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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1903.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
..Senator Morgan, who has made such
a gallant fight for the Nicaragua canal,
Bays that, the Isthmian canal question
will bo called to the attention of Con?
gress at the extra session. Ho docs not
know In what form it will come up, but
thinks it likely that the House will
take initiative action, as that body Is
peppery on the Hubject. for the reason
that tho Senato took the whole mutter
out of its hands and Insisted on its own
measure.
In the meantime, it is announced Hint
Ismael Enrique Arclnlegas, who for many
years has been In the diplomatic service !
of Colombia, has just arrived In New
York on a special mission from ills gov?
ernment, coming as a special emissary
of the State Department at Bogota to
Dr. Thomas Her?an. Colombian charge
d'affaires. He brings voluminous sealed
documents for Dr. Herren, and it Is
surmised that they contain the. amend?
ments proposed to the canal treaty by
the Colombian Senate, and the advice
that without them there is no possibility
of the measure's being accepted at Bo?
gota. Scnor Arclnlegas, while profess?
ing Ignorance of the contents of tho
packages which he brings, says that his
people are not willing to accept the
treaty in its present form. "I have talked
with many Senators and Congressmen,''
said he, in an interview in New York,
"and they believe that tho $10,000,000 in?
demnity which tho United States is to
pay Colombia under the terms of the !
treaty Is inadequate. The general opin- ?
ion among them is that this Indemnity
ought to be between $:>o.MU.O00 and 8-10.
000,003. This, of course, was one of the j
obstacles to the ratification of the meas?
ure. Then there Is a more Important
drawback than this mero pecuniary con?
sideration. The Colombians will never
consent to relinquish sovereignty over the
territory of the canal route. That is a
question of patriotism with them, which
cannot be overcome by money or argu?
ment. There Is no objection to giving
certain rights over this land, hut to ob?
tain sovereignty over it Is out of tho
question."
He added that, so far as the Senate
was concerned, the treaty had been dis?
posed of, hut that when he left Bogota
there was conferred on President Mari
quln the poyer to ratify the. treaty.
He admitted, however, Jhut without the
amendments which he had mentioned,
the President could hardly take such ac?
tion. . ? .?
This emphasizes the statement of Sen?
ator Morgan that tills question will come
up in Congress at the extra session.
Hut it must be confessed that the outlook
for tho Panama canal Is not at tills time
very promising. Even if the United
States government should agree to meet
the new demands of Colombia, there Is
no sort of guarantee that the proposition
would be accepted. It Is probable that
more exorbitant demands still, would be
made, and if Congressmen take that view,
?s doubtless many of them will, they
?will be disposed to cut off nil further
negotiations with Colombia and turn
lo Nicaragua.
THE NEGRO ELSEWHERE.
A cablegram from Berlin says that the.
IioR-ro resident? there, of whom there are
about two hundred, mostly American,
.have complained to the police recently
of variouf- attacks made on members of
thfilr race by the whites. The dispatch
proceeds:
"In two or three Instances In the East
??End, when- most of them live, negn es
have been subjected to severe boatings.
These occurrences are escribed to iho
lynching news which ilio New York cor
respondents of German papera are parti.
rularly fond of cabling, the Impreselo ?
being produced oij the Fast Fid,, roughe
that this it the proper way io treat ne?
groes.
"The members of th. Biavk and White
Society, (Schwartz-Veis? Vereuj), roiii
posed of" both races, lias issued a proteat
to thi public against "lis brutality. Colo ?
id men har< have ,, measure ci social
??quality Borne of them even marry white
ivotn'ji. '
Thlf shows that race instinct li the
tame the world over. Wherever there is
? collection "f negroes, tl>r<? the ran?
problem will be, whether tin location bo
?South or Noi ih. in the United Stater, or
.n foreign landiv BuL there Is th s mark
..?d difference between the Southern peo?
ple, and the people of the .Vnrth and of
foreign lands, m lielr view of the faofl
juestiori "All coon? do not look alike''
io the Southern man. it lj, ?rue that ?n
political matters and In social matters
Southerners deal with the negro m ??
