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VOL XX NO 288
ASHBVTT.T.B N. G. FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 8, 1905
PRICE FIVB CENTS
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SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS
FIXES H PRICE OF THE INCOMING
COTTON CROP AT ELEVEN CENTS FLAT
Prolonged Strugglelln Minimum Committee's Room
Results In Establishment of The Price Whieh Was
Predicted By the Citizen Yesterday.
There Were Two Factions Warring
Against Each Other.
WAS DECISIVE VICTORY FOR
THE CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT
Report of Statistical Committee Showed Unexpected
Short Crop Yield. A Showing of Less Than
Ten Million Bales Greets the Anxious
Waiters. News Was Flashed on to
New York and Washington.
,It was a strenuous day at Kenilwonh
Inn from 10 o'clock In the morning un
til the nlsht session announced the
"minimum," with, bunches of men in
the lobby discussing the prospective re
port or fathered at the telegraph of
fice, where messages came and went in
a continual stream, demanding facts or
conveying ""trpVV.to the exchanges, and
all the time one of4he two committees
was laboring; with figures as to crop or
minimum and the association in the in
terim discussed matters of icfser iru
portanhce to the two great subjects.
!- It w a serious-minded crowd those
executive committeemen made with the
realisation that the exchange were go
In W need their announcements and
not disregard them as has been, pre
.dJclasV and-b knowledge of .power If
tkey proceeded rightly caused slow ac
tion by the- committee! entrusted with
the crop estimate and the minimum.
, ,t THE CROP ESTIMATE.
It was at 12:M that the ' statistical
committee came down from the bridal
chamber1, Where' the three with Secre
tary Cheatham had added up the totals
by states, and by the 15,01k districts
which reported direct to the national
body, and passed the carven and rampants-
.bears that surmount the newel
posts of the Inn's grand stairway, with
the confidence that the undlvulged ma
terial they carried In hand was a surf
cure for the attacks of exchange bears.
And sure enough it was, and Is, If cor
rect, because It show? nmlnimum crop
with a vengeance, the figures, 9,rS8.1H3
bales, being a million less than the
popular estimate, and well less than
The Citizen's prediction of ten millions.
This ten million figure related, how
ever, only to the report? by states ,and
1n that respect It was near the cor
rect mark. And the estimate compared
with a 13.693,00ft bale crop last year,
which brought 10 cents In the latter
part of lt market.
It was no wonder, therefore, that
when the association, after a brief ex
ecutive meeting, threw open the doors
to the Inrushlng crowd and Secretary
Cheatham read the figures there was a
rush for the telegraph office. But the
markets' stood un?haken, because said
the brokers there: 'VT.he estimate Is ri
diculously low and Is not consistent
with the reported crop condition of i
7S.S, which compares with the govern
ment report of 72.1."
Fiiguur Again.
But today , may tell a different tale
because the' brokers did not figure on
this proposition, whloh President Jor
dan emphasises and which the Associ
ated Press conveyed yesterday morn
ing: The 73. S compares with last year's
condition of 84, and not with the normal
average. The government percentage
does, and therefore the brokers who
figure on the government basis see a
discrepancy. Said one of the brightest
New York men here, one who engin
eered a big boll deal: "The estimate
and crop condition are consistent," and
for the reasons indicated.
Conditions Misleading.
An official of the association said that
It was true that the condition percent
age was no good for the very simple
reason that in some states like South
Carolina the crop was made, and
therefore there was no "condition,"
while In Mississippi and Tennessee It
was only parti made. and there was
a condition. Now should - the Gulf
It a res condition be put Into a general
average with South Carolina, where
there Is no "condition T But this crit
icism applies as well to the govern
PHYSICIAN WHO ATTENDED
I ASHEV1LLE WANTS
St Louis, Sept. 7. A claim against
the Mate of Ellen J. McKee. amount
ing to IS.&Id for medical services from
Jaaaary . to 3tr t. 15. was filed
In the probate court today by Dr. W.
. B. FtscbeL Among the Items of the
Claim fcs si (targe ot IS.8W for ten days
ment' report on condition and we think
our estimates more reliable."
Raised Fiiguurc-s.
