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LAST EDITION.
THUESDAi .5VEXIXG.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 9, 1901.
THURSDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
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Kortfiern Pecific snares Se!
et $1,000 Gash.
Sixty Per Cii Merest 0(
M For. nosey.
LIKE TETER BOARD
Sensational Advance in North
ern Pacific Shares
Starts Other Stocks Down
the Toboggan Slide.
They Rally Only to Again Be
Hammered Down.
CAUGHT IN WHIRL.
Santa Fe Descends 30 Points
But Parti- Recovers.
Offer of Banks to Loan $16,
000,000 at 6 Per Cent
Has Steadying Effect Upon
the Market Near Close.
New York, Mar 9. The trading in
Northern Pacific became so wild and ex
cited toward 11 o'clock that prices
changed rapidly 25 and 50 points at a
time. A sale at 530 was recorded, and
almost immediately Vinother came out
cn the tape at 700. This was for tomor
row's delivery and not a cash sale as
Bome of the earlier ones had been, there
by indicating a belief on the part of the
purchasers that the short committments
were so large that the stock to come
from Europe would afford little or no
relief. The great excitement in the stock
this morning- and the frantic efforts to
buy would seem to show that the short
sales were much larger than were sup
posed on yesterday.
At 11:15 Northern Pacific sold at Jl,
000 a share for cash.
BOTTOM FELL OUT.
New York, Slay 9. Shortly after 11
o'clock all support seemed to be with
drawn from the stock market and prices
t began falling many points between
sales. Union .Pacific, went down rapidly
and 4,000 shares of the stock were sold
at S5. The same moment 1,000 shares of
Missouri Pacific were sold at 97. Peo
ple's Gas of Chicago, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, Amalgamated copper, the Atch
isons and St. Paul fell otf, and sensa
tional declines, the like of which had
not been seen on the street for many
and many a year. St. Paul sold down to
145, Missouri Pacific to 93, Erie to 2:1,
United States steel preferred to 89, Atch
ison preferred to 85, Southern Pacific to
45. Western Union to 87,and then almost
immediately Amalgamated copper fell
to 96, Erie to 27, Atchison common to
57, Union Pacific to S6, Rock Island to
148, Missouri Pacific to 88 and Louisville
& Nashville 99. Then the tape recorded
the sale of 1,800 shares of Union Pacific
at 80. ,
1 PRICES RALLY.
New York. May 9. At 11:40 the state
ment was made that J. P. Morgan &
Co. and Kunn, Loeb & Co. had just
agreed not to enforce deliveries on
Northern Pacific stock today. With this
announcement there came a rally in
prices throughout the general "list.
Atchison common selling up to 61V&
and the preferred to 90. Manhattan to
100. and others in smaller proportions,
but the better tone did not last and the
tape recorded sales of Union Pacific at
1, then a rally to 85. Pennsylvania sold
at 139. New York Central 143. People's
Gas 163 Vs. Atchison 65. Erie 251. Balti
more &. Ohia preferred 86H. .1 "s. Steel
9. Missouri Pacific 73. Amalgamated
Copper 97, Manhattan 85, Southern Pa
cific 38. Atchison preferred 72, Iouis
ville 90. Brooklyn Rapid Transit 72.
Hock Island 141, Steel preferred 83. Bal
timore & Ohio 96. and People's Gas
101. Northern Pacific after selling at
1.0 fell to 600 on the next sale.
At the stock exchange clearinghouse
!t was said the baiance of Northern Pa
cific common stock to be delivered was
SO. 000 shares, practically all of which was
to be delivered at 150. The largest single
lot was 1S,000 shares by a large inter
national banking house and there are
eeveral lota of from seven to 12 thou
eand. The floor of the exchange at the open
ing: showed the most excited throng of
brokers sieen in years and among- those
present were many members who are
rarely seen in thetrading crowds.
! The opening was chaotic. The one
desire seemed to be to sell, sell, any
thing to anybody who was willing to
take stocks and give'money for it. When
It appeared that the "corner" operators
were-fietermtaed to have their pound of
Ceshrircen the peopU taught in their net.
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everybody felt that he must free himself
from his load of stock and stand from
under, lest worse should happen.
