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ASLEEP THE TRACK. A Stranger Killed by an Electric Car at Thunderbolt. His Neck Broken and Hie Head Crushed—The Man Not Discovered Until the Car Was Within a Few Feet of Him and Too Date to Stop. No One Able to Identify the Body. An unknown white man was run over and killed by car No. 18 of the Coast ;'l4ne railroad at Thunderbolt last night. The man was sitting upon the track asleep and is supposed to have been in a . drunken stuppr. The accident occurred ,’juat beyond Anderson's pavilion. The lights were out in the pavilion, and there . beinga curve in the track just at this /point, the light from the headlight of the car did not fall directly upon the sleeping .man until the car was almost upon him. -.t J. E. Kelly was in charge of the car, _with.C. E. Best at the motor. Motorman Best stated to a Morning News reporter last night that the car was within a length and a half of the man before he saw him. The car was running about five miles an hour, he said. As soon as he saw the man upon the track he re versed the current. It wcs too late, how ever, and the car struck the sleeping man with a heavy thud, knocking him over, and the two wheels on the right side of the car passing over his right side and neck. PASSED OVER HIS BODY. The car came to a stop just after the second wheel passed over the body, leav ing the rear portion of the car projecting over it. Policeman Lentz of Thunderbolt was near by and saw the man on the track about the same time with the mo torman. Policeman Lentz made a rush for the man to pull him from the track, but was too late. The man had taken his seat upon the rail on the north side of the track and was in the position to invite death. The body was removed from the track end laid on the ground alongside of it. The man was dead by the time he was re moved from the track. No physician could be had and the exact location of his inju ries could not be ascertained. The right side of the head was slightly crushed and it is supposed that the neck was broken. There was a cut in the right side of the neck and it was thought that the jugular vein had been severed or lacerated. THE CORONER SENT FOB. There was a large crowd of people at Thunderbolt and the killing caused a great sensation. There were a number of passengers on the car at the time. As sistant Superintendent Hawes of the Coast Line went out on the car, but had just gotten off at Winter’s place. He was notified of the accident and ar rived on the scene within ten minutes after it happened. Mr. Hawes tried to telephone the coroner from Thunderbolt, but the telephone was out of order and he could obtain no con nection with either the coroner’s resi dence or the Coast Line office. Mr. Hawes, Conductor Kelly and Mo torman Best all came back to the city on the next car and Acting Coroner Naughtin was notified of the accident. He went out to Thunder bolt to investigate it. Mr. Hawes and Motorman Best also returned to Thun derbolt on the 11 o’clock car to be present at the investigation. NOBODY KNEW HIM. The man who was killed appeared to be about 45 or 50 years old. He was shab bily dressed and had tne appearance of a foreigner Some thought he was a Norwegian, and it was said that he was a cigar maker. He had been at Thunder bolt all the afternoon and was said to have been drinking heavily. No one in the large crowd that gathered to view the body just after the accident could identify it. WENT WITH A DRUMMER. A Lively Young Woman Takes An other’s Companion. A tall, handsome brunette, who has been having a very fly time of it with the boys for the last several weeks, has de parted from the scenes of her conquests for New Orleans, it is believed. The young woman passed as the wife of a young man who has been doing an agency business herei and the couple were supposed to have been married in Pensacola about two months ago. Before her departure, however, she stated that she was not married to her companion and was free to go as she pleased. Her departure has created con siderable surprise among the young bloods, with whom she amused herself while her husband or companion was attending to his business affairs. She is said to have been accompanied by a drummer whom she met here recently. She was young and rather a handsome girl and her appearance attracted con siderable attention on all sides. Since being in Savannah she has, from all ac counts, enjoyed life about as she pleased, and marital ties do not seem to have bound her very strongly to her own fire side On one occasion she went to a neigh boring citv on what purported to be a visit to relatives, but, which it fs said, turned out to be a sort of frolic. Every thing in Savannah seemed too slow for her and she trjed on several occasions, it seems, with success to make it a little more lively for herself, which she did by visits to Savannah’s near at home sum mer resorts, Thunderbolt and Tybee. It is said that she did not attempt to make any particular secret of her intention, but that she herself purchased the tickets for the trip on which she has departed with the drum mer. The two left, it is stated, by the Sa vannah, Florida and Western railway. CLIFTON WILL BUN. He Has Decided to Maste the Race for the Secretaryship of the Senate. Mr. William Clifton returned to the city yesterday from Darien. He said that he had received so many requests from his friends in all parts of the state to make the race for the secretaryship of the Senate that he had consented to do so. Mr. Clifton had intended leaving the city for Atlanta last night, but owing to pressing professional business, was un able to get away. He will probably go the latter part of this week. There are two candidates in Atlanta for prominent positions in the state Senate. Mr. W. A. Venable is in the race for the presidency of that body and Mr. H. H. Cabiniss. the assistant secretary under Hon. W. A. Harris, is in the race for the secretaryship of the Senate. Hon. Mark Hardin, the clerk of the House, is also from Atlanta. • * THE QUEEN’S MANIFESTO. Neutrality Proclamation of Great Britain in View of the Eastern War. The British vice consul here has re ceived from the acting consul at Charles ton by instructions of the Earl of Kim berly a copy of the queen's neutrality proclamation. The proclamation is