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VOL. XXII.—NO. 273. IRIiAL LAW TO BE 11U1I) Civil Rule in the Transvaal Republic Has but a Brief Period HOPE FOR PEACE SEEMS TO BE ABANDONED Today, or Monday at the Latest, President Kruger Will Take the Step That Almost Invariably Precedes War, by Declaring Martial Law in Force—Hints of Compli cations That Cause Britons Grave Anxiety. LONDON, Sept. IH).—The correspondent of the Morning Post at lohannesbarg vends the following; "A government official, who lias just returned from Pretorin, where he saw President Kroger, assures me that martial law will be proclaimed tomorrow (Saturday) or Monday next.*' LONDON, Sept 29.—1t was said this evening that the South African cable grams received at the colonial office this morning did not contain President Kru gt'.'s reply, as supposed, bur referred to Other matters. The cabinet council to day was. therefore, unable to discuss the reply. Significance is attached no the fact that Mr. Balfour was in conference with Lord Rothschild at Downing street at 1 o'clock. Owing to the reticence of ministers there are various stories current this evening, officials at Woolwich this even ing believe that an army corps will be started for South Africa about Oct. 7, foll< wing Gen. Sir Redvers Buller. There rs to be unusual excitement in the admiralty departments. Cteorge Goschen, of the admiralty, was busily the first part of the day. It is rumored ihat unexpected complica tions have arisen, and extensive prepara are to lie made to guard against Us. ENGLAND'S DEMANDS. The Pall Mall Gazette says it under - that Mr. Chamberlain submitted a. dispatch to the cabinet council today ining the following demands vii the .ausJ: I—Klv*1—Klv* shears franchise <jnali<i<>a ti;.n, without hampering conditions. 2—Municipal jjelf-tt'overiiiJieui at Johannesburg on a freely elected basis. 3 — The sen«:«tlon of the judica ture from the executive and Inde pendence from the volksrnad. -i —'I'll-..- abolition of tlie dynamite monopoly. s—The5— The removal of. (lie fort dom inating Johannesburg, though the defenses j;t Pretoria may remain. o—The0— The teaching i>Z the .Cn^lish language in the selsools. Tlit press association this afternoon r "Parliament, which will be summoned by royal proclamation, is expected to re assemble ;:: about three weeks. The gov sires :i clear expression of ap proval, b - slature, of the policy now being pursued in South Africa, as necessary financial legislation. The premier and most of the cabinet ime after the coun cil." ns this evening tend to the be lief that in view uf the cabinet si the Boers will probably commit an overt which will bring on hostilities before the assembling of parliament. All the dispatches from the Transvaal show the liveliest activity on the part of the bur gb< is. WARLIKE MOVES. Telegrams from Pretoria announce that ; ry is being rapidly loaded at the n for the front, and military trains erence on all lines. The Cape Is delayi d in ■ ice of the amount of roliinj served for the forces. A large body of burghers left for the Natal border, and an oih.-r for Mlddleburg. Detachments of cyclists are being distributed among the ent commanders. Jt is understood he first contingent of the Transvaal will leave for the eastern border tomorrow. Commandant General Joubert ssed a crowd of burghers yesterday. His remarks were loudly cheered. A de tachment of the German corps left for the front this morning, and the volunteer force paraded in the principal square of Pretoria and saluted President Kruger. The cabinet adjourned at 3:15 p. m. The ministers were heartiTy cheered by the waiting crowds. While- the members of the cabinet were assembling', dispatches from the capo continued the story of military activity in the Transvaal, Natal and Cape Colony. The Boers are concentrating in the coun try contiguous to Natal, whore the first outbreak of hostilities is likely to occur Large contingents of burghers are con verging from various parts on this prob able battlefield. GERMAN PRESS HOSTILE. BERLIN, Sept. 29.—The Anglophobe tendency of the German press is in no way abated by the knowledge that the Go man government does not share, but f< iks in vain to abate It. The Neuste Nachrichten says: •'lt would be more correct to speak out frankly regarding the South African crisis, for the question at issue ceased long aga to be confined to the Trans vaal. The responsibility of the British government will, therefore, be all the greater if it should stir up war. By in sisting that the Transvaal' acknowledge British suzerainty, Great Britain cuts off every pass road to a peaceful issue, Inasmuch as the return of the Trans vaal to the convention of 1881 would be the signal for an internal revolution." The Vossische Zeitung says: "England knows only might, and par ticularly where ,s*> %vr nations are con cerned. She r"«#es not recoil from out- : ' '; " ■-: "•- • ■' '■ - ■ ; ■ ' . -_ ' to Reign. raring the principles of a state whose population ranks among the most civil ized people and who has been classed as the same siock as her own." RUSSIA MIGHT INTERFERE. