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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09

low ants that live with the black tribes.
and do most of their work for them. The
wages they earn are not high, for they
merely work for their keep-they are al
lowed the same food as their masters Al
times, however, the yellow ant becomes
disconnected, and after a great deal OF
congregating and restlessness, strike
work in a body, and decline to do any
thing The black ants then cut them
off from supplies, and endeavor to starVe
them into submission: sometimes they
even attack them, and try to bully them
into doing the work. The ''yelioWs'
however, generally prefer to be klLeu
rather than abandon their principles arc
not to be coerced and the masters are
driven to do the work themselves. Some
times they make a raid and get a fresh
batch of yellows into the ant hill TO tahe
the strikers places, but these mostly
join the maicontents after day or W.
The strike ends in one OF two ways-lHs
''yellows" may escape and try to touhu
a colony of their own, or they may give
in and settle down to work again
Perhaps. on the whole. rabbits are t1e
most determined strikers there are ID
rabbit colonies there are nearly alWaYo
certain number OF stronger raoolls,
who do most of the hardest digging au'
burrowing and about once In two year
these appear to grow Disseminated anu
decline to make the passages wnlch 'on
meet all the burrows in a big watIen.
Without these passages the assemo'3
not safe from stoats and ferrets' @".
the commonwea. is endangered
the large digging rabbits give up w
and sit about browsing in the pasture'
all day and night; and unless they ehov-
20 get 70 work again, all new eNe''s
lions for fresh rabbit families have
stop.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09
HE OWNS 1,25O,OOO ACRES.
the Largest Lnndholder of the
United States.
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
Austin Tex.-Maj. George w. Little
field of this city is probably the largest
individual land owner in the United
States. His ranch and farm holdings in
Texas and New Mexico aggregate about
10000 acres. This includes a tract of
$4,000 acres of ranch land which he re-
Gently purchased from the State Capitol
Syndicate.
The lands OF the latter corporation en-
braeed 100000 acres originally, and were
given to It by the state for building the
state capitol. They are situated in the
extreme northwestern part OF Texas and
cover several large counties. Maj. Lit
tleheld's recent purchase included 5000
Hereford COWS OF pure breed and the
same number OF Hereford calves $40
Hereford bulls and a large number Of
horses and mules.
Mai Littleheld cannot tell within FIVE
or ten thousand the number of head Of
cattle he owns. The total number is es-
timated az from 10000 to $1,000 head. He
has sold many thousand head of beef
cattle In the last few months and his
ranches are now short OF stock cattle
He takes great pride in his new ranch
OF 10000 acres and will give Il much at
tcntion.
lie paid $4,000 cash for the property.
Including the cattle and other domestic
animals thereon. The ranch is well
fenced and is well supplied with water
from foTty-two wells. The water from
forty OF these wells r. pumped by wind
mills and two OF the wells AFFORD a never
falling supply Of artesian water. The coil
10 rich and much Of the Land is suscepr-
bio Of irrigation.
he @lao owns What be calls a little
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09
ANIMALS GO oN STRIKES.
Birds, Beasts and Even Insects
Sometimes Rebel mt Their Duties.
From the Detroit News-Tribune.

From the Detroit News-Tribune.
A common result Of herding a large
number OF horses together in a held
especially at this time OF year. is that
they all come out on strike. They bunch
together under trees, eat hess than usual
get more ana more FESTIVE, and are al
ways neighing and rubbing noses The
end OF II is that the entire herd declines
to do any work, will not be saddled or
harnessed, shase their attendants about.
and bite, squeai and kick all day The
Oldest jog-trotter, after a conferences"
like this. will jib smash up his cart and
bohavu like an unbrokea colt. Nebody
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09

-Dunaud's English IN lrsiand-i7ss. %
which caused sach a sensation. 10 now
said 20 have been painted ~ the suE-
Esstion q Aauds Come, the Irish sEitA-
Ger, nov m AmerieA
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09

A starter.-He Cfervently)-"You a''
the only girl have ever loved" she.
"Ahl What lots Of fun you have aAe'N
" youf'--Puck.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09

