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VOLUME XI. NO. 8.
PRESIDENT LOSING
HIS FIGHTS IN
. CONGRESS
NOW
CANNON AND HIS FORCES ARE
ADMITTEDLY BESTED ON TWO
OF THE IMPORTANT MEAS
URES—IS IT AN INDEX TO OTH-i
ER THINGS?
WASHINGTON. I). C\, .lan. 10.—|
Despite the utmost endeavor of
Speaker Cannon's persuasive powers
the insurrection of republican repre
sentaiives has grown, until the ad
ministration statehood bill is admitted
ly beaten and the Philippine tariff
bill is in almost as bad a plight. Mr.
Babcock, of Wisconsin, leader of the
insurgents, asserts that the sixty
seven republican members already
pledged in opposition have grown to
seventy-five.
To shake the opposition Mr. Little-j
field, of Maine, introduced a bill pro
hibiting gambling in the territories.
This was directed at J. C. Adams, own
er of gambling resorts In Phoenix,
Ariz., and who is a great influence be
hind the opponents of the bill pro
viding joint statehood of Arizona and
New York on the one hand and Okla-1
homa and Indian Territory on the
other.
Messrs. Hepburn and Grosvenor en
gaged in retaliatory tactics for the
speaker by tacking amendments upon
bills dear to Mr. Babcock’s heart, and
which came up when business from
the committee on the District of Co
lumbia. of which he is chairman, was
before the house.
Mr. Watson, the republic whip, was
busy all day testing the Insurgent
forces. Although it was claimed at
the speaker's room that Mr. Babcock
overstated his strength, it. was determ
ined to defer the test of strength. The
Philippine tariff bill will have the
right of way. and. if the Insurrection
does not weaken as a result of the
personal conference between the
speaker and the recalcitrants, more i
forceful measures, familiar to those \
who know the autocracy of the speak- j
er's Influence, will be resorted to.
Even friends of the speaker admit ;
..that he is beaten, but pin their confi- j
nfSßce in his ability to break up the
tion. As the situation stands
n f of the insurgents would have no dif
ficulty whatever in defeating a rule
designed to prevent amendment of the
statehood bill, which will he reported
by representative Hamilton, chairman
of the house committee on terriories.
HELD AS SUSPECT.
Man Believed to Be Murderer of
Mrs. Gentry.
■IOILIET. 111., Jan. 10.—A man be
lieved to be Frank J. Constantine,
of New York, the alleged murderer
of Mrs. A. W. Gentry, of Chicago, has
been arrested here. The prisoner j
claimed to be J. Morris, of Chicago, j
a traveling salesmnn.
VAST INCREASE IN VALUE OF
PROPERTY IN NEW YORK CITY;
TOTAL VALOE $8,892,219,837
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. —New York
city has increased in value $511,290,975
during the last twelve months, ac
cording to the estimates of the com
missioners of taxes and assessments.
Of this increase the commissioners
have placed $480,895,104 upon the real
estate of the city and have credited
the remainder, $30,395,511, to the per
sonal estates of the residents of the
city.
This increase brings the total as
sessed valuation upon real and per
sonal properly in the five boroughs
of the city up to $8,892,219,897. Of
this sum $5,400,204,215 is assessed
against the real estate, and the re
mainder, $3,492,015,082, against per
sonal property.
By increasing the assessed valua
tion of the cltys real estate $480,000,-
000, the commissioners have provided
for the city the additional sum of
$48,000,000, against which corporate
stock may be issued during the next
year for permanent improvements. To
this there will be added later several
millions more when the assessments
on special franchises are levied by the
state tax commissioners. Altogether
Mayor McClellan expects to have a
borrowing capacity of about $120,000,-
not) for the construction of new sub
ways and other needed improvements.
Manhattan and Brooklyn share the
greatest proportion of the increases
on real estate. Strange to say. Brook
lyn is lowest In the list of Increases
in persona! assessments. Queens
shows an unexpected gain in this re
spect. In Manhattan realty values are
raised $258,482,000. Of this amount
almost one-quarter is levied directly
against, property in the vicinity of
Herald square.
