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BETWIXT LIFE AND DEATH. r - Precarious Condition of a Young Business Man. Max Eisenman Not Expected to Live as the Result of an Overdose of Opiates—lt May Have Been an At tempt at Suicide and Perhaps Only an Effort to Obtain Belief From Men tal Depression in Peaceful Slumber. Discovered in an Unconscious Con- - ' ditlon Yesterday Morning He Was Still Alive at Midnight, Although His Case Was Pronounced Hopeless by the Physicians From the Begin- • - ning. Max Eisenman.a well-known young busi- - 0638 man, is lying at the point of death from the effects of opiates taken Wednes- .• day night. Whether they were taken ■with suicidal intent or for the purpose of obtaining rest it is impossible to say. His friends are inclined to take the latter view. ; JMr. Eisenman boards with the Dryfus family, at No. 150 Jones street, having in fact practically been a member of the family for the last twenty years. Mr. Moses Dryfus, who has a room adjoining Mr. Eisenman’s, was awakened Thursday .morning about 5:80 o'clock by a peal of thunder. His attention was attracted to tbefoud breathing of Mr. Eisenman in the next room. He went in and spoke to • him, but received no answer. He at tempted to arouse him, but found him un- : cpnscious.’ He concluded that something serious was the matter and at once sent forljnrs. Weichselbaum and Read. •< ■ 1 PHYSICIANS SUMMONED. Dr. Weichselbaum was the first to ar rive, and at once saw that Mr. Eisenman was suffering from opium poison ing of some kind. He admin istered a hyperdermic injection, which failed to have the desired .effect; showing that the poison had had .'time to enter the system. He then pro cured an electric battery andapplied that, also without effect. •' £r. Read arrived about this time and pronounced the patient beyond recovery. The physicians continued their efforts all of Thursday, and during that night as well, in the hopes of possibly arousing the spark of life, which was very faint. The patient remained almost in a state of coma during the entire day, but at night there were slight symptoms of improve ment. with a possible hdpe of recovery. At midnight, however, ho was still un conscious, and there was only a bare pos sibility of recovery. NO TRACE OF THE DRUG. The physicians were unable to ascer tain what form of poison Mr. Eisenman had taken, though it was evidently Opium in. some form. Nothing was dis covered indicating an intention of suicide. There was no note nor any evidences that such was the intention of the patient. The only sign of a drug which could be discovered was three small papers in the slop jar, such as are used by the druggist in putting up powders. It was supposed that these had contained the medicine taken. Mr. Dryfus’ explanation of Mr. Eisvnman’s condition is that the latter had been suffering from insomnia, due to despondency on account of busi ness troubles, and that he had been ad vised to take some opiate in order to pro duce sleep. He thinks Mr. Eisenman took the powders with this in view, and, the first powder failing to produce the de sired effect, a second and then a third were taken, the result being that too large an amount of the opiate was taken into the system. rtf ‘ UNFORTUNATE IN BUSINESS. Mr. Eiseman came to Savannah from Elsas, Germany, in 1872, when quite a youth. His parents still reside at Elsas. After about two years in the employ of Julius Perlinski lie embarked in business for himself, which he continued for some time, but was unsuccessful and was \ finally obliged to retire. He afterward did business in a small way on the second floor at the corner of Broughton and Bar nard streets. Having accumulated some money, he concluded to embark in busi ness again on a larger scale, and opened a general merchandise store at No. 24 Bar nard street. He afterward branched out by including the store at No. 162 Brough ton street, the two places connecting in the rear In the shape of an ell. The long-continued business depression proved very disastrous to him, and in spite of desperate efforts, he lost ground rapidly. Finding that it was only a ques tion of time before he would be closed out by his creditors, he gave a mortgage a few days aero on his stock to protect his friends in the city, who, had made advances to aid him in his business. It was prac tically a failure. He was very much downcast over his misfortune and aad been in very low spirits for several days. Eisenman was well known in the city and had numbers of friends among all classes, who were shocked to hear of his condi tion yesterday. He is 38 years of age. MAX BISENMANN DEAD Unconscious from the Time He Took Poison Until He Died. Mr. Max Eisenmann, an accountof whose taking poison was published in Fri day’s Morning News, died Friday morning at 7 o’clock at his home on Jones street. Mr. Eisenmann never recovered consciousness from the time his condition was discovered. Thursday morning, his condition remaining practically the same up to a short while before his death, when he began to grow weaker. Nothing was discovered to indicate whether his intention in taking the pow ders Wednesday night was to commit suicide or merely for the purpose of ob taining rest. WILL THE?HOLD OUT? A Question as to Whether the Buyers or Factors Are Strongest. Both the buyers and factors in the naval stores products think they will get the best of the fight for prices. So far both sides are holding out well, but in the end it will be a question of which is the stronger. The buyers claim they have plenty of stock on hand to run them for some time yet, while the manufacturers all have supplies which will keep them running for a good many days. The factors are confident in the assertion that the exports ers have contracts to nil which they have extended to August, and that thev are trying to get the turpentine at 28 W cents The factors say it shall not go at t>us figure, but have been holding it at *,w. 4 cents. The factors hate chartered two vessels, it is said, and are securing tonnage to send the stock abroad when the demand creates a call for it. They say the buyers cannot secure the product to fulfill.' their contracts, and that when the foreign mer chants want more stock they will?have to come to the factors for it. Ona of the factors