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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-01-05
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T. NJ. LICHTENsTFIN, of Fl Litchensten & Son, New Or
leans.
D. NJ LICHTENsTEIN, of Lichensten & Son.. n. Q.
| M. HECHINGEIt, offs Gpmble & Co, N. c.
A. KAPLAN of Crowley.
This is the best built-al brick mill in the State,
Has the latest and most improved rice machinery and will
be managed by thoroughly competent and experienced rice
No charges for Storage rice to be milleG
Charges for milling and selling rice will be reasonable
Prompt and quick settlements Of Account Sales will
be made.
Liberal Cash advances will be made all rough rice sent
to be milled.
sa You are cordially invited to call and see the mill.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-01-05

WANTED-Active man Of good charac-
ter to deliver and collect iii Louisiana
for old establishment manufacturing
wholesale house, $500 4 year, slre pay
Honesty more than experience required.
0nr reference, any bank in the city. En-
close seif-addressed stamped envelope
Manufacturers, Third Floor, 554 Dearborn
81. Chicago,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1901-01-05

Cotton is king again. In eleven
months of this year we exported
$270, 100000 worth Of it, an increase
of sos, 900, 900 over last year. OF
course Mac. and Mark claim the
credit for this.
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r, P. Nelson, d d. S.

Office in residence. on Washington street,
near the Depot.
..ABBEVILLE. LA.
Call and see me for first-class work in
Dentistry. Crown and Bridge Wort a
speciality. Prices reasonable and all
work guaranteedsatisfactorys:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
WASHINGTON NOTES

Postmaster General Smith has no+ifA5
the National Association of Letter Oar
eie f mat ne will be unable to be pres
ent at its annual convention in Chat
tanooga next month, as he. will be away
On MS vacation at that time
In the case of the application of the
SaI1ornla q Hawaiian Sugar Refining
company for the liquidation of certain
eraWpa &C C, entries covering shipments Of
sugar to Guam, the treasury department
mas held that while Guam and Tutuila
remain foreign territory, so far as GUS
TOMS dutles are concerned, they are not
I0re4gn countries within the meaning of
the drawback laws, as expectations for
TINS purpose must be made to countries
without the Jurisdiction of the United
states. No drawback, therefore, can be
allowed.
Commissioner Yerkes. of the internal
revenue rev, bureau, has held that legacy
tax must be paid within a year after
the death of the testator, and in any
event before the payment and distribu-
tion to the legatees, or any parties en-
Qtled to benefit interest in the estate
Its assessment and collection, however,
should not be enforced until the expira-
ton of year, unless distribution is
sought to be made within that time.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the
weather burtau and acting secretary of
agriculture, is going to Yellowstone park
to inspect that reserve with a view to
locating a weather station there. This
action has been suggested by Capt. H
M. Chfttenden, United States army With
the approval of the secretary of war,
Prof Moore, when relieved as acting Sec
rotary by Assistant Secretary Brigham,
will go to the weather service conven-
ton at Milwaukee and will proceed
thence to the Yellowstone.
Secretary Gage has received from a
soldier in the Philippines conscience
contribution of $270. The money was sent
to Father Conaty, rector of the Catholic
university, for transmission to the sec
rotary.
The second largest claim filed with the
Spanish treaty claims commission has
been presented by Francis Seigel, an
American citizen resident in Cuba. His
claim amounts to $751; 427. Seigel says that
in 1896 his plantation was worth 81, 0O0, 0O0
but by reason of the depredations of the
Spanish troops he is now reduced to alb
solute want. @
The Peruvian government is taking
measures to bring the attention of the
American manufacturers and producers
generally to the merits of the permanent
exposition established in Lima, Peru, ss
a means of introducing American goods
to that country and to South America in
general. The congress has, RENTED all
Import duties on goods forwarded, unless
they are afterwards sold. ii
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
Saltwater News.

