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BUN'S REVIEW of the year.
THI ;\II or THU VARIOUS
tries disiusseid.
. ot ,rn " " , " 1
Trade Ha* Been Dull-War
„ t liinn Cheeked Demand for Cot
iioo.li— Stuck* Pretty Well
( ~r nn ed 1 1* After Galveston !>*■-
However— A Doom In Mill
,11, ling *■. the South - Closing
M-nr f Century a Remarkably
satisfactory One to Planters.
V, York. Dec. 31.—Dun’s Review, In
;i ' summary reviewing the business of
p,,. your just closed, will say regarding
r-, leading markets:
renditions In iron and steel during 1909
„, r0 much more sound than In the pre
,|nl, years when speculation was rife
a '.,l prices inflated far beyond the bonds
0 f reason.
Statistics of the weekly capacity of
fi ; nl ,ees in blast show that the highest
; ir.t on record was reached Feb. 1. while
t(u , r p was little diminution during the
| rxt few moniis. But, with the collapse
0 f speculation during the spring and
realisation of the fact that operations had
j,,rii overdone there came a steady re
du tion in output.
From 296 furnaces in blast on Feb. t.
there followed a continual shutting down
until but 201 were in operation on Nov.
1, and the weekly production decreased
go 7!0 tons. Even at this rapid rate of
declining output, stocks accumulated with
startling rapidity and on Oct. 1 the
,„ p was reached at 670.331 tons. Business
Htions were satisfactory, however, and
,i, main! expanded, while exports of flnish
, ,i products grew very heavy when prices
reached a level that made competition
possible with Britisl: and German produc
ers. In two months, ending Dec. 1, fur
nace stocks of pig iron decreased 113.893
tons, and the tone was so much improved
that many idle furnaces resumed.
Manufactured articles have moved along
similar linos. Quotations of iron and steel
products at the beginning of the year were
little below the level prevailing thirteen
years previous, and the fall was almost
uninterrupted until October, when the av
i iago was but 63.68 per cent, of the fig
ure prevailing Jan. 1, 18S7.
The year 1900 opened with favorable con
ditions prevailing in nearly every branch
oi iito dry goods trade. The home demand
continued good for tin first three months
and then fell away, until by June the
market had lapsed into pronounced dull
ness, and from a steady upward course
in prices began to gradually decline again.
The arrest of buying was remarkable. In
woolen goods stocks began to accumu
late again and their course up to the
close of the year has shown pronounced
weakness in both men's wear fabrics and
dress goods, with the result that the gain
in prices made last year and in the early
part of this has been lost in many direc-,
tions, and where any retained at all is of
limited extent.
A sudden demand from China for heavy
brown cottons in May, the first purchase
made for that market in several
months, was unfortunately checked by
the outbreak of the Boxer rising, and
since then there has been an entire sus
pension of buying for that country. In
September another stimulus was given to
cotton goods by the iopid advance in raw
material, which followed the Galveston
disaster and short crop predictions. Prices
assumed their upward course, and the
market ruled strong again until the end
of October, when there was another lull
in the demand. .Stocks had, however,
bun well cleaned up as a rule, and al
though some of the staple lines have
eased off slightly, a fairly steady tone
has since prevailed.
The prosperous condition of the cotton
goods trade last year and the early part
of this has had a marked effect upon
the cotton industry in. the South, reviv
ing the boom in mill building which pre
vious depression hail checked. . A num
ber of new mills have been added, and
many more are in course of erection. It
is probable that when the year's statis
tics are compiled they will show the ad
dition of nearly 1.000.0C0 spindles to the
productive capacity of the South.
After advancing from 18.01 cents as Ihe
average of 100 grades of wool reported by
Choates * Bros., on May 1, to 24.70. in
December, 3899. it was only natural that
the year 1900 should witness severe reac
tion and return to a more normal level.
The decline was gradual, and the year
closed about 22 per cent, below the top
point touched twelve months previous.
The dosing year of the century was a
remarkably satisfactory one for farmers
and planters, notwithstanding the fact
that some sections harvested smaller
crops than in preceding years. While the
South produced less cotton than in two
previous record-breaking seasons, prices
were the highest iruten years, and the net
profits made on plantations were enorm
ous. Spring wheat states lost much grain,
but Kansas and other large winter-wheat
growers made trig crops, and the average
price was high. In fact, the cereals were
ail abnormally advanced until there oc
curred a natural loss ill exports, so that
Russian ports were able to secure much
foreign trade, the i had belonged to Ameri
can producers. Corn was put up to with
in a fraction of 30 cents here, and specu
lative manipulation forced the Chicago
price still higher. These operations had
a naturally deleterious effect on exporta
tion. and foreign surplus countries reap
"l much of the benefit from excessively
inflated domestic markets.
>1 It. M'KIM.F.Y INTERVIP3VVF.iI.
11l presses Hope 'Mint I ujteil States
■ml Great Britain tiny t'oattnne
5n Amity Durinu New Century.
I.ondon, Jan. I.—Th* Washington cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph wires
an interview with President McKinley,
in the course of which he expressed a wish
that the United States and Great Britain
might continue in amity during the new
century. Mr. McKinley, according to
the correspondent said he hoped for the
acceptance of the amended Hay-Faunee
fote treaty and expected to see the Nic
araguan ounal commenced thoroughly in
ills second term of office.