said yesterday they were satisfied with the situation, and felt confl/ient that they would get satisfactory prices for spirits before it would be sold. Fire Wipes Out a Town. Milwaukee, Wis., July 9*B. Philips town, on the Wisconsin Ceqtral road in the northern part of the state, was wiped out ny a forest fire last nigh/t. Three thou sand people were rendered homeless. ROBB ED HIS EMPLOYER. A Trusted Porter Arrested for Steal ing From a Store. Detective Bossell arrested J. L. Jack son and Smart Heywrad, colored, Fri day morning. Jackson is charged with robbing his employer, Mr. George Die ter, and Heyward, a colored drayman, is charged with assisting him in carrying off the goods. Mr. Dieter, who runs a store at Barnard and St. Julian streets, has been missing articles for some time, but could not account for their disappear ance. He informed Detective Bossell of his losses and asked him to investigate the matter. The detective was not long in discovering that Jackson was the thief and that he was aided by Heyward, and that the two had been retailing the stolen goods to small grocery stores through the city. both par ties Friday morning. Jackson had been in tbe employ of the house through successive changes of the firm for the last fifteen years, and was regarded as thoroughly honest. Mr. Dieter was very much surprised when in formed that he was the thief. The evi dence. however, seems to be conclusive. Jackson had the duty of opening up the store every morning before Mr. Dieter came down. Heyward, so Detective Bossell says, would be around with his dray, and a caddy of to bacco or a couple of hams would be slipped aboard, and would (be out of sight before Mr. Dieter’s arrival. The thefts are believed to have been going on for three months or more, in which time Mr. Die ter has lost a considerable quantity of goods. The arrests were made early yes terdaymorning, but the hearing in. the police court was postponed until this morning. < MELONS KEEP COMING YET. The Shipments This Year Much Later Than Usual. The Crop Set Back by the Freeze, Drought and the Strike, but in Spite of These Drawbacks the Growers Have Made Money—The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway’s Shipments to Date Over 600 Cars Less Than For the Corresponding Time Last Year. Assistant Supt. Aveilhe of the Savan nah, Florida and Western railway has returned from Thomasville, where he superintended the handling of the water melon crop of Southwestern Georgia. Mr. Aveilhe said Thursday that in spite of the freeze, the drought and strike this year’s watermelon crop will fall very little short of that of a year ago. Without these three drawbacks, all of which affected the results to a consider able extent, this year’s melon crop, be says, would have been something unpre cedented in the history of the business. Os the three drawbacks named, Mr. Aveilhe considers the drought to have been the most serious in its effects. It not only caused the crop to come into market late, but was also responsible for the small size of the melons. THE SHIPMENTS KEEP UP. The planters are being recompensed to some extent for all the drawbacks which they have experienced, by the continued demand for melons, with fair prices much later in the season than is usually the case. The shipments by the Savannah, Florida and Western railway for the last several days have averaged ninety cars a day. Day before yesterday ninety-one cars were handled as against two cars for the same day last year. The prices have averaged well during the entire season, and altogether the growers have made some money. If the first crop had not been killed out by the freeze, Mr. Aveilhe thinks it would have been the biggest and earliest crop ever raised in Georgia. Such a result, however, would not have baen an unmit igated blessing, as the markets would in all probability have been glutted, with consequent low prices, and also because there is little demand for melons in the north as long as the weather remains cool. NEARLY 3,000 CARS. The Savannah. Florida and Western railway has handled to date 2,785 cars, as against 3,388 cars up to the same date last year, or 603 cars lens than were han dled up to the same time last year. The total number of cars bandied last year was 3,633. If the shipments continue at the present rate the number of cars han dled this year will toe considerably over 3,000. Mr. Aveilhe says that while the plant ers lost some mo'ney by tbe strike, the loss was not as groat as was generally supposed, some outlets being found for the shipments during the entire time. A great many shipments were ruined by delay in transit, and others were sold by the railroads to pay freight. These losses, however, were only a small per centage of the total shipments. AT SEA. IN A NAPHTHA. Capt. W. JL Thompson’s Experience That H<j Doesn’t Care to Repeat. The naphtha launch Clipper arrived here Satimtay from Florida and Capt. W.' J. Thompson, who has seen pretty rough set vice as a Savannah pilot, says he will never forget his first trip to sea in a naphtlia launch. The Clipper was recently bought by a party of gentlemen of this city, two of whom went with Capt. Thompson to Palatk.a about a week ago to bring the boat here. The party was anxious to get home, and as the weather looked very favorable they decided to keep at sea, instead of cominsr inside via Fernandina, at least as far as St. Andrews Sound. The boat had proceeded about half way between the two entrances when the engine gave out at) d the little vessel was at the mercy of the winds and waves. To make matters woree, it was discov ered that there was no anchor, but for tunately Captain Thompson improvised one with a bag filled with ballast, and by splicing some ropes, made a cable about fifty feet long. This kept the boat from drifting into the breakers. After a good deal of hard worn, a jury mast and sail were rigged out of the stanchions and awnings, and the boat navigated in time in to St. Annrews Sound, where a sail boat towed the Clipper to Brunswick. The engine was repaired, and Friday the boat started for home, ar riving here Saturday. The Clipper is twenty-five feet in length, and has a Sintz gasoline engine, and can make ten miles an hour. Capt. Thomp son says it is the best little sea boat be was ever in, but he does not care about going to sea in her again. Ocala as a Port of Entry . Ocala, Fla., July 28.