Now the truth is the committee, if
it had .followed its rules, would have
mode an estimate of about 9,000,000 fiat,
because it did not figure in the 15 per
cent, acreage reduction reported by the
government, but the committee was ac
tually afraid to make the figures small
er than It did in view of the fact that
it cut under the general expectation,
but not the expectations of some well
informed men. On Wednesday a com
mitteeman said to (The Citizen that his
observation made him sure the crop was
under nine millions.
The Minimum.
The statistical report was turned over
to the minimum committee, of whioh
Mi. E. D. Smith, of Columbia, Is chair
man, and it went Into a room with a
locked nnte-room down stairs and there
was a vigorous fight between the "rad
icals," mostl' small planters who
wanted a 12 cent minimum, and the
conservatives, the bigger planters and
manufacturers, who wanted 10 to 11
cents as a minimum. As has been ex
plained that this minimum price Is that
officially fixed by the association a the
figures proposed below which cotton
should not be sold under any cir
cumstances. "Better a low price
upward than a high one down."
was the slogan of the con
servatives, and their arguments, as out
lined in yesterday's Citizen won In the
committee, which then came upstairs to
the general meeting, which adjourned
to 8 p. m., when It went Into the caged
room to pass on the committee's re
port and, whore the "radicals" made
another fight for a high minimum.
Watched Committee.
All during the afternoon until 6 p.
m., when the committee came upstairs,
tireless watchers were on duty and the
advent of the committee brought out
the crowd, as many sought tips on the'
report.
At night th,pre was a bali but the
music and danoJng did not distract at
tention from the closed room downstairs
where 11 cent minimum made a stand
against the high minimum.
But the high minimum 'people really
numbered only four. They ware led by
Mr. Ixive, of Arkansas, a planter who
r.ow holds 3,400 bales of last year's crop,
and the toroportfbn of the two faction
Is shown by an interesting statements
afterwards made by a committeeman.
He said that when the committee first
voted on a price by written ballot some
voted for ten and some for twelve, but
the average was 11 cents,
' Its Meaning.
Such Is the story of the eventful do
ings of the day, outside the regular
morning meeting, when bull and bear
fought on the lines Indicated in The
Citizen, and the result Is history of im
portance now to many and to be of
much more Importance hi years to comi
of the association of business men, not
a farmers' alliance, holds its course.
The conservatives hailed the an
nouncement with pleasure for the reas
ons Indicated In The Citizen yestrday.
A small crop Indicate and a Ww mini
mum means that the bears will be ex
ceedingly wary of going short at that
price, but rather the Wall street oper
ators will have Inducements to take the
bull side, thus boosting prices. Tot more
legitimate, market reasons the natural
tendency of a certain amount of cotton
to seek the market soon after the first
bale will be diminished because of the
low price, thus forcing prices up, while
on the other hand the splineri will buy
at the minimum, whereas If It was high
they would wait, thus dimlnlslivg the
MRS. MCKEEIN
$10,000 FOR HISSERVICES
Service duilng the last Illness of Miss
McKee, when Dr. Flsehel accompan
ied her from St. Louis to AshevtUe, N.
C, where she died. '
Miss McKee left an estate (worth
several million dollars. The. hearing
Is set for September it. -, . .
ASSOCIATION
demand and decreasing price. But of
more impormnce win ue me sianuing
which this conservative price will give
to the association in the worlds cot
ton markets. The association Is new,
and aside from lu successful fight on
the corrupt statisticians of the ngrlcul-
turar department its merits are un
known. If It had fixed a high mini
mum It would have been scoffed, the
bears would have raided the market
And the growers would ha.-e lost much
confidence in it. Its action menncethe
bears and proves to the world that
an organisation which predicts a short
crop is conservative enough to ak only
a price less than the conditions would
Justify.
Higher Prices.
But It should not be thought that the
members do not expect a higher price
than 11 cents .for the 11KW-06 crop. They
do; they have only said that it would
be foolish to sell cotton for les-g than
II cents, and they hnve not Indicated
their real feeling, which Is that the
small crop means that cotton will In the
later months sell for over 12 cents.
Some expect 14 cents and will hold for
that
Critic. ses Minimum.
The advent of the minimum was
hailed with diverse feelings, of course,
dependent on each man's view. Some
brokers wanted a high minimum, and
they scoffed at a small crop estimate
and a small minimum. "How do you
explain It?" wa3 asked of a bright one.
