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rn>.*Kr, MARCH 8, 1907.
THE TWICER-WEEK TELEGRAPH
7
COTTON ADVANCED
AND THEN DECLINED
turos. Prim* 1 crude in barrels f.o b. mills
<4: prime rummer yellow I** 1 ?: off sum-
ner yellow 44a484j : good r.ft summer yel
low 4;,>4.e J - p-:me summer white 55;
prime winter yellow 54.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON. March 7 —Spirit'
pen..no Arm at 77; rec-lpts 11 <
• ] Host:, firm it receipts -97.
I firm >7 30: re its 122 Crude
sDOts closed 6.22 . j.'*ntir.e firm a* $3 $4.50 and
spots closed 1145 : %VL\P.LKriToN.
NEW ORLEANS spots closed 11 1-1® anil rosin nothli.)
— ' SAVA XV A17. Ga.. iiauli 7—Turpi
THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET. ! Arm at T.U: -?!►. 41 rece-ts 72
LIVERPOOL
NEW YORK
March 7.—Turpentir
y?~irrd:
[uota
Range of Price*.
irkc
os* Ir.r
y was | meat
141.
631;
Ro
A. B.
ft nr
D. 84.25
frir'.ft Mldtil
MMdlin*
Strict Low
M. IS.60; X. $6
; >!ork
; K, |4.3i
I. 14.70
w. g.. ;
Mai'
Mar-
W a re
Spot Cotton Movement.
Rert* Ship.
Stock on Hind.
i
:::%'
Sates |
. .2 174
. .4.125
NEW v 0 RK.
TORK. March 7 — A
STOCKS KETTIED
' MD CLOSED W
Dry Goods—Wholesale.
FHEFT1NS—4-4. 5 to fc.
DRILLINGS—7 to 71-c.
TICKINGS —4V. to 13*40.
CHECKS—4 tr. c^c.
RLEACHING3-—4 to Sc.
PRINTS—4U. to 5e.
Crackers.
inn-Johnsor* Co.)
«ter crackers. 6%c.
ulr.s^r snaps
AffOTted eg k
Sujrar cakes
MERCHANT AID MINER’S
STEAMBOAT LINE
omn
CUlU
th" movcmeni
atber Irutuli
n-t decline of I nearly One-half.
NEW YORK. March 7.—The violent aS-
latton which wa 1 present In yesterday's
lock market subsided today to a marked
• crree, and the volme of transactions fell
Sale
ton eh»
ment ai
prices r
to 10 r"
it *50.00 1 hale-,
iner L barely steady ats r
1 point to on advance of
better than
-ined to bo
L the
id during
••acted tc
ilnts on 1
As S if>n as th»
subsided, bower**'
a renewal of aup;
previous high pc
,irtlv
for a
ferine
vernlght I
soon advanced on
arriln of about 3»7 j
rir.it In view of the ■
In the face of the
Phe alra'er receipts :
1 a ted ot the larger
1 receipts at Hous-
buying ir.ov. -
‘le of tho day
is of about 4 |
montl .- under
The conrtant nervous fluctuations of
I prices, however, showed clearly enough
| the after effects of the exciting turmoil
I of yesterday's almost unprecedented mar
ket. Sentiment was greatly depressed by
, the weak closing. While fluctuations were
| constant, they were by no means as large
! as those of yesterday. Yet they suffi
ciently reflected the extremely unsettled
state of speculative opinion. The active
operations at different points in the mar
ket. however, showed the existence of
two well defined parties In the specula*
ml
In-
steady. but
he hi
Sou
of long cotton
rket rallied on
port, reaching about the
dnt. loiter fluctuations
with tile closing tone
4 to 6 polnta off from
•n spot n«-ws was some-
snmo dealers claiming
;i less urgent demand,
ortes a hetter demand
cnnfli
that there
while other
far the lower grades.
Receipts of cotton at the ports today |
were 22/'00 mb's against 33.735 bales last 1
week and 14.285 bales l ist year. For the
week (estimated) 170,000 bales -against
v. 7.781 bales last week and 105,434 bales
tion. There was belated liquidation In
wti.'.-b ■ a. '1 u !.,e eras'll
MM was severe effect on prices. At
other points In the list, prices held with a
stability' which could only be due to ac
cumulation of a persistent and exten-
I slvc kind.
j The market gave way again and again
In sympathy with the outbreak of weak
! points, and aa often rallied In sympathy
| with the resllency displayed by some of
I the railroad stocks of prime importance, ;
1 until the sudden weakening of the whole
| market at the closing. The result was
BOSTON. March 7.—The New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad has
acquired control of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company',
which operates lines of steamers be
tween Atlantic coast points from Bos
ton to Savannah, Ga., according to a
statement made today by Mayor Jno.
F. Fitzgerald, of Boston. Mayor Fitz
gerald said that this information came
out at the conference held here yes
terday by the Mayor and Chas. S.
Mellen. president of the New Haven
road, concerning the transaction pend
ing between the New Haven road and
Chas. W. Morse, of New York, for the
purchase of the Sound lines, controlled
by the railroad.
The Merchants and Miners Company
has a fleet of eighteen steamers plying
between Baltimore, Newport News,
Norfolk and Providence. Another line
runs to Boston, while a third runs
from Baltimore and Savannah to Phil
adelphia.
Denied by President Whitney.
NEW YORK. March 7.—President
CHICAGO, March 7.—Colleges of
courtship for the reform of American
love making are needed to lit the love-
born population of the nation for ma
trimony. according to Prof. Charles
E. Henderson, the University of Chi
cago Sociologist. In an article on
“Courtship” in the current Biblical
World. Issued from the university
press yesterday, the professor urges
expert Instruction for those who are
smitten with the illusions of love.
Hasty marriages, divorce and mar
riages of convenience are classed as
results of the “barbarism” into which
courtship and marriage have fallen.
