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VOL. IX CRUISER AND GUNBOAT AND 700 MARINES ARE ORDERED TO N1 CARA G UA MIS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERIGAHS’DEATH Secretary Knox, in Ultimatum to | Nicaraguan Government, Gives » Fullest Play to Monroe Doctrine. Central America Must Behave. DIPLOMATS SAY NOTE IS AN EPOCHAL ONE It Is One of the Most Scathing Documents Ever Issued From State Department—lnsurgents Delighted, Others Gloomy. WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Toe most aggressive step yft taken by the United States tooktng toward the pro tection of American Ilves and Amerl- , ran interests tn Nicaragua, was exe-1 ruled today when the protected cruiserl Albany and the gunboat Yorktown were; ordered to proceed at full speed from Magdalena Bay to Corinto, on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. The gun boat Vicksburg already is riding the! waters in the harbor at Corinto and the gunboat Princeton is on her way from Bremerton navy yard. Washing ton. for the same port. In addition, the transport Buffalo, ac cording to what is said to be plans of the officials, will sail from Panama to < Corinto with probably as many as 1,100 marines aboard soon afffcr the Prairie, which is under orders to leave Phila delphia this afternoon with about 700 marines. Arrives at Colon. The concentration of the four warships, together with the Buffalo, with all her ma rises at Corinto, is taken to indicate the determination of the officials here to meet any eall on them for the pro tection of American citizens. On the Al bany are about 290 blue Jackets and on Fie Vicksburg, Yorktown and Princeton about 150 each. These, together with the marines would make an army equal to any organization reported as serving un der Zelaya At the same tune the United States will have a formidable force with in striking distance of the Atlantic Coast in mm •< danger .to American lives or ~ property In that section of the Nicaragua. . At Port Limon. Costa Rica, are anchored the cruisers Des Moines and Tacoma. Ogch With 2® men aboard, and the gun- * boat Marietta with 1® men. , PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2 When the of ficers. bluejackets and marines who are about to sail south on the transport Prairie read today the interesting letter of Secretary of State Knox, most of them declared that they probably would eat their Christmas dinner in or about Nica ragua. While the marines are ostensibly sched- j uled to leave for the Panama canal zone i to relieve marines now on duty there, the i men at the yard here feel sure that the , UtVet turn in the Nicaragua situation dis- I pels any doubt about the ultimate destina tion of the Prairie. Ail are In high spir its and eager to get away. Besides taking south the 4i>n marines, the Prairie will carry two field pieces. * rounds of ammunition and tents ai.d other equipment for the 700 men. NO OFFENSIVE MOVE. It Is not believed to be the intention of the authorities to land marines on Nic-I araguan soil or to make any other war-* like demonstration against that country! for the present, at least, unless some hos tile act on the part of the Zelayan gov ernment directed against Americans or Americau Interests should make that step necessary. The government is In a position to seize Corinto or to take other offensive action should the situation seem to warrant and should such a step be found necessary it will be prompt and decisive. Informa- I Hon received at the state department ■ during the last few days indicates that; the Zelayan army, as well as the Zelayan government is disintegrating. The revo lutionists under Estrada are receiving• constant accessions and arms and am- i munition are being landed in quantities even beyond their needs. Thus the United States, it Is said, can well afford to await developments, ewpe cia’ly as It would not lose any of its pres • tige or sacrifice any advantage in the matter of Indemnity for the killing of • Cannon and Groce. Newspaper men who visited the Nica raguan legation last night were permitted no doubt that Secretary Knox's ultima-* turn had fallen upon the complacency of. Senor Rodrigues, the charge d’affaires, when It dismissed with profound effect. ' B>-nor Rordiguez in person met the visit ors at the door and his protestations of amazement at the action of the state de pnrtment were delivered In a torrent of mingled English and Spanish. Tliere were no developments at the| state department this morning regarding Nicaraguan affairs. Although Secretary I Knox, in his note last night, intimated |h«» he would be wi’ling to see Mr. Rod n.,aez. the NicaragAan charge unofficial-, ly. the permission has not yet been taken . advantage of and Mr. Rodrigues’ inten-. tiohs are not