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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-21

mission. asked finally If the CoIombians could do anything whatever to regain the Isthmus, and Senor Arias answered that 1t was decidedly and absolutely impossi- bie. He. however. expressed the desire of the Isthmians for close and friendly re- lations with Colombia. &
 The questions of Colombia's recognition of the Republic of Panama and Colom- bias possible equity in the canal. railroad and other interests on the Isthmus, were not preached.
 The reports emanating from Buena Ven tura of the, conditions of the departments of Cauca and. Antioquia appear to have been exaggerated The last reports from these departments do not bear out the sensational stories.
 General Reyes says he will proceed to Port Limon and from there to Washing ton. but otherwise he is silent regarding his intentions.
 The Colombian Commissioners asked permission to disembark for promenade through the streets of Colon. It was promptly granted. Then the Panamans and Colombians left the Canada together and. arm in arm, they walked to the end of the dock where 6 hundred soldiers of the new republic formed in two lines and presented arms. The members of the par ty then seated themselves in rickety car- riages and drove through Colon. unguard. cd. returning to the Canada after an hour. In every way the Colombian gen: erals were treated as distinguished for eigners. =
 During the trip down. the Magdalena River. General Reyes was everywhere re- ceived with enthusiasm. The people told him that they were ready and willing to enlist in fight for the recovery of the lsthmian territory. General Reyes always discouraged their warlike attitude, declar. ing 1t better to act through diplomatic channels which he told the people was the purpose of his mission to the Isth- mus. It is reported on good authority that General Reyes countermanded prep arations which were being made in Buena Ventura and Barranq,iilla for march on the Isthmus.
 General Reyes is today the. strongest and most intelligent man in the Republic Of Colombia. He Is very popular and 1t Is believed that the course of the Govern ment of Colombia in the Isthmian matter will be very greatly influenced by what ever attitude General Reyes may decide to take.
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MISSISSIPPI WHITE CAMPERS.
Again Terrorizing the Negroes ir
 Three Counties.

Jackson. Miss. Nov. 2O.-Word has reached the city that whitecappers in the counties of Amite. Franklin and Lincoln, again are terrorizing the negroes. Several nights ago band Of whitecappers visited the house of a negro named Dillon in Franklin County and riddled 1t with bull lets. some of them falling on the cover of the bed in which the negro was sleep ing.
 The whitecappers have given notice to the negroes in many neighborhoods in these counties to leave and they are doing so and negro labor is very scarce there This section of the State has been af- fected with whitecappism for some years, but the authorities prosecute them so vigorously that they have been qulet for the past nine monthS+
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REPORT 0F HUBBARD.
ofacial Account of the Doings a,
 Hn1nn

omctal Account of the Doings at
 Colon.
 Washington, Nov. 2o.-The Navy De- partment today made public reports of Commander John Hubbard, commanding the Nashville. on recent operations of the men under his command at Colon, since the revolution in the isthnus of Psn- anna was started. These reports coveted the threatened firing on the City of Co., lon by the Colombian, troops under Gen. eral Torres. which was prevented by Commander Hubbard and the arrival and subsequent departure of the Colombian gunboat Cartagena with four or five hum dred troops aboard. The statements made by Commander Hubbard give an official description of what already has been told in the Associated Press dis patches, .-, sI. ".
 Under date of November $, Commander Hubbard invites attention to the occur rences of Wednesday, November 4, which. he says. amounted practically to the mahing of war agninst the United States by the otSicsr in eafnEnand hf the Colombian troops In Colon. This was the result of the threat of Colonel T6rreh, the Colombian commander, that If Coloui- Dian officers seized in Panama were not released, Inc would open fire on Colon and kill every United States citizen sin the place. On nearing tniS threat. Com mander Hubbard landed marines and took possession of the Panama railroad building. He sayss f
 The Colombians surrounded the build ing almost immediately after we had taken possession and for about one and a half hours their attitude was most threat ening, it seemingly being their purpose to provoke an attack. Happily, our men were cool and steady an dwhile the ten- sion was very great, no shot was freq
 Colonel Torres, subsequently, explained that the whole affair was due to a mis- apprehension. Commander Hubbard says:
 "I am positive that the determined at- titude of our men. their coolness and evi- dent intention of standing their ground had a most salutary and decisive effect on the immediate situation and was the in- itial step in the ultimate abandonment of Colon by these troops and their return to the Cartagena the following day.
 'I feel that cannot sufficiently strong ly represent to the department the gross ness of this outrage, and the insult to our dignity. even apart from the saw agery of the threat"
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NOT ANXIOUS TO FIGHT.
Japanese Populace Not Spelling for
 War.

