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New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
LETTERS TO FRANCIS TRUTH SEIZED
TWELVE SACKS nlPo0NDED EY UNITED STATES
OFFICIALS.

Boston. April 2o.-Tweive sacks of mail a1dreszss
to Francis Truth. the divine healer who was
arrested recently. charged with fraud. have bssD
irnpOunded by the United States Government under
the usual fraud order" Many Of the thousand.
OF letters contained in the twelve sacks ea--v
money for absent treatment" Truths usual
charge g. for absent treatment that the
amount OF money contained in the letters is large
The decision means that the twelve sacks win BE-
opened by the postal authorities The letters which
bear names and addresses on the envelopes viii be
returned to the writer's. The other letters viii Be
sent to the Dead Letter Office at Washington TO bs
opened. The money contained in these will De re-
turned with the letters 70 the writer's
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

A meeting of the creditors of Dielmann 81 Lncks,
manufacturers of piano cases at Nes. 5l7 and 5i9
West Nineteenth-st.. was held yesterday at the
Office of Stanley w Dexter referee In bank
ruptcy. at No n Broadway. Forty claims were
filed by creditors and Marshall S. Hagar was
elected trustee. I he liabilities S7l,34s and
SlS673.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

Griffin. fellow in zoology. physiology ana botany
He will study in Jamaica from June to September
The Bruce fellowship founded by Mrs Bruce
of New York. a memorial to her son, ana Is pe-
slowed upon the candidate who is considered most
likely promote biological science, ana eSpeciaIy
animal morphoiogy. by original research ne
stinend is the income of the endowment OF $1,000
Mr. Griffin has distinguished himself at the uni
versity not only student. hut as an athiete ana
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
Chiidren'S Hosiery

SOCKS-English cotton; white grounds with coIored
stripes; pretty designs; sizes ~, Zoe; and So,
25c; and 61z, Soc; 7 and II, 35c pair
English white Isle thread open work, skebroidered
fronts; 4Oc pair. Same in cotton, 35c pair.
STOCKINGS-Fast black cotton; plain, with double
knees toes and high spliced heels sizes and 5 u,
Zoe; to ~, 25c; to g, 3Oc pair.
Fine ribbed fast black cotton full fashioned; double
knees heels and toes; sizes and OF, Zoe; TO
81, 25c; TO TO- 30c
Fine ribbed fast black, tan navy blue, with white
polka dots, sizes to g, 30c; 81 to ~, CSC; and
81s, 40c pair.
Misses fast black isle thread; all open work /;
sizes to 8, 45c; OK to a, SOC; to g. Sc pair
rna durav
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
FAIR CONFESSIONS OFFICERS.

Syracuse. n. Y. April 20.-The New-York State
Fair Commission organized to-day by the election
of Lieutenant Governor Woodruff as chairman and
G. A. Wieting vice-chairrnan. j. H Durkee. OF
Sandy Hin. and K. A. Meyer. of Syracuse are can
didates for superintendent.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
Chiidren's Underwear

MEDIUM WEIGH4--
White merino vests, long short sleeves; Pantalettes
and drawers, knee ankle length Vests, size To-
25c; pantaettes size 49, 35c; drawers size "a, 50c
advance Sc on each increasing size
Fine white merino vests, long short sleeves size
10, 50c pantaletes, knee ankle length, size Is,
60c; drawers, short long, size "a, 75c; advance
Sc on each increasing size.
Fine quality white gossamer nlerino regular made and
fashoned vests, long short sleeves, 55c to ST. 35;
pantalettes, ankle length, 75c to $1.35; drawers,
ankle length, $l.O5 to S1.45; according to size.
LIGHT WEIGHT
White cotton vests low neck ribbed arm, short
sleeves high neck, long short sleeves; sizes Is to
"a, Zoe; 20 to "a, 25c. Knee length pantaettes
and drawers, TO match, 30c
Fine English white gauze merino; low necks, short
sleeves, size 10, 65c; high neck short sleeves size
49, 75c; high neck, long sleeves, size 10, S5c; ad
vance Sc each increasing size.
Broadway
Girls Capes-
S6-Navy blue serge; lined with red cadet blue
cloth; deep hood lined.
S6.7s- -Broadcloth; large collar and double shoulder
capes; edged with white braid.
Second foor Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

ander-ave this city show liabilities of ss5s7
nominal assets of s36-l31. and actual assets OF
s29.554 consisting of machinery, S4N~; accounts
$500; stock and materials. $3.50; cash In BANK
S3,Gs1 and interest in real estate, H.3sS
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

