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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1907. THE TWICE-A- VVEEK TELEGRAPH 3 AND CLOSED STEADY LIVERPOOL »pota colsrd 6.03 NEW YORK BC'ts Cl-'.cd II NEV; ORLEANS spots Closed... .10 9-10 the local cotton market. Tho c •• n tr. >-!-ct >-r*Urd:. >.« qulc: and unchanged at the follotvir Range of P'lce*. A pr!l April P*of April Spot Cotton r/Ov Rt-r • Stock on Hand. IK. STOCKS FALL m PEFtSSKl OTS NEW YORK. April 8.—The stock rr.ar- ket .howed Increasing Indications today f lap-.ng Into professional hands and •'.ore of the smaller class of operators. The frequent turns In the course of prl « •; na-r tvn s of *.;.•• flu tuitions and the notable shrinkage j n the aggre gate aeles for the day, all points am .:s- eNiy to the abstention from the nssr- : t of any large and consistent class of This was the response of the market to a rather gen era] note of warning from responsible sources of the rate arid the extent of which the rebound was running iftcr the recent extreme depression, tal the money market situation, particularly, ilthough the rally of the relaxation from wing-mey Is not questioned on any hand. !her» Js cautious Inquiry as to the ado- luacjr of the relief to meet all the needs sy’s maturity of four 10% per cent ments of new Great Northern pre- stock calling for *24.000.000. dl- attentlon to the pionthly recurrence NEW YORK. April 8.—The cotton mar ket was quiet today, sale? being esti mated at only 75.000 b’!*s. and fluctua tion* were narrow. The :-■• •■-• 1 tone seemed to be steady In the absence of , Important offerin'-.', and the ma| f r some time to come of a 5 per cent In ez pod steady, net’unchanged to 2 point? *tal!tnent of these subscriptions. For higher. I North* m Pacific n»w stock subscriptions The opening was steady at unchanged al o there will fall due quarterly hi- p: !e. . to a decline of 5 points and th" 1 bailments of 1S% per cent beginning Ju"y nerally sold about 3 or 4 I 1- each of which will call for upwards edlat rail under - •■ altering MauMat'on and i - irish pressure encouraged toy toewar a - bleu than exoected. reports of favorabl" mIns In the Eastern .and Central b'-It and claims of a less active ")?t demand. At th> detune ther-- was covering and wh.it seemed to be pull support and with offer- Ings light the market rallied, the advance being helped by the firmness of 'lay at Ml m (irleans where that position'ad- vanced 10 p dnts above the r'osing fig- vtr.*s of last week. After selling tromo -1 points net higher, the mark t turned rather Irregular, closing a shade'Off-front the best on the active months. There were some further complaints of dry’ weather from the Southwest and n Mem phis wire reported that the only snot Cksnand was from Southern mills". Re ceipts were nhout even with last year’s nnd a light estimate for Houston and New Orleans w s followed hv heavier figures from Galveston. Southern snot markets were unchanged to 1-10. lower. Receipts of cotton at the pop’. todiv were 19.107 hales nnlnst 13 or>-, r*l». last w . | h and 17.084 bales last year. For the week (estimated) 90.000 bales against 110.137 bales last week and 115.676 bales last year. Spot' Cotton and Futures. NEW YORK. April 8.—Rnot cotton closed owlet; middling uplands 11; mid- . dllnc gulf ll.JS; sales 200 bales. Vl Futures closed steady at the following quotations: January . February Anrll May .Tune July August .., Pep: ember October November December Onen. 10.07 9.50 9.50 9.49 9.60 9.61 9.61 9.S5 9.66 9.67 9.63 9.90 9.39 9.01 9.63 9.84 9.93 9.94 9.92 Gins. 10.11 10.13 9.39 9.34 9.39 9.63 9.C| 9.66 9.97 9.90 9..90 'll 000.900. while for St Paul's *100.- 990.000 new stock 15 per cent Is payable June 1 and 20 per cent Instalment on three and a half yearly periods after tht f with n final 15 cr c"nt to be paid In March. 1909. In the meantime, large note issues by corporations will mature which are expected to call for refunding with success dependent upon n revival of the demand for bond?. Brokerage houses, today reported a small volume of orders for stocks, and early attempts to advance prices quite generally met with supplies of stock, which turned the room traders to the bear, side of the market. The resulting decline was Incompletely recovered later and tho closing tone was rather heavy. The Irregular tone of the bond market showed some reactionary tendency from the recent uniform strength. Total sales, par value. J2.96S.000 United States bonds were unchanged on call. The total sales of stocks today were 851.000 shares. New York Money Market. NEVf YORK. April 8.—Money on call easy at l%a2% per cent; ruling rate 2 per cent; closing hid 1% per cent; of fered at 2 per cent. Time loans dull and easy: 60 days 4% per cent: 90 days 5 per cent: six months 5.15% per cent. Prime mercantile paper 6 to 6% -per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business In bankers’ bills at 4.8553a8560 for demand, and at 4.S'*-i82.03 for 60-day bills. Posted rates 4.8T%nS3 and 4.S6 to 4.80%. Commercial bills 4.81*1. Par silver 65%; Mexican dollars 50. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular. LEH DATS COB sms I®. Bilan NEW TOR. April S.