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BEST CROPS
KNOWN IN
MS
SECTION DIRECTOR MARBURY
SAYS THAT CONDITIONS NOW
SEEM BETTER THAN IN MANY
YEARS.
The crop report for the Week ending
Monaay Afternoon, a* prepared by Sec
tion D’rector Marbury, says:
The weather of the put week was ex
ceptionally favorable to the crop interest*
of the state. With an abundance of rain
fall and high, although not excessive
temperature In nearly all sections, crops
were given an excellent opportunity to
recover from previous conditions of
drought, and a vigorous and healthy
growth was the result. Xumermis corre
spondents assert that the present ap
pearance of the staple crops is the best
known tn several seasons. The rain
fall was heavy to »xc**sslve in several lo
calities. more especially in the southern
counties where the amounts for the week
were, in a few instances, from 5 to more
than 7 inches. The majority of the central
and northeastern counties also received a
bountiful supply of moisture, but in the
northwestern sections complaint is still
made that the rainfall is not sufficient for
more than present needs. The week closed
with cool weather prevailing, the temper
ature on Monday morning registering be
low 60 degrees in the extreme northern
portion The condition of the cotton crop
continues highly favorable, generally
speaking. Reports of damage by bHght
and shedding are almost entirely absent,
but lice are infesting the plants in many
districts. The crop is in a fine state of
cultivation, and is fruiting well in the
southern sections, it is blooming profusely
in the middle counties, and is coming into
bloom in the more forward fields In the
northern districts. Corn ts being laid by.
and although this crop is small, it has
good color and is favorably regarded.
Shipments of peaches and melons are go
ing on; melons are considered a good crop;
the quality of peaches is good, but the
yield in rather below the average. Apples
and pear; are poor.
NORTHERN SECTION.
Banks: Rainfall plentiful; crops doing
weH; wheat rather short, oats and rye
good: large grape crop indicated. i
■ Bartow: Scattered showers have occur
red; wheat harvest completed, yield short;
pastures drying; crops well cleaned.
Cobb: Local showers have occurred;
crops doing very well; corn laid by; wheat
harvested, yield short, but good quality;
oats too low to save well; fruit turning out
better than anticipated; gardens need
soaking rain.
DeKalb: Frequent rains have helped all
. growing crops and the latter are in fine
condition; corn and cotton doing nicely;
peas being sewn On stubble; local storm
on night of 2Cth caused some damage to
corn and washed land slightly.
Fannin: Good rains on the 19th and 22d;
crops revived; corn receiving third culti
vation; apples, peaches and pears continue
to shed. Irish potatoes fine, many sweet
potato slips set; stands of watermelons
** rtJ *Hail: Copious showers have revived
vegetation and the week was very favor
able for farm work and growth of crops.
Hart: Local showers during the week
were of great benefit; cotton is in splen
did condition; some upland eorn laid by;
wheat threshing in progress, yield short;
spring oats light; pastures much improv
ed; vegetables plentiful.
Jackson: Weather hot and generally
dry . wheat and oat harvest generally
completed, yield light; corn and cotton
are in excellent condition, cotton bloom
irg.
•Lumpkin: Wepther favorable for farm
’ work and crop growth; corn and cotton
doing well: wheat and oats poor.
Paulding: Weather continues dry in
this section; cotton looks fairly well but
grows slowly owing to the dryness; corn
is small but well worked; apples, peaches
and pears jJbor; wheat and oat crops
fight; stock in good condition.
Pickens: Crops of all kinds bear a
promising appearance, having been great
ly benefited by recent rains.
Walker: Frequent rains during the
week furnish good •■season;’* quantities of
planted; oats are poor as a rule;
June apples ripening.
Whitfield: Heavy rains during the
week; ground too wet to plow, but crops
have revived and are growing rapidly;
peas being sown; Irish potatoes light;
blackberries plentiful.
MIDDLE SECTION.
Bulloch: Heavy rains during the week
did some damage by baking and wash
ing the soil: corn being laid by: cotton
blooming and fruiting well, but needs
working
Carroll: —ight showers on 18th; cotton
la doing fairly well, although both cotton
and corn are in need of a soaking rain;
pastures very dry; gardens almost a fail
ure.
* Effingham/Weather favorable for crops,
although the heavy rains have •‘fired" cot
ton in many fields and it is feared that
damage will be caused.
Emanuel: Corn, sugar cane, potatoes and
gardens are in favorable condition: com
being laid by and peas planted; cotton
lousy in some places; peaches rotting;
, frequent showers during the week with
high temperature produced rapid crop
growth and the general situation ts excel-
McDuffle; An abundance of precipitation
has produced a marked Improvement in
all crops; cotton Is an excellent crop;
corn doing well; a very large wheat crop
is being harvested.. ■
Rockdale: Crops are In fine growing con
dition. having been revived‘by copious
showers; wheat .and qat. yields rather
Short; melons doing well; peaches short.
Schley: A hot week and rain is needed;
rotton lousy and is not doing well; corn
has improved, but the stalk is small;
sugar cane poor; pastures abort; gardens
Screven: Recent rains were beneficial to
corn, sugar cane and potatoes, but were
rather too much for cotton which is turn
ing yellow and Is badly damaged by lice.
Taliaferro: Com-and cotton doing well
and other crops are in good condition and
well cultivated.
L'pson: Com and cotton doing very well,
but would be benefited by rain; weather
continues dry tn many places.
Warren: Showers have greatly benefit
ted all crops; corn is small but has good
color crop nearly all laid by; - cotton
considerably Infested with lice; pea plant
ing in active progress; gardens Improved.
Washington: General rain on 30th. scat
tered showers on 18th; crops have been
wonderfully revived; corn and cotton are
growing rapidly, although cotton is in-
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[ and general farm work pushed vigorously.
Wilkinson: Weather favorable for farm
I work; crops revived by reoent rains and
I are in normal condition: lice are troub-
I ling cotton to a slight extent; many peas
■ planted and ’sweet potato slips set.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Bryan: Rainfall abundant; all crops
are in good state of cultivation and con
dition: oat harvest completed.
Brooke: Rainfall has been too heavy
for farm work and for cotton; some dam
age done by high winds; cotton, sugar
cane and corn are, hpwever. doing fairly
well; melons being shipped; sweet potato
plants being put out.
Calhoun: Heavy rain on the iTth; the
precipitation was of much benefit and all
crops have taken on rapid growth.
Camden: Dry and hot week; rain much
needed; sugar-cane, corn and potatoes do
ing well; melons very good.
