The Montgomery advertiser. [volume], May 11, 1901, Image 1

About The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982

Image provided by: University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL

                
•rail/
Bandar
volume lxxii.
Montgomery, alabama. Saturday, may 11. 1901.—ten pages.
yUMBBB m
RECOVERIES
ARE RAPID
Wall Street Bulls Emerge
(rum Wreckage.
SHOkfS WELL TREBTED
Northern Pacific Settlement
on a Basis of 150.
Prices Want up With a Bush ana
ths Closing Figures, as a
Buis, Were at ths
Top.
New York, May 10.—'Wall Street
emerged from Its gloom this morning,
and, with growing confidence In the
day, manifested something like buoy
ant elation. Prices of stocks went up
with a rush at the last, closing at
about the top and with the net losses
left after yesterday's session pretty
largely recovered. There were some
clouds remaining on the situation this
morning and some natural trepida
tion lest the violent collapse of yes
terday should have left some casualties
which would not be disclosed until the
clearing house sheets of the Stock Ex
change had been made up,
Early in the day the official an
nouncement was made that the sheets
of all ths members of the Exchange
had been cleared perfectly and that all
their checks had been honored. This
relieved the last feeling of apprehen
sion and the feverish and earnest signs
which were manifest In the stock mar
ket during the first hour disappeared.
Things quieted down Into a steady
condition of business such as has not
been witnessed in Wall Street for
many weeks.
Shorts Let Sown Light.
The measures taxen over iu»ju ■.»
clear the aituation left little to fear.
The agreement to allow the ehorta In
Northern Pacific to settle at 160 re
ally went to the root of the crleis and
wiped out the Initialling cause of yes
terday's panic. The anouncement by
the banks that yesterday's loans which
had been provided by agreement among
the leading institutious of the street,
.wet Id not be called today, kept the
Situation free from additional tension.
With the threatening condition re
moved, a rebound In prices was natural
and In evidentc The .-tlenf to which
It ran was, however, a surprise and
■was attributed to various causes. There
is no doubt that among those who were
heavy losers in yesterday's slump were
many of ample resources, who viewed
the situation with a sporting Instinct
and a determination to recoup losses
by following the market. It was the
popular belief that some of the West
ern potentates who were admittedly
forced "to walk sideways” during a
portion of yesterday’s events, were again
in the market this afternoon in a bold
attempt to retrieve their losses. »The
obvious leadership movement of the
Union Pacific and the Southwestern
group gave ground for the conjecture
that it was based on benefits expected
to accrue to Union Pacific from a con
trol of Northern Pacific; a control
which was still stoutly claimed today,
but as emphatically denied by the Hill
Morgan parties.
Settlement With Shorts.
It was remarkable that the breaking
of the corner In Northern Pacific by the
settlement with the shorts at 150,
brought almost no stock upon the mar
ket. But It wus evident that the con
testing parties In Northern Pacific are
not yet prepared to let go of a single
available share of the stock. The set
tlement with the shorts progressed to
day at the ofices, both of Kuhn Uoeb
& Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co., and It
Is probable that only the completion of
the settlement will reveal how much of
the purch tses of stock nlade by the two
parties w.thln the last week can be de
livered.
The bargain hunters were also on
hand in Wall Street today, although
their operations fell away as the re
covery in prices progressed. During
the morning, however, there were a
■ large number of transactions recorded
for cash, both in stocks and bonds,
which Is the manner in which the bar
gain hunter usually pays for his pur
chases. There is a belief in the street
that yesterday’s panic was made un
necessarily violent by the excitement
of some of the newer members of the
stock exchange many of whom are very
young men. Tomorrow’s impending
holiday, it was felt, insured a period
for calm reflection which must tend to
clear the situation still further. There
was also some manipulation of prices
for the benefit of those whose borrow
ing power had been largely impaired
by the shrinkage in collateral values.
Borne of this manipulation was also
with a view to the benefit of the Lon
don rr rket where there is a periodi
cal settlement on Monday which is
much dreaded by the English operators
In America, owing to the heavy de
clines since the last settlement, which
would have to be made good.
Some of the Advances.
