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f , J t I . & 5 , , - . 5f v 5 1 .'5 .- J? w r PEACE NOW URGED President Roosevelt Desires That the Warring Nations Cdrae to Terms CASSINI WILL NOT ADMIT NEED n a Conference at the White House the President Declares That Rus sia's Military Position is Now Hope less and That Further Fighting. Can Only Serve to Increase Japan's De. j made. Washington, Special The President Friday struck a blow for peace in the ar East. In a conference at the RThite House this afternoon with Oount Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor, the President expressed the earn est hope that Russia would forthwith conclude peace .with Japan. . Prolongation of the war, he be ieves, will not result in victory for the, Russian arms and can only render more difficult the drafting of a treaty bf peace which the Czar as well as the Mikado can sign. The President SDOke. he said, as thA fripmrl nf "Rus sia no less-than of Japan, and on be i. half notonly of the Washington gov-:- Kument, bat the interest of humanity. The President informed the ambas sador that in expressing hope for an arly peace .he voiced not only hia strong personal sentiments and those of his government, but he -believed these were held by all bf the powers, wis opinion was that it would be a mistake for Russia to continue the war.-"In addition to the uff eringeu tailed by the naval conflict, he, did not believe. that Russia has anything to win in prolonging hostilities. The President did not enter into de tails, but the personal nature of the conversation and his long acquain tance with Count Cassini enabled him to talk plainly regarding the decisive character of Japan's victories. What Japan's probable peace terms would be, the President was wholly unable' to say, but he did not hesitate to ex press the opinion that difficult -as these conditions might prove in the light of such a victory as that gained in the Koreah Straits, they would increase in severity with every day that a state of Syar continued. Unless Rus sia has substantial hope of administer ing a decisive defeat to Japan in this ; war, the President believed, it would inure to the interests of the Peters burg government to conclude peace at once. Having received no word from his government since the annihilation of JRojestvensky's fleet save the brief of ficial dispatches telling of the engage ment, Count Cassini was unable to do ; y more than to give the President his own personal opinions ; on the situa tion. The ambassador was deeply touched by the sincere cordiality of his reception and the frank and friend ly manner in which the President spoke. He could not see, however, that there was anything in, the pres ent situation, unfortunate as it un doubtedly was for his government, which necessitated Russia's suing for peace. As to territory he pointed out that China and not Russia had been the loser; for even Port Arthur was held only under lease. On the sea Russia had nothing more to lose, he said. It was the ambassa dor's firm opinion that this was not "the psychological moment"- in which to discuss peace with Japan. What ever might be the ultimate decision of his government, he took the ground that Russia could, lose' nothing by waiting or by continuing the war on land. There was hope yet of, a victory-for the Russian arms, it was sug gested, and in any event Russia had not' yet lost one foot of territory and thai; there was no Russian frontier en dangered. L The ambassador pointed out that there was not the slightest cjfilcial in timation from any-source as to Ja pan's probable peace terms, and that these demands as stated unofficially were "altogether impossible." If Ja pan's terms should prov& anything like as severe as they have been re ported, it was the ambassador's opin ion that Russia could advantageously continue the war indefinitely, and , eventually win a victory oa land. That his government would so decide he? did not wish to predict, but at last acounts the Emperor was for a con tinuation of the war. . - Count Cassini will transmit an ac-; count of the conference to the Czar. ;: . . " Telegraphic Briefs. President Roosevelt was the princi pal speaker at the unveiling of th General Slocum statue in "Brooklyn, and in the course of his address he declared a strong navy was the moral of the Eastern war. - K - Memorial day was observed in many places, the graves of the Union dead everywhere being decorated. ' The program for the opening of the Iewis and Clark Exposition from the White House has been arranged. The attorney who made an investiga tion of the disaster in the Loiter mine in Illinois for several foreign govern ments has made public his report, which scores the mine management, and. numerous suits against Leiter will He instituted. , Japan Has Free Hand. Tokio, By Cable. With tne destruc tion of Russia's naval power, interest is returning to military operations v : on land. Togo's victory tremendously al ters the military situation and removes ' all- - limits of offensive : operations against Russia's marine provinces. It is now possible to effectively close Vla divostock, seize Sakhalin, the mouth of