New York. Nov. 2O.-Count Katzura, the Japanese Premier. is quoted by the Tokio correspondent of the Manchester Guar dian to the effect that it is a great mis- take to think the people are eager to fight. says a Herald dispatch from Lon don.
 ''The outer world" he said, lis told of one man who shouts for war. but the ninety and nine who do not are not men tioned.
 "If war should be forced upon us, that is another thing. We are absolutely pre- pared to defend our national existence at any moment. feel sure there is no dan ger of any such emergency, but we are ready.
 Japan demands that the sovereign rights of China and the open door for trade should be maintained. In this Great Britain and the United States support her. I do not think that Russia will or can object, but of course cannot tell you about the negotiations now proceeding. |"
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Russian Press sarcastic.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 20.-A portion of the Russian press is sarcastic in the tone of it's comments on the part played by the United States in Panama. The Novoe Vremya regards the whole proceed ing as being the. last evidence neded to prove the imperialistic tendency of the United States. It intimates that 1t will be another Roman empire and recalls Lord Palmerstone's remark: "Who con- trols the Pacific. controls the world" The paper scoffs at the idea of the neutrality of the Panama canal in time of a war in which the United States is involved.
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Fur Seal Resolution.

Washington, Nov. 2o.-Senator Dilling- ham today introduced a concurrent resolu- ton providing that the Secretary of State request the government of Great Britain to unite with the United States in a revision and amendment of the reguls- uons now in force for the protection and Is declared by the resolution that the present regulations have proved wholly insufficient.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-21
The Distribution of Seed.

The seed trade of the country is await ing with much interest the appointment of the House Committee on Agriculture. as immediately thereafter it is proposed an active campaign shall be inaugurated against the Congressional Free Seed Dis tributlon. Unfortunately for themselves. the seedsmen are divided as to the best methods to be employed in defeating this appropriation Until recent years the seedsmen were almost a unit in oppos- ing the distribution. In those days the contract was let in bulk and all the seedsmen who were not directly or indi- reetly interested in the contract fought the appropriation and the contractor Matters are somewhat different now, and the change in the situation is what has demOralized the seed trade. The seeds are now purchased by the department direct from the seedsmen and fl is inti- mated by dissatisfied and disgruntled dealers that the seeds are purchased largely from dealers who were formerly most active in their opposition to the distribution. but who are now only luke warm. to say the most
 Another method of disarmlng hostility has been employed by the Department of Agriculture. Under the name of novel, ties and specialties" the department has been supplying each senator and repre- sentative with 800 packages containing five packets. each. of selected varieties of seeds which are supposed to be new and novel. Each package Is accompa nied by circular giving a short history of the varieties and directing attention to the grower developing them and the seed-firm furnishing them to the depart ment The circular requests a report from the recipient of the seeds as the results obtained. This is considered an exceptionally valuable advertising me dium for the firms furnishing the seed as it is in effect the sending of sample packages from private firms under a government frank and with the tacit endorsement of the Department of Agri- culture.
 What is now agitating the seed trade in this connection is that several mem bers of the Committee of the Wholesale Seedsmen's League which was selected last summer to devise ways and means of suppressing the seed distribution, are among the seedsmen supplying the de- partment with the novelties and spe- cialties." It is thought by others in the trade that these facts do not augur we'll for an active campaign against the dis tribution and recently steps have been taken looking toward an independent movement fin this direction. The latter
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-21
Rills in the senate.

