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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1M7,
HESTER’S WEEKLY
COTTOH STATEME1T
[.South Atlantic States, where crop re
i turns were below early anticipations.
St. Pan! the most eonspicu-
Weekly Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. — IT:::::, clevri
in th»- T’nite.f Slates for the we*. 1 .;r
gal« f3.47o.0-«5.63*:. an iwrcas** «>f 9.5
c* nt over wo-k. Excluding N>w y
C*4V. :!:e To- si is 41.22S. 145.*«)*. nr. inerc
over last week of 9.5 p« r cent.
-*n was given of th^ in-
• I States Steel Cor-
; rices of steel rniii
against any rising
* rpo-.p of conseri ng
the
i.iv*.
NEW
Hester j
change
for the
ORLEANS. Jan. 11.— Secretary
weekly New Orkans Cotton E.\-
Ri
.$*.<>41.
Inc
l)
Chi'*ngo and
p:
ent
ever the
824.000.
that hi»\
of the s
ah< ad
last y«
1.312.'
< nd
ir b<
last
during
of 316.000.
The amount brought into sigh^
the past week has b^en 427.354 bales
ag -in^t 224.6SK bales for the same days
last year, and 252.312 bal^s year before
last.
; he movement since September i shows
1! I'nired States ports to
COTTON EASIER HI
■ nn <■: conv<-;
ring the sal<-
it company 1
to work "as
surv operath
u:nt to :h. bat
officer of the Department of Texas for
use in the court-martial proceedings.
He also encloses a sworn statement of
one witness,'a hospital steward named
Francis Oilmans, taken by Inspector-
General Garlington by his direction
and also a report from Gen. Crozier.
. hi f of ordnance, ai'.d Capt. Rice, with
r- spcto the Springfield rifles, model
of 1893. in use by the soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, its operation,
etc - ., in the proximity of the post where
the soldiers were in barracks. The
shooting occurred about midnight.
The Secretary then analyzes the tes
timony given by a number of the wit
nesses. citing libera!!.- from the evi
dence given by them. The following
are excerpts from th<
Secretary's re-
eipts
6.4S-'.i
■rlatid.
igainst
year:
.Mi
sslppl.
21
rket closed tin
late reaction ai
level of Saturtla
; ■ -we!-, firm. T
Potomac rive
s to Nort
nern mi
1- a m
!\inada
bilies
Hj:a
r.st
471.
?43 last
lt<
X '*
s'
li.-i | at the el
i. e of
"im
.* rc
i.! year
f, |*? r t r , n^'iin.*!
.7.' S
i : >
DMT netn
isiifi !*i 1:i’ 1 m ‘ 1.
:. 0 »M
t li rt!
St
111 iHf t
ji-.ir. Tti'-'i
make the
ota
rc.f
\ #-nu nt
FMi.-f Sr-pt-mb
r 1. v7
4 afi
7.416,*
*.,v vcr...
K<»r«*irn • <
r? s for
t he
we#*
•c been
251 312 attains!
hi,
las
t V#
in kin?:
th. total ti.us
far for
the
HCH
on 4,576,418
against 8 7..0.3
,m insr
•ear
The total t
iking*
of
me near
mills.
North and fit
nth and c*
mo
4 »!
us far
f>»r tl.o si’nvm
have h
■r n
\47
,91.»
iqa ins:
2.? U 2.V" Iri.M
yea
Stocks if th*
seaboard f
nd
he
f* lead-
1m: Southern
Intel io
u • • r
ha
ve ill-
cr* asefi durin
gr the
wee
k
7.6* 1
bales
against a d<—rease during
•!*’
cot rr
sponcl-
ins rerun! Ins
seasot
n:
1J2,
'♦9!
including stc
eks lef
ov
T ‘‘t M,
■ porta
«n»! inr.iior
owns from
thr
las
t erop
rnH th** numl
)*r of
hale
b
oucl
t into
? i f-: n f th if f.n
r rom
the
new crop, the*
> apply 1“ del..
’s
a p;
Inst
01*. tor flu* .«*?!m*- peri
.<] J;
m
•ca r.
Weekly Interior
Cotton Towns.
NEW YORK
. Jam
11.-
-'! h
• following
Is th*- movfm
•nt of
spot
cot
ton
at the
leading bio-tinr
cotton
tow
is f<
►r t h
• Week
ending Friday,
January 11:
v -
It)
K
c
TOWNS—
*5
c.
o
£*
c.
1
X
8
7%
«
W
X
1 ^
Albanv . . . .
406
rim
4510
111 ) 5 . . . .
35.-»2
3::7!
60
19516
Atl.'ilitn . . .
ioi:.
13751
/:r«*nh:nn . .
71
552
2628
f’L.-trlofto . • •
iou
2!»9
2f*:)
fohnr.hM .
i :’0F.
0.)
ifi«»o
t'elumb.is. Ga.
10%
v;3
r. o
650
27513
<"o!um.. Mips..
IfifiS
ir.:: 4
ns 5 4
OnlliiF . . . .
7’f‘SO
4982
f.rccnvlllc . .
i r.: n
2074
14 140
Greenwood . .
1
V
100
51
1 f»*!cna . •
227 ’
182ft;:
I it tic Rock . .
in 1 -1 *7
IOI*
19214
Macon ....
io% !
271
:'!«<)
6312
Meridian . . •
J4f*J
• ii
1S670
Montgomery . .
1A |
ft
574ft
5740
28286
Nashville . . .
}
IL1*
♦
539
Nntcher. , .
'IK,
272*>
207i
Newberry. . .
|
14
14
17o4
RnMffh . • • .
Ki%
47 W
870
. . . . I
1331
Home . . . .
304
...
5926
Selma . . .!
*S*>
r.oo
6484
Shreveport . .1
10 3-16
>57*?
%Tf*7
1600*
22614
Vieksburg . . .