Colquitt: Drought broken: all crops are
in a flourishing condition; cotton fine;
corn and sugar-cane good; gardens great
ly improved; peas being planted.
Decatur: Good showers have improved
the appearance of all crops, but corn is not
good as a rule.
Dooly: Week favorable for all farm
work: corn improved: cotton growing nice
ly. but there Is some complaint of damage
by lice and blight.
Irwin: Fine growing weather: corn do
ing well early planted er.ring-nicely; cot
ton looks especially well, early fields fruit
ing; lice are doing some damage and there
are a few complaints of shedding; cante
loupes being shipped, crop short; early
grapes ripening, crop large and fine.
Liberty: All crops doing well; cow peas
and sweet potato slips being planted; gen
eral outlook is very bright.
Lowndes: Rainfall of the week was more
than seven inches; corn and cotton have
suffered from the excessive precipitation;
melons ripening rapidly.
Marion. Showers were well distributed;
theYain was too late to benefit corn great
ly. but cotton was helped and is blooming
heavily; melons ripening.
Pierce: Bea island cotton blooming and
doing well; corn was injured by high
-winds: other crops In rood condition.
Randolph: Corn looks well; coHon fruit
ing. but the crop had too much rain dur
ing the week: melons being shipped; pota
toes doing well. ♦
Sumter: Drouth situation relieved by
copious rains; well cultivated crops pro
gressing favorably; peaches and apples
still rotting aijd dropping; garden truck
dping well.
Telfair: Weather favorable for crops:
all field drops are in good condition, and
growing vigorously, except potatoes,
which are largely a failure.
LEE FOUND GUILTY;
MUSTHANG JULY 21
Continued from Page One.
that Millard had bought thirty acres in.
addition, for which he had paid down
150 and promised to pay S3OO more.
The father testified that Millard had
heard him say that some one was cutting
wood off his property, and that Lee told
him if he owned the property he would
cut the wood and sell it. His father gave
him permission to do so, and he sold the
wood in town and made money. Lee, ac
cording to his father's testimony, had
nearly always made money at wheatever
business he had undertaken. t
His Suffering Mother.
Mrs. Lee. mother of Millard, was the
next witness. The aged, tottering mother,
barely able to stand, was supported to the
stand by one of me court bailiffs. She
was attired in a seedy black dress, and
much sympathy was manifested toward
the poor woman.
She testified that as a child Millard's
health was bad, and that he had been a
subject of fits. He was sent to a num
ber of schools, but did not comprehend
much that was tatight him. He loved sol
itude. and wept much. When he had one
of his spells he would go off by hflnself
and weep violently. These spells - were
more violent this year than they Wad ever
been before.
He would, so his mother testified, "holler
and walk in his sleep." He had been weep
ing violently on the Saturday before the
klh.ng, she testified.
On cross examination, she said that his
actions on Saturday had lead her to be
lieve that Millard was going to have an
other one of his spells, but that on Sun
day be had dressed, shaved, hitched his
horse and buggy and gone to church.
Jack Lee. Millard's brother, was then
called by Mr. Arnold. He said that Mil
lard was a strange boy. He said Millard
had attacks of weeping, was unconscious
of his surroundings, and would speak to
no one. He had been given land by his
father but made no effort to cultivate it.
He had a store in his father's house, but
took no interest in it, his mother watting
on the customers. He thought the boy
was insane at times;
He was crazy when the attacks were on
him, and his mind was weak at all times.
At public gatherings, and at church, he
would always sit by himself.
Would Win the Girl.
Ed Harwell, lived a half mile from Lee's
home. He is a cousin of Millard. He test!
fled that Millard Lee >-aa greatly different
from other boys; would never hunt with
the boys and would never talk.
Shortly before the killing Millard had
driven to his house and asked him to
go to church with him. Harwell accepted,
and on the road Millard began a conver
sation in regard to Miss Suttles.
“He showed me a letter,” said Harwell,
"from Miss Suttles in a reply to one he
‘had written her asking her to allow him
to accompany her to some meeting .Her
letter positively refused to accept his at
tentions. I advised Lee to let the young
lady alone, but he replied that some of
the boys had told him he was plowing a
wide row. and if he pressed forward he
would win the fcirl.
"I told Millard to let the girl alone,
that he was not good enough for her, and
that hd could not entertain her.
t Tom Lee. a brother of Millard, testified
that Millard often cried out in his sleep,
was of a different temperament from other
men and that he regarded him as insane.
James Livsey, who married a sister of
Millard Lee. has known Millard for some
'years. He told of a visit Millard had made
to his home about seven years ago. try
ing th sell some corn shelters, when Lee
had acted very queerly, refusing to talk
with any one.
W. M. Avary, who lives in the Adarn
ville district, a distant relative of the
Suttles family, had known Millard Lee
for several years and thought Millard
was "a peculiar character."
. "When he was at our house we regarded
him as a grown up child, and never as a
man of normal mind. He would never
look a person in the eye when he spoke.
He played with his pocket handkerchief
constantly."
He saw Lee just after the shooting of
Miss Suttles and Millard told him he
wanted to die.
"I told Lee that he was likely to be
mobbed if he was caught and he left
my house at once.
Walter Knight, street car motorman,
was the next witness called. He had
known Lee for many years and had gone
to school for many years with Millard.
At school he saw Millard was dull and
it was difficult to get into conversation
with him.
He thought Millard was not as bright
as an average man. He thought, however,
that Millard Lee positively knew right
from wrong. He made this statement in
answer to a question made by Reuben
Arnold, who had summoned him.
Solomon Harris, an ante-bellum negro,
whose head was a mass of white hair,
presenting a venerable aspect.
He had known Millard Lee for four
years, and had helped gin cotton with
Millard. He had tried to talk with Lee,
but had been unable to get anything out
of him. He stated that on one occasion
Millard Lee had tried to Are a gin engine,
but had been unable to get the fire to
burn, and that he had struck the engine
twice with a stick and then left in a
hurry.
Mrs. Eliza Harwell, another of Mrs.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1902.
SOCIOLOGISTS
HEAR TOOM
MRS. FELTON
SEVERAL PAPERS READ AND IM
PORTANT RESOLUTIONS ARE
ADOPTED BY THE CONCLAVE.
TODAY’S PROGRAM. ' .
The second day's session of the Georgia
State Sociological society was opened yes
terday at 8:30 o’clock in the lecture room
of the First Methodist church with a dis
cussion of the haper read by Dr. R. C.
Bankston, of Birmingham, Tuesday on
"The Nemesis of Life-Ignorance.” Dr.