Washington. Nov. 2O.-Bills were in- troduced in the Senate today as follows:
 By MT. Lodge (Mass.). requiring that every postmaster shall reside or have a principal place of business within the delivery of the office to which he Is ap- pointed.
 Mir Fairbanks Qnd.). providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building to be used for depart ment of State. Department of Justice and Department of Commerce and Labor, the cost of the building, exclusive of the site. not to exceed $5,OOO,0OO.
 By Mir. Blackburn (Ky). providing that the Secretary of the Treasury be au- thorized to settle the claim of Queen Liliuokalani in full satisfaction.
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suggestion of Adjournment.

Washington Nov. 2O.-A suggestion has been made. which seems to meet general approval, that the Senate fix a time for voting on the Cuban bill about the mid de of December in the regular session and that the extra session adjourn sine die before Thanksgiving. No proposition has been made openly in the Senate, but efforts are being made to bring about such an agreement It was learned to- night that strong opposition has develop ed in the House to an adjournment of the special session prior to passage of the bill to make the Cuban treaty ef- fective. Leaders base their opposition to the program suggested on the ground that a special session. having been convoked by the President for a specific purpose
 It would not be courteous to adjourn the session until action is had and also con
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tend that speedy legislation is needed fin order to accomplish the purpose for which Congress was called together.
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ney cotton of that island. He failed to discover any parasites at all and did not succeed in finding any important ten dency towards immunity of the part of the five distinct varieties studied.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
ANTHONY COMSTOCK
RAIDS CHICAGO
confiscates Dray Loads of Objectionable
Books and Pictures.

CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-Fresh from his
purity crusade In Gotham. Anthony Com
stock. of New York. arrived in Chicago
yesterday and applied his cleansing
brushes vigorously on the city for the
brief space Of two hours. Like a whirl-
wind he tarried for moment, gathered
up thousands Of improper pictures and
books in a store at n Harrison street,
caused the arrest of the proprietor, c.
S. Wright, and went sailing off toward
another objective point in the West
Mr.. Comstock, who is secretary of the
New York branch of the Society for the
Suppression of Vice, recently arrested
man in Pennsylvania for selling books and
pictures Of this kind. In that way he
learned who had supplied the goods
MIR. Comstock Is also employed as a
special postoffice inspector. and in that
capacity he corresponded with Wright un-
til he had secured copies of various oh
Jectionable publications.
The raid was said to be the largest Of
the kind ever made in Chicago, and the
postal authorities statements in this re-
gard We're supported by the evidence con-
tained in five large mail pouches filled
with the Objectionable pictures and
books
Police Inspectors Stuart and R. w. Nc
Afee and Deputy United States Marshal
st. Clair, who Joined in the seizure, were
kept busy for some time piling the con-
hScated property onto a mail collectors
wagon
Then Wright was taken before United
States Commissioner Foote. He waived
examination and was held to the federal
grand jury in 1900 bonds to answer to
the charges Of sending improper adver-
tlsements through the mails and shipping
states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26

loaf of bread, the book of poems, the
lug of wine and thou that makes
paradise out of a wilderness, but Gro
Ger Blanks baked beans. And once
started, it would be difficult to predict
the end of the horror.
There are societies for the suppress
sion of almost everything wicked under
the sun. Why, then, not society for
the suppression Of the decorators of
Omar's verse? All who appreciate the
original Omar would Join and it is
barely possible that long suffering ed
itors would not hold out. And with no
public to read the Omars, even if the
editors published them, they would
quickly die out. Then the man who en-
joys his Omar as Fitzgerald made it for
him would be able to settle down to its
enjoyment in peace and contentment,
convinced that when he opened late
magazine his eyes would not fall on on
Omar to a Mad Dog or an Omar to an
Iceberg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
MAKE WAY For puRRIN

