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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME V.
JEWS
Horrible Butchery of Men,
Women and Children.
SIX HUNDRED VICTIMS
Hebrew Citizen of Denver Receives
Letter from His Father in Rus¬
sia Giving Details of Most
Horrible Affair.
From n letter written by his father
in a hospital at Kisinoff, Russia, W.
King, of Denver, Colorado, learns that
his mother, a sister and brother may
have been victims of the recent massa¬
cre in which hundreds of women and
little children were slaughtered by the
Russians.
Mr. King’s father was badly injured
and is now in a hospital.
“I can learn nothing of your moth¬
er or sister or brother,” he writes. ”1
fear they are among the victims. The
streets ran with blood. Children were
dragged from their mothers’ arms and
hurled against the sides of buildings.
Women were caught and slashed to
bits by frenzied Christians. The cry
was. ‘Down with tho Jews.’ I saw a
mother cut open and her unborn babe
thrown against a railroad train. Wo-
jneq were held by men while they
were mutilated. The number killed
will be more than 600. Thousands of
homes were burned and all the prop¬
erty destroyed. Dead bodies lay in
the streets in heaps.”
Horrors Becoming Known.
A dispatch sent out trom St. Peters¬
burg under Tuesday's date, says; Ad¬
ditional details of the Kiseneff massa¬
cre of Je\v3 are printed daily, but
correspondent give the number of vic¬
tims thus far buried in the Jewish
cemetery as forty-four and say that
eighty-four persons seriously wounded
are still in the Jewish hospital.
“The horrors reported scarcely boar
repetition. In one Instance spikes
wero driven through a woman’s head
in the floor, and cases of body mutila¬
tion have been authenticated. About
800 or 1.000 persons were arrested, an
energetic official having been sent
from Odessa to deal with the situation.
The apathy of the local authorities
during the tivo tia>s of rapine and
murder appears to have been fully
established.”
JUMPED TO SAVE HONOR.
Assailed^ J? man Would-Be ea ^f !l 0 Ravisher, m ow Young '
At . , Chicago, early Wednesday T , morn-
ing Miss Laura Stickler, a member of
he Young Womens Christian Associa-
tion, rather than sacrifice her honor
to William Reed, an alleged board of
trade broker, leaped from a second-
story window of a hotel and received
injuries ...... that her , death. , ,
may cause
The young woman is now lying f . uncon-
scious . at ... the county , hospital. , Reed,
whom she has accused, is a prisoner,
Miss Stickler charged Reed J with ... ontic- ,
, ing . her into . . the .. place , under . the .. pre-
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tense . that ..... it down-town , , , branch
was a
of the \oung Womens Christian As-
sociation.
GENERAL LONGSTREET ILL.
Noted Ex-Confederate Leader Suffer¬
ing from Attack of Rheumatism.
A Washington special says: The
condition of General James Long-
street, the Confederate commander, is
very serious. An injury to one of his
legs a few days ago, has been followed
by a sharp attack of Theumatism.
General Longstreet has been in fail¬
ing health for at least two years.
FIRST GEORGIA PEACHES.
Initial Shipment cf the Season is
Made from Tifton to Atlanta.
The first shipment of peaches for
the Georgia crop for 1903 was made
from Tifton last Wednesday by C. J.
Austin. They were Sneads-, well ripe,
of fine flavor, and were shipped to an
Atlanta commission house. Prospects
are good for an average crop. The
Elbertas are especially fine
NEGRO CHURCH DEMOLISHED.
Cy,la wlT Whi C te U Man P -rCo r unt a ry Th ‘ 3
A . negro church . , was wrecked , bv dv-
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ploded under the pulpit of the African
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cemolished and the f front ? of the build- m
ln rw?o S b ° W n ° l l t
Certain - colored , people . , became in*
censed by a sermon preached recently
by the pastor, who said this was tin
white man s country, and tlie colored
man might as well make up his mind
to it now and get along the best he
could.
PRESIDENT AGAIN ISOLATED.
Goes Into Camp in the Big Tree Sec-
tion of California.
A special from Wawona, ,Cal., is as
follows: “President Roosevelt for the
second time since he left Washington
on his present trip is .cut off from
communication with tho outsido world,
“He is camping in the Big Tree conn-
try and will remain seclude 1 until Moil-
day morning. His special train arrived
at Raymond early this morning
BRYAN to_cleveland.
