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BRYAN THROWS
GAGE OF BATTLE
Asks Cleveland and His Followers To
Make Known Their Intentions.
Metcalf’s Open Letter To
Norman Mack.
O OMAHA. NEBR . May 17.-(Spcclal.)
William Jennings Bryan has thrown
down the gage of Wattle to
Grover Cleveland. Through Mr. Bryan's
close friend and political adviser, Rich
ard L. Metcalf. the two times candi
date for president on the democratic
ticket asks Mr Cleveland and his follow
ers to <nme out in the open and make
known their intentions and explain their
convictions. Mr Metcalf is editor of
The Wotld-Heraid. over whose destinies
Al-'- Bryan presided prior to the succes
sion of »he present incumbent. The let
ter is add essed to Norman E Mack,
editor of The Buffalo Times, and member
of the democratic national committee
from the Empire Stat" It will appear
in tomorrow morning s world Hetaid.
Mr Mack, although close to Mr Bryan
during his two campaigns, recently wrote,
and printed in his paper the so-called
harmony editorial He has been asking
the Bryan people to take part in a har
mony movement, to forget the part and
join hands with the Cleveland followers
in the future.
Questions Propounded.
Mr. M'-t< >lf, in his open letter to Mr.
Mack, recalls these newspaper utter
ances and proceeds to interrogate Mr.
Al w k without mercy.
Editor Metcalf ttor Mr. Bryant says
there is too much talk about the can
didate and not enough about the plat
form. Ho asks if the Cleveland follow
ers could for the sake of harmony sup
p. rt an man f,, r president who heartily
eubs-tib-d to th democratic i attorms of
1Y", and
Wbat w end you have democrats do
•r the construction of thei: platform in
order in avoid in Utting the hostility of
■Mr. Cleveland and his followers? How
many of the principles and tin- policies
tn whi -it we believe mu t wo surrender
In order to avoid incurring this hostility 7
"T>o v . ;I helio-,., that a platform that
made no reference to the mono' qu, s
tiou would avoid incurring the hostility
Os Ml Cleveland ami bi-- followers.’
"Do you think that a democratic plat
form that failed to mak explicit refer
ence to th< money Question cou! i com
mand the respe, t , ither of bitn< allists
or of singb gold standard advo.-a'es?
"Shab the democrats abandon their po
sition or: th- Philippine question, wherein
they promis'd nd to make the Filipinos
either citizens or subjects and favored a
declaration of the nation's purpose to
glia t ' lil'-e neopl... til st. a Stable form
of government, second, independence,
and. third, proto, ti-n from outside in-
tv -at • hinge would you make In the
denioct i platform with resp-ct to
trusts"
' What alterations would you make in
the pla.rk relating t> national bank cur-
' Woi. 1 you declare in favor of the in
come tax?
W at would you say In regard to prop,
csfticns involved in measures like the
at.set curt-'• - bill and the Aldrich bill? '
A Reply Looked For.
In conclusion. Mr Metcalf demands of
Mr M k ' giv< the puallc in general,
end th<- Bry.-m democrats in particular,
r.-- oit:i-;r ,f a at the demo ratio plat
form should b-
It IS now expected that Mr. Mack.
After • onfer-'-ni-• s with Mr Cleveland. or
the former president's i
will make repl '. whi'T. may settle the
r war a
the Bryan and r|i<> Cleveland wings ( >f
the party.
How Our Bible Takes.
The Premium Biide came to hand last
we k.
\\ e are delighted with it and consider
it the most . omp., te work that we have
ever seen.
We shall always appreciate It as a
Christmas presen- from you. as th- cost
Is too small to count, compared to its
real value. I. 1. HINE
Miakka Fla
Poet Stoddard Is Dead.
New York. May- 1? Richard Henry-
Stoddard, tho poet, died today at his
residence in this city.
Mrs Stoddard died less than a year
ago. and his son. Lorimer Stoddard, is
also dead Mr. Stoddard Was the only
one of the family lett
For a week pa-' t! id a-on confin'd
to his bed with rheumatism of the heart
and ills jn-tdent ■ age
Sir. Stoddard wits born !n Higtiam.
Mass . on .1.1 2 In j lis youth he
■worked as an iron molder. cat soon be
gan to n -n'ri' ■ ■ and his
work attra ■ ‘ t He 1 I a po
sition in the . w t k T-m h 1 i.-«
from 18» to is,'" w ■■ i.-.-ni,' ,":i
--fidcntial • le.k • Go ' M ci. H
was eity lirr.iri.i-! i X- w V.- k it- 871 '75
Meantimi hf Id mu w ork,
York newspapers Si: 18W hi work
,n this line was don< -hiefly t> r The
Mail and I
several volumes of t -ms. •■■> a r m
i>er of novels
Jury Declares Lee Is Sane.
M 1 ird Lee who >t Sunday M
Ist year, shot and killed Mi-- Lilia May
<-. •
who Is now under sentem of death for
l.is deed, was yesterday d-,dared by a
jury In the criminal superior court to be
The present respite of the prisoner,
granted recently by Gov, rin r T- rrell. ex
, apes on June 1.: bin. a- -otding to indi
j-atio'i- L,-e will not pay tie- p,-n.lt on
the g.ilb’W’ ot that date Attorney lien
ben R Xrnold. Ji hading • oun.-'l for
•
eal t“ .1 idge I. S. Roan, p -siding iu<l.;e
cf the liminn; • -ourt. fm a new trial and
lake the i-.-is- to the supreme court and
fsk that tribunal to gram .mother hear
,Ing The formal tuition will probably be
filed with Judge R.-an between now and
■ the Ist of I me
Stole Money, but Gave It Up.
