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VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14.
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Noted Scandal in a New York Church
Ended by Suicide.
SAD STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE.
B, li. Green, a Wealthy Lawyer Blow?
Out Ula Brain? in a Hot ol
Where His Marital
"Woes Be/jan.
The article below reads almost like
fiction, but it is a true, sad lifo story,
which ought to open the eyes of the
people to the cur^e of divorce. This
article shows tbat this awful curse
pervades all grades of society in tbe
communities where it is allowed to
exist.
Standing in a room on the ground
floor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Wed
nesday In the city of New York, Sam
uel li. Greene, a wealthy lawyer, of
Stonyford, N. Y., pressed a revoLver
to his right temple, sent a bullet
crashing Into his brain and then ex
pired In the arms of those who held
him up.
Tbis tragedy was thc climax of a
remarkable series of sensational
divorce action and incidental suits
and charges which at one time made
turmoil in the homes, society and
church circles of Monticello, N. Y.
The intrigue and complexities of che
story ending with the suicide of Green
are unrivalled in tiction.
It was a singular coincidence that
Greene selected for bis suicide the
hotel where evidence was obtained
against the wife be divorced and
where the complicated matrimonial
troubles, involving so many people,
had their origin.
A correspondent of thc New York
"AMKKICAN" called at the handsome
home at .Stonyford and broke tho news
of death to thc young and beautiful
wife. Arrangements were made to
claim thc body before any action
might be taken toward sending lt to
the Morgue.
THA BELLE OF MONTICELLO.
Grect/e was the son of William H.
Greene!, a wealthy and famous lawyer
of Jiv??lalo, N. Y., and alter graduat
ing/ from Princeton married Miss
Wrennie Niven, daughter of the lion.
Thornton A. Niven, and grand
daughter of (?encrai A. C. Niven, and
acknowled the belle of Monticello.
To St. John's Episcopal Church in
Monticello there came the Rev. David
T. Howells, a bright, active and elo
quent voung man. The young rainis
- i Led Mic. "Nircr:; to sing tn" the
choir, and her daughter, Mre, Greene,
became an active church worker.
One day the good p ?opie of the
town were stun neo by th ; breaking of
the famous Monticello Cnurch scan
dal, news ol' which sprea I and caused
so much turmoil in the town that
nearly every one was concerned one
way or the other.
Mrs. Howell sued Mrs Greene for
325,000 damages for al cuati ig her1,
husband's all'ections; Mr. Greene and j
Mrs. Greene for divorce; Mrs. Greene I
sued Mr. Greene for divorce; Mrs. j
Howell sued Mr. Howell for divorce
and Mrs. Howell secured a wanant for
thc Kev. Mr. Howell fer refusal to
furnish support and counsel fcts.
USED SIGNALS KO lt MINISTKit.
In the rial lt was testified that
Mrs Gi and the Rev. Mr. How
ells bad ?ted the Fifth Avenue!
Jrlotel toge th r, and fashionably dress
ed* women I li runge d the courtroom to
hear bow Mrs. Greene lit a lamp in
her rdvTJin to signal thc minister in the
vestry \>f thc church just across the
way. Thc church congregation di
vided and clashed, each faction alter
nately resigning and regaining the
mastery of ibo chun b affairs.
Mrs. Greene came to New York, j
securing empli yment as a stenug
rapher for : riefi Wall st.reet broker,
and llev. Mr, Howell was transferred ?
to Blackwells island, ri un which be
made frequent I rips to Mrs. Greene's
Brooklyn residence, at No. 150 Quincy
street. Mrs. Greene failed lo show
tbat ber husband mani rested any im
proper conduct toward an attractive
Youngwoman named Nettle Coulson,
and for the consideration of il2,UUU
she allowed her busband to secure au
uncontested divorce.
The disappearance of Mrs. Greene,
long a mystery to Mon ( .cello people, '.
was explained yesterday when an
American reporter foin, I her in Ne
waik, where she is married to the
Rev. Hovells, now a lawyer, with
offices In tin' Prudential Building.
FOB M EU WIPE ll KA HS NEWS.
".So be committed suicide, did he?
"What was the matter with him?" was
the calm remark of Mrs. Howells, yes
terday, when Informed ' thc suicide
of her former husband.
A week after seen; i. ? ?e
Greene married blscousl i, Miss K'u/.a
beth Bull, daughter of .fi 9tlce William
Dull, a society girl or Stonyford vi
cinity. Last week be left IIIH wife*,
baying he was going away for a few
days, and thc news "f the tulclde was
the first his wife heard of bin where
abouts.
Although ills known thal 'irecne's
end came with despondency due to
drinking, an element of mystery ls
added tu the closing chattet by the
fact that before going to I o Fifth
Avenue Hotel, Greene tal ed for a
long time wltb ne 01 ie (.rand
Union Motel. While th? management
of the hutcl say they'-know nothing of
the case, one of the employes is re
ported as saying that there was amati
at the hutel that could tell all about
Greene if he wanted to. This report
Coroner Schule is investigating.
Suit Overa Kaiifraioo'sTail.
Tho Nel on Theatrical company
values a kangaroo's tail at $l,25u an
inch. A hilo the car containing the
Company and its efleets was hiing
switched on the Reading trucks at
Tamaquo a yard engine butted Into
the rear of lt. The windows were
broken and a piece of gla?s fell upon
the tail of a performing kangaroo,
cutting o fl four inches The Nelson
company luis instituted proceedings
against Hie railroad for *5,U0U dam
ages. The cuso will be heard in the
Philadelphia courts next week.
ARRESTED IN PARIS.
Minn Bell Crane, ul ticorjrla, Told sen
sational Story About Abduction.
