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PRICE OF COTTON
WILL RULE LOW
So Many Warehousemen of
Macon Think—A Few
Differ.
LARGE CROP ASSURED.
The Rains Have Not Injured Cotton
Much- Interviews With the
Warehousemen.
A. th.- cotton season approaches the
people in n< r.il .ir< all anxious to know
what th. prii is will be. Many people think
that tin war, which has been in progress
fur some months, will cause the price of
coiton to go far beyond the average price,
wmle ulin i. think that it will greatly af
fect tii. price ami make it considerably
lower.
The price of cotton this season is the
thought of all merchants as well as fartn
»i.'. and all of them are making daily in
qimns .I.- to the outlook for the crop and
to the price.
All indications now point, to a large crop
and unless something happens which will
caiiu the cotton to shed, one of the larg
est crops ev«r known will be made. The
lai get th.- i-rop the lower the price. This
is known to almost everybody who deals
in cotton.
A News reporter Interviewed every ware
horn, man in the city yesterday afternoon
and found a majority of them of tho same
opinion.
Mr. I. B. English said “The price of
cotton, or at hast the price of cotton at
this season of the year Is an unknown
quantity. A good crop will mean low
ju ices and everything now points to a large
crop. You may say for me that when the
people will make 7,000,000 bales a year then
we will get a good price. I think that the
price will be low this year."
Mr. B. H Ray. who has recently been on
an inspection tour through the adjoining
counties, says: "I do not think the cotton
crop is good. There Is too much weed and
no fruit. There has been too much rain
lately and It has greatly affected the crops,
gs it will stop raining the crops will do
fairly well. I think the prices will be low
The m.irkt t will probably open at f» cents
and may go to 6 cents, but that is very
doubt fill."
Mr. W. A. Itavis, who his been in the
cotton business for years. Is also of the
Opinion that the price will be lower. "You
can put me down as saying that I think
the price of cotton will be lower this year.
My Id. a is that any disaster to the crop
will bring high prices, but the present out
look is that we will have a large crop. Tho
pile. f.nTtk'ton will not go over 6 cents.”
Mr. t’alder B. Willingham says: "Wo
will see cotton open'at and 6 cents. 1
do not see anv reason why it should be
lower. Th. trade conditions all seem to
>be out of order is the reason for the low
price of cotton."
Mr. Jake Heard, of Heard & Moore, is
among the few who think that cotton will
bring good prices this fall. He said: “I
think now that cotton will open at 5% and
would not he at all surprised to see it go
higher. In fact. 1 know it will. The ces
sation of howtilities is sure to make the
prices go up. I think that the prices this
year will be much better than they were
last year.”
Mr. T. S. iHardeman says: "I think that
cotton will open at 5% cents. Everything
points to a good eroj> and 1 see no reason
why cotton should not go higher. I am
expecting my first bale in on or about the
J Hh.
Mr. B. T. Adams is of the opinion that
prices will be low but he hopes for higher.
"It looks now as if prices will be low," he
said. "An average crop will surely bring
high prices, but the outlook now' is for a
large crop and the large crop will bring
low prices. The rains may injure the crop
.to some extent and that would probably
make the prices go higher.”
It will be seen that a majority of the
warehousi men are of the opinion that the
prices will he low. while there are several
'who think that they will be higher than
the prices of last year.
CAOTOIXX-A..
Bears the 11,8 Kind YouHaveAlways Bought
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MORGAN ACQUITTED.
The Private of the Third Turned Loose —
Franklin Discharged.
Private Morgan, of the Third regiment,
■who was accused in the civil courts of
stealing a pair of shoes from a brother sol
dier. was cleared of the charge and has re
turned to duty.
Mr. Malcolm Ayer says that the young
man was in on sense of the word guilty of
•the crime charged against him.
Private Jerry Franklin, who has been
tried on two charges of stealing and ac
quitted. was brought before Judge Ross
yesterday charged with the theft of a ra
zor. In this case he was found guilty and
■was sent to the chaingang for six months.
Franklin claims to be from Augusta. He
■has been dishonorably discharged from the
regi ment.
