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RALEIGH. N, C, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1900.
25 Cents a Month
TO OWN THE EARTH
WITH' A WIRE FENCE
That's What Asheville Corpora
tion is Seeking
ALMOST EVERYTHING
GRANTED IN CHARTER
Only Things Not Asked by Corporation
are Rights to Run Churches or Sa
loonsThe Capital Stock, How
erer, Is Small.
A company composed exclusively ot citi
zens of Buncombe county was today in
corporated by the Secretary of State. The
charter granted in the name of the "W.
T. Weaver Power Company" almost every
right that could poaHlbly be desired by
any or all business corporations and were
the Secretary of State to stop business
tommorrow It would bo possible for the
'V. T. Weaver Power Company" to open
branches and give the same rights to
them that are generally given by the Sec
retary of State.
The newly organized company wishes
the eartb with a wire fence and though
they are not given power to create an
earth their rights are such that they
can do anything on earth that they
choose.
They do not ask right to build churches,
nor do they suggest the running of a
saloon, but these are the only two cx'
reptlons made in the formation of tho
charter.
Tile, real business of the company Is to
supply to the public, including both in
dividuals and corporations, in the county
of Buncombe, and elsewhere in North
Carolina, In the forms of electric current,
hydraulic, pneumatic and steam pressure
for use in driving machinery and for
light, heat and all other purposes to
which the power thus supplied can be ap
plicable. They will locate on the French Broad
River, near Asheville, will build a great
dam, have a beautiful park and pond,
have stenm and naphtha launches and
every other facility for enjoyment which
will be run as a side Issue to tho pro
posed business of furnishing Asheville.
Hcnderconvllle. Waynesvillc, Blltmore.
and'other points with electric- lights,
power, and most any old thing they wish
to purchase with their money. The wires
will partly be run by poles and otherwise
underground, and the company has tho
right to own and number of distributing
points and at each an area not exceed
ing 5.000.
Bridges and ferries may lie built ;
steam and naphtha launches operated
on the French Uroud: telephone and tele
graph business may be conducted and tolls
charged; to build and operate any kind
of factory: to buy any corporation, com
pany or individual: to purchase the righla
of any other corporation; to secure fran
rrisos for anything; to build and operate
stores. mills, schorl:;, factories, ware
houses; to deal in real estate; to do any
business on the installment plan; to lay
out into lots, blocks and pints as a town,
to create parks: to manage and carry
on the business of farming, stock rais
ing, mining, training, lumbering, manu
facturing, hotel keeping, building bridges,
grist and Hour milling, electrical and me
chanical engineering any where they
choose and to charge toll: to supply light
and motive power: to manufacture tele
phone and telegraph and phonographs
anil anything else now known or ever to
be known during the next ninety-nine
years; to purchase and acquire letters
patent in the United States or any for
eign country or the United States: to deal
in cotton, wool, jute, hemp. silk, or any
thing else, lif the discretion of the board
of directors; to hold and enloy mything
already Incorporaetd in this State, the
United States or any foreign country; to
obtain commlssir.ners to appraise and con
demn any property tho Power Company
wishes; these, with the privileges to do
anything else ever to be conceived are
some of the rights granted the new cor
poration. There Is one redeeming clause.
The corporation inserts this in the
articles of agreement: "That the right
of condemnation herein granted shall not
authorize said company to remove or in
vade the burial ground of any Individual
without his or her consent."
The company la incorporated for a term
of ninety-Bine years, with capital stock
of $30,000, with privilege to Increase to
$2.r,0,000.
The incorporators are W. T. Weaver.
Theo. F. Davidson. T. Wadley Kaoul.
James L. Wagner, W. B. Williamson and
John H. Laoge, and the principal office
and place of business is to be at Ashe
ville. A1DEN BENEDICT'S "QUO VAD1S" TO
NIGHT. "Quo Vadls." the book has been trans
lated Into all languages from the original
Polish, and has been readjjy many mil
lions, who have pronounced it as one of
the classics of the nineteenth century.
The wonderful popularity of the book In
sures the success of the dramatic adapta
tion of It. which will be presented for the
first time in this city at the Academy
tonight.