S3DI
;.S3
32357
Yazoo City....|
|
5SR3038
13269
skangej •
total sale
DCkS
tates bonds
today were
: LIVERPOOL spots closed 5.86
; NEW YORK spots closed 10.70
i NEW ORLEANS spots closed 10 7-16
| THE LOCAL MA RKET.
| The local r ,;tnn market yesterday
I was dull at the following quotations:
, Range of Pricet
I Good Middling 10%
: VI. irt Middling 10L
Middling 10%
NEW 1
stead} a:
per e< nt:
; .v York Money Market.
ORS. Jan. 14.—Money
3%a5 per cent.: ruling r
•losing hi". 3L per cent;
-nt. Time loans easier;
"Jose Martinez was a drug clerk who
lived in a house fronting on the north
side o' the ggrrison road, immediately
opro-dte the garrison wall and B bar
racks and next to the alley. He was
~!;ting inside his front door, with the
d'ng by a 1
the alley, and he was able to identify
the men whom he had seen on Four
teenth street, as colored men in uni
form. His horse was shot twice, and
he was shot in the arm and his arm
shattered so that it had to be ampu
tated. His horse jumped forward with
the shot and fell, Dominguez falling
with him.
"Mrs. Moore, wife of the proprietor
of the hotel, and her husband sat in
the window looking toward the bar
racks. They could see the flashes of
the guns. They heard them at Cowan's
house: heard the volleys, heard the
reloading: heard the second volley
when they started down the alley to
ward the Miller house.
"Mr. and Mrs. Hale Odin, the former
a graduate of Ann Arbor, and engaged
in the land and immigration business,
occupied rooms on the second floor of
MiHer'i? hotel. They heard the shoot
ing at the barracks, coming north, and
they took position at a window in. the
alley near a bed. in which was sleep
ing a hoy 11 years old. He stood up
is utterly impossible.
"The sworn testimony of every man
of the battalion who was in the neigh
borhood of Fort Brown was taken and
was in the record originally submitted.
In this each man denies that he en
gaged in the shooting or knew any
thing aibout it. On the face of the
evidence already reviewed, the de
nials under oath by the nien of the
battalion, do not overcome or meet the
overwhelming evidence that men of
that battalion did do the shooting, con
tained in the testimony already sub
mitted to the Senate, and confirmed
by the evidence herewith transmitted.”
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
■d. as !v
thinks. insid
went to th
le say, 'Hitrr
■nt.
per
■nt
me rear.
Middling
Low Middling
Good Ordinary
Ordinary
Spot Cotton Movement.
Rcc-s. giiip.
Jan. 12, 1H07 60
Jan. 14. 1 SOT 19 -
Stock on Hand.
kept. 1. 1906
January 14. 1907
. .10
.. 9*
Sterling excliat
ino r s in bankers
demand, and a-
bills. Posted r
;e Arm. with actual bus-
bills at 4.851.'aS520 for
4.80C0a$365 for 60-day
tes 4.Sla% and 4.83%
.66.
1.801
Bar
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
. .6.296
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. Jhji. 11. -The following
1*5 the comparative statement, of rot ion
for the week ending Friday. January 11:
1907. 1006.
Net port receipts 328,413 160,1
efpts since Sept " ** ~ “
NEW YORK.
NKXV YORK. Jan. 14.—The ootton mar
ket was moderately active today and
ruled generally easier at the close, at a
net decline* of 21a26 points Sales for the
day were eptirnnted at 250.000 bales.
The opening was barely steady at a
decline of 2a9 points in response to
lower cables, and the market sold off to
it net decline o' 15 points shortly after
the call as a result of the large Hous
ton estimate, for tomorrow. Around this
level the market was steadied by covering
and rallied 4 or *5 points from the lowest,
but eased off again shortly after mid
day on reports that spot aztton was of
fering at concessions in the South and
reached the lowest point for the day
in the lat** trading under bear pressure,
liquidation and stop loss orders. The
close was at practically th* lowest prices
of the day with the near months only a
few points from the lowest level of
the session and some of the. later positions
making new low records. Private wires
from the South reported that hedged
cotton was being offered at concessions
frojn the price of Saturday, and according
to the official reports the markets were
unchanged to '/•c. lower. Port receipts
for the day wore considerably over the
exports.
Receipts of cotton at tbe ports today
were 81.525 bales against 54,049 bales last
week and IS.658 bales last year. For the
week (estimated) 315,000 bales against
270.311 bales last week and 135,243 bales
last year.
Today's receipts at New' Orleans were
23.013 halos against 7,609 bales last year,
and at Houston 14.541 bales against 4,067
bales last year.
Spot cotton closed steady, 30 points
lower, middling uplands 10.70; middling
gulf 10.95; sales 1.500 bales
Futures closed easy at the following
quotations:
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—A decline in the
i price of wheat at Liverpool weakened
prices today in the local market, May
eloping at a* net loss of ! s c.
Corn was a shade lower and oats wore
Provision. 1
?c. higher.
on the close were from 15 to
Wheat-
May
July .
Corn
Jan. .
Open. High. Low*. Close.
Mr,
76 %
39%
39"
Juiy
Oat? -
Jan.
May
July
Mess >i
Jan.
May
July
Lard-
43 s
33%
36%
33%
43',;
34%
36 %
33%
.16.07% 16.15 16.07% 16.15
16.72% 16.40
16.S
16
70
.Tan.
. . 9.27U
9.49 9.25
9.40
Maj
. . 9.40
9.57 V. 9.40
9.5714
Jttlj
. . 9.47%
9.62 *2. 9.4714
9.62 Vs
Short It
ibs- x
Jan.
. 8.87V.
8.97V. S S7V
s.97%
May
. . 9.05
9.17V 9 00
9.17 V 2
July
. . 9.22V
9 30 9.20
9.27V4
DRY GOODS MAPKET.
NEW
YORK. Jn
n. 14.—The dry
jroods
market
opened vc
rv firm today.
Many
largrft buyers are
in from pH parts of
he.-rd fr.im f,
j 'of his door, fin
the grrrisoon t
door and heard some one sa;
up ard jump.' and he sa'.v n
diets, .irst in a group of five
'brpe f \v«ntv nr more, iumning
risen walL They w*v4 15 from
' him tvlter. he sow them jump. Later
he heard shooting in the alley back of
his house ap<l from the window he saw
~ T'lprs in the allev shooting- from their
hips.