R. R. Kime, of Atlanta, who presided,
called on F. S. Key Smith, of Rome, to
open the discussion. Mr. Smith said in
part:
“It is the duty of society to help those
who are unable to do anything to uplift
themselves. If a man has any amount of
education he can use it to advantage.
Education ought to go with the growth of
men. God saw fit to endow us with a mind
and we ought to use it. Parents owe it to
their children and to society to educate
them.”
Mr. Smith-was followed by Rev. J. C.
Solomon, of Atlanta; C. F. Douglas, editor
of The New South ,of Douglasville; Dr.
George H. Price, of Nasvllle; L. L. Par
ham and Dr. A. R. Holderby, all of whom
made strong speeches for advanced edu
cation.
A letter was read to the contention
from Dr. George Brown, secretary of the
American Congress qf Tuberculosis, of
Atlanta, gsking that the body appoint a
commission to represent the Georgia State
.Society of Tuberculosis at the American
congress in St. Louis in 1904. A resolution
was then introduced by Dr. J. Lawton
Hlers, of Savannah, providing for the ap
pointment of a commission of ten mem
bers, which was unanimously adopted.
The commission, which is to be appointed
by the president of the society, will be an
nounced today.
Further recommendations were made by
the sociological committee of the Trl-
State Medical society, which read
by F. S. Key Smith. One of theSe asked
for legislation that would prohibit the
sale of any article or preparation con
taining opium or cocaine, except on the
order of a physician and the other for the
establishment of a state industrial school,
state t asylum for inebriates and a state
asylum for the treatment of tuberculosis.
Dr. J. Lawton Heirs, of Savannah, read
an interesting paper on "The State's Du
ty in Caring for Consumptives,” in which
he held that it was the duty of the state
to provide an institution for consumptives
where they could be isolated Or make oth
er provision for them. Dr. Hiers also read
a paper on “Diseases and Sanitary Condi
tions.”
The feature of the afternoon session
was a paper by Mrs. W. H. Felton, of
Cartersville, which came first on the
program. The others who read pa
pers were Dr. George H. Prid, qf Nash
ville; Rev. C. A. Langston and Alex W
Stirling, of Atlanta.
MORNING SESSION, THURSDAY, 9
A. M.
Auditing committee report—Rev. L. B.
Davis, chairman.
Permanent committee report. The Negro
Problem, Its Influence on the White Race
—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, chairman.
Paper, Consideration of the Southern
Negro as a Sociological Factor—Dr. T. O.
Powell, Milledgeville.
Paper, The Race Problem of the South-
Rev. C. B. Wilmer, Atlanta.
Permanent committee report; publica
tion. lectures and distribution of litera
ture. «
Permanent committee report; legislation
and uniform laws.
Election of officers at 11 a. m.
Selection of place of next meeting; in
stallation of new officers.
Lee's sisters, whq lives half a mile from
the Lee. homestead, was next called. Mil
lard, she said, had convulsions a few
hours after his birth; ahd that he was
always a dull. Idiotic boy.
She knew the boy carried a pistol, hav
ing heard people say so.
Dr. T. M. Hubbard had examined Lee
and says Lee does not seem to care what
becomes of him, and was totally oblivious
to his surroundings. He regarded Lee as
below the average of the ordinary man,
both mentally and physically. He said
that Lee's condition, as outlined in a
long question by Attorney Reuben Arnold,
wws abnormal. He stated that the parox
ysms which came over the man were ap
parently caused by epileptic fits. He stat
ed that in the treatment of this class of
insanity it was the custom to prevent
the persons so afflicted from hearing mu
sic and long speeches, such as Lee heard
in the Wesley chapel at the time of the
killing, as it greatly excited the as-„
dieted person, and sometimes cause them
to do violent acts. He thought that, from
all he had heard of the case, and from
his examination of Lee, the man was suf
fering from a bad case of mental epilepsy,
which caused his insanity.
Asks For Mistrial,
As soon as the court was reconvened
after dinner a large number of ladies in
the courtroom were requested to leave,
as the expert testimony was of such a
nature that ladles could not be present.
Dr. J. C. Spratlln, who has been connect
ed with a large insane asylum for crimi
nals in New York state, was the first
witness called. His testimony was nearly
entirely technical in its character, telling
of the forms of epilepsy with which insane
persons may be affected. He had, after
a careful examination, come to the con
clusion that Lee was an Imbecile of the
second degree.
“When under these spells they have ab
solutely no control over themselves when
a flt of rage or jealousy come over them,
and they follow their blind rage and pas
sion.”
Mr. Hill, on cross examination, asked the
witness what was incipient epilepsy.
"There is no such thing,” replied Dr.
Spratlln.
“Yes, I agree with you that there is no
incipient epilepsy,” said Mr. Hill, in that
famous "I told you so” tone of his.
In an instant Reuben Arnold was on his
feet, demanding a mistrial.
“Your honor,"/he said, “Mr. Hill has
misbehaved in such a manner as to war
rant a mistrial. He asked the doctor if
there was incipient epilepsy, jnd the phys
ician replied that there was not, -and Mr.
Hill turned and made the ejaculation, ’in
cipient epilepsy.’
“Your honor, I ask for a mistrial "
Judge Candler refused to declare a mis
trial, and ordered Mr. Hill to go on with
his cross-examination.
RATTLESNAKEBITES
FOURYEAROLD BOY
VALDOSTA, Ga., June 25.—A report
from Sparks states that little June Mc-
Ranie, the four-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Mcßanie, was bitten by a rat
tle snake yesterday morning.
The little boy went under the house to
catch his cat and while there encountered
the snake, which was quite a large one.
The father of the child killed the snake
later..,
Drs. Etheredge and Lovett ha*.e been
attending the little boy and h<s condi
tionals said to b/ improving today.
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SEMI-WEEKLY MARKET DEPORT
•pot Cotton Marlcot.
Atlanta, steady, 8 15-l«c.
New Orleans, easy. 9c.
New York, ateaoy, 9%c.
Liverpool, steady, 54.
. Charleston, steady. 8%.
Mobile, ateady, B%e.
, Augusta, steady, 914 c.
' Savannah, steady. 9 1-lGc.
Cincinnati, steady 914 c,
Memphis, quiet. B%c.
St. Louis, quiet, 8 18-18 c.
Norfolk, steady, 914 c.
Galveston, steady, 9 l-16c.
Baltimore, steady, 994 c.
Boston, quiet, 9V»c.
Philadelphia, steady. 9%c. *
Wilmington, dull, 9c.
New York Cotton.
