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Northern millionaires will
HOLD AN EDUCATIONAL CON
VENTION IN ATHENS
DURING APRIL.
A party of northern millionaires, headed
by Robert J- Ogden, of New York, will
hold a convention in Athens, on April 34
and 25- The coneention will be in interest
of education In the south, and many prom
inent educators will attend the meeting-
Last year Mr. Ogden piloted a party
through the southern states, inspecting
the various educational institutes, and
the result was that several large dona
tions were made, the greater donations
being to the negro colleges, however.
State School Commissioner O. R. Glenn
has been In correspondence with Robert J.
Ogden for some time, as have several
prominent citizens of Athens.
AH the arrangements for the entertain
ment of the party have been made and
everything will be done by the people of
the Classic City to make the northerners
interested in education have a good time.
The party will travel on a special train,
as was the case last year, and it is like
ly that the same institutions of learning
will be visited It is very probable that
Commissioner Glenn will deliver an ad
dress to the party in Athens, and then ac
company them over the state when they
begin their tour.
It is understood that a donation of sl.-
•PO.W is to be made to the state of Geor
gia for educational purposes. The fund is
to be handled by a board of trustees ap
pointed for the purpose.
MT. Glenn is inclined to the opinion that
the visit of the New York millionaires will
be of great benefit to the schools of Geor
gia. Young Rockefeller, who declined to be
interviewed on his last trip here, will be
along again this year.
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM
STIRS NORTH CAROLINA
GREENSBORO. N. C„ March 21 The
question of public education is just now
receiving more attention in North Caro
lina than any other one subject. Not cnly
the school teachers, but the politicians,
prufemlooal men and business men are
thinking and talking of education. The
continuous agitation of the past four or
five years has resulted In action, and it
is evident that education will be the war
ery of all political parties In this year's
campaign, which will open in a few
weeks.
In adopting an amendment to the con
stitution of the state limiting the suf
frage. ths Democratic party pledged all
the people a four months' public school
term ever? year. Since It is seen that
this pledge Li to be carried out. the
school pecp’e are asking for a more ex
tended term, better schools and school
houses. better paid teachers, etc. The
meet serious obstacle tn the way of these
things appears to be the negro, an-i it is
believed that so long as the law divides
the public school money pro rata among
the races there will never be any great
improvement in the schools. In few dis
tricts will the white people vote a spe
cial or extra tax for the support of schools
sd Ibnc -•* the law says a part of that
tax must go to the support of the negro
schools.
Owing to this condition of affairs, some
of the .ending Democrats of the state are
advocating an amendment to lhe consti
tution which would allow either race in
any district, after ample -provision had
been maCe for a four mouths* term for
both -aeee. «o vote a special tax for ex
tending and improving its schools. This
plan has teesi endorsed by soma of the
leazfiag Defnceratie and news
papers of North Carolina, and it Is prob
able that the next Democratic state con
vention will be asked to endorse and ad
vocate such an amendment to the consti
tution.
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LEADS A DUAL LIFE
DIBPEMSER OF CHARITY AT HOME
' WAS A PROFESSIONAL
CRACKSMAN ABROAD.
CHICAGO. March 21 —As a result of
what seemed a common shooting yester
day the police have become suddenly ac
tive. a®d today are bending their energies
to connect Joseph Hopkins, the injured
man, wfth the $76.0W postofflee robbery
here last summer
- Joseph Hopkins was shot by "Dan”
Klpley. a nephew at former Chief of Po
lice Klpley. and himself a former de
tective,, tn a fiat occupied by Lily Arling
ton. S woman also known an "Diamond
LU."
At 8L Luke's hospital today Hopkins’
condition was said to be critical.
Following the shooting it developed that
Hopkins had been leading a Jekyl-Hyde
existence. He was identified, according to
the police, aa a bank robber and burglar
of national repute. In his home in a quiet
suburb he has the reputation as a dispen
ser of charity and a man of standing. His
wife, also a woman of refinement, was
brought into police station. Policemen
claim to have recognised her as a wo
man they have known as "Blonde Marie."
Klpley. while in bib cell, told a friend
that Hopkins was a man for whom the
police had been searching in connection
with the postofflee robbery. What the
connection is has not been made plain,
but it is pointed out that Hopkins is an
electrician, and that the holes drilled in
the bottoms of the safes tn the postofflee
were by tools receiving power from some
electrical device. An attempt to search
the house yesterday failed, because no
search warrant had been taken out. The
warrant was secured today and Postofflee
Inspector Stuart today started for Palos
Park to make the search.
The search of the Hopkins house
brought to light a kit of burglars’ tools,
but nothing was discovered showing that
nopklns had anything to do with the
postofflee robbery.
Papers giving directions for blowing
safes and some dynamite and nitro-gly
cerine were also found on the -premises.
Hopkins claims the explosives were used
tn clearing lands.
CHATTANOOGA PEOPLE'
PROTEST AGAINST BILL
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. March The
chamber of commerce of this city today
telegraphed to Congressman Moon and
•the rivers and harbors committee of con
gress a protest against the portion of the
river and harbors bill which adopts a
project to begin work at the lower end
of the Tennessee river and work up to
ward the mountain section. The protest
is a demand for an appropriation for the
mountain section of the Tennessee and the
adoption of the project proposed by Ma
jor Kingman for its improvement.
I THE FEAR OF FEVER
MAKES FAITH GROW COLD
NEW March 21.—Two mission
aries have arrived here as passengers on
the liner Teutonic. One is on his way to
China, to brave again the perils of mis
sion work after having been rescued from
the Boxers. The other is a young clergy
man. who sought mission work In Africa,
but turned back at Liverpool when he
heard there was danger of catching fever
| in Africa. This is the Rev. R. D. Schoon
maker. of Plainfield. N. J. The Presby
terian board of missions had delegated
him to Africa. On his return he said
"My father died two years ago and left
my mother in my care. I am the eldest
son and she had begged me to give up my
aspirations for a missionary career. Be
ing doubtful as to what I ought to do,
immediately upon arrival in England. I
sought advice from the Rev. John Wat
son, (lan MacLaren). He unhesitatingly
told me to go back to my mother. An
other thing which Influenced me was a
meeting I had in Liverpool with a young
physician who had jttst returned from
Africa, wasted to a skeleton, by African
fever.”
The other missionary—he who Is return
ing to China—is Rev. John Weig, nephew
of Bishop Anzer. of Ratlsbon, Bavaria.
He said that at the time of the Boxer out
break he was conducting a mission of the
Jesuit fathers in the province of Shan
tung. The Boxers destroyed the mission
and he was about to be executed when he
was saved by the Intercession of a man
darin.
RESPifEDTHIRTY
DATS AND THEN
HANGEO
JOHN PEAVY, AFTER TESTIFYING
FOR THE STATE, IS PUT ON
THE GALLOWS THIS
AFTERNOON.
After having been respited for thirty
days in order that he might testify for
the state in other cases, and after hav
ing delivered his testimony in the courts.