Philadelphia. May il.- lietrctives today
recovered all but S-'o ~f fpi.iiaii i n u , .
rency stolen fron the safe of the I'nited
States Express Company , in trnisit from
Pott st i I le. Pa., to t William J.
Murphy an express mi enger ■ t• •
employ of the C,unp in.- . who wa-- arrest
ed Saturday on suspicion ~f having sotm
knowledge of the mysterious disappear
ance of the valuable package, is said by
t he police to ■ mad, ■
w'hi’-h led to th*- r* -ov rv ol the money
Jle will b, given a h Hing loforrow.
The money was consigned by the safe
deposit bank of Pottsville to tin- Trades
man National bank of this city Murphy
receipted for the package but when the
f-afe was opened th,' money was missing
The messenger was quesiioned. but bis
replies were caguc and he was taken into
custody. Today, the police say, Murpljf
admitted his guilt and accompanied the
detectives to a house of a friend, where
$111.80(1 was found buried in the cellar.
Murphy has been In the employ of the
i'nited States Express Company for fif
teen years.
WHITES ARM TO MEET BLACKS.
Shooting* cf Negro by Marshal Has
Enraged the Negroes.
Owensboro. Ky., May 16.—One hundred
and fifty sullen negroes are grouped
about the alley ways of the town of Hart
f< rd tonight.
Andrew Render, one of their number,
was shot down tonight by Marshal R. L.
Paris.
Paris is being guarded nt the sheriff's
office by fifty deputies, who have been
sworn in tonight. Probably fifty more of
the most pi eminent citizens of the town
have given their services tn Sheriff Calke
<wn and ar<* patrolling the streets. Both
sides are armed with rifles, shotguns and
pistols.
An outbreak on the part of the negroes
can be expected at any moment. The
white citizens swear that if a movement
is make to take Paris every negro in
< 'hio county will be exterminated.
HOOD’S ADVICE TO lEGROES.
Tens Them Not To Waste Time Seek
ing Office.
Kingston, N . May 14.—Bishop
James W Hood, of North Carolina, to
da\ address'd the New York conference
of the African Methodist Kpiscopal Zion
church, in session here. Speaking on the
negro question, he said:
“It is fortunate that the negroes now
have a squarely drawn issue Two of the
principal spokesaen of the negro hating
class have stated plainly that their pur
pose i.s that the negro shall not enjoy
the rights guaranteed by the federal
eonst it nt ion. With the issue plainly made
the negroes can trust the Christian senti
ment of Xmerieans to see that the party
thus declaring can never control the
governmemt. W. shall have only our
solves to blame if v. do not make the
b‘ st of our gr' H opportunity.”
II- idvisod negroes not to waste time
in ofllee seeking.
Bishop Hood s iifforanenv were adopt
ed as the sentiment of the negroes com
posing the < .inference
CENTENNIAL WEEK IN OHIO.
Anniversary of the State's Admission
Into Union.
Chillicothe. <)hio. May 17- The ocnten
nial .anniversary of tls- .I'lmisscm of <)hi >
into the union will be celebrated hero
this va oR with an extensive programme,
wbi« h will continue until next. Thursday
night. All of the snrxiving former gov
ernors of Ohio will be here, with Gov
ernor Nash, also Senators I’oiakcr and
Hanna. < >bio members of c ingress, all
the stat* oflj’ er-- and memb» is of the
letxi -hi t are and other c’hillirothe was
formerly the '-‘ate capital. The city has
b» n e! a’lnp t* '' de«or.ifed fo r <■> atennia »
u eek.
Gave Life To Save Negro Girl.
Columbus. <in May 16. <Spc« ial.) P..
H. liven, scefion foreman of the Central .
of Georgia railway for their Catania sec
tion of the Columbus and Greenville
branch in Harris county, is dead and
Odc’iu Huff, a negr<> girl, is badly hurt .
as the result of a p ouliar accident at
t< rd.i y afternoon.
Mr. (iw< n wa- in charge* of a hand ear
whi. h was going down the road at a
rather lapid rat', it being d"Wii grade
Odelia Huff, who is 13 years of age.
was walk ng down th* tra*k with two
other giii- She started across the track
and stumbl' d and fell u hen the < ar was
The ear ran o\or the girl, breaking b* i
eg, and Mi I’wn, who wa sitting on a
box at the front of th-, car. was hurled i
to the track while trying to save tho
girl The •»r p<>s*d over him and then
jumped th*’ tra< k. Non- -f the hands on .
the car wc re hurt.
Mr Owe n Pved until a late hour last
night, when In died from intmia! in
juries. it may hr necessary to amputate
the negi o girl's log.
Mills of Dixie Tn Be Merged.
Philadelphia P.i . May 16. cSpe. jal)
7 . effect an early consurnma tion of the
I'ri-s mill merger under the ■ hartci of
th* s.iut a rn r r«*.\illo Company exp rt a< -
countants wore today put upon th«*
books of all tho mill.' concerned in Geor
g'.a .Vibam.'i, Tmt:-■-. •••• and M ; --i-si .pt.
Judge Hulmp, chief counsel of the
Southern railway in Alabama, has been
authoriz'd to pass upon tho titles to all
cf the properties involved and the actual
tiansfor will be made as scon as the
S' a reb e.; .uro completed snmo within the
week It is announced with authority
that the merge! will bo effected upon
the torni' originally proposed.
EDINBURG GREETS THE KING.