NEW YORK, June 25.—The cotton mar
ket opened firm fidth prices 4 to 6 points
higher and following the call worked quite
sharply upward on a small scramble of
local shorts for cover, a change of front
by former outside bear interests foreign
buying of fall months and some demand
from commission houses. July climbed
to 8.77 and August reached 8.48 before tho
movement gave any sign of letting up,
and even then a reaction of 2 to 3 points
only occurred. The dominating Influences
were dry weather reports from Texas and
a pronounced advance In the English
market. The latter, according to private
cables was due largely to a general move
ment of the bears for cover, prompted
by the four days of adjournmant now at
hand at a time when the Texas crop was
reported in a critical state through long
absence of moisture. The New Orleans
market contributed to the strength here
Indirectly. July advanced to 9c there
when the trade as a whole here had be
lieved the bull clique had abandoned its
position. ReSeipts continued fairly light
and private telegrams stated that spot
demand for export account was growing
rapidly. Crop reports were gradually fa
vorable except from sections of the Mis
sissippi Valley and from Texas. From the
latter, drought was reported to be mak
ing Its influence felt upon the crop which
was shedding and looking poorly.
Late tn the morning the market sold
off 7 to 8 points under offerings for both
accounts which were made on reports that
King Edward was dying. While efforts
were made to rally the market again, it
seemed to have lost for the time being Its
sensitiveness to supporting orderrf. More
over the bear elements stubbornly resist
ed such efforts and once more sold tho
August option freely. Noon blds reflected
a net advance of 3 to 5 points.
Spot cotton steady;- middling uplands,
9 1-4; middling gulf, 9 1-1
NEW YOBK COTTON.
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today*.
Tone steady; middling 9%c, steady.
Last Close
Open. Hlah. Low. -Sale. Bld.
January 7.90 7.94 7.88 | t. 93 7.93
February'
March 7.95 7.96 7.85 7.95 7.95
June 9.05 9.06 9.05 9.06 9.06
July 8.71 8.77 - 869 8.74 8.74
August 8.44 8.48 8.40 8.45 845
September.. .. ..8.07 8.12 8.07 8.12 8.11
October.. .. .. ..7.96 8.03 7.95 8.00 8.00
November 7.92 7.94 7.92 7.94 7.93
December 7.90 7.96 7.88 7.94 7.93
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
By Private Wire to Murphy & Co.
Following were the ruling quotations in the
exchange at noon today:
Tone steady.
January - .. .• .. .. 7.80
July .' .. •• 8.98
Aucust 8.58
September 8 09
October . 7.88
November 7.80
December.. .. at... .. 7.80 /
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COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS.
H&8-9 1899-0 1900-1 1901-8
■Galveston t.rte’’•* 50 • 794 630
New Orleans .. .... .t»MBX L7OO 7.661 1.041
Mobile 8 4 ...... 5
Savannah .... ~233 230 1,755 .
Charleston ...' ... ......... 17 20
Wilmington ........... Vi .•••••
Norfolk 312 28 1,016 223
New York 221 143
Boston 11l 50 579
Philadelphia 2 62 ...y.
Total at all porta... 1,995 2,076 13,049 *3,000
•Estimated.
LTVF/tPQOL COTTON.
By Private wire % Murphy A Co.
The following were jhs ruling prices tn the
exchange today:
Tone, quiet; sales, 8,000: middlings, sd.
Opening. Close.
January and February 4.22
May and June 4.54 4.55
June and July v 4.53
July and August ... 4.51 451
August and September 4.44 4.44
September and October 4.34 4.34
October and November 4.27 4.27
November and December 4.28
December adn January ... ...... 4.24 4.22
Murphy A Co.’a Cotton Latter.
NEW YORK, June 35,-Dqcidedly higher
cables were encouraging features of the
early local cotton market. The Texas
drought was making an impression at
Liverpool, where the illness of the king
was having no effect on the market. New
York opened 5 to 8 points higher on active
speculation. The main question now to be
solved is as to the duration of the Texas
drought. Bulls are not losing their heads
as is usual under severe drought condi
tions. The fact is recognized that actual
damage is anything but widespread and
that the crop is by no means In a critical
condition, though it may be. later on. This
restrains bulls from assuming the aggres
sive and prices are allowed to advance
only as justified by the developments from
day to day. The forecast for Texas was
also for fair weather. Loverpool was buy
ing here but prices receded on profit tak
ing by yesterday's buyers. The fact
that Liverpool will not reopen until Mon
day next was against a broadening mar
ket. Texas was sending a number of poor
crop accounts and gloomy forecasts, but
at the same time came reports of benefit
by rains last week at many not pre
viously heard from! Wall street interests
appear again on bull side. Port receipts
3,000; last year 12.000.
Southern Exchange Cetton Letter.
NEW YORK, June 25 —The feature 6f the
cotton market today was the continuation of
reports from Texas complaining of the un
broken weather conditions prevailing there.
In accordance with the almost general uneasi
ness as to the development of the crop already
rlanted Liverpool was firm at an advance of
to 4 points over last night’s close. There
was, however, a notable falling off In demand
for spots there, the sales—6,ooo bales —were
rather small for a mid-week day. This ts ac
counted for, perhaps, by the illness of King
Edward—as fears or a panicky market, both in
cotton and stocks, are entertained in the event
of any sudden unfavorable developments In
the condition of his majesty.
The predictions for general showers today
seem more likely to be realised than for any
day for the past two weeks. Reports coming
to us indicate cloudy and cooler weather with
prospects of light showers in some sections.
Probably the most noteworthy feature during
the fore part of the week has been the cur
tailment of reporte of damage by the boll
weevil. This Insect seems to have sunk into
oblivion and It Is hoped that they have been
destroyed, for In many Instances where this
bug Is dominating the effect of bls operations
are felt more severely than a few weeks of
dry weather.
The juvenile or rather pessimistic traders
claim that the conditions as reported are noth
ing but extreme exaggerations qf the true
situation and hold out the opinion that we
will witness much lower prices before the
summer is gone. They claim that In every
state except Texas that the crop prospects as
to acreage and growth exdell In every way that
of any previous year. We are not inclined to
take this view, however, and would advlae
purchases on any sharp declines.
Our market was firm with little change.
Fort receipts 3,000, against 12,049 last year.
Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, June 25.—July wheat opened
unchanged to l-8c lower at 74 3-8 to 74 l-4c
on lower cables and on somewhat favor
able weather mapt Threshing returns were
poor and very little stuff was being of
fered from Oklahoma, Kansas, Indian Ter
ritory, Indiana and Illinois because of
doubt of grade. July sold to 741-J and
steadied. Receipts were 203 cars, against
311 last week, for 182 a year ago.
