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The Jones News.
VOL. X.
RUSSIA LOSES AGAIN
Sanguinary Conflict Takes
Place on Korean Soil,
ANOTHER BOAT BLOWN UP
Submarine Mine, Accidentally Struck
at Port Arthur, Does Disastrous
Work—Casualties of Land Bat¬
tle Not Made Known.
The London Times reports a bloody
battle near Anju. No details are giv¬
en. The Japanese now hold Anju.
The Chronicle reports that a Japan¬
ese reeonnoitering party of 200 In the
Ping Yang road ambushed 800 Rus¬
sians. The Russians suffered heavily.
~ here
are no details.
Russians Lose Another Vessel.
Another Russian war vessel and
crew have been hurled to destruction
by a mine at Port Arthur, says an As
soeiated Press dispatch from Che Foo
Wednesday as the torpedo boat da
stroyer Skorri was entering the harbor,
she struck an unplaced mine- An ex
plosion followed instantly and the
boat was literally blown to pieces. The
boat carried a crew of 33 men, of
whom only four escaped, and they
were badly wounded. The men who
lost their lives were literally torn to
pieces. It is said that the harbor is
full of floating mines which have been
displaced by the repeated attacks of
the Japanese, and that Russian war
ships are forced to move with the
greatest caution to avoid being de¬
stroyed.
Russian Headquarters Selected.
A St. Petersburg special says: The
first headquarters of the Manchurian
army after General Kuropat kin’s ar
rival will be at Liao-Yang. The gen
oral selected that point instead of
Mukden from whence to direct the op¬
erations. Liao-Yang is ten miles west
cf the railroad, being connected with
the main road with a special line,
which will be completed by the time
General Kuropatkin arrives. It has
# ny advantages over Mukden, being
oint whence both tne telegraph
and the Pekin road go to the Yalu
river.
While the Russians are mobilizing
for the purpose of working out an
offensive military problem, they will
he prepared to move heavy forces in
any direction to meet the Japanese,
whose command of the sea gives them
great freedom in selecting their points
of attack. If the Japanese land in
force on the coast c£ northern Korea,
General Kuropatkin will move his
quarters farther north, along the rail-
road. If there is fighting along the
Yalu, which now seems probable, he
will go forward to Feng-Hun-Cheng.
Great preparations are being taken
to guard against surprises. The Jap-
anese always have, shown a preference
for night attacks, and most rigorous
orders have been issued to keep up a
continuous advance of scouting parties
and to have heavy pickets out at
night. General Kuropatkin is now
near Omsk, Siberia. He is making
fast time, averaging over 632 niile3
per day, everything being sidetracked
to get him to Mukden by March 26,
the only stops, except to change en¬
gines, being occasionally to inspect
passing troop trains.
THE FEAR OF ABSORPTION
Leads South American Republics to
Form a Defensive Allianee.
/wuispatch from New Orleans to
T Jfchicago ^Rording Tribune mail advicee says: just
to re¬
ceived an alliance has been formed by
Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Chiie and
Bolivia, to guard against absorption by
the United States.
The belief, it is declared, prevails
throughout Brazil and Argentina, that
in the event of a revolution in either
republic, President Roosevelt will in-
tervene and recognize the revoluton-
ists, thus paving the way for annexa¬
tion.
IFOR UNIFORM INSURANCE RATES.
[Report that All Fire Companies Have
Agreed to Combination.
It is reported that the national
board of fire insurance underwriters,
lat a meeting held in New York Wed¬
nesday, came to an agreement with a
(committee of twenty representing in¬
BunHjee companies by which all fire
Insurance companies in tnis country
id all foreign companies represented
lere will form a combination. Uniform
•ates are to be fixed for the same
;lass of risks in all cities.
TO PREPARE MUSTER ROLLS.
is Made to Newly Created
Office in Virginia.
I Major RoBert W. Hunter, of Win-
ihester, Va., has been named by the
[overnor as secretary newly of created Virginia office, mili¬
ary records, a
the duties of the appointee will be to
ppy, for preservation, in permanent
trm, the muster rolls cf the confeder-
|e soldiers, now on file in the war
Ipsrtment at Washington.
^
Cream of News.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
—The court house fight was ended
in Worth county, Ga., Wednesday,
when the propos tlon to move the
county site from Isabella to Sylvester
was carried by a vote of 2,126 to 420.
