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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850. - Incorporated 1888
J. H. ICSTILL. President.
PAPER TRUST IS
CALLED TO TIME
GOVERNMENT BRINGS SUIT
!TO HAVE THE COMBINATION DE
CLARED UNLAWFUL.
Alleged tlie General Paper Compnny
Hns Been Controlling Paper Trade
of the Country, Housing All the
Mills That Do Business Through.
Tyrannical Action on the Part at
the Trust Alleged—Exorbitant
Prices Demanded.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 27. —Attorney
General Moody for the United States
through United States District Attor
ney Haupt and Prank B. Kellogg and
Janies M. Beck, special assistant at
torneys general of the United States,
late this afternoon filed a petition in
the United States District Court in
which he makes the General Paper
Company, as principal defendant, and
its constituent companies party de
fendants in a suit to enjoin them and
restrain them from doing business
through the General Paper Company
as their sales agent in violation of pro
visions of Sections 1 and 2 of the act
of Congress approved July 2, 1890, en
titled ‘‘An act to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies.”
The petition alleges that the defend
ants entered into an agreement to com
bine and control the sale of the pro
duct of the different companies through
the General Paper Company in that
the General Paper Company regulated
prices, sales and shipment and terri
tory for the sale of the same and aft
er deducting operating expenses of the
General Paper Company, divided the
surplus among the members of the cor
poration.
* How It Wan Organized.
The petition recites that the Gen
eral Paper Company was organized
under the laws of Wisconsin, May 26,
1900, with a capital stock of SIOO,OOO di
vided into 1,000 shares, which were dis
tributed among, and are now held by,
certain of the defendants named, and
that later the others were taken into
the combination, naming them in the
order ih which they entered the com
bine, and goes on to state that the
General Paper Company became the
exclusive selling agent for the defend
ants with absolute power to control
the output of the various mills, fix the
price of all paper sold and to whom
and upon what terms and conditions
the paper should be sold; and into
what states and places it shall be
shipped and what customers and
which mills each shall supply.
The petition alleges that In conse
quence of the combination all com
petition in the manufacture, sale and
distribution of paper had been restrict
ed and the price of all paper products
greatly increased, particularly that of
news print paper, which has been in
creased about 50 per cent.
It further states that no dealers or
newspapers, or other consumers in the
territory west of the Mississippi, with
the exception of certain newspaper
publishers in St. Louis and Chicago,
can purchase any paper, except direct
ly through the General Paper Com
pany and then only upon terms dictat
ed by the latter.
Wnnt It Declared Unlawful.
The court is asked to declare the al
leged combination unlawful and that
the defendants be perpetually enjoined
from doing any act in pursuance of the
same, that the General Paper Company
be enjoined from action as sales agent
for the other defendants and that the
latter be enjoined from continuing
their arrangements with the General
Paper Company. The court Is also
asked to direct the defendants to come
into court and answer all questions re
lating to the allegations of the peti
tion as may be necessary.
DONE ON COMPLAINT
OF NEWSPAPER MEN.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Attorney Gen
eral Moody to-night gave out the fol
lowing official statement:
"On the complaint of many news
paper publishers last spring that a
combination In restraint of commerce
existed among manufacturers of paper
to control the distribution and sale of
their products among the states of the
union, the Department of Justice be
gan an Investigation of that subject,
and to further aid the department In
that respect the Attorney Geneial ap
pointed Frank B. Kellogg of the St.
Paul, Minn., bar. and James M.
Beck, of the New York bar, as spec
ial attorneys to collect the evidence
and make a report thereon. These
gentlemen, after an exhaustive exam
ination of the matter simultaneously
with that conducted by the Depart
ment of Justice, have reported to the
Attorney General that In their opinion
the facts ascertained support the com
plaint and Justify, In the public inter
ests, the filing of a petition to enjoin
the operations of the General Paper
Company.”
ALABAMA SOLDIERS
AS ROOSEVELT PARADERS.
