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Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
PATTEN BILLS DETECTING
Eiqht Indictments Against Cotton Mer
Set Aside.

New York.-Indictments against
eight prominent cotton operators Tor
alleged conspiracy in restraint or
trade, found by the federal grand jury
last month, were dismissed.
Ex-senator Spooner, counsel for the
bull leaders in cotton, had the indlct-
ments declared defective and set
aside as a result Of pleas OF abate-
ment. filed on July 5, each of tn, de-
PENDANTS separately. claiming thai the
indictments were not valid, on the
ground that the grand jury was not
legally convoked.
The federal grand jury which In
dicted Patten and the rest is push
Inc its inquiry deeper into the STU
alton in the other old crop months,
July and August.
II is learned that sixty subpopenas
have been issued for cotton brokers,
mill men and others, who may throw
light on the corner. Brown and Hayne
apparently are running the campaign
in those positions without the CO.
operation Of Patten, whose great for
tune helped the bull leaders take over
34O.O bales on May contract, the
largest quantity w rendered in Que
month and valued at about $25,OOo.'
OOo.
Reports Of the grand jury's plans
tend to restrict trading in cotton. So
far only about $4,000 bales have been
rendered on July contract and the July
deal as compared with that In May
has been %unimpOrtant.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE
Wheat Reduction Amounted to q,
900, 900 Bushels.

Washington, D. C.-Exports of
wheat from the United States for the
twelve months ended with June, 1910,
showed a reduction of about 21,Ooo,'
600 bushels in quantity from the ex-
ports of the corresponding months OF
the previous year.
Corn showed a reduction of about
1,OOO,OOO bushels for the same Pc
riod.
Meat and dairy products declined
in value of exports from $14G,OO0,Oo
in 1909 to $4,000 in 1910.
Cotton, while showing a fall Of half
a billion pounds in the quantity ex'
ported developed an increase of thirty
two and two-thirds million dollars in
the value Of exports.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
COTTON MEN ALARMED.
Texas Aroused Over Action OF Finan'
cier7 on Cotton Lading.

DenisOn, TeXas.-News was received
here Friday to the effect that the cred
it institutions of the East and or
EuroDe have decliAed to- advance any
more money Oh cotton bills of ladlns
and the news created CONSERVATION
among the bankers and cotton grow
ers of North Texas.
The action is said to be due to the
failure of Knight, Yancey & Company
of Decatur, Ala: Steele, Miller & Com
pany Of Corinth Miss, and Durant "
Company of Albany, n. Y.
It was further stated that the Texas
Bankers Association will importune
Gov. Campbell to recommend a special
law making the railroads responsible
for the acts of agents and not depend
upon the question of general nesll'
gencc.
Another proposed remedy is a change
in the antitrust statute of Texas TO
enable the surety companies to COM
bine for the purpose of writing lnsur'
ance on bills Of ladings.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
TRIES SUICIDE AT WIFE'S GRAVE
Youth Is Arrested and Draws Three
RevoIvers in Succession.

Misunderstanding beside the half
filed grave of his wife, who had COM
mitted suicide by shooting herself
through the heart, and armed with
three pistols, Phillip Ward was ar
rested at Ouachita City by Sheriff
Parker and three deputies. With
the funeral services completed and at
tendants filling the grave, Sheriff
Parker went up to Ward and intro
duced himself and told him his mis-
sion. You will have to dig a hole
for me, tool" was Wards reply, and
with it he reached for his hat with
one hand and a pistol with the Other.
The officer quietly took the pistol
from him. He tried to draw the
second and then the third, each being
taken away before he could bring it
into play. He was then handcuffed
and brought to town in an automo-
bic. He was arrested for stealing a
ko,se and buggy mitchell In front of
a bank here three weeks ago. He
Is also wanted in Union parish for
horsestealing and in Moorehouse for
highway robbery and shooting a
negro.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Charlton Is Spreading Rapidly.

Lake Charles .-Cattlemen of Cal
casieu and Cameron parishes whose
herds have been decimated by cha
bon are indignant at the lack of in
terest alleged to have been displayed
by the state authorities, it being as
serted that although the disease has
been creating havoc for more than
two months not a single representa-
tive of the state government has Wis
tied the territory involved to aid III
DISCRIMINATING the disease. Cattle arc
dying by the hundreds, and what
makes the situation even more threat
ening is that the plague of mosquitoes
practically make it impossible for hui
mans to go out on the prairie to burl
the ~carcasses of the dead stock. The
result is that the disease is spreading
despite the energetic work of the
stockmen themselves.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
COTTON MILLS CURTAlLED
3,e22,coo spindIes at spartanburg, 8.
c., to Be Stopped.