Some of the more notable of the
day's advances were; Union Pacific,
22; St. Paul and Lackawanna, 17 1-2;
Consolidated Gas. 16; Burlington and
Amalgamated Copper, 12 1-2; Interna
tional Power, 11 1-2; Baltimore and
Ohio. 11; St. Louis Southwestern, pfd.,
10 1-4; and Sugar, Delaware & Hud
son and General Electric, 10. This rep
resents a rapid rate of recovery from
the extreme low prices Thursday which
had already been largely recovered in
the violent rebound of th3 late
trading on the Exchange. There was
an obvious disposition to hail this as
a revival of the boom on the part of
some of the more sanguine of the spec
ulative bull element. Rut after the
week's experience of the severe pen
alties of over-speculation, a renewal of
the same was ptrongly deprecated. That
the wounds caused by such a collapse
as that of Thursday are not to be
healed In a dav Is patent. The condi
tion of the b.tpks after yesterday's
emergency measures must be gauged
before adequate judgment ran be
passed upon the outlook. It is a re
markable fact that the unprecedented
~~r~i i"iiT «C Tbiusda*'* u^set should
have resulted in not a single failure
on the Stock Exchange.
The commission houses generally
were averse to accepting much new
business today. About one-third of
the commission houses would only
t&Ke buying orders from customers
who could pay for them In full, and
others required so excessive margins
as to restrict trading- greatly. - The
heaviest buyers came from the syn
dicate that has been active In arrang
ing deals for the absorption of other
properties. These Interests seemed to
regard the developments yesterday as
the most favorable thing that could
have happened for the carr.yiti it of
their plans and accumulation of stoufca
ty them was resumed on a large scale
during the day. This buying was so
large that the supply of stocks was
constantly exhausted and many orders
at fairly high limits could not be filled.
Boursen Courier’s Comment.
Berlin. May 10.—The Bouraen Courier
discussing editorially the occurrence
in Wall Street yesterday says: “The
wild scenes of the Stock Exchange
suggest a madhouse rather than an
exchange. The Northern Pacific cor
ner appears to have been robbery on
the grandest scale. It is in the
highest degree regrettable that houses
like J. P. Morgan & Co., and Kuhn.
Loeb & Co., should participate in such
objectionable operations.”
Harriman Syndicate Confident.
New York, May 10.—A member of
the Harriman syndicate made this
statement this afternoon: "We be
lieve now as we said yesterday that we
control the Northern Pacific. Nothing
has happened over night or during the
day to change our opinion. As for the
Burlington deal, we believe It will go
through without a further hitch.”
For a Chicago House.
New York. May 10.—Tha $00 shares
of Northern Pacific common which sold
yesterday at $1,000 a share are said to
have been for a Chicago house which
Is supposed to have bought them for a
prominent operator of that city,
LOSSES IN LONDON.
For a Time the Wildest Excitement
Prevailed.
New York, May 10.—A dispatch to
The Journal and Advertiser from Lon
don says:
"The London Stock Exchange closed
one hour after the New York opened,
owing to the difference In time. Hence
the full force of the Wall Street fluctu
ations was not felt until when the ca
bles told of the panic in New York.
Still the Exchange, despite its suspense
over New York’s action, had the most
exciting time of Its history, Interest in
everything except the American stocks
having ceased. There was tremendous
confusion, but comparatively little bus
iness was done. No broker would make
prices; nobody would buy.
"After the Exchange closed hun
dreds of brokers, speculators and in
vestors gathered on the curb In
Shorter's court to await news from
New York and to carry on business.
It was a miserable day on ’Change, but
In the streets after hours the scene
beggared description. London has never
seen the like before.
"In a drenching rain, up to the
ankle* in mud and menaced by pass
ing carts and stared at by unsympa
thetic policemen, was a dense crowd
of haggard, frightened speculators,
brokers, dealers, clerks, clients—all
huddled together in almost voiceless
alarm. Now and again hatless, pale
faced men would rush frantically from
the adjacent court, only to find the
price In something which had broken
gone to pieces. Dealers were afraid to
deal and brokers did not know whom
to trust.
"The losses in the last few days have
been appalling. So sudden and over
whelming a break In price* has never
before been known here, and the panic,
increased to a ten-fold degree, has
chilled the health of those who live by
stocks. There may be a rally and
prices may rise again, it is said by
some, but anything deno-ing such a
; movement is devoid of hope for those
wh® have already lost their all.
"The utter helplessness of the crowd
j In the street was the most striking
; feature of the panic. The leaders of
: ihe market had early vanished from
the scene, and the arbitrage houses
which do business between London
| an J America were not represented. As‘
j a result small dealers did not know
I what prices were and could not tell
whether they were beggars beyond
hope or still had a chance of saving
something from the wreck.
“In that miserable state of uncer
tainty they had to remain until morn
ing, but they waited for hours in dull
expeotancy. appearing to extract some
dreary comfort from mingling with
j others as wretched as themselves. No
! more deplorable picture of the ills that
wait upon the speculator has ever been
witnessed in London.
“In the frenzied crowd, which after
the ’Change had closed, met on the
curb and received the New York cables
telling of the disasters, were many men
who. as they saw their all swept away,
looked and acted as if their reason
would go to smash as their wealth had
done.