—Special Agent James A. McEnery of the United States treasury department, who has been in our city several days investigating the claims of Ocala to become a suoport of (entry, a bill having already been introduced in the Senate amending the laws relating to the transportation of merchandise in bonds so as to allow transportations to come direct to Ocala in bond. Mr. McEnery will make an enthusiastic report favoring the appropriation asked for—s2so,ooo. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, JULY 30, 1894. BAD USE OF THE MAILS. D. A. Tison Charged With Using Them to Swindle Savannah Merchants. A Conspiracy That Has Been Going on for Years—The Way It Become Known—Fancy Letter Heads With Names of Fictitious Firms Used to Defraud Merchants Tison to Be Given a Hearing Before Commis sioner Connolly To-day. The arrest of D. A. Tison at Rixville Friday by Deputy Marshal Buckner of the United States court is believed to be the solution of a conspiracy which has been going on for years to defraud mer chants by use of the United States mails. The charge against Tison grew out of a report made to Postoffice Inspector John W. Bulla by Mr. H. H. Cohen and other merchants here, who stated that they had lost goods by shipping them to firms which existed only on paper. The scheme was very smoothly worked, and though it has been going on for sometime it was a hard matter to locate the guilty party. The charge is made that Tison has had fancy bill heads and letter heads printed with such firm names as Hutchinson & Co. and others, which were equally fic titious, and on the face of these has or dered goods from different merchants here and elsewhere by the use of this stationery. After securing the goods the firm would be heard of no more under the same name, and it was impossible to make a collection for the goods thus sold. Several parties have been swindled in this way. Mr. Cohen shipped a fine buggy on such an order as this, but never received pay ment for it and could get no satisfaction whatever from the consignee, who ever he was. Through his re port of the matter to In- spector Bulla the case against Tison was worked up. and night before last Deputy Marshal Buckner went up the Central railroad to Rixville to make the arrest. The preliminary examination of D. A. Tyson, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes, which was to have taken place Saturday morning before United States Commissioner M. A. Con nolly, ha£ been deferred and will proba bly come up next Tuesday morning. The case, however, according to the officers who have worked it up, is a most extraordinary one. It appears that there has been a conspiracy going on sometime ift Emanuel county around Rixville for the purpose of defrauding merchants and wholesale houses out of goods which were ordered and never paid for, or rather sometime small sums would be paid on account at times in order to throw off sus picion until the swindler had accom plished his purpose. HAD SIO,OOO WORTH OF GOODS. It is charged by those who have worked up the case that Tyson was the bead and front of this movement, and if what they • say can be substantiated the extent of his dealings is something marvelous. They say that he has a stock in a store at Rix ville amounting to about SIO,OOO, nearly all of which has been obtained through a fraudulent use of the mails, and very lit tle of which has been paid for. The busi ness has been carried on, it is said, since 1885, but for reason or other the mer chants who have lost goods have never made any complaint, perhaps because they thought the only case they would have would be one of a bad debt, which might perchance in the cours* of events be paid. The business was done some time ago at Perry’s Mills, in Tattnall county, Geor gia. Several letter heads with D. A. Ty son’s name on them and with the Perry’s Mills date line, are in the possession of Postoffice Inspector J. W. Bulla, who worked up the case. The business has been done under the names of D. A. Ty son, W. E. Hutchinson, W. E. Hutchin son & Co., William N. Riner and others. Letterheads and billheads, engraved with these firms, none of which, it is said, are in existence, are in the possession of the inspector, HOW THE MAILS WERE USED. One of these engraved bill heads or letter heads presents the appearance of coming from a very well-to-do firm, and any merchant might, at first glance,honor an order written op one of the letter heads without question. It was through these letter heads that Tyson was de tected. He is arrested under an affidavit sworn to byH. H. Cohen, from whom he ordered a buggy and set of harness which have not been paid for. The violation of Uncle Sam’s laws arises out of tbe fact that the mails have been used for the purpose of transmitting these fraudulent orders. Tyson endeav ored yesterday to give tond, and it is un derstood that the man he expected to go his surety is the very man who has the buggj- that was shipped by Mr. Cohen, he having taken it, as he states, for a debt that Tyson owed him. savannah firms caught. Commissioner Connollv fixed the amount of Tyson’s bond at $2,500, but up to last night it had not been given, and Tyson was committed to jail. When asked who were the victims of this swindle, one of the officers said you can pick out al most any wholesale house on the Bay and will hit it right. Among the merchants who have been victims, and whose names the officers of , the court have,- are the Savannah Furniture Company, Lindsay & Morgan, Emil A. Schwarz, Thomas West & Co., Haynes & Elton , Lovell & Lattimore, A. Leffler & Son, Moore Bros. & Co., W. D. Simkins, Sa vannah Grocery Company, James Barron & Co. of New | York, Phoenix Rattan Company of Concord, Mass., Bolin &, Berne of New York, Foley At Williams Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, 0., National Cash Register Company, Union Bottling Company of New York, Marietta Chair Company, Conrad’s Chair and Furniture Manufacturing Company of St. Louis and others. The game was tried on S. Gucken heimer <&. Sons, Ludden <fc Bates and C. E. Stults it Co. a short time ago, but they ’consulted R. G. Dun & Co., and Bradstreet's commercial agencies, after which they very wisely reiused to shiD the goods ordered. WAS HE IN A BLIND TIGER ? The people around Rixville told the of ficers that Tyson had been in jail so often that he had become accustomed to it. One of the officers says he has been under in dictment on a charge of passing counter feit money. When Inspector Bulla went to arrest Tyson he went into what he thought was the postoffice at Rixville. but soon found that he was in a very different place. Emanuel county is a dry county, but this place looked very much like a blind tiger. Another of the stories about Tyson is that he was once fined SI,OOO for running a blind tiger, which fine was paid. The case, from all accounts, is a decidedly interestihg one, and it may be that some additional particulars will be brought out on the preliminary examina tion next Tuesday. DeKalb’s Legislative Candidates. Atlanta, Ga.. July 28.