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THE MORNING NEWS. J —= Established 1850. - Incorporated 1888 > VTTlrnrm - _ J. H. ESTILL. President. f l' 1 lAIBER 17.886. DOWN INTO SIXES COTTON DROPPED LOWEST IN THREE YEARS IS PRICE THE GREAT SOUTHERN STAPLE NOW COMMANDS. Census Bureau's Dinners’ Report Responsible for the Slump, Which Carried the Price Down 30 to 3{V Points—There Was Heavy Trading Oil the Decliner-Crop of Nearly 13,000,000 Bales Is Said to Be In dicated —Active at the Close. New York, Dee. 28.—The cotton mar ket broke 30 to 35 points on the census bureau’s ginners’ report indicating a crop in excess of t'he government's es timate. There was very heavy trading on the decline. The bears contended that the ginners’ report probably forecast a crop of near ly 13,000,000 bales. Following the report, prices, which had shown weakness since the opening, broke sharply, with January selling around 6.66 c, March 6.81 c, and May 6.96 c, or a net decline of 22@25 points and' a break of practically $6 a bale in two weeks’ time. The market was very active during the afternoon, big short interests covering, while there was also heavy liquidation, and on every little bulge the bears seemed disposed to withdraw their buying or ders and sell more cotton. The low figures reached in the slump are the lowest that cotton has reached in nearly three years. ARMY OFFICERS BODY HAD BULLET THROUGH IT. Death of Capt. French Either Sui cide or Accident. Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. 28.—The body of Capt. Howard W. French, con structing quartermaster at the new army post here, was found to-day with a bullet hole through the heart. He is supposed to have committed sui cide. Late to-night the coroner’s jury im panelled in this city by the coroner from Ringgold, Ga., found that Capt. Howard W. French came to his death either by suicide or accidentally took his own life. There was little evidence to lead to the verdict of the jury. Much • delay was caused by an investigation as to whether the deed had been performed on the government reservation or out side. and in the state of Georgia. Mrs. Jenks, sister of the deceased, is posi tive that he did not commit suicide, and declares that he started out from home with his pistol and paper targets, as he often did, for revolver practice. When found the pistol was lying be side the body with one chamber empty. Was an Accident. Washington, Dec. 28.—Quartermaster General Humphrey to-day received a telegram from the superintendent of construction at Chattanooga, saying that Capt. Howard W. French, quar termaster In charge of construction at Chickamauga, was found dead Tues day evening near the border of the army post reservation. A subsequent telegram read: “French accidentally killed himself Monday.” The accounts of Capt. French are said to be in first-class shape, and Gen. Humphrey speaks of him In the highest terms. SUIT ON M’LAURIN’S NOTE. New Order In Hie Case Is Issued af Charleston. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 28.—1n the t'nited States Circuit Court to-day Judge Brawley filed an order sustain ing certain paragraphs In a demurrer of defendants In the case of the In ternational Trust Company of Mary land vs John L. McLaurln, suit for judgment In the sum of $43,862.76, and gives defendants twenty days to amend their answer. This case Involves the action begun early in the year to recover on a note executed by former Senator McLaurin, which was taken by the plaintiff com pany with collaterals consisting of stocks and bonds of the Brunswick and Birmingham railroad and the construction company and steel plant. The answer of the plaintiff had alleg ed that the note was without consider n,ion. also that the securities when sol i were "purchased or caused to be purchesed for the plaintiff’s benefit.” WHITE MAN WHIPPED FOR INSULTING WOMEN. Chicago Cltlaen Was Then Driven Out of >llMslnlppl. Natchez, Miss., Dec. 28.—A. D. Lewis, n white man. 33 years of age, whose liome is in Chicago, was whipped In the "bods near Natchez to-day and order f I out of the state. Lewis was being taken to the eoun *l' convict farm to serve a sentence lor Insulting women on the streets. " hlle under arrest, a crowd of six "bite men took him from the guard, "Tried him to the woods three miles f'"m town, stripped him and gave him lashes across the back, then I l.u ed him on a train and ordered 1 ini to leave the state. Fire la 111 rmlna lism. "'mlnghsm. Ala., Dec. s.—Fire. 1 h broke out to-day In the Bell nt sure of An North Twentieth '"’l, destroyed slg buildings In the 1 1 of the business section of Bti* 1 giuilSl. The lose Is $71,00#, • tsiflr Mett • Meslirssl. t '”*''<*>*, Teg,, Isec ft.