The Hon. Winfield Durbin, of Indi-
ana, which will be remembered az the
place Booth Harrington came from. is
nominated for second place on the Re
publican national ticket. We waive all
objections except such as a conserya
tive newspaper must hold to pending
the actual event.
The Indiana plan is to make the Hon.
Charles W. Fairbanks chairman of the
Republican national committee in sue
cession to the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna.
shelve the latter, put Durbin on the
ticket, and enter Fairbanks for the
presidential futurity of 1908. 1t is all
SO absurdly easy that Judge Jamison
ought to be set back six numbers for
not thinking of 1t and substituting his
chief for Durbin and Tom Sheylin for
Fairbanks. Perhaps, though, that COM
bination wouldn't work, for the nornina-
ton Of Durbin is based upon his dis
thction as writer. rather than as
speechmaker.
Born to the literary purple OH the
ranks or the Wabash, Durbin,
IKE other literary HOLSTERS,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26

spent his earlier years in studi-
Gus preparation for the effort of
his life. He was by way of being side
tracked in the governorship Of Indiana
when he, wrote the screed that made
him famous. Not for him was the
tedious apprenticeship of George AIDE;
not his the religiously sugar-coated pill
fed upon by Lew Wallace; he had no
dalliance with the fugitive and unre-
muse as did James Whit
comb Riley. He wrote a letter one
night, addressed it to the president of
the United States, hid 1t on reporters
desk and awoke to find himself famous.
We're for Durbin. He does things.
In second place he might spell the
president when he had no time to write
his Sunday sermonette to the faithful.
Besides if he is disappointed of his am
bition he may turn to literature for re-
venge and the country cannot be ex-
pected to stand for another Hoosier
literary genius.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
THE DEADLY Mus1AcHE.

Biting the mustache Is a habit that
should be given up by those who fol-
low the discoveries of the Investigators
who are bent on saving human life by
heading off fool habits. The mustache,
without regard to whose face it grows
on, should not be eaten.
There Is the case Of one Snyder, Of
Iowa. He slipped one foot into the
grave the other day and was prevented
falling in altogether by the dexterity.
of a man with a knife who separated
Snyder from his vermiform appendix
and gave him new lease of life. Sny-
der would, perhaps, have gone on liv-
ing in the obscurity that is the portion
Of those who have nothing but an ap-
pendix in their past, but for the in
quisitiveness of the surgeon who
searched the extirpated bit of excess
Intestine and found In 1t, not the grape
seed of our youth, but several hairs
that fitted nicely into the bald spots
On Snyder's upper lip. The mystery of
how appendicitis starts was again ex-
planned and note Of warning sound
ed for those self-indulgent ones who
eat their own whiskers. AS for those
who are denied the indulgence Of eat
ing whiskers the grape seed theory will
have to do as an excuse for Appendix
cttis.
Snyder is not going to get any undue
amount Of sympathy for the loss Of
his appendix. He should not have
eaten his mustache. AS a matter of
fact, it Is no longer good form to eat
the hirsute that luxuriates on the hui
man face. There was a time when we
used to tolerate the habit Of gnaw-
ing the mustache when it. was
done upon the stage by a
villain created by one of ~ the
predecessors of Mr.. Harry Clay Blaney;
1t was even considered necessary that
the foiled villain in the novel of the
elder day should cover behind the por-
there's and gnaw his whiskers in ffnpo-
tent rage. But it must be remembered
that these villains all came to
wretched end. not so often through the
medium of appendicitis as through the
finding of the stolen heir or the dis
covery of the lost papers. a,f.
The lesson that has been taught Mr..
Snyder should not be lost on his con-
temporaries. Avoid the mustache as
you would the mfcrobe that turks in
the kiss 1t is a dangerous as well as
an unIovely habit. 1t should be placed
in the index of the expurgated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
EXPLORERS find ICE
IT'LL YOUCAN'T REST"
Commander of ZeigIer Polar
Expedition Writes of a Very
Common Commodity.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The steamer
America, which is bearing the Ziegler
polar expedition northward, encoun-
tered unusual arctic conditions during
July, according to letter just receiv-
ed by William Ziegler from Anthony
Fiala, who is in command. The let
ter was written in the Barentz sea on
July 20 and was brought south by a
Sealer which the America met I'M
mense quantities of ice were encoun-
tered. There was a strange absence of
animal life and many dead birds were
seen on the floating ice. 1t is thought
that there must have been some unu-
sual disturbance of nature. The letter
is as follows:
I'VE left Archangel on the Fourth of
July, but were delayed by a storm in
the White sea. reaching Vardo, Nor
way, July 8. At Vardo we took on ad-
ditional coal and water, leaving there
the evening of the 10th. Since then we
have been skirting the edge of the ice
pack vainly looking for a lead. We
made direct course from Vardo strik-
Ing the Ice at 3S:30 longitude, east II
north latitude, and then went into the
ice to 75: 3S north latitude, but it was
so solid that we returned and went
eastward and southwark along the
edge of the pack looking for lead I'M
TIL we were near the shore, in plain
sight of Nova Zembla last night in
latitude 72:45 north
Not finding lead of any character
worth going into the ice, we are re-
turning northward and westward,
where we intend to push into the ice
between the 46th and fifth parallels of
east longitude, as Capt. Coffin thinks
it will be the best place to try to force
our way. Instead of being a particu-
larly good year as to ice conditions,
the indications thus far seem to prove
otherwise, and the strange silence from
the lack of life that broods over this
waste of ice Is peculiar. We have in
deed struck peculiar season. Numbers
of dead birds strew the cakes of ice
and not one polar bear has been sight
ed and only a stray seal once in a
great while. 1t rather indicates i'm
mense fields of Ice north or lots of
open water. Let us hope for the lat
fer"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
PARKS CAUSES A SPLIT
AMONG IRON WORKERS
Runs tho Convention After President
Buchanan Declares 1t Adjourned.