Brooklyn shows an increase of sllß,-
803,57°. This is distributed largely
among thousands of small apartments,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE HOWELL-SMITH DEBATE IN COLUMBUS
AS SEEN BY REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH
THE HERALD HEREWITH PRESENTS A SPECIAL REPORT OF THE COLUMBUS DEBATE BETWEEN THE TWO CANDI
DATES FOR GOVERNOR PROMINENT IN THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE TODAY. BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH REPRE
SENTATIVES OF THE TWO SIDES. ONE REPORT COMES FROM THE JOURNAL’S COLUMBUS REPRESENTATIVE. GIVING
THE VIEW OF THE SMITH PEOPLE OF THE DEBATE. WHILETHE OTHER REPORT COMES FROM THE CONSTITUTION’S
COLUMBUS REPRESENTATIVE. GIVING THE HOWELL PEOPLE’S VIEW. THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BOTH CORRESPOND
ENTS BY WIRE WERE THE SAME.
Howell, Says the Smith Man, Lost His Daring and Did Not
Uphold His Position When Faced by His Opponent.
AS THE HOWELL REP
RESENTATIVE SAW IT
(By W. J. Woodall.)
COLUMBUS. Ga.. Jan. 10.—(Spe
cial.) —With 25,000 people in attend
ance, the Howell-Bmltn joint debate
began promptly at noon today. Mr.
Howell's opening speech was devoted
to what he alleged to be Smith's po
litical relations with Watson. He
declared that Smith had been called
by Watson and tried to lay the blame
on Providence. Hewell said that in
his work as a member of the Demo
cratic executive committee he had
made enemies of Hines, Watson,
Wright and others. These put their
heads together to get some candidate
to oppose hint.
When the conferences were finally
ended and Smith notified he mistook
the messenger as a divine agent.
Watson had made a record upon poli
tical questions and Smith fjopped to
the support of Watson's views. On
the railroad question Smith and Wat
son denounced the railroads. As to
disfranchisement .jinith flopped again.
Howell declared that If he had con
sented to support Watson's disfran
chizement scheme he could have had
Watson's support. If he had gotten
HONORS ARE SMITH’S
COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 10.-(Special.)-Howell’s re
joinder was incompleted and unsatisfactory. The honors
of the debate rest with Smith.
JAMES BOYLE.
CARTER READY TO
COME RACK TD
THE GEORGIA
COURT
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 10.—(Spe
cial.) —The Greene and Gaynor trial
was resumed this morning in the
United States district court. The en
tire time was taken up with argu
ments of the attorneys for the de
'stores and private dwellings built in
the suburban sections. In one of these
districts alone during the last six
months more than one thousand bu-lld
i ings of this description have been
1 erected. The increase In Brooklyn
this year brings its total realty value
beyond the billion dollar mark.
Surprise was expressed over the
small increase in the tentative per
sonal assessments in Brooklyn. The
increase this year is only $771,988.
Queens, on the other hand, show, a
surprising increase of $3,4G6,945. Rich
mond and the Bronx each shows in
creases of more than a million, while
in Manhattan the increase is $23,307,-
690. These assessments are tentative,
however, and of the total assessment
of $3,492,015,682 for the entire city less
than $600,000,000 will probably remain
on the books when the period for
swearing ofT personal taxes ends, on
March 31. On the other hand, few
reductions arc expected In the real
estate assessments. Occasionally own
ers succeed In inducing commissioners
to lessen the figures of the assessors.
The percentage of such decreases,
however, is comparatively small.
The showing by the tax department
this year is considered much better
than its showing a year ago. when the
Increase on real estate was only $173,-
000,000 and the assessments on per
sonal property was $959,000,000 less
than the year previous.
Notwithstanding the increase in the
total personal assessments, the list, of
men and women assessed at more than
$1 00.000 contains about one hundred
names less than were on the list last
year. John A. McCall. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr„ Henrv H. Rogers, Alfred G.
Vanderbilt, Robert Bacon, Harrison K.
Bird. Charles G. Gates, Mrs. S. C.
White and many other of New York's
wealthier men and "'ome- -ire not on
the list this year. I
LOCAL FORECAST: For August* and vicinity. Fair and warmer tonight: Thuraday rain and warmer.
down on his knees and surrendered
his convictions, he could have re
ceived Watson's support on the same
conditions ns did Mr. Smith.
Howell read a letter to himself from
John A. Sibley saying, in effect, that
Watson would support Howell if the
latter would endorse the disfranchise
ment idea.
Howell read his letter in reply re
fusing to do so. He declared that hi*
plan of disfranchisement was pro
posed to wreck the Democratic party
in the state. He declared It the duty
of the stat<» in dealing with the rail
road question to treat the Individuals
and railroads with equal Justice. He
said the president asks foV'the Union
the matter of rate regulation only
what Georgia has done.