Fashionable society, he declares, ex
hibits depraved standards and alimony
is accepted as a substitute for ra
tional marriages.
Prof. Henderson points out as par
ticular evils of modern love-making
such perils as flirting, boasting of con
quests. extravagance, accepting costly
presents, ignorance of the training of
children and courtship without intent
to marry.
Dangers of Pneumonia.
A.cold at this time if neglected, is
HONDURAS TROOPS REPORTED
TO BE DESERTING
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. March 7.—
It is reported here that Honduran rev
olutionists have ■'taken possession of
the towns of Morolica, San Antonio,
Be Los Flores, San Lucas, Guinoue.
Yuscaron, Danli and Elparaiso. Many
volunfeers are joining the revolution
ists as a result of the reverses to the
Honduran army under President Bo
nilla. President Bonilla hurriedly
abandoned Tegucigalpa and went to
Choluteca. where his only army is con
centrated. The Honduran troops are
reported to be deserting.
Hondurans Attack Nicaraguans.
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Sal
vador, March 7.—The representative
here of the Associated Press has re
ceived a message from Gen, Manual
Bonillo, president of Honduras, from
Choiuteca, a strongly fortified town
sixty-eight miles south of Tegucigal
pa. as follows:
“One of the Honduran scouting par
ties attacked the enemy Wednesday
at Mamesqo. in Honduras, close to the
Nicaraguan frontier, and not far from
the Pacific ocean. The enemv was in
considerable strength. The Honduran
troops occupied three advance posi
tions and compelled the enemy to
abandon the town. The enemy was
then repulsed from the heights, suf
fering heavy losses and proving an
easy target for our artillery.
“The enemy is now disbanding by
liable to cause pneumonia which is so succeeded in captur-
often fatal, and even when the patient I IMS, taEdtoX
hours. The Honduran army is most
enthusiastic and all the men are
anxious for the order to advance.”
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE
the retirement o
hoc will leave in
Dewey and Evans
Rear Admiral Siys-
actlve service only
.’f all the high naval
officers who took part In the war with
has recovered the lungs are weakened,
making them peculiarly susceptible to
the development of consumption. Fo
ley's Honey and Tar will stop the
cough, heal and strengthen the lungs
and prevent pneumonia. La Grippe
Effort to Effect Settlement.
WASHINGTON. March 7.—Mexico
' /l,‘lav's recolDts nt New Orleans ware
4.575 hide* against 6 021 bales last year.
at Houston
last year.
4,156 bales against 3,160
Spot Cotton and Futures.
Futures nnened hardy steady and closed
rtenily os follows:
January ..
Mnrch ....
Anrll
May
June
July
4 UgtlSt . . .
Feptember
Octoh'T ..
X'H il ■••■-
December
Onen.
High.
Low.
Clos
• 10.(,1
10.02
10.51
10.57
. 9.87
!*. 95
9.85
9.91
_ ■ —
10.00
9.90
9.95
..10.01
10.09
9.97
10.05
10.12
10.12
10.07
.10.15
10.10
10.05
10.11
.10.19
10.19
10.08
10.04
.10.19
10.21
10.10
10.14
.10.40
10.40
10.26
10.32
10.39
10.39
" ■
.10.45
10.45
10.35
10.39
. , . . , . Whitnejv of the Merchants and Min- coughs yield quickly to the wonderful nn \ the TTn(t«H qYoNm.
te«ire?F» n R ^f t ?n £SSSh!i?Ve n eet^finoHon ers Transportation Company, who was J curative qualities of Foley’s Honey and J—h n itiret 1 n S rl 1 ® J! *2}SZ
hesitation a» to_ whether the culmination tVlo „| T ,. M.ni.j »>,«. ! Tnr. There is nothing else “iust as kindly office* ,in an at.empt to effect
a settlement of the trouble which
threatens to involve five of the Cen
tral American republics in War. Mr.
Creel, the Mexican ambassador, had a
long conference with Secretary Root
today and Mr. Corea, the Nicaraguan
Movement at tho Port*.
Receipts end Exports. Today.
Consolidated net receipts.. 22.532
Export! to Great Britain.. 8.366
Exports to France 1.143
Exports to continent 6,997
Exports to Japan —•
Stork on hand nil ports. .1,030,187
We^’K
144.877
93 852
1.829
52,219
17,145
Sfnc<
eptember 1, 190G—
Consolidated receipts
Exports to Great Britain..
Exports to France
Exports to continent
Exports to Japan
..8.416 743
..2.964.441
. .2 598 894
.. ’l5L2RS
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stock.
Tho Porta. | Price.IReeta.(SaleSl| StcK
fnlveaton . .
New Orleans
Mobile
(Vann
:
*r!«
Wilmington
Norfolk . ,
Baltimore .
New York .
Poston . .
Philadelphia
. 11%
.in 1-16
.110*4
.10N
.110*4
.110.%
.11114
.111*:
..111.41
.111.4!
..111.71
I 122C61 1329228
49761 4175 289841
184! SSOl 20932
19131 S48I112739
2341 1 12213
245! I 11365
14611 S77! 35842
....I | 1327.9
293 : 10C0I15G449
....I I 1625
Interior Movement.
| Price.
|Rects.|l
Sales. |
fitde.
Houston .
. .I11H
1 61561
1001
71155
Augusta .
. .HUS,
1 11771
507’
22804
Memphis .
. . . |10*Vi
I 12551
3150
107909
St. Louis
110%
1 6521
245
u6o 11
Cincinnati
.... 1.......
1 3571-
S202
Louisville
. . .m
t I.
1
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. March 7.—Spot cotton in
lercased demand: prices 4 to 6 points
Igber; American middling fair 7.04; good
• 'idling 6.58: middling 6.22: low mld-
iing 5.90; good ordinary 5.34; ordinary
.9,' The sales of the day were 12.000
il. s, of which 500 hale* were for jpecu-
"i ami exi'oit. and inelnded il,S"0
’ ; -s A cirri ' in R, ts wer.- 40.000
bal> s. Including 36,400 bales American.