FOB EXPOSITION EXHIBITS.
Georgia State foul mission Organizes
for Its Work.
Atlanta, De< 31.—At a meeting of the
Georgia State Commission for the Pan-
American Exposition at Buffalo and the
Charleston Exposition, held to-day. Spe
cial Commissioner W. A. Hemphill was
elected chairman; Commissioner ot Agri
culture O. It Stevens Jtecrotary, and
State Geologi- executive officer.
Work on the preparation of the exhibits
for the two expositions will begin at
once.
9* 11, Barrett Nats Willi Alton Hall
run il.
Chicago, lee. 31—Official announce
ment was m de to-day by President Fel
ton of the Alton Railroad that J. H. Bar
tett lias beei appointed general superin
tendent, vice Willis E. Gray, resigned.
Mr. Barrett ins been lately general su
perintendent of the Southern Railway.
Physician I,uses Both Leu*.
San Anton o, Tex.. Dec. 31—Dr. John
B. Adams, i. well-known physician at
Callam. Ala was run over by a street
ear to-night and lost both legs. There is
little chance for his Tecovery.
AUDITOR LAWSHE'S REPORT.
Secretary Boot Recommend* to
President Not to Comply AVlth
the Ilncoti Hesnlution.
Washington, Dec. 31—There Is likely to
be some delay on ihe part of the execu
tive in complying with the terms of a res
olution introduced by Senator Bacon, and
adopted on the 19th insl., directing the
Secretary of War to Transmit to the Sen
ate the report of Abraham Lawshe,
auditor of Cuba, giving in detail the re
sult of his investigations, made under di
rection of the War Department, into the
receipts and expenditures of the Cuban
funds.
Secretary Root has transmitted the re
port to President McKinley with a state
ment of his opinion that its publication at
this lime -would be “incompatible with
public interests." Several criminal pros
ecutions are under way as a result of the
discoveries made by Auditor Lawshe in
connection wiih the administration of Cu
ban affairs, and the Secretary of War re
gards it as inadvisable to publish to the
world the data upon which these proceed
ings are based, pending their judicial de
termination. The situation raises an ex
tremely interesting question, which is left
for the settlement of the President.
The Senate In unqualified terms “di
rects" the Secretary of War to transmit
the Lawshe report to that body, and the
Seerettyy has referred the matter to the
President with a statement that he does
not think the resolution should be com
plied with at the present time, on the
ground that such action would be preju
dicial to the public interests.
THE OLD TAMPA SUIT.
Hockley Helm Again File Salt top
INiMMeMMion of 01<l faoverninent
It enervtitlo n.
'Tampa, Fla., Deo. 31— Suit was tiled
here this morning by the Hockley heirs
for possession of old government res
ervation, valued now at more than $300,-
000. This property has been fought for
in all the courts in this state and the
United States Circuit Court and has been
twice passed upon by the Secretary of
the Interior at Washington. This fight
has covered a period of twenty years and
was settled in favor of the persons now in
possession. To-day the Hockley heirs
entered anew suit. Parties to the suit,
some twenty of thema are scattered
throughout New York rirglnia and Cal
ifornia. They claim that the original
grant was to their grandparents and they
are the rightful heirs. A Arm of Wash
ington and Richmond attorneys brings
the suit.
THE HEAI t’OIIT IIACKIIEN.
They Organize and Agree Upon a
Schedule of Prices.
Beaufort, S. C., Dec. 31—The haekmen
of this place have formed an association
and agreed upon a fixed schedule of rates.
W. W. Green Is president, P. S. Sanders,
secretary of the Beaufort Hackman’s
Union, as the new organization is termed.
The rates fixed upon are as follows: To
Rort Royal and return, $1.50; to Paulsen's
/
and return. $1.30; to Vlrginia-Carolina
Chemical Company's factory at Baldwin’s
and return, $1.20; to Coosaw and return,
sl. and the rate fixed upon between the
Beaufort Railroad depot and town will
be 25 cents each way for single passen
gers and 25 cents additional each way for
each trunk carried.
SHOT IN THE MOUTH.
One of Carolina's “Old Time"’ Gentle
men in a Difficulty.
Columbia. S. C., Dec. 31. —Allen Deas,
one of the “old time” gentlemen of Cam
den, was shot in the mouth in a duel
across the counter of a store to-night,
with W. D. Goodale, a clerk. The young
man had a difficulty with a young son of
Deas. The latter went to chastise Good
ole with a stick, but shooting commenced
in the store. The seriousness of the
wound is not known.
The Crescent Cotton Mill of Rockhill.
that has been in the hands of a receiver
for some time, was sold to Cashier Co
hen of the Charleston Savings Bank to
day for $44,600.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Sub-Committee Meets to Put It In
Shape for Full Committee.
Washington, Dec. 31—A sub-committee
of the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors met to-day for the purpose of
putting in shape the river and harbor bill
for presentation to the full Committee,
which will meet next Wednesday to take
up the hill. Chairman Eurton hopes that
one meeting of the committee will be suf
ficient, and he expects to have the bill
prepared for presentation to the House
on Thursday. He will then ask to have
it considered Friday and Saturday.