issued in view of the determination of England to observe the duties of neutrality during the exist ing state of war between China and Ja pan. In connection with the proclama tion the Earl of Kimberly, by direction of the queen, has promulgated a series of rules to be recognized and enforced by her order. BURGLARS GETTING BOLD. Adams’ Drug Store Broken Into and Robbed Early Yesterday Morning. The Adams Paint and Drug Company’s drug store, at Congress and Whitaker streets, was broken into and robbed early yesterday morning. The bobbery was committed sometime between 12 and 1 o’clock. A pane of glass in a window on - the Whitaker street side of the building was broken and the robbers crawled in. An electric light was burning almost in front of the window on the inside, and but a few feet away. This the robbers must have turned off while they were in the store and at work. In the store room at the rear of the store they took a hatebet and broke open the cash drawer in the counter on the west side of the store. All the cash had been taken from the drawer except about 75 cents, and a few postage stamps. The only cash kept in the drawer, in fact, was that from the sale of stamps. The thieves took the money, but left the stamps. The cash register was a few feet away. On closing the store the night before the cash had been taken out, all except 15 cents, and the dratwer of the register, as is the custom, was left partially open. The robbers ransacked this. They were evidently disappointed in not finding more money, but they took all there was. A half dozen or more boxes of fancy soap ■were missing from a show case, and evi dently the roboers took these, too. From all appearances the.? were fright ened off, as other valuable goods within their reach were not disturbed. The safe in which the cash had been locked the night before was in the storeroom. There was nothing to indicate that it had been touched. The robbers went out through the St. Julian street door, which they un barred and left open. The robbery, al though a bold one and committed while there were still numbers of people on the streets and almost before the street cars had stopped running, was rather a bung ling job. An entire pane of glass in the window was smashed. A paving stone, with which it was broken, lay on theside walk in front of the window. The rob- J>ery was discovered some time after it was committed, and the window was temporarily fastened and a watch kept on the place until morning, when Mr. Hart, in charge of the store, came down. HE MAKES A STATEMENT. The Story of Col. Olmstead’s Entan glements Coming Out. He Goes Over His Affairs Confiden tially With Two of His Friends. The Barnard Estate for Which He Was Trustee Stated to Have Been Used Up and an Impression That the Greater Part of the Bryan Es tate is Gone—The Sims Estate Said to Be Intact—Col. Olmstead’s Resig nation as Elder of His Church and as President of the Veterans. So far it has been possible to obtain very little authentic information in re gard to the affairs of Col. Charles H. Olmstead. The most of the talk concern ing his financial entanglements has been merely hearsay. Col. Olmstead’s mental condition is understood to have been such since his return to Savannah that until now it has been impossible to obtain from him any connected and creditable statement of his affairs. Two of his friends saw him at Beaulieu night before last. The Morning News was furnished yesterday the following: “Monday evening Col. Olmstead, at his home, made a detailed statement of his affairs to two of his friends, showing their exact status. This statement was prepared as soon as his physical and men tal condition permitted. Col. Olmstead returned to the city as soon as his reason asserted itself, with the purpose of mak ing a full and exact statement, and he has done this at the earliest practicable moment for the information of those in terested. All of the parties interested prefer that this statement be not given to the public, and it is therefore not fur nished for publication.” To those who have seen Col. Olmstead he has said little except to reproach him self. Except that which he made night before last he has maae no intelligent statement of the condition of his affairs and of the various estates he represented. AN ESTATE USED UP. One of the estates of which he had charge as trustee was that of W. J. Barn ard and children of Marietta. This trust was created for Mr. Barnard and his children by a close friend, and consisted of $12,000, divided between state of Geor gia per cent, and tripartite bonds. In this charge Col. Olmstead was not re quired to give any bond. It is understood that these bonds have all been used up. The only thing that Col. Olmstead could use from the trust estates, or those for which he was the guardian, were the negotiable bonds, and of these, so far as there is any record in the. court of ordin ary. he had charge of about $30,000 face value, besides those mentioned above, of which there is no record in the court of ordinary, as no bond was required of the trustee. Os what others he had charge, as agent for certain estates, is not known. Os the amount just mentioned $15,000 belonged to the estate of Harcourt Brigham, minor, and about $14,000 to the property of Florence A. Bryan, lunatic, for whom he was guardian. There is an impression that the greater part of the latter estate has been used up. The Sims estate, of which there were three heirs, which was mentioned in yes terday’s Morning News, consists only of a bouse and lot in Griffin and a lot of Cen tral railroad debentures. This estate is stated to be intact. It has been rumored for several days that an effort was being made to raise among Col. Olmstead’s friends a fund to make good any shortages, hut upon in quiry this was found not tone a fact. RESIGNED FROM HIS OFFICES. Col. Olmstead’s resignation as president of the Confederate Veterans Association • is in the hands of the secretary. His resignation from the Georgia Historical Society,of which he was one of the curators and also as a member of the board of man agers of the Telfair Academy, it is under stood. will be acted upon at the next meeting. Col. Olmstead had been for years chairman of the finance committee of the society. He was a lead ing member of the Independent Presby terian church, the eldership of which he has resigned. It was in this connection tnat Dr. Dripps returned to Savannah from Connecticut, where he went on his vacation. Dr. Dripps had an interview with Col. Olmstead while here, and re turned north yesterday to join his family. Col. Olmstead's resignation from the eldership also suspends him from com muning with the church. FATAL SHOOTING. Alleged Obscene Letters Result in a Tragedy at St. Petersburg. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 22.—A special to the Times-Union from Tampa. Fla., says: "To-day at St. Petersburg S. p’ Harrison shot and killed R. E. Hennelly. Harrison immediately surrendered to the authorities, stating that he killed Hen nelly because the latter had been writing obscene letters to Mrs. Harrison. The dead man leaves a wife and several chil dren. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, AUGUSI 23, 1894. SHINALL BADLY WANTED. His Arrest Revives an Old Sensation in Legal and Political Circles. He Was the State’s Main Witness Against Justice Thomas J. Sheftall, Who Was Indicted for Malpractice in Office in 1888—Detective Bossell Says That the Case Against Justice Sheftall Will Be Revived and Shin all Held as a Witness. The arrest of William Shinall in the raid on Chasserow’s place Saturday night revives an old sensation in Chatham county, which is already being discussed by those who remembered Shinali’s con nection with the case. Shinall was the principal witness against Justice Thomas J. Sheftall in 1888, when the latter was charged with mal practice and the extortion of money by illegal arrests. Justice Sheftall was in dicted by the grand jury in February of that year. Shinall w as one of the men upon whom it was charged that extortion had been practiced. He was running a gaming house in Savannah at that time. It developed in some way that he had been arrested on the charge of gambling, on a warrant swprn out by Justice Sheftall, and that the charge had been dismissed and no return of the case made to the clerk of the court. INDICTED AND SKIPPED OUT. It was said at the time that Shinall squealed because be thought he was be ing pit too heavy by tbe justice. Shinall was subsequently indicted for gambling and shipped out to South Carolina. An effort was made to extradite him, but failed on account of some flaw in the ex tradition papers. Hon. F. G. dußignon was solicitor general at the time, and he evinced a determination to push the case against Justice Sheftall for all it was worth. It was charged that Sheftall was being paid by County Treasurer Waring Russell to remain away from Savannah. and certain correspond ence purporting to have passed between Shinall and Mr. Russell was published. Mr. Russell denied the charge and asserted that Shinall had endeavored to blackmail him on the threat of returning to Savannah to testify against bis nephew. Mr. duDignon succeeded in securing Shinali’s voluntary return to Sa vannah in July, 1888, for the purpose of testifying against Jus tice Sheftall. the solicitor general giv ing him a guarantee that he should not be arrested while here upon the other charges against him. SHINALL RELEASED. The late Judge Adams, who was then on the bench, set the case for trial for Aug. 2, and when that date arrived Justice Sheftall was not to be found. He had left the city, and was said to have gone to Alabama. Under the law Shinall copld not, be detained in custody until the next term of the court, and he was released upon his promise to return and testify at that time. He left the city and has not been here since, so far as known, until his arrest Saturday night. Justice SheftSll returned to the city after the affair had blown over and resumed his duties as magistrate. Mr. dußignon furnished the Morning News for publication the correspon dence which Shanall had received from Mr. Ruessell. One letter signed “W. R.” and directingShinall to address all his letters to Waring Russell, Savannah, Ga., stated: that the writer had sent a loan of S2OO by Taylor. Shinall, in a statement to a Morning News reporter, said that Mr. Russell had paid him S2OO at Bath, S. C., and that he had received S2OO more from Nez Taylor at Columbia. S. C.< which he believed to have been sent him by Mr. Russell. Detective Bossell called attention to the story last night, and stated that he would request the recorder to place Shinall un der a heavy bond to appear as witness in the case against. Justice Sheftall, which is still upon the docket, and which, he says, will be pushed at the next term of court. MR. POPE’S VISIT. He Deems Savannah tbe Natural Shipping 1 Port of the South Atlantic. Mr. A. Pope, general freight and 1 pass enger agent of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad, met commit tees from the cotton exchange and board of trade at the rooms of the latter yester day morning, and had a long and pleasant interview with them on the subject of rates and railroad matters in general of interest to the port. 1 Those present were Capt. Bierne Gor don and Mr. W. H. Daniels from the cot ton exchange, Capt. D. G. Purse, Maj. J. B. Withers. Messrs. J. P. Williams, T. B. Harriss and F. F. Jones of the board of trade. Mr. Pope made a most favorable impression on the committees, and the question of why it is that Savannah is at such a disadvantage in the traffic world was discussed at some length. The mat ter of a freight bureau for Savannah was also mentioned. In speaking of Savannah just before the conference, Mr. Pope said this was the natural distributing and shipping port of the South Atlantic. Others ports, he said, would get their proper share, but Savannah was the natural point in this ■section for the contentration of the ship ping. He said he intended to study every phase of the tariff and rate question in connection with the line of which he is now in charge. “While it is a small line,” he said, “we a,re going to do what we can with it. "We intend to bring more cotton into Savan nah, but we want it handled well. Sa vannah has every advantage for handling e large portion of the crop, and it is nat ural that it should come here for ship ment.” Mr. Pope made quite a reputation when he was connected with the traffic depart ment of the Atlantic Coast Line, and it was through his efforts that much cotton was carried from the south to the Vir ginia ports over that line. ADVICE TO THE BLACKS. W. H. Styles Tells Them to Stand by the Republican Party. Lyons, Ga.. Aug. 22.