United States Consul General Gowdy
at Paris, France, recently received a
letter from an American girl saying
tbat she was locked up In a provincial
juli without any charge naving been
made against ber. Thc consul general
sent a report to the jail and secured
the girl's release and return to Paris.
He then cabled to her parents residing
at Decature, Ga., requesting funds
for her return to America.
The gill related a sensational story.
She claimed to have been abducted by
an American seeking to marry her
and said she accompanied him on au
automobile tour, was locked up in a
room In a country hotel, escaped aud
was mude to walk across the country
and was arcsted as a wanderer by the
French authorities.
iuquiries made by Mr. Gowdy's re
port established the correctness of her
detention at Hie provincial jail, but
the story of ber abduction was not
veri lied, except by her statemeut,
wblch has beeu reduced toan utlidavit
before thc consul. The names of tbe
parties are withheld, as no legal steps
have been taken against the alleged
abductor and owing to the doubtful
character of some of the accusations.
Pending the arrival of funds the girl
ls being cared for by the American
Young Women's Christian associa
tion.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says
investigation developed the fact that
the young woman referred to in the
above dispatch from Paris is Miss
Belle Crane of Decatur, Ga., who went
to London a year ago to give concdrt
readings. Miss Crane was well known
here, having attended Agnes Scott
institute, a- well known college for
women. Her father ls B. S. Crane
who holds a prominent position with
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany. He had heard nothing from his
daughter for several weeks but about
eight days ago in response to a cable
gram from American Consul General
Gowdy that Miss Crime was in Paris
and wished to return home he cabled
8200 to pay the expenses of her return
passage. Miss Crane went to Europe
with a party of friends from Cin
cinnati. She had contracted with a
Mr. Angel, an American who was go
ing to Europe accompanied by his wife,
to give a series of concert readings,
but upon the death of Mrs. Angel
the plan was dropped and Miss Craue
went to live with a Misti Lestrade in
London. Several weeks ago she left
London for Paris. The Associated
Press brought Mr. Crane the llrst in
formation of the sensational incident
in Paris._
JAPANESE LOSE A WAR SHIP.
lt Wa? Only a Torpedo Boat Blown
Up by a Minc.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan says
the Japanese torpedo boat No. 48 was1
destroyed while removing mines from!
Ki rr bay, north of Tallen Wan (Port
Da'.ny) Thursday. Seven men were
kided and seven wounded. This is
tbe first warship Japan has lost in the
war. The torpedo boat was lost dur
ing a series of bombardments and sur
veying operations at Tallen Wan,
D;ep and Kerr bays, by Admirai
K ttaoka, commander of the third j
squadron. The admiral arrived at
Kirr bay eirly in thc morning and
detached the cruisers Etsukusbima,
Nlsshin and Miyako, ordering them
to bombard the land batteries, while
a llotilla of torpedo boats swept the
harbor for Rome minutes. The second
fie tilla of -torpedo boats which had
been engaged in guarding Pjrt Ai thur
the previous night joined the squad
ron and began the work of surveying
the harbor.
Plie Miyako discovered a company
of Rus,ian infantry and a detach
ment of cavalry on shore and dispers
ed them. The survey was completed
at :i o'clock in the afternoon. Two
torpedo boats that were reconnoiter
ing and removing mines in the west
shore of Kerr bay discovered a tele
graph linc running along the Taku
Shan penlnusula. In order to destroy
lt Lieut. Gotta and four sailors land
ed and scaled the heights under the
protection of the guns of the torpedo
boats and cut the line. Thc Japanese
vessel then discovered three bodies of
Russian troops, one large and two]
small ones, whereupon thc squadron
advanced close to the shore and shell
ed them. The Miyako, which was
reconnoitering in Deep bay, discover
ed a Russian guard post on a moun
tain to the north-west of Robinson
promontory and destroyed it.
A Russian force, estimated at ten
companies, took refuge behind an em
inence but it was dispersed by thc
Japanese. Torpedo b ?ats Nos. 48 and
4U discovered a large mechanical mine
in Kerr bay. Their various attempts j
to blow it up failed and it suddenly
exploded ot itself cutting No. 18 in two.
The torpedo boat sank In seven
minutes. The sqadron hurried boats
to the rescue and picked up the
wounded. Three other mines were
discovered and exploded. The squad
ron completed Its operations at 0
o'clock In tile evening and returned
to its base._
Boasted In Oil.
Fire at Batson, Tex., Friday after
noon destroyed 18 derricks, live dril
ling rigs and 22 tanks containing
about 15,000 barrels of oil. Tom
Walker of Leavenworth, Kas., mount
ed a ladder in an elfwrt to cut off thc
How of oil, but fell Into a mass of hum !
i lng Oil and timber and slowly roasted .
to death while the spectators looked
on helpless to reach him. Thc loss is
*ti0,000.
Poor Kollow.
Jos Newman of Wilmington, N. C.,
a traveling salesman Tor a Cincinnati
distillery, was found dead In his room
at tile Metropole hotel at Detroit,
Mich. A box of morphine pills and
telegrams with written Instructions
to where his body should be sent,
told a story of suicide. Newman was
about 33 years old. lt is said that grief
over the death of a brother led to the
act._
Hight People Killed.
An Illinois Central passcngar train
watt ditched twenty miles from Starb I
li.g, Ills., Wednesday. Eight pabBen
gers were killed and many others in
jured.
s
HE FOUGHT HARD.
Suoh is the Belief of Young Wentz,
the Philadelphiiui
WHOSE BODY HAS BEIN FOUND.
lt la Believed Now That tho Dead
Body Waa Carried tu tho
Spot Where It Waa Dis
covered.