More than five thousand volumes were added 10
the New-York State Library during February ana
March The working collection now numbers 29i,-
147 volumes. During March $3.50 volumes were sent
out thirty-four different places about nineteen
hundred slides 10 twentythree places and SIX nun
dred photographs to eight places. These last
figures show something of the work OF the home
education dephrtment at Albany
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
There are No Duplicate
WEDDING GIFTS
in MARTELE SILVERWARE

EN choosing silverware for gifts the assurance
\ that the object selected is not only repre-
sentative of distinctly original art but
unique. in its being impossible to duplicate it by
any of the ordinary initiative mechanical methods,
is great satisfaction.
This, of course, is only possible when each piece
is the work of an individual artist whose inspi-
ration is at the command of the house EMPLOYING
him. To this end the Gorilam Company, Silver
smiths, have for the past four years been training
men especially for their needs; in fact they have
established unique school of design in which an
appeal is made to each member to express under
the guidance of an accomplished leader his art
ideals in silver 1t is in this way that distinct
art atmosphere is created, and to it's influence we
owe the, as yet, comparatively few examples of
the beautiful Martele that can be seen at the
Gorham Company's warerooms
GORHAM COMPANY
SILVERSMITHS
Broadway and Nineteenth Street
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
BRIEF RECORDS OF PROGRESS IN vARI-
Gus QUARTERS.

The New-York Wellesley Club will hold its last
meeting of the to-day at 2S0 p. m in the
Arthur Winter Memorial Library. Staten Island
Academy ST. George. The meeting will open with
the annual election and reports of oi1cerS after
meeting will he held at the academy by invitation
of Miss Marion Garfield
Carlisle, Penn April 2O.-It is expected that Dick
inson College at this place. and Dickinson Semi
nary, Williamsport, will receive S00O0 through
the twentieth century thankonering to be raised
by the Methcdist Episcopal church: The secretary ,
the fund is the Rev w. A. Stevens.
The Board of Regents of West Virginia Univer-
sity Morgantown w. Va, has received from Presi-
dent Raymond formal charges of insubordnation
and incompetency against five OF the professors.
The members of the faculty will le Countercharges
and will insist upon the removal Of the president.
Montreal April 2o-Next month the authorities
of McGEl University will begin the erection of a
large addition the Peter Redpath Library Build
ing. 1t will cost about $4,000 and the completed
building will have a capacity OF more than three
hundred thousand volumes.
William I. Fletcher, librarian of Amherst College.
announces summer course in library economy IN
connection with the Amherst Summer School. The
course will last six weeks-from July TO Au-
gust IL
Hampton. Va, April 20.-Next Thursday the
Hampton Institute will celebrate its thirty-second
anniversary with appropriate exercises. On
Wednesday there will be held here conference on
Southern education, at which DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry,
Walter II. Page. Booker T. Washington and Pro-
fessor j. NJ. Lindsay, Of the University of Pennsy-
vana, vii! speak.
The Adam T. Bruce fellowship at Johns Hopkins
University has been conferred upon Lawrence E.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
The Infants Store

Long slips of cambria, nainsook and fine lawn hand
and machine made; lace or embroidery trimmed, at
25c to $50.
Long skirts OF nainsook, at SOC TO Sc.
Long flannel skirts plated and embroidered at s. to
S..
Caps of lawn, chiffon, lace and ribbon, and Of real
lace; IL to 10 in; SOC to Sl2
Tonnes of lawn organdie, chiffon, point d'esprt and
straw, at ST. % to S35. Hats of same materials, at
81 to S12.75.
Dresses for little bows; of percae, linen and pique
kilt STYLE or with Russian blouse and boomers, 81
to $6.75.
White dresses of nainsook lawn, pique and net bishop
style Hubbard with waists; all prettily trimmed !;
6 months to years, SOC 10 $3.50.
Coored washable dresses Of percales, ginghams cham
bray, lawn, dirnity; with yoke, waist or guimpe
effects; to years; SOC to $l375.
Refers of broadcloth bedfold cord and Pque short
or threequarter lengths; of cloth at $40 to Sl8;
of pique at 81 to $ll.50.
Short coats of Bedford cord, cashmere and silk, at
So to SIS. OF pique at $2.75 TO S3S.
Second Aoor Fourth avenue.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

The American Library Association will hold its
twenty second general meeting at McGiH Uni
versty, Montreal. June to 12 The post conference
will extend to June H. Although there are num-
Der of Canadian members of the association, this
will be first instance of its meeting in Canada
Those who expect attend the meeting should
send word to the secretary of the local committee.
. II. Gould McGiH University Library. Pro
grammes may be obtained from the secretary of
the association. Henry ]. Carr. Public Library,
Scranton, Penn.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
Girls Summer Dresses