Washington. Dee, 27.—Oen. Wilson,
chairman of the Inaugural Committee,
to-day received a request front Lieut, C.
It. Ballard, In command of Company
K. Birmingham Bides, for a
place In the Inaugural parade. His
company deslies to attend the cere
monies as tin 1 representative of the
Third Regiment, Alabama National
Guard.
Oraealsed I# Halid Haste.
Mecbe City, Dec. It.—A Me*lean
r'Saaiiiolup company t*al<|i will place
light draft boats on the nets canal
h'S>g drsdgcd between Temptua end
vuspaii has been organised by Amel
■MS. The 'anal will he fully CUM
■Med la a lime ever e year Charles
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Jiabaimai) Utenina
NTMBFR 17.885.
CHARGES AGAINST BISHOP.
He Mast Answer Before a Committee
of Churchmen.
New 'iork, Dec. 27.—1n a statement
to-night Herbert Noble, a lawyer of
this city, representing the presenters in
the charges recently made against
Bishop Talbot of the Central diocese
of the Episcopal Church in Pennsyl
vania, briefly outlined what those who
will appear against the Bishop will
take up. His statement says that the
presentment has its foundation in a
letter said to have been written by
Bishop Talbot to Rev. Samuel Upjohn
when the latter was president of the
Philadelphia Catholic Club in 1902, in
which the Bishop charged Rev. Dr.
Irvine with immorality.
"The presentment is based on this
letter, says Mr. Noble. "It charges
Bishop Talbot with ‘a criminal libel,’
immorality— to wit: false statements;’
the circulation of a false, malicious
and defamatory report;’ ’falsifying;’
breach of ordination and consecration
vows;’ and ’conduct unbecoming a
bishop.’ ”
These charges, said Mr. Noble to
night, are the “headings” of ihe alle
gallons made in the presentment.
Hearing of the charges against Bish
op Talbot will begin in Reading, Pa.,
Jan. 10. These charges will come be
fore a committee appointed by Presi
mg Bishop Tuttle of St. Louis, con
sisting of twelve clerical and twelve
lay members.
This committee was appointed about
ten days ago and the investigation is
a direct outcome of Incidents relat
ing to a case which for some time has
stirred the Episcopal church, that of
Rev. Dr. Ingraham W. N. Irvine, now
a resident of Philadelphia, who was
deposed from the ministry by Bishop
Talbot several years ago. It is made
clear from the developments to-night
that the names of several women will
be brought into the case.
The Times will say to-morrow:
“Among churchmen who are familiar
with the case it is said that the hear
ing at Reading will not be the end of
the case. It is reported that several
detectives have been engaged for some
time, working out another branch of
the case, which may be more sensa
tional than the present.”
LOANED MRS.' CHADWICK
$20,000 ON JEWELRY.
She Hypothecated Her Jewels With
an Elyria Jeweler.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 27. —Contrary to
expectations, the inquiry in connection
with the Chadwick receivership case
was not resumed to-day. Receiver Loe
ser stated that nothing more would be
done in the matter for several days.
“We have definitely located the trunk
and satchel that were taken from the
Holland house in New York,” said Mr.
Loeser to-day, "and they will be
brought here within a day or two.
Aside from wearing apparel, there is,
I understand, little of value in either
the trunk or the satchel.”
Continuing, Mr. Loeser said: “We
had intended to-day to examine Henry
Wuefrst, the Elyria, 0., jeweler, who
holds about $20,000 worth of Mrsj.
Chadwick’s jewels as security for a
loan. Wuerst has made a full state
ment of just what he holds, however,
and expressed his willingness to sur
render them whenever the loan is
made good. The jewels will be ap
praised later, but my impression is
that they are worth no more than the
sum advanced by Wuerst to Mrs.
Chadwick.”
