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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1907.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TEEEDKATU'
HI EXPO.
MEXICO CITY. March 25—Word
reached this city today that CaS
Joaquin Ltres. of the Mexican strainer
> mpla, had been arrested
by
the
cap
Tl
Judge
Cap!
in th<
an
of
of
treat, was I tivity
e di.-trlct tlous
ain Lires lar io
military move
I move
trading
•ompania
port of
toe Mexica
filibustering
issued by
court at" Ver_
is now incarcerate!
pr.son at Vera Cruz.
The Olympia. a M
e! earner belonging to
colonizatora DeYutacan
the gulf ports of Mex
If otic ports of Centra;
the steamer's
to Puerto Cor
latter port and was Immeriiati
«'l by General Quiros of the
army. The steamer at that
flying the American flap and
number of passengers, not one
was aware that a war had brol
between Nicaragua, and Hondur...
to' the presence of General Quiros and
imed
and the At-
Amerlca. On
trip from Belize
she put in at the
■ly board-
Honduran
fa
up
bis aides proc
Soon the vessel wa
pier and during tiie late hours of the
night six hundred Honduran soldiers,
a large quantity of small arms and
sixty thousand-.rounds of ammunition,
ware taken on board.
Dur.ng this time the Nicaraguan
fleet was hovering oylside the port but
avoided an attack n't this time. Gen
eral Quiros ord reel that the ship’s
vigorously used,
tactics caused tht
commander to believe
gunboats 1 were in tho
•d not to make an at-
NORFOLK. Va„ March 25.—To the
superficial eye the constructive work
at the Jamestown Exposition appears
less advanced at present than it was
some months ago. This apparent re
trogression is due to the sudden ac-
of the host of the over-cau-
whlch followed the miilion-dol-
an from the Government. Money
t the masses, and this money has
moved matters amazingly at the expo
sition.
| With the development of the great
i exhio.t palaces and most of the State
1 buildings some time ago. the grounds
| presented a very orderly appearance.
; but the present confusion incident to
j the large building operations of be
lated concessions.res and others, has
temporarily marred the picture. It is
io was however, merely a brief and transitory
rrird a I episode in the constructive progress
of whom of this great enterprise, a second wind,
n out i as It were, which will land the ex
position on time and a winner for the
opening day.
With the overwhelming rush, crush
and clatter of machinery and manipu
lation, the work is progressing at a
rapid rate, and out of this welter of
work and worry there will shortly come
forth a wonderland of order and beau-
EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY
ACT UPHELD BY COURT
ty.
.erarchlig’ht bo
thought these I
ar.itfunn naval
t ha i *A rr.r rican
I>ort and decide
the
rrylr
It
rtnine
F.y tills tim
of the cntlr
nlarnif-d. T
T-irt** but
Insults, It Is
Quiros. On
1 the Nicaraguan
utnurawn tho Olympia steamed
harbor of the port for Celba,
i'* Honduran contingent and at
time flying: the Mexican fla*p
d cr>t wind
e thoroughly
to Captain
upp^ils were met by
flunff at them by. Gen-
steamer
e passenger
ffalr and w
protested
The great Government pier Is well
j under way, and though presenting for
I the moment a chaos of material and
| machinery, the contractors are certain
It is } of having it ready for the grand open-
Nlc- ; ing of April 26. The completion of
this work is very necessary as the -of-
j fleer* a nd men of the foreign warships
will make landings here.
All over the grounds the rush is on
in earnest. The large force of work
men is being constantly increased,
making a hive of feverish industry In
I which Is maintained an uninterrupted
! race against time with April 26 for
i the goal.
! The desire for the originality in this
I enterprise Included the item of com
plete ness for the opening day, some
this time were also four Honduran offl- thing not heretofore known. Under the
who were to be taken to the vlolnl
ty of the port or Trujillo, for the purpose
of rrcommaitering to ascertain whether
the Nicaraguan licet had really captured
that place.
Wlu n the steamer was well out at sea,
n German mllltarv engineer superintend
ed the mounting of the rapid fire guns, one
:*f them b*dng placed in the pilot house
und tho other on the port side of the
vessel. Then it was that American ar-
tlllerynjen appeared and manned these
pieces. Upon arriving at Celba. General
Gallardo, of the Honduran army, boarded
the vessel, together with a large number
of men. A supply of ammunition was
jilso tak^n on at this port. It was
found that nil of the troops could not cm-
.virk at tills point and the overflow was
placed In launches which were to be tow
ed by the steamer. The Honduran steam
er UaUumbla joined the Olympia here.
When the vessel again steamed on her
journey, the sea was very rough and
the lanches were tossed about In a dan-
gorous maner. Finally, one of these con
taining 10 Honduran soldiers, turned tur
tle. all of the Inmates being drowned
The remaining troops were then crowded
o hoard ih»* .stumer.' Soon after the Nic
araguan fleet was sighted and orders
V *•!’*• given to cleiT the decks of the
Olympia for action. The passengers, pro
tested but to no avail. The American
gunners took their positions, but for
some unacccnlhtable reason the Nicaraguan'
fleet drew 'off without attacking. The
port of Ilfo Estaban was reached without
further incident. Here Gen. Quiros and
Gen. Gallardo, with their forces, disem
barked. The steamer then proceeded to
the island of Cozumel, off the coast of
Yucatan, where the Mexican customs ,
officers refused to clear the ship, owing
to the fact that the papers were irregu
lar.
