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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
COTTON TRADE QUIET
LITTLE DEMAND AND HOLDERS
REFUSING PRESENT PRICES.
TONE RESULT OF HOLIDAYS
LOCAL SPOT MARKET OPENED AND
CLOSED UNCHANGED.

Liverpool Rather Lower Than Ex-
pected. But American Futures
Markets Held Prices Pretty Well.
New York Showed Small Decline
Mt Close, But New Orleans Report
ed slight Net Gains-F. o. II. Mar
ket On Unchanged Basis.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

The cotton market contained no spe~
cial feature yesterday. Liverpool was
rather lower than expected, but the
American futures markets held pretty
steady during the day and showed
small net changes at the close. New
York being but a few points under the
close of the previous day, and New Or
leans showing a small net gain.
In the local spot market the holiday
lethargy seems to have struck the
trade, some cotton is wanted, but the
demand does not appear to be very
active and as bids are not better than
quotations and holders are not dis
posed to accept present quotations,
much less sell at a decline, the transac-
tions are small and represent sales of
only such cotton as is absolutely need
ed.
The opening of the market yesterday
was unchanged in both tone and prices
from the close of the day before. and
it ruled unchanged until the close
The tone, prices and sales for the
day in the local market follow:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
SEA ISLAND COTTON.

The sea island cotton market for
the week ending yesterday was dull
and little if any business is expected
until after the holidays. There is some
inquiry from the mills. however which
promises a better demand in the early
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

LUVaI ''..'.-...sT Z,IIUT lob
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 23.-Sea is
land cotton: Receipts this week. $40:
exports to New York. 49, exports, Sa-
vannah. by rail- 22s sales, 437; stock.
S,269. Market, quiet; fully fine, 25c;
extra fine. PIC.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
AT THE CLOSE.

FUTURES.
Liverpool, unchanged to points
lower.
New York, 1 to points lower.
New Orleans, to 4 points higher.
SPOTS.
Liverpool, points lower.
New York. unchanged.
New Orleans, unchanged.
Savannah, unchanged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange Yesterday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
LUMBER MARKET.

Exports OF lumber and cross ties
from Savannah for the season begin
ming July /. as posted at Board OF
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

Fancy No. l Observation-Disclosures. 12hc
Fancy NO. 1 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. c
Choice No. ......................12 lsc
Hrlne NO. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. n9c
Fair NO. 5 ...................... c
Ordinary No. ..................lO c
Common No. .......... 91bc
SALT-Car lots, 100 pounds burlap
sacks, &c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 800;
125-pound burlap sacks, acc; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 4Sc; 150-pound burlap
sacks, 55c; 2oO-pound burlap sacks,
lLiverpooO, 7Sc.
HIDES-Market, firm; dry flint.
i61sc; dry sailed, 141ac; green sailed,
SIC; green, &c.
WOOL-Firm; white prime, Csc:
prime Georgia, free of sand burrs and
black wool. at 23c; bury. 12@16c; wax,
&c; tallow. &c; deer skin, &c.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME. CALCIUM PLASTER AND
Cement-Alabama and Georgia lime in
ralr demand and sell at S00S5c a bar
rel; special Calcined plaster, $1.50Q161
per barrel; hair, 4@5c; cement, $1.1O0
l.2O; carload lots, special. Portland ce-
ment, retail. s2.ooG2.25; carload lots,
special.
LUMBER Railroad ties. 2792Sc;
hewn ties (7xaxs1s). sS040c; hewn
ties (6xS). 26x2Sc; switch ties, $1O.5O9
ll.O0; easy yard stock, $110061200;
car stills. s13.00915.oo: ship stock. $500
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

Futures opened frm: closed steady.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24


thus far for sea-
son .............7.4s7,15 e,572, S4s
$Gain.
S,345 added port receipts, season.
Receipts Ports Past Week-The fol-
lowing table shows receipts at all
United States ports for the past week
and the corresponding week last year:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