A dispatch from Wise, Ya., says it
:s now believed that Edward L.
Wentz, the rich Phlladelphian whose
body was found near there and whose
disappearance last October called out
a reward of 8100,000, was killed in a
tight with mountain moonshiners.
The body has been fully idcntltied
and there ls every nason to believe
he died lighting for his life. His cloth
ing was intact, but the front teeth are
gone.? His revolver with three shots
missing and his eyeglasses were feund
about twenty feet away. Thc body lies
near the Blackwood road, about a mlle
north of Kelly Cave.
Thc space adjacent to the body has
been roped off and a guard placed
around it. The relatives are expected
there from Philadelphia Thursday,
when an inquest wiU'bchcld.
M T ??TIC lt Y IN Til IC DISCOVERT.
The principal mystery that puzzles
thc Wise County officers is the Unding
of the body lying in full view on the
ground. The opinion is held that it
could not have been there unseen dur
ing thc seven months since Wentz's
disappearance.
The body was found in a clearing on
the hillside, face upward lu good con
dition, as though death had occurred
uot many days ago. Tue clothes wore
worn and misshapen, apparently by
thc work of the elements, ll was found
by a young village boy who was spend
ing Sunday afternoon beating through
thc hill country in search )f a strayed
cow.
The belief that Wentz was killed by
moonshiners after a hard battle is
borne out by thc fact that they had
threatened lils life.
TROUBLE WITH MOONSHINERS.
Karly in last October an illicit dis
tillery was discovered and broken up
by the revenue officers after a battle
In which one of the officers was kill
ed and in which the leader if tho clan
was mortally wounded. The distillery
raided was one of the largest and the
oldest in these mountains, and con
nected with its operation was a large
proportion of the inhabitants here
about. Thc responsibility for the
whole affair was placed by these men
on thc shoulders of Edward Went/,
and be was warned repeatedly by in
habitants with whom he nad made j
friends that his life wou d not be
worth a moment's purchase If one of
members of the disturbed (.aug could
get a shot at him.
WA RN INO WAS UNHEEDED.
Hut Went/, had a great lo vcr for the
mountains and the forests; also he had |
been raised In Philadelphia, and it
was difficult tor him to realizo, that
human life could be held as of such
small value as these peuple, his moun
tain friends, would have him bclived.
He tried to take thc wami, g serious
ly for a time, and succeeded until the
afternoon of October 14, 0 ic of thc
carly Kail davs in the i ?ountains,
when all thc country takes i n new and
brilliant coloring.
He was last seen by an old woman
near Kelly View. Toe chimney of her
cottage had caught tire, ai d he had
dismounted to assist her.
That night, when he did not return.
his brother telephoned for 1 is parents
and posses were, sent out to beat up
thc entire country In tiic vicinity.
KEW A RI) OK $100,000.
Rewards were offered by !>r. and
Mrs. Went'/, until finally they aggreg
ated is 100,000. The mining and lum
bering operations were suspended and
over one thousand miners ann lumber
men were sent out to a-sist in the
search, and the. spot where the body
was finally found Tuesday was gone
over again and again.
Shortly after the disappearance a
rough mountaineer rode into Pig1
Stone Oap with an offer lo release.
Went/, fur a ransom of 42f>.OOo. ile
carried a letter purporting to be from
Wentz, but supposed tobe a forgery.
He was followed Into the mountains
by detectives, who iost till track of
him.
The search has never abated for one
moment since the disappearance.
Heir ni Large Ksc-i e.
A dispatch from Walha la to The
Stute, says some int ere I bas been
aroused here by an advertisement
which appeared in an Atlanta piper
inquiring for the heirs of Johnathan
Tims, who moved to Texas or Arkansas
before thc War for Southern Indepen
dence. Tho advertisement was signed
by U.S. Richey, lt. V, I>. No 4, Pen
dleton, S. C., and says if any heirs of
Johnathan Tims can he found they
can secure a large sum of money at
Anderson hy presenting themselves
Two miles north ol' Walhalla lives
Mrs. T. A. Tims, widow of Isaac
Tims, son of Johlithan Tims. Mrs.
Tims has one son who is heir of this
estate. Young Tims is an industrious
young man, but owing to physical in
11 rmi ties he is unable to do much hard
labor and should he fall heir to this
eslate il would some asa great hies.-,
lng to his mot her and himself. Mrs.
Tims' maiden name, was Tims, an 1 sbj
li ist married a Mr. Warren In A'
kansas, who was killed in I he war. arj1(
later she married her cousin, ls
?Tims. She, now draws a pension]
the widow uf Warren, I
To Pul U|> I) u ut III i en, ^
As stated in thc Washington). (.,(,rrr
jspondence of the News and '?.j,,urie
j several days ago there seems j , ),,.
concerted movement on ?ho- pM\ ,
the Republicans to run congi ressloni
candidates in all of tilt! | Southet
states. The idea seems t J UQ\, \
"dummy" contests, and Ijfthcre ls i
J telling What the Republic H,IlS will <
in these contests. It 's, tl V..ri>fnrc, ;
the m ue important that ?m-^ Dani
I crabs make as strong a sh?m^ ;is p0S
hie in the general election.JV ?nfort
j nately the masses quit \^^,t,ing wb
the primaries are over, BSuui as gt
Democrats the voters owcVH ? t0 Lh
party to make the best P'flft. . p.i,. s]>
In the general election. BB
THE YELLOW PERIL
ls BcKiimiufr to Force Itself Upon
tho World.
