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I
Coil of Inquiry Reports on
he Great Disaster of
July 4th,
SIAM ER WAS IN FAULT
H 4 the Captain of the Big Liner Been
a- the Ways Provided for Vessels
ai d Not Beyond His Speed
Limit There Would Have
Been No Loss of Life.
Jalifax, N. S., July 2S.—The decision of
ill court of inquiry given here today ex
ei-r.i*tes Captain Henderson and the ofii
i s of tin- ship < ’romi.rt yshire from all
J me in the matter of Bourgogne uci-i
--,< it. 'Hie report was made by Captain
1 11. Smith, of '.lie British roy i! navy
reserve with whom was associated in the
Investigation Captain Blomlield Douglas,
J: N. K., and Captain Lewis Anderson,
a utle.il assessor. Captain Smith refers
br'efly t<> tile voyage of the Cromartyshire
up to the night of July .'id, and dwells at
length on the incidents of the collision as
th • .-rlbi-d by tile master and crew of tile
s ii.ng >l, and says then:
"At tin time ti:e two ships camo into
c the concussion was bo \ iolent
a.-,.1 ti.e blow inflicted so heavy that The
ra'.ln:; v' /sel v. i- driven apparently con
t .u. tally Horn the c jurse she was liead
im . al aoujh the number of points she was
laurel to deviate is not exactly stated,
b .t an- eftee; of :he blow caused her head
way to be stopp'd and made her unman
ageable. Tlie jibroom and bowsprit of the
< <I|.I 11 tys- hire passed over tile side of the
S 'amor ami w.us or been and torn away
front tlie starboard tlue of th. "ai.ing siiip
with al! tile gear .ill.ohu d and east over
tie I, .' side The foremast was also brok
en and cuue down from aloft and fell
over the same side of tio ship. The col
1. : i bmlil'i oi remained in'aCt, which
saved tile ship fri.n. tom.dering. The dam
•o' to tile vessel s;;.-mined was not
knowm to those on boa.fi the sailing ship,
and could not bo, as tne evidence shows
tii. passed quick,y out of sigiit across the
now io starboard. Only one man on
board the sailing vessel not ced any per
r u on tlie steamer's deck. This was
I’ Milam Healy, the lookout man. lie
I -aw som,. people on th" steamer's
<1 <'k forward and two men on the bridge.
I man homed out in a foreign lan
f-age ami I could hot tell what lie said.’"
Sailing Vessel Was Careful.
'■••plain Smith's report set forth the
measures taken on the Cromartyshire to
discover if there was loss of life on the
steamship. ami special att'-nt on is drawn
to the international ri illations for pre
venting collisions at sea, which ti.e report
fays, "should have b-en obseived by those
v< ssels." There can be no doubt, it is
said, "that the steamer was supplied with
an etlieient steam whistle and that it was
sounded at regular .tilei'yais. The oilicer.s
ot the sailing ship ami most of the crew
h'.ii . a several mmuo.s b-f-re the c01...n0n.
...non. Proof is a.so produced that the
mg ship had an tn horn and
was using it to regulations. From sta:e
--m te.-. mad- i-., witness, s in th.s ease,
there Is an indication lint the sailing
dp’s horn was In ..rd on bond the
sieanier .nip was am w.-rd by her.
n til regard to sp. * d of toe steamer at
tin time of tile colli inn," the report says,
"n ching can b ab ointcly and correctly
known to its rate, , x,; from th,. fil
led net s drawn from the various st.ile
t- o' - tm.de in tho evidence. Perhaps her
■■ i' 1 '- d wi.l m v.-r be a,.eurately known.
1 com th. sudden manner tin- steamer
•’■"st came in .sight upon tile short bow of
* saf lug vessel, and her equally quick
; . earance in the fog .mmediatiTy af
ter tilt l a.-ualty, a ; shown by tin- < videm-e
Hie lour:, is forced to tlm conclusion that
■ ■ ing at a very high
"Art:- i.- 2 states tiiat when a. steam v.s
'’ ‘ ‘I a ■ w . o 1 at pt -eeding in
such direction .l.s lo invelv. risk of col-
'■ th. tm vessel . II keep out of
V< el. i ;
unknown to th*- curi the s’earner did not
ke*p clear of the .'.ailing v«-ssei.
How the Rules Rea l.
“Article 21 s.ays ‘whereby <>f tho.se rules
on of the two vesta-Ls is to k •»•}.> out of the
way, the ot.uer shall keep hr course an 1
is of
n<l itisl ory ch ract er and con
‘ ‘ Lh.t: t.-.c sailing ship under
tin- c.r-ainisi’inc did keep her eoiij.o* and
<a<c)r!mg to the provisii'DM of the
a t. The eourt is of opinion that her nias-
.
■ ' nle.ss
he e.mdd ii. i J him.-'lf under tlie
conditions pointed out in artlrh 21.
■ • • !
with p ■ . 1
as e: : <1 n hei navi
t.a h> In r cu-a-iln wh« n the eh.u r.t ■•ter of
tli is of his ship are, therefore, ex-
onerated from blame f< r the collision and
its eon<equences.*’
('••pt-’i’i Snii'li in his report add.s:
“l s an:>< ars me f.a Bourgogne, as
a mail steamship >:.urting from X- v York,
w.u not in the position at the time of the
oidlision a.s indh it ’d hy the steam lanes
on th< ’d’ot oh rt of the north Atlantic. It
al. c o appears to mo that It is highly desir
able tin- ru • s of following tho steam lanes
should ho mudc more binding on allsteam
<!.- niv i i , ' ,; .'e ' .Xtl tn - ;.’ when plxing
bet we*-n New York and European ports.
Tie- *'<>urt find ’ that the I ourgognp w;is
nut of the i••■_u I.■ i v steamship line course,
•md ut the time nf the disast< r was run
ning at unusual np<
The report ooneludes with the recommen-
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a Heruarkable Remedy for
Lost Vigor.
