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IN SOLID PHALANX
Farmers of the South Stand
in Cotton Holding Move.
BEARS MUST BE ROUTED
President Jordan of Southern Cotton
Association Issues Congratulatory
Address to People of the
Southern States.
In a letter issued Wednesday ad
dressed to the people of the south,
Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association, presents
many facts which show that the move
ment to hold cotton for a fair price
is growing rapidly and that the most
aremote sections of the country are
reporting to headquarters their abso
lute faith in the movement.
The way in which the farmers are
©veryw'here signing pledges both to
cut down their acreage and fertilizers
has surpassed the most ardent hopes
of the association. The press in all
parts of the south lias pledged its
support to the plans adopted at the
big New Orleans conference, and
from all reports every one in Dixie
seems to feel the same way on the
subject of establishing such conditions
as will result in the securing of 10
cent cotton.
The germane features of the letter
are contained in the following para
graphs:
“The daily press of the south indi
cate that hundreds of county and pre
cinct organizations were perfected on
the 11th instant throughout the entire
cotton belt under the plans adopted
by the Southern Cotton Association,
■and that thousands of farmers, mer
chants and bankers have enthusiasti
cally joined the movement.
“Reports this early from hundreds
of counties, townships, precincts and
parishes show that everywhere 'the
pledges on reduction of acreage and
guano are being promptly signed up
by the cotton growers.
“Another matter which the cotton
world must be forced to understand,
and that is, that spot holders of cot
ton in the south are firmly and 1 in
alterably fixed in their determination
to hold their cotton and refuse to sell
at prices less than 10 cents per pound
delivered at the ports.
“No cotton must be sold on tempo
rary advances. It is a well laid
scheme of the bears and buyers to
bring out cotton on the market so
as to insure heavy reduction in price
and secure the fulfillment of spot con
tracts. Hold cotton tighter than ever
before and prove to the foreign spin
ner and speculator who consider the
southern farmers as so many ‘brain
less laborers,’ that w’e can combine
and force the world to recognize for
once that the south can and will pro
tect its interests.
“Let the active work of organiza
tion rapidly proceed. Let every coun
ty and parish in the south hold its
meetings on the 16th, organize and
elect delegates to attend the meetings*
of the state capitols on the 21st. The
railroads have already intimated their
willingness to give a rate of one fare
'for the round trip to ail delegates at
tending the state meetings on Feb
ruary 21. Reduce your acreage and
(use of guano at least 25 per cent or
more.
“Diversify your farming interests
and plant more food crops. Hold your
cotton with a death grip until prices
advance to 10 cents. Pay no atten
tion to temporray advances. Help to
tie up the 2,000,000 bales of the sur
plus and the bears and exporters will
be whipped to a standstill. The $60,
000,000 cut off the value of the crop
during the last sixty days by specula
tive depression will be returned and
the south will again enjoy her period
of prosperity.
“We must win in this contest. The
future of every farmer, merchant
banker and the business and profes
sional men of the south is at stake
Let us stand unfalteringly together.
Let no break in the ranks occur any
where. The cotton men are fright
ened. The bear speculators are
frightened. They can’t hold out many
weeks longer. We have victory in
sight. Stand by the Southern Cotton
Association and win success.
“Let the south continue to stand
pat in the protection of her great
money staple. We now have the sit
uation absolutely in our control.
“HARVIE JORDAN,
President Southern Cotton Associa
tion. • •
BLAIR AND RYAN ON TGP.
Officially Declared Syndicate Now
Controls the Seaboard.
A New York dispatch says:
period of depositing stock of the Sea
hoard Air Line railway under
B1 Ryan plan of reorganization, ex
hired Wednesday, and it was
ly stated that a majority of the
had been deposited; also that no
tension of time would be made,
GEN ' LEW WALLACE DEAD
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W„ Farr.ou*" Soldi*,, W^t.r »«<.
Diplomat r.ht” d '
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Surrounded by his family, Genera!
Lew Wallace, author of “Ben Hur,”
one time minister to Turkey and vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars,
(lied at his home iu Crawfordsville,
ind., Wednesday night, aged 78 years.