WITH AFFIDAvFtcT
CORRECT REQUISITION.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27.—Sheriff Bar
ry of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, arriv
ed here this evening with the affidavit
necessary to correct the requisition of
Gov. Herrick of Ohio for a warrant
authorizing him to take Dr. Leroy
S. Chadwick out of this state to Cleve
land to answer the charge of com
plicity in forging the name of An
drew Carnegie to the note for $5,000,000
alleged to have been used as secur
ity by his wife, Mrs. Cassie L. Chad
wick. To-morrow morning he will
present the affidavit to Judge Joyce,
the Governor's pardon and requisition
clerk, from whom he expects to ob
tain the warrant which he failed to
secure upon his first visit Monday.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
FOR NAN PATTERSON.
They Were Brought Her by Her
Father from Her Mother.
New York, Dec. 27.—Nan Patterson’s
father returned to New York to-day
from Washington, where he had spent
Christmas and yesterday with his wife.
He went direct to the Tombs prison
to see his daughter.
.Mr. Patterson brought with him sev
eral gifts for his daughter and a mes
sage of cheer from her mother. He
said that he would remain in the city
until after his daughter has her next
trial.
“She has no other friend in the
world except myself and her mother,”
he said, “and I feel It my duty to be
here.”
Nan Patterson continues to receive
large quantities of mall every day.
There were forty-five letter# for her
to-day.
IT SHOOK UP SCHLEY
When Two Train* o Ihe I’ennayl
lanln Collided.
Baltimore, Dec. 27.—A collision oc
curred here to-day in the yards of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at union sta
tion between the Northern Central
Harrisburg express train en route
from Washington and an empty ex*
pries train of lhe Philadelphia, Balti
more and Washington Railway. On the
Harrisburg eapreas were a large num
ber of Mystic Shrliicre. Including Ad
miral Hchley, who was badly shaaen
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IN THE GRASP OF
FIERCE BLIZZARD
MANY STATES SHIVERED.
ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE STORMS
OF RECENT YEARS.
Territory Between the Rocky Moun
tains and the Great Lakes Has
Caught It Most Heavily Up to This
Time—Tr a file Greatly Impeded.
Much Damage Done—Three Lives
Lost In Chicago—Storm Is Wide
spread.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—One of the. most
severe storms of recent years has been
raging through the territory lying be
tween the Rocky mountains and the
Great Lakes since early this morning
and has caused much trouble to street
car companies, railroads and telegraph
companies. In Its extent the storm
was the most widespread of any dur
ing the last fifteen years.
Counting the fog as a component
part of the storm, it stretched clear
from the Rocky mountains to New r
York and from Winnipeg to New Or
leans.
The fatalities reported here as due
to the storm are three men killed.
They were:
Alexander Steiner, a teamster, killed,
while unloading coal. A coal chute
was blown from its fastenings and
striking him on the head, killed him
instantly.
Thomas Walsh, a laborer, struck by
a heavy board while entering anew
building. The board cut his head
nearly off.
Frank Cavanaugh was killed at Mun
cie, Ind., by an oil derrick falling on
him.
Suhsiiling at Kansan City.
At 10 o’clock to-night the storm was
reported as subsiding at Kansas City,
and at other points on a north and
south line from that city. In Chicago
and east of here the storm was still
raging with great violence, and was
expected to continue throughout the
night, the center of the storm being
between Chicago and Cleveland.
Reports from Kansas City were that
the storm extended from Missouri as
far south as Indian Territory, and was
accompanied throughout its entire
length by high winds, and snow drift
ed badly.
In the Northwest the storm was even
more violent. In St. Paul the snow
commenced to fall early last night and
grew heavier all through the night,
while the wind increased until it was
blowing fifty miles an hour. The heavy
snow and the gale worked havoc with
wires, and some passenger trains from
the Pacific coast were reported to
night as twenty-four hours over due.
The storm reached westward from
St. Paul until it covered almost the
entire West.
Better In the Sooth.
