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ARE CALLED DOWN, finish of Oppressive Meat Trust is in Sight. PRICES TO DROP DURING MONTH A Member of the Combination Gives Assurance That Prices Are to Re sume Normal Conditions. New York, Special. Relief is prom ised definitely from the present abnor mal prices of meats and ;;- within a month they will have reached nearly or exactly, their normal level. Thi3 statement appeared in The Press Mon day, which, also said: "yyy'y" "The promise of relief was made last (Sunday) night by Ferdinand Sulzber ger, one of the 'Big Six', when he was conferring i with the5 members. of the committee of investigation appointed by the Republican Club, Of this city. While this conference - was only pre liminary to the important one to be "held in Washington with all the meat 'barons', Sulzberger felt called on to make some definite promise to th6 In sistent committeemen. 'I can say with assurance,' he said, when.' pressed . for some promise of relief, 'that in a month from now prices will have sought their former level, or close to it, and" that level will be found soon thereafter. I '. can make that promise because there will be an influx by that time of the new grass-fed cattle from Texas and with thousands of them on the market, a break is bound to follow.'- . "It was learned that the conference to be held. in Washington will be held : next Thursday in a place not yet se lected. Those at the conference will be C. F. Swift, Ogden Armour, J. Lyman, . ot Hammond & Co., Edward Morris, of Nelson Morris & Co., Mitchael Cudahy and Ferdinand Sulzberger, of Schwarz - child & Sulzberger. These men will confer in Washington N with Attorney" General Davis of this State, and Alfred ti. Bullowa, members of the committee -appointed by the Republican sub -co m uiitee to investigate the meat question and assist in prosecution if relief could not be obtained in any other way." Memorials In the House. Washington, Special. The House Saturday, after devoting, an v hour to the passage of bills by unanimous consent, suspended public business and for the remainder of the after noon listened to the tributes to the' memory of the late Representative Stokes, of South Carolina, and the late Representative Crump of Michi gan. Those who spoke of the public service of the late Mrv Stokes were Messrs. Leever, Eliot, Scarborough, Johnson and Talbert; of South Caro lina;! Havy, of ViVrginia; DeArmond, of Missouri; , Jenkins, of Wisconsin, Williams, of Mississippi ; Wadsworth, of New York; Gilbert, of Kentucky; Richardson, of Tennessee; Lamb, t)f Virginia ; Thomas, . of North Carolina; and Candler,, of Mississippi. A $500,000 Fire. Glenn Falls. N. Y., Special. A dlsas-. trous fire; visited Glenn Falls Sunday, causing a property loss estimated at over $500,000. The fire started in the clothing store of Webb Brothers, on Glenn street, and thence spreefL to the large plant of the Joseph Fowler Shirt and Collar Company, occupying the up per story . of "nearly the entire block. Then, fanned by high wind, the flames communicated to neighboring build ings. The destruction of the Fowler plant throws nearly 800 operatives out of employment and 20.0 more will be out of wj)jk temporarily. It is thought the insurance will nearly cover the losses. J. Sterling Morton Dead. Chicago. Special; Hon. J. Sterling Morton, former Secretary of, Agricul ture, died Sunday afternoon at the home of his - son, . . Mark - Morton, at Lake Forest, 111. For several weeks Mr. Morton had. been gradually .failing. The nature . of his illness had not been determined and a week ago : he was brought from his, home at Nebraska City to Lake Forest for medical atten-. dance. The change! brought no im provement and he failed gradually un til death came. ' . Cholera in Philippines. Manila, By Cable. The cholera situ ation in the Islands does not show any improvement. - Cases , are reported nong the American soldiers in the Camarines, province of Southern Lu- zn, and elsewhere, but . so far few 'Americana have been attflirked and the disease is mainly confined to natives and Chinamen. . In Manila there have . been 555 casos and 449 ; deaths- from cholera, while the prorvinces report .1,- cases and 1,169 deaths. live items -oe news. Many Matters of General Interest In Snort Paragraphs. The Sunny South. ....'. -Safe crackers secured $2,590 from the Bank of Goodlettsville, Tenn. Oil has been struck within the city limits of Jellico, Tenn. On the body of " Orlando Camillo Hanks, an alleged train robber, killed by a policeman at San Antonio, Tex., was found $450 taken from the Great Northern express . at "Wagner, Tex., July 3 last. . All fire, agents at Vicksbnro, Miss., suspended business because the city refused to reorganize '. its Fire De partment. . "y . ; , Eighteen Southern, hardware and mill supply firms organized at Char leston, S. C, as the Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers. The United Confederate Veterans met . at Dallas, Ter., with 45.0Q0 visi tors present. Five .colored children were found starved to death about 40 miles from Memphis,, Tenn., the father having