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Vatican Denies Statement.

Rome. July so-The vatican today de- nied the statement that Manager Falconi, papal delegate to the United States, would be sent to Manila to replace the lats Archbishop Guidy as apostolic delegate there. A new delegate to the Philippines will be appointed. Meanwhile Father O'conner. Archbishop Guidfs successor. will remain there. I
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.PeIl City Takes Two.

Pell City. July SO.-(special) )-The Pell City Manufacturing companys team played dodble-header today with the Louisville and Nashville team of Bir- mingham, winning both games. The score of the first game was as follows:
 R.H D. Pell City .... .... .... ..OO2 O03 0OO-5 8 4 L. & N ..,. ...... 1000 900 01O-z1 5
 Batteries: Montgomery and Gather for Pell City; Hill and Reynolds for the Louis vile and Nashville. The score of the second game was as follows: R.H.E. Pell City .... .... ... .510 900 O0O-6 [ 1 l.. &S N .s...s-...i. .... :. GOO GOO 10O-1 6 Batteries: Welch and Reynolds for the Louisville and Nashville; Spears, Pool and Gather for Pell City.
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OTHER GAMES.
Wln1rId il. GuIn 2.

Winfield, July 30-( Special Winfield played Guin here this evening. At the end of the ninth inning the score stood Il to in favor of Winfield. Batteries; For Winfield, Couch and Trull; for Guin, Mcknight and Shirly. The feature of the game was the pitching of Couch and the batting of Aycock and Mcfarland for Winfield Couch struck of seventeen men.
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and won in the ninth with Leaehs mt scoring Ritchey. Attendance fSSo- score' 1s
 First game N'ha ~. PIttsburg ..s. q. .... ..s.OV Il0 " st T,o,,is ...... 100 900 1O0-2 0
 Batteries: Miller and Smith; Taylor and Grady. Time, 1'40.
 Second game A1a.A, Pittsburg ,s ....oVv oV0 Vi da St. LoulD .... .......1vv vVv VVv -
 Batteries: Leever and Carisch' ONeh and zearfoss Time, :s5.
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Ward and WrIaht Win.

Boston, July 90.-Holcombe Ward and Beals C. Wright won the eastern tennis championship in double at tho Longwood Cricket club today by defeating H. II. Hackett and F. B. Alexander in straight sets, 6-4. 6-3. 6-1. Ward and wright will meet the western champions at Newport next month.
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Atlanta 3, Little Rock 0.

Atlanta, July 3O.-Ely was invincible when hits would have counted for the visitors. Guese was hit by the locals in the first inning when hits were needed. Attendance, 2031. Score: R.H.E. Atlanta ... .... .... ... 200 900 01t-3 o Little ROCK ..U0O UU OUO-O D
 Batteries: Ely and Clark; Guese and Anderson. Umpire, Mullane.
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T.. an oii ,ne ford Bacon &. Davis company tha ,.as1, uliul contest. The features of a,,d 9..a..e bs. were the pitching by Fowler mingham Railway. Iight and Power com pany, and running catch bv West for Foro' Bacon & Davis. Score by innings:
 R.H.E- D 5. E,' L. ana P. co......0o0 O1o 001-2 8 l ,s G es ~ S............000 000 coll 2 baIeeIles: Fowler and Pomeroy; Jones
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No Selection Yet.

New York. July 20.-tJrey Woodson. sec- retary of the democratic national conn mttee. was occupied today fin looking over two rooms for headquarters for the committee in place of the Hoffman house. He said no selection wou. be made until Chairman Taggar's return next week
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TRI-STATE LEAGUE.
Doo,,ur 6. Huntsville 2.

Decatur, July 3o.-(special. )--Decatur won again today from Huntsville, making three straight games. Decatur batted Farmer Logan freely. King Bailey pitch ed a fine game and was well supported Score: R.H.E. Decatur, ...........6 8 3 HuntSvflle.... ..............'.A
 Batteries--Bailey and Dunlap; Logan and Devaney.
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chlcaao 6. Boston 4.

Boston, July so.-Glbson's wildness and loose playing by Boston gave Chicago victory. Attendance 14.101 Score: R.H.E. Chicago.... .... 400 900 020-8 8 0 BoSton.... ..t........Ol3 VO0 OOV-4 Il
 Batteries--Altrock and Mcfarland; Leib- son and Crlger. Time, 1:50.
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Montgomery 4, Shreveport 0.