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Free samples of a most remarkable rem
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agaiiist the mental and physical suffering
of lost m.'itmiiod that the Institute has
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to ail who write. It is a home treatment
and all men who suffer with any form tit
sexual weakness resulting from youthful
folly, premature loss of strength and mem
ory, weak back, varicocele or emaciation
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‘Tim r. im ily has a peculiarly grateful
effect of warmth and seems to act direct
ihi desired location, giving strength
iiial developmei t just where it is needed.
It .-uiea . the ills and troubles that come
from years of misuse of the natural func
tions and has been an absolute success in
o‘j] cu.-e.i. A request to the Stat.- Medical
institute, I'o First National bank building,
l-'< Wayne, ltd., stating that you desire
one of 'their frv trial package.', will be
complied w.tii. The institute is desirous of
r, aeliing that gr< it class of men who are
in able to leave home to b- treated and
the free samplt will enable them to see how
i ,sy it Is to be cured of sexual weakness
when the proper remedies are employed.
The Institute makes no restrictions. Any
man who writes will be sent a free sam
ple. carefully sealed In a plain package,
so that Its recipient need have no fear of
embarrassment or publicity. Beaders art
requested to write without delay.
datlon that new lane rouTe. s ! be established
for fast passenger steamers between
American and European points.
SHIP WAS BURNING.
Steerage Passengers Attempted To
Seize All Lifeboats.
New York, July 27.—The steamship Ar
dandhu, of the Tweedie line, trading be
tween West Indian ports and this city,
came up to the bay today with a heavy
list to starboard, and tho cargo stored In
her lower hold on lire. The fire first made
Its ap-pwaranoe at 9:30 Monday night, wlhen.
If the vessel had made an uninterrupted
voyage, she should have'been off the New
Jersey shore and close to Sandy Hook. But
leaky boilers and the breaking down of her
engines delayed tho steamer at least thirty
hours, and at tho time of discovery of tho
Hames in hold No. 3, the steamslhlp was off
Fenwick’s Island, on the. coast of Maryland.
The wildest excitement followed the out
break of the tire, and several of the eleven
steerage passengers, all Jamaicans, endeav
ored to seize tho life boats. The third
mate, Percy Sanders, was forced to draw hls
revolver to prevent the men from the steer
age leaving the burning steamer In the
three life boats, which could easily have
accommodated the other forty-five, pas
sengers and members of the crew. Tho
passengers were, however, forced out of
the boats by Captain Walker .and his men,
and when discipline was restored, prepa
rations were made for the saving of tho
lives of the women and children of the
vessel. The tlhree life boats were lowered
Into the sea. which was quite calm, and
the ship’s officers stood by rope ladders.
Tints a panic was averted and the safety
of tlie fifty-six persons on board assured.
The heat was so interne and the smoke
was so heavy that It was for a time unsafe
fur the passengers to remain on the upper
deck. They were all ordered forward, and
tin- women and children wore first put into
the lifeboats, each of which had a full
supply of food and water on board, and
was supplied with compasses and signal
rockets.
It was nearly midnight when Captain
W;:lk< r\on.-idi red that he had the fire un
der control, and decided to continue on ht£
way to New fork. '1 he women and chil
dren were taken back to the steamer and
tile lifeboats were (hoisted to the davits, but
w<re not taken <m boari*. the elm• ts Horn
that limo on kept watch over tile i.ie
lio.tts to prevent the eleven Jamaicans,
who .appeared to be terror-stricken ttoui
deserting the burning steamship in tuetn.
Two of the steerage passengers, however,
stowed themselves tn the small boat 11
and remained there until the Aruandl.u
reached rhe narrows. w.iuor
on the trip up the coast Captain AAalker
brought lite steamship to aMa idsl.ill o
ascertain if the steam was M-tdiq, the
lest ot the flames in tne lower hold. Al
tb .ugli it was apparent that the flames
Were being held m check, it was also *■ 1
■ . »; ?
:<! %moke
'* on\e-
u ni i-n let into
nol.Ls 3 and 1. uoi a mtoj l-l to bl-u
board, preventing much sP<e_
known well by travelers
Captain “Natural” Miller, of Louis
ville, Passes Away.
Louisville, b-L. Julj 25. News was ie
e.-ived hetc yesterday annotmc.ng t.io de.illi
es t aptaiii G- " - tbo VvtVra “
steaniboutinan, at Scranton, Miss.
Captain "Natural” Millet, as the was best
known, was the oldest and prouauly the
widest known river man in t-he .ouutiy
p. had maue lajuisville bls home lor
• r -event, years. Captain Miller wa--«
Horn in I’ctmsylvania In IMO and <ume to
t; i ; citv When a mere boy. IBs second
w ife w. s < iptaiin Mary Miller, Hie first
v uieu ever grunted a license to pilot a
“7 .q'.'siu’ • Nutur il” Miller received bls
nickname years ago through ins uv i as
suciatco, because ne persistently msis.ed
that lie was a natural pilot. L.ke nearly
u.i ouaers ot ms protvssion, he bi gun l.le
as a bo.iL floater and toboweu Uiu.l toe a
iiuii until late iui the lilUes, when lie
!•. arxifd ti.e bells and huw to steer sieam
boai.s, becoming a lull hedged pilot. ilo
u,ccummated means and bought extensive
tracts of land. He also owned the St.
Nicmolas block, al Sixth and Court place,
as wen as several improved pieces ol prop
erty in t'oriland. He omit sevolai small
sleaiiiuouls, the last being tne Saiine, a
very 1 rad cratl, but he toon her south a,nd
n. money v. ittl ..er cart ymg co ton.
11. s wne. Mrs. Mary Miller, w.m a • our-
ag. ous, hare-working woman, and when It
came io standing watch at tile wiie.el, she
could outlast any of her maie eulkagun,.