In the South conditions were some
what better, snow in many places be
ing changed to a heavy rainfall, which
was preceded by thunder and light
ning and followed by high winds.
Nashville, Louisville, New Orleans,
Montgomery and Memphis all reported
exceedingly heavy rains, a rapidly fall
ing thermometer and terrific winds.
In the Ohio river valley the first
heavy rain in five months commenced
falling early in the day and continued
throughout the night. TRe storm was
appreciated by the boatmen along the
Ohio and its tributaries, for the stage
of water in those streams has of late
been very low.
Seventy-Two Miles an Hoar.
The storm struck Chicago shortly
after noon and increased with great
rapidity until it had assumed hurri
cane violence at 5:30 o'clock, when the
wind tore through the downtown
streets at the rate of seventy-two miles
an hour. It fell away after that and
at 7 o’clock had dropped to fifty miles
an hour, where it remained through
the night.
Between noon and 7 o’clock in the
evening the mercury dropped from 34
to 11.
The late reports from Wisconsin are
that the storm was the most severe
ever experienced in that section of the
country. Damage in the city of Madi
son is estimated at SIOO,OOO. In Indi
ana the damage done by the storm was
especially heavy In the old fields, where
fully 500 derricks were blown down
and all operations suspended. The
loss on derricks alone in the neighbor
hood of Muncie is placed at $200,000,
and at $50,000 around Portland.
TRACK OF TIIE STORM.
Country East of the Rockies Having
a Cold Time.
Washington. Dec. 27.—Reports re
ceived at the weather bureau to-night
show that Missouri. lowa and Illinois
are in the throes of a blizzard.
The temperatures are falling fast and
have passed below the zero point in
Eastern Nebraska. • Illinois and lowa
are expected to experience zero weath
er by to-morrow morning and in Min
nesota it will be even colder.
The Mississippi Valley storm o$ rain,
■now and sleet has advanced north
ward to Lake Michigan and has in
creased greatly in energy. At * o'clock
to-night a seventy-two mile# an hour
gale was blowing at Chicago, while
the barometer at Milwaukee reached
28.86 inches, an unprecedentedly low
reading.
Alt along the Atlantic seaboard, from
Virginia to Houthern New England,
• here le • dense pall of fog, with un
usually high temperatures. If the wind
shifts to the west by to-morrow morn
ing, as now exp**< ted, this fog may
be dissipated. These westerly winds
will be considerably < older resulting
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FERRYBOATS CRASHED
IN NEW YORK HARBOR.
Fog Canard a Practical Suspension
of Navigation.
New York, Dec. 27.—50 dense was the
blanket of fog which hung over the
harbor all day that business at the
government quarantine station was al
most entirely suspended. Not a single
steamer arrived and the officials put
in the day waiting for the fog to lift.
A little puff of wind from the west
this afternoon tore a hole in the fog
bank, revealing four steamers which
had come in during the night and
found an anchorage off the station. A
tug with health officers on board im
mediately put out and after a time lo
cated the steamers and gave them per
mission to communicate with the
shore. They were the steamers Roman
and Sailor Prince of the Prince line
and the fruiter Avalon and the tank
steamer Weehawken.
Several steamers were due from
foreign ports to-day and it is supposed
that they are lying off Sandy Hook
waiting for the fog to lift before at
tempting to come into the harbor.
During the fog the ferryboats Bergen
and Musconetcong of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western line, crash
ed into each other near the Hoboken
ferry slips and for a few minutes there
ivas a wild panic on both boats. The
Bergfn had left the New York side
and was approaching the New Jersey
side under reduced speed when the
Musconetcong, putting out at full
speed, crashed into her. The Bergen
lifted the Musconetcong high out of
the water.
The engines were reversed almost
immediately on the Musconetcong, but
the headway was such that the Im
pact tore away about twenty-five feet
of the cabin timbers on the men's side
of the Bergen.