Montgomery, July 30.-Montgomery shut out Shreveport in the first game, and the second was called in the second half of the fourth inning, the score being 1 to O in the locals favor. The catch by Moles- worth in deep center was the most re-
 markable ever witnessed on the local grounds. Attendance, 1900. Score: R.H.E. Shreveport -....... ......000 900 000-0 2 Montgomery ....001 020 01s-4 o Batteries: Bartley and Graffius; Lee
 and Clark. Umpire, Pfeninger. Time9 1:25.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Milwaukee 5, Minneapolis 3. Indianapolis 1, Columbus 5. Indianapolis 2, Columbus 5. Toledo ,, Louisville 4.
 Kansas City 0, St. Paul 5.
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Pittsburg 5-2, St. Louis 2.1.

Pittsburg, July So.-Pittsburg won both games. the first by Taylor's wildness and by hitting at the right time. In the sec ond game the score was tied in the eishth inning through -,arrelrs wild throw
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Knoxville g, Columbia 5.

Knoxville, July 30.-(Special.) )-The lead CTS made 1t two out of from Columbia today by winning a slugging match in which they were more able to bunch their bingles Akers retired after the third in- ming and Bruner stopped the visitors with ease. Score: RH.E. Knoxville. .... ....... BOA GOO 001-8 Il 5 Columbia. s.. ..a. .04 GOO 000--5 10
 Batteries-Alsers,. Bruner and White; Lewis and James.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 3, Cincinnati 0.

Chicago. July 30--The visitors were un- able to hit Weimer today and were blank ed Chicago punched hits, several of them stretched into additional bases. Att tendance 1000. Score: RH.E. Cincinnati OoO O0O 0O0-0 5 1
 Batteries: Weimer and Kling: Hahn and Schlei- Time l:35
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New York 6 Philadelphia {.

New York. July sO-Loose fielding spoil ed today's game between New York and Philadelphia which was won by the home team. Attendance 11,S33. Score: R.H.E. Philadelphia .... .. ....030 900 100-4 9 5 New York .... .... ..... 100 410 00%-6 10 5
 Batteries: Suthoff and Dooin; Taylor and Bowerman. Time, 1;40
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Aee-Herald 9 ledo.r o

the Vine street diamond in West End. the Age-Herald carrier team shut the Ledger carriers out by the score of to Q. It was game full of fast playing and few erroFs. Score RHE. Age-Herald ...........,..oOO GOO 11o-2 5 2 Ledger ...... ........... 900 GOO OOO-0 5 1
 Batteries: zwald and Mcouaid; Lam bert and Lewis. Umpire, Childs.
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Meridian 10 NIckshurn 1.

Meridian Miss. July s0.-(Speclal. )-The Vicksburg team, strengthened with three Natchez players, was badly defeated by the locals today who had Galloway in the box. Score: R.H.E. Merldlan ..,. .... .... ..lUO VUS Ul"-lO Vlcksburg .... ....e. lOO OO0 OOO- 6
 Batteries: Galloway and Braun; Cox, Plass and Fulger.
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"BIack Jack.y

From the Memphis Commercial-Appea1.
 Black Ja-k Rockefeller wants to send missionaries to Cuba; but it would be far more proper that Cuba should send missionaries to Black Jack
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Horse Has to Re Killed.

f Saratoga, N. r., July sO.--J. R. Keene' s A-year-old Rigdon, while exercising on the Saratoga track today fractured a shoul- Aer and had to be killed.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 4. Detroit 1.

Philadelphia, July S0.-Inability to con- meet with Waddelrs delivery was the cause of Betroit's fourth successive de- feat by Philadelphia. Attendance 9650. Score: R.H.E. Detroit. .... ........ .000 900 1O0--l 6 1 Philadelphia .. ....000 22O 00s-4 0
 Batteries-Stovall and Killain and Be- vile; Waddel and Schreckengost. Time, .o2
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1O7 (NIoIntyre), Ii to 2, won; F1axman, 113 fPrior). to 1, seeondi Mum. 107 Hel- geson) 5 to l. third Time, 1:02 2-5
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Cleveland y, Washington 4.

Cleveland, July @.-Todays game was marked by poor playing by the Washing ton team and timely and consecutive hit- ting by the locals, Attendance 54S5. Score: R.H.E E. Cleveland.... .... .112 002 03s-9 IA Washington.... .......... .00O 900 004-4 13 5
 Batterles-Donahue and Buelow; Patten and Clarke. Time 1:40.
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Boston G. Brooklyn 0.