the : Amur river, Kamchatka, and - any point between the Tumen river and the WV v UIWV V MJnu mm mww . , , EXPOSITION THROWN OPEN Qreat Northwestern Show Is Now - Open to the Public. y Portland, Ore. Special. Amidst a scene of festivity and splendor never equalled In the Pacific . Northwest, with din and clamor of cheering thous ands, accompanied by the booming of; artillery,ithe chiming of bells and the blaring of bands, Portland, made her greatest j bow to the world in the formal opening of the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. The event took place urider conditions presaging com plete success to this historical com memoration of the blazing trial to "Old Oregon" by CaptainMerriwether Lewis and Wm. Clark, who, commissioned by President Jefferson, explored; the great Oregon country one hundred years ago. The celebration was participated in by the President of the United States through his personal representative, Charles W. Fairbanks, representatives of the State and the House of Repre sentatives of the National Congress, of the army and navy, together with the Governors and staffs of the States of California"-' Idaho, Washington and Oregon and multitudes of people from far and near. All Portland was decked in her best, business was suspended and the holi day spirit was everywhere in evidence. The States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, in which June 1st had been declared a legal holiday in honor of the centennial, sent thousands of visitors. The trains of yesterday brought the vanguards of the excur sionists, and the railroads and boat lines entering Portland have been taxed to their utmost. Never in the history of Portland has this city been called upon to care for so many peo ple. President's Southern Trip. ; Washington, Special It is announced at the White House that President Roosevelt will start on his Southern trip on the night 6f October 17. It is also stated that the extraordinary ses sion of Congress will not begin until after the November elections. The Southern trip will consume about two weeks. The Itinerary has not been arranged, but the President's intention is to visit many important cities, in cluding Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Jacksonville and perhaps Tampa, Bir mingham, Tuskegee, Montgomery, Mo bile, New Orleans and Little Rock, the trip to end at Little Rock and the Pres ident and party will return directly to Washington. It is likely that some other cities will be included in the stops made by the President. The length of the stops at each place have not been determined, but will be gov erned by the necessary arrangements to be made hereafter. A delegation from Charlotte called on the President recently to urge him to spend a day in that city. He told the callers that so long as a stop will not be possible, he promised to extend his cordial greetings to the people of Charlotte. , The delegation was headed by May or McNinch and included Daniel A. Tompkins, R. M. Miller, Jr., B. D. Heath, George Stephens, T. S. Franklin, Heriot Clarkson and G. C. Huntington. Killed on Excursion. Goldsbofo, Special. A colored excur sion from Washington,N N. C, arrived here Friday. When near Parmele, two negroes became involved in a dispute over a woman, and one of them drew a pistol and shot the other in the breast, killing him Instantly. The slayer then jumped from the train and escaped. The remains of the dead man were left at Parmele. News of the Day. In a duel between two Italian army officers one was transfixed by a sword and almost immediately killed. Rt. Hon. William . Court Grelly, Speaker of the House of Commons, has resigned owing to bad health. The Canal Commission has been com pelled to accept the Attorney General's decision that the eight-hour day ap plies to Panama. Nicholas Biddle was a witness re garding Mr. Loomis' connection with the Mercador claim in Venezuela Chicago spent a quiet Memorial Day, but more rioting is feared when the sash and door factories undertake to make deliveries. : ' The two officers deposed by Mayor Weaver informed the latter that they t would drop injunction proceedings. The Frick investigating committee is expected to submit its report at the meeting of the directors of the Equita ble Life Assurance Society. t Emperor William of Gerrmany clos ed jthe Riechstag. ' George E. Lorenz turned State's evi dence in the postal conspiracy case against William G. Crawford. An anarchist threw a bomb at the car riage in which King Alfonso and Presi dent Loubet were returning from the opera at Paris. The crush of titled guests to attend the royal wedding at Berjin Is very -great.';: , ' ;.;,-;; .;.. The President announced that he had selected Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte to be Secretary of the Navy to succeed Sec retary Paul Morton. Congressman Mudd is striving to have Baltimore designated as a pur chasing station for Panama canal 'supplies. ANTIWAR MEETING Russian Citizens Met to. Protest Agatist Further Slaughter RIOTING NEAR THE CZAR'S PALACE Demonstration by 5,000 Persons at. a Summer Resort Near St. Petersburg V Is Interrupted by Police and Troops, the People