WEDDED HER BROTHER.
Suit for Diuorce Developed a Very Strange
Story.
Council Bluffs, la.. August 2.—A peti
tion for -rxoree fl’ed by Mrs. Mary Ward,
of tms city, yesterday, in the diatrtot
courts here brings to light a strange story.
Mrs Ward asks for a divorce from T. S.
Ward, to whom she was married in 1876,
in De.« Moines. In the petition she de
clares that in ISSS she discovered that the
in.ui she had married was her brother, and
itwo children were born to them before the
discovery was made. Ward wrote a note
acquainting his wife with the discovery
and she has never seen him since. They i
■were separated when children and were ;
adopted by different families.
White Shoes.
To wind up the season without any
White Shoes in stock is our aim
S2OO ••
Almost half price. B, C and D
widths.
Come while we have your size.
Phone 29 clisby & ricKAY. Paone 29
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Mists Maud Eddings left this morning for
South Carolina, where she will visit
friends and relatives for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moore leave tonight
for Athens, Tenn., where they will visit
Mrs. Moore’s sister. Mrs. Owens.
Mr. J. W. Cabaniss and family leave to
day for New York.
Mrs. Emmett Blackshear left this morn
ing for Monteagle, Tenn., where she will
spend some time.
Colonel Nat Harris! left yesterday for Mt.
Airy, where he will deliver an addreas at
a great military barbecue. Lieu tenant-
Colonel Berner. Lieutenant Walter Harris,
Judge eipet-r and others will also make
speeches.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeiand's jewelry store, office
telephone 462.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Shorter of Eufaula,
Mr. Lamar Rankin, Mias Rankin and Mr.
Jack Lamar spent last week at the home
of Mrs. "Walter Lamar in Vi-neville.
Berry Franklin, one of the immunes,
who was sentenced to six montihs in the
penitentiary for stealing a razor, has been
given a dishonorable discharge from the
army.
Mr M M Murphey, of Barnesville,
passed through the city this morning en
route to ’Eufaula, Ala., where he will take
change of the school at that place. Mr.
Murphey graduated at Emory this year
with first honor.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toote, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
The state meet of bicyclists which was
to have been held on August 5 has been
postponed until August 16. The L. A. W.
would not sanction the meet for August 5
and it was necessary to postpone It. It is
possible that the meet will be held during
the Carnival.
Mr. A. G. Lantznester, a prominent cit
izen cf Greenville, Texas, after a pleasant
visit to relatives ami friends in Atlanta.
Macon, Columbus and Lumpkin, has re
turned to his Texas home.
Music Deasons —-Piano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
iMr. E. T. Davis, a prominent citizen of
Columbus, is registered at the Brown
House.
Mr. A. Fendig, of Brunswick, is a guest
of the Brown House.
Dr. E. W. Hale of Waco, Texas, is in tihe
city. He is a physician of note and is
known as the “Texaa Wonder." He is
making his headquarters at Lamar's drug
store during bls residence in the city.
Mr. J. O. Bailey, a prominent commer
cial man of Lafayette, Ind., is in the city
today.
Miss Carrie Dottenheim is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Mack.
Miss Beekle Gillespie left yesterday for
Waynesville, N. C.
Mr. Pete Brown leaves tomorrow for
Tybee, where he will spend several weeks.
The business of the last school year is
fully wound up and Professor Abbott will
leave soon for North Carolina.
Judge Felton was engaged in the su
perior court this morning in a renewal of
the Johnson will case. It is probable that
an adjustment will be reached in a few
days.
The sale of the household goods and
farm effects of the late Henry J. 'Lamar
was approved in the superior court this
morning.
The county commissioners held their
monthly meeting this morning and only
the regular routine business iwas trans
acted. The contract for provisions was
awarded to Jaques & Tinsley.
Second Lieutenant Frank S. Armstrong,
who has been in Macon for some time re
cruitlag for the Ninth cavalry, received
his appointment as first lieutenant from
the adjutant general of the United States
army yesterday.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try
a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pre
serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
Mr. J. M. Conaway, of Atlanta, is stop
ping at the Brown House,
Mr. W. Russell, of Russellville, is a
guest of the Brown House.