—W. H. Styles, colored, who has for several years repre sented Liberty county in the legislature, and is now the republican nominee for the Senate from the Second district, delivered a practical address here Monday. His advice to the colored people was, hands off in the present fight between the populists and democrats, to stand by the Republican party. . He announced that on Aug. 31 there would be a convention held at Reedsville to nominate a candidate for the legislature from Tattnall county. If one is nominated it will be the first term in many years since Tattnall has had a republican in the race. As far as the populists and democrats are concerned there is but little enthusi asm manifested on either side in this sec tion. The county is full of turpentine and saw-mill negroes and there is just cause to fear that unless the whites quit quarreling among themselves the next general assembly will find a black man in the seat in both houses from this district and county. A STORY OF SUMMER RESORTS. Where They Scramble All the Eggs v and Then Warm Them Over. About the only pleasure, it seems, ac cording to one who has been there, that is afforded by the interior Georgia sum mer resorts, is that of colonizing a large number of people in a small,hotel, where for a week or two they can have the en joyment of seeing one another early and often. They come and go, and, as a rule, at the end of their two or three weeks’ stay they can always tell you who they saw there, that they had a good time, and that they feel much better than when they left the city, but when you ask them what they did, or had to do, the reply is almost invariably “nothing to speak of.” At the seashore resorts they can enjoy surt bathing, fishing, sailing, or other sports incident to life at the seaside, but at an interior resftrt, a Savannahian, who has just returned from his vacation, says there seems little to do but sit around and wait for the time to pass. About the only advantage seems to be in getting a change of climate, and whether the change is always a beneficial one is a hard matter to say. One gets a change of cli mate, fresh air, pure spring water, and generally little else of anything at least that is substantial to the palate, accord ing to the stories of a good many who have been there. It seems strange that the resorts should be sought for these, when they can all be obtained in and around Savannah. One summer boarder tells of the resort he visited, that the climate was so change able that it was calculated to give one pneumonia. One day it was hot as blazes and the next it was comfortable by a fire in the hotel office. A Savannahian. who has just returned from one of Georgia’s favorite resorts, said he had to leave on account of the over crowded condition of the hotel and the vice versa condition of the table. The resort had been so iduch advertised that people were flocking there from all sec tions. The hotel rapidly filled up, cots were placed on the back veranda, in the halls, over the kitchen, and he thinks the roof and back yard were called into requi sition. But this was not all. The night before he left he wanted a boiled egg for supper. “We can’t give it to you, boss,” said the waiter. “And why not?” asked tbe guest. “ ’Cause we scrambles all de eggs,” was the reply. “Well, can’t you have me one boiled?” was said. “Naw, sir,” said the waiter, “we scrambled ’em all this afternoon. We scrambled a bushel of ’em at 5 o’clock, and we’s a warmin’ of ’em over fer sup per.” This was too much for the guest, and when he found that the chicken he was eating for breakfast had been fried the night before, and a suspicious look about the coffee that led him to believe it had been treated in the same manner, he made arrangements to leave at once. A story is told of another Georgia re sort ; this time it was near the mountains, where there were two rival hotels. One of them put on a great deal of style and offered its guests a French bill of fare, or rather a bill with the absence of the fare. The guests of the other hotel found this out in some way orother, and complained, some of them jokingly remarking they would leave unless they, too, were' given an up to date menu. Finally one of the bills-of-fare of the rival hotel was obtained and the guests came to the conclusion they could get along without it. Among other things were “Potatoes a la pomihes de terre. The French menu was the effort of the African cook, who was strikinglv lacking in the language of France. I"4» 11 NO SECOND MARRIAGE. n An In|ereeting Addition to the Byrd Divorce Oa.se Story. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—Another very interesting chapter in the divorce case of Charles P. Byrd of this city against Mrs. Pearl Bryan Byrd comes from New York to-day. A month or so ago Mr. Byrd, who is a well-known publisher, secured a divorce from his wife in New York upon the ground of faithlessness. H. H. Rockwell, who was at one time his business partner, being * named as the corespondent. After the divorce was granted, Mr. Byrd gave a statement to the press explaining that Mrs. Byrd had been sent to New York for medical treatment. She became mentally unbalanced and was placed in a private insane asylum. Her hallucination was thaL.she was unworthy her husband’s affection and must be divorced. Nothing else would pacify her, and finally a situa tion was arranged, Mr. Byrd says, with Rockwell which would furnish grounds for the divorce. Rockwell and Mrs. Byrd registered as man and wife at a Brooklyn hotel. but Rockwell was only acting a part under the direction of Mr. Byrd, and Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the authoress, who is Mrs. Byrd's mother. The divorce has been the subject of several newspaper sensations. Mr. Byrd declares that Mrs. Byrd has always been a true and faithful wife, and that the divorce was onl£ se cured in the hope of relieving her mental troubles. The latest chapter of .the ro mantic affair comes out in connection with the visit of the Georgia Weekly Press Association to New York a week ago. In the party were Mr. Byra and his 13-year-old son and Mrs. Bryan. When he reached New York Mr. Byrd called upon Mrs. Byrd and endeavored to persuade her to remarry him. His inten tion all along, he said, was to remarry her privately, but since all the newspaper publications he wanted the ceremony public. Mrs. Byrd, however, refused positively to the remarriage, though she received her former husband kindly and said she would always be his friend. She loved him no longer, however, and Mr. Byrd was finally forced to return to At lanta alone with his little son, who also pleaded with his mother for his father’s sake. A QUIET MARRIAGE. Someone Who Looked Like Conductor Nelson’s Murderer. ' ~ Waycross, Ga., Ang. 22.