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’OWA LYNCHERS I AFTER NEGROES! Two Blacks Accused of Rob- I bing and Assaulting White Woman. '"ounell E’uff, lowa, December 27.—Two ; "gross were arrested here this after- | toon on a charge at having robbed and ; ttempted to assault two white women Friday night. The house In wnlch the men were staying was lately thoroughly • "arched ad several loads of stolen goods were recovered. A crowd of several hun dred people gathered when the negroes were brought to the police station, and so strong was the talk of lynching Indulged i:. that the prisoner-, were taken to the < aunty Jail for safe keeping. DEATH STRIKES EARROW AS HE SITS ON THE BENCH Savannah, Ga., December 23.—(Special.) (Judge Pope narrow, of the superior •-,urt. was stricken tod;ty in bis court (room and tonight at 8:30 o’clock he died his home. , The stroke was ca :by uraemia, and the physicians sa that there was prob- Is ly a hemorrhage at the base of the icrain. There may, too, have been apo ll’exy. When he attempted to move he fal- • teied and almost fainted- He caught it.non t?? shoulder of Kdwtn A. Cohen, j i | pi Warns, a j oung attorm y, j il urried to ills a Istance. ha was sup I rt<d into his private office. This was | i 2 o’clock. j Hl;-- administration of just: was such .0' "to commend i.‘ work to th conitnu- • nity and h lived he would proba- hav- had 1< i.e un.ira ~f the position. ! Per. .nally. j.:.lge Barrow was very j j.opular, He had an ■ ■ i-se and price of | rr.a.ur.er tf-.n w-n. aim da r< >dll> mid . 4 .’er rctafimd them Judge p.,rr. v was born August I. i 11339 on the plantation of his maternal ; ' . I' .. Og His father was David Crenshaw F.ar '. t ,w. H.t g' indfath- . Was James Bar row. 1! s q-- o grandfather wn - Thomas Barrow am! lit . gr-.it -gr'-.-.t grandfather | •was : Barrow, who was born i and immigrat- ed to Virginia before h« attained his EVENT IN PANAMA HIGH LIFE. Marriage of Miss Arango to Ernest Pant ■ • ember 27 i. nest Lefevre. «! rec- •:• ■ : <"l.-gr.'i-hs of the republic of 1 • . i • 11 n:vlit t■ i Mi -s < • ■■ - .- . J,,s" A .gm-im A- pr< -ident of the •••vn. ;-1 .- Triune :. The spinsoi:-' were F nor Ara:.co and M. Amador, wile ot Manuel Am.-mr, the minister ■>:’ tinan.-e. pro Including United 5 V ’l’ J? . ul j . • » • c«-• »ci 7 * • RAILW \Y NO U.S I tr. - - r .. k w.is built y !>.•- railroads c-: ’h» Unit -1 States -luring 1903 than . - . ■ ■ - eding, and this was ; • tin •’.• i centers which ti reat- i <•’<<> !■ >■ ■ io make tile total of this | • • . .u f ill behind that of last. 1 Th- r ■ ’ ■••-.-■ ar- not yet complete, but ; ,f,; ia. ■ ;-■ i •" ■, iv"d so far show an '•rer of 5,723 miles of track laid i •ram T. .. . ■ I -.. De - 31. 1903, on i I g ■ . • ■ ore company has h :ilt '0 mih-s of road - ■ I 'clim.:: :ry -■ I’emeiit. f-r 1902 and j 5° moi. -I Hi in -I. , fmal state- ; • rm. w : ’h 147.40, c.’id T. x is, with 370.98. • X - ni i ...ty , nnst> ici. J ■•■ A • I 10.50. tl. ■ total for Forget You Ev;.r Had It. Cvarrh, the Most Odicus of Ail Dis em.es Stat ? ed Out, Root and Branch. ' • !i ’ ‘ pur*‘. J - ■ •■ • -I i <Je <!, .j, " '’ ’ ? ‘ ‘ ' : is ag jjj a man ■ h f»-How-be- , ‘ - ’• ;jt i p’-Hii •* St. Eoais '• 'I : •■ ’ t >!. of ’ - : i’.i i:- i’t t • \. -i ; ■ ■■ it. 1 y'- t i-'atiy- power-; /-red fr. ’H -at’rrh ’-a 15 tears* If than ’ - ■’’ !t 1 vC ~ lath d T ' i-ui.i.y me and d \ ■■: so bad ' ■ '' a tr.Tmm s mi , .-p : ice to m ■ ■ . and all ■ ■ ■ '' —' ' ‘ nth ■' V. : cm 1 hml tried. 1 tl.' -.-Ai ,i,.- ’ ->wn remedy; al! kinds of balnis oirn'- rs. spt s et ?., till I thought .f CiHari.h Tabled bT’a '.I nho i**ok pity on me mid, an a i ;rs mm. will , ’tc!, ;1 straw. 1 got ' ■Aklru tliein. 1 lagan to ' ::r; ..e from the first clay and 1 kept i . .- tr.’oc! work you mai rest assured. ! i . - Oln n’• is <i' : l was mini, but to mnk • i . . lit I ■ 'tit..,; the • i ■ '■ <j i • tri- • oi ,• it ir, h in tnv ' ... :• m■ iu ) a>n • i:ti- y free from the I s ,'i • ■ mol fee! !!.-• a new man-. I ■ v--: . r.. : r-.imoll -it'.l tor the be:i i . f . f'-riis and y-m may gli » 1 pu - ■ you wish.” I • • ■ ■ • lie by . ■ .i.-aggists at 50 cents box. I railway building had received such an ' impetus as to make it seem altogether ; probable that the* clone of 1003 would pee tt n"iv mileage 1,000 miles In exoess of ■ last year, but unforeseen stringency in , the money market retarded the work exetwdlngly nnd experts In these matters now regard tho record ns potnewh.st re markable from tho fact that there was even a small increase over the figures of 1 1902. There will be found much Information i in tho following statement ns to the eon . dltlons in railway building this year: Track laid from January I to December ■3l. 1903: , Htates No. lines. Mlles. Alabama 14 116.83 I Alaska I 10. 1 Arizona 7 I 17.52 Arkansas IB 26s 59 California II 167.49 Colorado 5 42 80 Florida 9 116.77 Georgia II 140.50 Idaho 2 18. Illinois 13 171.39 Indiana 9 58.02 Indian Territory 14 319.12 lowa.. .. 4 21 1.59 Kansas 3 24.25 Kentucky IB 80.48 Louisiana.. 