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PUTTING IRON IN
LIFE PRESERVERS
TO MAKE CORK WEIGH MORE.
FOUR MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR
CONSPIRACY.
They Wct* Indicted by the I'nited
States Grand Jnry in New Jersey.
Charred With Conspiring to De
frand the Government—Scheme
Might Cost Lives. Bnt Was Count
ed Upon as a Money Maker, Iron
Being Cheaper Than Cork.
Washington, Oct. I.—A conspiracy,
which has been developed by officials
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor and of the Department of Jus
tice, to-day resulted in the arrest at
Camden, N J., of J. H. Stone, H. C.
Quintard. Charles W. Russ and James
Russ, officers of the Nonpareil Cork
Works.
They were apprehended by the Unit
ed States marshal for the district of
New Jersey, under an indictment found
on Sept. 29 by the United States grand
jury at Trenton, charging them under
Section 5440 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, with conspiring to
defraud the government and prejudice
the administration of the steamboat
laws by putting upon the
markll-compressed cork blocks for use
in making life preservers, each of
which blocks contained in its center a
piece of bar iron about six inches long
and weighing eight ounces. The iron
bar was inserted and concealed in the
biock for the purpose of increasing the
weight to the legal requirement of six
pounds of good cork for each life pre
server.
The men arrested will be arraigned
probably early next week before the
United States District Court of New
Jersey to plead to the indictment.
How Discovery Was Maile.
Early in August David Khanweiler's
Sons, manufacturers of life preservers
in New York city, ordered from the
Nonpareil CArk Works of Camden, N.
J., blocks of compressed corks for 1,750
life preservers. Eight of these blocks
are used in each preserver and the
United States law requires that the
eight blocks shall contain six pounds
of cork.
When the cork blocks were delivered
to Khanweiler's Sons, Lewis Khan
weiler, a member of the firm, who is
an expert in the handling of bare cork,
suspected that they were under weight.
Putting them on the scales, he discov
ered that eight of the blocks, which,
according to legal requirements should
weigh six pounds, weighed only live
and a half pounds. Khanweiler’s Sons
thereupon wrote the Nonpareil Cork
Works calling the officers attention to
the under-weight of the cork blocks
and inquiring whether the blocks could
not be made of serviceable weight.
The Nonpareil Company replied that
it would adjust the matter by sending
to Khanweiler's Sons some extra heavy
blocks, one of which could be used in
each life preserver, thus increasing its
weight to the legal requirement. In
due time the blocks arrived. They
were so heavy as to arouse instant
suspicion. While Mr. Khanweiler was
examinging one of th§m he broke it
by accident and found imbedded in its
center an iron bar, six inches long, one
inch wide and a quarter of an inch
thick, weighing eight ounces.
Sold They Were Foolish.
The Khanweilers again wrote the
officers of the Nonpareil Cork Works,
demanding to know what they ineanL
by putting iron in the cork blocks and
informing them that as Khanweiler’s
Sons were obliged to put their rfarnes
on each preserver, such a fraud would
ruin their business.
According to the Indictment, a letter
was received in reply, suggesting that
the Khanweilers were foolish to malft
so much trouble about a small affair of
that kind.
Further examination of the extra
hdavy blocks disclosed the fact that
each of them contained an iron br.r
similar to that which was found in tne
first one. In all, £6l of the extra heavy
blocks were received by Khanweiler's
Sons. Khanweiler's Sons communicated,
with Supervising Inspector Rodie, of
New York, and an investigation was
begun by federal officials, leading to
the arrests to-day.
REQUISITION GRANTED"
FOR FRANK DUNCAN.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 1. —A tele
gram to William Weir, chief of police
of Birmingham, from Tallahassee, Fla.,
•ays that Gov. Jennings has honored
n requisition for Frank Duncan, the
notorious outlaw who escaped from
Birmingham jail two years ago, while
under death sentence for the murder
of a policeman. Duncan was arrested
In Florida for safe-blowing.
MAGAZINES REPORTED”
AS BEING ON FIRE.
London, Oct. I.—A dispatch to a
news agency here from Sevastopol, says
that the artillery and ammunition mag
azines there are in flames, and it is
feared there has been considerable loss
of life.
Detachments of troops and seamen
•re succeeding in controlling the flames.
LONG GOT A YEAR FOR
KILLING CLEATON.
