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I CALL TO GROWERF , *"v Farmers of South to Gather x in City of New Orleans v I 1 IN MONTH OF JANUARY! i Object of Great Meeting is Set Forth in Statement Made by President Harvie Jordan, of > . Georgia. m 1 Resident Harvie Jordan makes the announcement that the southern cot' \ ton growers^ meeting in New Orleans i January 24, 25 and 26 is for the pur<;v ! pose of .organizing and consolidating \ southern agricultural associations into a central body-with a bureau Df infor* mation on the lines of the United States department of agriculture. It is not intended to discredit the goveminent bureau, but to supplement its iM v information. "Wb propose to know as much about ' the' business of the spinners is they ^ do about ours," said Mr. Jordm. "As \ it ,is now, they know everythiig about us, and we are in the dark. Among the other things, it is our object to bring about closer relations between the manufacturer and producer, that the price may be fixed by laws of supply and demand, and not by the speculator. To finance the cotton situa$ tion; to induce a rapid orguiization of coton producers in every cotton growing county and to establbh a bureau of information whicb fill give the planters reliable data.as to acre^ - age, average condition of growing oron. DrosDective vield. cost of deliv ery to spinners, cost of manuftcturing, price at which manufactured goods * are sold, consult ption of American cotton by the mills of the world and the value, if any. Ellis- -I>. Smith, a member of the convention from Sopth Car\ - olina and owner of the five largest v mills in that state, will propose a comt inittee to visit the cotton maaufacturing centers of the east and Europe to ~ investigate conditions for the advice and benefit of the association." i.* . LAW SON AND GREENE MEET. .ijV - ' | | They Fussed and Fumed, But Expect* | ed Clash Did Not Occur. 'W, C. Greene, of New York, who this last week. accused Thomas W. Dawson, of Boston, with being respon* slble for the recent break in feopper shares, arrived in Boston Friday and - was met at the Hotel Touraine by Mr. Lawson. The nature of the_ j statements issued by both Colonef Greene v ... and Mr. Lawson, but particularly by Colonel Greene, who considered that Mr. Lawson was to blame for'the. raid upon the stock of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company, together with ' the market developments of the past * . few days, all had combined to suggest \\ the, possibility of a clash between the ' two operators. So far as became known, however, nothing of he kind took place, ind Colonel Greene returned tof New York on the 5 o'clock train Friday afternoon, ' after having been in conference with l Up T q trrcr?? G A ST o *v> ?UU, JLA?TT?9UU OIULC %/ . "U Ck Ul. Added interest was lent to the inciI dent through the presence of police, f and by the rather unexpected manner in.which Colonel. Greene and Mr. Law14 son met at the hotel. - V ? v V 1 GOVERNMENT ASKED TO SHOW. ' ? Livingston Wants Expose of How Cotton Report Was Issued.' The question of the accuracy*<Mint4 accuracy of the cotton crop estiifltes of the department or agricu!tu>i^ill ; perhaps be settled finally and for all; time U the house of representatives adopts a resolution offered by RepreH sentative Livingston,' of Georgia, in the house, Friday. The language of | * ti.e resolution followr,: "That the secretary of agricplture is hereby requested to forward io the house all information and data in detail upon^hich his report of December 3 w^b based, covering all sources and kinds of information." * FURTHER ACTION BY HOUSE, j Committee is Appointed to Draft Charges in Swayne Case. Farther action on the Impeachment * proceedings against Charles Swayne. of the northern district of Florida, vaa taken in the house Wednesday by the . appointment of the committee of se$m en provided for by a resolution adopt ed Tuesday to draft the charges fox 1 presentation to the senate, and by the I reception of the report of the com' mittee of five to notify the senate of the impeachment. PREFERS KANSAS CYCLONES. Pension Commissioner War? Grows i * Sarcastic in Discussing Resignation. Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware called on the pres-dent Wednesday to pay his respects on the eve of his departure for his western home. | "I am about to leave for Kansas, the land of cyclones," he said. "I want something easy after my experience in the pension office." * p .