17 446.55 Maine 2 18. Massachusetts I 5. J Michigan 21 16 1.98 l Minnesota 12 I8».8O l Mississippi II 147.10 Missouri II 249.07 Montana 2 7i. Nevada 1 36. New Jersey I I. New ,M x1e0...... ... 6 192.77 New Y-irk , 6 45. iO North t irollna 8 109.60 North Dakota 5 129.76 Ohio 10 133.69 Oklahoma.. 13 653 3.’’ Oregon .7 30 I n I’ ims.vl v ini.t .. ..29 22 I. I I South Car-Una 4 27.68 South Dakota Il 15.56 I , nne.ssee.. 6 102.52 I •■-ms.. . . , . .21 370.98 I’tab 5 120.52 • Virginia 7 37.92 I M ashiiigton 12 I 16.1 3 ! Wi t \ irginla 21 148.20 ‘ W ‘ ’onsm 9 82.73 I Wyoming ; 3. Total in 43 states and territories.. 380 5.723.45 Th-- :ii-.’>r cover only first truck and , do not in. l.ulc the many hundreds of I mil- ■ of second track ami sidings built, nor do t’o y take Into consldcr.ition ti:e j reoonstiuction work uh! h has proceeded • the entire- country. The latter is a work whb h i- rli.ap- ha-’ Involved the i-xi,eridi tut- of mor. motu-y than the building of nt w lines. The .-o-Hvity in the southwest hits- con tinued mid Oklahoma stands far ahead of .-.’i.i otle-r state or territory tn tho union, with 653 miles of new line to her c-edit; 1.-'itii til * has forged w il to the front and stands s.-eond win, 446 miles; Texas is third, with 371 miles; 1 idimi Territory fourth, with 319 mib-s; Arkansas fifth, with 263 miles, and Missouri sixtii, with 250 imp. ... Other states showing an ex ••• s of 100 miles each ar-. !’• nnsylvarila, 221 m!b a lowa, 211 miles; N.-w M-xh 193 mile : Minnesota. 190 mi.es, Illinois. 171 mile . t’.-ililorni.a. 167 miles; Michigan, 162 mile . West Virginia, 148 miles; Alis si ppi 147 miles, Georgia, 1-10 mile-; Ohio, 134 miles; Nortii Dakota, 130 miles, I to’i. 120 mil. ; Ariz.mri, 117 mil' s; Ala bama. 117 miles. Florida, 117 rnil-s; W.'ishington, 116 mile.-; North Carolina, I 10 mile.-; Tennessee, 102 miles. St;r, -s east of the Ati B-m ppl and south of th- Oliic have contributed 1.023 mi.".-;, h iving 597 miles to !■<• credited to the states north of tin- Ohio and east of the Mississippi. 8‘ eiional groupings show the following .\- w England states 23. Middli states 267 21 < entral northern slates 607 31 S" ith -Atlantic states 580.67 Gulf .ml Missis.- ppi valley states. 893.74 Soutli western states 2.1 1 6.50 N'irthii i -icrn states 620 71 Pa states 603.81 Only one west.- n state, namely. Ne braska. is. absent from tin list, mid the other slates reporting no new track are N-i\ H. rip - !:ir. . V.-rmt t. ‘ ’<>mi**cti<-ut. Rhode Island, Delaware mnl Maryland. AVith th' exception of 83 miles, al! of the i."iv track !u Oklahoma has ’:»• n built in tin- interest of th" Santa Fe. the ’Frise". the Rock Island, the Missouri, I u and Texas and the K ins as City, M">:: o mid Orient, and the two eom panii : which have built the 83 mib s re t'-ri-.-d io arc report'd to !< closely allied n.Ji if rot actually controlled by. some o' the large s. -K-ms above tn- ndon* d. Tic- work of the companies mine ■! ' as not b ■,c.-,iv’m.'d I" Oklah ,ma and the following resume of tr.-»< l: laid by these a.'l soil’" of the other large systems ot ti.,. country will boos Inti rest: St. L tiis mid San Fr tscinco has built 450 miles of m-w line In Missouri. Aik-IIS'S. Texas, Illinois. Oklahoma and ltd:.-':, Ter-itorv. while th" It'.-k Island si-.stt ai. which now controls the brlsco, h;, built 197 mi! s in Mi-souri. Texas, liorna and th" Indian Territory, ni.iking :> total of 647 mib s which urop o !'■ S>-m.bl be credited to the Rock 1; land the Mi-.-ourl, Kan-'ls mi Texas h s id ' 1 334 mile:-: the Missouri Pacific, the Santa C . 2i 5 mibs; ‘■ C il.-ayo Milwaukee and St. Paul, 187 miles- the Southern Pa -lib-. 15! miles; the 1. cii.-A-illi- ami Nashville. 110 miles; the or- :: Niirlliem. 94 miles: the North ern i'l-'iilic. 92 mil-.s; tl-> Oregon Short Lil:'-, 81 miles; the Sr . Line. 80 miles; ” Texas and Pacific. 68 miles; the .1' : *;>'at ’Wister:'., 66 miles; Rio C‘m :e system. 62 miles; the ‘’hi.-ago mi,] Nortaw.- it. rn. including the. Omaha, ; 61 r ib s; tl.e Kan.-.is '.Tty'. Mexico and 1 .sent. 61 mil'-s. not counting the ira.-k laid in Mexico; the Illinois Central. 52 miles the Southern railway, 46 miles; t International and Great Northern, ■ r compani-s y.hi " m.itm.'in an imle; •''■'lent management, although sev- < .; the large systems, hive laid truck as follows: Fort Smith ami We-tern, 120 mi-. ...1 I-' Central. 116 miles; S-n i...s Angeles ami Salt Lak'. 93 .(.a tmm '•entral. 87 miles; r-. i;v ruid Brazos Valley. 72 miles; ;. ; c-. Railway and Navigation Com- rrr.v. 66 mil'-. Montana railr -ad, 63 mi 'a; Loui ti tna and Arkansas, 61 miles. It. i,o : ■ Irom Canada and M' X.e ) in . . (ad rug are meager, . tar as received they 808 of track iald in t’anmla": twr-nt.v ronr 1! >es, and 341 miles ot track laid tn M'xi 'j on twelve lines. Th...- construction of the past _ year brings ti'- ■ total mileage in the I’nir d Stat’s up to 209.855 miles on January 1. 1904. Thackeray’s Facial Appearance. In 1849 nr 1850 Charlotte Bronb* wrote of ’i'liaekeray: ••To me the broad brow • - io ‘xpi'ss intellect <.'