A dispatch from Loudon to thc
New York Sun Bays there is a disposi
tion among the most competent Euro
pean observers to regard the battle of
the Yalu as marking au epoch in
modern history, lt is not that it
possesses great intrinsic Importance,
nor does it settle in any way the
outcome of the war. Ic suOlces, how
ever, as the Fpectator gravely re
marks, to modify ppssibly for all time
the relation of Europe to Asia.
Until that battle was fought the
white race was still unconvinced that
the Japanese army could rival or de
feat a European force of anything
like ad?quate dimensions. Thc pride
of the white contingent had for three
centuries seemed to be just I ti ed by
history. The struggle on the Yalu
provides precisely thc concrete evi
dence needed to dissipate this contl
dence; hence lt may be an event which
future histori?i s will quote as one of
Clio marking pulnta of time,
OKKMANY'8 ATTITUDE.
The German press, on thc other
hand, has been as bad as thc Russian
lu suppressing and minimizing the
uews of Japan's great success. Ger
many's attitude, in fact, becomes
more and more suspicious. The Spec
tator, discussing thc Kaiser's recent
speeches, says:
"What was thc effect he wanted to
produce when last week he suddenly
let himself go tn regard to France
and said things which kings and em
perors usually studiously avoid? Thc
simplest explanation, but one to which
we do not desire to give the slightest ;
indorsement, is that the kaiser is ;
threatening France just as Bisnaark
threatened her in I87.'t. lt is pointed
out that Russia's entanglements in ;
the Far East have practically dis
solved thc Dual Alliance. "We noid
that the idea that Germany is prepar
ing to attack France must be banish
ed as entirely out of the question.
Whatever else the emperor means, he
does'not mean to make a sudden war
with France.
There are those even in England
who regard Japan's unbroken success
with anxiety. They see great rm nace
to the rest of the world in her com
plete, domination of Asia, which will
oe thc natural outcome of Russia's de
feat. They believe that it will be
impossible to aviod similar military
growth of China under Japanese tute
lage, and this view has been strongly
urged upon the attention of the Brit
ish public for thc past few dajs.
The correspondent of Thc Sun at
at St.. Pctersburgwrit.es: 'JFal lewin sr.
th?: Yatu battlo the ministry of thc
interior issued instructions to the
Russian newspapers to refrain from
commenting on its effect on thc pros
pects of Russia raising a foreign loan.
The council of ministers at a series of
special sessions during, the last few
days decided that the government
mt st have a large supply of reidy
mt ney within the next three months.
The contractors engaged in public
works, which were countermanded by
thc czar's recent order, as a measure
of internal economy which would en
able thc government to divert thc
me ney to the war c lest, have been
asl- ed to prepare to resume operations.
The council has takeii thc view that
internal economy, wi ich would reduce
the wages paid to tin? industrial popu
lation would be dangt rous, while keep
inn* the working men in employment
until r the government should stitie
disaffection. Projects have cotise
qucntly been opened for four railways
In s uth Russia and a great extension
of the iron works in tin Ural province.
"The government lias informed a
Fri nch agent here regarding the loan
that it is determined to have the
monty. Tue only question is as to
what rate it shall pay.
"Writers In the Russian press who
are; mest directly limier control of M.
ile l'lehve, the minister of foreign af
fairs, mintftlncd that thc operations
hitherto amount only to movements
of troops and transports and that the
war has not begun yet. Thc rainls
tcrs themselves arc completely dis
mayed at the evidenoe of the Japanese
abdity to sustain a stubborn attack
over successive days and nights and
press on despite losses. Thc belief
that the Japanese wore only equal to
ru .h attacks where the probability
t hat their own li s^es would he almost
nil was the basis of the general staff
calculations, which the ministers re
echoed.
"At. present tho government is ab
solutely at a loss what to tlo except to
keep the country quiet, in which they
have been outwardly successful. The
slackness of manufactures increases
the number of unemployed, whom the
ministry of the Interior requires ti.
j re tu tn to their native villages, not
! wishing to have crowds in thc towns.
?The necessity of Unding employment
for these is an Important fact In con
nect ion with the loan question."
Will Ile Faid.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says Congressman Jos. T.
Johnson has received from the war
department vouchers for ii vu claims
for parties who had horses takcn away
from them by federal sty erfl aftef
surrender of thc Confederate
\armies, Those reimbars ntg afe
' secured under the act ot 1?^ l2 ,?o2
1 i Thc amounts and vouetier anj M f(),.
; lows; Andrew Mitchell, l-n|oh $j3?
Mw. ll- Sanders, Unlou, il -. c j
' Fiank Wol?ord, Switzer, ^ (, w
s Fowler, Union, ?l3u; Mrs L|ja|fl D
Finning, Spartanburg, ^ C()IV
grossman Johnson ha, ala^. numbcr
.. of others pending tiie ueclon ()f thc
' department. Mr. Johns. w||] m
i bc able to attend thc nr.c?, ()f ,ho
,f State Democratic convey |Q Co
i lumbla, as thc affairs of (..)nslltu.
." ency and Important busln dcmanda
," - his time there. < Inc Ol ti alternate8
in will represent bim at D>e tiering in
Jo Columbia. He leaves r?Yashington
K\\ I Monday._)
llJ" Lost a Good JJ[
|u". United States Marsj ,ohn M
en Barnes has been Brett DJfe president :
kid 1 from bis S7,000TJob hCe he wa8,
impertinent to uu?leaucB j,,,,^
Emory Speer while liew hol?ing\
court at Valdosta, Ga. i
cir
ow
THE COST OF LIVING.
Col, Wright Shows That It Has In
creased in Late Years.
ST RICKING FACTS AND FIGURES
l'rewouted by ttio Comml?? hmer ol'
Bureau of Com moree and
. { Labor, Which Will Inter
est livery Ono.