So successful has Mr. Chase been In
dramatizing this work, that the actors
are described as 'breathing exponents of
the wonderful types of character just as
the great Slenkiewlsz drew them in his
Immortal masterpiece. The play like the
book is almost devoid of comedy, but Is
sufficiently strong in dramatic situation
to escape being sombre or at any time
monotonous. Its human Interest holds the
auditor spellbound, and the deep religious
fervor of the Christian martyrs, which
permeates the entire work cannot but im
bue one with a xeal to do better. It is
a play satisfying alike to the player and
auditor, not only (because it entertains
and Instructs, but because It uplifts and
edifies.
- Mr. Alden Benedict has provided a most
excellont company, beautiful and appro
priate scenery and wardrobe, and'allrst
; class performance, can be : looked for.
Seats now op sale.
PURE FOOD CONQRESS
Dr. R. H. Lewis and Col. A. Q. Holliday
of Raleigh Present
Dr. R. H. Lewis has returned from
Washington, D. C. where he was In at
tendance at the National Pure Food Con
gress. Col. A. Q. Holliday, former Presi
dent of the A. and M. College, was also
present.
Yestenlny's Wilmington Messenger con
tained the following:
Mr. S. H. Fishblate arrived yesterday
from a business t rip North. On his re
turn from New York he Bpent three
days in Washington, where he attended
the National Pure Food Congress as a
delegate from the Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce.
To a Messenger representative he said
last night that he was especially Im
pressed with the work being accomplish
ed by the Pure Food Congress. There
were delegates from every Stale and
Territory in tho Union, and deep interest
was manifested In the proceedings.
-Mr. Fishblate says that he never had
any conception of the enormous propor
tions of the evil of food adulteration as
practiced in this country until he attend
ed this congress. Nor, on the other
hand, did he realize what a vigorous and
systematic effort is being made to sup
press the evil which is fittingly charac
terized by the Pure Food Congress as
"robbery and murder."
Speaking p fthe entertainment accorded
him while in attendance upon the con
gress, Mr. Fishblate said that he wan
accorded an especially delightful time and
had the pleasure of meeting man of the
foremost men of the country. Many of
the most prominent Senators and mem
bers of the House of Representatives
are. he says, active members of the con
gress. During the course of the conversation,
Mr. Fishblate modestly remarked that he
was elected one of the vice-presidents
of the Pure Food Congress. This Is a
compliment to be greatly appreciated, not
only by Mr. Fishblate, but by the city of
Wilmington, whose representative he was.
MR. M. H. JUSTICE HAS
RETIRED FROM RACE
Not a Candidate for Democratic
Gubernatorial Nomination
So Announced in a Letter Made Public
in Yesterday's Charlotte Observer
His Own Determination.
Mr. M. II. Justice, who has been consid
ered one of the leading candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor, has
retired from the nice, as will be seen
from the following letter written from
his home in Kutherfordton last Thursday,
but not made public until yesterday.
The letter is as follows;
"Relying solely on my own judgment
and inclination. I hereby withdraw my
name as a candidate for Governor.
"1 thank my friends who have stood
by mc and desire still to stand by me.
so loyally. They are held in everlasting
remembrance: but my duty to the State,
my interest in the great issue pending
before the people and my desire for ab
solute unity in the party, leads me to
lake this step- There are too many can
didates for office and especially for Gov
ernor, and one less will, probably, add
something to party harmony. It appears
to me to re both useless and unwise to
press my candidacy further. It does not
make so very much difference who Is
Governor among the candidates now be
fore the people. The country will likely
be safe with any of them. The groat
subject with which we have to ileal is the
constitutional amendment, and the suc
cess of the Democratic ticket that will he
put In the Held on April 11. Let us stand
as one man for the success of these and
we will thus leave to our children the
heritage of a 'White Man's' country, ami
the government administered by North
Carolina. My services will be at the
command of the Democratic party from
this time until the election.
"Yours very truly.
(Signed, i "M. H. JUSTICE."
MISS 111 DA LOUISE JOHNSON.
The Authoress of "Lord Byron" is In the
Citv at the Ynrborough.
Miss Rida Louis'- Johnson, the author
ess of the play of ''Lord Byron." who is
to play leading lady in the James Young
Company, is in advance of the company,
and is topping at the Yarborough House.