Norfolk. Va., Oct. I.—Henry A.
Long was sentenced to a year in Jail
■ t Porthsmouth to-day for shooting to
death Howell Cleaton, who had ap
plied a vile epithet to him.
.pabatmab ißofiting Ifeto^.
NUMBER 17.799.
WAR OFFICE ADMITS
SOMETHING IS DOING.
Important Operations Said to Be On
Near Mukden.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 1.—5:02 p. un
important developments on the eastern
flank of the Manchurian army ai - e ad
mitted by the War Office to be pro
ceeding. The details, however, arc
withheld for strategic reasons, and au
thorities departing from silence only
to the extent of saying that the Rus
sian cavalry is executing important
movements, leaving it to be surmised
tlfat it is trying to cut the Japanese
line of communications and thus defeat
the flank advance.
An absolute denial is given to the
Shanghai telegram, reporting that a
general engagement at Mukden has
been won by the Japanese. The Wat-
Office even declares that nothing is
known of serious lighting there. It is
pointed out that the reports of the
Russian retirement from Mukden are
disproved by yesterday's telegram "from
Gen. Sakharoff, showing that Gen.
Kuropatkin's outposts are as far south
as Yentai.
The news from the front is extreme
ly meagre, and many confusing state
ments are made. It seems question
able whether Field Marshal Oyama is
ready to assume the offensive.
No late news is obtainable of the
wide Japanese turning movement east,
which is regarded 'as the chief feature
of the Japanese operations. Should
Oyama be compelled to abandon the
idea of an advance, it is stated ill a
Mukden dispatch that it is possible,
with fresh troops constantly arriving,
that Gen. Kuropatkin may attempt
some offensive operations.
RECORD OF EVENTS
UP TO SEPT. 30 GIVEN.
Gossip of the War as It Reaches St,
Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 2. 1:35 a. m.—A
dispatch from Gen. Sakharoff received
by the general staff late to-night
brings the record of events up to Sept.
30. It shows that the Japanese ad
vance on the eastern side in the re
gion of Mentsiaputz has been checked.
This movement Still appeals to be an
outpost affair, not accompanied with
serious lighting, no advance of the
Japanese in force having occurred up
to the date mentioned.
The operations to the west of Muk
den have extended twenty-six miles
down the Hun river, where the Japa
nese were temporarily driven out from
Tschantan and seventeen supply boats
were burned. It is possible that this
raid is identical with the one reported
by the Associated Press fi m Mukden,
though in the latter it is stated to
have occurred upon the Liao river. In
any case it shows that the Japanese
are using the river to bring up sup
plies, and that their operations are be
ing opposed, they not having succeed
ed in approaching nearer * than
Tschantan along the line of the Hun
river.
The forthcoming changes in the naval
commands, announced by the Associated
Press, have become the subject of
widespread discussion. The necessity
for the changes is generally admitted,
but whether Emperor Nicholas will
give immediate effect to the reorgani
sation is uncertain. Meanwhile, Ad
miral Vellan requests that a formal
denial of the news of his retirement
from the Ministry of Marine be made
public.
The numerous friends and supporters
of Gen. Kuropatkin declare that
events justify their prediction that he,
after all, will be appointed chief in
command of the armies in the Far
East, and the Emperor has reconsid
ered his intention of sending out
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholatevitch
as commander-in-chief. According to
their version, the first army will be
placed under command of Gen. Lubo
vitski, now commanding the Ninth
Army Corps at Kieff, and the third
army under Lieut. Gen. Linevitch.
Quarters are being prepared at the
winter palace for Viceroy Alexieff,
upon whom the Emperor intends to be
stow a mark of signal 4ronor to prove
that his return in no wise is in the
nature of a disgrace.
RUSSIAN CAVALRY
BURNED JUNKS.
Cavalry Also Ilnd An Enron nter
With Japanese.
St. Petersburg, Oct. I.—Lieut. Gen.
Sakharoff reports that the Russian
cavalry on Sept. 29 stopped a Japanese
offensive movement in the direction of
Yangslngtung and Fengtiapu. On Sept.
30 a detachment of Russian cavalry
drove the Japanese from the village
of Changtan and burned seventeen
Junks, which were transporting ammu
nition on the Hun river. The cav
alry retired upon the approach of Jap
anese reinforcements.
