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M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
TO BOOST COTTON
Big Bull Pool Has Millions of
Ready Cash.
A GIGANTIC COMBINATION
Monied Men to Stand With Cotton
Growers of South in Raising the
Price—Condition of the Crop
Shows Decline.
Frank B. Hayne, the noted cotton
bull operator, returning to New Or¬
leans Sunday, after a three months'
absence on the floor of the New
York cotton exchange, declared that
the bull pool now operating to raise
the price of cotton is the richest pool
ever organized in America, and is
amply able to do what it has set out
to accomplish. •
Hayne’s statements regarding the
pool have broken the mystery which
surrounded the new aggregation which
expects to put cotton at the top notch.
Heretofore the greatest secrecy has
been maintained regarding every de¬
tail of the pool’s personnel and
movements, and even Mr. Hayne was
not ready to give the’ whole matter
to the public.
He stated, however, that the pool
was not composed of southern men,
although many New Orleans men, he
declared, are very bullish on cotton.
Mr. Hayne would not admit that he
was in the pool himself, but stated
that 'his ideas were la line with the
ideas of those In the deal, which
was that cotton is cheap at the pres¬
ent price, and that during no month of
the coming year will the staple sell
for less than 10 cents.
Hayne estimates the crop at 10,500,-
000 bales. The demand, he says, will
be enormous.
Crop Condition^ Show Decline,
In its monthly cotton crop report
Saturday the New York Journal of
Commerce makes the condition of cot¬
ton on September 24, as computed
from the replies of over 1,000 corre¬
spondents, 69.4, compared with 72.4
a month ago, or a decline of 3 points.
This compares with a condition of
69.9 for the corresponding report - in
1904, 67.8 in 1903 and 64.7 in 1902.
A three points decline is an ex¬
ceedingly moderate one for Septem¬
ber, the decrease for the past four
years as reported by the Journal of
Commerce being 7.5 in 1904, 11.8 :n
1903, 6.3 in 1902 and 6.7 In 1901.
Moderate deterioration occurred in
all states, except In Florida and Okla¬
homa Territory.
Florida shows an increase of 0.4
points to 73.6, and Oklahoma an in¬
crease of 1.1 to 82.7.
WOMAN’S AIM WAS BAD.
General Passenger Agent of “Katy
Flyer” Route the Target.
Not since the Blair defalcation has
St. Louis society been so shocked
as by the attempt of Mrs. Lillian
Sprague, a society woman, to kill
George Morton, the general passen¬
ger agent of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad. Mrs. Sprague fired
t wire at Morton shortly after mid¬
night Friday in Morton’s automobile
shed in the rear of his residence.
Recently Mrs. Sprague’s 'husband
obtained a divorca from her, naming
Morton as correspondent.
Regarding her attempt to kill Mor¬
ton, Mrs. Sprague says:
“I tried to force him to take me
home, and he struck me. He was
furious. I thought he intended to
murder me. As I struggled from the
ground, I remembered the pistol and
drew it. I fired twice at him. I
then ran. I was crazy with pain, hu¬
miliation and fear.”
College Honors Peace Envoys.
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws has been conferred by Columbia
University on Baron Komura and Ser¬
gius Witte, the senior peace plenipo¬
tentiaries of Japan and Russia.
SUSPECT TAKEN IN TOW.
First Arrest in Boston Dress Suit
Case Murder Mystery.
The first arrest in connection with
the finding in the harbor near Win-
throp, Mass., on September 21, of a
dress suit ease, containing the torso
of a woman on whom the medical ex¬
aminer states an illegal operation had
been performed, occurred Sunday
when the police took into custody on
suspicion of being an accomplice in
the case William A. Haynes of 52
Chambers street, West End, Boston.
OFFICERS SECURE P^fERS.
Extradition Documents for Greene and
Gaynor Given Out at Washington.
United States Marsha] George White
and Deputies Guttengerber, Riley and
Doyle of Savannah, secured the pa¬
pers in Washington, Wednesday, with
which they will take possession of
Gajtnor and Greene, at Montreal, Can-
ada, as soon as they arrive in that
City.
OVATION TO ROOSEVELT.
President’s Departure from Oyster
Bay and Arrival In Washington
Occasions of Laudable Scenes.