-V: VV ; v'"^.; -'?"Mr^ ryA/" DEFY THE GOVERNMENT. I More Sensational Testimony Brought Out Before Smoot Investigating Committee at Washington. '. More important testimony was brought out at Washington Saturday in the investigation of protests against Senator Smoot than at any time at the present session of congress. The witnesses were Charles H. Jackson, chairman of the democratic state committee in Idaho; John Nicholson, chief recorder in the Mormon Tempel at Salt Lake City; Charles W. Penrose, editor of The iDe3eret News, and an apostle of the Mormon church; Wllliam Budge, president of the Bear Lake, in Idaho, and Apostle John Henry Smith, of Salt Lake. Mr. Penrose was elected an apostle last July and the attorneys for Senatbr Smoot admitted that the senator was present aiid participated in the election of Penrose. Mr. Penrose testified that he is a polygamist and was known to have been such at the time he 'was made an apostle. The testimony of Mr. Jackson and Mr. Budge related to political affairs in Idaho, the former being a prominent anti-Mormonist and the latter believing in protecting the interests of the church in defiance of the goveipment The testimony of Apostle Smith had not been completed when the committee adjourned until Monday. EDUCATORS MEET IN JACKSONV1LLE. souxnern mssucmiivti cw uaui?i #-?? nual Convention December 29. The Southern Educational Association meets in Jacksonville, Fla., December 29th. Chancellor Walter B. Hill, of Georgia, is president, and has arranged a superb program. Among the prominent speaker? are Governor-elect N. B. Broward, of Florida; Governor Charles B. Aycock, of North Carolina; Chancellors Fulton, of Mississippi; Abercrombie, of Alabama; Sledd, of Florida; Venable, of North Carolina; Presidents Bupont Guerry, of Georgia; Mclver, of North Carolina; Dr. Sherer, of Newberry; Dr. Dillard, of Tulane; Dr. Buchholz, of Florida College; Dr. Murphy of the general educational board; Superintendent Phillips, of Birmingham, five of the state superintendents; Superintendent Glenn, of Jacksonville; Hon. P. W. Meldrim. of Georgia; Mrs. Hallowell, of North Carolina; Miss Anna Chaires, of Florida, and others. The most important subjects relating to education in the south, will be discussed. Florida will sent probably 500 teachers and as many more are expected from the other southern states. It will be a great meeting, and everv progressive teacher should attend. The railroads have granted a one fare rate throughout the south. RURAL CARRIERS FIRED. Charged With Insubordination and Ab sence From Duty. Postmaster General Wynne at Wash ington, has removed from office Fran* H. Cunningham, the South Omaha, Neb., rural carrier, who is president of the National Association of Rural Carriers, and James C. Keller, ol Cleveland, Ohio, who is at the head oi the National Association of Letter Car flora The dismissal is the result of ar investigation of charges of insubordi nation, of being absent from duty with out leave, and of violation of the presi dent's order of January 31, 1902, pro hibiting individuals or organized at tempts of government employees tc influence legislation or to solicit in crease of r* * THREE FALL IN FEUD. Triple Killing Occurs in Arkansai From Deadly Quarrel. An old feud between two farmers and two merchants living at Rosa five miles from Luxora, Ark., termi nated Saturday in a triple killing. J. J. Warren and his son, H. H. War ren, both farmers, and Ed Bickerson a merchant, lost their lives, and Johr Bickerson, brother of Ed Bickerson, is held on a charge of murder. CRUISER USED FOR SMUGGLING. Large Amount of Dutiable Goods Seized on Board the San Francisco. Customs officers at Old Point Comfort are reported to have seized on board the United States cruiser San Francisco a rich store of smuggled goods, including silks, cigars, Cmna and ostrich feathers. The value of the goods seized can not be ascertained, the officials declining to discuss'the matter further than to admit that the confiscation was made. The seizure was effected just before the San Francisco sailed for Norfolk. WflMiM Cm HIV WIIDnrnrn . w w.f.. i ifiwnubn&L/i Deed Was Committed to Secure Money Kept in the House. A dispatch from Lynchburg, Tenn.. says that Frances Bennett, a wel' known white woman, was brutally murdered at her home near that place. She lived alone on her farm and it is thought she was murdered for money she is supposed to hate kept in her house. i A A RAID THREATENED / I Agamst All Southern. States Issuing Carpetbag Bonds. MOST NEFARIOUS SCHEME i v Ex-Scnator PcSiiflrew Heads Combine to Take Advantage of a Decision Against the State of North Carolina. John James, of Philadelphia, in a V letter tQ Governor Cummins, of Iowa, states that he is willing to donate to that commonwealth, ten bonds for $1,000 each of a southern state, not named, if the state wants them. He says he has owned them many years; that the interest has been repudiated for thirty-nine years; that a private citizen cannot sustain suit bo collect them, but as one state can sue f ? . 