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LEAK PROBE BEGINS' i i i Washington Grand Jury at Work on Cotton Scandal, j ' BROKERS ARE SUMMONED | Rumors Current at Capita) of Sensa. { tiona! Disclosures Yet to Come. | Bottom of the Affair Not Yp+ RparhpH i The investigation of the leakage of ! the cotton reports of the department !* of agriculture was begun at Washing-1 ton Monday by the federal grand jury, j In accordance with the call of District j Attorney Beach, the jury assembled i and promptly entered upon the work j 'before it. As Mr. Beach entered the j room he declined to express an opin- ! ion as to how long the inquiry would j continue, to state how many witnesses ; would be called, or to give any information whatever except that he would personally conduct the investigation. There were no witnesses present when the jury was called to order. Persistent rumors of new evidence : regarding the cotton leak, and of prob- \ able disclosures equally as sensational j as those of the pas?, are to be heard j in interested quarters. Anything like ; official confirmation of such stories is ; lacking; however, the grand jury in- j vestigation was conducted with unus- j xtal secrecy, and nobody around the j department would talk. Advices received in the city indi- | - A cate that the southern producers are ( by no means as excited by the situa- j tion as are the speculators, and some ; others who have nothing to do with j r.'. - the growing of the staple. Everybody ; who has the best interests of the j south at heart, however, is insisting j on a full and complete investigation, j W?f - , and on the punishment of the crim- j inals responsible for the juggling and J leakage of the crop reports in the past. . Mill Men See Wilson. The delegation from the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, appointed at the recent meeting at Charts'; , lotte, N. C., to take up with Secretary Wilson the question of issuing a newJune cotton acreage report, called at the department of agriculture Monday and were in lengthy conference with > the secretary. At the conclusion of the conference j Secretary Wilson gave out the follow- t ing statement: ' "The department of agriculture has j determined that the statistical board j v-y . shall meet Wednesday, June 26, to con- | sider whether revision of the cotton j . * -acreage should be made from existing i data or from a new inspection and tv, i 1 0-. make public their findings or esti- ; mates at 12 o'clock, on that date, or j the earliest convenient date thereaf- j ; ten.". The cot "on men informally discussed the question of ordering a new report. No representations of inaccuracy were made against the June report, and the members of the delegation appeared satisfied with the decision of the sec- 1 > retary, announced in the statement is- 1 sued. The suggestion was made that a. weekly report of the conditien of cotton^^shwri^be issued, but it was not urged upon department, it was said that most of the cotton men realized that more frequent reports hA had under the present ap propriation for gathering crop statiswV;/-. tiCS. Cotton Brokers Summoned. Subpenas requiring the presence 01 several New York cotton brokers before the grand jury were issued Monday. The attendance of those named in the subpenas is required in Washington before the end of the present sBe#' month. \ A federal official said that all the v men upon whom subpenas have been served have made statements, both ; signed and sworn, in which they tell . all they know of the so-called cotton scandal. It was upon these statements forwarded to Washington that District Attorney Beach caused the subpenas to be issued. When, where and bofore whom the statements were made could not be learned. V*N. ANOTHER SENATOR IN TROUBLE. Butt of Arkansas Arrested on Warrant Charging Bribery. State Senator F. O. Butt was arrested at Berryville, Ark., Monday, % on a bench warrant from Little Rock, charging him with bribery in connee tion will the bill appropriating $sou,000 for the completion of the new state capital. The indictment alleges that Senator Butt paid $100 and promised $400 " more to Senator R. R. Adams of Grant county for the latter's vote in favor of the bill. Butt was released on ? $5,000 bond. TOADSTOOLS WITH MUSHROOMS. Four Persons Die as Result of Eating Poisonous Fungi. Toadstools, mixed with mushrooms, and eaten at a birthday party, has caused the death of four of the six members of the family of Joseph Franzor, a farmer who resided near Landisville. X. J. The dead are: Joseph Franzor, his wife and two daughters. THREE-CORNERED