TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1002.
DEATH OF POTTER PALM
money to eosbls him to reconstruct the
buildings that bsd been destroyed. He si
ready hsd begun the erection of tbe Pslmer
House hotel snd ss soon ss possible sfter
the fire the work on this building wss re
sumed. It wss completed at a cost of 12,
000,000, the result being the handsomest
and most substantial hotel in the country
st thst time.
End Stali on the Chicago Capitalist Before
Ha or family Aware.
HEART DISEASE GIVEN AS THE CAUSE
Estate of Man Active la Financial
World Nearly Half Centary,
Placed at Twenty-Five
Mllllans.
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M'LAURIN RELATES MS CASE
Issue. Letter to Constituents Defending
Hit Policy and flooring Tillman.
BRANDS LATTER DICTATOR OF MACHINE
Foraees Object of II la Enemies to
Overthrow Him and Appeal for
oppression of Vlcloaa
. Politics.
VABHINQTON. Mar 5. Under date of
May Senator McLaurtn of South Carolina
lias Issued the following; address to the peo
ple of South Carolina:
My Fellow Citlsene: The great doctrine
of representative responsibility Is tho foun
dation atone upon which our republic rests,
and no one more keenly than I rccognlxea
bis accountability to the people of South
Carolina for all official acts. At the same
time no people who Insist that their repre
sentatives adhere to political policies and
traditions long since dead and declare them
vital Issues can ever become truly great.
Every advancement In the history of our
race haa been the direct result of Inde
pendence of thought and action.
In most of He states of the United
States tbla la secured by the presence of
the Dolltlcal parties and the resultant dis
cussion of every public question before the
who thus are enabled to form an
Intelligent opinion and give a verdict at
the ballot box.
Unfortunately '"In South " Carolina "for
nearly forty years we have been unable to
have two parties tor fear of negro domina
tion and for ten years after the Hampton
revolution our people took no Interest In
publlo affairs beyond maintaining a white
man's government.
About the year ISM, however, began what
was known aa the farmers' movement,
which waa nothing more than an Instinc
tive effort on the part of the people to pre
serve the principle of self-government.
Agitation Better Than Stagnation.
With Kerby, Norrla, Tillman, Donaldson
and others 1 contributed what I could to
ward Ita success, because I felt that agi
tation waa better than stagnation; and It Is
passing strange In that connection that the
leader of that movement, B. K. Tillman,
waa then denounced, as I am now de
nounced, for attempting to Mahoneise the
state.
The freedom of thought and action, how
over, which followed the farmers' move
ment opened the doora for every whita
man anil every negro who voted for Hamp
ton In 1876, and they could advocate what
ever views they cared to express, provided
only that they took an oath to support the
nominees of the primary election. Men
who vote the national republican ticket
were allowed to vole In the primary for
State and county officers, and I have heard
from the same platform men claiming to
be democrats advocating Cleveland and the
gold atandarde, and othera Weaver and
ires sliver. And aince then no attempt
haa been made to exclude those who bolted
with the Independent Haskell the Bowden
movement or tho republican popullsta'
movement.
Electee! Proclaiming; Independence.
I waa elected to congress In 1893 after a
heated canvass against able opponents, and
yet on every stump in the district 1 pro
claimed my Independence and announced
that upon all national queatlons 1 would
follow my own Judgment and not bo bound
by the caucua of any party. Although my
democracy was assailed at that time I waa
sleeted four times upon the same declara
tion of principles. Carrying out my pledges
to the people 1 began a systematic study of
the queatlons of the day, with the reault
that I changed my vlewa upon many of
them.
The first marked difference with my party
assistants aroae over the tariff question
while I was In the house and a member of
Its ways and meana committee. Again, In
1887, when I was a candidate for the aenate,
I waa charged with being a republican, out
I disregarded the characterisation and reso-
lutely contended that the policies which I
advocated were fur the material advance- I
men i oi ine people, regaraieaa oi now tney I
were labeled. ,
My attitude was Indorsed by 80 per cent
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of those voting In the primary, and I came
to the senate.
The Issues growing out of the Spanish
war widened the breach' between myself
and the democratic party leaders, for I
could only follow the dictates of my con
science and stand by American soldiers
fighting on a foreign soli.