She will appear in the presentation of the
play here and accompanying the company
on its tour of the South. Miss Johnson Is
a highly talented actress and has rapidly
risen to the front rank in the theatrical
world. She is a handsome and cultured
lady.
"Lord Byron," her dramatic production,
is meeting with marked success.
The play of "Lord Byron" is an inter
esting an ddramatic one, with its picture
of life at the beginning of the nineteenth
century, and will be remarkable among
many things for Its originality of inven
tion and grace of expression, Its keen
satire and biting epigrams, representing
the manners, customs, foibles and weak
nesses of the charmed circle in which tho
poet lived. It has a powerful and capti
vating story of the poefs life. In which
there is continuity of action and a suc
cession of striking climaxes, the whole
being encompassed with a most elaborate
setting. Two acts are laid in England. In
the atmosphere of the Byronese influ
ences, and two depict his, adventures in
Greece. It is a play for all classes of
people. It contains comedy, romance,
music, poetry, a thrilling Incident in the
revolt of the Greek soldiery, and an in
trigue and a conspiracy.
AFTER THE IRISH.
London. March 12. Ann Parnell. sister
of Sir Charles Stewart, writes today In
Nationalise papers and suggests that the
Irish soldiers, who cannot refrain from
wearing the shamrock should first dtp the
shamrocks in ink until the dishonor 1
first wiped out by the final triumph of the
Boers, or In some other way,
SAID THAT THE
BRITISH APPEAR
TO BE SATISFIED
krugers Appeal is Evidence of
Dissatisfaction
FIRST PEACE SIGNS
COME FROM KRUGER
AND PRES. STEYN
Roberts Approaches Bloemfon
utein Unopposed by Boers j
BOER FORCES MAY ALLOW
BRITISH TO ENTER TOWN
FOR STRATEGIC REASONS
Ann Parnell, Sister of Sir Charles Stew
art, Scores the Irish Canadian and
Australian Troops Favor Era
dication of Two Republics.
New York. March 1J. A Journal special
from Rome says: "After receiving n
message from the Italian consul at Pre
toria, stating dial Krugcr and Steyu had
asked Italy to assist in peace overtures
to England. Premier. Venesta had a con
ference with the British Ambassador."
London. March 12. -An official at the
foreign office here today informed an
Evening Journal correspondent that
Kruger and Steyn have asked Salisbury,
through the consul of a European power,
to state the terms upon which a treaty
of peace can be arranged. He added that,
the request was net accompanied by n
declaration as to what terms they would
accept,
DENIES THE STORY.
Paris, March l!i. Dr. Lcyds denies the
story thai Kruger and Steyn cabled peace
proposals to Lord Salisbury.
IIOBIJUTS UNOPPOSED.
Lot. don. March 12. Tho War Office Us
day received the following message:
Assvogel Kop. M::rch 12. 5 a. nt. We
were unopposed during our march yes
terday. Signed.) ROI1KRTS.
MAY YET .MEET OPPOSITION.
Londou, March 12.--(! neral Catai re re
ports that he w.'is within a mile of the
Bothuelie Railroad bridge on yesterday.
The bridge has he on. partially destroyed,
itiMLthf enemy is holding (he end at the
opposite bank.
At the present rati- of progress Oen
efill Roberts should be ;it Bloeinfoniein
by Wednesday, although these calcula
tions may be spent by the development of
more strenuous resisianee than the
Peers have so far attempted, tieneral
Roberts is now only about twenty-live
miles from Dloenifontoin.
It is apparent that the Boers contem
plate making ;i determined stand on the
outskirts of the town or for strategic
reasons will allow (tonernl Huberts to
occupy the capital after merely harass
ing his advance. It is possible for Bloctn
fontein to be made the scene of awful de
struction in case tin1 Poors allow Oenornl
Roberts to enter and have previously
fortified the kopje that command the
town.
THE BRITISH SATISF1BII.
Capetown. March 12. The publication
of President Kruger's appeal to the
burghers was r ived joyfully by the
Htitlsh as it proves to their satisfaction
that the Boers have been disorganized
by the recent defeats. The Capotonw
Times discourages active agitation in
support of the annihilation of the two
liner republics, and advises the people to
have confidence in Ureal Britain, lis it
sas that Ooveriiment will make the set
tlement entirely satisfactory.
