The Lancaster News, 1905-10-11

tw11 uu me iiuirKet yesterday, when the price was ranging 1 around 9A cents. The ell'ect of organization among the farmers is shown by , these reports. In those counties where the Southern Cotton as sociation is most thoroughly or 1 ganized the farmers are keeping < their cotton oil' the market most I ersistently ami successfully , The effect of warehouses is shown by the statements from those counties where the ware 1 houses tire accessible, as in Richland and Greenwood. The 1 number of bales in storago this yt ar is much greater than the average. Tins proves that where war houses tire located the hold ing movement can be made most succes-ful. RKPOUT FROM LANCASTER. Lancaster, Oct. 9.?The total receipts of cotton in Lancaster county from Sept. 1st, 1905, to this date are about (>,500 bales. 1 the total receipts last year at 1 this time were about 4,000 < bales. The farmers generally i holding for higher pric< a. The highest price paid for spot cot

mantel 111 this State, giving reports from practically all the county seat towns which are rated as cotton markets. While the>e reports are necessarily no' exact, they give a fair idea of the situation in South Carolina at present. The most prominent idea brought out by the correspondents is that the crop of this year has matured early and that a large proportion of it has been gathered a' this time, much more than is usual before the middle of October. This fact must be taken into consideration when the amount of cotton being hell is estimated and when the disposition of the farmers as to a irglier price is considered. It is apparent that during the first few weeks of the present season the fanners were induced bv the favorable price to put their cotton on the market ;uid that since the recent slump there has

getting out a warrant should such a step prove necessary. The crowd looking for "Raffles1' swarmed into Wall street district with a rush that swept the bulls and bears off their feet. When the hour of noon arrived Broad street, south from Wall and for more than two blocks, was packed from curb to curb, and Wall street from Broadway to Williams street was practically impassable. Every man bearing the slight est resemblance to the published photos of the mysterious "Mr. Rallies" was stopped and questioned. Some of the victims had their clothing torn off by the eager mob. Dozens of young men were thrown down and trampled by persons anxious to grab them and claim a reward for recognizing the mysterious "Mr. Rallies."

oeptenioer J, r.io;i, 10 be 14,455,994 l)ales. Of tins 01 per cent, was exported, 30 per cent, was used in domestic cousurap tion, leaving a surplus of nine per cent. The domestic consumption includes 30,770 bales destroyed by fire. The exportation amounted to 8,834,929 bales, the domestic consumption 4,315,756 and the surplus 1,305,309. Of the total 13,093,279 bales were included in the crop of 1904 and the remainder in that of 1905. Of the quantity consumed in the United States, 2,138,829 bales were u?ed in Northern and 2,140,15i in Southern mills. Pretty Young Woman Makes Two Attempts to Kill Herself. New York, Oct.. 6.?Seelie Terapolis, a pietty young Russian eight months in this countrx, made two attemnta m o.wl

communication to John A. Mc Uall, of the New York Life lnsur mice Company, demanding that the $148,702 campaign fund contribution be replaced to the company, under penalty of revocation of the company's license to transact business in Missouri for fail, lire to comply with the demand. The communication also informs President McCall that the Mi6 souri department of insurance will insist on a new president, vice president and financial committee for the New York Life Insurance Company just as soon as , the directors c?n possibly effect the reorganization. \

blow from behind. Mr. ?V. F. Russel made a statement about a hatchet which he found near the body. It was a hand axe, weighing about two and a half pounds, has been in use for some time and the edge v .is gapped. When found it had no handle in it. Mr. Russell found it near the body and after he and Dr. Kurnet and Mr. E. D. Blakeley t had examined it he turned it over to Chief Haile. Other witnesses will testily next Friday. MR. PORTER'S CONDITION. ?. Inquiry at the Columbia hos pital yesterday elicited the en-| - mITV .

There was a certain matter about which Chief liaile felt very hopeful and the coroner was determined to facilitate his ^ inquiry as far as he could. Dr. A. W. Burnet, who was the first physician to reach the side of the dead man, was sworn and gave his opinion as to the cause of death. He said that he was called to see Mr. Mc' V Dowell between 9 and 10 o'clock on the night of the killing and found him dead when he reached his side, lie was still warm, lit said, and hml Koon u.?? I

wi H.O ultimate success of tlie earnest efforts which are now being made to get on the right trail. But the coroner's jury, all determined and patient men, will not be found disregarding any circumstances, however insignificant it may appear to be, in their efforts. The development since ye-terday, whatever it may have been, was of sutlicient importance to cause the coroner \ to adjourn the sitting, which was ordered for tins morning, until next Friday at 5).30 o'clock.