Dr. A. C. Moreland of Forsyth was in
uhe city yesterday, guest of the Hotel La
nier.
Mr. Joe Burns, a prominent merchant of
Vienna, is in the city today at the Hotel
Lanier.
Mr. T.H. Buttrill, a prominent citizen of
Jackson, is at the Lanier.
Mr. E. T. Feagin, of Wellston, is in the
city today. Mr. Feagin says that the ship
ment of peaches has almost come to a
standstill around Wellston.
Mr. J. L. Beach, of Brunswick, a prom
inent citizen of that place, is stopping at
the Brown House.
Hon. John F. Delaey of Eastman, solic
itor general of the Hawkinsville circuit,
was in tihe city yesterday.
Mr. McQueen Mclntosh has returned to
Macon after a visit of two months to rela
tives in New York.
The King's Daughters will meet tomor
row afternoon at 5 o’clock in the annex
of the Mulberry Street Methodist church.
The new wargraph pictures at Crump’s
park are the finest ever seen in Macon.
MRS. TAYLOR DEAD.
Mother-in-Law of the Wife Murderer Dies
Suddenly.
News was received in the city yesterday
that Mrs. Mit Louge, mother of Mrs. Ab
Taylor, who was killd by her husband,
several weeks ago. died Saturady nigh’, af
ter a stroke of paralysis.
It is thought that the shock of the crime
caused her death, as she was stricken with
paraylsis soon after and never recovered
WILL ASK FOR
BIG BUILDING
Hard Wood Factory Will Go
Before Council at the
Meeting Tonight.
io inuii u THE
The Propoeition for Subscriptions is
a Liberal One- Will Come Here
if Council Grants Release.
At the meeting of city council tonight
a petition will be offered by Mr. Henry
Horne in behalf of the hard wood factory,
thia proposes to come to Macon under
certain conditions, asking for the lease of
the main building at Central City Park
as a location for their plant.
The plant, represents an investment of
one hundred thousand d< | ars and they
propose to come to Macon on condition
that the citizens take stock in the com
pany to the amount of $5,000 and on the
further condition that the city of Macon
grant a lease on the main building at the
park, at a rate to be agreed ujron, as a la
ctation for the plant.
In asking for <a subscription to the stock
of the concern the company says it will
not call for the subscriptions until it is
shown that tho stock is earning 10 per cent
net on the total investment.
In other words, they do not ask for a
cent from Uhe citizens of IMacon until the
earning capacity of the plant is fully
proven.
These are the only conditions on which
they will come to Macon, with the excep
tion that they will ask for a low tax as
sessment, and about this there is not like
ly to be any difficulty.
The amount of the subscription is al
ready in sight and will be readily forth
coming. The whole thing, therefore, rests
with the council. They can secure the
factory promptly by granting a lease of the
building at the park, but otherwise the
factory will not come to Macon, so that
everything depends upon what council
sees fit to do.
It is certain if the lease of Uhe build
ing at the park is not granted the factory
willl go to Dublin.
The people there have offered every in
ducement to the firm to locate there and
have given them a site and freedom from
taxation for all time. They also guarantee
a full subscription of SIO,OOO.
But the company prefers to come to Ma
con, though they say that the facilities at
Dublin are nearly as good as those here.
Last year Uhe factory made 25 per cent
net and worked in a town in South Caro
lina where there was but one railroad and
the wood was hard to get. Even then they
had to turn down 'large orders and were
kept busy all the time during the busy
season.
The company proposes to use the stock
that is subscribed here to enlarge their
plant and will appoint a Mocon man as
secretary and treasurer to represent the
interests of the people who have sub
scribed their money here.
■Council has shown a desire to induce
manufacturing concerns to come to Macon,
and as the buildings at the park are use
less, it would seem, for any purpose at
this time, it would be a good opportunity
to start the location of various manufac
turing concerns there.
The city cannot sell these locations, but
they can toe leased under the charter.
