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EIGH ' EVENING TIMES.
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10 0E CRUSHED ROOSEVELT-DOES
WITHIN 4 DAYS NOT APPROVE
THREE BANKS IN F ah 001; FOR
OF HAMILTON
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IS 1 FAIL''11 0 11 Tta'
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the Emm is in
mxi, tm M (Wit
w Ve-d la Hi eVera, Vkk
aa I to IV CWMra.
I By the Aae-Kale4 riwu)
Jt-W Yerk. IW. IT M-U
errarr of the Xw Teak Lfe Inrer
ne Company, he trw 4a egj
rrUM-nr4 from tCer-upe who ke t
le get an-ettmlng of eo
vancae la A,Bihw Mamlltntv, was tha
ret Itanw la the tneuraare Investi
gation tday when th U wark of
( the rumni!lti" woth was lhn tip.
Mr. McCrt eaid be u HtmlHun la
, .Kraftce and that Mr. Hamilton aa ee
s' rtouniy 111 though eb'e to walk atwat.
Mr. McCaU akao p-earnled thyai-
eaau's ret tlflrala deerrtblng Mr. Ilam
. Ittva's lllneea and staling that the pa
tlent could not endertake a voyage or
V-ave rranre within two months.
Mr, Met 'all Bald ha aakej Haml t m
for Ma check books, but Hamilton re-fua-4
tu live thrm Up. laying thai th
' atuha related ta hit own ptraonal bja
Incaa. Mr. McCall did, nowerer. get 4
statement from Hamilton rcgirdtng the
' exjicitdltaree of funds enUwerd to him
by Insurance com pan Ira. Tho data-
mrnt tho waa prodaoed anl put la
r avlilrnca. -y .
' Mr. Hamlltoa la hta atatement tella
" why ha cannot produra roacliara or
canrelled rherka til ahow to whom and
ta what amount ha had iald out
, nranay. Tha atatement la lo tha effect
that 111 conatquenca of tha accepted
' underatandlns of tha oompanlet Inter
acted with 'tha- New' York Utm In
.watchln JcllalloB, "no damattd wai
- made by ma for- voovhera tfrarn biker
people, nor ware there any boo lea or
accoonla kCTVt by flit covering: aama."
It contlr.uea: ' x ' - '.
"Nor are there Sny of mjT cheoka
' to produce. Payment " by my - check
.'. would neoeasarlly have dlscloWed the
' fact that the peraori receiving the
check, waa under retainer by tnei and
would thua have necessarily hampered
, that portion of my work that w moat
. efflcacloua. nam-siy, absolute aecrecy. '
t ' Cash, drafts and certlflcatea were gen
erally preferred, ' T. cannot produce my
. check books or cancelled checks which
relate to affairs other than those of
the New York Life Insurance X-'om-pany..
I cannot produce any books of
these particular accounts because none
were ever kept by' ie. Even If X did
possess them It does not 'appear to me
. that tha demand for them would be a
vj fair and hdncst one, , The understand
K Ing that I had In undertaking this
work waa distinct and thorough. If It
had not been bo, I should have de-
dined the task." "'s a ,.
. ' Mr. Hamilton In opening his stater
ment exprecses regret ttfat ho cannot
return to the United States at proa
. , out because of his health.'. : v
. : v "At the tfme of his employment In
charge of the bureau of taxation and
legislation, of the Now York Life the
'- life Insurance companies feared that
, v - unless' .poneerted action was taken they
v might be. practically, legislated , and
v taxed . out of existence. The : usual
. practice . of depending -, alone :, upon
Counsel to attend and present argu
., , ments was determined to be liisufM
; , . dent,' 'says Mr.- Hamilton. : 'The very
" fact that the great life insurance in
. teresta of Now York favored or op
' 'posed pending legislative propositions,
. . wonld itself concentrate the opposition
against their views; so likewise did
; the' knowledge that we were represent
ed at the capitols or various States
.'lead to, demands that political favor
ites should be employed in the role
' y, Of counsel, which. If acceded to, placed
- our affairs at the mercy of those-who
did not possess our confidence.. These
and other considerations led the three
: companies to but one conclusion. TV
felt that f a secret service was a per
missible governmental agency, a con-,
, . fldenilal service would be the only ef -fectlve
and at the same-time proper
plan to guard the welfare .of the most
extensive commercial Interest In the
world the' life Insurance business of
the State bf New York. - This confldon
' tlal .secret service was decided upon
aavjthe only possible plan of protect
" tiothM. explained to the president of
. the 'JNew York .Life Insurance Com
pany, as did the pther gentlemen who
- ' were associated with me In this work
to the officers of their respective com
panles,. that itemised accounts : by
names, 'or amounts by separate vouch
. 7v ers, details, or particulars' should not
be demanded if we were to be held
responsible,-The protection of the com
panles under such a plan was ample."