deserted them. , - Admiral Schley has been invited to visit Mobile, Ala. Led by Ernest Rowze, a notorious Jail-breaker, 11 prisoners escaped from i Jail at OPrinceton, W. Va. During a quarrel Mrs; Abraham May a bride of four months, shot and killed her aged husband at Kingston, Tenn. Ellis Washington and Phil Wallace, negroes, were hanged at Donaldsville, La., for the murder of Lee Geismar. A $400,000 hotel is to be built at Norfolk, Va.r by Norfolk and Baltimore apuaiists. Two trainmen were killed In a freight wreck on the Louisville & Nashville at Riverside, Ky. At The National Capital. Governor Dole, of Hawaii, was the guest of honor at a dinner Thursday night in Washington, D. C, given by William Haywood. At The North. Secretary Root has arranged, to M - - maintain a light in ,the Statue of Liberty, ih New York harbor. Indiana Prohibitionists are holding their State Convention at Indiana polis, Ind. The cavinsr of a sewer trench' at Hamilton, O., killed William Hart' and John Sander. Northwestern University, at Chi. caeo. 111.. win enter upon uroauoi . ... . . . work with a $300,000 endowment fund iiext fall. Burglars attempting to rob the bank at JEveleth, Minn., blew the building love of our fellowmen are the controii and safe to Dieces. . leaving ' no trace ing forces which make our great re- of the robbers. , ; " Tho feoetpm division of the West- Toloirrnnh Utips la to oe superintended after May 1 by B. Brooks, of Denver, Col. The boycott started by the Kansas City live stocks commission men acainst the stockyards, at Kansas Citv. Mo., was lifted. I Fearing that he was going Insane Joseph Holden Sutton, a lawyer s clerk in New York, killed himself. Insane, from brooding over a debt, Albert Fiehn seriously staDoea nis fair, and was given to Governor Odell wife and killed himself at Cleveland, at the st. John, by the New York,coni Q. v-"v ' mission. While th8 banquet was in Tt is nroDosed to increase the capital stock of -the New England xeiepnone and Telegraph Company from $20,000,- 000 to $30,000,000. Edward Townsend was elected presi dent of the . Importers' and Traders National Bank, of New York, vice E. H. Perkins, deceased. The bodies of three Italians drowned mnnth nm were found. near Soring voiipv Til in the Illinois River, and nn thft nersonof one of them was rmnri 3ii oo. j u v ' . a h and Wind combine at Chicago, 111., is . denied. :y - ton tlfiOO in stamps.: $100 In money and $400 In jewlery from the bLW r w.w . T - ... cost office at Eatonr Ind r rhiHnir a saloon row at Detroit, Mien. Wednesday night Edward Hawley, the proprietor, was killed Dy nis oroiuw Tho TTovemevers have bought 10 acres of land neajr Fort Collins, Col., on which to build a 1000-ton beet sugar factory. naaA fnnii f JoseDh Allen's home, cnnrfioiH til. a tramo attempted to destroy the house with dynamite, but did not succeed. From Across The Sea. Tn i?i-nrardS; held a levee at St. James Palace. , NEW " YORK'S DAY.' Empire State , at Charleston Exposi tion. ' GOVERNOR ODELL MAKES ADDRESS New Yorkers Given a Royal Recep tion in the Southern City A Great Occasion " "':"" Charleston, $. C., SpecialThe broad veranda overlooking Lake Juanita and the open court, doorways and' windows of the New York building at the expo sition grounds, were crowded Wednes-. day by visitors from the Empire State and the South to celebrate New York Day and hear Governor Odell speak Mr. Mead, president of the New York commission, presided and - President Wagner and Director General Averill, or the exposition, bade the visitors wel come.' Governor ddell was received with' great applause and it was some time before he wi& ' allowed to speak. He said: "It Is our duty as citizens of the va rious States of :bur Union to ernestly, patriotically 'and without prejudice or partisanshlp, support our government and show, to the people of the world that while we may differ upon the fea tures of governmental policy our re spect for our flag and our love for our native land are greater than partisan ship and broader than State lines. "The prosperity And good fame of the State depend upon Its equitable and just treatment of all classes and ill in dividuals. And the desire of the most humble to contribute to the well-being of the State should be as cordially wel comed and his interests as thoroughly protected as thmjtf the most learned. schoiar.or the multi-millionaire. Taxa tion without representation, which fired the blood of our forefathers, Is a prin ciple -which lies dormant in the minds of our citizens and unequal or unjust taxation will be just as strongly resent ed today, not perhaps with the- bullet, but by that more potent weapon in the hands of freeman, the ballot. Justice should be measured out equally to all. Rights should not be accorded to cor porations that are denied to the indi vidual. Both should be permitted to pursue their proper functions within the limitations of our laws, and both should be protected in doing so. "Your interests are ours. Through the golden gates of commerce of our greater metropolis we offered jrou mar kets for the products of your fields and the skill of your mechanics. Cotton