5 another* the state of Iowa could bring suit and collect the amount. &\ He adds that the accrued interest amounts to 196 per cent of the principal ' . r." . Governor Cummins was away from the state when the ofTer was . received and no official answer has been made. The offer, however, is recognized readily by people familiar with, the matter as a part of the grand scheme of Former Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, to collect about $20,000,000 on ancient obligations of southern states. These obligations were issued soon after the war, when the southern states were under carpet bag administrations and were in the main for the construction of new railroads. When Pettigrew was in the senate he learned that the sate of North Carolino had a great amount of such bonds outstanding. They were in private hands and 'uncollectible, because a private individual could not sue a state. Pettigrew secured a contract under'which he was guaranteed 40 per cent of all he could collect on bonds of North Car, olina, at that time held in New York. He discovered that one state could sue another and make it hold. Ac, cordingly he had the owners of the North Carolina bonds donate $10,000 of them to the state of South Dakota in trust for the state university at Vermillion. Pettigrew, as senator, was the state boss, and instructed his | governor and legislature to accept the bonds and then begin suit against i North Carolina for collection. The i suit went to the United States sup- j reme court and there argued three i? [ times by Robert W. Stewart, attorney , general for South Dakota. After long consideration the federal supreme court, by a vote of 5 to 4, decided tnat | the state of South Dakota was entitled to collect and gave judgment for the . principal and interest of the bonds, amounting to nearly $30,000. Meantime Pettigrew bad retired : from the senate. He did not appear in the litigation, but he had hunted : up the holders of extensive issues of [ southern state bonds, and made con? tracts with them for the collection cf I their .claims. He had contracted to . collect between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 from North Carolina, South t Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, . Mississippi and Louisiana. He was to . receive from 15 to 40 per cent of all . collections. This much is definitely known. When the North Carolina . judgment was secured Senator Petti, grew confided to friends that it paved ? the way to the collection of his entire series of claims and that it would be worth about $2,000,000 to him. It was understood that the plan was, in each case, to have a few of the bonds, j of each state given to some other 3tate. This would give standing in 5 court and a judgment could be so-* cured. .This done, intervention in bo[ half of the other bondholders is to bo the next step. It will be set up that one class of creditors cannot be paid without consideration of another, and [ so the effort will be to bring in all ( private bondholders, under cover <<f 1 Vi ? fV. -? me suits uruugilt ui loiuan; m ' name of a state. BLUFF FAILED TO WORK. Corpse Taken From Grave Sonde Negro to the Gallows. Will Jones, colored, was hanged at Helena, Ark., Friday morning for the murder of W. A. Robertson. Jones murdered bis victim in cold blood on February 6th. He escaped and later his friends told a circumstantial story of him being killed in a crap game. Officers were suspicious, disinterred the body buried as Jones and found it was not his. Search was renewed and the negro was captured at Rosedale, Miss. SWAYNE CASE IN SENATE. Upper House Receives Official Notice Through a Committee. The senate which under the consti tution is made the trial court in impeachment cases, received official notice Wednesday morning of the determination of the house of representatives to present impeachment charges against Charles Swayne, federal judge in the northern district of Florida. i t iA- . . - . viz* . ... | . ." *4 " " i wite hoots and Jeers Greeted Advent of Mrs., Chadwick at | ; Her Home Town?Unruly Mob Surrounded Train. Five times indicted by the United States government at the exact minute that her train rolled into the ! station. Mrs.'