—Workingmen ar.d bankers, college presidents and la bor leaders, met together at a “peace evening” at the home of Andrew Car negie at Fifth avenue and Ninety-first street last night. Mr. Carnegie him self addressed them, as did Augus Belmont, president of the National Civic Federation: William A. Coaklev, general president of the International Lithograph Apprentices and Press Feeders of the United States and Can ada: Archbishop Farley, President -N M. Butler of Columbia University; Ly man Abbott, T. V. P.owaeriy and Seth Low. "There Is no time more important than this for a gathering of this na ture.” said Mr. Belmont. “It is very easy to remain at- peace during pros perous times, but sometimes times change, and I feel greatly impressed that the unparalleled development of our country and its prosperity have been so extraordinary that it is un doubtedly time to call a halt, and it Is not wholly undesirable. "I don’t desire to be either a prophet or an alarmist, nor will I discuss the causes which appear to lead to the be- ginn'ng of a change, but It is unques tioned that we should prepare ourselves through just such gatherings as this to understand and solve the problems with which we are at any time likely to be confronted.’’ Lumber. Movement at the Ports. Receipts and Export*. T«d*v\ Consolldn led net receipts.. 19 497 Export* to Great Britain.. 5.799 Exports to France 45 Exports to continent 4 969 Stock on hand nil ports... .821.S1S Since September 1. 1906— Consolidated receipts 9.109.616 Exports to Great Britain 3.296.182 Export* to France 316.732 Exports to Continent 2,918 159 Export.* to Japan 201,9CS GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. CHICAGO, April 8.—Wheat prices ad vanced more than a cent a bushel “.ore today because of continued absence of min In Kan*as and Nebraska. At the close, wheat for May delivery was lc. higher. Com was %a%c. higher and oats were %c. higher. Provisions on the close were unchanged to I5e. lower. (Corrected by Massee-FeTton Bum. Co.) Common framing at *16 to *20 per thousand. S:ard framing at *2.7.50 to *22.50 per thousand. Storm sheathing at *16 per thousand. No. 2 common flooring at *20.00 per thousand. No. common celling at *17.50 per thous and. No. 1 common flooring celling at *22.50 per thousand. ”B” grad« square edge weather board ing at J22.E0 per thousand. No. 1 common weather boardlrg at iSO per thousand. No. 2 pine shingles at *2.25 per thous and. No. 1 pine shingles at *4.25 per thous and. No. 1 cypress shingles at *5.00 tliouand- per Dry Goods—Wholesale. SHEETINS—4-4. 5 to «o. DRILLINGS—7 to 7%e. TICKINGS—4 'i to 13%c. CHECKS—4 to 5%c. F.T.FA CHING3—4 to 8c-. FP.INTS—4% to 3c. Price. Net Receipts, Sales, Stocks. Tho Ports. | PrJeo.irrocts.'Sales.J Stele. Gnlveston . . .110 13-16! Jin n-i« .110 V, .110 £ J1014 i .110% I .11 sfnn . . New Orleans Mobile . . . Savannah . . Charleston . Wilmington . Norfolk ... Baltimore . . Jil i. New York .... 11 I Boston . . . .Ill Phlfadelnhla ..11.25 I. TYnsarnln . . .1 [ Newport News.! ! 59991 1296970 2997 : 1299 239123 4891.,.'. I ■’1V,*9 1217! 266' 734*2 1231 1 19974 237:..,...! 9849 10251 3591 28541 I ' 1891 ion 200 169271 3981 ! I I 1539 57981 | 200| I Interior Movement. | Price.'Reels.ISnles.i Stek. Houston . . .MO 12.-16! Augusta . . .111% I Memphis ..' . .119% | St. Louis 110% I Cincinnati ....j j Louisville . . 'll | Wheat— May . July . Sept. . Doe. . Com— May . July . Sept. . Oats— May . July. . Sent. . Mess Pork- May . July . Lard— May . July . Sent. . Mess Fork- M->v . July . Sept. . 76% 78% 79% 81% 46% 46% 42% 37% 33% 46% 46% 47% 43% 38% 34% 76% 78% 79% 81% 46% 46 3 i 46% 46% 46% 47% 15.83 15.73 15.97% 15.85 8.65 S.77% 8.87% 8.4214. 8.37% 8.70 8.70 8. SO 8.90 8.47% 8.69% 8.70’ 34% 15.83 15.92% 8.62% S 75 S'. 87% 8.62% 8.75 ’ S.S5 8.40 8.421 8.5714 8.60 S.67% 8.70 Liquors—Wholesale, (Co-erred by Weiehselbaum «c Mack.9 WHISKEY—Rye. *1.10 to *3.50; co-n *1.10 to $1.30; gin. *1.10 to *1.75: North Carolina com. *1.10 to *1.50; Georgia corn 11.69. WINE.—75c. to *5; high wines. *1.30 port and sherry. 75c. to *4; claret. *4 to *10 a rase: American cnampagne. *7.50 to tomorrow. MOTHER OF EVELYN THAW (Continued from page L) Mr. Dolmas declared the only evi dence the District Attorney had to bring against the girl was the "Mis called affidavit’’ produced by Abraham Hummel. Speaking of Mr. Hummel. Mr. Delmas again drew heavily upon his bitterest invlctlvo and declared that it would renlure more than the word of a perjured man to send Hairy Thaw to an ignominious death Delmas Scores Humel. Hummel was accused by Mr. Delmas of having committed deliberate per- DRY GOODS MARKET. NEW YORK. April 8 —The dry goods market was more active in the primary .... division today. Many jobbers are operat- ' IT upon the stand in the present ing for fall delivery for sheetings, prints : trial when he swore he was not acting and doTTiestir*. All American good.* .are : as Evelyn Nesblt’s counsel and that nt value. White goods are selling V I no action was contemplated in her be- the spring of 1908. There Is also some 1 half He sn'd the so-called affidavit operating on fanry lines of woven cotton* I ,, ‘' ,0 rnnvtrtod the nt materially higher priees. Raw silk 1J.„!!,i\. COnvlClea man °‘ these false- advancing. Dres* goods are qnl"t and LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL April 8.