Spartanburg, S. C.-Reports show
ing that 3,G22,000 spindles out of the
Sill, 900 spindles represented in the
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers
Association will be stopped at least a
portion of the time in July and Au'
gust We're presented at the meeting
CT the association held here Tuesday
morning. Some of the mills repre-
scented in the association are not now,
and never have been, In operation,
thus making the curtailment move
ment practically unanimous.
It is estimated this will mean q re
iuction in output amounting to 2,50c
900 pieces Of cloth. A meeting OF the
executive committee has been called
to consider further curtailment, to be
held in the latter part Of August or
early in September.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
She Lives In BinuvIue,

A south Missouri paper is carrying
this ad.: Attractive woman, not a day
over thirty, would be pleased to CORE
spond with eligible man. Not abso-
lutely necessary that he should be
young. Would prefer one with prop
erty, but one with a good paying posi-
ton would be satisfactory. The young
lady Is of medium height, has brown
hair and gray eyes, not fat, although.
most decidedly, she is not skinny.
Her friends say she is a fine looking
woman Object matrimony. Reason
for this advertisement, the young
woman lives In a little dinky town,
where the best catches are the boys
behind the counters In the dry goods
and clothing stores, and every n of
them is spoken for by the time he
is out of his short pants. Address
Hazel Eyes, Box %, Binevilfe, Mo-
Kansas City Star.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
SAYS TOM WATSON is D|PPY
Georgia Congressman Would Have LIZ
macy Commission Appointed.

bloSy
Atlanta, Ga.-Charging that Thos.
E. Watson, twice Populist candidate
for president, is either a moral leper
or insane, Congressman HardWick OF
the Tenth Georgia district demand
cd that a lunacy commission be ap'
pointed to pass on the mental condi'
ton OF Watson.
Hardwick, in his prpevious cam
paigns for congress, has been strong
ly supported by Watson. He, how
ever, fell out with Hardwick two years
ago., when the latter refused to join
Watson in the latter's desertton oi
Gov. Hoke Smith, when Smith was
opposed for a second term by jos
Brown. Since then Watson las been
bitterly attacking Hardwick, alleging
that the congressman is a gambler
and a drunkard, and that he rer'
| dates gambling debts. In an open
letter Hardwick brands Watson as a
Common liar" ''would'be character
assassin" and moral leper."
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
The Stomach Hold.

Col. II. n. Renouf, at the "Old
Guard" banquet at Delmonico's, EN-.
phasized the Importance to an army
of a good commissariat
"You have perhaps heard" he said.
"of the company Of privates that a
patriotic lady entertained n Me-
mortal day to dinner.
1T was a good dinner, and at ito
end a pretty maid servant entered
with a superb dessert.
"'Dess ert, sergeant" she said to
the stalwart young soldier at the
head of the table.
"'Desert?' the sergeant answered.
When l can get eats like this for
nothin'? Mike! Not met"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
DEPOSITORS WILL NOT SUFFER
THROUGH DEFALCATlON.
Secretary Ropke Valves Examina
tion-He Had a Clearing House
System of Fleeing Bank.

Louisville, Ky.-Admission that the
shortage of August Ropke, %defaultin5
secretary of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, IS very large was made at the
trust company offices late Tuesday
afternoon. At the same time it was
announced that the directors Of the
company have pledged themselves to
an increase of 81, 0 900 in the cap
ital stock il such increase is neces'
sary.
Ropkc's shortage is placed by cur
rent rumor at about 100000. His
cast was set for hearing before the
grand jury October 5 and the prisoner
returned to jail, in default of $4,000
bail
Although no statement could be Sc
cred on this point, it is said the pee
ulations began between ten and iii
teen years ago.
The system employed by Ropke is
also as yet unexplained, although 1t
is generally supposed he manipulated
individual accounts.
1t is also said he had authority
from several depositors to check on
their accounts, subject to the super
vision Of the trust company officials
A report was current Tuesday that he
checked on these accounts for large
amounts and Intercepted the checks
upon their return from the clearing
house, so that the officials OF the
company would not see the checks
He is said to have used the none!
for his own account, and to have made
entries in the ledger to offset the
amount taken.
The last statement Of the Fidelity
Trust Company showed a reserve ant
sinking fund, in round numbers, o.
i, 800, 900. The capital stock is 81,
00O,O par, and Monday sold on the
local exchange at $50. Tuesday l
was offered at 3.55.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
DOCKS WILL RIVAL LlVERP00L'S
Standard Oil Company to Spend $780,
eco on Docks and River Front.