—'ft. T- Hot ’ s well known cel Hr men of Gain#*- , CtsgM > ounty, today llid e value pie allot to bankruptcy, Hit . l i* e err liu.eej is end bis assets * *sU of which he clstmed MSinfK- Jiatetraial) Jfofning RUSSIAN LEADERS KILLED OR INJURED. Kondrachenko Reported Killed and Stooasel Injured. Tokio, Dec. 28.-10:30 a. m.—Trust worthy advices from Port Arthur con firm the report that Gen. Kondrachen ko has been killed and that Gen. Stoes sel has been injured by falling from 'his horse. Gen. Smilnoff is also re ported wounded. The advices further say that the stem of the battleship Sevastopol has sunk in shallow water. Her bow is damaged in two places and the steer ing room gear is also damaged. The garrison is reported to be con firmed In the belief that relief will ar rive before March 1. Despite its heavy losses Nov. 26, and subsequently the garrison is said to be cheerful and resolved to continue the struggle as long as a single soldier remans. The army claims to have sufficient provisions to last until February. The navy possesses about one month’s stores. The price of food in the beleaguered fortress is high. Beef is a rouble and one-half per pound; horse meat, 6 co pecks per pound; dog meat, 25 copecks per pound; turkeys, 150 roubles a piece; eggs, 160 roubles per 100. But few junks bearing supplies reached the garrison the past month. It is expected that the capture of the hights of Pigeon bay will further cur tail the landing of supplies. japaneseTtrengthen THEIR COMMUNICATIONS. Huan Shan, Dec. 28.—Everything continues quiet along the front of the hostile armies. There is little expecta tion of a decisive movement till spring, when it will be possible for both sides to throw in strong reinforcements and recommence the campaign in earnest. In the meantime the chief Japanese uneasiness seems to be with regard to their communications eastward. They have an unusually full equipment of narrow gauge field railways, one of which connects Gen. Kuroki's base at Shahedzin with Feng Wang Cheng, with ,a branch to Saimatsza. A sup plementary line is 'being constructed connecting Liao Yang with Hai Cheng. There is an important line of ware houses along the Yalu river, and many bridges have recently been construct ed with a oare unusual in field opera tions. This elaborate system has been seriously threatened by Gen. Ren nenkampff's raids southeastward. There are many evidences that the Japanese are strengthening and forti fying their line of communication to ward Korea, which necessarily will absorb a considerable force. PLANNINGIrO ATTACK PORT ARTHUR AGAIN. Tokio, Dec. 28.—1 tis understood that the Japanese dynamiting and parallel ing against the eastern section of the main circle of forts around Port Ar thur is progressing favorably. The right wing of the besiegers continues a heavy and effective shelling of the new town, preparatory to operations, which are nearing completion. It is probable that the next attack will be simultaneously directed against the east and welt faces of the fortress in an endeavor to divide and weaken the resistance of the de fenders. CHINESE CRUTSERS~ARE WATCHING THE RUSSIANS. Shanghai, Dec. 28.—The Taotai has issued strict orders to the commanders of the Chinese warships in the harbors of Woosung and Shanghai and to the harbor master at Shanghai, to pre vent any attempt at escape by the Russian war vessels, the cruiser Ask old and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi. More Chinese cruisers are on the way to Shanghai. Japanese OR Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Dec. 28.—A large Jap anese cruiser arrived at Amoy yes terday. Two Japanese cruisers were sighted off Hong Kong to-day. ONE OF THE FINEST HELD ON MURDER CHARGE. He Had Appeared for Assnnlt I’puir h Newspaper Man. New York, Dec. 28.—Commitment to Jail on a charge of murder in the first degree without bail was the surprise which greeted Frank McLaughlin, a patrolman, when he appeared in Crim inal Court to-day to plead to an In dictment charging him with assault upon James P. Robbins, a newspaper reporter. The new charge was based upon an indictment which District At torney Jerome said would be returned by the grand Jury to-morrow. McLaughlin was once before arrest ed In connection with the kill ing of John W. Patterson, a negro watchman. The coroner’s Jury found that he shot Patterson In self-defense, and he was discharged. The district attorney was not satisfied with that disposition of the case, however, and bofcsin an investigation which, he says, has resulted In an Indictment charg ing murder In the first degree. Mr. Jerome the killing of Pat terson was a deliberate murder. COMPANY ENJOINED FROM BUILDING ROAD. Chattanooga. Tenn., Pee. 2*.