• rtai.i lit) s u the nose and cheek betray the sat .r -a ::n.l cynic; the mouth indicates a • .iMI k" simplicity, perhaps even a de g'l , of irresolute))-ss in c o Ist. my— maki'-s. in short, but a weakness not uimmi ..'i( ’ -m.'l Mr. Motb y, writio.g to his wife in 1358. said: "I believe you nave never seen Thackeray. He has th? ap;'".iranee of a emiosal inf: nt «j).» It, wi-i. . shining, ringlety hair, flaxen. Mas, with advancing y -ars; a roundish sac :• i with a little dab of a nose, upon which it is .1 ; •')!" mu wonder how ho keeps his This broken nose was always a source 1 ot aim) i it)' nt to Thackeray himself. He j caricatured it in Ills drawing, 1" fre ■ : oui ntiy alluded lo it l:i Ills speech and ■ in his '. '.tors, ami !"• was fond of repeat ; im. I 'ougia* Jerrold’s i-, mark to him when he was- io stand as godfather to a friend's 1 .-" n, ’ Lord. Thackeray, I hope you won't Ip: ■ ■ nt th... child with > r own mu;;l" Opium, Morphine—Frea Treatment. Palnlesn home cure guaranteed. Fre, I trial. Lt. Tucker, Atlanta, Ga. THE WEEKLY OONSTITUTItONi JLTLAI9TA. SA.. NEGRO AND FIRED TOWN, I As a Result the Village of Fino Apple, Ala., Was Almost Wiped Off the Earth—Largo Re ward for Any Member of Mob. I’lno Apple. Ala., December 26.—Fire broke out hire it 6 o'clock this morning and destroyed eight stores, two ware houses, tho postoftlco and other property! ' In the business portion of the town. The fire originated In tho city calaboose. The, loss Is estimated at $35.C00, with in- ' eurance ot less than cne-third. Evlder. c. secins to show that Arthur Stewart. .1 colored prisoner, confined In : the calaboose, had been lynched and the ■ structuie .set on lire- to hide tho crime. Citizens are highly excited and have’ deposited SI,OOO reward with a local ■ bank for the arrest and prosecution of tiny member of the mob. I The cltL:< n< in mass meeting today pass- . cd a resolution requiring the immediate presence of Solicitor Quarles, and a spe cial term of court, to try members of the mob wb.o will be arrested. A committee | went io S; 'ma tonight and had a. consul tation « :.li Colonci Quarles A special term will pi-i'l. i.lily be ordered. It is k >iiied that 011 Wednesday, P Melton, a pro-mine::t ymmg white man. 1 had a qu::. .<-i with some negroes and one 01 them sb"t him. ''h: nias day a negro, said to he his -ompiice. was arrested I and place,l in jail, and the frit v.ds of Mel- | ti,;,. it is allege!, -wore vengeance. This: 1 morning at 4 o’clock, a mob broke in | the i-ala ■ ose a d after knocking tl.e no gro j n the head, poured kerosene over hi Indy ind -set 1' afire. The flames quickly .-’.,)'.id to adjoining buildings. 1 lie excii'-m'-iit continues inten.-o to night. CATHOLICS AND POLITICS. Pius X Will Follow the Policy of His Predecessor. I Romo, December 21.—Tonight's Osserv- : atoro j; >m:iir>, Hie v.ili' -'n organ, pub i lism - rm important document signed by I the pope "n ti." :l lion of the Catholic laity, which is said to be rendered nec essary by the proceedings of the recent Catholic '-ongr'-s.s at Bologna, which show ed such opposite tendencies of the Cath olic '■ rv itorl'-s and the Catholic demoi rat--. ! ills holim-ss remarks that divergent ' views In field practice, easily cause div. r '■ g-.-noji s in that theory so essential to i the s',ii-iigth'-ning >f the principles which I must dir ■■: Catholic action. I The 'I"-, nni'-nt quotes nineteen articles j and ru taken from tiic eneycli -a.!s of ; lb,- I"'- Pop, on l!> - subjc-i’t of ■ii siruetion- t■■ ■■-ngregations, the fol ! lowing being the most, important: ! ''Christian democrais must entirely ab- , j stain in Italy Horn , articlp.iting in any ; 1 I aiili' cl uetiom wliieli in ti.- present eir- i 1 cumstam " \ :i.':d for reasons of a very j j high ord' r. ar,- interdicted.” Thus the pope destroys all hope en- j tertained by th-- liner;'! elements in till | C.'itliolii- '. .i iy that they Wieikl he allow- 1 led to partlcipat" in th, political life of i th*' country. j I'tb'-i important rules men: iom.-d .if I for the dlreetioii of Catholic writeis. who must .bs iin from .'iiitieipating the vs-ws !of th<- holy s.-e on leading subjects. They run; - submit 'll writings conei ruing r- ; 11'-;.im, ''iiri-iian ni"ial.'- aad naiur.-il etli io to tee 1 -ns'irship of their bishops and ■ they ire < ■:-.-t 1.• in"d to Go this, evi-n in I tile •a- of pul'li-a I lons on nu re. tech- : i ni'-al s-.ilijects In th" case of diff-renees lof opinion .mi":-g Catliolies, instead of : making these ditl'-renees public in the I new.-uap'-i s. th'-y must submit th'rn to tin j oeelesi.i; I:■ "I authorities, who «-i|j pass ; upon th< 111 These rule! have greatly dampen'd the enthusiasm <•' those who hoped that th pr'-->nt p .it" w-iild be more lil’C-ral than the last one. Tr iple Murder at Belgrade. ‘ Belgrade, S'-rvin. December 24.—For- ; rr.er Siam (' •:• llor Davidovlcs, his wife land -lang ;t' . were m-ird-id tomiy by i 1 11:rec mn. who broke j.ito his limm I ' with the Intent-lon of robbing it. Two i - rvants wen ; . illy wounded and other - I 'were d.-ing.-rously injured. One of the • ’ murderers was captti: ni. M. D lvldovies ! i was one of tn ■ oldest and ri--In st citi- j ■ zons of Bt-igiade | i Panama Consuls Recognized. Wnshiiu; 10,1. 