Baton ROuge.-WOrk is to begin at
once upon the construction of the
floating docks which the Standard
o. Company is to build at its refin-
ery landing north of this city. The
contractors for this work have ar
rived in the city and arrangements
are under way for beginning the &C
tual construction work on the docks.
The docks are to be modern and up
to-date floating docks, such as the
city Of Liverpool offers. The docks
and river front, when completed, will
represent an expense of about SlOO,'
600. The construction of the docks
will not interrupt the shipping from
this port, but will facilitate it o n
siderably when the docks are COM
pleted. The steamer Lucas has just
loaded here for another voyage to
the Atlantic ports.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Mint Suspends COINAGE.

New Orleans.-Owng to the fact
that the secretary of the treasury OF
the United States is practicing econ
omy wherever possible, and added to
the further fact that the United States
mint at New Orleans has a surplus
supply of subsidiary coin on hand, the
mint will not be operated for an in
definite period, and on July Is the
force at the mint was reduced to 10
men. There being no need for the
men at other minis. they will be sep
arated from the service, according to
the superintendent Of the mint.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
FOUR BROTHERS MEET SAME FATE
D. e. Coleman Killed Like Others In
Working on a Log Train.

Fordyce, Ark.-D. E. Coleman,
who lived near Salem, La, died at
a sanitarium in Alexandra, La. as
the result of injuries sustained in an
accident on the Louisiana railway
company's line. He was injured
while working on a log train and is
the fourth of the Coleman brothers
to meet death in an accident on a
log train.
The accident occurred on July ID.
Coleman was breaking on the train
and was injured internally by a
falling log. He died shortly after
he was taken to the sanitarium.
The body was brought here for
burial. Coleman was % years old
and leaves his father, mother and
one brother, who reside about four
miles south Of Fordyce.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
HARD TO PLEASE
REGARDING the Morning Cup.

"Oh how hard it was to part with
coffee, but the continued trouble with
constipation and belching was such
that I finally brought myself to leave
It off.
Then the question was. what should
We use for the morning drink? Tea
was worse for US than coffee; choco'
late and cocoa were soon tired OF;
milk was not liked very we'll, and hot
water we could not endure.
About two years ago we struck
upon Postum and have never been
without 1t since.
I'VE have seven children. Our baby
now eighteen months old would not
take milk. so we tried Postum and
found she liked it and 1t agreed with
her perfectly. She is today, and a
been. n Of the healthiest babies IN
the State.
II use about two-thirds Postum and
one.third milk and a teaspoon OF sugar,
and put 1t into her bottle. If you could
have seer her eyes sparkle and hear
her say good" today when gave 1t
to her. you would believe me that
she likes 1t.
IF I was matron of an infants
home, every child would be raised on
Postum. Many Of my friends say.
You are looking 80 well!' reply, I
am we'll: / drink Postum. l have no
more trouble with constipation, and
know that l owe my good health to
God and Postum
81 am writing this letter because I
want to tell you how much good
Postum has done US, but If you kne"
how shrink from publicity, you
would not publish this letter, at least
not over my name"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville." I'm pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the abOve letter3 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF huDas
! interest.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23

New Orleans.-Joseph Manzella, an
italian proprietor of a saloon Il
grocery store, fell a victim to the So
called BLACK Hand Society" here,
out his death was avenged a few
seconds later, when his l7-year-olt
daughter shot and killed the ASSASSIN
IS he was attempting to escape.
Nan2ella had recently received
many letters demand NJ money. All
were signed 'BIaCk Hand Society,
shortly before noon a few days ago
Al Italian. apparently about 80 years
Of age. called at the store and asked
if any money was forthcoming. Mh2n
ordered out, he shot ManZella in the
breast.
As Manzella fell he drew his re
yolyer and fired al the assassin, Du'
It has not been definitely established
that the bullet found It's mark. Young
Joserhine M~anZella had rushed into
the store at the first shot, and, draw
Ing her revolver, gave chase to the
assassin, firing at him as she a II
When the police arrived the girl
was bending over the dead body OF
her father, weeping. The dead body
of his slayer lay in the gutter out
side. with three bullet wounds near
the heart.
The assassin was Identified as
Giuseppe S~penacchio, who is said to
have recently come to this country
from Sicily.
The killing of Spenacchio makes
the fourth member of the BLACK Hand
who has met with a violent death
within the past six months. The Bar
races, one of whom was killed in the
GiacOna home and the other at La
Rose or st. Rose plantation, Di Chris
tina. Di Martini, and now Spenacehlo,
all of whom are said to be members
Of the gang.
Miss Manzella was arrested and
later released and required to furnish
merely a nominal bond, on the
ground that the killing bore the ap'
p~earance of justifiable homicide.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
CURTIS BREAKS RECORD
FLIES so MILES IN ! HOUR AND
IA MINUTES.
Sweeps His Machine Up 1900 Feet In
s Minutes-WiIi Probably Get
$1,000 Prize for His Efforts.