"Simple enough," said he. "Those folks
know they have tho crop too low and
now they are trying to rectify It by
making the price low. Who will put
confidence In such a state of affairs?"
Night Cession.
After the minimum commlttes re
ported the association proceeded to
other business. Mr. Biown asked to
take up the matter of tare, tout yield
ed to others.
Mr. Hlckey of Texas, moved the ap
pointment of a committee of five to
take up finances und re:ort at 10
o'clock this morning.
Mr. Brown said that he had been
appointed to prepare un uddress, but
ne mould likely leave 1n the morning
md Mr. E. D. Smith certainly would,
therefore he asked some one to be
substituted for him. Col. Marl In
urged that no members leave as mat
ters of organization, revenue, and di
rectors election would come up today.
He said particularly the matter of or
ganization was of far more impor
tance than anything which had been
done. Mr. Brown then said he .would
wait until three o'clock this after
neon Mr. Peck moved that notice of In
tention to offer amendments should
be considered as notice of the amend
ments under the constitution. This
was to correct the failure to send out i
copies of pending amendments pro- ,
posed at the Memphis meeting. Mr.
Clark said 'that at Memphis all walv- i
Continued on page four I
. Unci 8am Nicky, if you
happen along." i
had
FEVER HAS NO
. -FAVORITES
Another Priest Palls Beneath
Scourge J Yellow Jaok
in New Orleans.
NUN ALSO CLAIMED
BY DREAD DISEASE
Parishes Outside the Crescent
City Continue to Show In
creas9 In Spite of Care.
New Orleans, Sept. 7. There are sev
eral names In the llt ot new eases to
day which are out nf the ordinary, fine
Is Father Green, of the Jesuits' college,
and another Is Sister Emily, the su
perior of the Hotel Dli u, a private san
itarium conducted t!ie sisters of
Charity, and which has quite a num
ber of cases of fever.
George W.,Nott, Jr.. son of the pres
ident of the Citizens' Hank, Is another
case. There Is a case reported from a
revenue cutter lying at the foot ot
Eganta street, near the United States
barracks. J
Among the report from the country
are: '
Leoville, total to dale, 325; deaths, S3;
now under treatment. 92; discharged.
200. '
Patterson,' eight new c ases.
Tallu-lulah, eighteen new cases.
Kenner, two case, one death,
Hanson City, four cases..
Vlekaburg, three case-.
Natchez, one case.
Oulfport, three new cases.
TWO AT VICKSBURO.
Vlcksburg. Miss.. Sent. 7. Two new
cases in Vlcksburg and one in Fos-
terlfl. a Suburb. I the rpnnrrl Inilau
The thirteen patients under treatment
are cluing well.
NEW ONE AT NATCHEZ.
Natchez, Miss., Sept. 7. A new case
of yellow fever was officially report
ed at 7 o'clock tonight, the patient be
ing a negro man. j The case makes a
total of 4 foci. "(
TWO AT JACKSON.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 7. Two sus
picious cases of fever wer reported
to the state board of health today,
one In Sharkey county, traced to
Vlcksburg, and the other at Corinth,
In the extreme northern part of the
state. Dr. O. M. Oulteras Is now en
route to Corinth to make a diagnosis.
The Sharkey courvly case will be
diagnosed tomorrow. Vlcksburg re
ports three ntt.v eases today, making
a total of eighteen , and one death to
date.
Oulfport has three new cases, one
In the detention camp. No new In
fection at Mississippi Citl, Hansbo
ro or Pearllngton.
a ! ew eggs like that yen souls soon
TEXAS CROW0
BURNS NEGRO
Youth Accused of Assault on
White iweman. Burned
at tho Stake.
VICTIM'S HUSBAND
APPLIES THE MATCH
Negro After Identification
Confesses His Crime
In Detail.
Fort Worth. Tex., Sept. 7. A spe
cial to the rtecord from Waxahn nle
tells of the burning 'tonight of Steve
Davis, a young negro, who confessed
to outraging Mrs. S. P. Morris, agod
20. last Saturday night. A mob of
3,500 persons did the negro to a pleee
of gas pipe that had been set In the
ground, plied fagirts around him and
set fltv to the mass. The sufferings of
the negro weie of short duration ow
ing to the fierceness of the fire, which
was fanned by a gale of wind.