At that time the war waa not a party
question and I hoped it would not become
so. In this I wss disappointed and was
soon confronted by the alternative of re
tracing my steps or finding myself in op
position to a majority of the democratic
party leaders ana excluded from their
caucus. I concluded that not even a seat
In the United States senate was worth a
surrender of my convictions and that opin
ion Is unchanged.
There la not a vote of mine on any -uea-tion
growing out of the Spanish-American
war that I wjuld change even If 1 could
and In which I do not take pride In thus
proving my loyalty to my country. I have
ever maintained this Independence of
thought and action.
Last summer, recognizing my responsi
bility to the people, there being no cam
paign in the state, I announced my inten
tion of going before them for the purpose
of discussing these national issues.
I was Immediately and violently assailed
for advocating republican doctrines and
branded aa a republican In democratic dis
guise. Heal lasses Belittled.
The state democratic executive committee
met, and, under the dictation of my col
league In the aenate, formally declared that
I waa not a democrat, which formed the
basla for similar action on the part of the
democratic caucus of the United States
senate. Since that time the war against
me haa been persistently waged. The policy
of my opponents has been to bellttie tha
real Issues Into a personal quarrel between
Tillman and McLaurtn.
This laaue I am not willing to accept, as
I do not propone o be influenced In my
Eiubllc course by personal spleen or petty
ealotisy. The public Interests should never
e subordinated to purely personal ends.
Now, the proposition of my political
enemies la to exclude me from the primary
aa a candidate and to exclude all candi
dates for office who entertain my vlewa,
and thus prevent the people from hearing
me and from hearing them In Justification
of my course and In advocacy of the ab
sorbing public measures mw confronting
the American people.
I am absolutely convinced and fore
warned of thla purpose to exclude me and
my friends, because I have read the speech
of Senator Tillman, the acknowledged i Io
ta tor of the democratic machine of South
Carolina, delivered at- Manning, In which
he directs a revision of the rules and form
of oath of the party for the purpose of
excluding myself and friends from par
ticipating In the primary.
Reseats Sngarested Exception.
I resent the suggested exception of my
self for of course I would not make my
race for the aenate or proclaim my views
under conditions which were not equally
applicable to those who entertain and ad
vocate my views.
I have an abiding faith that It will yet
bo shown that the dictator of the machine
la not the exponent of the vlewa of the
majority of our people. Ttio primary sys
tem adopted In our state through the
farmers' movement haa been prostituted
and perverted Into a political machine for
the purpose of excluding all candldatea who
are not In full accord with the views and
wishes of the dictator.
The vital question therefore Is. will the
feople of the state aubmlt to this political
yranny and Join in thla nnholy and un
yranny and join in tnia nnholy ana un
patriotic work of disfranchising the In
telligent people and excluding them from
our elections? With such a system I have
no aympathy and feel impelled by a strong
sense of duty to warn the people against
such tyranny aa It encourages and estab
lishes With these facts before me and my con
victions aa to the original purpose of the
primary ayatem. I am driven to the con
clusion that It has subserved Its purposes
and has outlived its usefulness.
Action of Convention Immaterial.
It la therefore a matter of no concern to
me what may be the action of the May
convention aa to the rules of the primary
and a revision of Its pledges. The sup-
presslon of free speech and Independence
cf action In voting by such meana renders
It Impossible for any aelf respecting cltlx-n
holding my vlewa to become a candidate
In the democratic primary In South Caro-
una.
It la apparent that tha system haa been
warped and twisted so as to serve the
not years, then
dJrtcthns on bottle
patients he has cured
mm
one purpose of throttling free speech, free
thnueht and liberty of action.
The primary system In South Carolina
haa been sacrificed on the altar of partisan
shin and rtersonal malle-nltv and has there
fore become unpatriotic and useless and
should be Ignored and Anally repudlcated
hv nur rtennle. with a nurooss similar to
my own. to look hopefully to the results
of a fair and Just general election under
our state and national laws.
A party yoke has been placed upon our
people and It haa become too galling for
further endurance, and yet I realise that
many of my loyal friends would even once
more hold In check their resolution rtot to
again enter our system of primary elec-
tlona In order to again vote tor me, but
have reached the point where I will not
subject them to subscribing to an oath to
support men and measures which do not
represent their vlewa on tha Issues facing
the American people today. Respectfully,
JOHN - MLAUKIN
GOING TO MEET JEFFRIES
Robert Fltsslmmona Crossing; tha
Continent In Ooest of More
Bins; Trouble.
