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thority in deporting men. But in my
judgment all power-municipal, State,
and national-should unite TO protect
the people from conspiracy. either in
the form of an illegal trust. or in the
form Of an illegally organized or lie
gally managed labor union. Both are
tyrannicaL
IF we people of the United States ex-
pect 70 live in peace with each other.
to travel upward in the march Of prog
ress. to advance to a sphere of higher
civilization, we must understand once
for all that the men who toll and labor
with their hands. and the men who
toll and labor with their brains, must
have a sincere. sympathetic friendship
for each other
1T is very difficult to say what a per-
son would do under such exasperating
circumstances as the deliberate blowing
up OF a depot in which hundreds OF poor
men, honest. hard-workinS human be-
ngs, were waiting patiently t. go home
TO their families, and then with one
deliberate act were hurled TO destruc-
tion-it is hard. 1 say, 10 criticise, and
unfair TO condemn the action of the
people of Victor under such abnormal
conditions.
W nat 10 10 NOW
What ought to be done now? The
leaders ought to remove to some other
State The men who remain ought to
start in anew. with some fair, well I'M
derstood basis of organization. They
ought to meet the mine owners and the
mine owners ought to meet them in
a spirit of Cancellation. In my opinion
the mine owners would not object to q
new union, Differed and led by the hes,
members. What they object TO now j.
the leadership Of men who have haC
years Of experience in making trouble.
Whether true or not the leaders in Vic
tor are supposed to be the same men who
conducted the night at Occur d'Alene.
With them out of the way the mine
owners could soon make terms with
their men. What is needed in Colorado
is Cancellation.
"Antagonism is a gangrene which mus,
be wiped out. There is no need for IT,
| II can be done by developing and seek
ing to develop the best sides of our ma
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FAKE DIVORCE CONQUERED HER

of complaint for divorce, in which he
said that he had lived with his wife a
number of years and that during all that
time he had been a good, afecuonate
husband and that, although he still
loved his wife as the apple of his eye,
vet he did not believe she retained her
affection for him.
AS the vaudeville comedians say, he
got sloppy" in his bill. as he recited
how much he loved his wife and how the
fact that occasionally wnen she became
miffed at him for various little things,
she would not speak to him as punish
ment. A messenger boy was hired 20
serve the bill Of complaint
When the wife got the declaration
there was CONSERVATION. Never had
VIII missed his dinner before, and here
was the reason.
There were tears aplenty, and soon a
little woman was dressed for the street
and car was crawling too slowly down
town TO Wills place Of employment. He
saw her, and made for a secluded spot
She soon found him and-well, there was
a reconciliation with demonstration OF
affection that satisfied him.
The mean fellow then told her that as
she loved him so much he would with
draw the suit.
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%HE census OF India, 1901, was is
sued recently as Blue Book
1 in "A comprehensive introduction
H. II. Risley tells how the great work
Of numbering the people" was carried
out. He makes acknowledgements not
only TO his immediate colleagues. but 10
"alI sorts and conditions Of men from
one end Of the empire TO another, who
gave their unpaid services for an object
which most Of them understood but I'M
perfectly and many must have regarded
with positive suspicion"
IAN Indian census" he proceeds. lis
pre-eminently the work Of the people
OF India II they held alOOf, or even
derna nded the most trihing remunera-
ton for their trouble, the whole under
taking would be financially impracti-
cable As IL IS. the greater part Of the
enumeration IS done for nothing By an
army OF private individuals, numbering
on this occasion more than a million
and a quarter. who bring to their trou-
blesome task "A spirit OF painstaking and
occasionally grOtesQue accuracy which
"a unequalcd anywhere in the world.
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conducted by special parties Of the set
tement officials. AT some risk 10 them
selves, I'm series of tours by steamer
ami boat. IN imperfccuy charted waters.
At Port Campbell they .serc attacked by
the implacably hostile Jlrawas Of South
Andamau, and were Obliged 70 fire on
their assailants, one Jarawa be;ry KILL
ed
The enumeration brought 10 'iglr a
tribe hitherto unknown, the Iaho Of
North Andamau. concerning whom. il IS
stated, in explanation II their small
numbers that wien a contagious dis
case appeared recently araong them they
proceeded 10 Kill off all those who were
attacked, until very few Of the tribe
were left.
Briefly summarizing the figures we
find that the l,254,6l2 square miles OF the
Indian empire had I'm 1901 "a population
of III. 45S 1893.
IN the chapter on Religions VIC
learn that the Christian cOmmunit
numbers 1923. 2f. OF whom 2,65f.Sl3 are
natives. OF these latter tWO-ifths arc
Roman Catholics. In ISL me Christians
numbered 1,5O6.00S. Of whom ], 245, IS were
natives. The growth Of Christianity. u
IS satisfactory TO learn. Is far more
rapid than that Of the general popula-
tion.-LoDdon Daily News.
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ARCHITECTURE OF ALGIERS.