Hon. J. c. Nethaway, of this city, has
9eclued TO again enter the field as a can
4ldate for grand exalted ruler of the r
+ - EIks, and at a meeting of Still
water lodge, held Wednesday evening
MS candidacy was Endorsed without y
iSSentlng vote. Mr.. Nethaway laws his
ueIeaL at Milwaukee to the fact that his
cdHuldacy was announced too late in the
year, and he will begin the coming cam
palgn early. The selection of the next
grand exalted ruler will be made at Salt
lake City in August, 1902
William Kaiser. of Muscatine Iowa
who has been shipping lumber from this
port Tor some time. and has h ~ a large
number OF logs shipped to Saltwater by
ran from Bemidjt Mimi, has decided to
resume the shipment of logs and will re-
celVe his first train load ne--- Monday
evening or Tuesday morning 81. Kaiser
mas made large purchases a. Bemidi
and says that shipments will continue
throughout the year
county Treasurer Foster has prepared
q statement of the receipts and disburse-
ments Of the county for the year ending
July 81 and, while a decrease in the bal
ance on hand is shown, the statement
still indicates a comfortable sum in the
county treasury at the close Of the year
The report states that the collections
amounted to 1923 1857, and the disburse-
ments to $261, 1914. A cash balance of
$l4SSSlS remained in the treasury
August 1.
The funeral of George H. Birmingham
VIII be held from the family residence
on South Third street, at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Services will be conducted by
Rev. s. j. Kennedy of the First Presby-
terian church, and the interment will
occur in FairView cemetery.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
NEGOTIATIONS AT dPEK1N.
Statement From Washington as to
Some Causes of Delay.

Some Causes of Delay.
WASHINGTON, Aug. as.-The following
exact statement of certain phases of the
Chinese negotiation is given from au-
thoritative sources in order to correct
some Misrepresentation which has arisen
from published reports as to the possible
causes for delay In signing the protocol
at Pekin:
All the negotiators are agreed on the
tariff matter. The present ad valorem
tariff is to be converted into specific
tariff at the average rate of the present
treaty tariff, per centum, effective and
articles now on the free list are to be in
cluded in the new specific schedule The
details of this arrangement are to be left
to special committee to sit hereafter,
probably at Shanghai.
The details of the arrangement for the
prohibition of the importation of fire
arms, munitions and materials for their
manufacture were settled some months
ago. They provide for the seizure by the
foreign warships of any Chinese or for
elgn SHIPS entering Chinese waters with
the prohibited articles on board and also
Ior such steps as each of the several for
SIsf governments may deem it proper or
De IN a position to take, in order TO pro-
hibit the expectation of arms and supplies
from their respective countries to China.
Inc state department is not officially adj
Vised of the provisions of an amendment
TO this article Of the protocol which is re-
ported to have been recently introduced,
Out Its object would seem to be TO re-
quire the Chinese authorities to actively
cooperate in enforcing the prohibition
which the Chinese negotiatorS already
nave accepted in principle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
SURE IT'S GENUINE
SIOUX FALLS FOLKS RESENT SUG-
GESTION THAT THEIR SER
PENT is FAKE
WANT BIOLOGISTS TO SEE IT
1ntimatfOn That 1t Was Made by
George Hull, of CardiG Giant
Fame, DispIeases
Dakotnns.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Aug. S-Great
interest has been aroused here by the
statements made in recent dispat III
from Binghamton, n. Y, in regard to the
alleged fossilized serpent recently dis
covered in this city. The Binghamton
people, according to the dispatch, believe
the Sioux Falls serpent is another hoax
similar to the Cardiff giant, and that the
alleged originator of the giant, George
Hull, who lives near Port Crane, N. Y,
also made the serpent and placed it at
the spot where it was found
Efforts, 1t is understood, are being
made to get biologists of state reputation
to come to Sioux Falls and unearth the
remains and it is probable these efforts
Will result in something being done to
definitely determine the character of the
discovery. Should the investigation of
the biologists reveal the fact that the
remains are in reality those of serpent,
the discovery would be one of the most
important, from a geological and scien-
ttfic standpoint ever made in the state.
The place where the remains
were discovered is on the south
west corner of Seventh street and Sum-
NIT avenue, In the residence district
where a new dwelling house erected by
John Mallaney, one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Sioux Falls, is in course
OF construction. They lie about three
1eet under the surface Of the ground, are
of uniform depth and run parallel with
the street, about under where the side
walk will be constructed along the north
SIDE OF Mallaney's property.
When the round body was first uncov-
cred the material of which it is composed
was very soft and fell to pieces when
touched After being exposed to the air
and sun for a brief time it hardened.
The outer shell Of the body readily peel
ed off from the harder substance under
meath, and a number of good specimens
was obtained. While the corner where
The remains were found had been unoc-
cupied until workmen began the construc-
ton of the new dwelling house, the block
directly across the street to the north
is built up with residences and has been
Tor many years
1t would have been impossible for the
maker of the Cardiff giant and other
similar fakes to have buried the remains
at the spot where they were found with
out attracting the attention of the resi-
dents across the street. The earth was
also hard and did not bear evidence Of
Saving been molested.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND DENIES.
Has No Intention of Becoming "a
Mediator in the Steel Strike.