known. Having broken off diplomatic relations with Nicaragua it is understood to be the’ government’s preaent purpose to main- . tain a position of watchfulness and pre-' pa redness. Zelaya Is Outlawed bv Knox’s Ultimatum WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—There Is re joicing today in the ranks of the Nic araguan insurrectionary party and cor responding gloom among those who have been friends of President Zclayn. ■ The cause Is the ultimatum handed down, by the United States to the Nic- I araguan government and is contained | in the note which accompanied the I passports delivered by Secretary of i State Knox to Felipe Rodrigues, charge d'affaires of the Nicaraguan legation The strengtrr of the note and its per-’ zonal tone are the subjects of much comment in diplomatic circles. It is Continued on Page . . . MHanfei SmUWa Sfo nrnal MOB STONES NON- UNION MEN INS WITCHING CRE WS ATLANTA WILL GET FARMERS’ COLLEGE TO COS WOO,OOO Charles S. Barrett, National Presi dent Farmers' Union, Discusses Definite Plans for Mammoth . School for Boys. SECRETARY WILSON INDORSES MOVEMENT College Will Be National in Scope and Means the Purchase of 1,000 Acres of Land in Fulton County. ’•When the Agnes Scott fund is com plete, as 1 am sure it will be, I am going to return to Atlanta and inaugurate for mally the movement for the establish ment in Fulton county of a mammoth college for the Instruction of farmers’ boys. It, too, will be a mlllion-dollar in- I st 1 tut ion.'* This was the expression of Charles S. Barrett, national president of the Farm ers’ union, when he passed through At lanta Monday afternoon en route from Indiana to Mississippi, wher at Jackson on Wednesday he will attend a meeting of the state organization of the Farm ers union. President Barrett installed a state organization of the union at Washington. Ind., with a membership of 12.500 last week. BARRETT INTERESTED. President Barrett is much in earnest about a farmers’ college for Atlanta— a farmers’ institution embodying many of the good points of the state agricul tural college at Athens and the district agricultural schools, but going them all several steps farther. The state institu tions ere good. President Barrett con cedes. but they lack something that is imperative for the proper instruction of I the farmers—and the farmers’ college at Atlanta is going to supply the lacking •something." t •The details qf the farmers’ college will be worked out upon my'return from ' Mississippi.” said. President Barrett, "and all that I care to say now is that •leadership’ will be a central idea. We propose to teach the farmers how to lead." President Barrett has discussed the plans of the proposed college with Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson and Dem onstrator Knapp, of the department of I agriculture, and they are enthusiastic in I their praise of the project. Mr. Knapp Ihaa written a letter tn which he says that President Barrett will accomplish ■ more for the farmers of the United States than has ever before been accom plished if he succeeds in this new un dertaking. Mr. Barrett’s success with I the Farmers’ union is a guarantee of the success of “this new undertaking.’’ WILL BE NATIONAL The college it n<# to be a local institu tion. It will be national in every respect, i it will bring students from every state I In the union, and it will be. President ! Barrett is confident, the largest insti tution in the whole south within a short time after it begins business. President Barrett does not propose that the state shall have a hand in the col lege. The farmers of the country will 1 build and support it. The 3,000,000 mem bers of the Farmers' union are pledged to the college. “Our college will be in operation within ‘ six months," confidently stated President ■ Barrett Monday afternoon. "Os course ' all of the buildings will not be completed. ! but the institution will have been launched, and its permanent growth will S have begun. We are not worried about ■ the finances. We can raise the money , with little trouble. “It is our Idea to begin business with 1.000 acres of timber land, if possible, a college building and a mess hall. The studenta will be expected to erfct their own sleeping quarters from the timber on the land—and they will do It, too.” NEGRO PREACHER BURNED ft! STAKE I John Harvard Shot and Fatally Wounded Will D. Booth, Whom He Claimed Had Frightened His Mules With An Automobile. (By Associated Press, i ■ COCHRAN. Ga.. Dec. 2.