■
Nebraskan Requests Ex-President and
Followers to Answer a Few
Questions as to Intentions.
A special from Omaha, Neb., says:
William Jennings Bryan has thrown
down the gage of battle to Grover
| Cleveland. Through Mr. Bryan's close
friends and political advisers, Richard
L. Metcalf, the two times candidate
Cor president on the democratic ticket
asks Mr. Cleveland and his followers
to come out in the open and make
known their intentions and also ex¬
plain their convictions. Mr. Metcalf
is editor of The World-Herald, Omaha,
over whose destinies Mr. Bryan pre¬
sided prior to tho succession of the
present incumbent. The letter is ad¬
dressed to Norman E. Mack, editor of
The Buffalo Times, and member of tho
democratic national committee from
New York. It appeared in Monday
morning’s World-Herald.
Mr. Mack, although close to Mr.
Bryan during his two campaigns, re¬
cently wrote and printed in his paper
the so-called harmony editorial. lie
has been asking the Bryan people to
take part in a harmony movement, to
forget the past and join hands with tho
Cleveland followers in the future.
Mr. Metcalf, in his open letter to Mr.
Mack, recalls these newspaper utter¬
ances and proceeds to interrogate Mr.
Mack without mercy.
Editor Metcalf (for Mr. Bryan) says
there is too much talk about the candi¬
date and not enough about the plat¬
form. He asks if the Cleveland fol¬
lowers could for tho sake of harmony
support any man for president who
heartily subscribed to the democratic
platforms of 1896 and 1900.
“What w'ould you have democrats do
in the construction of their platform in
order to avoid incurring the hostility
of Mr. Cleveland and his followers?
How many of the principles and the
policies in which wo believe must we
surrender in order to avoid incurring
(his hostility?
“Do you believe that a democratic
platform that made no reference to the
money question would avoid incurring
the hostility of Mr. Cleveland and his
followers?
“Do you think that a democratic
platform that failed to make explicit
reference to the money question could
command the respect either of bimetal¬
ists or of single gold standard advo¬
cates ?
“Shall (he democrats abandon their
position on the Philippine question,
wherein they promised not to make
the Filipinos either citizens or subject
and favored a declaration of the na¬
tion’s purpose to give to these people,
first, a stable form of government;
second, independence, and, third, pro¬
tection from outside interference?
, <what chango would you make in
the democratic platform with respect
to t 'alterations
.. what would you make
, n ^ lank relating t0 national bank
r , lrrpnrT *
.. Would declare in favor of the
j nc ; ome tilx?
“Whr”. would . you say in , regard . to ,
propositions ... involved . ... in measures ... line
the asset currency bill and the Ald-
- ch . .jj,,,
r
In , conclusion, , . Mr. Metcalf demands .
of Mr. Mack , to . give . the ,, public . .. in . gen¬
era], „ and ... the _ Bryan democrats , . in . par-
ticular> an outline of what the demo-
cratic pIatform shollId be
T It . . is now expected that Mr. ... Mack,
after conferences with Mr. Cleveland,
or the former president’s political ad¬
visers, will make reply, which may
settle the question of harmony or war
as between the Bryan and the Cleve¬
land wings of the party.
PARKHURST CORRECTS ERROR.
In So Doing He Says Negroes Will
Never Become Good Citizens.
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, in an inter¬
view in New York, Sunday, discussed
the negro problem and the national
type of the American of the future.
“Since my return from the south,”
he said, “I have been informed that
some of my critics have accused me of
expressing regrets that slavery days
were over. That is not true. I have
merely said that most of the ‘niggers’
are unfit for the responsibilities of citi¬
zenship. I call them ‘niggers,’ because
that is what they call themselves and
because the word has been accepted
among tho educated people of the
south.
“The ‘niggers’ will never be assimi¬
lated by the nation. They never will
ing the Americans '”i of Mb the Tt^ future. tT' They
grow n blacker , and , ., blacker , every day. ,
Their color forms a physical barrier
whlch c ven time, the great leveler,
cannot &wo
“ P ™ s talk of assimilation in
connection with the raco problem do
not understand what they speak of.
Future generations of our race will be
vcry much as we are. The physical
barrier that separates the blacks from
the whites today will be just as broad
and as high throughout all tho centu-
ries to come.”
RICH HAUL BY ROBBEP.S.
Express Agent Forced to Open Safe
an d G' ve Up Valuables.