FRACAS Indulged in by Editor, Legislator and Newspaper Reporter on Streets of Atlanta ? No Damage Done. Editor James R. Gray, of the Atlanta Journal, and Representative Henry H. Revill, of Meriwether county, met in a personal encounter in front of the Capital City Club on Peachtree street in Atlanta Monday afternoon. The difficulty was the sequel to a statement made by Mr. Revill In the house of representatives Monday morning, in which he attacked Mr. Gray and his paper because of an editorial published a day or two previously, attacking Mr. Revill on account of certain questions asked on the floor of the house during the debate ou the anti-pass bill, in which Mr. Gray's name figured. Learning what Mr. Revill had said upon the floor of the house, Mr. Gray had a message telephoned from the Capital City Club to Mr. Revill's hotel to the effect that seme one wished to see him at the club. In response to this message Mr. Revill started across the street from the hotel, and as he reached the side- i walk in front of the Capital City Clu:>, he was confronted by Mr. Gray. Neither man knew the other positively, and there was brief preliminary conversation, followed ' by a decidedly lively encounter which was fought ail the way from the sidewalk up to the club veranda. The difficulty, which lasted for several minutes, attracted large crowds, j both from the members of the club J who gathered upon the veranda, and the passersby who collected on both sides of the street. As in all matters of this kind, there are two versions of the dispute between the two gentlemen. According to statements of eye-witnesses, however, Mr. Gray, upon meeting Mr. Revill, asked a question to make positive that he was the right man, and then struck him. Mr. Revill, it is stated, then drew a pistol, whereupon Mr. Gray closed in upon him, preventing his using it. In this way they struggled, it is said, from the sidewalk clear back to the railing of the club veranda, where Milt Saul, an employee of The Journal, who ran across the street from the Majestic, caught the pistol and took it from Mr.- Revill's hand. It is stated that Mr. Revill then drew a knife, which was also taken from him. During all this time several blows were struck by the belligerents, it is stated, and there was also an encounter between Mr. Revill and Mr. Saul, the latter striking the former in the face. They were finally separated by friends. After the battle none of the bellig erents looked as if he had been in so serious a difficulty, as they bore no marks of consequence upon their faces. TWO BOYS PLACED ON TRIAL. Jesse a"d Leonard Rawlings Face Jury in Valdosta Court. Interest in the Rawlings trial is still deep and crowds attended the trial of Jesse and Leonard at YaWos'a . Monday, although there were not as many people in the city from the Rahira neighborhood, where the crimes were committed as previously. Court convened at 9 o'clock, and it was agreed between the state and the defense to put both boys on trial at the same time. It was found more,, difficult to get a jury than in the trial of Miiion Rawlings, six panels of twelve men each being exhausted before the last juryman was secured at 3 o'clock m the afternoon. W. L. Carter, father of the children whom the Rawlings boys are charged with murdering, was the first witness and gave about the same evidence he did in the trial of Milton Rawlings. Ua -a'ns nn the Stand for two hours. and was subjected to a rigid cross examination by Attorney Cooper. Alf Moore, tbe confessed accomplice, followed Carter on the stand, and was up until 7:30 p. m., when court adjourned until Tuesday morning. The negro related practically the same s'ory he did on the trial of Milton Rawlings. OIL FIELDS IN FLAMES. Lightning Starts Conflagration Which Soon Extended Over Large Area. A dispatch from Humble, Texas, says: Covering an area of three-quarters of a mile square with a great smoke covering two miles, the oil tanks of the Texas company continue to boil and bubble under the great heat of the burning oil. When it can be extinguished no one can guess. Certainly not until it has burned all of the oil in the eleven big tanks which held 2,500,000 barrels when lightning struck them Sunday afternoon. SOLDIERS MAY BE REMOVED. Theip Withdrawal from New urieans Probable on Account of Fever. A Washington dispatch says: General Jesse M. Lee. commanding the department of Texas, has been ordered to investigate and report upon the advisability of removing the United States troops from the forts below New Orleans on account of the yellow fever. AUTHORITIES IN