Mukden, Oct. I.—A detachment of
sixty members of the Kubensky cav
alry, with two officers, has returned
here after a successful raid upon a
flotilla of Japanese supply boats on
the Liao river. They brought back two
Japanese prisoners.
The raiders succeeded in boarding
and setting fire to nine Junks and
barges, several of which were laden
with ammunition, and these were blown
up with terrific explosions.
The cavalrymen reached shore In
safety. They met a Japanese patrol,
two members of which they killed and
toko two prisoners, whom they brought
here.
The inactivity here continues and is
becoming monotonous. It is generally
believed, however, that operations will
be begun with renewed force next
week.
JAPANESE POURING"
ACROSS THE RIVER.
St. Petersburg, Oct. I.—Gen. Sakha
roff reports that the Japanese are still
pouring across the Taitse river at Ben
alhu, thirty miles northeast of Liao
■tang. He adds that numbers of Chi
nese bandits are with the Japanese on
the Liao side of the railroad.
WHITE MAN WAS
LYNCHED BY MOB
TRAGEDY AT KERSHAW* S. C.
MORRISON WAS MOBBED FOR
KILLING FLOYD.
Troops Were Ordered to Kershaw
From Camden On a Speeinl Trains
But Before They Arrived Morri
son Hud Been Taken From Jail
and Lynched—Hud Killed a Popu
lar Young Man in n quarrel Over
lO Cents.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. I.—John Mor
rison shot and killed Willie Floyd at
Jvershaw this afternoon after a few
words over the loan of 10 cents. Both
were white.
Floyd being very popular great in
dignation is felt in the county.
The slayer is in jail and it was said
there might be an attempt at lynch
ing.
Charleston, S. * C., Oct. 1. —Capt.
Zemp of the Kershaw Guards, with
about thirty members of his company,
went to Kershaw from Camden on a
special train in response to Gov. Hey
ward's orders, but before he arrived on
the scene Morrison had been taken
from jail and lynched.
Columbia, S. C.. Oct. I.—Gov. Hey
ward gave out a statement to-night in
regard to the lynching of Johnson
Morrison at Kershaw. He appreciates
very much the promptness of Sheriff
Hunter in going to Kershaw as he did
on a special train, and he also appre
ciates the readiness w-ith which Capt.
Zemp and his company responded to
his call. After the order to call out
his company was given, it was not
thirty minutes before Capt. Zemp re
ported that he was ready to start for
Kershaw.
Gov. Heyward feels sure that could
Sheriff Hunter and the Kershaw
Guards have arrived on the scene no
lynching would have occurred.
Gov. Heyward was severe in his con
demnation of the lynching, as he is of
all lynchings. He said to-night that
he wants the people of Smith Caro
lina to know that he condemns lynch
ing, a blot upon our civilization, and
that no crime committed makes mob
law excusable. Even in cases of crim
inal assault, punishment by death can
and will he meted out by the courts
and the record of recent years proved
that lynching for this crime leads to
lynching for other crimes. The time
has come, he feels, when the good peo
ple of the state, the law-abiding peo
ple, should rise up and call a halt.
A MUTINY QUELLED
AMONG DAHLONEGA BOYS.
Cadets Did Not Approve the Change
in Hours for Quarters.
Dahlonega, Ga„ Oct. 1. —Twenty or
thirty cadets of the N. G. A. College
undertook to lead a rebellion against
an order of their commandant, Maj. J.
C. F. Tillson.
It appears that the hour for quarters
had been 7:30 p. m., and Maj. Tillson
changed the time for going in quarters
to 5:30 p. m. When the college bell
rang for that purpose the cadets all
went in and seemed quiet enough, but
between 6 and 7 o’clock a squad form
ed about the club house and marched
down town.
After the boys had marched down
the street once, giving some sort of a
yell. Maj. Tillson met them, took
charge of the squad and marched it
back to quarters.
It is understood that every cadet offi
cer in the squad will be reduced to
ranks, besides other punishment that
may be imposed on all who were con
nected with the attempt to defy au
thority.
ONE FARMER^cijT
THROAT OF ANOTHER.
Motes Died u Kew Minutes After
Jugular Was Severed.
Athens, Ga„ Oct. 1. —To-night about
7 o’clock on the streets of Maysville,
Speck Edwards stabbed and killed
Henry Motes.