COSTA RICANS
FAVOR ANNEXATION
NK.fv ORLEANS. March 25.—Native
Costa Hleans have started an agitation In
favor of anexation to the United States
as a relief from the wars of Central
Ameri»*a. aoonr.llng to Congressman E.
U. Aches on of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ache-
son arrived here tonight on the steamer
Ellis with a congressional party which
has been inspecting the Panama canal.
Ho said that he was In Sail Jose. Costa
Kira, on March 1? and 2ft. and was at
lint time of ti:^ pro-t'nlt»*.l
Stlites agitation. Pressure had been
brought to bear on Costa Rica, he said.
t.> mix up in tin* prompt imbroglio and
the talk of annexation was one' of the
results of their disinclination to/do so.
Up said that tho natives rather than for
eigners appeared to he the leading spirits
In this movement and that the native
Costa Ricans are a white race.
Officers of the Ellis reported sighting
the smoke of several burning towns in
Nicaragua and of two towns in Honduras
while passing through the Caribbean sea.
The steamer did not approach closely
enough to land to show whether tiie fires
were of very serious consequence, or
whether armed forces were In the vicini
ty.
great effort being put forth it Is pos
sible that this may be accomplished.
At any rate, the little unfinished con
struction if any at that time, will not
materially mar the beautiful aspect of
the grounds or interfere with the
pleasure of early visitors.
MED A MOST
OF FIDE MOUTHS
Mr. R. A. Cheney, who lives on Rose
street, had the misfortune to havA stolen
from him a dozen fine Plymouth Rock
chickens Saturday night. and also a large
number of cabbages be had planted early
in the year.
Tiie chicken house was forced open
and the fowls taken without arousing
any member of the family. Mr. Cheney
hopes some one will catch the thief if
lie should offer the chickens for sale. In
the meantime, he is doing quiet detec
tive work, as the person who stole the
chickens probably stole the cabbages, and
perhaps a clue to the identity of the
theif may be obtained.
At tills time of year the chicken “thief
is in his prime.” and it would be well to
have a weapon close at hand and keep
an eye on the fowl house.
SEVERAL WEEKS COLD
WEATHER PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March
25.—The weather bureau tonight
announced that the hot wave has
has been broken in the east and
throughout the Ohio valley, though the
summer weather will continue In the
south and southwest for several days,
According to official advices received al
the weather bureau it is snowing toda;
in Albany. N. Y.. anTT In many parts of
New England. The highest point reach
ed by the thermometer here today was
S3 degrees at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and at 9 o'clock tonight the mercury had
dropped to 55 degrees. Prof! Franken-
fleld predicts that there will now be sev
eral weeks of cool weather.
Judge Emory Speer yesterday in a
decision in the case of Lucy Snead, ad
ministratrix, against the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, upheld the
constitutionality of the employers’ lia
bility act, passed by the last Congress.
This decision is opposed to those of the
United States Judge Evans at Louis
ville, and Judge McCall, at Memphis-
who declared the act repugnant, to the
constitution of the United States. He
dfclared that to command, to prohibit
and to protect men engaged in the
handling of commerce, whether inter
state of foreign, is within the domain of
wi.unui I'-gi.daiiv-) i e .i::,Con
gress havng the right to control com
merce on the high seas, as established
by the courts repeatedly, it follow; that
Congress has the right to control the
tr.importation by land uio -:v.ne
commerce. The creation of the inter
state commerce commission, the enact
ment against arbitrary and discriminat
ing rates, the adopton of the anti-trust
law, forbidding combinations in re
straint of trade held directly applicable
to railroads, even though chartered by
States, the law denouncing rebates and
forbidding passes in interstate traffic,
are qu -ted as illustrations of the power
of Congress to control such maters.
Judge Speer shows that many. States
and foreign nations have adopted the
law which -Congress has enacted,
although many States forbddingan em
ploye to recover for injuries sustained
by the negligence of a co-employe, have
maintained and enforced the law. Con
gress determining that there should
be uniformity for the protection of the
million or more employes of railroads
in the United States, enacted the law
of which the constitutionality is called
in question. The decision points out that
no injury can result to corporations or
to any useful or valuable power of the
State by this national legislation. The
act is no deprivation to the .corpora
tions of due process of law. Their
cases are trials in courts authorized by
the constitution. Many seek the Unit
ed States courts bj’ removal,, when
cases are brought in the State courts.
The act does not deprive.the plaintiff
the power to sue in a State court if he
prefers.
Judge Speer quotes numerous deci
sions to sustain his position and con
cludes with the statement: “I am clear
as to the constltuionality of this meas
ure, but if I were In doubt I would up
hold the law. The law deserves the
approbation of the entire country. It3
incentive to carefulness by those who
control railways will be Immeasurable.
At a period when every day brings its
story "f crashing and murderous
sions. the Long catalogue of slain, man
gled and dismembered, such efforts on
the part of the Government to^ extend
its protecting care around its people
employed in its mightiest interest,
should not be lightly discredited.”
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
CHICAGO, -March 25.—After a nervous
session the wheat market today closed
easier on selling brought out by an offi
cial forecast of colder weather for the
Southwest. Final quotations on the May
delivery were off *»a*4c.