Defending Themselves With Chairs and Sticks. St. Petersburg, By Cabje. At a great demonstration Sunday; evening in -the Povlovsk Gardens, near Tsakro-Selo, the five thousand persons present clam ored for a funeral march in memory of the Russian sailors who had lost their lives in the naval disaster in the Sea of Japan. The members of the or cestra became alarmed and fled from the platform, when M. Novikpff, for mer mayor of Baku, arose and said: "Let us . all by rising show respect for the- victims.: Down with the war. We have had enough of blood." Some eighty policemen entered from either side of the .hall and elbowed their way through the crowd towaids M. Novikoff, whereupon cries were raised of "Let us attack the police." Chairs were seized and hurled at. the police, the crowd being led by a col onel with a drawn sword. The police men fled precipitately. Order being restored, a number of speeches were delivered on the national crisis. Suddenly tie police, re-enforced to between 200 and 300, again invaded the hall and rushed on the audience with drawn swords. The people defend ed themselves with chairs and sticks, but after ten minutes were driyen from the hall into the garden, where there was a battalion of soldiers, who raised their, rifles to their shoulders, prelim inary to an order to fire, causins a panic. The public fled toward the ex its, and finding them closed, smashed the doors and windows of the hall and h so gained the street. Many persons were injured, some so seriously that they had to be taken to a hospital. M. Novikoff was arrested and the gardens were occupied by police and Cossacks. A strong military force was placed on the road leading from Pav lovsk to Tsarkoe-Selo and to St. Pe tersburg and at the railway stations. People returning to Str Petersburg from the gardens spread accounts of the affair, which soon became a general topic. Pavlovsk is 19 miles from St. Peters burg and is a summer resort for inhabi tants of the capital. Called on Gov.-Gen. Wright. Manila, By Cable, Rear Admiral En- quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral Train and the French Consul, formal ly called on Governor General Wright Monday. After the usual greetings had been exchanged, Governor Wright asked : "Do you wish to stay at Manila per manently?'' Rear Admiral Enquist replied: "My ships are unseaworthy. I have not heard from my government, and I request time to make repairs." Governor Wright then said that ac cording to his construction of the neu trality laws, the Russian vessels could remain long enough to make neces sary repairs, and after these were fin ished, they must leave within twenty four hours or dismantle and interne. Rear Admiral Enquist requested per mission to bring his ships behing the breakwater for repairs. This request was granted him, and the ships will move Tuesday morning. Narita Goro, Japanese, cunsul, called on Governor Wright just before Rear Admiral Enquist called and made in quiry regarding the probable disposi tion of the Russian warships. Upon leaving, Goro met Rear Admiral En quist in the corridor of the Governor's residence and tendered him a profound salutation. Rear Admiral Enquist and staff then called upon Major General Corbin, to whom Rear Admiral Enquist ex pressed great gratitude for the hospital ity and comfort afforded them and jlhe courtesy with which General Corbin offered the use of the army hospitals, together with surgeons and food for the wounded Russian sailors. General Corbin said: "Admiral, how many admirals were there In the fight?" "There were four of us," said the admiral. Negro Woman an Assassin. Rockyford, Ga., Special. Sunday night Joseph Daughtry, a prominent young farmer, was shot through the heart while in his buggy and killed in stantly. A negro woman (Caroline Riddy) fired the shot.. She escaped. This morning Paul Jones, a negro, was arrested as acessory to the mur der. While Jones was being taken to th jail at Statesboro he made an attempt to brain the sheriff with a brick. The sheriff was partly stunned, but succeeded in drawing his pistol and firing. The bullet went through Jones temple and he was killed in stantly. , Conference of Reforms. Tangier, By Cable. Mohammed El Torree, the Foreign Minister, on be half of the Sultan, has invited the rep resentative of the powers to ask for an international conference at Tangier for the purpose of discussing reforms in Morocco. The members of the dip lomatic corps have communicated with their respective governments request ing instructions in the premises. No Longer Obstructs Navigation. St. John, N. B., Special. Word was reclved from Edmund 7 Stone, i N. B., Sunday night that a portion of the Van Duren Lumber, Company's boom In the St. John river, where Canadian and American lumbermen became involved in a clash a week ago, has been taken up and swung in along the Canadian shore, allowing a free passage up and down the river. It is said that the 'Van Duren Company will anchor, the boom! so that navigation oi the river will not be obstructed. I ASSAULT ON KING Spain's Young Monarch Object 'of Bomb-Thrower's Attack PRESIDENT AND KING BOTH ESCAPE As M. Loubet and Alphonso XIII