—A spe cial to the Time* from Bristol says: The first public evidence of the re ported fight between the Virginia and goutheaatern and the Hnuth snd West ern Railroad Companies was revealed to-day When Judge kk**n of the Wise ,„ n tv fVlrsrlnlst court granted an In function preventing the kouth and Western Company from consfruclpig • railway through th. valley of Guest a river until further orders. Th s !• lunette*, heesmo .ff. tlre w*. the Virginia end Southeastern < ompeny si. is bond of l*.w Th* content ton between the l* < oinpanlr# retatas U SlvantM"* th " * raiiwey from H Vi. * tola oust A*M* to j|f UtfHK CLAY FARMERS BURN UP COTTON IN STREETS OF FORT GAINES. THEY DANCED ADOPT BLAZE THEY FED WITH THE STAPLE. Farmers and Merchants of Clny Connty Decided to Destroy Their Share of the Snrplns Cotton—With Spectacular Ceremony They Kindled the Fire and Threw on Cotton—They Intended It ns an Object Lesson, to the Country, Fort Gaines. Ga., Dec. 28.—The farmers and merchants of Clay coun ty met to-day at Fort Gaines and de cided to burn their share of 2,000,000 bales of surplus cotton. A starter was made to-day, when a bonfire was made of cotton on the streets of Fort Gaines. It is not yet determined where it will stop. They have decided to set the pace and are moving determinedly. A large crowd paraded with wild whoops and yells and much spectacular ceremony. The object is to show that the farm ers are ready to sacrifice a few bales for the benefit of the masses. The fire is still burning and excite ment is increasing. BRITISH STEAMER IS STILL POUNDING. Aid May Be Given the Tramp Drninelzier To-day. New York, Dec. 28.—Still pounding on the .bar off Oak Island, where she struck on Christmas morning, there is practically no change in the condition of the steamer Drumelzier. To-night word was sent to the Sandy Hook life saving station to get ready to start for the wreck at daylight. Capt. Pat terson will have charge of this crew of eight men, the hardiest life savers along the coast. The longest life boat at the Hook was made ready at once and early in the morning will be taken in tow by a powerful tug to where the British tramp lies stranded. The Drumelzier lies about three quarters of a mile off the extreme end of Fire Island beach. She is almost in the channel leading from the ocean into Great South bay. All communica tion between Oak Island and the main land is cut off by the ice that fills this bay with drifting floes, driven hither and thither with the winds, and in some places piled in huge hummocks. The position of the steamer is one of great peril. She is lying bow-on toward the shore with her stern rest ing on the bar. showing about two feet above her normal draft. As she lies, the seas are breaking over her port side, but the westerly gale which came up to-night showed a tendency to beat down the high running surf. At 9 o'clock to-night the wrecking steamer Slerritt was anchored about a mile from the stranded steamer, and the Merritt’s surf boat could he seen lying alongside the Drumelzier. Wheth er she had taken off any of the steam er's crew or whether she was standing by as a precaution In case the vessel went to pieces, could not be deter mined from the shore. During the day the steamer hoisted no signals of distress, nor did she even use her whistle, although smoke and steam from her funnels indicated that the fires were still going. MOSCOW THE HOTBED. Revolution Seenm Ahor.it to Rear Its Head Them. St. Petersburg. Dec. 28.—1 tis evi dent from the reports received from the Interior that the fairly good impres sion produced by the imperial mani festo on the subject of reforms may be more than offset in many places by the effect of the government note of warning to the Zemstvos. Prlcate reports from Moscow espe cially indicate that much excitement prevails there, and the gravest fears are expressed that the ancient capital of Russia may be the scene of bloody excesses. A banquet arranged to take place there last night on the anniver sary of the Troubetzskoi revolution was stopped by order of the police, and the Moscow Zemstvo adjourned sine die as a protest against the gov ernment note and the return of Duke Sergius, the governor general of Mos cow. The Grand Duke is held to he responsible for the note which may signal a renewal of the terrorism. The Pskoff Zemstvo has also followed the lead of those of Cheringoff and Moscow, and it is not unlikely that others will follow their example. Alto gether the moment is considered crit ical, although the feeling in St. Peters burg Is quieter. In the meantime M. Witte, president of the Committee of Ministers, is act ing with energy In preparing to or ganize the various commissions under the Committee of Ministers to formu late the laws projected by the mani festo. The destinies of Russia In the Immediate future seem to be In his hands. MAY cuTdownratFsT ON PHILIPPINE TOBACCO. Washington. Doc. 28.