Wearied of long-range haggling over
prlis fight terms Robert Fltsslmmons
paased through Omaha yesterday morning
enroute for California, whers be will meet
Jeffries in his own territory and endeavor
to conclude arrangements for a champion
ship battle.
In dark flannels, with an automobile cap
on his head and house slippers on his fest,
the Corniahman stepped from the observa
tion car of Union Pacific Overland train No.
1 at Union station at 9:20 and gossiped with
newspaper men during; the twenty minutes
his train stopped hers. He was mat with
sn armload of flowers from sdmlrers.
The fighter wss looking fit as a gladiator.
Health and strength and perfect condition
seamed to exhale a little atmosphere of
reserve power about him and the huge
shoulders were soon the central point
of many gailng eyes. In no feature of ap
pearance, speech or habit does Fltsslmmons
show his age and In a more dignified way
be Is as frisky ss the boyish Jeffries.
Tom Wilson, the soldier-pugilist, wss
with Fltzslmmons, also Clark Ball, his man
ager; Mrs. Fltsslmmons and Robert, jr.
The other children were left In the east
with Mrs. Martin Julian, ss was the great
dog, which, by the way, Is another one, the
huge animal that came to Omaha with the
fighter before having died.
"I want to fight," said Fltsslmmons, "and
I shall do everything In the world I can to
get this matter fixed up. Tou can't do any
thing with anyone when you are 1,000 miles
apart. I had hoped till recently to have
this fight about June 10, but I bear now
that Jeffries will wsnt more time to make
form.
"If this fight cannot be brought about I
will have another. If I lesrn definitely
from Jeffries In time that we can do noth
ing I shall jump across to Englsnd and
fight the winner of the Sharkey-Ruhlln
fight, which occurs there on Derby day,
June t. We could have It during corona
tion week. Till the gong sounds the
Chances favor Ruhlln over Shsrkey, because
of bis superior trlcklness and reach, but
Tom aa a terrible punch and If he lands
one that will end It.
"I am weighing about 186 In training.
I have not been working bard the last five
weeks, but I am always fairly fit, and two
or tbrss weeks Is all I need to get In
prime condition."
Fltsslmmons bas enormous hands, which
he carries In hts trousers pockets like a
school boy. He also stands with his feet
spresd wide apart like a college cub when
hs talks, and looks straight at you all the
time. He Is not a psrtlcls boastful, but
auletly confident. Not a word against
Jeffries can be wormed out of him, but
when ssked on what be bases his own
hopes of winning, be said:
"My general superiority aa a fighter
should bring me out on top. In only one
thing bas Jeffries the advsntsge, which Is
weight. The difference there Is vast. He
Is very strong and has a fierce blow, but I
am strong enough myself, though not
heavy, and I can bit ss hard as anyone.
Meanwhile, I have the advantage In ersM
ness." PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Chief Donahue, accompanied by Mrs.
uonanu icei iasi evening lor louiivmis.
Ky., to attend the national convention of
cblefa of police.
J. R. Sutherland, editor of the Tekamah
Herald, la In the city, enroute to Lincoln,
where ha will attend the annual meeting
of the State Editorial association.
Mrs Benjamin 8. Baker la visiting In
Omaha and will probably remain for two
weeks. Judge Baker accompanied hla wife
from their New Mexico home aa far as
Kansas City, front which point he went to
Washington. D. C. The Judge will probsbly
Join Mra. Baker at Omaha on hla return
from Washington.
County Judge D. M. Vlnaonhaler returned
fiund v from his southern trip id -aumed
the court grind, expecting to make
hla docket call Tuesday. He went to visit
hla brother at Little Rock, Ark., and the
two went down Into the southeastern part
of that etate to a lake in which there are
fish enough to Jeopardise the veracity of
even a magistrate.
Nebrasksns at the Merchants: F. N.
Merwln. beaver City; P. O. Yeaat, Hyannls;
J. H. Kdgington. Fullerton; J. J. Holllgsen,
North Platte; Z. N. McKee, Fullerton: 8.