100 dozen Vests, a gift at .............. &c.
200 dozen Extra Value, at ............. &c.
90 dozen % cts Vests. at ..............1 3c.
rs dozen Sleeveless Vests, adapted
to yoke walsts-fully worth 10 cts
for this sale they will 60 at ........ NC.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-09

SC quality Printed Dimities ........2 7-Sc.
English Percales, half price ......... &c.
40-inch Printed Lawns ...............6 lac.
Y IL cts Printed India Linens....... 7c.
15c Solid Color Organizes .............. 10c.
15c Batistes and Dimities ............. .10c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10

ly today at period when lack of cool
ness might have meant disaster to many
persons.
There was a strong feeling this morning
efore proceedings had commenced on the
Stock Exchange that a pale could be
averted only by the strongest measures
and with the greatest difficulties. The fact
was apparent that the corner in North
ern Pacific was still unbroken. The ex-
cited bidding last night to secure the
stock for delivery today made that very
apparent. The first efforts to avert the
panic were devoted to circulating reports
that the conferences between the con-
tending interests in Northern Pacific,
which continued in one force or another
throughout the night, had resulted in
compromise which would free the shorts
in the stoc1 from their compromised po-
sition. These efforts proved utterly in
effective in the face of the. first quota
tions for Northern Pacific on the tape.
The price paid for the stock ran up
quickly to 5000 per share and then TO
$500, to $500 and even to 800 per share
on regular transactions. and $1,000 per
share for cash. The cash price paid un-
der that unfortunate shorts, who were
unable to borrow the stock last night for
delivery today had to pay whatever cash
price the engineers of the corner chose
to ask for it. The figures indicated in
these opening transactions meant ruin
for very large outstanding short inter
est in the stock. The perception Of this
fact was the principal impelling cause
in producing the decentralization in the
stock market. The concerted effort to
support the market by buying all stocks
which might be ofier2d, which is always
the most effective manner of tlissuading
persons from selling and which was un-
dertaken, according to the current be-
lief N Wall Street, by some fthe most
powerful CAPITALISTS i'll the country was
swept away ligc whirlpool under the
deluge of offerings, which came upon the
market AS prices began to go down the
d:s1csition to buv decreased and the
determination to sell seemed to grow
in geometrical ratio, as a falling body
gains in velocity the farther it falls. Such
a shoveling out of stocks as occurred du-
ring the second hoIr of today's stock
market was never seen before. After
a sale had been made a fixed price,
a broker would throw in an additional
block at anywhere from five to ten points
lower, without stopping to demand any
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
AYCOCK SAYS
THEREVENUE ACTISALR
He Does Not think the Case of Glenn VS.. Wray (126
N. CO. is Controlling in the Matter
And He Gives His Reasons.