Edinburg. \ Mi 12. The city
of Edinburg was in holiday attire to.lay
and immense crowds of people warmly
greeted King Edwurd and Queen Alex
andra as th- ", proceeded from Dalkeith
castle to Holyrood p.ilace, wliore they
held a court and a levee, the first of
such functions to be held in the historic
pali-'c fi»r eighty years On th«dr arrival
at th* p; the king and queen received
a numbo r ... public addresses Presenta
ti >ns to their majesties followed.
Kansas <’ity. Mo, May 14 -George E
bpvnc«-r, formerly a clothing merchant at
Birmingham. Ala., today w.as shot, and
killed and Poli, e Stephen Flanagan w.ts
prob.ib’y morta.iy wounded during a pi -
10l tight in a room in West Fourteeni h
.• t l eel.
Pair dman Flanagan had gone to arrest
Spent . ’There were no witnesses -.<• the
tragedy and when persons a’tracted by
the shots entered the room Spencer was
dead and Flanagan lay u neonscions.
blood oozing from three wounds in the
hi- ot anti .ibdomen. By the side of e.acn
lay .i pistol.
Foster Killed by Live Wire.
I-r:mk Foster, a young mnn employed at
tin powr house of tin- Gvo-gia Railway
and Electric Company, of Atlanta, was
found .lying near Ids post of duty last.
Satur, ay evening and a ft w minutes later
lie breathed his last.
It was evident that he had in some way
touche,| a live wire, but no one saw him
when the accident occurred. He was
alone at the time and when found he was
?>c feet away from the place where it was
his duty to remain.
Miss Gilmore Assistant Attorney
General.
W ishingt-in. May 13. The war depart
ment iias received mail advices from
Manila that Miss Floy Gilmore has been
appointed assistant attornej general for
th,- gov,fitment in the I’hilippin, islands.
She is the first woman appointed to
such an important legal position.
General Duffield Umpire.
Washington, Max 11. -The slate depart
ment has given notice <*f the appoint
ment of General 11. M Duffield, of De
troit. Mich., as umpire in the arbitration
at Cara, is between Germany and Venez
uela. Goner ,1 Duffield led one of the vol
unte". tf-gitn, nts in th" Spanish war and
is a prominent lawyer in Detroit.
Spain Will Send Guns.
Gibraltar, May 17.--Owing io the trou
bles at .Morocco, Spain has thrown up
e S a t Cetiia. a sea port in Morocco
belonging to Spain, and will ship tititlr-r
six hoaw guns which have been lying
at Algiers since the Spanish-American
war.
•
Forty Witnesses Subpoenaed.
Raleigh. N. May 17. (Special.) The
proseen I ion in the ease of Ernest Hay
wood. charg'd with the murder of Lud
low Skinner, subpoenaed forty Raleigh
wltnrss.'S yesterday for the learing next
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONt ATLANTA. MONDAY, MAY JS, 1903.
SOUTHERN COTTON
MILLS TO CURTAIL
Tresident Hiss Says Output Is Too
Large ana Charges That Manip
ulators ff Cotton Take
All Profits from the
Mills.
Charlotte. N. c,. May 11 Four hundred
and seventy nine members and visitors
are affending the seventh annua] convrn
tio of the Southern (’ofton Spinners As
sociation which coninmncod here today.
The spinners present represent a wealth
of $1,000,000,000 and over 10,000,000 spindles.
Thomas <Guthrie delivered- the ad
dress of wlconie to the members of the
association and the response was made
by W <’ Heath, of Monroe. President
George B. Hiss, in his annual adtlress.
recommended the general curt ailment of
cotton manufacturing and gave it as bls
opinion that cotton market “manipula
tors” cxereised an unfavorable influence
on tho producer and inamifa-’turer. Mr.
Hiss - «id in part:
Manipulators Got Profits.
’’During the past two years manufact
urors using American grown cotton have
failed to st euro a proper margin of profit
and it has been during these last two
years that cotton “ma nlpulators “ have
held fluir greatest swav. It is estimated
that between SO.IKM’.OUO and 100.000,000 bales
of cotton are I.ought and s -id annually
in thi - eountrv, while we aetually pro
d:jeo an aveiag<* nf but lOjMHijitV) i,,il" ; an
nnally.
“It is not probable that those manipu
lators have unfavorable bearing on prof
its of th»* mi rm fa t urors in this country
using American grown cotton'.”’
“Ex opt In .i few special fabrics, the
price Him ‘ma i- ijmla t orha ve ti\*-d for
<otton is out of all proportion to the price
the manufacturer can realize for his
product Is there not a remedy for this
situation? If the .-oft-»n manufacturer
could arrange to bn\ his year's supply
of raw stock by making his purchase
<luring the period < -v- red from Septcin
ber I to De. .'mi l l" ] . f ea-'h year (as is
larg<*l.v the case with our foreign com
pctitors), there would be but slight op
portunity for tin* ’manipulator’ to juggle
a profit out of the f* w hundred thousand
bales not taken by these purchases”
General William I' Draper, nf Hope
dale Mass delivered an address bn “The
Th velopment of Rapidly Running or
Yieh] B-aring Spindles,” and gave a his
tor?, of th.' inventions and impiovemvnts
in spindles.
May Curtail Output.
President Hiss de dared that at the
present high price of cotton in<. the low
price of the manufactured product it is
impossible for the manufacturers to
make a reasonable profit. A great ma
joritx of the spinners agre«<l with Mr.
Hiss
“It costs 20 cents to make 20\s two-ply.”
said R. S. Reinhardt, of Lincolnton.
'•’This yarn sold yesterday at 1R cents;
today it brings < nlv 20 . cuts. Will Mr
Hi. ’ suggf'tion bo followed*? I think so.