John Henry Peavy, a negro, was hanged
Friday at 2 o'clock in Dooly county
tor the murder of Jesse Ford.
Thursday Governor Candler declined to
commute the man's sentence to life Im
prisonment and Friday he declined
again on the ground that there were no
extenuating circumstances, and that the
law must be allowed to take its course.
Peavy claimed that he was paid to com
mit the crime by other parties. The par
ties who were implicated were tried sev
eral days ago and Peavy was the star
witness against them. The parties were
found not guilty, however, and prepara
tions were made for the hanging. Thurs
day numerous telegrams came to Gover
nor Candler and the prison commission,
but the governor declined to interfere.
Friday additional telegrams began
to pour tn to Governor Candler, but at 12
o'clock the governor replied that his de
cision was final and that Peavy must go
on the gallows. ■>
When Peavy was respited several weeks
ago, just thirty minutes before he was to
have been hanged, it was thought that
hla sentence would be commuted to life
Imprisonment; but such was not the case.
Speaking of Peavy's case, -Governor
Candler said:
"I would like to respite the man if pos
sible, but a governor must not interfere
with the mandates of the courts except
in .extreme cases. Peavy admits being
guilty of the murder, but says he was paid
to kill the man. This Is not sufficient to
cause me to commute the man's sentence,
and I am determined that the law shall
ta«ce Its course.”
CHILD MISFORTUNE
IS HEIR TO FORTUNE
NEW YORK, March 21.—Frank Conger,
of Brooklyn, who died suddenly a few
days ago In a Detroit hotel, bequeathed
'3 his adopted daughter. Odessa Stewart
Conger, whom he took from the arms of
her dead mother a dozen years ago In a
railroad wreck at Hamburg. N. Y.J an es
tate of M.OW.OCO.
The girl is now 14 years old. and for 12
years has been thought by many to be the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conger. The
will has be*n filed with the surrogate of
Ithaca. N. Y. Mr. Conger loft no natural
heirs, and the document states that the
girl, whose income will be $350,000 a year,
was the daughter of the Rev. E. E. Stew
art and wife, of Rochester. N. Y., both of
whom were killed on March 6. 1890, In the
wneck on the Lake Shore road at Ham
burg, N. Y. Ten persons were killed and a
score injured that night. During a bliz
zard a passenger train broke in twp on a
heavy grade and the runaway portion,
consisting of a drawing room coach and
four heavy sleepers, overtook the day
cokch and smashed it into kindling wood.
George E. Allen, at that time general
northern passenger agent of the Erie rail
road; Harry T. Jaeger, of the same road,
and Frank Conger hurried from the draw
ing room coach to aid the victims.
.Over the wreckage they clambered until
they were halted by the cries of an in
fant. It was some time before the child
could be located, but finally Mr. Conger
found her. On a pile of wreckage half
covered by drifting snow, lay a dead wo
man, and in her arms the beautiful baby
lay. The baby was taken back into the
warm drawing room car, none too soon,
for she was nearly ’unconscious. Mrs.
Conger, an Invalid, was in the car, and to
her care the baby was given.
Mr. Conger saw in the child’s dress a
Masonic pin. As he was a prominent mem
ber in the Masonic order, he made imme
diate arrangement for the care of the bod
ies of the father and mother of the child,
took up a subscription among the Masons
on the train, and when Buffalo was reach
ed supplemented it by another appeal to
the members o f the <Jrder In that citv. He
kept the child at the hotel in Buffalo,
where he and Mrs. Conger remained until
the coroner's Inquest had been held. Re
leases were obtained from the grand
parents of the babe, and Odessa was le
gally made the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Conger. Mr. Conger bequeathed a life in
terest In his estate to the widow and an
annuity of $5,5T0 to the widow of a friend,
for whom he had provided since her hus
band's death.
KING OF CRACKSMEN
SAFE BEHIND THE BARS
PITTSBURG, March 21.—Harry J. An
derson alleged to be one of the most des
perate and notorious postofflee robbers
and safe crackers in the union, was
brought to the Allegheny County jail this
morning from Johristown, Pa., where he
was arrested last night by Postofflee In
spector Oldfield, Deputy Marshal Owens
and a posse.
Anderson was caught In the house of his
cousin. He was prepared for a battle,
having a pair of revolvers in bed with
him. but was given no opportunity to use
them on the officers or himself.
Anderson is wanted in Ohio for postoffice
robberies at Asheville. Grove City, West
erville. Roseville. Canal Winchester. Junc
tion City, McPherson and Commercial
Point. He will be taken to Columbus, 0.,
today for aralgnment’and trial.
Low Rate Given to St. Paul.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Col., March 21.—Ar
thur F. Francis, secretary of the Trans-
Mississippi congress, has been advised by
railroads west of the Mississippi river that
there will be a rate of one fare for the
round trip to the meeting in St. Paul in
August.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1902.
SUPPORTERS
OF SCHLEY
LOSE
HOUSE COMMITTEE, BY VOTE OF
SEVEN TO FOUR, SUSTAINS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS
FINDINGS.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—The house
committee on naval affairs by a vote of
7 to 4 today adopted a resolution con
curring In the conclusions of President
Roosevelt as to terminating the agitation
of the Schley controversy and indefinite
ly postponing all bills and resolutions on
the subject. The report of the sub-com
mittee as adopted gives all the various
resolutions which have been Introduced
and says:
"Your sub-committee to whom the sev
eral bills and resolutions introduced in
the house In relation to Rear Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley has had the same
under consideration and presents the fol
lowing report thereon:
"The unfortunate controversy in con
nection with the Santiago campaign has
attracted wide public attention and has
been the subject of four official Inquiries
and investigation, viz:
"By President McKinley; by the United
States court of claims; by the paval court
of Inquiry, asked for by Admiral Schley,
and by President Roosevelt, on appeal
from the finding of the naval court of
inquiry.
"President Roosevelt concludes his find
ing in the following words:
“ ‘ln concluding their report the mem
bers of the court of inquiry. Admirals
Dewey, Benham and Ramsay, united In
stating that they recommended that no
further action be had in the ipatter. With
this recommendation. I most neartily con
cur. There is no excuse wnatever from
either -side for any further agitation of
this unhappy controversy. To keep It alive
would merely do damage to the navy and
to the country?
"Your sub-committee having in view the
Interest of the Americah navy and of all
concerned fully concurs in the conclus
ions expressed in the words of President
Roosevelt above quoted.
“We therefore, recommend that further
consideration qf said bills and resolutions
be indefinitely postponed and that no fur
ther action be taken thereon.”
1 The vote was on party lines, except that
Mr. Mudd, of Maryland, voted with the
Democrats, against adopting the report.
In detail the vote was:
Yeas—Foss, Dayton, Loudenslafer, But
ler. Watson, Cousin, Roberts, Republi
cans.
Nays—Mudd, republican; Rlxey of Vir
ginia; Kitchen, Wheeler, Democrats.
Prior to the disposition of the subject
Mr. Mudd moved a favorable report on his
resolution giving the thanks of congress
to Admiral Schley and the officers and men
who served with him in the battle of San
tiago. This was lost by a vote of 4 to 7.