This company employs from seventy-five
to a hundred hands during the busy season
and in the dull season never less than
thirty hands are at work.
If council grants this petition there will
be a new era for manufacturing enter
prises and minor industries opened up for
Macon. If they refuse it will put an end
to the effort that is being made to induce
these concerns to come here.
The propositions made by the company
have been looked into by business men
who say they are entirely feasible and
practicable and they strongly .advocate the
adoption of the proposition by council.
Y. M. 0. A. HAS MOVED
Its Quarters to the Corner of Cherrv and
First Street.
The Young Men’s Christian Association
has moved its quarters from the old loca
tion on Cotton avenue to their own build
ing on the corner of First and Cherry
streets.
This move has been contemplated for
some time, as the association has been
paying high rent for some time, and if
was deemed best to move to their own
building.
The association will be here until some
thing better turns up. They have their
new quarters arranged nicely and every
thing will go on as before. ~
B’NAI BRITH
Had a Delightful Dance at Ocmulgee Park
Last I Night.
The Macon Lodge No. 448, of the Inde
pendent Order B’nai B’rith gave a delight
ful dance at Ocmulgee park last night. A
large crowd was present and the occasion
was very much enjoyed. Many married
people were present and they assisted in
making the occasion a success.
Card’s orchestra furnished the music
and the dancing was excellent.
Following are the names of those pres
ent:
Misses Rosetta Levy, Bertha Glaser,
Rosa Glaser, Etta Wolff, Henrietta Gilles
pie, Hortense Morris, Stella Thorner, Rosa
Thorner. Gertrude Thorner, Flora Kas
sick. of New York: Rachea Meyer, Messrs.
Julius Sanders. Max Morris. Henry Glaser.
Arthur Lazarus, Jake Lazarus, Leopold
Hirsch, I. Hirsch. Dave Fleischer. Phil
Wachtel, W. W. Hertz. M. Goldman, E. A.
Waxelbaum, Gates Waxelbaum, E. Eieh
baum.
ECHEECONEE
Camp Meeting Will Be Held in About Two
Weeks.
A meeting of the tent holders of the
Echeconnee camp meeting was held yester
day at Echeconnee for the purpose of ar
ranging for the annual eamp meeting.
Many of the tent holders were present and
the meeting was presided over by the Rev. I
Mr. Branch. After discussing the matter I
for some time it was decided to begin th<» I
meeting on the meeting on the Third sat- I
urday in this month.
The Echeconnee camp meeting is among |
the largest held in the state and is always |
attended by people from miles around. It I
is proposed to make this meeting the best I
held in years and many people will put up ■
tents to accommodate their friends.
FUNERAL OF MR. J. B. FRINK
Will Take Place from the Residence this Af
ternoon,
The funeral services of Mr. J. B. Frink I
will be held from his late residence at 306 ;
Oglethorpe street this afternoon a 5 i
o'clock. Rev. Mr. Matthews will conduct |
the ceremony. The Knights of Pythias,
of which body he was grand chancellor,
will attend the funeral in a body and will
have charge of the services at the grave.
The pallbearers will be Messrs. George
Harris. Charlie Harris, Oscar Harris, O.
C. Bazemore. W. C. Jones, Oscar Frink,
The interment will be Riverside.
Baars the 1 ■ J ~ B F. 'id Bought
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MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2 189 b
PERPETUAL SPRING.
Peculiarities and Beauties of the Island of
Porto Rico,
The surface of the island of Puerto Rico
is broken and hilly. A low mountain
ridge traverses it from east to west,
ing nearer the southern than the northern
coast, with spurs extending northward.
Os this ridge the highest elevation is
El \ unque (the anvil), a mountain rising
from the table-land of Luquillo 3,700 feet
above the sea, and visible to vessels some
sixty miles off the coast.
The country has two marked features—
the many-wooded ravines descending from
the mountains, through which course
streams of bright water, falling to the sea.
and interspersed with these ravines are
extensive stretches of natural meadow
land, which serve as pasture to herds of
wild cattle.
