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CAUSED BY THE FIRE.
The Skidby’s Mate Thought Himself
Responsible for the Salvage Claim
And Out His Throat With a Razor.
Said to Have Tried to Prevent the Tug
From Putting Its Hose Aboard, for
Which Salvage Was Claimed—Brood
ing Over This is Believed to Have
Brought on Partial Insanity—Hooper
Was an Englishman and Lived Near
Southampton.
George W. Hooper, chief mate of the
British steamship Skidby, consigned to
Messrs. Richardson & Barnard, and now
in port loading with cotton, attempted
suicide yesterday morning about 8:40
and It seems likely that his attempt will
o’clock by cutting his throat with a razor,
prove succcessful.
Hooper was In his room leaning against
the bunk when Mr. James Cope passed
the door just before breakfast time. The
razor was noticed lying near by, but little
attention was paid to It. Within two or
three minutes after that time Capt. John
Strachan of the Skidby and several others
sat down to- breakfast. Capt. Strachan
Instructed the steward to ask the mate
if he would have some breakfast. The
steward went to Hooper’s room, and In a
minute returned to the dining room, say
ing: “My God, the mate’s cut his
throat.”
The mate was found lying on the floor
in a pool of blood. The razor with which
he had cut himself was found near at
hand. He had evidently Intended to
do the work well, as the gash was three
or four inches In length and was a deep
one. Dr. J. G. Kellar was hurriedly sum
moned, and afterwards Dr. C. N. Brandt.
Everything was done fdr the wounded
man, and his wounds were dressed In the
best manner possible, but both physicians
agreed, that it was impossible for
him to live, as he had cut into his wind
pipe, and some of the veins and arteries
pt the throat.
Hooper was, to all appearances, resting
easy last night, but one of the physicians
stated that he might live an hour and
might live twelve hours. If he lives until
this morning it was thought there might
be some chance for him, though a slight
one.
Hooper's reason for committing suicide
was a peculiar one. On the night of the
lire on the Skidby, In which her cargo was
so badly damaged, one of the tugs of the
Propellor Towboat Company came along
side and insisted on putting her hose
aboard. Hooper, it is said, leslsted this
action on the part of the tug, but it seems
to no purpose. The company claimed sal
vage, and the vessel had to pay* a large
sum to the owners of the tug. Hooper, it
seems, had this fact on his mind and was
brooding over the belief that he was re
sponsible for this loss. In fact, he made
this statement in substance in a letter he
left, stating, in effect, why he had tried
to kill himself.
Brooding over his trouble, together with
excessive work which he has
had since the fire, is thought
to have caused a partial de
ruwmfflt Os his mind. whlch Ud him to i
attempt to take his life Cipt. StrachAh
attributes It to these facts, and knows of ■
no reason for his act unless it was a par
tial derangement of his mind, resulting
from the causes stated.
Hooper was about 32 years of age, over
six feet in hight, and was an excellent
physical specimen. He was considered
one of the best men aboard the ship, and
had been in its service as chief mate about
fourteen months. He lives at Shirley,
near Southampton, England, where he
has a wife and a widowed mother.
An evidence of the cause that his failure
to prevent tb.e tug from coming aboard
had something to do with his action is
found in what he wrote after cutting him
self. He was unable to speak and could
only communicate by writing. In one sen
tence he asked If there was any chance
,for him. He. seemed to be anxious to re
cover from his wound.
When he saw signs of despair among
those around him he wrote: “Save me,
captain. Save me this time.” To the
physician who attended him he wrote:
“H?ive me, doctor; give me another chance.
Give me a revolver.” This was taken as an
indication of the fact that he wanted an
other chance to keep the tug away from
the vessel, his mind wandering back
to - the night of the fire. Tn an
other sentence he asked the physician to
give him chloroform, and all during the
day he seemed to be suffering intensely.
In answer to a question as to whether
he wanted to send any word to his wife,
he did not reply. Capt. Strachan says he
has always found him one of the best of I
men and sn excellent sailor, and that he
has never found occasion to speak a cross ’
word to him. He regretted very deeply ;
that the mate had attempted to take his
own life.
JOCKEY HOLMES CAUGHT.
Likely to Serv* Moro Time for Hia
Third Escape.