The Canadian and Australian volun
teers, who were here recently, were
unanimously in favor of the eradication
of the two republics.
Arrangements are being made by the
civil and military authorities to have all
future cases of rebellion tried before a
judge and two military officers. Put the
('ape Dutch, who were captured at Sunny
side, and have already been arraigned in
civil courts, will be tried by a jury at
the Capetown April Assizes. The Oov
ernment will ask Parliament to organize
a special court. Cecil Rhodes intends
sending Mr. Baker, the noted architect,
to Egypt and Athens to study the mauso
lems. When he returns he will erect a
mausolem at Kimberley in memory of
those kiled in the siege.
"UNCLE AUD"
I am
The
Auditorium.
I have raised more
Cain '
Around this old town than any
Other
Soft
Dead easy proposition since the night
The new city charter wan
Squelched.
New sensations,
Fires,
Investigations, cannot
Wither nor stale your
Uncle "Aud.." nor reduce my
Fahrenheit.
Tin a warm
Suggestion, and I'm going to
Roost, to locate In your
' Midst, or keep you
Fussed up. ' '
See!
"Mrs. I. RosenthnI left yesterday morn
ing on the Atlnnta special for Baltimore,
Philadelphia aud New York. ,
! FORTY MOTHERS
AND BABES BURND
TO DEATH TODAY
.Newark the Scene of a Death
Strewing Furnace Fire
MEN RUSHED BY
WOMEN AND BABicS
WITHOUT REGARD
Fire Caught in an Old Italian
Church and in a Moment
Flames Enveloped the
Building
TWO STORY TENEMENT
WITH THIRTY FAMILIES
MAKES DEATH V
Fifteen Charred Bodies Already Re
covered and Many Children and
Mothers are Missing--Supposed
Incendiary Arrested.
New York. March 12. -A ten. nieui.
house was burned in Newiirl;. N. J., to
day. Forty persons are reported to have
hecn burned to death.
LATER.
Newark. N. .1.. March 12. Fire started
this morning in the old Italian vliureh
at:fl in lloseville, a two story frame
biulding which bad been converted into
a tenement house and in whicb. thirty
families were sheltered.
It took but a few moments, for I lie
Humes to envelop the entire structure,
effectually cutting off nil escapes from the
pauie-stri.'ken inmates, im lulling nearly
half a hundred. Twenty innvates. chil
dren, were forsaken in the will rush of
i he men and women, w no jumped from
ihe second story ami roof.
. The fireiaeu were nimble 'n account of
the furnace character of the flames tt.
reach them with ladders.
Fifteen charred bodies have been taken
out. '
Twenty-live more are mining.
Nearly all of the dead arc children, und
of the missing fifteen are children and
nine are women.
No men los; their lives. Thev fought
their way through the crowd of women
and children.
The lire is supposed to have been from
incendiary origin, and the supposed in
cendiary has bein arrested.
TWELVE IIODIE-S HRCoVEItED.
Newark. N .1 . March 12. "wing to the
inability of the police to understand th
frantic Italians the lirst reports made the
number of victims of the lire from
twenty-live to fifty. Twelve bodies have
been taken out and five ace seen in the
ruins.
FREEZING TONIGHT
For Italeigh and vicinity: Freezing
temperatures tonight; fair, becoming
rapidly w tinner Tuesday.
A remarkable cold wave appeared ever
the east Lake region and north Atlantic
coast, where the lowest temperature
throughout the I'nited States are report
ed. The a. ni. temperatures was II de
grees at Washington. I . and a freeze
will occur throughout North Carolina to
night. Owing to the appearance of an
other storm in the northwest, the cold
weather will he of short duration. It is
generally clear ami warm in the Sou I It
em States and west of the Mississippi.
THE
MECHANICS AND
UNION,
INVESTORS
Of ibis city has added to their list of
workers James M Riggan. as Special
Agenl for Italeigh. and who will canvass
the city for the i;ale of a definite con
tract certificate which the company is
now having nronarod.