■ The witness McDonald, an elderly
: ".am.— ter and builder, iivir.tr half a
j black from the garrison wr.il on Adams
stret. to the erst of Wash inn* on. was
•-wakened by the tiring. came down to
r he vnrr’-nn road and walked west to
Washington street Saw shots fired
from the inside of the garrison, one
front the gallery of one of the barracks
j and ope from the ground. He then
saw twenty or more men assemble in
front of the garrison wall on the garri
son road near the garrisan gate, under,
the lights of that gate near- by Eliza
beth street. He saw them -divide into
two souads. one going west and the
other ea~t. He then heard a lot of
shooting up th° alley toward the Conn
and Miller Houses. He Fecognized
them as colored United States soldiers.
“G. TV. Rendali. who with his wife
ooouoied a room in the second story
of tbe telegraph station, was awakened
by two shots. He looked out of the
window toward the garrison wall and
saw from 15 to 30 men .moving around
between the barracks and the wall.
in' front i in the bed
that the three of them.
T! dl 7~\ Sl ? nTvn r ° I neighborhood of the Tillman
he such in the light of the lamns at ! other uests of tlie ho t e l, a 1<
the country. Raw silk has declined sharp
ly within the past few days. Dressed
goods are selling freely for fall. Job
bers and printers are selling unusually
large quantities of staple printed goods.
Exports fo
Exports since Sept. I.
Stock all IT. S. ports.
Stock at "int. towns,
stock at Liverpool...
A tun. afloat for G. B.
. 247.727
.4.548.618
.1.320.827
. 678,740
Cotton Receipts.
NEW YORK. Jail. 11.—The fol
are the total net reeelpts of cotton at all
ports since September 1: Bales.
Galveston 2,45
Orleans
Mohlle
innnh
i"harlestoii
VV'ilndngton
Norfolk
Bnitlinore
New York
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Brunswick
Port Townsend
Pensacola
Port Arthur and Sabine Pass.
Jacksonville
Laredo. Texas
Minor ports
.. 186.76J
. .1.139.69;
.. 118.291!
16,241
44,1
301.010
51,311
77.548
84.131
4.964
394
5.688
Total
.6,452,902
World’s Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. IX. - Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visible
'apply of cotton, issued today, shows that
the total visible Is 5.374.327 against 5.218,-
J0S last week and 5.42(5.461 last year.
Of this the total of American cotton
>s 4.268.127 against 4.151,303 last week and
4.088.451 Inst year, and of all other kinds.
Including Egypt Brazil. India, etc.. 1,106.-
000 against 1.067,000 last week and 1.343,-
)00 last year.
Of the world's visible supply of ootton.
.’here la now afloat and held in Great
Tlrltain and continental Europe 2.659.000
ggaltist 2.764.000 last year; in Egypt 725.-
A00 against 204.ot>0 last year: In India.
^63.000 against 726.000 last year, and
.ho I'nitcd States 2,000,000 against 1,731,-
H00 last year.
New York Cotton Exchange Statistics.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—1 lie following
etatlstles on the movemnte of cotton
for the week ending Friday, January 11.
Were compiled by the New York Cotton
{Exchange:
Weekly Movement.
This
Poet receipts
To mills and Canada.
Bou. mill takings, est.
tStook loss int. towns.
year.
..328.257
.. 54,415
.. 68.000
.. 15.924
Last
veap.
163.296
86.419
61.000
13.813
tnto sight for week 434.748 246.927
Total Crop Movement
Port receipts 6.454.755 5.3S3.787
To mills and Canada.. 639.870 457.657
Rou. mill takings, et*.... 1,099.000 1.035.000
Int. slock ex. Sept. 1.... 584.162 546,522
Into sight for soaeon... .8.727.787 7.422.966
NEED OF SEASONABLE WEATHER
IS NOTED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY
NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
There are some cross currents in
trade which prevent generalization, hut
ns « whole, the situation loses little by
comparison with preceding years at
this early stage of the season. The
need of seasonable weather is noted
throughout the country. In wholesale
and jobbing spring season activity is
not marked as yet, but It is to be noted
that a number of lines of cotton goods
liave been advanced, that Eastern shoe
manufacturing centers are fllied with
buyers looking around, and that ship
ments of goods on orders are being
called for. The Western centers also
report rather more buying from coun
try merchants and some liberal pur
chases of agricultural implements. In
dustrial lines previous .activity con
tinues without changes. Some few
lines, of steel and iron, notably struc
tural shapes and cast iron pipe, are in
request, but finished lines are active,
and the market as a whole is strong,
with leading authorities making opti
mistic predictions as to the coming
year's trade. Some shading of prices
nn far off deliveries is shown. The
open winter allows of great activity
in building, but there is not the unani
mity as to the predictions of record-
breaking construction noted a year
ugo.
The ear shortage question is still
acute, though mild weather helps the
railroads. Summed up. the situation
is that retail trade is backward, that
some of the few lines of wholesale
trade scent to be taking a breathing
•■Tell, but that the heavily sold ahead
< ">nd’tlon in most lines guarantees a
future large turnover. Relatively the
best reports come from the Southwest
ern states, the Northwestern reports
are better, the on!- pep’ - reports as to
Open.
Hieh. T crw. Clo«
January
...9.32
9.32 9.18 9.17
March
.. .9.50
9.50 9.32
9.37
| Anril
...9.59
S.39
May
...9.63
9.64 9.48
9.57
j June
...
9.52
! Julv
...9.70
9.71 9.57
9.57
i August
...9.60
9.50
j October
...9.58
9.58 9.49
9.45
Movement at
the Ports.
| Receipts and Exports. Today.
Week
1 Ornsolidnted net receipts.. 81.975
132.395
Exports to Great Britain.. 21,113
55,357
Exports To France...
S3R
34,669
Exports to continent.
34.191
55,812
! Exports to Japan
800
5.610
, Stock on hand
all ports. .1.292.445
| Since September 1.