Agent John Peterson, of the United
States Express Company, at Britt,
Iowa , was compelled by two masked
and armed men to open tne safe in his
office Thursday morning and permit
the robbers to take a package contain-
ln S S'O.O 00 They also secured other
P acka S es of money, and alter binding
an d ? a S8 in § Peterson, tney escaped.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MAY 22. 1903.
JEWS CRY IN VAIN
United States is Powerless to
Intervene in Their Behalf.
SECRETARY HAY BESIEGED
Horrible Details of Massacre in Rou-
mania Pouring Into State Depart¬
ment—Position cf United
States Explained.
A Washington special says: Marked
copies of Jewish newspapers and per¬
sonal representations are pouring into
the state department, ail relating to
the reported killing and maltreatment,
cf Jews in Kishinef, Roumania. Some
at least of these show a misunder¬
standing of the powers of the state de¬
partment in dealing with tho matter.
Ambassador McCormick has been crit¬
icised for denying that any massacre
occurred. It is said at the department
that the ambassador made no state¬
ment of his own on the subject; he
simply transmitted actually the reply
of the Russian government to a re¬
quest made by the United States that
relief funds be admitted fer distribu¬
tion among the sufferers. The Rus¬
sian government's reply, published at
the time, was that there was no such
suffering as had been reported and no
occasion for relief. Mr. McCormick
could not question the veracity of his
official informant, and ho sent the de¬
nial along without comment, distinctly
placing it upon the Russian govern¬
ment.
Hay Powerless to Intervene.
The state department feels that it
can do no more than it has done in the
cause of the oppressed Jews. It has
not learned officially (hat a single one
of them is an American citizen, so it
has no warrant for interference.
There is no parallel between cases of
the Jews in Roumania and those in
Russia. In the first case it is said at
the department that the United States
had a ground for intervention because
the Roumanian government’s action
was injuring the United States by
dumping a horde of undesirable immi¬
grants upon her shores. It was not as¬
serted that this result follows tho Rus-
sian act, which, moreover, it is pointed
out. is not official. It is precisely as
if Count Cassini should present him¬
self to Secretary Hay and in the name
of his government protest against re¬
ported lynchings of negroes by mobs
in this country, which probably would
result in a polite intimation to the am¬
bassador that he was going beyond the
limits of he case officially, but it may
be added that the limited action taken
by the United States has served a pur¬
pose to make known to the Russian
government that the great moral influ¬
ence of the United States is directed
toward securing an amelioration of the
conditions of the Jews in Russia.
Count Cassini Talks.
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa¬
dor at Washington, said Saturday,
with reference to the recent troubles
in Russia:
“I am sure that the reports have
been grossly exaggerated. The most
drastic measures have been taken by
the Russian government to prevent
repetitions of the troubles, and the
government always has done all that
is possible to prevent them. The gov¬
ernors of provinces have been ordered
to exert themselves to the utmost to
prserve order and have been notified
that they will be held responsible for
the peace of their provinces. The
guilty, as apprehended, will be dealt
with to the full extent of the law.”
Punishing the Murderers.
A cable dispatch from St. Peters¬
burg, Russia, under date of May 16,
says: The majority of the persons ar¬
rested for participating in the anti-
Semite outrages at Kishinef, have
been tried and sentenced to varying
punishments. Although they were
mostly arrested on returning to their
homes after the second day’s pillage
with their arms full of plunder, all tho
prisoners protested their innocence
and pleaded that they found the things
in the streets and were taking them
to the police station.
THIEVES MADE RICH HAUL.
Mrs. Lorillard’s Loss Said to Be Con¬
siderably Over $50,000.
A London dispatch says; The loss
of Mrs. Pierro Lorillard, who is report¬
ed to have been robbed of $50,000
worth of jewels, amounts probably to
a greater sum than at first reported.
Mrs. Lorillard lost all her jewelry ex¬
cept what she was wearing and a let¬
ter of credit and other valuables.
The robbery occurred at. the Berke¬
ley hotel, to which place two men fol¬
lowed Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard all the
way from Monte Carlo.
SYBIL SANDERSON DEAD.
Famous American Opera Singer Suc¬
cumbs to Attack of Pneumonia.
Sybil Sanderson, tho well known
American opera singer, died suddenly,
in Paris Saturday of pneumonia, re¬
sulting from an attack of the grip.
The announcement caused a pro¬
found shock in th,o American colony,
where she was well known, and
throughout musical and theatrical cir¬
j
Cream of
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Tho first term of the federal
at Valdosta, Ga., will bo held next
month.