Mr. Klggan is well known in Kaleigh,
and as he has a desirable article for
sale, and represents one of 1 lie best finan
cial institutions of Raleigh and of the
State, he will no doubt met with suc
cess. On Saturday next we will give on a
full half page an exact copy of the certifi
cate, which will no doubt be of interest
to many of our readers.
Look out for the half page advertise
ment of this company next Saturday.
MR. MERRITT IN NORFOLK
Mr. Fred. L. Merritt Visited That City
on Sunday.
Sunday was a gala day in Norfolk and
Mr. Fred. L. Merritt. of this city, was
among tho guests at the Monticello. Mr.
Merritt spent the entire day looking at
the city. He was greatly pleased at the
progress Portsmouth and Norfolk have
made, and liked the street cars and ferry
oats very much. The elevators, he says,
are very convenient, and mnke It possi
ble for one to go to any floor of a tmlldlug
without walking up or down steps.
Mr. Merrit relumed to Raleigh this
morning and received a hearty welcome
from his friends, who rejoice over his
safe return.
COTTON.
New York. March 12. Cotton bids
March and April. 9.35: June, 9.2(1: July!
D.24; August, 0.12: September. 8.24; Octo
ber, 7.92.
THE 23rd N. C. REG'MENT
An Appeal to Surviving Members of the
Gallant Regiment
The history of the Twenty-third North
Ufirolina Volunteers in Ihe war for
ijouthern Independence, in the regimental
.cries published by the State, under
Judge Walter ("lark's editorship, will go
to press within two months. It is much
to be desired that this li.it.lory be Ulade
fuller than the late rapt. H- C. Wall was
able to make the sketch published in tile
newspapers three years ago. The eap
luin accomplished much, but hi', time was
limited and little aid was ext.-nded him.
Dr. V. E. Turner, Raleigh, N. ('., is the
present historian.
Surviving members of Lhe regiment are
most earnestly besought to lend a help
ing hand. Lot. every man write his war
rocolleelious as fully as be ean and send
to us. Every man can, if lie will, tell
something ot interest. No matter how
iriTial. so that it is true, it may lie of
value in itself or help to corroborate and
verify olfior points In dotibL.
Lot us have incidents of battle, of camp,
of prison, of the march, anything, every
thing is desired. Nut l Imt all ean be
used entire or even in part, but combined
they will picture the regiment's career
and render possible the writing of a
history worthy of ihe command which
from early sixty-one till of the order
came iit Apponiatlov to slack arias was
ever at the point of duty.
Unless aid is given by the many well
able to give it, the labor of the few who.
wholly without eoniiensat ion and at a
great sacrifice of tiiae aud convenience
are doing this work, cannot accomplish
much, and posterity will have a poor and
unworthy idea of what the Twoniy-iliird
did and snliereil. And poslorily. lo whom
every act and scene of the great drama
will be of living and overy-growing in
lorcst, will rate us soundly lor our apa
thy, and hold lhe Indifferent survivors all
unworthy the comradeship of those who
fell.
Those willing to contribute material of
any kind can address either the Historian
at italeigh or the President of c. C.
Blacknnll Chapter, I laughters of the t'on
lodoracy. Kiurelt. N. C. which Chapter
lia.s undertaken to collect such material
as possible. There must be no delay , or
il will be loo late.
LORD BYRON
Will be Presented Tuesday Evening by
Mr. James Young
Mr. .lam -s Young's new play "Lord Py ¬
lon, which is to tie proseniod at the
Academy of Music Tuesday niglil. is tin
infcnsoly interesting aud dramatic story
woven abi.ut the principal love affairs and
incidents in the life of the great lyric
peet. It is in four acts: oat h very gor
geously im.ul'ted. He opens with one of
Myron's celebrated orgies on Christmas
i'ii'. whereat the men drank their wine
f.'om out s fashioned from skulls. There
are present ;;l the feast Tutu Moore.
Li.dy Jersey, lhe Countess Yarjoii. Miss
!'if,gou. Lord lieicMin. Lord rsoy. Dr.