The following article which is furn
ished the Columbia State by its Wash
ington correspondent is very interest
ing reading:
How greatly the cost of living lias
increased in the last 10 years is strik
ingly demonstrated in a bulletin just
issued from the department of com
merce and labor, by Col. Carroll D.
Wright, commissioner of the bureau
ot labor. The bulletin shows thc cost
of living in 1003 and for years pre
ceding.
Wholesale ligures ave used by Col.
Wright in his comparisons and in his
explanations for using them as a basis
for his results the commissioner says:
"Wholesale prices haye invariably
been used for the purpose of showing
changes in the general price level, j
They are more sensitive than retail
prices and more quick to reflect ehanges
in conditions. Detail prices usually
follow the wholesale, -but not general
ly in the same proportion. The mar
gin between them in the ca'-e of some !
commodities is so great that slight*
changes in the wholesale price do not '
affect the retail. Changes in the
wholesale price which last for a short. !
time; do not usually result in corres- j
ponding changes in the retail prices." I
The method used hy Col. Wright |
In making his rep >rt is the same pur
sued by leading statisticians the world
over, and in comparing the prices for
1003 with, former years he reduces the
price for the preceding 13 years to an
average price forthat period.
AV Ult AO E uioriBR.
The average price-; of all commodi
ties w.j re higher in 1903 than at any
timo'sjoce aud including 1000. Farm
produits reached the lowest.average in
1800 ajhd.the highest i ti 1002. Cloths
and clothing were lowest in 1807 and
highest in 1800. Fuel and lighting
were lowest in 1894 and highest in
1003. j M,etals and implements were
lowest in 1898 and highest in loon.
Lumber-and building materials were
luwesqiri 1897 and highest In 1003.
Ra^. com m mod i ti es and Manufac
tured V?mmodities have been separat
ed rbrViurther examination. In the
^roupji; "designated as "raw" are in
?lurl*. ' ,urm products, beans, cofleo.
r ^rrTce^TnnTmets, pcp"per. teliTj'
\1"KVA es, raw .silk, wc ol, coal, crude
petro} .tm. copper Ingot.;, pig lead, pig
Iron, bar silver, spelter, pig tin, brim- !
stone, j jute and rubber,, a total of f>0 j
?rtlcles.
The average price for ali these com
modities during .Januar, and Febuary,
1903, was 33 percent, u'iovo the aver
age pi ice for the preceding io years,
ind thu average price f< r thc year was
22.7 per cent, higher than for the
.;ame period.
Manufactured commodities advanc
ed to a level only exceet ed in the year
1890. They were higher by 2Lo per
cent, than in 1897, by ll per cent,
more than in 1800, ami about l per
cent, higher than in I?u2.
Under thc head of farm products,
consisting of 10 article;, it ls shown
that wheat increased ... 1 per cent.:
steers, good to choice, 0.9 p r cent ;
timothy hay, 10.2 per cent; corn 21.1
percent.; barley, 21 2 percent.; hubs.
24 8 per cent.; oats, 31.7 per cont.;
hogs, 37 per cent.; cotton. 44.7 per
cent.; New York hops, 50 5 per cent.
There was a decrease of 1.3 per cent,
in sheep, 2.5 per cent, in rye and 5.0
per cent, in llaxsced.
KIKTY-TIMIEK A UTK LKS.
Fifty-three articles of food ara
given, and on 35 of those there is an
increase over the average for the prc- :
cceding 13 years ranging from 5 perl
cent, on bread, in thc Washington
market, to 1- per cent, on pepper from
Singapore.
A 5 per cent, increase, is noted on
dried codfish and potatoes, o per cent,
on butter and lo per cent, on canned
salmon, New Orlean molasses incrcas
12 5 per cent.; crackers. Huston X,
12.5 per cent.; milk, 12.0 per cent.;
mess beef, 13 per cent.: western ham, i
17 per cent.; tallow. 17.2 per cent.;,
eggs, 23.2 per cent.: mackerel, 23.5 per
cent.; cornmeal. and 2.". per cent ;
smoked hams, 34 per cent.; lard, .'tl
per cent.; beans, 35 per cent.; bacon
and stilt pork, 42 and 43 per cent.;
herring, 51 per cent. There was a de
crease in sugar of from 1.2 to 5 peri
cent : in soda crackers, 9.5 per cent ; i
in Hour, 0 4 percent.; In vinegar, 12
per cont.; In evaporated fruits, about
28 per cent. The price ol' cotice fell
57.4 per cent.
Of 70 articles of clothing thc prices
of 56 for 1003 were higher than the
average price for the proceeding period
since 1890. The increases ranged from
3 percent, for ginghams to 2u.8 per
cent, for sheetings. Women's (1res.-,
goods were 14 3 per cent, higher; over
coatings, 17.3 per cent, higher; Wan
eta, 17.8 per coat, higher.
FUEL ANO I.Killi'.
The table of fuel and lighting shows
an astonishing increase In the cost to
the consumer. The increase during
1903 over the average price for thc
preceding io years of petroleum, re
titled, 150 degrees lire Lest, was .".:> I
percent ; petroleum for export 32 5
per cent.: anthracite coal, 20.2 per
cent.; anthracite stove coal, 27.1 per
cent; anthracite chest ?mt, coal, 34.2
per cent.; anthracite egg coal, 34.3
percent. Thc only Item in the class
showing a decline ls parlor matches,
which fell o?r 14.4 per cent. Tho
average increase for 1003 over thc
period since 1800 was 40.3 per cent.
In another series of tables giving
thc prevailing price for December,
1903, .is the year closed, the report
shows a decided upward tendency.