8. McAllister, Humphrey; J. R. Sutherland
Tekamah- V. O. Mason, Fremont; Mr. and
Mra. E W. Owen. BprlngAeld; T. F. Jame
son. Weeping Water; Mra. Mitchell. Con
eantvtlle; A. it. Unodlaett. Ruahvllle; J. A.
Walton, Fremont; B. J. Holla, Wayne; T.
fcU Keasener, David City,
CHICAGO, May 6. Potter Palmer, for
nearly half a century one of Chicago's
most prominent business men, ' died last
night at his home on Lake Shore drive. The
exact cause of Mr. Palmer's death has not
yet been determined. He hsd been suffer
ing for severs! weeks from a nervous dis
order, but as he wss sble to be about the
house bis condition wss not thought to be
serious. When he retired Saturday night
he was feeling better than for several
days. During the night, however, he seeme l
to lose sll bis energy snd this morning
wss unable to leave Ms room. He grad
ually grew wesker during the dsy and a'
5:40 p. m. he suffered a sudden collapse,
from which he expired.
The physicians who were ,sttendlng Mr.
Palmer are at a lose -as to the ultimate
caure of bis death, ss sppsrently he hsd no
organic troubles.
Mrs. Pslmer and their two sons, Honore
and Potter. Jr., were with Mr. Palmer when
hs died. No arrangements hsvs yet been
made for the Tuners', but In alt probability
he will be burled In Chlcsgo, whers he ac
cumulated his fortune.
Death Hot Expected.
Mr. Palmer's condition had not been re
garded ss extremely serious, even by the
family physician. Dr. H. B. Fsvlll. Satur
day night he suffered from a fever. His
temperature rose then to 100 snd by this
morning was 101, hut Dr. Fsvlll, while un
sble to sccount for the presenc of this
fever, did not feel that it Indicated serious
results. This afternoon Mrs. Palmer noticed
symptoms of sinking In Mr. Palmer and be
came alarmed. Dr. Favlll could not be
found snd Dr. O. P. Marquis wss called. He
resched the Pslmer residence st 4 o'clock
snd after a brief examination of the patient
advised Mrs. Pslmer that he could bold out
no hope.
Mr. Pslmer had seemed to fsll Into a
sleep at I o'clock, although it wss fstsl un
consciousness snd so he remslned until the
end. Dr. Marquis made a vain effort to bold
the wavering spsrk Of life by administer
ing oxygen, but it wss without avail. He
could only give the family the assurance
that Mr. Palmer was passing away without
pain. There was silence in the room then
until 6:40 o'clock, when the physlclsa raised
bis hand snd It wss known that death had
come.
Dae to Heart Disease.
Just after Mr. Palmer's desth Dr. Favlll
srrlved at the residence. After a brief con
ference with Dr. Marquis he snnounced that
death was due to heart dtaesse. He discov
ered a slight disorder of the lungs thst
gave some Indication . of Incipient pneu
monia, possibly brought on by sn attack of
grip suffered seversl months sgo, but not
sufficient to have brought the speedy cr I
News of the desth spread rapidly ov- the
city and Intimate friends of the Palmer
family called at the home early. Old time
associates of Mr. Palmar, such . as v Judge
Lambert Tree, Marshall.- Field, Levi Z
Letter and Ersklne Phelps were Informed.
Robert T Lincoln, H.H- Kohlsaat and R.
W. Patterson called.,
It was at first Intended by the family to
prepare an official statement ss to Mr.- Pal
mer's death whlok should-Incorporate the
views of the attending physicians, but this
plsn was changed and Mrs. B. L. Honore
gave out such statements as were desired.
She ssld that nothing could have been
more of a surprise to the family and that
she wss positive tbst Mr. Pslmer himself
hsd never realised that death was near.
Nntlve of New York.
Potter Pslmer was born in 1828 in Pot
ters Hollow, Albany county, N. T. He re
eetved a common school educstlon snd at
the age of 18 engaged ns a clerk In a store
at Durham, N. Y., where he remslned three
yesrs. When he became Of age he opened a
store of bis own at Oneida, N. Y.. and con
ducted it for two years. He afterward
spent one year at Lock port. N. Y., and then
removed to Chicago, where be established
a dry goods firm. This firm sfterward be
came Field, Palmer - Letter, of which the
other members were Marshall Field and
Levi Z. Letter, and which has been sue
ceeded by the firm of Marshall Field Co.