"One particular young dealer, who
bears a name long honored in the Lon
don Stock Exchange, completely lost
his reason. He offered to sell stocks
at prices many dollars below the worst
quotations current. His broken voiced
cries were made more distressing by
the fact that no other sound for a time
“broke the stillness. However, even at
such a time of general despair, nobody
tried to profit by his temporary mad
ness.
The extent of the movement in
American Railroads was not revealed
in the quotations, and the differences
on the balance sheet conveyed little of
the extent of the fluctuations in
prices. Most Interest was directed to
Northern Pacific common which oscil
lated in a manner devoid of intelli
gibility to English brokers. The first
deal was 250 shares at 120, then 250
at 123. followed immediately by a deal
at 126. The price then went straight
ahead above 130. elosing at 131.
"On the curb the wild Wall Street
panic was reflected in quotations that
eame over Northern Pacific common
being reported on the other side at
800. but the Jobbers here simply closed
their books and the final quotations
was nominally 135. a rise of 5 3-4 for the
day."
Lynching in Oklahoma.
Wichita. Kas.. May 10.—J. L. Chand
ler, an old resident farmer of Ioland.
Day County Oklahoma, was taken
from his home lest night, presumably
b.y cattlemen, and lynched. There be
ing no telegraph in that sertion of
Oklahoma the news of the lynching
did not reach Woodward until tonight.
For some time there has been trouble
between the farmers and tl »^attlemen
and during the oast few weei, * » great
many eattle have died from phoned
water. Chandler was suspected and
lynched as a warning to others »he
identity of the lynchers It not VnowJ*
LEGISLATORS
AFTER DOLE
Ask President to Remove
Hawaiian Governor.
A SENSATION IS CREATED
Dole Says Bribery Charges
Have Been Made.
Tha Legislative and Executive De
partments of the Islands aro at
Loggerheads—An Extra ^
Session is Wanted.
Honolulu, May 4, via San Francisco,
May 10.—The first territorial legislature
of Hawaii came to an end on the even
ing of April 30, according to Governor
Dole, and on the next night according
to the majority of both houses. The
legislature ended its existence at log
gerheads with the governor and with
out having passed a single important
measure to which the home rulers were
committed, except the county govern
ment act, which the Governor Killed by
a pocket veto. .
The last act of the House on the
evening of the 30th was to pass a con
current resolution containing a memo
rial to President McKinley asking for
the removal of Governor Pole. He is
charged with having hindered the work
of the session by his hostility toward
the legislature, withholding informa
tion and reports that were called for
and refusing to co-operate with the
law makers.
Bribery Chargee Made.
President MoKinley is asked In the
resolution to use his Influence In behalf
of aa extra session of the legislature to
transact general legislation which
General Dole refuses to grant. The
concurrent resolution passed through
both houses by large majorities, all the
native home rule members voting for
It. Governor Dole created a sensation
In both houses by Informing the com
mittee sent to him tc ask for an extra
session, that one of his reasons for not
granting an extra session was that he
had been reliably informed that bribery
was taking place. Both houses passed
a resolution demanding proof. In re
ply the Governor stated that general
chargee of bribery bad beevi made In
the local papers and on the floor of
the Senate, but had not been Investi
gated in spite of the appointment of
committees to look Into them and that
the matter was being investigated by
the government with a view of punish
ing the offenders if evidence against
them could be obtained.'
The Governor has issued a procla
mation calling for an extra session for
appropriation bills only to commence
May ». Circuit Judge Humphreys Is
about to call a special grand jury to
investigate the charges of bribery in
the legislature.
ouwiiivu in Diivininuxuviu.
I. I*. Levy Killed in House of 111
Repute.
Birmingham, May 10.—(Special.)—
Louis O. Graveley, of Danville, Va., a
recruiting officer of the United States
army, who says his father in a million
aire tobacco manufacturer at Danville,
tonight shot and killed I. L. Levy, a
livery stable proprietor, the tragedy
occurring in Blanche Snyder's house of
Ill-repute on Third Avenue. Graveley
is in Jail, charged with murder and the
Snyder woman Is held as an accom
plice.
The woman, it Is said, had for a long
time been Levy’s mistress, but they
had quarrelled three months ago, since
which time Graveley had been paying
attention to her. Graveley says that
Levy had repeatedly threatened his
life, and that tonight when he was in
the Snyder woman's house Levy enter
ed, and, advancing upon him threaten
ingly, remarked: “Now I’ve got you,"
when Graveley drew his plsto! and shot
Levy in the eye. Levy died an hour
later.