—Hebrews In Macon, Ga., Sunday
night passed a resolution ashing the
United States to Intervene for He¬
brews in Russia.
—After several days’ sick leave, a
member of tho Florida house returns
to work with twelve new bills.
—President Roosevelt slept Satur¬
day night in a snow storm on Glacier
Heights, California.
—Chilicothe, Ohio, is making great
preparations for the celebration of the
centennial anniversary of the admis¬
sion of Ohio into the union.
—'Tulloch, who made charges
against the postofllco department,
writes letter to Postmaster General
Payne setting forth some of the irreg¬
ularities.
—Three thousand persons attend a
meeting at Baltimore and subscribe
several thousand dollars for the relief
of the persecuted Jews in Russia.
—Hon. W. J. Bryan, through his
friend, Editor Metcalfe, of Omaha, pro¬
pounds questions to Mr. Cleveland,
which are taken r.s Mr. Bryan’s gage
of battle.
—In a riot at Bridgeport, Conn.,
Sunday, several non-union men were
injured by tho strikers. During the
battle the mayor and sheriff had a
clash and the sheriff threatened to
take charge of the city.
—Russians order the Jews not to
defend themselves when attacked.
—Friars have decided to leave tho
Philippines, as tney claim they are an
inferior since American occupation.
—Captain Overton and Private
Noyes, of the Fifteenth cavalry, met
their death in Philippines at the hands
of insurgent prisoners they were
guarding.
-District Attorney Pettingill, in
Porto Rico, has been ordered to prose¬
cute Lieutenant Arthur Meyer for nil
alleged shortage of $6,000 in regiment¬
al pay accounts.
—The Georgia Episcopal conference
at Savannah adjourned Friday to meet
In Atlanta next year,
—Over 3,500 citizens of Floyd county
Ga., have signed the anti-dispensary
petitions. The fight promises to be
a hot one.
—Arthur Stewart, an Alabama miner,
caught between two trees in a isolated
spot in woods, starved to death.
—William McCartiiy, the Lexington,
Ky., wife murderer, who was sentenc¬
ed to hang last Friday, took poison
and died before hour of execution.
—The Florida house of representa¬
tives at Friday’s session passed a reso¬
lution asking for the investigation of
the charge that Jefferson Browne, pres¬
ident of the railroad commission, re¬
ceived $1,000 for lobbying.
—President Roosevelt began touring
tho big tree section of California in
a stage coach, Friday.
—Former Senator Busch went
to Circuit Attorney Folk at St. Louis
and revealed all tne boodling operation
of his former colleagues in the legisla¬
ture. Busch says his conscience moved
him to confess.
—In a fire at Chicago Friday, two
persons perished and three were fatal¬
ly hurt.
—One man was killed and twenty
persons injured in a wreck on tho
Choctaw railroad east of Hot Springs,
Ark., Thursday.
—The declaration of officials that
the Southeastern Freight Association
has no authority to make rates was
the feature of the lumber rate hearing
in Macon, Ga.
—At the meeting of the southern
cotton spinners in Charlotte it was de¬
clared that the mills are making noth¬
ing. Cotton manipulators are charged
with absorbing profits.
—T. P. Jones, of Arkansas, was
killed by a mob at Wilson, N. C., early
Thursday morning. Eleven men are
under arrest, charged with his mur-
der.
—District Attorney Marion Erwin, of
Georgia, is in Washington looking af¬
ter the Carter-Grcene-Gaynor case.
Officials believe that. Carter, Grecno
and Gaynor arc still interested in
many harbor contracts.
—Major Williamson, of Savannah,
called on Secretary Root at Washing¬
ton, Thursday, to present the objec-
tionstions of the Georgia guard to cer¬
tain features of the Dick militia bill.
—A hot fight on the Rome dispen¬
sary will come when the Georgia leg¬
islature meets in June.
—The people of Sydney, C. B., will
reject Carnegie’s gift of a library be¬
cause of the latter’s sneer at the iron
Industry of the province.
—As a result of the report of Inspec¬
tor Conger on the case of Allwood, the
negro mail carrier in Tennessee, Post¬
master-General Payne will likely abol¬
ish the route.
—At San Francisco Thursday, Presi¬
dent Roosevelt took part in the dedi¬
cation of a monument to commemor¬
ate Dewey’s victory in Manila bay.