The climate is a healthy one for a trop
ical situation. The constant running
streams, <with the absence of stagnant wa
ter, doubtless contribute to purify the at
mosphere. The island, well aerated
throughout, is appreciably cooler and more
salubrious than are the larger Antilles, or
than the majority of the lesser Windward
Islands, which have been termed the
graves of foreigners. The mountain val
leys, especially in the winter, from No
vember to April, when the north winds
blow steadily, enjoy a delightful climate,
which has been likened to a perpetual
MAYOR WAS FINED.
Hk Pleaded Guilty and Paid tl.e Amount
Promptly,
Mayor Price was fined $5.60 by the re
corder this morhing ami Dr. Young was
mulcted in a like sum.
Both the mayor and the doctor pleaded
guilty to the charge of fighting, but made
no statement to the recorder about the
affair which took place the other night.
The two cases were the first on docket
this morning. Dr. Young had apjoeared
earlier In the morning and had entered a
plea of guilty He was not present in the
court and a flue of $5.00 was entered on
the docket.
When Mayor Price’s name was called he
appeared at the bar and when asked if he
had anything to say he said that he had
not and that he pleaded guilty to the
charge of fighting.
The recorder entered a fine of $5.00 an l
his honor walked out into the sergeant’s
office and deposited the amount of his fine
and walked out a free man.
Some curiosity has been expressed as to
the poetry which formed the foundation
for the trouble on Saturday night between
the mayor and Dr. Young. The following
are the verses inserted in The News by
Dr. Young some time last fall and to
which the mayor took exception:
HE KBIT A SALOON.
(ICoinmunieated.)
He was a neighbor of mine,
And lhe kept a saloon;
He had a pull, so they said,
’Cause he kept a saloon.
He had a small lot
Just thirty feet square,
And uhe things he kept in it—
Well, I’m willing to swear
Would stock a small farm,
Or fit out a fair.
And he kept a saloon.
There were cows and calves,
iDucks, chickens and geese,
One old turkey gobbler
And a dog to keep peace;
So the neighbors complained
To the powers that be,
But he kept a saloon. See?
You can’t do a thing
With a man in this town
Who maintains a nuisance
Upon his own ground
If he keeps a saloon.
I talked to the mayor
And the board of health, too;
I kicked like a steer,
What more could I do
iWihen he kept a saloon?
SANITARY
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An Excellent Book of Reference Published
by the Georgia Directory Company.
The Georgia Gazateer, a volume con
taining a business directory to the whole
state is just out and is the most complete
bock of the kind ever published in Geor
gia.
It is invaluable to the business men
throughout the state and is on sale in
Atlanta, where a copy can be secured on
application to the publishers.
SHOT DOWN
ON HIS BEAT.
Another Atlanta Policeman
Mysteriously Murdered.
Atlanta, August 2. —Patrolman T. Carl
Mills, while walking bis beat on Whitehall
street, near Forsyth street -junction, was
shot from ambush last night at 8 o’clock
by an unknown negro, and the surgeons at
the hospital say he will die.
The shot was fired almost under the glare
of an arc electric light while the moon was
shining brightly and within a stone’s throw
of several residences. There were many
persons on the street at the time, but the
assassin escaped by fleeing up Tanner’s
alley and darting in among the freight cars
that line the tracks in the rear of White
hall street at that point.
Policeman Mills fell to the sidewalk, the
blood streaming from a fearful ragged
wound in the head. Even before the foot
falls of the fleeing assassin had died away,
a crowd was at the brave officer’s side.
"It was a negro.” said Mills. “I don’t
know who it was, but I know it was a
black face.”
The alarm was quickly given and a hur
ried telephone message was sent to the
barracks. Officers and policemen qui’kly
responded in patrol wagons, but the assas
sin could not be found and even a clew has
not been secured at 2 o’clock this morning,
although the city had been thoroughly
searched and completely surrounded by
policemen.
MANY MIRACLES
Performed by a Small Bone from the Wrist
of a Saint.