Futures opened firm and closed quiet;
American middling G. O. C.:
of the long decline was signalized by the
abrupt drives against tho shorts precipi
tated by the pnnlc amongst the bears in
Reading yesterday.
The-market started with an aggressive
reassortlon of bear tactll-. which forced
n violent reaction In Reading Itself and a
severe decline In Canadian Pacific. Al
most immediately prices rebounded to a
level well above last night. These move
ments decided the uncertainty of the
speculative temper Car the whole of tho
remainder of the day. The impressive
dealings which have been going on In
Reading remain a mystery. The liquida
tion in Southern Railway and Erie was
so pronounced and of so ominous a char
acter as to throw the balance of the
whole market for the time to the side
of depression. Southern Railway's report
of a decline in net earnings for January
of nearly 40 per cent gave point to the
expressed fears for the reduction or the
passing of the dividend on the preferred
stock. On the other hand, there was a
steady absorption of the IJarriman, Hill
nnd principal trunk line stocks.
The money situation continues a dis
turbing factor and today rumors of finan-
clta! difficulties In Berlin and Paris, al
though unconfirmed, had a disquieting ef
fect.
Interior exchange at Chicago was at 25
cents discount today, and the call money
market holds firm here In spite of heavy
market liquidation. I
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value. $1,748,000. United States new 4s
common declined % per cent on call.
The total sales of stocks today were
1,400.700 shares.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. March 7.—Money on call
firm at 4%ia6 per cent; ruling rate 5*4 per
cant; closing bid 5 per cent; offered at 5U
per cent. Time loans dull and firm: 6d
days .l-Ma*7 per cent; 90 days and
months 54; per cent,
paper 5?4n6 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business In bankers’ bills at 4.S450aS455
for dimnr.d. and at 4.S929aS025 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates 1.S154 and 4.85*6.
Commercial bills 4.80*4.
Par silver 6S*4: Mexican dollars 53.
Government bonds easy; railroad bonds
irregular. ,
In the city today, /denied that tho
steamship company has been purchas
ed by the New York, New Haven and
I Hartford Railroad. “The Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company
has not been sold," said he. “and what
is more, It is not for sale."
Mayor Fitzgerald’3 Viaws.
When told that President Whitney,
of the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company ha<* denied the re
port that the control of tile system had
passed Into the hands of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road, Mayor Fitzgerald said:
“I have information that the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Com
pany has secured control of the steam
ship system.”
Beyond making the statement.
Mayor Fitzgerald declined to discuss
the matter.
j Tar. There is nothing else “just as
[ good." H. J. Lamar & Co., agents,
[ near Exchange Bank, Macon.
! GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC
TO MEET IN BUFFALO, N. Y.
The Kosciusko statue to be erected op
posite the White House in Washington
represents the famous Pole as an engi
neer, with a map in one hand a glass in
the other.
Curtis Guild, father of the Governor of
Massachusetts, who has just rcsigmed the
pre^i* u ■>* of the Poston Society, has
reached ids 80th birthday in perfect phys
ical ant" mental health. IIo founded the
Boston Commercial Bulletin In 1859
Guild has published three books of Euro
pean travel.
The Duke of Orleans has announced to
his Triends at Copenhagen that he intends
to start a new expedition next spring in
the ship Belgrica to penetrate as far as
possible along the northeast const of
Greenland. The purpose is to join the
Danish expedition, under Mylins Eriehsen.
which left last June to explore the same
ccas;.
:>nie. Talan, the daughter of a Parisian
chemist, has won the honor of b^ing: the
first woman in France to take the degree
of doctor of chemistry. The treatise which
did the work—a learned ^aoer on oxidized
einer glucose and Its action on sucrar—
received a great deal of admiring and
wondering? comment fr6m tho Parisian
age*.
An original Rembrandt etching, whoso
existence is unknown To art historians,
is the property of Gustav Tielke. of Cleve
land. The nrint shows Rembrandt and
his wife, nnd is considered bv critics as
Rembrandt’s best. It has always been
supposed that there were only two of
these prints In existence—one in Paris
and one In Tendon. Mr. Tielke is a Hol
lander and is 72 years old. The etching:
hns been in his possession 50 years. He
found it back of an old picture at his
parents' home.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Mr. Harrlman. in expln-h
talization. Poem* to bo in
New York Evening Boat.
Now that Senator Bailey has been vin
dicated he cun "'■> it again, lint probably
he won't.—Philadelphia l'r.-ss.
Most people's Idea of a go.nl rook is me
that can fix up a tiling that you eat with
out guessing wha; it is. N-w York Rn-sS.
And now Mr. Stewns has lotned tho
Ancient and Honorable So.
Panama Canal Chiefs.—'WaM
aid.
At this st .ce of the proceedings tho
President wis ’.y refrains fi*dm sending
any 30.000-werd messages to Congress —
M*". Washington Post.
Can a man in a place of financial trust
sell stocks to himself without, letting his
left ha<! know what Ills right hand doeth?
—New York World.
In France, according to a contemp
telephone girls tell the subscriber '
ten,” but here we kn iw that without be
ing told.—New York Herald.
E5URWELL TO SUCCEED
JUDGE SEABORN REESE.
SPARTA. Ga.. March 6.—W. H. Bur-
well will be elected without opposi
tion to fill the vacancy in the General
Assembly caused by the death of Juugo
Reese.
over cap!-
ington Her-
arary.
History and the London Times.
G. K. Chesterton In Illustrated London
News.
