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poration will suffer wage reductions rang ing from , to 20 per cent. The reduction will affect about 15O,OoO workmen in the various grades of the subsidiary com panies.
 The remaining 10 per cent. of employees are members of the Amalgamated Asso- eation of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers. whose wage schedule runs to July 1. 1904
 The finance committee of the steel cor poration, it is said. has under considera- tion the dismissal of many high salaried employees in addition to those already discharged but no statement on this point was forthcoming today. It was as- serted that. barring some unforeseen teehnicalities, employees of the corporation while participating In the proft-sharing plan. will receive later a 8 dividend on the preferred stock to which they sub scribed at $S250.
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Loubet Will Visit Italy.

Rome, December H-It is semi officially announced that M. Loubet president of the French Republic, will pay a visit to Italy, extending from April to April H. Preparations on an extensive scale for the reception of President Loubet are now being planned. He will be met by King Victor Emmanuel and his court escorted by the official authorities, headed by the mayor of Rome The programme of the festivities includes an official court dinner, a military review, gala operatic performance. a garden party, a great con- cert directed by Signor Mascagni and visits to Naples and Florence.
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War to the Knife.
Lily Whites Weak in Louisiana.

Reports from New Orleans are to the effect that the lilly white" party In the state of Louisiana has lost so many of
 It's members that 1t Is now little more than a skeleton organization. The same disntegration is said to be manifestlng itself in other states where the movement once promised to become so strosg. Southern members of congress say that the attitude of the President on the negro question has placed the lilly white" in a position where he has either to join the so-caled regular organization, supporting the President, or the democratic party In a great majority of the cases tho lily white" is now with the democratic party. The Louisiana democrats hold a primary on January 10 to nominate gov- ernor and United States senator All white democrats are invited to vote in this primary. Louisiana politicians state that a surprisingly large number of lilly whites have announced their intention of affiliatng with the democrats and taking part in the primary.
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------s---- WILL MEET IN FLORIDA.
Good Roads Association Will Meet At
 ormonde Beach in January.

Chicago December 14.-W H. Moore president of the National Good Roads as sociation, met Colonel A. C. Mann of Florida in Chicago today, and arranged to hold the midwinter good roads meeting of the association at Ormonde Beach. Fla, January 2S and 20. in connection with the automobile races at that place. The two events will be followed by sim liar meetings at the north.
 At the St. Louis worlds fair automobile races will be held during the national and international good roads convention, May 16 to 21, 1904 at which time all civilized countries will he invited by the state de- partment at Washington to send dele gates
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His Mind a Blank.

Honolulu, December 14-Agricultural Commissioner W. Ray Taylor, who was indicted last March for the alleged en- bezzlement of $9o0 of the government funds. has been heard from A letter just received from Episcopal Bishop Re- tariek of Hawaii says that Taylor vis- tied the bishop while the latter was in New York. Taylor said that he had been home to England but could not recall making the trip. His mind was a blank from the time he was in San Francisco until he was with relatives in England.
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
 TALK ON MANY SUBJECTS.

Washington, December 1.-The house was in session for a little more than four hours today, during which time there was a general discussion on various topics. The pension appropriation bill was before the house. but no conclusion on 1t was reached. The isthmian canal and the republic of Panama. the tariff. tobacco interests, and questions affecting labor, were dealt with.
 The house on converting today adopted a concurrent resolution providing for a recess adjournment from December 19 to January 4 The speaker, by unanimous consent. appointed Delegate Kalauianoale of Hawaii as member of the committee on territories.
 The house then went into committee of the whole. with Mir. Lawrance of Massa- chusctts in the chair. for the further consideration, of the pension appropria- tions bill. 4ir. Adams. republican, of
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Big Increase in Receipts.

Washington, December 14.-The gross postal receipts at the fifty larg- est postoffices in the United States for last month, compared with November. 1902, were $5,402,580, an increase of ever seven per cent. The highest in crease was twenty-five per cent at Los Angeles. The heaviest of the six de creases reported was one per cent at Jersey City. New York receipts in- creased almost nine per cent and Chi cago over eight.
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Consolidation Not Wanted.

Washington, December Ex-Governor otero of New Mexico, Solomon Lone, member of the republican national com mittee from Mexico and Delegate Wilson of Arizona, saw the President for short time today. While the people of both Arizona and New Mexico are urging their claims to statehood. it was stated they do not approve the proposition to make a single state of the two territories. Del egate Wilson said today that he would fight that idea as long as he could stand.
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Socialists Gain Victory.