S. G. DESSAUER INDICTED.
Chicago Grand Jury Charges Hlw
With Forgery.
Chicago, Dec. 31—The grand Jury to
day returned an indictment against S.
George Dessauer, who left the city sev
eral months ago under a charge of hav
ing sold a number of bogus bonds of the
Northwestern Gaslight and Coke Com
pany of Evanston, to Warren H. Baker.
The charge against Dessauer in to-day’s
Indictment was forgery and he is alleged
to have forged the names of William M.
and John S. Van Norwlck. bankers at
Batavia, to a note for $5,000. Detective
Roche went to New Orleans to-night to
get Dessauer, who is being held in that
city, and who has admitted his identity.
Trnffie Resumed nt Scranton.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 31—Traffic was re
sumed on all the lines of the Scranton
Railway Company to-da.v in accordance
with last night’s compromise agreement,
giving the employes an increase in wages.
About 300 laborers were required to re
move the <fhi-true tions which strikers'
sympatnlzers had placed on the tracks
all over the county.
Tinnsport Grant Arrive* from Ma
nila.
San Frnneisco, Dec. 31—The transport
Grant arrived to-day after a run of fifty
days, nine hours from Manila. There were
four deaths during the voyage.
The Compliment* of the Season.
Paris. Jan. I—Emperor Nicholas and
President Loubet exchanged New Year
telegrams with wishes for the prosperity
of the friendly and allied nations.
Relief for the Gentler Sex
••Mother’s Friend” is a special friend
during the nine trying months before childbirth. It
is a simple liniment of marvelous power, and, by its
relaxation of the muscles, allays all nervousness, re- 'O*' lEKL
lieves distressing headaches, cramps and nausea. ”n \ y ■ By
It Is a blessing In a bottle, robbing J
confinement of all its pain. / 7
“ Mother’s Friend * is sold by all responsible dniggte tff I .OO per / M /
bottle. If It c*nn<* be hot*, we will send (t by express prcpeiu *y* w*/
where in the United States upon receipt of price. Mr
THK Bit A OFII 1.1 l KKGULATOH CO., Atlanta. G*. “
We publish s book on •• Motherhood” ihet every one ot the gentler tez one /- iw
een here meiled free upon request, , *7
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1901.
THE INTERSTATE GOES, TOO.
Atlanta'* I.**t Bui ding and Bonn
Association Placed In Hand* of
n Receiver.
Atlanta, Dec. 31—The Interstate Build
ing and Loan Association, the last of the
corporations of the kind in Atlanta, was
placed in the hands of a receiver to-day
by Judge Don A. Pardee in the United
States Circuit Court. W. H. Scott was
appointed receiver on t'.ie application of
J. William Flynn and A. B. Heywood,
Jr., of Richland county. South Carolina.
Flynn has $3,500 Invested in the concern
and Heywood S6OO.
The petitioners allege that the scheme
of the building and loan association has
practically failed, and that while the as
sets do not Indicate insolvency,there is no
reasonable hope that the stock can bo
matured during a reasonable time. The
bill asks that the assets be collected and
distributed among the stockholders pro
rata.
The bill states that the assets consist
of $74,3t0 real estate loans; $12,000 In stock
loans; real Estate taken in payment of
debt, $27,800; taxes paid for borrowers, sl,-
100; premiums In arrears. $20,700.
The liabilities consist of $92,500, of which
$29,000 is credited to borrowing stock and
$63,000 to investment stock; cash on hand
and in bank. $3,700.
II is further alleged that advance pay
ments of $421 have been made and there
are bills payable amounting to $2,500. The
apparent profits are $31,000.
There has been no charge of misman
agement. but these stockholders are dis
satisfied with the manner in which the
business has been run.
KAISER BREAKS HECORD.
Will Minor l,eail lu Six-Day Bicycle
Race.
Boston. Dec. 31—Bobbie Walthour of
Atlanta, the seventy-three-hour champion,
led the field of fourteen riders at the end
of the first day of the six days' racing
at Park Square Garden to-night. Right
on his heels are seven other men. riding
just as steady as he.
The track proved to be a little risky,
although the falls to-day did not prove
serious to the men. Pumice stone on the
boards was the chief cause of the trou
ble. The riding of Stinson, Gougoltz.
"Walthour and Downey was the feature.
Eoston, Dee. 31—The 100-mile record in
the six-day bicycle race here was broken
by Kaser in four hours, twenty-seven
minutes, twenty-one and three-fifth
seconds. The previous record was held
by Charles W. Miller of four hours, forty
four minutes. Kaser in the lead com
pleted the 150th mile in six hours, flfty
three'minutes, twenty-two and two-fifths
seconds.
The tenth-hour score and day’s finish
figures were as follows:
“Walthour, 2.10.3; Stinson, 210.3; Gou
glotz. 210.3; Kaser, 210.3; McLean, 210.3;
McEaehern, 210.3; Downey. 210.3; Fischer,
210.3; Fredericks. 2.10.2; Babcock. 209.6;
Ryser, 200.2; Muller, 200.2; Accuotrier,
182.7; Dubois, 125.4.