Perfection Signal Oil ....E @
Fratts Astral ...................16 G
Aladdin Security ...........15 G
water White ..................1 Is
standard White
-. .. Gasollne ......................16
~. 5. Gasoline in drums .....14hc
80 degree gasoline in drums. 1916
Llnseed Oil. raw. barrel lots ...46
Boiled linseed, barrel lots ...4S C
Five barrel lots special.
ShOT-Drop, 31.65; b. B. and large
s1.90; chilled S190.
lRoN-Market Arm; refined, $3.50;
NAILs-cut, 1925 base; wire. sg.s5
BARBED WIRE = s2.s5 per 100
pounds.
GUNPOWDER Per key. Austin
crack short. $3.50 keg; half keg. $3.50,
quarter keg, $1.40; champion duckIng
quarter keg. s2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs. sS.45. quarter. $3.50; thres
pounds, S2.lO; one pound, 75c; less 70
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton BagginE and Ties.
BAGGING-Market arm: Ia mound
7hq7%c; 2-pound, s@Shc; sea island
bagging, 10h@11c.
TIES-Standard l5-inch arrow. s4c
COTTON PICKING sHEErs-gso
25c each.
TwINE-Per pound. or hank. iIa
HAMs-susar cured. 12@1shc; pic
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.

The following are the figures and
quotations of the naval stores mar
ket. as posted at the Board of Trade.
Spirits, Rosin
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-24

compound, IN tierces. SIC; 5O-pound
tins and so-pound tubs. &c.
miscellaneous.
FIsH-Maekerei, halfbarrels, No,
4. 80. No 2. $3.50. No. 3. IS; Kits, No.
], ti.to, No. 2, $3.50; No. 3. ti.iO; cod
nsh, i-pound bricks. Co.; 2-pond bricks,
k1e' smoked nerrings, per box, i9q2oe
Dutch herdngs. IN kegs, sI.l0, new
mulleth, half barrels. a.
SYRUP Market quiet3 Georgia ana
Florida syrup, buying ~ 2l42sci teil.
in3 AZ zsu1ihe, sugar house, az itns
WAN-1ee.
HIGH WfNEa--nasia, ff1a
.honht-Dusi alfainei, N taffsA
SO Gallsns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
TWO KINDS OF
CHILDREN

Children that grow too fast
and those that seem hardly
to grow at all, both need
Scots Emulsion.
1t gives that rich vital
nourishment which is the
secret of all healthy growth.
1t rounds out the long limbs,
and helps children to grow
without using up all their
strength in growing.
Mothers ought to know
more about the wonderful
help which SCOTS Emulsion
would give their children.
There is no secret about
SCOTS Emulsion. Nothing
is covered Up by obscure
references 20 active princi-
pies" or" alkaloids."
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
an emulsion of the ocst Nor
wcg!an cod liver Oh combined
with the hypophos9hitos and
glycerin.
Wen send YOU sample 're- upon request,
SCOTT & BOVINE, 80 ?es'i Street, Ne" York
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
One WORD IN TINE
Is Better Than Two Afterwards
q Chance to Profit by a Bur-
lington Woman's Exper.
fence.

1t is strange how people will put away
an opportunity until too late; IT'S only
little things that go to make up our every
day existancc, the trouble is we don't
pay sufficient attention to them Back
ache is a little thing. sometimes it comes
after a hard days work; or slight cold.
IL VIII pass off. you say it's only the
result Of overtaxing my back. 1t isn't
the fault Of your back, but your kidncys
The exertion of straining has interfered
with the delicate mocha rism, but 1t really
is kidney ache. If the kidneys are not
relieved chronic disorders set In and this
is why the little thing should not be
passed over. A Burlington woman has
learned TO appreciate what delay means
Mrs /, T.. Ryder, formerly OF % Peru
street. says. Il never had oackachc until
Ia grippe left me a victim to It. For
four years I had constant pain across
the lower part of my back. It's persist
ency was terrible and resisted all my eff
forts to shake it off Reading or working,
walking or standing, sitting or lying the
pain in my back was always present in
full force. In one of my attempts to get
ease, / went to ". ]. Henderson's drug
store and got a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills. never was 50 pleased at any
act of mine in my life. They gave me the
first freedom | ever had from aches and
and pains IN all tho wears ] suffered.
The result was so positive and decided 7
am only too pleased To be able to rec
ommonl Doan's Kidney Pills to others. s.
For sale hy all dealers; price % cents.
Foster Milburn Co., y. T.. sole agents
for the T.. &.
Remember the name, Doan's, and take
no substitute.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14