General Wallace was born in Brook
vilie, Ind. He studied law in Indiana
and served in the Mexican war, and
then practiced law until the civil War.
He served as a colonel of a regiment
of Indiana volunteers in West Vir
ginia in 1861, and on September 3,
1861, was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general of volunteers.
He took a prominent part in the
second day's fighting at Shiloh, hav- j
ing failed to reach the battle field
on the first day, and in the subse
quent operations about Corinth, and
in 1863 superintended the construc
tion of defenses at Cincinnati, and
protected that city when it was
threatened by a confederate force un
der General E. Kirby fomith. Subse
Quently he commanded the middle de
partment and the eighth army corps,
with headquarters at Baltimore, and
on July 9, 1864, with 9 . greatly in
ferior force, delayed the advance of
; General J. A. Early at Monocacy,
where, however, he suffered a defeat.
He was president of the court of
inquiry which investigated the con
duct of General D. C. Buell, in No
vember, 1862, anil of the court which
tried Henry Wurz, commandant of
the prison at Andersonville, Ga., and
was a member of the court w’hich
tried those connected with the assas
sination of President Lincoln.
On retiring from the army in 1865
he resumed the practice of law' in
Indiana, was governor of New Mexico
; 1878-81 and United States minister
to Turkey 1881-85. His popularity as
a lecturer was great throughout the
country. Among his novels, “The
Fair God” and “The Prince of India”
were highly estimated. “Ben Hur,”
a story of Palestine and Rome in the
tim e of Christ, achieved an almost
unprecedented sale, and was drama
' tized.
Wallace was the author of “The
'] Childhood of Christ” and of a poem,
The Wooing of Malkatoon.”
ALL MAY DECLINE TO PAY.
Insurance Companies May Contest Pol
icies Taken by McCue.
A Charlottesville, Va., dispatch
says: Now' that J. Samuel McCue has
\ been hanged for the murder of his
wife, interest centers in the question
whether or not the eight companies
in w’hich McCue was insured for near
ly $73,000 will pay the policies in
full or in part.
If the companies contest the pay
ment of principal, as it seems' prob
able they will do, McCue’s heirs may
receive in the end only the amount
of the premiums paid, with interest,
which would loot up probably less
I than $15,000 all told.
It is pointed out by insurance
1 agents that the United States supreme
court ' decided against the plaintiffs
in a former case where a man heav
ily insured was executed for a crime.
8WAYNE PAID ONE FARE.
Did Not Use Pass in Travelling Over
Louisvill e and Nashvtile.
The Swayne impeachment trial held
the attention of the senate for two
hours Wednesday.
Everard Mead Wilson. Martin D.
Merritt and Henry F. Webb, conduc
tors on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, testified that Judge Swayne
is in the habit of riding on that road
with passes, but Mr. Wilson said when
the congressional committee was in
Florida investigating the Swayne case
and Judge Swayne was traveling with
them he paid his fare.
Fire at Carntcn, Misn.
Three buildings have been destroy
ed by fire in the business district
ef Canton. Miss., the loss totalling
nearly $50,000 with insurance of $24,-
500.
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION SUED.
I Shaughncssy Seeks to Recover Large
Sum for Salary and Commissions.
Confederate gtmerals and colonels
galore are to be called as witnesses
in a suit against the Confederate Me
niorial Association, with headquarters
at Covington, Ky., that was begun
Wednesday in the United States cir
cuit court in Brooklyn, N. Y. Tiue
plaintiff is John N. Shaughnessy, who
.- lies to recover $17,779.19 alleged to
ho due from the association for sal
: ary and for a commission on certain
sums given to the association by phi
lauthropists.
COSSACKS ON THE MOVE.
Russian Cavalry Forces Proceed
Against Japanese Left Wing.
A Tokio dispatch of Wednesday
says: The Russians have begun an
extensive cavalry movement against
Field Marshal Oyama’s extreme left.
Tuesday night they were attempting
to 'toss the Hun river west of Liao*
laug, with 9,00(1 horsemen.
BOMB OF ASSASSIN
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Tears Into Gory Fragments
Grand Duke Sergius.
