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RAXiEIQH. N. C.jTH U KSIAY APRIL 16, 1903 No. 114 VoL XI ew ibi ate oil a - It Is Now Proposed to Cut Leose From Individual Bondholders A New Game to Be Devel opsd Later On BY TMO.HA J. PENCI Washington, D. C, April 15. Special; ; TVheeler H. Peckham, the attorney south Dakota in the .Nortn Carolina , WhQ ls this man Rothschilds, men bond suit, shifted his position m con- tioned as a -deendant? IIe owns a eluding his argument before the su-,: few Qf these bonds admits that he has preme court of the United States to-i. ngver read tne complaint in the case day, and practically cut loose from the and gayg he-. Jeft . everything connected individual bondholders whose claims wUh the case to the Schaffers. if allowed, would, costr the state overiAfter eXSenator Butler conferred ha!f a million dollars,. . with ex-Senator Pettigrew of Dakota The claims of the individuals can; an ; act was , pagged - by the Dakota be dismissed for all we care. South, . n . that - state to ac- Dakota-is not a trustee tor tne secona, rnor tgage bondholders. Such was the! jeelaration of the learned New York i tVilc aftpmnnn in rnnrliirHnsr his cpcVh, and it "is needless to say that all this preparation in advance it was a great surprise to all prSsent; b5r tn Schaffsrs? The donors gener fnr the day before, in opening the argu- n ent, he spoke as much . for the indi-; this consultation as far back as March victual second mortgage bondholders as with Wheeler ' H. Peckham. the dis he did for South Dakota. In address- tinguished counsel in the case? He log the court yesterday morning Mr. was one of the attorneys in the case of Peckham - demanded a decree, foreclos- state of New Hampshire vs. Louisiana -ing on the state's stock in the North and .had sounded all the "depths and Carolina Railroad, . the proceeds of j shoals", of "the original jurisdiction." which he asked should be applied to s All of these, facts are true and cannot meet the first and second mortgage j be denied by counsel. Here we have bonds alike. Today's change of base:a traffic in Jurisdiction. It is an at on the part of South Dakota's attor-1 tempt to defraud the court and evade ney was interpreted by counsel for , the eleventh amendment. The action North Carolina to mean that he hadjwaa begun to accomplish an unlawful cut loose rrom tne secona mortgage : bondholders, reattzing that it would be impossible to maintain - a suitr against 'n. )nfa.t vioifer was made then r the action began. were jointly interested. This idea has . - , - a v.,, v, o- He has still his interest in this suit. neys representing North Carolina, and it is believed that it forced South Da kota to fall back upon her own case Feparate and independent of . the second . Glaring that it had supreme authority mortgage bondholders. : , in the management of its affairs. The Thene is this difference in -"the sit- general .government does not' enter a uation. If, as maintained yesterday stS-te'.-and . control its physical affairs, by Mr. Peckham, the court; should is- The history of r the Constitution, Igiv siie a decree of foreclosure on the ;irlg authority to : the general- govern North Carolina road, the state of North rnent by the states, was discussed by Carolina would have to pay our a sum tne speaker. y - , vC - J . r estimated at from .5600.000 to $700,000. Justice White put this question to Should, however, the -court-go no fur-t than Mri Peckham urged today; ther fhnt is rav South. Dakota's claim and - rii;mic;c thnt of tfi'p individual" so holders, the state would not suffertas ii.-h ' Gmith Dakota's , rlaim . i? for $10,00 with interest for something less .oie r can -W1 :llseu - iuc than J20.000. V r; ' ' " iaction ot on. : The belief is expressed that Tath- S Replying, Judge , Shepherd said the er than take chances -on losing the qtlve must be cohered. Is a coun case . as it was -first presented, the i!try SinS to . war, he asked, because bond claimants, whose interests are the ...sj.ju: ii..:j,,.t . secona mortgage Donunoiaers to tne rear in the final appeal, to the court. Jj T j. . 