The sharp advsnce In the price of goods
after the beginning of the civil war found
the firm prepared with a large stock, and It
resped Immense gslns from every sdvsnce.
Mr. Pslmer retired from mercantile life
In 1863 snd so liberal had been his policy
In meeting public requirements during the
wsr that the government was Indebted to
him to tha extent of $750,000.
Victim of Blsr Fire.
After disposing of his dry goods Interests
Mr. Pslmer Invested In Chlcsgo real estste
snd begsn the erection of business build
Ings. When the fire csme In 1871 he owned
thirty-two structures on State street, every
one of which wss destroy. His losses
were very hesvy, but his faith In Chicago
was unshsken and be borrowed enough
wnen
YOU
cot
Do yon bare a feeline; of endue fullnesa
In tha stomach, belchings, or soar or
bitter risings These are bat a few of
the symptoms of the diseased stomach.
The worst thing which can be done
for the stomach ki such a case is to take
some tablet or powder which merely
rive temporary relief from discomfort.
The best thing to do is to bejrin the cure
of the disease by beginning the use of
Dr. Pierce's Golden kledical Disco-cry.
It cores diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
It tna-es the "weak" stomach strong,
and pats the body in a condition of
rigorous health.
I was tronblrrf a loaf Kmc wtth dyspepsia,
toratd li rr, a ad eoawtlpauoa.' writes Sir. Julia
K. Iml, 9t CMwalt. Iredell Co, N c. Coald
scaimly sat susTt-ing at all ; would ham attacks
f paia something Ex a enlie. aad sontet-aea it
a eaied as though 1 coold not hv. wrote to
It. S V, Fierce, stating say cnaSuion, and ia a
few oars ieixid a kind letter ol a-rica, telling
m to not Dr. rtore's Golden Medical Znsoov
cry. 1 took soar ooUlea, and en ial of Dr.
Fi Tee's Pellet, and now 1 can eat anything I
wmat ana n. aoal bast soa. I r not bees ia
bed a day sine I took yonr 'Golden ntcoknl
Pimm-u .' ana I ha I not sum ken any symp
tom of dWot I aa. not taSa aay
an tweW aoa .
, Dr. Place's PWavjaajt Pellets core
FEDERAL GRAND JURY WAITS
Report that It Will Investigate AN
leaed Beef Combine
Denied.
The grand Jury In ths federsl court wss
excused until SO o'clock Tuesday. It
wss rumored srouod the federsl build
ing that the grsnd Jury would tsks
up the alleged combination smocg
ths packing houses, hut the ssslstsnt
district attorney denied the rumor,
saying thst the local ofllcers of the depart
ment hsd received Do Instructions from
Wssblngton on the subject snd thst before
the question could be presented to ths
grsnd Jury much preliminary work would
have to be done In the way of securing
evldencs upon which to secure an Indict
ment. The present grsnd Jury Is one of the
most remsrksble In the history of the dis
trict from tbe fsct thst It contstns ths
names of a number of merchsnts snd bank
ers of Omsha and that It w! be called to
pass upon the evidence of more witnesses
thsn any grand Jury In many years. As a
atsrt for its work eighty Indians from the
Omsha and Winnebago agencies hsve been
summoned. These witnesses will testify
mslnly ss to tbe ssle of liquor to Indians
on the reservstlon. The majority come
from the Winnebago agency, where no
thorough Investigation hss been hsd for
over a year.
The forenoon In the court wss devoted
to the call of rases snd forrosl motions re
quiring no argument. There are at this
term of court 2S5 cases on the trial docket.
ninety-seven of them to be tried by Jury
snd lit on the equity side of the
court. There are 173 esses on the
docket of the district court, forty-five
of which srs for trisl st this
term. The ususl trouble wss experienced
In securing cases for trial at the opening
of court, and the Judge suggested the sd
vissblllty of excusing the petit Jury until
next week.
Judge Csrland of South Dakota may be
called to assist Judge Munger In the trlsl
of esses, as the letter announced that he
Intended to complete the Jury trials by
the middle of June snd close the term of
court practically by July 1.
DOCKET SOMEWHAT LIGHTER
May Terns of Conrt Opens with Less
Nnaaber of Cases
on List.