With the cheers and good wishes of
his neighbors and friends following
him, President Roosevelt, his vaca¬
tion ended, left Oyster Bay at 10
o'clock Saturday morning for Wash¬
ington.
The farewell given the president
by the residents of his home town
was notable. Throughout the village,
residences and business buildings
were decorated aud Audrey avenue,
over which the president passed to
the railroad station, was hung with
large American flags at intervals of
twenty feet. At the railroad, over the
entrance to the waiting room, a white
dove with outstretched wings pereihed
on an American shield, had been
placed. Beneath this emblem wasrthe
one word "Peace.” The whole was
entwined with the national colors of
Russia and Japan.
At the station hundreds of the
neighbors and acquaintances of the
president and his family had assem¬
bled. Scores of school children were
massed about the platform, each wav¬
ing a little American flag. Within a
part of the platform which had been
roped off to enable the president (and
his party to reach the train were
twenty young women attired in white,
trimmed with ribbons of red and blue.
As the president boarded' the train
they sang "God be with you till we
meet again.”
The president was accompanied to
Washington by Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children Ethel, Archie and Quen-
tin.
Secretary and Mrs. Loeb, who have
been living at Seawanhaka Yacht
club, on Center island, this summer,
were obliged, on account of the se¬
rious illness of Mrs. Loeb, to go to
Jersey City by water, making the
trip on the naval yacht Sylph. On
the trip to Washington Mrs. Loeb was
under the care of a trained nurse.
Thousands of his fellow-citizens
turned out to welcome the president
to the national capital Saturday even¬
ing and made his homecoming the
occasion for an ovation from the time
he was sighted on the platform of
his car until he passed within the
doors of the white house.
The president was touched by the
welcome, and especially by its spon¬
taneity.
“It was awfully kind of them to
come out to greet me,” he remarked
to some friends at the white houso,
“and I was deeply touched by their
welcome."
A mighty cheer went up as tho
crowd inside the depot caught sight
of the president, which was taken up
by the crowds outside of the station
and had passed along tho line as the
president was recognized. He shook
hands first with the cabinet members
and other officials, then giving Mrs.
Roosevelt his arm, he w r alked slowly
to bis carriage. As he reached the
engine the president thanked the en¬
gineers for his safe trip, and stopped
to shake his hand.
The president frequently arose and
bowed to the cheering crowds on
both sides of the avenue and during
the latter part of the drive the “hur¬
rahs” became so enthusiastic that the
president stood most of the time. Mrs.
Roosevelt also was greatly pleased
with the greeting, and her face was
radiant as She bowed right and left.
THE MISSISSIPPI LAUNCHED.
New Battleship Glides Into Her Ele-
ment at Philadelphia.
In the presence of a distinguished
party of guests, the battle ship Mis¬
sissippi was launche u Saturday at the
yards of the William Cramp Ship and
Engine Building company at Philadel¬
phia.
Tho vessel’s sponsor was Miss Ma¬
bel Clare Money, daughter of United
States Senator Money. Owing to the
prevalence of yellow fever in tho
south, Governor J. K. Vardaman of
Mississippi and his staff were unable
to attend the launching. . __
ORDERED TO SHOOT STUDENTS.
Wild College Boys of Wisconsin State
University Court Trouble.
As a result of an attempt by a
crowd of students to break up a car¬
nival company showing at Madison,
Wile., Mayor Curtis gave orders to the
police to shoot any student resisting
arrest or assaulting officers.
President Vanhise of the state uni¬
versity, urged officers and courts to
show no discrimination against stu¬
dents and said he would expel every
student convicted in court and would
suspend all arrested.
MOTOR RAILWAY PLANNED.
Company Formed With Ample Capital
to Carry Out Project.
A corporation has been formed un¬
der the name of the Virginia Penin-
sular railway, with $300,000 capital,
to build a road from Newport News to
Yorktown, with a branch line to Po¬
quoson. It is Intended to extend the
line from Newport News to Hampton,
Phebus and Old Point Comfort.
GRAY. .TONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1905
LOBBY IS
Insurance People Formed
Pool to Influence Solons.
HAMILTON WAS THE CHIEF
Sohiff Says Equitable Finance Com¬
mittee Was Simply “All Hyde, All
Hyde and Alexander” and
.1 No Others.