?are. But In other reap.-ets the South
?lea Is with the negro as an lud'vldnal If
ihe uegro Is a good citizen and behaves
biniseli, he le treated with the con?ld< ra?
tion he deserves. If he le a bad cltUen,
Ac la dealt with accordingly. But u.e
Jtuutb 49W 99? i'??? -i-* tie* ut ie?iYiduaj
ncRroe.?< upon the whole race. Because
one negro commit?? nn offence In a
Southern community, Southern whites do
not make nn assault upon tho entire ne?
gro populatJon.
There have hoon Instances, to bo sure,
when rece has fought against race, but
It was because negror* had band?,] them
FClves together to light the white.?. Our
cUStotn le to make, the individual negro
only suffer for his own msdo.ngs. But
as In the Berlin Instance, so It usually
happens in Northern Communities, that
when on<^ negro has committed a serious
crlmo, Ihe whites have risen up in a
body and tried to exterminato the whole
tribe of black men.
This Is an Interesting phase of the race
question, which lias probably not sog.
gested Itself to everybody.
"THBbbcONU ELIJAH."
John Alexander Dowlo, who Is just
now attracting more than ordinary at?
tention, wns born In Edinburgh, but
when only thirteen years of age went
to South Australia, where ho began life
ns a. clerk In a boom town, at tho sanio
time, preparing himself for the ministry.
In thin way he learned to bo a very
practical preacher?that Is to sny, ho
learned business methods along with the?
ology, and his practical training has
stood him in good turn. Early in his
career he broke away from the Congre?
gational Church and wont Into evange?
listic work. While preaching at Mel?
bourne, he 'became Impressed with the
promise that "He that belloveth and Is
baptized .shall be saved. In My name
shall they oust out devils. They shall
lay hands on the aick and they shall
recover." From thnt moment lie deter?
mined to he a divine heulor, and began
by practicing on his wife, who was sub?
ject to headache. He cured some others,
and with his wife und these organized the
Divino Healing Association, which after?
wards became the International Hcnling
Association, with Dowlo as Its president.
He conceived the Idea of establishing
a great "healing contor" in London, from
which lfls faith was to spread, but first
went to San Francisco. He preached
along tho Pacific Coast and finally
reached Chicago about the. time that tho
World's Fair began in 1S03. He pro?
claimed himself to be the "Second Elt
jp.h," and attracted much attention and
made much money while the Exposition
lasted. Ho was treated by the Chicago
authorities as a public nuisance, and was
many times arraigned in court. His lines
fiom time to time amounted, It Is said,
to 5LO.0?U. But by this means ami through
\arlous write-ups In the newspapers, he
got much free advertising, and his work
grew, lie finally determined to build
a city of his own, whore he could be
monarch of all and work In his own way
without municipal interference.
In the meantime, however, he had out?
grown the International nssoclatlon, and
announced the founding of the Christian
Catholic Church In Zlon. with himself ?is
the general overseer. He organized tho Zlon
City Land und Investment Company, and
purchased (i.OO) acres of land forty-two
miles north of Chicago, on the shores of
Lake Michigan, whore ho founded Zlon
City. The cost of the property was about
a million and a quarter dollars, and tho
remarkable part of It is that Dowle
raised the money to pay for It on his
personal notes. He Is leasing the land
in small lots and disposing of it for ilf
teen times tts original cost. His follow?
ers have taken up many of these lots,
and they pay one-tenth of their Income
to the Prophet. Several Industries have
been established, the largest of which is
a lace, factory. Many buildings have
been erected, oho of the finest of which
Is the homo of Dowle, for the Prophet
believes In luxury. But he does not be?
lieve in the .frivolities of modern city
Ufo, and so In th? City of Zlon Ihere
ero no saloons, there are no places of
amusement, and thoso who enter arc
warned that if they undertake to en?