Brooklyn, July s0.-Boston defeated Brooklyn today. Jones was batted freely. 4 nttendance g5O0 Score: R.H.E Boston s.AVo VoV 1S1-V IL V Rroolklvn .. .000 900 O00-O 1
 Batteries: Willis and Moran; Jones and Bergen Time two hours.
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MEMPHIS TAXES THE THIRD CAME .WhistIer's Crowd Did It in the
 Tenth
 - FINAL RALLY DID NO GOOD With a Man on Second and Third and One Out, Lynch and Vaughan Could Not Deliver, and Up Went
 the Sponge.
SOUTHERN LEAeuE sTANDINe.
Games yesterday.

Memphis 5, Birmingham 3. Nashville 3, New Orleans ?. Atlanta 8, Little Rock 0.
 Montgomery 1, Shreveport 0.
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cinners 3. RalIroaders 1.


 One of the hardest fought games of the season was played at Kingston yesterday. the contestants being the Continental Gin company and the Southern railroad. The "Ginners" winning by the narrow margin of 3 to l. But for q single costly error the "Railroaders'' would have been shut out. The pitching of Robinson for the "Railroaders," who struck out IS of the heavy hitting "Ginners." was the only thing that held the score down.
 Score by innings: R.H E. Ginners -. .... .... e 900 oil 010--3 2 R. R.. .... .... .... ....OoO 100 000-1 5 Batteries: Southern R. R., Robinson and Brown; Ginners, Wilson. Narkates and Munger.
 B. R. L. p. Go. vs. Ford, Bacon& Davis. The office force of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company won
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Leonard Lippman, the ticket broker who was arrested recently in Savannah charged with violating the anti-scalpers ordinance. has been released from GUS. tody upon condition that he will leave the city immediately.
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RAILROAD WORLD.

The earnings of the Louisville & Nash vile railroad for the third week in July amounted to s661 .645, against S695. 66O for the same week last year. The decrease in earnings for the week amounts to $50, 0l5.
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Score by innings:

Birmingham ....Ol0 O02 000O-3 Memphlsr. ....UOo OU0 UUz-5
 Summary: Two-base hits-Duffy Lynch,
 Iennessey. Bases on balls-Off Clark, 8; off Stockdale. f. Struck out-By Clark, 5; by Stockdale, 2 Stolen bases-Law. Sacri- flee hits--Downey, Keenan. Time of game -1:40 Umpire-Wood. Attendance-1222.
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Terminal facilities at New Orleans have recently been examined by officials of the Pennsylvania lines. The moving platform system used by the Southern Pacific for loading and unloading ships has been in- spected especially.
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Baseball!

Birmingham vs. Little Rock Monday. Tuesday, Wednes- day. Game called at 4 p. m.
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FOR RENT
M BIRMINGHAM LOAN co

" G9 ''O N WIEN 'I F' DIT
 The oldest. most reliable loan office in he city. Money loaned on watches, dia- nonds. jewelry, guns and pistols. Bar gains in unredeemed pledges. Business strictly confidential. Old gold and silver bought E. WALD. Prop.
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Pittsburg manufacturers of cars and other railroad equipment and supplies re- port that they are receiving more orders at present than they have for twelve months past.
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We make all kincs of cuts The Age 'rald Engraving Co
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

Savannah. July so.-score of first game;
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The accident Bulletin issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission for the first quarter of 1904, says that 40 passeng- CTS and 1S1 employees were killed and 995 passengers and 1902 employees injured making in all 221 persons killed and 2797 injured in train accidents
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B. R. L. p. Co. vs. Ford, Bacon& Davis.