n husband ..aa wi.e bc compelled to
live together unG9r all condi,ioAsT'
Oh no. IT, tlalai ION Of tho marriage
VOW iustihes divorce. Chr.sts own
words imply thr;. There are other
conditions wAlch Justly separation.
even wien thrrc hes been no violation
Of THAI vow. /. would he a gr,evo'1-
injustice 10 enforce constant compan
ionship whcn cnr Of the parties 10 a
marriage has contracted habit, which
render tho coltlnucd rcintinn an lntol-
cradle misery to tho other. | have
known such cases and have reioiccd
that the law permits the innocent party
to be relieved Of tho burden and af-
fcrds protection from rlclasta ion. Il
Is not for NO to s-y wllrn stage ha-
been reached whi~h Demands tho in
,crvcntion OF the law, hut do contend
that ii il Il menace to the morals OF
the people, when contract 80 solemn
and sacre,. as that Of marriage can hc
broken Oh Ire'NStS 20 frivolous rs thosc
now recognized in inary states. pro
test also nCa:nat the diversity Of the
divorce laY~. Of ~, different statc.,
which tcnIl Z, conf;i1icn ard unccr-
tainty III The rrli;i0n ~. vital ~ TIT.
70 the ,lo7a.ity and stability Of society.
Ny belief i: reference 10 divorce CO
no sunrlci -, iu ihc wr-'!s Of Sir
Walter scott In thc 90 20 ~ Ecand vcr.
aus Eyar.:. "'ihnu-h IN particular caser
the rcpuGIlunC2 uf tho law TO dissolve
tho obliga ions of matrimonial cohabi-
tatiOn may operate With Great severity
upon inlN iduals. yet it must be care
fully Remembered FIAT the general hap.
pincss OF tie H'ar-!rN !ifc is secured
by its inGi.4oIuh!lity Ny belief is
summed M IN the thought that TIN
moro pco',o scHii:r when they marry
that they must mHrry FOR life tic moro
future generations viii h. careful how
they marry and the more tho sanctlty
of the HON. will ba preserved. There
fore, my friends. suffer almost ever.
injustice c,r yoJr chii;,en's sake, for
The comrr. ity's sni;s. toi Coils sake,
rather than bal. the nuptial bonds.
II this discussion | have presented,
for the rro.t p-r.. on'y the Temporal
side Of tie divorce question. If hal
spoken fyoln the spiritual side tie r.
suit would have been sell evident. Cos
pei love ncyrr gave birth 70 LEGAL hate
May tlo c. who uttered :hc rrO-
test of tho II against r"on.scdour
divorce bl,As thr earnest words Of one
whom Col has greatly blessed with a
happy lorn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
Free Press Asso.
BURLINGTON. VT.
ELIZA G. Traps ESTATE.

STATE or VERMONT District OF chit
tendon.
To all persons concerned IN the estate Of
Eli,a { Tramp. late of Iiinesburgh, in
said district, decea sed,
GREETING:
At "A Probate Court, holden at Burlns
ton, within and for the District o; Chittsn-
den, ON the 9Th day of January 1904,
ar instrument purportng TO he the last
viii ard testament OF Eliza c. Trap,
late OF iline.hurgh, in said district de-
ccnsed. was presented to The court aiore-
said fOr probate.
And II = ordered by said Court that the
10Th day of January, 1904, at the Probate
Court roolns in said Burlington. In as
signed for proving said instrument; and
that notice thereof he given to all
PERSONS concerned. by publishing this or
der three weeks succcssivcly in the Bur
iincton Weekly Frer Press. newspaper
nu0lished In said darlington, previous to
the time appointed.
rhcrcfore. you are hereby notified to
anpcar before sail court at the time and
Mace aforesaid. ard contest tho probate
of said will. II YOU lave cause.
Given under my hand In Burlington. in
said district. this 5th day Of January,
1904, " -
aSwSt. Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14

At n meeting or the Bennington second
congregational Church ana society. held
Thursday evening, il was unanimously
voted to extend II call tn tho Rev Cicorgo
r.. Mills OF Belfast, Nc. to become oa1-
tor, Mr.. Mills Is a Young man. and 9.
IRA luatc of Dartmouth college, the pres
>tnt being his trst pnstorate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
ESTATE or MEROA =. MASON
RICHMOND.