Left an Opera After Midnight This Morn ihg an Anarchist Threw a Bomb at the Royal Carriage With No Other Result Than to Injure Several By- "standers. Paris, By Cable. As the King of Spain accompanied by President Lou bet, drove away from a gala perfor. mance of the opera after midnight an anarchist threw a bomb tin the direc tion .of the royal carriage. The pro jectile struck a soldier belonging to the cuirassier escort, on the shoulder, and then fell to the ground and explod ed without injuring his majesty or the President, who continued their drive to the Palais d'Orsay. Several soldiers of the escort were thrown from their horses and injured, whilst fragments of the bpmb struck a number of persons in. the crowd. King Alfonso and President Loubet had been, cheered along the entire route to the iopera by enthusiastic crowds, the young monarch having completely gained the hearts of the Parisians sincej his arrival here. The performance went without a hitch.. His majesty chattered gaily with President Loubet during the in termissions, and at the close of the performance the orchestra again play ed the national hymns of the two coun tries, and the King and President arose to leave. They proceeded down the grand staircase and arrived at the gaily il luminated and decorated Place de l'Opera, where the royal carriage awaited them. TheJ King and . President-took seats side by side and the vehicle started off sbrrounded by sev eral squadrons Qfcjiirassiers towards the Avenue Opera. The procession arrived at the end of the Avenue de l'Opera and crossed the Place Theatre FJrancias, where were assembled at least 1,500 persons in the Rue de Rohan, a short street forming pra'ctically a continuation of the Avenue de l'Opera, right opposite the arched gateway of the Louvre lead ing to the Place Caroussel. There, just - a few yards before reaching the Rue Rivoli, a man sprang forward with his arm raised in the air and before the cordon of police could prevent himw without uttering a word, he threw a projectile in the direction of the royal carriage. The police immediate ly rushed toward him. At that mo ment a deafening explosion occurred. Qries from the crowd were heard and a scene of intense excitement began, the crowd surging to and fro. Soldiers were seen to fall, but as the flash from the bomb died out it was ob served that the king and the president had not been struck, and their carri age proceeded on its way. A large number of arrests have been made, including the person who is be lieved to have thrown the bomb, and three persons suspected of complicity in the plot, as the latter were seen under the archway at the Louvre with a destructive engine a few minutes before the explosion occurred. The bomb had been thrown with too great .'force and passed over the royal carriage and struck the shoulder of a cuirassier and then fell to the ground, where it exploded, fragments of it striking the horses of the sol diers, causing them to bolt and throw their riders. Captain Schneider, who was riding at the right Side of the carriage, and Captain Gamier, who was on the left, were both killed. Fragments of the bomb also struck five persons a sergeant, two police men, a woman, who was seriously in jured, and a child, who was struck in the eye. One horse of the escort was killed outright, and six others lay about maimed and bleeding. Slayer to Hang. Birmingham, Ala., Special. A spec ial from Cullman, Ala., says that the jury in the case of John Williams, charged with the murder of State Sen ator Robert L. Hipp, returned a ver dict of guilty, of murder in the first degree, and fixed the punishment at death. Williams was sentenced to be hanged July 14. Williams; son, aged 20, begged the court to permit him to be hanged in his father's stead. Wil liams is a farmer and shot Hipp while he and a deputy sheriff were trying to levy upon some of Williams' property. An appeal will be taken to the su preme court A New Connection. New York, Special; The surface lines In this city are operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, which was controlled by the-late Wm. C. Whitney and his associates. This company plans to build an extensive sub-way system in competition with the Inter-bdrough Rapid Transit Com pany, which operates the existing sub way and the Manhattan elevated lines. Art Gallery Dedicated. -Buffalo, Special. The Albright Art Gallery was dedicated in tne presence of 10,000 people. Ralph H. Plumb, presi dent of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy presided. President Plum introduced' Charles W. Elliott, president of Har vard University, -who delivered an ad dress on, -"Beauty and Democracy." Richard Watson Gilder read a dedica tory poem, entitled, "A Temple of Art." i 1 The proportion of -illiterates In Ron. mania is, seventy per cent The Brockton (MassO relief fund has reached a grand total of $S7,000. , A census of the homeless of London made on a i cent night, revealed a to tal of 2481. , . Wisconsin has passed a law prohibit ing the " sale, and use of . giant fire crackers. - . The mafgrtpt is being usect in surgery lri London. The other day it drew a liammer head out of a man's