—Secretary Taft to-day gave a hearing to A. BlJur, president, and Charles Fox. chairman, of the Legislative Committee of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa tion, regarding the reduction of the duty on Phlllpplpe tobacco. If Is stat ed that while a positive determination ns to th* policy of the administration whs not rnrhi was the pos sibility of n agreement Involving a recommendation to Congress for th# passage of a bill reducing the duty to in per cent, of the Dlngley rates, |p. stead of K per cent,, as heretofor* urged by the Insular bureau of ths War Department. ••Bikers It ell** a * Hem* Columbia, <*„ Dm, ft,-/. W. Daniel* has been appointed aaals'ant chief trail) dispatet t*r in lire ofib* of the Mowtbern Hell ear Ik thla city Thia oflbw haul joe* bee,! crested Jasrae TANARUS, Hid*nut. a Melt known ms* chillis' of the Mouthed Mall ae* stiofie in i‘uluntbla died yeel- 'day *. <.g se the imrntU 9t * pMialyUv luakt. SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1904. STEAMER IS ASHORE OFF CAPE HATTERAS. Life Snvera XYntchinu for a Chance to Take OR the Crew. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 28. —Battered by heavy seas that have been lashed to fury by the 40-mlle gale, an unknown steamer lies helpless on the Inner Dia mond shoals, eight miles off Cape Hat teras, to-night, and faint lights seen now and then carry a message to life saving corps on sjwre that there tire human lives aboafd the wrecked craft that cannot be saved until wind and sea have calmed sSffictently to al low the surf boats to |e launched. The observer of thif United States weather bureau at Halteras first saw the steamer when the log lifted short ly before noon to-dayj At that time she appeared to be in distress and later It was seen that she lifed grounded on the inner shoal known? to mariners os ’’Hell s Hole,” in the graveyard of ship ping. The heavy seas careened the vessel on her beam and at 3 o'clock this afternoon she was lying on her port side, with seas washing all over her. The smoke that her funnel emitted earlier in the day was no longer dis cernible, and it was then supposed that her fires had been extinguished by water filling the hull. The steamer has three masts and one funnel. Her engines and boilers are aft and the funnel is between the mainmast and mizzenmast. From her description it is thought she may be one of the fruit liners that ply be tween West Indian ports and Balti more or New York. At 8 o'clock to-night the observer at Hatteras reported that the life sav ing crews of several stations along the Carolina coast in the vicinity of Hatteras were ready on the beach to launch their surf boats the minuto the wind and tide had abated sufficiently to allow them to. At that time the wind had dropped from forty to thir ty-six miles an hour. The report states that at sunset the vessel had apparently righted herself somewhat and that if the wind and sea did not increase there was a good chance of her remaining intact until morning. If this is the case, the life savers will be able to reach her. WANT NO~BAD*BONDS~ DECLARED TO BE GOOD. Sontliern Senator* Bulk Over Snclt n Prospect. Washington. Dec. 28.—The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has not yet taken up the several arbitra tion treaties negotiated last fall and sent to the Senate at the before-hol iday session. It is expected that a meeting of the committee will he held next week, when tehse treaties will be considered and favorably reported. Several Southern senators who have been examining them have raised the question as to whether under them the bonds of Southern states, issued during the reconstruction period, could be arbitrated and declared valid. They have given notice that if the treaties provide for the adjudication of such bonds they will oppose them unless an amendment is Inserted which in express terms will declare that bonds of a state shall not be arbi trated. There are many million dol lars of these bonds which, it is claim ed, were fraudulently issued and for which the states received no benefit, and their payment was refused. Other senators, who have looked in to the question, say that they believe the arbitration treaties cannot be con strued to cover these state bonds. ADDICKS FOV SENATOR. He Tolil Delaware I.egDlntor* He I* Still In the Race. Dover, Del., Dec. 28.