I fancy history would have been very
time If the Times newspaper had been
going all the time. One can fancy the
solemn letters that would have ap
peared in it. "Sir: My attention ! as
been called to the report that I helped
to murder Julius Caesar in the Capitol
—a report which has no foundation in
fact. I should have thought that the
friendly relations which, 1 am proud to
say, always subsisted between us.
would have rendered such a slander -
impossible. Yours, etc., Brutus.”
TINNERS WALKED OUT
AT JAMESTOWN EXPO.
NORFOLK. Va.. March 6.—Demanding
an increase in pay of from $4 to $4.50
per day. all the tinners at work on the
buildings under course of construction at
the Jamestown Exposition grounds went
out on strike today. It was reported this
afternoon that an adjustment of the
strike with the return of tho tinners to
work tomorrow is expected.
ANOTHER STORM BROKEN
OVER THE SALTON SEA
ELPASO, Tex*. March 6—Another storm
has broken over the Salton Sea, and the
PRESIDENT ELLIOT
DENOUNCES FOOTBALL
BOSTON. March 7.—PPresident C. F.
Elliot, of Harvard University. In his an
nual report, which will be presented to
the board of overseers tills week, mala-'
tains that football, despite new rules, re
mains an undesirable game for a gentle-
i man to play or of multitudes of people to
witness. President Elliot declared that
football Is properly described bv tho
adjective “fierce.'’ and that no game In
which there is recklessness In causing or
receiving bodily injury is gt for college
use.
DARING H0UMJPAT
' RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY
^ six
Prime mercantile
tatio
March
March-April
.A©Ill-May ..
A\
i*t-
Membar
rttember-October ..
r-November ..
her-December
December-January ..
January - February ..
Clo
5.81%
5.79
6.76%
5.73 ”
5.72%
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS’. March 7.—Spot cotton
' *s. J firm, 3-16c. higher, middling 11 1-16.
\Ies on the spot were 3,275 bales and 450
rib's to arrive.
Futures opened steady at a decline of
point to an advance of 1 point. Profit-
ikln/r nnd unsatisfactory English cables
•ised a alight depression in th.' midday
s ion. The close was steady, an
noyed 3 \ 'Mms lower to 4 points higher
in future
quot&tlc
closed steady at the fol
io. 70
10.78
10.89
}RAIN AND PROVISIONS,
ass
CHICAGO. Marcl
rther advanc
i m n ge r
in who
closing
t’orn was up 'sc., and oats were
Icher.
Provisions on the close were a shade to
Julv .
Sept.
se;*t.
May
High. Low. Close.
77 S
46
Lard '
May
Julv
Julv
Sep:.
.721-
.'2*4
9 17'j 9.32*4
~ET.il
62H
9.17*4
9.-25
P»v GOODS MARKET.
YORK March 7 —Th. dry cools
■t* steady, but activity is b-iug
3 by a growing scarcity of goods.
have boon withdrawn from
"..'. rg th - tilling of orders now on
s R-tv silk Is advancing rapidly,
blr.g trade Is active.
Grain, Provisions, Groceries.
These prices are at wholesale and not
(Corrected by S. TL Jaques ft Tinsley Co.)
CORN—Sacked white 70
Sacked mixed CS
Ear corn 70
Car lots, either sacked or bulk,
made on application.
OATS—White clipped 60
No. 2 white 59
No. 3 white ,....58
Sne.Mal quotations made on
cr.r lots-
HAY—Choice timothy $1.30
No. 1 timothy 1.25
No. 2 timothy 1.20
No. 1 clover 1.20
Timothy and clover hixed.... 1.25
Alfalfa hay 1.30
Redding straw 63
BRAN—Pure wheat 1.35
Mixed bran 1.25
Jersey stock feed 1.25
Reliable feed l.M
Standard feed 1.10
FLOUR—Private Stock, fancy past.. 5.25
Royal Owl. best pat 4.30
Top Notch, first patent 4.20
New Constitution. *4 patent. 3.60
Orange Blossom, straight.... 3.50
MEAL—Water gronnd Juliette 68
Other brands 67
MEATS—Dry salt ribs 937
Extra half ribs
18-20-lb. D. S. bellies 10-a;
Bulk plates 8%
Smoked meats *4r over above
HAMS—Fancy sugar cured 16
Standard sugar cured 15*4
Piculc limns 11
LARD—Pure tierces los-
Pure, in S0-lb. tubs n'
Pure. lu 50-lb. tins li
Pure, In 60-lb. tubs 10*4
Pure, in 10-lb. tins: 11*4
Pure, in 5-Ib. tins UK
Pure, in S-lb. tins lis^
Whit"-flake tierces 9
Tho same additions ttrr other
• Ire, :•!» named above.
SYRUP—G orgia cane (new) 3;
New Orleans j*
Blank strap IS
SALT—ton n.s Whlto Gotten snlc....50
mo-ih Pn-lnp taex» 4s
Special prices car lots.
Imperted 'tork Salt, ib 1*4
CHEESE—Full cream 1714
Special pr'-cs csr lots.
GRISTS—Hvdr.uts. In bbls $8.65
Hudnuts. tn 36-lb sacks 1.70
SUGAR—Granulated. In hh’s. o r sck..5.n5
New Orleans clarified 4.'.;
New *"erk vel’ow 414
COFFEE—Choice Rio 14
Prime Rio jj
Medium Rio 11
Cemmon ..-.,.11
Arbuckle's Roasted 16.04
RICE—Choice head 7
Medium g
Liquors—Wholesale,
(Corrected by Weiehselbaum me Mack.)
WHISKEY—Rye. J1 *0 to $S.5fl; corn
I1.1P to $1.50; gin. $1.10 to 11.75: North
Carolina corn. $1.10 to *1.$0; Georgia
com ?1.60
WINE--73c. to $5; high wlnea. $1 30
port and sherry. 75e. to $4: claret. $4 to
$10 a rase; American champagne. $7.50 to
tomorrow.
