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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 * Hahlhibai la piaetdeut at the mnh- 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 UP in ii 0 ftg |*#jrr NH Alum Hmm furk, D*r Ttt* '•plain of th# fir* |*iau4 Ml# •UMtoi* fa* port* Hi! Uw m hiMHimr ITran* W iff i ufiowr** frotr 0* C., MrtlPfc WMM tatiutm fur laianf tor, 1# * a** mi #i>4 tfU*a wi ii*f iiiU. If* tea* tw #l*o •Ml witt mail* *** aft*#* la a**a la# traaaais 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 in a fail of temporal wre ranging from 2* to 2i of Vlrgtiiim (air /* w+utM*t I# for** #t*4 lor t*-m*rr**, In fiarifa (I# vMt*ar l# narm, *f f*ref. t6* ot|Hl fiur. **MI tor *i* amt (litii* (la # **l4 *#*•!> I* Inin I* <■•#** a*r **>**# 4* fl’ttii SAVANNAH, GA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1004. 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 4 /*# (4* f t##***>i* *fto *i#l# iiiMPi*** ill* *§*• to#ur l* A to ** v U m %> •* *V(* I (‘fl* ItoAMMt. 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£