Both were well-known farmers in
that section. They were drinking at
the time. Motes' jugular vein was
severed, and he died in a few min
utes.
CASE AGAINST^M’BEE
WAS NOLLE PROSSED.
Raleigh, N. C.. Oct. I.—The con
spiracy case against V. E. Mcßee and
K. S. Finch was to-day nolle pressed.
This was done after application to
the Governor by Judge F. I. Osborne of
Charlotte, their counsel, and by re
quest of the Governor and consent of
the defendants the solicitor will not
further prosecute the case.
The conspiracy charged was the
obtaining a receivership for the Atlan
tic and North Carolina Railroad. The
state has leased the read and all liti
gation about it is over.
OFFERS REWARD FOR "h IS
RUNAWAY YOUNGSTER.
Macon, Oct. I.—For the apprehension
of his 12-year-old son, Raymond, J. A.
Newcomb, proprietor of the Hotel La
nier. has offered a reward of *25. His
father thinks he ran away this even
ing, as he has frequently shown a ten
dency to do so. He ls*a boy well de
veloped for his age, with dark brown
hair, brown eyes and wears a dark
blue sweater.
Lad r Carson’s Condition.
Walmor Castle, Kent, Oct. I.—A bul
letin Issuedat 10 o’clock to-night says:
“Lady -i >,,) a q U j,q a nd
made some pio^^s.”
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1904.
LETTER TO YOUNG LADY
GOT HUNT IN TROUBLE.
Arrested niul Fined |UOO 1> the At
lanta Recorder.
Atlanta, Oct. I.—E. T. Hunt, a mid
dle-aged traveling ma*i of Griffin, who
has a wife and family living there,
was fined SIOO and costs or thirty days
in the stockade by Recorder Broyles
to-day for insulting a young lady.
Friday morning Mis* Emma Orr,
whose home is at Hampton, on the
Central road, thirty miles from At
lanta, received the following note
through the mail: "Miss Emma:
Can't you go to Atlanta Saturday
morning on the first train. 6:30, and
spend the day? I will meet you at
the train. I will expect you. (Signed)
Confidential Admirer. Drummer. P. s.
Come alone.”
Miss Orr was surprised and puzzled,
but decided to see the matter out. She
came to Atlanta with her brother as
an escort aud was accosted by Hunt,
who was afterward arrested as he
stood talking to her at the depot. The
brother had slipped away and secured
the policeman.
Hunt claimed he meant nothing dis
honorable and could see no harm in
requesting her to spend the day in At
lanta.
LIFE OF PAYnTnOW
HANGS IN BALANCE.
Postmaster General Seems to Re
Growing Worse.
Washington, Oct. I.—Postmaster
General Payne's life to-night hangs in
the balance. He has been unable to
maintain the improvement over last
night noted in the early morning bul
letin. Late in the afternoon he had
a sinking spell, and failed to rally as
quickly as heretofore from the stimu
lants administered.
At 8 o’clock, though he was reported
as not so well, he began to respond
to treatment, and an hour later he
was said to he resting quietly. Small
hope, however, is held out for his re
covery, and the members of the fam
ily have been summoned to the bed
side and have been made to realize
his true condition. At one time to
day his pulse was barely perceptible.
It developed to-night that several
times during the day Mr. Payne lost
consciousness, and he was unconscious
when the 9 o'clock bulletin was is
sued.
At 8 o’clock to-night the following
bulletin was Issued:
"Mr. Payne has boen very restless
this afternoon. He Is not as well as
this morning, but has continued to
take nourishment during Ihe entire
day. He responds well to the reme
dies employed. Condition stili very se
rious. "Magruder.
“Grayson.”
Another bulletin was issued at 9:15
o’clock to-night as follows:
"The Postmaster General has been
resting quietly for the past hour, which
gives encouragement. He seems slight
ly better. “Magruder.
“Grayson.
h ep burn Tap PRECIATES
THE WONDER OF IT.
Junketing Parij to Panama Wilt
Pay Its Own Expenses.
Washington, Oct. 1. —Representative
W. P. Hepburn of lowa to-day talked
with the President about the trip to
the Panama canal strip to be made
by a party of congressmen early in
November. It is the purpose of mem
bers of the House Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce, together
with members of the Interoceanic Ca
nal Committee of the Senate, to visit
the canal strip to gather information
that will be value to them in the
framing of such legislation as may be
necessary to apply to the American
zone in Panama.