MOSCOW, March 7.—A daring hold
up occurred at the University here to
day. While the officials were being
paid off in tho chancellery, seven
armed men entered, threatened all
present with pistols and emanded their
money. The intruders then fired in tho
air, seized $20,000 and decamped,
killing a sergeant of police whom they
met at the door as he was about to
enter the building. The University is
now surrounded by police and all the
houses in the vicinity are being
searched.
GROVER CLEVELAND
GEORGETOWN, S. C., March 7.—
Former President Grover Cleveland, E.
C. Benedict and Admiral Lamberton
arrived in Georgetown this morning
from the North. The Government
launch "Water Lily," was in readiness
at the railroad wharf and the party
left for the shooting preserves of Gen
eral E. P. Alexander. Ford’s Point.
Santee river, whose guests the dis-
ZANESVTLLE, O-. March 7.—Saratoga,
N. Y., has been definitely decided upon
for the national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic this year. The
executive committee to which was referred
the question of confirming the action of
the Minneapolis meeting last fall, or
changing the place of meeting to Atlantic
City, as WBi proposed later, made its
repor* tonight of the vote taken, which
has resulted in favor of Saratoga.
The Adjutant General of the G. A. R„
in a statement, savs the executive com
mittee’s authority to change the place of
meeting was. very limited, the railroads
having promised the usual rates to en
campments held; in the East and the Bus
iness Men's Association of Saratoga hav
ing guaranteed that the hotel rates shall
not be increased, but may lie reduced, the
committee did not fee! at liberty to over
ride the action of the Minneapolis en
campment.
ministe'' and Mr Calvo the A-‘,T Southern Pacific tracks arc reported un-
Rican minister •.♦?£ i ^.watew .Waves are washing against
MAN CALLED TO DOOR
AND SHOT BY ASSASSINS,
BUFFALO, N. Y., Maqch 7.—Two
unknown men called at Alexander
Young’s Half Way House, in Ebe-
nezer early today, and when the pro-_
prietor came to the door, one of the
men opened fire on him with a revol
ver. One of the shots took effect in
Young's side and lie sank to the floor.
The men ran awy in the dat'kness.
Both the West Seneca and the Buf
falo police are working on the care.
Mr. Young, it is said, was alive this
morning, but all communication with
the house by telephone is cut off and
the police have taken charge of the
premises. One of the women in the
house, believed to be Mrs. Young, is
unconscious from the shock she suf
fered.
also called at the
State Department, but there was no
late advices and no new developments
in the situation today. The impres
sion is still general in diplomatic cir
cles that Salvador, Gautemala and
Costa Rica are about to throw their
support to Honduras in an attempt to
crush Nicaragua and humble Presi
dent Zeiava. It can be stated posi
tively that there is no thought of in
tervention on the part of the United
States, and Mexico is believed to be
unwilling to intervene. Although
strong efforts are being made for an
arbitration of the grievances which
threaten to result so disastrously, the
opinion prevails in Washington that
the five republics will all become in
volved in actual war.
Trains are from S to 24
THREE FIREMEN INJURED
IN COLLISION OF WAGONS
NEW ORLEANS. March 7.—^Three
firemen were seriously Iniurrd and three
slightly hurt as the result of a collision
between a fire patrol and a chemical
engine here today. The patrol and chem
ical engine were responding to an alarm,
and as both rounded the turn at a street
crossing, they crashed together, the im
pact breaking tb
KILLS SOUTH DAKOTA
DIVORCE INDUSTRY.
PIERRE. S. D„ Mnrch 7.—The House
today parsed the Senate divorce bill,
requiring a residence of one year in the
State and three months in tho county
before beginning a divorce suit with
all hearings in open court. This will
stop the divor.se industry of the State,
which has. become distasteful to the
people of South Dakota.
GROVER CLEVELAND OFF
FOR PALMETTO STATE
PRINCETON. N. J.. March 6.—Former
President Grover Cleveland left Princeton
today for a trip of a fortnight to George
town. S. C.. where he will be the guest
of Gen. E. P. Alexander.
CONSTABLE
RESTRAINED
FROM INTERFERING.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. March 7.—
An injunction was served on Con
stable Smith at Oakiawn today, re
straining him from interfering" with
fire patrol"and throw- I operations in the betting ring, and
ing the occupants of both vehicles onto
tho pavement.
!SBY BED
WOMAN DID NOT ACCUSE ANY ONE
OF HER TROUBLE.
ic nnrf chhotiivr Bonaparte’s opinion
lo UlCIV OnUUHiNU EFFECTS PLANS IN HAWAII
HONOLULU. March 7.—The opin
ion of Attorney-General Bonaparte
that assisted immigration is illegal
has caused the greatest consternation
here. It is feared that It will cause
the loss of hundreds of thousands of
dollars involved'in the charters of the
steamet Heliopolis and Kumeric, be
sides defeating the effort to introduce
European immigration into Hawaii. A
special meeting of the territorial board
tinguished party will be -while here. I of immigration will be called to con-
Mr. Cleveland looked to be in good
health and spirits and he anticipated
good sport. The weather is propitious
for duck shooting.
sider the subject and will cable
views to President Roosevelt.
its
EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE
KILLS BOY AT WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS. Ga.. March 7.—Homer i
Curry, 12 years old. son of Mr. and
I Mrs. R. E. Curry, who was injured
by the explosion of a gasoline tank in ;
I the rear of the Waycross Evening :
Herald office yesterday, died about
. 4:30 o’clock this afternoon from his
injuries. It was at first thought that
; the boy would recover, but during last j
; night and today his sufferings become j
i so great that it could be seen there i
i was no hope for his recovery. Mr. and I
1 Mrs. Curry and children recently mov- j
i ed to Waycross from Quitman. Ga. I
j The body of the unfortunate hoy will j
1 probably be carried to Eastman. Ga.,
i for burial tomorrow morning.