—Good hustne*s done in spot cotton, prices unchanged; Amerle.an middling fair 6.91; xnm mid dling 6.45 middling 6.93; ]nw middling 5.71: good Ord 1 n"-y 5.11; ordinary 4.V3 The sales of the day w*re *0.000 bales, of which 509 bales were for speculation and exno-t and included 9.400 bales American Receipts none. Futures opened quiet and steady and ed quiet; American middling G. some houses are turning their attention to the development of spring lines. The jobbing and retail trade was quiet ow ing to a cold storm. COTTON REED OIL. NEW YORK. April 8.—Cotton seed oil was fairly active with nrlees steady. Prime crude in barrel* f.o.b. mills 37; prime summer yellow 46%; off summer yellow 42%a4t; good off summer yellow 43a41%; prime summer white S0a52; prime winter yellow 50. O. C.: April .... Anril-Mav May-Juno CIOSB. Jill P-Jll naval stores. •WILMINGTON. April 8—Spirits turpen tine. nothing doing; receipts 2 casks Rosin, nothing doing: receipts iso. Tar firm nt *2.30; receipt* 1R3. Crude tur pentine firm at *3.50. *5.00 and *5.25 bid: receipt* 18. hoods. Mr. Delmas began his appeal to the Jury bv ouoting from an utterance of District Attorney Jerome during the trail. Ho said: “We have no right, if the real facts were known, to be here trying this roan and would be absolutely prohibited by the statutes.” “Had you heard these words.” con tinued the attorney “from some irre sponsible babbler instead of from an official charged with a great public duty: had they been spoken in a place where idle men resort to indulge in idle talk, instead of a tribunal where in justice presides in solemnity; had the occasion on which they were ut tered been some trivial discussion on some insignificant topic instead of a debate, the issue of which is life or July- August-September Replember-Octobcr . October-November ., No vember-December Decomber-.T-inunry .. Janun -y - February .. February-M.a reh .... 5.66 5(i! CHARLESTON. April 8.—Turpentine' ar V?.dirfnsr. j death, and had you after so hearin Q 5.Pfiv, I them, heard the same lips make an 5 57R. , -S3s: d ’ Real!, Pt firm';' sale*' thnt tha ,! >«v 5 ..'flU 5.50 76 - Q oipts 450: shipments $11; «te: A. B. C. $4.30: D, $4.... ... ’7^: F. $4.I0 : a $4.4?%; H. *4.62*4; I X. *4.75: 1C *5.20; M. 53.25: N. *3.40: W. G.. *5.60: AY. W„ *7.63. appeal to prove that the law demanded tod: 28.649. : forfeit of the life of the man about N'VW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS. April 8—Snot cotton | c!a*rrl quia- -a-! st*-' jy with rrlce. m- rhnmr^d. middling 10 9-10. SrJes I 700 ? om the ^ot rnd 500 to arrive, j In sympathy with unfivorablo ror*r>rtc from T.iveroool. futures ooen«'*l from 4 6 t'-'infs below th*' cIon^ of Situvri tVertthor reports, th* rovital of rvV was the f^reeast of frost for Northw Texas. Oklahoma. Indian Territory s ! Grain, Provisions. Groceries. JCort h weste: of short tr ^rknns irchss* m ■ ed an o<Tort Ksti tho nr tr*' earlv nionfli tt Mny S "'! I m n July rocchod 10.37 fo~ Galveston afto I -» dron In tho iv-ir rai’s'n 1 to 2 points beloi 1<ci. whloh olosorl i*om 1 point nho tho olo=o of Satur Cotton futur.s closed quiet at the fol- lowlmr quo*ntions: Jnnu»rv. bid TO.f*; A or!!, bid M .M May 30.32 Juno, if^ked 10.30 July, hit! io,32 Sm fiber hid 10.27 io. n Hardware—Wholesale. tCe-rrctcd bv D.misn Hnrxrsra Ca) WET T iMTKST* - J4 per <5ox ROPE— Mr.bfi.a. 14%c : Se*el. lie; eot- ’p* "Uf WIRE—Barb. 3';c. per lb. fl.OAY STOCKS- Hnrrnan. 90c.; Ferru- ,er 89a, TI'BS—Ratntcd. *2 39; rp<1ir. *5 90 POWDER- J4 50: half kegx. *2 75; '% k*.T*. *1 Dupent nn.i Harard jinoicc- 1<«*. half keg*. *11.3.': % kegs. *5.75, Lib. e.aut , 't''r*. *1. le*s>7.-> r*r cenf.. Treix- florf sra.ikclc.** powder. 1 -ID. cans *L prioVET S in 511 per dos. CARDS—cot top. ** 59 per des. ping BLADES. 5r per lb IRON—; x ic lb. base; Swede, 4%c. ppppd axes—*6.50 dozen, base, y jr r>- -Pir 7*^o po ind. N VIT.S.—Wire. *2.60 keg. base; cut. *2 69 4-9-. SHOES—Horse 84.2a to *4 *5 keg; mule eho.'s. f 1.2.7 to 54.7.7. mTKCTS Pf.;-L *1.7.1 dot: white c*- dar. Three hoop*. 57.75 dozen. CHAINS-Trace *1 to *6 dos. GL’N POWDER—Per ps*. Austin crazk *4 59 SHOT—*2.25 .*9*k. These prices sre at wholesale snd not fCorrecte.d by S Tt. Jaoaes & Tinsiey Co.) CORN—Sacked wTilte 79 Sacked mixed 68 E.a- corn : 70 Car lot*, either sickefl or bulk, made on application. OATS—White cLoned 69 No. 2 white "9 No. 3 white 5$ Specie I quotations mnde on enr lots- HAT—Choice timothy *1.30 No. 1 timothy 1.27 No. 2 timothy 1.21 No. 1 clover 1.29 Timothy and clover hlxcd.... l. B 5 Al'-lb hay 1.30 Ro.’dlr.g straw .... 65 BRAN—Eure wheat l.ss I Mixed bran 1.25 ,T-'r*ev *toek feed.. — .,,,..... j *5 . Reliahle feed I.W* CM;,da-d feed 1 ]9 ) FT.OLH—Private Stock, fancy past!! s!«7 ! Royal OP-1, hast pat 4.29 ; Too Notch, fi---- patent 4.29 New Cor*’!t’itlon. % patent, sifo Or-atige Blossom straight. 3 50 MEAL—Water ground Juliette 68 Other brands 67 MEATS Dry salt rib* !... gaj Fxt-a h-if ribs 95- ix.