1 believe that, in the mar future most of
tho sou. hern mills will either close down
temporarllv or will run on short time,
say. lour days in the week.”
This view was not exceptional among
tho spinn* rs. 7'hey maintain that they
ought to be making mom y and a great
dca] of it. but. they are not making
money. 'There is very little yarn on the
market. In away, they l ave matters in
solution of the problem is to curtail pro
duction
Deonard R Paulsen, the well known
commis.-i'>»’ man. ami i member of the
firm of Buckingham. Paulson & <’<»., of
N» w York 'Uty, t.ik*' a different view' of
tin- situation.
“Give the patient time and it will con
vales<' on ii wn ,o aunt,* was Mr.
Pauls-m’s ■ uic r*‘f» i • nee to the mar
ket. IB* add''!. “I don’t think the spin
ners are losing ;m\ cr-at .imount of
mom v If they are b.sing. why it is that
most "f the i .ills ar» adding improve
meats and building extensions?'’
It is probable tha: at tomorrows meet
ing the name of the association will be
chang'd to the \merican ('otton Manu
facturers’ Association.
Southern Mills To Cut Production.
Chnrl'dtr, N (’. Max Id (Special.)
'The cott »n spinners before adjournment
today d'-cided to -'hange the name of the
asso’ iati"ii from she S uthern Cotton
Spin: r A sso<.ia ti. >n to the American
<’otton Manufact urers' Association.
The follow ins; othc-rs were elected:
Preddem. \\ C H- ath. of Monroe: vice
presid'-ut. 'Thomas M. Swift, of Elberton,
Ga . s< Tetary and treasurer, C. B. Bry
ant. of ('ha rlotte.
'The c.xumittei appointed to con-
sider the <|iie<tit>u of ’uriailnn ut of pro
duction submit d-d the following:
“The cott-Hi maiiuf.'ct uriiig world using
American sii-rt staple cotton is faring
comliti'dis ha' .ait iik'-ly to continue
so long a- -nt .rl." < ;;<! infiuencr-•
dominat* the market for the raw ma
terial. and these condit.atns are so serious
that action l>\ the Southern Cotton Spin
ners' A.-••sueiation is de,urn d imperative,
and your committee to whom this sub
ject ha i< ■ a i ’ rn*d would recom
mend that 'hr whole influence of the as
socia t ion I■ ■ use to -
“First, bring about, an entire cessation
of night work.
’Second, operation of mills not over
four days p<*r week.
Third, them rec-immenda t ions to take
effect not later than June 1 to 15, 1903.”
’ If favorable action is taken by th**
convention " our committee recommend
that the American il at Manchester
be raided to taunmuni' ite this action to
tlir Liverpool and Ma nch'-sier exchanges,”
R S Reinhardt, chairman; J. J. Hooker,
Leonard Paulson, J P. Leake and L.
Turner.
f-'.n hi horn .an 1 moi-'- sh- ■ "i. t: m
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listened w r ith a great deal of pleasure to
an excellent talk by H. J. Webber, of
tho agricultural department at Washing
ton, as to the grow’th of Egyptian, or
long fiber, cotton i n the south. Mr. Web-
■ her stated that so far there were only
i three sections i n t | lP south where the
! Egyptian cotton had been raised with
• success. Those were ip central Georgia,
northern Florida ami the islands off the
coast of South Carolina.
As to the next meeting place, this was
left with the board of governors. Au
gusta is very anxious for the convention
next year. a,nd Rome of the members are
doslrious of going to Washington. 'This,
however, will bo determined at a later
day.
' HEROES’ NAMES GIVEN GUNS.
I
s War Department Assigns Names to
Seacoast Batteries.
Washington. Max 15-The war depart
ment today assigned nan.es to a large
number of seacoast batteries. The names
are in honor of officers who hive per
formed distinguished service in the con
tinental army of the revolution, the war
of Dl2, the Seminole Indian war and the
civil war.
The following are the batteries with
the names assigned:
Fort Caswell, North Carolina, battery
Madison, in honor **f Surgeon William S.
Madison, 'Third I’nited States infantry,
who was killed May 14. 1821, in action with
Indians near Fort Howard. W is.
Battery McDonough, in honor of First
j Lieutenant Patrick McDonough, corps of
: .irtillery, s who was killed Au
gust 15. 1814, at the battle of Fort Erie,
i Canada.
Battery McKavett, in honor nf Captain
Henry McKav.-tt, Eighth Lnlted Slates
inlantry, who was kill'd September 21,
1<846. at the battle of Monterey, Mexico.
Fort Moultrie, South Carolina Battery
Ir-gaii, in honor of Captain William L*>
i.an Seventh i’nited States infantry, who
v' is killed August 9 t 1877, in action with
1 L'zperic Indians at Big Hole Basin, Mon
tana.
Battery Ringham, in honor of Second
Li* ut *’na nt. Horatio S Bingham. Second
I nit *d States avalry, who was killed
D'*«*en)b r 6. 1X66, In action with Sioux
ndiaus near Fort Phil Kearney, Dakota
'Territory.
Battery M i >rkle. In honor of I’lrst
Lieutenant Henry L. McCorkle. Twenty
fifth I nited States infantry, wh< waa
killed July ■ at t i ie i- )a ttle of El
I (’a noy, Cuba .
Battery L >rd F in honor- of Assistant
; Surgeon (Jo-uge r Hord. I’nited States
'army, who wa - killed June 25. 1876, in
i action with Sioux Indians at Little Big
; Horn river. Montana.