.Cassie L. Chad wick reached Cleveland, 0., from New York Wednesday afternoon. She was greet ed-with jeers, hoots and hisses by the crowds that gathered in the depot when her train arrived,, and howled at by thousands gathered in front of j the federal building. The last sound that reached her j from the outside world as she passed into the suffy, ill smelling office of Sheriff Barry, in the county jail, was the hoot of derision from the people who passed in front of the doorway,. She made no attempt to give bail, and after a brief stop in the office of th'e clerk of the United States court, was taken to jail. She is held in woman's department of the jail, and her palatial residence on Euclid avenue, of which the furnishings alone are valued al $200,000, is occupied by her maid. Her courage field to the test, but her body failed her. and wlien she had mounted the three eights of stairs leading to the. tier of ceils where she is to remain she collapsed utterly and fell in a dead faint. fc Water was quickly brought to her and in a few seconds she revived, and wps again a woman of business. Her first request was that her lawyer be sent for, and she was soon eCgaged in a conference with him concerning her defese. TTtpr? are now seven indictments against her, five additional charges having been laid against her in the federal court at Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. It would require surety to the amount of at least $100,000 to give her freedom, and there is nobody in Cleveland who will furnish that amount for her. She ?Zs herself no idea of giving bail and will remain ia jail. ' " Mrs. Chadwick's train was scheduled to arrive at 11:10 o'clock in the morning, but it was three hours later before it reached Cleveland. The de lay of the train served but one purpose, that of increasing the crowd ol curious at the depot. When it fin ally rolled into the station there was a rush from the further end of the iron fence that kept the crowd of curious from the tracks. This mob had broken through the police, swarmed over the fence an<3 through the gate and upon the tracks, so that when the train came to standstill there were* about a thousand persons about the cars. SOUTHERN PRESS ASSOCIATION Organized In Atlanta and News Service Arranged For. The Southern Press Association wa3 organized and officers elected at a meeting of representatives of a number of the well known southern afternoon papers held in Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday. The purpose of the organization is to pferfect a telegraphic news service, and committees were appointed and the proper steps taken to carry out the purposes of the association. The following officers elected at the meeting were: President, Charles Daniel, of The Atlanta News; .vice president, E. M. Holmes, Memphis News; secretary, J. J. Smith, Birmingham .Ledger; treasurer, R. A. Russell, Jacksonville Metropolis. penalties of bicyclists. Riders Who Quit Six-Day Race are Called to Account The eight bicycle riders who refused to finish in the six-day race in New York last week have been penalized by the National Cycling Association. The action of the board is as follows: R. A. Walthour and James F. Moran, suspended for one year; Otto Maya and James B. Bowler, suspended fbr six months; Hugh McLean, susnendart for sir months or nav a fine of $100; Nat Butler. J. D. Newkirk, Menus Bedell and John Bedell and Bennle Munroe, suspended for six months or pay a fine of $50 each. OTHERS IMITATED SWAYNE. Many Federal Judges Turned In Accounts of $10 Per Day Expenses. A Washington special says: Following the evidence In the Swayne case, regarding the exhorbitant charges made by him in connection with his traveling and hotel expenses, the fact has been disclosed that about forty federal judges, or nearly half the number on the bench, have been for some time past turning in to tho government accounts of $10 a day for their expenses. PRESIDENT AT PRAYER MEETING Makes Short Address to Congregation and Holds Reception. President Roosevelt attended the prayer meeting at the Grace Reformed church, in Washington, of which he is a member, Thursday night, and made a short address to the large congregation and held an informal reception, shaking hands with all the members of the church and Sunday school present > - " * ' " ' \ ' ?' . - .*'* *? . '? ? * ll-- j'*'"' '\t* :?r -?'