-'o-ih. D. S. bellies jor.; Bulk plates !!! ga£ Smoked too.ats *;c over abrve HAMS—Farcy sugar cured % ndard sugar cured 15 whom they were spoken, these words might not have filled you with amaze ment. “It is to prevent such a conclusion in this case,” went on Mr. Delmas, "that I h.ox'e undertaken the perform ance of the onerous task before me. In this task it will be my duty to give you all tho help in my power in decid ing the question before you.” How White Won His V/ay. Mr. Delmas then gave a resume of E’-elvn Nesbit’s life from her birth in 1894 to the time she met Stanford White. Continuing he said: "Brave and courageous, we find this child at 15 or 16 years of age rushing in the day time from studio to studio, earning *16 to SIS a week, and at night appearing upon the boards and earning an equal salary. "At this time we find a man whose hair was tinged with grey, who had an excellent wife and an accomplished son. fixing his eyes upon the fated child and determining to make her hi*. To win her he had none of the graces of principles of the honorable suitor. He introduced himself to her that cry? Had you forgotten that re tribution would be at hand?" Merciless Attack on Mother. Mr. Delmas recounted how White had poisoned the mind of the gir| by telkr.g her that she had committed no wrong. Y.'hen Mr. Delmas had completed h’s denunciation of Stanford White he launched into a merciless attack on Evelyn Thaw's mother. He first re called to the jury that in the early p.art of the trial, when the name of the mother was first mentioned, he stated that he would not east any re flections upon her and held her guilt less beiiex'ing her to have been the helpless victim of circumstances. “When I said this.: gentleman." Mr. Delmas continued. "I "wish you to bear in mind that three things had not yet developed—that for years after this rape had been committed upon this girl, the mother received *300 a month from the ravisher: that the mother had given to the District Attorney a written statement by which be might tomre he soul of her daughter, by which he might leave her alone in the world—her father dead, her mother unnatural, her husband executed. “When I learned that every shaft aimed at her heart came from a quiver supplied by her other; when I learn ed that it" was the mother who was pointing ou he sore and tender spots for the district attorney to attack and when I learned hat the poor bablings of a girl in school—her d ! ary—had been furnished bv the mother that they might be used against her daugh ter. I retracted as I retract now. the statemens which I made in behalf of her mother. Oh, unnatural mother that she was, to desert her girl and leave her the victim of the lust of this grey haired man; to receive for a year the wages of her daughter’s downfall; to wear diamonds bought with such money as this, and then to come now in the hour of her daughter's supreme agony to steal away the life of her only pro- ttetor. ‘Oh shame upon this woman. Not content w’ith what she has already, she would take away the life of the one- human being who came as an ange! intq the life of this girl on the down ward path, who told the girl that whatever she might be in the eves of sinful and debaunched world, he knew her soul was pure.” Mr. Delmas then went into a long discussion ns to whether or not it was true that Evelyn Nesbit had told her story to Thaw in Paris 4ri 1903. That, he declared, ivas the main question of the trial. 'You hax-e seen Evelyn Thaw on the stand.” he said. “You have for days watched her manner of testifying. From your experience as men of the world, you can tell whether or not this child—for child she is today—is a cun ning actress who was repeating a story she had learned and rehearsed. You saw her countenance: you snav how horror overspread It when she told that terrible story.” Delmas quoted at length from Thaw’* letters to Mr. Longfellow, from Paris in 1993 which, he claimed proved Evelyn Nesbit told Thaw her storx*. The attorney declared that Thay- harl no occasion to lie to his mother when he told her the story in v Pitts burg after his return from Europe. In contrast to the mother of E\’elyn Nes bit Mr. Delmas pictured the mother of Harry Thaw. He reviewed the testi mony sh» gave on the stand and point ed to the lo\-e and affection she dis played for her son when he began to display that restlessness which culmi nated in the tragedy. He spoke in eulogistic terms of her noble charac ter and of the sacrifices she made to ligbten the burden and ease the pain of her heartbroken boy. Eulogized Thaw's Mother. Mrs. Thaw listened to the compli ments naid her without evincing emo tion. Her children spt stolid as ever. Evelyn Thaw was only slightly moved by the attack on her mother and as a matter of fact her features were im mobile throughout the duration of the address. After paying his trihute to Mrs. Thaw. Mr. Delmas rehearsed the OAfldence whieh related to the atten tions which Thaw paid to Evelyn, lay ing particular stress upon that por tion Ax-hich referred to his visits to Pompton N. J.. where Evelyn ivas a pupil in a hoarding school. He spoke In the tenderest of tones of Thaw’s visit to the girl’s bedside when she was ill, of his deep concern for her when she was convalescing and of his ef forts to restore her to health. He de clare/ that Thaw wag then paying, honorable court to Evelyn and made her an honorable ^proposal of mar riage soon afterward in Paris. “Gentlemen I think I have establish ed to your satisfaction that this story Avas true., that it is not a fabrication, that Evelyn Thaw’s statement that she told this story to Harry Thaw in Paris is 1903 is true. "Against this assertion, what Is there in this case? Nothing except the testimony of Abraham Hum mel.” Denounced Lawyer Hummel. Delmas declared there must be something more than "this wretched Hummel affidavit upon which to con- A’ict Harry Thaw. He denounced Hum mel as a man ready to commit crime for money. Mr. Delmas’ voice had grown quite husky by this time and he asked for an adjournment until tomorrow morn ing. District Attorney Jerome was not in court to hear Mr. Delmas speech. His assistant, Mr. Garvan. took notes, however. Mr. Jerome, it was said, was busy with the preparation of his otvn j address. SEMES MM JUIJ Ml Stllli NEW TOR”, April 8.