New York, August 2. —In ceaseless
streams, all day long, men, women and
children poured in and out of the Roman
Catholic church of St. Jean Baptiste, in
East Seventy-sixth street. Tuesday. It
was the feast day of St. Anne, mother of
the Holy Virgin, and from dawn until
dark the church was filled with worship
ing multitudes.
To these witnesses many were added
yesterday. Women who limped painfully
down the isle walked away with with
springing steps. I talked with one of
them last night in her home. She is Mrs.
Marie Dorio, a widow, of No. 970 Elgtht
avenue.
"I hurt myself last Wednesday,” she said
in broken English, "while trying to break
a stick of wood with my foot. The blow '
was misplaced and all the blow as expen- •
ded on the center of the sole. The pain |
was so bad that I dropped to the ground in
a faint. When I receovered consciousness
I crawled upstairs to my room and threw
myself on the bed. I was not aMe to move
and the pain was dreadful.
“My foot was badly swollen, so that- I
was unable to put on a shoe. I gradually
improved, but yesterday it was still swol
len and discolored. So I said I would go
and venerate the blessed relic in the
church.
“It was hard for me to get there today,
and when I reached the altar my foot was j
aching again. I prayed before the relic, ■
and when I started home my foot was as
well as before I hurt it myself. It is the .
faith- Ooe must believe, that-is all.”
BADLY HURT
IN A WRECK.
I . .
Engineer Jim Green, is Seri
ously but Not Fatally
Hurt.
A terrible wreck occurred on the Central
railroad at McPherson barracks yesterday
afternoon at 1 o’clock and one man was
killed and several others were severely
injured.
Engineer Green, who was in charge of
the freight engine lives in Macon auJ he
was severely injured.
He was brought to Macon last night and
today is reported to be progressing favor
ably.
The wreck was caused by a freight'train
coming out of Atlanta, running into a pas
senger train loaded with soldiers. The
passenger train was standing across the
main line when the freight came dashing
hy.
As a result of the collision
Fireman Daney Vaughn was instantly
killed.
Engineer Gus Wallace was badly man
gled, and died from his injuries at 11
o’clock last night.
Engineer J. J. Green was mashed and
cut.
Fireman W. H. "Chambers was inter
nally injured and ibadly cut and bruised.
Both engines were demolished and four
freight cars torn into splinters.
The collision occurred directly in front
of the fort and just opposite the railroad
station to the barracks.
The passenger train to which No. 1,134
was attached was standing in the railroad
yard of the fort, but the engine and two
freight cars, which were in front of the
passenger coaches, were standing across
the main line, thus (blockading the right
hand track going south.
The (train that caused the collision was
a fast freight, south ’bound, which was go
ing out on the right-hand track, at a rate
estimated to have been thirty or thinty
flve miles an hour.
The engine Standing still, No. 1,134, was
manned by Engineer Gus Wallace and
Fireman Daney Vaughn. It was almost
ready to pull its train out of the fort, and
Engineer Wallace is said to have been
looking back toward the rear end of his
train, which was inside the reservation,
when the fast freight went dashing into
his engine.
His fireman, Daney Vaughn, was in the
cab, throwing in coal, preparatory to
starting, when the crash came. He prob
ably never knew of his peril, and went
down in the wreck and debris of flying
timbers and iron.
He was pulled out from beneath his en
gine, mangled and scalded. Vaughn lived
at No. 39 Mitchell Street, and was single.
Engineer Wallace died at 11 o’clock last
night, after suffering hours of excrucia
ting agony. He died at the barracks hos
pital, where he was carried after the acci
dent.
Engine No. 42, south bound, which ran
Into engine 1,134, was on its way to Ma
con. Engineer J. J. Green jumped, it is
said. He was badly bruised and injured.
His fireman, W. M. Chambers, was only
slightly wounded. He also jumped, it is
said.
The blame attached to the collision had
not been placed last night by the railroad
officials.
AFTER FITZ.
Corbett and the Australian
Are Both at Asbury
Park.
Asbury Park, N. J., August 2—“Aja?;
defying the pugs” is the latest living pic
ture arranged for Flstiana iwith Corbett
posing as Ajax.