Hundreds ol stories were printed o; .\l.s.
.Millers exploits with stcaimi.s n; lUo
bacons and small streams ot l.le sout.i.
Mrs. .Miller died about tour years ago.
Captain Miller had be. n In bad ra altli lor
a nuinbei of years. When bls st.-.imao.it.
tile Lyd.t Norval, sank at New •jr.e.ms
le- was . tamling on tile deck, and in his
excitement iie bit 'tils Up. Bloou poisonvig
set in and mid since given tile old captain
much trouble.
About four months ago Captain Miller
1.-lt l.oulsville, chinking the southern vli
mate would agree witli him. His condi
tion grew worse and Ills relatives are ex
peetimg to have a verified report ol lii.s
d. ath at any time. Captain Miii. r’s < bil
dren. living in Louisville, me Willi.im I.
Miller, Mis. John Dnpee. Anderson Miller,
Mrs. Alex Duckw ill, Mrs. William Gaupin,
George Miller and Norman Miller.
WANTS THE FLEET WITHDRAWN
Colombia Willing To Pay Cerruti
Claim if Warships Go Away.
Washington, July 28.—The demand of
Italy upon Colombia for the .settlement of
the Cerruti claim h is not yet been com
plied with, and although some progress
has been made toward an (adjustment,
there l.s still a possibility that the ease
may assume a grave aspect through ac
tion by the Italian fleet sent to demand a
settli tnent.
Some days ago ColomlXu made an offer
to settle the claim If tho fleet left Colom
bian waters, thus relieving the riApublic
from title .humiliation of acting under pres
sure. But it is uiidurst’ood that the llaiiati
government pointed out that Colombia had
been informed oi the prop-oseci arrival of
tlie squadron a.l Carlageuti, and therefore
had time lor the execution of the award
and thus to e.iminaie the appearance of
coercion. It appears, however, that the
instructions to the Italian 'admiral gave
him tfie discretion as to Hite modi, of pro
ceeding, and allowed him io give duo
courtesy to Colomtwa should time, bo
asked. For that reason it is understood
the admiral fixed a period of twenty days
within which the claim should be paid.
Whether tills is an ultimatum is not clear,
but in view of Italy's positiio.n, tlie action
of the adm ral appears to be very near, if
not quite, an ultimatum to Colombia.
There has been muclh difficulty in learn
ing tile exact course of tne admiral owing
to the bad cable service, and the Italian
govern me tit fur a long time was unaware
whether the admiral had submitted his
original demand for speedy piymeant.
The report brought by a. steamer arriving
at Xew York is that the Amoriean consul
at Cartagena htid .protested, and that the
Italian admiral .h:i«l cable*! Ambassador
Fava for further instructions, Is denied In
the most positive manner.
CARTAGENA MAY BE BOMBARDED
Italian Admiral Has Been Ordered To
Throw Shells Into the City.
New York, July 28.—A dispatch from
Colon, Colombia, printed hc-e today says:
The position of the Cerruti matter is now
ext rent, ly serious. Three Italian warships
are in front of Cartagena, one is here and
another lying at Buenaventura.
Tlie Italian minister at Bogota is here on
board lite steamer Atrato, en route lor
Europe.
The Italian admiral has received orders
to bombard Cartagena.
Gnat Britain and tlie United States are
intervening, and tlie admiral, having repre
sented tlhe situation to his government, is
now awaiting final Instructions.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1898.
THIS SHOULD BE ALL
UNDER DDR CDNJROL
Trade With Cuba and Porto Rico Is
Shown in Official Figures.
SPAIN HAD A GOOD THING
Showing the Growth ot Our Trade with
Cuba Even Under the Old Condi
tions—Will Be ureater.
By Jos: Ohl.
Washington, July 24.—(Special.)—A. firm of
Atlanta merchants wrote for Information
a few days ago as to tho tariff charges
at Santiago and asked whether It is possi
ble to send merchant ships in there yet.
Tho Atlantlans said they were acting In
conjunction with a Savannah house, which
would send a ship of Georgia goods to
Santiago in the very near future.
This is but one of the very many similar
Inquiries which have been made of the
customs division of tiro treasury depart
ment. From all parts of the country coms
queries concerning tlie newly acquired ter
ritory. and the possibilities there. To meet
this desire for information, lite bureau of
statistics of the treasury department has
under way a series of articles for its next
issue of Its "Summary of Finance and Com
merce,'' the monthly publication of tlie de
partment.
These articles will show some interesting
facts. They will show, for instance, that
Cuba has been, under normal conditions,
bu.vlng annually about twenty-five million
dollars’ worth of goods from Spain, about
four million dollars’ worth from litwit
Britain, l n ss than a million dollars’ worth
from France, and less titan a minion dol
lars’ worth from Germanv. while from the
United States her pure!.axe.: have ranged
from eight to twen’y-Snir million dollars
in value. The Imports it.to Cuba haw- been,
of course, light during tro* past year or (
more, and a fair estimate of her purchases
can only b" obtained by examination of the :
figures of the year 1896, or earlier years.
From European Countries.
Tho Imports Into Cuba and Porto Rico
from Germany In IX'2 amounted to 6,0-O.IXW
marks, the value of a mark being 23-8
cents- in 893 it dropped to marks,
in 1894 to 3.810,0<!0, in 1895 to 3.330,000 marks,
and In 1896 to 4,593,000 marks. Tlie largest
Item in these Imports from G« rnituij was
Iron and manufactures of iron, which in
IM'i; formed nearly one-third of th" total ;
exports from Germany into Cul>a and Por
to Rico.
From France the importations Into Cuba 1
ana Porto Rico amounted to 5,277.6'D francs
In 1893, the franc being valued it 19.3 cents;
3,747,695 in 1894 , 2,799,832 in 1895. and 1,713,880
in is<)6 'I he largest item among these im- !
ports into Cuba and Porto Rico from |
Franco was jewelry and fancy articles
which formed m arly one-third ol the to' i..
the next largest being textibs ot wool.