The Msy term of the district eourt of the
Fourth Judicial district In and tor Douglas
county opened yesterday with a docket
somewhat lighter than last term's. There
ere 169 criminal cases, or 199 less thsn the
858 of the February term, which Includes
the grand Jury's work, and In the civil
docket there are 1,436 entries, against 1.48J
for the Isst term. Since the book was msde
up for the last term there have been ninety
one criminal cases Died and S70 civil cases.
The trlsl dockets are printed In new form,
with ten entries on each page and tbe blank
spsces for ths attorneys' notations on the
pegs opposlts. Journsl Clerk Qutnby ex
plains thst this will give more room, as an
attorney sildom hss more thsn one case on
a page.
Tha Judgws, of course, oecupy the same
court rooms they bavs hsd during the last
term. In criminal court Judge Baxter hsd
to give an hour or two yesterday morning
to healing Jurera' reasons for asking to be
excused from serving and quite, a number
persuaded him to let them off. Many failed
to put In an appearance and the sheriff's
deputies will be put in the field with
capiases.
CONSIDERS INSURANCE RATES
Tax Ca-isalttee of Commercial Clab
Meets, bat Haa So News
lor Fnblle.
The tsx committee of the Commercial
club held a meeting yesterday, but made no
ststement to ths public ss to ths condition
of affairs between the committee and the
managing committee of the Western In
surance union. It was ttsted tbst the com
mittee hss succeeded In getting positive
assurance from the chairman of the union
committee thst ths ponslty of two points
under the rate schedule will be removed
upon the appointment of a lire corouer by
the mayor. An Insurancs agent said: "If
I were on the tax committee of the Com
merclal club I would secure a direct prom
ise, because I hsvs reaaons to believe that
the companies In tbs union will not reduce
the penslty unless the fire coroner ap
pointed Is a man selected by the com
panies." For a Weak Back.
The muscles of the back may bs very
much strengthened snd all pstn and sore
ness removed by spplylng Chamberlain's
Pa la Balm, and having ths parts rubbed
vigorously for five minutes at each applica
tion. Twenty-five and fifty-cent bottles of
this liniment are for sale by all druggists.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Amelia Corey hss secured from Judge
Dickinson a decree of divorce from Oeorge,
who haa, ahs slleged. deserted her.
Bishop Row, missionary blahop of
Alaaka, will hold a miaslonary meeting at
Trinity cathedral at I o'clock Tuesdsy aft
ernoon. Irene temple No. i, Pstrlarchlsl Circle of
America, will give a May party at Wood
man hall. Sixteenth atreet and Capitol
avenue, Tuesdsy evening.
Civil service examination for ellglbles for
sppolntment to the position of manual
training teacher in the Indian eervlce will
be held at Omaha June 10.
Complaint have been made to the Board
of Health of persons burning manure and
other vtle-emelling refuse in the exclusive
Hanacom park neighborhood.
James T, Bamum of Waverly and Fran
cis W. Dlnamora of Falrbury have been
declared bankrupt and discharged from
their obligations by Judge Munger.
The clerk of the railway mall service
connected with the Omaha office have
formed a bas ball club and will meet for
their first practice at the transfer ststlon
In Council Bluffs Tuesdsy.
The Budd-Phlllts team ahoot for tha Has
sard trophy, which waa acheduled for
Omaha May in. has been postponed until
May 17, on which date It will take place
at the umana uuo ciud grounas.
Members of the Cadet battalion of the
Omaha Utah school are aecurlrig Dermis
slon from the members of the Board of
Kducatlon to alter the regulation uniform
by ths addition of whit legglna. So far
they have met with no opposition.
A small blase In the five-story brick
1014 It Douglas atreet, occupied by the
Crane company, waa extinguished before
any damage was done at i.X a. m. ea
terday. The fire waa rauaed by someone
dropping a lighted match In aome goods on
the shelving.
A sold watch which was recently gtol
from the realdence of T. B. Malone, ltlt
North Sixteenth atreet, waa found Sunday
Dy ueieciivea eavag ana uunn in a mat
tress in th room of Tom White, who was
last wek bound over to tha district court
for burglary.