—Colonel L. W. Ck.jckenboss, of the
Third Mississippi regimenl of infantry,
who has attracted much attention by
his refusal to resign, pending charges
of embezzlement, has finally tendered
his commission to Governor Varda¬
nian.
—Owing to trouble with employees
in the open hearth department, the
steel mill at Ensley, Ala., is closed
down. The management is taking ad
vantage of the shut down to make
needed repairs.
—Before the senate committee Wed¬
nesday, Senator Dietrich introduced
witnesses who swore that, so far as
they knew, the senator had never tried
to sell Nebraska postmasterships.
—In the house Wednesday, Mr.
Spight, of Mississippi, speaking od
the race question, vindicated the south
from tho charge of barbarism in its
treatment of the negroes.
—Before a house committee Profes
sors Burr, speaking of the Panama
canal, denied that 1,000 men had died
for every mile of the work so far
completed.
—Thirty Russian students, several
of them women, have been ordered to
leave Germany for protesting against
the government permitting Russian
police spies to watch Russian resi¬
dents in Germany.
—At Budapest, the paiaces of Em¬
peror Francis Joseph aqd the Arch¬
duchess Clothiede were stoned. Wei
nesday because the buildings were not
decorated in honor of the anniversary
of the revolution of 1848.
—Henry Morgan, who, with Sidney
Harrell, is charged with attempting to
burn the town of Preston, Ga., says
they intended to burn the court house
and churches.
.-—Judge Emory Speer in a decision
in peonage cases differs with Judge W
T. Newman who has ruled in similar
cases.
—The Mississippi house voted to
sustain Governor Vardaman’s veto of
the bill making an appropriation for
the Holly Springs negro normal school.
—The house committee on territo
ries is considering the statehood prob¬
lem. It is probable that a bill will
be framed for the admiss'en of Ari¬
zona and New Mexico and Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as two states.
—In the house Tuesday, Congress
man Griggs, cf Georgia, caused a
sharp debate by attacking the recent
Bristow report which implicates con
gressmen in violation of the postal
laws.
—The house committee on military
affairs has agreed on four sites for
permanent military camp grounds.
Ten thousand acres are to be added to
the Chickamauga Park.
—Bishop Derrick, of the A. M. E
church, in a sermon at New York, ad¬
vocates the removal of the negroes to
Africa.
—Defending King Leopold in tho
suit brought against him by h's daugh¬
ter, the Countess Longay, Maitre De-
mot described the countess as more
implacable than the dressmakers.
—In tfie British house of commons
Tuesday Premier Balfour was beaten
on a vote on the Irish educational es¬
timates. Mr. Balfour, however, refus¬
ed to resign, saying it was a snap vote.
—The officials of the American em¬
bassy are taking all precautions to
Insure the protection of the United
States when the payment of $40,000,-
000 for tho canal property is mails.
—A great statue of Jesus Christ has
been dedicated on the boundary line
of Chile and Argentina.
—M. Witte, the former Russian
minister of France, denounces as in¬
famous inventions the rumors that
Count Lamsdorff is to be replaced as
minister of foreign affairs.
“Telegraph operators who handle
Southern Express matter at stations
along the Norfolk and Western railway
go on strike because express people
decline to sign a scale.
—Colonel Quackenbors, tho com¬
manding officer of the Third Missis¬
sippi regiment, who is on trial for em¬
bezzlement went to Jackson, Sunday,
and announced to Governor Vardaman
that he has no intention of resigning.
—Former United States Senator
Rawlins, of Utan, telegraphs Chair¬
man Burrows, of the Smoot investiga¬
tion committee, that the statement of
Judge HiJes that he (Rawlins) was a
member of the Mormon church is un¬
qualifiedly false.
—Senator Tillman, of South Caro¬
lina, who has had serious trouble the
past week with his throat, in Wash¬
ington, is reported to be much bettor.
—Senators will continue their dis¬
cussion of General Wood's promition.
They hope to conclude consideraton of
the case within the week.
—Fire at Preston, Webster county,
Ga., Sunday, practically Wiped out the
business portion of tbe town. Loss,
$18,000; no Insurance.
GRAY. JONES CO. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 190L
DEFENDS THE SOUTH
A Feature of the Race Prob¬
lem Aired in House.