Governor Aycock is of the opinion that
the Revenue Act as passed by the Legis-
lature will stand the test of the courts.
He does not think that the opinion in the
126th is controlling in the matter, for the
reason that the court held that the
amendment was not in a material matter,
and, therefore, it was not necessary for
the court to say what would have been
the result if the amendment had been
material. He added:
IF the dictum in the case in the 126th
is law, then it is probably safe to say
that no Revenue Act since 1868 has been
properly passed, and indeed very few
laws of any sort, for the Constitution
provides, Article 2, Section % that all
bills and resolutions of a legislative ma
ture shall be read three times in each
House before they pass into laws Most
bills and resolutions are amended on the
second or third readings and the amend
ments are not read three times, how
ever vital they may be.
The bill for the purpose of raising rev.
enue was read three times and on three
several days and in each branch of the
General Assembly. The amendments
were not read three times, but an amend
ment does not constitute a bill any more
than a swallow constitutes a spring"
State Senator Morton of Wilmington,
who is in the city gives some interesting
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intermediate price fer his offerings. The
extent OF the decline during the half hour
was as great in some cases as has taken
weeks to attain on the advance, although
all observers have agreed that the rate
at which prices have been going up has
exceeded any previous experience The
figures alone suffice to indicate the pro-
portions of the drop. In Delafare and
Hudson the extreme decline was SO
points, Manhattan 38M. Rock island 55b
Union Pacific 38, Atchson 3ll2, AachiSon
preferred 2Sl5, st. Paul 311a, Missouri Pa
ciffc 80, Southern Pacific 29M, United
States Steel preferred 2GB, while
range of five to 30 points would cover the
collapse in nearly every active stock in
the exchange. In the outside market,
the stress of the demand for funds was
shown by the perpendicular drop in the
price of Standard Oil of III points over
night. The stock sold at 650 compared
with 821 last night. The same urgent
need was reelected in the bond market.
where all grades of bonds were offered
on a declining scale. The sacrifices there
were naturally much less than in the
stock department of the market After
the turn IN the market came which it
did about noon, it was noticeable that
the selling Of bonds still continued and
this was explained as being due to
wish to secure funds to buy stocks at the
attractive level of prices to which the
market had fallen. In fact the bargain
hunter was on hand and alert. and even
in such a scene of disaster as that pre-
sented there are those who reap the
benefit. The drop in prices carried stocks
of many substantial properties down to
a level at which the current rate of
dividends paid upon them and well assur-
ed make them attractive investments.
1t was very notable fact that through
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10

out the most acute period of today's
disturbance there was nothing heard to
Indicate the doubt of the sound and pros
porous conditions of industry and bust
ness at large in the country The stock
market collapse was attributed exclu-
sively to overspeculation and an over
extension of credits used in holding
stocks, which it was not designed to keep
but to sell at a higher price The stock
which caused the collapse was the North
ern Pacific corner without dispute The
harm which might result from the North
ern Pacific episode was by no means so
great in any ones mind as to justify
the extent Of the collapse in prices
But the delicate situation of the market
due to the over extension of speculation
made it vulnerable to this shock The
decline once in force gained cumulative
strength. Spectators margins were
wiped out and brokers had to sell the
securities placed with them as collateral
to save themselves from loss, thus ad-
ding to the weight of the. selling. The
shrinkage in the market value of securi-
ties placed with bankers as collateral
made it necessary that they should de-
mand increased collateral or call the
loans, with which spectators were hold
ing stocks With their credits thus re-
duced, further sales of stocks had to be
made and so it came from every quarter
The Importance attached to the North
ern Pacific episode was made clear by
the eagerness of all classes 10 learn all
developments concerning it, and the M
mediate effect of anyq announcement re-
garding it upon the stock market The
upward shoot to 81 900 a share was the
effective cause of the greatest demorali
zation in the market The anrCunCe-
ment later in the day of the measures
fer the relief of the shortages and the
relapse in the price Of tile stock to three
hundred allayed the decentralization al
most Immediately. Announcements Ly T.
p Morgan and Company and uhn, Loeb
and Company who respectively represent
the two contesting parties in Northern
Pacific, that they would not require de-
liveries of the stock today meant a res
pite of one day at least from ruin for
the shorts in the stock. Later in the
day Street and Norton announced that
they also would not require deliveries of
the stock. This firm has been credited
with acting for James r. Keene, and
bought 100000 shares of Northern Pa
Continued on Sixth Page)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
THE PROPOSED AUDITORIUM
A Committee Named at the Meeting Of Stock
holders Last Night