WITH DANTING AND PRAYERS.
Hon- Augusta Saw the Old Year Out
and the Nen- In.
Augusta, Dec. 31.—At St. Patrick's
Churyh and in Sacked Heart Church the
new year and century were ushered in
with appropriate services In the presence
of large audiences. Two squares away,
in Odd Fellows' Hall and in Miller Walk
er Hall, two large parties t of young people
danced the old century .out and the new
one in.
James Stratford resigned from the po
lice force to-night to accept the office of
special bailiff to Solicitor General Joseph
S. Reynolds, who begins his term of office
with the new year.
John M. Barnes, United States marshal,
has been named by Judge Speer as re
ceiver for Mrs. S. A. McCormack of this
city, who has been put into bankruptcy by
her creditors.
Grigsby Sibley to-day filed a petition
to go into voluntary bankruptcy. The
schedule of assets foots up $691, while the
liabilities go o $35,000.
A number of witnesses testified to-day.
before. Justice of the Peace 8. B. Vaughan
in the contest of C. S. Sta’.naker against
Bev. Wall, recently elected magistrate,
that the election was not held in the mag
istrate's office, as required by law. and
that there were only two freeholders, in
stead of three.
OBSERVED IN CHARLESTON.
Services Held Last Night In All
Churches of the Old City.
Charleston, S. C.. Dec. 31.—The end of
the old century and the beginning of the
new was marked by impressive services
In all of the churches in Charleston.
Masses were said in all the Catholic
churches at midnight. The Episcopalians
united in solemn services at the Church
of the Holy Communion, and watch-night
services were held by the Methodists at
Trinity and Bethel. The musical pro
grammes at many of the churches were
elaborate and beautiful. It waa 2 o'clock
this morning before some of these ser
vices were concluded.
LOOKS SQUALLY IN ZBNEZUBLA.
Government Ignoring Prote*l* of
Washington In Asphalt Matter.
Curacao, Island of Curacao, Dec. 31, via
Haytien Cable—The diplomatic contro
versy over the rival asphalt interests in
Venezuela is approaching an acute stage.
The Venezuelan government ignores the
protests of Washington against the semi
official conspiracy to deprive the New
York and Bermudas Company illegally of
the Bermudas Asphalt Lake. Francis B.
Loomis, United States minister at Car
acas, is striving for a peaceful solution of
the difficulty.
The financial situation of the ctountry is
excellent.
A PERUVIAN CRITIC.
F.l Coiumerelo of I.lmu Reviews
World's Progress.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 31, via Galveston—El
Commerclo, in'a twelve-page edition this
evening, reviews the world's progress dur
ing the nineteenth century. It highly ap
plauds the political, social, industrial, sci
entific and educational development of the
United States and is enthusiastic 111 its
praise of leading mcrican citizens.
"One blot only disfigures this great
, ountry, destined to be ti. world's arbi
trator Iji the twentieth century," says the
reviewer, “it is the monstrosity sarcas
tically called ‘lynch law,' which has had
2,000 illustrations the last ten years.”
SCARLET FEVER AT WAYCHOSS.
Full Particular* Received of Death
of T. H. Carmichael.
WaycrosK. Ga.. Dee. 31—'Thcyc was
a watch meeting service ot Trinity :
Church to-night, conducted by the pas- j
tor, Rev. J. M. Glenn.
Several cases of scarlet fever are re
ported In Waycroas, and efforts are being
made to stamp out the disease. D. B.
Sweat and wife, and little son, Dandy,
are victims to the fever. Mr. Sweat is
some better, but the others are very sick.
Particulars of the sad death of Mr. T.
B. Carmichael, which occurred near Ma
nor recently, have Just been received in
W.iycross. it seems that the unfortunate
man had taken dinner with his parents at
Mr. Fiveash’s home, five miles from Ma
nor. He left there at 2 o'clock in the af
ternoon for ht home to shoot birds, pass
ing Mr. K. S. Henderson's place, about 7
o'clock, en route o his mill. Mr. Carmi
chael seemed to be in a very hilarious*
condition. He was singing and shouting
at the top of his voice, while the speed
of his steed reminded on-lookers of Tam
O'Shanrer's wild ride from the witches.
Carmichael did not remain at the mill
long when he started helter
skelter for his father's
home, about one mile away. Two hun
dred yards from D. C. Carmichael's house
the road forked, with a pine stump three
feet high in Ihe center. The horse want
ed to go to the right-hand side, but his
rider reined him on the left. The ani
mal was going almost with the speed of
the wind and his right fore-foot struck
the stump with force sufficient to knock
the hoof off. This threw the horse to
the ground, breaking ills neck and killing
him instantly. The rider, in addition to
having his neck broken, was badly mash
ed otherwise. He was nlso dead when as
sistance arrived. Carmichael was 33 years
old. He leaves a wife and four children
THE HIUHARDSON Ml RDF.R.
Sennalloual Evidence Affecting, the
Widow of the Deceased llronulit
Out at Inquest.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 31—The revolver
used In the murder of Millionaire Mer
chant Frank Richardson at Savannah.