The husband ot the woman l said
:o have set the matJh to th? mass and
stai ted the ililaae. Davis was arrested
last Tuesday ajid taken txtoM the io-
mao txho ut that time was not sure
It was he. She had been .desperately
111 front her ordeal. Today he .vio
agtrin taken before the woman, who on
sight of him fainted.
When she revived she identified hi in
and his fate was sealed. The negro
finally confessed, detailing the ciitne.
This Is the third negro that has been
burned In this section ot Texas within
a Bhort time. One of these was
lynched at Sulphur Springs and an
other at Waco.
HUSBAND AND WIFE
DECLARED. INSANE
Simultaneously today in court at the
Detention Hospital here Joseph Hold
obler and wife, whose home wan on
a farm near Wakefield, Ntb., were de
clared insane. The man and wife, whs
appear to have arrived in Chicago a
few days ago, were wandering dement
ed with their two children when dis
covered by the police.
An instance of husband and wife be
ing declared insane on the same day
and in the same court was declared by
County Physician Hldas to be extraor
dinary. He said that apparently the
woman at first became possessed of de
lusions, and these counteracted on her
rhusbnnd, whose mind gradually became
afflicted.
pay off any old indemnity that might
JAPANESE MOBS APPLY
THE TORCH AND INDULGE
IN DESTRUCTIVE RIOTS
GEORGIA STATE
QUARANTINED
Board of Health 'of Cracker
State Erects Bars Against
Infected Points.
ALL TRAINS ENTERING
STATE TO BE WATCHED
If You're Going to Visit Geor-
gla Arm Yourself With
Health Certificate.
Atlanta, C!a., Sept. 7. Georgia's .state
board of health late this afternoon Is
sued n proclamation Quarantining' the
entire state against all yellow fever
lute, ted points. The quarantine will
become effective as soon as Inj ectors
can be placed on trains entering the
tate, and the order Is likely to be In
full operation tomorrow. Certificates
showing that the person entering the
state has not been In Infected territory
within the preceding ten days will be
accepted. It Is not likely that this
quarantine will be strenuously effected
for a day or two and those who have
started before the action of the board
can be made generally known are not
likely to be seriously Inconvenienced.
The stute bourd Issued the following
proclamation:
Whereas, Information has reached
the state board of health of Atlanta
that yellow fever exists in various por
tions outside of the limits ot the state
ef Georgia, and,
"Whereas, the disease Is highly Infec
tioUS arid persons coming from such In
fected points are liable to spread the
contagion In Georgia, thereby endan
gering the health and lives of citizens
of this state,
"Therefore, in the pursuance of law
and under the authority of lawjveated
In the state board of health of Geoorgla,
all persons resident In raid territory or
who have been In the infected territory
within ten days are hereby warned and
admonished that they will not be per
mitted to enter this state under pen
alty of the law, and the state board of
health In pursuance of authority grant
ed, hereby requests and Instructs all
counties nnd municipalities In this
state to aid in the enforcement of thtr
quarantine.
"By order of the board.
"W F. WESTMORELAND, Pres.
"H. F. HARRIS, Secretary."
SALISBURY SUN
GETS TO RECEIVER
Spertnl to The Otlzen.
Salisbury, N. (. Sept. 7. The Sal
isbury Evening Sun was today placed
In the hands of receiver upon applica
tion of William L. Oepper, manager of
the publication. P. S. Carleton has
been named as receiver, find the pub
lication of the paper ceases today.
Mr. J. C, Caddell, former editor of
the Sun, will engaged In insurance
business.
TWO KILLED BY
FALL OF BUILDING
Nw York, Sept. 7. Two persons
were killed, one of them a girl of
18 years old, when a building at
Grand and Mott streets collapsed to
day. The building is said to have
been condemned two years ago, but
had been permitted to be occupied
since. Thomas MeGovern, a foreman
in the building department. Is under
arrest In connection with the collapse
on a charge of criminal negligence;
The dead are:
MART G ARIOSO. U years old.
JOSKPH FARINIA, 48 years old.
Nearly n score of persons were In
jured, some suffeting from broken
limbs. .