HARMONY. | Yellow Jack to Be Driven from Con- i fines of Crescent City. Monday night Mayor Behrman is sued a proclamation to the people of New Orleans, urging them to heed ! the advice of the health authorities, | relative to sanitation of their premi- J ses and calling special attention to j the necessity of screens in houses i and placing nets over cisterns and all ! poois of water which breed mosqui- ' toes. This proclamation was signed . by the president of the state board j of health, president of the city boar.l . of health, Surgeon of the ma- j rine service and the advisory commit- j tee of the New Orleans parish medi- ; cal society. At a meeting of the state board of 1 health during the day, it was decided, J in response to the numerous requests j for information from the parish health j officers, to prepare and send out a j . i i r* f + v* / * oifnafjAn ; detailed biaitiiiem. <_?i onuunvu. , This will include an official statement [ that up to care there have been seven- ! teen eases of fever and six deaths. The quarantine regulations suggested by the meeting of the citizens requiring six days detention for all vessels from ports liable to yellow fever, were adopted after a very heated discussion. Notification was received at noon from Er. Hunter of the Mississippi board of health that he had proclaimed quarantine against the whole state of Louisiana because the state had not quarantined against the city. This question w2s discussed at the board meeting, but owing to the inti- | mate relations between the city and j certain portions of the state and the j willingness of other sections of the state to maintain open communica- j ticn with the city, it was decided not ! to quarantine the state- against the city. BONES OF JONES IN VAULT. Body is Temporarily Entombed at Annapolis with Simple Ceremony. In a simple brick vault in the grounds of the naval academy at Annapolis were placed the remains of John Paul Jones Monday. With the simple ceremony attending the landing the body from the cruiser , Brooklyn, the naval expedition for I transfer from the Paris cemetery was completed. The formal national reception of the body with appropriate exercises is reserved until it shall be placed in the splendid naval chapel now being erected near the site of the temporary vault. ^ COTTCN JUMPS FORTY POINTS. Reports of Unfavorable Conditions Serve to Boost Fleecy Staple. There was an advance of about forty points a bale in the cotton market at New York Monday, accompanied by considerable activity and excitement as leading bull interests supported the market, and shorts covered owing to apprehension that heavy rains j in the central and western cotton belt i would cause further damage to the i crop. CHICAGO WELCOMES KOMURA. I ! Jap Peace Envoy Given Hearty Re- j ception by Windy City Folk. Earon Komura, Japanese minister i of foreign affairs and plenipotentiary in the pending peace negotiations with Russia, arrived in Chicago Monday from St. Paul on the Burlington limited. Delegations were on hand to ^greet the visitor, une or r,ne aeiegauuus composed of Japanese merchants, students and professional men, headed by the Japanese consul. A committee consisting of representative Chicago business men, municipal city officials and others was on hand to greet the Oriental party. ROUGHS IN CHARGE OF CITY. __ , Reign of Terror Existed for Five J Hours in Nishni Novogorod. Telegrams received in St. Peters- j burg from Xishni Novogorod, say that the town was for five hours Sunday in the hands of thousands of roughs who murderously attacked every respectable person they met in the streets. Numbers of persons were killed or injured; the rioters breaking into houses in pursuit of their victims. ALL OF CREW ACCOUNTED FOR. Ninety-Two Men on the Bennington 1 Escaped Injury. All men connected with the United States gunboat Bennington at the time i of the fa'ai boiler explosion in San Diego, Cal., harbor were accounted for Monday. Exploration of the vessel's hold continues as it is rapidly emptied of w? v. The summary of the situation now is: Dead, 5S; wounded, 46; uninjured, 92: deserted, 1. Total number of j crew before accident, 197. ! china toting own skillet. So Declares Sir Cheng, Chinese Minister to Washington. That China in communicating to the powers her unwillingness to recognize any arrangement regarding Manchuria about which she had not previously been consulted, acted entirely on her own initiative is the emphatic statement of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister to Washington who is spending the summer at Amherst, Mass. i A Big