At 75c to Sl3.50-Dresses OF lawn percale dinit7:
madras and pique: guinPe sailor and one-ui-c.
syles-all pretty trimmed with lace, embroidery ,nd
bIaids; sizes, to II years
At $l2 to S21-Dresses Of challis; Persian andoh.r
figured designs; guinpe and one-piece styles with
trimmings of lace and velvet ri5bon; sizes 10 Il
years
At S2O-Eton suits OF white serge; deep sailor collar
and reveEs of light blue, red, q navy blue six;
jackets, lined with white satin; skirts oercane ln.5
sizes, 10 to "A years
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

Madison. Wis, April 20.-The establishment of a
school of commerce at the University of Wis
consin was unanimously decided upon by the Board
of Regents at their meeting Tuesday. Profess
sor William A. Scott was made director of the
school, and a professor of commerce is to be ap-
pointed by President Adams. The Regents also de
cided to establish a school of history, with Profess
sor Frederick j. Turner as director. DR. Scott has
been professor of economic history and theory in
the university since 1897. He graduated at the
University of Rochester in 1886, after which he
studied and taught at Johns Hopkins University.
He taught three years at the University of South
Dakota. and here in 1892. DR.. Turner has
been professor of American history since 1882 He
graduated from this university In 1854 took
graduate work here and at Johns Hopkins. taking
his doctOrate at the latter institution. He first
taught rhetoric here in 1885, but since 1889 has de-
voted himself to history. 1t is said that he has
Gently declined fatering offer to come to the
OF Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
Xl Nm~m4k .1mp
Clothing for Children for the
Sunshiny Season

merry mping laughing the
to the
II clothes for the
of the
adyInans Clothes Boys Suits and Girls dresses
arstpr prices always
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
WEN.IACKs0N&0
UNION SQUARE
North).
Rich Metal Work Of Every Description

Special Exhibit Saturday and
Monday of Large Bronze Doors
for Prominent New York Bank.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
Girls Jackets for IA, I6, l8 Yrs.

S750-Royal blue covert; fy-front; lined with slfn
serge.
SlO-Tan covert; double-6reasted REFER front; sz
smoke pearl buttons; lined with TN tafTea
Sl1-Black pebble chevio.; Eton; fare collar and
revers; scaloped edges; finished with rows Of sch-
ing; lined with black tatFeta
S13.5O-Admiral blue venetian cloth; Eton roll collar
and revers faced with black tafeta; lined with fInc7
stripe taffeta.
SlS-Black kersey; Eton fare collar and revers; seal
loped and faced with black peau de sole; gun metal
buttons; lined with striped tateea
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21
BOyS' C!Othinu-

Boys Vestee suits; sizes to years; IN fancy and
Oxford gray cheviots, blue serges and Esht co.or
worsteds, S.. 50 to So.
The Irene" suit for boys, to wears; made with
fancy shields, and belt of same material suit S
to 50.
Russian blouse suits Z TO years; OF navy blue and
red serges; silk anchor on shields; white leather
belts, $3.50.
The handsomest stock Of boys washable suits that
have ever shown; in sailors and Russian bl0usrs
styles.
Second floor. Fourth and Ninth street
New-York tribune., 1900-04-21

Baby shoes OF best kid; PINK, blue, white and r.d,
size, to 31z, 81; size ( 10 5, SI.25.
Baby shoes, OF black and tan kid; 81.
Slippers, with strap red, white, blue pink =,
and black kid and patent leather. Babies size "A
S. 75c; So to 8, 81; 81 to lO1z, Sis; Il ,o2
S1.5o.
Childrens black kid button lace boots with in,
and spring heels; size, Z TO I01s, ST. 20; size il
TO 2, S1.40
Black and Oxford ties o. kid Russia calf and ,s,
eut leather, 81. 50 and s..
Shoes for small boys; mannish lasts and patterns;
straight tips: hooks and eyelets; spring heels: tr1
Russian calf, So. Patent leather, s. So
Black kid spring heel shoes with cloth tops and patent
leather tips; very pretty and durable; size, s5l %
1OII, s.. .65; IL to 2, s.
ShneG GrnraE nrIr+l,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS
INFORMATION TO SELLERS, BUY
FRS AND MONEY-LENDERS.
REASONS FOR THE CHANGE OF ADVICE
The New York Firm Advised Holding When
Money Was at 1856 Per Cent and Advise
Selling When it is at From 2 IL
to 4 Per Cent.