Mo., on Christmas evening, has been
found and the detectives were busy to
day endeavoring to establish the owner
ship of the weapon. If this is done, then
the murderer will probably have been
discovered. Bessie Phillips, the domestic
of the Richardson home, was the principal
witness of to-day's session of the cor
oner's inquest. She mysteriously disap
peared from the home on the night of
the murder and the officers searched the
northern part of the state until they found
her. Her evidence to-day was sensational.
She testified that George Crowley and
Stuart Fife, both business partners of
the dead man. had been frequent visitors
at the Richardson home to see Mrs.
Richardson during the absence of her
husband. She said she had seen Crowley
and Mrs. Richardson enter u bedroom
and lock the door.
H. E. Tatum, a sweetheart of the do
mestic, testified to seeing the same thing.
They had been eavesdropping on several
occasions. John D. Richardson, general
manager of the Biscuit Trust, with head
quarters in Chicago, heard the evidence
to-day, and pronounced his belief of the
sensational atatements against his sister
in-law.
Adjournment of the hearing was taken
until next Monday, at which time It is
expected Mrs. Richardson will be Hide to
testify. She Is very ill at present.
DIAMONDS IN NEW MEXICO.
Western Minina lies Flocking, to
Otero County.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 31—A recent dis
covery of diamonds in the volcanic hills
near Capitan, Otero county, New Mexico,
has created Intense excitement among
mining men there and in this city. The
discovery fwas made by J. J. Blow, gen
eral manager of the Linderman Coal Com
pany, who picked up four gems in an ant
heap, where they had been brought to
the surface and deposited by the large
red insects. He took them to a jeweler,
who pronounced them genuine diamonds
of the first water. Blow then dug into
the ant hill and at a depth of twelve feet
uncovered a bed of the precious stones.
Prospectors are flocking to the Capitan
district.
BI BBER WAR IN PROSPECT.
*
Troll Will Reduce Price* in Orrier
to Control Market ,
Chicago. Dec. 31—Wide-open warfare In
the rubber footwear" trade will begin all
over the United States before the close of
the present week. The United States
Rubber Company will reduce prices Jan.
3, and it is the popularly expressed be
lief in the trade that the cuts will be 23
or 25 per cent. The object is to force
the Independent manufacturers of rubbers
to conform to the selling prices adopted
by the trust, or force them to the wall.
The capacity of the outsiders is 83 par
cent, of that of the combination.
THE JAIL QUARANTINED.
Mr*. Nation, flic Saloon Smasher,
May Have to Stay Some Time.
Wichita, Kan.. Dec. 31—The jail of this
county, in which federal prisoners are
also kept, was quarantined to-day for
smallpox. The Prohibitionists alleged
that the quarantine was put on by pres
sure of saloon interests as an extra pun
ishment of Mrs. Nation, the saloon
smasher, who Is confined there, but this
is denied. No prisoners will he allowed
to enter or leave the Jail and the federal
and district courts, which would be open
next Monday, are compelled to postpone
all trials until April.
MODUS VIVENDI EXPIRES.
Right of the French In Newfound
land Iti Hie Ralance.
St. John's, Newfoundland, Dec. 31—The
French shore modus vivendl will expire
at midnight and the colonial cabinet has
not yet received an intimation from the
imperial government regarding the inten
tions of the latter with respect to re
newal. It is supposed that the French
government will move in the matter with
in a few days and endeavor to force Mr.
Chamberlain's hand.
Poatal Telegraph Company'* New Su
per In tend eat.
Chicago, Dec. Sl—Leandcr D. Parker,
general superintendent of the Postal Tele
graph Company, has resigned, and E. J.
Nally. assistant general superintendent,
has been appointed to the office.
Union Bridge Worker* to Strlkr,
Pittsburg. Dec. 31—To-morrow morning
1.000 union brHgo-workers of Pittsburg
and vicinity will strike to enforce a de
mand for an advance In wages from 27
cents an hour for an eight-hour day to
s3* cents an hour for a nine-hour day . j
New Order of “Friend*” Organizing.
Indianapolis. Dec. 81—The Home Friend*
lias been organized from the remains of
the Chosen Friend*. David Pander of
San Antonio. Tex., was made vice coun
cillor.
—Every street letter box in Fremont.
O, was broken open and rifled one night
last week, the thieves aecurlng some
money, many checks and a lot ot let- J
ters.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DIE.
Roth Burned to Death, Hie Acci
dent Being Involved In Myntery.
Pittsburg, Dec l . 31— Mrs. Charlotte
Brown and her daughter Lillie, aged 22
years, were burned to death at their
home in Alleghany to-day. There Is con
siderable mystery about the origin of the
fire, one story being to the effect that
the daughter, afier quarreling with her
mother, deliberately set fire to the cloth
ing of both.
A neighbor said Mrs Brown told her
that Lillie did the deed because she had
heen angry with her since Christmas. The
hospital authorities, however, say that be
fore Mrs. Brown died she said her daugh
ter was set afire by the explosion of a
lamp, and in going to her assistance, she
(Mrs. Brown) was also enveloped in
flames.
St. Lonls Centennial.