—W. J. Houston and W. J. Henderson were the successful legislative candidates in the DeKalb county primary to-day. Tbey are non committal on the senatorial race. HIS LAST TURN AT THE ENGINES. Nacoochee’s Chief Engineer Stricken With Apoplexy on Shipboard. Thaddeus C. Marshall, chief engineer of the steamship Nacoochee, died at the Presbyterian hospital in New York last Monday night from apoplexy. His funeral took place Friday night from his late residence, Astor Place.' Jersey City Heights. Mr. Marshall's death was peculiarly sad. He was one of the oldest engineers in the Ocean Steamship Company’s em ploy, having been with it since the com pany was organized. On the last trip from Savannah to New York, Capt. Smith and Mr. Marshall were standing on deck as the ship was nearing the Jer sey coast. The weather was thick, and they were watching the outlines of the shore. It was Sunday afternoon, and both were discussing the probability of reaching their families down at the beaches that night. Mr. Marshall went to his room to con sult a railroad schedule. Capt. Smith was standing by his side at the engineer’s desk when Mr. Marshall dropped his head on his arm and complained of feel ing unwell. A few minutes later he be gan gasping and breathing heavily. After that he never spoke. Capt. Smith took him'in his arms and laid him on a sofa, and everything that it was possible to do for him on shipboard was done, but he re mained unconscious. At quarantine a message was sent to the Presbyterian hospital to have an ambulance at the dock on the arrival of the steamer. The ship arrived late in the evening and Mr. Marshall was taken at once to the hospital. His case was pronounced by the physicians hopeless. Mrs. Mar shall was telegraphed for at Asbury Park, and she reached her husband’s bedside the next morning. His life was slowly ebbing, and he died*Monday night, thirty-two hours after the fatal attack. Mr. Marshall was 53 years bld. Hp was born in New Baltimore, N. Y., where his aged father apd mother reside. Both are 87 years old and are hardly ex pected to survive the shock of their son’s death. Mr. Marshall leaves, besides his widow and parents, a sister, who was with him when he died. His wife’s sorrow is rendered more keen by the recent death of her only son, John B. Marshall. Mr. Marshall was a mem ber of the Lodge of the Temple No. 110, F- and A. M., and his fu neral was'with Masonic rites. Mr. Mar shall and Capt. Smith had been shipmates twenty-six years, and a warm friendship existed between them. The dead engi neer was well known in Savannah, to which port he had been running for over a quarter of a century. PRODUCERS REORGANIZE. The Turpentine Operators’ Association Wants a Charter. It Proposes to Get to Work at Once. Its Capital Stock slo,ooo—The Plans It Has in View—To Lend Money to Its Members and to Carry on a General Naval Stores Business if it Should Become Necessary to Protect the Industry. The Turpentine Orperators Protective Association has applied to the superior court for a charter. The incorporators are: D. T. Dough try, Albert Pridgen, J. W. Callahan, William Pritchett, J. B. D. Woodburn, P. H. Carter, E- ,E. West & Co., F. Long & Son, E. L. Vickers, H. E. Pritchett, E. W. Bullock, R. L. Bush, W. B. Matthews, C. C. Greer, W. O. Nance, O. L. Nance, J. W. Hamilton, K. M. Pat terson,.J. K. E. A. QoLwelJ. The capital stock of the association is SIO,OOO. The shares are SIOO par value. The liability of eadh stockholder islim ited to the amount of unpaid stock sub scription due by him. The purposes of the association as stated in its application for charier are: To encourage and promote co-operation, and secure unity of action among those engaged in the manufacture, handling and sale of naval stores, thereby regula ting the trade, developing the business, controlling the output, obviating loss or disaster, and doing such other things as in their judgment are likely to serve the interests or welfare of the members of said association, and TO HELF ITB MEMBERS, To secure pecuniary profit to the stockholders oi said corporation through the accumulation of funds by subscription to its capital stock and other means, and the use of such funds by investing the same, lending to stockholders,or other person or persons, and by such other use or uses as the board of directors of said association may in their discretion deem best to make of the same, from time to time, for the purpose of increasing the said capital or otherwise serving the pe cuniary interests of the stockholders. The petitioners say that the partic ular business which they propose to carry on is the naval stores bus iness; to provide, regulate and maintain a suitable building, room or rooms in Savannah, as a central office for the accumulation of data and statistics, and the dissemination of information con cerning the naval stores business and trade, and to effect by that means, by sub-associations or other methods, an in terchange of views and better social and business relations between oersons en gaged in said business; to fix a scale of wages and make other suitable regula lations regarding labor; to protect the members of the association, and others engaged in said business, from combina tions. trade speculations and othor practices whereby it is rendered impossible to carry on the bus iness at a fair profit, and from discrimi nations and other unfair dealings by com mon