—Knights Templars and Shriners
from every lodge in Georgia were en¬
tertained by Rome Comm j^ dery No. 8
Wednesday night,.
CHARGE
Is Made In Florida Legisla¬
ture and Creates Sensation.
INVESTIGATION IN ORDER
Resolution is Adopted to Probe Alleged
Wrong-Doing of Hon. Jefferson
Browne, President of Rail¬
road Commission.
A Tallahassee special says: A few
minutes a.tcr the Florida house ot
representatives met for the afternoon
session Friday a strong reminder ot
the. boodlo business which has attach¬
ed itself so inseparate with recent
Missouri legislation, was presented by
the introduction by Representative
Strozier, of Marion, of a house resolu¬
tion, which was adopted, calling for
the appointment of a Joint committee
of five to Investigate tho charge that
Jefferson B. Browne, chairman of the
Florida railroad commission and pros¬
pective candidate for governor of
Florida next year, has accepted a foe
of $1,000 to lobby through the legisla¬
ture a bill appropriating $10,000 to
purchase for the state lrorn Monroe
county an armory site and building
in Key West.
The bid in question has passed
both houses and become a law. Mr.
Browne, In a quiet way, was very ac¬
tive in its support while it was pend¬
ing. When the bill passed, Senator
Hunt Harris, of Monroe county, re¬
ceived a telegram from his uncle, Dr.
Vining Harris, superintendent of
schools for Monroe county, advising
him of the contract between the coun¬
ty commissioners and Jeff Browne, to
pay the latter 10 per cent cf any
amount he could get out of the legis¬
lature. This seems to have been the
first Intimation Senator Harris and
Representative Roberts, also of Mon¬
roe, had received that Mr. Browne's
actlvit 5’ was P rom P ted by a money
consideration.
Mr. Browne drafted the hill in ques
tion and it was introduced by Repre¬
sentative Knowles, of Monroe. Differ¬
ent statements are made as to what
Mr. Knowles knew of Browne’s ar¬
rangement for fee. Senator Harris
took his telegram to Governor Jen¬
nings, and on account of tho high nffi
cla.1 position occupied by Jeff Browne,
the governor asked that he be advised
direct by the county authorities ns to
tho truth of the Harris telegram. It
was duly confirmed and the governor
wired for a certified copy of the min¬
utes of the Monroe county commis¬
sioners embodying their agreement
with Mr. Browne. At the earnest so¬
licitation of the Monroe county delega¬
tion, the governor approved the bill
and it became a law.
When Strozier introduced his resolu¬
tion Friday afternoon demanding an
investigation of the matter, because of
the fact that Browne is a high state ot-
fleial, being chairman of the railroad
commission, It was bitterly attacked
b y Representative St. Clair Abrams,
of Lake, who contended that Browne
had a perfect right in his personal and
professional capacity, as lawyer, to
render this service; that it had no con¬
nection with his official position or du¬
ties, and that it was a matter with
which the house had no proper con¬
cern.
In reply, Strozier defended his reso¬
lution with vehemence. He called at¬
tention to the scandalized feeling with
which the report of Mr. Browne’s con¬
duct had been received on all sides.
He claimed that if Browne is innocent
of the current charges he 13 entitled
to vindication by a committee.
St. Clair Abrams moved to Lay tho
motion on the table, but this-was lost
by a vote of 11 to 41, and tho resolu¬
tion was adopted without further oppo¬
sition.
Breaks Out in New Place.
The negroes of Fall River, Mass., are
somewhat worked up over the action
of the local bartenders’ association.
The association not only prohibits tho
admission of colored people to its as¬
sociation, but also refuses to be served
by them at a banquet.
BOASTS EXPANSION POLICY.
President’s Visit to Pacific Coast
Strengthens His Convictions.
President Roosevelt addressed
an immense crowd in Mechanics pa¬
vilion, in San Fraeeiseo Wednesday
night. His reception svas enthusias¬
tic. The president said in part:
“Before I saw the Pacific slope I
was an expansionist, and after having
seen it J. fail to understand how any
man who is confident of his country’s
greatness and glad this country
should challenge with proud confi¬
dence our mighty future, can be any
thing but an expansionist.”
MUCH RIOTING IN NEWPORT.
Town in “Little Rhody” Experiencing
Strenuous Rough House.