*S.V v-' . - - y ? extermIateTest Is Injunction Issued to Plant-1 ers of the South BY COTTON CONVENTION Growers Must Get Together to Combat Spread of Dreaded Weevil. Cai I for Great Gathering. After passing resolutions commending the aid of the government experts in their efforts to exterminate the boll weevil, and* urging the farmers of the infected districts in Texas and Louisiana to burn all cotton stalks in the early fall, the national convention adjourned at Shreveport, La., late Wednesday afternoon. The resolutions feature what are generally recognized to be the most successful methods of combatting the pest .trior 10 toe aaopuon 01 me resolutions, a spirited fight was precipitated on the floor of the convention by the proffering of a majority and minority report The bone of contention was a plank inserted by a Georgia delegate to the effect that the only way to destroy and prevent the spread of the boll weevil is to prevent the planting of any cotton within the. infected sections of Texas, or any other state or territory, wherein infected lands exist, for th eperiod of one year. The minority report agreed to all recommendations of the majority, except the plank outlined above, which was finally voted down. The resolutions of the convention in part, follows: "That we extend our sincere thanks to the department of agriculture of the United States for the timely assistance it has afforded in an effort to overcome the cotton boll weevil. "That we thank the department of entomology, headed by Dr. W. D. Hunter which has accomplished excellent results in educating the people regarding toe nature and habits of the boll weevil conceived plans and work of experimentation along the line. "That we desire these departments to continued their work in the infected districts, as well as to closely watch other sections which might become endangered by the boll weeYil; and that we invoke a continuance of the national aid whenever and wherever it may be needed. "That we heartily "approve the methods already employed as being both scientific and practical, and that we emphasize the idea of thorough preparation of the cotton iands, a reduction of , acreage, the rotation of crops and the intensive cultivation, with most vigorous efforts to secure early maturing cotton for all the boll weevil districts. "That the cotton planters throughout the infected districts are hereby urged to co-operate with the general government in the ^lans for overcoming this devastating pest." It was also resolved: "That it is the sense of this convention that the legislatures of the cotton states be memoralized to enact stringent laws for the protection of all insectivorous birds, their eggs and young." "Whereas, The pernicious idea that the boll weevil is not an unmixed evil, in that its ravages must of necessity result In diminishing the quantity of cotton harvested, raise the price of the staple, and that, therefore, its propagation should be encouraged by tbe farmers, is daily gaining ground in many sections, particularly during seasons of depression in prices, either through ignorance or the criminal selfishness which would strike down an industry, therefore he it 'Resolved, That this convention endorses and recommends for adoption by the legislatures of the cotton states, a law relative to the importation of the boll weevil in any of its stages of growth." 4, THREE PEOPLE ARE CREMATED. Caught on Upper Floor of Building Devoid of Fire Escapes. Three persons were kiaed in a throestory brick residence in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove. All of those who lost their lives were caught in the upper stories of the building, from whicn there were no fire escapes. ALL ARE UNITED ON THE PLAN. North Carolina Farmers Will Meet to Discuss Cotton Prices. Letters are pouring into Raleigh to the promoters of the plan for united action, on the part of the cotton growers of North Carolina to maintain prices. So far not a farmer has been found who does not favor the suggested plan. The alliance, the cotton growers' convention and other associations of farmers will unite their forces in this important work. rM < v>2 \ ALMOST SLOGUM HORROR 5 W Steamer Burned to Waters .Edge ami "Nine People Lofre Life?Quick Action Saved Many. ? ' tr 1_ T>W ttvfc A i^icw lUiii. ayoviai oaj o. uj **??? burning of the Starin Line steamer G!en Island in Long Island sound Sat- J "y& . ag urday, nine lives were lost and prop- ? .3 . m erly roughly estimated at a quarter of a million dollars was destroyed. That more live3 were not sacrificed on doubtedly was due to the personal * courage of the officers and crew and; excellent discipline maintained when a horrible death for all seemed almost . ' a certainty. When the steamer was abandoned, she was, flame-swept from. I>| stem to stern, and yet the voij. per- jjja sons ^who lost their^lives were tfcose whose escape had been cut off entir? 