Com was %c. higher, and oats were un
changed.
Provisions on the close were from 17*4
to 22%c. lower.
COTTON NERVOUS
AND DNSETTLED
NEW YORK apots closed 10 90
LIVERPOOL spots colsed 5.90
NEW ORLEANS spots closed... .10 11-16
Wheat-
May .
July .
SepL .
Corn—
May .
July .
SepL .
Oats—
May .
July .
Sept. .
Mesa Pork-
May .
July .
Lard—
May .
July .
Sept. .
Short p.ibs-
May .
July .
Sept. .
Open.
45%
41*4
365*
3**
High.
76 if,
<5%
451s
42
32 %
Low. Close.
455.
41- 1 s
.15.55
.15.70
. 8.75
. S.S5
. S.93
78.55
. 8.65
. 8.75
15.60
15.70
32*4
15.45
8.60
8.70
S.75
8.37%
S.50
S.53
8.60
8.70
S.75
8.40
8.5254
8.57%
DRY GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 43.—The dry goods
market was quiet, but the demand for spot
merchandise continued strong, deliveries
wye very slow and unsatisfactory, due
to a restricted production. The ingrain
carpet consolidation has failed to mate
rialize because of the inability to secaae
a minimum of 1.500 looms signatures to
the selling agreement, proposed. -Printed
goods and bleached goods continue strong
Domestics are quiet, but without special
price changes.
THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET.
The local cotton market yesterday
was quiet and unchanged at the following
quotations:
Range sf Price*.
Good Middling
Strict Middling
Middling
Strict Low Middling
Low Middling
Spot Cotton Movement.
Recta Ship.
March 23, 1907 31 S
March 25, 1907 2
Stock on Hand.
Pept. J. 19.16
March 25. 1907
10^4
10H
10H
io
... 9*4
Sates
..2,574
..2,212
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.
NEW YORK, March 25.—Cotton seed
oil was easier under free offerings and
in sympathy with weakness in Wall
street. Prime crude In barrels f.o.b. mills
3Sa39; prime summer yellow 46: off sum
mer yellow 12a43; good off summer yel
low 42*4a43|4: prime summer white '54;
prime winter yellow 51.
NAVAL STORES. '
CHARLESTON. March 23.—Turpentine
and rosin, nothing doing, unchanged.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. March 25.—Turpen-
Mne nominal at 74?J: sales none; receipts
2C0: shipments 50. Rosin firm: sales 503;
receipts 748: shipments none: stock 45.766.
Quote: A, B. C, D. E. 34.35: F. 34.40: G,
34.45: H, $4.70; I. 54.70; K. $5.50; M,
S3.60; N, 55.65; W. G.. So.So: W. W.,
56.00.
WILMINGTON. March 23.—Spirits tur
pentine. nothing doing: receipts 4 casks
Rosin firm at 54.15: receipts 34. Tar firm
"t 52..30; receipts 24S. Crude turpentine
firm at $3.50, 55.00 and $5.25 bid; re
ceipts 40. *
SANDERSON ACQUITTED
BY UNWRITTEN LAW
SAVANNAH POLICE
RAID 6LfD TIGERS
SAVANNAH. Ga.. March 25.—The
Savannah police renewed their activ
ities today and the result was that sev
eral places where liquor was being
e-old were put on the docket, it is ex
pected that sensntions may arise from
some of the cases.
Not only were one or wore places
where liquor was being sold in vio
lation of the Sunday lay pulled but
the police went further than the al
leged blind tigers in operation three _ . . .
* the eitv thm.eht Lane was found dead in a swamn shot
miles or more from the cit> thought ln thp back of the bead with a sh g t ,
they could go. These places have been at c]ose rar ^ e . The was bidlv
in operation. It is alleged for years, mutilated. PI.' was employed at \YiI-
nnd they have been immune for some Hams' saw mil . which was destroyed by
reason. * They were operating without fl re the following night. The crime was
lirpnoip r>f onv sort it 1® said beinsr committed 'Tuesday nlcjht and the body
sac VSx snjs-su-wiass. -ass
CARTHAGE Mo.. March 25.—Arthur
Sanderson, tonight was acquitted of tho
murder of Dr. Solomon D. Meredith in
Carthuge on January 2nd. last.
Mrs. Sanderson testified that Dr. Me
reditli, the family physician, had made
love to her when she went to his office
to consult him. She had detailed her ex
periences with the doctor to Sanderson,
who Immediately left the house and soon
returned with Dr. Meredith. Before Mrs.
Sanderson, the hsuband accused the phy
sician of ruining his home and shot and
killed the doctor.
nt the arguments of counsel for the
defense, a paralel with the Thaw cas
was drawn. Attorney Shannon, said that
there was an evidence of exaggerated
ego. ln that the defendant thought him
self “Providentially called on to avenge
tho ravishment of his wife."
In a dying statement Dr. Meredith de
nied that his relations with Mrs. Sander
son had been criminal.
NEGRO FOUND DEAD
WITH WOUND IN HEAD
UNADILLA, Ga.. March 25.—Henry
the police department surely is bus
ier that it has been in Savannah with
in the last fifteen years. Savannah
is unaccustomed to so much enforce-
■ nt of law. and a large element is
i --.nning to make itself heard in
cutest. Extremely Interesting times
police and political and newspaper
ircles are about to develop.
against them. Coroner's purv haven't re"
turned a verdict yet. Further investi;
■ Inn will be had tomorrow.