—For shooting ' and fatally injuring Will D. Booth, late Tuesday afternoon. John Harvard, a ne- * gro preacher, was captured by a mob of enraged citizens five miles from here Tuesday nigh’ at 10 o'clock and burned at the stake. Immediately after catching the negro, a carload of light wood was hauled to the scene and placed around the negro. When this was ignited the negro's body was burned to a crisp. The trouble between the negro preacher and Booth, who is a well-known man of | Hawkinsville, occurred on the road near j here. Booth, in his automobile, drove ' up behind the negro preacher, who was 'in a wagon. The negro charged that Booth's car had frightened his mules, and following a quarrel pumped several bul lets into the white man. Though badly Injured Booth returned the tire. MADE HIS ESCAPE. Two bullets lodged in Harvard's body, but as neither struck vital spots he aas tained With Difficulty—Orien- Passenger Schedules Are Main- SUB top section strike head .... tai Goods. Destined for East, Held Up in Washington. ■ , ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO MAKE UP TRAINS Montana Smelter Is Partially Closed, and Hundreds of Enter prises Cannot Continue—Meat Famine Threatened. (By Associated Press.) DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 2.—A mob is stoning the non-union switching crews. The police have been called upon. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 3.—With the im portation of strike-breakers from Chi cago and other points and the pressing into service of other employes of the toads, the railways of the northwest that I were affected by the strike of the Swltch men's Union of North America, which j went into effect Tuesday evening, began I the first real work today of trying to restore normal traffic conditions between here and the Pacific cosst. ' For the first time since the strike was. called the local warehouses were open - today, and the roads accepted limited ■ freight shipments to points in Dakota ;and Montana. Despite the efforts of the (railroads, there was no noticeable Im -1 provement in business conditions in the •twin cities this morning. In Minneapolis ' all of the flour mills, except one of the s mailer ones, were stopped and the cessa ‘tion of the industry threw 5,600 men out of employment. GREAT LOSS TO THE MILLS. i It is stated that the millmen will lose $75,000 a week in wages while the mills I are closed, and that the loss of business (to the milling concerns wiU amount to $700,000 a day. ( According to reports received from | throughout the strike zone the continua ’ tion of present conditions will soon re ' suit in hardship and even in suffer ing. At the head of the lakes a con- > tinuatton for a few more days of the I present congestion will force 10,000 men ‘ out of employment. Reports were in circulation this morn ling to the effect shat the entire Broth ’ erhood of Railroad Trainmen would be ’called out in the affected territory, but ‘ reports could not be traced to an i authentic source. The switchmen ap peared to be satisfied with the present situation, however. Pacific Northwest Tied Up SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 2.—The switchmen’s strike lias assumed a more ’ serious aspect in the raciflc northwest. ' Freight shipments are practically tied up. I Passenger schedules are being maintained ' with difficulty. | The arrival of the Great Northern | liner Minnesota at Port Townsend late last night with 34,000 tons of freight val ued at $600,000, much of ft destined for quick transportation to the east, has giv ien added cause for apprehension. In ; the shipment are 1,277 bales of raw silk ; for New York and 900 tons of other Ori ental freight for other eastern cities. Last night, after 24 hours of idleness, attempts were made to dispatch freight o\ er the Northern Pacific railway. Four trains were made up by new assistant I trainmasters and superintendents and I started. On the Great. Northern there has been nc movement of freight, although the of ficials expect to get out a few trains to day. Situation Acute in Montana HELENA, Mont.. Dec. 2.—The switch men's strike on the Northwestern rail roads has resulted in the partial closing of the Boston and Montana smelter, with I 1.200 employes, and a continuation of the I tie-up for another 24 hours will empty ; the furnaces at the Great Falls plant. i The other great smelters of the stats are in a better position. The strike has not I affected the Butte. Anaconda and Pacific j railroad, which hauls the ore from Butte fa the Washoe smelter at Anaconda and the American Smelting and Refining com pany’s plant at Helena besides having a month’s supply of ore, coal and coke on hand, lias its own yards and its own switchmen. There are hundreds of enterprises in the state employing thousands of men that cannot continue their operations for more than a week without railroads. Traffic isolation for more than four or five days will mean a meat famine In Butte. Idleness Menaces Duluth DULUTH, Dec. 2.