meetin gof the stockholders of the
Auditorium Company was held at the
Mayors office last night Mr. w Fl.
Hughes presiding, and Mr. Frank Ward
acting as secretary. About 500 Of the
052 shares were represented.
After discussion the following resolu-
ton was ado9ted;
Whereas, it has been reported that an
arrangement can be made with the own
ers of the Academy of Music and adjacent
property, whereby suitable Auditorium
can be built upon the property mentioned,
therefore be it
Resolved That a committee of seven
be appointed to confer with the owners Of
said property and secure the best propo-
sition the owners Of the Academy Of
Music and the Bragassa property will
make, and report back to the stockholders
of the Auditorium Company at an ad-
journed meeting of the stockholders to
be held on Friday night, May 18th, at
8 p m.
Resolved 2, That this committee shall
ascertain whether the Academy of Music
can be converted into suitable audito-
rum, on the land on which it is situate
together with the land known as the
Bragasse lot; what such enlargement
will cost and what the seating capacity
of the enlarged Auditorium will be.
Resolved g. That this committee shall
confer with Mrs. Tucker with reference
to the Auditorium site and report her
views at the adjourned meeting, and, If
in their judgment it may be necessary
to report a legal opinion upon the obli-
cation of the Auditorium company with
reference to the Tucker site.
The committee appointed is composed
of Messrs. Joseph E. Pogue, W. B. Mann,
Josephus Daniels. w. H. Hughes, IT, X.
Thompson, G. G. Latta and r. T. Gray.
1t is hoped that the committee can
present a plan that will be satisfactory
to all concerned, and that an Auditorium
can be ready for a great Musical Festi
val in Raleigh next April
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facts in regard to the bill and the suit
now threatened. 1t is stated here that
the suit to test he validity of the act
will be brought, if brought at all, at the
instance of certain bank men in Whining
ton.
But" said Mr.. Morton yesterday, in
discussing it. the discovery in regard to
the manner of its passage first came to
light in an investigation Of the act with
a view to attacking the section levying
a per capita tax for liquor license on
social clubs. That tax is considered by
many an unjust discrimination and one
that would not stand if tested in the
courts, and it was in the investigation on
this point that the question of validity
of the amendments came up"
Senator Morton says he remembers dis
tinctly the manner in which the bill
passed; that the amendments were adopt
ed on the third reading and that he at
the time contended that the bill was not
being passed properly, and when it was
announced as passed, he gave notice that
he would file a protest, but that he never
did so.
Senator Webb, of Cleveland, who is in
the city. is confident that the revenue bill
will stand. He says that the amendments
proposed and accepted were ones reducing
the taxes already named in the bill,
and that these were not material to the
bill
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
MANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL BE BORN THIS YEAR
President McIver RejoiCes in the Result of the Eec-
tions Pointing Clearly to the Growth of
the Local Taxation Idea.
Especial to News and Observer

Greensboro, N. c., May 9.-No man in
North Carolina is happier over the edu
cational outlook in this State than is
President Charles d. McIver, of the State
Normal and Industrial College. He has
always been strong and persistent advo-
cate of the local taxation idea, and is
greatly encouraged by the fact that the
people are rapidly coming to take this
position. Dr. McIver is rejoicing at the
result of the elections for schools held
in a number of places in North Carolina
this week. When seen by the News and
Observer correspondent today he said
81 feel good over the local tax school
elections In the month of February we
all rejoiced, and properly, because the
State Legislature added 100000 to the
public school annual expenditure, which
was already about one million dollars.
But within the last few days different
localities have voted upon themselves, in
bonds and taxes, not less than $3.50, 900
for school buildings and between $4,000
and $4,000 annually for teachers sala-
ries. New graded schools will be estab
lished this year in a dozen or two locali-
ties, and local taxation will begin to do
for small towns and villages, and, may
we not hope, for some country districts,
what it has done for Goldsboro, Raleigh
Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Ashe-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
RoLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10. 1901.