carriers or others, tending to the hurt or detriment of the industry. TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY. To establish rules and regulations gov erning its members in the conduct of the business, and adjust controversies be tween them; to enforce such rules and regulations, and findings or awards by fines ano penalties, or by sentence of«us pension or expulsion; to adopt standards of classification, provide rules and regula tions, and establish usages for the trade and industry generally, in all phases; to decrease the risks and augment the facilities with which the busi ness may be conducted, and do ail other things-and acts necessary or proper in or der to carry out the objects first above specified; and to lend its said capital, or any part thereof, from time to time.to the members of the association, or others, in such manner as the directors may deem desirable or most beneficial: and if, in the descretion of any board of dirctors, it should ever become necessar.y to. do so in order to carry out the>aforesaid objects of this association, then, to wqrk, manu facture, sell, and in any and every way deal in naval stores, crude gum, turpen tine stills, fixtures, appliances, and all other material, provisions and supplies; conduct a warehouse, storage, wholesaled retail and commission business in naval stores, material, provisions and all other goods, wares and merchandise; to buy. own. bold, sell, lease, rent and otherwise deal in land, timber and other real estate: to buy, sell, and otherwise deal in per sonal prope»ty, and to make such ocher use of its capital, or otherwise invest the same in such manner as the directors may, from time to time, decide is best calculated to carry out the objects herein before specified. TO BEGIN BUSINESS AT ONCE As soon as the charter can be obtained a meeting of the operators will be held in Savannah for the purpose of organiz ing and electing officers and adopting a constitution and by-laws suitable for the government of the association. The impression has gone but that it is the purpose of the association to enter into a co-operative factorage business. “While the charter is so drawn as to al low the association this privilege, ( it has ho such idea,” said Mr. A, Pridgen, who is one of the movers in the matter, “un less it should eventually become neces sary to do so in order to protect the gen eral welfare of the industry, which will never be the case as long as the factors stick to legitimate methods and maintain their position in protecting the industry from ruin, as they have recently been doing.” THE PIGEONS BACK HOME. Mr. Hanahan Will Loose Them Again From the Morning News Building. Three of the five homing pigeons turned loose from the top of the Morning News building by Mr. 0. P. Rossignol last Wednesday have arrived in Charleston.’ One reached there the next day, and two on the day following that. A letter from Mr. Hanahan says “The birds look very well after having flown for two days in the hot sun and slept in trees at night, fn such weather.birds are likely to alight somewhere in search of water, and are frequently trapped or shot, and often lose their course for awhile. As a rule I never fly birds from large cities, as they are more apt to be attracted than when flying from a small town.” **•**_ / “I shall send the birds, again to Savan nah, and see if they cannot make quicker time. They ought to fly ninety miles, air line, in one hour and three-quarters, or less. They have been known to fly more than a mile a minute for a distance of 300 miles.” ‘■. DROWNED HERSELF JN A POND. A Deserted Wife Seeks Solace in the Darkness of the Grave. Griffin. Ga., July 28.—Some boys while bathing in Lyndon lake this afternoon discovered a dead body floating, which was afterward identified, although badly decomposed, as the body of Mrs. Kate Owen, a daughter of a well-known me chanic here. The finding of the body re veals the old story of man’.> perfidy and woman’s worse than weakness. About one year ago a young man named D. T Owen, representing a sewing machine company, met Miss J ones and both seemed infatuated with each other. Shortly afterward they were married. A short time ago Owen disappeard and never came back. She became despondent, and last Wednesday left a note to her mother that her body would be found in a pond around her 6 and in the deepest water. Her mother thought nothing of the note and felt sure she was absent visiting friends until the body was found to-day. Near where her body was found her hat was discov ered, containing a photograph of herself, Owen and a baby. On the back was writ ten “Husband and wife.” “My body will be found in the lake.” “Bury these with me.” The suicide was an unfortunate woman who loved not wisely. The coro ner’s inquest was in accordance with the above facts. WRENN’S SUCCESSOR. C- A. Benscoter to Be Made Assistant General Passenger Agent. Atlanta, Ga., July 28. : —C. A. Benscoter, who for several years has been division passenger agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, with head quarters at Knoxville, it is believed here, will be appointed in the place created by President Spencer upon the resignation of Col. B. W. Wrenn, who was general pas senger agent of the East Tennessee, the title being that of assistant general pas senger agent of the western system of the Southern Railway Company. Mr. Bens coter is a young man, being on the sunny side of 30. He has been in the service of the East Tennessee for eight years. PHILIP EIFFLER DEAD. ~ He Lived at Columbus but Had Many Friends in Savannah. Columbus, Ga., July 28.—Phillip Eiffler, a resident of this city since 1861, died to day. He was born at Baden, Germany, in September, 1830, and went to Charles ton in 1848. He married Miss Christina Scola of that city in 1859, and shortly afterward removed to Columbus, where he has since resided. He had many friends in Savannah and Charleston. He was an expert machinist, and during the war was employed at tne naval works established at Columbus by the confed erate government. He was a prominent Odd Fellow. His funeral will occur to morrow afternoon. He leaves a wife, five sons and two daughters. He had accumu lated a competency here as a lock and gunsmith. AN ACCIDENTAL SHOT. Capt. James H. Tillman Accidentally Wounded. Augusta, Ga., July 28.