Mr. Hepburn said the President has
promised to place at the disposal of
the committee a transport in which to
make the trip. The voyage will be
made from some Gulf port—probably
New Orleans—as a starting point.
“This is an age of novelties and ail
era of reform," said Mr. Hepburn, “so
each member of the party will pay Ids
individual expenses on the trip.”
It is expected the party will leave
this country some time between Nov. 8
and Nov. 15.
WILL CRUSADE*AGAINST
CRIMPING AND SHANGHAIING.
New York, Oct. 1.--Assistant District
Attorney Hugh Gordon Miller of Nor
folk, Va., appeared before United
States Commissioner Shields to-day to
make application for the removal to
Norfolk for trial of Vance McCarthy,
under indictment there for aiding and
harboring deserters from 4he navy.
The proceedings were continued until
Wednesday.
The authorities intend to conduct a
crusade against “crimping and shang
haiing” In Norfolk, where It Is said a
gang has si*ressfully operated for
some time.
HONORABLE ARTILLERY
GOING TO NORFOLK.
Boston, Oct. I.—The Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, Capt.
James H. Usher, left by the Fall River
Line to-night for Norfolk, Va., where
it will celebrate its fall field day with
a banquet tendered by prominent mil
itary men and citizens on the evening
of Oct. 4. The company, some 300
strong, is due to reach Norfolk at 9:30
o'clock Monday morning.
PASSEDWRECKAGETHAT
BORE THETA’S NAME.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. I.—Capt. Chi
chester of the steamer Iroquois, which
arrived to-night from New York, re
ported passing In latitude 36:56, longi
tude 74:56, a piece of wreckage about
alxty feet long and of considerable
width, bearing the name “The Theta "
The deck carried Iron bltts. such as are
used on steamers. The wreckage is
directly 1 a line of coasting vessels.
SCORED ROOSEVELT
AND THE TRUSTS
ATTITUDE OF REPUBLICANISM
JOHN SHARP WILLI A MS* FIERY Alt-
RAIGNMEN'T OF MONOPOLIES.
Opened I he Oentuernlle Campaign In
Brooklyn Last Night With an Im
penehmeut of the Hepnhilean Pol
ley of Proteefion—The Trusts mid
the Laboring (losses His Thetue.
lloiv the Trusts Injure the AVork
ing Men—The Remedy at llond.
New York. Oct. I.—John Sharp Wil
liams, of Mississippi, shared the honors
with Edward M. Grout at the opening
of the Democratic campaign in the
Clermont Avenue rink. Brooklyn, to
night. A big crowd attended the tal
ly and Mr. Williams and Mr. Grout
were enthusiastically cheered.
Congressman Williams began with
this reference to President Roosevelt:
"The President, who is a candidate
for re-election, has lately issued to the
press a written stump speech, in the
form of a letter of acceptance. It reads
more like the message of one of God's
anointed to his expectant subjects,
one-half of whom are treated by him
as his enemies, and therefore, accord
ing to his logic—the logic of Louis
XIV, that of ‘L’Etat e'est mol'—ene
mies of the country and its welfare.
"A distinguished barrister of Great
Britain, replying once to an argument
which had been made by opposing
counsel more noted for hts impulsive
ness than anything else, said: 'May
it please your honor, the language and
manner indulged In towards me by op
posing counsel would be remarkable
if it came from God Almighty to a
beetle buE.' The Democrats of this
country, constituting nearly a half of
its total population, and, even in re
cent elections, over half of Its total
white population, may well remind
Mr. Roosevelt of the fact that his
manner and language are of that char
acter.
Kcpnhlieaiiinni'M Promise.
"In this letter of acceptance, however,
there Is one note—keynote we may call
it—which is certain and unmistakable,
to wit, that if the Republican party is
kept in power. It will continue to ad
minister the government without
amendment just as it has been admin
istered for the last three years, if so,
then we are to have four more years
of "standing pat” and of boasting of
the part and of a party partnership
with God. If so, then for four more
years the tarifl is to remain, like the
laws of the Medes and Persians, un
changed and unchangeable. If so, for
four more years, all reciprocal trade
relations sought to be entered into by
the other peoples of the world, even
though in accordance with the recom
mendations of such distinguished Re
publicans as Blaine and McKinley,
some based upon treaties approved by
Mr. McKinley, are to be trampled or
lauded as an incident of our alleged
position as an arbiter of the world’s
destiny!