The office force of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company won
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The Louisville & Nashville railroad Is now handling from twelve to fiften cars loads of coal daily from the Stouts Mountain mines in Blount county to Pensacola, thence by water to Mexico. The Louisville &. Nashville has again se- cured the contract for supplying coal to the Mexican railroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02
Mont Pele Projection Subject for Study


The projection at the summit Of Mont
Pele-it Is no longer spelt Pelee-w hich rose
to a height of 900 feet above the old sum-
NIT of the mountain. promises to be one
o. the most interesting features IN the
study of that volcanic vent.
According to HeiIprin. Howe Lacroix
and other observers. 1t thrust up
through the crater at the rate of much
as forty-one feet per day. until it stood
UP as a sharks tooth or obelIsk far above
the old cone. Prof. Lacroix. who headed
commission from the French government,
decided-near!y year ago-that it was an
exceedingly viscous acid lava which had
sClidifed on extrusion. and rose vertically.
instead of flowing out of the crater in the
normal manner Of lava streams
Now. however. Prof. Angelo Heilprin
states that this towering mass Is none other
than the ancient core of the volcano loos-
cned from It's place and pushed up bodily
by the enerGy at the volcanic Orifice. When
access can BE obtained to the crater so as
tn obtain fragments of the rock of which
this huge pGojection is built up. 1t should
be possible TO decide by microscopic investi-
ga ton whether the rock Is rapidly cooled
vlscous lava or. a slowly cooled volcanic
plug The solution of the problem VIII
throw much light on the physiology of vol
ca roeS. ~. %
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The Mania for Getting Rich.


The mania for getting rich-the mad.
false idea that we must have money-has
played worse havoc among ambitious peo-
pie than war or pestilence. A member of
the Chicago board of trade says that the
men and women of this country contribute
hundred million dollars a year to the
sharpers who promise to make them rich
quick They work the same old scheme
of a confidential letter and shrewd batting
until the victim parts with his money.
Thousands are plodding along in poverty
and deprivation chagrined and Inundated
because they have Tot been able to get
up in the world to realize their ambi-
tons. for the reason that they succumbed
to the scheme of some smooth promoter
who hypnotiZed them into the belief that
they could make great deal very quickly
cut of a very little.
The great fever of trying to maze one
dollar earn five dollars is growing more
and more contagious We see even wo-
men secretly going into brokers' offices
and bucket shops" investing everything
they have in all sorts of schemes draw
ing their deposits out of the banks. some
times pawninS their jewelry-even their
engagement rings-and borrowing, hoping
TO make a lot of money before their hus-
bands or families find it out and then to
surprise them with the results; but in most
cases. what they invest is hopelessly lost
thousands or young Americans are so
tied up by financial or other entangle-
ments. even before they get fairly started
in their life-work, that they can only
transmute 1.-THE of their real ability or
lneir splendid energies into that which will
count in their lives. A large part of it is
coal is nearly all lost before it reaches the
electric bulb.
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Putting on Style in Arizona.

From the Tombstone frospecror.
Every symptoms points to tendency TO
spread on styleefn Tombstone Aiming
other instances In this direction. the boys
bought pssg of beautiful barber pole sus-
penders andfpresBnted them to the amiable
dispenser wffo STOVES the amber extract
OF cheerfulrfkss over the mahogany of the
ParIor saiohh 4e promptly donned the
irEova ton. but claimed that he felt like tie
had a fence rair on each shoulder Then,
when they became overburdensome he
would unbutton them and permit them to
dangle in front but he has finally got them
down fine enough to go to church in. Sew
eral old-timers. conspicuously court at
tendants from the other end of the county.
have fallen into the habit of wearing boiled
shirts. and ii looks IL sky-blue overaiis
might be discarded full-dress costume
Getting powerful tony in town nowadays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

When a native lady enters a Japanese
railway carriage she slips her feet from
her tiny shoes. stands upon the seat, and
then sits demurely with her feet doubled
beneath her. A moment later she lights
cigarette. or her little pipe. which holds
just tobacco enough to produce two good
whiffs of smoke. All Japanese people sit
with their feet upon the seat of the car
and not as Europeans do When the ticket
coliector-attired In a blue uniform-en-
ters the carriage he removes his cap and
twice bows politely. He repeats the bow
as he comes to each passenger to collect
the tickets.
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The Meaning of Orange Blossoms.

From t:h Philadelphia Inquirer
The orange tree is regarded as a prince
among trees and the emblem of genius
A popularity of this tree is that IL
bears fruit ard flowers at the same time
Its leaves are evergreen, and as it grows
older it grows in beauty and fruitfulness.
its blossoms filling the air with its frag-
rance. 1t is indeed fit emblem of mar
riage promise and hopes
The orange tree is considered typical of
love because. though it's fruit Is golden
and its flavor and scent delicious its rind
Is bitter. and as every one knows who has
experienced 1t Cupid's dart causes pain.
The orange is enlblematic of gratitude as
well as of genius and love
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Righted a Wrong.