Although they are both at Asbury Park,
Corbett’s and Fitzsimmons’ families do not
exchange visits.
Away down deep in the heart of the one
vanquished at Carson is the hope that
some day he may again meet his con
queror. ‘'All the world knows,” said Jim
to me, “that Fitz took an awful beating
that d’ay. I was settled by a punch that
in another attitude might not have sent
me down. I’ve had people tell me that
Fitz is an animal. (Possibly he is, but he
certainly displayed one gleam of extra
ordinary intelligence when he refused to
meet me again.”
Corbett has put aside the idol of the
stage and yearns once more for champion
ship honors.
“I’m ready to meet them all,” said he.
“(Already negotiations arc well under way
for a match with Jeffries, to take place
two weeks after I finish McCoy. Let
Sharkey meet Jeffries and I’ll take him on.
In fact, I expect to spend the whole winter
fighting.”
In other words, while the fistic goose is
laying golden eggs in the Empire State,
Corbett will overlook no chances to stow
a few away, in the meanwhile smoking
from his reservation his ancient enemy
of the freckles, (Bob Fitzsimmons. For
over two hours Corbett worked hard in
doors, while the rain descended in sheets,
turning the streets into rivers. Corbett
remains here until about a week (before
the fight, when he goes to Buffalo.
SEARCHING VESSELS
For the Remains of Those Who Sank With
the 111 Fated Steamer.
Halifax, August 2. —The British steamer
Hiawatha has sailed on a cruise in search
of the bodies of a number of the victims
of La Bourgogne disaster. The expedition
is fitted out by ex-Judge John F. Dillon,
of New York, and W. C. Perry, of Kansas
City. (Dillon lost his wife and daughter
with their nurse and rnaid, and Perry lost
his wife, three daugnters and son. The
Campagnie Generale Trans-A'tlantique
had been asked to institute a search for
the bodies, but declined on the ground that
it would be impossible without great "ex
pense to recover the bodies if they could
be found, and it would not do to search for
a favored few and ignore the others.
On the refusal of the of the French
company to undertake the work of search,
Dillon and Perry have chartered the steam
er Hiawatha at their own expense and the
expedition will be confined to a search for
the members of their own families.
While no bodies will be placed in coffins
except those for which the expedition is
in search, others will be taken up and
burled at sea. The search will be largely
confined to female victims, as only one is
ft male, the son of Perry. The Hiawatha
will proceed first to the latitude where the
bodies were last reported to have been
seen.
GOT THE BEST HARBOR.
General Miles Selected the Most Perfect on
the Island.
Washington, August 2.—. Besides the cap
ital. San Juan, there are some sixty or
seventy towns and villages of considerable
size in the Island of Porto Rico.
Os the more important are Ponce and
Arecibo, each with a larger population
than San Juan, (that of Ponce being about
35.000 or 40.000, while that of San Juan is
eriunated at 25.000; )Mayaguez uho larger
than the capital) and Xguadiha on the
west coast; Gur.nica and Arrovj on the
sou... ind Pep no and Cayey in the inte-*
nor. Aglacilla is esjena.iv important as
a 'erdervous for comma a teat’on and trade
with Havana. Its extensive and safe har
bor has a depth of eleven to fifteen fath
oms. The best harbor, however, is thaf of
Guanica. Jobus. also on the south coast,
has a good harbor, available as an outlet to
the rich agricultural sugar districts of
Guayama.
Other ports furnishing a shelter during
A large part of the year are those of Maya
guez, Salinas de Coamo, Anasco. Cabo Ro
jo and Bahia Honda. Daring the seasons,
, however of the prevalent strong winds,
especially at the mouths of rivers where
bars have been formed by the surf, anchor
age is not safe. Thus, on the north coast
j from June to September, there is no har
bor protected from the east and northwest
winds except that of San Juan, where the
high point occupied by the town and its
defenses is interposed between sea and
port.
