The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-10
WHAT THE DISPATCHES TELL.
The News Boiled Down and Presented in Con-
venisnt Form for Busy Readers.


Washington dispatch: A number of
Democratic Senators will oppose the
confirmation of Senator McLaurin of
South Carolina, should he be rendered
the appointment as Judge of the
Court of Claims. This opposition win
amount to a record vote, for it is GER
tain that the Republican majority viii
confirm the nomination. Not all the
Democrats by any means will oppose
confirmation.
Charlotte Observer: "The lights are
out and gone are all the guests" The
Charleston Exposition closed with
Saturday midnight. All who saw it
agree that it was a capital show. But
it lost money, of course-al exposi-
tions do. The loss is v~ariously esti-
mated from $15O,OOO to $25O,O0O. The
first figure is perhaps nearly the cor
rect one, since this is the sum that
Congress is asked to appropriate to the
exposition management to help it out
of the hole.
By direction of the President, Sec
rotary Root has issued a general order
decreasing the strength of our perma-
nent military establishment and
changing the ratio of its makeup rs
provided in the general order issued
A ss l..
last May to carry the army re-organi-
cation law. Under the general order
of last May the total strength ofIthe
army was fixed at s77,287 men. The
order issued last week reduces this
figure to 66,497, a reduction of. 10000
The State Department has been In
formed that a successor to Lord
Pauncefote has been chosen in the
person of Hon. Michael Henry Her
bert, now Secretary to the British En-
bassy at Paris and Minister FieniPo-
tertiary to France. By marriage, Mr.
Herbert is connected with the Van
derbilt family of this country and he
was attached to the British legation
at Washington in 1883 and 1882, and
was Secretary of the legation from
1892 to 1898. -
Exchange: Millions on paper have
been wiped out by the action of the
Texas Secretary of State, who has de-
clared forfeited the charters of not
less than 242 oil companies organized
under the laws of Texas and 27 organ
lied under the laws of ot:l ,r Sta "es
Failure to pay the State franchise tax
was the basis for the Secretary's ac-
ton. These companies were organ
lied solely to sell stock and it is under
stood that not one of them has. drilled
for oil. The aggregate capital stock
was S6O,0OO,O0O, and it is estimated
that they have realized from the saic
of worthless shares not less than RT0s
100000.
Country Gentleman: Gen ChaHee
as the reviewing authority in the
court-martial cases of Major Waller
and Lieutenant Day, tried at Manila
for the murder of prisoners of war,
has d~isapproved of the courts verdict
of acquittal in some important partic-
ulars. General Chaffee holds that the
court was justified in relieving Major
Waller of the charge of murder only
on the ground that the latter was MEN
tally irresponsible at the time he gave
his orders. The act was not palliated
by General Smiths order to "kill and
burn" which should have been disc
beyed. Lieutenant Day is censured
for not having refused to carry out
Major Walters order to murder pris-
oners. General Chafee holds that the
full exculpation of Major Waller and
Lieutenant Day was a miscarriage of
justice and opposed to the evidence,
and calls the execution of the native
prisoners zone of the most regrettable
incidents in the annals of the military
service of the United States"
There is no policy like p~oliteness.-
MaOoon-