Four Year* of International Prr-
Hilf.
“For four more years, international
perfidy is to be extenuated, because of
the magnitude -of the benefit we have
reaped, or which we hope to reap!
For four more years, the Industrial and
social peace of the South is to be
menaced, If not by anything actually
done or undertaken to be done, at least
by Inconsiderate talk and misleading
conduct in high place! For four more
years, the ‘big stick’ is to be <-ontinu
ally held up as the national ideal In
our relationship with the balance of
the world, and especially with the peo
ples of Central and South America!
For four more years some of our man
ufacturers, who sell habitually to the
foreigner at a reasonable profit In his
own market, notwithstanding his pau
per labor, are still to tind extortionate
tariff rates a shelter behind which to
charge the American consumer an un
reasonable profit at prices 25 to 38
per cent, higher than are charged to
foreigners for the same goods, made In
the same mill on the same day! For
four more years the Northern Securi
ties decision is to be held up as the
be-all and end-all of trust-shackling,
while other trusts are bidden God
speed as necessary agencies of modern
development!
Trusts and Labor.
“I shall discuss the attitude of the
Republican party towards the trust
question, and the evils of the trust
system, especially as it bears upon the
laboring men.
"Is 'the Northern Securities case to
be the be-all and end-all of Republi
can Interference with the trusts? Is
it to be the only effort to execute Mr.
Roosevelt's boast of ‘shackling cun
ning,' as civilization has, in the past,
'shackled force?' Why among the
many railroad mergers of the United
States was that particular one se
lected to proceed against, and no other?
Was it because It had done most harm?
It had had no time to do any. It had
the power to do harm, and the seeds
of abuse and extortion within it, as
all combines of like character have,
but, as a matter of fact, it had ac
tually done none. The seed hud not
germinated up to the lime of Gov.
Van Zant's procedure against It. I>o
the Republican machine managers seri
ously exi>eet the people to believe that
it was and is the only trust, and the
only railroad merger in the land?
A Fw Other Trust*.
"Where is the wood pulp trust of the
President’s especial friend, Mr. White
law Reid? Where is the agricultural
Implement trust of his ambassador to
St. Petersburg? Where is the water
logged steel trust, engineered into ex
istence by the legal Ingenuity of his ix-
Attorney General Knox? Why did this
official, while he was yet Attorney
General, the morning after the Su
preme Court had decided the North
ern Securities case In favor of the
government, and pointed out the reme
dies under the law against all like
trusts, hasten to reassure all other
mergers and combines, by announcing
that the government was 'not going
to run amuck?’ What does the phrase
mean In this connection, anyhow? How
can executing the written law of the
land, under one's sacred oath as an
executive officers, be called ‘running
amuck?' But If It can be so called,
then why not, in the name of the God
of Justice, run amuck? What right has
an executive to suspend the operation
of the law of the land? Was It not for
this that Charles the First lost his
head, and James the Second his
throne? What has an executive to do
Continued on Sixteenth Pag*.
WILLIAMS OF MISSISSIPPI
His Latest Arraignment of the Republican Party
Is Aimed at Roosevelt and the Trusts.
TRUST COMPANY
DENIES ALLEGATIONS.
An Answer Is Made In the Colton
ltnelc Litigation.
New York, Oct. I.—Answers were
tiled in the United States Circuit. Court
to-day by the Continental Trust Com
pany of Baltimore iri actions recently
brought against it by the Central Na
tional Bank of New York, bow in
liquidation, and‘the Merchants' Trust
Company of New York.
The complainants were subscribers
to the underwriting syndicate which
organized the United States Cotton
Duck Company.
According to the complaint, the de
fendant company was the syndicate
manager of the Mount Vernon-Wood
bury Cotton Duck Company, a corpora
tion which merged nearly a dozen of
the leading cotton duck manufactur
ing plants of the country, but which,
as a company, the complainants al
lege, proved a financial failure. The
complainants further allege that they
were induced lo subsrrllm *IOO,OOO each
ito the new company through a circular
which, they allege, was intentionally
misleading.
The answer filed to-day denies the
various allegations, collectively and
separately.
WAS EMPTIED QUICKLY
When There Was a Fire In the
Great Northern llulldlng.