STEWART FIFE IS FREE
ON MURDER CHARGE
SAVANNAH, Mo., March 21.-When
court opened this morning the jury in the
case of Stewart Fife, charged with the
murder of Frank Richardson at the home
of the victim Christmas eve, 1900, return
ed k verdict of acquittal.
It is said that only one ballot was taken,
and that from the beginning i.ie jurors
stood unanimous for acquittal. The case
went to the jury last evening.
When the verdict was announced there
was a dramatic scene In the courtroom.
Mrs. Fife, mother of the accused, sprang
forward and embraced her son, shouting
for joy all the while. Mrs. Fife Is of a
very nervous temperament, and has suf
fered from hysteria at Intervals ever
since her son was arrested.
Mrs. Richardson, widow of the mur
dered man, was also in the courtroom,
and gave vent to her emotion.
Young Fife himself was so overcome
that he could not speak.
This is the second trial in the Richard
son murder, Mrs. Richardson, the widow,
having been acquitted only a few weeks
ago and still the mystery of Frank Rich
ardson’s sensational murder is unsolved.
No other indictments are pending, and
the incident is now probably closed so
far as the courts are concerned.
Stewart Fife Is a member of a wealthy
family of St. Joseph, Mo., his father hav
ing fdr many years been a millionaire
wholesale merchant. A few months after
the murder, Stewart Fife went away
from this part of the country and after
a long he was arrested at North
Yakima, Wash., and was returned to Sa
vannah in custody of an officer, charged
with the murder of Richardson.
ATHEN GREAT FIREi -
LOSS WAS $150,000
"K
NO LIVES WERE LOST—COAT WAS
BURNED OFF THE BACK OF
THE FIRE CHIEF.
ATHENS. Ga.. March 21.—The loss by
jhe burning of Rucker’s compress and
warehouse yesterday, is estimated to be
$155,000. At the time the special was sent
to The Journal, the compress, the ware
house and 6,500 bales of cotton were all
ablaze, and it looked as if all the sur
rounding buildings were doomed.
The fire was caused by the trucks under
thq compress shed robing over a match.
Instantly the flames spread to every part
of the building, and by the time the de
partment arrived on the scene, flames
were bursting from every part of the
lar large warehouse.
For more than an hour it was hard work
for the department tt> prevent the spread
cf the flames to Phinizy’s warehouse,
which adjoined and to the large carriage
shops of Klein & Martin, and to the
Swift building occupied by Hodgson Bros.,
brokers and commission merchants, and
W. A. Mallory, wholesale merchant. All
of the vehicles from the carriage shdps
were removed and the goods of the mer
chants were carried from the buildings
and removed by drays.
Losses are estimated as follows: Cap
tain J. H. Rucker, compress and ware
house, $50,000. On this he had insurance to
the amount of $40,000, making his triear loss
SIO,OOO. The $106,000 was on cotton as fol
lows: Sanders, Swann & Co., 1,000 bales
cotton; Binups Phlnlzy, 500 bales; R. L.
Moss A Co., 150 bales; William Watson
Company, 100 bales; Haiat & Co., 460 bales;
Inman & Co., a few bales. This cotton
fully covered by insurance.
Some of the firemen had narrow escapes,
but no one was seriously hurt. Chief Me-
Dorman had his coat burned from his
back and Mr. Lester had his hands badly
burned. The firemen did excellent work,
in the face of the fact that many of them
were suffering from recent vaccination.
Many of the old volunteer flee department
took a hand in the fight and did excellent
work.
Two cars on the Central tracks were
burned and two houses across the ptreet
from the compress caught,* but the Are
was put out before any damage was
dona.
ffll-mi MWMPORT
Spot Cotton Market
Atlanta, steady, B%c.
New Orleans, steady, 8 9-16 c.
New York, steady, 9c.
Liverpool, steady. 4 13-16 d.
Charleston, firm, B%c.
Mobile, normal. B%c.
Augusta, steady, 8 13-16 c.
Savannah, steady, B%c. ’
Cincinnati, steady, B%c.
Wilmington, firm. B%c.
St. Louis, quiet, B%c.
Norfolk, steady, 8 13-16 -
Galveston, holiday.
Baltimore, steady. 9%c.
Boston, steady, 9%c.
Philadelphia, steady, 9 5-16 c.
Memphis, quiet, B%c.
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK, March 22.—The cotton market
opened steady with prices 1 to 3 points lower
and further eased off 1 to 2 points immediately
after the call under liquidation by tired hold
ers through commission houses and under vig
orous bear pressure. Disappointing Liverpool
cables, heavy port receipts and a liberal esti
mate for Monday’s Houston receipts combined
to make the bull side unpopular for the mo
ment. The first wave of selling May sold off
to 8.75 and July to 8.78. Trading was active
in a spasmodic way with the talent in control
for the moment. Sentiment was emphatically
bearish on prospect for an "in sight" this
week of 125,000 bales, against 118.000 bales Sat
urday week last year. Mill holders were dis
heartened by the absence of support from the
"leading bulls fearing that a sharp break was
in order under "stop order” selling unless
fresh buying appeared to force the bears to the
defensive. The new Orleans market closely
followed every change here and sent a few
selling orders. Europe sold summer months
here on the opening.
The market for futures closed easy tn tone
with prices net 6 to 17 points lower. Near the
close heavy liquidation set in and swept ev
erything before it Beor leaders attacked the
market on the break.
The market for spot cotton closed quiet with
prices 1-18 lower on the basis of 9c for middling
uplands and 9% for middling gulf. Sales were
100 bales.
NEW YORK COTTON.
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
Tone, easy; middling, 9c; steady.
Lot Oom
Open. High. Low. Sala. Bld.
March 887 8.90 8.77 8.77 8.78
April 8.88 8.86 8.73 8.73 8.72
May 877 8.77 8.66 8.66 8.67
June 8.79 8.79 8.70 8.70 8.70
July 8.81 8.81 8.70 8.70 8.70
August 8.61 8.61 8.50 8.50 8.50
September 8.23 8.23 8.17 8.17 8.17
October 806 8.06 7.98 7.98 7.98
November 7.98 7.98 7.95 7.96 793
December 7.97 7.95 7.95 7.93
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
By Private Wire to Murphy A Co.
iFollowlng were the closing quotations on the
floor of the exchange, today:
Tone, steady.
March ... 7 ... g. 44
April " 8.47
May
June r 63
July .. ........ 8.69
August 8.54
September ... s.lO
October 7.85
December 7.75
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
By Private Wire to Murphy & Co.
Following were the ruling quotatlona on the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; sgles, 6,000; middlings, 4 13-16 d.
Opening Close
February and March 4.47 4.4 c
March and April 4.45 4.46
April and May 4.47 4.47
May and June 4.47
June and July .... . 4.48 4.47
July and August ... f 4.48 4.48
August and September 4.44 4.44
September and October 4.83 4.32
October and November 4.27 4.27
November and December 4.24 4.24
COMPARATIVE FORT RECEIPTS.