The woman says the killing was the
result of Jealousy. Graveley is about
22 years of age and has been in Alas
bama for some little time recruiting
men for the army at various cities and
towns.
CLOTHING BADLY NEEDED.
Lazy Negroes May Give Trouble m
Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 10.—Every
thing in the city was quiet today and
the work of the various departments
Is progressing smoothly.
The greatest want in the city is
clothing. Many peopl. are wearing to
day the same underwear which they
had on the day of the fire and have not
the money to tuy new clothes.
Anpther problem which will be quick
ly settled Is that of lazy negroes, who,
since the commissaries were establish
ed. have quit work So many have
done so that the Clyde steamers and
the yards of the naval stores and com
mission companies have been unable to
get enough men to do their work.
Chairman Parrott has inaugurated a
system of tickets for the sub-commis
sary stations, which will prevent du
plicating and enable him. to identify
ever./ family applying for rations.
Many negroes are hiding behind the
skirts of their wives, whom they are
sending for provisions, and who claim
either to be widows or else to have
been left alone by their husbands.
Systematic Stealing Unearthed.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. May 10.—The lo
cal police have unearthed a systematic
tobbery of the government warehouses
here where are quartered uniforms and
equipment for the army recruits from
East Tennessee and North Georgia.
Tonight a Bohemian character named
Parnell, who has been stationed at the
recruiting station for several months,
i
was arrested, charged with being the
active agent in smuggling these goods
out and selling them to second-hand
stores. Captain Vogdes, In charge of
the station, has reported the thefts to
the War Department. It is intimated
that some of those connected with the
station were accomplices.
LOOSING - FOS F ATLEEa AKA DO.'
Priest Decamps With f100,000 and
a Young Woman.
Mexico City, May 10.—The police and
principal citizens of Oouadlaujar are
looking for the Rev. Father Amado, a
well known priest of that city and
treasurer of various local religious fra
ternities and guilds. It Is charged that
the clergyman has decamped, taking,
It la estimated, nearly S100.000 belong
ing to religious societies, and also car
rying off the young daughter of one of
the leading families! ‘ When Father
Amaro left the city he placed a letter
explaining things within the Iron safe,
the letter being addressed to Dr. Arias,
Dean of the Cathedral.
Oouadlaujar society Is profoundly
stirred, and efforU are making to trace
the girl. One story is that she was
carried off to' be placed in a convent.
DEFATUSS DELAYED.
Case of Smallpox Holds Americans
in China.
Pekin, May 10.—The Americans have
evacuated the districts under their con
trol. with the exception of the Forbid
den City, which they will continue to
occupy unless orders to the contrary
are received from Washington.
As it would be Impossible to turn
over the American district to the Chi
nese. who certainly would not be al
lowed to keep them Independently.
General Chaffee, in order to prevent
chaos, notified Count von Waldersee
a week ago that he would evacuate
todav those portions adjoining the
British district, which were assigned
to them and, the remainder assigned
to the Germans.
The departure of the troops for Ma
nila have been delayed ten days owing
to the transport Indiana being quar
antined at Nagasaki because of a case
of smallpox on board. The American
soldiers here have bean vaooinated.
BAPTIST CONVENTION
EX-GOV. NORTHEN UNANIMOUS
LY CHOSEN PEE8IDENT.
Sessions Baing Held in 'First Presby
terian Church In New Orleans.
Subscription for the Jackson
ville Fire Sufferers.
New Orleans. May 10.—The First
Presbyterian Church was crowded to
the doors today when cx-Governor W.
J. Northen o£ Georgia. Its President,
opened the forty-sixth annual conven
tion of the Southern Baptist Associa
tion. The delegates were very largely
made up of men, the women's union
convening in the Toung Men's Chris
tian Association hall.
The convention opened with the
hymn, “Nearer, My God. to Thee,’’ In
which the entire audiem e Joined.
Dr. B. D. Gray of lirr infeham, Ala.,
delivered the invocation and Hon.
Joshua Levering of Baltimore offered
prayer. Dr. Hatcher inaugurated a
short experience meeting, and then Sec
retary Lansing Burrows read the list
of 1,440 delegates, among whom were
Governor W. W. Heard of Louisiana
and Governor A. H. Longino of Missis
sippi, both of whom were present.
The convention elected the following
officers by acclamation:
President—Ex-Governor W. J. North
en.
Secretaries—Laming Burrows of
Nashville and O. F. Gregory of Balti
more.
Vice-Presidents—Governor W. W.
Heard of Louisiana, Governor A. H.
Longino of Mississippi. ex-Gjvernor
J. P. Eagle of Arkansas and Kev. T.
T. Eaton of Louisville.
As a result of the appeal of Rev.