1» ■ mV• •: 21. -Tim state i ich parlnH i t !,.is r<-•’unizr ] Nathan! ■’ ■ , Brandon av: ■<? consul of I'anam-i at ' i N'-w York .-icul Juan J-'rna-is Arias as ; • ■■'ii'iil of Ij-, ,-t nt Mobile. Ala. Two Steamers Strike Shore. I-,. J ... ■ • emb< ■■ 23,-The Nippon j Yus- n Kai.-ic-i la Japanese steamship tor will be ... total 7- ' THE PRESS ON PANAMA. “This Way to Ruin." I. I ,}-ill.-- f'iiila.del ilila Ledger.) Th" lead".--' and the mos: influ ntial . democratic nowspatiecs of the south do- ■ mam! the prompt con.--.truction of the ca- j nal, ami ar. opposed to any attempt to , I delay it. The Atlanta Constitution <i.-- I . j ck-rf'S that if the deinoetats of the «• n . i ate def'-.-: the treaty the republiearis will i . moke their action a. plank in their next i ; year's platform, and “win a hands down i ’ | victory" ;po" it. The New Orleans Times- i ; ! Democrat doelares that if tho demo- I i rats have any chance of a. triumph in ' i ■ 1904, It “will bo '-rt -.-•.ually destroy'.', by I . i any opposition the party may present, to ■: i : the construction "f the Panama canal." ■ I There <-an b. no <1 iubt that the south i ’ wants fl • car.il built .-is ,i commercial ; 1 e;,h rpris- . and if th" democracy were to I 1 i obstru- ' It they would be almost as seri- i I "usly divided at the polls regarding it as i tli'-.v w- - re in 1900 ovr tli,- currency , I issue. For ;lie demc.eratie party that way j ruin lies. They may justly and properly i d noun.v Hi method of the Panama s -volution ami tlu ,i, quif -nt'-pt of that I long and narrow .strip oi land, but un less they can sugg-v :i better, fair r I way of getting the canal itself, tin y will ' j not t>e siirewd, from the popular point of view, 11 they attempt to prevent the building of it. ‘•No Caucus Muzzle." t ■ '.From Th-.- New Orleans Times-Deino- i i The Louistar i legislature has srnashet ? ■ the caucus programme of Senator Gor- • man, for It is a rule of the caucus that ; an instructed s-.nator cannot be expected t to vote against his instructions. The democrats in the senate will not endt-avor to uat -i muzzle o:.- its m*';nber.s in con ■* nection with the ratification of tlrn treaty, ? |aml tiles s,-miter- who vote iigains; th,- ■ I policy whir-h th!.- - - gov num ml is al- ’ i-.-ady act'c-.iy committed win n r j them-' Ivi s. i-'-pudiatcd 1.-,- t'mir party i .-"son as the party has the opportunity of s expressing its opinion. ‘•The Danger of Delay.” (From i’lie. Dalia < (Tex.) N ws.) <):w> fact is clear. Ti. or. thing to be • feared is that the canal may be. dragged into party politics and left hanging there indefinltfiy. There are strne pretnwefi re* piiolJeat;4 who tire hot ;;p)ibs!tlg the pres ent eouree of the president. They may «■ c in It some opportunity which suits their purposes. With the president of Colom bia to assist In the policy of delay ail'l obstruction th" one thing to be feared is . that the canal rnovtment is about to be hung up imlellnllely in politics, that the , work may be delayed for years to eonic. ‘'The South and Panama. ■ (From The New York Commercial-Ad- vertiser.) j Public sentiment in the south in re- ■ gard to tlie new I’anatna treaty is begin ning to make itself heard. Senator M 1 ’- Eii'iy, of Louisiana, says lie does not be lieve t.he democrats eati muster sufficient votes Jn the senate to defeat ratili ation, and declares lli.-it such defeat would not only prevent construetijon of a canal .it Panama, but. at Nicaragua or anywhere «lee. All the South Interested. (From The Baltimore Herald.) I Southern s-nators. and all southern peo ’ pie, for that matter, are interested. The Panama treaty, a. directed, is of concern : to the whole of ip. I’niled States, but it is or should be of vital importance to the { south. Will tho Democrats Blunder on Panama? ; (From The New York Journal of Com merce.) ! Democratic renatois who are so large ly from the south will have on oppor : tunlty during the holiday recess <>f con ; gi'-ss to reflect and to hear from their i ousiitu'.-nts on the question of opposing tlie Panama canal treaty, and It is alto gether probable that a considerable num ber of ihern will then shrink from the c'i«ossal blunder toward which Senator I Gorman was trying to steer them. Al ii ady th,- Louisiana legislature, which happens to be meeting in special session, has unanimously adopted a resolution In structing tile two senators from that state to vote for the ratification of the treaty. The New York Herald has ad dressed inquiries to the presidents of boards oi trades and chambers of com i n.erce in couthero states, and several, a'l ' that were prepared to reply, have in es- I feet declared that the treaty ought to be ratified. Th" president of the board of tta.de of Savannah says that the people of that port, and of the entire south, “are s" thor .igl’.ly in favor of the immediate construction of an interoceanic canal that they would frown down any further lii.laya unless for tho gravest reasons of siate.” The president of tlie Wllmlng t<: n, N. C., chambtr of commerce con siders it liortslght'. d policy for demo unis to opno.sa sueli a '.omprehensive and far teaching measure,” and is “confident they do not represent the business inter ests of the south in their attitude of op pi sltion.” llu president of tlie Jackson v 'He board of trade is “sure that the ac tion of . •■!) ito’ ■ m l ivor of tli" trea ty will meet with tie hearty indorsement of the people of Florida, irrespective of ■ rty TI . ■ idem ot the Mobile cot- ten exchange say; : “It Is absolutely i.'