I*6-0 1399-0 1900 1 1901-1
Galveston .... 3,413 3,000 4,960 4.387
New Orleans ..... i. 0,590 7,299 £197 3,608
Mobile a. 45 5 18
Savannah 1,761 2,543 2,625 2,438
Charleston IOC 1,083 524 475
Wilmington 80 275 235
Norfolk 1,337 839 760 386
New York 400 839 350
Boston 700 336 336 684
Philadelphia ... . 50 273 125
Total at all p0rt5..45,541 16,042 14,180 *IB,OOO
•Estimated.
Estimated Cotton Recelots.
Houston expects tomorrow 3,300 to 3,600 bales,
againat 5,822 bales last year.
New Orleans expects tomorrow 8,500 to 6,500
bales, against 7,393 bales last year.
Southern Exchange Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK, Mardti 22.-Cables were 3 to 3
pointe lower on light sales of spots, middlings
unchanged. Our market opened 1 to 3 points
lower, and yesterday's liquidation was resum
ed after the call, the market eased point by
point, with no buying to speak of, except from
shorts, who took advantage of the lower
range to secure profits. Port receipts were es
timated at 18.000 against 14,120 last year. Ru
mors of further trouble with Fall River mill
operatives tended to destroy aqy confidence
that might have been Induced over more bul
lish news. The market closed easy, 8 to 16
points net lower.
Weekly Cotton Crop Statement.
NEW ORLEANS, March 22.—Secretary Hea
ter's New Orleans cotton exchange statement,
issued before the close of business yesterday,
shows a decrease in the movement into sight
compared with the seven days ending this date
last year in round figures 25,000 bales, a de
crease under the same time year before last
of 5,000 and under the same time in 1899 of
28,000.
For the 21 days of March the totals show a
decrease under last year of 7,000, an increase
over the same period year before last of 35,000
and an increase over 1899 of 3),000.
For the 202 days of the season that have
elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the 202 days
of last year 426,000, ahead of the same days
year before last of 978,000 and behind 1899 by
755,000.
171 e amount brought into sight during the
past week has been 136,179 bales, against 161,235
for the seven days ending this date last year,
140,837 year before laat and 164473 the same time
in 1899. and for the 21 days of March it has
been 464,407, against 471,901 last year, 428,951
year 'before last and 433,854 the same time in
1899.
The movement since September Ist shows
receipts at all United States ports of 6,818,237,
against 6.286,026 last year, 5,964,520 year before
laat and 7,529,817 the same time in 1899; over
land across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers to northern mills and Canada 923,510,
against 928,730 last year, 1,090,731 year before
last and 1.140,357 the same time in 1899; in- s
terlor stocks in excess of those held at the'
close of the commercial year 284,264, against
539,106 last year, 113,448 year before last and
342,873 the same time In 1899; southern mill
takings 1,100,000, against 966,259 last year. 989,549
year before last and 868,349 the same time in
1899.
These make the total movement for the 202
days from September Ist to date 9,126,011.
against 8,700,120 last year, 8,148,248 year before
last and 9,881.396 the same time in 1899.
Foreign exports for the. week have been 87,980.
against 142.732 last year, making the total thus
far for the season 5,484,511. against 4,801.855
last year, an Increase of 662,656. 3
Northed: mill takings and Canada during the
past seven days show an increase of 6,307. as
compared with the corresponding period, last
year, and their total takings since September
Ist have increased 136,197.
The total takings of American mills, north
and south and Canaan;-- thus far for the season
have been 2,859,004, against 2,591,353 last year.
These Include 1,741,703 by northern spinners,
against 1,605,511.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leadings
southern Interior centers have decreased during
the week 18,605 bales, and are now 371,651
smaller than at this date in 1901.
Including stocks left over at ports and in
terior towns from the last crop, and the num
ber of bales brought into sight thus far fbr
the new crop the supply to date is 9,485.698,
against 8.822.654 for the same period last year.
It must be remembered that the weekly,
monthly and season's comparisons In Secre
tary Hester's reports are made up to corre
sponding dates last year, year before and in
1899. Comparisons to the close of the corre
sponding weeks are misleading, as totals to
close of this week last year would take in
203 days of the season, year before last 204
days and in 1899 205 days, against 202 days this
year.
World’s Visible Supply of Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-Secretary Hes
ter’s statement of the world's visible supply of
cotton, made up from special cable and tele
graphic advices, compares the' figures of this
week with last week, last year and the year
before. . .
It shows a decrease for the week just closed
of 17,480 bales, against a decrease of 45,077 last
year and a decrease of 111,640 the year before.
The total visible is 4.315.151. against 4.332.631
last week. 4.018.383 last year and 8.608,289 year
before last.
Os this the total of American cotton Is
3,197,151, against 3,233.631 last week. 2.990,383
last year and 2,892,289 year before last, and of
all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil. In
dia, etc., 1,118.000. against 1,099,000 last week,
1,028,000 last year and 716,000 year before last.
The total world’s visible supply of cotton
shows a decrease compared with last week of
17.480 bales, an increase compared with last
year of 296,768. and an Increase compared with
year before last of 706,862.
Of’the world's visible supply of cotton, as
above, there is now afloat and held in Great 1
Britain and Continental Europe 2,315,000, against 1
1,850,000 last year and 1,897,000 year before last;
in Egypt 238,000, against 178,000 last year and
188,000 year before last; in India 578,000, against
534,000 last year and 338,000 year before last,
and in the United States 1,184,000, against
1,466,000 last year and 1,185,000 year before last.
Comparative Cotton Statement
NEW YORK, March 22.—The following is the
comparative cotton statement for the week
ending yesterday:
Net reeclpts for the week 101.331
Same time last year 129,963
Decrease 28.682
Total receipts since Sept. 1 6,809.191
Same time last year 6,243,148
Increase 566,043
Exports for the week 87.714
Same time last year 97,101
Decrease 9.387
Total exports since Sept. 1 5,451,450
Same time last year 4,457,777
Increase 993,673
Stock at U. 8. ports 717,328
Same time last year 604,831
Decrease . 192.787
Stock at Liverpool 1,118,000
Same time last year .. 746,000
Increase 372.000
American afloat for Great Britain 112.000
Same time last year 166.000
Decrease 53,000
Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, March 22.—Bears again took con
trol of grains at the opening of the board
of trade today and hammered prices severely.
Weak cables and confirmation of heavy rains
in the wheat country induced selling at the
start. Trade waj, h;avy and there was a
general desire to sell. May wheat opened
He to %®%c lower, at 73 to 72%c, and sold
off to 72Hc, the lowest price since early last
October. Every holder suffered some loss.
Commission houses abetted by the local bears
lead In the selling. Stop loss orders were met
early and added to the loss. The southwestern
markets were weak and advices from that
quarter reported freer selling by farmers.