They had hoped that before the open
ing of business scone announcement
might be made that the Northern Pa
cific speculative "shorts" might escape
on agreed terms.
After noon there seemed to be more
steadiness to prices and Southern Pacific
rose to 3SM:, Louisville to 97, Manhattan
to 106, United States steel preferred to 80
and St. Paul to 153. United States steel
common dropped to 40. Burlington sold
at 159 for 2.000 shares. Then there was a
rally in steel preferred up to 88, Union
Pacific following to 90; Baltimore &
Ohio sold at 89, Missouri Paifie 90,
American Tobacco 105 and Missouri Pa
cific at 95. Then came an official an
nouncement on the tape by Street &
Norton that they would not demand de
livery today of 80,000 shares of North
ern Pacific common to them. This an
nouncement was followed by a rajly in
Manhattan to 108, Steel to 48. Burlington
to 182, Southern Pacific 143Ve. Atchison
to 63 and Steel preferred to 9S. i
At 12:25 Northern Pacific common sold
at 700 for cash. At this the market
"seemed to have a better tone than at
any period during the day and the price
changes between sales were not s-. wide
as they had been during the wild flurries
of the earlier part of the session . Even
Standard Oil declined to $050 a share, a
drop of 171 points from last night's
close. i
HILL MAKES A STATEMENT.
New York, May 9. At noon the as
signment of Charles H. Sickeis, , a
broker, was announced.
President J. J. Hill, of the Great
Northern road, made this statement
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"I never bought or sold a share of
Northern Pacific stock on the floor, and
what is more, in six months I have
neither acquired nor gotten rid of
Northern Pacific stock or any other
stock. When the battle lifts and the
air becomes clearer, as I believe it soon
will, people will see many things in a
much clearer light than they do now.
"We never have had control of the
Northern Pacific road; we don't want
control: we are not trying to get con
trol, and under the law we could not
retain control if ever we got it."
There has been apprehension that
large funds of money might be called
from New York by the country banks,
but so far there has been no evidence
in support of this theory. On the other
hand, money is being forwarded to New
York largely by bargain bunters from
all over the country who wish to secure
cheap stock.
LONDON MARKET COLLAPSES.
London, May 9. Business on the stock
exchange was generally dull, barring
the agitation in Americans. Through
out the recovery seemed lost on receipt
of the New York opening prices, and
they closed weak and unsettled. North
ern Pacific common closed at 132. Union
Pacific ; was offered at 111. Grand
Trunk inclined higher. Kaffirs were ir
regular, tending downward.
On the street Americans collapsed.
The prices obtainable were generally
unreliable. The nearest possible were:
Erie 30. Atchison 70. Northern Pacific
common 125. Southern Pacific 45, Louis
ville 101, Union Pacific common 98. St.
Paul 15S, M. K. & T. 26. Reading com
mon 19, Southern railway S. and Nor
folk & Western 48. United States Steel
corporation declined to 26, but later re
acted to 37.
MONEY GOES UP TO 60 PER CENT.
New Ycrk, May 9. At 1 o'clock the
failures of W. II. Brower of 60 Broadway
and J. T. Lee o 62 Broadway were an
nounced on the consolidated exchange.
Rumors were circulated affecting the
credit of 'several stock exchange houses,
but they were soon officially denied.
Shortly after 1 o'clock A. A. Houseman
& Co., loaned $1,000,000 at 6 per cent and
it was said that other strong firms were
lending their available funds in the ef
forts to check the declines in prices. The
banks on the other hand became more
conservative and decided to loan only
to their regular customers. Some bor
rowers were forced to pay from ten to
40 per cent for money. ; A more hopeful
feeling was strengthened by semi-official
statement that the leaders in the finan
cial world had insisted that the Harri-man-Morgan
people had come to some
basis of agreement in order to relieve
the situation.
The sensational decline of 60 in Dela
ware & Hudson was followed by a quick
recovery of 60 and United States steel
stocks seemed to hold their own for a
time. Southern railway sold up then re
acted to 2434. Reading became rim
around 274. Amalgamated Copper around
108, and Atchison preferred at lorn 90
to 91. Continental Tobacco kept a firm
front at 46. Atehisi n then went off to
651... Missouri Pacific to 97, St. Paul to
140, Steel to 41. Manhattan to 110, Erie
to 30 and other stocks declined some
what in sympathy. 1
The features of the situation was the
chsing up for the day of a number
of small brokerage concerns, not be
cause of financial embarrassment, but
because they deemed it unwise to do
any busines at all in such a market as
today.
