 am fee. rishly awaiting th" approach
. :of n , xt Saturday. when I shad know
, wh- flier lam t'< llv" or to di'.-. -nid 1>:
i ' Rood
, Dr. Rood had given the last drop of
■ ■ s'-runi that remam” I in D.-s Aloines to
I the Giii.J. It was IP a 1-y to semi tn
, Deir. I, Mich.. b.-fore lie -ceded in
. | getting a small quantity of tin anti-
i i tanas serum for I'.ims-lf.
. i Drs. S.-liolcr and Smith wer ■ .-onsiilt.'d
I ■by Dr. Rood. Dr. Smith .-aid:
■ ! “If th., i:11 < :iti Ims taken p.aeo it
- • v.lq be known In two or tlu.e days, and
. t:i- nit ■lßood must di- '’
SIOO REWARD; SIOO.
I ’ll'" of ll‘l- HP ' Will b.' pi-.e.-l to
• h arn that t-u *. is at -. . ■ n.- <ti- .I ••■
I :hat t ha . I- • ••• :• > < in i ■ ’ -
i that .■ ' atl • 1 Hall • < ;
pT.re 1 t’if j.< sitivr . n .>\v kr.-iwn to
. th*' mu O'-al fr.it” mil > Catarrh ; Ing i <•■ . • •
11;< iona! :i .« » •ph!”- t ■ ■ ti' • i:-.1 i< huH f-at-
I I Hall’s Catarrh <’i!ie is *ak» n ii'.o-rr. i? ..
i sutfa • '« ••.’ th” system. hy fr- 'i'a; ; ”
. onn-latb-n »>f th” disoaso, in.l giving th- r:i
--; tient strength by I iihlijig- up th” <• n-tit i
| tlon and a;-.-. ting nature in doing its work.
I '!’!)•' pr >: i ’'.-c--. havo so tnu h l.iith In its
curative powers, .’ at :!i-y off. r < »n- liiirr l
jl» liars far any . -i,-. •; at it fa '. ;r >nd
for list of t;11■ in )
I .Address U J. i.'lU NEY X <"<>. T- 0
1 S- 1-y 75‘
Hall s I’ainib P!i: •: -th” bc*t
WHEAT CORNER IN ST. LOUIS.
Directors of Exchange Fix Marginal
Basis for December.
St. Louis. October 26. - A special ses
sion us t‘i” board of of t* •
nn rebants’ « was hold toda- md
tb«- marginal basis fm t>. oml>< i wit
j was fix -d at 37 cents. The m-‘eting
j ' called ill answer to < p( tilio-) in »V;. t :
members yf the exchang-t- ulaimed in i !
I owlng’to certain marilpn’ations tin pri e*
| her* 4 on December what hav»\ assurn I .
! licliliotis values. Tho board was ash i ‘
I to grant relief
j Tho .is' itfon was made by < '»rnmission j
: men that December wh at is alrcadv i
1 praetiv.aliy cornered in St. Donis. The .
| .i.isurtion i• stilted in the petition.
Snow Storm in the East
: Altoo.ua. Ta.. <» i ’b* t 26. Ti ■ :
| snow storm <»f the season was expoti-
' i'niT.l in \ltoou i and tho <urrou d.-i;: ;
: country. An inch nf spew row . o !' lie-
! ground an.l Ihr thermomter has dropped 1
■ boiuw 30 degi' os.
i Boston. October 26.—Snow fell forth“ •
! first time th»s season la many p!a» ••_••* in •
' New England. rea< h.ng a depth of more
' than 2 inrles in r.orlhorn New Hamp
shire and Vermont.
i N* w York, October 26. —i he first snow ,
I fait of the season -■ nr.- this alt. nv. n. I
' when flurries passed over Manhattan and .
: Brooklyn. I
New Counterfeit Note.
Washington, October 26 - -The s"< r t |
i s.-ri i " has announce.l the discovery of a ’
I i-.-w counterfeit 11 ve-iloi'ar not" on tin '
i First i %ion.il bank, of Lynn. .VI is- It :
I is a photogarphic production.
♦
i i
CASTOR LA
For Infants and Children.
i The Kind You Have Always Sought
| Signature of j
(necked gowns, thin underwear, the ah
rupt change from Hie heated ball room
io the iiitfcr outside cold causes innu-
- . - ... .itin h yearly. I hey
, must submit to these exposures, so th»
.- re t wom./n .-Specially needs protection
iin this direction. They should have some
j tried remedy- for colds and coughs s'
hand to tak" upon the first symptoms of
. catching cold.
That Peruna is exactly such a remrd:-
the accompanying testimonials prove. T’n
:ma |.:<-v nt colds by strengthening tl »
• mucous membranes; it cures colds by
I healing the catarrhal mucous membranes
Sot-ieiy woni-n find it a protection and
i cure. All classes of women find it In
valuable for the many catarrhal derange
nienis of winter.
Miss Margaret Houston. 1127 Linden
St.. Indianapolis. Ind., writes:
‘ “Permta is indeed a household btossinsr
‘ Last fall 1 . aught a sever.- cold which d"
I vel.ip.-d into a most unpleasant catarrh
: of the respiratory organs, and for ove:
I two w. • ks I r-ould neither . njoy my food
I nor s.’.- ir" restful sleep. I became no:
•' ;' g looked '■
right to mo. \ good neighbor advised
I me to tr; I’. runa and I immediately sen'
I for a bottle. 1 am very glad indeed that
: I did. r l.egan to feel relief in a week and
: soon f. It better than I had in two years
I do not dread a . old any more as 1 used
I to. for a small quantity- of Peruna cures,
me." ATargarot Hueston.