Atlantic City, y. J.-Glonn Curtiss
set an American record tor a nifty
mile fight in an a%orOplane MOntaE
afternoon by covering the distance in
1ive-mile laps along the beach in
hour II minutes and % seconds. Cur,
tlSs was in the air one hour and thirty
minutes, and spent one hour twenty
one minutes and five seconds on the
course, six minutes and six seconds
being deducted for the urn at the two
ends of the two and One-half mile
course.
In the early evening Curtiss set a
new mark for quick climbing BY
sweeping his machine l.Co1 fee IL
the air in five minutes and tilly-one
seconds.
At the end Of his flight Curtiss de
clared that his engine worked perfect
". and expressed his belief that the
added weight he was forced to carry
in emergency apparatus. in case OF
fallig into the sea and the necessity
Of running partly into the wind to heol
in the course, held him back at least
fifteen miles an hour.
Curtiss' contract ended Monday
night, leaving Brookins in possession
Of the $4,000 altitude prize, won on
Saturday evening, when he made a
worlds record of G,115 feet, and which
will be given to him tomorrow. The
Wright aviator has not yet announced
whether he will go after the ttty-mlle
prize of $1,000, which will otherwise
20 to CUrtiss.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
A SURE CURE FOR
THE "BLACK HAND"
URGES SUPPORT FOR EXPOSITION
interest in the Panama Exposition
Must Not Be Allowed to lag.

no.
New Ofi'"hS'-lh q l','H,
aheHI the I"h"''l o"n''
lEe l'd'IH I'"H "'' '"!'
Inc Soou people oI w."
ana OF Loul'l"I" must ~. II,
liiellI lelaA 'i'I' "!''''''
ANA f-NNoSI on 1t Sio'i" ~" .
one OF lhe loE'hoS' o"J'N'H ~ P'O''N
interest, ana ire "cti't t''"''' u 'N'
gentlemen WHO az" 1N'IS ," n'',l
OF TIER TINE ana 'aIei'S 'o""'"' no
prclN"Iion should be HvaF'"! SeSo''"'"'
OF course, IN" most Important feature
Of the enterprise al us pIeSeh' stage
is to raise the necessary money! III
2Gdlt'on 70 IN" proceeds OF Tue SPec'"'
tax voted by tn" legislature ana |"
the million doiiar" previously SUI.
scr bed, there IS a 1ur'Aer sum o.
two and a nail mllilohS, WhIch IS d.
ready IN course OF pelhS r"ISe"'
I'VE must have S','V0'o0V ana per-
maps S~I0,oo",V'o 10 stag 'he eAP"I'
ton properly. Inc nations ol Europe
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Feed Peaches to Hogs

Galveston, Texsa.-Claims assre'
eating $1,000, 900 have been filed
against the Texas railroads for fail.
ure to supply refrigerator cars to the
peach growers. AS a result Of inability
to secure cars, thousands Of bushels
of peaches are being fed to the hogs.
The peaches ripen too rapidly for
shipment unless packed in refriSera.
tor cars and the railroads are over
1000 cars short. Under instructions
from the railroad commission, grow
ers are rendering shipments.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
HuQe Deal Pending.

Lexington, Ky.-The district board OF
the Burley Tobacco Society, VITA rep.
resentatives present from sixty or
more counties, convened here Tues
day to consider, among other ques'
tians, the prospects for the sale OF
the 1909 crop.
Sentiment seems strong for another
pool this year, despite the far' that
not a pound of the 1909 crop hde We:
been sold, or even graded. Ne5otia
lions are said to be progressing fai
the sale Of ten million pounds to tsae'
pendent factories,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Mrs. Morse Still Persistent.

Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Charles W.
Morse was a caller at the department
OF Justice Monday, where she had an
interview with James A. French, the
attorney in charge Of pardons, in re-
gard to the last Of her husband, who
IS now serving a term Of Imprisonment
in the %penitentiary at Atlanta, Ca.
Mrs. Morse made inquiries touching
the forms to be followed In making
application for executive clemency.
She did not intimate when a formal
application for pardon might be ex'
pected
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Too Many StepchiIdren.