Among the more attractive villages and
smaller towns may be specified Yabucoa
at the east. Toa Baja, in an "extensive
and beautiful valley ou the north coast,
fronting the capital on the opposite side of
ihe harbor,” and Aybonito, on a table land
of the Southern mountains, "enjoying a
cool an I delightful climi r e” In he coun
try. near Ponce, are thermal baths.
PRECEDENT
For the Attitude of the Ameriban Towards
the Insurgents at Santiago.
Washington. August 2.—The Cubans are
reported to feel aggrieve I over the posit-on
that the United States has taken in the
matter of allowing the municipal officers
of Santiago to retain their places. If you
will look in "The History of Trinidad”
you will find a precedent for ’this action.
The British fleet arrived off Tort au
Spain. Pevu.ry 16, 1797, under Sir Ralph
Abercromby, and, with Admiral Harvey,
he had seventeen vessels, carrying 740 guns
and having on board six regiments of the
line. He put himself in a position to de
stroy the town. General Chacon, the Span
ish commander, finding that it was impos
sible to stand such a force, surrendered on
February 18, 1797, the, Spanish troops lay
ing down their arms, and Trinidad passed
under the dominion of the British crown.
However, Sir Ralph Abercromby named as
governor Lieutenant Colonel Pieton. When
leaving him in command of everything he
thus addressed him:
“I have placed you in a trying and deli
cate position, nor, to give you any chanc*
of overcoming the difficulties opposed to
you, can I leave you a strong garrison, but
I shall give you ample powers. Execute
Spanish laws as well as you can, with jus
tice to your conscience, and that is all that
can. be expected of you. His majesty’s
government will be minutely informed of
your situation, and no doubt, will make all
due allowances.”
It will be seen from the above that the
orders were to execute the Spanish laws,
and for many years that has been the law'
of Trinidad, and it remained the law’ of the
country until somewhere in the forties.
This sdems to be a precedent for the ac
tion of our government in Santiago.
AT HONOLULU
Fourth Expedition Has Arrived and is Given
Big Reception.
San Francisco, August 2. —The Call
says: The steamer 'Doric, which arrived
late last night, brought news of the arrival
at Honolulu of the fourth Manila expedi
tion. The Doric left Honolulu last Mon
day. The transports arrived the day be
fore with all on board well and on Mon
day the boys were given a royal reception
and a grand feast. Great preparations are
being made at the islands for a grand cele
bdation on the arrival of the annexation
commissioners and the raising of the stars
and stripes.
DEMOCRATS WON
By Big Majorities All Over the State of Ala
bama.
Montgomery, Ala., August 2. —The state
election ‘n Alabama yesterday passed off
quietly. Tha Democratic nj.ni.us have
carried the state by mijj •’’.‘•■s •etiinafed
from <T 000 c. 75,000. Th.- Democrats have
elected their full Iticket, the supreme, cir
cuit and chancery judiciary, about 112 of
the 133 members of the next general as
sembly, and the county officers in about
four-fifths of the counties in the state.
How He Kept Ont of the Deal.
Since the collapse of the Leiter wheat
deal brokers on the board of trade have
been telling many stories about past ‘cor
ners” and big market manipulations. One
of the stories concerns Leopold Bloom.
Years ago Mr. Bloom conducted a big
wheat campaign and made a fortune.
Unlike many others, he quit then and
there. But often he felt the speculative
mania return and he had a hard time
keeping his hands off the market Once
particularly he almost fell, but he finally
managed to stay away from the hoard of
trade through a little trick of his own—
that is, if the stories of the brokers may
be believed.
In order to prevent himself dabbling in
futures he told h;s valet to lock him in a
room at his house, and no matter what
the plea was not to let him out until the
great deal on the board of trade was over.
His faithful valet did as he was ordered,
and Mr. Bloom kept his hands off the
market.—Chicago Journal.
International Buddhist Monastery.
The Japanese press is printing articles
headed “Revival of Buddhism in India.”
Burma, Siam and Japan arc to raise
funds to found an international Buddhist
monastery and missionary college in Cal
cutta for the training of young men as
Buddhist missionaries to be sent to Eu
rope and the United States.—St. Louis
Star.
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