F. E. Nettleton, manager of the sale of
common stock lor tn Auditorium com
pany, will hold a meeting with a special
committee Tuesday for the purpo of
Dasalne upon the merits of the drawlnaa
fr4iited for posters advertlatng th sale.
'Don the recommendation of th commit
tee th promotion committee will award th
prise onrd ror th beat drawing I her
ar twenty.flv contestants for the prls
and it is believed that there will be some
close work in arriving at a decision.
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SPECULATION IS IRREGULAR
Disposition to Take ProfiU Arrests Upward
Uovement and Hinders Baying.
HIGH MONEY RATES DISTURB MARKET
General Situation Glvea Satisfaction,
However, Owing Largely to Im
proved Conditions of Crops
Dnrlnsj the Week.
NEW YORK, May 8. (Special.) Henry
Clews, head of the banking house of Henry
Clews & Co., reviewing conditions In Wall
street, says:
Speculation on the Stock exchange has
been somewhat irregular, the upward move
ment tieing arrested by the disposition 10
take profits, and by the general high level
of prices, which naturally hinder new buv
Ing. Other disturbances have been high
money rates Incidental to May disburse
ments, the sensational movements In the
Industrials, the Reading labor difficulties
ana tne evidences here ana tnere or at
tempts to secure control of different prop
erties for extension of the communlty-of-Interest
Idea. The extent to which the lat
ter schemes, or. In other words, railroad
concentration movements, are affecting
the market ia not vet thoroughly appreci
ated, although they are mora largely re
sponsible for th high prices of good rail
road aharea than any other nlngle Influence.
community or interest has put a siop io
railroad wars and aecured better and mors
stable rates for transportation. Traffic be-In-
heavv because nf the country's arrowlh
and activity, the railroads are enjoying a
period of prosperity far beyond what was
ever anticipated, and there la little prospect
or interruption from new railroad Duuaing
while this community of Interests lasts.
It Is the permanence of this Idea and the
dlvlslofi of the railroads of the country Into
a few great systems which the big railroad
mao-naieo are pnaeavonn- 10 esiaonsn.
Forcea which thfy cannot control are driv
ing them Into these alllaneee; for one com
bination compels another, and the demands
for efficiency, economy and simplicity of
method are irresistiDie. wnetner tney win
or no, railroad managers, or the systems
they control, are obliged to Duy into mis
road and that road in order to Drevent
abaorotlon bv a rival until all the outlying
roans ere Deing rapidly segregaiea into one
larger aystem or anotner. it is quite un
necessary to mention examples, they have
been Innumerable during the laat few years.
But what Is the effect upon the stock mar
ket? Simply this: That the floating supply
of the best railroad atocka, once active on
the list, haa been very much reduced by
cornoratlon buvlnar. and such stocka are
tenaciously held because those possessing
control dare not risk Its loss by selling.
Such a situation offers the bold speculator
with a few millions behind mm a rare op
portunity for spectacular operatlona, and,
through artifices well underatood In Wall
street, high priced railroad stocks are
readllv lifted several points a day, to the
utter confusion of the ordinary buyer. Of
course, such operatlona are of no benefit to
the stock market; tney oo not encourage
buying, and everyone knows that the real
huvers for control do not rush In at the
top, but generally carry their points st
times unseen and unknown. Control of
Northern Pacific, It will be remembered,
was obtained long before the prlctt began to
soar. These facts are cited only as one
reason why so many stocka are selling
much above their intrinsic values. Such
securities are best avoided by the specu
lator not alone becauae they are too ex
pensive, but also because they are liable
to sudden and very severe breaka when the
artificial conditions wnicn loatered sucn
maninulatlon ceaae to exist.
Tha general situation continues satisfac
tory. Crop conditions were Improved this
week by favorable rains over a large sec
tion of the country. Wheat la not In en
tirely satisfactory condition, but there is
plenty of time for Improvement. A large
corn acreage Is promised, aa a result of
present high prices, and cotton planting
now Droaresslna well, although the sea
son Is nearly two weeks behind ths aver
age. General trade continue active. Mills
are producing large quantities of goods and
merchants appear to have no difficulty in
distributing them. The chief complaints
in of tha Increaalna coat of production
and distribution, with a consequent diminu
tion or profits, this is iiKeiy to prove a
constantly growing feature. There la no
abatement In the demand for Iron and Its
nrodiicla ahowins- that the industrial ac
tlvltlea nf th nation are still unwearied.