gage in any line of business not ap?
proved by the Prophet, or If tliey use
Indecent or profane language, they will
be expelled. There are now between S.Ojk)
r.iul lO.iKx'i residents of ? his remarkable
city, and It seems to be growing and
nourishing. Whatever may be said
against Dowle, nil admit I tin L ho Is ;i
man of strong personality, and it is snld
thai his life has been morally clean. Ho
Is a born leader of men. and lie manages
to lead them in his own way. Ho lias
been wonderfully successful In the West;
how far..that success will follow hlin In
tin city of New York remains io be seen.
Some are so irreverent as hi Fay thai
tho visit of the Zionists to New York Is
disiglieli to boom Zlon City.
The suicide suine months ago in Paris
or tin,? bravo and lovablo Sir Hector Mc?
Donald was a surprise to his friends and
a wonder to the world. It now transpires
that, the tongue of slander had been
busy against this chivalrous gentleman
and he heard of it ami bacamo un?
nerved. . His m'nd was so unsettled that
in a moment of madness he, killed himself.
Recently a commission of gentlemen of
distinction, including two doctors of med?
icine, made diligent inquiry into the grave
charge? which bad been elrculiUod ago nut
ihr. deceased and they find "unanimous?
ly and unmistakably that the cause which
gave rise lu the Inhuman and cruel sug?
gestions of rcimo was prompted through
vulgar feeling? of spilo and jealousy
upon hie rising to such a high rank of
distinction" in the Brillen arms*. They
find lluil there Is "not visible the slight?
est parti?le of truth or foundation of any
'iiiin and they believe that Sir Hoctor
vas cruelly assassinated by vile and Slan?
dering tongues.
This Is a terrible Indictment against
tho mean and envious spirit? in the Brit?
ish army who hounded this gallant gen?
tleman to death. The tongue of slander
was never charged with a fouler crime or
.il limed a noblt.r victim.
The Chase I hy Progress has dlscov.
fiiM a rolori-.i centenarian In .Mecklen?
burg covjnly, Ho is Gilbert Bmlth, who
says hi: was: bom January l&ih. ISOO, If
.?so, he is now in ihe one hundred and
fourth year of his age. j'j would seem,
however, that he tins no documentary
evidence to establish hi* claim. He says
ho helped to build the first house Hint
wae erected in Chase City, and thai it
v.;*- tin. prpperty of Mr. iticimrd Pur?
HORRIBLE ECZEMA
Little Boy Three Months Old.
Face Covered with ?oree.
Flesh was Raw.
CURED BYCUTICURA
"Our little boy was only three
months old when he was taken with
eczema that broke out in the most hor?
rible state. Hi? (see was full of scabs
and some parts of tho flesh were raw.
Wo used Cuticnra Soap, and one box of
the Cutlcura Ointment, and in one week
this boy was as good as ever, and wo
can say the chlid has been OK. ever
since. Wo are willing to recommend
the Cut'cnra Soap and Cuticnra Oint?
ment. You can publish this statement,
for it is nothing but the truth."
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fr?sse,
Bnfi Grand St., Brooklyn, N. T.
Feb. 15, lbl)8.
Mr?. Freese Writes, March 2, 1903,
That there Is no Sign of
Its Return.
"There is not ouo sign of its return
on our child. Tho disease was so bud
that until tve started to uso the Cuti
cura Remedies we bad friends call at
the house to find out if It wore so and
we showed the boy to them. Not only
has it. done him the world of Rood but I
myself had the eczema on my body and
the scales would peel off. [ used the
Cutlcura Remedies and have not ?ot, a
speck of It on my body So the only
answer we can honestly give for the
Cutlcura Remedies is they ere what you
say they are. If any one would Jike to
be. convinced of the fact they can write
me and I will only be too glad to
answer the same."