Mr. Hamilton gives a long summary
of the various styles of bills hostile to
(Continued on page seven.)
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itek tun aw.ta.-4 tw rw
1
AlW Mm tK rm-aa I -'
tllf tha Aaarta.le4 lMa )
VW-ia. b C, tfcar. II SSi
waa lroufl!t fey le atraOMr Taa-a
frwai aarUrt Brlllak CuiasabU af
the CYaawevltl atara at L i
Laadthrcg. Nocwtlaa. U a
rat a ay a aaoaik ao tram a alaap
la akhh ka waa voyaciaf fruM
rirla4 Taaal to KlUaaal.
Tha aionf u wrwik4 f-ara
lUa4 av Port MBipao. aad tba
oamaar aprat tkro -f ka tk la
Ub4, llTtc o rUBL Ha aotataa
distrwa algaals ib a trra by day aai
ballt trwa ay mlgku radaene
vainly t attrarl itMilos, aa4 Baalty
bum m raft oa ahUh fca rtack4 rort
Wllaoa. true ml lea away, after
tnat Irytag Toyasa, la wblrk ka ear
roaly awraiiedl being w at hod tram
hla raft. Jle vaa Baally plre4
ky tha Tta sad takra to Hartley Bay.
The Te alao brought a thai
a larg part of Mount Krai at Grab
ble Island had fajlen into a lake at
8arf lalrl Miners who wltaeased
lite landslide believe volcaalc action
caused a portion ef tbe mountalo to
slide Into the lake.
25THs ANNIVERSARY
OF Y. P. S. C. E.
(By tha Associated Prraa.)
Itoatoa. Dep. IT. The twenty-Ofth
annlveraary of the Young Peoples So
ciety for Christian Endw'or will oc
cur February 1, next. It will be com
mamoratad by nearly T8.000 societies
and by the three and one half million
members and. by numerous Endeavor
unions, local, county, State and na
tional. -
Durtlig the last two yeara forty-six
States and' territories of the United
Plates and three provinces of Canada
have galaed more than 10 per cent.
In the number of their aodethia. Ha
wall's has gained 118 per rent, ' Chris
tian Endeavor has gained a foothold In
the Philippine Nearly 1.000 societies
have reported an Increase of 25 per
cent, in local membership. Ten thoua
and societies have reported a total of
half million dollars in gifts to the mis
sion boards of their denominations, to
their local churches and .to miscellan
eous causes., '
The next all-EuroDean convention
will be held from July 28 to August
1 at Geneva, '.Swltaerlahd,' In connec
tion-with the world's Christian En
deavor Convention.
The review of Christian Endeavor
during tlje lust Iwenly-tlve years shows
that many millions of young people
have enlisted undef Its banner.- Its
literaturo has been translated Into
scoreB of languages.
THERE ARE OTHER .
CANALS EVIDENTLY.
..... '. ---! i -. ! A ,c
. " IBy the Associated Prwvs.)