Loan That Failed. Vienna, June 1.?Again a Russian j lean has failed. According to intelli- ! gence from St. Petersburg, received ! in financial circles hero, negotiations j were proceeding quite lately with the ; same syndicate of Paris banks which, ! three months ago, broke off negstla- j tions just when they were to sign a j loan of 600,000,000f.t (?24,000,000), ! namely, the Credit Lyonnais, Comp- j toir d'Esccmpte, and the Banque de Paris. The renewed negotiations this j time had also reached a final stage, | on/1 o ^ nor rnnt s;Y-h IITWlre.'l-milllon ! franc loan had been agreed to cn the j original basis, namely. Treasury bills ; with eight years currency, 01' which , the syndicate was to take over 400,- ! 000,000f., and 200,000,000f. on option. J All was ready and the signing fixed j for May 30. The news of the naval j overthrow marred the contract, and i again the banks refused to sign, hav- j ing gained the conviction that, even j at this hopeless stage of the war, the | Czar and the Grand Dukes by no \ means intended to make peace.?From j the London Chronicle. Paul Jones' Costumes. "Paul Jones," says a writer, "was ' portrayed in every costume that a pirate could be expected to masquerade in and his whiskers were of the longest, blackest and. curliest. He is portrayed in all degrees, from ! the sardonic gentleman cut-throat to j the blood-and-wounds Bill Bowline j type of tar, but always with as mucn j sofa-pillow stuffing as possible. On# ; portrait presents him in a neat mill- ! tia uniform, something like that of } the time of the Mexican war, and with the pattern of whiskers after- j ward known to fame as 'Burnsides.' j There seems to be one point of accur- ; acy in all thes-e pictures i? they are of the three-quarters or full length. Jones is always represented with a girdle full of pistols, a habit of dress j to which he was accustomed. FITSpermanently cured. No fits ornervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRe3torer,$2trial bottleand treatise free Dr. R. H. Klise, Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. An immature banana is apt to be insipid in Javor and to cause dyspepsia. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children j teething, soften the gunis.reduces inflammation,allays pain.c'ureswind colic, 25c.a bottle Lobster fishing is decreasing each year in quantity. IamsurePiso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.--Mrs. Thomas Robebts, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17,1900 Former Archduke Leopold has become a ! private in the Swiss army. DISFIGURING ULCER People Looked at Her In AmazementPronounced Incurable?Pace Now Clear2 | as Ever?Thanks God For Cuticnra. Mrs. I\ Hackett, of 400 Van Buren St., j Brooklyn, X. Y., says: "I wish to give thanks for the marve' us cure of my mother by Cuticura. She had a severe ulcer, which physicians had pronounced incurable. It was a terrible disfigurement, and | people would stand in amazement and look I after her. After there was no hope from i doctors she began using Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and now, tuank God, she is completely cured, and her face is aa smooth and clear as ever." Carl Peers, of Harigor. Me., runs a worm farm. He raises them for bait. Cares Eczema, Itching Humors. Especially for old, chronic cases take j Botanic Blood Balm. It gives a healthy j blood supply to the affected parts, heals all | the sores, eruption 9cabs, scales; stops the awful itching and burning of eczema, swell - j ings, suppurating, watery sores, etc. Drug- j gists $1 per large bottle, 3 bottles $150, 8 bottles $5.00, express prepaid. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medi- j eai advice sent in sealed letter. . i Wrote Her Answer on His Cult. "rr,l VlOO Tin ||1P9 <")f I lilts average utw the number of men who use their cuffs for memorandum purposes," said the local manager of a suburban laundry. "We witness many amusing occurrences. On Wednesday afternoon I received a telegram from one of my regular patrons, from New York, instructing me not to wash his j laundry until he arrived at my of- j flee. He stated that he was on his way here. "About a half hour later he burst in and demanded his 'soiled cufTs, which ifcd been collected that morn- i ing. I told him the linen had been j sent to the town where our work is \ done, and then he raved and swore, j Summoning a messenger boy, he | wired to the plant: "Don't wash So ! and So's laundry until he arrives." Then he dashed pell mell for the railroad station before I had time to get an explanation. "This was forthcoming on Thurs- ! day, however, when he stopped in to see me. It seemed that at a dance on Tuesday night he had proposed tc an j old sweetheart, who is a veritable ! 