—Joseph K. Cannon, Speaker of the House cf Jtep- resentati\’es, stopped off the steamer Bluecher today after a month’s pleas ure jaunt to the West Indies. Vene zuela and Panama. With several other Congressmen. Speaker Cannor. has been the guest of Congressman William B. McKinley, of Illinois. Congressman James S. Sherman was a member of the party. When asked concerning the campaign contributions of the fail of 1904 Mr. Sherman said: , Uon The omcer at tho stat ion on the rprP^rnifatfon I of n V n ^h\^n^ :nS (ff C tho b0r< ^ erland of Russia was away from rect^ imitation of a .phjnx. Of the , jjj s p ost on the ar-ival of the train, and coi'p 011 th ° canal s P ea5cer Cannon , sorne of t h e Russian Jews on the train ,.r „ „ - ; who were lea\-ing Russia behind them I was migM> veil plea.ed and | f 0reveri bribed the agent at the station agreeablj surprised as uas etairj mem- 1 an j jvj 0 t ra j n S p 6( j on —but there Avas ber of our part) with the progress of j s£il j ano ther line of officers to pass. The refugees left the train and walk- Midnight of Saturday ended a long and remarkable journey of seA-eral thousand miles for tivo orphan chil dren. On the "th of March there started for Macon from Minsk, in the interior of Russia, Isaac and Ray Galperin, the boy twelve and the girl fourteen. The train left Minsk in two sections, the children having seats on the first sea the Panama canal. It is a mere ques- °,5 r J° rk ’ a T? P ; ! ed two miles in the ten inches of snow, idly under a splendid system. If I „ «... was paying for tho job myself I would slap tho boys on the back and say, ‘Hustle along and get the dirt out.’ " Speaker Cannon s2.id that the pres ent depression In Wall street did not In any way represent the condition of the country, Values, he said, are just as good as over, and the country’s re sources are just as abundant. When he took his place before the customs inspector to make his declara tion, the Speaker said: "Yes. I have a few articles to declare. Here is a neck lace, rare, very rare. It’s for my granddaughter and it cost twenty-five cents. Here is a collection of beads, also rare, cost fifty cents. I guess that lets me out.” Big Fire in Boston. BOSTON. April S.—A six story build ing on Kingston street, occupied by several manufacturers of women’s goods, was considerably damaged by fire tonight. The occupants were Nad- ler and Sherlip. the Fashion and Waist and Skirt Company, and Walter E. Nichols, agent for William Iseler and Company, dry goods. The loss is *500,- 000. and hired a team to drive them li\-e miles further to the station out of the reach of the Russian border officers, where they caught their train. The children had no one to look out for them, but they were bright, and America was the destination, and frosts nor snows, nor other deprivations and obstacles could keep them back. At Bremen they were taken In charge of by the North German Lloyd Com pany, rigidly examined as to health, and then when a tag was placed on them adressed to “David Snetman. Poplar street. Macon, Ga., U. S. A.,” they were put on a steamer bound for Baltimore. For seventeen days the children were on tho ship, AA-atching the whitecaps and gulls and counting the hours that passed heavily between the old home of persecution and the land of the free. At Baltimore they were subjected to a two hour examination as to acalth, but they passed it all right, and wore put on a train for Macon, arriving in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. At Atlanta the children, neither speaking a word of English, met up with an unknown friend. A man rec- e: lined ihe-n a* Rreri.i:: Jews and spoke to them. He saw th - t\; and then told them he was a fr: :id of Mr. Snetman, without giving his- name, and that they might leave on the first train instead of remaining in Atlanta all night, - paid their fare to Macon, al though they had tickets by another route, the train on which would not lenve until several hours Inter. In the meantime Mr. Snetman was expecting them on tho Southern, know ing their tickets so r »d, and went to that depot and mot the- early train on which they failed to arrive. Something told him to moot the Central, and sure enough they came on It through the kindness of the unknown friend In At lanta. The children arc a niece and nephew of Mrs. Etta Snetman. She has applied to adopt them legally, and as soon as they can master sufficient English will send them to school In Macon, and edu cate them in loving remembrance of her dead sister. Both of the children are bright, the boy Avriting his name In English. Rus sian or Yiddish, and already ho Jias mastered the letters of the English al phabet. They are proud to see their kinspeople. and glad to know there is no Czar in Macon, that being 0110 of the boy’s first questions. Judge James H. Blount will leave for New York tomorrow where he lias been invited to de!i\-er an address. While in New York he will attend the National Arbitration and Peace Congress