Joe Simmons returned from Jacksonville
last night with Jockey Holmes, the no
toriouh escaped convict, from camp No. ■
1. Holmes escaped from the camp April
4 of this year. Sheriff Ronan has been :
watching hfs movements and recently re
ceived information that Holmes was in
Jacksonville. He notified the authorities,
and receiving news of his arrest, he sent
Simmons down yesterday morning to
bring him back. Holmes is now in jail
and will be sent back to the convict camp,
but It is a question as to how long he
will stay there.
Holmes was sent to the gang something
over a year ago for larceny, and this was
his third escape while serving this sen
tence. It seems to be a habit with him,
and his sentences now. which amount to
nearly three years, will certainly be in
creased by his last escapade. For his
flrat escape twelve months were added to
his sentence. He escaped again and got
twelve months more, and he will be given
a hearing for his third offense probably
next Saturday. It is likely that he will
get more time on his list. The last time
Holmes made his escape b» feigning sick
ness. He was allowed to remain at the
camp, instead of going out to work with
the other prisoners, and while the guard’s
back was turned, succeeded in breaking
his chnfh and running off to the woods. ■
He was Seen afterwards and was chased
by Detective Morgan with some hounds. I
but he succeeded in eluding the officers. ,
It is likely’a closer guard will be kept :
on him when he returns to his labors.
Liberty County Items.
Mclntosh. Ga., Nov. 28.—Revs. C. C.
Carson and E. W. Way, pastors of Flem- i
ingtoti and Walthourville churches, tn i
Liberty county, assisted in the ordination
and Installation of the Rev. Mr. Gilmore i
in Brunswick on last Sabbath.
Rev. James Stncey, D. D., of Newnan,
<«*.. is visiting his sister, Mrs. M. E
Quarterman.
The naw county commissioners re
cently appointed by the grand jury are ac
ceptable to the people.
SHOT IN A PAWN SHOP.
A Negro With Stolen Goods Shows
Fight, but Is Captured.
James Demere, colored, is at the bar
racks with a bullet in his hip. Some
time Saturday the room of Dan Rome, an
old colored man, living at the corner of
Broughton street lane and Habersham
street, was entered by means of false
keys and robbed of some clothing and a
pin.
The old man reported his loss at the
police barracks at once. The detectives
were satisfied that the thief would attempt
to pawn the goods before night, and ac
cordingly notified the pawnbrokers of the
robbery, giving them a description of the
stolen goods. About 11 o’clock a little
negro boy entered Kaskel’s pawn shop
at Jefferson and Congress streets with
the articles described by the detectives,
and said he had been sent then* to pawn
them. The pawnbroker asked him who
sent him, and the boy replied that a negro
man, who was waiting outside, had sent
him in. He was told to tell the man to
come in, which he did.
The negro came in and Haskell seized
him and told him that he must consider
himself under arrest for having stolen
goods in his possession. The negro made
a desperate fight to escape, but Mr. Has
kel held on to him nobly. The negro was
about to escape, when Israel Levy, a
clerk in the shop, shot him with a pistol,
the ball striking him in the hip. This
cooled him down, and Detective Morgan
arrived about that time and placing him
under arrest, sent him to the tjarracks.
He gave his name at the barracks as
James Demere. As he was not seriously
hurt, he was not sent to a hospital. The
action of Pawnbroker Kaskel in arrest
ing the negro at risk of bodily injury to
himself Is very commendable.
neveHnswers rumors.
Vice President Haines of the S., F. & W.
> Deals Only in Facts.
He Says Mr. Plant Will Probably Have
a New Steamship Built, But That no
Anxiety About the Cuban Fast Mail
Contracts Has Anything to do With
It—He Declined to Discuss the Ru
mored Purchase of the Florida South
ern—The Meeting To-day and the An
nual Tour Over the Plant System.
The Plant System officials are on their
regular annual tour of the system, for
the purpose of making inspections where
they are deemed necessary, and of hold
ing the annual stockholders’ meetings of
the roads which compose the system.
The Plant system is one of those close
corporations about which people on the
outside know little, and those on the in
side are seldom inclined to say much. No
body knows anything about what the
company is going to do until it is done,
and very often then there is a doubt about
it, though rumor has a say, and generally
persists in it until the truth finally comes
to light. Col. H. 9. Haines, the vice presi
dent of the system, was asked yesterday
about a number of these rumors as to
what the company contemplated doing
in one connection and another.