in the box by Wolfe for the visitors, lost
the game to Norfolk today by a score
of 9 to /, the single run being made by
the Shippers in the ninth inning on costly
errors of the locals when two men were
down. The score by innings:
r H e
Norfolk .........0 900 o 0 0 Ii 2 4
Wilmington 3 o. 0 2 0 8 0 x-9 Il 2
Batteries: Wolfe and R. Gilligan; Vor-
Voorhees, and Cranston Umpire, Staley.
Attendance, 800 Time, 1:25.
Summary: Stolen bases, Cranston,
Stafford 2, Clayton ?, Allen 2, Gilligan, E.,
2. Left on bases, Wilmington, 4 Norfolk,
4. Two base hits, Cranston, Stafford.
Three base hits, Stafford. Double plays,
Stafford to Clayton, to Stafford; Crock
EFT to Stafford Morrissy to Weeks. First
base on balls, off Wolfe, 2; off Voorhees,, 5.
Hit by pitched ball, Vorhees. Struck out,
by Vorhees, 5; by Wolfe, /. Wild pitch,
Wolfe. Earned runs, Wilmington, 2.
Umpire, Mr.. Staley. Time of game, 1925.
Attendance, 500.
The score by Norfolk was by Reddy"
Gilligan who made a desperate dive for
the home plate, and won out.
BALL
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vile and about twenty other North Caro-
lima towns and cities.
No matter what the Legislature appro-
PIRATES, we cannot have satisfactory pub
lie schools without local taxation. This
is true in all North Carolina. as it is
true of every community in the United
States. 1t makes me happy to see how
fast our people are coming to take this
view of the matter. Local taxes, locally
applied, never did and never bill impov-
erish people. Our indirect taxes, col
lected almost without our knowledge, and
expended in other parts of this great
country and in foreign countries, and
practically none expended where collect
ed, will make us poor; and these taxes
are much more than our school taxes
State and local.
But May 1901, is a great month 10.
the local taxation idea, for education and
for North Carolina" "
DR.. McIver added that there was Moth
ing the matter, in an educational way.
with the towns along the lin of the South
erD Railway between Virginia and South
Carolina. Reidsville, Greensboro, High
Point, Salisbury, Concord and Charlotte
all have good systems of graded schools.
The three remaining towns, Thomasville
Lexington and Gastonia, this week voted
for schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Pittinger Of Boston Strikes Out Seven of the
Brooklyn Men.
BY the Associated Press.)

Boston, Mass, May 9,-Pittinger
pitched a beautiful game for Boston to-
day striking out seven men. Attend
ance 1000.
Score: RH II
Boston -. ...30O1Oo1O Ox-5 l
Brooklyn -. 20 OO1 30 20 1-2 Z 2
Batteries: Pittinger and Kittridge,
Mccain and Mcclure. Umpire, Nash
Time lao.
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9.-Breitenstein
lasted but one INNING against his olu
comrades. Hahn had the visitors at his
mercy throughout.
Score: r III r
Cincinnati E. .6 100000 x-9 IA 2
st. Louis ....0 0 0 0 3 O-3 8 3
Batteries: Hahn, Bergen and Peitz,
Breitenstein, Sudhoff and Schriver
Umpire, Emslie. Time LAO. Attend
ance ], $780,
New York, May 9.-The National
League game between Philadelphia and
New York was postponed on account of
wet grounds.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
VALUES COME CRASHING
ABOUT SPECTATORS EARS
Strenuous Efforts to Stay the Storm OF Llqul-
dation Prove of no Avail.
IT'S THE CORNER in NORTHERN PACIFIC

savings bank deposits with the determin-
alton to make one successful stroke and
then retire with the proceeds. The dem
onstrations from this class. which in
cludes many women spectators, furnish
ed the hysterical scenes and sensations
of the day.
All classes of employees in the stock ex-
change district were under tremendous
pressure throughout the day. The i'm
preston produced by contact with these
was due to their coolIess and nerve un-
der the most trying and exciting circum-
stances. Brokers, messenger boys tele-
phone boys, clerks and the like, have
learned during the last few weeks to
waste little time in demonstrations. They
do things in the quickest and shortest
manner, and so made things go smooth
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-10
Textile Workers Adjourn.
CBy the Associated Press.

Holyoke, Mass, May 9.-The annual
session of the international Union of Tex
tile Workers adjourned today to meet in
May next year in Washington, d. c. Res
olutions were adopted empowering the
Committee on Conference, which will
meet like committee of the American
Union in Boston on Saturday, to ef-
feet settlement on conditions that the
Fall River organization become affiliated
with the International Union under the
auspices of the American Federation Of
Labor Resolutions we're also adopted
thanking the American Federation Of La
Dor for its efforts in behalf of the Tex
tile Workers and for its success IN OBJ
tanning suitable labor legislation in many
States.