T
LOOKING FOR BOY
Christopher Hunt, a negro living on
Mr. Mlnter Wimberly's place in Twiggs
County, was ln the city yesterda in
great distress.
Some two years ago he picked up a
little negro boy named Rube Smith and
treated him as a child of his own, pro
viding hint with good clothes and do
ing everything to make something out
of hint. On Sunday mornng. after he
had corrected the boy for some wrong
ilonf the boy went atvav and is sup
posed to have come to Macon. j •■]
The boy is about 12 years old had on | p r e:
5 new suit of dark gray clothes, and a : ■
velvet cap. ,
Mr Wimberly feels considerable in
terest in Hunt's misfortunes, having
raised him on his place, and will take
]t as a favor If given any information
concerning the lost hoy.
I 12,000 PERSONS WATCHED
CONSTRUCTICN OF BIG EXPO.
NORFOLK, Va.. March 25.—Twelve
thousand people paid a ten cent fee to
enter the Jamestown exposition grounds
today. Three thousand men were work
ing and the big twin piers being built
by the government were the scene of the
prinlcpal activity. Except the installa
tion of exhibits and some landscape work
the exposition will be practically com
pleted by the opening day. April 26th.
PRESIDENT OFFERED
While walking In the rear of the lot on
which is located house No. 724 Hazel
street, late yesterday afternoon. A. N.
Prather's attention was attracted to
peculiarly shaped bundle of clothes pro
truding from the mouth of a sewer. Mr.
Prather advanced and picking up the
bundle it required only a minute’s ex
amination to determine that the shrouds
of cloth hid the dead form of a newly-
born baby.
Mr. Prather went to the nearest tele
phone and notified police headquarters
of his ghastly find, with the result that
Officer Johnson was soon upon the scene.
Coroner Young, was then notified and
he went immediately to the scene and
held an inquest. The coroner discovered
the infant was a mulatto, and on the side
of its head was an ugly looking wound.
Inflicted by some blunt object, and de
noting that it had' been murdered.
Detectives have been placed on the
case, and at a late hour last night bad
worked up several clews'leading to tho
) ,1 n t 1 t ,* /if f Via S am aF *1. - I../*— m . t ..
NEW VORK.
NEW YORK. March 25.—The cotton
market was nervous and unsettled during
today's trading with sentiment influenced
to no small extent by unsettled conditions
in Wall street, and fear of more general
depression. The close was steady, but
at a net decline of 5a9 points. Sales for
the day were estimated at 175.000 bales.
The opening was steady nt a decline
of 4all points in response to lower cables
than expected, clear weather over the
week-end in the -South and talk of con
tinued large receipts. Small English spot
sales also attracted considerable attejition
and local bears were rather aggressive
immediately following the call. But there
seemed to be comparatively little long
cotton coming out on the drop to a little
under the lowest figures of last week
and the market rallied toward midday
on covering of shorts and a little buying
for a turn, which was accompanied by
talk of drouth ln the .Southwest.
After recovering practically' all of the
early loss, the market turned easier
again, however, and In the middle of the
afternoon sold at the lowest prices of
the'session, with May at 9.34*4 a hd July
at 9.49. The close was only 2 or 3 points
up from the lowest on covering, local
shorts being disposed to take moderate
profits, apparently owing, perhaps, to
apprehensions of a renewal of bull gup-
S ort should the market become oversold.
outhern spot markets were unchanged to
*4c. lower.
Receipts of cotton at the ports today
were 20.002 bales against 27,448 bales last
week and 15.170 bales last year. For the
week (estimated) 150,000-bales against
166.161 bales last week and 103,797 bales
last year.
Today's receipts at New Orleans were
2.S30 bales against 4.266 bales last year,
and at Houston 7,490 bales against 4,219
bales last year.
Henry Singleton yesterday entered
suit in the city court for $5,000 dam
ages against the Macon Gas Light and
Water Company, alleging as sufficient
grounds for the action, that several
weeks ago he went to tho place of
business of the defendant company
and purchased a little gas stove for
$10.00.
He claims that he paid half of the
purchase price .down and had the
stove installed in his home: that dur
ing his absence from home one day
recently, and while his wife was con
fined to her bed with sickness, an
mploye of the. defendant entered his
house and forcibly and illegally took
therefrom the gas stove.
<The plaintiff avers that by the ac
tion of the defendant company, he and
his wife have suffered to the extent of
the amount asked for in the petition.
VIOLENT SLUMP ON
STOCK EXCHANGE
Soot Cotton nnd Futures.
NEW YORK. March 25.—Spot cotton
closed quiet. 10 points lower; middling
uplands 10.90; middling gulf 11.15; sales
600 bales.
Futures dosed steady at the following
quotations:
identity of the mother of the infant,
rests will probably follow today.
Ar-
R
lU
The ladies of the city are beginning
to worry over the slim prospect of hav
ing flowers with which to decorate the
soldiers’ graves on April 26th.
The advanced season and lack of
rain, together with the dust from the
unpaved streets have caused the roses
to bloom and wither after a very short
life. Usually about this time the flow
ers are In profusion: now they are ex
ceedingly scarce. This is the real vio
let season, but all the dreamy blue
things are gone and very few violets
an be seen.