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27. Forty
miHion dollars wlll.be asked of the
coming Legislature for -Work on the
1,000-ton .barge canal during 1906,
according to . the second annual re
port of State Engineer and Surveyor
Henry A. Van Alstyne, s forecast of
which was made public today. The
barge, canal project and State road
improvement 'are the subjects chiefly
discussed In the report. '
In connection with tne barge canal
Improvement the report will state
that - less than 11,000,000 of the
$10,000,000 made available by the
Legislature for the first year's work
has actually been. ; expended, but
about $9,000,000 of contracts have
been assumed..4 By making available
$40,000,000 the - superintendent . of
public works and canal board would
be enabled to place one-half of the
work of constructing the proposed
barge canal under contract during
the,, first half of the' year 190S.
i:;K?r. .n , v., ,', i.-ijej.;
AMERICANS AND ' '
- ITALIANS FIGHT.
(By the Associated Press.) , v,
"Eui'eka, Kas., .Dec, 27, Six men Re
ceived Run shot wounds in a fight be
tween rival American and Italian nsh
ermen oil Eel River on Christmas day.
There had been hostilities between the
races since the season opened. . .
Late Monday- night a party of It al
ians descended on a rival, saloon in
which the Americans were celebrating
Christmas. A charge of buckshot was
fired Into -the merry-makers,' and sev
eral were wounded. ' The- lights In the
saloon were put out, and the Ameri
cans UiUnchcd their boat and pulled
for the shore. The-ltallans followed,
but when near the bank the Americans
fired upon them, wounding several
Italians, Two Americans nafiied Casey
and French are In a serious condition
from their wounds. - ' ' '
mi Is Its! Mi C:veniGlect$ la llsjfifti fcrllb.tjteJ TUj TO Pij
L!:I Ejects
BLOODSHED FR I GliTFl'L
faaaakane UOI tV ILOM at Me
Araaa ml ltrvtMBaM4a Oaaw frwea
iliiaay If ar af l-ta4 !
U-idrra NJU Het-rfeL
(Py the Aaaw tatnd hwt )
St. PetrabBrt. Ihv J7 I U p
al. Ak laaplrd atataeat la Ibe
le4ay aa)a the gumBeat es-pw-ta
tae revolt at Moacow to be roia
pitUAf cmakaid althla four 4aa
The daraUoa of tb rlalag la explain
ed by the email nmUr o( lrooie
available. Many of the soldiers
aerata&arily wr otiiplo-d In guard
ing the governnirat l.ullilog, leav
ing a eomperatWe!) aniall nambor
available to cojte with the Inaurgcata
over the wide area of the disturb
ances. Freeh troops have now ar
rived, aad the end la aald to be near.
Tha Klovo aaya:
'The grenadiers have wlid out
the atala oa their nonor with blood,
fighting la the front ranks at their
own request.
From aaT Independent source the
Slovo declares It has learned that the
bloodshed at Moscow has bca fright
ful, and that the casualties wtli reach
lS.OOt, end that about 100 Red
Croaa aorkers have boca despatched
from St. Petersburg to Moscow to aid
In flaring for the wounded.
The paper eays also It has learned
that the arms of the revolutionists
mostly came from Germany and Bel
gium, whence they were shipped to
England. ' transhipped there and
smuggled Into Russia through Fin
land and tha Baltic provinces. Con
tinuing.' tha 81ovQ remark: .
, "When our plenipotentiary sought
to prevent the aalling of those ves
sels, through- the consuls, the latter
refused to act, as all the vessels flew
foreign Bags."
The Information of other papers
Is, that while.' admitting that' the
revolutionists are showing signs of
exhaustion they do not regard the
issue as decided. The Moiva (Russ),
which reappeared today, fans the
flames by holding out encourage
ment of. the success of the revolt.
The paper -declares that the area of
fhQ fighting Is Increasing instead of
diminishing, and assert that the In
surgents are holding six miles of
barricades. "Even if the revolt faila
now," the, Moiva says, "it will be
recommenced in January or Feb
ruary. "
" This also Is tho view of Hit: revo
lutionary leaders here, who, how
ever, have hot yet given tip hope of
success. . In '.any case tbey assert
they can in the meantime keep the
government engaged in suppressing
continual; uprisings from place to
place, believing ' that each city and
town should have its baptism of
blood as a preparation for the. final
upheaval. -; v -
. Slaughter at Kharkon.