At 1:30 p. m., prices seemed to be fair
ly steady. United States Steel common
finding support around 40, and the pre
ferred around 90. At this time there was
some activity in bonds with apparently
good absorption of the standard issues.
A clearing house notice was sent out at
1:38 saying that all transactions in
Northern Pacific common would be ex
clearing house until further notice. This
means that sellers of the stock will not
be called upon to deliver it at present.
At 1:40 60 per cent was bid for money.
Union Pacific preferred made a strong
rally to 96, American Tobacco advanced
to 110, and Amalgamated Copper sold at
109H. Twenty-five hundred shares of
Chicago & Alton preferred changed
hands at 76. Western Union met support
at 88 and New York Central was steady
at 145. Atfer money had gone to 60 per
cent, it was reported in the street that
a number of bank presidents went into
conference, with the- object of making
arrangements to lend $16,000,000 on the
stock exchange at low rates, J. P. Mor
gan & Co., were lenders of large sums
today at 6 per cent.
Union Pacific preferred could not hold
the rally and it fell off quickly to S7V2
At the same time the common sold at
92.
Notwithstanding that Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.. had claimed the control of the
Northern Pacific it was said at the of
fice of J. P. Morgan & Co., that that firm
has contracts for delivery of stock suf
ficient to give them a majority.
The Evening Post quotes an eminent
authority of the railroad world as fol
lows: "It will be recognized, when the field
of battle clears that the balance of rail
road power must not be seriously dis
turbed. "Interests at stake are too tremendous
and too powerful to be aroused. It only
means retaliation of a disastrous na
ture, which can be avoided by checking
reckless ambition, and leaving the great
railroads of the country free from agree
ments and open to their connections.
Further unification of great railways
and forming of transcontinental sys
tems will be dropped now, or such plans
will be recognized as forcing competi
tive building on a gigantic scale."
At 2 o'clock semi-official announce
ment was made that the Gallatin Na
tonal bank would lend $16,000,000 at 6
per cent, acting for the associated banks
of the city. - ft'.
James Stillman, president of the Na
tional City bank, which carries the larg
est deposits of any financial institution
in -the United States, declined today to
discuss the general financial situation.
SICKELS' LIABILITIES $SO,000.
New York, May 9. Charles It. Sickeis,
who failed today, is the sole member
of the firm. According to a rough esti
mate made by the assignee, the lia
bilities will be $80,000, while the assets
will be fully as much if not more. Mr.
Sickeis' failure is attributed to the
slump in the stock market and to the
failure of his customers to make good
the margins on certain stocks he was
holding for them. He was a member of
the Consolidated Exchange, and when
the settling hour came this morning
at the exchange he found himself un
able to make payments.
BEARS TO HAVE A SHOW.
New York. May 9. Announcement
was made by representatives of J. P.
Morgan & Co. and of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. to the effect that settlements to be
made with the shorts would not be
made at today's prices for Northern
Pacific. It was said that settlements
would be made at what would general
ly be considered a fair market price.
At 2:10 Amalgamated Copper dropped
again to 103, Baltimore & Ohio sold at
95, Union Pacific at SO, U. S. Steel at
41, XT. S. Steel preferred at 90, and
Northern Pacific at 300 for cash.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Story of the Exciting Day on the N.
Y. Stock Exchange.
New Y'ork, May 9. The great excite
ment and heavy decline in practically
all securities except Northern Pacific,
which began on the stock exchange
yesterday afternoon, continued today.
Prom the moment of the exchange's
opening the trading was furiously ac
tive, and for the first hour at least ap
parently without support, although
Northern Pacific rose higner and higher
on the bidding of the frightened shorts.