Complete treatment for every hu?
mour, consisting of Cutlcura Soap, ro
cleanse the skin, Cutlcura Ointment, to
hcai the skin, and Cutlcura Resolvent
Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood, may
now be had for one dollar. A single set
is often Ptiflicien:', to cure the most, tor
ttiring, disfiguring, itching, burning
and scaly humours, eczemas, rashes
aud irritations, from infancy to age.
Sold throncboo! the world. Cutlcura Hf.jl.enl, Vc
(In torra of Cbucnlaia CottfJ Pill?, '?5c. per rial of run,
Ointmrnt, Afe, Soap. Vie. Per?'?' London, 2G Charter.
timi,?, Sq.; l'ari?, SHU1 d? la Tall I llnllra, 1ST Colum?
bio A?e. Potter Prue ? Chrm. Corp., Pol?? Proprietor?.
i?.#?heou tor " Uow to Cure Kvery Humour."
year?some kinsman, mayhap, of Profes?
sor Bennett Puryear. At least, Professor
Fin-year cu.me from that section of coun?
try, though he Is now living in Madison
or Orango county. The owners of the
alleged centenarian when he was a slave
were, first. Obadiah and Bottle Coleman;
then John Gregory, and finally Dr. George
Burwell.
The sense of the people of San Fran?
cisco was recently taken upon a propo?
sition that that city should acquire the
ownership of the Geary-Street Cable Rail?
road. A two-third voto was necessary
to accomplish? the purposes of the advo?
cates of the scheme, but tlio total vote
cast was 25,22u, of which? 14.481 wore in
the affirmative und 10.745 In the nega?
tive. So the proposition was lost by 2.U35.
This, we. believe, is the first specific
test of public opinion on this subject
which has occurred In any great Ameri?
can city, but there was a vote taken in
Chicago on the general principio ot muni?
cipal ownership and it resulted in a vic?
tory for the doctrine by about 5 to I.
It has been rumored that George Van
(lerbilt Intends to ahondan his princely
estate at Biltmore, N. C? hut that is not
true. The fact, however, Is that his prop?
erty there was assessed this year at two
and n. half millions of dollars, which
sum he considered greatly In excess of
Its value. He said, therefore, that he
would appeal from tho assessment, but
If we understand the case right, he re?
considered his position and paid tho
taxes.
Mr. \'n:idepbllt went a.hroatl about
week ago, but ho is to be gone only a
short time and will rolurri to Biltmore,
In Brooklyn a public school teacher
who marries is dropped from the list,
And a judge of tho appellate division has
just decided that tho rule of tho city
school board is reasonable and valid.
Ills Honor says tho rule |ps "not Intended
to disCourage marriage, but Is rather In
the public Interest to dispense with the
service of that class of teachers who
assume new duties and step Into an?
other field."
".Stepping into another field" is good.
There is a like rule In force In Rich?
mond.
To puss Confederate money ns United
Slates money Is not Uttering a count er?
teli, hut is gelling money (change) or
goods upon false pretense. This is the
upshot of tho recent indictment in Olilo,
where four Italians were tho accused.
Their case? have been thrown out of the
United States Conn, but now will be
dealt with by the State Courts.
South Carolina editor? enjoy one bless?
ing that belongs not to their brethren of
somo other States. They are not holh
ored with the persuasivo attentions of
life insurance agents.
Dally wo have reporls of a decline in
the price of cattle on the hoof, but cattle
In tho beefsteak stage remains at the
previous high water mark.
At heart the politicians and a number
of other people are glad that the horse
tliow circuit lias heen comploted.
The Japan-Russian news is conflicting,
and Is much on the order of "now you
tee It and now you don't see it."
Yesterday was another day of acci?
dents on the railways, ??? all the rail?
ways possessed of evil spirita?
.1. Til Iman says ho know all the time
he would ho acquitted. There is nothing
like having faith in your men,
The Vil'KllUa furnier will now begin to
Inventory his turkey crop for tho Thunks
giving dinner market.
Anyhow, there was no loss of life when
Professor L&ugley's "bu?zurd" touk to
>va.i?j?