Rome, December 14.-After a long strug- gle for a naval inquiry by parliament. the socialists. at last, have gained a vic- tory. This inquiry was opposed by for mer Premier Zanardelli and his cabinet. and rejected by the chamber of deputies. It has now been decided that this inquiry shall be held with the sanction of the cab met and bill authorizing it will soon be presented in parliament
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Sale Made Public,

La Crosse, Wis, December 14.-The sale of the Pine Bluff and Western railroad, owned by W. W. cargill of Lacrosse, to the Rock Island company, was made pub lie today. The road runs from Pine Bluff to Benton, Ark. a distance of forty-fve miles. The consideration is said to be 900, and Cargill reserves perpetual use of the tracks.
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THOMPSON AND ALDRICH
 SAY WELLMAN WILL RESIGN
Wellman Denies This, However, And Says He Has No Such Intention. Thompson, AIdrich and Hand-
 ley See the President.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, December 14-(Special)- Collector of Internal Revenue Thompson. former Congressman AIdrch, two of tho Presidents referees in Alabama, accom- panied by State Chairman Welman and National Committeeman Dimmick held a conference this afternoon with Postmas- ter General Payne and J. s. Clarkson of New York, one of the Presidents advis- CTS on southern matters. In order to try to devise some means to bring about a compromise between the warning factions of the republican party in Alabama.
 According to the statement of the Pres- ldents referees the meeting resulted fav- orable to the referees in that Chairman Wellman of the republican committee would resign This, however is denied by Welman, who states that he has in- dicated no intention of reslgning. Charles II. Scott one of the referees, will be a candidate for Dimmlcks place on the national committee. Dimmick declares that he will make the fight for reelection and expects to win.
 WelIman and pimanick Invited. The -raaled iNS white leaders. We'll man and Dimmats, say that they were in- vltcd 10 attend the conference by the ref erees. The proposition was made to them that they would allow one half the re- publican delegates to the next national convention to be instructed for Roosevelt and also concede either the national com mitteemanship or state chairmanship to the referees. In addition to this Presi- dent Roosevelts policy" should be car ried out in the state. The proposition was said to have been made that the referees would resign and allow Welman and Dimmick to control matters if the above terms were accepted.
 When Chairman Wellman and Commit teeman Dimmick were asked about the matter tonight they stated that the con ference had broken up without accom- plishing anything.
 There is absolutely no change in the situation, was the statement made by them. "The national committeemanship and the selection of the delegates will be left to the people of the state, and they may make their choice"
 War to the Knife.
 1 While the referees claim that the con- l ference was fully satisfactory to them
 the positive statement of their opponents
 seems to show that there will be di- vided delegation to the next national con l vention and that from now on there will
 abe a continuance of the knife l between the two factions.
 Referees Thompson and Aldrch and l Oscar R. Hundley of Huntsville were re- ! ceived by the President tonight at the ] White House. They remained there for 1 some time and announced that they pos | eaH fla aF who indorsed their actions in state po- litical matters.
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Married an Engineer.

Bolougona, Italy. December A.-A mon- archial paper published here which Is considered to be well-informed' says 1t has received news from trustworthy source that the Dowager Queen Margher- ita. during recent journey to Norway contracted a Morgantic marriage with an engineer thirty years old.
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First Mortgage Bond Filed.

Guthrie o. T., December 14.-The Mus kogee Southern railway, projected for a distance of 26O miles through Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and now in course of construction. today filed with Territo- rial Governor Ferguson first mortgage bond for $5 100000 in favor of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank of Chicago.
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Cotton Boil WeeviI.

Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture will appear before the house agricultural committee one day this week in response to the request of Representa- tive Burgess of Texas. to discuss with the members q means of lesseniug the damage caused and control the spread of the cotton boil weevil and other insects injurious to cotton.
 The committee now has before 1t for consideration number of bills on the subject The most important Is that in- troduced by MT. Burgess to the effect that the secretary of agriculture is to organize commission of five to study the conditions thoroughly and devise plans to exterminate the weevil. Five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated for the use of the commission half of which Is to be immediately available. The Pres ident recommended legislation on the sub
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ney to Norway, had contracted morgan tic marriage with an engineer 30 years old, is anthoritatively denied.
 The engineer to whom the queen moth CT is alleged to have been married is named Tenerand. He Is over 50 years of age, and is employed as care taker of the numerous charitable institutions which are supported by the queen.
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VIII Take Back no Strikers.

Salt Lake City, December 14.-"Any mi- ner who wants to work for the Utah Fuel company must choose between the com pany and the miners union. said Vice President Kramer of the Utah Fuel com pany. We will not take back a single one of the strikers. so long as they are unwilling to surrender their cards "
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contradicts the Report.