This stock rose rapidly from 1.0 to 190,
and then almost without a pause the
advance kept on until at 10:35 o'clock
300 was paid for 500 shares for imme
diate delivery. At the same time 100
shares for tomorrow's delivery were
sold for 230. , ;
All this time as fast as Northern Pa
cific went up, other stocks were gtiing
down. The opening declines in New
York Central, Missouri Pacific, Louis
ville and Atchison ranged from 2 to 5
points, and it seemed for a time as if
orders were being given to sell without
regard to prices.. This wildness was
uninterrupted until about 10:40, when it
seemed that, for the moment at least,
there was a disposition to steadiness.
The steamships Majestic and Servia,
which arrived from Europe last even
ing, had in their mails large blocks of
Northern Pacific common for the ac
count of arbitrage houses, which were
delivered to them in the early mail this
morning. These stocks were made
ready for instant delivery on the ex
change; but apparently they were not
a drop in the bucket, for the frantic de
mand for the stock was not affected.
All interest centered on reports that
conferences were being held to patch
up a truce preliminary to a permanent
basis of agreement between the rival
interests in Union Pacific and Northern
Pacific. It was generally accepted by
the street that the Burlington deal
would go through, but that it would be
arranged on some basis satisfactory to
the Kuhn, Loeb and Harriman people.
It was said that the Harriman syndi
cate was in a position to dictate terms
but that it did not wish to proceed ar
bitrarily in the matter. It was denied
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and their asso
ciates in the deal, that they had had
any desire to "squeeze" the shoits, all
of their buying having been done simp
ly to secure Northern Pacific for voting
purposes, and not as a speculative
maneuver.
The most prominent figures in the
financial world were vitally interested
in the outcome of the unprecedented
situation disclosed , by the Harriman
people for control of the Northern Pa
cific, and throngs crowded the office of
J. P. Morgan & Co., Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,
the First National and the National
City banks, eagerly waiting news.
There were many conferences of va
rious financial leaders throughout the
morning. . : .
It was learned from an authoritative
source that up to 11 o'clock no compro
mise had been agreed upon, but that
the situation was more hopeful than it
had been. i
Efforts to ' arrange conferences be
tween the conflicting interests were re
sumed this morning, and while no defi
nite steps have been taken it seems cer
tain that there will be a meeting and
with it peace. Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. who
openly declare that they have a ma
jority of the Northern Pacific stock,
said today that their policy is a con
ciliatory one, and that they have
reached out with all the streng-th of
their position and influence in an effort
to protect instead of crush. The offer
to loan Northern Pacific stock, to the
shorts made by J. P. Morgan & Co. yes
terday, was renewed by Kuhn. Loeb &
Co. today and a readiness indicated to
lend in proportion to the respective
holdings. A man high authority in the
street, close to the Harriman-Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. group of financiers, said:
"We will continue to seek a settle
ment upon a reasonable basis. Wre do
not wish to see innocent men suffer
and have no disposition to dictate un
fair terms. The offer of Kuhn. Loeb
& Co. to loan stock to the shorts is still
open. The firm's policy is conciliatory.
It would protect rather than destroy.
There are efforts afoot to get the con
flicting interests together, and we are
hopeful as to the immediate future."
It is positivelv stated thnt the Bur
lington deal will go through, but it is
felt that the conditions'of its new own
ership will vary materially from those
in view when the Great Northern first
submitted its offer. 1
Just before 12 o'clock there was a
rapid and sensational rise in T'nited
Stites Steel to J5. Manhattan got ut to
105. Southern Pacific to S64. Amalga
mated Copper to 107. Atchison preferred
to 90. and others rising a point or two
at a time.
In rapid succession came sales of
Union Pacific at 81, then a rnlly to 85:
Pennsylvania sold at 139. New York
Central W. People's Gas 103ii. Atchi
son 65. Erie 254, Baltimore & Ohio pre
ferred 6V;.. United States Steel 29. Mis
souri Pacific 73, Amalgamated Copper
(Continued on Seventh Page.) i
Ohio Crowd and the President
Meet in Los Angeles,
Find the City in. the Midst of
the Carnival.
Yiew the Flower Parade Under
Leaden Skies.
ENORMOUS CROWDS
Bar Progress of the Tisitors at
All Points.
McKinley the Guest of Gen. Otis
For the Night.