Fort Fremont, South Carolina: Bat
i tery Jesup, in honor of Brigadier Gen
•ual and Bro *t Major General 'Thomas
S. Jesup. !’ S A . who served with dis
Unction in th. war of 1812 and the Florida
war. ami filer] June 10. 186(1, at Wash
ington. D C
Battery ]■’. tit a n re, in honor of U r, P
tain James Fnrnan<*e, Thirteenth I'nited
Stat'S Infantry who died July 3, 1898, of
woi i. Is received at the battle o‘ San
Juan. Cul.a July 1. 189.8.
Fort Sir" Georgia Battery Gar
land, in honor of f’olone! John Garland,
Eighth i'nited States Infantry, brevet
; brigadier g« i)»*ra| I’nited States arm . ,
who served with distinction in the Florina
war. the Mexican war and who died Jun.
5. 186], at New York city. N. Y
Battery Fenwick. In honor of C’olone]
John R. Fenwick, Fourth I’nited States
, artillery, wh served with distinction in
the war nf ISP: and died March 19. IM2.
,H Marseilles, France.
Battery Backus. In honor of Lieutenant
'■'■onel Elect",: Backus, T.ight Dragoons,
who (Herl June 7. 1813, of wounds received
in action at Sacketts Harbor, N t , M't
I 29. 1812.
Battery Gantt, in honor of First Lleti-
• 'onant. Levi Gantt. Seventh I'nited States
infantry, who was killed September 13.
! 1847. at the battle of < ’ha pul tepee. Mexifo.
Fort Taylor. Florida Battery Adair. In
of Fir ■ : c- : nant Lewis D. Adair,
Twenty second I'nited States infantrx.
who died October 1872, of wounds re
i ceived in action with Sioux Indians at
Heart river rossinß, Dakota, October 4.
I 1872.
, Battery Cov ngton. In honor of Briga
di< : General L' onard Covington. 1 nlt,d
States army. ■■'- so died November It. lacl.
,of wounds received at the battle of
<'bra stler's Fields Car ada. N '. ember 11,
ISl.'i 1
Battery Gardiner, tn honor of Captain
George 'A. Gardiner. Second I'nited
States artillerv . who was killed Decem
ber 28. 1835, in action with .Seminole In
dians at Wlthlacoochee river, Florida.
Battery Dilworth. In honor of Second
Lieutenant Rankin Dilworth. First United
States infantry ,v> o db'd September 27.
1846, of wounds received at the battle
of \lontcrev. M"X . September 21. 1846.
Fort Dad- l-T,.. Battery M-lntosh. In
h‘>nor of Lieutenant James H Mclntosh.
Fifth Cnit'd States infantry, brevet cot
onel I'nited States army, who served
with distinction in the war of 181:'. and
who fil-d September 26. 1847. of wounds
received at the battle of Molino del R. ' .
Mex . Septetniter 8. 1847.
Bntt-rv Bitrehsted. it honor of First
Lieutenant H-nry A Burchsted. Second
United States infantry, who was killed
November 3". 1813, In action with Indians
on the Alabama rlv-r. Alabama
i'-o'd H" S d", Fla . Battery Laidl-r. In
honor of Colonel T S Laidler. of th
ordnance department. I’nited States ar
mv who rendered conspicuous service | n
the' war with Mext-o and the civil war.
and who died April C I'BB6. at Palatka,
! Fla.
Batteri Bigelow tn honor of First Lieu
tenant Aaron Hlgelow, Twenty first I nitod
States inf.-ntry who was killed July 25.
1814 at the attle of Lundy's Lane, Can
ada.
Fort Pickcs. Eli . Battery Van Swear
ingen. in h.mor of Captain Joseph Van
Swearingen Sixth I nlted States Infantry,
who was kid. I December 25. P 37. in en
gagement with Seminole Indians at
< ikt’vcbob* p T'l’«
•
AETNA FURNACES LEASED
Hamiltons Dispose of Property with
Which Beresford Juggled.
Rome. Gs May H - Wpeelnl.l The
i great Aetna F trnace Company 's magnifi
j cent furnac 1 '- real estate and mineral
: holdings, st•.•,?, etc., at Aetna, Ala., have
i been leased to T. T Lewis and asso
ciates, St. Louis capitalists, for a period
nf ten’years for a rental of ss‘.i,'Wo, coupled
with : ■ ■ buy for $504 000 The
.deal was ■ impleted tin-’ afternoon. .1 ne
first inst.alliii.nl of tin' money was pa d
'over to the Messrs. Hamilton and ample
security givn for the carrying through
Os all details of the trade by all parties
i at interest
This great property, which lies at
■ Aetna, Ala . belongs to Colonel D B.
Hamilton ml his sons and has been
operated by them for a number of years.
Tltey hav. i.eently spent something like
$35 000 ,n improvements on th.- property,
\ a. great part of which has gone into a
pipe lilt'' The furnace, ore lands, tene
ments, etc., Os this property are in ex
cellent shap".
The terms of the trade are c'lnskVred
very advantageous and the price paid a
tine one; at the same time tile investors
are com cl, 1 to have a good thing wltti
.ample capital behind them to operate
the furnac,
Aetna furnace has had Quito a roman
tic history. It was v it'n the avow.-d pur
pose of me .tinting for this groat prop
ertv that Sv.lnev Lascelles, better known
! in Georgia cs I,o r d Beresford, first came
to this stat" and m Rome representing
himself as an Englishman of title and
I Tne head of a wealthy syndicate. He
■ succeeded in swindling the Hamiltons out
of considerable money and was subso-
I q.iently prosecuted through many courts
! and finally landed in the penitentiary .
Will Erect New Eurnace.