Wheat closed weak %c down, at 73%c, on free
selling.
Both July and September corn opened
l-4(g3-8c higher on higher cables and cold
wet weather in much of the corn belt. Re
ceipts were light and old deliveries were
There was free taking of September
by elevator interests. The July option was
pushed within l-2c of the high price last
week. Gossip had it again that the pack
ing house crowd would try to fight against
the big mill Intrests. This bear crowd is
supposed to be short 20,000 000 bushels of
July and September. July opened at
68 1-8068 l-4c sold at 68 1-2 and steadied at
68 3-Bc. September opened at 60 3-8 to
60 l-2c, dipped to 601-4 and advanced to
60 5-Bc. Receipts were 154 cqrs. 14 of con
tract grade. The good cash demand in
oats in which No. 3 white selling yester
day at 51c buoyed up oats futures at the
opening. July started 1-2 to 3-8 cup at
42 l-4c to 42 l-Bc. Receipts 120 cars. There
was talk of manipulation in this pit simi
lar to that of the May “deal.”
Shorts suffered from the manipulative tactics
of the bulls as the session advanced. July
was pushed to 69e and closed firm %c up, at
6816 c. September closed steady, shade lower,
al provlsionß slumped pretty badly early
in the session. Hogs at the yards were
weaker In general, although some fine
stock brought 7.96. The dip in the hog
market gave a good reason for packers to
depress products and It was said that the
big houses were shifting the load they
have been carrying to the shoulders of the
outside bulls. July pork opened 7 l-2c low
er at $18,32 1-2 and sold-down to $18.25;
September pork 171-2 to 7 l-2c lower at
$18.50 to $18.55, dropped to $18.47 1-2 an ral
lie to $18.521-2. July lar opened unchanged
at $10.671-2 to $10.70, dropped to $10.621-2
and steadied at $10.65; July ribs were not
quoted early. September ribs opened 15c
down at $10.62 1-2 and advanced sc.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
The "following were the ruling quotations on
the floor of the exchange today:
WHEAT— Open High Low Clcee
July 74% 74% 73% 73%
September.. ♦. 72% 72% 71% 71%
December 73% 73% 72% 72%
CORN—
July.. .*. 68% 69 98% 68%
September 60% 60% 69% 60
December 46% 41% 46% 46%
OATS—
July 38 38% 38 38%
September.. .. .. .... 80 30 29% 29%
December 29% 29% 29%
FORK—
July 18.32 18.32 18.12 18.22
September 18.50 18.57 18.40 18.47
January 16.65 16.65 16.47 16.47
LARD—
July 10.62- 10.62 10.57 10.57
September 10.67 10.70 10.60 10.60
January .. .. 9.20 9.25 9.20 .....
SIDES—
July?. 10.70 10.72 10.67 10.70
September.. 10.10.65 10.60 10.60
January .. .. B.SO 8.50 / 8.60 8.50
Chicago Cash Quotations.
CHICAGO, June 26.-Wheat—No. 2. red, 78®
80c; No. 3, red, 77@79c: No. 2, hard, winter,
76®77c; No. 8, hard, winter, 74®75c; No. 1.
northern, spring, 74%®75c; No. 2, northern,
spring, 74c; No. 3, spring, 68©73c.
Corn—No. 2,68 c; No. 3, 62%®68c.
Oats—No. 2, 44%c: No. 3, 43%0.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
Following are the quotations in the Liverpool
grain market today:
WHEAT— Opening Close
July <s 6%d 6s 5%d
CORN—
July.. .. .. .. .. . v 5s 9 d Ss 9 d
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, June 25 Spirits turpentine
firm, 47%; sales, 1.580. Rosin firm, W W $3.60,
W G $146. N $3.40, M $8.06, K $2.55. I $2.06. H
$1.70, G $1.40, F $1.35, E. D. C, B. A $1.25; sales,
1,629. Receipts/ Spirits, 2,348; rosin, 5446.
St. Louie Quotatione. •
ST. LOUIS, June 25.—Wheat—Lower: No.. 2,
cash, elevator, 71c; track. 78%c for old, 72®7Sc
for new; July, 71c; September, 70%c; No. 2,
hard, 74®75c.
Corn—Higher; No. 2, cash. 66%c; track, 65%
®65%c; July, 65%c; September, 56%c.
Oats—Higher; No. 2, cash, 46c; track, 47®
47%c; July, 34%c; September, *2B%c; No. 2,
white, 30®80%0. . < - '
Rye-Firm. 58%c.
Pork—Jobbing, $18.90, new; $18.40, old.
Lard—slo.3o. z
Lead—s 3.97%. <
Spelter—s4.7s. %
Poultry—Steady.
Butter —Steady;, creamery, 17®22%c; dairy,
17g19d.
Eggs—Lower, 14%c loss off.
New York Coffee Market.
Furnished daily by S. Mun Son & Co.
The following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
July ... J..4.50®4.55
September 4.9>'g1.95
December ...5.15@5.20
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, June 25.—Butter—Receipts 1,768
packages; market seady; state dairy, 18©21c;
state creamery, 19®22%c.
Cheese—Receipts 5,329 packages; market
steady; new state full cream, small colored
fancy, 9%c; small white, 9%c; large colored,
9%c; large white. 9%c.
Eggs—Receipts 11,349 packages; market
strong;; southwestern, 16® 17c.
Sugar—Raw quiet; fair refining, 2%c; cen
trifugal 96 test, 3%c; molasses auger, 2%c. Re
fined weak; crushed, $5.15; powdered, $4.75;
granulated, $4.65.
Coffee—Quiet; No. 7 Rio, 5%c.
Molasses—Steady; New Orleans, 33041 c.
Live Stock Market.
CHICAGO, June 25.—Cattle—Receipts 18,000;
strong; poor to medium steers, $4.7608.38; Stock
ers and feeders, $2.5005.00; cows and heifers,
$1.49@6.50; bulls. $2.2503 75; calves, $2.6006.50;
Texas fed steers, $4.0005.00.
Hogs—Receipts today, 37,000; tomorrow, 29,000;
steady; mixed and butchers, $7.8007.80; good
to choice heavy. $7.75@T.95; rough heavy, $7.55@
7.65; light, $7.25@7.50.
Sheep—Receipts 8,000; sheep slow; lambs,
choice steady; good to choice wethers, $4.00®
4.50: fair to choice mixed, $3.5004.25; native
lambs, $4.7506.75; spring lambs, $7.26.