Los I Angeles, - Cal., May 9. Today
dawned with a leaden sky and not a ray
of sunshine fell to add to the attrac
tions of the floral parade. The presi
dent and party viewed , the parade,
which was one of the most beautiful of
the floral celebrations ever held in
southern California." Later in the day
the president visited the soldiers' home
at Santa Monica and addressed the
veterans, who received the nation's
chief executive (with great enthusiasm
and cordiality. .
Los Angeles, Cal., May 9. Governor
Gage and the California congressional
delegation met the president at Red
lands and welcomed him to the state. It
was here that th' president got his first
faint idea of the wonderful reception
that awaited him. Through an avenue
lined with palms and Venetian masts he
drove over beds of roses, beneath a tri
umphal arch of flowers and fruit to the
Casa Loma hotel on which balcony the
speaking took place. All along the route
of the drive he was showered with flow
ers and through the streets they bom
barded him from windows with confetti
until the air was a perfect maze of col
or. From Redlands down to Los An
geles, it was one continuous ovation.
Every station was crowded with child
ren with wreaths of flowers in their
hands, and with cheering men and wo
men. Minute stops were made at Col
ton, Ontario and Pomona and at 2:30
the train drew into Las Angeles.
The approach to the city of Los An
geles was heralded by a terrific din
.which could be heard for miles. Steam
whistles screamed, cannon boomed, and
as the train passed through the Chinese
quarters of the city long strings of fire
crackers hung from awnings exploded
like the continuous rattle of musketry.
The city has been; beautifully decorated
in honor of the president's coming. The
fiesta is in progress here and the town
was dressed like a queen to receive the
coming of her lord.
The colors of the carnival, red, yellow
and green representing the wine, orange
and olive, predominated. The streets
were avenues of masts festooned with
colored bunting and crowned with palm
leaves and wreaths of laurel. At the
station the party was met by the citi
zens' committee and many distinguished
people from all over California. General
Shaffer, commander of the department
of the Pacific with his entire staff in
full uniform had come down from the
Presidio to greet his chief. Secretary of
the Navy Long, who was to have met
the president at San Francisco also
came here to meet him and was at tLe
station. The party were drfven in car-
riages to the Van Nuyes hotel. An es
cort of artillery and several companies
of militia had been provided to escort
them, but both the military and po'.lce
had to fight their way through the enor
mous crowds which had swarmed into
the city drawn by the double attraction
of the president's visit and the carnival.
At the hotel the police were obliged to
literally force a way to the entrance.
There the president met Governor Nash
01" Ohio, and the Ohio congressional del
egation who had arrived by different J
GOV. HENRY
Who !wet President McKinley at Redlands and Welcomed
Kim to California.
routes an hour before the president. In
the rotunda of the hotel, the mayor of
Los Angeles formally greeted the chief
executive and extended to him the free
dom of the city . The president respond
ed as follows:
"Mr. Mayor and my Fellow Citizens
I have been glad to be welcomed by my
companions of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, by my comrades of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and by
all the people. I have met while travel
ing through the south many of our old
comrades; but I have met also, march
ing side by side with them, giving
cheer and welcome to the President of
the United States, their former foes,
who had met before on many a battle
field, each the more respecting the
other, and all now united under one flag
and rivaling each other in love and de
votion to our constitution and our
common country. I am glad to be in
this great state. Its population today
is more than one-tenth of the entire
population of the United States over
which the first president presided dur
ing those years. I can not stand in
this presence without recalling these
splendid pioneers of American civiliza
tion, Kearney, Stockton and Fremont,
who led in the paths of progress and
civilization and dedicated this mighty
empire of the Pacific coast to liberty
and union forever. You have now re
siding in your beautiful city that aged
woman who shared with General- Fre
mont in his early and later trials and
triumphs, and for her I am sure you
will all join with me in reverent and
affectionate regard.
"I congratulate you upon the hap
piness and prosperity not only of the
people of your city and of your state,
but the people of the whole country,
and to felicitate with you that now this
nation of ours is stronger and more
firmly cemented than it has "ever been
before in all its history. There are
more men and women loving our flag
today than ever loved it before, and
there is more respect paid to it at home
and abroad than ever before. There is
one thing about our national character,
it is not spoiled when it is transplanted.