is no longer king, but humanity and the public command not only tne respect 01 the natives, but the respect 01 tne cm- llZed WOriQ. AUuresses were maue- uy opeaner Nixon, of the New York General As sembly, and Senator Ellsworth, and the New York building was then formally turned over to the exposition authori ties by President Meade. Immediately after the exercises, Gov ernor Odell and party repaired to the Woman's building, where a luncheon was given by the woman's department. Tne nieht's banauet was a brilliant af- progress the ladies of the -New York party attended a reception at tne resi- denoA of Mrs. Andrew simonas. on South Battery. ' Durinx the ceremonies at the New York buildink. one of the exposition of ficials in Introducing Governor Odell, -said that if "we had to have a Repub lican President and President Roosevelt could not be nominated, Governor Odell was the man for the place." Again at the lucheon at the woman's building, Governor Odell was - referred to as Dossible President of the United States' He replied significantly t he ardent-. ly hoped to be a delegate to the - con- vention that would nominate President Roosevelt for're-electioh. . He" left-here on the Southern train at 1L o'clock tonight The members, of his staff and the New jYork delegation will remain in the ctty until tomorrow. Minor Mention. : Lightning killed Richard Roan and Arthur Rogefs, 12 ; and 15 years old. at Akron, O. - . S A life sentence has been given Charles Pittzer, Muncie. Ind., who killed his wife. After badly wounding v his hired man, Douglas Craft, a wealthy farmer of Hammond, Ind., -blew his ownnead off with a gun. , The jury in the case of William Strbther, colored, - charged with ; mur dering A. Dean Cooper, millionaire j at St. xouis,. mo., disagreed and was dls- Louis Troja, a wealthy saloon keeper, was; murdered by robbers r in his saloon in New York. - Toney S. Diesner,A former assistant police clerk, has been indicted at Cleveland, : O., charged with em bezzling ; $9,000. '-., A jealous lover of a servant girl is charged with dynamiting the front tfart - of the house of professor I E. Maglott, at Ada, O. ; . i i In a battle between Union Pacific Railroad graders and two colored highwaymen, near Sherman, Wyo.. one negro was killed and several graders injured. Three Killed By Tornado. - j i Joplfn, Mo., Special. It, is known that three persons were killed about SO injured in the tornado arid I that swept through Joplin. Of the injured perhaps eight were fatally hurt, j A conservative estimate places the to tal loss at $100,000. The deaths were caused by the flying debris, or falling walls. Two of those killed lived on Moonstone Hill, on the outskirts fof Joplin. The district swept' by thej tor nado was about four blocks -wide commencing on the western limits S of the city at Seventeenth street and east ending at Seventh street, on the side of the city. . To Reclaim Everglades. Scientists claim that the soil of the Everglades in Florida Is the richest! in the world, and would, if drained, pro duce marvelous crops of nearly I any thing planted. It Is proposed to reclaim this immense tract, .which covers near ly 4,000 square miles, by builtnag drain age canals to take off the ater, and at the same time serve as a means' of transportation . between plantations. Contrary to the r general belief, ! the Everglades are healthful, the water is irwreet and pure, and. there is almost a total absence of fevers and epidemic diseases. The cost of nrfinarins- thnsn lands for cultivation will be about 2 75 per acre. - ., : 1 j 7 'IT-"- Indiana kemihllcan Convention.' . i:-.. " , . , Indianapolis, special mucu ortaipry and enthusiasm marked the openin the Republican State convention in Tomllnson Hall, Wednesday. Sena- tor Beverldge delivered an eloquent ad dress. The convention after choosing Senator Beverldge, as permanant chair man, and transacting routine business, adjourned until -tomorrow. The. jmen- tion of - Senator Hanna's nams by ;on of the speakers was generally applaud ed. ; Oil and Fertilizer Combine. New York, Special. Officials of Ithe American Cotton ' Oil Company will neither affirm nor deny the report thai the -incorporation in Ner Jersey of Oa American Cotton Produce Company is the forerunner of a plan to combine their1 company with the Virginia-baro- Kna Cheniical Company. The new corporation has a nominal capital of $3,000, but it is said a hold ing company wiri be organized as sboa as it has been determined what ! com panies are to eater the orwnhinw j 2oo Killed By Earthquake i-. VI Guatemala City, Guatemala, ; ny Cable. The descriptions which are be ing received here of the' result of jtha earthquake shocks which were general throughout Guatemala Friday, . Satur dav and Sunday, show that" Solotata, Amatitlah,. Santa Lucia and Sanj J uan were badly damaged, and that yuesai tenanso was nrtly obliterated. ! Fire added to the horros at the last named nlace. Two hundred persons were kill- ed, mostly women, and many people were injured. At the capital J three churches were siishtly damaged.! ; ' Medals For Life Savers. Washington, ' Special. Secretary