Chicago, Oct. I.—Since the Iroquois
Theater tire disaster last December,
when nearly 600 lives were lost, the
Chicago theaters have been so thor
oughly equipped with safeguards
against fire that to-day when fire
broke out in the roof of the Great
Northern building, the Great Northern
Theater was emptied in one minute
and forty-five seconds. This was ac
complished without the jeast semblance
of a panic among the 1,500 persons
who were in the playhouse at the time.
As soon aa the manager of the the
ater learned that the roof of the build
ing in which the theater is situated
was on tire he ordered the steel fire
curtain lowered and signalled the or
chestra to play a march. The audi
ence, thinking that the matinee had
abruptly ended, left the place rapidly,
but in order. No one was injured and
the theater crowd was in the streets
before the fire department arrived.
BEGAN” WORK IN OHIO.
Dejnocrals Addressed Crowds In
That Stala,
Lima, 0.. Oct. 1. —The Democratic
campaign was opened here to-day in
the presence of a large and enthusiastic
crowd from ull over the state. The
principal speaker was Charles A.
Towne of New York. Other speakers
were James A. Kilbourne of Ohio and
Edward MacGregor of Pittsburg. May
or Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, was
among the notables present. Mr.
Towne predicted Democratic victory in
New York in November, and said he
belleve.d West Virginia was also safely
a Democratic atate.
HAVANA CIGAffIVIEN ’
VIGOROUS IN PROTESTS.
Want Cuba to Tube the Stamp Mat
ter U| With the Called States.
Havana, Oct. I.—The members of
the Cigar Manufacturers’ Association
vigorously urge the Cuban government
to represent to the United States the
alleged injustice in removing the dis
tinctive stamp on Imported cigars.
it in charged that Secretary Shaw's
decision assists all the dishonesty prac
ticed againHt the American consumer,
in making the boxes containing mixed
or otherwise Inferior products appear
to contain pure Havanas.
Knox Was the Speaker.
Philadelphia, Oct. I.—Philander C.
Knox, former Attorney General* of the
United States to-night took the plat
form for the first time since He suc
ceeded to the United States senator
ship from Pennsylvania and delivered
a Speech that was considered Impor
tant, because of his close relationship
to President Roosevelt. He spoke un
der the auspices of the Manufacturers’
Club of Philadelphia, which opened the
Republican campaign here to-night
with a mass meeting at the Academy
of Music.
Mr. Knox was followed by former
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith. 1
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GAL DOG FALL.
Courts Secured Very Little Sa.tlsfar
tion at Huntsville From the Trial
of the Men Charaed With Lynch
ing the Negro Maples—Flee Were
Acquitted—'Case of Armstrong Con
tinued Recuuse of the Absence el
Witnesses.
Huntsville. Ala., Oct. I.—Tom Winkle,
charged with arson, has been ac
quitted, while a mistrial was the result
in the case of James Mitchell, charged
with murder In the lynching of ths
negro Maples.
Mitchell will be held for trial at ths
February term of court. He 's the
first alleged lyncher who has failed to
be cleared by the Jury.
Continuance of the arson case of
James Armstrong because of absence
of an important witness for the stats,
disposes of the last lynching c?se for
the present.
Five alleged lynchers were acquitted,
and one is held over because of a hung
Jury.
Armstrong will be given a hearing at
the November term of court. Applica
tion for ball* has been refused.
ST. ANDREWS OFFICERS.
Those Chosen by the New Connell
of the Brotherhood.
Philadelphia, Oct. I.—At a meeting
of the newly appointed council of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the fol
lowing national officers were elected:
President, Robert H. Gardiner, Gardi
ner, Me.; vice president. Judge G.
Barry Davis, Philadelphia; Becond vice
president, Edmund G. Billings, Bos
ton; treasurer, George H. Randall.
Pittsburg; general secretary, Hubert
Cprleton, Pittsburg; office secretary,
Edgar P. Criswell, Pittsburg.
Chicago was selected as the next
meeting place. An Invitation from
Washington asking the Brotherhood to
meet in that city in 1907 was referred
to the general council. Affltr much
discussion a proposition to hold bien
nial, instead of annual, sessions was
laid on the table.
A reception to-night brought the
convention to a close.
NEW YORkTeM OCR AC Y
Not I fled Its Candidates for the State
Offices.
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