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 29.—Discuss ing the attitude of Germany in regard to the Transvaal crisis the Russia says: "It is still a question whether Russian diplomats, on the basis of The Hague conference, may not make the experi ment of recommending that Great Brit ain and the Transvaal have resource to a coarse of arbitration. In view of the hostile feeling against Great Britain, it is possible that numerous volunteers from Km ope will go to the aid of the Boers, as Russian volunteers aided Servia. If Great Britain attempted to prevent such a movement, Russia, perhaps, would speak a decisive word." BOERS READY TO STRIKE. DUNDEE, Natal, Sept. 29.—1t is assert ed here that the Boers have mobilized at Utrecht and at the new railway bridge on the Transvaal side of Buffalo river. There are a thousand men at each place. The Boers have cut a route through the high bank and are ready to cross to Natal. OFFICIALS WARNED. Gen. Jouhert Cautions Against Of- fending Other I'orvers. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—The follow ing circular has been transmitted to ih ■ department by the United 3:ates consul at Pretoria, and is of interest at this time: "To Commandants, Field Colonels and i Assistant Field Colonels: Office of the Commandant General: "Pretoria, Aug. 24, 1559.— Sir: In conse- J quence of certain complaints having corr.e ! | to the notice of the government that j I British subjects or Englishmen having ;>• • :. commandered by certain officers and ' officials, or notified to hold themssives ; in readiness with horse, saddle and bri- j j die, guns and ammunition, and thit r.o --! tice had been given to merchants ai d I dealers by some officials that their sho; s and piaces must be closed, and also that i British subjects have been forbidden by them to export, or sell for the purpasa of I exporting, horses, etc.. I have hereby tl c honor to give you strict instructions and | to urgently forbid your doing any a t i which might compromise us and bring us ! into collision with any other powe*. "It must thus be understood that no j single alien, no matter what his nat'on- i ality, who does not voluntarily offer or has not offered his services may be c.l ed upon or commandered in the event of unexpected or undesirable disturbances or war. "Guard against everything than can do harm or provoke unrest, and take ca: c that you do not act contrary to the t?rms of this circular except on further spe cial instructions from the government. "I have the honor to b?, —"P. B Joubert, "Commander General." BIXLKTIX OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. Paul. Fair and Warmer. I—Martial Law in Transvaal. Park Party in St. Panl. Ovation for Bewey. Wreck of Scotsman. Wild Fkirry in Cotton. 2—President Surely Coming. ::— Minneapolis Matters. Northwest News. Coming of the Thirteenth. 4— Editorial. Grent Xaval Parade. s—Sporting5—Sporting News. National League Scqres. O—Markets of the World. Chicago Sept Wheat, 72 1-2—5-Sc News of the Hallways. 7—llishop Praises THlrteenth. Pope Return* Bond Premie S— In the Field of Labor. St. I'nnl Social News. New Regiment at Snelllng-. OCEAX LINKRS. NEW YORK—Arrived: Graf Waldersee, Hamburg: Angus c Victoria, Hamburg QUEENSTOWN-Arrived: Steamer Lu cania, New York for Liverpool. HAMBURG — Arrived: Pretoria, New York, via Plymouth; Fuerst Bismarck, New York, via Cherbourg and South amtitnn. LIVERPOOL — Arrived: Cimrlc, New York. SAN FRANCISCO-Sailed: Coptic, Hong Kong-. TODAY IX ST. PAIL,. METROPOLITAN—"Zorah," 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. GRAND—"In Old Kentucky," 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. Palm Garden —Vaudeville, 2 and S p. m. Concert by Mrs. Jane Huntington Yale and Miss Hope Payne for the Babies' home, Raudenbush hall, Sixth and St. Peter streets, 3p. m, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1899. LOOTED THE BAGGAGE UGLY STORY IX CONNECTION WITH THE WRECK OF THET STEAM ER SCOTSMAN SAILORS TOOK TO THE GROG Got Drunk and Held High Carnival All Night, While the Doomed Ves sel Lay I (ion the Bar — Helpless Passengers Grossly Insulted, Of ficers Being Powerless to Re strain the Intoxicated Men. MONTREAL, Que., Sept. 2!>.