'cut up.' She is a fine German i scholar, and laughingly said she would write her answer in that ; tongue in a small verse in his cufT. He : had left hurriedly on Wednesday, and not until he reached New York did he j realize that the cuffs had been put ; with his soiled linen. Then he got i the cuff and the right answer."?Phil- , adelphia Record. Feminine Guilt. There are points on which the fair [ Is less scrupulous than the plain sex. j It is not easy to make them under- j stand why they should not smuggle, I and few of them, indeed, refrain from j ?~ T1" V, ti if t aiUtinn s nt nrtnil. SmUygniio jauiuimi, cuii.iuud vi r ~ t? lar books. They are stealing from i authors who may be needy authors, i Many a lady smuggles who would no more tip her ball into a better posi tion at croquet than she would cut a j throat or scuttle a ship.?Andrew i Lane, in Longman's Magazine ' With the Funny *? * -" Horrible Discovery. The Lorelei sat combing her hair, A sight most exquisitely rare; I5iu the man in the brig, Saw that it was a wig. And the head of the maiden was bare, v ?New York Mail. The Waterloo of Wealth. "i'ou have succeeded in everything you have undertaken?" "Yes/' answered Mr. Dustin Stax, "but I haven't yet tried to give any large sums of money to a church."? Washington Post. Meat For Him. "There's a new young man calling on Miss Maude this evening." said the fox terrier, "and ho seems real nice." "Yes. I heard her say he 'was nice enough to eat," replied the bulldog oiv the lawn. "That's what I'm waiting for.''?Philadelphia Press. Sad. "I have loved and lost," sighed the. man in black suspenders. "How sad!" said the sympathetic friend. "You loved the beautiful girl and lost her?" "Xo. I married her, and ever since I have lost all the loose change I left in my vest."?Chicago Xews. A ^Lesson in Moderation. 'fifiMsiiSl Tearful Child-VDaady, Bobbie called | me a pig! It's a lie, isn't it!" Careful Father?"Well, darling, we'll ! call it an exaggeration."?London Sketch. Demand, "But No Supply. 'Ethel?"Yes, I'm going in for teaching." May'ory?"You going in for teaching? ; Why, I would rather marry a widower with half a dozen children." Ethel (with a sigh)?"So would I. But where's the widower?"?Boston j Transcript. Always Tliere is Some Drawback. McFlub?"Well, did Jiggins succeed j in getting rich quick?" Sleeth?"Yes; and still he is not happy." McFlub?"Why not?" I Sleeth?"What's the use of- being | rich when you're in jail?"?Louisville j Courier-Journal. Grandma'^ Courtship. Hilda?"And what did you do when grandpa proposed?" Grandma?"Why, I knit my brows, dear." Hilda?"Ad when you were married?" | Grandma?"Oil, then I began knitting ! i his socks."?Detroit Tribune. > Politically Speaking. "Mrs. Hasher," said the boarder who ; is up on politics, "don't you think you ; could revise the tariff ou my hall room j somewliat 7" ' I could."' responded the landlady, I with an ominous glitter in her eye. ! ; "and I should like to. But let me in- 1 I form you that any tariff revision on your room will be of an upward char- j ! ac-ter." Looking Ahead. Tess?"Haven't you decided yet ' where you're to spend the summer?" Jess?"Oh, yes; mother insists upon Newport, but she and father are hopelessly divided about where we'll spend the fall. J Tess?"Indeed?" Jess?"Indeed?" Jess?"Yes, mother says the Catskills and father says the almshouse."? ! Philadelphia Press. A Dnrk Secret. "Papa says he'll never consent to our I marriage." "That so? Run into the library and j tell him I was wjth him last evening, j and ask him how he's feeling this j evening, there's a sweet girl." "W-e-1-1 (coming back), he says 'don't 1 mention it,' that he was only joking; j but I'd like to know " I "There! there! time enousrli for that wlifii we are married."?Houston Fos* ? Chattanooga College of Law Law Department of Grant University. Two years' course, conferring degree of LL. 8., with thorough preparation for admission to the bar of any state and | of the United States. Strong faculty of fourteen j members. Terms reasonable. Fine law building in | center of city. 'Students may_ be self-supporting. ' Lectures open September 20. 1903. For free catalogue 1 ani literature address Major C. R. Evrass, Dean, j (Dept. I.) Chattanooga, Tennessee. KIDNEY ^TROUBLES increasing Among Women, But Sufferers Need Not Despair THE BEST ADVICE IS FREE Of all the diseases known, with whieh the female organism is afflicted, kidney disease is the most fatal, and statistiea 1. xl 1 iL.