4 i i 11 A. evidence of wisdom. The law was ap- parently against the suit brought in conjunction between a state and indi viduals. South Dakota, pressing her 'claim independent and alone, has a much better prospect of a favorable decision. , . " ' '. ; ' With this shift of position is another fame in contemplation which the pros ecution hopes to be able to play later. Yrith a judg-ment. for $30,000 the,. prece tlent -will have been established and South -Dakota can acquire all of the chaffer bonds and bring suit for the iuu amount something like $600,000 or STQ0.0C0. Schaffer would lose no time i i holding up this picture to North ' aronna for the nurnose of forcing a 1 compromise on terms favorable to him-. ?f. This is the game in the event that Dakota" vans. ' : The argument in the case -was com- lletod this afternoon shortly before ttt o o'clock. The court may hand down V decision before adjournment four V feks hence, or it may wait until the f a 11 term in October before rendering its opinion in the case. - ' - ? t speech of Wheeler H. Peckham f v-a5 a magniiicent effort. It was com I I'limonted generally by those present.. There were only two speeches today, -Judge Merrimon deciding at the last foment not to address the court. Kx . Judge Shepherd concluded, and then was followed by Mr, Peckham. , Iu hiii speech ex-Judge Shepherd said tht at the time of compromise- of th state's indebtedness North Carolina Avas unable to pay interest on the first rt&age bonds ' when, if the North arolina Railroad had been sold, . it Vould not have yielded enough to sat lsfy the first mortgage. ' All of the outstanding bonds . were settled with - --Cpuon ot tnese 250 neia Dy tne ".rested parties to this suit, who re to settle. When counsel for the J?r Ae talked of repudiation, they nouid remember that there is some ;mg ;worse than an ? honorable settler tnt of a debt. An attempt to prac- fe fraud on the jurisdiction of the - t is worse. ' n ith m'tich clearness Judge Shepherd aiyzed the evidence showlner the -mo- I-Je ,that Prompted the transfer of the bonds the, object of which was to h.ulli- the eleventh amendment. - Jud 5e Shepherd recited the fact-that SchafT 1 held thn hftnHa fni-- wianpa ' And SeVrol i, Sl - nitpa iy, x cruris IU 111UU1.V state to meet their full value. But- 1 Suit ler, he said, was attorney lor Schafler Brothers' who' conferred also with Wheeler H. Peckham, the attorney now? representing- South Dakota. There are 242 bonds. -The Schafters say they can not sue - for these because they are in dividuals, but a state can. When a Rtn lir : VV Wi;r VV tna state sues to foreclose a mortgage, the. individual bondholders reasoned, they would be made defendants. The trans fer of these, bonds to Dakota was made for the purpose of evading the eleventh amendment to the constitution. When we have established this as ' a" fact we 1 ; say It is tht practice of a fraud on this court. . ,. Then the suit f ollow- "V : ed. It is impossible that this thing could have been without a- motive. thin As long as Schaffer held these bonds there was no suit, hat when the trans- It cannot be said that he does not. x Judge Shepherd entered . into a dis cussion of the rights of a state, de- Judge: Shepherd: Suppose North Caro- Una or ?some fother-r state ? shrold.'; jrepu- diate ' a ' de1? Great Britain;' and : make a. demand , "'jn. tW Unite; - States for settlements ' ' Must there not be a nower whereby Cltizens cnase uncoiiectiDie Donas Is. that a set principle of international laws?; Such a contention ought to be resisted. Where ,tort is demanded there is cause; but where ; uncollectible bonds 1 are voluntarily - acquired that is different. - .; : Tii Closing Arsnment Wheeler H. Peckham, who opened the 7 : ralrrtfQ It, an 4ini!r'a ,nph TT first ! entered into a description of . the bonds. going over the details. Continuing, he; said North Carolina now has in her A ... . - ,j. f possession tnis-.stocK ior; wmcn it sv these bonds. The state has since passed acts recognizing these bonds. On the 1 merits of the case North- Carolina is suable fpr the bonds. - It has been contended here that there is no jurisdiction because of the mo- tive, which is alleged to be bad. Much time has been consumed in the attempt to establish' tbis motive. There Is just this about it: The bonds were given to Dakota because the owner could not collect. Schaffer thought South Da kota in a position to sue and that he might collect. Not that' South Dakota could collect for him, but that the state could profit by the gift, and here we have counsel declaring bad the motive of a gift to sZ: state unconditionally. The motive of a real transaction can not be attacked. Has it come to this, that the grant of judicial powers be tween states Ttas to be fought out on the question of motive ? ' If the motive should be ? Inquired; into