When the legislative committee on
the insurance investigation adjourn
ed at New York Friday until Wed¬
nesday, October 4, it concludes a
week in which greater progress has
been made than in any week since
the investigation was begun. At Fri¬
day’s session, when Alfred W. Maine,
an associate auditor of the Equitable
Assurance Society, was called to the
stand it was disclosed that the Equit¬
able Life, the Mutual Life and the
New York Life companies had formed
a pool to look after legislation before
tho various state legislatures.
Andrew Hamilton, to whom Presi¬
dent McCall of the New York Life
paid several checks, was one of the
chief members of the legal staff for
these companies and was employed
and received money for services from
the Equitable amounting to $65,596
In eight years.
Edward I. Devlin, the real estate
manager of the New York Life for
the United States a.„d Canada, testi¬
fied as to the cost of the building in
Paris. It was brought out that the
Paris building was carried on the
books of the company at a valuation
of $1,102,604, whereas with the origi¬
nal cost and improvements on the
building, actual money to the amount
of $2,533,104 was paid, over $1,000,*
000 being charged off the valuation on
the books of the company.
The most important witness was
Jacob H. Schiff, head of the banking
firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. As ono
point after another was brought out
he grew excited and vigorously de¬
fended his attitude while a director
of the Equitable society and claimed
hi» firm had acted in a conscientious
manner in all its dealings with tho
society.
Mr. Schiff asked to be allowed to
make a statement. He made an im¬
passioned attack on the state super¬
intendent of insurance and statements
he had made concerning Ku’hn, Loeb
& Co. during the investigation of the
Equitable.
The entilre finance committee was
at the mercy of one man. “It was all
Hyde,” said Mr. Schiff, “all Hyde and
Alexander. Mr. Hyoe wrote the mes¬
sages regarding tho offers made by
my firm for participation in syndi¬
cates. Mr. Hiyde signed all the re-
ceipts. Mr. Hyde wrote ail the let¬
ters.”
In the matter of James H. Hyde
and associates syndicate, Mr. Schiiff
accused Mr. Hyde of trying to shield
ihimself. He said: “The vice of the
entire insurance situation has been
irresponsible power.”
During the testimony, too, Mr. Schiff
made the charge that the minutes of
the finance committee regarding a
certain meeting were false. He later
qualified this, however, by saying if
the transaction under sonslderatfcm,
one in Union Pacific preferred, was
actually made, he did not hear it,
though he was present at the meet-
ing.
FORGER HOLDS ON TO BOODLE.
No Effort Made to Dispose of Stolen
Securities Worth $360,000.
So far as could lie ascertained at
New York, no attempt has yet boon
made by the thief who got possession
of $360,000 worth of securities by pre¬
senting a forged cheek at the national
city bank to dispose of them. Detec¬
tives and the financial men interested
in the loss are making every effort to
prevent the negotiation or sale of the
securities.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS MEET.
Platform Principally Devoted to Re¬
striction of Negro Suffrage.
At tho democratic state convention
of Maryland, which was held in Bal¬
timore, Comptroller of the State At¬
kins was renominated and a platform
adopted, which, excepting a para¬
graph indorsing the administration of
the present governor, is wholly de¬
voted to the proponed constitutional
amendment to restrict negro suffrage,
which will be voted upon at the No¬
vember election.
TO REDUCE FEVER FIGHTERS.
New Orleans Will Disr'-jnse With Sur¬
plus of Health Force.
A New Orleans special says: With
the steady improvement in the yellow
fever situation there is expected to
be a gradual reduction of the forces
now employed under the auspices of
the government in the struggle to
eradicate the disease.
TO SQUEAL ON PACKERS
Officials of Schwartzchlld & Sulzber¬
ger Company Called to Testify
Against Armour and Others.
Max Sulzberger of Chicago, vico
president of tho Schwarzschild & Sulz¬
berger Parking company, and B. B.
Fish, who Is one of the traffic officials
of tho ctAipany, it was announced in
Chiciyjo Wednesday, have been sub¬
poenaed by the government as wit¬
nesses In the beef trust cases to tee-
*
tify against AniKfur & Co. and the
other defendants.