arm. The subway and elevated ror ,1s, in New York City carried about 1.000,000 passengers day the last quarter. An uncounted treasury bill for -ElOfi was presented at -the Bank of England the otrer day. It bears the date of 1745. , sv The one- hnnth-rtl and fifth anniver sary -of ' the" drain of tho poet Cowper was celebrated at East Dereham, Eng land. , A German translation of a pamphlet addressed by Tolstoi ' to soldiers aud young people has been confiscated by the Berlin police. r All the real-estate., signs in the city of San Jose and for five mijrs around it have been tn ken ( down. They wer. considered disfiguring. Albany (X. Y.) records show an in crease in the State registration of auto mobiles in three years from 2000 to 15, 000 chiefly pleasure vehicles. The San Francisco police arrested, the other day, three men and three women in what they said was a .shop- lifting school. It had counters and shelves, and the women were being taught to steal. ' The petition that has been circulated' In Deadwood among the owners of dogs has resulted in the raising of $600, which amount is to be used in furnish ing a reward for the capture of the dog poisoners and in the legal service need ed to prosecute the cases. PERSONAL GOSSIP. The Duke of Oporto, brother of the King of Portugal, is one of the finest flute players in the world. , Boston Corbett, the man who is cred ited with having shot J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, is residing in Texas. Two of the official pallbearers of Abraham Lincoln are still living. Henry G. Worthington and Alexander II. G off roth. Colonel Lorenza Alexis de Clairmont. chief of staff to President Cebrara, of Guatemala, was once a ticket taker in Denver, Col.. Ivor Davidson, who was the giant of a circus years ago, his height being seven feet two inches, has died at his home in E6scoe, Minn. Robert W. Chambers, who at times uses startling inr-idents in the con struction of plots for his novels, is con stantly receiving "crank"" letters. Frederick Lawrence Knowles, the son of a Boston minister, is looked upon by critics as one of the most promising of the younger poets. Thilip Verrill Mighels. the author, has been elected president of the branch of the Dickens Fellowship re centl3 established in New York. John L. DUbe, whose father was a Zulu kiug, is in Boston trying to raise money with which to establish an in dustrial school in his native country. H. E. Barnhard, State chemist of New Hampshire, has beeu selected as the chemist for the new Indiana labor atory of hygiene at Indianapolis, Ind. William S. Kies, who has been made general attorney of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is only twenty seven years old, and was born on a farm "in'Minnesota. . Sam S, Shubert, the young theatri cal manager, who was killed in the wreck at South Harrisburg, Pa., was only twenty-eight years old, and con trolled sixteen tl eatres. Ambassador Conger Welcomed. Mexico City, Special. Edwin H. Conger, the new American ambassa dor, arrived Sunday morning over the Mexican Central Railway from Cali fornia. He was met at the station by Senor Ton as RivasJ introducer of am bassadors, and Second Secretary of the American Embassy Heimke. Of ficers of th i Society of the American Colony went in a body during the af ternoon to the ambassador's hotel to welcome him. The official presenta tion will take place shortly. Theam bassador i3 in good health. . Big Crowd Attends Services. Bristol, Tenn., Special. The crowd attending services in Fairmont Grove Sunday in connection with the annual meeting of the German Baptists b the United States was not far short of twenty thousand. The Brethren din ing hall was. crowded throughout the day. Sermons were preached in the tabernacle by Rev. J. B. Trout, of Lanark, 111.; Rev. G. B, Royer, of El gin, 111., and Rev. I. N. H. Beahm, of Elizabethtown, Pa, The pulpits of the various churches were filled by Ger man Baptist ministers. Louis R. Smith Indicted. Washington. . Special. Louis R. Smith, of North Carolina, formerly an employe of the General Land Office, was indicted by the grand jury of the District of Columbia, on a charge of abstracting and selling, thirty land war rants. Sniith was employed In the Land Office from July 1, 1901, to July 6, 1904, and it was during this time that the warrantes were taken. He con fessed the theft when confronted with the evidence against" him. The war rants taken were worth about $5,000. Recent Wall Street Winners. Among winners by the recent up ward movement in Wall street Will iam - Rockefeller Is said to take the lead. His profits in the last- few months are 'put .at $15,000,000, chiefly made in the rise in . Union Pacific. Charles M. Schwab, John w. Gates and E. H. Harriman also came out ahead; but did nothing like so well as Mr. Rockefeller K12WSY GLEANINGS. THE AREAGftiRERORT Reports From , Eyery fart, of t Cotton Belt Indicate Substantial' Decrease " ASSOCIATION FIGURES 25,980.951 Decrease For 1905-" is Asserted to be 18.43 Per Cent in Acreage Under 1904, and 16.05 in Commercial Fer- tlizers, as Shown by Tabulated Statement Based on, 17,754 Indivi dual Reports. - i ' . , New