W. A. Hobson of the First Baptist
Church at Jacksonville, the convention
subscribed $2,995 for the fire sufferers
in that city and *412 for the pastor,
who escaped with only the clothes he
wore.
Dr. B. M Palmer, the distinguished
Presbyterian. In whose church the
Convention was held, made a stirring
address of welcome.
The main work of the day was hear
ing reports of committees and boards.
The Sunday School Board reported
having raised $79,290 for the work du
ring the year. The Home Mission
Board reported Sll missionaries. 2.6*0
churches and stations, 13,800 additions,
16* churohes built, 511 Sunday Schools,
established and 91,075 received during
the year, all the States except two
showing increased contributions. The
Board also discussed the negro ques
tion and Cuban evangelization, and
asked for *200,000 for the work this
year.
The Foreign Mission Board reported
having collected $156,083, an increase of
$16,000 over last year.
The committee on co-operative plans
elaborated a scheme of closer union
between the various bodies of the
church and more systematic and thor
ough work In all directions, with a
directing committee of delegates from
each board. Dr. Millard, of Baltimore,
offered *4.000 a year from the pastors
of Baltimore for co-operative work,
provided the Convention would appro
priate $3,006 annually.
At night Dr. K. Y. Mullins, Presi
dent of the Southern Baptist Theolog
ical Seminary at Louisville, preached
the Convention sermon, showing the
need for the combination of the kingly
and the priestly spirit to achieve the
greatest success In Christ.
The Women's Missionary Union held
a separate convention at the Y. M. C.
A. hall Mrs. Takely presiding and her
address and the report of Miss Arm
strong. Corresponding Secretary, con
stituting the main business. Its con
tributions for the year amounted to
$47,437, for home missions, and $9,023
for the Sunday School Board.
Disturbances in San Domingo.
San Domingo. May 10., via Haytien
cable.—The district of Moca and La
vega are In arms against the govern
n ent. Congress has decree the sys
pension of constitutional guarantees In
the revolting districts. Several arrests
have been made and the government
is taking active measure The Vice
President of Santo Domingo, Horatio
Vasquez, is at the head of the govern
ment troops operating against the reb
els. General Lora has been killed and
General Bobea has been taken prison
er. The city of San Domingo is quiet.
Argentine Sugar, Too.
Washington. May 10.—Following the
recent action in the case of Russia, ip
which an additona! tariff duty was
placed on sugar receiving a bounty.
th“ Treasury Department has imposed
an additional duty of 10 centavos per
kilogram upon Argentine sugar.
J
FOUGHT WITH
THE POLICE
Riot in Streets of Detroit
Last Night
FREE HEARING IS DENIED
Crowd Not Allowed to Listen
to Single Taxer.
10,000 Mbn and Boys Resented the
Interference of the Police and
Hurled Xltsiles at the
Officers.
Detroit, Mich., May 10.—Fully 10,000
men and boys tonight ran riot in the
main streets of this city for more than
three hours, keeping up a continual
running fight with police, both
mounted and on foot. As far as known,
twelve citizens and live policemen were
injured.
The riot began last night when Su
perintendent of Police Andrews who
recently superseded the old police
board through the passage of the
"Ripper" bill by the Legislature, Issued,
an order to the police to allow no one
to stand about ftte wagon of "Tom"
Bawden. a local single tax exhorter,
who had Incurred the lll-wlll of the
police director by the extraordinary
nature of his remarks on so-called
wealthy "tax dodgers." When Baw
den began his exhortation, a crowd
quickly gathered. Superintendent An
drrjjh supervised the work of the po
licprln keeping the people moving. The
crowd good naturediy hooted at the po
lice and no violence was done.
Tonight, however, the temper of the
crowd changed when it was announced
that Superintendent Andrews had call
ed on reserve officers to assist In kep
ing the Campus Martius clear.
Had Tremendous Audience.
The single tax exhorter came with
his wagon and found the campus jam
med with people. The police refused
to allow him to locate at any particu
lar point, and he drove from one street
to another, the crowd following. The
mob frequently blocked traffic and the
police attempted to disperse It. It was
but a moment before stones began to
(tv. and a general mlx-up followed. In
which the foot police used their clubs
and the mounted men charged. The
officers fired their guns in the air and
thje moll, returned the fusllade with
bricks and cobblestones. At one time
when the mob bad gathered about the
central police station bricks were
thrown through the windowa.
In a charge made by the mounted
police at this point, Mike Walden and
Louis Caplin were knocked down and
horses trampled over them. Injuring
their heads. Policeman Qeorge Moore
was hit with a stone and his cheek was
laid open. The other policemen were
not seriously hurt.