It loses none of its strength cr its vir
tue or its liberty under any sun or be
neath any stars. They say liberty does
not thrive under tropical skies. Did
liberty ever thrive more grandly than
in the state of California and through
our southland?"
The president then held a short pub
lic reception in the parlors of the hotel.
Meantime Mrs. McKinley and the ladies
of the party had been driven to the
Woman's club, in Figueroa street,
where they met the ladies of Los
Angeles. The president and Mrs. Mc
Kinley spent the evening at "Bivou."
the handsome residence of Gen. Harri
son Gray Otis, and after dinner a pri
vate reception was held there in their
honor. ' Thy spent the night at the
"Bivou."
Governor Nash held a public recep
tion at the chamber of commerce. Late
in the afternoon some of the members
of the president's party ascended
Mount Low, 6,000 feet high, whence they
had a birdseye view for seventy miles
of southern California, and the Pacific
ocean twenty miles out to sea. At
night the members of the cabinet and
other members of the party witnessed
the brilliant illumination in the streets.
The whole city blazed with fantastic
colors and the air was a blinding snow
storm of confetti thrown by the merry
rioters.
SPEECH AT EEDLANDS.
In Response to Gov. Gage's Welcome
to the State.
Redland3, Cal., May 9. Responding to
the welcome of Governor Gage at this
place President McKinley said:
"Governor Gage, ladies and gentlemen
and my fellow citizens: I receive with
emotions of pleasure and of gratitude
California's greeting voiced by the chief
executive of your great commonwealth
on behalf of the people to the chief ex
ecutive of this government of the United
States. It is your tribute to the great
office which for the hour I am permitted
to hold representing the union of all the
states and it is your expression of love
for the union, for our great civilized na
tion and your affection for the consti
tution which shelters us all.
"California had some trouble In get
ting Into the union in early days. That
most serious question in the history of
the republic, that of slavery, deterred
for a little while your full connection
with the union of the states, but it came
because the earnest, energetic, enter
prising, patriotio Americans living on
T. GAGE,
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this coast demanded the right to share
not only in the blessings but the burdens
of this great republic. (Great applause.)
"The miner with his pick and the
frontiersman with his axe, with the
trusty rifle hanging above the cabin door
have wrought greatly for trie human
race; they pioneered civilization. This
splendid state, rich in its mines, in its
fruits and its products, rich in its men
and its women, rich in its loyalty to the
flag we love, has a mighty destiny before
it. California helped to save the union
more than 30 years ago. Her soldiers
fought and fell on the battlefields of the
republic and assisted to preserve the
union the -best republic on the face of
the earth, representing the highest hopes
of humanity everywhere. California in
our recent war with Spain was quick to
respond to the call of the executive and
California volunteers in the Philippines
added new glory to our flag. This re
public never can fail so long as the citi
zen is vigilant. This republic can never
fail said Jefferson a hundred years ago,
while every citizen is ready to respond
to the call of country.
"But, my fellow citizens, our triumphs
are not the triumphs of war. Our
triumphs are those of a free self-governing
people, and upbuilding and exten
sion of liberty to the human race. We
have problems on our hands but the
American people never run away from
a difficult question or from a well de
fined duty; We will meet those problems
in the fear of God and will carry and
maintain the blessings of liberty wher
ever our glorious banner floats.
"My fellow citizens, no greeting could
have been more impressive to me than
that which you bring as I enter the state
of California, a state of heroic memories,
a territory that governed itself without
law, without governors, by the virtue
and force of an elevated public senti
ment. And you came from every state
in the federation. There 13 not a state
but has contributed its share of your
splendid population. The best people of
the east, of the south, of the north and
the west are here." A voice: "That's
right."
"And they are here to make this one
of the glorious states of this great
American republic And now, having
said this much it only remains for me to
express the gratification which all of us
feel, those associated with me in the
government, to be welcomed here as we
have been everywhere by a united peo
ple owing loyalty to but one flag, and
that flag the emblem of liberty the
glorious stars and stripes." (Enthus
iastic and long appla-use.)