”1 never pay any attention to rumors,”
Col. Haines replied, “and when I am asked
about them, I never say whether they are
true or untrue.”
Col. Haines was asked about the talk
that the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
| Lou la con tom plates purchasing the At
lanta and Florida railroad, building to Ma
con and connecting with the Plant sys
tem over the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida.
"We have a double daily connection with
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
now,” he replied. “This was begun yes
terday. The connection is made by the
use of the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida, with Which connections are made at
Tifton, the Central from Macon to Atlanta
and the Western and Atlantic to Chatta
nooga. As to the purchase of the Atlanta
and Florida by that line I know nothing.
I suppose any one could buy it, however,
for a few dollars.”
It has been stated that the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular railroad has bought
the Sanford and St. Petersburg, commonly
known as the Orange Belt, and that it con
templated going into- St. Petersburg over
this route. It was further stated that this
line Intended to put on a line of steamers
from that point to Key West and Havana
after establishing which it would bid foi
the Cuban fast mails. Col. Haines, when
asked about this matter, said:
"I don’t know that this is worrying
Mr. Plant to any extent. If it is, he has
not given any signs that such was the
case. In the first place, the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular has got to buy the
Sanford and St. Petersburg, then build a
new railroad, build docks at St. Peters
burg, get the steamships, and, lastly, it
must wait until our contract with the gov
ernment expires, which will be about two
! years. These contracts are made for four
I years each time, and the present contract
! has two years yet to run. I don’t think
! the Florida Central and Peninsular has
I taken the first necessary step this di-
I rectlon which I have mentioned, j know
nothing definite about it, however.”
“In this connection, it has been stated
that Mr. Plant was about to give an order
for a new ship. Does he intend to put
this on the line between Tampa and Ha
; vana?” was asked.
“Mr. Plant probably will build a new
! ship in the near future. It will be a fine,
large ship, but there will be plenty of use
I for it, and plenty of places to put it,
especially as the system has four regular
i lines to supply. It is possible that it may
' run between Tampa and Cuba. It has
i not been settled yet who will build it.”
“Is the report that the company has
purchased the Florida Southern true?”
Col. Haines was asked.
"As I said, I never deny oi| affirm a ru
mor.” was Col. Haines’ reply. “The Flor
ida Southern railroad is like the others,
and if anybody wants to- buy it, 1 suppose
he can do so by paying the price asked.
I won’t discuss that situation, however.
Possibly we may be trading for it now.
We have had a traffic arrangement) with
the road for years. We bought their road
north of Gainesville some time ago, and
that is the way we got into Gainesville.”
And that’s about all that can be learned
from the Plant officials with regard to
their contemplated movements. When the
deals have been made and become matters
of record, they don’t mind talking about
them, but when the system has anything
in view those who know what it is and
what is going to be done, are quite reti
cent both in word and action. When the
Plant system purchases the Flordia
Southern railroad and begins to operate
it. it will probably be known definitely
what its intentions are with regard to that
; line.
Cutts to ba Re-ilected.
Americus. Ga., Nov. 28.—1 n the demo
| cratic primary to-day Col. Cutts for mayor
I has a plurality over Roney and Williams
of 42. For aiderman J. W. Guerry, J.
F. Bolton and J. E. Cameron are nomi- i
nated. For clerk and treasurer the pres
ent incumbent, H. S. Davis had no oppo
sition.
In the Grip of the Law.
Tallahassee. Fla., Nov. 28—Sheriff
Pearce has succeeded in locating Will
James, with several aliases, who was
wanted in Camden county, Georgia, for
killing Granville Thomas ‘tn 1892. Dep- i
uty Charles Hopkins has gone to Tampa
for the purpose of taking James to
Georgia.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1894.
S„ F. & W. ANNUAL MEETING.
A 4 Pei Cent. Dividend Declared From
Last Year’s Earnings.