1906—
1 Consolidated receipts
6,585.297
1 Exports to Great Brit
tin 2
081.658
Exports to France....
660.172
. Exports to continent.
Exports to Japan
1.904.848
113.383
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks.
The Ports.
1 Price. !Reets.|Sa1es
1 Stck.
Galveston . .
110 9-16
2502/1 5001416891
New Orleans
10 7-16
110%
'l0 5-16
220151 4100 381034
Mobile . . . .
1940' 358
59383
Savannah . .
9342) 1620
173715
| Charleston .
no
255| 70(1
13715
Norfolk . . . .
110%
28731 821
49353
! Wilmington .
!in-%
2379!
16580
| Rftltimore . .
! 10*n
J. . . „ , ,
9128
! New York ....
'10.70
I 1500
159074
! Boston . . .
10.70
3SSJ
! Philadelphia ..
Port Townsend
,10.95
*'iios!
1760
Pensacola
16705
Miscellaneous .
]57 i
Interior Movement.
Price. IRects. : Sales.
Stck.
Houston • . .
10 9-161
145411 469
81978
! Augusta . . .
10% 1
14461 763
47336
1 Memphis . . .
10 5-16|
2805 4100 173510
j St. L#ouis
10% 1
6oo;
29025
1 Cincinnati ....
!
1036
8633
| Louisville . • •
10 11-16!
j 1
1 LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL,
Jan. 14.—Spot cotton in
fair demand: prices 8 points lower: Anter-
iean modelling
fair 6.62: good middling
6.14: middling
5.86; low middling
5.64; !
good ordinary
>. . 4; ordinary 5.00.
The i
sales of the day were 12.000 bales, o f
which 1,000 bales were for speculation and
export, and included 10,300 bales Amerl- !
can. Receipts were 35.000 bales, including
32.600 bales American,
Futures opened ami closed easy; Amer-
iean middling G. O. C.:
Close.
January
5.46L
January-February
5.46
February-March
5.44%
Mareh--April ..
.43uJ
April-Mav
.43 ' !
May-June
.43
June-July
5.42L
July-August ...
.42 •
August-September ....
.361- 1
September-October ....
5.301-
October-November ....
.36
November-December ..
-25%
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Cotton seed -'ll
firm. Prime crude in barrels f.o.b. mills
3i%n36; prime summer yellow -5; prime
summer white 47; prime winter yellow,
47c.
NAVAL STORES
WILMINGTON. Jan. 14.—Spirits tur
pentine. nothine- doing; receipts 28 casks.
Resit: firm at $3.80; receipts 220 Tar
firm at $2.40; receipts 380. Crude tur
pentine firm at $3 35. $4.50 and J4.50 re
ceipts 95.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 14.—Turper tine
firm at 68%: pales! 325; receipts 560; ship
ments 1.677. Rosin firm; sales 2.481; re-
eeiots 2.449; shipments 5,136; stock 77.5SS.
Quote: A, B. C. $4.10; D, $4.10; E, $4.13;
F. $4.20; G, $4.25; H. $4.15: I, S4.50; K.
$5.15: M 5.50; N, $6.25; W. G., $6.75;
W. W.. $7.00.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 14.—Turpentine
and rosin, nothing doing.
the garrison gate. He couldn’t tell
th,^t thev were armed except that he
saw flashes from thn discharged guns.
There were five shots fired within the
garrison wall. He saw them make a
break, for the wall and go over the
wall—he thinks eight or ten in num
ber. but he couldn't tell where they
went. Shortly after, the firing began
in the alley and continued for 10 min
utes. He heard the word of com
mand. Mrs. Rendall says she ran to
the window: thought the shots seemed
to come from just inside the the post
at one side of the gate.
"Mr. Sanborn, the telegraph opera
tor. a Union soldier in a Maine regi
ment, and who had been in Browns
ville thirty years, was sleeping in a
room back of the telegraph office on
the ground floor Was awakened by
the firing: said it seemed to be right
in front of the garrison gate just out
side of the wall, very near the window
After the first firing he looked through
the shades of the blinds and saw one
colored soldier come from the direction
of the alley between Washington and
Elizabeth streets along the .garrison
wall. Did not seem to be hurried, had
his gun with him. and walked through
the small gate toward the quarters of
the barracks Between the time of his
being awakened and seeing this sol
dier there was a few minutes’ inter
val. About the time he looked through
had ceased in
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isfaction that he is clear of guilt, or of
shielding the guilty, I will take what
action is warranted: hut the circum
stances I have a'boove detailed most
ertainly put upon any such man the'
burden of clearing himself.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House. Jan. 14. 1907.
Secretary Taft’s report to the Pres
ident is largely a review of evidence
taken by Maj. Rlocksom and Mr. Pur
dy. The report is introduced by the
setting out of letters to Inspector-
General Garlington and Mr. Purdy.
That to Gen. Garlington recalls the dis
charge of the men of Companies C. B
and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
for participation in the Brownsville
riot, acting on official reports of Maj.
Bloeksom and others, says the matter :
has become a subject of discussion in ;
Congress, and says accuracy of the
conclusions reported by Maj. Bloeksom
has been questioned because of an ab- ;
sence of the evidence in full upon
which he made his speech and as to
who committed the crime charged. All ;
these matters, the Secretary says, ‘‘re- 1
quire the setting out of the evidence
in greater detail than is contained in
Maj. Blocksom's report.” The Presi
dent. the Secretary says, is of the i
opinion, in view of the new phases j
which the matter has taken, that Maj. ,-
Bloeksom should be directed to return j
> Brownsville and to other places :
here evidence upon the subject mat-
ard firing in the
j alley back of him.
! “The witness. Schriever. 20 years
I old, living on the garrison road, per-
■ haps 150 feet east of the alley, saw a
coupie of volleys fired from inside the
; garrison from between the barracks
, and the garrison' wall.
| “Theodore, Martinez, caretaker of the
I Yturria House, on the corner of Wash-
j ihgton street and the garrison road,
i was awakenPd by the shooting from
j the direction Hf the post. Couldn’t
! say whether the shooting came from
• the inside of thb' garrison or,from the
I edge of the wall; He found bullet holes
; in the Yturria House the. next, day,
1 having an alignment from the barracks
of the post.