which meets on the 14th. In the invitation extended by Hon. Jno. D. Higgins, secretary of the com mittee on municipalities to Mayor Smith, giving him authority to appoint five citizens as delegates, there was provision that in the event of not be ing able to attend himself the Mayor should appoint and send a personal representative. As his personal representative, the Mayor has appointed Judge Blount, who has accepted. It is possible that some of the dele gates will attend. Mr. Joseph Block will do so if he can arrange some business matters. At the meeting of the Board of Edu cation last night, the Superintendent In his monthly report called attention to the need of increased school facilities for next year. This is made neces sary by the increased enrollment and the matter will receiA-e attention. The superintendent called attention to the petition of the principals of the schools for an increase of grade teach ers, salaries, and was referred to the committee on salaries. The superinten dent faA’ors the increase asked for. Mr. and Mrs. Weir were granted leave of absence, the former for five days and the latter for thirty days to attend the Jamestown exposition to ar range the Georgia educational exhibit, as asked for by School -Commissioner Merritt. The insurance on the buildings be longing to the system has been rear ranged and adjusted. Indefinite loa\-e of absence was grant ed Miss Wiliie Hall, teacher of the third grade at Alexander No. 2. The superintendent reported that on the occasion of the death of former Superintendent Abbott, the schools of Macon sent a floral tribute to bo placed on the casket. In future tho selection of text books and election of teachers will take place at the June meeting. The Board accepted the proposition of Mr. C. B. Willingham to build and equip a school on Holt aA-enue. Tho school will be known as Napier Heights school, and a teacher Avill lie supplied each year. The school will be ready for the opening of the next term. Tho Board selected Miss Odele King to fill temporarily the vacancy nt Alex ander No. i, and -Miss Dora Streeter at Alexander No. 2. Misses Bertha Har ris and Leah Alley were elected super numeraries. Tho colored teachers of the city pe titioned for an increase of salaries. This ivas referred to the committee on sal aries. TORPEDO AND PISTOL REPORTS PERPLEX OFFICERS How to distinguish between the re port of a pistol and of a railroad tor pedo, is one of the things that some times perplex the police officers. They say a railroad man can tell the dif ference any time but there was no railroad man as a witness in the case of Mr. C. L. Meadows, charged with shooting in tho city before the recor der yesterday morning. Mr. Meadows said some railroad man gave him a torpedo as a curio some time ago, and that he had never found time to fool with the thing un til Saturday, when being sick he want ed some diversion. Ho took the torpedo into the back yard and with the assistance of a brick and a piece of Iron he found out how it exploded. Officer Reddjv heard the report and hastened to the scene. He did not se*m to be satisfied with the explana tion, and had the case made of shoot ing in the city made. The recorder evidently sided with the officer, who said it was a gun, and imposed a fine of *2.50. pii nmre hfriLkMLti Judge Felton resumed the work of the Houston Superior Court at Perry yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The term of the Houston Court will be Following is the petition by the prin cipals of B'ibb County Public Schools to the Board of Education asking an increase of salaries, not for themselves but for the teachers under them: To the honorable Board of Education and superintendent of the Public Schools of Bibb County, Georgia: It is with no little reluctance, that the principals come before the Beard of Education once more in regard to ’salaries: this time, however, not for themselves, but for the faithful teach ers whose pecuniary straits demand at tention. In apportioning salaries for teachers, the facts that some of the teachers live at home: that some of them marry af ter a short service in the schools, have tended greatly to depress the earnings of those who remain in the service. Conditions arc changing: salaries now mean as much to women as to men, for as a general thing the daugh ters of a family are doing more to wards its support than the sons. And again, when teachers have peti tioned in one city for an advance of salary, it has been the practice of those authority to obtain at once the schedule of salaries from other cities, and fix their standard, seldom accord ing to prices paid for the same kind and amount of work, but to prices paid for lower grades of service. For the above reasons, while there has been, -within the past ten years, an increase in the earnings of all other classes of wage earners, commensurate with tho steady increase of living ex- she had srent the two years required at the Normal School and received a position immediately, -she would be now getting in our schools *180.00; even after serving twelve years more, she Avould get *585 a year; she already re ceives *7.80.00. The women who have taught the number of .years required by the board of education to obtain maximum sala ries. are receiving, in most cases, !