The Old Board of Directors and Officers
Re-elected and the Usual Form Gone
Through With—The Earnings and Ex
penses of the Road for 1894 as Com
pared With 1893 Shows an Increase
Both in Gross and Surplus—The Party
of Magnates Left the City at 12:30 for
Brunswick, Where the Meeting of the
Brunswick and Western Stockholders
Will bs Held,
The stockholders of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway held their annual
meeting yesterday in the office of Superin
tendent R. G. Fleming. The reports of the
regular officers of the road were read and
the usual routine business of the meeting
transacted. Those present at the meeting
were President H. B. Plant, Vice Presi
dent H. S. Haines, Vice President and
General Counsel R. G. Erwin, of the Plant
system, Messrs. H. M. Flagler, D. F.
Jack, J. Moultrie Lee, Col. C. D. Owens,
and Secretary R. B. Smith.
The stockholders re-elected the old board
of directors as follows: Messrs. H. B.
Plant, H. M. Flagler, H. S. Haines, M. K.
Jesup, B. F. Newcomer, J. H. Estill and R.
G. Erwin.
The report of the treasurer, Mr. J. Moul
trie Lee, showed the following earnings,
expenses and surplus for the year with
which is given for comparison a state
ment of the earnings of the year before:
1894. 1893.
Gross earnings $3,798,771.06 $3,719,926.75
Operating expenses. 2,533,676.84 2,466,169.55
Surplus earnings.... 1,265,094.22 1,253,757.20
It will be seen from the foregoing state
ment that the gross and surplus earnings
for 1894 are larger than for the preceding
year. The gross earnings for 1894 are
about SBO,OOO larger than for 1893, but the
surplus earnings for 1894 are only about
$12,000 more, than for 1893, the reason for
which will be seen in the heavier operat
ing expenses for the year just closed.
Out of the surplus earnings for 1894,
amounting to $1,265,094.22, provision was
made for the payment of all the fixed
charges and taxes on the property after
which a balance of $443,894.11 was left.
From this sum a dividend on the capital
stock of 4 per cent, was declared leaving a
balance of $67,378.11, which was carried to
the surplus fund. There was no special
business outside of the routine matters.
WANTED A JOB FOR HER LOVER.
A Young Woman’s Appealing Letter to
the Mayor.
If all the queer letters received at the
mayor’s office were bound together it
would make an interesting scrap book.
The mayor is the source to which all the
distressed, unfortunate, and especially
everybody out of a job look to for help.
A communication was received last
week addressed to "Mayor Macdonoghal.”
The writer had presumably been studying
ancient Celtic and concluded that this was
the proper manner of spelling the mayor’s
name. The writer, a young lady stated,
at some length, that she was the only
support of her mother and two sisters,
and that she had to work very hard. She
Anally came to the point by saying that
she was engaged to be married. Her
young man was out of a job, however, and
was now in the country, she said, looking
for work. She earnestly appealed to the
mayor to appoint her lover a member of
the police force or the fire department, in
which case she said they would get mar
ried and she would then not have to work
so hard ahd would be able to take care
of her mother and sisters.
Such an appeal should have moved the
stoniest of hearts, but the mayor coldly
and unfeelingly replied that there were no
vacancies In the police and fire depart
ments at present and that the young man
would have to file hls application and take
his chances along with other applicants. It
is safe to predict that Mayor McDonough
will not get the vote of this young lady’s
sweetheart next January, not if she has
any influence with him, and she probably
has.
A COTTON BUYER’S TRADE-MARK.
He Used the Initials of His Fiancee’s
Name.
The party of Philadelphia cotton buyers
now at the De Soto is as lively and jolly
a crowd as can be met with anywhere.
Mr. John E. Wlddall is one of the heaviest
buyers in the party, and is also the source
of much of its life and gaiety. He is one
of the largest buyers of the Philadelphia
market. He is a bachelor now, but ex
pects to become a benedict soon. He has
adopted the device of distinguishing all
the cotton purchased by him with the
initials of his sweetheart's name. The
other members of the party were mysti
fied for sometime at seeing all of Mr. Wid
dall’s cotton marked with the letters “V.
P. D.,” but they understood when he ex
plained that these were the initial letters
of his intended’s name, and that he had
adopted them as a trademark.
81-METALLIO LEAGUE.