in every case brought in court trie trial of all would result in-petty-wrangles. Again .we hear tne taiK or. rraua on At j..t.JUi'nn. nf "Q state Alen that v,r, collusion to rive UonT Wnere-is thefraud, and 'col- lnsion in doing that which a man has a right to do? If South Dakota had no .power cot stand If p,eX ';renaer U aImost opiar. Senator Hanna, who has al bonds. then fj1' " Further discussion of the. question hs .ays regarded Fairbanks as a suit it did. then it cannot be ruiea out or s -c r-, th nU-rt KniL . . - V V , i,0'r!rfl of fraud -and' col- iol-SlSLl , - . .. hasten; P?Pfff; non living on tne proceeutj, cinu men talks of fraud. - tVia rt Vi sr elrlo We hear iiso , that there, is no jurv cause certain individuals were made the suit; - ane staie oi douw Dakota owns ten of these second mort- 3 ; iTTrt iova n. - lien uDon gage - Donas. , , , iV. ten undivided shares ,otrstock n the North Carolina Railroad: ; We ask thax North Carolina meet these ten and if the state fails within a specked time, The sale of ttiese ten undivided! shares ;-. - . - . t, Sou th: Dakota affect tne ouk . - ru1ivi1aia i's' Tint j frncrPe .. 1U1 ivi " " , We made these IndJviauais .jjai uca iu( the suit so that if they should have j Luing - lj ,oijr as uuiiuxiuicers . mcy might say it now. I desire, this. court to understand that South Dakota H claiming these ten bonds and wants its share of stock sold - whether, it j Is ne- cessary to sell the rest- or -not. ." claims of the individuals can : bedis- i missed for ali we care. " . Finally our. learned friends say that! ' ho such case can be brought in this court. They are going, back to old principles and talk about "the, sovc- t rlcrntv rf a cefato " -wVi tm I a( mail cannot be assailed. They employ thiil old expression, which laas echoed in th walIs of this court as often as in . I . the halls of Congress Crista of, the eventh 3t ve" a gold watch which e constitution was the,worn oy ner brother, Capt H.-C. Gor-; The historical amendment to the subject of a very learned dlua3lon . .He .ma.nta.nk that by Mr. Peckham. " """r.""4" "'. '"f l" to nreserve , tnis statei m quotea jviarsnan preserve peace. He to this effect and elaborated ; this" idea i v,i .t mo vciuiauuu, , . f READY FOR LAUNCHING The Steamship Minnesota Is Something Immense New York, April 15. The new! steam ship Minnesota, the largest vessel ever built in America and the greatest cargo carrier in the world, will be launched tomorrow in the yards of the Eastern Shipbuilding Company's., branch ; of the United States Shipbuilding :Company atx New London. ,The Minnesota Is owned by the Great Northern Steamship Com- pan-?e ca?, c&7 f car8 at would fill a railroad train , seven miles long, or 125 trains of twenty cars. each. She and her sister vessel, ; the Dakota. will carry 28,000 long tons of coal and 280,000 barrels of flour. J HIGH WATER Much Damage Done in-a New Jersey Town TGHzaTw'th. N. .T.. Anril 15. Thft wa- - ters of Staten sound rose to a higher : "The inference from the interview in point at 11 oclock today than at any question by which I am made to ap tlm .In forty years according: to all pear as disparaging the lives 'of the habitues of the water- front j Much negro and Filipino soldiers ls ridiculous. damage resulted. The Heidrltter -Man- ufacturing Company was the loser, one hundred thousand heaviest feet of lumber plied along South Front street belonging to that concern.valued at $20,- 000, 'having been swept into th e sound, In the stiff northeaster that-swept up the kills,' a two-masted soohejrX was .blown - agaMsf "'li''glfer.: f;Jtti'f BaUmore and ' Ohio ' Railway bridge about ten o'clock and heir bowsprit 'was broken off She now lies with her bulkhead against the trestle so it is impossible to discern her name. Apparently shevis .- T consider the Filipino as suscepti loaded with brick. ' ' ... I - I ble of othe highest state of discipline. FLOOD IS FALLING A Mississippi Crevasse Not an Unmixed (Evil New Orleans, April 15. The Missis sippi river has fallen two-thirds . of ia root ana is railing rapiaiy. jvo rur- damage ls expected from the high damage Water nOW- The amount Of !" much less, than originally es- r ' ... v - I 7 " c V1"" ,,clLti- os"UUB' A " w tal damasre done bv -the flood in v the - - - -r.-'-r -r- .