! “Tamayo th'e J scavenger of D com-
1 panv. testified that he was at the cor-
i ner of the barracks near the kilchen of-
; B company, which put him near the
I garrison gate, marked with a red cross
! on plat. He heard a shot toward the
garrison wall, but thinks it was out
side the wall, about 45 yards from
where he was standing, toward the al
ley. He saw nn one between barracks
and garrison wall.”
Next is a reference to the Cowan
house, where there was a children’s
party. As the firing approached a
maid rushed to the window of the boys’
bedroom on .or near the alley, saw the
men come opposite to the house in the
alley, and recognized them as negro
soldiers. The Cowan house wasvfull of
bullet holes. The dining room lamp
was shattered by a bullet, and another
bullet, gbing through several partitions,
broke a plate glass in a wardrobe and
was found behind the glass. Mrs.
Leahy, the proprietress of the Leahy
Hotel, testifies she heard the firing
from the garrison and from her win
dow saw the upper barracks of B com
pany and from there saw the flashes
of shots fired from that porch. She. a
a man named Herbert Elkins, and a
lawyer named Judge Parks, since dead,
the Secretary says, were all aroused
with their heads together, were locking
out of the window on to the alley as
the men came up. They heard the re-
. mark, which other witnesses report.
tb»n I calling for a volley at Dominguez, and
z-i"- I t'ne expression of satisfaction at hav-
f r0 rp | ing hit him. When the boy made a
,ater remark to the mother, which she an
swered, it cailed the attention of one of
the men below to their presence,
whereupon he took his gun and fired
, at point blank range at them. The
! bullet struck the screen through which
j they were looking-, struck the lower
| sash of the windi w, which was raised,
and went into the ceiling and through
[ into the room just over the Odin's
room. Mrs. Odin says that the bullet
went through her hair; that her face
' smarted from what she thought was
powder from the gun. and that the
men who fired it could not have been
more than tivelve feet from where they
were standing. Mrs. Odin testified that
! the face of the man firing the gun was
; that of a freckled or speckled face
(negro.. They also testified that the
men came up the alley in files of two,
first in a squad of seven and then a
squad of five, one man leading each
| squad, and that in the light of the
| street lamps and the "flashes of the
I guns, they were able to count twelve,
! and that they were ai! negroes, in uni-
i form, three or four without hats, three
i or four in shirts.
j ‘Odin testifies he saw them running |
at double quick down the alley toward i
the barracks some minutes afterwards;
; after he had heard the firing in the
saloon,
locomotive
engineer and a locomotive fireirJ.n, tes
tified to seeing negro soldiers cross
the street. The clerk of the hotel and
a guest of the hotel, were on the ground .
floor and secreted themselves in !
the sample room heard the working |
of the guns, the extracting of the cart
ridges and the guest, who was very ;
near the men, heard the voices of .
negroes, in the discussion over Domin- I
guez. The Starck house stood on the
east side of "VYashington street. It
: was next to the house of a man named ;
Tate, who bad knocked down a mem- i
her of Company C with a revolver a
few days previous. They doubtless
mistook the Starck house for the Tate
house. The assailants could not fire
into the Starck house except by going
clear to the front of it, for it was pro
tected by a livery stable wall to the
south of it, which was not touched.
They thus indicated their desire to fire
into that particular house. They fired
some eight or ten shots into the second
story rooms of the front of the house,
in which there was a light and in
which rooms four or five children of
Mr. and Mrs. Starck were sleeping.
Reference also is made to the squad
that went to the Tillman saloon and
their acts while there, at which place
Frank Xatus. the bar keeper, was
killed and a man named Preeiado." the
editor of a Spanish paper published
at Brownsville, was 'wounded. The
latter testifies he. saw the men who
did the shootiner and they were ne
gro soldiers. There were no bullet
News in Paragraphs
TEMS LEGISUIORS
WRW n BAILEY
FERNANDINA. Fla., Jan. 14—The
Norwegian ship Ruby, Capt. Erricsen,
drawing twenty-one feet of water, la
den with lumber for the Canaries, went
hard and fast aground just south of
the quarantine station while being
towed to the lower anchorage this af
ternoon. Tugs will endeavor to pull
the ship off tonight, but fears are felt
that this cannot be accomplished.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—A petition
for a writ of certiorari in the case of
Annie Oakley vs. the Charleston, S. C..
News and Courier and Evening Post of
the same city, was presented to the Su
preme Court of the United States touay.
It is a damage suit and th" newspapers
seek to have the court review the pro
ceedings of. the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit.
AUSTIN, Tex.. Jan. 14.—The State
Senate tonight adjourned at 10:3<l
o'clock without having reached a vote
on the resolution to investigate the
alleged dealings of United States Sen
ator J. W. Bailey with certain corpora
tions. The subject was debated for
many hours today before crowded gal
leries. Adjournment was forced by
friends of Senator Bailey by a majority
of one vote.
In the House Senator Bailey’s
friends had the floor today under the
joint agreement to give both sides four
hours before a fi*al vote on the resolu
tion.
On motion of a Bailey adherent an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow
to arrange for Governor Campbell's in
auguration. Tonight It seemed to be
the general "opinion that the House
will insist on an investigation. Final
action is expected Wednesday.
CL. imittee to Investigate.
Senator Senter was taken off the
floor shortly after speaking over seven
hours by a point of order, the chair
fcverruling the point of order, hot losing
on an appeal from his ruling. The
substitute resolution was finally adopt
ed by a vote of 18 to 12. The substi
tute provides for a committee of seven
members, Senators, to investigate the
charges against Senator Bailey prefer
red under oath and report to the Sen
ate if an investigation of the charges
he deemed advisable.
It was taken to the morgue and the
coroner is investigating on the theory
of murder. '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Commis
sioner of Corporations Garfield, G. W.