Havi.'nn. the old physician, the eeeln-nl-ed
Countess Varjoli and many ot tiers. Ity
te.u is in the act of giving a loast to love
when the parly is iuioi ruplod hy the en
ot nine of Lady Byron, who burning with
iniigiiaiion. : natehes ihe cup from the
nci"t's hands and continues lhe mast. Imt
gives it lo deserted and neglected wive-,
a n. I to the eyes that ontne the unfaith
ful."' The guests all Pave, and Byron
ami his wife have their famous quarrel,
during which she announces her intention
to go I), irk to hoi' fat In r.
A vifil from Lady Caroline I,;, tab fol
lows this domestic scene. She conies dis
guised as a page lo upbraid her recalci
trant lover, bill the interview is inter
'upied by Sir cVilliam Lamb, who enters
at ;he elbow of Hassan, (he pool's perfid
ious private secretary, and a duel is
t'ni.ghl in wi'ieli Sir William i.- desper
alely wounded.
The second act shows the preparations
being made ill tile homo of Lady Jersey
for a fete lo bo giwn in Byron's honor,
ami brings out the growing disaffection
ot the British public towards their idol of
yesterday, and culminates in a demon
stration by the mob again;. I the poet, and
Hie announcement of his determination
to leave England ia consequence.
The last t ,vo ads are laid in beaut it'ul
Misnllonghi. in ('.recce, whither Byron
went to light for the Creeks against the
Turkish oppressors. The plotting of Has
fon and i lie Turkish spy. and as a relief,
a very si rung love scene between Byron
and the Countess Varjoli are the features
of this act. and the play closes with the
revolt nf tlie Creek soidiers and the death
of Byron on Easter morning.
AT HHE CATHOLIC CHURCH
At the Catholic Church yesterday
morning Father (5 riff in preached an ex
cellenl sermon in which he urged upon
his congregation the duly of dally reading
the Bible, the inspired word of Ood. Mrs
Claude Smith sang a most artistic solo,
and her voice was as fresh and clear as
when first heard in Raleigh.
ENOCH OAKDEN TO BE REPEATED.
The repetition of Enoch Anion is to
lake place at the mansion tonight at the
urgent request of many who wished to
hear It a second lime, and many others
who coulj not be present on the first
occasion. The emotional work of Mrs.
Oattls in this rendition make it the dra
matic equal of any theatrical production
and the music lends to her perfect read
ing an indescribable refinement. Mr. Olm
stead is the pianist and Miss Minnie
Fitch Tucker will sing a group of Wagner
songs.
IN MAYOR'S COVRT.
In the Mayor's Court tills morning Fan
nie Ricks, a white woman, was arraigned
for disorderly conduct and fined $4.25. The
offense occurred Saturday night.
Oscar King and Jim Hutching, young
white hoys, were up for an affray, and
paid fines of tS'.Vt each.
Dan Bigg, colored, paid $4.25 for disor
derly conduct on Saturday night.
TO REBriLD THEATRE.
r.. 1 1 ....V, 19 Tho f"!,i vi rti ni en t will
j ask the Chamber to credit two million
1 1 owhundrod thousand francs for the re-
construction of the Theatre Francalse.
THE PORTO RICO
TARIFF BILL
Claims as to Why Free Trade
Was Denied
A1IGHT AFFECT THE
PHILIPPINE QUESTION
Government Wam's More Time to Ratify
French Treaty -Dewey may Become
Candidate for President
Oleomargarine Bill.
Washington, March Pt. (Special. i An
:i 1 1 1 hot 1 1 il l ive siaiemeut of the Presi
dent's position on Porto Ilieo has been
given on i by members of Ids Cabinet. It
amounts to ihe assertion that the Presi
dent firmly belieies iii the power of Con
gross to fix a tariff against the island,
hut that for a time lie doubled the advisa
bility of so doing. Mure recently. In view
of the needs of the Island and of the
fact that whatever action was taken in
reganl m it would be claimed as a pre
cedent for the Philippines, he came to be
lieve that ii would be advisable for
Congress to assert its right instead of
letting them go by default. He consider
ed that the tariff of la per cent, of the
I'ingley rates was so small only about
7 per cent, ud valorem lhat it could not
be considered a burden, while the revenue
brought in by it would suffice to supply
the island with Its two great needs of
roads and schools. The President cannot,
understand how ohjeetion can be made to
tlio lull except, on the ground that the
island is constitutionally entitled to ab
solute free trade with the United States.