For Instance, petroleum, relined, bad
increased to 08.5 per cont, over thc
average for thc preceding period since
189i', and farm products were 12.2 per
cent, higher.
Figures on tuc price of petroleum
and raw sugar are especially Interest
ing in view of the contention made in
behalf of the trusta that thoy give
the public the advantage of cheaper
commodities.
The lowest price of the refined pro
duct of the Standard Oil company,
150 degrees, water white, was in
March, 1893, 7 1 S cents a gallon, and
I he highest was In November and De
cember, 1903, 15 cents a gallon. This
is an Increase of 100 per cent, in lllu
minatio.i In 10 years. Crude petro
leum also increased from 51 .'1 8 cents
per barrel in October, 1892, to $1.88*
a barrel in December, 1903, and this
is the Standard Oil company's excuse.
The lowest price for sugar was io
1904 and the highest price was 181)0.
Sugar was about 8 per cent, and 10
per cent, lower in 1903 than during
the preceding 13 years.
Effective working of the coal com
bination ls shown in the comparison
of the highest and lowest'prices dur
ing the period under discussion. Thc
lowest price bf anthracite egg was lu
September, 18U5. In the latter part
of 1902 and throughout 1903 the
wholesale price was s>1.95. Commis
doner Wright says no attempt has
oecn made in any way to go Into the
canse of the rise and fall of prices.
' Thc aim has been to give the
prices as they actually prevailed In
the market." The causes, he holds,
arc too complex, tho relative inlluence
too tfneertain, in some cases too many
economic questions to permit their
discussion in connection with this
bulletin
BED HOT STATEMENT
Made in a Mun \\ ho boat n Fut Gov
ernment Jon.
John M. Barnes, until recently
marshal of the southern district of
Georgia, but who was displaced at the
instance of Judge 13 nor y Speer, has
given out the following caustic state
ment, in which be styles .ludge Speer
a renegade:
"Tiie article dictated for publica
tion by Judge Emory Speer, lb Thurs
day morning's Telegraph: bears on Its
face its authorship so plainly as to
need no reply to those who know the
man. lt appears to be a mongrel at
tempt to prejudice me before the
southern people, among whom, unlike
him, 1 do not live as a renegade, and
to prove a reputation for courage
which every one knows bc does not
posss-. No revolting expressions
were used about thc judge at Val
d 'Sta, and none were tittered that he
did not hear or was not informed
about.
"The provocation for this I am
ready to establish upon the witness
Stand, foriio other purpose than the.
p ..triotic intention of exposing a tyrant
and an unimpeached alllictlou who
wears the- ermine yet, through the
neglect of a prosecuting offlp?r.
~^r^n^trr^,^cv;rr?ca?^nc ' hrek trf
those manly instincts which would
have ser1ed eveu a nervous aspirant
tor the oitice of 'southern gentleman,'
tl ls life incubus upon a long-suffering
people h is sought to shelter himself
behind a sentiment, which those of
that bloo 1 that blushed fur him would
die to defend. In his dictation he
says the marshal was displeased be
cause bc, fudge Speer, took occasion,
in his charge to thc grand jury, to
make laudatory remarks with refer
cr ce to Confed?rate veterans.
"Tuc parents of the mart:hal, then
in otlice, had ten tirst cousins killed
in the Confederate army, and every
ounce of blood and every dollar tl"
property was laid upon thc altar i f
that 111 starred republic. No mau
can distort thc criticism upon a circu?,
masquerading under the guise of a
court, Into an unfriendly expression
toward the Confederate dead. Such
an effort to dispel a criticism made,
because a court, instead of attending
to thc government's business, sought
t > make itself a billboard of assumed
virtues before an audience gathered
'together by the court attendance in
thc li^lit of mir respective histories,
must fail. If he .says that such an
intention as to the Confederate dead
was mine, bis words are as false as
his motives arc foul, and ii he, as the
author, has satisfied himself of Iiis
own courage sufficiently to state what
he has written behind my back, he
may have the opportunity of refuting
his answer by reliable evidence, if he
docs it, or otherwise by the usual
course of thc southern gentleman,
made in a manner known to all brave
men.
*'ln conclusion, permit me to state
that, despite thc reputation for un
II i ucl ii rt^ courage, .ludge Speer, as a
newspaper correspondent, has estab
lished for himself, If he undertakes to
reiterate thc statement therein con
tained reflecting on myself, he Hes in
bis throat and in his soul. In the
language of Lamar, these are words
which no good man will deserve and
no brave man will wear."
A Valuable Curso.
From New York the French line
steamship La Torraine stiled for
Havre Thursday with $0,300,000 In
gold bars, and specie in her strong
room, the most valuable shipment of
gold which bas ever gone out of this
port. Considering the value of thc
.?dp herself at $4,000,000, her gen
eral cargo at $1,000,000 and adding
these to the sum representer! by thc
cold, La Tor ra I ne as she sailed Thus
day is thc most valuable ship which
hits ever pul out from New York.
< liiuhl to Hi t lt.
At Eldora, Ia., thc widew of .lack
Goodlow, th? aged negro of ilamburg,
who died ?ts thc perpetrator of a joke
were pretending to burn him ?it thc
slake a cw days ago, has tiled notice
t r an action of $5,000 damages. The
principal named as thc defense In thc
notion a e Ted .Sullivan, George and
Harry ( Rpo, Jr., Fred Clayton, Scott
i liiliips,^. L. Duncan, .lohn Gott
schc, Oil Ivs Reynolds, Citarles .Mc
Adoo anif^ 'slie. t tverbay.
T'-P'i Diver Killed.