-18'-"tf.'u,. : -' money expenaea in raising tne. levees and closing crevasses, i n;130,000. Even solute loss,; for on the plantations rand outbuildings were swept away, mfl t Essen, whithethey naa where the crops were destroyed the r causing a logs wHich will reach high both returned to spendthe Eas hol cultivated land has been mdnured bjr in the thousands. ! idays. continues to be the rsensatlon of the , deposit of alluvium and the soil generauy ierimzeu oy me river snt and sand, and experience has shown that a crevasse, while preventing the oysters rrom Demg areageaj scatters the young ana increase . the area of growing oysters ALMOST JUTOPiAN Combine of Europe -Against America Will Not yvdrk , lome, April 15. The, Popolo Romano, commenting on yesterday's proposition i hefore tne J nternationai' Agricultural OAnn.aact aetsVilisVi o PiirAnann- irnll- ! 1uri8-.vOr0.t, ftPain9t Amari - difficulties in the Way; of ' the ractical accomplishment of such v a CTanaiose project are so grave and eomi r"- ,"v". :.the ..Jlh fk postpone atin luruici. : hat could be done, as the Is thebest. moveaient intended to shut off .Europefrotti the countries over the sea " has u f jready aroused in the United States, hich is SpsiUve on the subject,, a; , enL therebr. further -. ctionary iblttering. ' . - .vi. the commercial relations stweeri the old and the new world." Thee H uffl n e Jis poaed! of Reidsville, N.'C, Wil li Special. - Rank, Frank and Lucy HUffines ,were tried at the specj&i.; term j for finding 2J onA foirtntonaiv J. : ' J i.i.-w': MftA'Mtarr and treasurer of j tne . wortn V i C V JK.vwWMMJ l-liril -u- I I III (Mill! A illll .h' whicri was foun ku kiffWnr9v: I ji in uwii xu xxtLuuuisv it was iproveu - inat ' the old man and woman were under the ! . inuuciitc ui xranic, wnose character was proven bad." Frank got six years nd the old nian one year- The woman was dismissed with kind ind touching words from J edge - Long. a ; ' ; "' t: ' ' i It Mrs. Annie Farriss Receives . ' I j ' ' Her DTOther S Watch J'-i ; - ' " I , .-apeci. Mrs. Annie Farriss, of this city, has . re" of Copa F Second North XTar uwn oo jucu ai u uaiue i rev AFTER P.IANY TEARS " .-m, r ; "7: . body by two union soldiers George w - -i a. . j-ii"aii aim nisi oroiner. 01 . . .r 'J? , t WatCh PaSf' ' SS?t of some one in, Maine, but recently it was purchased by-xMr. Bingham, x who immediately mauC.c,w reiuuves ot Capt. Gorrell. When he learned that wia. i'ttnioo nito a sister oi me aeau soldier he sent the watch to her and vroiea very mceietxer, in wnicn ne expressed his regret that he was unable to aiso return the Bible, which had egn jog , . r - r x AND NEGRO . . ., . i ! G e n e ra I Baldwin Says Both - J Are AH Right as Soldiers Denver, Col., April 15. General Frank Dt Baldwin, commander of the depart ment of Colorado, who has been asked by thewar department at Washington to explain - an interview in this city recently in which he . was quoted as speaking disparagingly of the negro as a soldier says that his' statements were misunderstood. In an interview ! printed in the News.' today the gexi I ral is ? credited with i the following stntA-mnt i i " as my-past record -will-sustain. As to the portion of the interview relative to the Filipino and negro soldier being disparaging, I was entirely misquoted. for the; wording was of the harshest character.. What I Intended to say was to etfcrfss ah' entirely onnosite, sen ti . mentas'ta- my' feelings' regarding thel Filipino andrnegrie sdfdier. I class both as second-only: to the American sol dier and I : w6uld venture any .mill- tary enterprise with' either one of those nationalities. L and thaf "when brought to . the test he would make "magnificent fighting ma terial. I would trust my-chance3 for. success and my reputation alone with the Filipino or the negro soldier." " SWEPT BY CYCLONE TenI Reported Killed by a Storm in Alabama Birmingham, Ala., April 15. Special digpatcheg from .Everffreen Ala., say that news has Just reached there ' a v a. ' : i j . i 9 j.1 Uf nhnno nf hvv lns nf Hfp and nrot)- : . . ... - . . , erty in tne neignoornooa or eterman and Burntcorn, wrought by a tornado ; which nassed near there yesterday. Ten pesons are known; to have been killed; enenM and W0 auu. t w iu iime were xaKen irom ms thef rnarHnn FILIPINO j Several holiseswere I demolished, heiw-IBOnifiiy.rtuepser is patsn, ; timber tailing on occupants, Killing ana injuring all within the buildingsrf It will probably be several days" before ; a, correct list of casualties-can be ob taihed. . Peterman is inMonroe county just across the line Trom i Conep, and not within twenty nve miles of a railroad or teleerranh