Mayor Doyle, of Newport, R. I., de¬
clared the city to be in a state of riot
Friday as the climax of trouble be¬
tween the police stationed on Broad¬
way and a gang of track layers em¬
ployed by the Old Colony street rail¬
way who intended to lay a switch la
face of an order not to do so.
PRESS NOW MUZZLED.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylva¬
nia Signs the Muchly-Discussed
New Libel Act.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl¬
vania, npproved tho Grady-Salus libel
bill Tuesday, and at the same timo is¬
sued a long statement giving the rea¬
sons for ills action. The bill, which
was in the governor’? hands for more
than a month, goes into effect imme¬
diately, and it repeals nil laws ot
parts of laws inconsistent with tho
iftw act.
The governor claims in his state-
meut there is nolhirjj! in the terms of
i he measure Which pi events any news¬
paper from making such comments
upon legislative measures or upon tho
official acts of state, municipal, coun¬
ty, or public officers as are proper in¬
formation of the public or are in the
line of legitimate public discussion.
Continuing, he says:
"The bill in its application is not
confined to officials, but affects as
well (bo citizen or business man,
whoso conduct constitutes no part of
the right of the public to information.
Tho corporation officer who has been
falsely charged with crime; the man¬
ufacturer who is falsely accused of
being a drunken brawler; the woman
whose domestic griefs have been un¬
feelingly paraded, or whose chastity
is improperly suspected; the student
who has been falsely accused of mur¬
der; tho clergyman who has been
cruelly maligned; the quiet citizen
whose peace of mind has been de¬
stroyed by tho publication of evil gos¬
sip; the merchant whose credit has
been affected by groundless rumors;
the sufferers from reckless but not
necessarily malicious publications,
are given the right not to prohibit
publication, but to recover damages
which they have sustained, provided
they prove negligence or lack of care
on the part of the publishing newspa¬
pers.
“All of these are Instances of what
has, in fact, recently occurred. A
mayor of our city has been called trai¬
tor, a senator of the United States has
been denounced as a yokel with sod¬
den brain, and within the last quarter
of a century two presidents of the
United States have been murdered,
and In each instance the cause was
easily traceable to inflammatory and
careless newspaper utterances. A car¬
toon in a daily journal of May 2 de¬
fines the question with entire precis¬
ion. An ugly iittle dwarf represent¬
ing the governor of the common¬
wealth stands on a crude stool. The
stool is subordinate to and placed
alongside a huge printing press with
wheels as largo as those of an ox
cart, and all are so arranged as to
give the idea, that when the press
starts the stool and Its occupant will
be thrown to the ground.
“Put into words, the cartoon asserts
to the world that the press is above
the law and greater in strength than
the government. No self-respecting
people will permit such an attitude to
be long maintained. In England a
century ago the offender would have
been drawn and quartered and hi3
head stuck upon a pole without the
gates. In America today this Is the
kind of arrogance which goeth before
a fall.”
Tbq governor also says that many
years’ experience on the bench ha3
led him (o the conclusion that crimes
are widly propagated not by fhe mal¬
ice, but by the recklessness of the
press and that in certain classes of
eases, among them murder, the ac¬
cused were at times convicted or ac¬
quitted before they reached the court
room.
Governor Pennypacker says the rep¬
utable press need have no fear of the
operation of the law, hut that It will
have a repressive effect upon the evil
tendencies of modern journalism.
RUSSIA GIVES ASSURANCES.
Official Edict Sent Forth that All cf
Manchuria Has Open Door.
The Russian charge, M. Plancon, at
Pekin, China, has given reassurances
regarding Manchuria. He has issued
an official notice that all Manchuria is
open to foreign travel and adds that
passports are no longer necessary.
OPPOSES COLORED POSTMASTER.
Republican Congressman in Maryland
Wants the Office Discontinued.
William H. Jackson, republican
member of congress from the First
Maryland district announces that be
will ask for the discontinuance of tho
postofflee at. Quindocui, in Somerset
county, to which Andrew Day, a negro,
was recently appointed. This is said
to be the first, colored postmaster ap¬
pointed in Maryland. Congressman
Jackson says he will ask for the dis¬
continuance because it is necessary
and because Day is not a proper per¬
son to hold such an office.
COUNTESS SUES THE KING.
Leopold’s Daughter Accuses Him ot
Withholding Her Inheritance.