*ss than the fnrmre pupils, young men who have worked only a few years. Wo have in mind a boy of fifteen, not even a grttduate'of high school, who began work this winter ori a salary of $40.00 per monah. The board will always be able, to secure teachers of some kind, but so long as it is such a pitiful struggle to li’.’e on the meager salaries paid, they cannot hope to secure the more gifted v.-omen as teachers; other profes sions. which promise some degree of comfort and competency for old age are glad to utilize their abilities. We principals know the difference between the nondescript teacher, and those Avho come to us from our gifted normal school teacher. Mis* Stephens. The spirit of the girls is fine, for she has combined in her teaching rare scholarship and skill, and has imbued' them with the spirit of service to country, the school and the child! The newspapers, and others in posi tion to know whereof they speak, claim that the increased \-a!ue of Bibb .. , .,1 - — —• - i Countv property is largely owing to concluded Friday afternoon, when the | ponses, the earnings of the teacher have J the schools of Bibb Countv The fine officials will return to Macon, prepar- j remained practically the same. | teaching that is boln- done in the atory to convening the April term of j Many teachers now find it ImpossI- j schools, has attracted attention from heard during the first week of the term At the morning session Mr. Jerome j an(1 draivn by the bar association Sat- forma’Iy protested against the con- ufflay afternoon: Bibb Superior Court Monday morning. I bi e . owing to the ad\-ance of prices of The following civil cases ivill be | all goods, to keep out of debt. Some have tried to supplement their saia firm.ation of the report of the lunacy commission. His motion was quickly- overruled. The defense then sought to have Dr. Hamilton McLr.ne Hamil ton testify, but the district attorney interposed an objection, which was sustained. Mr. Delmas then an nounced that the defense rested. Mr. Jreome made a similar announcement and an adjournment was ordered until 2 o’clock that the jurors, who were to be deprived of their liberty, might ad just their business affairs. picnic LARD—F-'-e t!*r**s Pur*. In 89-lb. tubs... Pur-'. In 51-'h. tin*.... Pure, in 60-lb. tubs... Pur* in ..11 19.1 u 11 19- ID 11% 'family In the guise of an influential friend. He won his way into the conn STRIKERS ANp_SH!PEUJLp_.RS fldcnce of the mother and established himself in a paternal and protecting attitude in the family, and when his footing was sure he persuaded the mother to absent herself from the city, assuring her that the child would be safe in his bands and telling her how fortunate it was that there was such a protector to ivateh over her. In one of these dens titled up with all the beauty and taste ivhich this man of genius possessed, into one of these i dens ibis child was lured and found I h r rse'f alone with this man, old ; enough to be her father, the was her protector. I “Must I tell you how she | on, step by step, how she t Avith wine and drugs and finally fce- | cam? his victim? That story you I ha\-e heard from that Child’s faltrring j lips. Better that she should never Pur*. In 5-lb tins Pure. In 8-lb tin* The same addition* for other «}•»*»«* •»» ihnr^, SYRUP—Grorsj.a cane (new) 33 Sew Orleans 28 ■pinrk stmt- !!!lS BALT—199 th* White rotten *ck....5n 199-!h P:i'1*t» *p-s-« 4g Special prices car lots. CHEESE—Full cream..T !!!!!!.17% j have lived than tc have lived to have MAY ARBITRATE TROUBLES. LORAINE Ohio. Anril 8.—Overture* for peace and arbitration will be made at the American Shipbuilding Com pany yards In the strike tomorrorv. RepresentatiA-es of the State arbitra tion commission and different factions of the strikers will talk over the sit uation with a view to an immediate settlement. Joseph 'Bishop, of Columbus. Secre tary of the State arbitration board. arriA-ed this afternoon and had a con- Monday, April 15. Amon Green & Co. vs. Kessler, ap peal: Hamp Jackson by afimr. vs. Brothers and Sisters of Promise, ap peal; Susie T. Jackson vs. Brothers and Sisters of Promise, appeal; Sam Smith vs. Industrial L. & H. Ins. Co.. complaint; Perry C. Smith vs. Macon Ry. & Lt. Co., complaint; TV. J. Mar shall a-s. H. N. Newsom, complaint; Levi Bone vs. Macon Ry. & Lt. Co., complaint. Tuesday, April 16. TYm. J. Butler a-s. Geo. H. DolA-in, attachment: Gray Bros. & Co. \-s. Mr*. Eunice Elder, complaint: J. R. Me- Elmurray a-s. W. A. Davis Co., com plaint; Leila Parker vs. Macon Ry. & Lt. Co., complaint; C. T. Garden vs. Ethel LoA-e. attachment; Dock Gunn Co. vs. Henry Newsom, bail troA’er: Frederick C. Ries \’s. D. RIokind and Jim LaA-or, injunction: R. C. Balfour vs. B. H. EdAvards. suit, and the Ca ble Co. vs. S. D. Petty, suit Thursday, April 18. Dock Gunn & Co. a - s. J. E. Hicks, bail troA'er; R. J. Hutchinson a-s. Sarah | J. TYiley, afimr., injunction: Jany Wil rie* by taking a few pupils in th? af ternoon, but seA-eral members of the Board ha\’e expressed the opinion that the teacher owes the school all her time and effort while she is in tho serA’ico. Teachers are required to spend two years of hard work in professional training. and these must bo supple mented by a- third year of equally slrenuous effort in actual class-room experience as supernumerary before they are fully adrnitted as teachers. At the end of these three years they b?gin to draw a salary of forty dollars ($40) a month for nine months, which means thirty dollars (*30) the year round. One of your teachers Avho has been in your serA'ice for a decade, and who makes close monthly calculations, gives the following conservative estimate of a teacher’s li\’ing expenses. This teach er lives at home: Per Annum Board, *20 per month *240.00 Clothing Laundry Car fare (ExclusiA-e of fare to grade meetings). Teachers’ periodicals Text-books 89.90 30.00 18.00 2 00 2.00 Crackera lots. GRISTS—TTvdnut*. In hbl*. SS.it- Hudnuts, In 26-lh sacks.... 