AN UNCLE Of THE CZAR
Explosive Was Thrown Under His 1
Carriage by Anarchist —4 Vehicle j
Was Totally Wrecked — The j
Coachman Also Killed
An Associated Press dispatch from
Moscow, Russia, says: While Grand
Duke Sergius was driving from the
Nicholas palace, through the senate
quarter, Friday afternoon, his carriage
was followed by two cabs. At the
Law Courts, a sleigh, in which were
two men, one of whom was dressed
as a workingman, went quickly ahead
of the grand duke’s carriage.
The sleigh then slowed up to allow
the carriage to pass and at that mo
ment a bomb was thrown beneath the
carriage.
The carriage w ; as blown to pieces,
nothing but the four wheels remaining.
The horses w r ere not hurt and bolted.
The grand duke was instantly kill
ed. His head was blown off, actually
being separated from his body, which
was frightfully mangled.
The coachman was also killed. He
W'as so frightfully burned by the ex
plosive with w'hich the bomb was
charged that he died while being taken
to a hospital.
The force of the explosion broke
all the windows of the Law Courts
and the report was heard outside the
city.
On the arrest of the murderers,
neither of whom w r as known to the
police, oiig of them cooly said:
“I don’t care; I have done my job.”
An immense crow'd gathered at the
spot aud made a demonstration against
a number of students who commenced
scattering revolutionary proclama
tions.
Within a few’ minutes after the ex
plon, w'hich occurred at 3 p. m., peo
ple might be seen gathering up pieces
of w’ood and clothing as mementoes
of the tragedy.
The tragedy was enacted within the
walls of the far-famed Kremlin pal
ace. and almost underneath the his
torical tower from which Ivan the
Terrible w r atched the heads of his
enemies falling beneath the ax on
the famous Red Square, and within
a stone’s throw of the Great Bell of
Mjoscow.
The bomb was charged with the
same high powder explosive which
wrought Minister von plehve’s death
a few months ago. The missile was
■packed with nails and fragments of
iron and its explosion tore the im
perial victim’s body to ghastly frag
ments, which strewed the snow for
yards around. Every window in the
great, lofty facade of the palace of
justice was shattered and bits of iron
were imbedded deeply in the walls
of the arsenal a hundred yards away.
Victim Was Already Doomed.
The news of the tragedy created
a tremendous sensation in St. Peters
burg, where the announcement by
telephone from Moscow arrived dur
ing the afternoon.
The tragedy did not come as a
great surprise, as it is known that
the terrorists had already condemned
the grand duke to death and ever
since the affair of January 22 the in
auguration of a bomb throwing cam
paign bail been anticipated.
Grand Duke Sergius, who was a
brother-in-law as well as uncle of
the emperor, and who had exercised
immense influence at court, was re
garded as tlie most reactionary of
the grand dukes, As governor gen
era! of Mcseow he was intensely tin
popular. His advent as governor gen
era! of Moscow was followed by expul
sion of the Jews from the central
provinces and his administration had
been rigorous and harsh throughout.
NOW UP TO UNCLE SAM.
Castro Throws Down Gauntlet by Seiz
ing Asphalt Properties.
The state department Thursday re
c-eived a cablegram from M'inistei
Bowne at Caracas, stating that the
supreme court had confirmed its for
mer decree sequestrating the property
in Venezuela of the American Asphalt
Company. The action of the court
brings the asphalt dispute 10 the crit
ical point, for it is now incumbent up
on the government at Washington to
make the next move.
TO RETURN BATTLE FLAGS.
~nsigrui in Custody of War Depart
ment Go Back to States.
Tu e house committee on military af
fairs Thursday authorized a favorable
report on r. joint resolution providing
that union and confederate flags in
the custody of the war department
shall be returned to the proper an
thorities in the states in which the
regiments which bore the colors were
w£4Ui4ed. *
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PRESIDENT.
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" g c.nTc.mni-i«.. i, S«naU j
p™
4 w>sliw
waiting for the Mann canal bill to
over from the house, the senate
on inter-oceanic canals au
Senator Kitiredge to prepare
new bill for the committee and la
it to the senate, which was
Thursday.