—Sensational re ports reached Augusta this morning that Capt. J. H. Tillman, son of ex-Congress man George D. Tillman, had attempted suicide last night in Edgefield, and shot himself seriously. Later 'news is to the effect that as he was undressing last night a pistol in his pocket was accidently discharged, and Capt. Tillman received a slight flesh wound, which amounts to little more than a scratch. James Mulligan Dead. Maynard. Mass., July 28.—James Mulli gan, of the “Mulligan Letters.” who fig ured prominently in the political career of the late James G. Blaine, died here this morning of general debility. He was well known for many years in financial circles in Boston. THE USUAL DULL SATURDAY Very Little Doing in Any of the Markets. Cotton Quiet and Lower to Sell—Noth ing Doing in Naval Stores—The Gen eral Markets Quiet and Steady—The Telegraphic Markets Without Nota ble Features. Savannah. July 28.—The local markets were almost deserted to-day. There was nothing doing in the leading departments, and by 2 o’clock, when the usual half holiday began, there was very little to report. Prices re mained quiet and steady. The telegraphic reports from other markets were featureless, there being but few opera tors at the leading exchanges, and what busi ness was done was dull and tiresome. The following resume of the different mark ets will show the tone and the quotations for the day: Cotton. The local spot market was neglected to-dav. There was very little offering and no demand. There were no sales reported. At the Cotton Exchange, at the regular call, the market was bulletined easy and lower to sell. The quotations were unchanged as follows: Middling fair Good middling Middling ft Low middling ' 6- j Good ordinary ... 6% ~ M ' so &o H A ggo g -•® 2- oo S ®®& ® og : g. 2, . fiftf » a_. : «5 : ’Sop w r- S* " ® fi, ' 2 O. M O : S.s» • O e » & : g* = F? £ B Q* jp • &> ‘ * Cfi • t tJ «r* *0 «8. : «s § f‘ I •b:: B w S £2 s£-£■£ SwlQ -2 S1 '8 I §g I s —s ? £■» 8 2 2 0 2 *2. • S a q)» r’ * - «3 «o g w* a «♦ :»—>-> m —b« 2 ®c. E. sE 5 5: 2 a . S £ ® - 8 S? 3 8 ~ - S p %i i- M g |5 • C< e§ ; m *0 co g >u bU. c » I • ■ S >• i la §■• SI ft 2 DAILY COTTON MOVEMENT AT U. S. PORTS. „ , Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock- Galveston.... Quiet 6% 8 9 7,365 N. Orleans .... Dull 6% 357 653 47,567 Mobile Nom’l 6 11-16 4 3 443 Savannah...*Easy 6% 68 ..... 8-632 Charleston... Quiet 6%; 4 .. 13,664 Wilm’gton...Quiet 6% 22 .... 2 283 Norfolk Quiet 6% 72 7 7412 Baltimore.. Nom’l 7*4' 10 288 New York. ..Quiet 7 ... 612 140817 Boston Quiet 7 385 Pbilad’a Quiet 7% 6,285 vari0u5........... .... 25 .... M7 ■—» 1— ■■■■*■, i~ .- -1 Total July 28,’94 945 1,281 247:933 ft ■' I— ■■■ » — I I '' I ♦Lower to sell. Receipts this day last year ... 3.482 Receipts for 1 day this week..... 1. 945 Receipts 1 day same week last year..... 3,482 Stocks at all ports this day last year.. 287,527 DAILY MOVEMENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR. Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock. Augusta Quiet 7% 19 1 8.489 Memphis.... Steady 7 21 125 8,934 St. Louis.... Steady 7 137 ... 27.484 Cincinnati.. Steady 7t( 2 .... 3,295 Houston Quiet .... *7B ... 2,398 Louisville... Steady 71f *l3 bales new cotton. EXPORTS OF COTTON THIS DAY. Gr. Brjt. Fr’nce. Cons. C’st. New Orleans 466 555 Mobile ... 471 Charleston . 398 Norfolk .... .... 250 Philadelphia 41 Total .... 507 1,660 Total exp’ts thus far this week 507 1,660 Liverpool, July 28, noon.—Cotton—Dull; free supply off ering; prices unchanged; Amer ican middling, 3%d; sales. 6,000 bales; American. 5,100 bales; speculation and export, 500 bales; receipts, 2.UJO bales; American. 900 bales. Futures opened dull; demand freely supplied. Futures—American middling fair, low mid ling clause: July, d; July and August, 3 48-64 d, also 3 47-64 d; August and September, 3 40-64 d, also 348 64d; September and Octo- ber, 3 50-64 d, also 349 64d; October and No vember, 3 51-64 d. also 3 50-64 d; November and December, 3 52-64 d, also 3 51-64 d; December and January, 3 53-64 d, also 3 52-64 d; January and February, 3 54-64 d, also 3 53-84 d; February and March, 55-C4d, also 3 54-64 d. Tenders at to-day s clearings were bales new* dockets. 1 p. m.—Cotton, American middling fair, 4 9 16d; good middling, 3 31-32 d; middling, 3 7 4d; low middling, 3 25-32 d; good ordinary, 3 21-32 d; ordinary. 3 i5-32d. Futures—American middling fair, low mid dling clause: July, 3 49-64 d, buyers; July and August, 3 49-64 d, buyers; August and Sep tember, 3 49 64d, buyers; September and Oc tober, 3 50-64 d, buyers: October and November, 3 51-64 d, buyers; November and December, 3 52-64 d. buyers; December and January, 3 53- 64d, sellers; January and February, 3 54-6’d, buyers; February and March, 3 55-64@3 56-61 d. Futures closed quiet. New York, July 28, noon.'—Cotton futures opened quiet, as follows; July, 6 75c; Au gust, 6 72c: September, 6 73c; October. 6 82c; November, 6 9oc; December, 6 96c. New York, July 28, 4 p. m.—Cotton futures closed steady, with sales of 3.64KJ bales, as follows: July, 6 65@6 66c; August. 6 67@6 68c; September, 6 70@6 71c; October, 6 78@6 79c; November, 6 86@6 87c; December, 6 93@6 94c; January. 7 00@7 01c; February, 7 07@7 08c; March. 7 13@7 14c; April, 7 19® 720 c: May. 7 25®7 26c. New Orleans, July 28.—Cotton futures closed quiet, with sales of 11,670 bales, as follows: July 6 60c, August 6 49c, Septem ber 6 4ic, October 6 46c, November 6 53c. De cember 6 63c. January 6 68c, February 6 74c, March 6 80c. April 6 86c. New York, July 28.—The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,420,950 bales, of which 1,948 750 bales are American, against 2,566.210 and 2.098.910 bales, respect ively, last year. Receipts this week at all interior towns 3,570 bales. Receipts from plantations bales. Crop in sight 7,367,915 bales. New York, July 28.