—ls the switchmen’s strike is not settled within 48 hours, probably 5,600 men will be idle in Du luth. The range cities, which get all j their supplies from the head of the lakes, will be in Imminent danger of a foed and coal famine. Duluth also will suffer from a shortage of food supplies. Food supplies will probably be sent to I the rangAz by express. ASKS FOR A DIVORCE: SHE WAS CHOKED Mrs. Lillie P. Williams, of Atlanta, has filed suit for total divorce against her husband. John Williams, through Attor neys Moore & Branch, making the usual allegations of beating, choking, striking, and other cruel treatment. I able to make hts escape. He was cap tured in a barn three miles from the scene of the shooting, where he was tracked by enraged citizens. He showed fight, but was so severely injured tiiat his resistance was easily overcome. Upon being captured, the negro admit ted the shooting, but claimed that he was justified. He was given an opportunity to pray before being bound to the stake with chains. After the burning, Bootli was brought here for medical attention. Three bul lets lodged in his abdomen and the sur geons gave out a statement today that there was little hope for his recovery. He has a wife and several children in Hawkinsville. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1909 I "HERE’S WHERE YOU GET OFF" DIES 50DDE LT ft! —t — / Prof. James T. Saunders, Promi nent Educator, Succumbs to Heart Trouble When Told He Lost in Tuesday’s Primary. FITZGERALD, Ga..' Dec. 2.—The ctly was startled tills morning ovei the sud den death of Prof. James T. Saunders, secretary of the board of education, and who far years has been a leading figure in educational work and who was princi pal of the first school established in the city. Mr. Saunders was candidate for mem ber of school board in Tuesday’s primary, but was defeated by Judge D. B. Jay. Friends of the deceased state that his defeat was direct cause of his death. He had suffered with heart trouble for sev eral years, and news that he had been defeated was a shock greater than heart could stand. « He is survived by a wife, two sons and two daughters. U. S. GOES FURTHER INTO SUGAR FRAUD NEW YORK. Dec. 2.—On top of the mass of detailed evidence already pre sented in an effort to convict six for mer employes of the American Sugar Re lining company of underweighing, the government today offered further testi mony of alleged crooked work on the Williamsburg sugar docks. At best the trial is expected to require two weeks, but Judge Martin is evidenc ing a 'disposition to hurry the proceed ings as much as possible. The court con sistently frowns upon tactics that kill time, end today announced that longer sessions would be held. From showing the extent of the de frauding process, which one witness esti mated to have proceeded at the rate ot nearly $4,000 a week, the prosecution to day worked further Into the personalities of the case, and attempted to establish direct connection between the cheating scales and the men on trial. STATE LEGISLMOR DIES' HI EATONTON Capt. A. S. Reid, Representative From Putnam County, Passed Away at His Home Thursday, Fgllowing Long Political Careei- (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) EATONTON, Ga., Dec. 2. _apt. Alex ander Sidney Reid, Putnam's representa tive in the present state legislature, died Thursday morning at 9 o’clock at his home in this city. Captain Reid has been twice elected without opposition, was universally pop ular in Putnam and among his colleagues in the house. Any office within the gm of Putnam was ills for the asking, and the city and county are deeply grieved over his death. He was a brave Con federate and alwnys a loyal southerner. Until one month ago Captain Reid was a perfect specimen of physical manhood, lie is survived by his wife and one daugh ter. Mrs. Rogers Davis, of Atlanta. Fu neral occurs here Friday. Planter Commits Suicide COLUMBUS. Ga. Dec. 2.—Tom Hill, aged 40. prominent farmer of Merriwe’h er county, shot himself this morning at home near Bullochville, death being in stantaneous. FIGHT TO BE HELD IN ’FRISCO NEXT JULY (By Associated Prssa.) . NEW. YORKoDei'. fo-T*ie» wurld-s ehampioruihip tight between Jaines J. Jet - fries ana Jack Johnson will be held in San Francisco before a club organized by "Tex” Rickard, of Ely, Nev., and Jack Gleason, probably on July 4. 