—Mr. AbeGold back of Thomasville, and Miss Kate Cbastaine of this place, were quietly married this morning at the Southern hotel by Rev. W. H. Scruggs. The bridal party left for Thomasville at 10:30 o’clock. Miss Bertie Wiggins accompanied them. A negro whose description,} it is said, tallies accurately with that of Tom John son, who murdered Conductor James Nelson at Nahunta some time ago, was seen at Manor this morning at an eaHy hour. He disappeared, and James Lloyd, a bailiff, went in pursuit of him. Lloyd went to Clinch Haven, where he supposed he would meet the negro. It is not likely that Johnson is in this region. PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD. Death at Columbus of a Veteran Law yer and Public Man. Columbus, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Bennett H. Crawford, a prominent citizen, died at 7 o’clock to-night after a brief illness. He was 59 years of age. He was distinguished at the bar, having practiced law since 1857. He was a member of the Georgia senate from this district from 1873 to 1877. At the time of his death he was president of the commissioners of com mons for Columbus, and president of the board of trustees of the public schools. . Mr. Crawford leaves a wife, two daugh ters and one son, all of whom are mar ried. He was very highly esteemed and his death is universally regretted. STEADY SALES OF ROSIN. The Only Feature in the Leading Local Markets. Nothing Done to Settle the Spirits Turpentine Deadlock—New Cotton Selling at 3-8 c Below Official Quota tions of Old Crop—Stocks and Bonds Irregular, but Generally Firm—A Decline in Wheat—Other Markets* Savannah, Aug. 22.—The only feature in the local markets to-day was the general demand for rosin, which was firm and advancing in some grades. The sales were large. There was little doing in cotton. The new crop bales were quoted, at 6%c onia basis for mid dling, which is only 34c above the lowest price within the recollection- of old operators. In March 1892, the minimum price was 6*<c for middling. It is the general opinion that the bottom price has not yet been reached. There were 93 bales of new cotton received. There was ho change in the situation of the spirits turpentine market. Other markets were quiet and steady. Foreign advices about the state of prices were conflicting. Some were up, some were down. The market in Chicago took the bear side and hammered prices down, and closed ?B@?bC under yesterday. Corn sympathized a little with wheat, but the undertone was too strong to cause much of a decline, the loss being %c for the day. Oats market was strong and active. Futures were unchanged, but cash oats advanced notwithstand ing the pressure in other grain. Provisions w ere a little higher. , The stock market opened in a feverish con dition and prices were irregular, but values advanced during the afternoon session, and gains of K@2 per cent, were made, Distillers leading. Liverpool showed some improvement in futures, which effected a rise at New York. Speculation was quiet at the advance, how ever, and the markets closed dull. The re ceipts at the ports continued to improve, and the southern spot markets were quiet and dull. The following resume of the different markets will show the tone and the quota tions at the close to day. Cotton. The local market was quiet, the demand be ing light. There were receipts of 93 bales of new cotton. Prices were unchanged for old cotton, but the new crop was offered at 3-l<sc lower. The sales reported were 74 bales for the day. At the Cotton Exchange the market was bulletined steady and unchanged, with new cotton 3-16 c lower. The official quotations were as follows: Middling fair 7 1-16 Good middling ...... 613-16 Middling , ,6 9-16 Low middling 6 3-16 Good ordinary 5 15-16 ~t» ftfttn ft f- i if i II! I gg : g,g, : 22.8 » sis • «> a, : 2q? * Q a : q<< : o & Sr m m • a ' • a • M ’s.; ri • ! i o . $ * % =; ® £ ffi £ £ 8 £ - S&IQ 00 or TO 6 » * S P >- B_| 2. § - I 12: £I ft: ft ? S ®g I 5 —; co M O £ £ « “ 223 2 K w i i is! J « eo oo co £• C/5 tow —a» a» |-3 5* >- P & 5° B 4. •_ o j, —J* 5 ft ft: lS 8: F- g g | | 1 2? M 57 • ” f S S 8 8 p’ g - DAILY cotton movement at u. S. PORTS. Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock. Galveston. .Quiet 69-16 1,757 306 11,188 N. Orleans. ..Quiet 6*4 89 ... 28,966 Mobile Quiet 6‘/j 5 100 2.371 Savannah.*Steady 6 9-16 191 74 6,913 Charleston... Qu let 6§4 +3 11,541 Wilm’gton...Quiet 6M 1 .... 1,452 Norfolk.. Quiet 6% 43 .... 4’,872 Baltimore...Nom l 7J4 . .. 251 9.190 New York Dull 6 15-16 .... §6BO 97,199 Boston. Quiet 6 15-16 .... Philad’a....Steady 75-16 428 .... 3,245 Various 216 Total Aug. 22,'94 2,517 1,411 177,253 ♦New cotton 3-16 lower. +New. Receipts this day last year. 3,803 Receipts for 5 days this week 8.008 Receipts 5 days same week last year... 9,585 Stocks at all ports this day last year.. 263,247 DAILY MOVEMENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR. Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock. Augusta Quiet 7-1-16 34 57 2.701 Memphis Nom'l 6 11-16 13 50 4.852 St. Louis Quieten 16 700 21.436 Cincinnati.. ..Quiet 7J4 .... 25 3,535 Houston Quiet 6 9-16 1,282 122 6,213 Louisville... Steady 7 • .... Atlanta. ....Nom’l 6 9-16 .... . .. .... EXPORTS OF COTTON THIS DAY. Gr. Brit. Fr’nce. Cont. C’st. New Orleans .... 570 Savannah 100 N0rf01k..... 93 New York 2,922 .... 300 . .. Boston 67 ... .... .... Total 2.989 .... 300 763 Total exp’ts thus far this week.. 10,082 .... 3,457 4,624 Liverpool, Aug. 22, noon.—Cotton—Quiet; prices favor buyers; American middling, 3 27-32 d; sales, 8,000 bales; American. 