—The Sun’s cotton re port says- ‘-A decline Ini Liverpool, favorable crop news, some “long” selling, and some bear hammering depressed prices in a narrow market. One house said: “The cotton world, as a rule, is against the market, and as we said a few days ago, it matters not to what extent notices on August should be stopped, it would create only a temporary strength should Liveroool fail to respond to that character of encouragement on this side. We now see that Liverpool pays no attention to the fact that what no tices were issued yesterday were either stopped by those putting them out, or others who were long of that month. Unfavorable trade reports continue to come from Man chester and elsewhere, and yet the decrease of the world’s visible supply of all kinds, for the week en-iing Oct. is 100,060 bales, of which 84.000 is American.” New York, July 28.—Riordan & Co., in their review of cotton tor the past week, sav: “The conditions influencing the cotton market have undergone no noteworthy change during the week just ended. Trade both in this country and abroad remains very dull and unsatisfac tory. The crop appears to be getting on finely, and continues to give every indication of a large yield, and prices in the absence of any strong speculative support have had a further and material decline. The fact that the crop has not yet entered upon the-moss. crit ical month of the season and the probability that a settlement of the tariff tangle may now at any moment give the signal for a rushing revival of industry and trade in the United States, are the two main considerations which stand In the way of a much more serious break in values than we have yet had. Our own impressions are that the chances are still in favor of a lower range of prices later in the season, but all depends upon the weather in August be ing as favorable for the plant as that of June and July has been: and this is a contin gency in regard to which nobody’s opinion is of any particular value. For the immediate future, we rather expect a fluctuating market without any very decided change in either direction. But when the new cotton shall be gin to find its way to market in considerable volume, we fear that it may be found impos sible to sustain even the present low quotations. Liverpool sent us a decline to day, and the crcp accounts, both in the Finan cial Chronicle and from private gourdes, were so uniformly excellent that there Was more disposition to sell than to buy. October, which has now taken the place of August as the most active trading month, opened 1 point lower, at 6.82 c, and gradually declined to 6.78 c. The close was easy, at the lowest of the day. Final prices to-day for all months, except August, were the lowest yet touched.” Naval Stores. Spirits Turpentine—No new developments have taken place in the market and at the Board of Trade, It was bulletined “nothing doing.”- Rosin—The market was very quiet and in active. There were no sales reported. At the opening and closing of the market it was bul letined firm and unchan ;ed. The following were the official quotations: A, B, CandD....sl 00 K ~s2 20 E 1 10 M 240 F ... 120 N 270 G 130 W. G 285 H 1 52% W. W 3 00 1... 1 85 NAVAL STORES STATEMENT. Spirits, Rosin. Stock on hand April 1 11.634 109.977 Received yesterday 1.194 4 206 Received previously 132,601 324.917 Total 145,429 439.100 Exported to-day ib 3J96 Exported previously 85,436 334,575 Total ; 85,446 337.771 Stock on hand and on ship- board to-day 59.983 101.329 Stock same day last year 25,858 146,074 Receipts same day last year.. 1,577 3,325 Price spirits turpentine same day last year 24 %e New York, July 28.—Rosin dull; strained, common to good, $1 25@$1 30. Turpentine quiet butsteady at 29@29%c. Charleston, July 28.—Spirits turpentine dull, nothing doing; receipts 53 casks. Rosin good strained firm at 9C@9sc; receipts 304 barrels. r Wilmington, N. C.. July 28.—Rosin firm; strained, 87%c; good strained, 92%c. Spirits turpentine, steady at 26c. Tar firm at 41 35 Crude turpentine firm: hard $1 03; soft $1 70: virgin, 32 20. Financial. Savannah, July 28.—Money is easy. Domestic Exchange—The tone of the mar ket is steady. Banks are buying at par and selling at % per cent, premium up to $5,000 and 1-10 of 1 per cent, for amounts of $5 000 and over. Foreign Exchange—Market dull but firm. The following are net Savannah quotations- Sterling commercial demand, $4 88’ sixtv days. $4 86&; ninety days, $4 86%: francs. Paris and Havre, sixty days. $5 19; Swiss, sixty days, $5 20%: marks, sixty days, 95%. Securities-The market is very dull and quiet. State Bonds—Georgia 4% per cent. 1915, 113% bid, 114 asked; Georgia 7 per cent 1896, 104 bid, asked: Georgia 3% per cent, long dates, 96% bid, 97% asked. City Bonds—New Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly October coupons 105% bld. 105% asked; new Savannah 5 per cent. August cou pons. 106% bid. asked. Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and Banking Company collateral, gold ss, 88 bid asked: Central consolidated mortgage 7 per cent., coupons, January and Julv maturity, 1898, 117 bid. asked: Savannah and West ern railroad 5 per cent, trust certificates. 45 bid, 47 asked; Savannah, Americus and Montgomery 6 per cent. 50 bid. asked- Georgia railroad 6 per cent. 1910, 107 bld 109 asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first mortgage 6 per cent. 80 bid, 81 asked: Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6 per cent, indorsed by Central railroad, 100 bid, asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mortgage 7 per cent. 101 bid. 102 asked; Ocean Steamships per cent., due in 1920, 97 bid 100 asked: Columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds, indorsed by Central railroad, 41 bid asked; Columbus and Western 6 per cent, guaranteed, 99 bid, —asked: City and Sub urban railway first mortgage 7 per cent. bid. 85 asked; Savannah and Atlantic 5 per cent., indorsed. 25 bid, 40 asked; Electric rail way first mortgage 6s, 55 bid, asked; South Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per cent., 105 bid, 106 asked; South Georgia and Florida second mortgage, 104 bid, 105 asked; Alabama Midlands. 88 bid. 90 asked. Railroad Stocks—Central common, bid, 19 asked; Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent, guaranteed, 85 bid, 87 asked; Georgia com ■ mon. 145 bid, 147 asked: Southwestern .7 per cent, guaranteed, including or der for div. 69% bid, 70% asked; Central 6 per cent, certificates, with order for defaulted interest, bid, 27% asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, 78 bid, 85 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent, certifi cates. 