St. Louis, Dec. 31—At the meeting of
the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Joint
committees to-night, the total subscrip
tions for the evening for the $5,000,000 ex
ceeded $350,000. bringing up the total sub
scribed to nearly $4,600,000, with a very
large proportion of the remaining $400,009
actually promised.
Wn* n Survivor of Perry's Expedi
tion.
Oakland, Cal., Dec. 31— Henry S. East
ham. one of the few survivors of Com
modore Perry's expedition that opened
the Japanese ports many years ago. died
to-day at his home In Berkely.
To I’rpvtnt Cheaper tins.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—The People's Gas
Light and Coke Company to-day applied
to the United States Circuit Court to re
strain the city of Chicago from enforc
ing the 75-cents gas ordinance which is
scheduled to go into effect Jan. 2.
THEY ABE SLAVES TO THE DRIG.
Negroes Addicted to Cocaine—How
They Take It and How It Acts on
Them.
From the Kansas City Star.
"Please. Mistah, give me 10 cents wuf
of snuff; dat whtte snuff wot mammy
uses.”
A little negro boy stood on tiptoes in a
North End drug store and tried to get his
chin on the counter Then he reached
up his right hand, but his fingers in his
mouth and took out two nickels which
he deposited on the counter. This little
boy Is a regular pairen of the drug store.
He makes known his wants in the same
words every day, and often visits the
store several times during the day. ac
cording to the state of mammy's finances.
Before the boy has ceased speaking the
druggist takes a bottle labeled “cocaine”’
from the shelf. The drug is In i rystallzed
form, having the appearance of a fine,
while powder. From three to five grains
are men-uired out. wrapped in a piece of
paper and banded to ihe boy. Mammy is
waiting eagerly for her son's return. She
lays the end of her finger on the w-hlte
powder and the few small crystals that
cling to the dusky finger are used in the
same manner as snuff.
There may not be enough fuel in the
house to make fire the morning find j
no washings in sight tor the rest of the
week, but those things do not trouble her
when she has her "snuff.” All serious
thoughts of the future are crowded out
by dreams of peace and plenty.
Other mammies send ether little boys
cn similar errands. Little boys them
selves, after wondering at the effect of
the drug on mammy's spirits, learn to use
it. and the number of men and women,
old end young, white and black, in Kan
sas City, who fail under the subtle power
of cocaine is growing at a startling rate,
according to the statements of North
End druggists.
The continual increase in the price of
the drug will not restrict it* use, neither
will ordinances passed by the city govern
ment have any effect, the druggists say.
The city licenses the sale of drugs anil
cannot pass laws to prevent it. Nothing
short of a stringent state law will, in the
opinion of some dealers, dlscburage the
use of cocaine, and some even doubt
whether legislation will prove effective.
The cocaine habit is growing through
out the South and West. In the South
ern states it is the negroes who are most
ly addicted to its use. New Orleans and
other large cities in the South have found
it necessary to pass laws for the suppres
sion of the cocaine truffle. In New Or
leans negroes make a business of peddling
the drug in the streets, and similar con
ditions will prevail In Kansas City soon
If restrlcllons of some kind are not adopt
ed. Negroes have been know-n here to
buy a dollar's worth at a time and resell
it in small quantities at a good profit, but
ihe practice has not become general. The
apothecaries have discouraged the system
by refusing to sell In large quantities.
Then again, the slaves of the drug can
buy It In small quantities at the stores
much cheaper.
The druggist would welcome legislation
against the traffic in cocaine. "There is
little, if any, profit in It," said one on
West Fifth street. “I do not like to sell
It, but if I don’t, the users will get It
somewhere else."
The growing use of cocaine is causing
morphine to be,tome, literally, a drug on
tile market. Cocaine has a peculiar ef
fect that morphine does not produce. It
not only soothe* pain, but causes entire
forgetfulness of mental troubles, which
give way to a feeling of complacency and
amiability with life In general. This ef
fect is only temporary and is followed by
greater depression of spirits than the vic
tim of the cbcaine habit experienced be
fore taking the drug. Deprived of the
drug, Its slaves become wretched. They
will sell their clothes from their backs
and even steal to obtajn It.
"1 have had them come to me without
money,” said a druggist, "and cry uni
beg for a little of the white r iwder ”
From three to five grain* of cocaine
costs 10 cents. The wholesale p r D e re
cently went from $5 to $7 an ounce. Ne
groes who are addicted to It spend nearly
everything they make for cocaine. Thoe
in the advanced stages of the habit will
use from $2 to $3 worth a day. When il
takes a dollar's worth to satisfy them
they are classed as “fiends." The mo t
common method of using the drug is In
the form of snuff. Many have their faces
disfigured from the frequent application
of the drug to the nostrils. The snuff acts
as a powerful irritant sometimes on sensi
tive membranes. To overcome this effect
some of the cocaine slaves mix It with
boracic acid, which is a counter-irritant
and prevents disfiguration.
The end also serves to Increase the bulk
of the "white stuff,” as it is railed.