R. Harriman, of XeV York, and two
ether persons, whose identity is not
known, had a conference of several
hours with President Roosevelt at the
White House tonight. The conference
continued until after midnight. None
of those persons present would dis
cuss the nature of the conference.
AUGUSTA. Ga„ Jan. 14.—Rev.
Sparks W. Melton todav declined the
call presented by a delegation from
First Baptist Church of Knoxville,
Tenn.. saying he felt it his duty
to remain in Augusta. The call from
Knoxville carried a material financial
advance.
HAVANA. Jan. 14—The three Amer-\
Jean teamsters in the employ of the
army who were arrested by the provost
guard at Camp Columbia Saturday on
the charge of having assaulted a
woman at Marinao were surrendered
to the civil authorities today and will
be brought to trial Tuesday. The vom-
piainant is a negro woman, not a white
woman, as was at first reported. In
vestigation by the provost guards indi
cates that- probably no grave offence
was committed.
SAVANNAH. Ga._, Jan. 14.—T. C. As
kew was elected treasurer of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway and the Ocean
Steamship Company, at a meeting of
the directors today. Resolutions upon
the death of President' Samuel Spen
cer. of the Southern Railway, who was
a. director of the Central, were passed.
I MEXICO CITY, Jan. 14.—The first
1 great re'igious function of the year at
| the Guadaloupe basilica was held yes-
' terday. Tiie occasion was the annual
j pilgrimage of the archdiocese of Mex-
I ico to the sanctuary of the virgin.
I Monsignor Alarcon, archbishop of
Mexico, pontificated at that ceremony.
| It is estimated that over 25.000 per-
' sons attended the function. The mu-
I sic was exceptionally fine.
| AUGUSTA, Ga.. Jan
i train was wrecked on
14.—A freight
Atlantic Coast
Line at Screven, Ga., seven miles from
Jesup. Two firemen killed.
CORDEI.E. Ga.. Jan. 14.—The Security
Trust Company. Spartanburg. S. C . and
reported to h-ive purchased the $35 000
sewer and .$10,609 water extension bonds
voted November 14. at private sale. De
nomination $1,000. Interest 5 ner cent,
payable annually. Maturity. $5,000 Jan
uary .1. 1930 to 193S inclusive.
LAREDO, Texas. Jan. 14.—Capt.
Thomas W. Dodd, vice president of the
Texas-Mexico railway, died 1 today aft
er a prolonged illness. Capt. Dodd was
horn in Georgia in 1S40.
" BAINBRIDGE. Ga.. Jan. 14.—News
reached here today of a destructive fire
at the Arlington Lumber Co.'s plant,
which was totally destroyed this
morning. The loss is estimated at
$10,000. j
MADRID, Jan. 14.—There was a
Bilboa today, which was attended by
Bilbao today, which was attended by
some rioing. The Government's ener-
I getic, precaution in holding the garrison
j in readiness prevented serious distur-
I banees. There was a similar manifes-
I tation at Sansebastian. where 30,000
I persons paraded about the town. The
demonstrations, however, passed off
peaceably.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 14.—Spot cotton
closed easier, low middling and lower
grades 8-16c. lower: middling and high
er grades 1-16c. off: middling 10 7-16c.
Saits fur the day were 3.060 bales and
1.050 bales to arrive.
Futures opened steady at a decline of
8 to 11 points owing to a disappointing
Liverpool and large movement. The bears
had the better of today's market, and the
close was steady at 13 to 20 points lower
Ilian Saturday.
Cotton futures closed steady at the fol
lowing quotations;
ter is available, to have the evidence ' and up when the men approached the
reduced to writing and taken under j Cowan house. They describe the move-
sanctity of an oath, and that Assistant ; ments of the men who did the shooting
Attorney-General Purdy should accom- j as being under order and having the
party him. “and shall conduct a care- | march, of soldiers—that is in files—
ful. thorough and impartial examjna- : with a leader who gave the word of
January
February
March ...
jlipril
May
June ....
July
10.07
10.04
10.04
10.06
10.09
10.12
10.16
EARLY DEMAND FOR
STOCKS SAGGED OFF
NEW YORK. Jan. 14.—There was some
early aggressive demand for stocks today,
which caused a show of strength in the
stock market for a time. The demon
stration of leadership for advance was m
evidence in tne market, handling of a
handful of speculative favorites but the
later market showed a decline of specula
tive interest
The market lapsed into dullness after
the working off of orders aecun. - ulan:d
in commission houses over Sunday. Tit ■
latter sag in the market was partly
due to disappointment over the volume
o:' these accumulations, which gave rise
to complaints from commission houses
and little promise of a growth of out
side "=entiment in the market sufficient
to sustain n campaign for a. rise in prices.
. arlv strength entererl largely >n (Tie
trade and collections come from the I Western railroad stocks with Southern
tion of the witnesses." The Secretary
adds: “The President wishes me to
say that Maj. Bloeksom does not go as
a prosecuting officer in the trial of an
indictment, but only as an examiner,
to elicit the truth, and to put the evi
dence In respect to the matter in con
venient and permanent form.
“The President has reached a con
clusion as to what the facts are. but
this should not influence Maj. Rlock
som in his examination, for if the
President's conclusion in the matter is
wrong he earnestlv desires to be set
right.” To Mr. Purdy the Secretary
wrote:
' “Mr Dear Mr. Purdy; The President
has directed you to visit Brownsville,
accompanying "Maj. Bloeksom. of the
inspector-general’s department, to con
duct a thorough, careful and impartial
examination of the witnesses as to the
issue who were the perpetrators of the
crime committed on the night of the
13th of August in the town of Browns
ville. Tex., by shooring into the various
houses and killing one man and
wounding the lieutenant of police, I
enclose a letter, which, by direction of
the President. I have sent to the ln-
srector-general. as instructions to Maj. j
Bloeksom."