He declared the white disfranchise
ment Dill was under consideration in
the Georgia legislature. Smith de
nounced it as unwise, unnecessary and
unjust. saying: "We'd better let well
enough alone." But Watson wouldn't
change and Hoke flopped again.
With no demand for disfranchise
ment, with no measure providing
it now before the legislature, with
the presß and people silent. Smith
champions disfranchisement at the
behest of Watson.
sense and government on whether the!
crime of conspiracy was extraditable.
The argument for the defense was
made by A. A. Lawrence, of Savan
nah,and for the government by Mar
ion Erwin, assistant United States at
torney. It was much the same argu
ment as made in Canada when the
extraditable phase of the case was
gone into thoroughly.
Hon. Horace G. Stone, of Chicago,
leading counsel for O. M. Carter, al
leged conspirator with Greene and Gay
nor, arrived hist night. He is watching
his clients. He says Carter Is ready
to come to Savannah when wanted.
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga. Jan. 10. —Upon
the convening of the Federal court to
day A. A. Lawrence, of counsel for
Greene and Gaynor, resumed bis argu
ment In support of tlie plea in abate
ment. offered by the defense yesterday
to two indictments returned In 1899
and 1902, respectively.
Mr. Lawrence said the defendants
had been extradited from Canada upon!
charges of conspiracy which, he said, i
was not extraditable offense.
Judge Speer asked counsel if a
conspiracy had been entered into and |
a crime committed, then could not'
those guilty be extradited; if, for in- !
stance, forty or fifty persons had con
spired with Czolgosz to murder Mc-j
Klnlev, would not they have been ex- !
traditable?
Mr. Lawrence answered that, they
would not have been extraditable for
conspiracy, but for the overt act of
murder, which had been committed.
Mr. Lawrence argued that the last two
indictments for embezzlement and re
ceiving embezzled funds, returned last,
November, had been brought because
the government, recognized it was ex
tremely doubtful if the defendants
could be tried upon the old ones be
cause they did not set forth the
charges under which they could be;
extradited.
Counsel for the defense, Mr. Erwin
said, was going over the ground that
the defendant’s Canadian counsel had
gone over In fighting the extradition;,
and that the idea now was to escape
trial because they had been, as they
alleged, extradited wrongfully upon
charges under which they really
should not have been extradited.
“Were they extradited for con
spiracy?" asked the court.
Mr. Erwin replied that they had
been extradited for participation In
fraud with an agent, this agent hav
ing been Captain Carter,
The government has not. stated
whether Captain Carter will be desired
In either as a witness or to answer
Indictment.
COUNTY LINES TO BE RUN SOON.
MACON, Ga.. Jan. 10.—Mr. C. C.
Anderson, of Macon, has been ap
pointed by Governor .1. M. Terrell to
run the lines between Laurens and
Dodge counties and Laurens and
Montgomery.
He will probably commence at once
and finish his labors In a few weeks.
The lines lie will have to run are*
more than 50 miles |n length and It
will require several weeks to do this
work. 1
AUGUSTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10- 1906.
Howell’s Representative Says
Watson’s Support, While
AS THE SMITH MEN SAW IT.
(By Ralph Smith.
COLUMBUS, Gn., Jan. 10.—(Spe
cial.) —The downfall of ring rule and
railroad domination in Georgia was
forecasted at Columbus today by the
unequivocal failure of Its chosen rep
resentative, Clark Howell, in ills de
bate with Hoke Smith, to defend it
or deny in convincing manner that
he stnnds for it and it alone. The
political fabric builder through six
teen long "eats" of faithful endeavor
to be on both sides of all vital public
questions at once fell to pieces dur
ing the hour when Mr. Howell, for
the first time, attempted to defend it
in personal, verbal combat before an
audience.
Out in the open, removed from the
shelter of his editorial page for tho
first time, face to face with the people
for the first time, face to face with
the man whose sincerity anil charac
ter he lias questioned for the tlrst
time, Mr. Howell's audacity deserted
hint; and, while tho words of Ills pre
pared speech came glibly enough, his
manner was so lacking in confidence,
so eloquent of nervous anxiety, that
he himself exposed himself as a man
without sincere convictions or deep
principles. Political expediency had
carried this man as far as It could
carry any man.
An inherited political machine had
done all that machines may do.
Heady writers had furnished him
with pat answers to current questions.
Hired brains had been racked to covet
his advances and retreats and equivo
cations, and give his native political
cunning the dress appearance and
thoughtful decision. The man him
self. in the first person, visible, con
crete. the ego stripped of disguises,
the man with the masks off, fell down.