MeO1atOr IN the steer Str1ke.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 8.-Arch-
bishop Ireland, who is attending the
Catholic Total Abstinence meeting here.
said this afternoon that he had not
thought of becoming a mediator in the
steel strike, and that he has no inten-
ton Of doing so.
Beautiful weather greeted the dele
gates to the convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America when
they assembled for the second days ses-
sion.
At the business meeting reports werc
read of the condition of the organiza-
ton in various states. Much discussion
developed over the place of the next an
nual session, Dubuque, st. Louis, Detroit
and Buffalo being suggested Action was
deferred until later.
No sessions were held this afternoon.
and the delegates took trolley rides
about the adjoining country. The final
meeting of the convention was a reception
in Footguard hall tonight, at which an
extended musical programme was rem
dered and several speeches were made
by those prominent in the work.
Archbishop Ireland delivered a short
address, taking as his theme the service
of New England in the cause of temper
a public moral.
Other speakers were Miss Leonora
Lake, of St. Louis; Bishop Tierney, OF
Hartford, and Father Burns, of Bos-
ton.
AT the close of the meeting a prize
banner for the greatest gain in member
ship during the year was awarded to the
st, Theron society, a woman's organiZa-
ton in Boston.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
KNIGHTS OF LABOR ACT
WANT THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST
LAW ENFORCED.

WASHINGTON, Aug S.-District AS
sembly No. &C, of the Knights of Labor
tonight authorized it's legislative COM
mittee to bring quo waTranto proceedings
against the attorney general of the
United States to show cause why he has
not enforced the provisions of the anti
trust law, known as the Sherman act.
This action, which will be instituted to-
morrow, is aimed at the United States
Steel corporation which will be, 1t is al
legged, operating in violation of the Sher-
man act. Labor leaders in this city say
this will hasten a solution of the strike
now in progress. They say that laws
similar or nearly similar to the Sher-
man law have been enacted in nearly all
the states and in several of them, notably
in Ohio and Texas, the county attorneys
have the power of the attorney general
of the state in quo warranto proceedings
and that the Amalgamated association
has a large fund on hand with which to
institute proceedings similar to those to
be begun here. Former Attorney Gen
eral Frank S. Monnett, of Ohio, has been
retained by the American Antitrust
league to begin action before the state
and local courts of Ohio.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
WORK ON NEW SHIPS
NAVAL BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTORS
MONTHLY REPORT ON WHAT
IS DOING
ILLINOIS NEARLY COMPLETED
BattIeships Maine, Ohio and Missouri
Are Each Approximately One
Half Finished, Says
the Report.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The naval
bureau of construction made public today
its monthly statement showing the
progress of work on vessels under con-
struction for the navy Up to Aug. Is, of
the big battleships, the Illinois at New
port News, which is making ready for
her final trial, advanced 2 per cent. The
Missouri, also at Newport News, adj
vanced per cent to AZ per cent while
the Maine at Cramps, made like jump
to So per cent. The Ohio, at San Fran
cisco, remained at 43 per cent, her rat
ing on July l. The five new battleships
still remain at zero.
The armored cruiser Colorado, at
Cramps, advanced 1 per cent to 8 per
cent during the month, while the other
five vessels of this class have failed to
register 1 per cent in their construction
as yet.
The protected cruiser Des MONIES made
the greatest advance of the vessels of her
class, jumping from SO to As per cent.
The Cleveland advanced three points to-
81 per cent, and the Denver Chattanooga
and Galveston went up two points each
to 81, 81 and SO per cent respectively
Zeros marked the condition of work on
the new cruisers st. Louis, Milwaukee
and Charleston
The monitors Arkansas, Nevada and
Florida eacn advanced 1 per cent and
now stand at 81, 80 and 6S per cent re-
spectively, while the Wyoming at the
Union iron works, remained at rs per
cent.
OF the sixteen torpedo boat destroyers
row building, eight show no advance over
their standing on July l, four advanced
per cent, and four 2 per cent. OF the
torpedo boats, the Gouldsborough ad-
vanced three points to SO per cent, the
O'Brien and the Wilkes two points to SO
n nav ~
son one point to 81 per cent and the
other five remained at their standing on
July /.
OF the submarine torpedo boats, Adder,
Shark and Moccasin each jumped five
points to rs, SO and 20 per cent respective
ly and the Plunger and Porpoise four
points each to 1S~and 81 per cent re-
SpecttVelV
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
ChaSka News.