Tb j committee has been sitting for
weeks, having before it the
bill as originally reported in
house and amendments reported
February 1. The Mann bill pro
specifically for the repeal of that
of the canal act authorizing the
of the Isthmian canal
and fixing its duties and
This section is eliminated from the
bill and the entire question is
in the first section which ex
the present canal act. The bill
by Senator Kittredge fol
out practically all the remain
provisions of the Mjann bill, but
also a number of new fea
One important change is in the sec
whicn extends the authority now
by the president for the con
of the canal zone. The senate
extends this authority until the
of the next regular session of
while the Mann bill provides
an extension until the end of the
congress.
Another new feature of the senate
is as follows:
“All income at any time received
the United States from rentals,
Or otherwise in respect of
property now possessed or here
acquired in connection with the
the railroad or other works,
be turned into and credited to
fund for the construction of said
canal and works.”
T'wo new sections are added, as fol
“That all laws affecting imports of
articles, goods, wares, merchandise
and entry of persons into the United
States from foreign countries, shall
apply to articles, goods, wares and
merchandise and persons coming from
the canal zone, isthmus of Panama
and seeking entry into any state or
territory of the United States or the
District of Columbia.
The other provides for the deposit
of not to exceed $1,500,000 with a
bank having an agent on the isthmus
of Panama in order that there may
be a sufficient supply of money to
meet the necessities of the govern
ment.
LOADHOLZ TO BE LIBERATED.
Coroner’s Jury Says Killing at Jack
sonville Was Justifiable.
A Jacksonville, Fla., dispatch says:
Owen Loadholz will be released from
the county jail, an order to that effect
having been signed by Coroner Wil
lard, who conducted an inquest over
th e body of May Brown. The young
woman was killed and her mother se
riously wounded by Loadholz in a
shooting affray in justice court. Luad
hoiz had been brought into court upon
criminal charge by Miss Brown. She
was accompanied by her mother, anil
when the judge announced a contin
uance of the case, the mother and
daughter drew pistols and fired on
Loadholz. Neither of the shots struck
him. He returned the fire, emptying
five chambers of his revolver, killing
the young woman and probably fatally
wounding her mother. The coroner’s
jury returned a verdict of justifiable
homicide.
In the fusilade of shots, Detective
Cahoon, who was trying to disarm
Loadholz, was seriously wounded.
Two Millions in Gold for Cuba.
The National City Bank of New
York shipped $2,000,000 in gold certifi
cates Thursday to Cuba as one of the
final instalments of the Speyer loan
to the Cuban government.
GRIPPENBERG TELLS THINGS.
Criticises Kuropatkin for Balking
Flank Move Against Japs.
The arival in St. Petersburg of
Genera! Grippenberg, former com
mander of the second Manchurian
army, has caused a good deal of sen
sation in military circles.
The general frankly avows he re
linquished his command after the re
cent attempt of the Russians to flank
Field Marshal Oyama because, as he
claims. General Kuropatkin refused to
send him help when victory was in
General Gripponberg’s hands instead
of ordering the latter to withdraw.
MISSISSIPPI PLANTERS MEET.
Select Delegates to State Meeting to
Be Held in Jackson.
Specials from many towns in Mis
sissippi report the organization of cot
ton planters assembled in county con-,
ventions Thursday and the election
of delegates to attend she state eonven
tion to be .held at Jaekson, pursuant
to the plan of the cotton growers’ as
sociation.
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CIVIL BILL
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Reported and Provides for
Southern Projects.
PRINCIPAL ITEMS
Appropriates Over Sixty-five
Millions, an Increase of More Than
Seven Millions Over Figures
of Current Year.
A Washington, special says: The
civil appropriation bill was re
ported in the house Tuesday.
The bill appropriates $05,557,880
which is an increase of $7,718,669 over
the appropriations for the current year.