6.800 bales; speculation and export, 500 bales; receipts, 2,000 bales; American. —bales. Futures opened quiet at the advance; demand freely supplied. - ■ ■ Futures—American middling fair, low mid-' liug clause: August, d; August and September, 3 47-64 d, also 3 46 6d; September and October, 3 47-64 d, also 3 46-64 d; Octo ber and November. 3 48-64 d, also 3 47-64 d; November and December, 3 48-64 d, also 3 49-64 d; December and January 349 64d, also 3 48-64 d, January and February, 3 50-64 d, also 3 51-64 d; February and March, 3 51-64 d, also 3 50-64 d; March and April. 3 52-64 d, also 3 51-64 d. Tenders at to-day s clearings were 2,300 bales new dockets. 4 p. m.—Cotton, American middling fair. 444 d; good middling, 315->l6d; middling, 3 27-32 d; low middling, 3—-d; good ordinary, 3?sd: ordinary. 3 7-i6d. Futures—American middling fair, low mid dling clause: August, 3 46-64<jt3 47-64 d; Au gust and September, 346 64@3 47-64 d; Sep tember and October. 3 and November. 3 and December, 3 47 and January, 3 48-64@3 ’49-64d: January and February. 3 March, 3 51-64a, buyers; March and April. 3 52-64 d, sellers. Futures at the closing were steady. New York. Aug. 2’, noon.—Cotton futures opened steady, as follows: Septemoer, 6 t>4c: October, 6 67c; November, 6<Be; December, 6 84c: January. 6 tOc; February. c. New York, Aug. 22, 4p. m.—Cotton futures closed sieadv. with sales of 50.360 bales, as follows: August. 6 56@6 57c; September. 6 6i@.6lc; October, 6 66@6 67c; November 6 75® 6 76c; December. 6 tsO@6 81c: January’ 6 86<§95 87c: February, 6 92@6 93c; March, 7 99e; April. 7 (Be. New Orleans, Aug. 22.—Cotton futures closed steady, with sales of 9.5C0 bales, as follows: August 6 35c, September 6 30c. October 6 33c, November 6 41c. De cember 6 49c. January 6 55c. February 6 61c, March 6 67c, April 6 73c, May 6 79c, June 6 85c. July 6 9lc. New York. Aug. 22.—The Sun says of cotton to-day: "Cotton advanced 3to 4 points, lost this, then rallied and advanced 1 to 3 points, closing dull tout steady. Sales 50,300 bales Liverpool advanced l-32d on the spot with sales of B.OGO bales: futures advanced .I*4 points, lost part of this and closed barely steady, it is believed that the New Bedford strike will soon be settled. Others doubt this. In Manchester yarns wers dull and steady. Cloths quiet, spot cotton was dull and unchanged. Sales 400 bales for export and 200 bales for spinning. Southern spot markets were quiet and generally unchanged. Prices here were irregular, but they ended slightly higher. The features favorable to the bull interests were: An advance in Liver pool, a sharp rise in silver, and some un favorable crop reports from the south, notably from Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, where there are complaints of rust and shedding. Local shorts bought. There was some reaction at one time, owing to large receipts at the ports, and also at Houston, Tex., the favorable outlook in most sections of the cotton belt for a good crop, and the dullness of speculation. The situa tion in New England remains about the same. The dry goods trade shows some improve ment.” New York, Aug. 22.—Riordan & Co. say of cotton to-day: "The cotton market continues unsettled and feverish, chiefly because most of the small traders are now short and are nervous about remaining short at these low prices. When Liverpool this morning sent us a slight improvement there was a rush to cover at the opening, and January sold on the call at 6.90?, 4 points higher than yesterday’s closing. But when the demands from the shorts had been satisfied, prices gave way and in a short time January had declined to 6.86 c. There was a brief rally during the last hour, in which 6.89 c was bid for January, but the advance was not sustained. The close was dull, but steady, with 6.87 c bid for Jan uary. The uneasiness to-day was due to some scattering complaints of rust and shedding in the weekly ofllcial crop report. But the ract remains that as we approach the end of Au gust the condition of the crop, as a whole, is remarkably good, and traders here now re gard a nine-million crop as almost a foregone conclusion. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that there is no buying for in vestment and that the bidding is mainly from those who want to take profits on short sales.” Naval Stores. Spirits Turpentine—There was no change in the general situation. There was a meet ing of the factors to discuss matters pertain ing to the market, but nothing could be learned of their action, if any. A prominent factor said, after the meeting, that there was nothing to report, and that the situation was unchanged. It was rumored, outside, that arrangements were being made to dispose of 25,000 casks, but this was not confirmed by anyone in a position to know. The market at the Board of Trade was posted "Nothing doing.” Rosin—There was a strong demand for all grades, and the sales amounted to about 3,500 barrels. The prices for pales were ad vanced 10c per barrel, and part sales of other grades were made higher than the official quotations. At the Board of Trade, at the first call at 11 o’clock, the market was bulletined firm, with sales of 2,316 barrels. The following were the quotations: A, B, C and D.. .$1 00 K $2 00 E 105 M 210 F 1 15 N /. 220 G 125 W. G 235 H 140 W. W 255 X 1 75 At the last call, at 4 o’clock p. m., the mar ket was bulletined firm and unchanged, with sales of 421 barrels. The following were the quotations for the same day last year: A, B, C and D, 85c; E,9oc; F. 95c; G, $1.00; H, $1.10; I, $1.35; K. $1.80; M, $2.00: N, $2.65; window glass, $3.00; water white, $3.25. NAVAL STORES STATEMENT. Spirits. Rosin. Stock on hand April 1 11,634 109,977 Received yesterday 1,265 3,978 Received previously . 151,229 402,035 Total.' 164,128 515.993 Exported to-day 77 " 3,159 Exported previously 110,024 400,912 Total 110,024 404,071 Stock on hand and on ship- —— board to-day 54.104 111,919 Stock same day last year... 33,863 141.917 Receipts same day last year.. 840 3,190 Price spirits turpentine same day last year e . 2314 c New York. Aug. 22.—Rosin dull but steady; strained, common to good, $1 10®$l 15. Turpentine dull but steady at 29%®30c. Charleston Aug. 22. Spirits turpentine firm at 27c; receipts 67 casks. Rosin good strained firm at 90c; receipts 196 bar rels. Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 22.