In spite of the bad prospects here,
the leaders of the "revolutionists are
continuing their desperate efforts to
bring on a general conflict. At
Kharkoff yesterday the flag of arm
ed "revolt was raised, but according
to reports the troops, which had been
largely reinforced, put down the out
break mercilessly. The .members of
the so-called provisional government,
composed of 22 delegates, which, had
been sitting tHere, were captured in
the day, and later when the red flag i
was raised and barricades were erect
ed around the Helfrich engine works,
which i armed ' revolutionists were
holding, cannon' were brought up
and the revolutionists were given ten
minutes In which to surrender. They
then sent out an emissary, who was
seized by the military : commander,
who then gave the command to the
artillery to open .fire on the works,
which were literally ' battered r down
over the heads of. the revolutionists.
The latter, although unable to make
a defence,- held out until three-quarters
of thelrj number were klllod or
wounded, when the remnant, . 1S7
men, surrendered..-'
j .', Mistchenkosat Moscow. .
Lieutenant General .Mistchenko,
who .commanded a ' Cossack' brigade
In Manchuria during the Russo-Japa
nese wat.lias ; arrived "at Moscow,
and ma yhave taken over the com
mand of the troops there. He had a
narrow escape from capture by the
revolutionists at St. Andrew's Monas
' ( Concluded, 6n page two.) 1
'
Kiss Alice
; S TAT0I LNT IS ISSUED
,B tote ataktrvw 4 04
Win, aat Hm aMo tw
Uad III lap t m-nk-m la
Mr VhaM BMkrUH- that ll
takalt X4 IV
(Pr the Aaa jptaixi i i
Warwlpgt.iti. Per. f! ia 4ta
ik ftvia nlff C. t Unhid
)M.ror, anani4 tta i a trn rottt
autHM Hiti.m m te Iw .'itl in id
aeB and .it'll over ll" i ur.lt fM
the puiT1 of reltana a i hwS
ptnlMbiy 14 aeMrracatr l in I
i if o-T aaion nr wt auiri.i, i,, n-f-
r.wtitatttr Nh hilia x-r, .ill,
Ttir itiatlut ilul-"i f th.
I'ruiimMton. aa H liaSW-alaii tttr f-J-Hliif
atatemaat laimad f.vm ttir Whli
llouaa ta-day:
"Tha Prealdeot'a attmtin havltg
brn al!ml tu tha 4laat h ft m Itakn
Chy, tt.. In the effart that a eubarri
tl.m an abitut te be Mat tad f, wnl -dll.S
iirrwiit fur Hliti A, If- Konrrvr'l.
tlic Preaii'ont Hated that Blilla hi- ap
prrclatrd thla evidence of il win he
hoped nothing at the ktad would b
undertaken. In fact, he wtahrd par
t'calarly that tha Bti aa4 nurk nh.-ul I
not lw Uonr." j
LEVIED ON
DH
DEVI
L'S-STATUE
(By the Aaaortated Preaa.)
Chicago. pc. a.v di-jritch ,te the l
Ivecord-Heraia fromi ljeVrfit nays: Th MerchanU Trust Company re-
Lugged away in on old enrt yester- 'cently absorbed the Memphis Na
day, Herman Mcnx's statue of the tlonal Bank .and It is stated owns
devil now Is being guarded by a con- ithe controlling stock of the American
stable. The Image was set up two Savings Bank and Truat Company,
months ago by Mens and created a The latter Institution has practl
sensatlon. Men Is not a belltvor in raiy absorbed the Mechanics 8avlngs
the deity, and wrxmxht the statue to Qnng v(f
symlxlliehlsfeelirKcVothefutirre j The gugponsion of the three lnsti
A unstable with a writ of replevin ... . , vlff ,
called at the home of the old German
Btone rutter and levied on the til-l.
The owner resisted the demand of tb"
officer, and he and his family tried to
save the statue from capture, even Ru
ing so far as to bring a sledge hani
"mer - to mulsh It tn bits. The cm
stable and his assistants wore (succe k
ful In removing the statue, and thux
made return on the writ that was
sworn out by Warren- Wst, of Yysel
antt on a claim of $r,140 for labor, part
of which was performed on the statue.