At one stage of the riot, a section
of hose was secured b> order of the
police superintendent and the stream
was turned on the crowd, but the hose
was cut and the man who wielded the
nozsle was driven Into a saloon and
pounded over the head with an Iron
cuspldore. Mayor Maybury was down
town watching the crowd, and at one
time made a speech to the people from
the postofHce steps, cautioning them to
do no violence, but stated that he was
not In sympathy with the order of
Police Superintendent Andrews, deny
ing free speech on the public streets.
At 11 o'clock tonight the mob had
dwindled to a mere handful and the
city Is quiet.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
The Spectator Thinks Great Britain
Holds A11 the Cards.
London, May 10.—The Spectator, In
an article to be published tomorrow on
the Nicaraguan Canal trusts that the
Government will hendle the problem
with more shrewdness and common
sense than formerly displayed and ar
gues that Great Britain holds all the
cards lr^the diplomatic game and can
easily permit .the Senate to abrogate
the Cla,vton-Bulwer treaty and give it
self away so completely that the United
States will be put utterly in the wrong
and Great Britain gain a diplomatic
victory at every point. But It will be
much better to avoid that temptation
and approach the subject as though
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was noa-ex
lstant.
It is to Great Britain’s interest to ig
nore the Senate's 111 manners and al
low the United States to construct the
canal under any financial and political
conditions she chooses, provided the
canal be always open to British ship
ping on the same terms as American
shipping. The Spectator will contend
that the only alternatives are either
that Great Britain prevent the casal
from being built, or that the Americans
tear up the treaty and compel Great
Britain to suffer humiliation or fight,
and The Spectator does not believe for
a moment that the British people would
sanction a war on the question of the
abrogation of the treaty.
Loss of Life feared.
Wheeling, Wa. Va., May 10.—A cloud
burst east of Wheeling tonight caused
the oveiflowing of Peters, Chapels and
Wood's runs, tributaries to Wheeling
Creek. At Triadelphia, the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks were covered with
water for several hours and trains were
held up. including two passenger
trains. At Greggsvllle a child, name
uuknown is said to have been washed
away and drowned. Between Ureggs
ville and Leatherwood .a suburb, the
wall of water came down ten feet In
heighth, taking bridges, outhouses and
logs. It is feared several lives were
lest.
Another Cloudburst.
Pittsburg, May 10.—A cloudburst in
Taientum and vicinity triis afternoon
did many thousand dollars damage.
Barns were washed down off the hills
and in some cases were upturned
against residences. Bridges were
washed away, the railroad bed was
washed away at Creighton, the rail
road track was covered with three feet
of water for more than three miles.
Teleg«t»h and telephone pules and
f —
/
trees were washed down onto the
tracks for a Ions distance and at least
seven hundred cellars were flooded.
People were panic stricken and many
moved their furniture from their
homes. It looked as though the whole
town would be washed away from the
rise of Waters and even in higher
grounds houses were- endangered.- Be
fore the storm abated the rain turned
to hall and Inside of ten minutes more
than an Inch of hail covered tfae ground
for miles.
UNCLE BAN’S ACCOUNT.
Statement Showing the Appropria
tions Nade by Congress.
Washington, May 10.—The volume
containing statements of appropria
tions, new offices, etc., required by
law to be prepared and published at
the end of each session of Congress un
der the direction of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and
House, has been completed for the sec
ond session of the 66th Congress. A
summary of the appropriation shows
the grand total o; *730,338,370. The
details by bills are as follows:
Agricultural .I 4,682,420
Army. 116,734,04#
Diplomatic. 1,840,128
District of Columbia. 8.602,269
Fortifications... 7,804,911
Indian . t.474.471
Legislative. 24,694,968
Military Academy . 772,663
Naval. 78,101,791
Pensions...—. 146,246,230
Postofllce . 123.782,68#
Sundry Civil. 61,796,900
Deficiency. 15,070,156
Miscellaneous. 7,990.018
Permanent appropriations .. 124,458,220
Total.*730,338,370
In addition to the specHlc appropri
ation made, contracts are authorised to
be entered into for public works re
quiring future appropriations by Con
gress in the aggregate sum of *4,224,640.
The contracts authorised In excess of
appropriations made at the first ses
sion of the 66th Congress amounted to
*64,216,734, more than the contract au
thorisation of the session just closed.
The new offices of a civilian charac
ter number 3,336. with annual compen
sation of *3,606,609. and those abolished
or omitted aggregate 211, at an annual
pay of *245,366, a net Increase of *3,603,
at a yearly cost of *2,239,075.