-Two hun dred and fifty scantily clad, baggage-be reft men, women and cnildren were on board an Intercolonial special whi h steamed into the depot tonight. Thty comprised the greater number of tho^e who sailed from Liverpool, Sept. 14, on board the steamer Scotsman, bound for Montreal, which was wrecked in the Straits of Belle Isle, at 2:30 on the morn ing of Sept. 21. It was not only a tale of shipwreck they had to tell, but one of death, of suffering and pillage—for fif teen, at least, of the Scotsman's passen gers perished, :ill suffered crue!ly from cold and privation, and almost the wor?t horror of all.the men who were supposed to protect those committed to their care— the erew—turned on the passengers and, with drawn revolvers, compelled them to give up the valuables saved. Capt. Skrimshire and his officers were exceptions. For the honor of the British merchant marine the crime may not be ascribed to the men engaged in it, but to a gang of wharf rats and hangers-on, picked up on the docks at Liverpool to replace the usual crew of the Scotsman, who joined the seamen's strike on the other side. The list of those who parish ed is as follows: First-Class Passengers — Miss St e?t. Montreal; Mrs. Childs, wife of the sta^e manager of the "Sign of the Cross" com pany; Mrs. Robert and infant, Mrs. S ott, Mrs. Robinson, wife of the manager of the Sunough Soap company, of Toronto; Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Dickinson, wife of a former editor of the Toronto Globe. Second-Class Passengers—Mrs. M. M. Scott, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Luthin, Mrs. Skelton, Mrs. Eliza Wat kins and Miss B. Weavers. VICTIMS ALL WOMEN. All those who ptrished were women. This will be accounted for by the fact that they were occupants of the first boat which left the steamer after she struck, and which was swamped before it could get clear of the ship. The Scotsman sailed from Liverpool on Sept. 14. The passage to the Straits of Belle Isle was a fair one, though the green crew in the- stokehold lessened the speed of the ship, so that when she reach ed Belle Isle she was about a day's run behind her usual average. Entering the Straits of Belle Isle on Thursday night a dense fog blanketed down on the sea and m:uie navigation—a work of great caution at all times in the straits —a precarious undertaking. The speed of the ship was reduced, and she felt her way in. At 2 o'clock there was a shock underneath the keel of the vessel, followed by another and another. The passengers were asleep in their berths, and all were awakened by the shocks. Or. deck the thick bank of fog shut out the sight of shore. Passengers ran hither and thither, but Capt. Skrlmshire and his officers went among them, calming their fears. A superficial examination of the ship told the captain that she would be a total wreck, and that she must be abandoned at once. A port lifeboat was lowered, and in this many of the women and children were placed. Hardly was it clear of the ship when it collapsed, throwing its occupants into the water. Those who perished were in this boat. Seme were saved, for the ship had listed to port, and several women were washed back to the deck. One woman clung to a rope for two hours before being rescued. PASSENGERS LOOTED. Meanwhile disgraceful scenes were be ing enacted on board. Hardly had the vessel struck before men from the stoke hold rushed into the cabins and, slitting open bags and valises with their knives, took all the valuables they could lay their hands on. Several of' them fired shotguns and tried to force men to leave their cabins. It is said that some of the steerage passengers joined the firemen in looting the baggage of the first cabin passengers. In more than one instance rings were torn from the fingers of fainting and dy ing women. Capt. Skrimshire and his officers could do nothing against the mob. When morning came it was found that the Scotsman lay close in shore, along side a cliff fully a thousand feet high. A second boatload of women and children, which had been sent off. was called back, and the passengers transshipped to the rocks alongside the ship. Until 6:"0 the officers and some of the crew of the Scotsir.an worked unceasingly in getting the passengers ashore, and when darkness and a heavy fog set in they were safe on the rocks. Until the next morning starvation faced them. The lower decks of the ship were entirely under water. A quantity of biscuit was secured, together with some corned beef, and on this the passengprs and crew subsisted for four days. Some suffering prevailed, but there was no serious sick ness. Many pas-sengers suffered from ex posure. After much riifficulty some overcoats and shawls were secured for the women, nearly every one of whom had left the ship in their night clothes. WITHOUT SHELTER. The passengers were obliged to climb up a rocky clif; nearly SOC feet high be fore they could find a place large enough to rest. Here they stayed on the rocks for four days and nights. The first night they had absolutely no shelter, but on Saturday the. captain sent up blankets and other clothing. A number of passen gers attempted: to reach