The Secretary transmits to'the Pres- j
ident a copy of all the testimony taken !
except the statement of one witness. *
which, -he says, had little or no bearing
or weight on the measure raised upon
the present evidence, hut did have a •
trust worthy, a very direct hearing
upon the issue to be raised in the 1
court-martial proceedings pending
attains! Capt. Macklin. an officer of eqe
of the diseHnr—c-a . n-o e-. T p*e s. This hqs
been transmitted to the commanding
command. These three witnesses say
j that with the two lights, each 150 feet
j away from the alley, together with the
flashes of the guns with the volleys
| that were fired, they recognized the
j men who did the shooting as negro
| soldiers in khaki uniform. After firing
! from the alley at the Cowan house they
I came out into the middle of the street,
j and the witnesses described in detail!
i how one man got into a mudhole and
I directed the rest to march around it,
i and the number of, bullets that were
i fired in the middle of thf street, some
( of the bullets striking the rear of the
■ Leahy Hotel. Part of the squad started
I toward Elizabeth street but were called
: back by their leaders and disappeared
| up the alley. They describe the
j pumping of (he guns and the extrac
tion of the shells. The secretary re-
| fees to Lieut. Dominguez, a policeman
i of 20 years' experience, and one of his
men recognizing those who did the
shooting as uniformed men: to Dr.
Thorne, a physician, who heard the
men go bv his house as he lay ip bed
i not more than ten or fifteen feet from
where the men were, of hearing them
'utter words indicating their desire to
shoot somebody who was going by and
declaring the voices were of negroes.
A short distance beyond the Thorne
house the men who did the shooting
came t the Miller Hotel, which stod
on the southwest corner of the alley
and Thirteenth street, and there as
they tame to ;he mouth of the alley,
the?' saw Lieut. Dominguez, of ;he po
lice. passing along Thirteenth street on
a whit- horse, and two - .- ;te.vs were
fired by them at him and hi- h-rse.
Dn-uir-rper testified that he was within
holes in the gate, hut there were inside
the courtyard, of the saloon.
The Secretary declares the evidence
conclusively demonstrates that the fif
ing must have been done by nen with
the; rifles of Springfield 1903 model,
the only rifles of this kind in or near
Brownsville being in tbe possession of
the soldiers of the three companies,
B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry. The secretary says:
“Cartridge shells 'were found, outside
of the "garrison wall near Elizabeth
street, and ail the way up the allev
from the garrison road to Twelfth
street, especiallv at the Cowan house,
at the Leahy Hotel, at the Miller Ho
tel. at the Tillman siloon and at
Twelfth street, near the intersection
of the alley.
Some 32 shells, seven loaded cart
ridges and two or three slips were
collected front Mayor Cotnbe and oth
ers by Major Bloeksom and Mr.’Pur
dy, and were subjected *o expert ex
amination by military officers at Fort
Pam Houston and by Capt. Rice and
Gen. Cfo^ief. of the ordnance bureau, j
They proved to be, all of them, ammu
nition with marks indicating fh«>t thev
were manufactured exclusively for the
Government and for use only in u-
Soringfield rifle of the model of 1903,
with which th«» battalion at Fort
Brown was armed. Three bullets were
e-etrected. one in the presence of Major
PirwVsom at thn Cowan house: one Tty
Major Bloeksom from the Yturrta
house, end one bv Mr. Oarset from
his own house, on the southeast corner
of the alley and Fourteenth street. The
evidence is conclusive that there were
no guns excent the Sr>ringf!“!d guns
which would di -char.ae -the bullets from
the cartridges found.”
The secretary concludes a.s follows:
“There is a conflict as to the cir
cumstances growing out of the evi
dence of the witnesses, which is en
tirely natural in respect to transac
tions during the day time, and still
more natural in respect to the trans
actions and the direction of sounds
during the nigh% and there are some
things about the evidence of McDon
ald. Mrs. Odin and of Preeiado, who
testify with such detail as to seeing
the negro soldiers—the one at gar
rison wall and the next at the alley
of the Miller’s Hotel and the thirff
at the Tillman saloon which, in view
of previous statements, shake some or
the weight of what they say. Mrs.
Odin’s statements bear evidence of be
ing affected by conversations with her
husband, and there is a somewhat sus
picious agreement as to exact details
between their two statements. But
taking their evidence and all the oth
er evidence together with the well-
nigh -mathematical demonstration with
respect to the cartridges and bullets,
I venture to say that no one can read
this evidence judicially without being
convinced beyond a reasonable doubt
that the men who committed this out
rage were negro soldiers from Fort
Brown, and therefore of the battalion
of the Twenty-fifth infantry stationed
there.
“Another conviction that forces it
self upon the mind from the reading of
this evidence, is that what took place
on the porches and just back of the
barracks, the volleying, the noise, the !
assembly of the men. and the walking i
along the porches, could not have taken
place without awakening and attract-
Ing the attention of all who were in the i
barracks, privates and non-commis- I
sioned officers, whether asleep nr not.
and that it is utterly impossible that I
they should not have been aware tvhat i
was going on when the firing continued j
for at least eight cr ten minutes there- ■
after. That, a guard which was on i
watch, with a sergeant in charge, ion
fept front where ’he first firing rook
place should not have- been aware that I
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.—The body
of Francis DeLone, the young club
man of this city, whose riderless horse
was found in Fairmount Park on Wed
nesday. was recovered today in the
Schuylkill River near a. bridge which
spans the river and on which the club
man was last seen riding his horse. It
is believed .that his mount became un
manageable and that DeLone was
thrown over the guard rail into the
water. When the police examined De-
Lone’s body his jewelry and money
were found intact.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Jan. 14.—
Richard Donan, a midget, well-known
in theatrical circles, was asphyxiated
by illuminating gas here today. He
was found sitting in a chair beside a
heater from which the gas was escap
ing. Donan was 42 years old, a trifle
over 3 feet tall. He was one of the
original Lilliputians and had traveled
all over the world.
RICHMOND, Va„ Jan
persons were hurt and a
passengers shaken up as
a wreck near Benson, N. C.. earlj- t >-
day, when the . Atlantic Coast Dine
Railway’s Florida special ran into a
large locomotive at the water tank
near Benson. The injured. Richard
I. Valentine, of this city, mail clerk:
Engineer J. J. Jennings, of Florence.