WINDY CITY WON AGAIN
CHAM. BILLIARD TOURNEY
NEW YORK. March 7.—Chicago
again was the winner today in the
amateur championship billiard tourn
ament which is in progress at the
Liederkranz Club. Chas. F. Conklin,
of Chicago, won the afternoon game
from Dr. L. L. Mial of this city by a
score of 300 to 121, and Edward L.
Gardner outclassed Mortimer S.
Rolls, of Philadelphia, by a score of
300 to 245 in tonight’s contest.
FOR WHIPPING ONE.
PUPILS KILLED TEACHER.
PARIS, March 7.—Mrs. Nathalie Dole
Latham, who was Miss Lockwood, com
mitted suicide today by shooting. Mrs.
Latham was an American and was known
hero and in New York as a portrait
painter. Mrs. Latham killed herself in
her apartment in the Rue Viete. She
fired one shot from a five-chambered re
volver into the region of the heart, which
caused Instant death. Upon a desk near
at hand was a short note which read:
“I do not accuse any one of my trouble.
I take my life voluntarily. I desire to be
cremated. Inform my father and friends.”
Mrs. Latham had lived for nearly two
years in Paris, and was kell-known in
society, where her musical and artistic
talents were greatly appreciated.
MICHIGAN V/ILL GIVE $20,000
FOR JAMESTOWN EXHIBIT.
LANSING. Mich.. March 7.—Gov.
Warner has signed a bill appropriating
$20,000 for Michigan's representation at
the Jamestown exposition and has ap
pointed an exposition commission <f
five members headed by ex-Governor
John T. Rich.
CASE AGAINST ADAMS
GIVEN TO JURY
WALLACE. Idaho. March 6—The case
of Steve Adams, charged with tho mur
der of a rancher, was given to the jury
today. Adams Is accused of complicity
in the assassination of Governor Steun-
enberg.
CITY OF SAVANNAH
IN SERVICE IN JULY
BIG FIRE THREATENED
GUESTS IN HOTEL.
KALAMAZOO. Mich. March 7.—
Fire which started tonight in the Em
pire Restaurant and destroyed the res
taurant. damaged the Star Novelty
store to an extent estimated at $60,000
and for a time threatened the de-
GOTEBO. Okla.. March 7.—Because
he attempted to whip a boy pupil,
Perry Evans, teacher of a country
school, was assaulted yesterday by a
number of male pupils and injured so
that he died a few hours later. The
young men who committed the assault
are under arrest.
WILL TRY TO REVOLUTIONIZE
ENTIRE FREIGHT SITUATION.
RICHMOND. Va.. March 7.—Thirty-
five men representing 1.500,000 com
mends! firms and individuals and more
struction of the Burdick Hotel. Day 1 than 50 per cent of the annual freight
Clerk Frank Robinson discovered the
halls of the hotel full of smoke after
most of the guests had retired and
entering the elevator aroused the peo
ple in each room and brought down to
the street 32 persons clad in what gar
ments they could obtain in their hur
ried departure. Two women were car-
riedl »ut unconscious, having been
overcome by smoke.
tonnage of the United States are in
session here to formulate plans for
bringing about general improvements
in the freight ’movement conditions. It
is held by these men, who come from
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 7.—Vice-
President W. H. Fleastns, of the Ocean
Steamship Company, who was here to
day, said that the new stegmship City
of Savannah, which will be the finest
of the company’s fleet, will go into
commission on July 4th. Captain
Fisher, commodore of the fleet, will be
in command, and Captain Smith, of the
City of Columbus, will succeed him on
the City of Atlanta. The Kansas City
will go on the Boston-Savannah line,
the City of Savannah taking her place
on the New York-Savannah line.
The City of Savannah will have
twice the number of passenger accom
modations that the City of Atlanta, the
next largest vessel, has.
TREASURER WALKER
LOCATED BY PINKERTONS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 7.—
Pinkerton detectives state today that
they have located W. F. Walker, of
New Britain. Conn., in this city, where
he has been in hiding since February
21st, and expect to take him into cus-
y poor Farm Burned.
IONA. Mien.. March 6.—The Iona Coun
ty poor house, located four miles from
this city, burned this afternoon. There
were 60 inmates in the house at the time,
but it is thought all have been rescued.
There was no fire protection at the poor
farm. The building was valued at
$11,000.
after the second race the bookmakers
did a good business. They used
small hand slates and did not issue
any tickets.
QUILT CAUGHT FIRE.
BURNING MAN TO DEATH,
SPARTANBURG. S. C- March 7.—
While sitting in front of the fire place
at his home here today. John T. Wilkins,
an ex-Confederate soldier, 80 years of age.
was burned to death by a spark of lire
igniting the quilt which he had wrapped
around himself. At the time his wife was
cooking breakfast and Wilkins, being a
paralytic, was unnble to extinguish tho
flames. The house was burned.
Rev. T J. Swanson, Covington, Dead.
COVINGTON, Ga., March 7.—Rev.
Thomas J. Swanson, a widely known Bap
tist minister, died here today, aged 76.
His ministerial career covered nearly a
half century.
Will Advance Freioht on Coal.
BALTIMORE, Md„ March C—An
nouncement was made today that the
Western Maryland railorad will ad
vance its freight rate on coal to Tide
water points five cents per ton begin=
ning May first.
Douglas Held Lincoln's Hat.
Describing Lincoln’s first inaugura
tion In his "Reminiscences" in -the
March McClure’s. Carl Schurz says: “I
was favored with a place in front of
the great portico of the Capitol from
which I could 'distinctly see and hear
every part of the official function. I
saw Lincoln step forward to the desk
upon which the Bible lay—his rugged
face, appearing above all those sur
rounding him, calm and sad, but so
unlike any other in that distinguished
assemblage that one might well have
doubted how he and the others could
work together.