-ce-sary that a canal treaty should be f'asi.i ij. and the democrats should sup port some such treaty.” Tlie president " t!:t Gait' ci chamber of commerce declares tli? individually thinks that "the dcniO' i. representatives jn con- gress should favor the I’anama e.-mm t:-'-:iiy o.’i the ground tiiat it should be of immeasurable ber.i lit to this country, ■ .io: espe< i ill.v i.i the south.” Two t.'iings are evident, not only In flics.' i ommuniti- s but in nearly every expre.- ion of public opinion in any S'.-c --tiot'. of Hu- country. One is that tlie i Nicnr-igun '•out-- '-as been wholly elimin- I ril' d from th ■ eontrov'rsy. and the other i 1- that iiit recognition of the republic of j Tanaina is a “'ii-ad l--si:- .'' That accom- ■ pllshcd sac-t. aecompllsbed in our judg- ■ n ( i.t in away that docs credit to the sagacity and tile tid' lii v to national in- : b’ests "f the -adminl:-:rati-'n and honor itc the g<>x err ment of tin I nited Stati q tan no more i. ■ Udone '.fan Brazil .-an : be pul ’’ack ■■ ; i T 'guese emperor There Is no na" • ' .est’.• ■*• that the senti ment of tii" count:.-, upholds tlie action of tlie gov rn’ri'-n- in that matter Ilian that I' suoport'd tli' in-ration of Cuba nnd 'he supprersio’ of tl. revolt of the Fili i I iii'is afti-r the Philippine islands had been lib'-rat'd Democrats should have Ir-arncd by tiii time now little is to bt ; C.:.ined bv fighiinc against the course of . ..verts Tli more the brr-:ikine of i I'a.iania fr'tn Co!"’i:l.i.t Is discussed, the ; ci, arcs ii will appear that it was ''very wav justifid and that Hie people of this country >"loi ■ in tie result: but the dis- < --.s-ion i ■ ; '"7 any purpose except such a demons ration nnd a waste of ' T'.m.-i’it.-i. Ti'-'- one living question ts !."ibc r ]it. being- indenen'h.nt and ;, it. with Hie T'nited States for the • '., lr ,t i-01-t i. t of fa Inn roceanic canal ioa our a- t’-rmc that tr> atv shall B<“ I rf j,j py .• • That and that alone ■ which ii-r merit tie semi tors : 1 to five in t'. -ir desire to issr.il a ; i'-nn'-I’C'tn .-icn’h’l'- rali'-t; A’iy assa::!* j that .lav -y nrihe in conn" I ion wlh H rnov'ment on tb-> isthrni:-- tor Hi" tr ' d.'.p. • d'-t" ' of I’an-’m i. and ‘.'a action “f I , . .. y ,vernn*'-”t In laat "natter, will only i I'ln Ci,- ndniirii-t'.-nHon and in.ltf'e tbem l : hid to c-tri .- tlv-b- opposition t" j .-•<(, !-,( of d"'‘ 'fing th- treaty, if it . ] i". In tt ■ ir !'---.ver. would be rtiin- ! to -b.-ir piHy in Hl" <-<>n:ipg prosiden- I - fill -. sign. AFTL.R MIDNIGHT. ON DEC. 27, Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Will Go Into Effect. AV; -’lii’eton. D ■-■-mber 21. -The seere . t.-iry of th- '.rcasur; has issued a ctr : , :i.'ir I ■rofi- <> ructions to officers of the custom.- service and others interest ed in b: i 11::• ng iiJn Oi" ration the treaty iof > ".'in' M-it y wiili f'lf'-i. approved De . cetnb'-r 11. 1902 and made effective by ■ ot ■-.aiigrt-.'-.s .- :d the president's proc lanimion of De "mber 17. 1903. The : circular deciares tb it the treaty becomes •- - - - ' midniglit De- < emb r 27th in: tant. QUIET XMAS FOR ROOSEVELT. President end Wife Entertained Few Friends at Lunch. Washington. D"- -iitber 25.---f.'hris:tnas at the white house was a quiet day. Pre. io • r: i is'-\eit'.-. morniiig ride was 1 abandoned that he might attend the fun eral services of Mrs Hoar. Prior to this : -lie spent an hour at h's desk. The distri ! bution of the numcroas presents to the. : child:- e ’■• 'k plaee until' -lintel;,- after br.-akfast. There was no family tree, al though Archie Roosevelt took possession • of the white house sewjng room several day; ago, and devised a tree of his own, on which he hung- remembrnne-to the family. S■ -r i:.ry Cortel’.oii. o' the depart ment of eomrnoice end labor, and Gen eral Young, cli.of of staff of the army, saw the president during the morning, ('omni ■'mb-»• an-l Mrs. Cowh’s spent a por tion of ill'.- day at the white house. The pie-id'-nt and Mrs. Roosevelt had a few pc::.oi;-'l friends with them al dinner at tho white house tonight. Thosa includ-il w i Son <lor and Mrs. Lodge, \|i aril Mr- Georgo <’ Lodge. Mrs. ' , and Mr Cowles, nil" A>: . Brook.-- Adams. Hrs '“mil's Prevention better than cure. Tutt’s Liver Pills will not only cure, but if taken in time will prevent Sick Headache, dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, constipation, jaundice, torpid liver and kindred diseases. TUTT’S Liver PILLS ABSOLUTELY CURE. SECRETARY HESTER’S LAST REGULAR REPORT. Christmas and New Year Rg. the Issaaacz ot Secretary Hesters V ports in Regular Order. . . through Friday. December 13, shows 4.649.944 The report we present todaj. through ber u at all United States bales of cotton aa the total receipts s . after the close of business secret n....r »» «““' “J „C. r.C- on Friday. If Friday falls upon a holiday tho ter business day of the cotton exchange. exchanges December Holidays have been announced for a.l ti a r! , f m"s aid New Year, „ r. »„.