All the talk on the Cotton Exchange
Yesterday was about cotton-thc recent
flop Of Price, Mccormick & Co. who
up to a few days g have been the
biggest bulls Oh the market and since
Saturday have developed into the most
rampant bears. why have they changed
so suddenly:' was the question l put
to the best informed men among cotton
buyers, cotton sellers and officers Of cot
ton mills. There were various
One gentleman of large experience the
cotton business said:
The kilograms published this week
from a New York house indicates thar
it has left the bull side of the cotton
market.
AT first glance one might draw the
conclusion that an effort was being made
tc give holders Of cotton an opportunity
to sell on the top market Of the sea-
son. but upon investigation L find that
these kilograms have been sent not only
to holders of cotton. but also to cotton
mills and to bankers, in duplicate all over
the country.
LAS Saturday and Monday were both
holidays they might have communicated
with their clients by mail. thus making
the information they gave confidential,
but when kilograms We're sent to holders
Of cotton advising them to sell, that a
break was impending, and an Identical
telegram was sent to the cotton mills OF
the South which have been large buyers
all the season, the suspicion crows that
the information given out was not SIN
cere. AS the same kilograms We're sent
to bankers who advance on cotton the
suspicion becomes n conviction that an
attempt is being made to stampede the
holders Of cotton just at the critical
period when Europe was showing alarm,
and the market there was advancing i'll
consequence of rapidly diminishing sup
plies.
THE subject matter of the telegram
giving reasons for change of heart seen,
ridiculous in view Of the fact that worse
conditions existed when kilograms Were
! sent out in December by the same firm
advising purchases. For instance, The
war in South Africa is cited, though
there have been no recent reyerses for
the English forces, but on the contrary
they have been successful in several
small skirmishes, and are daily receiving
large reinforcements.
THE tightness in money is cited when
the call rate is now 2h to 4 per cent,
against a rate Of 1856 per cent when they
urgently advised purchases.
Heavy receipts are predicted, where
as the actual shrinkage compared with
last year, for he past ten days, is al
most so per cent, being the heaviest loss
of the season.
The stocks at interior towns are
claimed to be This may be
true, but they are certainly no larger
now than they were when their last eff
fort to bull the market was made, while
the black fields bear eloquent testimony
to the fact that at least the warehouses
can hold what is left, while last year
the fields from Virginia to Texas inclu-
sive were white with the feecy staple
all the winter. Beware Of the Greeks
bearing gifts.''
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

against 100000 bales last year. =
Egypt 205, OOO bales. against 2,si.,s1
bales last year: in India 26S.O6o bale.
against 20S,0 600 bales last year ard IN tha
United States 1.S44.o bales. agai1>t
I.912oO0 bales last year.
Secretary HcSters weekly New o.
leans Cotton Exchange statement issued
today shows Il decrease IN the moyenrn.
into sight compared with the seven dan,
ending this date last ear Of round h--
ures $4,000 bales. n decrease under The
same time year before last Of 143,ecu
bales.
The amount brought into sight during
the past seven days has been hoo
bales. against 393.214 bales FOR the seven
davs ending this date last year: and t"r
the five days Of January it has been lDi-
40 bales. against 22S.oo1 bales last year.
The total movement for the l21 days
from September LIST 10 date j. o.U5GoiG
| bales. against 1.a53.554 bales last year
and 1.la0.014 bales year before last.
The movement since September LIST
shows receipts ut all United States ports
4.1o0.Soo bales. against 6.u3S, 36o bales
last wear: overland across the MiSSi>>-
ippi. Ohio and Potomac Rivers 70 North
ern mills and Canada S3i.aSl bales.
| against S0S.4a5 bales last year: interior
stocks in excess OF those held nj the
| close of the commercial year a25.s1I
bales. against 561 geo bales last year;
Southern mill takings 1910 bales,
against ga $40 bales last year.
Foreign exports for the week have hern
o31431 bales. against 35l,li1 bales last
year. making the total thus far for the
season 2,153.614 bales. against i,42d i6l
bales last year.
The total takings of American mills,
North and South and Canada thus far for
| the season have been 2.1l3,Soi bales,
| against 1.S53.11i baleSNlast year.
Stocks at the Seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior ccnterS
| have decreased during the Week 114.6'!l
bales, against 4 decrease during the cor
responding period last season of I2i,StS
bales.
Including stocks left over At ports AMI
interior towns from the last crop and the
number of bales brought into sight thus
far for the new crop. the supply 10 date
is 6,616.414 bales. against S,22l 40 bales
for the same period last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
THEY GIVE THEIR REASONS.
Price, Mccormick & Co. Tell Why
They Advise Farmers to Sell
Cotton Now.
Office of
Price. Mccormick & CO.,
20 Broadway. New York.