DIGGING OUT OF THE RUINS
Jacksonville Has Set About Rebuilding-
the Town.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 9. The full
meaning of the widespread suffering in
Jacksonville was realized today when it
was announced in one of the meetings
that a great number of men who had
never been used to manual labor were
clamoring for work. Among them were
clerks, collectors, book keepers and even
professional5 men, three young phy
sicians especially declaring their con
dition destitute, as they had lost ward
robes, libraries, office fixtures and every
thing in the fire-. The departrat-n ' of
labor has undertaken to give clerical
employment to all of those applicants,".
The executive committee of the relief
association arranged today to establish
a sewing tent and 25 sewing machines
were ordered. This will enable the
seamstresses who have lost everything
to get to work again and they will re
lieve the condition of the fire sufferers
who have lost all clothing but the
clothes they were wearing.
A laundry will also be erected and the
colored laundresses will be started in
business again.
The situation tonight in the city shows
that all of the departments have been
arranged systematically and that the
people are being cared for as well as
conditions will permit.
Two carloads of clothing and pro
visions and one carload of potatoes ar
rived this morning from the New York
Journal's special relief train. The ar
rival of the goods greatly relieved the
situation.
Good work is being done by the ladies
relief association and many ladies of the
better classes who had been hiding their
desperate condition have been relieved.
The city is still under martial law and
500 men and 43 officers are in control.
Over half a million dollars worth of in
surance already has been paid by the
adjustors and the people are com
mencing the erection of temporary
places of business and dwellings. A new
Windsor hotel is to be erected at a cost
of $300,000 and work was commenced to
day clearing away the debris for the
laying of the foundations. The Gardner
buildings will be erected at "once on the
old site.
Today one other body was found in
the ruins, that of Mrs. Solon Robinson,
who late husband was a member of
the staff of the New York Tribune.
Nothing remained to tell the story of
her death but a cupful of bones which
were found in the debris of her late
home on Church street.
Relief is coming in generously on every
train and the subscription list to date
amounts to $85,000, with promises of aid
from many other places.
Commissaries have been established
all over the city.
rilEFAUED TO DIE.
Suicide Found With Pistol, Razor and
Two Kinds of Poison.
Seattle, May 9. A man believed to be
R. N. Pollock, the missing bank presi
dent from Cleveland, O., ended his life
here today by sending a bullet through
his brain.- A razor, a two ounce box of
rat poison, and a vial of one hundred
tablets of aconite were found at hand.
All papers belonging to the man had
been burned before committing the deed.
Pollock arrived here Monday and regis
tered as James Fisher. He failed to ap
pear during, the next day, and his room
was finally broken into. Lying in a re
clining position was found the body. The
coroner was called in. The deceased hod
not apparently stirred after firing the
fatal shot. No clue could be obtained
in the room, but the name of Cas. N.
Pollock was sewed on the inside of his
coat placed there by a Cleveland tailor.
Pollock appeared well dressed; had $30
in money in his pocket. He appeared to
have been about 30 years of age, with a
light complexion, and wearing a small
brown mustache.
Will Take a Day OfE
New York, May 9. The governing
committee of the stock exchange today
acted favorably to close the exchange
Saturday of this week. Announcement
of this decision was received with sat
isfaction on all sides as it will give
members a much needed opportunity to
catch up with their back work as well as
enable workmen to make the necessary
changes on the trading floor resulting
from the increase of space recently
granted by the produce exchange.
Temperature of Large Cities.
Washington, May 9. New York, 56:
Boston 50; Philadelphia 66: Washington
60; Chicag-o 46; Minneapolis 46; Cincin
nati DS; St. Louis 53.
OPENED DY YO
First Federal Parliament Con
venes ia Australia.
Space in the Big Building Was
Taxed to the Utmost.
EAGER THOUSANDS.
Watch the Inauguration of a
New Governmental System.
Ceremony Was Carried Out a?
It Is In England.
Melbourne, May 9. The opening of
the first federal parliament which took
place at noon, was a most Impressive?
ceremony. The capacity of the exhibi
tion building, the scene of the ceremony
is 12,000 people, but the available space
was taxed to the utmost. The decora
tions consisted of regimental standard,
trophies of arms, and floral festoons.