derous dirty. diseased-loOlSug lot, and
it's a wonder that those of Us who ex-
list in terror of germs at home ever live
through these explorations
No sunshine penetrstes into many OF
the houses. which consist of one dark,
damp room. with one opening, and no
other door or window Such a house
fronts on a street so narrow and steep
as to forbid a visit in a carriage. and
from it diverge others streets which
are but dark. narrow. steep flights Of
stone stairs that twist and turn most
bewilderingly.
Can See the Workers.
In these one may see public scribes.
workers in wood and hasketry. but more
idlers and players with dirty cards
Beggars. often horribly deformed. are
at every turn. They follow one persist
ently-old men smiling in way to
haunt one and children kissing con-
stantly, "Merci, madam; merci'' The
fact that they receive not single coin
has nothing TO do with their long-re-
peated thanks.
An occasional glimpse Of the beautiful
sea from these squalid haunts makes Il
all the more lovely by contrast
Picturesquely Clad.
Dark-hued. picturesqaely clad men.
each with a tiny donkey hidden under
immense panniers, clean these streets,
which are too complicated TO accommo-
date a camel even II this ship of the
desert were allowed in the city.
A primitive broom and a shovel are
the street cleaners weapons. One shud-
ders at the dust raised by the broom
and again at the savage way the man
pounds the sweepings down into the
panniers. threatening to annihilate the
diminutive beast. The donkey goes down
the steps trembling. Often he is too
heavily laden TO bulge going UP, in
which case the man pushes him.-Algiers
Correspondence Philadelphia Record
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NE who has penetrated this Con-
n tinent no farther than Alsiers
. cannot possibly understand why
was ever called Darkest Africa" 1t
is more brilliant than the City Of Light
tself and is exceptionally beautiful as
viewed from the harbor.
II is an upright city dts merchants
are not all built to correspond, occupy
ing the face of a precipitous hill or
mountain. II rises straight from the
bbIe Mediterranean. Some of the houses
actually have no backs, tail houses at
that.
Sea-FIOnt Rooms.
They have fronts and sides, the hill
forming a ready-made back. Therefore
sea-front rooms are available all the
way from the boulevard to the very top
Of the equilateral triangle at the summit
OF which is the kasbah. or ancient fort
ress Of the Deys-
Such picturesqueness!
The sapphire sea, the great group of
stucco buildings, mostly of cream color,
the mass of rich greenery at the top and
the softly blue SKY ABOVE win these
are blended colors that come out more
clearly with every step. Some Of the
buildings are a delicate pink. some oys-
ter-gray and many are ornamented with
richly tinted tiles.
These are Of many sorts. There are the
great buildings along one side of the
waterfront boulevard, palatial hotels far
up the hills. fascinating villas behind
picturesque mosques and the quaint
windowless houses of the old town.
Houses that Fascinate.
These square houses forever fascinate
perhaps because II amounts TO taking
ones life in ones hands to explore them
and the old quarter generally. The ma
tives, as seen here, are certainly muir
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lures. kind word will often do more
than a show of force. The principle Of
the golden rule is needed now more
than it has ever been needed before.
and the higher up in civilization we go
the more that spirit is going to be
needed.
For my part. the men who plan the
work. who take the responsibility for
getting rewards out of it. are often
times more entitled to sympathy than
the men who set off merely for a single
days work and at the end of the day
put it aside with no cares TO carry
over Hate. bitterness. and indifference
70 the outcome of commercial projects
giving great employment 10 men-tnese
feelings are often found in labor circles
and are entirely unwarranted. In my
observation American employers are. as
a general thing. sympathetic. kind, and
mean to be fair and just toward their
employees.
The Union Indispensable.
THE labor union beyond any question
Of doubt should be encouraged If it
should ne wiped out IL would be an un-
speakable calamity. 1t should be en-
couraged to move on a higher plane
1t should be encouraged to get the best
wages the country can afford 10 give
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Bitter Feeling for Years.