A disnaSi from Haleigh, N. C.,
s ys circlet Hame Prof. Danton,
the Iluiuar3? high diver, one of the
attraction' - the Goldsboro carnival.
! Friday nifcsi, shot downward from thc
' the llttl-? platform at thc top of bb
j 110 foot la?.der Into thc tank of watei
and hmbnnt tire below; but in doing
so he matM a slight miscalculation, his
head and houldlers coming In contact
with tlin side of the tank with sui li
violence bat he died soon afterwards.
GOT THEIR DESERTS.
How Two Unworthy Cadets Were
Treated by Their Comrades.
Disgraced and humiliated, tbe in
signia of rank cut from their uni
forms, two members of the cadet
corps at the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Blacksburg have been driven
forth by their fellows and branded as
men with whom gentlemen should no
longer associate. The offense imputed
ti i them is that while in a state of in
toxication they offered insults to young
women. The only thing to lighten
tho burden of their disgrace is the
suppression of their names by the In
stitute authorities.
As soon as the charges against the
two became known to the cadets a
committee of investigation was ap
pointed. A thorough examination
was made, and the committee reported
to the cadet body that the charges
were true. Two representatives of
each class then waited upon the ac
cused cadets and informed them that
they must leave Blacksburg at once.
They were then commanded to at
tire themselves lu full uniform and to
proceed to thc parade ground. Arriv
ing there, they found the whole cadet
body drawn up In martial array. The
trembling culprits were marched down
in front of the Uno and halted where
the eyes of all present might, rest upon
them. Their uniforms were resplen
dent with the stripes of rank won by
them through months of arduous toil.
"You have disgraced these em
blems," said the senior olli.:er solemn
ly, "and will not be permitted to car
ry them away with you."
With their knives the cadet com
mittee then cut or tore every stripe
from their clothing. The cadets then
turned their backs upon them, and
they left the Held with the order ring
ing in theil ears to leave the Institu
tion just as soon as their trunks could
be packed. Tlie disgraced cadets lost
no time in complying with the order.
The commandant was not informed of
thc charges against thc t.vo cadets,
and knew nothing of the affair until
the pair had been driven frDtn the in
stitute.
Became Desperate.
At Pittsburg, Pa., Fred Scbuetz,
sou of Henry Schueuc, Jr., of the
Scbuetz & Benziehauscn company,
bre wers, Friday night shot and ser
iously, wounded Mrs. Minnie McCor
mick anti then fatally shot himself.
Young Scbuetz was named as co-re
.--p'.'ndent in a divorce suit brought hy
Mrs. McCormick's husband some time
ago aud since then hasvbeen attentive
to the woman and it is said wanted to
marry her. She, however, would not
agiee to this and the shooting Friday
night is suoDosed to have resulted from
la oharrel; ti-- attsrvTbius"? did
met Uh "a fftr&v. ' ~y7h?. rf
McCormick reached i.er home in Alle
gheny, she was followed-from the car
by Schuelz, who said: "Weil, we will
end lt here," and tired, the bullet en
tering the woman's left side near the
heart. She collapsed, and Scbuetz,
thinking she was dead, shot himself
in the abdomen twice. He is dying at
the hospital. Mrs. McCormick though
seriously wounded, will probably re
cover. _
Watching the Cotton Crop.
The department of agriculture is
making elaborate arrangements for its
report on the acreage.and condition of
the cotton crop on May 26, the condi
tion of cotton on June 25, and for re
ports on other crops for June and
July. A very large number of corres
pondents will send in detailed reports
on the cotton acreage and condition |
report on May HU, and they have been
j enjoined to use tlie greatest care, |
especially for acreage, and to base |
Cu ir opinion on inquiries as well as !
] upon observation and to avoid under
estimating or over estimating this i
year's.crop. The acreage will he ex
pressed in the form of a percentage of
; last year's acreage, as in previous
: years. The cotton schedule for June
; 25 will be concerned solely with the
condition of tlie cotton crop on that
date. The J urie report of various
crops will be concerned largely with
acreage.
"Pitch Lake Kin?" Dead.
Conrad F. Stollmuyer, known as the
"Pitch Lake King," and thc wealth
iest man in the Caribbeans, is dead at
Port of Spain, Trinidad, according to
private advices just received. He
was ul years old. From a penniless
German immigrant to the United
Slates he became the editor of a Ger
man paper in Philadelphia, which the
anti-slavery party tried to wreck in
1855. He later became an adventurer
in Trinidad, and finally the owner of
lan asphalt lake worth millions, which
; he discovered. Stollinaycr. although
i boru in Germany; where he received a
i university education, was a British
subject, having been naturalized by a
i special act of parliament in 18-18. lu
? his later years he became .in ardent
supporter of the movement for unlver
I sal peace.
Dead in a Swamp.
The Augusta Herald says Robert
: Gritlin.au aged and respected ncgio,
living near Hephzibah, has been
missing from his home for several
days, and for a time his family
? thought the old man had merely wan
i tiered away from home and wai: prob
: ably at thc house of some neighbor.
; Wednesday afternoon, however, while
! some children were going through a
I swamp a short distance from the old
j man's home, they found his dead
I body lying near si branch. An exa
mination of tlie body shows no signs
I of foul play ol' any kind, and it is bc
?licved the (dd man wandered into thc
i woods, became sick and stopped to
ie l in tlie grass, where he probably
(hid of heart failure or exhaustion.
He- was SO years old and very feeble.
An inquest will bc held Thursday
afternoon.
Kilted in a l'ri/.e Fight.