IRON AND STEEL
(B" the Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, Ph.. Dec. 27. The Chroni
cle-Telegraph this a'terroon sir's: I
A combination of iron and steal li-;
terests is being formed trnd likely will ;
be perfected in a short time'tliRt will
have a capital stork of about $150,000.
000. The principal concern in the move-!
nient Is the Republic lion and Steel ; Jackson and the teachers have ar
Company, and the companies said Jo . r,inged a Christmas tree and giftB.
oe incMUttea in tne project are tne
the Sloss-Khcffleld iron Company und
the LaBolle Iron Works. John W.
Gates, C. S. Quthri-? nnfl other leading
men in the Republic company are said
to be the promotei-s of the - prbposed
corporation.
HEIR TO MILLION i
CAN'T BE FOUND.
(By the Associated Press.)
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 2 7. -Barnes A.
I., heir to an estate valued at more tbe appearance of adores t of
than $1,000,000. and who disappear- brilliancy. ' Each, class will also
ed from his home on Easter day, leavi havefl .are in the exercises and dur
ing a wife and five children. Is be- ln8 the merrr toak,n candy and nuts
lleved to be somewhere la Northern w111 be distributed to the members
Minnesota, but 'so far the police of
the State have been unable to find
him.
Miss May Pratt, Bister of the miss
tng man, : believes he has gone on
further West, .but she has asked the
police to continue the search. The
father's will names the absent son
as executor, in a codicil, however,
the Brooklyn Trust Company is sub-
stltuted. Since the death of the
father the efforts to find the son have
become active, as the Other heirs are
anxious tp have the estate settled
Without delay.
Evcrj CcPr
OVER LOANS.DiSCOUMS
''' Tireae Aaamiaa
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ate-t-age Itaak aa4 Tt-bb f mm4
Mnku. h -taiga rUk. T- l4-
AUkr-4 Hh Urn tr-
In
tha AawlaU4 Itwa I
Memi kta. Teaa . fr 7 Threa ,
faantlal laatltaUoaa tal)e4 to oMa
toelr Iwn I or bnalhtiea to-dar The '
Mnrrbaata Traet Com pan ). with ai
capital atutk of I10.0v. aad the'
Anertraa Kavloga Bask and Treat
( onipaoj aad the Methaaioe Sat- i
Inaa Balk, amaller laatltutlons aa4 '
I ar gone Into liquidation
The following notlyp a poated
on the doura of the Merrhanta Truat
t'omtiany
"7 his bank is rloaed by order of
the' board of dlr-rtora and will go
Into liquidation
(Signed I "FELIX L POPE,
ITealdent"
Another notice reada as follows:
"This bank has gone Into liquida
tion John P. Edemondaon has boen
appointed receiver."
The cause of the suspension of the
Merchants Truat Company la aald to
lx over loans and discounts. One
of the- dlrwtora aald to a representa
tive of the Associated Preaa that the
three Institutions, bad ample assets
and would pay dollar for dollar.
When the officers of the Merchants
TruKt Company derided to suspend
Chancellor ltelskell was asked to ap
point a receiver for the Institution,
and named John P. Edemondsoa, a
lawyer.
financial circles.
I Amount Owing Teiosltors.
New York, Dec. 27. The Ameri
can Savings Bank and Trust. Com
pany of Memphis. Tenn., according
lo a recent statement, owed deposi
tors $625,000.
According to a recent statement
the Merchants Trust Company of
Memphis, Tenn., owed depositors
$605,000. "
THREE CHRISTMAS
TREES THIS EVENING
This afternoon at 5:30 the chil
dren in the First Presbyterian Sun
day school will be. visited by Santa
Clans. This part will be taken by
Mr. James F. Jordan, and he will
give each of the little ones a royal
cood time. Superintendent ' H. W.
ren-,(.Hndy &nd fn),t w,n be d,8trtbuWa
! uy?an"' it . '
The -kpWorth Methodist Sunday
i school will have its Christmas exer-
cises tonight at 7:30
The Good .Shepherd School.