Another form In which cocaine is used
Is in large, black gummy sphere*. A hall
of cocaine In fhis form costs from $lO to
sl2 and the victim cuts off a piece and
eats it to satisfy his cravings. As the
year* roll on, the craving Ijecome*
stronger; It takes more to satisfy (he
needs of the wreck(d physique and the de
mands on the cocaine supply in the North
end drug r tores increase. The subtle and
(giwerful poison is steathlly and peral.P
ently extending ;he circle of Its Influence
and daily adding to the number of its
slaves.
SICILY’S TUNNY FISHERY.
Hon tlie Ilia Kl*h Are tansht and
Kepi Captive Till the tanner*
Are Heady.
From the Ivondon Standard.
"The Favignana tunnertes are formed
of two long arm* of net moored on shore;
the one to the west consisting of u 'coda'
or tall, Is formed of a net which, starting
from the shore In a northerly direction
for about 2,500 metres, Joins the so-called
'iunny island,' where the actual capture ]
In the vast retail establishments of large cities, many
women are employed as saleswomen.
Men formerly held the positions that women now hold,
and while women's organism is less strong than men’s, they
are expected to do the same work. Their duties compel them
to be on their feet from morning to night, and many of them,
in a short time, contract those distressing complaints called
“female diseases.”
Then occur irregularities, suppressed or painful menstru
ation, weakness, indigestion, leucorrhoea, general debility,
and nervous prostration.
They are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faint
ness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, “all-gone’’and “ want-to-be-left-alone”
feelings, blues, and hopelessness.
In such cases there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia
E. Pinkhain’s Vegetable Compound at once removes
such troubles. The following letters prove this. They also
prove the value of Mrs. Pinkham’s advice.
“ Dicar Mrs. Pinkiiam :—I take pleasure in writing you a few lines
thanking- you for your advice. 1 did just as you told me in taking your
medicine, and owe my life to you. You are like a mother to your sex. I
was awfully sick, was all run down and felt sick all over. I looked like a
person brought out of the grave. My face was as white as the driven snow.
I was always tired after doing a little work and would have to sit down.
1 was troubled terribly with headaches and my appetite was not good;
also, troubled with shortness of breath something awful for about a month.
I could not go up one flight of stairs without being tired and having to
stop to get my breath. 1 was feeling just as miserable as could be. I took
two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkliuin’t* Vegetable Compound
and cannot express my thanks to you for what your medicine has done for
me.”—MISS M. F., 35 Devon St., Grove Hall, Uoxbury, Boston, Mass.
“ i Can Work Every Day in the Week Now.”
“I)rar Mrs. Pinkham : — I write this letter for you to publish for the
benefit of poor, suffering women. Lydia E. Pinkiiam's Vegetable
Compound has done me a great deal of good. I have taken three
bottles and feel like anew woman. When i began the use of your medi
cine 1 was hardly aide to be up ; could not do half a day's work. I ached
from head to foot, was almost crazy, had those bearing-down pains, and
stomach was out of order. Now all of these troubles have left me and I
can work every day in the week and not feel tired.”—MßS. JENNIE
FREEMAN, 403 Pennsylvania Ave., Lima, Ohio.
$ satis tr Ann Owing to the fact that me skeptical
S 3P*H ai 1 r* ©Mg til people have from time to time questioned
Ke*. H kRIUK Stfei 39 n3iU thcjieuumrneMof the testimonial letter*
ft S3 U$ H w- are constantly publishing, we have
I| X X I | deposited with the National City Rank, of Lynn, Mass $5 ,000, I
P* 1 w y y H I I which will he paid to any person who can show that the above
£L,Qf wLdP testimonials arc not genuine, or were published before obtaining tile
writers’ special permission.—Lvdja L. Panemam Medicine Cos. u
of the fish takes place. the island
onward it is called the ‘coda aka,' or up
per tail, and stretches parallel to and al
most us a prolongation of the former, be
ing slightly to the cast for about 2,000
metres, always in a northerly direction,
and terminating in three sides of a square
called a 'camplie.' The second wall or
arm, called a 'costa,' 'is also a net which
starts from the shore, but further to the
east than ihe 'coda,' and stretches in ti
northeasterly direction; Ihis arm is about
2.700 meires in length, and ends, like the
‘coda alta,’ In the 'enmptie,' its obje t be
ing to prolong the natural coast line.
These two arms circumscribe the expanse
of voter in wh'ich the tunny are moving
before entering the tunnery, and serve to
indicate the direction they art to follow.
"The nets are from 30 to 40 metres high
according to the depth of water, and they
are hpld in position by a special system
of mooring lines. A large hawser, called
a 'sommo,' kept afiont by bundles of cork,
Is maintained In |*,s tlon by anchors place I
at state Intervals; to this hawser the net
is attached by means of vertical lines,
called 'modellari,' and the whole kept in u
vertical position by another hawser at
the bottom, called the 'piomlro,' whl, h is
weighted with large pieces of stone. Thus
the wall of net can lie trained in any rp .
qulred position, offering an obstruction to
the passage of the fish, which do not seek
to pierce It, but follow the lines traced
out by the obstacle.