PLAIN TALK BY SPIGHT
Mississippi Congressman Compares
Lynchlngs in This Section and
Those at the North in Plain
and Unvarnished Terms.
A "Washington special says: In the
house Wednesday during tho discus¬
sion of the postofflee appropriation
bill, Mr. Spight, of Mississippi discuss¬
ed the negro question. Ho said he de¬
sired to vindicate the south from the
charge of barbarism. In the south, he
said, the negro had been denied the
right to vote and to hold office, but
not the right to work for an honest
living as had been done in the north¬
ern states.
"We sometimes kill them for out¬
rageous crimes,” he said, “but never
because they want to work."
As for lynchings, he said, some¬
times they have unnecessarily occur¬
red in the south. He referred to the
Wilmington, Del., lynching last year,
and to the subsequent attacks on the
negro settlement. This never occur¬
red in the south, he said.
“When the guilty wretch has paid
the penalty of his awful crime, that
is an end of It,” he continued; "the
mob is satisfied and does not wreak
indiscriminate vengeance upon the in¬
nocent because they beTong to the
same race as the criminal.”
He said that unlike the people of
the north, the people of the south
“don’t go out with a torch in one hand
and a gun in the other, and, pointing
the gun at defenseless women and
children, shoot them as they flee for
their lives.”
He said this had occurred in Now
York city in 1900 and he referred to a
number of lynchings which had occur¬
red in the north, including those at
Danville, Ills., and Springfield, Ohio,
and said “such race prejudice finds no
place in southern hearts.”
“So far as I am concerned," said
Mr. Spight, “I am opposed to mob vio¬
lence as a general proposition. I do
not think that lynchings for any other
crime than the nameless one against’
womanhood ought ever to occur. In
all others the courts of the country
are ample and generally, with us,
swift to punish.
“But in the one class of crimes so
brutal and destructive of all that is
dear to an enlightened people, no one
with a spark of manhood in him can
doubt that Instant death to the perpe¬
trator should follow upon the ascer¬
tainment of the guilty facts.
Washington and Roosevelt.
Mr. Spight spoke of the attempt of
certain white persons to put the negro
on a social equality with themselves,
and referring to the occasion when
Booker Washington dined at the white
house with President Roosevelt, said
that “this one incident had done more
to inflame the passions of the negro
and give him a perverted idea of bis
importance and his near approach to
social equality than anything that had
been done for the last ten years. He
said Booker Washington had sat down
to dinner with the president "as gra¬
ciously as if he had been*T.he governor
of New York.” He wafe, he continued,
sorry that Booker Washington did not
have more sense and self respect than
to accept the invitation. It would have
been infinitely more to his credit had
he declined. “The more the negross
are put on a social equality," he vig¬
orously asserted, "the more dangerous
becomes their position and the surer
death by violence will overtake them
sooner or later.”
Mr. Spight referred to the arrest In
Indianoia, STiss., of white agents of a
Cincinnati picture company, who were
selling the negroes indecent pictures,
In his opinion, tho agents should have
been lynched.
JAPAN LOOKS TO CHINA.
Hope of Alliance With United States
Causes Mikado to Change.
The Bourse Gazette (St. Petersburg)
says Jajan’s hope of aid from America
is gone and now she can only depend
on China. With the latter’s haUva of
the west in view, she is trying to effect
an all ance. The Gazette predicts that
Chinese neutrality will soon be bro¬
ken.
Cleveland is Sixty-Seven.
Ex-President. Cleveland passed his
sixty-seventh birthday quietly at his
home in Princeton, N. J.. Thursday.
COLOMBIA LEAVE8 US.
Legation at Washington Closed and
Herran Will Return Home.
The Colombian legation in Wash¬
ington has been closed and Dr. Thom¬
as Herran, who for a long time has
been acting as charge d’affaires, will
leave the United States for his former
home lu Medelin in two or three
weeks. Future communications will
be conducted through Consul General
Brlgard at New York.
TAFT TALKS OF ROADS.
Secretary of War Tells Senate Com-
mlttee of Prospects of Railways
In the Philippines.
Secretary of War Taft appeared bo-
fore the houso Insular committee at
Washington Thursday bo give his
views regarding the building of rail¬
ways in the Philippines.
Tho secretary said that when tho
Americans took possession of the is¬
land there was one railroad on the
island of jmzon 120 miles in length.