Orleans, Special. The Southern. Cotton Association ? issued its cotton acreage report, -The report says:', , "The estimated acreage for '190 as indicated by the report of the United States Government, amounted to' 31,- 730-.000 acres. "The decrease in the acreage for 1905, as shown by our tabulated state ment, which was compiled from 17,754 individual reports from, farmers, bank ers, merchants and. others throughout the cotton belt, fixing the acreage this year at 25980,951 acres, a decrease of 18.43 per cent, and 16.05 per cent in fer- . tilizers. . "The condition of the crop as report ed from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, the Territories and portions of Mis sissippi, are unprecedentedly bad, much of the acreage in those States and Territories being yet unplanted, and large tracts either under water or bad ly washed by heavy rains. "In the eastern portion of the cotton belt the fields are grassy, the cotton still unchopped, and labor very scarce throughout the entire belt. The officers of the association express the highest commendation of the loyalty of farm ers throughout the cotton territory in so fully living up to their promises and pledges in bringing about so material a reduction in the cotton acreage and the use of commercial fertilizers unde cotton for 1905. "The present demand for cotton is unprecedented, and, with a firm and de termined stand, higher prices for the staple will be secured in the near fur ture." Condition of Cotton. New York, Special. Th.e'June report of The Journal of Commerce, points to a reduction of 12.8 per cent, in acreage, or even less, and a condition of 77.4 compared with 79.8 per cent, last June. The largest decrease In acreage, 17.1 per cent., is shown by! Texas, and Ar kansas ranks next with a decrease of 15.3 per cent. North Carolina is 4.2 per cent, below last June. Louisiana, 13 per cent.; Oklahoma, 13.7 per cent.; Mississippi, 13.6 per cent., and Ten nessee, 12.2. The reduction in South Carolina is 9.1 percent.; Georgia, 7.7; Florida, 9.9; Alabama, 7; ithe Indian Territory, 5.3 and Virginia, 9.5i Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi show de clines in condition amounting to 7, 12 and 11 points respectively, comparing with a year ago. The condition in; the Carolinas shows a slight improvement, while Georgia and Florida are up 5 and points, respectively. The Indian Ter ritory indicates a reduction oi aDOUi xa points, and Oklahoma a reduction of 5 points. The Journal of 'Commerce says that securing a reliableestimate of cot ton acreage this season is j attended with unusual difficulty, owing to the ac tive campaign carried on in the South for a 25 per cent, reduction. Of course no such reduction is to be expected, but the agitation has undoubtedly exerted an important influence, which is shown by the strong tendency towards large decrease in making estimates, ine re- -port is based on reports from 1,800 cor respondents, whose average date of re ply was May 23. Weather conditions have' been generally unfavorable for the entire belt, excessive rains making fields very grassy and washing out many of the bottom lands. In conse quence1 considerable replanting will be necessary, but many correspondents fear that all available labor will be re quired to cultivate cotton already grow ing without replanting. The crop is very late, ranging from one to four weeks. In spite of the grass, good stands have .been generally obtained and the plant has a vigorous growth, and only fair weather is needed to give the crop an excellent start. Georgia's Reduction. Atlanta, Ga., SpeciaL Georgia's cot ton acreage has been reduced 13 per cent as compared with last year, and there has been a reduction of a little more than 14 per cent in the amount of fertilizer used under cotton, accord ing to the official report of State Com missioner of Agriculture S. O. Stevens, issued Wednesday. The estimate is based on reports from correspondents in, all parts of the State. Cotton Needs Cultivation. Washington, Special. The weekly crop report of the Weather Bureau says: - , . "Throughout nearly the whole of the cotton belt cotton is much in need of cultivation, and reports af abandoned fields are received from the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. Good stands are - generally reported, but much planting remains to be done , in northern Texas, and planting is unfinished in Arkansas. In southern Texas and in portions of the central and eastern districts the situation is Improved, and the crop Is doing well In .localities. Squares are now form ing in the southern portion of, the central and eastern districts. rn Japanese Hospital. :'? Tpkio, By Cable AdmiraJRojestven sky has arrived at the Sasebo naval hospital. v. 1 The naval officer has announced that the only Japanese vessels lost in the batttle with the Ruscian fleet' were three torpedo boats. K Tokio, By i Cable. It Is now certain, that Admiral Rojestvensky is a prison er of the Japanese. He Is wounded In the forehead, legs and back; but will recover. Vice' Admiral-Voelkersam is supposed to have perished. - 4 I .A if 1 , pi Z7
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