—Rosin steady: strained, 35c; good strained, 90c. Spirits turpentine, steady at 25% c: receipts, 130 casks. Tar steady at sllO. Crude turpentine quiet; hard $1 03; soit $1 70; virgin, $2 20. Financial. Savannah, Aug. 22.—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 -10 of 1 per cent, for amounts of $5,000 and over. Foreign Exchange—Market firm. The following are net Savannah quotations: Sterling commercial demand, $4 86%@4 86%: Sixty days, $4 85%@1 85%; ninety days, $4 85@4 85%; francs. Haris and Havre, sixty days, $5 20; Swiss, sixty days, $5 21%; marks, sixty days, 95*4. Securities—The market is quiet and dull. State Bonds—Georgia 4% per cent. 1915, 113% bid, 11414 asked; Georgia 7 percent. 1896, 104% bid, 105*4 asked; Georgia 3*4 per cent., long dates, 9714 bid, 98% asked. City Bonds —New Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly October coupons 105% bid, 106% asked; new Savannah 5 per cent. November coupons. 105% bld. 106 asked. Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and Banking Company collateral, gold ss, 88 bid, asked; Central consolidated mortgage 7 per cent., coupons, January and July maturity. 1898. 117 bid. asked; Savannah and West ern railroad 5 per cent, trust certificates, 50 bid, 51 asked; Savannah, Americus and Montgomery 6 per cent. bid, 50 asked; Georgia railroad 6 per cent. 1910, 107 bid, 109 asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first mortgage 6 per cent. bid, 80 asked; Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6 per cent, indorsed by Central railroad, 101 bid, asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mortgage 7per cent. 1Q() bid, 101 asked; Ocean Steamships per cent., due in 1920, 96 bid. 98 asked: Columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds, indorsed by Central railroad. bid. 41 asked: Columbus and Western 6 per cent., guaranteed. 101 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., 106 bid, 107 asked; South Georgia and Florida second mortgage, 105*4 bid, 106% asked; Alabama Midlands. 88 bid. 90 asked. Railroad Stocks—Central common. bid. 18*4 asked; Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent, guaranteed, 83*4 bid, 85 asked; Georgia com mon. 145 bid, 152 asked; Southwestern 7 per cent, guaranteed, including or der for d*v. 67% bid. 68*4 asked: Central 6 per cent, certificates, with order for defaulted interest, 25 bid. 27*4 asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock, 80 bid, 85 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent, certifi cates. 89 bid, 92 asked. Bank Stocks, Etc.—Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, 164 bid, asked: Mer chants' National Bank. 92 bld, 93 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 102 bid, 103 asked; National Bank of Savannah, 130 bid, asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company. 98 bid. 100 asked: Citizens’ Bank 109% bid, 101% asked: Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Company. 50% bid, 51 asked; Germania Bank, 102 bid, 103 asked; Chatham Bank. 46% bid, 47% asked; Savan nah Construction Company, 74 bid, 75 asked; Title Guarantee and Loan Company, 75% bid, asked. Locr l Miscellaneous Markets, Bacon—The market is firm. Smoked clear rib' sides. 9%c: shoulders, 8c; dry salted clear rib sides. »%c; long, clear, B%c; bellies. B%c; sugar cured hams,l3%c. Lard —Market turn; pure, in tierces, B%c; 5015 tins, B%c; compound, in tierces, 6%c; in 50tb tins, 6%c. Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Gosh en, 20c; gilt edge, 24c; creamery 25c; Elgin, 2, c. Cheese—Market dull; 10%@12%c: fancy full cream cheese, 13®13c%; 2oib average. Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8 50; No. 2, $7 50: No. 3, $6 00. Kits. No. 1. $1 25; No. 2, $100; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, l-1b bricks, 6%c; 2-1 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. Carioad lots, f. o. b., Liverpool, 20J 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 3J®4oe; Cuba straight goods, 28®30c; sugar house molasses, 15@20c. Tobacco—Market quiet and steady. Smok ing, domestic. 22®60c: chewing, common sound, 24@27c: fair, 28335 c; good, 36@48c; bright, 60®65c; fine fancy. 65@80c; extra fine. $1 00@l 15: bright navies, 2®lsc. Flour—Market higher. Extra, $2 90; family $2 85; fancy, $3 00; patent, $3 50; straight, $3 25 Cor p —Market is strong and advanc ing. White corn, job lots, 7fc; carload lots, 7ac. Mixed corn, job lots, 7r>c; carload lots. 7zc. Oats—Market firm. Mixed, job lots, 49c; carload lots. 46c; Texas rust proof. 55c. Bran—Job lots, 97%c: carload lots, 92%c. Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots. 92%c: carload lots, 87%c. Meal—Pearl, per barrel. $3 6J; per sack, $1 65; city meal, per sack. $1 50. Pearl grits, per barrel, $3 75; per sack, $1 75; city grits, per sack, $1 CO. ' Coffee—The market is firm. Mocha, 28c; Java, 28%c; Peaberry, 23c; fancy or standard No. 1,21%c; choice or standard No 2,21 c: prime or standard No. 3, 20%c; good or standard No. 4,20 c; fair or standard No. 5, 19c; ordinary or standard No. 6,18 c; corn man or standard No. 7. 17%c. Sugars Market firm. Cut loaf, 5%c; crushed, 5%<S; powdered, 5%c; XXXX pow delfed, 5%c; standard granulated, sc; cubes. 5%c; mould A, 5%c: diamond A, 5%c; confectioners, 4%c; white extra C, 4%c; extra C, 4%c; golden C. 4%c; yellows. 4c. Liquors—Market firm. High wine basis, 122- whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100 proof. $135@1 75: choice grades. $1 50®2 50; straight, $1 45@3 50: blended, $2 00@4 50. Wines—Do mestic, port, sherry, catawba. low grades. 60® 85c; fine grades, $1 00®l 50; California light, muscatel and angelica. $1 35®1 75; lower proofs in proportion. Gms 1c per gallon higher. Rum‘2c higher. Lemons—Market firm; per box, $3 50. > Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated. 15%®160; common, 9%@10c. Nuts—Aldmonds.Tarragona,l7%®lßc;lvloas 15%®16c; walnuts, French. 12%c; Naples, 140. 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 ket steady; fancy hand-picked Virginia, » lb, sc; hand-picked, $ ft. 4c; small hand* -picked. $ Tb. 4c. Cabbages—Northern, B@loc head. Onions—Crates, $1 25: barrels, j 2 75. Potatoes—lrish,bbls. $2 00@2 25. Nails—Market steady: base 60d, $1 15; 501, $1 25: 40d.5l 40; 30d. $1 40; 12d. $1 60; 20d. $1 50; lOd, $1 65; Bd, $175; 6d. $190; 4d, $2 05; sd, $2 05: 3d, $2 35 :3d fine, $2 75. Finishing, 12d. $1 8); lOd. $1 90: Bd, $2 05 : 6d, $2 25: sd. $2 40; 4d. $2 60. Wire nails $1 60 base.