Some covering the first hour brought a re
action to 72%c and prices steadied for a time
around that figure. Local receipts were 22
cars, none of contract grade; Minneapolis and
Duluth received 267 cars, or a total for the
three points of 289 cars, against 383 last week
and 453 a year ago. Australian shipments were
321,000 bushels, compared to 288,000 bushels last
week and 498,000 bushels a year ago.
After the first hour the wheat pit held dull
and steady for a time, but cables grew weak
er. Heavy liquidation set In again and the
only buying was for short accounts. May
tumbled to 72c, rallied again to 7234, but soon
became demoralized and closed weak,’ 1% to
134 c lower.
Corn met the same Influence at the opening
as did wheat. Cables and the weak wheat
market started a very weak corn market.
Heavy selling, both for long and short ac
count and stop toss orders, influenced a fur
ther decline. May started 34 to %c lower, at
59% to 5934 c and slumped to 6934 c. There was
some support by a few longs and a hard fight
was made against the lower prices. May
gradually steadied and at the end of the first
hour was selling at 59>4®5934c. Local receipts
134 cars.
Weakness in corn set in again shortly after
the mld-sesslon lull and everywhere stuff was
for sale. Bears pounced away at prices wilh
terrible earnestness and no one seemed to
want corn. Outside markets were depressed
and influenced a still further break here. May
tumbled with a thud to 685* ana closed very
weak. 234 c down, at that figure. ,
Oats continued nervous and weak in sympa
thy with the leading cereals and May closed
weak at Its loweet price for the day, 134 c low
er, at 41%c. .
Corn and wheat weakness brought a bad
opening slump tn oats. There was almost no
support and commission houses sold heavily.
May opened %@lc lower, at 4234 to 42c. and
dipped to 41%c. Some purchases by longs sent
May back to 4234 c. but the market weakened
again to 42c, and steadied around 4234 c. Re
ceipts were 149 cars.
Provisions were strong shortly after the
opening. The extreme depression in grains
worked against any early gains but a good
hog market at the yards and a fair demand
overcame the early tendency to sell. May
pork opened 5 to 634 c lower, at $15.5734 to $15.60,
and advanced quickly to $15.6734; May lard a
shade lower to a shade higher, at 19.54 to
39.6734. and May ribs unchanged to 234e higher,
at SB-55 to $8.57%, and sold to $8.573498.60.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
The following were the ruling prices tn the
exchange today:
WHEAT- Open High Low Close
May 73 73 71% 73
July 73% 73% 72% 72%
CORN—
May 69% 59% 68 68%
July 59% 9% 6834 58%
OATS—
May 4234 4234 41% 41%
July 3434 34% 34% 34%
PORK—
May 15.57 16.67 16.57 45.60
July 15.76 15.82 15.70 15.70
LARD-
May 9.45 9.47 9.45 9.47
July 9.57 9.62 9.57 9.57
BIDES—
May ... ... 8.67 8.57 8.57 8.67
July 8.67 8.70 8.67 8.67
Chicago Clom Quetatians,
CHICAGO, March 22—Wheat—March, 70%c;
May, 72c; July, 72%®72%c; September, 72%c.
Corn—March, 67c; May, 5834 c; July, 5834 c;
September, 57%c; December, 4734 c.
Oats—March, 41c; May, 41%c; May, 41%c;
July, 34%c; September. 28%c; December, 293*c.
Pork—March, $16.45; May, $15.60; July, $15.75.
Lard—March, 39.40; May, $9.47%®9.50; Sep
tember. 89.70©9.7234-
Ribs—March, $8.53%: May, $8.6734: July,
$8.67%; September, 38.77%®8.80.
Flax—Cash, northwest, $1.72; southwest,
$1.68; May, $1.72.
Rye—March, 5834 c; May, 5534®55%c; July,
ss%eoc.
Barley—Cash, 61®68c.
Timothy, $6.80.
Clover—March, 8.70.
Chicago Cash Quotations.
CHICAGO, March 22—Wheat—No. 2, red.
78%©79%c; No. 3, red, 74%©78%c; No. 2, hard,
winter, 7234®73c; No. 3, hard, winter. 72©
72%c; No. 1, northern spring, 7334®75c; No. 2,
northern, spring, 72<ft73c; No. 2, spring,
69®72%c.
Corn—No. 3, 5534®5634c.
Oats—No. 2,4234943 c; No. 3. 42%c.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
By Private Wire to Murphy A Co.
The following were tne ruling quotations la
th« exchange today:
WHEAT— Close.
May 6s 2%d.
CORN—
May 5s 134 d.
Liverpool Grain Quotations.
LIVERPOOL. March 22.—Wheat—Spot, No. 2,
red, western winter, quiet, 6s Id; No. 1, north
ern spring, quiet, 6s Id; No. 1, California,
firm, 6s 4d; futures quiet; March, 6s Id; May,
5s ll%d; July, 5s ll%d.
Corn—Spot, firm: American mixed, new, 5s
2%d; American mixed, old, 5s 334 d; futures,
dull; May. 5s l%d; July, 6s %d.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. March 23.—Turpentine flrm, 49;
sales 50. Rosin firm; W W, $3.85; W G, $3.60;
N, 88.25; M, $2.85; K. $2.45; I. 81.80; H, 81-55;
G, $1.50; F. $1.45; E, $1.40; D, C. B, A, $1.35;
sales, 882. Receipts spirits 236; rosin 2,851.
Liverpool Naval Stores.
LIVERPOOL, March 22.—Turpentine spirits,
firm, 235. Rosin, common, steady, 4s 3d.
Petroleum, refined, steady, 734 d. Linseed oil,
quiet, 31s 6d. ,
Kansas City Quotations.
KANSAS CITY, March 22.—Wheat—May, 68c;
July, 6834 c; cash No. 2 hard, 69®70c; No. 2 red,,
78c; No. 2 spring. 68c.
Corn—May, 5834 c; September, 56%c; cash No.
2 mixed 61c; No. 2 white, 62®64c.
Oats—No. 2 white, 45%®46c.
St. Louis Quotations.
ST. LOUIS. March 22.—Wheat—Lower; No. 2.
red, cash, elevator, 76%c; track, 76%9?734c;
May, 763497634 c; July, 71 %c; No. 3, hard.
72%®75c.
Corn—Lower; No. 2, cash, 67%c; track, 58’4
®6l%c: May. 68%®58%c; July, 6834 c.
Oats—Lower; No. 2, cash, 4234 c; track. 45—;
May, 41c; July, 3334 c; No. 2, white, 4734948 c.
Rye—Lower, 56c.
Pork-Higher; jobbing. $15.22%, old; $16.2234,
new.
Lard—Firmer, $9 2234-
Lead—Steady, $4.00@4.06.
Spelter—Steady, $4.10®4.1234.
Poultry—Steady; chickens, 9c; turkeys, 12c;
ducks, 9c; geese, 4@sc.
Butter—Steady; creamery, 21®28c; dairy,
18©22c.
Eggs—Steady, 14c.
St. Louis Clearings.
ST. LOUIS March 22.—Clearings, $7,078,365;
balances, $1,392,147. New York exchange 30c
premium.