1910. The bid made Rickard and Gleason of a purse of SIOI,OOO and the contestants to take 66 2-3 per cent of the moving picture receipts, was accepted by repre sentatives of Johnson and Jeffries this afternoon. PRETTY A tL AN TA WOMAN HANDCUFFED AND BEA TEN BY OFFICER OF THE LAW? Judge, lawyers and Jury who listened to the story of cruelty and chains sworn to by pretty Mrs, M. A. Perkins, on the witness stand in Judge Calhoun’s crim inal court Thursday morning, may have Imagined they had been transported back from the 20th century into the tor ture chamber of some bloody-historied mediaeval castle, so harrowing a tale did she unfold in her prosecution against Bailiff B. Parker, of Justice A. A. Owens’ court. In Justice to Bailiff Parker, it must be recorded before going further, that he flatly denies that he struck Mrs. Perkins, and declares he handcuffed her only to prevent her from doing him violence. But Mrs. Perkins says Parker came to her residence at 2 Warren place, to levy on some household goods, including a sewing machine. She says he began curs ing her before he crossed the doorsill. She admits that she objected to the officer taking away a certain sewing machine, and refused to let him have it. Thereupon, she declared on the witness stand, Parker took her by the throat in a strangling grip and dragged her out of the room where the sewing machine stood, roughly pushed her into an adja cent room alone, chained her wrists to gether with a pair of handcuffs and then taking hold of the short chain between the manacles jerked her around until the tight steel bands cut into her flesh aniL drew blood, finally throwing her on j a bed, stm handcuffed, putting his knee 1 upon her body, and striking her about the ; face and breast. Anally shoving a pistol between her eyes and cursing her. and de claring that if she made any more dis turbance he would blow her brains out. All these things Mrs. Perkins swore to, with dramatic and hair-raising embellish ments. Bailiff Parker took the stand in his own defense, indignantly denying all the » Look Out for Solicitors who are taking subscriptions to The Semi-Weekly Journal. We would like to find— MARION DURST. F. M. DOWNS. This last man claims to live in Lawrenceville. Ga. Any information as to their whereabouts will be appreciated by us. THE SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. • / The successful bid provides that fight shall take place in- California, Utah oF Nevada on a date to be set later, but It was stated that without doubt the mill would take place in San Francisco, In view of the fact that James Coffroth, manager of the Mission Athletic club, of Colma, Col., controls certain patents on moving pictures, it was thought that Rickard Xi Gleason would enter Into some arrangement with him whereby they could have the fight, take place in the Colma arena. ’charges of cruelty and declaring that ho acted only as a conscientious officer of the law. He said he went to levy on the property, as stated, but that as soon as he reached | the house Mrs. Perkins be gan to make all sorts of unreasonable objections. Finding her words of no avail, says Bailiff Parker, Mrs. Perkins told him she would kill him before she’d let him take that sewing machine away. He went ahead to do his duty, he says, when Mrs. Perkins picked up a toy en gine and train of cars, from the floor, and hurled It straight at bls head. It was heavy and might have killed him if he hadn't dodged, he addedf Then she picked up a chair, according to his statement, and trtea to knock him in the head. Then'he grabbed her by the wrists, lie declared, and held her while two white draymen who had come with him took the sewing machine out. But meanwhile she had become more violent, he said, and he was forced to handcuff her by one wrist to hold her, he stated. He denied that he beat her at all or that he pointed a pistol at lier. His statement regarding Mrs. Perkins' violence was largely corroborated by his two companions. Other people In the house telephoned for a city policeman. It seems, and when this officer arrived he found Parker hold ing Mrs. Perkins handcuffed by one wrist and the disturbance ended. This officer said he didn't interfere because as he un derstood it, Parker was an officer acting within the law. Parent Returns After 20 Years CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Henry Deplidge, for 24 years separated from his children and supposed by the n to be dead, walked into the house of one of his daughters In Chicago Saturday night, and yesterday there was a family reunion In which four generations were represented. WILL DR. BIGHAM QUIT CONFERENCE AKDCHMHDRK?