The increase includes excess required
to meet contract obligations for the
construction of public buildings, $3,-
224,339; excess required to meet
contract obligations for river and har
bor works, $2,571,932; contains an ap
propriation of $50,000 for continuing
the construction of the federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga., and the wall around
the same, and also provision that so
much of last year’s appropriation for
the same purpose as has been unex
pended shall be made available in ad
dition to the specific new appropria
tion.
One hundred and thirty-six thou
sand, one hundred and eighty dollars
is also provided for the support of
the institution, of this $46,180 goes for
salaries, $40,000 for subsistence, $18,
000 for clothing and transportation, $2,
000 for hospital supplies, $30,000 for
repairs and miscellaneous expendi
tures.
The bill also cites the usual provi
sion for maintenance of the fisli sta
tion at Cold Springs, Ga., $80,000 is
•appropriated for completion of the
marine hospital at Savannah for Sa
vannah harbor under contract, $176,
000 for Cumberland sound, $40,000 and
for tender for the inspector of the
sixth light house district Georgia and
Florida, $80,000.
The appropriation for rivers and
harbor work under contract includes
the following items:
Charleston bar, South Carolina, $25,
000; Cumberland sound, Georgia and
Florida, $40,000; Winyah bay, South
Carolina, $75,000; Savannah harbor,
$175,000; St. Johns river, Florida,
$205,000; Southwest Pass, Mississippi
river, $1,250,000; Tennessee river, be
low Chattanooga, Tenn., Alabama and
Kentucky, $50,000.
The items in the bill for public
buildings already contracted for are
as follows;
Anniston, Ala., $60,000; Charlottes
ville, Va., $35,000; Florence, S. C.,
$55,000; Jacksonville, Fla., $100,000;
Macon, Ga., $50,000; Nashville, Tenn.,
$40,000; Savannah, Ga., $80,000; Sel
ma, Ala., $30,000.
The omnibus public building bill,
carrying authorization for new’ pub
lic buildings and the purchase of
sites amounting to $9,499,00, was also
reported to the house Tuesday.
The bill makes the following autfkir
izations for new r buildings, including
sites and for costs of buildings al
ready authorizeif:
Alabama—Tuscaloosa, $60,000; Flor
ence, $50,000; Bessemer, $35,000.
Florida—Ocala, $15,000.
Georgia—Gainesville, $40,000; Val
dosta, $125,000.
Mississippi—Gulfport, $50,000; Ya
zoo City $40,000; Jackson, $40,000;
Greenville, $50,000. *
North Carolina—Asheville, $50,000;
Salisbury $60,000; Kingston, $30,000.
South Carolina—Sumter, $50,000 ;
Anderson, $50,000.
Tennessee—Knoxville, $200,000; Co
lumbia, $70,000; Johnson City, $50,
000; Paris, $50,000; Murfreesboro,
$30,000.
Virginia—Roanoke, $75,000; Win
Chester, $60,000; Manchester, $60,
000; Portsmouth, $90,000.
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A CHALLENGE TO AUTOCRACY
Murder of Sergius Laid to Socialist
Revolutionary Party.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The
assassination of Grand Duke Sergius
undoubtedly was the work of the
fighting organization of the socialis
tic revolutionary party, which con
dtmned and executed Count Bobrikoff,
governor general of Finland, and M.
Siplaguine and M. Von Plehve, min
isters of the interior.
It is regarded as a direct challenge
from the terrorists 10 autocracy and
a revival of: the famous duel between
the nihilists and the government
NEW SHOW FOR STATEHOOD
House Votes to Send Senate Amended
Bill Directly Into Conference.
In order to facilitate action at this
session on the statehood bill the house
Friday passed a resolution, 161 to 127,
sending that measure as amended by
the senate directly into conference
without an opportunity being afforded
to debate it; on the vote party lines
were strictly drawn.
R0W )«OW NS
.
Hf'rs of Georgia's Wa n
Ch.rg.. •*
Are »'«» Who
uu„.
