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.^’rraeaai REAKMADEIN till /^aT^TART 1 UIN 1/11 TMT AjL^ A T C ;C Lon? Predicted Reaction Ccmes ana i^-lS Kodt De^rs* p f ,, c AFKEi I IN A FLURRY bie Who are Long on the Staple Frantic Rush to Liquidate. Fluctuations Erratic. Brhe long expected reaction in the Eton market occurred at New Or ■cs Friday and country longs went ■d in their e ff° rts to liquidate. The ■erings swamped the market for a ile and prices went down from 45 gg points. The prominent bulls re heavy buyers at the decline and lea at the lowest buying offers of a r bundled v.ould send the market 10 points. The alarm was sounded lursray when the brokers com heed to ask $10 a bale margin. It is generally „ „ .. conceded , , that the Ise reports concerning the situation tae Far East, spread about Thurs |y night, were responsible for the luidation by the weak long interest. i futures remained bullish. The pvement was light and the weekly k sight) figures were smaller than ire expected by the most enthusias | bulls. At one time the May op us were 80 points under the high t level of the morning, but a quick fcovery brought them up until they |re only 41 points below the highest ■el. and only 21 points lower than ft close of Thursday. The leading lls said the drastic iquidation had ■ the market in a healthier condi Bi than ever and more open to fur §r advances than for several days :t. I Weak Interests Closed Out. ripening prices in the cotton mar I: at New York were higher than iursday night’s close. Trading was Rive and excited. The initial ad bee was dn better cables than had |en Ii looked for and reports that cot lr was selling all through the inte Thursday at 15 3-4 cents for mid fcng. It became evident, however, [on fofit after the opening that enormous taking was going on and prices [ere depressed several points from le best, after which they were rallied y the firmness in New Orleans and pressive [The rally bull support. did not hold, and shortly [ter noon there was a rapid break of om 55 to 65 points. The break was supposed to be due 1 selling by two large commission ouses with out-of-town connections, fliicli held long cotton for southern gd western interests. It is said the were made becaue of failure of to forward necessary argins. The decline attracted a esh demand from scattered sources pd with the weaker long interest fiaken out the market rallied several hts The close was sensational. Bat ■ the July cotton in sight, running month up to 16.18. while the ■oints of last night’s prices, while the ■ther crop positions were net 13 to 15 ■nuts lower and the new crop months ■om 10 to 38 points below Thursday ■Sht’s final figures. Friday’s sales ■ere estimated at 1,200,000 bales. COAST LINE PENSIONS EMPLOYES. i Who Have Reached the Age of Seventy Years to Retire on Full Pay. The Atlantic Coast IJp'’ has estao shed it s pension dep. tment, w'th eadqfcarters at Y/imlington, N. C. The oa rd of pensions will conduct it. Ail officers and employes 70 years will be retired. Those who have ten years in service will be pen ioned. Engineers, firemen, conduc rs > brakemen, yard masters, switch bridge foremen, section foremen nil supervisors 65 years old may re [ l e re 3u with ten pensions where they hace years in service. hguse pays tribute to m’kinley.i ^nation Adorned the Lapel of the Coat I of Nearly Every Member. I - fernation adorned the lapel of the °<*t of nearly every member of the Of iso Friday in commemoration of the ate ^ res idesntl McKinley’s birthday. ^ ^ chaplain referred the late dent to pres " We saying; thank Thee, oh, Heavenly Fa the beautiful life and char Ur be loved McKinley, whom ember with grateful hearts to | “ J° n r 'l ’lie for things the that he did in his oi “Dstiari beautiful example character and fortitude h€ | in his death.” l ARMY OF INVASION Organized by Colombia to At* tac & Panama "Outside the Canal Zone. ft NeTYs has reached Panama from Bo |& ota that insomuch as General Reyes ! and Cavalero have assured Colombia that the United States will only ob ject to her landing forces in the canal | zcne, tends the Colombian government jn j to organize and sent an expedi I tion against Panama. The only explanation of this news j from Bogota is that the government | of Colombia is compelled to take some i steps to prevent its downfall. This *s i said to be imminent, as President Mar roquin has lost all the prestige he has | ever had. There is much speculation j in Bogota as to the outcome of this move, should it be put through. Colombian newspapers are complain ing that it cost more than $15,000,000 in papei money (a Colombian dollar is worth seven-tenths of an American j cent) to move troops from Cartagena I to Titumati, cn the gulf of Darien. I These 2,000 to men 4,000 are and estimated at time at from they i one were we jj gU ppij e d with provisions. People arriving from Colombia de clare the situation in that country to be S row - n S worse every day. The United States gunboat Bancroft arrived . . at . Colon _ . Friday from her San Blas coast round. She reports the at titude of the San Bias Indians at Cale donia bay to be not only unfriendly, but decidedly aggressive, SHAW’S ANSWER WAS AMBIGUOUS. Tillman