“I saw Senator Douglas, his defeated
antagonist, the 'little giant’ of the past,
who only two years before had haught
ily treated Lincoln like a tall dwarf,
standing close by him. I witnessed
the remarkable scene when Lincoln,
about to deliver his inaugural address,
could not at' once find a convenient
place for his hat. and Douglas took it
and held it like an attendant while
Lincoln was speaking.
“I saw the withered form of Chief i
Justice Tawney. the author of the fa- ;
mous Dred Scott decision, that judicial i
corr.pend of the doctrine of slavery, ad
minister the oath of office to the first
President elected on a distinct anti-
slavery platform. I saw standing by
the outgoing President, James Buch
anan with his head slightly inclined on
one side, and his winking eye and his
white neckcloth—the man who had
Worked Like a Charm.
Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that
spicy ■ journal the Enterprise. Louisa.
Va., says: “I ran a nail in my foot
last week and at once applied Buclf-
len’s Arnica 'Salve. No inflammation
followed; the salve simply healed tho
wound.” Heals every sore,'burn and
skin disease. Guaranteed at all drug
gists’, 25c. ,
tody within a few days. Walker is 1 done more than any other to degrade
wanted on the charge of embezzling
$565,090 from the Savings Bank of
New Britain.
W«nt Him Identified.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., March 7.—
Addresses of former New Britain resi
dents, now living in San Francisco,
have been furnished the detective
agencey engagegd in the search for
, .. ^ . . ...... Wm. F. Walker, tho defaulting treas-
r ea : ?:, Sectl . 0n ° f country that the j urer 0 f -ho Savings Bank of New
mtihtiirv n * I V>a rflilrnoric t n molra . . n 1 ^ ’
Hardware—Wholesale.
COTTCVn '
V YORK Mrr<
i-aJy for sp<>l
OIL
h 7.—Cotton seed oil
. but easier for fu-
fCorrected tr D’-iniap Harwnre Co.)
WELL Kt’CiCETS—$4 per do*
ROPE—Manila. HHc; Se«el. 11a; oot-
ter ' 8 Up
wire—Barb. 3*ic. per lb.
PLOW STOCKS--Harman. 9ve.; Ferm
ion. SOo.
TT'PS - Painted $2 30: cedar. $5.00
POWDEP.—$4.50: half Vers. $; 75 ; it
ko.TS. 51 5C: Dupont and Hazard .make-
less. half kegs. $11.33; >4 kegs. $5.75.
1-lb. canisters. $1. l~ss«25 per cent.; Trots-
do’ff smokeless oowder. 1-lh. cans $1.
SHOVELS—$6 in $11 per (loz.
CARDS—Cotton. $1.50 per dos.
PLOW BLADES. 5c. per Ib.
IRON—£Sc. pound, base: swede, 4tyel
pound
AXES.—$6 23 dozen, base.
LEAD-T>r 7\ic pound
NAILS.—Wire. J2.60 keg.
$2.60 k-c. base.
SHOES—Horse. $4 75: mules. $4.25.
BUCKETS—Pslnt. $1.70 dos.; white ce
dar tnree noons. $3.20.
CHAINS—Trace. Is to $6 do*.
GUN POWDER—Per peg. Austin creak
$4.*n
SHOT, $2.W a sack.
base; cut.
HELENA, ARKANSAS,
SUFFERS $70,000 FIRE.
HELENA, Ark.. March 7.—Fire to
day destroyed the Trumper building
and stock of furniture, the Star hotel
and furtilshings. and several business
houses. The Muller dry goods store
was damaged by water. A number of
the guests at the Stag hotel lost ail
their effects and several had narrow
escapes. Loss $70,000. Insurance $50,-
000.
inability of the railroads t o make
freight transportation is paraly
zing the commercial interests of the
country and it is their purocse, they
declare, to revolutionize the entire
freight situation in tpe country.
DEATH OF MRS. M’DONALD
OF WAYCROSS YESTERDAY
REPUBLIC OF SALVADOR
IN STATE OF SIEGE
SAN SALVADOR. March 7.—The .va- i
tior.al Assembly today decreed the Re- j
public of Salvador to be in state of siege. I
President Zeiava. of Nicaragua, has is- J
sued a violently worded proclamation i
against Honduras. Guatamala and Sal
vador. -
Previous reports that the Honduran
troops are triumphing over the Nicara
guans have been continued.
WAYCROSS, Ga., March 7—Mrs.
W. A. McDonald widow of the late
Col. W. A. McDonald, died this eve
ning at the residence of her son. Mr.
F. 3. McDonald, on Gilmore street.
The deceased was over 60 years of age
: and leaves a number of children, step-
• children and grandchildren. Her hus-
j band during his life was one of the
most prominent citizens of South
Georgia. The funeral and Interment
will occur tomorrow.
Britain, by officials of the bank
oqder if the Walker suspect reported to
be in San Francisco is captured those
who are well acquainted with Walker
during residence here may be brought
forward to identify- him if possible.
FATHER OF DEAD BOY
PLEADS FOR HIS SLAYER
NO COOLIE LABOR
FOR PANAMA CANAL.
NEW YORK. March 7.—Adam
! Brown was exonerated today by the
I coroner’s jury that investigated' the
j death of Jno. A. Mason, who died as a
j result of a blow received while box-
■ ing with Brown at the St. Earthoio-
; rri« athletic Club rooms on the night
I of February 1. One of the two wit-
! nesses at the inquest was Richard F.
Mason, father of the dead boy-. He
addressed the coroner’s jury, saying
that he was present at the bout and
was satisfied that the blow that killed
his son was an accidental' one. The
father asked the Jury to return a ver
dict to that effect.
and demoralize the National Govern- I
ment and to encourage the rebellion,
now destined to retire to an unhonored
obscurity and to the dreary task cf
trying to make the world believe he
was a better patriot and statesman
than he appeared.