New York, Jan. 5.-(Special.)-
Much criticism has been directed to-
ward us because we have advised the
South to accept the present prices for its
cotton, and as we believe that his cri1i-
cism is unjust and uncalled-for we beg
to submit herewith our weekly cotton
circular, which states in full our posi-
ton and our reasons therefor:
The cotton market during the past
week has been altogether a sensational
one, as Il result Of the very small crop
moreover for the month of December and
especially for the last week of December
foreign consumers of the article seemed
at last to have come to an appreciation
of the situation and at the re-opening Of
the Liverpool market on Tuesday. Jan
uary End, nliddling uplands were quoted
at 4 GIG, an advance of fully 11h pence
or Mc per pound over the value of cot
ton for the corresponding week last Year.
Feeling that the price was Il fair one
and that 1t was a good policy on the part
of merchants to sell their goods when
there was an active demand for them. we
advised our friends generally to accept
present prices for their spot cotton, and
as a large portion Of the trade seemed
to accept this view as sound, considerable
reaction IN value has occurred. although
the present prices still show the very
substantial advance of nearly ? cents per
pound over those ruling last August
when Mr.. Neill first promulgated his
large crop estimate. Much criticism OF
what has been termed our change in
front has reached us. We. therefore,
feel justified in making this weeks issue
OF our circular somewhat personal and
perhaps improperly eeotistical. but 9TH
erwlse We cannot fully explain our at
titude.
For the past six months we have.
spent large sums of money in collection
and discrimination of information in re-
gard to the cotton crop. We have felt
that Mr.. Neil's estimate was misleading
and 4 great injustice to the South. We
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
Hester's Cotton Statement,

New Orleans. La. Jan. 5.-Secretary
testers statement Of the worlds visible
supply of cotton shows an increase for
the week just closed of S.S16 bales.
against an increase of 15,4S7 bales last
year, and an increase of 111.779 bales
year before last.
The total visible is 4.3O3 800 bales.
against 4,2o4.4It bales last week and
3,642,279 bales last year. OF this the
total of American cotton is 3.577,292
bales, against 3,625.476 bales last week
and 4,939.279 bales last year: and of
all other kinds. including Egypt, Brazil.
India, etc, 10000 bales. against $685. 600
bales last week and 703, 900 bales last
year.
OF the worlds visible supply there is
now afloat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe 1,9S6,OOO bales
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
How it Happened.

From the best information that could
be gathered from those who went out
from here, the particulars of the tragedy
are these:
Mial Williamson and Edwin Lee left
here yesterday morning at 8 O'Clock, to
spend the day in the country, hunting
with James Hinton. They were driving
Mr.. Lees horse and had in the buggy
their dogs and guns. They arrived at
the Hinton place about 10 o'clock and
found James Hinton awaiting them. An
hour later they started out hunting. going
in the direction of the pond. That is
the last time they We're ever seen alive.
Mrs. Hinton expected them to return
for dinner and accordingly prepared the
meal for them. But they did not return.
and last night when her grandson was
brought home dead, the table was lust
AS she had liked it at the dinner hour
the three plates for the three boys.
The first person to discover that some
thing had gone wrong was a negro wo-
man, Mag Durham. who passed by The
pond about 3 o'clock. There she saw
the three faithful dogs. keeping watch
over the guns and refusing to allow any
one to come near. In the ice was a
suspicious looking hole and on the water
1oated a cap. Not a human being was
in sight. On the bank were two guns.
The third gun was in a boat that was
frozen in the ice. near the hole through
which the boys had fallen.
The ran to the home of another
negro woman, Fanny Price. living near
by and told what she had seen. The
Price woman went down and satisfied
herself as to the truth of what Mas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
HOLD on TO YOUR COTTON.

Atlanta Constitution
Nothing whatever has occurred 10
change the statistical situation. There
is a short crop in the South as the re-
ports from all the seaboard and inland
towns show. and there is 4 very short
stock in Europe. If holders Of spot cot
ton become panic-stricken and sacrifice
their holdings, the loss will be theirs.
To compel them to make this sacr1tcc IS
now the object of those who are working
in concert with the Liverpool ring. That
this ring is very powerful is shown by the
unprecedented caper Of the firm OF spec
ulators who have done their utmost 10
upset the market by means OF kilograms
in which they give the lie to their own
statements made only q week or two ago
We do not hesitate to advise holders
Of cotton TO hold on to it until necessity
compels the European mills TO pay a de-
cent price for 1t.