sntion. J I KS BOOM Tho Nomination for Vice President Will Do for Him Indianapolis, AprIL 15. :The , name of A FAIhBRN ;SSnator Charles W. Fairbanks will be ?!iYSl - rv: r; rT;7 dice oi puiuiccit icjuei9 eiiiaiiscu aDie exponent, at ine iacAuuci nw, - Governor purbln. Governor Nash of Ohio, Graeme Stew- art, the defeated Republican candidate! .for. mayor of Chicago, Mayor Fleisch manh, the successful Republican can- didate for mayor of Cincinnati, and others. M.;.t CAAfPii an1 T-ropfirAr HBW ocoiciaij ai.u nu.u. Greensboro, NTC.,; April 15. SpeclaL Mr. J. E. Williamson, formerly of Ala mance county, but' more recently con- , nected witn tne iope juuis inanuiac- turlng company ana a cnemicai ana. dyestuff concern, has been elected sec- ml ., - ura nuf acturing Company, at - Worth- , . . - - - vini muvi4 vviuwj, Money Offered Gee i S if ;HeWould.M GUERRILLA WAR Macedonians Postpone a Gen eral Insurrection jLtoxiuun, Apru 10.-A aispatcn tothe Tlmi frnm Rrfio cva i . i wellrSed ,ulh 5 jiru, t4 F leaders, who have always been -.J!LZ 7 " uypuoeu me revoiuxion , , , ,.Aw:cia iast summer ana au- are now.said to have resolved to abandon the project of a, general risine this vi. i ir : whelming strength of the Turkish ar- my and, the Improbability that any aid would be forthcoming from with- out j it is .re thought unlikely that Euro- pean .intervention would be obtained i was full of men. They were appoint by means of arising unless whdlesale jlng captains over squads of I men from massacres iook place, and the leaders apparenUy shrink from such a pros? pect. Consequently, it has been de termined to prosecute a, guerilla war fare by means, of detached bands, which will fall upon isolated bodies of Turkish troops, and when possible intercept communication by blowing up railway bridges and stations. In this way it Is thought the' cause of Macedonian freedom would be promoted more effectually and - withless sacri fice on the jpart of the population than by a general insurrection. It seems not Improbable that the uncertain at titude of the Albanians contributed tohis decision, as in the event of gen eral rising the Albanians might make up their quarrel with, the Turk and join him in the extermination of un believers. V ; TOOK A PRISONER T he Pre s ide nt's! Guardians AreVery Suspicious Cinabar, Mont.,- April 15. One of the cavalrymen "who . is on patrol duty in the park guarding' the president, came in; tnis mornmg wxtn a - prisoner. He salrhe": fouhdn the man hanging j around wjthi dent's camp, acting most suspiciously. It .was ' discovered that 1. the prisoner was an employed of the hotel and trans portation company on . the company's business. The man s.d that every time lie tried to explain this to the cavalryman he pricked him in the ; ribs with a revolver and he had no chance to make an explanation. x ' The report tonight from Fort Yellow stone is that the president is some- where between Soda Butte and Uncle John i Yancey's and that he will come In to Fort : Yellowstone to stay over night tomorrow night. ON HIS DIGNITY r,:".". : i " - ' ;" Heusiierr Insists He Only Did His Duty A If Berlin, April 15.- The murder; of Ar- piv man -; Hartman bv his old Ulme Qni1 nMtn mmnantonfen ! sign Huessner because ' Hartman failed i rZZZ. tt-T Vi ""J He claims that he acted k""3100 as a Prussian" officer, should. He said: "When I draw my sword I want to see blood and: kts of.It." He has been visited; in prison by his mother, to whom hevsatd: "il have a clean conr science. I did my duty as an officer." r: Huessner has written to Hartman's mother, expressing sympathy with her in her loss, 'and adding: "I have no ill feeling towards your son. It was simply my duty as an officer to chas tise him.' He asks" Frau Hartman to forgive him, saying that if she pardons him nobody will have a right to con demn him. ' , Popularxf eeling against Huessner is very bitter, . BLAZE AT BEAUMONT ion Dollar Firo Among .the Oil Weiis I Beaumont, Tex., April lo. A fire on Spindle Top, which started at 1 o'clock tnis morning uiu udiimc coumaicu a from jqj to $1,000,000. Two hundred and sixty-nve derricks were lost. Two hundred rigs were on producing wella. The fire started from a lantern at the rnTiwpli Oil ComDany's well. The fly 1 wheel of the engine struck the lantern and Ignited the derrick and the flames STiread with tr snread with tremendous rapidity, three j blocks being in "ashes by 3 o'clock. No effort was made to' extinguish the Are, for it was