Bitter feeling has prevailed in certain
districts of Colorado, between the en-
ploycrs ard The employed for some
years 1 attribute this:
'.First-To an absolute lack Of wisdom
or any apparent desire TO Cancellation
on the part of the labor unions The
great majority of the men are law
abiding, patriotic, intelligent citizens
and as a whole of a rather high class.
But I am greatly afraid they are led by
hot-headed. impulsive men, who do not
stop TO consider the side and interests
of tie men who employ them
.Second-To lack Of consideration on
the part Of some Of the mine owners
for the conditions and surroundings OF
their men. Some on their side are also
impulsive and not apt TO try TO use tact
in considering the grievances Of their
employees.
These two causes have led 10 condi-
lions in Colorado which, In a measure
led I'D to the most fendish, distardly
ASA ssinations and other crimes. ] do
not for moment deny that the mine
owners in resisting the demands OF the
unions have been IN nearly all, II
not all cases, in the right. But l do
claim that men who were wise, sensi-
BILE. and patriotic could have met those
impuIaive leaders w'ti tact. even though
I'm doing so they felt they were being
imposed upon.
THE militia was called out Ny in
formation is that the effect Of their pres
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L 4 smattering of law, on his wiie
the other day. and it will probably be
followed by others when the facts be-
come known.
This mans wife is a quiet little body,
somewhat set In her ways. She does not
believe in demonstrating her affection
for her hubby. thinking that the knowl-
edge that she loves him is sufficient for
him.
He is affectionate, and loves her 10
the exclusion of any other woman. The
little woman has a temper she Is not at
all averse to showing.
Last week there was a little spat, and
she did not speak to him for several
lays He was huffy, and did not try to
make up, as he had always done, and
determined to teach her a lesson.
One day this week he kissed the chill
drcn good-by in most demonstrative
manner before leaving home after break
fast.
Going to his office he drew up bill
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ence has been much misunderstood IN
the East. ] am informed that the com
ing OF the troops prevented. perhaps q
score of hangings. The citizens OF VIC
tor had taken matters in their own
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hands. and were only prevented from
the excuses Of the vigilant committees
Of early days by the power Of the SOL
0iers
ut may be the militia exceeded its au-
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berest workmen decline to join unions
not because they object TO organized Ia
Dor. but because they choose TO exercise
their liberty and mot do so. Most Of
the men in the Cripple Creek district
are intelligent beyond the average work
man. The lowest wage-that Of the
common laborer-is S. The eight-hour
day IS observed almost without excep-
ton by the mine owners. It was adopt
ed voluntarily and has worked so well
in producing ore that / think a pracC-
cal agreement could be reached for an
eight-hcur day all through the mines
Among the smelters the demands Of
the works are such that they must be
watched continuously 10 obtain the best
results and that fact operates against an
eight-hour day. A strike 20 enforce that
schedule two years ago in Denver cost
the city two large and valuable smell
ters.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-23
New ChWang Excited.