1.70 SUGAR -C •-I*t?d. :*1 bb’s Orsck..5.05 Now Orlonn* clarified <z: Vow- Yellow jii COFFEF—Choice Rio 14 ' r)r . 1* Medium Rio 12 heard the cries of angu ! t:m who lay before him. I mhud the greatest er •filed the image of Cod. of the A'io- He had com ae that ea-er He had h:r- ■?, “X13&SV , 3“wSU* vi'- &»*%.. shipbuilding company is concerned. ; R°y'. tx&l ^m^Ia?nL” '’ S ‘ Thursday. April 17. (CoTeotc.-t br Wlnn-Jonnson Co.) Uarorm €c. Barona nicnacs. 7He. Baron a ov*rer crackera. «Hc. N. V. C sodas. 7c. G!r.?r- snaps <N. B. C.) 7o> r-iki's 10c. Suffar cakes. Sc. To- Arb’icVlA'g Rons bead ... M«*!um d. ed to d'vnructi-m and had crushed the child v.*ho had trusted him.. «He had committed a crime asrainst the Ijitv, a rain s?t the law of this State a crime that the chief magistrate of this eoun- j hatchee and Waterford were swept try in a message to Congress said j away and at least twenty persons were MORE FATALITIES REPORTED FROM ALABAMA STORM. MONTGOMERY. Arril 8.— lated reports of Friday’s storm add to the list of casualties and the damage to property. The towns of Central City. Clay- Candy. Crr.m mixed enrdv la ra*!s. Stick candy. In barrels, 6%c. should be punished bA- death. “O. Stanford White, who entrapped a eh!!i who had no father, who had boon deserted by her mother, and was left alone in a city of millions, had you Imagined that God would not heat- plaint; TV. 4V. Riiey a-s. Macon Ry. & Lt. Co., complaint: Equitable Mfg. Co. A's. M. F. Cameriero. At Central City a rr.an named 1 Friday, April 19. vas instantly killed. At BYock- i Cars Aultson a-s. So. Ry. Co., oom- i nd Enterpr'se many persons - plaint: Am. Nat. Bank a-s. Fannie Avere hurt by flying timbers, houses, : Hunnicut, attachment: Andretv Me- ( blown over and stock killed. At Lanes- i Kinney a-s. Western Union Tel. Co., A'ille a negro boy was killed, I complaint. ^ — — ■> Total S38L90 This estimate of *89.90 for clothing for a year, is, as Is eA-ident to every one who has met such bills, a most con- servatiA’e estimate representing a- poa’-- erty-stricken wardrobe. The clothing list does not include raincoat, umbrella, nor over-shoes nor have we not, in the general list of expense, mentioned the J. R. Burke, deft., vs. Macon News', deduction of one dollar ($1.00) a day Pub. Co., appeal; A. H. Davis vs. Ma- I during sickness, medicine, and doctor's con Ry. & Lt. Co., complaint: B. F. > bills. Taylor a-s. Virginla-Caroiina Chemical J As a matter of fact, those Avho board Co. complaint: Ben Sanford a-.*. At- ! must pay *2.7.00 a month—must be lanta Compress Co., complaint; J. H. i dressed neatly: a teacher's apnearance Smith a-.*. Macon Rv. & Lt. Co., com- must be that of a lady at all times. all directions. Indeed, teachers from other systems are constantly remark ing this, and comparing the Bibb teachers with those of their own sys tems. These women .are being worn out in body and mind by the heavy burdens they are carrying, and deserve fair compensation from th? people thcA- are so richly and unselfishly benefiting. Since they are the direct factors in the wealth of our county, should they not haA-e something mor? than a labo rious, mind-harried, careworn, anx ious existence? Only a few months ago th? wealth "of Bibb County was indicated by the generous offer of a hundred thousand dollars, as an inducement to the State to locate an agricultural college in this county. Beginning with_a salary of fifty dollars (*30.09) a month, with a max imum of'"seA r enty-tiA-e ($7.7.00). at least fpr some years to come would put the teacher's profession, to some extent., on par Avith others. Respectfully submitted, -i A . CLARA T. .SMITH, - H. E. KEENAN. w - MINNIE BURGHARD, CYNTHIA H. WETR x MARY E. HODGKINS. ROSA TAYLOR, per Adele Blue,- ADELE BLUE. AGNES BARDEN, EMMA SMITH. ' — i iw® rec Odcm town This condition of affairs is discouraging some of our most talented teachers. Some have already left the system, some are quietly making up th?ir mind- that there is no future for them in the profession. A girl of ordinary rapacity left our schools only three years ago and became a stenographer: she re ceives a salary of *780.00 whereas, If Odessa Elections Cause Stir. ODESSA. April S.—A sensation ha* been caused by the results in munici pal election just ended which ended in a victory of the Union of true Rus sian people. Out of seventy-two mem bers of the town council sixty-seven now ..are members cf the Union. Th? previous Liberal council was regarded as the only safeguard against anti-Jew- ish disorders. Ginger Pudding. Stir a stabiespoon of butter into half a cup of sugar, beat tivo eggs and stir in the sugar and butter. Add a cup of molasses, a cup of warm milk and one tablespoon of ginger. Bake in a hot oven until well browned. Serve- with cream or a wet sauce. INDISTINCT PRINT