We, the subscribers, having heen
pointed bv The Honorable the Prob
Court for the district OF Chittenden. cd
n g oners 10 receive. examine ana al
the claims and demand. Ut AZ rrri|
against the estate of Moroa L. Ma i
inte of Richmond, in said district dcceu i
and also all clainlr and demands exhihJ
in Offset thereto and SIX months ID
the day OF the date hereof being a,ov
by said court for that purpose. We
therefore hereby give notice that we ,
attend to tho duties OF our appointm
ut tho office of the town clerk. in nj
mond in sail district, on tho nrst Sal
DAYS ~ February and July ncNt. Al
o'clock n. m, en- each OF said davs.
Dated this 18th day Of January. 100,
EDWARD ulLhRETi
JESSE GLoAD,
Sw3t. Commissioner
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
PROMISING FOR 4 MAPLE HAIRY Est
U'rom tho BENNINGTON Banrcr)

VTTVII TN' ItI.1IIIIs V'1I biIIII'IJ
Like tho i'll wind that blows nobody
good. the recent severe freeze is sending
tho frost deep into tho ground and in
creISing the prospects for n good maple
sugar season. Already the narufac tuners
of sugar utensils are receiving large or
ders and business in their line is better
than ii has been for several years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
ESTATE or GEORGE w. pATTEN

ESTATE or GEORGE w. pATTENl
WILLIS ron.
STAT; OF VERMONT, District Of d
tcndcn, IS.
,Iac rebate Court for the DlstricI
Chitterden.
70 an Persons interested in the osta
Georgc ". Patten late OF NVilliJ
III sald district, deceased.
Whereas said court has ssslsne al
intn otN OF January next for tho 81
mcnl 81 NC account of George w. Pal
litt or " i,liston, doccascd. ana for "A
cree or the residue Of said estate toI
iaWlul climauts Of tho same. ana or,lI
tha' pubic motto" thereof b. pive,I
all persons Interested in said cetat,I
Tuh,lShit TINS order three weeks sued
slNe.y previous 10 tic day aesianrd ifI
liurlnstQa M,ekly Free Press, a nd
pager punished iu said district.
Ihertfnr'. NrI arc hereby notified III
pear ~ n, Probate Court Rooms in
llhstoh. ,NTinunt on the day assipd
men hhd th"re To- contest tho allowl
~ said account If You 500 cause. an|
ESTABLISH your right NJ heirs. lcgatces|
lawful claimants Of said residue.
Hivcn under ny hand. this 18th dial
December 1903.
o-. MARCEtLCs a. B1NGIfA|
E'""t' JUN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
THE JANUARY SKIES,
Phases OF the Moon--The Planets nnd
COnsteiln tions--'rhe Ecliprcs Of
the Year.