The doors were opened to ticket hold
ers at 9 o'clock this morning and by U
o'clock the auditorium was filled, except
the royal dais. This was located beneath
the great dome. It held a single row of
chairs, the largest, in the center, bf-ins
surmounted by a small gold imperial
crown. The whole was overhung wi!h
the royal standard. In front of the roy
al chair was a small table on which was
a telegraph key, by which the Duke of
Cornwall and York was to flash the op
ening signal throughout the common
wealth, when the union Jack was to lie
simultaneously raised in every settle
ment of the federation.
The majority of the audience was
composed of ladies, mostly clad in
mauve-colored costumes; but, many of
them were dressed in white. Brilliant,
scattered groups of army and navy uni
forms gave color to the scene.
Facing the dais was a slightly rais-d
platform, where seven rows of chairs
accommodated the members of the com
monwealth parliament. The lofty north
transport was devoted to the rncmbfrf
of the state parliament. East and wf sc
of the dais were grouped the minister
ial staffs. The remainder of the hall
and the galleries were packed with a
well dressed, earnest, expectant crowd.
A great orchestra enlivened the ante
meridian hour with operatic airs.
The audience was a marvelously var
ied and interesting assemblne, re 1
robed, white wigged judges; speakers
wigged and gowned similar to the
speaker of the British house of com
mons; British and foreign military and
r.aval uniforms, bishops and clergy of
many denominations in their respect! . 0
canonicals and court uniforms, contras
ted with khaki clad colonial oftirers.
Surrounding all was a mass of civilifm
spectators of all ages, the whole funn
ing a memorable spectacle.
The formal proceedings were begun at
11:54 a. m., with the reading of the proc
lamation summoning the senate and
representatives. Noon was signalized by
a fanfare of trumpets from the military
band outside.
The royal party then entered and was
conducted to the dais. the orchestra,
playing the national anthem. The l)uk
of Cornwall and York wore an admiral's
uniform, with the ribbon of the oiot
of the garter. The Duchess of Cornwall
and York and Lady Hopetoun, wife of
the governor general, the Earl of Hope
toun and the ladles of the suits all won
black.
The Duke summoned the two houst -t
in accordance with the strict formula of
the British parliament and the members)
filed in.
The hundredth Psalm was sung with
all present standing and the Karl of
Hopetoun read a prayer, after which the
Duke of Cornwall and York made a
lengthy address and declared parliament
open. In the course of his remarks he
referred to the wishes of the late queen,
who before her death signed his com
mission to open parliament. He paid 1
tribute to the generous aid rendered by
the colonies in the South African war.
the splendid bravery of the troops. and
the services of thi squadron in China
and expressed the interest taken by
King Edward VII in the Australian
people. It was his earnest prayer thnt
the union, so happily achieved, would
prove an instrument for the further nd
vanclng of the welfare of the A UM m!i:i n
subjects of the king and the consolida
tion of the empire.
THE TWO SHAM 110 CKS
Will Be Given Speed Trial at Wey
mouth. Southampton. May 9. Sir Thomas Up
ton has reached Southampton. Mr. Wat
son and Captain Jameson will arrive
here today but Mr. Fife is not expected
until Monday or Tuesday next.
Sir Thomas will send the two Sham
rocks to Weymouth today for trials in
deep water, clear of tides and shoals.
It is not likely that further trials will
take place in the Solent. At all events
most of them will take place outside.
The two Shamrocks will anchor for the
night at Weymouth, and the new main
sail of the Shamrock II wlil be bent
Friday.
Growth of Indian Schools.
Washington, May 9. A report on the
enrollment, and average attendance at
the regular Indian schools for the quar
ter ended April 1, compared with the
corresponding quarter last year, shows
the largest annual increase in attend
ance recorded in the last 10 or 15 years.
The average at the non-reservation
schools increased 819; at reservation
boarding schools. 1,338: at day schools,
decreased 242. The net increase for all
schools was 1.8C5. The total number of
pupils enrolled in all Indian schools was
25,860.
Goes to the Armours.
Sioux City, May 9. The plant of the
Sioux City Packing and Provision com
pany, lately the International Packing
comfany, has virtually been trans
ferred to Armour &, Co. The Chicairo
company will begin its operations im
mediately. Weather Indications.
Chicago, May 9. Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Friday;
warmer tonight; southerly winds