: Rome. Ga . May 15.—(Special.)—T. T.
! Lewis, of St I,mils, and his associates,
who recently lensed the plant and hold
ings of tit. Etu i furnace from the Messrs.
Hamiltons, have taken charge of the
property and will soon put the plant in
operation
I It is nn.lersto. d that the n. w owners
' will nt an . *rly I'"- put up another fm-
■ nace on th. property costing about $1.,(,.-
I (Kih.
I The Ett.a furnace proper! \ is one of ;h
I best pieces of property of its kind in tho
I south, and is to be made more valuable
i by Mr Lewis and his associates, who in
’ tend to expend large sums of money In
i making improvements.
BULLS THROW BEARS
INTO A PANIC.
Brokers Fougiit Around the Pit in
Their Efforts To Get to the
Railing—Bull Party Un
loaded for Pre fit and
Checked Advance.
New York, May 11. (Spp<'ial.) -Th** ent
ton market ciosnri with almost a panic
among; the shorts. The late demand ex
ceeded anything the market has seen in
some time. May cotton closed at 1i.1.8
bid and 11.2' asked, a. new high record,
and nearly the whole list was at top
notch prices. May sold at 11.20 just be
fore (] lo rinse. There was heavy local.
European and southern buying for the
short account, and trading was wild and
feverish.
Spot entton sold today at 11.30. While
May was strong, the oxHtement ('entered
in July and August May <»pone<] at 11.15.
but the bull threw heavy blocks on the
market, which cheeked th-* early advance;
then July and August began to soar
July sold al 10.50 ten minutes after Ihe '■
opening, while August advanced to 10.20,
making th'* season's record for all three
«.pt ions.
For half an hour the excitement and
turmoil were intense Brokers fought
around the pit In their efforts to get near
the railing and attract the attention <»f
operatives across the ring, who had some
thing to sei] that they wanted to buy.
In tho midst of the excitement reports
Ironi Now (•:•!< an revealed an advance
in July there t.o 11.80, as compared with
11 recorded on Frida\ and 11.10 on Salur
day of last w*ok ’This served to increase j
tin fevei ishne.-s existing In all directions
< nd further buying order: wore exocuteu i
before midday. 'The tnill party by tak ,
Ing advantage of the demand unloaded j
and chocked the advance and the market j
quieted before noon. The market eon
tinned fairlv easy till near tho close, ;
when the scramble of the shorts began
aga i n.
By Leaps and Bounds.
Prices covered a range of a dollar a
bale in this market fr«»m Saturday’s clos
ing quotations and $1 50 t<» $2 a halo in
N»’w Orleans. Prices soared at the com
n’cncoment of tho business, going up by
leaps and bounds <»n trading 20 to 25
joints bora and to t» points at New
()rlea ns
The LlvorjHud mark- i • were almost
equally cxeiterl. There po cotton ad
vanned 10 pnints or •<|iiivaient to $1 a.
b ile in our tluctuat o>n - to the basis f »f
5s .8d |.’i- j).nmd for middling cotton,
which is equivalent, to 11 60 cents in our i
ni.oket. At all point II previous high!
records for cotton options and also spot ,
cotton on this season’s crop were sur- i
pass. <1 Spot cc.tton h'-ro is held at about j
11.13 cent: pep pound and 10 3-4 cents «tt.
New Orleans, against 9 3-4 last year.
’Th'-rt* ha- not been anything like the]
'•'jui \a I- nf th'S" high prices since thei
last wo k of January, 19<n. when option j
aid spot cotton in this market was forced :
up to 12 cents a pound ’That was the I
higit'-st reord for cotton since 1890, when
ii . obi in January of tha' year in this j
market at 12 3-4 am] about 7d per pound |
in Liverpool, after a prolonged- session of ;
bull speculation.
The shorts in the May option here were !
practically all driven in last week ex
cept spot dealers, who intend to make!
good their deliveries That option will :
soon expire. ’Tin sto.-k of cotton here,
of contract grade, w hi-'h ’ • only 3?.o<'>o
bales a month ago. his gradually been
increased to about xo,<!()<j Hhlps through
the recent steady advance in prices, at- i
trading cotton here.
Load-ed with Buying Orders.
Almost every broker was loaded with
buying orders waen *iho market opened '
and there was a great roar when trading:
began.
May sob! as high as 11.20 tn the after
noon. Jul". whi'-’n closed at 10.19, started
at. 10.40 bid ami was bid up to 10.50 before
there were sab*s. 'The tr.ansai’tions wore j
then on an cimrmous scale, ranging from
that price down to 10.1.7 to 10.49 and then
there was a break to 10 41. The August
option, which c! • I <l at 9.97. started at ;
hi 20 and .10.2 1 and w.i .1:; hea vib traded on
as July, whin- tho September option of
next y« ir‘ crop, which has only just
boon planted and which closed at 9.28
opened 14 points higher at 9.42 and sold
up to 9.11 an! then broke 10 points and
af* awards rallied t) 9.10 Those three
months, . A :g:i t and September,
were those which were most heavily dealt ;
in. \i New Orle.tn.' the July option,
which Sat.,! I; ii'h-in.-d 2.7 points .and
closed at 11.1.7I 1 .1.7 start'd .it 35 points higher J
at 11 so ai d then sold at 11.70 and 11.75.
while Augu. t. which closed at in 69.
start'd 22 points higher at 10.91.
Alarm at Fail River.