phases: Fun on the I'd. last quarter on
the 9th. new on tho 18th and INST quarter
on the 25th. She will be in pcrigce on the
18th and In aposee on the 10Th. While at
noon on the list the sun is still nearly q
degrees minutes south OF the equator.
he will move through an arc or nearly
6 degrees dcclinntion in course OF the
month; and while on the list OF the month
the suns rising and setting points In the
lattide Of baltimore were 30 degrees
q minutes south of the true east and
west points on the horizon they Will have
shifted to degrees ~ minutes nearer
to the latter mt the end OF the month.
During the year 1904 the minimum num-
Der OF cclipscs Will occur viz: two, both
Of the sun, so that during the entire year
the moon will escape being cclipscd by
the earth's shadow. The highest num-
btr possible Of cclpscs in any year is
seven and Of these FIVE must be solar and
two lunar. ribs is an interesting subject
ard deserves some explanation. 1hat
there Is not an eclipse or the moon at
every full moon and an eclipse of the
sun at every new moon. the three bodies
of the sun. earth and moon being In
straight lines at those times. is due to
the fact that the moons orbit and the
ocliptc arc not coincidont planes, but
make an angle of five degrees with each
other. In consequence Of which the moon
generally passes opposition and con-
junction so far north or south Of the sun
as to avoid an eclipse. The points whore
tho moons Path cuts tho eclipuc arc
called her nodes, ana the conjunction ana
opposition are called by tho common
name Of sy2ygies. Now. that an eclipse
may occur at all the syzyGies must hap
per near the n,lo VI i,ou' - 50 NJ, a. ~
mon .oIIL.S mo ~
in n STRAIGHT line. The cclipses each year
harpen at two seasors. called the "eclirse
. .,. ..' KIN '". e,
ii''Vs 10 "'i'h Wv ,u' ~ ~ ,ppr ~
''''lu"I pi,'' ,.1' ,,.. 80 Wy
wy - w. - -
, ."c oc',,Sc Hn"''tl'9 "o"'', VI ,n'' -. w
49, 80 "'.,'' ~ -, 49, o., ,t -,
$500 ''iO'''', W 90. 20
>. "eHr rec % iuliI"'os .n.'1 H.'. .mc
IiiHo mo" 'nS 'r' .,''",''' I,'",'-i ''s''
..i S'l',I r,i'i' ''''l. me- .''', '."ptS ;"
, ,Wo' Nniic tn.," az. AK, uoNoi' "
.uHd' tchiSc>' wv Ht'' i'u' ur''!t, WV W
I'm "uc' c".,en.'H i'.' ~ .u''', ,,.,
~, ,'e' 't.> III ' a.
''S' year Whcn tn'' hHpp','' was we
wear 'N'' J ne '"o So.ai co'i rs =, Wy
~" - ~ az, al "h''u.di CIV w ~,
~ an" 'u''l un A.. ,......s =.
ever pons inNisip'o III tt'aS ia'i'uoe' ~
- an -" ""0 ioItH' 49, I'I' {"
''lpsos occur az ro'uiar o',oIN"i% 81 ~
Se"rS ana II !" u"IS Wv 80 u"!H - w.
n'pPehs ~ " "ye cap, IN tlie ~. 'rnui}'
, Pori"o "il!oh was r,'Icu nE NE MAJ
&c" ms VINO knew II well tho o0r"s Wo'H
winch hc'ES TcSVt"'io" or iei'''n' ny
means OF W!ll'h tlat !iEcnI Us p''!I' pre-
uio,ea we re'urrencc OF th'sc lf'.o'n' .''
inc ridhct mercury wiz "r III H"s'''H'
rus ~ 'he poCNn'nE OF 'ile mont enter
Capricornus about the middle but retro
grade INTO Saet'arlus toward me ch"'
venus Will successiVeIy nc III l.l'ra' Scor-
P!o ana ShSlttdrlNS. she SnlncS rs "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
FOR a GENUINE NEW VERMONT.

Ofrom the Bellows Falls Tines
- J. Boll of Walden. master Of the state
Grange. is qualified TO hold the Office Of
governor and there are thousands in the
State who would like to SEQ him elected
10 that cficc. should n farmer he elected
governor ii would go Ions way to d.
monstratc that the "ncw Vermont" is net
entirely myth.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14

T.urtock Blood Bittors gives a man a
clear head. an active brain. n strong. Wig
orols hody--makes him iit for the battle
Of life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
NEW PASTOR AT BENNINGTON.

And this is only part of tho story
Waller J. Ballard in the New Yorl; Sun
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14

CrIu~ u.tnnt'v relieved. Or. Thoma,'
Eclectic OIL Perfectly SAFE. EcVc. fails.
Al amy drug store.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
ESTATE or HENRY G. ROOT OF Isl