Gen. Bliss in his letter contradicts the report that he strongly opposed the ad- mission, without payment of duty, of the silver service purchased in New York by the Jal Ali, and that he received man. datory instructions from Governor Wood to admit said silver service free of duty. He says he testified most positively under oath that neither directly nor indirectly, verbally nor in writing, nor through any insubordinate, nor from any person what soever "had he received even an intma- ton as to the remission of duties upon these articles; that I ordered the remis- sion of my duty because l believed then and believe now that it was in accordance with the law; that if any mistake was made, I was solely responsible for 1t. l further testified that during the two and a half years that l served directly under orders of General Wood as military gov ernor of Cuba, know of no action of his that was not consistent with the char acter of an honorable officer, and man of integrity"
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powaoer Queen Save Farewell.

Turin, December 14.-Dowager Queen Margherita will leave the castle next Tuesday for Rome She gave a farewell reception today to all the princesses of the royal family living here, and pre- sided at Christmas tree for the chill dren
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WAGE REDUCTION COMING. U. S. Steel Corporation Will Cut Earn
 ings of Employees.

New York, December 1.-The statement was made today by a leading official of the United States Steel corporation that beginning January l, 1904, about 90 per cent. of the employees of the cor
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J. $. MARINES
 BACK PANAMA Company Landed from the Cruiser Prairie Yesterday COLOMBIAN SCOUTS SEEN According to Late Information it is Not Believed That Any Large Force is Under Order to March On
 Panama.
A NEW TROUBLE
 FACES PANAMA.

. London, December 15.-The corre- . spondent of the Morning Leader at . The Hague says it is reported there D that both Holland and Great Bri- . tain insist that the republic of [. Panama shall assume liability for . $l5,O00,000 of the Colombian debt
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To Recover $40 Acres.

Beaumont, Texas, December 14-J. L. Dowdy and H. E. Cullom of Dallas have filed suit in the district court against A. F. Kountz, a New York banker. for pos session of GAO acres of valuable water front property at Sabine Pas
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Krssse llbera is Dean.

Memphis. December 14--Henry J. Kres- senberg, who was shot last night by Po- liceman John King, the later afterwards committing suicide, died tonight from the effects of his wounds
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Pennsylvania, spoke on the Panama sit uation MT. Adams defended the course pursued by this government in connec- ton with the canal question, and the policy of the administration in dealing with the Central American situation. He said Colombia had acted in a shameful manner In the canal negotiations. Troops of the Colombian government, he said, were on the isthmus when Panama de- eared for freedom and made no opposi- tion to the act
 MT. Gains, democrat. Tennessee. who was recognized for one hour spoke on to- bacco interests, asserting the need If legislation in behalf of the grower. The farmers of the tobacco states are CT ying out against the war taxes, which, he said are imposed.
 Free Trade is Unlikely.
 MT. Lind, democrat. Minnesota, speak ing on the tariff, said that two of the greatest manufacturing nations of the world had reached the highest points un- der free trade. He said, therefore, the right could not be claimed for protec- tion, nor wrong for free. trade In his opinion, there would be no free trade in this country.
 Mr. Lind argued for freer trade rela- tions with Canada
 MT feall democrat, | eNaS Shlu lndl while the democrats want a canal, they want it in an honorable way. He assert ed that it was known to the representa- lives of the United States on the isthmus that the revolt was to occur and it also was known in Washington.
 Mir Adams, explaining the dispatch to Consul Ehrmann sent by Secretary Hay, and quoted by MT. Beall, in which infor- nation was asked concerning a reported uprising" said the secretary had sent the message in view of the information contained in an Associated Press dis ratch.
 MT. Baker, democrat. New York, speak ing on the subject of labor, contended that compensating wages are not paid. He cited the testimony as to wages taken before the anthracite coal commission, and said it showed conditions of slav- cry" He said the United States Steel company sold stocks to It's employees at q figure thirty points higher than present quotations In New York. he said, the
 trusts squeezed the laboring man until he was willing to work at low wages.
 Without reaching conclusion on the pension appropriation bill, the house at 415 D. m., adjourned.
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Stepped On a Tack.

San Diego, Cal, December 14.-Dr. Joseph H. Greer of Fernandina died in this city of blood poisoning as the re- suit of stepping on tack in sleeping car, while en route to attend his wife who had been stricken with paralysis.
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Marriage is Denied.

Rome December A.-The report teIe- graphed from Bologna that the Dowager Queen Margherita, during recent jour
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Russia Appears to Be Employed.