, If you d" not receive prompt and satl
factory r.-vd'. from the use of Peruna.
I wriio It once tn Dr. Hartman, giving .<
. full statement, of your case, and ho will
! ,<■ pleased to give you his valuable advice
i gratis.
Address Dr Hartman. President of The
i Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. c>.
ALM IS SEVERE ON
! ROOSEVELT.
He Alleges That Since McKinley's
Death Roosevelt Has Done Every
thing Possible To Embitter Re
lations of tiie Negroes and
Whites.
M"i:>pi.. T.•■-. . . Or-fobor 23 .S.c l.i' >
I William \ Alcorn, S '., member of th*
r.-p-ihllean committee of Mississippi and
i life-long republican. expressed himself
■ today in -, igorous language c.n - r-cvg
I‘resident Rcsi-velt and b.is referee, Ed-
i gar Wilson, in a:; "pea letter to Postmas
ter A. I’. Hyde, of Meridian. Explaining
. w':y !:«• . i -.not comply with Hyde'-- ■'-•-
Iqlt. st for an Imlorsem-:11, AC-or.'. :... .-
‘ I am :i r> ;>ii’di. an from pr'n a
j patriot, devoted to my state a:>."i ■■ :n-
; iry. an.l would suffer almost an-thing
■ it eoi-.tri'.vit.-d t" its ti"-.-n- .■■ I go ' v. bat
■ w.ien I see stteh a mar. ns Mr Roosevelt
; in tho executive oil Hr at 'Washington
j doing ;t aeoms to mo. al! I:.- can !-'■ bring
sii.imo and humiliation not on y upon tie
poo:.!, of Mi.slssij.pl ..rd t : " nation, but
! upon the repu'ollei.ns of tiv- south and
■ tl." 1- tlon. sink- >:.-l I x.-.-:lcr
i Ing Mr R'.o- v.-l:. wCit w< !'■: -t nmonnt
; Io? Well'd lie "Ot : mi.-liatoly r.;- -tf.il-
■ ly i-es") to on" E 1u..: 11 Wi!. .>:'. a .lorno
| ■ rat. a refer... I-toosevolt referee, for np
. proval? Ti- :.'i of that! A -ofeioe in poll-
Iti - A <l. mocrat as repnlili an referee ,i
democrat wl •> i Hie right-hand man.
•the man Friday. .■!' a --opubli.-an prcsi-
Id.ut of tiie United States Quit, an ov.i
li ci isn't il ? It certainiv is to old
J 11 ■ W"O b-iro fouirht in tl:-' rank."
■■ rii’.l tel Hie sU'"i. Hie griffs-, that av*
: ... ..-i i.!'ii'-<’d in-., them i..'.-I'iso of their
1 fidelity.
“How can y.-'t or any man that beats
; :H|. gian -o to the republican party stand
■ Si. li a tiling or approve of such a thing
I ..y asking for oflice or indorsing a man
.' |. r "til- - whtl.- such a. president sits In
: i in- ex.. -litivo chair?
. “tVb'-n .car lamentc-d and much loved
Al Kitil.-y -,v is resident, Hit- white p-'o
i pl. and the negroes got along perfe.-tly
' on the v. ’ st of tt-rms, and now an
( ot.i--r takes his place—a Hercules in nms
i ■ ■■ and >. ne and gran i-stand spectnci’-
: I irist—but a eigar In brain and manly
| qiiahti'-s. ‘Oil. what a fall was there, my
I countrymen!' "
Free Booklet
Ot Neri is Debility written by the
leading specialist iii this country.' a.j
dress Di j. Newton Hathaway 42 In-
I man building. Atlanta. Ga.
«
CADETS ACCUSED OF HAZING
Three Annapolis Middies Confined
on Ftison Ship.
\i.' ipolis. Aid . c.-tober 31.-First (“,as
. i .idets E \\ ciiaffee. of Wisconsin; J.
| H. Lofland, of lowa, and J. D. Little, of
. Ohio, wore placed on Hie prison ship
■ Santee at the naval academy wharf to
i .lav charged witli hazing certain fourth
: class men. Superintendent Brownson de
1 . lined to make ;t statement relative to the
I charges against the prisoners. The
eh irg. > will b. thoroughly investigated
' by naval academy officials.
I ALL MEMORY OF MEXICO
bOST BY MAD CARLOTTA
I Brussels, tictobor 31 Voor mad Em
| prt-s-s Cai-ioita has lost an memory of
i > s'u ■ t ami ad’, enturoas empire in
SoaHi \ineri i ai. I has fallen into a
I- ibarg. - t.-:l . 'riie hist coherent words
she sj >ke were addressed to (an imagiu
ary) >. 'p. li.e ill. whom she begged on
:■ Cnees !■• furnish her an army. Car
lotia. it will be remembered, became in
san.. wlr-n the lat. Emperor Napoleon
refused t.. Hirn back his troops in order
to secure Maximilian's throne.
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