Alleges That the Secretary is At tempting to Codqe the Crum Issue In the senate, Friday, Mr. Tillman introduced a resolution u sking for more specific information from the secretary of the treasury concerning the nomination of W. D. Crum as col lector of customs of the port of Charleston, S. C., than was contained in the letter from the secretary receiv ; ed Thursday by the senate. He said : that the secretary’s letter is ambigu cus and fails entirely of its object. He asserted that the secretary had with “great adroitness dodged the issue.” Following is the text of the resolu : tion: Resolved, That the secretary of the j treasury be, and he hereby is, instruct ed to send to the senate information j in regard to the appointment of W. D. ! Crum as collector of the port ot | Charleston, S. C., and that he answer j specifically the following questions: “First. Is W. D. Crum now hold ing a commission as collector? If so, give date and send to the senate a ' verbatim copy thereof. “Second. Was his appointment made in accordance with law, and if so, what law? Third. Is there any law or prece dent for the holding of an office of this kind by a de facto official? “Fourth. Is It the contention or in tention to claim and exercise the au thority to make such appointments, during a constructive recess, as this appears to be?” Messrs. Aldrich and Spooner object ed to immediate consideration and the resolution went over for a day. HEROIC GIRL SUFFERS TORTURE. At the Samaritan hospital in Chi cago, her head and left side swathed with bandages, lies Carrie Anderson, the child whose deed of heroism at the Iroquois fire was recounted in brief during the coroner’s inquest, but whose name has never been learned until now. Through the steadfast bravery of this 14-year-old girl at least fifty lives were saved or the fatal afternoon. She it was who, despite the fact that her entire left side was being lapped by flames, caught the end of the ladder thrown across the alley from the j Northwestern guided it to university firm resting building place and a on the fire escape of the second balcony. Across this ladder many men, women and children scrambled to safety. She was in the balcony with her mother, who was employed as a clean er at the theatre, and while she es taped, her mother perished. The child Does not know yet that hex mother is dead. WASHINGION IS IN THE DARK. Regarding Report of Mrs. Maybrick’s Re lease from English Prison. Regarding the case of Mrs. May brick, interest in which has been re vived by reports that she has been re leased from prison in England, state department officials at Washington say there has been no recent communica tion between them and the English government in the matter. The last i n f orma tion the department had r<s garding the case, and this is now some months o-ld, was that Mrs. May brick probably would be released late in the coming summer. ass Egacg WOMAN SHED TEARS. Mrs. Loreoz Gives Way to During Trial of Alleged Postal Grafters in Washington. The defense in the pescal trial Washington opened Thursday. Mr. Maddox, on behalf of the Groffs, said he Could prove that George E. Lorenz in 1895 had purchased for $500 a one half interest in the Greff fastener. He was followed by Mr. Kumler for the Lorenzs, cvho asserted that as far back as 1888 Machen, George E. Lo renz and his brother engaged in the oil business in Ohio, and that as a re sult of their various transactions Geu. E. Lorenz owed Machen $25,000, and that whatever money Lorenz paid to Machen was in settlement of an honest debt. Conrad Syme, on behalf of Machen, agreed with what Mr. Maddox and Mr. Kumler said, and added that he would prove there was no conspiracy when Mr. Kumler, in the course of his open ing remarks, said that Mrs. Lorenz had been scandalized by the govern; ment, which had treated her with cruelty, Mrs. Lorenz broke down and wept bitterly. She was led from the room by Mrs. Machen and Mrs. Phil lips, Mr. Machen’s sister. She recov ered her composure during the recess and occupied her accustomed place in court. The lir3t witness for the defense was Miss Ina S. Liebhart, chief clerk of the special free delivery division, and Maehen’s former stenographer. She described Machen’s various duties, which she said made it physically im possible for him to personally attend to everything. She said that from July, 1901, she personally initialed all the mail with Machen’s initials and prior to that date she placed his ini tials probably on one-half of the mail. She said she herself determined the question of what papers she should or should not initial. She declared that the Groff fastener was never the sub ject of any conversation between her self and Machen. In writing Machen’s initials she said there was no secrecy about it, that First Assistant Postmas ter General Wynne knew as well as his chief clerk, Mr. Hawley. A recess was taken at this point. Continuing her testimony when the trial was resumed, Miss Liebhardt said that a great deal of Machen’s time was taken up in interviewing congressmen and postmasters regarding the exten sion of the rural free delivery. Asked specifically about Groff fasteners, Miss Liebhardt said that special orders were not