So scarce are the roses and flowers
that should be plentiful now. tha!
number of ladies are visiting the
woods for dogwood blossoms and other
wild flowers that seem not to have been
affected, though coming earlier thi
season than ever.
Mr. Louis H. Hicks, one of the best-
known and most popular members of
the jxflice force, died suddenly yester
day morning at his home, 356 Forsyth
street.
Because of ilk health'- Mr. Hicks has
not been on active duty for two or
three months. Unable to walk his beat,
he was'placed on the patrol wagon,
where the duties are lighter, but sev
eral weeks ago he was forced to give
up werrk altogether.
Mr. Hicks was loved by every In an
on the police force. He was always
in a good humor, with a pleasant word
for all and was never 'heard to utter
a harsh word against-any one. He
was a policeman for fifteen or sixteen
years, and was first appointed by the
late Mayor Price.
He was fifty-four years of age, and
leaves a lyife, one adopted daughter,
one brother and two -sisters.
The funeral services.were conducted
yesterday, afternoon at 5 o’clock at
the residence, 356 Forsyth street, Rev.
W. H. Budd officiating. The body was
taken to Knoxville Crawford Countv,
where tho interment will be made this
morning.
January ..
March ....
A pril
May
June
July
August ...
September
October
Open.
9.9S
9.18
......9.29
9.35
9.42
9.45
9.51
9.73
November 9,78
December 9.80
High.
10.03
9.26
9.27
9.43
9.49
9.51
9.51
9.78
Clos.
9.98
0.20
9.22
9.36
9.39
9.43
9.46
9.50
9.72
9.75
9.86 9.79 9.80
Low.
9.96
9.18
0.20
9.34
9.40
9.45
9.51
9.62
Movement at the Ports.
Receipts and Exports. Today.
Consolidated net receipts.. 20,002
Exports to Great Britain.. 60
Exports to France 5.209
Exports to continent 2.861
Ex'pnrts to Japan 3.000
Stock on hand all ports. .1.018,221
Since September 1. 1906—
Consolidated receipts 8.850.745
Exports to Great Britain 3.117.884
Exports to France 770.022
Exports to continent 2,756.241
Exports to Japan 179,400
Price, Net Receipts. Sales. Stocks.
The Ports. I PrIce.|Rects.!Sales,| Stck.
Galveston . . Jin 13-10!
Orleans .(in n-161
ABILENE Kan., March 25.—Former
United States Senator J. R. Burton, af
ter delivering the speech which he had
prepared in adtanc”. made the state
ment last night that the President had
offered him a ptrdon. He said:
ays after 1 was put in jail, the
offered me a pardon. It came
to me personally at Ironton. The com
munication was over the signature of the
-pardon clerk.
"I never answered it—I would not an
swer it. I wotTc not accept a pardon
from him unde* any conditions He.
gentlemen, he is the one that should
have the pardon "
NUMEROUS EXCUSES
FOR A DIVORCE
Joe Brown Is seeking the aid of the
Superior Court in severing the mar
riage ties that bind him to his wife,
Emma Brown, and from the tenor of
Joe’s allegations one would readilv
judge that he had bountiful excuse:;
for seeking a divorce. ,
The plaintiff claims that on one
occasion he was sick in bed unable
to see on account of some trouble
with his eyes, and that in this help-
condition Emma left him for two
days alone and blind and without any
one to assist or wait upon him.
He also averred in the petition that
Emma would not attend to the dutic-s
of a,wife, and that on another occa
sion she threw rock= at him w!;h the
endeavor to kill rrd murder him. and
as a. consequence of such harsh treat
ment he is kept in constant fear of
great bodily Injury from Emma.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. March 25.—Money on cal!
strong at 6n!o per cent: ruling rate 6’t
per cent: closing hid 6 per cent: offered
at 5 p“r cent. Time loans nominal: C".
days. 6U to 6»i per cent hid: 99 days nnd
six months nominally- at 6 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 6 to 65, per
cent.
Sterling exchange weak, with actual
business in bankers’ bills at 4.£320aS325
fop demand, and at 4.79a7905 for 69-day
bills. Posted ra-es 4.S0aS4>4. Commer
cial bills 4.78 , ;.a78t i .
Bar silver SSH: Mexican dollars 59ii.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds weak.
POWER TO BE GIVEN
TO SUPPRESS REVOLT
BUCHAREST. Roumania, March 25.
—The situation arising from the
Agrarian revolt has become so serious
that the Roumanian Parliament is
considering the advisability of invest
ing tue Government with extraordi
nary powers. The minister of war,
Gen. Mano, has ordered the mobiliza
tion of four additional regiments at
Jas0-. where 12.000 troops already
have been concentrated. At Jassy tho
artillery is encamped on the principal
street. All the shops in the town are
closed. It js reported that a very
large number of peasants, estimated
at from 40,000 to 50 000, are ready to
advance and attack the place. Copies
of a manifesto were distributed in
Jassy yesterday accusing the Govern
ment of responsibility for the recent
disorders and advising the people to
take the law into their own hands.
The author of this manifesto, the pro
curator of Vaslui. has been dismissed
from office. A condition of anarchy
prevails at Nanolossa and the reports
from that village are alarming. A
bloody encounter between peasants
and military is reported from Galatz,
where on Sunday the troops fired on a
g;!?b,orir.g of peasants, killing twenty-
five. From Vaslui organized bands of
robbers are marauding the district.