The Christmas celebration of the
children in the Sunday school of the
Church of the Good Shepherd will
take place in the parish rooms this
evening. , -The teachers -of each class
have. arranged a. little Christmas tree
tor. the scholars in that class. When
these trees are lighted the room will
01 1118 wool
' New Army Revolver.
Wathlngton, Dec 27. The Ordnance
Bureau of the War Department has
in contemplation a competitive contest
Ior new models of 4 revolver for-the
Use of the United States Army. What
ta desired by the partme tlsa
' 1 Tn
the armyi The retails of the. trials
have not aa yet been arranged.- It Is
expected that weapons of larg calibre
and possibly of different type from
I those- now in use will be tested.
- .
aV t'-j 4 sB.
re Ul1
to a.v
Waa IN "' IimH bmbo
11 l ha Aaw li4 Prawa I
ChViawfv Imt 1 ' A frtiM.l
,tgkt - la a k aura erre ar1
uimw iHtarrva ai a bmiii
of tae Maaaaiara )uat waril Uai
jalghl ltboul kata t",i.
' ,h
I U4 atrwamlag frwea ihair laa
The Belli ha J lu ortgla la lh etr
tloa of fnTa la lural aakna Ka 7 1 1
knoes aa tha Kait- and I'arcrl
Ikrlurr? lrira I'aloa Tb irl
4t of th loral. Harr l-afp. aa4
the kaalnnaa afral. Jnih W Young,
are both adr iBdntn.eet In oon-
Borttoa atih tbr atrlfce of laat bum- ,
met- i
The adoption of a motion that the i
.two men ahould continue la office!
rauar a proteat by tbrtw bsedred
niembara, and thla aaa rarrlt-d to the
'council laal night
When Albert l.lnadon. rhairman
of a proteatlng delegation of five,
'arose to read the proteat. he was
knocked down by a rival delegate
In a minute a general fight was rag
ing, every one of the protecting com
mittee becoming a target for fiats and
feet. The proteatanta bad few
friends In the council and were forced
to flee, badly battered. One man lost
two teeth and his hat and overcoat.
i The other four were severely Injured
about their faces.
MAKE HENS WORK
ALL YEAR
- By the Aoc.t6 PrM.)
Chtcaco.Dec. 27. A dlsrauVtaUl
Record'HeraM btBXkaleyxcaL,
says: I
Within a short time 'hens will lay
eggs according to program, whether
they want to or not. Instead of re
fusing to work for bo long a season
every year that the price of eggs
mounts up to famine rates. If the plans
of Prof. Jaffa, rutrltlon expert at the
State University do not go astray.
Prof. Jaffa is conducting some ex
periments which he expects will be
concluded by January 1. He announc
ed yesterduy that his researches have
justified his belief that he would be
able to control the moulting period of
hens, which normally begins In the
middle of the summer and continues
into September, October or Novem
ber. A. & M. STUDENTS
. FAIL IN CLASSES
The spring term of the A. & M. Co'
lege will open Thursday of next week,
and President Winston expects quite
a number of new students. An espe
dally lanje number of students for the
short course in agriculture, textile
work end other mechanlca' studies wH
enter. No examination Is required for
these courses either for entrance or
during the term.
The reports showing the standing of
the students in. the regular courses f )r
the fall term and the results of! their
midyear examination are being sent
out, and It is understood that a num
ber win be cut oft for failure to com?
up to tha minimum grade, the fal'ures
being In all classes from tha seniors
down.
PASSED JUDGMENT
ON ATHLETES.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 27. The registration
committee of the South Atlantic Asso
ciation of the Amateur Athletic Union
last night declared E. B. Robey, W il
liam Handlboo and B. C. Newman,
three prominent athletics of this city,
professionals.'
Jack Orme ,a member of the Colum
bia Athletic Club, was adjudged guilty
of having made a false entry In the
shot put at the Baltimore indoor meet
two weeks ago, and was suspended
until February first. v.