In a petition filed in the
»»ce ordi*
at Atlanta, Ga s
„ ’
taraoon, Mary V. Conn«„, «
Erown, H A
Sally E. Br™„ „„
M. Brown, heirs of the
late ex-Governor e8late °i tU
Joseph E. Browj
charge that the two executors
estate, Julius L. or 'id
Br own aD< I Josep;
M. Brown, waste and mi sn
estate, that they anag fc
are unfit t 0r
trust reposed in them- that u a
’ * a. oneofih.
executors, Julius L. Brown i B
estate, intemperate and and unfit to man/^
that the other
Joseph M. Brown, has f uli kno
of such intemperance and allows
co-executor to s ";
waste and miS rigi
the estate.
Both Julius L. and Joseph ij Browi
are among the best known men
the state. They are sons of ta
Joseph E. Brown, the e J
famous w ar
ernor of Georgia.
Lfalius L. Brawn is, in addition
being one of th e leading members
the Atlata bar, close 0
a studest of hi
tory and is regarded 8
as one of thj
best informed men in this section
the country. 0
Joseph M. Brown i& a member 0
of the Georgia, railroad having commission of the stall J
been appointed
year by Governor Terrell.
Referring to Joseph Mr. Brown’
part as executor, the petition states
“In spite of this knowledge Joseph j
Brown allows Julius L Brown t
practically control the whole estatl
and to exercise his own will a-bou
every matter connected with it. a|
though urged to do so, he declines ti
attempt to correct the waste and mis
management of the estate, naively sag
gesting that Julius drunk has mon
sense than petitioners sober.”
Included in the paper filed is aist
the statement that “these petitioner
do not accurately know just wiiat ail
go into the hands of executors, Julia
L. and Joseph M. Brown.”
A SENSATIONAL HOMICIDE.
One Valdosta Man Kills Another Wh
Had Eloped With His Wife,
A sensational homicide was comm:
ted in Valdosta, Ga., Saturday nigfc
in which John E. Flood lost his Friej lifj
it is said, at the hands of A. L.
son, his head and face being terriblj
crushed with an axe.
The row which terminated i
Flood's death occurred at his home.i
an early hour in the night, bat waj a|
not reported until Sunday morning
ter the man charged with the kiiliDj havj
had left the city. It appears to
been the culmination of a family troj
ble of long standing.
Frierson was arrested in Valdost
about two months ago on a warrai
from Manning, S. C., charging til
witli naving eloped with Flood's will
the woman and her little son bem
with him at the time of the aird
Frierson was being carried to Sou!
Carolina, the woman and boy goin
also, Later the husband and wife a i
pear to have become reconciled an
Frierson seems to have also re-estaj
lished himself in Flood’s good grace
All of the parties returned to G
dosta about six weeks ago and Frit
son was boarding with the Hoods, j
is said, however, that Flood had a
ly warned Frierson to stay away troj
his home and that is supposed to
caused the killing.
After beating Flood with the a
his slayer is said to have re ® a '
around the home until 4 0(1 “ Ci F
day morning when he boardeu a
for Savannah. affair j
Mrs. Flood reported the
officers and a coroner’s juu J
paneled to investigate the affair
jury returned a verdict charaia
with the killing and Mrs Hood
son in ®
accessory, the evidence ten
tried to s {
show that she had lodged mi
alleged slayer. She was
telephoned to
Sheriff Passmore killing w' aS
vannah as soon as the intercept' .
succeeded - in ■
ported, and
Frierson there.
PRQCEED” ,v ' S
WILL REOPEN
Aga in ,!1 Go Af
Government Ready to
Greene and Gaynor.
department of justice at
The ^
ington has received a cop> of
the juifei* 1 c0
vorable decision by ' 1
mittee of the English pii'i count 1
.the Gaynor-Greene case, rendered
the 8th instant. op
The decision will result m ‘
ing of the extradition proceeding M« sS
the Canadian courts again s ted
Gaynor and Greene, who are
-charged with obtaining gove
cally false P retens 135
rnent money under
RUSSIAN OFFICERS AT OUTS’
Gripp er, k er ® ^
Kuropatkin and
Row on Hand.
According to the la ,ebl 5
the war office in St Petersburg,
eral Kuropatkin has c barged
Grippenberg, former ubo pli
the second army, y ,1: ^
tlon In leaving his/?oni cannot
authority, but tb story
traced to a respq lble gqtlfC®.