The supreme test of statesman-like
discussion of governmental policies
confronted him today .and he failed
to make good.
For frank discussion, he gave the
people equivocation and evasion. And,
stung by his own failure to meet the
Issues he descended to the depths of
personal abuse and vituperation.
The ring candidate had come to the
time when concealment was no longer
possible. He could disregard or dodge
the unanswerable arraignment of his
adversary in print; but on the plat
form tho nerves, tho eyes, the hear
ing of the man, the whole physical
demeanor, refused to respond to the
demands which the ambition hud put
on them, in print he could seem at
times to be what he was not.
On the platform, and In spite of ills
will, he seemed to he that which he
is. In print he could dodge vltM
questions; on the platform ills op
ponent made him fare them. In print
he could disregard Issues; on the plat
form he became the Issue.
In print he could hope to obscure
his connection with the Georgia rail
road ring, in the eyes of many; while
on the platform he became his own
unwilling accuser through his very im
potence to discover a positive convic
tion or to successfully deny his long
subserviency to the corporal ions which
aspire to rule Georgia for their own
greed.
Mr. Howell could not explain his
passive attitude In the face of the
general freight, rate discrimination in
Georgia. He could not deny with con
viction his connection with the rail
road ring. He could not explain his
objection to a suffrage amendment to
the constitution calculated to disfran
chise 117,000 illiterate negroes of vot
ing age. He could not explain why
he wished to exclude 110,000 white
votes from the poIIR, thereby prac
tically disfranchising them. He made
no statement which, stripped of Its
verbiage and equivocation, pledged
him to exercise the executive power
for the relief of the people. He could
not meet, the arguments of Hoke
Smith, who relentlessly held him up
a picture of himself and the conditions
for the perpetuity of which he
stands. And as the sense of his own
failure to make good grew In his con
sciousncss it manifested tt.self In his
face and at. the end he might have posed
Gov. Terrell appointed Mr. Ander
son to do this work at the request of
the grand juries of Laurens and
Dodge counties. For aeveral years
there has been a doubt as to the cor
rectness of the lines between the
counties named, and the citizens as
fectcd desire to know whether or
not the lines are correct. In order
to determine this it is necessary that
the line be run by a competent, and
disinterested surveyor. For this rea
son Gov. Terrell named Mr. Anderson.
It. is said that Mr. Anderson Is one
of the most competent civil engineers
In the state, and it Is certain that
his conclusion will be satisfactory to
all partlea concerned.
Smith Got on His Knees for
Howell Refused to Do So.
for a picture Illustrative of Shakes
peare's saving that "Ambition should
1)0 of sterner stuff."
When Clarke Howell attacked Tom
Watson til Ids speecn this morning It
was the signal for a Watson demon
stration which shook the opera house
and disconcerted tho speaker himself
("Watson. Watson. Smith and Smith,”
cried tin' crowd.)
He described Tom Watson ns an
ussasiu with bloody dagger and said
that he was the leader of tho vnga
bond democracy. In this connection
he hlro made a i .ttcr attack on Sea
born Wright and James K. Hines.
He charged Mr. Smith with attempt
ing to knife the party with Tom Wat
son. I’roeeedlng he said that Ills own
candidacy was in (he line of honor
able party formation, lie would not
sacrifice his convictions, he said, to
he governor, but tie did not say Wliat
’.its convictions were in this Conner
tion.
in his first speech Mr. Howell de
voted but little attention to a discus
sion of the Ihsuch before tin people,
lie said that he hoped for election In
the line of honorable frnhehlse. He
attacked Hoke Smith because Tom
Watson and the former populists sup
port. him, calling Watson the assassin
of the party. This was also the signal
for a Watson demonstration.
He did not speak of the railroad issue
except to suy that Hoke Smith’s atti
tude was demagogical. He did not dis
cuss the negro disfranchisement ex
cept to suggest that Mr. Smith's ad
vocacy of it was insincere. These nl
legations were not supported by argu
ment. however. This part of Mr.
Howell’s speech having been evldetly
prepared before hand it was rolled off
glfbly enough. It wa.-> when he came
to answer the relentless expose of his
record and ring connection In the sec
ond part of his speech and to attempt
and to show where lie stood, that he
lost his equability. He could not tell; ]
he could not answer.
Hoke Smith's appearance upon the
platform wan the signal for an out
burst of applause that shook the opera
house.
Directly entering into his subject.!
he said that It was tits ambition to
free the state of Georgia from the
Hanip MeWfortßrs, the Albert How
elis and the Clarke Howells of Geor
gia.