133,753 francs, and prepared medicines. 111,-
234 francs.
The Imports intn Cuba an.! Porto Ilko
from tlie Vnited Kingdom were valued at
£1,478,171 ill 1892, £1.321,926 in 1893.
£1,121,096 In 1894, £913,793 m 1895. and £722.550
ill 1896. Tiie largest of these imports from |
th" L’nited Kingdom in 1896 were cotton i
goods, "233,67:1; unen, £137.634; iron, ;
wrought and unwrought, £78.668; machin
ery, £43,241; hardware, cutlery. etc., £22,936;
coal ami other fuel, £35,429.
Spain’s Valuable Trade.
From Spain the imports of th • year A.it .
into Cuba w< re 131,461,67.1 peseta . the value
ol tiie pcs.'i.i L. '.o according to the mint ,
bureau, 19.:> cents. The imports from i
Spain In tlie y< ir 1896 were larger tm.a j
those In any preceding year In the decade. I
The largest item <d the 1891 imports Into j
Cuba from Spain win llo’tr. 20,'>26.882 p<. e
tas lit value; shoes 17,249,760 p'setas, s in- !
dais 13,433.510 pesetas, firearms 9,361,200, I
wine 7,347,045, preserved foo l 4,742,.>ii1, oil I
3.31*:,218, manufacturers of llax and hemp
3,',<'0,087, soi-p 3,176,846, wax and stearin |
2,095,622, manufactures of wood 2,257,840, ;
smoking paper 1.8.85,231, .'-ans 1,878,019, rice
1,1 1,84!', corn 1,432.815, onions, and potatoes
1,205,115, pre-. 'd me its 1.81,571.1, soup pastes
1,435,999, saffron 1,171,2G0, picking paper
1,410,235, wool, n blanket; l,o!' , . i . 836, no other
article passing tlie 1,000,060 pesetas 1111".
Tiie exports from Spain to Puerto Rte.)
amounted ir. 1896 to 37,660,60'3 pesetas in
value, ti larger sum titan anj other pre
ciding year in th" dec.td". Tin largest
It'tn was cotton manufactures, 12.43'.',i6i,
a'N Ztfc s'U'X X’-. >
• HE KBBEH Or BMS IS THE Corffll CROP SEHSOR OF 1897-98
5 $5,000 ”f c o a « 8H SOLUTION
83,000 BEING SPECIALLY OFFERED FOR MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST— e£>
| AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO CONSTITUTION SUBSCRIBERS’
V IJERi: IT IS, READ IT ALL VI RY CAREFULLY AND BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND TIIJ-Z TER
FIRST AWAR9 Tothesubscrihcror subscribers naming > SECOLO AWARD To the subscriber or subscribers THIRD AWARD To the subscriber naming the sgjgnjj ■
the exact number or naarcs f { 0 f|| 3 exac f / naming the first 08Xt nearest we ( next nearest we ' vin give if t!ie esti
jC nunther°f bales in the cotton crop of 1&97-98 we will \ will give if the estimate is received \ mate is received t
£•? give if the estimate is received / rv.mc.oo ) rv.rrc.oo
X l>«rt nl! harch. .B,S sls-30? Bunn e Uarch, .8,8 51.500 Dunnj March. .8,8
I? It During April, .8,8 2 ’ ooo ( If During April. .8,8 |, 2 5g 1 If During April, .8,8 750 A
0 If During May or June, 1898 I ) if During May or June, 1898 1,030 If During May or June, 1898 50{) C
/S if During July or August, 1898 1,000 - if During July or August, 1898 75Q ' If During July or August, 1898... 200 ’r,
A THAT THE MOST WE ARE LIABLE FOR HEREON IS $5,000 IN CASH— osn P
/A- ..
X, l <>l7/'I ill Ifthe EXACT figures are not given tiuring this contest, the money will be pHtd Tiie point Im to hit it exactly thirbiu• .1 ulj or August, then yon have il. In all thr'»» of th** ense-t aubrnit. 1 .. vul y.
vx I £> 1 1 > 1 « NEAREST TO THE EXACT figures, homebody will get the tinctly understood that, should more than one corrector equally eorr'vt estimate brllh'i in the contest, the amo nt of ttie *
money it doos not come back to us by any means. prizes so earned will bo divided equally among the correct answers. I'he prizes are offered in cash, 'l’liero is n<> “inisming v >r '•?.
Those who solve the problem at the longest range will receive proportionately the highest prizes, as you notice the figures grow In this, no probability tor some one to know absolutely the correct answer, but th • Is bi., n versus brail., skill vursiis kill, peuol / i
''T less as the time expires and because the number of bales received up to certain dates, as ths time advances, can be known ex- versus pencil, figures versus figures. Every man is inU?rested hi the cotton c.op, the amount of the crop varies the pit> e nud \ f
actiy, leaving shorter time and prob Abilities to figure against. the price of cotton in our territory is tho barometer of the people’s prosperity. x I
oON SUCH A VITAL PROBLEM YOU OUGHT TO MAKE FIGURES
The Context Sent I l ' ,,p t<» be made Up.m th.- t.>t:il Lnitc.l Lt-|. , r y 11 I' pivi'tt !(y I athiitti, Al.'Mm.i.r ,\ < (>., of New York, are generally rece l
A 111 C Cotton Crop for 1897-98, the crop that has already been I 1 official, and wegive an exact copy from their latest edition of ’’Cotton Movement and Huctuat
V ... , -.1 i , . , lk ■ . Beason. Acres Planted. BaleslnCrop. Season. lerts Planh I
X gathered and is now m the country as oihcial figures of receipts Will show it from Septembei I, 1897, to Sep- INM7 . BS IS.tHi 1 IS!»‘£-S»3 I‘>.<><i7,s»q 1 <i.70i»,3G5 '
O- tern her 1, 1898. This is not the crop that is to be planted this spring, because the figures thereon will not 188S-S9 1 938,21*0 1893-91 19,<>84,000 7.5:9,847 ,
be obtainable until September 1, 1899. it is for the crop already in and marketed, otticial figures of which 1889-90 20,171,890 7,311,322 189 I-95 21.451,000 9,901,251
U' will be announced in September. ' 1890-91 20,809,053 8,052,597 1895-90 18,882,000 7.157,3 HI /'Jt
As a guide lor making your estimate we give the official figures for each of the last ten crops. The 1891-92 20,71-1,937 9,035,379 1890-97 - 22,31 1,000 8,757,901 .