the lighthouse, which was about eight miles away, as the crow flies. To do this it was neces sary to climb about 1.20 C feet higher be fore a path could be reached. It was not till the 2<srh that the Mont fort came along, and was signaled by the Belle Isle 'ight boat, where a num ber of passengers, walked from the wreck. Keiore bringing these people on board she proceeded to where the Scotsman lay. The weather was clear and calm. As soon as practicable the boats were launched and the work of transferring the passengers began. The Montfort took 2."0 of the passengers, and the steamship Grecian, which soon after came along, took the remainder, except four who decided to return to England on the steamer Monterry, the next vessel to appear. Forty-five of the crew also went on this boat. Tragedy Dnc to Jealousy. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 29.—Walter C. Lyatt. a plumoer aged thirty-one, living in Albina, shot and killed himself today. Before taking his life he shot his wife in the back of the head, wounding her fatally. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause of the deed. LEECH LAKE PARK FLAK THEY WERE GIVEN A MARKED IM- PETLS BY THE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY MAKERS OF LAWS WAX WARM CONGRESSIONAL PARTY SPENT THE DAY HERE AND WERE ENTER TAINED BY THE CITIZENS DRIVE, RECEPTION, BANQUET But the Meeting With the Enthu siastic St. Paul Women Who Have Espoused the Park Project Was N«t the Least Powerful Factor in Awaking the Enthusiasm of the Visitors. St. Paul's best wishes for a pleasant and profitable trip were tendered last evening at ths banquet to the visiting legislators and other distinguished pto ple who make up the personnel of the congressional excursion to Leech lake In the cause of the natural park and forestry reserve. The visitors, after be ing the guests of the city for the day, were entertained at a collation, as a fitting wlndup of the day's enjoyment, and listened to addresses of welcome and felicitous responses to a dozen or more toasts. The entire party, number ing over a hundred, left at 11:30 p. m. on a special over the Great Northern for Walker, Minn., where they will view the Leech Lake and other neighboring In dian reservations, the object of the trip being to familiarize the legislators with the proposed forest reserve plan, by which the three Indian reservations, em bracing 1,500 square miles, are to be re served as a public park and forestry re serve. The gathering was a notable one, in cluding as it did men of national reputa tion and two score or mere prominent local business men, officials and a repre sentation of many professions. The ta bles were arranged in the form of a horseshoe, and were embellished wUh cut flowers. Seated at the head of the table was Toastmaster Judge Charles E. Flan. drau, who had for company on either side Archbishop John Ireland and Con gressman Joseph Canno, of Illinois. Oth ers who occupied conspicuous places were Gov. John Lind, CVi/ J. S. Cooper, Mayor A. It. Kiefer, William B. Dean and W. E. Culkin, of Duiuth. Among the St. Paul people noted, v ere Charming Seabury, Dr. Justus Ohag?.\ R. A. Kirk, C. P. Stine, Congressman. F. C. Stevens, Joseph Wheelock, George Thompson, George F. Gil'iovd, Gen. C. C. Andrews, M. D. Munn, Geo. R. Finch, D. B. Finch, Joseph Henry, E. P. Bassford, Dr. F. F. Westbrook, Dr. Henry Hutchinson and many others. The banquet commenced shortly after seven, and the speechm.iking which fol lowed continued until a few minutes be fore the time set for the departure of the special. During the discussion of the menu George C. Squires proposed a toast to "Admiral Dewey, the Hero of Manila Pay." The company arose and drank with good cheer. Mr. -Squires, in pro posing the toast, paid a neat compliment to Senator^Davis, and slated that If he was present he would have undoubtedly proposed the toast to Dewey. The playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the orchestra was greeted with rousing cheers. Toastmaster Flandrau, as a preliminary to the toasts which followed, .spoke in terestingly of his firs*, trip to the Indian reservation, the destination of the party. He told of William Bungo, an Indian who was blacker than a stove pipe hat, who was accredited with saying that he was the first white man on the Leech lake reservation. Judge Flandrau assured the lawmakers that they were not asked to commit themselves to the proposed park scheme, but merely an expression of sentiment was wished. A letter was read from former Gov. Ramsey, regretting his inability to bo present and take part in the festivities. Judge Flandr.iu then introduced Con gressman J. D. Cannon, the dean of the Illinois delegation. As the venerable statesman was about to rise, Gov. Lind proposed a toast to "Joe" Camio", of Illinois, which was drunk