1 y by the fire tiei&Vfhe alarm reached them. Of the thirty-one persons, including ten passengers, who sailed away: oil .'."J the Glen Island Friday night, twenty- j one, including eigh passengers, were returned to New York Saturday. ,, :'^|a| The Glen Island left her dock ait New York at 9:30 Friday night on her regular trip for New Haven.. There were ten passengers and a crew of + TTT^r?fTT TV?A?* n?/v? ' rVmfefn wn VULJ iavyiuuiu5 vayvwiw . .-* *\ Charles E. McAllister, First Mate Ifa Larsen, Pilot Thomas McMuIIen and Quartermaster John O'Brien. The trip down through the sound was without; ' v > incident, and just before midnight, when about three miles west of Green- K~Wja wich, Conn., Captain McAliester left ^ the pilot house and went below for'his ;<-|B midnight lunch. At that time there i? was no indication of trouble 'of am; -'M kind, but hardly had the captain reached the galley when there came a ,^| rush of stifling smoke from the hold of the steamer and every electric light ; on board the craft was extinguished. .-Ipg When the captain rushed to the declL JJS smoke was pouring from every pamfe ageway, and flames were sweeping up through the aperture around the walk- Jljflj ing beam. Captain McAllester sent in the^fl alarm for fire drill and the men caste tumbling out of their bunks. In the . V|a meantime the steering gear had been. y blocked and the "pilots finding them* ->gB selves unable to direct the course ot the steamer, hurried to the assistance i-f8B of the other members of the crew in saving lives. * MRS. CHADWICK IN COURT. Notorious Manipulator of Finances ,, fj? Pleads Not Guilty. '#jg At Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, Mrs. 'J|? Chad wick was arraigned before Judge ' :M Wing, of .the United States district "|1 court, and pleaded not guilty to every >M charge brought against her, declined* ;>^| to give bail and was ^remanded to Jail to await trial President Beckwith. Jj|| and Cashier Spear,, of the Citizens' national bank of Oberlin, were ar- ~V$I raigned at the same titne and were^ ps allowed to depart after' furnishingV bonds, each to the amount of $211000 ^ ?an increase of $15,000 over the nine of the bond they had previously given. ~}$M The arraignment was very quietly arranged between District Attorney Sullivan, United States Marshal Chan- ^1 dler and the attorneys for the three Indieted people. It was 'deemed best to have them called on Saturday at ft |l time when few people.would be expeeling them in court. PRESIDENTS ACT CRITICISED. ' 'll i His Condemnation of Organization of . ^ Government Employes Deplored. Federal employes in Washington, vi says the Atlanta Constitution's special , 1 correspondent, and throughout the ^ country are indulging in a good deal of quiet criticism of President Roose-' velt for his action in condemning the ' 'f| organization of government employees for the betterment of tiieir condi| tions, while in his recent message hp ^ i gave hearty indorsement to the organl- ? '4 | zation of unions. The dismissal from^ omce oi rresiaent vjunnmgnam, oi we National Association of Rural Carriers, and President Keller, of the National Association of Letter Carriers, has caused no little consternation in the ranks of these organizations and also ^ in other organizations of government > employees. ? WIDOW AGITATES NAN. Wife of Caesar Young Appears as Wit nesa In New York Court Mrs. Young, widow of Caesar Young, was a witness in the Nan Patterson trial at New York Wednesday although she was on the stand only long enough | to identjfy a letter which another I witness had received. Mrs. Young's . presence developed one of the most intense situations of the trial. As the wife of the dead man took the stand Miss Patterson became deathly pale, but watched intently every movement of the witness during her brief exam* ination. 72 ALL VISITORS ARE BARRED. I ' f'i > No One Allowed to See Mrs. Chadwick Except Per Special Permit, i At Toledo, Oh.o, Friday, United . | States Judge Wing issued an order to the effect that no visitors are to b? permitted to see Mrs. Cassie L. Chad- f wick unless they have an order from United States Marshal Chandler. The order is designed to prevent Persident - \ Beckwith, of'the Oberlin bark, from seeing Mr3. Chadwick. ~>Jx\