KANSAS CITY. Sept 25.-Samuei
Parks. walking delegate from New York
city, today caused a split in the annual
convention of the international Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers in fight to unseat Daniel Brophy,
delegate from Union No. 2, Of New York.
but holding a proxy from Scranton, Pa
The charge was made by the Parks dele
cation that Brophy's credentials had been
forged and, to prevent fight that seemed
imminent. President Buchanan adjourned
the convention without hour and without
waiting to put the question. Later. when
President Buchanan. remaining away from
the hall. refused to reconvene the con-
ventfon, the Parks aggregation organized
session, placing Second Vice President
Warden. of New Haven, in the chair and
unseating BToplly. 80:
PRESIDENT buchanan declares that the
acts of the Parks convention are uncon-
stltutionaf. and Mr.. Brophy says that he
VIII ignore Parks and take his seat when
ever President Buchanan again assumes
the chair
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-26
Increasing Business With the
Globe Increases Business
for Business Men.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1903.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.

The pronouncement from leading
Wall street bankers on the conditions
in the street. which declares that there
is not a weak house doing business
on the stock exchange, is quite be-
Hevable. The tremendous liquidation
that has been going on has been large
ly at the expense Of outsiders and 1t
is likely that the movement has reach
ed the limit.
The paper shrinkage in the value Of
stocks has been enormous. 1t has
been shown from time to time that this
shrinkage during the year amounted
to hundreds of millions-even billions
of dollars. That it has been great is
not to be doubted. but that the figures
mean just what they appear to show
IS questionable. Those stocks that have
been most traded in. which have at
tracted the attention of the "pikers,"
have shown the greatest depreciation
on the board. Some few of them have
been wipd out, but the losses have
been divided over the country and the
state of trade is not the worse, appar-
emily, for the riotous condition of the
speculative market. Time was in this
country when such breaks as have
occurred in the industrial stocks must
inevitably have precipitated a panic,
but the substantial commercial inter-
ests of the United States do not any
about by er-speculation. Perhaps
the money that has been lost is that
which was destined for speculation,
perhaps the actual losses have not
been as great as they appear.
In any event we are presented with
the assurance that the assets of the
country have been reduced by an enor-
NOUS sum. and still the country has
not felt 1t. And this IS as 1t should
be. There is no substantial reason why
commerce should reflect the results
that obtain in Wall street after a
speculative debauch.
OF course the substantial men and
houses in Wall street are sound and
equally of course, the stocks that have
been battered to the breaking point
will recover their proper standing In
time. A smash in Wall street no
longer contains the element of terror
for the country.