It is right for those who believe this to
oppose lhe bill, but the President does
not believe it, nor do most of the Repub
licans in Washington.
The French Government has been asked
to oMeml for one year, the time allowed
for the ratification of the Reciprocity
Treaty with that country. The limit set
in the bill expires on the 24th of this
month, and the lull will surely fail unless
more time is given. There is some ques
tion as lo whether France will extend
Ihe time, as the position of the two coun
tries is somewhat different. France is
occupying the stand taken by the United
Slates under the old Blaine Reciprocity
Treaties. That is she lxts placed Ameri
can goods in the minimum column of her
.a rill', ami w ill keep ihvm there If the - s,
treaty is ratified; otherwise, she .will
change them to the maximum column.
The I'nited States, on the other hand,
nier.ly agrees lo reduce its duties on
French goods after ihe treaty Is ratified.
Two results How from this. First, Ihe
treaty seems one-si, 'ed, ; tie United States
agreeing to retime, while France only
agrees not to raise duties; and second,
the United States is now reaping many
o: the henehts which she will earn under
tie- treaty, while Frame gets none of
those until the treaty has been ratified.
deviously, it does net mailer to the Uni
ted Steles how- long ratification may be
me; pone'l. v Mite n noes inaiioi veiy ea
sent i.'.llv lo France.
Mrs. llowcy is sail to have confided to
s. m ral iuiir.iato friends who, of course,
could noi keep the secret that she and
:;ie Ailuiiral will (ravel over me cuuuny
this spring in order to quitely fed the
luiblie pulse in regard lo the lattcr's pos
sible candidacy for I lie Presidency. The
couple are now in l.akrwood. N. J., aud
will return u Washington next Tuesday.
After thai ihey will prepare immediately
in go to Palm Beach, Fla.. and to numer
ous points of inlrost in the Carolines
and Ceorgia. with perhaps some time
spent at Nashville and otlcr cities there
abouts This is to see "how the land
lays." especially in (lie South. Later in
.he year they will visit the Northwest.
Mrs. 1'ewoy does not deny lo her inti
mate friends thai her ambition is to be
"the lirst lady of the land." and. that
while Admiral Pewey was averse to run
ning lor any office before his marriage,
"he is such a devoted husband that he
will be willing to seek the office if lhe
eiinniry desires to bestow it upon him."
One of the bitterest Tights in Congress
began (his week before the House Coin
mil n ii Agriculture in hearings on the
C.roiit bill, which Imposes a lax of ihree
outs a pound on oleomargarine which
has not been colored and 10 cents upon
hat article which has been colored in
imitation of butter. It also places the
transportation and sale of oleomargarine
under tho jurisdiction of the State, and
if adopted it will probably kill the manu
facture of oleomargarine. The hearings
will last, at least n month, and after the
dairymen have been given an opportuni
ty to present their case to the committee,
the manufacturers will be given time to
show cause why legislation to their inter
ests should not be enacted. Trenmendous
political pressure is being brought to hear
in favor of the bill
Senator Foraker recently stated In the
Senate lhat Porto Uieo would raise four
millions annually under the proposed leg
islation, and would spend all of it. On
the same day a report of General Davis
was published showing that the people of
I ho island were In extreme destitution.
The next day, Senator Lindsay, of Ken
tucky, called attention to the fact. that,
the proposed rate would yield a hoaviet
per capita revenue than that of most
States in the Union. As a matter of fact,
it would yield about $r. per capita of the
population, an amount equaled by only
six of Ihe State. Idaho. California, Ne
vada. New Hampshire. North Dakota and
Utah, all of which derive a large part of
their revenue from the sales of their
public lands. The average State taxa
tion in the United Slates is only about 1 1
per capita. Yet starving Porto Rico la t(f
spend per capita for years in order to
hasten work which every other Slate has
left, at least in part. 'for the future.
The Orain Trade of the United Statea
is the title of n monograph iustTmblished
bv the Treasury Burea of Statistics. If
points out the ommense increase in the
agricultural production of the country,
the rapid and continuous westward ahlft
Ing ofthe area of cultivation, and tbe
changes In the routes by which 'Wcatern
grain reached the Eastern consumers and
the European markets.