Two other employees of the
Schwarzschild. & Sulzberger company
have also been subpoenaed by the
government. Officials of the Schwarzs¬
child & Sulzberger company pleaded
guilty recently to charges of consplr-
acy to illegally obtaining railroad re¬
bates. The offenders through pleading
guilty escaped Imprisonment, being
sentenced to pay fines aggregating
$25,000.
The subpoenas made publiG Wednes¬
day were served some weeks ago, but
the matter was kept secret. Traffic
Manager E. B. Fish, who has been
subpoenaed, is the witness whom, it
was charged in an indictment, Attor¬
ney Joseph Weissenbach and three
other men spirited away to Canada.
Government secret service men
worked on the case for a long time
and finally reported that Sulzberger
and the other three attaches of the
company are in possession of facts
concerning a meeting of packing offi¬
cials held within the past year almost
within the time of the grand jury in¬
vestigation. The details of this meet¬
ing, it is hoped by the prosecution,
will ha exposed before the Jury which
"tries the packers.
Attorney Weissenbach, however,
strenuously denies that the Schwarzs¬
child and Sulzberger company Is turn¬
ing state’s evidence in order to “get
even" with the other packing compa¬
nies.
Ho declares that the witnesses will
go on the stand under protest.
Arguments were begun Wednesday
before Judge Humphrey in connec¬
tion with a plea in abatement to the
indictment against J. Ogden Armour
and other packers charged with com¬
bining in restraint of trade.
MOTHER STICKS TO STORY.
Says Her Son Killed Father While in
Somnolent State.
One of tho most remarkable cases
to come to light in southern Georgia
in a generation is that of the Milners,
mother and son, one of whom is the
slayer of the husband and father, Ral¬
eigh Milner.
Raleigh Milner was shot and killed
at <hts home, in Baker county, on the
night of September 5. Next day his
son, Quentin Milner, 17 years old, was
arrested and jailed at Newton, charg¬
ed with the killing. The young man
feigned insanity, his conduct while
in charge of the officers, and after
being placed in a ceil being such aB
lead the casual observer to believe
he was crazy.
Young Milner continued shamming
for six days. At his commitment trial
hi« actions wore those of a crazy man,
although physicians declared that he
was perfectly sane. Mrs. Milner was
one of the witnesses at the hearing.
Sho testified that, her boy killed his
father, but swore that Quentin was
asleep at the time. She asserted that,
the young man had been having
"spells” for a year past, and that ono
of these was responsible for the de¬
plorable tragedy.
But the inexperienced youth was
unequal to the task which lie bad as¬
sumed. He had been behind the bars
just six days when he broke down.
Sending for several prominent citi-
zens of Newton, he confessed to them
that be had been shamming. He de¬
clared, furthermore, that his mother
had killed his father, and that it was
at her instigation that he (Quentin)
had feigned insanity.
Mrs. Milner was then arrested and
jailed. She sticks to her former sto¬
ry, .however that Quentin killed his
father.
ENJOiNS CAB MONOPOLY.
Special Privileges of Atlanta Baggage
Company to Be Aired in Court.
The special privileges granted the
Atlanta Baggage and Cali company at
the terminal station In that city are
to be aired In tho courts.
At the instance of a number of call
men Judge Pendleton has issued an
injunction, against tne transfer com¬
pany named, and the Atlanta Terminal
Station company, restraining the en¬
forcement of the rule that only ve¬
hicles of the favored company shall
stand immediately in front of the sta¬
tion.
PARALYSIS DOWNED DOWiE.
Fake Second Prophet “Elijah” Strick¬ I
en While on Train,
John Alexander Dowle, who claimr
to be the reincarnation of the Proph¬ j
et to Elijah all and diseases, to h-*ve has divine been fatally power | |
cure
stricken with paralysis. Dowie was !
on his way from Chicago to Mexico I
and the disease attacked him while
on the train.
PHILIPPINE HORROR
Three Hundred Men of Six¬
teenth Reported Killed.
VICTIMS OF A TYPHOON.
General Corbin Reports That Army
Post at Mala.h.i Has Been Wiped
Out by Worst Storm in
Many Years.