Wool Quotations.
ST. LOUIS, March 22 —Wool unchanged; ter
ritory and western mediums, 15® 17c; fine, 11®
15c; coarse, ll®lsc.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK. March 22.—Butter—Receipts.
4,214 packages; steady; state dairy, 22®28c;
state creamery. 23®30c; creamery, held. 21®26c;
renovated, 18@24%c: factors’. 18@22c; creamery,
22®24%c.
Cheese—Receipts, 22,225 packages: market
steady: state full cream, small, early made,
fancy colored and white, 13®18%c; full cream,
large, fall made, fancy, colored and white,
I *Eggs—Receipts, 11,392 packages; state and
Pennsylvania. 16%c; western, at market, 1634 c;
southern, at market, 16%c.
Sugar—Raw. firm; refining, 3c: centrifugal
96 test. 334 c; molasses sugar, 2%c: refined,
firm: crushed, $3.36*. powdered. $4.90; granu
lated. $4.80.
Coffee—Dull; No. 7, Rio, 5 11-16 c.
Molasses—Steady; New Orleans, 34941 c.
Live Stock Market.
CHICAGO. March 22.—Cattle—Receipts, 200;
steady; good to prime steers, $6.60<?7.10; poor to
medium. $4.25©6.50; stockers and feeders. $2.50
95.25; cows. $1.259450; heifers. $2.5096.00; can
ners, $1.25®C.40; bulls. $2.50@6.00; calves, $3,009
6.85; Texas fed steers. $5.0096.00.
Hogs—Receipts today, 19.000; Monday, 37,000;
left over. 2.976; 10®15c higher; mixed and
butchers, $6.2596.50; good to choice heavy,
$6.4596.6234; rough heavy. $6.2096.45; light. $6-05
@6.40; bulk of sales. $6 30@6.50.
Sheep—Receipts, 1,000; sheeps low; lambs,
strong; good to choice wethers, $5.0095.60; fair
to choice mixed, $4.2595.00; western sheep,
yearlings. $5.2696.85; native lambs, $4.0096.80;
western lambs. $5.75@6.80.
KANSAS CITY. March 22. Cattle—Receipts
100. unchanged; native steers, $6.3596.70; Texas
and Indian steers, $4.75®6.00; Texas cows. $3.25
@4.60; native cows and heifers, $6.10; Stockers
and feeders. $3.25@5.25; bulls, $3.25®4.85; calves,
$4.5096.00.
Hogs—Receipts 2.000; 5c higher; bulk of sales,
$6.10®6.50; heavy. $6.45@6.60; packers. $6.25@6.56;
medium. $6,309'6.50; light. $5.759«.25; yorkers.
$6.0096.25; pigs, $5.2595.65.
Sheep—Receipts 600; steady; muttons, $5.25®
5.60; lambs. $6.2096.55; western wethers, $5.25®
5.66: ewes, $4.75®5.20.
ST LOUIS. March 22.—Cattle—Receipts 200:
steady: beef steers, $3.00®6.75; Stockers and
feeders, $2 7595.00; cows and heifers, $2.25®5.50;
grassers, $3.4594 45; Texas steers, fed, $4.60®
6.30; cows and heifers. $2.65@4.50.
Hogs—Receipts 1.500 ; 5c higher; pigs and
lights, $6.0596.25; packers, $6.25®6.40; butchers,
$6.25®6.60. * , ,
Sheep—Receipts none; market nominal; na
tives. $4.5095.50; lambs. $4.0096.75.
CINCINNATI. 0.. March 22.—Hogs active,
strong, higher; butchers and steers, $6.5096.75;
common, *5.40®6.45.
Cattle strong; fair to good shippers, $0.25®
6.00; common, $2.85®4.00.
Shoup strong, $2 7595.50; lambs strong, $5,009
7.00.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Review.
R. G. Dun & Co’s review says:
Evidences of further improvement are nu
merous. I-abor controversies are less threaten
ing. many settlements having been effected,
while others are momentarily anticipated;
wages have been advanced not only through
strikes, but In some cases voluntarily; traffic
congestion has subsided until it is possible to
deliver goods according to specifications; aside
from some idle footwear shops, the leading
lines of manufacture are very fully engaged,
while jobbing trade is of exceptional magni
tude. Retail dealings also are very large, the
Easter stimulus being felt in all lines of wear
ing apparel. With domestic demands so vigor
ous it is especially encouraging to notice a
gain for the last week in foreign trade at the
principal ports.
Pressure for iron and steel has not dimin
ished perceptibly, yet the impression is grow
ing that after July 1 the situation will be
come approximately normal, and it will be pos
sible to secure deliveries with some degree of
promptness. Large contracts are constantly
under consideration for structural material on
domestic account, including railway bridges,
viaducts ,car shops and office buildings. In
this respect the domestic consumption this
year will far surpass all records. Open weath
er has brought out a heavy tonnage of mer
chant pipe.
Advanced wages at cotton mills means a
higher cost of production and the market has
hardened in consequence. Business under new
conditions has not yet been sufficiently large
to establish quotations, yet some advances of
2 to 5 per cent are recorded. Export sales are
still checked by high prices. A helpful fea
ture Is the increased demand at southern job
bing centers.
Grain markets have begun to feel the effects
of the weather reports and for the next few
months it will be a simple matter for specu
lators to secure erratic fluctuations. Strength
was conspicuous on Thursday, last year’s se
rious Injury to corn making quotations partic
ularly sensitive to Indications of drought.
Cotton showed no response to Mr. Neill's re
iteration of his early estimate placing the
yield at bales. Although 400.000 bales
more cotton has come into sight than a year
ago, reports from the south are almost unani
mous regarding the exhaustion of stocks.
Failures for the week numbered 209 in the
United States against 224 las year and 31 in
•Canada against 30 last year.
Sugar and Coffee Quotations.
NEW March 22.—Standard granulated
$4.75. Coffee—Jobbing, 6%c; invoice. 5%c.
NEW ORLEANS. March 22.—Standard granu
lated, $4.60; fine granulated, same aa standard.
ATLANTA. March 22.—Standard granulated,
15.00. Ruasted coffee—Arbuckle, iOu-lb. sassq
$10.80; Lion. IGO-lb. cases. $10.83.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
Cotton.
■ ATLANTA, March 22.—Middling cotton quiet
at B%c.
Seed Potatoes.
Aroostook Co.. Maine, seed potatoes. U-pk.
sacks. Bliss Triumph. $3.30; Goodrich, $3.30;
Rose, $3.30: P"»rlaSß, $3.30.
Meat, Lara and Hzms.
Reg. R., 9%c; half riba. 934 c: rib R. 9%910e;
fat B , 9c; lard, best, 10%c; 2d, 1034 c; break
fast bacon. .3915 c hams, i2®l*c. according to
brand and average’ Cal. *l.. 809 c.
Bagging anti Ties.
t% .0., per yard, 7%c 3-lb., per y»-d. 7c: 1%-
Uk, per ys "ri, 6%c. Ties. 45-lb., steel arrow,
ftr bundle. V.lO.