As the two ferryboats came togeth
er there was a wild rush on the part
of the men on the Bergen into the
cabin. The shock was such that it
threw twenty or more of the men oft
Bheir feet.
In the women’s cabin the panic was
greater as the passengers there had
received no warning of the impending
crash. When the boats drifted apart
the’Bergen, uninjured in her hull, pro
ceeded <Jn her way to her slip.
There were fewer passengers on the
Musconetcong and the crew had less
difficulty In reassuring them. The
Musconetcong suffered but little dam
age.
The ferryboat Chicago of the Penn
sylvania line, loaded down with com
muters, was run into by the New
Haven Railroad’s big steam transport
Maryland in the North river, Just oft
the Cortlandt street slip of the Penn
sylvania ferry. The transport crashed
into the rear of the ferryboat and tore
away a large part of the deck work
over the Htern. No serioue damage
was done to the hull.
Among the crowd of passengers on
the Chicago were many women, and a
panic ensued when the accident oc
curred. Several women fainted, but
no one was injured.
Telegraphic and telephonic commu
nication in all directions was very
slow. Up through New York state
many wires were down, and those
which were not could only be operated
slowly. Service to Chicago was great
ly delayed, 'in New England the con
ditions were better, but to many points
business was moved slowly.
HOLLAND WILL NOT
HELP THE RUSSIANS.
The Hague, Dec. 27.—The report
that Holland will place Sabang, in
the Straits Settlements, twenty miles
north of Malacca, at the disposition of
the Russian secon(i Pacific squadron,
as reported from Toklo in a dispatch
to the London Times, is devoid of
foundation.
It is learned In official quarters that
Holland will observe the same strict
neutrality in her colonies as at home,
and that neither Sabang nor any oth
er points in the Dutch Indies will be
placed either directly or indirectly at
the disposal of the belligerent*.
DOCK YARD LABORERS
WILL CONTINUE WORK.
Sevastopol, Dec. 27.—The dock yard
laborers have been released from their
obligations as members of the reserves
in order that they may continue work
on the vessels of the Black sea fleet,
which Is being pushed with the great
est energy.
Von Spann Will Serve.
Paris, Dec. 27. —Admiral Baron Von
Spaun of the Austrian navy, who at
the opening session in Paris, Dec. 22
of the international commission to
Inquire Into the North sea incident was
unanimously elected the fifth member
of that body, has agreed to serve on
the commission.
p u gsHn ot*pr osecut e and .
Battling Nelson Said He laibored
Under n Misapprehension.
San Francisco. Dec. 27.—The charge
of embezzlement preferred by Battling
Nelson, the pugilist, against Theodore
Murphy, Ills manager and Eddie San
try, his sparring partner, was dismiss
ed to-day In Police Court.
Nelson took the stand and declar
ed the arrests were made while he
whs laboring under a misapprehension
of facts, and said he did not desire
to prosecute anybody. The money In
the property clerk's hand* was then
produced. Nelson being given $6,801 and
Murphy $2,100, thia division being ac
cording to the accounts,
The case* were then dlamlssed and
the trio left the court room.
PAT CALHOUN SUED.
John 11. Kirby Waal* to Get
A*.law-100 of OH Stork.
Houston. Tex., Dec. 27.—1n the Mat*
District Court to-day, John H. Kirby
of Houalon entered a suit again*! Pat
<‘alhoun of Atlanta, Oa., doing busi
tie** In New York, fur stork In the
Houaton Oil Company, of the value of
14.168.100. H allege* Hun mi* clock
la longs to him, end that Calhoun is
illegally alii,holding It.
Gat i.iohmeld again*! the reulttri of
the Houston 'Hi < .m petty, and the
Kirby Lumiar Company ban been
served to r**<over property tail ity
'lorn, and sum* owing them by Cej.
tooun. Bond of MKBW wes given to
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WITH THEIR LIVES
TWO NEGROES PAID
BUTLER AND REID ANSWERED
FOR THE MURDER OF RAD
STOREY NEAR THOMSON.