Tho military secretary at Washing¬
ton, Wednesday, received the follow¬
ing cablegram from General Corbin,
commanding the Philippine division,
regarding tho typhoon at Manila Tues¬
day:
"Manila, September 27.—-The worst
storm of years obtained here yester¬
day, passing during the night. Con¬
siderable damage was done by tho
unroofing of buildings. The post at
Malalii is reported totally destroyed.
Further reports when facts aro
known.”
Tho following cablegram has also
been received at the navy department
from Admiral Reiter, commanding the
Asiatic fleet:
“The Leyte, which was out of com¬
mission, was sunk in the harbor and
lost in tho hurricane of September
26.”
The Leyte was a gunboat of 150
tons. She was one of the vessels be¬
longing to Spain, which was taken
possession cf by the navy at tho close
of the war. Sho was in had condition,
and it is said at the navy department
that, she was practically worthless.
The post at M.alahi, referred to by
General Corbin, is 31 miles from Ma¬
nila, in La Guana province. The gar¬
rison consisted of four companies, E,
F, G and H. sixteenth infantry, ac¬
cording to the last reports received at
the war department. There is also n
military prison at Mftlahl.
The garrison at Malahi island on
July 31 of the present year, when the
last report was made, consisted ol
fourteen officers, 27 enlisted men and
ninety general prisoners.
The officers are: Captains C. P.
George and J. F. Gohn; First Lieu¬
tenants C. L. McKain, L. L. Roach,
P. L. Smith and C. B. Stone, Jr.;
Second* Lieutenant L. Solelatc, L.
Boswell, J. W. Hyatt, F. W. Mos-
chen, N. W. Riley, Captains C. E.
B. Flagg; Lieutenant W. P. Hunting¬
don, surgeon 0 , and E. P. Tignor, con¬
tract dental surgeon.
Another dispatch to the department
from the commander of the naval sta¬
tion at Cavite was received later in
the day, and stated that the hurricane
did $90,000 damage to the buildings,
plant, yard and craft.
BRYAN TO ROOSEVELT.
Nebraskan Writes President to 8tand
Nobly by His Son.
■William J. Ilryan, before staring on
Ills world tour, has written another
letter to President Roosevelt, whiou
lias been made public. He says In
part:
“To President Roosevelt: Permit a
parting word. You have t£e contest,
of your life before you, and I deslro
to render vou all I ho assistance in my
power. You have asked congress t,o
enact a law so enlarging the powers
of the Interstate commerce commis¬
sion as to permit It to fix and en¬
force a reasonable freight rate, and
the railroad lobbyist was strong
enough to stop In the senate the bill
passed by the house. The railroad
magnates expect to block the passage
of the bill again.
“Stand by your gun! You have de¬
veloped a reform element in the re¬
publican party; you must lead or suf¬
fer the humiliation of seeing t.ho lead¬
ership pa«s to some one else.
"Go forward; you owe It to your¬
self, you owe It, to your party, and,
moro than all, you owe It to your
country.
“WILLIAM. 3. BRYAN."
MISSISSIPPI FEVER REPORT.
Summary of Situation Wednesday at
Various Points of Infection.
The Mississippi yellow fever sum¬
mary Wednesday night was as fol¬
lows:
Hamburg—One new ease, one suspi¬
cious case.
Vicksburg—Five new cases, four
deaths.
Natchez—Three new cases.
Gulfport—Four new cases.
Mississippi City—One new ease.
Port Gibson—One new case.
OCTOPUS SPREADING OUT.
“Tentacles” of Standard Oil Encircle
Big Railroad Properties.
The Cleveland, O., Leader says: The
Standard Oil group of New York flnan-
clers has obtained control of traction
securities in OliSo and Indiana with
3 , par value of $83,150,000 at a re-
ported cash outlay of $50,000,000. Oth¬
er similar transactions are kpown to
be pending.
VOL XI. v NO. 47.
W . A . DAVIS & CO
Cotton Factors,
MACON, QA.
Best Cotton Setters in the City.
THEY KEEP A FILL SUPPLY 0E BAGGING AND TIES.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
Cotton Factor,
MACON, =3 GEORGIA.
By a liberal policy and honorable methods I have
built up the largest Cotton Commission business
in Macon, Georgia,
Ship me your coton and got best returns
H. L. BURFIELD,
MACON. GEORGIA.
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