S. C., in chara-e of the engine attached
to the fast train; E. G. Smoot, train
man; C. D. Lancaster, of Rocky
Mount, N. C.
I NEW YORK. Jan. 14.—Andrew C&r-
! negie will be the heaviest personal tax-
; payer in New York, if the list of
j assessments made public by the asses-
| mors today is not amended. The value
j of his personal property is fixed at
| $5.060,COO. and that of John D. Rocke-
| feller at $2,500,000. The total assess-
I ed value of real and personal property
j in the city, according to the ass.es-
14.—Four 1 sor's report, is now $6,710,974,185, an
number of | increase of ab ut $405,000,000. over that
i result of I of last year. The Russell Sage estate
I is assessed at $50,000,000, and the taxes
on it amount to approximately
$735,000.
i ROME. Jan. 14.—-Unofficial advices !
| that have been made in an endeavor [
to ascertain Italy’s atitude concerning |
a representative of the Vatican at the j
j coming peace conference at Tiie Hague,
: have found no encouragement. Al-
; though the relations between Italy and
j the church are now the best, the Ital-
; ian Government does not think it can
I abandon the principle established in
j 1899 when the -paph.cy was excluded
from the first ‘conference. Besides this.
; there is now another country that
! would strongly object to a papal repre-
I sentative—France.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan." 14.—A de
cision (hat custodians of this city’s
debt, averaging $550,000, cannot be
compelled to put the money out at in
ter" st, was handed down today by
Judge St. Paul of the Civil District
Court. The money is held by tbe
hoard of liquidation. The court hell
that the original object of the fund
was to restore the credit of New
Orleans and that the board of liqui
dation is placed above municipal -or
legislative control in order to assure
confidence.
j NEW YORK. Jan. 14.—It was an
nounced tonight that District. Attorney
| Jerome will go to Albany tomorrow to
j present some amendments to the Per
cy-Gray gambling law which are de
signed to change certain sections of
the penal code relating to -bookmaking
and betting on horse races. If the
proposed amendments are adopted the
district attorney believes it will not
be so difficult to prosecute violators
of the gambling laws.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Jan. 13.—'Bur
dette C. Gowing. chief engineer of the
Kearsarge at the time if was wrecked'
in 1894. died yesterday at. Tullv, N. Y.,
his birth place, aged sixty-eight years.
He had been on the retired list sinc<t
1895.
PARIS. Jan 13.—-Three of -the French'
cardinals, Richard archbishop of Par
is: I.-ecot, archbishop of Cordeaux, and
Coullie. archbishop of Lyons, are hold
ing daily meetings preparing for the
coming general Assembly of bishops. It
is stated that these dignitaries are in
full accord with the encyclical of Pope
Pius on the church question in France.
STATE PRESS VIEWS
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 13.—Antonio Mon
tes, one of the foremost matadors of
Spain, todav was fatally gored bv a
bull In a fight. Srontes was about, to
play the sword when the bull caught him.
The doctors say that he cannot live.
SALONICA. European Turkey. Jan 13. i
—At Tethechairly, near Monaster. Turk- |
ish troops today destroyed a Bulgarian i
hand, consisting of eight men, killing 1
six of them and capturing two. both of
whom were serevelv wounded. The Tu V c
lost two men killed and several wounded
WOSHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Commis
sioner John C. Clements, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and Cor
poration Commissioner James R. Gar
field were in conference with President
Roosevelt for two hours tonight.
None of the parties present would dis-
■cuss the nature of the conference.
Commissioner Clements returned yes
terday from Chicago where, with other
members of the commission, he con
ducted the hearing relating to the
merging of the Harriman lines.
MODRID. Jan. 14.—Indications are
that the ministry will not last out the
week, as the efforts for conciliation by
the moderate and advanced sections of
the Liberals have been unsuccessful.
The principal point at issue is the pro
posed anti-clerical associations law.
Doubt is expressed as to whether the
Liberals, although they have a strong
majority in the chamber, will be able
to form a new cabinet.
By this time next year we confident
ly hope to be able to write it 1907 the
first trial.—Columbus Ledger.
It appears that the President ha*
resigned a= public school superintend
ent of California.—Statesboro News.
Senator Bail-v is assured of re-e’ec*
tion. Rut he is no longer discussed as
a candidate for President.—Athens
Call.
Savannah will please step from tbe
limelight with her citt' election ended,
and permit Atlanta to explain why
Georgia lost the sub-treasury—Aineri-
cus Times-R«cord.
In New York tbe authorities are in
sisting that the "sacred concerts" shall
be sacred. Next, they will be Insisting
that church members go to church.—
Quitman Advertiser.
All the European powers are urging
the Sultan of Morocco to dismiss Ra-
suli. Very much like admonishing a
man to remove a boil im the back of
his neck.—Valdosta Times.
Senator Foraker is going to force an
investigation by the Senate cf Presi
dent Roosevelt's order discharging
that negro battalion. Veil, a f ew Re
publican politicians may be with For-
aker, but the people are with Teddv in
this matter, and if Foraker don't look
sharp he will -only add to the popular
ity of the man lie wants to hurt.—
Clarkesviile Advertiser.
25 feet of the men as they came out of this was the work of their comrades
NEW YORK. Jan. 14.—The gerue-
some relic of a tragedy was fc^nd to
day in a scow in the East river in the
form of the headless and armless body
of a man. The dismembered body had
been brought up by a drejlge and car
ried out to sea it; the mud scow, where
it was discovered aud brought back.
The negro soldier is like unto the
appendix of the human body—of no
practical benefit, yet ready.. without a.
moment's notice, to cau'e untoldfcutf-
fering. Now. that we will soon be
rid of this nuisance, we should forever
stay rid of it. There is no necessity
for the negro soldiers in the regu’nr
army and the sooner the Administra
tion .realizes this fact the tjojtle.r ;* will
be for the country at IttrgeJ—Warren-
ton News.