fc- conditions under which this last crop was grown and its probable output are elements for you to compute from ; Their figures will be used in deciding this contest.
mid wtli aid in the correctness of your present estimate. Their Katimate of the Acreage for the Crop of the Season of 1897-98 is 23,3 40,000 A ores. j
/'i KfH I DWfNf' A T’-TK r'nXUVTmiVC DK TI-IR First—ls the prizes offered under the first proposition are awarded for the EXACT estimate upon the number of f)
V,;' lUL.LU YV ill tl AAC 11112 LuilLMllvdJ U" 11112 LJnILJI. bales, the prizes offered under the second proposition will be tlie nearest estimate, but if th" first prizes ,ii>- 4,1 ♦'
T’M f° r tbe NEAREST estimate, no one having named correctly the exact figures, then tlie second prizes woukt come, in for the second nearest anil the third prizes i o! - tiie third in .ne t e
b. J mate. Secondly If some one should submit a correct estimate in one division 01 tlie time shown above and some one should send a correct <stim;itt In some liter division, th.s last <>:it:i.it w- I
N take rank only among the second prizes, because the first had been previously awarded to some one who named the amount correctly in tlie former period. Third The condition precedent for send- V
j>A ing an estimate at the Cotton Crop is that each and every estimate must be accompanied by a year's subscription to The Weekly Constitution. This must be sent in the identical .ni-lope th.it
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shoes 5,380,740, sandals 3.601,380, rletl 2,652.6111.
eoap 1,285.814, oil 1,202,075, no other item
reaching 1.000,000 pesetas in value.
With Us in tho Fast.
The imports of the United States Into
Cuba in 1897 were, according to our own
official reports, $8,259,776, in 1896 37.530.850, in
1895 $12,807,661, in 1891 $20,125,321, and in 1883,
when they reached the maximum, $24,157,698,
having been in 1892 $17,953,570 and in 1891
$12,221,888. The reciprocity treaty with
Spain, made under the tariff act of 1890,
went into effect September 1, 1891, and
continued in force umil August 28, 1894, so
that tiie business of the fiscal years 1892,
1893 and 1894 was transacted under that
treaty with the exception of July and Au
gust of the fiscal year 1892.
Tho following shows the total exports
from the United States to Cuba during tho
past ten yearn: 1888 $10,1(53,560; IsS'J $11,691,311,
1890 $13,084,415, 181'1 $12,224,888, 1.892 $17,953,610,
1893 $24’157,698, 1894 $20,125,321, 1895 $12,807,661,
1896 $7,530,880, 1897 $8,259,776.
What We Send Them.
Tho following table shows the leading
articles exported to Cuba from the United
States in 1893, the year of our greatest ex
ports to that island. i liny tlie articles
amounting to sll'o,ooo lu value or more being
| Included;
Lard
Flour
Bacon
Potatoes
Beans and
Railway bars, iron and steel.. .. 327,411
Wire ■ ■ iH'-"?
Cars, passenger and freight *.4 1, .hl
Saws and tools
Steam engines ••
Agricultural Implements h>o,34t
Cut nails
! Boots and shoes 114,943
I Tho exports from the l’nited States to
Porto Rico in 1897 w re $1,988.8x8. in 1896
| they w. re $2,102,094, in 1892 $2,.<>6,0113. They
I were of about the sam character as the
! exports to Cuba, wheat Hour being the larg
' esi item. si>l6,lß.‘> in 1897, iard $28.-'.vsl, bacon
' and iiams $112,602. picke d p■•• I. . i.
beans and p. as $57,550, m.ichin Ty $(>'.(,462, it"
other articles of exp rt in IMu reaching .is
much as $50,1'00 in value during the year.
TEXAS POPULISTS’ FULL TICKET.
i Convention. Names Candidates for All
State Offices To Be Filled.
I Austin, Tex.. July 2.8.-After adopting
I their plaform ut tit" morning session tho
: pupal st state convent! n thus afternoon
I uomliuited their state ticket as follows:
I* or governor- ; ’..irney Gibbs, ot Dallas.
• lor lieutemiut governor—G. \V. Kirkpat- i
rick, of Colly ■■>. , . „ , I
Attorney p> ;ieral--t‘yclone Davis, of Sul- <
phur ;>pr;ngs.
l o.nplto i. r -I',. I'. Alsbttry. of Harris. ,
i State treasuiei -j. B. Barry, of Bosque. i
Laud comiifissloiier —11. L. Bentley, of ;
Titylor.
superintendent of public instruction—V.
A. Collins, of Vanzant.
Radroed commissioner—Jack Farley, of !
Dallas.
Judge supr-.me cour’.-'-F. J. McMinn, of '
: itcx.ir.
Judge criminal court of appeals—J. D. |
! Todd, of Marion.
I Sttite chairman—J. S. Bradby, of Mein- <
nan.
, Tho conventlor. a.ljouri.ed sine die.
Democrats Nominate Hall.
| Terre Haute, link, vU . ' .Samuel R.