with a will. Mr. Cannon opened by saying that when he was asked to accompany the party he very readily accepted for the reason that the whole country, as well as Min nesota, was interestfd in the project at issue. Mr. Cannon told of the first na tional forestry commission which was ap pointed under President Cleveland, pro vided for under an act appropriating $25, --000 for forestry work. The commission within twelve mor.trs mbmittod a report to Jbe president which revolted in 18,000, --000 acres of Indian reservation land be ing set asid3 as a restive that the tim ber might be preserved. A short time after, however, the executive order was suspended sufficiently to permit the re moval of the dead and downtimber. The preservation of the pine forests of the West v/as not only an important issue in Minnesota, but to the who'e Mississippi river valley and the states to the west. Individual selfishness was the scourge of •ihe destruction of the rust forests by the lumberman, but he ass=e>ted that he was not blaming any one for being selfish, as all alike were human, still, with proper regulations and restrictions, tho depreda tions could be effectually checked. As the country faced the twentieth century no man could prophesy what the future would bring, but as one of the things Which the present decade could le^tve as a lasting legacy, was the preservation cf the vast natural treasures of tho coun try. Speaking directly of ihe matt?r at hand, Mr. Cannon said tint Congressman Taw ney, as chairman of the ways and means committee, had told him that if tho pres ent rate of timber cutting continued the state would be denuded of its foiest sup ply within twelve years. Mr. Cannon said that he was not thoroughly con versant with the conditions existing in this state, but if necer-sary he thought the treaty \>ith the Irdians should be somewhat modified. He thought protec tion of the pine forests shouM be en- Continaed on Second Page. 810 JOT 1 COTTOJ IT CARRIED PANIC TO DEALERS AND CAUSED SUSPENSION OF AN EXCHANGE NEW ORLEANS HARDEST HIT Other Southern Cities Jointly In jured by False Figures on Cotton Prices in Liverpoool—Circulation of the Bogus Information Was Widespread—Mystery as to Hon It Was Handled. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 29.—The wildest panic ever witnessed on the floor of the New Orleans Cotton exchange oc curred today shortly after business open ed and caused, in the midst of the intense excitement, the complete suspension of future business, pending the investigation of what at the moment was assumed to be a gigantic conspiracy to swindle the cotton exchanges of the country. The panic was due to an apparent terrific jump in the price of cotton, based on al leged Liverpool advices, and it was rough ly estimated that ?170,000 had been lost on local transactions as a result. Later in the day the exchange, after receiving le gal advice, declared null and void all future transactions of the day. This ac tion, however, promises to be bitterly con tested, and litigation Js likciy to be the final outcome. Future business here will not be resumed until Mondaj. The market at Liverpool opened 3-3£ d lower on spots and 4-61 d down on deliv eries, as compared with yesterday's val ues, and continued without material change for some time. Then iba wires became hot with tales of rapidly advanc ing prices. They started up with one half of a sixty-fourth at a time, and then jumped 1-644 1-G4d, 2-64 d and 2%-« d, 2-64 d and 2i£-64d in quick order, until the net advance up to 9:45 local time showed 41-J34d. In the meantime New Orleans had open ed under the influence of the Liverpool advance, 21 to 24 points higher than last evening's closing, and quickly climbed 30 points additional. Then the explosion. With an unaccountable advance of 54 points local operators began to receive cablegrams from Liverpool asking the reason for the heavy gain in prices in this market, and stating values in the English market still stood at about at the open ing figures. These cable advices, in the face of from 40,000 to 50,000 bales sold and purchased, threw the operators into a frenzy of excitement, and they surged, shouting, yelling and gesticulating about the ring as President Parker rushed to his desk and summoned, without the usual formalities, a meeting of the ex change. Amid the tumultuous scenes a motion to suspend business was gasped out by wildly excited brokers, and with a tremendous shout it was unanimously carried. The news of the excitement on the floor in the meantime had spread like wildfire throughout the business districts, and Carondolet street, in the vicinity of the exchanges, and the bucketshops were soon thronged with excited men. Manager "West, of the Western Union company, as soon as he got wind of the sensational advance, set his wires to work with