London, December l4.-The Daily Mails Kobe correspondent says that the agree ment which Is reported to. have been en- tered into between Russia and Corea, by the terms of which. in the event of an emergency Russian officers will be em- ployed to guard the royal palace, pro vides also for the employment of a Rus sian major and q Russian captain In each Corean battalion when emergency neces- sitates 1t"
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New Bank For Selma,

The application of J. W. Castles. E. j.. Buck C. F. Cawthon, A. w. Cawthon, C. w. Robinson. John Carraway and L. c. Jeffries to organize the Selma National bank at Selma with a capital of s150,OO0 has been approved by the comptroller of the currency.
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ROOT WORKING
 HARD FOR WOOD. Says False Statements RGgard- ing Testimony Are Published CALLS II A STAB IN BACK General Bless contradicts Report That Strongly Opposed Admission of Sill yer Service Without Duty-Root
 Writes to Proctor.
CALLS II A STAB IN BACK

Washington, December 14--Secretary Root has addressed the following letter to Senator Proctor acting chairman of the committee on military affairs
 Sir: I enclose letter from Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss asking atten- tion to the report of his recent testimony before your commission as witness, re- garding certain objections to the confirm ation of General Wood. It appears that the press reports of General Bliss testi- mony are the precise contrary of what he in fact testified. He wishes this set right for his own reputation, and l shall take the liberty of doing so as far as practicable, by giving his letter to the press.
 At the same time, I wish to call the attention of the committee to the fact that some persons seem to be persistently furnishing to the press false statements of the testimony taken before you, the perversion of the evidence being in every case to the prejudice of General Wood. It cannot be doubted that the newspapers publishing these reports believe them to be true and that the reports are sent to
 
 in good faith under the same belief.
 States it Falsely.
 Ut is evident that some person is un- dertaking to convey to the press repre- sentatives information of what goes on in the committee and is taking advantage of the fact that the evidence is not pub lished to state it falsely for the purpose of injuring General Wood in the public } estimation; so that while your committee will act upon the evidence actually be- fore it, the public judgment as to how you ought to act will be based upan an entirely different and erroneous idea Of what the evidence is.
 If the evidence actually given called for General Woods presence, l should, of course, bring him back from the Phil ippines, but l do not feel justified in withdrawing him from the important du- ties which he is performing on account of false reports of evidence, which has never, in fact, been given. It hardly seems fair that an officer who is not here to protect himself, but is serving his country faithfully, under orders on the other side of the world, should have his reputation stabbed in this way. earnestly request your commissions att tention to this subject.
 ''Very respectfully,
 (Signed) 'ELIHU ROOT,
 CA. atarx of Var
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, December H-Fore- cast for Alabama: Fair Tuesday |
 and Wednesday; fresh north winds. !
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Postmasters apponted-Local, Escam- bia county. Henry C. Williams; May, Tuscaloosa county James II. Price
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For a good oyster loaf go 70
 Gelders', 110 2oth street.
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A Peaceful Sign.

London, December H.-1t is understood that at a discussion today of the re- lations between Russia and Japan. the cabinet made no arrangements for fur ther meeting this year. This is regarded as a peaceful sign. Great Britain and Ja- pan are bound by treaty to keep each oth- CT fully informed. and any prospect of q critical outcome of the Russo-Japanese negotiations would necessitate another cabinet council. It is believed France, like Great Britain. is using her best ef- forts to influence her ally in the direction If the preservation of peace
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LOOKS LIKE PEACE.
All Now Depends Upon the Attitude of
 Russia.

Paris. December 14.-Dr. Motono ltchor' the Japanese minister to France in the course of an interview today. expressed the firm belief that peaceful solution of the Russo-Japanese differences would result from the negotiations between the two nations, adding:
 "All depends, however, upon the att titude of Russia. Our emperor is ami mated by pacific sentiments and the ezar's love for peace is universally known, and the peaceful disposition of the two sovereigns gives solid guar antee that war will be ayerted."
 The minister pointed out that the Jap anese cabinet is not responsible to par liament but solely to the emperor, and that therefore parliament is unable to influence the conduct of the negotiations. The Japanese government, he declared. sincerely desires an understanding with Russia. and will not allow itself to be carried away by demonstrations of pop ular feeling, however strong, unless forced to such a course by external
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Fighting in San Domingo.

San Domingo, December 14-A rumor is in circulation here that troops of the provisional government have attacked the revolutionary troops stationed at Monte Crsto The government troops were re- pulsed, and are now besleged in fort in Santiago city. All is quiet in the neigh borhood of the fort, though the situa- ton may become serious at any moment.
 The United States gunboat Newport Iaf