B tii.'i. Mt’. 11. ISnncial.t One of the
)arg"t cotton brokers in the country
said here today:
"I I ■>k for i l ontin lane.-- ,f high prices
for colt in well into 'lre atttunin. I quoted
a mauufactur, r this morning 11 3 4 cents
for spot cotton, which speaks volumes
f>r th" strength of th" market Thero is
little or no money for cotton goods man
ufacturers it pr. sent prices of raw cot-I
ton. although many of them are running
their mills .it a slight loss rather than
close them down Fall River m.inufac- >
tutors are becoming alarmed over thei
continued rise in the price of raw cotton I
and t lie stagnation in the cloth market. 1
together with many other unfavorable j
sea tures. But none of them has devised
a satisfactorx remedy. They declare that ;
wages, as well as otton. ire too high.
Some favor a general reduction, while
others advocate curtailing production, but |
there is no disp .stiion to act in har- i
mony."
Cotton Makes Another Season Record.
New York, May 14 Another new rec
ord for the season was established in the i
coHon market today; in fact, many of
til,-' older member:' agreed that tt was.
doubtful if any session in the entire .
history of the exchange compared with |
today’s. The big feature of the day
was the pri.e made by 1 ih- in the last
half hour of trading 11 cents. In the
same time August sold at 10.73. May
made a new record of 11.42 and spot I
cotton was quoted nt 11.60. These prices:
were the highest in twelve ~r thirteen
y<ars and added to thi- the transactions
were of enormous volume.
At. times the scene on tho floor was
one of th" greatest disorder amt tho rush
of the covering demand threw the pit
into a demoralized condition. At the
opening of the mark'd, trading was by
the most active of the season and 1
on the upward rush May sold at 11.4'1. :
Jul;, at 1't.99 and August at 10.67—a1l new
records.
't he Liverpool reports gave warning ;
that, the day would be a lively one, as
sab .-of spot cotton there reached a full I
dollar a bale higher than yesterday.
Early cables stated that some of the for ■
eign short interests were in the market :
taking all the cotton offered at the high .
est prices of a decade.
Tho largest individual dealer in spot,
cotton m tins market rocisod a m,>s
: ag, from Liverpool reading as follows; j
"The market will only stop advancing]
when cotton gives out It is getting]
very scarce now."
Liverpool stock:- are smaller than for
a great nnnv years and the consumption
of American cotton is at record figures.
Not a minute should be lost when a child
shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy given as soon as the child be
comes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
appears will prevent the attack. It never fails, (
and is pleasant and safe to take.
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Tied for First Prize in Cotton Contest
? g, . . ' —t
• *
• J. D ANDERSON, MRS J. T. WALKER, D E EVERETT. .
• Marietta Ga. Hubbard, Tpx. Mc< oil. S. 4
The market started with a rush with this
news from Liverpool, orders coming
mainly from commission houses. One
firm had traded In 50,600 bales before
midday.
The total amount, of cotton which i?
now hero available for delivery on May
contracts is B'J,'.JSO bales, which has a
market value at the current price of
about $5 8a bale, or equivalent to a total
valuation of nearly $5.200,0iV' This stock
shows an increase of over 5.000 bales from
Tuesday and 10,000 since last Saturday
and compares with 32.'"i0 bales on April
15. The total amount of cotton now here
of all-kinds by running count is 120,000
ba'as, against 58.000 on April 15.
More cotton is being brought here by |
those who had sold the May option ,
short either as hedges against transac ,
tious in spot cotton or on differences be .
tween this market and Liverpool, who .
had intended to make good their con- )
tracts to the bull clique rather than go j
into the pit. and effect a settlement by]
buying tho cotton back. Some of those '
who were short even brought some cot- j
ton back from Liverpool and it is under- j
stood several larger lots have been sent .
on here from points in New England ]
secured fpom the mill men and dealers ;
there At the present market price about
$5.(100.000 worth of actual cotton will thus
change hands here luring the closing
deal in this May option
Largest Volume of Business in Years.
New York. May 15. The cotton market I
continued excited today-, making the fifth j
day that it has kept the cotton trade
in a furor with prices fluctuating $1 to '
$2 per bale on the largest volume of busi- :
nets In options transacted in many years. :
Since this excitement began last Saturday, .
upwards of 4.500,000 bales of cotton op
tions have changed hands In this market |
and prices have gone up about 100 points. ]
or equivalent to $5 a. bale, with no ma- ]
tertal reaction of any importance. To
day, however, there was evidence that the
local clique is closing its deal, and for
the first time the market showed Indica
tions that the worst of the present excite
ment and upheaval in prices is over, for
the present, at least.
At the opening a broker offered to sell
l.nao May at 11 40 with no takers and then
offered July in 1,000-bale lots from 10.97.
last night's closing price, down to 10.94.
Despite the Influence of an exceptionally
strong market at Liverpool with a further
rise In spot cotton there equivalent to 60
cents per bale, or a basts of 12.32 cents
per pound. ,»ur market, and tho pit being
again floo<£ed with supporting orders f.rom
the Nov. Orleans clique, mt"-' st.-adily ;
crumbled ayv.,y und'-r continu-d selling ;
and general liquidation by commission
houses. Later continued selling of the
M.,'. opti.m forced down its prlw' 4" points
ami., great exciteumut b. 1 cents per
pound while July sold off 24 points, and
'August 17 punts, and th- rest of tin- list
about 1" points July sold down ftom
1u.97 to 16 37 and August from 10. < • to
’"iT was rented that thr bottom of' the I
market might drop out but Louisville
hous. • were large buyers, shorts covered |
fr.-clx amt thorp was a '
iggreuslvc support from the Orleans
ctmwd ' Later the market rallied 20 po nts .
on May and 15 t
the list Mav being quoted at 11 11, |
July at 'lO 86 and August at 10.66.