New Chwang, July Midnight,
delayed.)-Quite an excitement has
been created here by the report that
the apanese are advancing in this direc
ton and are at Tan Ping Shan, which
is II miles distant. Yesterday heavy
firing was heard here for a short tins
not far away. There are few Rus
sian troops now in this place. Moth
ing has yet been heard from the
steamer Hipsang and the belief grows
saat. she has struck a mine
seizure of the Malacca.
London, July 22.-(2:25 p. MIN
accordance with instructions from
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, Count
Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador
to Great Britain, has informed For.
eign Secretary Lansdowne that imme
diately upon the establishment of the
presence of the broad arrow-the Brit
ish government mark-upon the munT
tions on board the seized steamer Ma
lacca, and the fact that no other car.
go of a contraband character is on
board that vessel, she will at once be
released.
In response to this notification Lord
Lansdowne assured Count Bencken.
dorff that all the boxes marked with
the broad arrow were the property OF
the British government and the sec,
retary added that he had been inform.
ed by the Peninsular and Oriental
company, the owners of the Malacca,
that there was no contraband on
board, a statement which the British
government accepted because of the
standing of the company. Russia is
now awaiting a verifcation Of the
cOmpany's statement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-23
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
House Concludes It's Work on General
Tax Act


Tax Act.
Atlanta, July 22.-The house con.
cluded it's work on the general tax act
yesterday and passed the bill by a
vote of SO to l. Mr. Hall voting against
it because the house had refused to
adopt his occupation tax amendment,
The feature Of the session was the
debate on the occupation tax amend.
ment. This amendment proposed to
put a tax of one-tenth of 1 per cent
on the capitol stock of foreign cor,
porations used in this state, which car.
ry on business in Georgia. 1t provii
ded for the same kind of tax as tho
amendment to the general tax bill of.
fered two years ago and passed by
the house, but defeated by the senate,
only the tax was not quite so large as
The money lenders" bill drawn by
Attorney Linton Hopkins on behalf OF
the Fulton county grand jury and w.
Woods White, foreman Of the grand
jury that inaugurated the crusade
against the loan shark evil will
without doubt, pass the senate and in
all probability by unanimous vote.
The house committee on general
agriculture yesterday recommended
that the pure food bill, by Mr.. STOW
all, of Chatham, be passed. This
bill prohibits all adulterations of foo6
which are dangerous to the health,
and requires all foods that are adul.
terated in any manner to be marked
and branded for what they are. 1t
also puts a penalty upon adulterations
of stock foods, which is new feature
in pure food laws. Violations of the
act are made misdemeanors.
Following action on the general tax
act, the house took up and passed sew
eral departmental bills which were
necessary measures and to which
there was no opposition. These meas
ures, all of which were by Mr.. Reid,
of Campbell, are as follows:
A bill to provide more effectuaIly
for the collection Of specific occupa-
tton and license taxes, by enacting
that such taxes may be collected by
execution, and that the state may also
criminally prosecute defaulters as un.
der the present laws
A bill to provide for the levy of
taxes for the sinking fund for the pur-
pose of raising 100000 to pay off
Georgia bonds which mature in 1905.
A bill to appropriate $1,000 addition
al for the payment of rewards for the
capture of criminals for the year 1904,
the former fund appropriated for this
purpose having been exhausted.
A resolution authorizing the COVER
nor to borrow money not to exceed
100000 to supply casual deficiencies
in the states reyenue
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-23
Dissatisfied with Indemnity.

Washington, July 22.-Heirs of Louis
Etzel, killed by Chinese soldiers neal
New Chwang, are dissatisfied W.
the amount of indemnity $685. 900 Mex
ican) paid by the Chinese government
on account of the affair, and have com
pIained to the state department. The
department has replied that in view
Of the facts in the case the unpre
meditated character of the killing ano
the general practice of the American
and other governments in giving in.
IDENTITIES on account of deaths, par
ticuIarly allowing for foreigners kill
ed in this country, the indemnity is in
this case regarded as sufficient The
promptness of the Chinese govern.
ment in settling the case without any
pressure is officially commended.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-23
DAMAGE BY STORM.
Augusta Is Swept by Cyclone-Houses
Were Wrecked.

Augusta is Swept by Cyclone-Houses
Were Wrecked.
Augusta, Ca, July 22.-The cyclone
which passed over the eastern portion
of Augusta Thursday afternoon result
ed in almost as much damage as the
disaster Of 1895.
Fully half thousand trees in the
first ward were torn to pieces, block
ing street railway traffic and filling
the streets with debris. Two negro
churches in the vicinity of the GENE
terry were demolished, and half dozen
small negro houses torn to splinters.
The grandstand of the baseball park
was turned completely over and set
in the roadway, the greater part OF
the fence being also torn down The
greatest damage was around the rail-
road yards.
The CentraPs paint shop was com
pletely destroyed, the building coming
down on the force of workmen, sew
eral Of whom were more or less in
jured, but none of them seriously.
About 2 miles from the city several
barns were blown down, in enc OF
which a negro farm hand was killed
On the old Savannah road negro
stopped under a tree which was up
rooted killing the man
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TO PROTECT STATE ROAD.
Bill introduced In the Georgia Legis-
iature.