Cotton Seed Products. ,
Cotton seed oil steady, 33%934c per gallon,
cotton seed, sl7 per ton ff. o. t>. station: cotton
»eed meal. $24 per. ton; cotton seed hulls, bulk.
$6.00 per ton; bale hulls. 87-50 per ton.
Feathers.
Geese feathers, new, white. 55®60c per Ik.;
old geese feathers, 15025 c, duck and geese
mixed, 30040 c: duck feathers, pure white, 350
40c lb.; duck, roloaed. 25c lb.: chicken. 10c
Hides. Skink and Old Metals.
Hides—Green salted hides. No. 1, 60 lbs. and
up, 834 c; No. 2, 60 lbs. and up, 7%c; No. 1, un
der 40 lbs., 7c; No. 2, under 40 lbs., 6c; No. 1
and No. 2, dry flint hides, all weights, 13014 c;
No. 1 and No. 2 dry salt hides, all weights,
i034®1234c; green fi salted shearlings, 25c each:
green salts 1 lambs, 35945 c each; green salted
sheep. 45075 c each; green salted goats. 25c
each; F".-en salted norse hides, $2.00 each;
green salted mule hides, $2.00 each; colts and
pnoibs, SI.OO each.
Tallow—ln cakes, 59534 c; In barrels and tuba,
495 c.
Beeswax, 25c.
Old Metal—Heavy red brass. He; heavy yel
low brass; 8c: light brass, 6c; copper, lie; light
copper, 11c; bottom, 10c; zinc. 234 -
Scrap Iron—Mixed scrap. 8s; stoves ana pota,
$6 per gross toe.
Snuff.
1 Railroad mills. 1-lb. jars, 4734 c: 1 ox. Macca
boy, $5.70 gross; one ounce bottle, $6 06
rir gross; 1 2-3 ounce Maccaboy, $9.50 gross;
oz. Sweet Scotch, $5.40 gross; 1 2-3 ox. Sweet
Scotch, $9.25 gross; Lori Hard’s 1-lb. jars, 4734 c;
extra fresh Scotch, per case 1 gross, 1 2-3 oa,
$6.00; extra fresh Scotch, per case 6 dosen. 1
oa., $6.00; Ralph’s Scotch, per case, « dozen, 1
oz., $2.90; Rolph’s Scotch, per case, 8 doxen, 1
$-3 oz., $5.10; Bruton's Scotch, per case, Gdoxen.
1 ox., $2.75; Bruton’a Scotch, per case, 6 dozen.
3 3-3 oa. $4.80. ■
Groceries.
Coffee—Fancy. 10%c; low grades. 7010 c: Ar
buckle roasted. 310. K); Lion. SIO.BO. Sugar—Cut
loaf, 7%c; cubes, 6%c; powaered. 6%c; granu
lated, New York, $4.95; New Orleans, $4.90;
extra C. 4%c; refined yellow, sc; New Orleans
clarified. 4%95c. Candy—Assorted stick, per
box. 534 c; per barrel, 5%c. Matches—2oos.
$1.1092.00; 6s. 45955 c. owing to brand. Soda-
Box. $3.45; keg, 29234 c. Rice—Fancy head,
8c; head. 7c. Starch—Pearl. 3%c; lump.
sc. Cheese—Fancy full cream, 1234013 c; full
cream, 12%c.
Powdeij-Rlfie, $4 p«r keg; drop shot. $l.O
Nutt.
Mixed nuts, 1234 c: Brain nuts. 16917 c; Eng
lish .valnuts. No. 1. 12%c; No. 2. 934010 c;
North Carolina peanuts, 434 c; hand-picked Vir
ginia. 434 c; extra fancy Vlr.j’wla. 534 c; almonds.
13011 c; pecans, U012%c-
. Crackers.
Standard soda. 7c; milk. 734 c; XXX eream.
734 c; lemon cream. 9c; cornnills.' 8c; assorted
penny cakes, 8c; assorted jumbles, 10c; lunch
milk. 734 c; XXX soda, 6%c; XXX ginger
snaps, 634 c; pearl oyster 7c; excelsior. 7%c.
Vegetables.
Cabbage. New York. 13402 c per pound,
Florida. 13402 c per pound; tomatoes, $2.50@3.00;
egg plants, $1.2501.50 per doz.; celery, Fla..
$2.0002.50 per crate; lettuce, $1.01.25 per drum;
green beans. $3.0003.50; beets, cabbage, crate
$3.5004.00; % crate. $1 7502.00; cauliflower, 607 c
per pound; strawberries, 18020 c per quart.
Flsb ana x’.ygters.
Shad, Georgia Roe. 35c: Bucks. 20c each;
Florida Roe. 25c; Bucks. 15c each.
Pompano. 15c; Spanish mackerel, 16c; trout,
salt water. ?c; trout, fresh water. 734 c; blue
fish, 6c; snapper, 7c; bream. sc; mixed fish,
ec; Grouper. 4c; mullet, $6.50@7.00 per barrel;
market active. __ __
Oysters—Extra select. 81.15 per gallon;
selects. SI.OO per gaUon: acewa 75080 c per
gallon.
Poultry ana Game.
Hens, 3003214 c each; fries, large, 25c; me
dium, 20c; small, 18c; cocks. 1591734 c;
guineas, 15c; geese, full feathered, 45c; ducks,
puddle, 2234 c; Pekin ducks, 30®32c; turkeys,
live. 12013 c per pound; wild ducks. 250350 each;
wild turkeys, 1234 c per pound: dressed turkeys,
14015; dressed fries, 16c; dressed hens, 11340
1234 c; dressed ducks. 1234915 c.
Country Produce.
Butter—Georgia Jersey, 22%025c; Tennessee
Jersey. ’22’4®25c; Tennessee choice. 18®30c;
sweet potatoes, pumpkin yams. 90c@$l bushel;
whit*. 75®80c per bushel; Irish potatoes, sl.lo®
1.20 per bushel; onions. $1.30 per bushel; honey,
new crop strained. 708 c per pound; comb,
bright, 9@loc per pound; white peas. $1.7502.00
per bushel: stock peas, $1.1001.20 per bushel;
.eggs, nervous, 1234013 c.
Fruit.
Florida oranges. $3.0003.25 per box; grape
fruit. $6.0007.00 per box; lemons, choice, de
mand good. $8.50 ner box: fancy apples. s.’>o6
05.50 per barrel; pineapples. $3.5004.00;
bananas, straight pe-* bunch. $1.2591.50;
aulla, 750 9 $llOO per bunch; prunes. 60fc pet
pound; currants. 8010 c per pound; pie peachea
3 lb. $3.50 per crate; table 2 lb., $150; table I >
WU TING FUIG
NON UNDER
CHARGES
IT IS SAID THAT HE DID NOT DO
HIS DUTY AFTER BEING NO
TIFIED BY GOVERN-
MENT. ~ '
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-Orav®
charges against Chinese Consul Genera!