English Mills May Close.
London. May A meeting of tho Fed ,
eration of M mchester Cotton Spinners to-
~looted a resolution to the effect that ]
•1,. y'iew Os tho grave condition of affairs i
i, th, cotton trade w- recommend that
, ' yvb.de trad- stop for one week at ,
Whit'mntid. and on Saturdays and Mon;
v.y ' there ifter until further necessity
A mass mooting has been called tor
May 26 to this end
He Got 12 Cents for Cotton.
Charlotte, N ''. May 15. A cotton mill]
man who "'is h prP today attending the j
meeting of the Cotton Spinners' Associa- j
tton sold 1 500 bales of cotton to a New :
Orleans firm. He got. 12 cents a pound
for the cotton. He furnished the I..>'D ■
hales out of the stock which he holds In ,
his warehouse
Heavy Sales at Fall River.
Fall River. Mass May 15-The print I
cloth market has been roused from its ,
state of stagnation by a report of a sale!
of regulars at 3 3-16 -ents. As regulars
could easily have been secured at 3 1-8 ,
cents the report naturally attracted at- ]
tention. The report proved to be true.
The sal© was of 25,00 u pieces for
in Julv The goods were not sold to a ;
printer and the transaction shows that |
the purchase was made for speeul.Hly i
effect, probably in the cotton market. ]
Th- previous sale of regulars reported in i
the local market was made at 3 cents.
Handsome For line for Laura Biggar.
Pittsburg, May 14. -By an agreement
between Attorney E. G. Ferguson and
lawyers representing Miss Laura Biggar,
the actress. Miss Biggar will receive in ,
I
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ROCK ISLAND AFTER CENTRAL
Said the System Wonts To Reach Port,
on the Atlantic.
Chl-ngo, Tils.. May 11. (Special.)—A !
message from Dos Moines lowa, received
late thf= afternoon announced that, the
directors of the Rock Island railway had
approved the 'Frisco deal. This means
that the Rock Island has absorbed the
St. Louis and San Francisco railway, a
management which permits the Rock
Island to rea-h the southern seaboard at
Birmingham The main terms of tho
merger are 60 per cent in Rock Island □
per cent bonds and 60 per cent in common
sto-k for the ordinary shares of the
’Frisco.
It is stated that the Moores are nego
tiating for the Central railway of Geor
gia. which connects with the 'Frisco sys
tem at Birmingham and runs to Savan
nah.
President Carroll Wright, of the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Parlfie Railroad
Company, gave out the following state
ment this afternoon:
"By tha deal tho Rook Island secures
control of the 'Frisco road. Tt does not
take over the management of the road,
the two remaining independent lines op
erated in an independent manner, but it
does secure control nf tho capital stock.
The Rook Island now has two outlets to
the coast, one to Galveston and one by
■way of Sabine Pass.
Kentucky Sues Southern Pacific.
T.oufsville. Ky., May 11 -Suit for one
million dollars taxes against the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company was filed
in the Jefferson county court hero today
by W. T,. Weller. Jr., revenue agent for
tho stato of Kentucky, the petition al
leging that that corporation had not paid
taxes on its personality in five years and
that $1,066,000 was now duo the state
The Southern Pacific is a Kentucky
corporation, having a "service agent"
resident in Beechmont, a suburb of this
city, but aside from the franchise ob
tained to give it corporation exorcice
and such stock and bonds as may ba
held by Individuals, tt owns no property
in this state The suit Is based pureiy
on Its franchise rights, embodied In the
power to own stocks, bonds and other
personalty.
Tito petition aJiegeg that tn 1898 tha
company owned property to the value of
$75,000,000; in 1899 and 1900 SB7 271 ■* and
In 1901 it had Increased this to $32..'<5.5"'.
which was the amount owned on Sep
tember. 1902. the day on which the state
taxes are due
Under the statutes of Kentucky, failure
or refusal to pay taxes subjects the de
llnquent to a 20 per cent penalty This
penalty Is added to the genera: assess
ment of taxes of propert- alleged to be
held by the Southern Pacific In thia
state.
In Its prayer the petition asks that tha
court assess against the. defendant all
taxes and penalties now due and unpaid.
Offer To Extend. Burlington Bonds.
New York, May 12 J P Morgan & Co.
announce that under the terms of a pri
vate agreement they are enabled to offer
to holders of Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company 7 per cent
mortgage bonds maturing July next th
privilege of extending these bonds until
July. 1905, with interest at 4 per cent
Holders of these bonds at the time of
deposit for extension will receive a cash
payment from Morgan & Co. of half of 1
per cent on the par value of the bonds
so extended. The amount of these bonds
outstanding is about $20,000,000.
Opium, Morphine—Free Treatment.
Painless home cure guaranteed. Fre«
trial. Dr. Tucker Atlanta, Ga.
Keith Gets Peabody Scholarship.
Cambridge, Mass.. May 15.—(Special.)—
Announcement was made by the Harvard
corporation today that Oscar Lovell Keith
of the University of Georgia, had been
awarded the George Foster Peabody
scholarship for 1903-04, one of Harvard's
best scholarships
This scholarship was founded last year
and is to he awarded annually to a grad
uate of the University of Georgia. Keith
is the first one to receive the award.
Joe Leiter Wants To Settle.
New York. May 15—An attorney in this
city made the announcement that Joseph :
Leiter, who figured in the wheat rorner'
of 1897 and 1898, has made a proposal to i
his creditors to settle their claims against ’
him for 20 cents on the dollar. It is un
derstood that Leiter's father will guar
antee that this proposal wiil be carried !
out.