Cs
Atlanta, July 22-WTth a view to
protecting the Western and Atlantic
railroad against competing lines which
would have a tendency to destroy it's
value, there was introduced in the
house yesterday bill which prohibits
the secretary of state from issuing
charter to any line except an electric
trolley line proposing to parallel the
State road.
But the most startling feature Of
this measure is that it proposes to
revoke the charter of any lines which
propose to parallel the Western and
Atlantic unless such lines are al
ready built and in operation.
1t will be seen that this latter sec
ton is aimed at the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, which is now pre-
pairing to enter Atlanta, as many sup
pose, by the construction of it's own
line from Marietta as continuation
Of the Atlanta, Knoxville and North
ern.
Should the state revoke the charter
for the construction of that portion
of the line between Marietta and At.
lanta, the Louisville and Nashville
would have to come in on the Western
and Atlantic tracks as was at first
proposed, and for that 20 miles at least
between this city and Marietta the
state would hold the fort. Whether
the state can revoke this charter is
a question to be determined
This bill was introduced by Messrs.
Gross, of McDuffie; Hall, of Bibb, and
Underwood, Of White, and is the out.
come of the discussion that has been
in progress for some time to the eff.
feet that the states property would
be rendered valueless, practically,
when competing lines were built on
all sides of it, The measure will no
doubt be productive of an interesting
discussion when it comes up for con.
sideratiOn.
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STANDS BY FREE LABOR.
Alabama Governor Takes Loyal POSI-
tjon for Same,

Alabama Governor Takes Loyal POSI-
tion for Same.
Montgomery Ala, July 22.-Acting
Governor Cunningham and the convict
board of Alabama lay down the prin'
ciple that no convicts of the state
shall be so employed as to injure
either free labor or property interests.
In announcing that convicts must be
removed from mines at Pratt City
formerly worked by free labor, the ex
ecutive says
"In my opinion, it is the duty Of the
state to consider the interests of free
labor and Of property interests de
pendent upon the operation of coal
mines in the distribution of it's con
victs, In other words, to allow the
transfer of conyicts from mine SET
apart as such to another mine which
is operated by free labor could moi
be done for any other reason thar
the interest of the state"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-23
RUSSIA WILLING TO
ARBlTRATE QUESTION
Tension of Anglo Russian Sit.
uation Is Relieved.
NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON NOW
Said that Russia Has Submitted to
British Government Proposition,
Which, If Acceptable, Will Serve
as Basis for Adjustment.

+ Paris, July 22.-1:45 p. MT was
said at the foreign office at noon that
the exchanges of views going on be.
tween London, ST. Petersburg and
Paris show that the tension of the An.
gio-Russian situation has been mate.
Eially relieved
1t now appears that Russia has sub.
mitted to the British government a
certain proposition, which, if accepta.
BILE, will serve as the basis for an ad.
justment.
These exchanges have been some.
what informal, and are being described
as hints, but they are sufficiently clear
to show Russia's willingness to arbi
trate the question.
The outcome is hinging on Great
Britain's answer. 1t is understood
that Russia contemplates the release
of the Malacca but the officials say
the previous reports that orders had
actually been issued for her release
are incorrect. 1t is further asserted
that the prospective adjustment will
be confined to to the seizure of the
Malacca and will not include the gen.
eral question of the right of Russia
under the treaty Of Paris, to send
vessels of the volunteer fleet through
the Dardennelles. It is considered in.
oppOrtune to discuss a re-adjustment
Of the rights of the powers under the
treaty Of Paris during a time of war,
and, therefore, if the question of
re-adjustment is raised, II probably
will go over until the close of the
Japanese Russian war.