Lesuer, Minn.-Martin O'Malley, a
wealthy farmer, is charged with the
murder of his two little stepdaughters
aged 5 and 3. A month ago O'Malley,
a widower with eight children, mar.
ried Mrs. Berget, a widow with three
children, and not long after two Of the
Berget children died. An autopsy
showed arsenic in the children's
bodies.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
48 HEBREWS ADMITTED.
Thirty-Four Are Excluded on Ground
Of Being Destitute.

Misunderstanding Secretary Ca
ble of the department of commerce and
labor has directed the admission to
this country of As of 81 Russian He
brew immigrants, who in company
with others, came to this country by
the steamer Hanover, which arrived
at Galveston on June %, in response
to advertisements of the Jewish i'm
migration information bureau.
The remaining thirty-four immi.
grants will be excluded on the ground
that they are destitute and liable to
become public charges because OF their
physical condition, and many have
large families.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Natural Gas lIIuminates a Park,

Monroe.-Forsythe park is illuml-
mated by gaslight, the natural gas
coming from the salt water well. Gas
mains leading from the well, where
the gas is separated from the salt
water, run around the natolium and
over the park. The regulation iron
posts, with globes and Welsbach
burners, complete the equipment for
Illuminating purposes. Thirty-one
thousand cubic feet OF gas flow from
the we'll daily. and it is to utilize a
fraction of this product that the
lamps have been installed.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Germany Not Interfering.

Germany has taken no stand In op
position to the United States in the
affairs of Central and South America
Germany has issued no statement that
could be construed into antagonism OF
the American government In what
that government has done, Is doing
or may do In Nicaragua.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
CT EARINGH0USE FOR THIEVES
Cincinnati Mecca for Robbers From
Various Cities.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-That Cincinnati
has been the clearing house for an
organized company of box car thieves
of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and other cities, who have made way
with thousands Of dollars worth OF val.
liable merchandise, is the claim Of
railroad officers who brought two men
into police court here, charging them
with receiving stolen goods.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Louisianian Arrested In Seattle, Wash.

Seattle, Wash.-E. c. Sessions, Il
hotel clerk, was arrested here on in
formation received from Convent, La.
charging embezzlement. The extent
of the alleged d%efalcation was not
given, and Sessions declines to dis
cuss the affair. He is being helH
pending the arrival of officers from
Louisiana.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
new COUNTERFEIT APPEARS
$40 Gold Certificate Is Being Clever
" Initiated.

Washington, D. C.--Discovery OF the
existence Of a new counterfeit $40
gold certificate has been announced
by John E. Wilkie, chief Of the secret
service division Of the treasury de-
partment. The certificate Is repre-
sentative Of the act Of July II, 1882,
series Of 1901, and bears the check
letter 3D." plate No. $50, the sigma
lures of W. T. Kernor, register Of the
treasury, and Lee McClung, treasurer
of the United States.
The silk fiber is initiated by red
and blue ink marks
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
FLEETS TINE RARY.
Tho Route To Be Taken on European
Cruise of Uncle Sans Ships.

VI uISC VI S'tSIS vail ~''F
Washington.-The detailed itinerary
of the European cruise Of the Atlantic
fleet, comprising sixteen battleships,
torpedo boat destroyers and auxilia'
ries, was announced by the navy de-
partment Friday. The first Of the YES
sells of the feet will leave for the rem
devious at a convenient point in the
Atlantic ocean October 26. The bat
tleships will arrive at Guantanamo
for the usual maneuvers after having
visited Villefranche, Naples, Gibraltar.
Toulon, Genoa, Phalerum Bay, Alexan'
dria, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marseilles,
Ponta del Gada, Leghorn, Algiers and
MADEIRA.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Novelty.

q" thought you told me you had
something original in this libretto,"
said the manager, scOrnfully. Here
at the very outset you have a lot OF
merry villagers singing, I'VE are hap
ny and gay!'"
"You don't catch the idea at all"
replied the poet, YEARLY. 1.-THE g is
soft, It should be pronounced happy
and Jay"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
HUGHES MAY NOT GET IT.
Would Violate All Precedent to Make
Him Chief Justice.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Judge Horace H.
Lurton, of the United States supreme
court expressed the opinion in a short
interview here that Gov. Hughes OF
New York would probably not be ap.
pointed chief justice Of the United
States Supreme Court, citing the fact
that 1t would be against all precedent
for the President to appoint a man
chief justice who had already been ap.
pointed to the bench.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-07-23
Woman Leaves 5000 on Seat in Coach,

WoFnd CedVeS SZUV OH oedt TIT SVdST'
Covington.-Mrs. H. Reuther OF
New Orleans, who was visiting near
Abita Springs, left her purse. con
tanning 5000 in cash, on the seat and
did not discover her loss until the
train had left the station. So far, she
has not recovered her money.