ST. LOUIS, June 25.—Cattle—Receipts 8,500;
strong for Texans; beef steers. $4.8508.00; Stock
ers and feeders, $3.0005.30; cows and heifers,
$2.0006.00; Texans, $2.7606.35.
Hogs—Receipts 3.500; steady; pigs anfl lights.
$7.2007.55; packers, $7.40@7.70; butchers, $7.90®
7.90.
Sheep—Receipts 4,500; slow to lower; sheep,
$3.0003 76; lambs, $4.0006 %.
CINCINNATI. June 26.—Hogs—Dull; higher;
selected butchers, $7.65@7.75; common, $607.10.
Cattle—Dull; fair to good shippers, $5.60@6.00;
common. $2 2603.15.
Sheep—Steady, $1.5004.00.
ATLANTA MARKETts
Cotton.
ATLANTA, June 25.—Middling cotton quiet
at 9c.
Vegetables.
Cabbdge, Florida, 2®2%c per pound: nes»
onions, SI.OO per crate; tomatoes, $1.0001.60;
green beans, $1.0001.25; new Irish potatoes,
$2 5003.50 per barrel; whortleberries, 406 c; cu
cumbers, 75c®$1.00per crate; squash, yellow, 50c
basket.
Country Produce.
Butter—Georgia Jersey, 15020 c; Tennessee
Jersey, 18020 c; Tennessee choice, 14015 c;
Irish potatoes, old crop, $1 per bushel; onions.
$1.2501.50 per bushel; nonev, new crop, strain
ed, 6®70 ped pound; comb, bright, 809 c per
pound: white peas. $1.25 per bushel; stock
peas, $1.0001.10 per bushel; eggs, weak, 13014 c.
Cotton Seed rroducta.
Cotton seed oil steady, 36%®37c per gallon;
cotton seed, sl7 per ton t. o. b station; cotton
seed meal. $24 per ton; cotton seed hulls, bulk.
s6.oj per ton: bale hulls, $7. so n«r ton.
FrulL
Melons, $750150 per car; cantaloupes, sl.oo®
1.25 per crate: lemons, ’choice, demand good,
$4.00®4.50 per box; pineapples, $2.0002.50; ba
nanas, straight, per bunch, $1.5001.76;
culls, $1.0001.26 per bunch; prunes, 6®6c per
pound; currants, 8010 c per pound; pie peaches,
$ lb. $2 60 per crate; table 2 lb„ $2.60; table, 3
lb, $3.00; raisins. sl.so®’ «0 per box.
Live Poultry,
Hens, 33035 c each; fries, large, 20©22%c; me
diums, 14016 c; small, 10®12%c; cocks, 15017%c;
guineas, lici geese, full feathered. 35c; ducks,
puddle, 20c; Pekin ducks, 25c; turkeys, live.
10©llc per pound.
Flan.
Pompano, 12%c; Spanish mackerel, 10c; trout,
salt water, 6%©’c; trout, fsesh water, 7®7%c;
blue fish, 6c; snapper, 6%@7c; bream, 6c; mixed
fish, 6c; Grouper, 4c; mullet, $7.0007.50 per
barrel; market active.
Crackers.
Standard soda, 7c; milk, 7%c XXX cream.
s%c; lemon cream. 9c; cornhills, to: assorted
penny cakes. Ic: assorted jumbles, 10c: lunch
milk, 7%c; XXX soda, <%c; XXX ginger
•naps, 6%c pearl oyster 7c: excelsior, 7%c.
Flour an u Grain.
Pure winter wheat flour—Fancy Diamond
patent, $5.10; first patent, $4.60; straight. $4.10;
extra fancy, $3.95; fancy. $3.85; choice family
■83.0009.06 per barrel; limes, 75c051.00 per 100,
$3.25; family, $3.25; spring wheat flour, first
patent, $5.00; bran, large sacks. $1.20; small
sacks, $120; corn meal, plain, 82c; bolted,
75c; Hudnuts, 92-lb., $1.90. Com—Mixed, 8«c;
white 87c; Texas rust proof oats, 75c; white
Mts. 62c; No. 2 mixed. Me; hay. timothy. No.
1 large bales, $1.19; smell bales. $1.00; No. 1
Wc; Georgia rye, fl. 10; Tonnewee rye, SI.W;
LEARNED MEN TO TALK TO
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
Messrs. Charles W. Smith, president,
and Charles D. McKinney, secretary of
th> DeKalb County Sunday School asso
ciation. are arranging an attractive pro
gram for the meeting in Decatur Presby
terian church for today, June 36. at
9:30 a. m. This will be an all-day meeting,
a basket dinner for all to be furnished by
the Sunday schools of Decatur.
This meeting of the teachers and officers
of the Sunday schools will in no way In
terfere with the annual celebration in
August, but Is arranged for the purpose
of bringing together the teachers and
officers of the Sunday schools and the pas
tors of the churches to hear from talented
men helpful and stimulating addresses on
the aim and purposes of the Sunday
school movement. To this end an attract
ive program will be arranged.
Addresses will be delivered by the fol
lowing well-known men of Atlanta: Dr.
Theron Rice, of thq First Presbyterian
church, on “The Qualifications ot a
Teacher;” Dr. W. W. Landrum, of the
First Baptist church, on“ The Relation of
thb Sunday School to the Family and to
the Community,and W. 8. Witharp, on
“The Model Superintendent.”
Besides these addresses there will be
short discussions of practical subjects/by
our best Sunday school workers.
Professor Henry Edmunds has consent
ed to arrange a special program of music.
The publishing houses of the Baptist,
Methodist and Presbyterian churches will
make exhibits of everything they have in
the way of Sunday school literature, maps,
charts, records and books for libraries and
teachers.
HUSBAND SLAYS BRIDE;
THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF
NEW YORK. June 25.-David S. Burn
side, 24 years of age, residing in Brooklyn,
has shot and killed his wife, Lillian, aged
22 years, in a concert saloon on the Bow
ery, at Coney Island, and then fired a
bullet into his own head, with probably
fatal effect.
The couple had been married two weeks,
but failed to agree, and on Saturday last,
after a final quarrel, the youWg wife left
her home and went to Coney Island.
Bumside succeeded in locating her there
and pleaded with her to return home. She
refused, and the shooting followed.
wobshamThdsen
STATE SENATOR
MONROE COUNTY MAN WILL REP-
RESENT 220 DISTRICT IN THE
NEXT LEGISLATURE.