His bearing and demeanor were at
total variance with the munner of his
opponent. Confident and smiling when
he stepped to the front of the stage
he soon had the audience In Ills grasp
and swept it on from enthusiasm to
enthusiasm.
Continually interrupted by the How
ell supporters during the first few min
utes of his speech, he strode to the
front of the stage and cried:
"You may cry your candidate's name
all you choose, but you cannot pro
tect him now I finally have him here
before me, and he must listen and
you must llsien, too." and the crowd
listened, for he dominated it. by his
personality.
If there has been any attempt to
cause him lohb of time by such tactics
It was soon abandoned. Although to
do Justice to the crowd It Is not prob
able that any such deliberate attempt
was made.
11l NOT TOLERATE
(NT GRAET OR
SCANDAL
SIMMONS SAYS AMERICAN PEO
PLE ARE NOT IN THAT HUMOR.
WANTS LIST OF HIGH SALA
RIES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - Mr. Sim
mons call♦ I up In the senate today
his resolution making a request for
the name* of the higher salaried em
ployes of the Panama Canal commis
sion,
"I want It understood,” he said,
"that while I disagree with the presi
dent concerning many matters con
nected with the canal, I do not In
tend now or at any other lime to
engage In any captious criticism of
the president or any other official
connected with the construction of
the canal." lie, however, expressed
the opinion that the “American peo
ple aq not Iri any humor to lolerati
any extravagance, graft or scandal In
connection with this great enter
prise.”
TERRIFIED PEOPLE JUMPED TO
DEATH FROM BURNING HOTEL
WINDOWS AT MINNEAPOLIS
MORRIS AFFAIR IS
lOT LIKELY TO
BE INQUIRED
INTO
THE SHEPPARD RESOLUTION
WILL HARDLY RESULT IN ANY
REAL SATISFACTORY ADJUST
MENT TO BOTH SIDES.
(Herald Bureau, 206 Corcoran Bldg.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Feeling
among (he public generally bus in no
way died out over the recent Incident
at (ho white house in which a lady
was forcibly expelled from (he offices
by two policemen ami a negro and
the tension over the affair is In no
degree lessened by the silence of the
persons In charge at the time of the
affront to Mrs. Morris.
The following resolution which has
been Introduced ip the house by Rep
resentative Sheppard, of Texas, and
voices the sentiment of many members
of (he representative body:
"Resolved. liv ihe house of repre
sentatives, that a committee of repub
lican and democratic members of the
house hr appointed by the speaker to
Investigate the recent violent expul
sion of an American mother from the
White House offices and grounds by
executive officials anil employes while
! she was seeking an audience with the
president of the United States; that
‘said committee have power to summon
j wit nesses and report as soon as pos
‘slhle to the house.”
ft. Is not likely that this resolution
will pass tlie house or thill an In
' veatlgation by congress will he in
stltuted, but the public are beginning
to express tho opinion that It Is high
time the silence at the While House
be broken and that an explanation of
the affair be given out. Nutwithstand
ing tin* fact, that Mr. SecreAary Loeh
says the incident Is closed not all
agree with him. ami Ills statement
does not help diminish the Indignation
of the public. i
A REHEARING
WAS DENIED
Mr*. Chadwick’* Conviction stands
aa Fixed by the District Court.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 10.—Motion for
rehearing of the appeal for a new
‘trial for Mrs. (lassie L. Chadwick,
was denied In the United States court
iof appeals today.
Thi; court of appeals some weeks
ago sustained the judgment of the
i district court at Cleveland, which
found Mrs. Chadwick guilty of con
spiring to wreck the National bank,
and sentenced her to 10 years In the
penitentiary. The petition for a re
hearing maintained t hat the charge
was not. borne out by the evidence.
THIRD SUSPECT ARRESTED
Police Think They Have Burglar
Who Shot A. C. Morrell.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Jan. to. -
Another suspect In Greenwhlch’s
sensational shooting ease, In which
Mrs. Antoinette C. Morrill was
scarred for life, lust Kept timber, bv
a masked burglar, whom she found
robbing her house, was arrested here
and taken to Greenwich. The man
Is William Kennedy, of Stamford,
who was eonflii' <l* at l hit Jail on a
charge of vagrancy.
He Is now charged with breaking
| Into and entering the residence of
Mrs. Morrill, who Is a daughter of
Edmund C. Converse. Kennedy Is
the third suspect arrested for the
i crime.
GERMAN CLAIMS ON CUBA.