This road was built in a most substan¬
tial manner with large stations and
useless apparatus. The Spanish gov
emment guaranteed 8 per cent on an
investment of $5,000,000, in the road.
The Insurgents- destroyed bridges
and rolling stock. The company has
filed a claim for tho guarantee of 8
per cent, but its validity has not been
recognized.
The commission haB granted two
franchises, one for 34 miles from a
point just north of Manila to the
northward and one ot 17 miles from
Manila to the foothilts to the eastward.
Secretary Taft said Secretary Root
had consulted Sir William Van
Horne, of the Canadian Pacific, who
is building railroads in Cuba, as to
securing American capital for Philip¬
pine rairoads. Mr. Van Horne sug-
gested two engineers to make an orig¬
inal Investigation and tho result af
this work is given in a report which
Secretary Taft submitted to the com¬
mittee. A trunk line was suggested in
the north of the island of Luzon and
also a line in tne southern end.
’Secretary Taft saad he had talked
to the president of the English com¬
pany and believes it will sell out. It
desired, however, to sell to a certain
London banking house. This the sec¬
retary objected' to.
The projected road in the south of
the island', Secretary Tait believed,
would pay from tho beginning. Tho
total mileage needed, he said, would
be between seven and eight hundred
miles and $25,000,000 or $30,000,000
would cover the total cost. A 4 per
cent burden on the Philippine treasury
on this investment would be about
$17,000,000, and the secretary believed
that it could be paid w/.thout hare'
ship.
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE DEAD.
Was Cousin of Late Queen Victoria
and Prominent In Military Affairs.
An Associated Press dispatch from
London says: The Duke of Cam¬
bridge died at 10:35 o’clock Thursday
morning
He was a cousin of the late Queen
Victoria, and was born March 26, 1819-
The duke died peacefully at Gloucester
house, his Georgian residence, in Park
lane.
The king and queen went to Glou¬
cester house Thursday afternoon to
offer their personal condolences.
It is not generally known to the
present generation that the duke’s
wife was a burlesque actyess and
dancer named Farebruther. She was
very well known in 1840 or there¬
abouts and made a great sensation In
playing in burlesque at me Lyceum
theatre. She died In 1890. Neither
the peerage nor other reference books
mention her marriage, which was not
recognized by Queen Victoria.
The Duke of Cambridge is supposed
to have been wealthy. On the death
of his father parliament gave the
duke an allowance of 60,000 pounds
($300,000) per annum. As commander
in chief the duke received a salary
of $22,500 until 1887, and thereafter
$33,160 yearly. As colonel-in-chief of
the Grenadier Guards tho duke re¬
ceived $11,000 per year, while numer¬
ous other appo’ntments brought him
in good revenues.
United States Ambassador Choate,
the other ambassadors and ministers
and many peers and members of the
house of commons ended at Gloucester
house In the course of the afternoon.
Colombia and the Canal.
The arguments of Colombia against
the Panama Canal Company were re¬
sumed at Paris Thursday. After ex¬
tended arguments the case went over
to March 23.
H. CLAY EVANS SUSTAINED.
Disbarred Pension Attorney Loses Case
Before Court In Washington.
At Washington Wednesday, Chi if
Justice Clabaugh sustained the do-
murrer of Former Commissioner of
Pensions H. Clay Evans, now consul
general to Groat Britain, to the amen!
ed declaration filed by Henry D. Phil¬
lips, in connection with the latter’s
suit for $10,000 damages against Mr.
Evans. Phillips complained that. Ev¬
ans, as commissioner, had disbarred
Phillips and advised the latter’s clients
of the disbarment.
CAMP SITES ARE CHOSEN.
The Chickamauga National Park to Be
Greatly Enlarged.
The house committee on military af¬
fairs Tuesday agreed on four sites for
permanent military camp grounds and
authorized a bill for their purchase.
Provision was also made for the en
largement of the Chattanooga and
Chickamauga national park by the ac
quisition of 10,000 acres ot land at f
co»t of $100,000,
PENSION DOOR AJAR
Most important RuWng Made
by Commissioner Ware.
OF WIDESPREAD IMPORT
Treasury Will be Thrown Opon After
April 13th Next to All Federal
Claimants Beyond 62 i
Years of Age. k!i'
Commissioner of Pensions Waro,
with tho approval of Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock, promulgated the
most important pension ruling Wed¬
nesday that lias been Issued in a long
time.