II suppose your gas bill is simply out
rageous?" sneered the manager of the gas
company. before the visitor had chance
to speak.
You don't do Justice to the bill" replied
the visitor, smilingly. Suffice it to say
that after perusing the statement | i'm
mediately FASTENED to the plumber who
made the connections, and apologized."
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Sport.
From Life.

Q-ittle boy in a hammock and another
standing some distance off. crying Father
talking to the boy In the hdmmock)
Father-'What is Willie crying about?''
JoEnne-He says he don't like this
game"
We'll, what are you playing%'
I'VE are playing with this hammock as a
steamboat.
Well. why is not Willie in it. too?"
We are playing that he missed the boat"
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Explaining IT.

From the Philadelphia Press.
His great contention is that all men are
born equal.
That's all right"
.'But he seems to think he's better than
most men,
Well he means all men are born equal,
but some are equal to a hundred Others"
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Bolivia Wants an American
Syndicate to Build Railways.
CONDITIONS REQUIRED
RAILS TO GO TO HEADWATERS OF
AMAZON.
A Talk With Bolivian Minister on the
South American Continent.

copyrighted 1904. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Ten million dollars going begging
Yes. ten million gold dollars. That is
what Bolivia is ready to give to American
capitalists toward the building of railroads
In one of the richest mineral countries of
the South American continent. The ten
million dollars is in cash. Bolivia has ac-
quired 1t by selling to Brazil territory
as big as the state of Missouri. at the head
waters of one of the tributaries of the
Amazon. President Pando and the Bolivian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

II understand they have some stunning
shows on the Pike" said the st. Louis
woman
Il guess that's right" replied her next
door neishbor. My husband visited some
Of them last night and came home para
lyzed.".Chicago News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02

Recent experiments conducted in Ger
many. according to Vice Consul General Ma
son, have established the fact that super
heated steam can be used with locomotives
as well as with stationary engines. Con-
sidering the greatly superior efficiency of
surer-heated over ordinary steam there is
strong reason to believe that the great sue
cess already obtained by the stationary en-
CINE will be repeated with the locomotive
and that In time the use Of super-heated
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How about the copper mines?"
We have some very celebrated ones
Among the best SO far discovered are those
of Corocoro. near the Desaguadero river
The ore here is so soft and ductile that it is
sent to Europe for use In making jewelry
and notions. Those mines are rich in
copper as Potosi Is in silver. 1t is said that
an American syndicate has bought them.
and If so 1t has a very valuable prop
erty The mines not far from Lake
Titicaca. and they will be tapped by the
railroad which we propose to build with
this money from La Paz to Oruro. At pres
ent the copper ore is taken by the river
to Lake Titicaca and thence sent down the
Andes by railroad to Moliendo."
Have you much gold?
Yes There is gold scattered throughout
the different parts of Bolivia. We have
in the territories to be opened up by these
railroads"
Brazil Afraid Of the Americans.
How about this Acre territory which you
have sold to Brazil?"
I'VE lost that country largely through
our dealings with an American syndicate
said Senior Calderon. 1.-The territory Ia far
from the seat of government, and II Is a
difficult country to control. 1t has some
of the head waters of the Amazon in II.
and it includes valuable rubber territory.
Bolivian government a certain amount for
the right to administer the country. as far
as the collection of its revenues was con-
cerned. 1t had certain rights of develop
ment and its members expected to make a
great deal out of the exploitation of Its
rubber and other possibilities 1t had at
the same time the right to police the region
and to keep order, under the direction OF
Bolivia There was no intention or giving
I'M the country and its administration
WAS entirely subordinate to that of the Bo-
liyan government
.'Shortly after the concession was granted,
boweyer Brazil became alarmed at the pos
sibility of this territory being acquired by
the United States. Hotheads among the
brazilian statesmen proclaimed that this
was the beginning of a movement which
would result in South America being alb
sorbed by the Yankees. and as a result of
their agita ton the Brazilian government
insisted that the country must be sold to
them. There Was much trouble about the
matter and we finally agreed to sell out for
e. 600, 900 upon certain conditions. This e..
300 900 is the sum we have to invest
In railroads. Among the conditions is one
that Brazil shall build a railroad about tie
cataracts of the Madeira and the Benz, thus
giving outlet to the Amazon An
other Is that they are to give US access To
the Paraguay river: so that all told. while
we were opposed to selling the territory. IL
FRANK G. CARPENTER.