A net Increase is shown In the mili
tary establishment of 77,194 officers and
enlisted m-n, with annual pay amount
ing to *16,312,910 and fifty officers and
6,000 seamen in the navy establishment
with a yeurly pay of *1,802,426.
The total appropriations made by the
56th Congress* aggregate *1.440,489,438,
or (127,728,198 lc.s than the *1.568,212,687
appropriated by the preceding Con
gress. _
ESTERHAZY AGAIN.
Installment of His deposition Before
French Consul in London.
Paris, .May 11.—La Siecle publishes
today the .first'Installment of the de
position of Comte Ferdinand Walsln
Ksterhazy the alleged author of the
bordereau In the Dreyfus case, before
the French Consul In London, Febru
ary 22. 1»00.
Protesting against "an amnesty bill
that recognises the guilty” he declares
that a number of criminal aots were
committed by nrd"? of the chiefs of
the army w no in u oeen in possession
of a confidential document handed by
him to Lieutenant Colonel Du Paty
De Clam mimical to tne security of
the State; and he thinks that the com
plicity of the chief of the general stjtlT.
the commander In chief of the at my
and the Minister of War menaced the
Government. He claims to have mate
rial proofs of all those statements.
BROWN STILL AT LARGE
So Far He Has Succeeded in Elud
ing the Citizens Who Seek
His Life.
Birmingham. May 10—(Special. >—Jim
Brown, the negro who is charged with
having committed a brutal assault up
on Miss Dell Garrett near Springville,
three days ago. had not been captured
at last account/, though posses of citi
zens have been scouring the woods for
the past sixty hours all the way from
Gate City to Brompton, a distance of
about twenty miles.
A posse captured a negro supposed to
be Brown, near Brompton shortly af
ter noon today, and a mob was formed
at once to lynch him. The negro was i
taken to the Southern Railway trestle
about a mile from town for the pur
pose of swinging him up if he proved to
be the right man. It turned out, how
ever, that he was not Jim Brown, and
after the negro had established his
identity, the citizens, in their rage,
gave him a sound thrashing, and then
threw him into Cahaba River. The
frightened negro swam to the other
side of the stream and tied terror
stricken through the woods. „
One of the pursuing parties was close
after Brown in the neighborhood of
Weems last night, and it was thought
at one time that he had been surround
ed and would be captured before day
light, but when the posse closed In
Brown was not to be found. Citizens
are closely questioning every negro
they meet and every effort Is being
made to capture the guilty mah. As
far as can be learned. Brown at last
accounts was making his way eastward
from Weems, which is about ten miles
east of here on the Southern Railway.
There Is no doubt but that he will be
lynched If the citizens lay hands on him
before the officers of the law.
TRANS-ATLANTIC COMPETITION
The Spectator Ridicules the Existing
Trade Panic in London.
London, May 10.—The Spectator, In
Its Issue of tomorrow, will ridicule the
existing trade panic In Great Britain
and point out that the lucky Leyland
shareholders can build new steamers or
sell their shares and start ‘‘The Green
Star Line.” There Is no doubt but that
American competition will be keep, but
competition develops, not destroys, en
ergy. 1
“All history proves,” The Spectator
will say. ‘‘that protected or subsidized
trade stagnates, and even now Mr. Me- j
Kinley, the very best apostle of pro
tection. is sighing for reciprocify; that i
Is. for a large, although limited, meas- ]
ure of free trade. Big combines have ]
never succeeded beyond the life of their ,
founders, and any Napoleon of finance ,
who goes on conquering is sure In the
end to arrive at i.is Waterloo. While
Great Britain's rivals all declare her
trade to be decreasing, their one eu- ,
deavor is to capture, at any sacrifice,
that decaying trade." .
The I. C. Wants Another.
Indianapolis. May 10.—The Illinois l
Central is said to doslre the Indiana.
Decatur and 'Western that It may
Fecure rn entrance Into Indianapolis.
There is a rumor that the road may be
•old.
i
l
Unusual Incident <H
at That Town,
IN VALLEY
SANTA
Flower Shows the
SPOKE AT
Chief of Site Brigade
Catch Ollmpae of (the ;
Than to Bare Hie Owb
House.
San Lula Obiepo, Cal.. May 10,
route of the President's train
ward from Los Angeles tedaV
through the Santa Clara valley.
It ran for hours along the e
cliffs overhanging the Pacific
At every stopping place today
was a flower show rivalling In
thefloral parade which the
witnessed yesetrday at Los Angeles.
San Lula Obiepo was the last stag
of the day. It was reached at 7 o’o
this evening In time for a drive th
the town. After crossing the 1
range the train will drop down to
Monte, on the bay of Monterey, where'--, ' ■
the party will remain tomorrow and V,
Sunday. The program tomorrow will A
include a visit 1° the national encamp- 9
ment during the afternoon. Sunday -
will be given to rest.