“The tunny ecmlng from the West meet
the so-called 'coda alia.’ or 'costa.' and
are guldnl by these nets until they sttike
against the ‘coda,’ skirting which they
enter into the tunnery proper, 'which is
divided into several chambers, both on
the east and west sides, each having a
special name; these chamber* are closed
or opined by raising or lowering net cov
eting* lo apertures in their sides. Boats
lire constantly on the watch lo give
prompt notice of the eninince of any tun
ny, und when these are passing the
watchmen op n the aperture* of the va
rious chambers one by one, and thus en
close the lih In tlie Inner chambers, and
In like manner finally oblige them to en
ter the last, the chamber of death, or
•ceppo.' as II Is called at Favignnna. Th's
lutter, unlike the other compartments,
wiiici) are formed of wide un i relatively
fragile netting, and cniy extend round (he
sides. Is made of clow and b ivy hemp
netting, lighter toward the wist, the lot
tom also being part of the same net
which is held in position by strong haw
sers and largt bun Iks of cork, known as
vagnazzl.'
"The fish often enter the preliminary
chambers ot night unkonwn to the watch
ers by simply gideg through the meshes
of the netting, as they an attracted by
the others already inside, and once to
gethi r they rarely cane out again, as
May and June Is their breeding season,
and they willingly rein tin enclosed within
narrow limbs. Once the fish are gathered
in the penultimate chamber, everything
Is got ready for the 'inaUatiza,' or haul,
u pontoon or hurge the lens'll of the
western side of the 'coppo' is brought
over, and closes that side of the death
chamber by drawing the top of the net
over the gunwale, and ihe' sides are ulso
similarly closed by a number of smaller
boats, thus forming a rectangle; when
this Is done the fish are u I leaved to pis*
Into the final chamber, and another pon
toon tak“s up u position on the eastern
sale, pa-ra'lel to ant upp site tilt forme
one; In this letter loniu n re' .11 t'e
men who haul up the net, 'lu-s obliging
(he fish to iso toward the western or I
• bicker and stronger part of the net,
which is allowed to pass over the pon- j
toon as It Is hauled along, and finally j
falls back to Us criminal position astern
of the eastern barge.
“As the rectangle of boats gradually be- j
comes more and more restricted, the llsh 'j
are brought to the surface by the rising ;
net. and ihelr portentloua leaps and strug
gles cover and hide the spectator with
spray and form, which changes quickly
from white to crimson as the Iron hooks,
on the end of short poles, are thrust into b
the llsh. when they come within reach of f ]
the men stationed on the western barge. ■!
Oenerally six men. armed with long and 1
short polos, art? employed in holding each f]
tunny on ijoard. Occasionally, when the
llsh Is of exceptional dimensions, say, ,
weighing 150 kilos, It Is no easy mattt?r
to haul the creature on board. When the
catch is complete, the boats loaded with ,
the llsh are towed to the factory, where j
the tunny are drawn up an Inclined plane f
to the sheds by being hooked through the |
eye ami are then ranged alongside one 1
another, their heads severed from their
bodies and the Intestines, roe and milt
removed and Immediately placed in brine.
Kaoh headless fish Is then hung by the
tail for about eight hours, when they are ;
cut up and boiled In copper vats, after
which the cooked pieces are tinned and
covered with olive oil, when the whole
operation Is complete. The production of
preserved tunny In Sicily Is no longer the
remunerative business Is used to be pre
vious to the keen competition which It
now has to sustain with Sitain and Port
ugal.”
Tobacco nml the Snlilirr.
PTom the Liondon Chronicle.
A discussion has lieen taking place on
the use of tobacco hy the soldier In the
Held. One side of the argument holds
that tobacco smoking Is detrimental to ‘
good shooting, and It Is added that at
Bisley the best shots are “almost Inva
riably non-smoki r*.’’ This latter allega- „
tu.n is ttenuously denied by the oppos- H
lug comp, and It would be Interesting to
obtain reliable evidence on this point,!
apart from mere assertion. The old argu- fj
merit is also revived that smoking, by
drying the throat, encourages drinking, j
To this conclusion is opposed the t.-eg- 1
nant fact that a very large proportion
of total abstainers enjoy their pipe. A •
writer who has !h*< n through many carft
pdgns und whose eXircrlence Is, there- |
fi re, worth recording, s[k*hks warmly of J
the value of tobacco ,n cases In which U
soldiers suffer from sleeplessness, whlia M
be adds that, as an aid to the digestion 'jj
of often fairly Indigestible food the pipe ,1
1 1 Invaluable. Aga.n, It is stated that, i]
so far from drying the mouth, the fumes jI
of tobacco are rivognlied by soldiers as'"
a-sistirg to quench the sense of thirst. I if
appose it will always lie so In this mat- IJ
ter of tobacco smoking and its pros andfl
I ans To rny mind. It Is a relative question ij
at best. Tie “one man’s meat another*
man’s poison’’ Idea contain* a grave phy- j
slologicol ruth. To the majority of mod-*
crate snioki rs, X believe tobacco Is a stda- fj
live not without Its uses In this age Jf 1
hurry and scurry.
—A balloon fitted with automatic- In- I
suuments was sent up recently In Paris 1
and 'ii in• - down safely. The instruments *
bowed that It had risen to 58,M0 feet, 5
or over ten and a half miles. At that I
hlshl ihe temi>erature outside the bal- 1
looi. was It- degrees below sera,
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