- Shot—Firm, drop to B, $1 15; B and larger, $1 40; buck, $1 40. . * Iron—Market very steady. Swede, 4%@50; refined, $l 90 base. Oils—Market steady, demand fair. Signal, 45@50c; West Virginia, black, 9@l2c; lard, 65@80c; kerosene, «%c; neatsfoot, 60®85c; ma chinery, 20@30c; linseed, raw, 56c; boiled, 590; mineral seal. 16c: homelight, 13c: guardian, £ime, 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, botnforeign and domes tic. is quiet. Mills generally full of quick worn, owing to lost time on account of continued rains. We quote: Easy sizes. $lO 00: ordinary sizes, sll 00@14 00; difficult sizes, sl3 00®18 00; flooring boards, sl4 50® 22 00; shipstuffs, sl6 50@25 00. Hides, Wool. Etc.—Hides—The market is steady; fair demand: receiptslight; dry flint, 4%c; dry salt, 2%c; butcher salted, 2%c; green salted, 2%c. Wool, steady; prime Georgia, free of sand, burry and black wools. 13%o; blacks, 10%c; burry, B%c. Wax, 21c. Tallow, 4c. Deer skins, flint, 22c; salted,l7c. Poultry steady; fair demand; grown fowls, $ pair, 50®60c; % grown, 35@450: % grown 20@30c; ducks, 65@75c. Eggs—Market steady; fully supplied; country, $ dozen, 17®ltc. Bagging and Ties—The market firm. Jute bagging, 2%tt>, 8c; 21b 7%c; I%J>, 7o; quotations are for job lots; small lots, higher: sea island bagging, 12®13c. Iron Ties —Large lots, 85c; smaller lots, 90c®$l 00. 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%®70; checks* 3%@5.%c; brown drilling, 5®6%c. Ocean Freights. Cotton—By steam—Market dull and noml nal; moderate inquiry for room. Rates are, per 100 lbs.: Liverpool via New York, 30c; Havre via New York, 38c; Reval via New York. 51c; Amsterdam via New York, 38c; Amsterdam via Baltimore, 35c; Antwerp via New York, 35c; Antwerp via Baltimore. 30c; Bremen via New York. 38c: Bremen via Bal timore, 33c; Genoa via New York, 46c; Ham burg via New York, 40c; Boston, per bale, $1 25; New York, per bale, $100; Philadel phia, per bale, $1 00: Baltimore, $1 00. Lumber—By sail—Freights are quiet a* ruling rates. Foreign business is more or Ims nominal. The rates from this and near-ny Georgia ports are quoted at $4 00®5 00 for a range including Baltimore and Portland, Me. Railroad ties, basis 44 feet, 14c. Timber 50c® $1 00 higher than lumber rates. To the West Indies and Windward, nominal: to Rosario, sl2 OO®l3 00; Buenos Ayres or Montevideo, $lO Of)® 11 00; to Rio Janeiro, sl4 00; to Span ish and Mediterranean ports, sll 30® 11 50; to United Kingdom for orders, nominal tor lum ber, £4 5s standard. By Steam—To New York, $7.00: to Phila delphia, $7.00; to Boston, $8.00; to Baltimore, $4.00. Naval Stores—By sail—The market is very dull, with no demand for either spot vessels or vessels to ar rive. Large, Cork for orders. are placed at 2t> 4%®Bk 7%d; small sized 2s d and 4s. South America, rosin, 70c barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise—steam—to Boston, He $ 100 lbs, on rosin, 90c; on spirits; to New Yorn, rosin. B%c $ 10C lbs, spirits, 85c; to Philadelphia, rosin, 7%c $ 100 lbs; spirits, 80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%c $ 100 lbs; spir its, 70c,. A NEW MAP. The Men Who Are Going to. Make It and Why It Is Made. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22.—A party of gov ernment engineers, consisting of H. B. Blair, W. C. Cannon, J. E. McFarland and A. B. Houston, started out from At lanta this morning to make a new map of the state of Georgia. The party reached here several days ago, and has been putting up at the Mark ham hotel, preparing to undertake their important work. The territory to be covered by the map. which is for the war and interior departments’ use, embraces a strip ninety miles wide and thirty miles long, between Lawrenceville, in Gwin nett county, aad Stone Mountain, in DeKalb county, taking in the towns of Athens, Lincolnton and Lexington. It will show every railroad, wagon road, every stream in this section, every hill and valley, and every house and its location on the road on which it is built, with the exact altitude of the county surveyed. * The outfit, which headed for Lawrence ville as their initial point, consisted of one wagon, three buck boards, four horses, four mules, the necessary instruments, and a complete camping outfit for a long stay in the field. AN ATLANTA BLAZE. A Large Office Building Badly Dam* , aged—The Losses Heavy. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22. The Gould building, a 7-story structure on Decatur street, between Peachtree and North Pryor, was badly damaged by fire early this morning. The building is occupied by offices, and the loss is distributed among a large number of companies and indi viduals. ’ When discovered the fire was breaking through from the second story to the first fioor, occupied by the American Trust and Banking Company. Before the fire was subdued it had burned through every floor from bottom to top. F. F. Gould, owner of the building, the American Trust and Banking Company, the Edison Phonograph Company, and Stix, Krause & Co. of Cincinnati are the principal losers. Gould’s loss is $5,000; the phonograph company loses $7,000, and the Cincinnati firm loses $3,000 on cloth ing samples. The other losses run the total up to $20,000. The insurance is small and is divided among twenty com panies. STATE DAIRYMEN MEET. Organization Perfected and Officers Elected at Griffin. Griffin, Ga., Aug. 22.—The meeting of the State Dairyman’s Association was organized here at 10 o’clock to-day. Com missioner of Agriculture Nesbitt was made chairman and Hon. D. J. Bailey acted as secretary. Judge W. C. Beeks delivered the address of welcome. Di rector Redding of the experimental sta tion explained the object of the Meeting. About fifteen counties were represented, aggregating ninety delegates. The following officers were elected: Col. R. J. Redding, president; R. E. Park of Bibb, vice president; M. K. L. Duggan of Hancock, secretary, and A. L. Dalton of Chatooga, treasurer. The executive committee is composed of one member each from Cobb, Coweta, Baldwin, Burke and Carroll counties. The meeting ad journed, after which th» delegates re viewed the experimental station. The meeting convenes at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. 5