FAIR OPENS
AT_RALEIGH
Formal Exercisss To-Day at
WlLch Governor Will Speak
RACES DECIDED FEATURE
These to Continue Three Days?At?
tractive List of Entries?Several
Charters Granle , One of Them
for a Cotton Mill.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
RALEIGH. N. ?.. Oct. lO.-The State
Fair was open to visitors to-day, n?id
the formal official opening takes place
to-morrow, when addresses will be de?
livered by President hong, of the fair
association, and Governor Aycock. Tho
Governor will formally declare the iair
open to visitors. Weather conditions
are Ideali and there is every prospect
for a successful and. Indeed, n, rceordi
breaking fair.
The races on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday will bo an attractive feature
of tho fair. Following are the entries:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20th.
Class 2:60, trotting?Bagmardo, Amy
line, Monnlo J., Deo H., Thomas Jef?
ferson.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '.'Ist.
Class 2:S0, pacing?Mary Ah, Bobble H..
Jewel, Schnaps, Ramon.
Class 'J:24, trotting?Amy line, Dan E.,
Snm Patch. Kate Campbell, Estuary,
Sunol Stokes.
Class 2:20, paclngr-Mary M.. J. S.,
Schnaps, The Spaniard, Ramon.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER '.'2d.
Class 2:12, pacing?J. S., Schnaps, Wal?
ter S., Lady Muy, John T.
Class 2:40, trotting?Bngmardo, Amy
line. Monnlo J., George H., Thomas Jef?
ferson.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23d.
Class 2:18, trotting?Potronel, Sam
Patch, Kate Campbell, Louis Purcoll, Es?
tuary, Lady Th6lma.
There will be a special running race
Tuesday, October 20th, between Tor Heel
and Mr. Smooth.
CHARTERS GRANTED.
The Cleveland Mill and Power Com?
pany, of Lawnesdale, Cleveland county,
was chartered to-day. with $100,000 capi?
tal, to operate cotton mills, telegraph
lines and power and light plants. H. F.
S. Sehende Is one of the principal in
corporators
Another company chartered Is the White
?jake Tie and. LtimbV Company, of
Wilmington. The capital is $50,000 au?
thorized and $20,000 subscribed, by Rich?
ard C. Wright and W, A. and W. G.
Whltehcad, all of Wilmington.
t?-? Mr,,,,,) TTnllv Bank, of Mount Holly,
Gfastop counts', was Incorporated to-day,
with a capital of $20,000, to do a commer?
cial and suvlngs business.
NEWBERN NEWS
Dispensary Advocates Fail to Secure
Enough Sicnatures.
(Succiai to The. Tlmes-DlspatclO
NEWBERN, N. C. Oct. 19.?The Board
? of Aldermen line Kranted the Elm City
Lumber Company permission to construct
a branch railway from their mill on South
Front Street, to connect with the A.
anil N; C. Railway on Hancock Street.
This branch will be about a au?rter of a
mijo long, and will traverse South Front
Street the entire distance. It will be
used principally for the purpose of un
loading logs which como by rail.
Tho dispensary advocates have beep cir?
culating petitions for nn election, but fail?
ed to obtain tho signatures of a suf?
ficient percentage ,of voters, nnd tho
Board of Aldermen refused to grant an
election. A number of local optioners
slprned the petitions two or more times.
The steamer "Torn T." which has heen
towing logs for the ?JIm City Lumber
Company for the past year, owned by
Iones and Styron, has been sold to the
Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. George?
town. S. C.i und will leave for that place
within a few days.
The K. II. and Firemen's Street Fair,
which lias been here for the past work,
has attracted a largo number of visitors
from the surrounding oountry.
CANCEL LEASE ON IRON ORE
Southern to Build Branch Line Up the
Yadkin.