brought to Machen’s atten tion .because the fastener was “a fixea supply.” In cases involving a new ar ticle, however, she said she would speak to the superintendent about it. It was brought out that the order giv en the Groffs for fasteners at the re duced price of $1.25 each, was dated July 15, 1899, and was signed by Ma chen himself. The witness had not concluded when court adjourned until Friday. WIFE HALES HUSBAND TO COURT. Merchant Benson Placed in Hands of Re ceiver bv Aggrieved Better Half. Thomas M. Henson, a prominent merchant of Union county, Ga., has been placed in the hands of a receiver at the instance of his wife. Hanson’s property includes a large mercantile establishment, valuable merchant mills and other property, and aggregating about $6,000. Henson’s wife some time ago enter ed suit against him for alimony. In her petition she made some very sen sational charges, one of which was that her husband would not allow her or her children to attend any religious services, and when they disobeyed , him they were whipped severely. j At the last term of Union superior court Judge Kimsey ordered Henson to pay Mrs. Henson $50 per month temporary alimony. This Henson has paid promptly, but Mrs. Henson, in her application for a receiver, states that her husband is rapidly winding up his business, and that where par ties can’t pay him instanter he marks their indebtedness setTled. FRANKFORT REMAINS THE CAPITAL. Legislature Appropriats a Mil lion Dollars for State House. The passage through the Kentucky Thursday by unanimous vote the house bill appropriating a mil dollars for a new capitol at Frank marked the end of a fight which been waged for the removal of the of government since the days Henry Clay, as a representative Lexington, started a fight which been the cherished ambition of city since, till the pregent ses when Lexington, Louisville and towns joined In and aided Frank for the present bill. M U. MAYE-BI K OUT ? R:pcrt Gmes frem Londoi that Amc can Woman in Enjush Prison Has Been Pardoned. Lloyd’s weekly N.-wspaper (Lon don) says that Mrs. Florence May brick, the American woman who was serving a life sentence on the charge of having poisoned her husband, was released from the Aylsbury female con vict prison at C:45 o'clock on the morning of January 25, m special li cense. The Daily Mail says that Mrs. May brick is now in Liverpool and that the following conditions attach to her re lease from prison: That she will not appear on the public stage or write a book of her experience and shall in no way endeavor to attract attention to herself. An Associated Press dispatch says: In spite of the mystery with which officials shroud the action in connec tion with the reported release of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, it can be definitely said that she has been removed from Aylesbury prison. At the United States embassy it was most emphati cally declared that she had not been pardoned, and that she was still a r' ! soner. Mrs. Maybrick, the paper concludes, during the last few months in prison, was employed in the lightest work as a reward for good conduct. Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick is a native of Mobile, Ala., where she still enjoys a reputation for beauty and refinement of character. In 1881 she met James Maybrick, a fashionable Englishman at Liverpool, and after a brief courtship they were married. The first years of their wed ded life seemed happy. Two children, a boy and a girl, were born to them. Shadows began to fall over the family in 1889. There were hints of heavy drinking and abuse on the part of the husband. One spring day in that year he attended the Wirral races in a heavy rain and contracted a severe cold. Returning home, alter eating and drinking, he took to his bed. Grow ing worse, he insisted that his wife give him a certain white powder, which she d'd, following his instruc tions as where to find it. Thirteen days later Maybrick died and his wid ow suffered a severe collapse. Coming out of this, she was con fronted with a charge of murder. Af ter a sensational trial, during which evidence in favor of the woman sulfi cient to have set her free by any American jury, was brought to light, she was convicted and sentenced to death. It was shown that her hus band had been a confirmed arsenic eater for years. Immediately following her convic tion, petitions began to pour in from the United States and other civilized countries, protesting against the ver diet and praying the release of the prisoner. For years diplomatic corre spondence has passed between Wash ington and London concerning the case. Every administration of recent date has taken up the Maybrick case with resolution. The first favorable step was the commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment, by Queen Victoria. Then came the reduction to twenty five years, which was again shortened by allowances for good behavior. The south is tremendously interested in the case, not alone from the fact that Mrs. Maybrick is of the south, and a woman, but because her testimony is necessary in the settlement of a case involving thousands of dollars. COLOMBIANS ON THE WRONG TACK. Army Will Not be Allowed to