Hall was nominated for c'j.igti.ss by the
democrats of the filth inul.ir.a dis.riet at
a convention held here Hus .iiiernouui. The
nomination was on l;:c lirst b<dio:. A let
ter from John Clark lildpalb, editor of
The Alena and tine candid'!' :n the last
campaign, deelinit:;.', t tin • 1- :: :ne pre
sented, was read to ■ -onvention. Ex-
Gwernor Matthews ptrshad.
Williams Runs far Congress.
Pierce City, Mo., Ju.y 27. -Judge F E. '
; Williams of Joplin, has been nominated ■'
for congress by the republicans of tiie fit- i
teenth Missouri district.
Gardiner Nominated for Congress. >
Indian Springs. Ind . July 27.—Judge W. '
I R. Gardiner, of Dtv ..; court:/, has fi.-.n !
] iiornhiat< .1 tor eongr< s by tin- second dis
i triel i ■■pulilie..n < <>n > et. ■ t-m. < oruirex man ;
iJ. Frank H.inly deeifi.• ,j t renomimition. ;
Nominated fcr Congress.
Nashville, Tenn., July 28 Today at Lex- :
| Inirton \V. R. Hinkle, of t>alt:l>>. Hardin
| county, was nominated for congress by i
■ tlie republican convention.
FULL STATE TICKET NOMINATED
Democrats and Populists in North Da
kota in Session.
Fargo, N. D.. July 17. ’l’lie fusion com
mittee of the populist and <1 niociatie par- j
ties met hero tonight and pl •<i tlie fol- '
lowing state ticket in the field:
Governor. D. M. Holmes.
Lieutenant governor. Fir. Bentley.
Treasurer, Thomas Bolton.
.Auditor, Charbs Bade.
Secretary of state, £:imnTorherson. {
I Attorney general, S. B. Bart'ett.
THE PLUNGER FATHER
PLEDGES BEIL ESTATE
Old Man Leiter Helps to Cover the
Heavy Losses of His Son.
HE PUTS UP HiS STOCK
J Big Wheat Deal Which Collapsed in
June May Yet Win Out foi -
Father and Son.
New York. July 25.—A special tto The
Journal from Chicago says these are busy
and eventful days for L. Z. laiter and (ills
son, Joseph. Slowly, but surely, they arc
cleaning up tlhe wreck of the great wheat
deal, and trying to put their financial af
fairs in satisfactory shape. 7 lie salvage
for which they are working Is the enor
mous sum of $16,1X10,600 in gilt-edged se
curities and some 12,(100,000 bushels of cash
wheat.
In all tlhe history of speculation no simi
i lar case can be found in which father and
| son (have united in playing for such an
I Immense stake. Within tho last ten days
la vi Z Leiter has raised over $(1,000,000 by
the sale and mortgaging of high class real
estate. All this money has been used in
paying off his wheat deal Indebtedness
and similar big transactions are to fol
low.
Mr. Leiter is not raising money solely
by disposing of re.il estate, lie is saving
it by a strict personal economy which in
cludes the cutting off of several public
charities for which he was the principal
sponsor. One of these was the. <_ hictigo
Waifs’ Mission, an Industrial home for
street boys, for the support of which ho
has contributed. $1,00(1 a month for tho
lust four years.
His Charities Cut Off.
Tho mission has been closed and tho
work abandoned. There are public tecoris
t„ substantiate all of the above. It is not
idle gossip. The books of the county re
corder show tlie realty transa. tlon-. A io
mal and oflicial transi’. r has been made of
t.he inmates of the waifs' mission to tho
Illinois Agricultural and Manual It,lining
School for Boys at Glenwood, 111
! When the Leiter deal collapsed, on June
13th It was estimat.o that the promoters
would have to stand a net 1 ts of irom
I $4 000 000 to $5,000,000. No responsible hoa.d
| Os trade man placed it at more than the
.. „ ... i tOlis WilS <_•’ .llSlib'l ci
latter figure, and er • n tins r , ,
' Wildly excessive The deal up to the be
: , tuning of June had been phenomenally
' successful; w’iu at was selling nt u big ad
; vance, ami the paper profits o*'.'’”'
I represented something like $4,560,000 How
all this could be wiped out. and a loss of
I $5,000,000 more be sustained by a bteik
which still left prices liiglt'-r than t'ltey
were when the .leal was b-mm, puzzled
the oldest and shrewdest of op' ra'ors.
“But, at. any rate.” they said, "$ ..on'?-"')
Is -i mere bagatelle to the IjO iters. 1 hey II
square up alii' pet cut of the market, and
. that will be the end i.t’ it.”
Instead of doing -.his. however, the I>el
ters hung on. <!■ spite a weak and dropping
trade, and this oe-asiom d st II more sur
■ prise among tlie oper.’b't's who thought
; they knew the whole inside history of tho
j deal. Why the Leit.TS did so is just be-
I coming plain. The loss ot s•>,' f X),O(K) didn t
: worry them much, but there was a bigg> r
I fortune than this by nearly fourfold tied
; up In tlm transaction ami in danger of !
j laing swept away.
It was to save $16000,000 that the la ters I
' were batt'ing ami it looks now as If they ]
. would w:u out, th.inks to tlie r bulldog
i pluck ami the father’s big real estate
I holdings. How they came to b thus in
-1 volvad ami tlm measures taken to extri
i cate t’m'tnselves make a eiiupter in spw'U
; latlve operations the like of which was
never b'fore writte'i.
L. Z. Leiter was n'tlnown openly in the
; wheat deal, but lie was tie financial
' backer of his son, Joseph, from the start.
Tiie latter’s operat.ons begun quietly in
April, 1897 . en w ... 7
cents, rind b> Aug st of tint year had
reached .' point which necessitated the
use of. large sums of money. liven mil
lionaire- run si'i.rt of < ish at tlm s, and
L Z. Lei er began to be a borrower at
I the bank.
Bankers Began To V/orry.