(Special to The. Times-Dispatch.)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Oct. 19.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company and
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coko Company
in Asho county, owing to the low
price of pig iron and iron pruducLB, and
the closing down of largo furnaces, have
cancelled all their contracts and loases
on ten famous Ballon Iron ores. Those
companies were i'ery much interested In
those ores, having pronounced tnem the
finest Ressemer ores In the South, but
the drop in the market has forced them
to givo them up for the prosont.
If is reported that the Southern Rail?
way has agreed to extend Us ..no from
North Wllkosboro tip the Yalkin, to nei?
the Patterson Mill in Caldwell county, en?
tering a boundary of one hundred] ibo'ii?
sand acres of white pine and poplar tiro?
her belonging to Pennsylvania parties.
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT
Engineer Deceived by the Track His
Train Was On.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
GREENSBORO, ?. ?.? Oct. 19.-Knglneer
Baker, who has for twelve years been
running an engine for the Southern Rail?
way, wntle running mo engine, and train
to a noi'ih-hound freight on tho track
hero Just east of the passenger station
Sunday night had a. remarkable accident
that came near killing sevor.il men. II?
thought In? was on the main lino track,
when he was on what Is known as tho
passing track. He was Just going ahead
unni ms engine, reooiiiiip tue uoianing
switch of the passing track, when the en
glue turned a double somersault lauding .
on Its side on an embankment. The two
nearest cars, one filled with lumtioi?, the
Other with general merchandise, turned
only a single somersault, a?> landed side
ways on the main track, 'ine other cars
were not derailed, Knglncer Baker jump?
ed In timo to escape dettiti, receiving only
slight Injuries. Fireman Ben bt urg?a
jumped, but was caught between the ten?
der and the embankment, receiving, not
fatal, but serious Injury. Flagman v. a.
Siale, who was on top of a car ten cats
away, was ?luown violently to the
ground, badly brulalns his shoulder.
There was no serious damage done to
tho conten? or the cats, aim i>.< a o i.h>?k
this morning the track was clear. North
bouud midnight passenger trains wete
down the elevator ?haft in the'bout he ?
Loan and Trust Company s building this
morning ajid broke hU right uilkle.
The Greensboro Hunting Club with fifty.
two fox hounds left this morning for I heir
grounds at Manchester, near bayettevll o.
to spend a week fox hunting, fe ?f
party were Sheriff J. V. Jordan, Messrs.
Bam (Jllmei, Andy Brooks. John
McKnlght, W. (?. Tucker and others. _
WOODWARD 4 ~30W
LUMBER
HO'GH IND DRESSED
le?era) Oft?ce.v-Nlnth & Arch Street,
Klohruond, Ya,
EGYPTIAN
CIGARETTES
Qro?vn in Turkey.
Terfected in Egypt.
TLnjoyed in America.
1 ,
'MOGUL SMOKL MAKXSLGYrTIAN SMOKERS"
10 for 15 cents.
Cork Tips or Plain.
Save the Coupons.
COLDY?ATKER CAUSES
CLO?IXGOr^ THE TENT
The tent services which the Episcopal
clergy have been holding at Twenty
eighth and ? Streets ended most suc?
cessfully lust night. Rev, James W. Mor?
ris preached a forceful sermon on the
text, I. Kings, 3: 5?"Ask what I aliali
give thee." He emphasized the responsi?
bilities of life and of making a choice.
Tho congregation, which was a large one,
nearly tilling the tent, was deeply Im?
pressed.
The cold weather causes the closing of
tho services, hut as thero la, and has
been such deep Interest, tho Rev. G. Otis
Me ad e invited the congregation to Christ
Church, where ho will hold special ser?
vices euch night this weelf.
City Wins Out. ?
In the Law and Equity Court Saturday
the jury found for the defendant In the
suit of Pat McDonough vs. th* City of
Richmond for $??000 alleged damages.
The claim o? tho plaintiff was that one
of the city's sewer p'pes tourst ???a.
damaged a lot of his liquor In his cellar
on West Broad Street.
City Circuit Court.