Both Nearer* Met Their Fate AVttli
ont a Tremor—“Bos*, I'm Ready to
Ski* the Cat,” Said Boiler Before
the Blark Cap Was Adjusted.
Hoick Jnstlee—Story of the Crloie
the Nearoes Committed—Lynching
Had Been Feared.
Thomson, Ga.. Dec. 27.—John Butler
and Guy Reid, two negroes, were
hanged to-day in the jail at this
place for the murder of Rad Storey.
The victim was one of McDuffie
county's best known farmers. Ilis
body was found in a swamp near this
place and several negroes were arrest
ed on suspicion. Later two of them,
John Butler and Guy Reid, confessed.
Mr. Storey, it seems, had found tho
negroes stealing his cotton and went
into the field to see them about it.
Butler shot the farmer through the
Jaw, knocking him down. Then Butler
and Reid got an ax and crushed the
wounded man's head.
The dead body was dragged to the
swamp and an effort niado to conceal
It.
There was much excitement when
the body was found and Mr. Storey's
friends were aroused over the dead.
The negroes were given a commit
ment trial at once and later were ar
raigned on the charge of murder.
They were declared guilty and sen
tenced to be h:\nged.
A lynching was averted by the quick
work of Judge Henry C. Hammond of
(he Superior Court in convening court
and giving them a trial. Tho crime
was committed, the criminals tried
and hanged within twenty-seven days,
being the record for prompt admin
istration of justice in this state.
Both Butler and Reid took their
hanging coolly, showing but little fear
or nervousness. Just before the black
cap was slipped over the head of
Butler, with a grin on his face he said
to the sheriff. “Boss, I'm ready to
skin the cat.”
MORSE-DODGE CASE
May and May Not Me Considered by
the Grand .lory To-day.
New York, Dec. 27.—The develop
ment of the Morse-Dodge divorce was
practically at a standstill to-day.
Whether or not the case will be brought
before the grand Jury to-morrow is a
question that District Attorney Jerome
refused to answer.
Except for Dodge, who will be the
state's chief witness In any criminal
prosecution, none of those who are
likely to be Involved has been arrest
ed.
The testimony of Dodge, as contained
in the long confession he made at police
headquarters and later signed, will
not be corroboration. Mr. Jerome has
considerable documentary evidence, he
says, which will cntrlbute to this sup
port. He also wants to call a number
of witnesses, and his subpoena servers
have been busy gathering these wit
nesses.
There was a rumor about the crimi
nal court building to-day that Mrs.
Morse was about to leave Paris for
New York to tell Mr. Jerome what she
knows about the tangle and to have
her actions and position uncovered
from doubt. The rumor could not he
traced to any definite source, and
members of the district attorney’s staff
pronounced it without foundation.
BOILERS EXpIoDEDT”
KILLING ENGINEER.
All Covington Was Shaken by the
Explosion.
Covington, Ga., Dec. 27.—The boilers
at the electric light plant exploded
this morning, killing J. L. McCollough,
the engineer.
The explosion was terrific and the
shock was felt all over the city.
The building is a complete wreck,
only one wall being left standing.
Debris Is scattered In every direction
for more than fifty yards.
One boiler was blown more than 100
feet and the steam chest flew nearly
100 yards, breaking down a big tele
graph pole.
Many people were nearby, but no one
else was hurt.
The central depot was slightly dam
aged. McCollough’s body was badly
mangled by falling brick and horribly
burned by hot water and steam.
One of these boilers was In need of
a patch and it is thought that this
was the cause of the explosion.
INLAND WATERWAY
CONVENTION
Will He Held In Columbia, g. C..
To-day,
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 27. —The In
land water route convention will be
held here to-morrow under the au
spices of the Columbia Chamber of
Commerce.
A prominent figure, who will attend
the meeting Is Congressman John H.
Small of North Carolina, who is call
ed the father of the scheme.