—The Legisla ture of Delaware will meet In special session to-morrow to amend an act passed by the last Legislature relat ing to Judgment liens in Sussex and Kent counties. The new law goes In to effect on Jan. 1, and the amendment is necessary to correct an error. Caucussos of the various parties were held to-night. The Union and Regular Republicans appointed com mittee to confer on organization of the Legislature to-morrow. These committees met In conference, but were unable to reach an agreement. J. Edward Addlcks addressed the Union Republican assemblymen and said he was still In the contest for United States Senator. After the con ference it was said that all but four of the Union Republicans had voted to support Addlcks as a candidate In definitely. NEGRO FIRED AT LADY. Attempted *o Shout Mr*. Shorter Walwin in Col inn bin. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 28.—Mrs. Shorter Watson, who lives In Shandon, nar rowly escaped the fate which ended the life of the negro woman. Belle Morris, the day before. Mrs. Watson, who was in a buggy with her sister and her child, was driv ing along Laurel street, near Pickens, when a negro, who was standing on the rear platform of a street car. drew a revolver and began firing directly at the buggy. One shot passed near Mrs. Watson and another struck the ground In front of the horse. The name of the negro Is unknown and no effort was made to arrest him. ELECTRIC LINE TO RUN IN NORTH GEORGIA. (hsllaniinsa and ItaibloH,, Teas., ,<> Mr the Terminals. Chattanooga. Tenn., Dec. 2*.—Appli cation will be made at once under the laws of Georgia for a charter for the Tennessre-Oeorgla Interurban Railroad Company, with a capital stock of $300,- 000 with the privilege of Increasing to $500,000. This company will be formed with the object of constructing and operat ing an electric railway between Chat. Uuiooga and Ducktown, Tenn.. via. Ringgold fa loose and other nearby Georgia pot (It# Waresat fa* BalraiHl*a. Albany. N t . Dec yk <j*v. "del Is warrant for the etrsd(kn of fir f*. my M Chadit Irtaa New yrg to tthlo wsa mailed (hie mturt-ma u> Nheriff Marry police hesdq warier*, •fra Y*h cMy It afewutd teat* Mr FOUR MEN OFFER A BOND FOR NAN ARE READY TO GO BAIL IF THE COURT FIXES A SUM AS HIGH AS *30,000. Nan Patterson XVns Cheered by the Offer Which XV n* Received from ltuKl,ie*N Men of Fairmont, XV. X’a. It la Not Known XVhether nnil XV 111 Be Granted—One of Tlione Mnktua the Offer Says They Think Nan Is Innocent of Xlnrder. Now York, Deo. 28.—Nan Patterson, the former show girl, who is in the Tombs prison, charged with the mur der of Caesar Young, was in better spirits to-day than at any time since the second Jury which heard the testi mony in her cose reported that they were unable to agree upon a verdict. She believed, she said, that the free dom for which she has longed for more than six months, was about to be granted. Telegrams had come to her from Wheeling. XV. Va„ announcing that four prominent men were prepared to furnish ball for her In any amount up to $50,000. “I have received telegrams from prominent men offering to go on my bond,” she said to-day, “but I do not feel at liberty to give the names of my new found friends until I have con sulted with my attorney.” If the offers from Wheeling hawe been made in good faith, it Is prob able that the court will be asked with in a few days to fix the amount of a bond. | Later, one of Nan Patterson's coun sel gave out what he said was the telegram sent her from Fairmont, XV. Va„ dated Dec. 23, offering to give bail for her release. The copy was as fol lows: "Fairmont. W. Va., Dec. 23. 1904. Nan Patterson, care Tombs Prison. New York city: We will furnish bail to the extent of $50,000 if necessary.” (Signed.) “T. A. Deveny, .“H. J. Price, "Edward Slack, "C. W. Swisher, Secretary of State Elect.” Nan Patterson's counsel conferred with Assistant District Attorney Rand to-day. Afterwards It was learned that both sides desired delay, and It seems probable that Nan will not be put on trial again for several months. SWISHER SAYS HE DID NOT SIGN IT. Fairmont, W. Va., Dec. 28.