Tho regular fall term of the City Cir?
cuit Court began >'? sterday. The mo?
tion docket ?was called, and one suit en?
tered. The latter was that of Charles F.
Taylor and Company vs. W. T. Woody'?
administrator for $200.
Mr. Upshur Away.
Mr. John A. Upshur, clerk to the Cor?
poration Commission, left yesterday for
Pocomoke, Md., where he will attend Hie
marriage of a relatives. He will be ab?
sent for several days.
Alleged Suspicious Characters.
Two colored men giving the names of
Odcll Williams and Jim Monroe were ar?
rested In tho First District l^st night as
suspicious character-. They had a lot
of shoes In their possession, which the
police believe to havo been stolen.
Lamb in King William.
Congressman John Bamb will speak for
the Democrats at King William Court?
house, on October 27th.
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Light and Poor.
The Committees on Bight and Poor held
meeting's yesterday evening, but disposed
of only routine business.
The South.
An optimlf.tic citizen of Chattanooga.
Interviewed by the Times ? f that el'y.
estimates that the South th!.? yc.-'r will ro
ceive $3c0,OO0.O00 for Its cotton crop. $200.
UUOOOO for its lumber and SIOO.OOO.OOO for
Its cotton seed oil product. "In addition
to these," lie continues, "there is the ?ug
iron Industry, sugar and rice, so that the
combined Industries of the South for this
year will not miss the mark at $1.000,000.
iwu. This Is beyond any doubt the banner
year in the history of the South."
The South, too, will produco a large
corn crop, and considerable tobacco. The
truck garden, fruit and melon Industry
has been unusually profitable. Southern
cotton mills and other manufacturing
industries aro nourishing, and the outlook
is every way the best. Nearly all the
(Southern cities are growing rapidly, and
western produco is being shipped to
Southern seaports for shipment abroad.
The South, Indeed, has every reason to
bo encouraged. Its resources give prom?
ise of the greatest development, and de?
spite, Its much discussed problems and
an iinpropltious political past it will yet
reach the high destiny to which Its ad?
vantages entitle It?Nashville American,
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The Alaska Boundary.
Tho decision of the Alaska. Boundary
Commission completely justifies the claim
of the United States to an unbroken
const lino throughout the extent of its
northwest dominion. Tim main hopo of
Canada was to break through that coabt
line, to separate the American territory
into twu parts and secure a foothold on
the sea.
For this purpose was trumped up the
theory that the boundary under the An?
glo-Russian treaty of 1826, though it pro?
fessed to follow the "sinuosities" of the
coast, was roully meant to cut across
the great arms of the sea, leaving to
Russia and its successor, the United
States, merely the headland?, This con?
tention was contrary to the evident un?
derstanding of both British and Russian
negotiators in 1826 and to thut of a long
series of officiai and unolllcial mup-nmk
oi's In Great Britain. It never would
have been made if tho discovery of gold
In the Klondike had not awakened In the
Canadians a strong desire for a port on
Lynn Canal, which was the most con?
venient road to th? mines. If only the
boundary ran a little nearer tho ocean,
so that this deep arm of the sea carried
navigable water up' into Canadian torri
toiy, then Canada would have free ac?
cess to tho gold region without paying
any tribute to the United States.
The wish was father to the thought, and
immediately It was discovered that the
boundary had been drawn, as Sir Robert
l'Inlay saP? in presenting the Canadian
case to the commission, "In ostentatious
defiance of tho treaty of 1S25." Innsmuch.
however, as all the old records showed
the boundary exactly where the United
States maintained It from thia purchase in
JetfT, and where Russia maintained It
from the treaty of 1825, if thero had been
any question about It In early days Oieat
Britain would lTever have acqulied tem?
porarily by treaty from Russia, as he
did, the privilege to navigate these arms
of the ecu. when by asserting her rights
to territory at their heads she could have
had those waters as her own for all time
As no decision of this controversy could
have been reached without tho conversion
or at least one member from the view of
his own nation, the decision in favor of
the United States means that the justice
o? its contention appealed to the other
side with convincing force. It is to be
hoped that the Canadians will take the
Unding against them In good part, whe?
ther tt proves to have been mada by the
vote of tho colonial representatives on
the commission or only by that of Bord
Chief Justice Alverstoue.