It directs that beginning April 13
next, if thero is no contrary evidence
and all other legal requirements have
been met, claimants for pension under
the general act of Juno 37, 1890, who
are over 62 years old, shall be consid¬
ered as disabled ono-half .’a ability to
perform manual labor and shall bo
entitled to $6 a month; 65 years to $8;
over 68 to years to $10, and over 70
years to $12, the usual allowances at
higher rates cont'muing for disabili¬
ties other than age. This order will
not be retractive.
Commissioned Ware, just before
leaving for a trip south for his health,
said the order would save both tho
old soldiers and the government a
good deal of money and time. He said
it was based on the Mexican war pen¬
sion legislation of 1887, approved by
President Cleveland, which placed all
the Mexican war veterans on the pen
sion roll thirty-nine years after the
close of that war.
“It would seem that if t.hirty-ninu
years after the expiration of service a
Mexican war soldier was entitled to
a pension at 62 years, and no other
requisite for drawing a pension should
exist except ago, that to soldiers oi the
civil war, who fought vastly moro and
longer at least, as good a rule ought
to apply.
"The order could not have been is
sued earlier because it is only now
that the thirty-nine years fixed by tho
congressional limit has hoen- reached.
The civil war ended April 13, 1865.
Hence the thirty-nine years would ex¬
pire on the 13th of next .month.”
Mr. Ware said tho order would nave
the government at least $300,000 a
year. lie was not able to say what
expense the bill would entail In the
shape of additional payments.
“The extenCTo which it will aug¬
ment the necessity for further appro¬
priation cannot be told,” said Mr.
Ware. "It will, wlthoi*. doubt, in¬
crease the payments to somo extent,
hut no one is able to fix the amount.
The bureau has not considered tliat as
tho proper element of consideration.
I do not think, however, that tfie in¬
creased expense in the long ru;n will
he very noticeable, because tha death
rate is also to be considered, and there
is also to bo considered tho fa»ct that
the ones to whom we give the pension
without proof other than tnfdr ages
would have proven themselvea anyhow
under former circumstances as enti¬
tled to the pension by reason of their
disabilities.”
RUSSIANS CROS8 YALU RIVER.
Such Report tomes from Yin How and
is Given Credence.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Yin Kow says: The only reilablo re¬
ports at the present moment, from the
main Manchurian cities show a quiet
movement along the railway, and such
cities as Mukden, which is off the
main line, are undisturbed. Tho peo¬
ple here are not in possession of def¬
inite news of the outside events.
The chief movement on the Fong
Huang CTTreng military road is the dis¬
patch of riders to and from the Rus¬
sian advance forces.
A credible native arrived here to
day bringing a report, as late as March
12th from Fong Huang Cheng to the
effect that tho main body of tho con¬
centrated forces had crossed the
Yalu, leaving small bodies of troops
at Antung and other points to guard
tho river.
WILLIAMS PAYS THE PENALTY.
Negro Assailant of Mrs. Shields and
Daughter Legally Executed.
Henry Williams, a negro, was hang¬
ed at Roanoke, Va., Friday. Tho exe¬
cution was witnessed by several hun¬
dred persons assembled in tho Jail
yard, while thousands thronged the
streets about the prison.
The crime for which Williams was
hanged was committed on January 30
last. He entered the house of George
J. Shields, and a/tor assaulting Mrs.
Shields, cut her throat. He then struck
Mildred, tho 3-year-old daughter of the
couple, over the head with a hatchet,
and robbed the house.
8UMMER8 LOSES HIS JOB.
Dietrich Affair Proves Boomerang to
Nebraska District Attorney,
A Washington dispatch says: Ab a
result of the inquiry Into the charges
against Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska,
Williamson S. Summers, United States
district attorney, of Nebraska, will be
removed from office. President Roose¬
velt has given notice that he would
take such action against Mr. Summer*.
WOOD LANDS SAFELY
Senate Confirms His Nomination to
Rank of Major General—The Voto
Was 45 to 18.
A Washington special says: Tho
long continued fight against the con¬
firmation of General Wood as major
general ended rather unexpectedly Fri¬
day. A vote was reached and the result
was General Wood's connrmaLon.