The consumption nf coal, Iron, copper and
other raw materials continues on a phe
nomenal acale. Money win aoon ne easy
again snd Is likely to so continue for the
next three innntha at leaat an important
factor in ths atock market. There ia more
or leas expectation or gold anipments, out
no apprehension need De reti on tnis score,
aa a faw millions can b easily snared on
thla side, snd the decline of the Boer war
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other side of the Atlantic.
Aa to the future of the market then
seems to be nothing to hinder a furthet
advance, except the exceedingly plain fact
that prices are high enough, and the op
portunities for a bull market are much
Inferior to those of a year ago. Fortun
ately, stocks are generally In strong hands;
the nubile haa been unusually cautious In
entering the market, and there la a general
reeling ot saepncism anroaa, wnicn i
something of a safeguard and prevents any
outbreak of wild speculation. There are
weak snots, and possible squalls In sight,
so caution Is necessary In speculative oper
ations; but thus far the present era has
been singularly free from speculative ex
cesses, considering the tremendous de
velopments of the last five years. Th
sensational declines In International Power
and General Carriage emphasis ths warn
ing to let the Industrials severely alone.
Wednesday's pinch In the money msrket
wan somewhat disturbing, while on the
other hand the Increasea in Northern Pa
cific and Pennsylvania dlvldenda were very
emphatic reminders of railroad prosperity.
SUGGEST EARLY NOMINATIONS
Some Republicans Talk of . Ksmlng
Connty Ticket at Jnne
Convention.
"Tbs republican county convention will
probably be held on June 14, the Saturday
preceding the date ot tbe stste convention,"
said Chairman Charles A. Goes yesterday.
A good many republicans hsvs sug
gested to me tbst It would bs a good Idea
to name the county ticket and the delegstss
to the Judtclsl convention. Such sn ar
rangement would save the expenae of a sec
ond primary election and convention, but t
am not Inclined to favor the suggestion un
less I thin1.; a majority of the repuhllcsns .
of the county wsnt the ticket placed in the
field so esrly. I would like to get an ex
pression of ths sentiment of the psrty on
ths question.
"Chairman Baldrlge of the Judicial com
mittee is anxious to have the June conven
tion select the delegstes to ths Judicial con
vention, snd I don't sntlclpste any opposl-'
tlon to such an srrangement, but thers may
be some good reasons for not calling for
the nomination ot the county ticket so
early. In connection with this matter we
ars not considering tbe congresslonsl nomi
nation. I presume that will have to be
mads when the congresslonsl committee
calls for It, and so far as I hsve been able
to ascertsln Chairman Blackburn Is unde
cided." The county committee will be called to
meet some time prior to Msy 24.'
Are Yoa Interested In ftatlatlesr
The lead that the houss ot Moet A
Chandon has in Importations to any oris
country distances, by thousands upon thou
sands ot esses sny competitive brand. Moet
a Chandon Whits Best, Eperney, Frsnce,
of the famous vlntsge of 189S, with Its
glgantto strides, bas an increase In 1901
grester than 100 per cent of the combined
Incresse of all the other cbsmpsgnes im
ported. Adv.
BUTCHERS MAY CLOSE SHOPS
Hold Meetlngr la New York and Ea.
tertaln Plan of Qntttlnc
I'ntll Prices Drop.
NEW YORK. Msy 6. Orr 400 Kosher
butchers, members ot sn Esst Bide Hebrew
orgsnlzstion of the crsft, mst . today to
consider the' high price of meats.
A proposition received with much fsvor
wss to close the shops entirety during the
prevslencs of high prices. Another plaa
well received wss to estsbllsh one stors tn
esch block and havs the butchers from
other stores work together. It wss finally
doclded to place the tnattsr In the hsnds of.
a committee to report tomorrow.
Tbe committee wss Instructed to com
munlcste with tbs Allied Butchers' asso
ciation of Orester New York and endeavor
to have them send delegstes to the meeting.
It wss ssld that ths ssles of Koshsr
butchers In earlier times wss 400.000 pounds
weekly, but at present ths amount Is only
800,000 pounds.
Every woman corata a
htpely, pretty figursj, and
many of them deplore the
lost of their eirlith forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mother's shapeliness.