< . .nd r. - and the succeeding day each week, an accoU nt for the non-ap- ports would come out in their regular or f .',, se do vs. The delay Is unavold pearxwee of the report of Secretary Het er on JVwby we do not W now rrov,,., X“ o ? c . print Mr. Hester's figure- each week. I .ease taxe aue tary Heater's statement Is os follows: New Orleans. December 16, 190” r be wifi on those those days will bo made up. but for the weeks enamg I not until the Mondays following. I to December 3!. both The monthly statement covering per o from Sept t * ltp no r |e ks In theso davs inclusive, will not bo completed tint 1 e | en1 p Tlt of estimate being matters. The st tements are based on ae ual facts, no e m n b<> _ permitted in port receipts. They must >e correct, no matter iio comes necessary. forth anytWng that does The interests involved are so grrat H.i wc •an n t P not contain the truth and nothing but the tru 'J* ENEy Q HESTER. Secretary. This leave* all the contestants in the same shape and all are thrown upon t oortpyt The r>re.« , f’nt report jdves the port the statistics furnished In the regular contest. Ihe pre . i , n receipts to date and comparisons with the Isn’t three co. on . ' thl« advertisement show the total port receipts from September ea ch through the 12th day of the following January. All contestants have the figures before them, and esitlmates may be based thereon. We can not be too plain in warning all parties that wo rely ent. J up.-.. figur-s of the New Orleans cotton exchange, as they will be cert fled to us y Secretary Hester. Do net be confused by any dally reports that you may find pub lished from other exchanges. Do not be misled by any ether figures or be guided I ton. p.rtte» '» '« '!«’ "S'"” d ° ”* I attempt It. and leave the matter entirely as J. is shown above. Sufficient Inform ition has already be- n adduced to base an Intelligent estima • I upon. It Is better not to try tn figure too closely. We have had many wy e us I that they had everything all right up to nearly the last day. and then made a mis- calculation and lost the prise money. If you have a number of estimates, it is best to give a wide range, covering tlie possibilities. All estimates must be mailed to us on or before December 31 Address all orders to The Atlanta Constitution. 4 . --- ai.imimi. iiiiii nii’Liiturn iirinoniTri .1 .j iwniwun -n " iiiw—hiw n-f niurnrr-' Henry Davis. Mi s Davis, the Masters Da vis, 'Lieutenant Granville R. Forteseuo and Mr. R. .1.1. -M. Ferguson, of New York. Tlie British ambassador nnd T.ady Du rand md thi first Washington Christmas by entertain ing t h e ( mbassy t.’ift at dinner tonight, and at the Austrian, French. C.ernmn I and other "m!>; -7'’. iwk’i-p '-•' iu ‘- diplomatic < '-ps and others were enter- ; talned at dinner. Annual Bible Conference. No religious 1-at'iro ha:- artra<’i ’ s> > widespread attention In Atlanta and Geer- , gia as ill" annual l-'-11.-i ■ conf.-renc-.-■ of : the Baptist Tabernacle. Every year i there arc hundreds who g-> to tin sc iii'-et- ; Ings early in the morning and taking . lunches with them spend tlie whole day | In Bible ly some of the most ■ divines ami Bibit. studtats in tin- '’otiniry i take part in the proceedings. _ Dr. I Broughton, who - the founder and direc- , i tor of tlm conferenoc. each yoru has r ■- , i ceived large donations to ilefray ti - ex ■ penses of the conference from partms at bourn and often from abroad. This i year the confei neo begins one week ‘ : earlier than usual. Febriiary 23 to Mar-’lt i 6. It will also list several days longer. . Tho speakers tb s year will be Rev- 1 '• j i Campbell Morgan. I' D-. I' ist N • rt!i ti<•!<! Mass.: Rev. If. W Pol"- T’.D.. East i Northfield. Mas: ; Rev. C. T S-ofii ld, ; : D.D., Dallas. Tex.; Rev. S. D. Gordon, . D.D., Cleveland. <ih:o. formerly of ; Northflelu: Re-. \ C. Dixon. Tel', ''-y i ton. Mass.: Evangelist I.'-wis S. ''hafer . and wife. East Northfield. Mass.: Evan- ; I gelist Bober: Mi !er. Georgi a. Th'- spec;:'! . ( object of th- '-onfer'.-nee tills year will - ! be to emphasize tho imnortanc' of the I surrendered life, tho filling ot tli - flolv 1 Sp rit, the so'-oml i "inii'-g of '.’lirist. ami ; i woild-wide evangelism. Dr. Morvan will i begin his e-i.irsc of mb::-"--rs mi Tie s- ; : day night.. February 23. ami speak twice i every day through S:miay. February 28. | 'l’lie oth'-r speakers will remain forth ’ ■ whole of th" ••oi'.fcrence. The railroads t will again give r- dim 1 rates from all; parts of the -- >uth Vi-itors will get ; tlmir own room iml In kfo-'-t. hut tlm . T-ibernm-lo has irramt'd to dinner; nnd -uppor. Tlm b-st list of books on the special lines of Hm eonfer-’nee waeh ing will be on lism.l for sal-'. The -it te'iid.'inee thi- y.