That this was to be the flua: outcome
ot tho fight was made certain by the
lavorablu report of the committee,
reached after careful consideration of
the testimony of the witnesses sum¬
moned by those who have opposed
General Wood's continuation The
whole influence ot the administration
was back of him, and while individ¬
ual republican senators have said they
would not have voted for confirmation
bad they not previously pledged them¬
selves to do so, there has never been
any real doubt of tho result. The vote
was 45 to 16.
The late Senator Hanna was recog¬
nized as tho leader of the forces op¬
posed to General Wood, and had it
not been for his death before tho
disposition of tho case, it is conceded
that the vote would have been much
closer. It has not been believed at
any time since the contest opened,
however, that the light, agninst con¬
firmation would have been successful.
Only two republicans remained in the
minority. They wero Senator Scott,
of West Virginia, a member of the
military affairs committee, who op¬
posed tho nomination while It was
pending in the committee, and Sena¬
tor Klttrldge, of South Dakota.
Five democratic senators voted with
the majority in favor ot confirmation.
They were Senator Cockrell and Sena¬
tor Pettus, who, as members of the
military affairs committee, heard all
the testimony against General Wood,
and Senator Patterson, Senator Clarke,
of Arkansas, and Senator Dubois. The
negative vote on the confirmation was
as follows:
Bacon, Berry, Blackburn, Clark, of
Montana; Culberson, Gibson, Latimer,
McCreary, McLaurin, Mallory, Martin,
Money, Newlands, Simmons, all dein-
oerts, and Klttrldge and Scott, repub¬
licans.
After a vote had bcon reached, Sen¬
ator Foraker moved to make the vote
public, and Senator Blackburn moved
to make public the testimony had be¬
fore the committee on military affairs.
The motion in regard to the testimony
wns voted down, and the general un¬
derstanding was that the vote was to
bo given out. In the confusion, how¬
ever, the announcement was made that
both motions wore lost. No speeches
wore made.
Dependent upon tho confirmation of
General Wood were 167 promotions
for other army officers. These have
been held up since tholr nominations
wero made by the president, but will
now be confirmed without opposition
They include twonty colonels promot¬
ed to be brigadier generals on the re¬
tired list and ono brigadier general on
(he active 1st, and a number of oilier
officers ranking from colonels down to
second lieutenants. All, no doubt, will
ho speedily confirmed, and will, accord¬
ing to military authority, take rank
and pay from the first time they wero
appointed to fill vacancies.
INFERNAL BOX EXPLODES.
Work of Miscreant at Liege, Belgium,
Results In Disaster.
An Infernal machine exploded Fri¬
day outside (he residence of Com-
m'ssloner of Police Laurent, at Liege,
Belgium* wrecking the house, fatally
injuring an artillery officer and se¬
riously wounding half dozen other per¬
sons.
When tho machine was discovered
Major Papin was summoned and was
examining the package in which the
machine was concealed when tho ex-
plosion occurred, Papin’s legs wore
wero blown off and he shortly after¬
wards succumbed, A policeman who
also lost his legs by the explosion, is
in a proearlouH condition.
Carnegie Gives to Winthrop College.
Wlnlhrop college, the state college
for women at Rock Hill, S. C„ has re-
celved a gift of $20,000 from Andrew
Carnegie for a library building.
RE8TRICTING CHICAGO SALOONS.
City Council, In Exciting Session, En
acts Important Legislation.
At an exciting (session the Chicago
city council has enacted important
legislation relating to saloons, as fol¬
lows:
"The hour for saloons closing In the
future will be X a. m. instead of mid
night.”
After that hour Raioons remove all
blinds and screens and keep a bright
light burning within. “Can-rushing’'
by children seht to saloons by their
parents after boer Is forbidden,
den.
AUNT HETTY BUY8 MANSION.
Richest Woman In America Joins Mil¬
lionaire Colony In New York.
Mrs. Hetty Green, America’s richest
woman, has joined the millionaire col¬
ony in New York city by purchasing
a home on Fifth avenue. She has for
years maintained a residence in Ho¬
boken, N. J., but lately has lived In a
rented house on Fifth avenue, uea.
Washington square. Her new real
donee is a handsome five story man
■ion ot tb'j most modern design.
NO. 18.
COTTON KING FAILS
Dan Sully and His Cohorts
Are Knocked Out.