.At first (a.i mjws were t'ken without
j question, but as tlm deal went on and
[ some s4.Mo,tieti obtained in this v. ly were
i tied up, bankers gt.-w more careful and
l insisted upon having good collateral at
-1 tached to all new notes. Handling wheat
by millions of bushels, responding to mar
gin calls, paying carrying charges and
meeting cost of export is no child’s game,
, and as tlie deal progressed gilt-edged se
curities began to cotite out of the Leiter
strong box and find their way into the
' banks us collateral for wheat carrying
loans.
Early in last June L. Z. Leiter did somo
1 rapid figuring, and found ho had tied up
in tills way about SIf*O(X),(XJU of bis best
secur.ty on which he and his son had re
ceived loans of $10,000,000. Tho market
conditions were not Inviting, and it was
plain that tho deal was being carried too
‘ far; that a bad mistake had be' ti made in
trying to protect dollar wheat by boosting
. prices to $1.50 and $1.85, and taking all of
fered at these figures.
Mr. Leiter and his son had u conference
at the Auditorium hotel and the former
said plainly that be would go no further;
that the deal would have to be abandoned
, ut once so far us he was com'ermd. When
this decision reached the ears of ll»'- b.tnk
' ers they, of course, took steps to protect
t them: elves. Tito $10.000,W(0 whtclt had been
, loaned to Loiter was furnished mainly by
, Chicago and New York banks, those in
this city that were tlie most heavily inter
ested being the illi'uols Trust ind Savings,
i First National, Continental National and
Merchants’ Jx>an and Trust.
12,000,000 Bushels Tied Up.
1 Besides the $16,000,000 of securities, ware
house eertifieates !'■ presenting 12,000,000
bushels of cash wheat, purchased at an
I average cost of sl. per bushel and stored at
1 various points, had been deposited as col
-1 | lateral op loans made at the rate of 60
I cents a bushel.
1 : The necessity for this will bo apparent
1 ( when It Is known that the lanters were at
one time carrying as much as 35,e <),u 0
■ ■ bushels, on a large share of which the mar-
I gin calls were heavy and frequent. As tlm
' ! market slid off sifter the collapse the b.rnk
; ers notified tlm Lclt< rs that Som -tliing
must bo done to avoid a general .smash.
: Tlm security was ample so long as there
was no wild break, ami this was prevu nt"d
by trusteeing tiie immense stocks of wit it
' and turning them over to I’. D. Armour
! to dispose of on commission.
' 1 If these 12,009,000 bushels of wheat could
i have b< • n sold within a reasonable time,
L. Z. Leiter would have had no um
! about the recovery of his $16,000,0(»i Wartli of
: C”J's und bonds, and there would
I'een no wholesale dlsp . al of r.-ttl .'state
it was not pos tbie to sell t,,;., , t .
of the -world had
ovir.oaded by Jo,. Leit.r’s big experts
made last fall, and tilt, was nj "haiiee
to ' : 'l"<s" oi the cat h grain execut In
1,, . iithl > ° Ut in r 1 " 111 1,,1s ‘ a-iwp
tl m. wlhlch wis slow ami unsat fat
. " lhc ..carrying charges a' the
of 13 cents ti I,", he! per y,
"• paid, making a monthly miti .v q ~ .
|"dto be me. !„ ad.lttio,. t< t'LX re-1 mt
t m l>orrov.. d mom y. So tlm bm1...,- .
■ '\r-? t >° ‘ 1 ' lr ' that t" must
i . “.' “ u '' !li -s loans, <>r th.-v would
be compelled to close sortie of ti tent out.
Resort to Mortgages.
It was this that sored the mortgaging
of one batch, and the selling of two more
lots ol th). Leiter realty. Ineldentaliy It
vvas also tile cause of converting Joseph
Leiter from a happy, easy-going, dashing
I young felloiw into a. careworn, harassed
looking man, with a seamy, wrinkled f.aec.
I Is. Z. Lei er’s first move when notifl
tthe banks to protect hi.s loans, was to
analyze his position. He found (himself tne
owner of twenty-six pieces of bttsim.s.s
, realty in .('ihicago, worth, according to
lonmr Saif;',. tix si,, n ,
$1.1,872,482. 1 hat these figures are tar below
the real value is proven by tin sale for
cash to Marshall Field of one niece at
fl’.l'tvw that was listed by the lomrnLsion
at $1.1.18,27'».
Tiie $16,1td,000 of securities deposited as
collaleral for $10.o0t),ooo in loans, ;11 -e all of
big dividend paving kind, and .Mr. Leiter
undoi . that it -wo tld l» 1» ■ ter
to dispose of some of ids realty .it a. fair
valuation than .
. stocks as (’’iiieagp L'lty Railway share.-.
' Tltis, too, was mure to tlie liking of tit"
\ banks, which preferred to get thi ir inonev
back quietly, rather tlhan run tlm risk of
i dumping a lot < t (-i-eurit i -.s on t'lm market.
Plan To Save the Cash Wheat.
Ry selling some of his r- aity, Mr. Goiter j
cat.id rede tn his seen ii: m , -tip tlie iut ,
est on tlie I- an -in.l th'ti lllovv Ills 12,000,-
(Wti bushels of cash v.'U at to l>3 closed out,
and tints secere the r. : of more e.ip;- ,
t.il and make anotii rr 'saving of $136,09U a I
month
In this dilemma Marshall Field canto to |
tlm front and jr ild Mm $2,1M,000 tn cauti for !
the ground and building at tlm sou: mast;
corm r of State .and Madison stri-m ~ occu- :
pied by Schlesinger <fe Mayer. Next ho j
, borrowed $?..0M.00(> more from the North- ■
western Mu mil Life Instn nice t’ornpany,
of .MTvaitk)'". for a term of ten years at 4 .
per ."nt. F".lowing tnis n.* turin.l o""f
.umtl ■ r lot of realty, valmd at Smio.OM, to
tlm Illinois Trust and Savings bank. Tlm
d-il was trade in Ills sou's mime, J.neph
bi'ng owner of the property.