FORSYTH. Ga., June 26.—The senatorial
convention of the twenty-second district
assembled at Forsyth yesterday. Bibb
county was represented by Messrs.
Roland Ellis. S. A. Crump. P. H. Gam
brell, J. J. Noone, John T. Moore and E.
A. Waxelbaum; Monroe county by Messrs.
O. H. B. Bloodworth, C. J. Zellnw, J. R.
Shannon. J. O. Holmes, J. P. Carson, T.
R. Talmadge, T. H. Phlnlzee and T. Z.
Abercrombie; Pike county was represent
ed by Mr. F. M. Stafford.
Hon. O. H. B. Bloodworth of Monroe
was chosen chairman and Mr. P. H. Gam
brell of Bibb secretary.
Hon. W. A. Worsham of Monroe, waz
unanimously nominated state senator.. By
a vote of 8 to 4 planks favoring the local
option solution of the question
alrd the district primary for the nomina
tion of the next senator were adopted.
The new executive committee is com
posed of Messrs. E. A. Stephens, F. M.
Stafford and J. B. Madden, of Pike; J. H.
Shannon and R. H. Holmes, of Monroe:
C. R. Pendleton and Roland Ellis, of
Bibb.
Pike will furnish the next senator and
in accordance with the time-honored cus
tom is given three members of the execu
tive committee that she may have the
ch&irman of the committee and each
county still have in the committee two
votes exclusive of the chairman.
BY MAN’S CONFESSION
MYSTERY MAY BE SOLVED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.—A sj*rial to The
Examiner from Sedro. Wash., says that a
man confessing to being one of the Nora Fuller
murderers bas surrendered at that place. He
■ays he is John Bennett, for whom the police
have been searching for several months. In an
Interview at> the jail Bennett said he would
make a full confession, which would Impli
cate some of the most prominent men in San 1
Francisco.
“I have letters in my pocket,” says Bennett,
••showing where the real culprits have sent
me money to keep out of the way, but as
these remittances have ceased, it gives me the
excuse to end the awful fear and suspense to
which I have been subjected."
The alleged Bennett answers perfectly to the
description of the supposed murderer.
SLEW MAN HE FEARED;
THEN HE SURRENDERED
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. June 28 —A special to
the Age-Herald from Decatur, Ala., says:*
Dr, J. B| Thomason was shot dead Satur
day by Jasper Hardwick at Cedar Plains,
ten miles from Decatur. Hardwick came to
town later and surrendered to the
sheriff giving as his reason for doing the killing
that Dr. Thomason had sworn, to kill him. and
had been carrying a shot gun. The sheriff al
lowed Hardwick to go on his own recognition.
There is no cause known leading up to the
klMing. Dr. Thomason was a brother of John
A. Thomason, the county coroner and a promi
nent business man of Decatur. Hardwick is
a brother of the county tax collector.
barley, 81.00; victor feed, 81. to per wv pounos;
erang* can* seed $3.00 per bushel; Early juobef
Cain seed. $2.25 per hushe*.
Groce nea.
Coffee—Fancy, $10.80; low grades, 7010 c; Ar
buckle roasted. 810.80; Lion. $9.80. Sugar—Cut
•oaf. 7%0; cubes, 6%c: powdered. »%c; grana,
iated. New York. $5-00; New Orleans, $4.99
extra C, 4%c; refined yellow, sc; New Orleans
clarified. 4%06c. Candy—Assorted stick, per
box. «c: per barrel. 6%c. M»tche»-260e,
$1.1002.00; to, 46®:5C. owing to brand,
Box 13 40: ireg, 202%c. Rice—Fancy head.
sc; head, To. Starch—Pearl, 3%c; lump, to.
Cheese—Fancy full cream, 14c.
Powder—Rifle. $4.06 yer keg; drop shot. SI.M.
Meat, Lard and Hama.
Reg. R . 10%c; half ribs, n%c; rib 8., 11 %c;
tat 8., 9%c; lard, best, 12c; 2d. ll%c; break
fast bacon. 18015 c; hams, 13015 c, according to
brand and average; Cal. H.. io%c.
Bagging and Ties.
2% !b.. per yard, 7%e; 2-lb.. per yard. 1%.
lb /per yard. s%c. Ties, 45-lb.. steel arrow.
Ker bundle, 82-1A
Feathers.
Geese feathers, new, white. 15090 c per Itos
SM feathers, U®26c: duck and goose
mixed. 30040 c; duck feathers, pure white, s6®
40c lb!: duck, colored. 25c lb.: chicken. We.
Nuta.
Mixed nuts, n%c; Brasn nnta. >6®lTe; Eng.
tlsh walnuts. No. 2. i2%c; No. 2k 9%®l«o;
North Carolina peanuta, «%«: hand-picked Vlr
glnla. 4%c; extra fancy Virginia. 6%c; almouda
13014 c; pecans. 110134 c.
Hides and Skins.
Green salted hides, 60 lbs. and up, per lb..
No is B%c, No. 2s 7%c; green salted hides, 40
to 60 lbs. per lb.. No. Is 7%c. No. 2s 6%c; green
salted hides, under 40 lbs., per lb.. No. Is 7c,
No. 2s 6c; dry flint hides, over 16 lbs., per lb..
No. Is 18%c. No. 2s 12%c; dry flint hides, under
16 lbs. per lb.. No. Is 12%c, No. 2s 11 %c; dry
salt hides, over 20 lbs., per lb., No. la ll%c. No.
2s 10%c: dry salt hides under 20 ibe., per lb.. No.
Is 914 c, No. 2s B%c; tallow, in cakes No. Is 5%c,
No. 2s 4%c; tallow in barrels and tubs, per lb..
No 1 6c. No. 2 4c; beeswax, per lb.. 2«c; green
salted horse hides, each, $2.0001.50; green salted
colts’ and ponies' hides, each. 75050 c.
Woodenwarc.
Two-hoop Pina pans per oosea. « 40: $-hoop
Pine palls, per dosen, $1.68; 8-hoop brass Bound
pails. White cedar, $2.78; 8-hoop brass bound
palls, red cedar, $6.50; shoe brushes, 85c to $4;
brooms, from $2.25 to $4 to; clothes pins, per
box of 5 gross. 75c; washboards, from 85c ts
$3.00; pine tubs. 8 in nest, per nest, $2.60; gal
vanised tube, 4 in neet. per nest. $2.40; bread
trays, from $2.00 to $4.50 per dosen; wood-rim
sieves, per dozen, 90c; axe handles, 60c to $1.25
per dosen; No. 1 chimneys, per case ot 6 dosen.