A Preamble and Resolutions Adopted
at St. Louia.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 28.—At to-day’s ses
sion of the bi-metallic league the following
preamble and resolution were adopted:
Whereas, It is an Indisputable fact that
the monetary revolution inaugurated in
1873, by changing the money standard from
•gold and silver to gold alone, has resulted
in twenty years, in doubling the value of
money and reducing the general level of
prices 50 per cent. Therefore this con
ference calls upon the advocates of mon
etery reform everywhere to make mon
etary reform the paramount issue, and to
vote for no candidate who is not in favor
of the free coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1, as it existed in this
country from the foundation of the gov
ernment and for indefinite ages through
out of the civilized world until 1873. Ameri
cans must act for America, independently
of what other nations may do or may not
do; and to this end we urge the organiza
tion of stiver leagues throughout the en
tire country, the members of which shall
pledge themselves to do all in their power
to carry out these principles; and that the
mining and agricultural states unite in
close compact and subordinating all other
issues and all party considerations to this
one purpose, work together to secure this
all-important reform.
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed to take this movement in charge,
with power to call a convention when the
time has come for further action.
The gold standard cannot be maintained
by issuing bonds and borrowing gold, and
we denounce the issue of bonds in times
, of peace as not only without authority of
I law, but utterly indefensible as public pol
icy; and we Call upon congress to imme
diately put a stop to this lawless and reck
less use of the public credit. What Is
i needed now is a standard money to pay
debts and taxes with, and not more prom
' ises to pay gold.
We denounce also the proposed policy
; of relegating to banking institutions or
! ganized for private gain the right to issue
and regulate the paper currency of the
J country, a sovereign power which the gen
| era! government alone should exercise.
THE NEW PILOT BOAT HEKE.
The Vessel Given an Ovation on Her
Arrival in Port.
The new steam pilot boat John H. Estill
arrived In port yesterday morning, having
made the trip from Newport) News in 39
hours. The steamer was given an ova
tion by the tugs and other shipping in
the river by a blowing of whistles and
running up of flags. Everything saluted
her. Flags were displayed from the busi
ness houses all along the river front, and
the wharves were lined with people to see
the new boat. The Estill had all her col
ors displayed and made a handsome ap
pearance. In fact, the boat is the hand
somest of its kind ever seen in these
waters. The general comment was that
she was more like a private yacht than
a pilot boat.
The Estill is not an ordinary pilot boat,
however. She is probably the finest pi
lot boat on the Atlantic coast. Her build
ers say that there have only been three
constructed like her, and as she is the
last one built and profits by the experi
ence gained in building the other two,
her owners have every reason to claim
that she is the finest boat of the kind
afloat.
The Estill was brought down from New
port News by Capt. W. J. Thompson and
Capt. Thomas M. Fleetwood of the Sa
vannah Pilots’ Association. Capt. Thomp
son was in charge as master and Capt.
Capt. Fleetwood as pilot. The crew in
cluded all told eight men besides Capts.
Thompson and Fleetwood. Capt. Thomp
son’s wife and daughter were also aboard.
The steamer left Newport News early
Sunday morning and passed out Cape
Henry at 9:30 o’clock. She arrived at Ty
bee at 1:30 o’clock yesterday morning, and
lay to until after daybreak, when she
came up the river. She had fair weather
on the trip down, with the exception of
some rough weather off Hatteras. The
average speed made was from 12 to 12%
knots an hour.
The Estill was built by the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany. The work was begun in July and
the boat was launched in September. The
time since then has been occupied in put
ting in the machinery and finishing .up
the vessel. She is 130 feet in length, 23
feet beam and 10% feet draft. Her hull is
of iron and her gross tonnage is 243.72 tons
and net tonnage 121.861. She has two cab
ins and three staterooms, with 24 berths.
She has two engines, one compound con
densing engine, cylinder 20x38-inch and 28-
inch stroke of piston. The boiler is 11
feet in length and 13 feet 6 inches in di
ameter of steel. She is allowed a steam
pressure of 125 pounds. She has two life
boats and is provided with all the equip
ments of a seagoing boat. She is li
censed to navigate the waters and tribu
taries of the Atlantic coast. She is pro
vided with steam steering gear and is
steam heated.
As a pilot boat the Estill is way ahead
of the times. She is prepared to do towage
and wrecking, and it is very likely that
her abilities in this line will prove of con
siderable advantage. She is handsomely
fitted up, and the pilots were generally
complimented yesterday upon their taslte
and also their good fortune at being able
to cruise in such a fine boat. The Estill
was the general center of interest along
the river front and hundreds of people
visited her, all of whom spoke in admiring
terms of her handsome appearance and
evident fitness for the work for which
she is intended.'