“I heard every word pronounced by
Abraham Lincoln's kindly voice, of
that inaugural address which was to
be a message of peace and good will,
but the reception of which in the South
as a proclamation of war showed
clearly that no offer of compromise, in
deed. that nothing short of complete
acceptance of their scheme of an inde
pendent slave-holding empire, would
have satisfied the Southern leaders.”
Owls as Pots.
From the Rosary Magazine.
Among the many bird pets I havo
owned at different times owls have al
ways been my favorites. At present I
have three tawny owls, which I have
reared from the nest. Two I took from
an old hawk's nest and one from a
hole in the wall of a tumble-down cot
tage.
They have been brought up in com
pany with several’other bird pete, mag
pies, jackdaws and hawks, and when
quite young it was an' exceedingly
pretty sight to see them all together
on a perch, the owls watching the pro
ceedings of the “Jack” ami rr, lgpies
with an air of absorbing interest.
Sometimes a “jack” would fly up to
the perch and rive one ,.f •:>. t,
a friendly dig with his beak—as though
he wanted to say: “Wake up. old fel
low!”
Whereupon the owl would proceed
with great gravity to comb the d; ; -
turber's plumage with beak and claw,
occasionally pausing during the opera
tion to survey his work out of a half-
open eye. "jack." the while winking *t
his mates below with the air of: “It's
all right: it pleases tho old duffer.”
Ram owls, also, T have domesti
cated, and have found them v rv
amusing pets. I had one which would
fly down in broad daylight from his
cage, and catch a live mouse, and 1 .-ok
again, to make a meal of It. swallow!' g
It whole by a succession of fearful
gulps.
I have seen him swallow three- in
succession, and have no doubt that had '
he been offered a fourth he would have
been equal to the occassion. Incredible
as it may seem to those who i vo
never witnessed the feat h
think nothing <>f devouring a
feathers and ail”
uld
sparro
WASHINGTON. March 7.—Secre
tary Taft today issued the following
statement regarding the proposition to
employ Chinese laborers in the con
struction of the Panama canal: "In
view of changes which have taken
_ i place in the management of the isth-
var.ia capitalists interested In the ium- i mus. the persons making bids for Chi-
tun-
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITALISTS
PURCHASE SHORT ROAD.
SUMTpR. S. C.. March 6.—Pennsyl
her business in this State, have pur
chased the Bonnettsvllle and CherrV*
Railroad, a line fourteen miles long.
The road will be extended from B>:i-
nettsvilje to Sellers, where it will eon-
nee; with other lumber lines. J. J. :
iHeckart will be the new president.
nese labor which have been long pend
ing. have been notified that no action
will be taken in respect to them, that
they are released from any obligations
under their bids and that if occasion
should ariic for a renewal of bids for
Chinese labor they will be notified.”
New York’s Fourteen Tunnels.
The approximate cost of the It
nels now burrowing their way und-
waters surrounding Manhattan Island is
stated to be $200 009.000. or about one-
fifth of a billion dollars. They are built
for one purpose only—to save time.
It is estimated that at least a million
people go in and out of Manhattan every
day. At the average of 25 cents an hour
in value, this will mean a saving of
$62,500 a das', or $23,000,000 a year.
The construction nf these tunnels con
stitute one of the most notable engineer
ing achievements of the age, not less
costly and difficult in execution lian the
Panama Canal, though not the occasion
of domestic or international agitation.
TH» U*e of Public Lands.
From the Kansas city Times.
The nronosal of the Senate committee
on public lands to turn over to the Agri
cultural Department the unappropriated
Government lands to be leased'for craz
ing purposes Is a stood one. There Is no
rc-nson why these lands should not be of
some benefit to the peon!" in the vicinity
of thei- location. As It Is now thev arc
generally appropriated by the big cattle
and sheep owners and used In defiance
of th" Government. If a leasing Svstrm
shall be put Into effect the Federal offi
cials will have - better opportunity to
control thpfr use. and some revenue would
be derived from them besides. No law
however, should interfere with the unre
stricted right of homestead entries. No
man Is quite as necessary to the develop,
ment of the West ns the one who is win
ing to take 160 acres of uncultivated lar.d
umn it into a garden spot and there
make his home.
ARMY ENCAMPMENTS
MOT BE HELD THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON, March 7.—Assistant
Secretary- Oliver notified the Governors of
the various States and Territories which
have an organized militia force, that it
has been found necessary to omit this
year the contemplated annual brigade and
division encampments for the instruction
of the Infantry, cavalry nndifleld artillery
of 'h° regular army, as ma»y posts will
be depleted by the absence of about 6,000
troops In Cuba. r. considerable number at
th" Jamestown Exposition and a move
ment of r. large portion of the army to
the Philippines.
CONFEDERATES IN THE SENATE.
Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, and Mr.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, who havo just
retired from the Senate to give place
to new and younger men. were both
X'oterans of the war of 1S61-5, and bath
have served fn the upper bouse for
twenty-two years.
It is common to speak of the men
who fought the war as of a generation
that is gone, but Senators Berry and
Blackburn are not the anlv Confeder
ate veterans found in the United States
Senate In our time. There arc nine
others who will go over to the Six
tieth Congress. These are Senators
Money and McLaurin, of Mississippi,
Senator Bacon, of Georgia. Senator
McEnery, of Louisiana Senators
Daniel and Martin, of Virginia. Senator
McCreery, of Tennessee, and Senators
Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama.
The last named—the grandest old
Roman of them all—is not only a vet
eran of the war of secession, but was
an officer in tile Mexican War. He
was active not only in the day of our
fathers, but of our grandfathers as
well. Well may the children of this
day of nerve-wrecking quest of the
dollar, and the feverish chase of pleas
ure. ask this wonderful old man what
meat he feeds on. Hardly shall we see
his like again, for he is a product of »
simpler and healthier age.