80 bid. 92 asked. Bank Stocks, Etc.—Southern Bank of the State of Georgia. 161 bid, asked ex divi dend: Merchants’ National Bank, 91 bid, asked ex dividend; Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 101% bid. 102% ex-dividend asked: National Bank of Savannah, ISO bid, ex div idend asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company, 93 bid, 99 ex-dividend asked; Citi zens’ Bank, 101 bid, 101% ex dividend asked; Chatham Real .Estate and Improvement Com pany, 50% bid,—asked ex-div; Germania Bank, 100% bid. 101% ex-dividend asked; Chatham Bank, 49 -bid, 50 ex-dividend asked; Sa vannah Construction Company, 74 bid, 75 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Company* 74 bid, 75 asked. Local Miscellaneous Markets. Bacon—The market is strong and advancing Smoked clear rib sides. 9c: shoulders none; dry salted clear rib sides. 8c; long, clear, 3c; bellies, B%c; sugar cured hams. 13c. % Lard—Market firm; pure, in tieroes, B%c; 50ft> tins, B%c; compound, in tierces, 6Wc; in. 501 b tins. 6%c. Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Gosh en, Ibc; gilt edge, 21c; creamery ,2zc; Elgin. 840. Cheese—Market dull; 10%@12%c: fancy full cream cheese, 13@13c%; 2on> average. Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8 50; No. 2, $7 50: No. 3. $8 00, Kits. No. 1. $1 25; No. 2, $100; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-lb bricks, 6%c; 2-B> bricks, 6c. Smoked herrings, per box, 20c. Dutch herring, in kegs, $1 00; new mullet, half barrel, $3 75. Salt—The demand is fair, and market steady. Carload lots. f. 0. b.. Liverpool, 200 pound sacks, 60c; Virginia. 125 pound burlap sacks, 39c; ditto, 125 pound cotton sacks, 42c: smaller lots higher. Syrup—Florida and Georgia, new 35c; market quiet for sugar house at 30@4Oo; Cuba straight goods/ 283:30c; sugar house molasses, 15@?0c. Tobacco—Market quiet and steady. Smok ing, domestic, 22@60c; chawing, common sound, 24@27c: fair, 28@35c; good, 36®48c; bright, 60@65c: fine fancy. 65@80c; extra fine, $1 00@l 15: bright navies, 2 <g*4sc. Flour—Market quiet. Extra, $3 10; family, $2 85; fancy, $3 30; patent, $3 95; straight. $3 60. , Corn—Market is strong and advanc ing. White corn, job lots, 6i»c; carload lots, 6c. Mixed corn, job lots, 66c: carload lots, 63c. Oats—Strong and advancing. Mixed, job lots, 54c; carload lots. 51c. Bran—Job lots, 97%c; carload lots, 92%c. Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots, 92%c; carload lots, 87%c. Meal—Pean, per barrel, <3 25; per sack, $1 45; city meal, per sack. $1 40. Pearl grits, per barrel. $3 40; per sack. $1 55; city grits, per sack. $1 50 Coifee—The market is advancing. Mocha, 28c; Java, 28%c; Peaberry, 23c; fancy or standard No. 1, 21%c; choice or standard No 2, 20%c; prime or standard No. 3,20 c; good or standard No. 4,19%c; fair or standard No. 5, * 19c; ordinary or standard No. 6, 18%c; com mon or standard No. 7. 17%c. Sugars Market firm. Cut loaf, 5%c; crushed, 5%c; powdered, 5%c; XXXX pow dered, 5%c; standard granulated, 4%c; cutes. 5%c; mould A, 4?fic: diamond A, 4’fc‘ci confectioners, 4%c; white extra C, 4%c; extra C. 4%c: golden C, 4%c: yellows. 4c. Liquors—Market firm. High wine basis, t22-whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100 proof, 8! 35@1 75; choice grades. $1 50.®2 50; straight, bl 45®3 50: blended, $2 00@4 50. Wines—Do mestic, port, sherry, catawba. low grades, 85c; fine grades, $1 California light, muscatel and angelica, $1 35®1 75; lower proofs in proportion. Gins 1c per gallon higher. Rum 2c higher. Lemons—Market firm: per box, $3 50@3 75. Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 15%©160; common, 9%@ioc. Nuts—Aldrnonds,Tarragona,l7%@lßc; Ivicas 15%@.16c; walnuts. French. 12%c; Naples, 14c. pecans, 12%c; Brazils. 9c: filberts. 10c; assorted nuts, 501 b and 251 b boxes, 12®,13c. per pound. Peanuts—Ample stock; demand fair; mar ketsteady; fancy hand-picked Virginia, $ B>, sc; hand picked, ft>, 4o; small hand picked. $ Ib. 4c. Cabbages—Northern, B@loc head. Onions—Crates, $1 zwp.l 50. Potatoes—lrish, new, bbls. $1 75®2 00. Nails—Market steady: base 60d, $1 15: 50d, $1 25: 40d,5l 40: 30d, $140; 12d. 81 60; 20d. 81 50. lOd. $1 65; Bd, $175; 6d. $190; 4d,52 05;5d,82 05; 3d. $2 35: 3d fine. $2 75. Finishing, 12d. $1 8Q; lOd. $1 90; Bd. $2 05 ; 6d, $2 25: sd. $2 40; 4d. $2 60. Wire nails $l 60 base. Shot—Firm, drop to B, 81 15; B and larger, 81 40; buck, $1 40. Iron—Market very steady. Swede, 4%@5c; refined, $1 9o base. Oils—Market steady, demand fair. Signal, 45@50c; West Virginia, black. 9@l2c; lard, 65<®80c; kerosene. 10c; neatsfoot, 60@85c; ma chinery, 20@30c; linseed, raw, 56c; boiled, 59c; mineral seal. 16c; homelight, 13c: guardian. He. Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala bama and Georgia lime in fair demand and. selling at 85c per barrel, bulk and carload lots special; calcined plaster, $1 60 per bar rel; hair4@sc. Rosendale cement, $1 30@l 40; carload lots, special: Portland cement, retail, $2 40, carload lots. $2 10. Lumber—Demand, botn foreign and domes tic. is very quiet, and mills are generally in quiring for orders. We quote: Easy sizes, $lO 50; ordinary sizes, slloo®l4 00; difficult sizes, sl3 00®18 00; flooring boards, sl4 50A 22 OO; shipstuffs, sl6 50.&25 00. Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market is steady; fair demand; receipts light; dry flint, 4%c; dry salt. 2%c; butcher salted. 2%c; green salted, 2%c. Wool, weak; prime Georgia, free of sand, burry and black wools. 13c; blacks, 10c; burry, Bc. Wax, 21c. Tallow, 4c. Deer skins, flint, 22c; salted, 17c. Poultry steady; fair demand; grown fowls, 9 pair, 50@60c; % grown, 2&j£3oc: ducks. 65@75c. Eggs—Market steady; fully supplied; country, dozen, 9@luc. Bagging and lies—The market firm. Jute bagging. 2%tt>, 7%c; 2tt> 6%c; 1%»,6%C; quotations are for job lots; small lots, higher: sea island bagging, 13c. Iron Ties— Large lots, 90@95c; smaller lots, 81 00&1 05. Dry Goods—The market is quiet, demand light. Prints. 4@sc; Georgia brown shirt ing, 3-4, 3%c; 7-8 do., 4c; 4-4 brown sheeting, sc; white osnaburgs, 6%@7c; checks, 3%@5%c; brown drilling, 5@6%c. Fruits and Vegetables. New York, July 28.—Palmer, Rivenburg & Co. quote: Pears. LeConte, $5.5u@6.50 per barrel; Bartlett, carriers. r *lo 0 °3 15 - 00 i egg plant, per barrel, Ox). 5