The full set of colors displayed yes
terday was presented to the boat by
Col. J. H. Estill, as was also a complete
outfit of china. The china is marked
with a handsome marine design, with
the initials of the vessel’s name upon a
ship’s pennant. A handsome barom
eter which hangs in the pilot’s room was
presented to the boat by the Virginia
Pilots Association before leaving New
port News. Mr. J. A. Williams, the
head engineer of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company, ac
companied the Estill on her trip to Sa
vannah.
The boat cost complete about $46,000, the
contract with the builders, being, for $44,-
600, and many little additions having been
made that were not called for in the con
tract. The Savannah pilots and every
body interested in Savannah’s shipping
interests can now congratulate themselves
upon having one of the finest pilot boats
afloat.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
A Synopsis of the Report of Commis
sioner Mill-r.
Washington, Nov. 28. The report of
Hon. Joseph S. Miller of West Virginia,
commissioner of internal revenue, though
almost exclusively made up of tables, and
devoid of specific recommendations, ex
cept as to some routine matters connected
with the enforcement of the oleomarger
ine law, presents some figures of genral
interest.
Discussing the effect of the new tariff
law on the revenue derived from distilled
spirits, the commissioner says: “Under
the provisions of the act of Aug. 28, 1894,
the tax on distilled spirits was increased
from 90 cents to sl.lO per gallon, and the
bonded period was extended from three
years to eight years. Although this act
did not become a law until Aug. 28, it was
evident, at least as early as June, 1894,
that the tax on distilled spirits would be
increased. This fact explains the great
increase in the tax paid on withdrawals
of distilled spirits during July and August,
1894, and the decrease of such withdrawals
during September, 1894. The heavy with
drawals made during June, July, and
August, 1894, had the effect of overstock
ing the market with tax-paid spirits, caus
ing a falling off in the tax-paid withdraw
< als during October and November. 1894.
! These known facts indicate that although
I the rate of tax on distilled spirits was
i materially increased by the act named,
! this act may not have the effect of pro
i portlonately increasing the revenue dur
! ing the year ending June 30, 1895.”
The commissioner estimates that there
I are now over 181,250,000 gallons of dis
tilled spirits tn bond, or in the hands of
wholesale and retail dealers.
Speaking of the now repealed sugar
bounty, the commissioner states that
there was an increase of over 60,000 acres
in the lands and 66 per cent, in the pro
duction beet sugar. Os sorghum
sugar, which produced only in
Kansas, the output was 882,567 :
pounds in 1894, and the maple sugar pro-
, duced by registered growers under the i
; bounty law increased from 3,981,000 pounds
' to over 7,630,000 pounds. There was $241,-
! 182.95 of bounty due and unpaid when the
repealing clause of the new law went into
; effect. The greater part of this was due
\ on maple sugar.
Without making any direct reference to
the income tax. Commissioner Miller es
timates that the total receipts from all
sources of internal revenue for the cur
rent fiscal year will amount to $171,000,000.
; His estimate for the last fiscal year was
$150,000,000, but the receipts, he regrets
i to say, on account of the financial de
; pression, fell short of the estimate by
$2,831,000. ,
Hinesville Candidates.
Hinesville, Ga., Nov. 28,—At a mass
meeting of citizens Dr. A. J. Hendry was
unanimously nominated for mayor, and
C. W. Hendry, J. D. Marlow, J. B. Fraser,
J. M. Caswell and T. S. Layton for coun
cilmen; S. B. Brewton, for recorder, and
T. J. Mattox, for marshal. The elec
tion will take place Dec. IL
COTTON DECLINED ~ AGAIN.
The Controlling Markets Several Points
Lower Than Yesterday.
Spots Influenced by the Decline and
Prices Went Down—A Quiet Demand
in the Local Market—Spirits Turpen
tine in Good Demand at the Current
Price—Rosin Rather Quiet, With
Prices Unchanged—The General Mar
kets Steady.
Savannah, Nov. 28.—There was no en
couragement from New York or Liver
pool to-day, futures having declined at
both markets. Local spots succumbed to
the fall in the controlling markets and
lost %c on the day. There was but little
demand and the market was quiet. In
the naval stores market, spirits turpen
tine was in good demand, the receipts
being freely taken at the current price.