Cv l. Selts, the champion George
town spi-intor, who refused to compete
at the Baltimore games when he was
not allowed to wear spiked shoes, was
warned not to repeat the offense,
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a4 brrt laf m mad faralgwere efvee
in eipiwiainc aim heaiie at tk ee
atantir i -o tt irrttattas) e Use 0W
- Malnat futalgaarm. whKtl fuf
- " haa na gradnally epree4lnel
thruugh Ua wuntrir.
-China fur the Chinese eninartae
tb objveta of tha movemaeit aaaong the
c hief prumuiura of a hick are anal a
atudanta adurated abroad aal eW
naaaaMra conducted by ChMaee art
have bawo educated he A mart re and
Euroiw. Theae 'papers are begtaalng
to gain rrvat Infloenre.
The antl-Amarkian boycott aae ba
followed by a dlaruaaloa ef China's
wrong at the hands of foretgners gen
erally, and a determlnaUoa aaT redraea
them. The hoatl'.lty Bret shown again
Americana haa now extended ie an
foreigners. jjg
Tha i hlneer are pleased at the reaull
"f the boycott In producing eondlietorjr
ordera from Prveldent ReooavaH, Taut
the bovcott la now lee ended and. H Is
aaaerted here, continues seriously to ef
feet American trade tn the Canton and
Vangtae regtona.
The Chinese are ao sattsfled wltH the
movement that they are talking of the .
boycott as a permanent weapon for the
national armory. The newspapers ad
vocate the boycott of Indian opium be
cause of the action of the British aa
aeeeov 4it the tnlxed otxsrt, mi (Tiushal,
In erderlng-tha imprisonment or- Oil--nose
women tn the .municipal iall in -
teed of In the Chinese prison which -
caused the recent disturbances there.
One result of the present movement Is
to discourage concession hunting. The
government has adopted 4 policy ef :
Chinese control of railroads and mines .
and similar enterprises, refuses to
grant new concessions, and is trying to
regain or annul sevet al concessions
previously granted. While many foreigners-
sympathise with the objects
of the agitation they realise the dan
ger of Inflammatory speeches and ar
ticles In the newspapers leading to
mob uprisings like that at Shanghai
and the recent massacre of American
nlsslonarlea at Llenchau.
Regarding th3 Shanghai Incident the
rniniRtrrs of the powers have practi
cally decided that the municipal offlcsrs
xceeded their rights under the treaties.
and will direct them to recede from
'heir position.
There is r.o doubt that the aggres
sive spirit of the Chinese has been de
i Idedly tnTnnsod by the late wmr cl
pan's victory has encouraged the Chi
nese "northern army In October. Ja
pan's victory has encoruaged the Chi
nese to believe that they could be
equally successful. ;
Foreigners living in cities where the
rrovernment Is strong are assured of
protection, but the danger of the pres
ent situation lies in possible friction
between foreigners and Chinese where .
the officials are weak or indifferent,
ieadlng to further outbreaks. V.
The proposed withdrawal bf the re-,
malning international troops from '
China in the spring hfls been meeting
with opposition since the Shanghai
riots.
COMPRESSING TEA
INTO TABLETS.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Deo. 27. The latest
novel experiment to be made by the
Department of Agriculture is that of
compressing tea into tablets, 6ne of
which will make a delicious cup of
tea. Ah a result, what would ordi
narily make a big package of tea can
by this new and unique method be '
placed in a space about the size of a
safety match box. Tne tea 1s grown
at the department's experimental tea
gardens at Summerville, S. C.
The department has been engaged
in this experiment tor some time,
and last week a large box of sample
packages of tea tablets waa received
by Dr. Galloway, director -of the
Bureau of Plan V Industry, for in
spection, who states that the most
favorable reports have been rnade by
those who have tried the tablets,
The tablets are said . to contain no
adulterant , ; v , . V (
It Is now believed by the officials
of the department that these tablets
will . fill not only: government, re
quirements, but ..those . of general'
merchandise and family use,
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