| Latest Rumors Situ ation Indicate iWt Dr. Bigham Will Ask to Withdraw at Once. SAYS HE HAS NOT YET HEARD FROM BISHOP Dr. Bigham Is Still in Atlanta and Is Stopping at the Kimball, Where He Denies Himself to Callers. Since Rev. R. J. Bigham’s refusal to || return to hts former Newnan charge, de- « spite the orders of Bishop Hendrix, be cause known on Wednesday and publish ed in the press, the Methodists of Geor gia have been anxiously awaiting the next development in this very unusual case. Thursday brought no definite new de velopment to the situation. No word, so far as the public knows, has been re ceived from Bishop Hendrix sines the dispatch of Rev. Mr. Bigham's telegraph- « 1c refusal to return to Newnan and bls request for another appointment. Rev, Mr. Bigham himself denies having heard from the bishop, who he says is now somewhere on his way from Searcy, Ark., to another point. On excellent authority it Is rumored that tiie next happening tn this series of startling events in Methodist history wilt be the withdrawal of Rev. Mr. IJigham from the Methodist conference. This, It ■* is said, would mean in effect the complete withdrawal of that pastor from the min- Istry. By the concurrent voice of theee same authorities it is stated that unless Rev. .Mr. Bigham announces his decision to <?■ take this step, the probability is large that charges will be drawn against for trial at the next conference. . | Under the regulations governing the conference, any member of that body J has the privilege of withdrawing un less there be charges pending against * him. In the latter event, the request for J withdrawal is not to be granted, and trial ;> of the charges can be insisted upon, and conducted at the next annual session of the conference. Rev. Mr. Bigham, whose orders from the bishop now direct that he assume M charge of the First Methodist church Newnan, is still in Atlanta at the New Kimball. He arrived in the city Wednea- 1 day morning, and spent the night in his sj room at the hotel. Efforts made to him Thursday morning were met witii the information that lie was not in hi* room, and all attempts 4s -see-Mm were*- unsuccessful till noon, when he received a Journal representative In his room. He stated then that he had nothing tu say for publication. It is vouchsafed by prominent Meth odists of Atlanta that Rev. Mr. Bighanf, by his published statement of Wednes day in which he refused to obey the bish op's latest order and delivered his ulti matum to that prelate, has placed him- , self in a position that will at least rs quire him to show cause at the next con ference. — BLOODHOUNDS IN AUTO * WHIZZED TO SCENE “Dan” Lyle, of College Park, as Usual, Offered County Po lice Timely Aid t Two long-eared, deep-chested blood hounds which are the pride of the county ■ police and the terror of all fugitives - from justice in tills section of Georgia, went on a joy ride Tuesday night, out .. | the Campbellton road, ’in "Dan” Lyle’s ■ big high-power car at a speed which m broke all regulations, and possibly a few records as well. One county officer on horseback, who saw the whizzing demon approach at a 60-mile clip, raised his club to warn the d. driver, but when, instead of the custom ary honk-honk of the horn he heard the , ’j deep baying of the man-hunters, he back ed out of the road, for he knew, to use J his own expression, that "H—l had broke loose somewhere.” The dogs were being carried out to be r put on the trail of Ben Merriweather. the negro desperado who had tried tc • 3 murder a wh’te family in the ton road neighborhood. But before the . dogs got there, the negro had already ® been shot and captured by Officer J. C | Oliver. Chief Rowan deciares that Mr. Lyle . .7 has been of inestimable service on pre vious occasions by tendering his ma chine for these exciting chases. PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO STATE MINING LAWS SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Nov. 29.—Follow ing are the amendments proposed to the state mining laws as a result of the Cherry disaster: Fire fighting apparatus and water in the mine; concrete construction of the underground stables, and flreprooof tim- 1 befllng at the botttom of the shafts. These amendments were announced to day at a conference betweeen Governor Deneeen Richard Newsom, president - of the Illlinois Mining Investigation g Board. The governor proposes to use the amendments for a basis for recommen dations to the coming special session of the legislature. GOMPERS’ SENTENCE STAYED BY COURT ?’ WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.—The court of appeals of the District of Columbia to- ’ day granted the petition of Samuel Oom- .’ .j pers. John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor,- irt the contempt »ease against them, for a ’ v-fi stay of execution of the mandate of thd. court sending them to Jail. The mandate is stayed indefinitely,. .’.3 pending appeal to the supreme court of . the United States. FIRST IFrA WBERRTESARE MARKETED AT HOUSTON HOUSTON. Tex.. Nov. :0.-he firot strawberries of this season were ma”- « keted here todaj’. The price paid wns ’J <1 per quart. The shipment was received f rom Aldine. Harris county. It is fearod g the extreme dry weather which has pre- i vailed will shorten the berry crop >f southern Texas. NO. 23.