There will be delegates to the con
vention from Augusta, Wilmington,
Fayetteville, Washington and Elisa
beth City, N. C., Greenville. Spartan
burg, Beaufort, N. C., Beaufort, S,
C,, Camden, Georgetown and Charles
ton. Congressman A. K Lever will
also be In attendance,
SENATOR HUDSON
HAS SMALLPOX.
America*. Oa.. D<e. 27— Hteie Sena
tor Thom*e 11, Hudson is confined *t
his plants**<n home near Americas
with what is report . 1 ms smallpox
recently developed Happily the mi,
iatk i# of mild form end lru*ti,i Hud
son hop** bis isolation till be of short
duration Tb malady wan prehsbly
■ outraged from autos tugrtt lobnier
who had the disease This M tbs only
rgns of Stfiotipw* d* •Stuped Ml Utts
vimiu'f.
SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
‘ His throne seems to lie tottering to Its fall, and the soverelßnty of
France may be extended over Ills dominions If ho does not pay his debt*
and show ureater ability to suppress bandits and insurrectionist*.
YARN SYNDICATE TO
HELP AUGUSTA.
The Knlwht Compel ■■>' Will Make Its
Hc-nclc|iinrtcrs There.
Augusta, Deo. 27. —If all indications
are true Augusta is about to draw a
great prize off the commercial Christ
mas tree this year. A yarn syndicate
known as the Knight Company. Is
about to make its headquarters here
for the manufacture of yarns to be
sent to the North and converted Into
many different kinds of high class fab
rics.
It is stated on good authority, but
the parties concerned will neither ver
ify the rumor or deny It, that the
Knight syndicate has already purchas
ed the Isletta mills in this city and
are on a trade for the Warwick Mills,
both to be equipped with the latest
machinery for the manufacture of
yarns and put to running on full time.
This will mean employment for about
600 people in each mill.
These two mills have been engaged
In the manufacture of yarns for a
long time, but have been unsuccessful
of late because the machinery In them
was behind the times and could not
compete with thut installed In the
mills that are the natural competitors
of the two Augusta institutions.
It Is further stated by people, who
are alleged to be on the Inside, that
the night horse power of the canal Is
soon to be utilized by the erection of
new mills. As matters now stand In
that city the great water power of the
canal goes to waste at night, exfcept
In rare Intervals, when the mills are
forced to work overtime on great con
tracts.
It is estimated that by utilizing the
canal at night, Its capacity can be
almost doubled. New contracts for
j>ower are to be made with most of
the mills In the near future. These
new papers will be drawn with an eye
to utilizing the canal at night, and
will, therefore, guarantee to give the
mills now in operation only the run,
of the legal number of hours.
Some of the older mills have con
tracts In perpetuity and, therefore, can
not be disturbed in their present
rights to use the canal at any and
all times, but as there are only two
of these mills it is estimated that there
can be a great Increase in the out
put of the canal by revising all the
other contracts. *
VENEZUELA TAKING
FLOURNOY’S PROPERTY.
He Says He Will Appeal to the
Ignited States Uvrcrnmsnt.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 27.—Joslah
Flournoy, a well-know-n civil and min
ing engineer of this city, who for a
number of years resided In Venezuela,
where he still has Interests, states
that the Venezuela government 1s pro
ceeding to confiscate the property of
himself and associates in that country
and declares that he will now appeal
to the United States government for
protection.
Mr. Flournoy states that the property
was of little or no value until improved
by himself and other foreigners. His
associates are Americans, Germans.
Spaniards and Frenchmen. The fight
for It has gone through the courts, re
sulting in a victory for himself and as
sociates , according to the Supreme
Court of that rountrv,recently rendered
He received a letter to-day saying that
the government had confiscated the
property and he naya he will waate no
further time with Venezuelan authori
ties. but appeal direct to Washington
for relief.