—T. A. Deveny, one of the wealthest men In this city, confirmed the report to-day that he, 11. J. Price and Edward Slack, also local business men, would furnish Nan Patterson bond to the ex tent of $50,000, if necessary, not In order to receive notoriety, but because they believe her innocent of the crime with which she is charged. A telegram sent Nan Patterson at the Tombs, New York City, bore the names of the above, also that of C. W. Swisher, secretary of state-elect. Swisher positively claims he never signed the telegram or even authorized his name In any way to be .used In this connection. SYNDICATE READY TO BAIL MRS. CHADWICK. She. Too, Get* mi Offer to Gnarnntcr Her Appearance. Cleveland, 0., Dec. 28.—A syndicate, for which Attorney P. D. Quigley, of this city, Is spokesman, Is said to be ready and willing to furnish ball up to the sum of $40,000, to procure the release of Mrs. Cassle L. Chad wick, held In Jail here awaiting trial on the charge of forgery. Attorney Quigley would not give the names of the prospective bondsmen of Mrs. Chadwick, but says that they are well able to furnish any reasonable sum of money required, If Mrs. Chad wick Is permitted to go out on ball. The federal officials are said to be not In favor of giving Mrs. Chadwick her freedom and will, It Is understood, discourage such a proceeding without, however, infringing on the prisoner's constitutional rights. MAY BUY~COTTON INSTEAD OF PLANTING. Finn Discussed hr Planters In Aa gnntn Territory. Augusta, Dec. 28.—Will the planters who are wealthy and have cash bal ances In the hanks buy up cheap cot ton this winter and not plant In the spring? Is a subject that caused some talk here to-day by the statement of several planters that If cotton gets low enough such will be their plan. There was a gathering of a number of the largest planters In the Augusta territory this morning. The meeting was purely accidental. A river bottom planter, whose crop run* several hundred bales every year, announced that he had not made up his mind about planting, he said, next a, low cotton will go. If It gggg (J cents he said he will use all the money he has and his credit, too, lo buy for the next year. Instead of planting. In his opinion It Is much < heaper to buy cotton at 6 cents than to raise It at that price. This opinion was talked over and It was generally agreed that for a farmer who has money and credit the best way would la to buy at < cents or lower snd plant nothing for the nest crop. < am lag Soatli Is s llus*rl > us(. fleaufoil, M. c., Dae, *s,—The bouse, boat Nlrodab, belonging to lieaMs. ('lenient & Child* of Naw York •lopped bora to have a bent abaft eosiabieiad Mb# baa g crew f about tan young stan and Havaied the Inland route from Naw fork, having ttmu a •noMtb m tba way Kriuuant abort *'"• baa* been mad* for bug shoot* Ing at*. Tl*e boat aas f**m*ar|y oeoaO bp tie., f'kul* DorMla*d and is n* of th* larges* of it# >mss Th* tfeia too* nmg ft* MJdtUs CHARLES F. DODGE. ~ ~~~*L Charles F. Dodge, the former husband of the wife of Charles W. Morse, president of the ice trust has been taken to New York from Texas after he had fought ex’raditlon mr a year. It was thought that he was to he tried for alleged decepuon I. having deceived his wife Into belief he had secured divorce from her when he had not. but tt now appears that he Is detained as a witness against others whose identity the district attorney refuses to disclose. Mr. Morse married Mrs. Dodge In the belief that she had been divorced from Dodge. The case is attracting great attention throughout the country. WHENCE CAME FUNDS DODGE IS SPENDING? Del active Bracken Is Believed (o Knuiv SnmctliliiK About It. New York. Dec. 28.—The first offi cial move by District Attorney Jerome to uncover the conspiracy and law lessness which he believes lie back of the long legal fight In the Dodge- Morse case was made to-day when ho swore out an attachment for Edward J. Bracken, a detective. Bracken, It Is alleged, was with Dodge in New Orleans, and accompanied him to Texas. At the time the divorce of Mrs. Clemence Dodge was first questioned by her former husband, who ulleged that he had never been properly serv ed with papers in the proceeding, the legality of Mrs. Dodge's marriage to Charles W. Morse was placed In ques tion by the courts and the tangle that resulted has never been straight ened out. The prctnlnence of Morse in the business world and his great wealth brought the case unusual at tention, and public Interest has been increased recently by the reports that Dodge had made a confession to the district attorney implicating other persons In a conspiracy to keep him away from this state, where he was wanted to answer a charge that he had commltteed perjury In swearing that he was not properly served with the divorce papers. Proceedings against prominent lawyers before the Bar Association have been reported to be part of the district attorney's pro gramme. The great mystery of the affair has been the fact that Dodge, himself a poor man, was plentifully supplied with money while he fought extradi tion from Texas. Bracken, It Is claim ed, was with him much of the time, und Is believed to know where the funds came from. Dodge, who Is at a hotel In this city, Is In bad health, and was said to-day to be on the verge of collapse. WILL CALL ONVrATE TO PAY. Lowndes County Objects lo Board ing Penitentiary Convicts. Valodata, Ga., Dec. 28.