CHAsKA, MINI, Aug. S.-(Special.)-
Willie Niccum, the eleven-year-old son of
Alex Niccum, of this city, was severely
kicked by frightened horse last Mon
day evening. He was taken to the doc
tor and his skull found to be fractured
in several places. He will recover.
John Biersdorf, one of the old and
prominent citizens of Chaska. died from
old age last MONDAY.
The Chaska Fair association held
meeting Tuesday evening for the purpose
of ascertaining the views of the different
business men regarding the possibility of
a fair in September, and also to elect
officers. The meeting was largely at
tended, and all were unanimous for an
other fair. The officers elected were:
Fred Greiner, president; Philip Riedele,
vice president; c. H. Gibson, secretary:
Thomas Craven. corresponding secretary;
Theo Lindenberg, treasurer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
Uncle Sans Cnsh

WASHINGTON. Aug. -8.-Today's state
menI or the treasury balances in the
e e,oId dund exclusive of the $3.50 900, 900
ton tor shows: Available cash balance
$ az o0l2,513 gold. $1O2, 1888 454 silver, S26
f 45I IVA; United States notes, $13, S761
bank notes, IS. lis, 143; total receipts toda1
q 81 ;4e * 465; total receipts this month, si2'
44oS'6I5; total receipts this year, $64, SIS ga.
total expenditures today, $1,245, 600: total
expenditures this year, $63 81, $50 depos itI
IN national banks, 04,610775. Nationsi
PAM pank not notes received today for redemp-
i tr3n, 30 SI83SS6; government receipts from
OoV; miscellaneous, $77675 The secret ~
t OF me treasury today purchased short
term bonds as follows: Twenty thousand
one h $I7S ed dollars IS at $OS 4l9; $1,000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
STATE RIGHTS VERSUS TREATY.
Denver Case Presents Novel Feature
in International Relations.

Denver Case Presents Novel Feature
in international Relations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The case re-
ported from Denver in which the Italian
authorities complained that the local
courts. have refused to consider the case
of an Italian on the ground of being a
nonresident alien presents some new
and rather novel features, although the
state department has not had occasion
to consider the matter as the papers
have not been received. Article XIII. of
the treaty between the United States and
Italy recites that 1.-The citizens of either
party shall have free access to the courts
of justice in order to maintain and de-
fend their rights, without any other con-
dition, restriction or taxes than such as
are imposed upon natives" AS a general
principle the provisions of a treaty are
binding upon states as well as upon the
federal government. Whether, however,
this treaty guarantee of free access TO
the courts Of justice is sufficient to over
come any specific local laws has never
before been brought in issue, and it may
require mature consideration of the varf-
Gus interests involved to determine just
how far the local statutes or the treaty
provisions are paramount
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09

has deyeloped that the capital surplus
and undivided profits have been entirely
lost, and there will be some little loss
to the depositors.
Upon the recommendation of the re-
ceiver, the comptroller approved the pay
ment OF first 50 per cent dividend to the
creditors, which will be paid within the
next thirty days.
The total liabilities of the hark Of tns
time of its failure were sS,S4s, 4ss.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
MAY PROVE CASE OF MURDER.
Aggravated Assault Follows Dispute
Over Trespassing Cattle.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Aug. Especial y
town from his home in Mormon Coolie
with two large, serious gashes in his
head, the result of being struck with
pitchfork by Frank Broksch Will in a
row over cattle. Schmaltz had a large
amount of corn trodden down by
13rokschs cattle and told him it must
stop. Broksch became enragei and struck
SchmaltZ over the head, and after he
had fallen to the ground unconscious he
struck him again. The wounds are Sc
hious, and it is thought will result in
conclusion of the brain. Physicians saw
his recovery is very doubtful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
Surveyors at zumbrota.