Ambassador Instructed to Investigate
a Number of Demand*,
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 10 -
Baron von Blernburg. German am
bassador to the Hinted States, called
at. the state department to inquire as
! to the attitude assumed by the United
Hiatus In regard to claims of Ameri
can citizens against Cuba antedating
the Spanish war. He was told that
such claims were assumed bv the
United Stales upon the signing of
the treaty with Spain.
Germany has Instructed its ambas
sador to look Into a. number of mi
nor claims made by Germans against
Cuba, but It. Is not char whether
these accrued before or after the
i war.
♦ jhF planters loan ♦
♦ AND SAVINGS BANK. ♦
♦ (Opposite Monument.) ♦
♦ PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST. ♦
♦ GROSS Reeourcce, $851,000.00. ♦
♦ Depoeite mey be made by MAIL. ♦
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
THRILLING RESCUE OF BANKER
AND FAMILY BY DARING FIRE
MAN.
CAPTAIN PITCHED
TO DEATH BY A
FRANTIC WOMAN
Six Gueete of Weet Hotel Known to
be Dead and Othtrs Believed to b*
Still Imprleoned In Burning Room*
of Budding.
MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 10.—Bis aro
known to be dead and pnxalhly more
Imprisoned In their rooms »s a re
sult of hre In the West Hotel. Tho
blaze broke out 7:15 this morning in
an upper story of the building and
Ihe eleetrlo bells Immediately sound
ed the alarm in all rooms. Many
guests, who were already up, escap
ed down the stairways but these
exits were soon cut off liy Are and
the halls tilled iwth smoke.
CaptHin John Berwin. of the fins de
partment, was carrying a woman
down a scaling ladder when the let
rifled woman tried to jump to a win
dow ledge. Captain Berwin there
upon lost his balance, falling seven
stories to his death. The woman
was caught by another fireman.
An unknown man Jumped for the
roof of a adjoining building from the
topmost floor blit missed and was
killed, while a large middle aged
woman Jumped from the fourth floor
ami met Instant death.
One of the most thrilling reaeuea
was i liai of F. A. Chamberlain, of tlm
Security batik, and members of hla
family. For many anxious minutes
they remained at a window in the
topmost sto’ry at. the Fifth street and
Hennepin avenue corner, Mr. Cham
berlain gathered the bedding n:id
sheets amt made a rope of them and,
at the same time extension ladders
were being placed Into position but
were found too short. Pompier lad
ders were rushed to the scene and a
fireman, wltn a rope about him. (irm
ly placed nnd scaled ‘he ladder to
die cheers of thousands of excited
spectators. Arriving at the window
he took one after tho other, lowered
them safely to the extension ladder,
two stories beneath, by means of a
rope, where they were brought to
safely. It was one of the moat
thrilling scenes at Are ever witness
ed here.
A FIRM SUSPENDED
FOLLOWING A
SUICIDE
INVESTMENT BANKERS AND BRO.
KERS ISSUED CHECKS WHICH
COULD NOT PASS CLEARING
HOUSE—CLAIMS PROTECTED.
CLEVELAND, Jan. / 10.—Formal
announcement of the suspension ot
the firm of Denison. Prior ft Co., In*
vestment liankera and brokers, waa
made on the floor of the Cleveland
stock exchange today. The action waa
taken ns a result of a large number
of the firm's checks being thrown on!
by banks, who hold that since thw
death of L. W. Prior, who committed
suicide yesterday, the checks could
not pass the clearing house. It Is suld
that the hank's hold ample funds and
securities to provide for all claims
against, the firm.
MARCHING CLUB IN SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 10. -The Cook
County Marching club, 180 strong, with
a hand of 10 pieces, will reach Sa
vannah on the afternoon of January
20. The Marching club has been hero
before and will be according a warm
reception on Its arrival, as It will
be met at the Union station by a
committee from each of the several
clubs of the Citizens' club of the city.
Mr. A. L. Shiftman, who Is one of
the secretaries of the club and the
ilgh hand man of "Bobble" Burke, is
here today arranging for the reception
of the club.
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+ CHINESE STILL EXCLUDED *
PEKIN, Jun. 10.— The Chi
d- nese minister at Washington ❖
+ has'tt h graphed his government. +
-I- that satisfactory legislation on ♦
+ the exclusion question Is tm- *
+ probable. He says the majority -fr
+ of congressmen favor a greater
liberality, but the Influence of <•
-I- the tailoring class Is too s'rong ♦
+ against Chinese. +