-ar will nrobmly ■■-■a- h the phenomenal figure of from 1 500 to i 2.000 visitors an outside tile city. It Is hoped ill ’.v’ii-i attend will come pre pared to take 1; tim whole of i.-e con ference and give all tlm help p-Ide. Mond i . 1 • iruari ’9, given to conducting a Sunday school institute. j Tp-to-dato metlioiks v. it'i-tui regard to; - prejudice will be pre- ate.l Many of tlm , leading Sunday school men md women ; of tlm country tire expect-J, includ’ng i Hon. John Wan? maker, of Philadelphia. RAILROAD PLANT IS DAMAGED. I West Flint. Ga.. December 26.—Tim i machine shop and car barn of the Chat ; tahoochee Vail .'- railroad in this city I were burned tonight at 6 o'clock, only ’ I the brick walls being P-ft stamling. Tlm ! total loss is estimated it $1,500. which ■ is fully covered by insurance. ■ The exact cause of the fire is not , I known, but It Is supposed to have started - i from a hr ating stove in one of the work 1 rooms. The location of the yards is ' such as to render Impossible any assist- 1 I once from the city lire department, tlm , I hose line failing to reach tho fire. A strong wind was ai'- blowing against tlie water. Tim water plugs and hose on tlie yards were brought into use, but with little effect. Nearly all of tlm tools were saved and several cars were roll-'! out of reach ' lof the Hames. A quantity of paint, oils ; and other m -te: ii •-vii.t destroyed. S v- , oral residences near by were in danger ■ from tlm blaze for a while. The burn- . vd buildings will be rebuilt at once. Leaning Tower Has Been Sold. i Rome. December 25.- Bologna's most I singular structure, tlm leaning Garisenda l tower, which was begun in 1110 by Fil ippo and Oltoiio G.-i ilsenda. and wi'.i'-li was owned by tlm Marquis Malvezzi. has been purchased by Baron Raimend i l-'ranchettl, who is well known as a com- The Garisenda tower Is 163 feet high, ; but it Is 10 feet out of the P“rpen<llcular. i i Dante, in ids "Inferno." compares the - giant Antaacus. who bends toward him. to tliis tower. “When a cloud passes over ; ; it.” The obliqueness of tile tower was ! i -asione'l by tie settling foundations. I The sale of tho tower has given rise to I ! much dissatlsfaot : on and the government ; lias been urged to Int. i ■ . . f.-.r the pur- i ' of securing -for the nation. Franco-Italian Treaty Signed. 1 Paris, December 25. 'I lie treaty or ar- ■ bit rat ion between Frame aid Italy was signed itoday by Foreign Minister Del - casse and Signe;- Tor-uielli, Italian am bassador here. Tim treaty is identical with that between 1-Tuncc and Great :■ | Britain, • 1 DEMOCRATS TO DINE IBHMK, I Democrats of National Prominence I 1 Will Attend, and It Is Hoped To Sound the Keynote for the Next Presidential Campaign. a . i i f ! I New York, December 23. Loe.-il demo- I I era’s are making plans for a dinner; ’ in this ■.■by January 4 in honor of Mayor ' McClellan, who will take office '•» the ! first day of the y■■ar. It is the hope I lot* the ■-■■iiiniitt'-" l.;=x • 'l4 charge of th-' . i affair to mike it tin o- caslon for sound- ■ 1 ing tii6 keynote for Hie national cam- ' paign. Tb.' V already have waited on j ' ex-'lTf-Hd-'n' '.in,l and hav. re- ceived his assuran"-- that he v.nl at : tend and make a speech. ' For several days the member- of the. j cornmitt-■ . which ■''? ■>r ’.‘s ri ’i -W. Bourk Cocki bav- ecu comrrni- : I nicating with <!■ mo r-i. : of prom.nenee . in national affairs and it his b-.--;-n as- - I - rtained that, the men t? wl’.oni invita tions are being - -h nt .1 fr-'-m whom .acceptances are praeil. Hly assu.'-d in- I elude- Chief Judge Parker, of Hi" stale - court of appeals; Senator \. .!’• Dorman, i ~x-l nit«<l Slates S' nal- ■ David 11. HUI. I c „,gr<-ssrn;in John Sl-ir. -■ W-i'.Lams, ; loader of the party in the Ho’.:- 5 ' of rep i r -?• ntatives; William C. Whitney and . oth'-rs. , . merits for the dinner include Angu.-i Bel i rnont. ex-Seeretary of tlie Treasury John <;. Carlisle. John I’. 'Timmins. Ashley Fitch. Hugh J. Grant and J- Edward Simmons. DIAZ IS TO SEND KRATZ BACK Mexico Will Not Harbor Alleged St Louis Briber Mexico City, .M -xi.-o, De "mber 26.- ■ ! i The department of for. ign relations has • ' Inform.-.1 Judge Rojas, of the Gnad. '.i --; iani district court, that President Diaz. > . acting upon the request of the American : : ambassador and upon hearing ine evi dence submitted in Hie cas* conceded . to tho United States authorities the ex- ; tradition of Charles Kratz. The department further advised the ' judge to expect at an curly hour a form al order to turn the prisoner over to : i the United States ollieers. Kratz, who , is a former mend ■■'• of the- St. Lo-iis ' city council, is wanted in that city for ' trial on a charge of bribery in connee ; tion with sire t car franchise legislation. Washington, ’December 26. —Tli- state department has tec-dv -.l a tele-gram : om : Mr. McCrary, the United States charge d'affaires at Mexico City, stated that ! tim Mexican gotornm -nt lias grant "d the 'extradition of Cii.trl -s Kratz, wanted in * St. Louis for alleged connect! m with : I the franchise scandals in thaX city. DEATH