- any - - - IL
---------------------
ESrArE or HENRY c. ROOT OF b
STATE o, vrR :.rI'i district Of d
temden.
To all parsons concerned in the cstad
h,cnrN g. Root late ol burlington. In
district deceased
r.-,.. ,.. GRtE II
ton. withia IRA f2r the D,.s;rict q
t"nI+m, on ,iI -'1n o'| 81 l!t,o.' 1915
nd tns,ari,, a. ii.rr,. Is a
rSrrliretnn 'fi i;.,'.
coe1d ;ynS ,ra..nt.d =" ,j., l,'', ~"
SAID for rroh1to. Il
IA - T.. crdarod Sac. eot1 ,.-,.,..
~ doI ~ ~ 0 Dne nT1bn S-1d44 ort nat
Coi-, rSoo,,,s T., IVA - ~ 1''s 70
ed Tor nrnt.ino sntd i1e.,.,trI,.,', %
not.c. thore6f be EVEN To- II n,rs s1,,,:
"nrrad ty nI,,'i;eS;,e" ~ III orS
Wrokly rre. l;rnss . ,,,yys,..,,,r ,,,,,
IN soil di.trict n-o,.io,,s ,,,""i
lppoIn,. 4.
THEREFORE,. YOU are hereby not1
20 appear N-fore sid Court At The
ara place aiorSesaid, and contest the
'a H.o 90 ~ w ~, gnd ~ "a Sc
III ,iie,,t| ~ a>n a. ~ 'se.l
l,5c3 III ~ ~ - ''''' -'''' U'' % ''''s''
e-wst MARI ~ '-'- y hiNff1 Ia, AZ
100
L. = ! cr ii ;;}lCIio ~" ->"f
tenden. - ~ - . '7 y ~ %
Tb, prnhute Court for tho Dis+ric
-,b, ne fr"''e -'''' 'or the A'S'''
70 ali persons Interested in tho ostat1
t EGi'G Gis, ~ ct G.c".11 '''e Of 'c''cHo
'''''' N'S'' ''' W ''''' No GrtrErtS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
ESTATE or NARY KENNEDY
BIKII Nl,TClN. |

-. MAHCEtLUS a. B1EGHA
3'""t' JUL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14
lGTA1'E. or NARY JANE POLLING;
ON l,nI .l'll L rI' z

lo all persons concerned in the estat]
Nary Jarc polllrccr. late Of Colchcsl
IA said district. deceased,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-13

charge Authority for such detention was found
IN an act Of congress- passed in 1891, regulating the
immigration of aliens into the United States The
supreme court has ruled that the commissioner of
immigration erred in applying the provisions of that
act to II citizen of Porto Rico
The decision which was unanimous is in no
sense startling or revolutionary The court con.
fined its judgment to the single issue before it
whether or not the term ''alien" as used in the law
of 1901 could be legitimately applied to Porto Ric
ans seeking entrance at our ports In that law
aliens were unquesticnably meant to BE- defined
as persons owing allegiance to foreign government
No provision of the conditions which were to be-
created through the Spanish war could be imputed
to the trainers of that legislation Within its
meaning of the act of 1901, the inhabitants Of our
present dependencies could not by any possible
stretch of inference be dealt with as ''aliens. TN
der the laws and treaties of the United States they
owe allegiance to the United States They are
nationals" not 'alens;" and in the absence of
any express denial to them by congress of the right
OF free entry at our ports no warrant can be found
for rating them among those applicants for admis
sion who have not yet renounced foreign allegiance
The judgment of the court leaves it within the
power of congress to exclude Porto Ricans aud Fill
lplnos as Porto Ricans and Filipmos, but not as
aliens As under previous decisions, the political
department of the government remains entirely free
to nix or alter the political and civil status Of the in
habitants of the insular dependencies In the alb.
sence OF expressed prohibitions these possessions
must be dealt with as embraced within our general
scheme of sovereignty. But they have no inherent
or necessary place in our constitutional system
They must depend for their political privileges on
the will of congress, and may be held-as we hope
they will be held indefinitely without the circle Of
the federal union.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-13

According to Director Roberts, of the United
States mint the total value of the gold production Of
this country Alaska included-for the caendai
year of 1903 was substantially S74,500,000--a fall
ing off from the year before of about S5,500,000
For this decline in output the nation is indebted to
the striking miners in Colorado, a state whose pro
duction of the yellow metal fell off $6,5O0,000.
Had it not been for this labor outbreak it is prob
able that this country yield of gold for 1903 would
have been recordsmasher, for Utah, Arizona and
Nevada show notable increases in output, far more
than offsetting decreases in the other states and ter
ritories. Even the case stands the yield for last
year exceeds that of any year preceding 1900
while it is more than double that of 1893 Indeed
with the exception of 1903 the gold output of the
United States has increased regularly year by yeal
since 1893, and present indications are that it viii
90 on indefinitely. Is it any wonder that former
free slvertes prefer to talk of the grave and worm,
rather than Of Is to i