RED WING, Mimi, Aug. S.--(Special.)-
A crew of surveyors is at work rum
ming railway line northwest from Yum
brota, and considerable speculation has
represent. 1t is generally believed they
are in the employ of the North Western
line, and that this company contemplates
extending its present branch from Roch-
the Omaha line near Mendoza, thus af-
Iordlng direct route for the North
western system to the Twin Cities from
SOUTHEASTERN Minnesota.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09

Hobbies department, says that slavery
although not recognized by the United
states, is still a fact and a constant
source of trouble. He adds that thou
sands of Moros are held as slaves who
are by right free people.
The report of the treasurer shows that
the total receipts of the eleven months.
ending May 81, were $l2,67 1873, of which
-, 46S,5S2 were balance on hand July l.
1900. The expenditures during the eleven
months were Sc, 49,, 627.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
EFFECT OF FRISCO STRIKE.
Hampers the Army Transport Serv-
ice to the Philippines.

ACC 10 the
WASHINGTON, Aug. S-A dispatch
has been received at the war department
from Col. Long, quartermaster at San
Francisco, showing that serious condi-
ton exists there as result of the strikes
1t has been found impossible to procure
skilled labor, and almost impossible TO
find labor of any kind to work on the
ships For this reason the government
will turn the transport Lennox over to
her owners without removing the gov
eminent fittings. Heretofore it has been
the custom to have a transport refitted
upon the expiration of the charter as she
was when the government took it. Col
Long says that the commerce of the port
of San Francisco has been practically
tied up, and that the strike situation
there is more serious than at any time
since it began.
The government has been able to get
it's ships fitted up, but with delay. While
this delay has been annoying 1t has not
been of such character as to cripple the
government service, and no doubt is felt
that supplies will be regularly sent to
the troops in the Philippines and In
Alaska
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09

slavery as the term is usually under
stood, does not exist among the Moros,
and radical and comprehensive measures
10 abolish it would at this time be pre-
mature and ineffective. The slaves and
masters belong to the same race and live
on equal social terms. 1t has been i'm
possible to obtain any information re-
garding the number Of slaves held any
where"
Maj. OF. Sweet, Twenty third infantry
reporting from the Third district of Gen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
Battle Island Assembly.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Aug. 9.-Today the
fourth annual celebration known as the
Battle Island assembly, opened near Vic
tory, Wis, on the historical battle-ground,
where the last battle of the Black Hawk
war was fought. The formal opening
will not occur until tomorrow, today be-
ing devoted to preliminary arrangements
of the grounds, etc. Tomorrow morn.
will formally open the assembly with All
address, and the afternoon and evening
will be devoted the listening to ad-
Dresses
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
SMUGGLING AT DETROIT.
Treasury Department Not Informed
as to Case of DIR. Gregory

!, WASHINGTON. Aug. S.--The treasury
the reported action of the Windsor Ont.
authorities, in ordering DR.. Gregory. a
special agent of the department, to leave
Town Town because Of his activity in preventing
river to Detroit. 1t has long been known
az the department that large Quantities
OF q g9ods are annually smuggied across the
ooraer at this point by women, who Sc
cdeIe the goods under their skirts and
reasonable precautions have been taken to
prevent 1t, but only with partial success
Ss 10, TO stop 1t entirely would involve
IT is doubted, however, Whether Dr
gregory, s case will ever reach the de.
Partment as DR.. Gregory was presumah1v
i 4utsloe OF his jurisdiction In Carrying his
Investigations into the Dominion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-09
Philippine SILK Imports.

WASHINGTON Aug. ga connara+,ve
statement giving the imports of silk
into the Philippines durine
IN inc tS year 1899 and 1900 has been prepared
W. .iG ntv1slon OF 5nsular affairs of the
manufactures of silk into the PhiIipnines
during the year 1900 amounted to SsSo it oSa
a; as against $SS 600 for 1895 an increase
ports Of this commodity from the ne nm
states, which were comparatively small
! INCREASED n0d from 1851 in 1899 to 81 Ia In