Land on Any Part of Panama. It is stated at the state department at Washington that General Reyes must have misunderstood the position of the authorities here if ne, as repre sentative from Bogota, informed the Colombian government that the United States has limited its objection to | the landing of Colombian troops in j Panama to the canal zone itself. The department has not in any cense changed its position when it was ex pressly stated that no troops with hos tile intent could be landed in any par: of Panama. GREEN REMAINS PF430DY AGENT. Trustees Hold Meeting in Washington 3 nd Decide to Postpone Action. A notable body of representative men ; attended a special meeting in Washing ton of the trustees of the Peabody educational fund. It was announced after the session closed that full con sideration had been given to the ques tion of a general agent to succeed Dr. Samuel A. Green and to the proposed enlargement and maintenance of the Peabody normal college, at Nashville, but that it was concluded to postpone action in both matters until the meet ing of the trustees, to be held in New York next October. ! COSTLY COTTON BROKE BAXTER B; g Brokerage and Commission r- ^ 11 * m r i, lf ., T « i j DONE BY < “KING” SULLY Failure Attribu^eJ to Manipulations of Bull Cl;que--Had Branch Offices Throughout the South. A. B. Baxter &. Co., brokers, of New York, with 138 offices in the United States, 38 of which are in the south. failed Saturday, It is said that the failure will amount approximately to $3,000,000, thought the exact figures wiil not be known for several days. A New York special says: Daniel J. Sully, the cotton king, cleared $600. 000 Saturday morning in the spectacu lar rise of July cotton, which touched 1C.88. He bought 200,000 bales Friday morning at 16 and sold out Saturday at an advance of from 60 to 80 points. Directly charged to the operation of cully in the market was the assign ment of A. B. Baxter & Co., dealers in stocks, bonds and cotton, at No. G1 Broadway,, with offices in all the prin cipal cities df the United States, most ly in the south and southwest, The failure involved $200,000. The firm as signed for the benefits of creditors to George J. Vestner. The officers are A. B. Baxter, presi dent; W. W. Vensel, treasurer, and Felix P. Lipp, secretary. The com pany was incorporated in 1902, with a capital of $300,000. The concern is the largest of its kind on this conti nent and Its operations have been on a mammoth scale. The assignment was not filed in Now York 1:30 o’clock Saturday after noon, and there was no hint of it be fore the close of trading on the cot ton market at noon. At the office of Baxter & Co. it was said that it would take several days to estimate the lia bilities and assets which could not, it was said, be estimated now. George J. Vestner, the Baxter firm’s assignee, is a lawyer in the office of McIntyre, Cantor & Adams. John F. McIntyre said for tne assignee of the company: “The company has a large number of branch offices, one in nearly every principal city of the south and west. It has 30,000 miles of leased wires, and pays $30,000 a month tolls to the telegraph companies. As soon as we assigned we wired a.l our branch of fices not to accept another cent from customers. “What, caused the suspension was the continued rise in cotton. Most.of our customers in the south and west, who had been long on cotton, went short recently, thinking the high water mark had passed, but when Sully con tinued to send cotton up we called on our customers for more margins. We thought we saw hope when cot ton fell off 50 points Friday, but when it rose 75 points Saturday and the majority of customers failed to re spond to requests for more margins, we had to assign.” CASH TO EASE COLOMBIA'S HURL Democratic Sena,.;»rs Favor Paying Her Liberally for the loss of Panama. For three hours Saturday the demo crats of the senate discussed plans for united party action in support of the Bacon resolution for paying Colombia $10,000,000 in cash for the loss of Pan ama. Duringvthe discussion it devel oped that if the senate will take action on the lines of this resolution demo cratic opposition to the ratification of the Panama treaty will be withdrawn. No final action was taken, however, as there is to be another caucus on the subject. The republican attitude on the ques tion of paying Colombia the sum stated for a quit claim deed to her interest in the canal zone was made known to the senators in the caucus. The re publicans, it is understood, have al ready agreed to satisfy Colombia in this matter, but they propose to have the canal treaty ratified before they make the deal public. VETS TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER. Reunion Committee at Nashville Departs From Custom in Naming Date. At a meeting in Nashville, Tenn., Friday night of the joint comm’ttee on confederate reunion, it was decided to hold it in September, the exact date to be named later. Thm is a depart ure, past reunions having been held generally in June. Canton people informally but gener ally observed McKinley’s birthday Fri day. Special patriotic programs were held in most of the schools, and the pink carnation was everywhere in evi dence.