At Santa Barbara President McKin- jS
ley made the principal address of th» ^
day. After expressing his gratttude .1
for the reception accorded him aM)P|
commenting on the cosmopolitan char* I
acter of the assembly the President ■?*
eaid:
The President’s Speecn.
"My fellow cltisens: What a sulen- }
did civilisation comes out of the old
States and from the old natlonalitUs
that are represented here today, th* -
best civilization In the world; a civilt
zation based upon liberty, upon equal!
ty, upon self-government and civiliza
tion that leads wherever this ctvllsa
tlon goes, it carries the ark of freedom. V
"Our liberty, oar freedom, our sense
of Justice, are not extlnguehed In anv
clime, globe or land and here facing ,
the Pacific I am remlm’cd that this
ark of liber*-' h, ..*>> out into thle
great ocean. ’ >•
Referring to the Spanisl war he con
tinued: "As the result of that war we
are In the Philippines and we do not
mean to come away (great applause
and cheering) and we mean to give to
these distant peop'es what we gave tr
California more than fifty years ag
the blessings of security and ltbsrt
An unusual incident occurred durin
the President’s stay at Santa Barbarr
The residence of the chief of the ill
brigade caught Are. The fire chle
who was on the street awaiting th
coming of the President, was Inform*
that his house was on fire.
"Let It burn,'* be replied. *‘I wf
wait and see the President. I ca
build another house, but I may neve
have another opportunity to see th
President of the United States,” and It
stoically remained while his houa<
burned to the ground.
"I saw the President,” said he when
Informed that his house was In rulna.
"I saved the lot anyway.”
The Presidential party stopped one
lour at San Luis Obispo. The Pieel
ient spoke briefly from , e veranda of
the Kamona Hotel. After he had con
cluded, the crowd surged up the step#
in a vain endeavor to get near hint
Mid there was almost a panic for
noment. The President made his way
through a window into the parlor and
thence to a rear exit, where he got hta ,
-arrlage to the train
Record of Casualties in tbs Philip
pine Islands.
Washington. May 10.—General Mac
4rthur at Manila tables the following
1st of deaths since last report:
Drowned, bodies recovered — April
i9. H. 21st infantry, Robert I., Keaton;
^Dril 21, A. 27th infantry. Walter Ash
worth; May 1, band, oth cavalry, BenJ.
S\ans. *
Dysentery—March 29, L, 18th infan
cy, Musician Chas. R. Spurgeon; May
I. P. 19th Infantry, Corporal Wm. D.
tchultae; May 6, Cl, 22nd infantry, Al
»ert O. Mcllvaine; April 26th, P, 18th
nfantry, Roderick Littlefield; April
17th. K, Mth infantry, Adam Klchebs
l*rfer.
Typhoid fever—April 20. B. Srd infan
cy. Wm. R. Metier: May 8, P, 17th in
’antry, Columbus Sparks; May 4, O.
Ith cavalry. Lawrence Murphy.
All other diseases—May 3. M. 17th
nfantry. E. E. N. Dickey; K. 4»th ln
:antry. Isiah Brooks; April 20. at sea,
S. 5th infantry. Prank C. Carter; May
i. H, 5th infantry, Wm. Burns; May 2,
12nd Infantry, Harry J. McCoy; April
18. I. 48th infantry. Chas. Johnson; t,
Ird cavalry. Ralph Mollyneaux; May S,
0. 40th infantry, Howard L. Martin;
j. 19th infantry, Corporal Prank H.
id wards; April 27. G, 2nd lnfantTJi
*’rank Mattice.
Through Train Service.
Chicago, May 10.—On May 26 the
Inois Central will inaugurate a tksatu;
rain service between New Orleans a
Juffalo.The route will be via the 11
iois Central from St. Louis to Lou!
■tile. thence via the Baltimore a
>hio Southwestern to Cincinnati, t
Jig Four to Cleveland, the Lake She
o Buffalo. New Orleans will be li
it 7:35 p. m. and Buffalo will be reac
d at 10:30 a. m. the . etond momtl
Decision Against BaH^gad.
Indianapolis, May 10.—In thsSansw
fohn R. Payne vskthe Terre Haut^j^),
Indianapolis Railroad Company ths »
lellate court held that a railroad col
lany cannot exempt itself from UsM
ty for negligent Injury of a pasaenf
ravelling on a pass.
The 29th Mustered Out,
San Francisco. May 10.—The :
antry, U. S. V.. was mustered
he Presidio this maraiafti