'Fite loan of $3,000,(XX1 from tlie Norttl-
DR. W. J. TUCKER
TREATS
DISEASES OF THRI
LIVIR AND DIG 1 S-
I 7’l Vil ORGANS pto-
/ ''LinS ducing such symptoms
' -i'J as sallow .skin, cefic,
I 1/ ’ pains and sorer s
i .•Sder -i tlhmugh the bowls,
( rush of blood to t. .e
; Z te 111 ' ,d - “ i:11 ,jf
rZ*£’>-L-4 apoplexy, emi. ': pat ton,
' , ’-'e ?•'•: .irh-.- a, .-anty ud
i O h.g'i co or, d urine with
; L’ rri gravelly deposits, of' n
! leading to chronic diur-
• rhoca, dropsy and Bright's disease.
DISEASES OF WOMEN,
( such as prolapsus, irregularities , leucor-
' rhoca, depression of spirits, etc.
DISEASES OF THE RECTUM,
sudh as piles, fistula, etc., cured without
' the knife.
, DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINA
RY ORGANS.
ail succcssfullj’ treated.
Free pamphlet .ind question list. Patients
treated by coif' ',iondcn<
W. J. TUCKER. M. D
Atlanta, Ga,
Mention The Constitution.
DROPSY ! U S < <»’«• I-’ «!'•"»
, 1/leXXt O X re ,;iV f Illp| wr t
cases. Sendf,i-book »tte.stin>>>■■ id and la <l.os’ tr- : .
merit Ire - Dr. il. 11. Green’s Sons Vtliinta ‘la
N*? rtrt'l’lf' nml Din Aoedlea for
- RODS
Yh ' z, “ i£i22S3 Circular It ■ t'. A d ,
" Agency, Box 31 i, l alrnvri, PA,
I AniaC B'tnr !'■ .-uhitor dors (tie vr< :k: one t ill
u>K I*s4 ihi tn lent Ir<e.Mr-. I. 8 birr. Louis, Mo,
western Mutual Life Insurance Company
Is made in tw . it.si ailrn m: . T’m- c i m
tlm lit.st ot th>s., $2, "i o.i.c.u. tits b -n turit'-i
over and seven iimrig,.,. :mw on re .1
In this county nt ■ "'dem s >f Um pro
ceeding. ’l'l <. e L-'u- c'.if! v.'t.i: . km n
as Mr L' i. 't ’s Clark i ticci pt"'' •> ties, in
cluding tlu Gt ml J’ i "Hie hmel 'and <’ ■ r
valuable buslmss blocks, tlm appra! •■•I
valuation Os winch as a 'whole is s3.m" X). •
Each ’tie'-.i :s mm't.'.a,. I . p.irately, 'i'jro
lo.it: on tlie Grand I’ leilii; alone is $/50,WJ.
Other Loans Coming.
Besides these loans Mr. Leit- r lias nego
tiated another of $1,000,000 from tlie sc .no
i company, tlio seetirity for which will oe
more Chicago business rial tv. Tlm papers
for this second installment, it is said, are
now being drawn, and the description ot
tho property affected will not be known
until tile doeumeuts are r. corded.
The Jost ph I at
SBOO,tXX), wliieli have passed into the ki "P
--tiig of the Illinois Trust, ami (Savings bank,
consist us ,two improved modern busiiv s
bjoeks on Adams und Washington streets,
tn this city. Tile deed tn each instum-e
, w.it) made 1 ir
”$l and other valuable consideration.”
The total value of :Im property tints sold
or ineurnbined is put at $G,'. I| M,Ot’O. Deduct
ing this from the valuation of all the le .'er
realty as returned by tiie lax commission
at 4.i5,872,482, lx Z. Leiter has left free of
all litis realty in Chicago worth $8,972,482.
Jm'luucd in this is the big -Siegel-Coop' f
store, occupying nn entire block on Stato
stre-'t, between Van Buren ami Cong’r -s
streets, tiie value of which is given at
$4,132,792.
Mr Leiter naturally declines to discuss
th" huge transactions In any way. as do
those who are connected with him in m ic
ing them.
Banks Get the $5,000,000.
The $5,000,1'90 in cash thus raised will be
used to re.dizo us much as possible ot ’.m.
$16,190,000 of s< curlties held by the b
What proportion of tlms- securities v Ii
be thus saved, or how inuelt mote turn y
will be needed to wind up the di"astro a
wheat deal, and recover the oh >1
hluitly prized stocks and bonds, is a m -
ter known to few men, and none ot tl tn
| ' Aside' from L. Z. D iter and lils son. tie o
.| n the secret are President Mitchell, of the
Trit
1 ack of tlm <lontim ntal N itiona 1: I<orj n,
.. ■ t he Fir: Kali) .1. ■nd Smit . of I he
Mer. Imut-s' Loan and Trust, le try of a.y
I of th.-.<" individuals is li'Uitl'. i. As oim
lof t'he bankets put it■ ”We are
• cussing the private affairs of our < rs
I tor publication.”’
. Governors, Senators mid Congressmen
'indo: r> I’eruna tho miilon.il catarrh
j tremedy. All dreggirts sell it.
New Express Company.
New York, July 29.—Tlte Cub in and Pan
; Armrlcan Express Company Ims been
I formed by New York capitalists to ca
' ' lun<?us<• i" t’A run this country ; ■ u
Cuba. It Is to begin operations as soon t
■ th' war is ended. This company Ims been
■ incorporated with a capital of s.>oo,(xx).
Cures Guaranteed.
All diseases of men, piles nnd fistula.
Free pamphlet. Dr. W. J. Tucker, Atlan
ta. Ga.
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