impossible to get within a iniTKirpd feet of the flames. No one was Injured. It is estimated that two-thirds" of the companies In the burned district will be unable to recover from the damage Vdone by the fire. ; Sttnsationil .Statement by a New .Witness in the Trial of James Howard De- Made ernor by Gov- - or Franktbrt. Ky.. April 15. Frank O- cil of Bell county was the star witness today In the case of Jim Howard for the murder of Goebel. Cecil 'was nam ed to Caleb rowers by Sheriff Brough toh to get here with Jake Van Bibber and Seach Steele, as suitable - men to kill Gpebel. Cecil is now under Indict ment and has been made aj common wealth's witness. Ccciij met Caleb Powers in January. lie told of the" meeting In the secretary! of state's of. fice to raise the mountain army. "It was late in the afternoon when I got to Power's office," he said. 'j'The roon? each county. I was appointed over the Bell county men." ' j' Cecil said that his train loaH of men en route to Frankfort sang" a song about"Going to Frankfort to kill BUI Goebel." Cecil said he went to Pow era office January 29 and that "Powers and Henry Paynter were: talking of the contest. Paynter said some one ought to kill Goebel. Powers: said nothing then, but after Paynter left he said that if some one did "not kill Goebel the legislators would seat him in spite of hades. Powers said that a man was coming the next day who would kill Goebel If he came.j Powers also said that a man across the hall had wanted to shoot Goebel from .a win dow, but that he would, not allow it because he could not trust; the man. Next day I was in Taylor's office and Taylor said: 'Goebel has to be killed or I'll be robbed. I have $2,500 of the campaign fund, and I will give that and a free pardon to the man that will kill him. I told Taylor "I was not business. I asked t'v'Jf ho thought I was a fool, and I turned and walked away." ;..' . r j" ' 1"."' J'' -n . Convict Henry E.: Youtsey, who wai Taylor's stenographer, -1 will - be ". placed on the stand- tomorrow arid will givi his first testimony In this ease. ' ! . V . All f.la Ttvtor erf former G.vr,,oriTorJor ot KentucKy was 'called - today -to . th e'i sensational testimony of Frank Cecil in the trial" of James Howard at Frankfort which, was in effect that . Taylor had offered the .witness $2,500 to assassinate Gov- clined. "The story is absolutely false," he said, "and there-is not jso much as a shadow of truth on whlc i to base it. to the best Ldo not know Cecil and of my knowledge I never saw him. I ) am not surprised, ho WverJ at the tes timony, or In fact at anything that may. be offered at the trial, Ibut any state- ment that I offered Cecil else any money or know or any on anything oi the killing of Goebel Is a lie." COTTON TOO HIGH Mills Ordered to Close When Supply Is Exhausted Baltimore, April 15. Today the man ager of the Mt Vernon Cotton Duck Mills at Phoenix, Northern Central Railway was instructed from the main office of the corporation not to take any more orders until the price of cotton is reduced. The v latter commodity is now being sold between 10 and 12 cents a pound.' It Is thought the mflhf will close the last of this week, whef their present supply olf cotton will b about exhausted. It Is. expected that mills at-Mount Washington, Franklin vllle, Md., and several others In the x soutnern states win aisu w buii. If cotton continues high In price and the mills are consequently closed It Is not likely that operations will be re sumed next September, when the new T crop Is ' ready for use. WRONG VICTIM Horrible Mistake Made' by a Louisiana Mob 15. It is "New Orleans, April 15. It Is now established beyond all doubt that the negro killed near Shreveport by the two police officers as the J murderer of Mr. Frank Matthews and her little daugh ter, and whose ooay was Durnea Dy s mob. was not and could not have been th murderer.' He was reported as Ed Porter. He turns out Washington, from the to be Albert Vance pian tation - In Bossier, who had come to Shreveport to find his! wife, who had deserted him. He was seen at the plantation at an hour that rendered it Impossible for him to have committed the murder, and In spite of the burning of , the body.he was identified by a bag bearing his name found in; his pocket by a number of articles on his person ard by his shoes. Cal Vance, upon Whose plantation Washington worked. that the victim oi the mob was says a good , negro , In whom he had every confidence.. x nial X