messages of inquiry to New York. Replies came promptly directing that all specials in reference to Liverpool fluctuations be suspended until they could be confirmed by the 4 p. m. report. DIRECTORS ACT. In the face of these reports and the ad vices from Liverpool, President Parker convened the directors early in the after noon, and it was then concluded to close the future market until Monday in order to permit the brokers to recover from their shock and enable an investigation to be concluded, fixing the blame for the remarkable blundering or responsibility for the conspiracy. At the same meeting the board summoned its counsel, E. IX Saunders, and asked an opinion from him as to the legality of the contracts that had been made under the misapprehension of facts. "Having been informed that all con tracts made this day," said Mr. Saun ders "were based on false reports from Liverpool as to price, I advise you that the consent essential to a valid contract was wanting, and the contracts therefore void." Upon the basis of this opinion the con tracts were declared off. The curbstone brokers, or at least some of them, pro tested against the action of the board in declaring contracts void, and claimed that they were not governed by the exchange. Other brokers were-likewise of the opin ion that the exchange-had exceeded its authority, and threats were freely made during the afternoon of a resort to litiga tion to determine whether the contracts should stand or fall. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The following statement was given out at the cotton exchange late this after noon : "In consequence of false cablegrams from Liverpool, giving enormous ad vances in that market, large transaet.o.-s were made in New Orleans futures to day with points all over the country at heavy improvement in price?. Discovery of tli» falsity of the eab'f-grams cr;a ed inextricable consternation. n"cest:tn? a suspension of business, temporarily, n order to enable brokers and commis sion merchants to ri traiehten their a> counts with correspondents „ "Between the hours of KuO and S:3:> five cablegrams were received showirg between 2:03 and 2:24 p. m. (Liverpo A time) continuous dec-lines ot five and a half sixty-fourths, rr say in all. to tvo and a half sixty-fourth-. Th° Liverpool market was ih^n reported as advancing, and from 8:55 a. m. to 10:10 a. m. (Naw Orleans time; dispatches were received showing an aggrgrate advar.ee of eighty s--ix sixty-fourths, or a net advance b tween 8:20 a. m. and 10:10 a. m. of eighty three and a half sixty-f: r.rtns. equal to about two and a half cents p?r pound. "Such an unheard of alvance created the wildest excitement, and b?for^ con tradictory advices couici b- obtained lar^e blocks of cotton changed hands That the interests of all parties might be protect ed the board of directors of the New Or leans cotton, exchange, under the rules, ordered a suspension of business, subsequently, onder proper legal advl o, declared all transactions In both spnt am futures, based on the false quotations, null and void. The justice of this pos> tlon will be apparent. "All of the Liverpool dispatches quoted came throush the regular channel, t'e Commercial News bureau of the Western Union Telegraph company, which has been the news conductor for the v.irior.s Southern exchnns"> fur more than a quarter of a ccr.tuiy past. The exi>l;i-!;' --tirm of the company is that the ch'irg s quoted were to be construed as against the closing price of yesterday, but as the invariable custom heretofore has been to give all changes in the Liverpool ma - ket compared with the di patch immiVi ately preceding, the explanation is rot only unsatisfactory, but indie.ues n:\n'i gence somewhere, little short of crim'na 1. "This is the *010 renson for the tem porary suspension, which does not in the least involve the ability or capability of the members of this exchange to care with ease and promptness for any and all buslne.^ entrusted to them." In other Southern cities where there arc cotton exchanges the scenes at New Orleans were duplicated. In general op tion trades were called off. PRICE TWO CENTS-jSyvVc^V,. DEWEY PAGEANT GRANDLY (MEiS No Roman Warrior Ever Greeted as Was the Hero of Manila Bay at New York. MILLIONS DID HOMAGE TO MAN OF THE DAY Naval Parade Proved Something Far Greater Than Had Been Hoped For—One Grand Shout of Welcome From Starting Point to the Finish—Famous Admiral Pro nounced the Central Figure of American Citizenship. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—N0 Roman con queror returned from his triumphs of barbaric splendor; no victor, chieftain or prince, coming home from a successful war, ever received such a magnificent ovation as overwhelmed Admiral Dewey e.s he stood on the bridge of the Olympia, at the head of a magnificent fleet of steel thunderers of the deep, followed by a thousand vessels of peace, each tiered and coated black with people, over the black waters of the upper bay, over the brc,ad pathway of the sunlit river, whose shores were covered with thousands of streamers and flags that waved in the breeze. The wharves, piers, rocky heights and grassy knolls were black with fran tic, enthusiastic people, who strived weak ly to make their shouts heard above the perfect Bedlam of tooting whistles that accompanied the admiral ashore and afloat. As the tomb ■ of Grant, at Riverside Park, was reached, the fleet paid its tri bute to the memory of the great warrior with a national salute of twenty-one roaring guns. The fleet then anchored and reviewed the almost endless proces sion of craft that steamed past, all so burdened wiih humanity that they looked as if they would turn turtle before they got back to their piers. Towards the end the parade got disorganized, and it took hours for the hetrogenous fleet to get by. Darkness at last brought relief to the tired admiral, who had stood on the bridge for six hours, bowing his ac knowledgments to the stentorian ex pression of homage. New York has never witnessed before anything approaching this wonderful, re markable demonstration.' The Columbian naval parade, the dedication of Grant's tomb and the reception of the North At lantic squadron last fall all pale before this gigantic ovation to the sailor who, in a single morning, destroyed an enemy's fleet without the loss of a man or a ship. It is not beyond the mark to say that 3,0Wi,000 people viewed the pageant from ashore, and that 250,000 were afloat. When New York turned out to the cele bration this morning a light haze hung over the harbor, but this was soon burn ed up by the bright sun, which bathed sea and city in its brilliant radiance. Wind was strong and gusty, and kept the flags flapping. The water, under the fresh breeze, made dancing little waves, which seemed to raise their cresty heads in anticipation of a sight of the conqueror. LOST IN ADMIRATION. People who went down the bay were lost in admiration at the scene along the river front. On the East river, from the bridge to the battery, where sailing craft lie in groves, the spars were covered with such a mass of color as might be com pared to a maple grown hillside in the deep autumn. Tall spars of the clippers were conspicuous for their ensigns and signals. Every craft in the harbor was decked out from stem to stern with all the grace and attractiveness known to skip pers. But the display in the East river wis not to be compared with that of the North river, up which the procession was to pass. From the peaks of every pier long ropes strung with flags of every hue were stretched to the snubbing post at the corner. The fronts were decorated with a multitude of gay colors. There were flags on the staffs and lines of flags above the tops. The vessels at the side were dressed from stem to taffrail, and some carried flags on their yards and had their deck houses covered. the wind shook the banners from millions of windows, por ticos and even steeples, and never per haps in this generation did hearts that love it bound so quickly to the sight of the flag. Up the river, far off Jersey shores, and from the misty palisades it blew. FROM OLYMPIAS DECK. Tho best spot from which to view the great pageant was naturally from the deck of the Olympia. and, by the courtesy of Admiral Dewey, an Associated Press representative was permitted aboard. Very early the fleet of steamships, steam boats, yachts and tugs, which were to have a place in the line, began moving down the bay to the allotted points where the several divisions were to form, but many of them could not resist the temptation to first visit the anchorage of the men-of-war off Tompklnsville, and before 11 o'clock the Olym;>ia was sur rounded by a perfect mob of every known kind of craft, all swarming with people, circling around or pushing their noses close up to the ship to get a glimpse of the admiral pacing the quarter deck. The bands on board the excursion boats played stirring airs, and whistles and siren of the other craft made the air hideous by their shrieks. They kept com ing, In pairs and half dozens, uniil they lay a dozen deep, resisting the charge of the patrol boats in their determination to get within shouting distance. Their recklessness was amazing. They ran across each other's bows, they rubbed against one another, they pushed boats' sterns until further movement was im possible in the inextricable confusion. It was with great difficulty that the police boats could clear passage for the ad miral's launch when he went off to return the official visit of the mayor, and when he did step in his launch the patriotic: skippers afloat grabbed their whistles and made the