The leaders of those bands have as
sumed the title of‘general. Contribu
tions are being levied from all villages
and farms.
Mobile
Savannah .
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk . .
Baltimore .
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Boston . .
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NEW YORK. March 25.—There was a
violent slump in prices on the stock ex
change again today accompanied by ex
cited trading, but without news to ac
count for it other than a decline in
metal prices in London and higher rates
for call money.
Tiie monetary situation did not seem to
attract much atention. however, and ac
cording, brokers and members of bank
ing firms, there was nothing to explain
the rapid melting away of prices except
that holders of stocks wanted to sell
them, and apparently without regard
to the price they got for their shares.
American Smelting was one of the
weakest features, falling an extreme 13U
points, hut the United States Steel Cor
poration shares and the railroads also
made wide declines. Bankers generally
said that no one was - in difficulty and
that tho brokerage houses had protected
themselves from ample margins. The
fluctuations were extremely nervous im
mediately after tile opening, and it was
only a few minutes until the entire list
had weakened and prices were breaking
wildly.
American Spiriting. Amalgamated Cop
per, United States Steel, Union Pacific,
Northern Pacific, and Reading went
dowrr without restraint." carrying with
them the general list without exception.
After the first demoralization, there caino
a quieter period of trading, and the mar
ket steadied itself only to give way again
just as soon as the pressure to sell was
resumed. Towards the close of the day
a buying demand, apparently to close
out short contracts, appeared and gave
prices a rally. At the last the market
was excited and irregular with quotations
better than the lowest, but showing wide
declines from Saturday’s figjites.
The principal declinc-s of the day were:
Amalgamated Copper.' *4; American
Smelting. 8*4: A'naconda, 2 I *4; Atchison.
2H: Baltimore and Ohio, 4: St. Paul. 5;
General Electric, 6; Great Northern Pa
cific Ore certificates. 8: Missouri Pacific,
2' 4 ; New York Airbrake. 15; New York
Central. 3'i: Northern Pacific, 3%; Read
ing. 5 3 i; Rock Island, 144: Southern Pa
cific. 3: Union Pacific. 5*4: United States
Rubber. 5%; United States Steel, 2 1 .4:
United States Steel preferred, 4*4.
The total sales of stocks for the day
were 1,152.000 shares. j
F.
PASSES AWAY
Prof. D. Q. Abbott, who recently
came to Macon to be treated in tha.
city hospital, and later went to Johns
Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, for
further medical attention, died ln the
latter city yesterday morning at 8:15
o’clock, after an illness of several
months.
The news of the death of Prof. Ab
bott is cause for general regret
throughout the State. He was well
known ln all Middle Georgia, as hun
dreds of men and women have receiv
ed instruction under his administra
tion. For several years he was prin
cipal of Gresham High School and
later superintendent of the public
schools of Bibb County. It was un
der his administration that the system •
became known as the most thorough
in the State .
Resigning the superintendeney of
the schools of Bibb. Prof. Abbott was
elected to the chair of mathematics In
the State Normal School at Athens, a
branch of the university. Since his
incumbency in that institution he has
made a most efficient instructor and
the hundreds of teachers throughout
the State bear evidence to his thor
ough Instruciton.
Prof. Abbott’s son, Henley, ' was
present when his father- passed away
and will accompany the remains to
Athens. The .following telegram frtun
Athens gives additional Information
concerning his death:
ATHENS, Ga.. March 25.—Prof.
Don. Q. Abbott. oF the University of
Georgia, died this morning in Balti
more. after a long illness from nerv
ous prostration. The remains will
reach Athens tomorrow night over tha
Southern and the funeral will be held
here Wednesday morning.
Prof. Abbott leaves a wife and two
sons. The exercises of the university
will be suspended ns a mark of re
spect to his memory. The funeral
will be under the direction of tha
Athens Lodge of Elks, of whicjl ho
was .an enthusiastic member.
SAVED
BY
Interior Movement.
Price.!Rects.!Sa!es.t Stck.
Houston . . .|10 13-16! 7499! 2001 *8059
.Augusta . . .111J-4 1 217! 204! 31173
Memphis . . .11014 I 16271 7501159782
St. Louis 110 13-161 4261......I 3S6O3
Cincinnati ....I j 11271 1 12066
Louisville . . -Ill ! .j j.'
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. March 25.—Spot cotton
quiet: prices 8 noints lower: American
middling fair 6.74: good middling 6.28:
middling 5.90; low middling 5.58: good
ordinary 5d.t ordinary 4.62. The sales of
the day were 7.000 bales, of which 500
bales were for speculation and export, and
included 5 900 bales American. Receipts
wore 10.000 bales, all American.
Futures opened easier and closed
steady; American middling G. O. C.:
Close.
March 5.5R14
March-Aprii K.56U
Aorll-May 5
May-June
June-July 5.54
July-August 5 ■' r, 3 *2
August-Septembcr B.S2
Sentember-October 5.50*4
Octoher-Novemher 5.<8
November.December 5.4714,
Decembcr-.T-iunory 5.474A
January-February 5.49
NFW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. March 25.—Spot cot
ton closed steady low ordinary, ordinary ! and
Alleging in a petition filed in tho
Superior Court yesterday that her char
acter had been outrageously defamed.
Mandy Perkins, an ebonite, is seeking
$1,000 damages from James and Jose
phine York, her averred detainers.
Mandy claims that about tho first
of January, the Yorks lost some money
from their home and that James York
made the rema'rk, “Nobody in the world
stole ray wife's money hut Mandy Per
kins,” and Mandy followed up the ex
ample set by her spouse by the expatia-
tion that “I am satisfied Mandy Per
kins stole my money and that she has
got my money.”
Mandy says that the reports have
caused extreme humiliation to her arid
by reason of such thinks that her so
cial relations in the community where
in she Is domiciled have been sadly
impaired, all of whch anguish she bn's
suffered and may continue to suffer
should be recompensed by the sum stip
ulated in the petition.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 25.—
“Mayor Fredericlte Combe.” said Major
C. YV. Penrose, who was yesterday ac
quitted by a courtmartiai of the ctiarge
of neglect of duty in connection with
the Brownsville raid by negroes of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry last August, “was
the only man in Brownsville who could
have handled the situation. In my opin
ion ho was solely resposible for the pre
vention of disaster and he did this work
through his personal force and will."'
"Dr. Combe said to me that When be
met that band of 300 armed men that
night lie told them to return; that if thoy
.were contemplating marching to the post
they did uat appreciate wliat they were
really doing in going against three of the
best military companies in the world;
and that they would be wiped off the face
of tho earth.
“Dr. Combe was harassed all of the
time by an excited element and ho stuck
to them constantly. He personally took
charge of the police force, looking after
the regular and special men. it was
through his Indomitable will and oouraga
that he prevented Brownsville from be
ing in ruins today for if that mob had
come to the post that night, all I could
have done would have been to defend
myself and that would have meant the
ruin of Brownsville. From the night
of the shooting until the battalion left
Brownsville. I don't think Mayor Combo
slept at all.”
Major Penrose Is under orders; to pro
ceed to Washington to testify before
the Senate investigating committee. Ho
will leave Tuesday.
OLD VETS
BRYAN IN CHICAGO AT
A PUBLIC RECEPTION.
CHICAGO, March 25.—Wm. J. Bryan
presided at a public reception here
last night to M. Alex Abidin, leader of
the radical left wing of the Russian
Douma r-.nd Count Nicholas Tchay-
kovsky, a prominent .member of the
Russian radical ‘party. Both of the
Russians stated that they came to
•Americti to explain more fully to the
American people the Russian situation
LEAVENWORTH Kan.. March 25.--
One death resulted today among the nine
hundred old soldiers at the National Sol
diers’ Home here who Were poisoned yes
terday by eating "tainted hash.’" T! o
victim was YY'm. J. Cook, aged sixty-
four'years. a member of tiie I-Y-urtecUh
Missouri cavalry. He leaves a widow : t
Mexico. Mo. About 75 of the veterans
are still In a serious condition but it is
not thought any of these will die. The
majority of the others made ill have r- -
covered.
A report that some of those affected
were missing was emphatically dcnle I ,-t
the home today. ' The’ government pliy. -
elan stated that only those were already
suffering of disabilities and were in .1
weakened condition werq seriously af
fected.
Hon
lumbu
and good ordinary and low middling s"l!
Ing *4 of a cent lower than Saturday.
All nthc- grades sold l-15e. under Satur
day’s prices. s-Ies were 2.350 bales on
the snot a-il 950 bales to arrive.
Cotton futures omnoa steady from 1
to 5 points imlow Saturday's close. There
was an inriimtion to follow the unfa
vorable lead of Liverpool and the wealc-
_ ness of the New York "took market n-e-
The plundering continues ! vented a recovery. The nw-icet eio;
plead that "This nation of . of Georgia Muni
on a large scale in the districts of
Roman. Putna, Jassy and Botosahni.
The peasants are setting fire to every
thing within reach, but they flee on
the appearance of soldiery.
There have been several serious
conflicts between peasants and troops,
rotably at Bacess. in the district of
Vaslui, where 2.000 peasants/* armed
with rifles and revolvers attacked a j D-tober. bid ..
company of soldiers. The troops fir- ! November., bid
1 December
points below Satur-
teady from 2 to
dav’s close.
Cotton futures closed steady at the fol
lowing quotations:
January, bid 10.12
March, hid lo.iu
April, bid 10 07
May. bin io', 1K
June, bid .
July, bid ..
August, hid
1 voJlevs. killing forty pens
ants nnd wounding large numbers, but
the soldiers were so greatly outnum-
that they were finally obliged to
retreat.
At the village of Teleormin ln the
Alexandria, district, Wallnchla. peas
ants sacked the synagogue and burn
ed forty houses. The rioters also de
molished md completely pillaged Zim-
nicea. another village in the Alexan-
ria district. -
The army reserve men are frater-
izing with the marauders and par
ticipating in the work of plunder.
The total number of troops now In
Mouldava is 32.610, but large rein
forcements are still required.
bid
10.13
10.1.8
10 08
10.07
10.10
10.12
Prices Improve on Berlin Bourse.
BERLIN. March 25.—Prices on the
bourse today improved on re-purchases.
Canadian Pacific closed 5% rolr.ts higher.
and Baltimore and Ohio “Jid Pennsylva
nia recovered.