SOUTHERN RAILROAD AND
TO ABSORB
Nashville, Tenn., Sept, 7. Accord
ing to what Is considered good au
thority, the Illinois Centeal and tho
Southern Railway are to take over tho
Tennessee Central Railroad, dividing
the road at Nashville and giving l'.e
two roads an entry to 'he tity. It la
understood the Tennessee Central la
acquired under a 89-year lease. Un-
Mikado's Subjects are Hot
Under the Collar About
the Peace Treaty.
MINISTER'S RESIDENCE
BURNED TO GROUND
H.IJ
Rioters Want Emperor to Re
fuse To Ratify the Treaty.
It Is Said.;
Toklo, Tuesday, Sept. 5. 7 p. m.-
lous rioting followed the attack today
on the office of the Kokumln Bhlmbun,
the government organ. A mob attacked
and set fire to the official residence of
the minister of home affairs, which
stood between the Nobles' Club and the
Imperial Hotel and faced Hlbsya. Park,
which was the storm center throughout
the day. Threatening demonstrations
occurred in the neighborhood ef the of
ficial homes of Premier Katsursi and
Karon Koroura. foreign minister, who
l now In the United States, but the
police succeeded In preventing injury to
the occupants or damage to the houses.
Burn Minister's House.
Tho attack on the home minister's
residence was Intensely drama'tlo.
Throughout the day a series of demon
stratlonj occurred In the neighborhood
of the building and late In the after
noon the mob attacked the house, swept
the police away and battered down the '
gates, fane police and servants resisted
stoutly, but the mob surged forward
and entered the house. One ot the mob
leaders carrying an armful Of burning
straw, talned the rear at the structure
and succeeded In eettlng It On fire. The
police reserves charged the crowd. Us
ing their swords freely, but the mob
rallied from several quarters and
stoned the firemen when they arrived.
The members of the minister's house
hold were rescued and escorted to the
Imperial Hotel. 1 ' ' . ' '
Threw Stones at Police.
When darkness came the flames front
the burning building . illuminated , a, .
menacing cne, the' mob hooting and
throwing stones at the police and fire
men and the police repeatedly clearing
the streets. ,. --?. :......:
Another demonstration Is planned
for September 8, and It Is believed that
the ttrortgest measures will Be noccs ...
sary to prevent serious rioting and
ttloodhed.
A member of the mob which burned "
the home minister's residence said to.
the correspondent of the Associated
ress: . - "... ;
"We burned the house for the purpose
of attracting the attention of the em
peror. We want him to refuse to rat
Ify the treaty.. We believe that those
surrounding him prevent him from cor
rectly understanding the popular atti
tude toward the disgraceful, humltlat- ,
Ing peace."
AMERICAN PARTY
ATTACKED BY MOB
Toklo, Sept. (.Delayed In traa-smla--.
slon.) 4Tha Harrlman party bed aiywt- !
citing experience last night whllW at
tending and returning from a dmner
given by Baron Bone, minister's ft- '
nance. Dr. W. O. Lyle and UC, Me-
Knight were caught in a crowd on then
way to the dinner and were stoned. Dr. '
Lyle being struck by a missile and
slightly' hurt. After the dinner was
over a detachment of eoldlers escorted
the party to the legation. A crowd '
stoiv ed R. P. Schwerln, ' vice president
of the Pacific Mull Steamship com- :
pany and assaulted hts runners, but
they did not touch Mr. Schwerln.
Crowds menacing neighboring ipo- '
lice klok filled the space In front .of
the American legation and hooted and
Jeered the soldier escorting she Harrl
man party, who. with fixed bayonets,
charged the crowd, cleared the street '
and guarded tire legation' throughout
the night. ; . i A
The dinner planned! fof tonight In
honor ot the Harrlman1 party will not .
take place owing to the disturbed con
dltlons In the city.
' - .'T'lrLSiii
POLICE STATIONS
BEING ATTACKED
. . i . c . .- .
Toklo, Sept. . flhe destruction f
small police sub-Matlons continued aa
til midnight. It la Impossible to atcer
tavln the exact number destroyed, tost
It estimated that fifteen wee wrecked.
; Conflnued one page twoj '.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL '
THE TENNESSEE CENTRAL
der the provisions of the deal It la
said the Illinois Central gets that por
tico of the road between Nashville
and Hopkmsvllle, Ky., 85 miles, and
the Southern la to operate the eastern
division ot the main line from Hat
rknan Junction, Tenn., Its tnileev as
well as forty-seven miles ot fcranca
lines. ' " . "