SWAMPED BY THE BEARS'
Obligations Reach Far Into the MIL
lions—Pandemonium Reigned in
.
Pit When Announcement of
Suspension Was Made.
Daniel J. Sully, the cotton operator^
who lias for fifteen months been tbo
biggest figure in the cotton markets
of tho world, and who has “bulled''
cotton from 7 cents a pound to over
17, announced his inability to make
good his engagements on New York
cotton exchange Friday. In a few mo¬
ments cotton fell nearly $13 a bale
from the highest figures of the day.
Scones such as followed the an¬
nouncement of the failure It has been
the privilege of few brokers to wit¬
ness before. Traders in the street
have witnessed stock panics in pre¬
vious years; corners have been bro¬
ken, and many crashes have been re¬
corded, but none has been accom¬
panied by such frenzy and confusion.
The announcement of th‘e suspension
was made by Superintendent, King, ot
tho exchange, who road from the roB-
trum this notice:
- We regret that wo are unable to
moot our engagements and therefore
will have to suspend.
“DANIEL J. stlLLY & CO."
For a few seconds thero was an omi¬
nous quiet over the floor as though tho
news had stunned all within hearing
of the announcement. Then with one
impulse a mighty shout, went up from
tho bears, they who had been fighting
Splly and the bull clique for months.
Hats were thrown into tho ,alr to fall
where they would, a moment later to
be trampled upon by the stampede for
the pit. Coats were torn by frantic
brokers in their mad efforts to unload
their holdings, and chairs and camp
stools were dashed into the pit, to em¬
phasize some wild broker s offer to
sell. Messengers soon ware rushing
In and out of the building with orders
to sell or buy; telephone booth were
beseiged and telegraph offices wer®
flooded with dispatches.
Soon nows reached the stock, pro¬
duce and coffee exchanges, and trad¬
ers on these markets hastened to the
scene of tho panic. Crowds-assailed
tho entrance to the visitors’ gallery,
but a double guard was placed at tho
doors and admittance was refuaed to
ail but those accompanied by mem¬
bers.
it, wan estimated that something
like three-quarters of a million bales
of cotton were traded in during the
I went j minutes of the panic that fol¬
lowed tho announcement, and that of
til's upwards of half a million bales
represented "forced liquidation” or the
selling out of men whose margins
have been nearly or quite wiped out.
As tho market slumped 250 points,
or two and a half cents per pound,
during this period the loss falling on
this element amounted to something
over a million dollars.
Sully Locked In Office.
Sully ’b profits on Ill's old deals were
known to be enormous and presumably
all of these wero used to holster his
present deals. After tbo suspension
was announced Bully locked himself
in his office and declined to give. out
any statement. Wild guesses wero
mado as to the liabilities, but all agree
that they must be well up in the mil¬
lions.
Excitement at New Orleans.
The announcement of the failure of
Sully, the "Cotton King” of New York,
created the greatest panic ever seen
on the floor of the New Orleans cotton
exchange. Prices melted away until
they wore $9 and $10 a bale lower
than Thursday’s close and every mo¬
ment the fear was that local firms
would go to the wall. When the pan¬
ic was over and the commercial integ¬
rity of tho local cotton trade was found
Intact, a great sigh of relief went up
from the cotton ring, although scores
of small operators were wiped out
and heavy longs had lost fortunes,
MANGLED IN EXPLOSION.
Deadly Accident in Toy Pistol Cap
Factory in Chicago.
Three persons, two or them being
boys, were killed and eight other em¬
ployees were injured Tuesday by an
explosion of toy pistol caps, which
completely demolished the two-story
brick manufacturing plant of tho Chi¬
cago Toy Novelty Company. The
wrecked building caught fire and the
bodies of {he dead were so badly
burned and mangled that it was impos¬
sible to recognize them except by
remnants of clothing.
QUACKENBOSS FORCED OUT.
Mississippi Officer, Under Embezzle-
ment Charge, Has Resigned.
Governor Vardaman and Adjutant
General Fridge have succeeded in their
endeavor to force the resignation ot
Colonel L. W. Quackenboss, of Vicks¬
burg, as commander of the Third regi¬
ment of Mississippi National Guards,
who is under trial at Vicksburg on the
charges of embezzling about 17,000
from the Searlei Brokerage Company,