82.10;' No. 2 lamp chimneys, per case ot «
dosen, $3.00; No. 1 pearl top chimneys per case
of 6 dozen, $4.50; No. 2 pearl top chimneys, per
case of « dcseo.
JUST LIKE HYENAS,
SO BALL DECLARES
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN SEVERELY
ARRAIGNS REPUBLICAN PARTY
FOR ALLEGED HYPOCRISY.
WASHINGTON. June 26 —Routine busi
ness was transacted in the house yester
day prior to the resumption of th® de
bate upon the Filipino civil government
bill. Bills were passed; to appropriate
$3,000 annually for the support and main
tenance of the permanent International
commission of \flie congress of naviga
tion; to authorize the director of census
to compile statistics regarding irriga
tion.
Mr. Ball, of Texas, the first speaker on
Philippine civil government bill yesterday
made a general onslaught upon the Re
publican policy. Taking Pecksniff as his
text he charged the president and admin
istration with hypocrisy. If the president
would dissolve the firm of “Haveroeyer,
Root, Wood, Thurber and Company” and
strike a blow at the sugar trust by agree
ing to accept the house Cuban reciprocity
bill, he said, the bill would pass th® sen
ate by the aid of a solid Deenocratic vote
in 24 hours. The responsibility for the
failure to do our duty to Cuba, he insist
ed, rested on the president. Turning to
the question of trusts he also charged
the administration with hypocrisy upon
that subject.
“What 1s your remedy for trusts," ask
ed Mr. Littlefield, of Maine.
"To place all trust-made products on
the free list,” responded Mr. Ball. "To
deny to the trusts the power of Inter
state transportation and the use of the
mails and to inaugurate an administra
tion which will resort to penal statutes
and not injunctions in the prosecution of
trusts." (Democratic applause.)
Just Like Hyenas.
In charging the Democrats with assail
ing the army in the Philippines, Mr. Ball
charged that the Republicans were hypo
critical. “Like hyenas,” said he, "you go
down into the grave to slander the armies
of the south and of the north to try to
make the American believe the soldiers of
both armies were guilty of the sort of
atrocities that occurred in the Philip
pines. I denounce your statements as cal
umnies and slanders upon both armies."
(Democratic applause.)
Mr. Landis, of Indiana, who followed
Mr. Ball, made an earnest speech in sup
port of the policy of retaining the Phil
ippine islands.
Mr. Landis engaged in a sharp pasaage
with Mr. Clark, of Missouri. He described
Mr. Clark, after war was declared, as
charging up and down the aisle boasting
that the Democrats had taken the Repub
lican party by the neck and dragged it in
to war.
“That's what we did,” shouted Mr.
Clark.
“A 1 then when the war came with Ita
problems, consequences and responsibil
ities." flashed back Mr. Landis, “you
turned your backs and ran away.” A tre
mendous burst of applause greeted thia
reply.
For fully a minute it continued un
checked by the presiding officer.
“There was not a word of truth in that
statetnent.” retorted Mr. Clark, when the
applause died away.
They Are Still Running.
“And that Is not all.” returned Mr. Lan
dis, “they not only turned their backs and
ran away, hut they are running yet."
(Renewed republican applauae.)
“That statement is not true, either,”
cried Mr. Clark.
When Mr. Landis referred to Mr. Clark's
former criticism of Grover Cleveland the
Missouri member corrected him and de
clared "the second administration of Gro
ver Cleveland was the greatest calamity
that has ever befallen the human race
since the fall of Adam."
“Did you not vote for hlmT" queried Mr.
Landis.
"Yes," responded Mr. Clark, amid great
laughter, "and that is one thing I expect
to pray Almighty God to give me absolu
tion for on the day of judgment.”
Mr. Landis gave a description of the
Missouri delegation and Mr. Clark singing
“Grover, Grover, four more years for
Grover, and then we’ll be in clover.”
'‘Recent events had shown,” he said,
"that the democratic managers were look
ing for a new leader- Who was it to be?"
* ‘The peerless leader apparently was
about to move from a $5,000 to a $25,000
house and retire from pqblic life.
Four Years of Grover.
"It looks very much,” asserted Mr.
Landis, “as though Grover Cleveland will
be the man and if he Is the gentleman
from Missouri again will be heard in the
chorus: \
. “Grover, Grover, four years more of .
Grover.”
Mr. Landis paid a glowing tribute to the
bravery and heroism of General Funston.
In the m’d® l <>* it While he was describ
ing Funston swimming a river during
the expedition which resulted in the cap
ture of Agulnaldo, Mr. Sulzer, of New
York, raised a general laugh by exclaim
ing:
“Funston can’t swim.”
Mr. lAindls concluded, with an eloquent
peroration in which he declared that it
was his belief that the Anglo-Saxon race
was destined ultimately to rule and tri
umph throughout the length and breadth
of the world.
He was given a most flattering ovation
when he took his seat. Members thronged
the aisle near him and congratulated him.
MAYBELLE M’CRApY INSANE
DECLARES ORDINARY’S JURY
Maybelle McCrary, tne unfortunate
young woman, %ho recently attempted
suicide at first by drowning and later by
trying to cut her throa., was Tuesday
trlqd and declared to be insane by a
jury in the ordinary’s court. Less than a
week ago she tried to drown herself in
Proctor's creek, near the city dumping
grounds. She was carried home and the
very next day was arrested at Grant park,
wandering around in an aimless fashion.
She had previously been found in the
woods near Kirkwood, where she had re
mained all night. x
At police headquarters she attempted to
kill herself with a knife that she had
managed to conceal. Afterwards she be
came violent and tore off all her clothing.
Since being sent to the Tower she has
had to be dressed three times, having each
time torn’Sito rags the clothes placed on
her.
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
AFTER BEING WHIPPED
EI PASO. Tex., June 23.—Juan Micaba,
a full blood Pueblo Indian residing near
Las Cruces, N. M. committed suicide be
cause he was whipped by his mother-in
law. Micaba had a quarrel with his wife
and whipped her. He was in turn whipped
by his mother-in-law. Unable to bear up
under the indignity, he secured a six
shooter and blew out his brains.
This is the first suicide ever reported
among the Acoma Pueblos, and the tribes
men attribute it to the education received
by Micaba at the government schools.
STREeFrAILWAY MEN
GET 10 PER CENT RAISf
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 25.—The Bir
mingham Railway. Light and Power com
pany has increased the wages of conduc
tors and motormen 10 per cent. This is the
second increase of 10 per cent made in
the past eight months. The company
operates all the lines in the city and aw*
burba. —*
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