—1 t Is prob able that Lowndes county and the state will clash over the coat of keep ing two convicted negroes a month or more. Mary Harvey and James Gray, who were sentenced to the peniten tiary In November, have remained In Jail here ever since then, though the penitentiary officials have been twice notified and requested to send for them. As the County Commissioners sre practicing rigid economy these dnys. they promise to let the state pay the board of the convicts. Mary Har. vey was sentenced for life for the murder of her husband, *nd Gray three years for stealing cotton. Gar* His Howe la Farms** I slier • Hr. Columbia, B. C., Dor ll—Dr. Charles Mslli-t Judaon, professor of mathemat ics si Turman Itlilvaralty, Green villa, baa donated bla home and grounda to Ihe Inal Hut ton of whl> h he haa been counseled for a period of over fifty yaara Th* piopei ty la valued at V.M. During loot year |>*. Judaon gave tba university $ttJM Wires atari** g Flee. Maw Gtleans. Doc. M. -<jised mUt • trt*. wire* p-esuwiaMy e*r4d • fir* on •*• ** ond float of D*y* Mi nt' • •retinue* to-night and dtMnagag >u*it of bntaeat* boost* Tin * ioe a# ghoul 1*5,0W, iota**4 lor jo- 5 CENTS A COPY. DAILY. S8 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WEEK.SI AYEAR COTTON FUTURES WERE HIS RUIN A BULLET TO HIS BRAIN WAS HEJtT BY HAimiSOY TO ESD HIS TROUBLES. Prominent Potion Bayer of Borneo. Vllle AVn on the Wrong Sl.le of the Market—Ao Soon no He Saw How the Market Clooed He De termined to End Hlo Life—Went to Hio lloom iintl shot Hlinself Through the Head Barneavllle, Ga.. Dec. 28.—J. B. Har rison. a prominent cotton buyer, a brother of J. M. Harrison of Forsyth, fatally shot himself at 4 o'clock this afternoon In his room at Magnolia Inn. the ball entering Just above the right ear and lodging In the brain. Heavy losses on cotton contracts led to the act. His losses are estimated at about 125,000. He has been de spondent for the past few days and this afternoon purchased a pistol from a hardware store. Immediately there after, seeing the figures giving the close of the market for to-day, he went to his room and shot himself. He was 45 years old. and stood well among the people here. Besides the losses sustained he had considerable property and money left, amounting to $12,000 or $16,000. SHOT I Iff cor TOY MILL. McAllister Killed Because He Dis charged an Operative. Spartanburg. 8. C„ Dec. 28.—Arthur I-elster shot and killed George McAl lister in the card room of the Appa lache mill at Arlington to-day. Leister was card room boss and had dis charged one of McAllister’s family and this occasioned a quarrel between the two. which resulted In Leister shoot ing McAllister three times, the latter dying almost Instantly. Leister came to Spartanburg and gave himself up to the sheriff. He was lodged In the county Jail. Pardon Wauled for Carolina Barn Karner. Columbia, 8. C.. Dec. 2s.—Oov. Hey ward has Just received a letter through Senator B. R. Tillman from Congress man Vespler Kerner of Illinois, chair man of the House Committee of Re vision of Laws, requesting the pardon of George Ennis, who Is serving a life sentence from Barnwell county, this state. Knnls enlisted In the Federal volunteer army from the same county In Illinois In which Congressman Ear ner resides, but after tbs war he came to Houth Carolina, where he has since lived. He was convicted of burning a barn. Oov. Heyward will Investigate the case. Two >kl from (inlixk. Columbus. H. C., Dec. 2s.— William Hall and hie brother, whoee first name le not known, were fired upon from atnbueh Saturday night near Ln< know, Lee county, and both were wounded There le no clew to the would-be •eeaeeln. In the same neigh la/rhood M the earn* night, lleirry Carter wae ehoi and fatally wound* 4 by Collie Uigrri Both era colored < aid : Aaaaela. August a (J* fie. || Aug vela te In g<tp of a bt!*rd Veeterd#jr, mmn* log auwtiner • Ml.*e were fas order end Mile mottling goaf twere In demand Thera wae # drug to the iempr*MMe of J dkgiegg hi ee-eo