Ho Yow, designed also to inculpate
Minister Wu Ting Fang, all under the
"Six Companies,” are on file in the for
eign office in Pekin, says the Chronicle
this morning. When interviewed in re
gard to the matter Ho Yow said:
”Yes, the minister has been informed by
the foreign office that charges are on file
and has telegraphed me to investigate
and learn their sources. The number of
chanjes is great but stress is being lai-i
on tne allegation that I am not conduct- J
ing the fight against exclusion as aggress- ‘
ively as the complainants think I should. <
Another charge is that I am neglecting
my official duties and not protecting the
interests and welfare of my
We are informed by the foreign office
that the charges bear the imprint of this
’Six Companies.’ I informed the comW
panies and they at once entered a dis-6
claimer on their minutes and that die*
claimer will be forwarded to the miniSdLr?
ter and by him to the foreign office
“I am informed that the signatures an®
imprint of the companies are forgeries,!
It is quite possible that the charges ema-j
nated from disgruntled highbinders >
censed at the efforts to stop their practl- ;
ces."
A prominent member of the “Six '
panies” said, "We are informed the char- ’ ,
ges comprised twenty-eight articles. Ona
was the charge that a great deal of his
time was devoted to his racing stable
and that his jockeys wore the national
colors, a yellow dragon jacket. The royal
government will not permit this.
“Then were other charges of offi
cial and personal misconduct. The char
ges against the minister were that he
had previously been notified of this, but
had failed to call the consul to accounut
and in that had shown neglect of his du
ties.”
Minister Wu and .Consul General Ho
Yow afe brothers-in-law.
ERRING HUSBAND HAD
MANIA FOR MANY WIVES
AUSTIN. Tex., March 21.—Sheriff Henrjf
Clay Wiser, of Buchanan county, Mo., ,
submitted to Governor Sayers yesterday ’J
an application from Goverrior Dockery, of
Missouri, for-the extradition of Christian
C. Nelson, alias Nelson Foster, now under ,
arrest in San Antonio, < arged with nn- |
merous offenses of bigamy. The governor
granted the application and Sheriff Wiser
left Immediately for San Antonio to take
charge of the prisoner and return with
him to Missouri. The affidavits accom
panying the application charges that Nel
son committed bigajny in Buchanan coun- r
ty in September, 1901.
At San Antonio Nelson’s application for 1
a writ of habeas cprpus was refused in '
the county court, where he is charged with
bigamy, and his attorney,gave notice of 1
appeal. Unless this charge Is dismissed th* -'
prisoner will be held here until tried, thus
preventing the Missouri officer from tak
ing him.
AGED PENSIONERS BILL
BEFORE HOUSE OF COMMONS
NEW YORK, March 21.-The passage <rf
the aged pensioners’ bill through its sec
ond reading In the House of Commons*
was a singular tribute to the Influence of
Cblonlal Secretary Chamberlain, says ths :
London correspondent of the Tribune.
The measure followed lines laid down by
him in many public speeches and aimed
to provide pensions for workers above the
age of 65, with a corporation of poor law
guardians, without discouraging habits of
thrift. While neKher local rates nor»
treasury is in a state for so large an ad
dition to public burdens there was a gen-} ■
eral disposition to sanction the general;
principle of old age pensions and the gov-{ ’
ernment supporters were willing to make
political capital out of a radical measure
of state socialism. The third reading !•
not expected. \ . |
WILL-
MEET IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 21.—A
meeting of the Populist state executive
committee of Alabama Is expected to be
held in Birmingham on or about May L > f
A petition is now being prepared for pre
sentation to Chairman N. B. Spears, of
St. Clair county, requesting him to call
the committee together. The general - :
opinion is that the Populist party will not 3
nominate candidates for state offices but
will support candidates nominated in op- 1
position to the regular Democratic nomi- |
ne«s. If the element which opposed th*
adoption of the new constitution nomi
nates candidates they will probably b«! -
supported by the Populists.
TERRELL ¥POKE FRIDAY
TO EATONTON AUDIENCE I ’
EATONTON, March 22. Putnam supe-, '
rlor court adjourned yesterday. Imme-| .
diately upon adjournment Hon. J. M. Ter
rell addressed a large and enthusiasts
audience in behalf of his candidacy for
governor. He expressed himself as being
highly delighted at the magnificent re
ception given him by the people of the'
county. He was introduced by the Hon. •
Thos. G. Lawson, in a most felicitous
manner, and his speech was enthusiasti
cally received.
FRUIT "NOT BELIEVED -
TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
MACON. March 21.—The impression pre- <
vails here, that»the fruit crop was not se
rlously injured by the freeze and frost of
Tuesday night, but why this is so no one
seems able to explain. It is shown that
for eighteen days preceding the freeze the , ' 3
mean daily temperature was two degrees ’■
warmer than last year, which would Indi- "
cate that the fruit was more developed
than it was at the same time last year.
lb.. $3.00: raisiM. $1.5001.60 per box; cranoer
rle«. $9.00 per barre'.
Flour ana Grain.
Pure winter wheat flour—Fancy Dlamoafl
patent. $5.25: flrxt patent, $4.75; straight, S4.S;
extra fancy, $3.95; fancy, $3.85; choice family,
$8. 0009.00 per barrel; limes, 75c®51.00 pet 100.
$3.25; family, $3.25; rpring tvneat flour, first
patent, $5.00; bran, large sacks, $1.20; small (
sacks. $1.20; corn meal, plain, 83c; bolted.
75c; Hudnuts 92-lb.. $1.90. Corn—mixed, 84c! J
white, 86c; Texas rust proof oats. 75c; white »
oats. 62c; No. 2. mixed. 58c; hay. timothy. No?: ;
1, large bales. $1.10; small bales, $1.00; No. 2, • J
90c; Georgia rye. $1.10; Tennessee rya. $1.00; ?
barley, $1.00; victor, feed. $1.56 per 100 pounda. '
Orange caln seed. $2.25 per bushel; Early Ambor |
caln seed, $2.25 per' busk*’.
Wooaenv/ars.
Two-hoop pine pails, per dozen, $1.40; 3-hooa ,
pine paiia, oer d<ven, $1.55; 3-hooc brass bound
pails, wbwite ce«laj, $2.75; 3-hoop brass bound f
palls, red cedar. shoe brushes, 88c to $4; |
brooms, from $2.25 to $3.00; clothes pine, per 1
box of 5 gross. 75c; washboards, from 85c to j
$3.00; pine tub.s 8 In nest, «*r nest. $2.40, gal- j
.anized tubs, 4 in nest, per nest. $2.40; bread J
trays, from $2.00 to $4.50 per dozen; wood-rim *
sieves, r-er .’.oxen. 96c: axe handles, 60c to $1.28 j
per dozen; No. 1 chimneys, per case of 6 dozen.
$2 00: No 2 lamp chimneys, per case of I ?
dozen. $3.00; No. 1 pearl top chimneys, per caag
of 6 dozen, $4.20; No. 2 pearl top cblmMyo, M
ease of 6 dozen. S&M.
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