Tho UiiiTed Stutos wins its case abso?
lutely except In one trifling point. Tho
Boudon dispatches do not extictly Indi?
cate what concession is made to Canada
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POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
^"nntcver your occupation may be, and however crowded your
hours with affairs, do not fail to secure at least a few minutes
every dny for refreshment of your inner life with a bit of poetry.
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton.
No. 8.
CLEAR THE WAY.
By CHARLES MACK AY.
ObarkR Mackny was born in Pnrlh In 1812, ?nd wan educated In London ?nd Brussels.
From the age of 22 to 32 be worked in a reporter on the London Morning Chronicle and
tben for three years we? editor of the Glasgow Argun. Hv wan alno correnponilent 'or the
Boudon Timen In tbe united Rtaten during our Civil War, Hin poem? are remarkably
strong and clear, the one we publish to-day being a good, cjarnple of hla Tlgohwn rttyle. He
died in 1S8D.
m
sv
EN of thought I be up and stirring,
Night and day;
Sow the seed?withdraw the curtain?
Clear the way I
Men of action, aid and cheer them,
As ye may.
There's a fount about to stream,
There's a light about to beam, *
There 'e a warmth about the glow3
There's a flower about to blow;
There's a midnight blackness changing
Into gray;
Men of thought and men of action.
Clear the way I
Once the welcome light has broken,
Who shall say
What the uniraagined glories
Of the day?
What the evil that shall perish
In ita ray?
Aid the dawning, tongue and pen;
Aid it, hopes of honest men;
Aid it, paper?aid it, type? i.
Aid it, for the hour is ripe,
And our earnest must not slacker?
Into play.
Men of thought and men of action,
? . Clear the way!?
Lo! a cloud's about to vanish
From tho day;
And a brazen wrong to crumble
Into oluy.
Jx>! the Right's about to conquer,
Cl?ar the way!
With tho Bight, shall many more
Enter, smiling, at the door';
With the giant Wrong, shall fait
Many others, grea-t and small,
That for ages long have held us
For their prey.
Alen of thought and men of action,
Clear the Way I
Poema ron ought to know began In The Tlraes-Wspntrti Sunday, October 31. 3003. One
Is published each day.
HANDSOVlE
TO PRESERVE THE
POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
15c Each. E^,L
TIMES-DISPATCH BUSINESS. OFFICE.
with regard to Portland Canal, hut ap?
parently hoarse Island, a small and un?
important bit of land at the mouth of tlui
canal and at tho far south end of the
boundary line, Is conceded to Canada and
the tail of Alaska is merely cut short u
few miles. Tho only significance o? this
1? to give up exclusively io Canuda one
entrance to Portland Canal, which is
it common arm of the sea, drawing the
boundary line In the middle of the other
enti ance. Instead of drawing the lino In |
the mlddlo of the south channel, und ?
reserving the north one exclusively to ti'<> I
United Statos. Neither on account of ter- ]
I'ltory nor navigation's this concession to
he regretted. If It reconciles Canada to
disappointment of her eager desire to se?
cure a port for the Klondike, ahe is wel?
come to It Whether she le satisfied or
not the settlement of the entire question
Is most gratifying. It removes from the
Held of controversy the one point of
serious difference that might possibly
disturb the harmony of (h$ two great
Anglo-Baxon nations. Both countiles have
reason to be thankful to the commis?
sioners who have with wisdom and tact
reached title happy conclusion, and the
United States has reason to give Its ap?
proval and Us thanks to the advocates
who have so ablv and successfully de?
fended Its rights before the commission.-?
JN'ew ?oi-k Tribune.