* J! 1- i.L ^ ?? snow mac, mm disease u? uu uue mcrewv among women. Unless earl j and correct treatment is applied the patient seldom survives when once the disease is fastened upon her. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the most efficient treatment for kidney troubles of women, and is the only medicine especially prepared for this purpose. When a woman 13 troubled with pain or weight in loins, backache, frequent, painful or scalding urination, swelling of limbs or feet, swelling under the eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in the region of the kidneys or notices a brickdust sediment in the urine, she should lose no time in commencing treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it may be the means of saving her life. For proof, read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Sawyer. " I cannot express the torrible suffering I had to endurq. A derangement of the female organs developed nervous prostration and a serious kidney trouble. The doctor attended me for a year, but I kept getting worse, until I was unable to do anything and I made up my mind I could not live. I finally decided to tfy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as"a last resort, and 1 am to-day a well T nonnntnMiM if. t/W McMv And I VTUUXOU. J. VBIUJW ? O J 1 tell every suffering woman about my case." Mrs. y.mma. Sawyer, Conyers, Gra. Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice to women ; address in confidence, Lynn, Mass. ;; f a y&i M Burglars In Paris Catacombs. v Part of the catacombs of Paris beyond the Luxembourg have also been invaded by burglars, who were on the lookout, not for loot, but for skulls. The thieves, four in number, did not venture far into the subterranean place of the dead, as they were evidently afraid of the labyrinths of the. catacombs. They attacked the first pile of bones which they saw, after having effected an entrance, and carried away several skuils. The four catacomb burglars were arrested and tried. They stated in the police ; court that they wanted the skulls to redecorate the rooms of their lodgings. in reality they proposed to sell thera to medical students. The four were condemned to fines of 25f. each, and to terms of imprisonment.?London Telegraph. Lived by His Nose. There was once a man who was i Jeaf and dumb and in consequence had difficulty in earning enough to support himself. As often occur\ those who are deprived of one sense \ have another in an unusual degree. This was the case with this man. He had a sense of smell so remarkable that he became an expert in detecting the presence of oil wells. His Qose was purchased by a big company (naturally the man himself went ilong with his nose) and he managed :o eke out an excellent living. J CHANCED HUSBAND. Wife Made Wiee Change in Food* Change of diet is the only way to really cure stomach and-bowel trouble. A woman says: "My husband had dyspepsia when we were married and had suffered from it for several years. It was almost impossible to find anything he could eat .without bad results. "I thought this was largely due to the use of coffee, and persuaded him to discontinue it. He did so, and began to drink Postum Food Coffee. The change did him good from the beginning, his digestion improved; he suffered much less from his nervousness, and when he added Grape-Nuts food to his diet he was soon entirely cured. "My friend, Mrs. , of Vicksburg (my former home), had become a I nervous wreck also from dyspepsia, j Medicines had no effect, neither did i travel help her. On my last visit home, some months ago, I persuaded her to I use Grape-Nuts food. She was in de- , spair, and consented. She stuck to it until it restored her health so completely that she is now the most enthu- * siastic friend of Grape-Nuts that I over knew. She eats it with cream or dry, just as it comes from the package ?keeps it in her room and eats it whenI ever she feels like it. "I began eatiDg Grape-Nuts food myself when my baby was two months old, and I don't know what I should have done without it My appetite was gone, I was weak and nervous and afforded but very little nourishment for the child. The Grape-Nuts food, of which I soon grew very fond, speedily set all this right again, and the baby, i grew healthful, rosy and beautiful as a mother could wish. He is two years old now and eats Grape-Nuts food himself. I wish every tired young-mother knew of the good that Grape-Nots would do her." Names given by Fostum Co., .Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason.