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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 . New York Boston . . Philadelphia .11014 . .110*4 . .1193', . .11(1% . .111. . .111 ...110.90 . Ml 0.90 ..111.15 Port Townsend! 88681 \3740.31 28301 33001287292 5911 1 1.8089 3050! 260! 89348 171! .1 11947 1831 1 86017 894' 222' 28408 I I 11148 841 6001172361 335! I...... 46! I 2292 3000(/ I 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*. r jroisTfflCT rs« T