N. A. K.’s In Convention,
Memphis, Tenn., Doc. *7.-.-Delegates
representing every section of the
country are attending the forty-third
S< neral convention of the Kignia Alpha
K pel lon fraternity here today. Re*
ports of otticra were submitted and
committees for the ensuing ysssr were
s p pointed
fetal of l holteeuoge.
Huston, Itae 27 -Anoowrcesnsat was
mads to-day that ths tel trial of
the new I7|tf yl ntstee protected crueter
t liftttsseuft i win it* held cat He $$
veer the <‘eoe Am rtmrm (netted of
I Ge* as previously stated, at the
i Cfcaatastotih hasp yard.
5 CENTS A COPY.
DAILY. 18 A YEAR
WEEKLY 2-TTMRB-4-WEEK *1 AYEAR
JORDAN’S CALL TO
COTTON GROWERS
FOR INTERSTATE CONVENTION
MOMF.NTOI S M ATT 17IIS OFFERED
FOR consideration.
Meeting Is railed for New Orlennn
dnn. 24-20 Flnniielna the Entire
Spot Cotton lluielnei.il of the Mouth,
Unreal! of Statistics for Producers
nnd Cotton Erchissr In Each
State to Sell 'Direct to Manufac
turers Sonic of Mc-aieiircM Propoeeed.
Montlcello, Ga.. Dec. 27.—President
Harvle Jordan of the .Southern Cot
ton Growers' Protective Association
to-day lasued a call for an interstate
convention to be held at New Or
leans, Jan. 24-26, 1905. Among the
matters for consideration to be acted
upon are the following, according to
the call:
"Financing the entire spot cotton
business of the South; creating a bu
reau of statistics for benefit of the
producers; establishment of a cotton
exchange In each state through which
our cotton can be sold direct to the
manufacturers; organization quickly
of all the cotton producers In each
cotton-growing county: reduction of '
cotton acreage and ÜBe of commercial
fertilizers for 1906. or not less than
25 per cent.; adoption of a local ware
house system to meet the practical
demand of both farmers and bankers
throughout the South; to make New
Orleans the leading cotton exchange
In the United States; the formation
of a close alliance between all the
Southern agricultural organizations
now In existence for mutual co-opera
tlon and protection.
“Theae nre among the lending mat
ters for consideration. They are mo
mentous and some of them Involve
tremendous propositions. Dut none are
Incapable of quick solution and prac
tical realization. The South possesses
the brains, the manhood and the
money to solve nhy gre*at question
which threatens her future prosper
ity.”
THE KILLING Of COlF"
REMAINS A MYSTERY.
Coroner's Jury Cannot tirt at the
. Truth of the Matter.
Macon, Dec. 27.—The mystery
surrounding the death of A. C. Cole,
who was killed In the house of An
nette Carter Saturday night. Is still
unsolved, though the coroner's Jury
has held three meetings for the cross
examination of witnesses.
The man who did the killing has
been described by several of the wit
nesses. and many think more is known
about the matter than has been di
vulged. The grand Jury may begin
an Investigation of the killing.
DIM. M AS IDENTIFIED.
She Had Done to New York froai
l.n et.r, Pa.
Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 27.—The young
woman calling herself Cecil Hall, vho
was killed by plunging from the third
story window of a liidgtng house In
West Forty-sixth strest, New Fork,
last night, has identified as o#-
cilia Moss, sgeed U years, of this city.
Her mother, Mrs. Thomas Mists, to
day received the following telegrams
"Norry la tell you your daughter has
committed suicide. What ehall I do
with body’"
The telegram was signed Mrs. M.
Webb, New Tack. Mrs. llum tele
graphed ns, k that the body etiuoid
b Sent to this city.
Her mother te unable to give much
tnforwuUicn ss ur the guts ret sot as*
test About s yesr # the g n went
to Washington Lester she write te
her nysbei that on ■> pt f she hag
asarrisd iiutum Ku mss at MuM gR£