The report that the Countess Lon-
yay has brought suit against her fath
er, King Leopold, of Belgium, has been
confirmed at Brussels. The countess
claims that her slrare of the estate of
tier mother, the late Queen Marie Hen-
rietta, would be $3,100,000 instead of
$120,000 offered by King Leopold.
NUMBER 27.
COTTON BOUNDS UP
Still Another New Record is
Made in High Price,
END NOT YET IN SIGHT
Great Disorder on Floor of the New
York Exchange—Boom Will Con¬
tinue Until Cotton Entirely
Gives Out.
Another new record for the season
was established in the cotton market
at New York Friday; in fact, many of
the older members agreed that It was
doubtful if any session in the entire
history of tho exchange compared
with the day's doings. The big
ture of tho day was the price made by
July in tho last half hour of trading,
11 cents. In the same time August,
sold at 10.73 and spot cotton was
quoted at 11.60. These prices were the
highost in twelve or thirteen years and
added to this the transactions were of
enormous volume.
At times the scene on the floor was
one of the greatest disorder and tho
rush of the covering demand threw
the pit into a demoralized condition.
At the opening of the market trading
was by far tho most active of the sea¬
son and on the upward rush May sold
at 11.40, July at 10.99 and August at
10.67—all new records.
The Liverpool reports gave warn¬
ing that the day would be a lively
one, as sales of spot cotton there
reached a full dollar a bale higher
than on Thursday. Early cables stated
that some of tho foreign short inter¬
ests were in the maraet taking all the
cotton offered at the highest prices of
a decade.
The largest individual dealer in spot
cotton in the New York market re¬
ceived a message from Liverpool read¬
ing as follows:
“The market will only stop advanc¬
ing when cotton gives out. It is get¬
ting very scarce now.”
Liverpool stocks are smaller than
for a great many years and the con¬
sumption of American cotton is at
record figures. The market started
with a rush with this news from Liver¬
pool, orders coming mainly from com¬
mission houses. Ono firm had traded
in 50,000 hales before midday.
The 'dal amount of cotton which
is now in New York available Tor de¬
livery on May contracts is 89,250 bales,
which has a market value at tho cur¬
rent price of about $58 a bale, or
equivalent to a total valuation of near-
ly $5,200,000. This stock shows an in-
crease of over 5.000 bales from Tues-
day and 10,000 since Saturday, a week
ago, and compares with 32,000 bale?
on April 15. The total amount of cot¬
ton now in tho city of all kinds by
running count is 120,000 bales, against
68,000 on April 15.
More cotton is being brought in by
those who had sold tne May option
short either as hedges against trans¬
actions in spot cotton or on differences
between the local market and Liver¬
pool, who had intended to make good
their contracts to the bull clique rath¬
er than go into the pit and effect a set¬
tlement by buying the cotton back.
Some of those who were short even
brought some cotton hack from Liver¬
pool, and it Is understood several larg¬
er lots have been sent on to the city
from points in New England secured
from the mill men and dealers there.
At the present market price about
$5,000,000 worth of actual cotton will
thus change hands during the closing
deal in this May option.
Refuses to Act as Umpire.
Frederick W. Holla, of New York,
who was tendered the position of lira-
pire to act in the settlement of the
claims of Germany and Italy against
Venezuela, has declired the appoint¬
ment, owing to the pressure of private
business.
Was a Soldier of Napoleon.
Joseph Bashaw, who is, as near as
can be figured out, at least 114 year?
old, was found dead in bed at Salem.
Oregon, Thursday. Ho was a French¬
man by birth, and served in the French
war of 1806-15 under Napoleon.
FLORIDA MAN ASSASSINATED.
John Howard, Prominent Citizen cf
Quincy Shot from Ambush.
John T. Howard, a prominent citi¬
zen of Quincy, Fla., was shot from
ambush and instantly killed Monday
night while on his way to his planta¬
tion in Liberty county. The news
reached Quincy at dayb*reak Tuesday
He was riding in his buggy within
three miles of his country place when,
he was shot twice with nuckshot. A
turpentine man, who chanced to bo
passing, found him in his buggy dead.
The motive for the murder is not
known.
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT OUT.
Forced to Resign Office on AccoiinS
of Political Troubles.
It is reported in Panama that Pro
1(lent Marroquin, of Colombia, haa
* ,ocn compelled to resign office on ac-
count; °* political troubles, and th t
General Raphael Reyes, second vit a
president of Colombia, will assume
tke Presidency. Friends of the c -
nal are anxiously awaiting confirm
tion of this report.