hills reverberate with such, a blast as can only be heard when a Yankee yacht crosses the finish first in a race with mug-hunters. And that was simply the prelude to what continue' throughout the day—an almost coniin ous rear of steam whistles. VESSELS MASSING. Meanwhile the vessels to take part i - the parade were massing over ag\;i:;st Long Island shore until that side of the harbor became a mass of tangled spars and framework, as far as the <--ye could reach. The grassy slopes of Fort Wood worth and Fort Hamilton and the shores of Staten Island were covered with sight seers. The warships lay. spick and span, ready for the start, their burnished metal flaming in the sun, their sides white as virgin snow. Between them and the shore lay the low, lony. lean wicked-look ing torpedo boats, and still inside of them the graceful row of revenue cuti i Aboard the Olympia the marines and sailors had been previously insp from the toe of the first marine to the jaunty cap of the last sailor. All seemed a little dazed at the prospect be fore them, and no doubt many would have preferred a programme involving a duplication of the Manila light to the or deal they were to go through. The officers of the fleet did not wi t their showy uniforms, bill were attired in "special undress- A." as it is technical ly known in the navy, There were no gold epaulet.-;, gold-bound beavers clattering- swords. This was t're admiral's orders, and is another example cf his unique modesty. A brother, and ths widow of Cap! Gridley, who fought on the Olympia if Manila bay, Col. Franklin Bartlett, former representative In con gress from ??ew York and an inti personal friend of the admiral, together with three newspaper men. were the only civilians aboard. One of the naval vis itors was the engineer who was on the Olympia when she lerl the line through Corregidor sound. He was given three rousing cheers as he went forward. SIGNALED TO MOVE. The signal came for the fket to get un der way. The gangways were h;:u'ed up . and drums beat. A quartermaster hur j ried a small dark ro!l of bunting tq the i main, hand over list. It hung there while | the bugle sounded the crew to quarters, I and the marines were mustered aft. Then, just as the signal to weigh was given, a pull on the halyards opened the roll, and spread the four-sti i which Farragut flew as he ran the rort in New Orleans It was the fl:'g which was presented to Admiral Dewey. As it broke sailors at their stations and mar ines at quarters greeted 11 with the "hip, I hip. hurrah' we got fron: our ancestors. The flag Sated proudly a)' through the | pageant today. It is (lie most precious possvssinn of *Farr3gut*3 pupfl, and when ! it is struck, en Monday, it will probably : be forever, as it is altogether .unlikely that Admiral Dewey will command an other fleet. It was exactly 1 o'clock, the hour lixed i for the etart, when the fleeti with an j chora hove, began to move. The shlpa | hnd swung to the flood tide, and were j passing down stream, bui with their twin | screws they swung as If on pivots headed f< r the Hudson with the lons line of vessels in parade. When the ships had straightened* out for their Jourr.ey across the upper bay the spectacle made will ever be treasured by thpse who saw it. In advance of cne Olympia was a double line of patrola and fire boats—a lilliputian fleet to clear the way of unofficial trespasser.-.. It did not require much persuasion; either, as the skippers had a wholesome respect for the steel ram of the mighty sea monster. On the port beam of the Olympia was the escorting ship Sandy Hook, with the mayor and other dignitaries aboard and in her wake, at intervals of 4W yards, stretched cut a mile long, the towering warships, the armored cruiser New \erk, the battleships Indiana and Massachus etts, the cruiser Brooklyn, battleship Texas, the old wooden Frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Marietta, and the Chicago, the flagship of the South Atlantic squad ron. Old Glory fluttered fiom each mast head and tafr'vail. On each quarter of the New York were six torpedo boats, three on ea^h side. The rest of the pro cession stretched out for miles. DEWEY ON THE BRIDGE. Admiral Dewey went up into the after bridge as soon as the start was made, and remained there during the parade, a herpi« figure outlined against the sky for th^ thousands ashore and afloat. With him on the bridge most of the time was Col. Bartlett, to whom he talked when he was not acknowledging the sa lutes, or personally directing the move ments of his immediate fleet, and the ad miral gave close attention throughout the Journey to everything that transpired on the vessel. By his direction the en sign wasr courtcsied to passing vessels. Several times he ordered the crew to stand by to cheer in answer to some ex- Cuntlnued on Fourth Page.