COMES TO LANARDELLI Former Premier of Italy Passes Away at Mademo Rome, December 26. Former Premier ‘ ZanardelU died tonight at Maderno. Gulseppe Zanardelli, who had previously served one teii’.i as president of the cham ber of deputies, was re, lected to Hie : citamber in May. 1895, and Dec-emi -r 11 1897 w s a. j>o.nti'd ministe;- of justice’ Pt February, 1901, Signor Zananltiif wa-i I appointed president of the council o f : ministers, and in April, 1903, he became i so seriously ill that he fainted as ho ' , was leaving the quirinal. after th" wo. ki v : i consultation of the premier with the k,n • ' ■He was taken to his home and tho doc- ' t ; tors said there was nothing altirining i i 1 : Ills condition. Signor Zanardelli an ‘. i i nouneed the resignation of the cabinet in ' | the chamber December 13, 1903. and w?f3 i I ask' il to form a new cabinet; but t> ,'.J i.liable to get strengthening material lr I; ® the other parties, it was decided that i i the cabinet should remain ns formerly constituted, with the exception ~r ~ „I ! minister of the interior. Signor Giollt t'. I 1 and the ministry of marine, who retired' ' The chamber. June 26. passed vul| ‘ f Y i ' confidence in the reconstructed z mar ' delli ministry. Early In August last Signor ZanardelL' ' ' b-.-aami-. so ill that his p ysieians r‘tom rm-nded a complete rest, and October 2 Hw r.-signatlott. with fit whole ca. owing to ill nealth, the - tep bemg in ’ . way connected with the political situ i tion. though attempts were mane to real tlie resignation of he cabinet wi- i the postponement of tlie czars vi-:; Ito me. King Victor Emmanuel visited Sjy. Z-i i.u i ."•n .wr 23. go ;-g on f.i- -- the quinnal to the form' r premier s res i.lem-e. Signor Zanardelli, on the or vi sion of that visit, whl.-h lasted an h" ■’• and -• ha!:, - mg-.-s-en that Signor Gml'itt:, former ininisiter of tlie i tenor, w.'-.o fa toi'- i Z-inartl'-tli s poli'cy, b" mad'- s iiy.-sot. and later the king charged GI > litti to form a. new cabinet, which he eventually did. the new ministry assum ing i'll i.e November 3. A dispatch from Rome last nteht tm notin""d tli.-.t Hie condition of"’si'”. ■ Zarnardi-41.' was extremely grave. H . 1 ' ■ 4, th. that the ex isteoee .>f iu-m.-- in th.- paUc-n; s s tO tn ■ "■lt. and ,> ! i.-d that they had given u ail hope ot Sign,,- Zanardelli’s rocover-v I ue n- ws caused a deep impression I . I: cm p. The deceased statesman was 77 , old. WAS SHE SLAIN BY* 8088E T Mystery Surrounds the Death -- Wealthy Woman. New s'ork. December 26.—A dos.- - v-'stigatio;) i S being made into th" dr t'- Os drs Mary Reimer, a widow 45 - Old. who has been found in the ’’ yai'l of :t icnomr-nt buihling in W-- - humireiith str.-ct, wl]t she . woman is said to have Ind several : :-aml dollars deposit in Hi? Kink ■• ! caiTi-q about with her a ba™ til’, • ■), Iry. No ( ;ic .. of tI , £ . ba ; k ‘ valuables can be found. T”'sons in the building hoard a n. .i .allmg body, but tlm cans, w ,-v t ■ ■ 1 , 1 .T.:r.?T ■ was n! ; . i”"' 1 ' ' n,l f k s upon t-.e bodv r-: -t "flat b> ' <h ' faliin S "'inc •of Th" woman's life has ber-n -’ whh ■“•? Kiowa Rammed in Snow Ul?tm Boston. 1 >ec-, mber ?6 ’n - storm which swept Km--, . Bb-rrmom (!le ... vv ' V,;,/. iM'.'Wa. inwa-d bound fr -m J.-.d.-' I'.a. and ' harleston. S. t’ . was : -"M and sunk by the steamer Adncr.r ’■ . of th e United States Fruit Comp ward bound for Port Antonio -• a ami Port Limon, Costa. Ric.-: Captain Chichester and the ■ u: the Kiowa, numh-rir-g H.,- • ■ s w re rescued by tUs _. T)IP , Dewey sustained praetieapv r -- • ■ .?■’ and after laying to for Hm purr rendering possible a-i-i-.r,- . pr’- cefderl on her vovage. The Kiowa was the Latest ml.l'i’-" '« H". ‘-lyde fleet, having bcm built . i , adelpliia early in the pr, 'CT v,-ni r » was -i steel, two-masted, ti- '-I ves-svl. 300 feet long w ith 22 f. : °f hold; net tonnage 2,254 tons tmimtge 2.949. • Bowen Goes to Venezuela N. w York. December 26.—After rmTrly a year's absence from his po»t :>• ra cas. Vcn< zuela, Herbert W I nited State? minister to V- ■ i’ sailed for the Venezuelan .“ipitr-i ' ’’ Lieutenant E t. Fryer, of the matin'’ coi-piq connjjandfng u taehm tiu- New York navy yard ih-. v:- i strengthen the fleet at Culabi 1, -° sailed. Weister for Roosevelt's Mate ('maha. Nebr., December 26. -Tlie r. publicans of n, braska haw organ! committee composed of a large number of prominent party leaders to : urthet the lidacj of 1 son. John L Wi fist, toe vice presidency nomination bdof" ’he national republican convention in 1904. McClellan Sends Resignation. Washington. December 21.—Speaker Cannon today received a letter from Rep- ■ : I ; ■ . In- stat' d that lie had forwarded his r'-- : S "d-"" 1 as a nu-mber of the house to 'l >v nor Odell. The resignation becomes e' - I'-' Hve oil its receipt by Hi.’ goverm-r. r.i ? 1 °i Ur Pmr^e Specialists, describing your coin v-j nt. ynt. expert advi - ,nd medicine ’Mil be sent you !y ! rec 111 P’ >iu pacLag'' Ku V' ■ ev ” n "’hen other doctors and fne li f'l Correspondence s t -redlv confidential. DR, WiIHOFT MEDICAL CO., 70 Astor Place, N. I