Shaw .today forwarded . to ; Snffman John R. Oneal and Horatio Drinkwater, each a gold medal for s conspiciously heroic service in saving life from; the wreck of the schooner Jennie Hall, r par Virginia Beach. Va.. December 21, 1900. Silver medals also were forwarded ttr nn.Wvinii.i4 W TI i Part. tO Vieo. vv. YYmwuui?w'- I --v ridge, John H. Carroll, J. w. sparrow and Bennett Simmons, of the. Dam Neck Mills life saving station, for bra- very on the same occasion, I f IN CONGRESS. Detailed Doings of Our National Lavr : -y :5 makers, y ;C y$- house.:' . v.y 2 Ninety-eighth - Day The session - of the House was tame and without inci-; dent or event of public importance. The day was spent in routine work ' - SENATE. Ninety-eighth Day Formal discus sion of the bill temporarily to provide a government for the Philippine Is lands was begun in the Senate. Mr. Rawlins, of Utah, the leadine mlnorit v member of the Philippine committee, opening the debate with a. speech la opposition to ' the measure. He de nounced the bill as an unwarranted imposition upon the Filipinos declar ing that it would establish one of the foulest oligarchies in the history of the world. He maintained that the Philip- pine commission was given too great 1 - Al '1.111 ' 1 . . , uwer to mil ana assertea inat un - aer lis provisions, tne islands would' be exploited for private gain. He will conclude his remarks tomorrow. While he was ipeaking two efforts were made to maintain a quorum, the second re sulting in a lively tilt among several . Senators, Mr. Scott, of West Virginia, intimating that no argument that could be mide upon the subject would; Influence any Senator. C V "We seem to have arrived at that point in our history," said Mr. Raw lins "where there are those who affect to believe that it Is sedition to think and treason to. talk. 'God God'a sake, let us keep silent until the war is ov er,' exclaims a peripatetic hero and graduate from the Philippines, who wants to make free speech treason, and to whom might give the Senator from Massachusetts, the benefit of clergy oa account of his sympathy for a 'super heated conscience.' And if we are to believe him, with the approval of the President of the United States Con gress no longer has to declare war. An Otis or a Chaffee Is prepared to attend to this any day in the week. A: 'few days ago a message came to 'us that Malyar, the last of the insurrectos, had surrendered. :: The next day it was an nounced that General Chaffee had de clared a new war. and had dispatched an army to wage it against 2,000,000 of people in the ... Island of Mindanao. But mum is to be the word, as long as 111 i J1-1..A .v, iuere is any aisiuroance anywnere within our borders or in any one of tbe more than thousand islands beyond the Beas. - 'JThis bill strikes its roots into and derives its support from that exper- lence upon the army appropriation bill or lyui, known as the Spooner amend ment The qualification of the abso lute power therein conferred adopted at the instance of ,the Senator from Massachusetts, by this bill is elimina ted. All property rights in the islands and the fate of their inhabitants are turned over to the control and dis position of the commission without ' any qualification of Importance, v "The commission may declare war andfinake peace; raise armies and pro vide , navies; regulate commerce with all sorts of discrimination between is lands and ports; levy taxes without limit and. without uniformity. . It may coin money and "regulate the' value thereof, and may establish religion and , punish those who do 'not conform- to -Tlh". i .?JFXl publication of the truth in regard to their administration. It can establish an inquisition; devise and apply me thods of excruciating torture, compel ling persons to be witnesses against themselves and disclose .any Informa tion which the commission may desire to extort. It may practice any or 8ll of the acts of tyranny which history; has disclosed or genius may devise. ' ; "It is useless to say that this power will not be abused. .Attention wiU be Invited to some instances in the his tory of our relations with the islands showing the extent to which our repre sentatives have gone in acts of perfidy Injustice, oppression and cruelty." - . Wireless Telegraphy; Washington, Special Secretary Wil son has given Instructions to Prof.' Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, to make an exhibition of the system of wireless telegraphy devised by the Weather ' Bureau, to other branches of ' the government service and tomrrow a test ' Will be witnessed by General Greeley chief signal officer of the army , to be followed later by a test for the naval trial board. The exhibitions wilt take place near Roanoke Island, N. C. " C A Poultry Trust. y , Chicago, Special. The - Record-Herald says: "Three firms practically have" complete control of the poultry market. Through the Ownership of two-thirds of all the poultry In the country they; arfl .af(1 t hA fn fir nrfrM will w ,y " .t The.firms having control are: Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Friebe &. Semiter, of Bushnell, I.'