In a ten round preliminary before
the. Central California Athletic club at
Fresno, Cal., Johnny Bryant, was
pounded into insensibility hy Waltet
Robinson, a negro, 'Mid received in*
jurl s from which he died in a few
I hours. The fight ended in the ninth
round in which Bryant was Moored six
times. His seconds had thrown tho
sponge into (the ring when the blow
on the jaw that rendered Bryant un
conscious was struck. Robinson bas
been arrested. V.
M
MYSTERY CLEARED.,
The little Girl for Whom All New
York Searched Is ,
DISCOVERED DEAD AND MANGLED
A Great Reward Was Offered lor
lier. Senators, City OfDciaU
and Millionaires Aided lu
. Hem eli.
Little Josephine McCablll, for
whom all New York has been search
ing for days, and for whose recovery .
a reward reach!ug far into the thous*
ands was olTered, has been found
dead. Her mangled and bleeding
body, blacke'hed by soot and stained
with smoke, was discovered Friday
night lodged half way down a chim
ney.
The police believe thellt'le girl fell
into the chimney from the roof, where
she might have been- playing with
other children. The relatives of
the dead child are firm in the
conviction ttiat she was' kidnaped,
toon murdeied and to conceal
the crime and shield the murderer her
body was thrown into the chimney,
where for days it remained, complete
ly mystifying those who vero search
ing.
The disappearance and discovery of'
the child has been one of the greatest
sensations heralded in New York in
many years. The whole city was
touched by the mother's agonizing ap
peal for assistance when she discov
ered that her child was gone. The
dally papers gave whole pages, some
printed two and three pages every
day, calling for searchers to volunteer.
O H EAT MASS MEETING HELD.
Wednesday night a great open-air
mass meeting was held In Harlem, at
which senators, city othcials and mil
lionaires made speacbes and prepared
plans to continue the search for the
missing child- / ->
A reward was started, and in a mo
ment 82,000 was raised aod before the
meeting adjourned thousands of dol
lars had been plegcd to the man who
would return the missing child safe
into its weeping mother's arms.
Throughout the great city posters
and circus bill advertisements' were
placed in conspicuous places, ano prac
tically every policeman and detective
lu the city went to work on the case.
Friday night when the report came
that the child was found it is estimat
ed that "),000 persous were searching
in an organizad and systematic way.'
Just prior to the finding of th-i girl,
a monster mass meeting was in session
in Terrace ha?' '*?' iiarl<>rr> ?* the
?ai?ner.- bf *r.h - -.
-rs-ftitrucr.- .?"/*?- -^ -. ~
The call for'tli-o.ar. nag was sent
out by State Senator James Fra.wley,
who presided at the meeting. The
committee on arrangements and re
solutions and ot' -;r action Included
Senator Fawley, Alderman John Dietz,
Assemblyman Julius Brosen, Building
Commissioner isaac A. noppe, Isidor
Kohn, popularly known as the "Mayor
of Harlem;" Lae Bloch, Milton Gus
dorfer, D. Krader, L. L. Kohn, H.
Sarason and Lee Prince.
After speeches by Senator Frawley,
Alderman Dietz and Assemblyman
Brosen, it was decided to call for
popular subscription.
A Good Salary.
The New York Times siys Edwin
Beckman, ''The Farmer Philosopher
of Middletown, N.. V.," has Just re
ceived the appoir ment of general
superintendent ot Edward H. Harrl
man's great estate at Arden at a
salary of Sa,ooo a year. He will have
absolute charge of all the work in all
the divisions of labor on the farm,
and he will select the heads of the
various departments. In addition
( to the s.ilary, Mr. Beekman will have
j a house provided for him, with horses
and wagons and whatever elsa is
! necessary to his comfort and suitable
i to his position. Mr. Harrlman was
tirst attracted to Mr. Beckman by re
1 ports of bisabllltlties to unite philoso
I phy and farm work, and finding bim
la good business man he made the
i proposition to leave ids Middletown
1 farm and go to Arden. After con
siderable hesitation Mr. Beekman ac
? ccpted the oller.
Killed Seventeen.
Gen. "Wade, commanding in the
Philippines, reports to the war depart
. ment as follows regarding the recent
j engagement in Mindanao', which re
sulted In seven Americans being kil
led: ''While on a reconaoisance to lo
1 cate the Datto Ali, who has been send
' ing in threatening messages and try
ing to stir up trimble, a detachment
of company F, 17th infantry, consist
ing of 30 enlisted men, were attacked
, by Moros near lake Liguasm, Minda
nao, on the 8tb. First Lieut. Harry
: Woodruif, Second Lieutenant Jos. H.
Hall and fifteen enlisted men were
i killed and tlvc enlisted men wore
wounded. Gen. Wood ordered troops
j to proceeding and recover ths oodles
and arms of our men killed and to
punish the olfenders.
Stopped tin- Marriage
At Dubuque, Ia., just ?us the priest
at St. Mary's Cliatholic church cher?
was in the act of pronouncing Mary
Hal l inan and Joseph ?vick man and
. wife, Mrs. Mary Lush arose from her
seat, near the rear of thc church and
shouted "stop that marriage;he is
my husband." The priest, t he expect
ant bridegroom and spect ators stood
aghast at thc woman, who went to
the chancel rail and examined tho
man's f.ico then said, "yes he's my
j husband.'' The ceremony stopped and
; Kvick must prove he is not married
before he becomes the husband of
Miss Hartman.
(.Ive Up the Fight,
Captain "Walter Allen of St. Louis,
connected with the World's Fair Jeff
erson guards and a brother of former
Congressman John Allen, National
I World's Fair commissioner from Mis
sissippi, committed suicide Wednes
day by shooting himself througn the
heart in a room in thc dormitory of tho
Washington university, now utilized
by thc exposition. He left a note stat
ing that ill health had driven him to
commit tho act. *