.VEALTHY ITALIAN
VICTIM O c BLACK HAND
KELLEFOXTAIN, O.. March 25.—A
ns and three members of the "Black
H.'.nd’ : >day resulted in the death of
• os.—h Deniar. HU body was pierced
by nir. ■ bullets. 'His eorr,pinions fired
noon 1 is -ssailants and from the fact
at they left a trial of blood the police
believe at least one of the murderers was
seriously wounded.
Salvatore Cin. a commission merchant,
who v" s with Demar. believes the shots
were intended Tor him. and the police
are working on the theory that his wealth
Incited t ;, p "Black Hand" to demand
money which Cira refused. Although De-
had 5200 in his possession, his body
be other thar
tion occurred
: streets.
id. showing the mo'tiv.
robbery. The assassina-
on one of the prinlcpal
AID AT INQUESf
ENGLEWOOD, N. J.. March 25 —
The coroner’s Jury called to hold an in
quest into the death of Le-ter Briggs,
the carpenter from Providence R. I,
who was killed In the burning of Heli-
coror.er last Saturday morning, by the
coroner last night paid little attention
to the Incidents surrounding the death,
but devoted most of its energy to un
covering what Englewood has always
considered the hidden secrets of life as
it was lived in Mr. Sinclair’s colony.
The colony escaped censure in the
findings of the Jury and the managers
were reprimanded for running a pri
vate house as a hotel without obeying
the hotel laws providing for proper
fire protection.
As soon as Mr. Sinclair went on the
stand it became evident that the jury
men were determined to get from him
some details of how the members of
his colony lived together and what
were the ethics of their co-operative
communism. Mr. Sinclair said that as
far as he knew the rooms on the sec
ond and third floors all opened in, the
Mayor of Co-
>f the League
ill ties, has heard
freedom: let the Russian Government from the Mayor and Council of
hear its mighty word to the effect 1 Athens, where the next convention of
that the barbarities of the past must the league will be held, ar.d the dates
cease and that inhumanity and op- | have been positively settled on. be-
pression must endeavor." ! ing Tuesday and Wednesday. May 28
Mr. Bryan in opening the meeting and 29th.
said; "Our nation has the right to ex- j Mayor Dorsey, of Athens. writes
pres? an opinion on any question that ! that special efforts will be made by
that city to entertain the 300 Mayors
affects the welfare of the world. And
therefore our visitors have a right to
come to us with their story. It Is a
compliment to us that a people any
where on the globe with an appeal to
a sense of justice should come to us
first.”
Circulars were distributed among the
audience of 4.000 person 1 , addressed to
congress arid asking that the United
States make formal protest against
• the perverted use of governmental
funetfons, of which the Russian people
are the victims.”
one upon the other, ar.d that there was
not a key in the house.
Suites belonging to separate families
j were Joined by these unlocked doors,
he said and nobody thought of asking
for a key. Ex'en the front door of the
I hall was never locked.
The father of the colony was asked
concerning the sleeping quarters of the
I servants He said that most of them
! had been accommodated in the studio,
on the top floor and that temporary
partitions had been put up to form
rooms. These partitions did not ex
tend to the ceiling, hut were low, like
those of election booths, and there were
no door3. simply curtains.
What the novelist had to say about
the communal social arrangements in
Helicon Hall .caused the jury to put
many more questions, whose import
seemed to startle Mr. Sinclair. Retailed
queries about the time the colonists
went to bed. and the time thee got up
in the morning and whether the hired
help were consulted before being estab
lished in the 'emporary studio rooms,
were put to Mr. Sinclair by the jury
men.
When their curiosity was satisfied
they made their findings. The jury
did not consider the stories about in
cendiarism and dynamite explosions
that had circulated about Englewood
since the fire.
in Georgia, on the occasion of this
meeting. He suggests that as tho
schedules run, the Mayors must reach
Athens on Monday afternoon. Tho
speeches of welcome will be made
that night, so that on Tuesday morn
ing the actual work of the convention
can be done.
By having a full and uninterrupted
morning and afternoon session, the
real business can be accomplished in
one day. On Tuesday night a recep
tion will be tendered the ladies.
On Wednesday morning a chartered
train will take the Mayors and ladies
of the party to Tallullah Falls where
the dav will be spent, the delegates
leaving’ Tallullah for their homes In
stead of returning to Athens, as they
mav elect.
A novel feature of this coming con
vention * is that the people of Athens
insist on every Mayor attending shall
be accompanied by a ady.
PILLAGING IN ROUMANIA
IS SOMEWHAT LESSENED.
VIENNA. March 25.—Despite the
fears of serious disturbances ln Ru
mania especially at Jassy, today pass
ed with comparatiY’e quiet so far as
the news received here Indicates. It
seems that the energetic prcautlons
taken by the Government proved ef
fective.
\\ r hile the news from Jassy is sat
isfactory reports from Bukowina on
the frontier are less favorable. In the
mountains of Borujeni various bands
of farmers wait for fugitives whom
they pillage and maltreat and then
disappear in the mountains, thus car
rying on a kind of guerilla war. It. is
said the Rumanian gendarmes partic
ipate in these outrages.
In the district of Dorohoi excesses
are still going on. while in the Alles-
sandria province of Wallachia, it is
reported that many Jews have been
wounded and their buildings destroys*.
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