Rosin was quiet and unchanged. The
general markets were steady, with a fair
business doing.
The following resume of the different
markets will show the tone and the quo
tations for the day:
COTTON.
The local market was sluggish and de
clining. There was but little demand,
and prices went off %c in all grades. On
’Change at the first call the market was
bulletined steady, with no sale§. At the
second call, at 1 o’clock p. m., it was
l-16c off, with sales of 3 bales. At the
last call, at 4 o’clock p. m., it closed steady
at a further decline of l-16c, with sales of
250 bales.
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 5 9-16
Middling ~ 5 5-16
Low middling 5 1-16
Good ordinary ..4 13-16
Market steady; sales, 253.
Sea Islands—The market was steady and
unchanged. The last sales reported were
on a basis of the following quotations:
Choice .......15
Extra fine 13%
Fine .. 12@12%
Medium fine .; 11%
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 28.—Sea Island
Cotton—Quote medium fine islands, 17©
18c; fine islands, 24c; extra fine islands,
28@35c.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day... 5,241
Same day last year 8,706
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1894.............537,201
Same time last year 548,881
Exports continent this day 450
Exports coastwise this day 5,568
Stock on hand this day 130’240
Same day last year 139,633
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 50,840
This day last week 48,869
Receipts past five days... 242,791
Same time last year 207,56,1
Total receipts since Sept. 1,1894....3,561,541
Same time last year 13,872,756
Stock at the ports to-day 1,141,172
Stock same day last year 1,108,297
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 53,588 Wednesday....3B,4Bs
Monday 56,064 Thursday 44,189
Tuesday 59,426 Friday 46,230
Daily Movement at Other Ports—
Galveston—Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 15,019; gross, 15,019; sales, 2,622;
stock, 251,323.
New Orleans—Quiet; middling, 5 7-16; net
receipts, 13,107; gross, 14,527; sales, 7,000;
stock, 381,712.
Mobile—Quiet; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 3,490; gross, 3,490; sales, 500; stock,
25,220.
Charleston —Firm; middling, 5 7-16 bid;
net receipts, 3,622; gross, 3,622; sales, ;
stock, 88,707.
Wilmington—Steady; middling, 5%; net
receipts, 2,545; gross 2,545; sales, ;
stock, 38,058.
Norfolk—Quiet; middling, 5 7-16; net re
ceipts, 6,316; gross, 6,316; sales, 980; stock,
65,455.
Baltimore —Nominal; middling, 5%; net
receipts, none; gross, 229; sales, none;
stock, 20,446.
New York—Dull and easy; middling,
515-16; net receipts, none; gross, 8,416;
sales, 104, all spinners; stock, 91,730.
Boston—Quiet;- middling, 6; net re
ceipts, none; gross, 5,218.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 6%; net
receipts, 727; gross, —; sales, none; stock,
10,241.
Daily Movement at Interior Towns-
Augusta—Steady ;middling, 5 7-16; net re
ceipts, 1,680; gross, 1,680; sales, 445
stock, 23,009.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 5 7-16; net
receipts, 4,657; gross, 4,978; sales, 3,200;
stock, 107,639.
St. Louis —Steady; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 2,009; gross, 10,138; sales, 100; stock,
40,265.
Cincinnati—Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 3,309; gross, 3,309; sales, none;
stock 13 25*4
Houston—Steady; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 9,675; gross, 9,675; sales, 385; stock,
72,050.
Atlanta—Very weak; middling, 5 5-16;
net receipts, 1,798 bales.
Exports of Cotton this Day-
Galveston—To the continent, 5,736; coast
wise, 3,856.
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 8,590;
France, T 7.653; continent, 8,240.
Mobile—Coastwise, 2,886.
Savannah To the continent, 450;
coastwise, 5,568.
Charleston To the continent, 6,883;
coastwise, 36. . ,
Norfolk —Coastwise, 3,171. •
New York—To Great Britain, 2,146; con
tinent, 1,227; forwarded, 5,272.
Boston —To Great Britain, 1,245.
Total foreign exports from all ports to
day—To Great Britain, 11,981; to France,
17,653; to the continent, 22,536.
Total foreign Exports from all ports
thus far this week—To Great Britain,
69,810; to France, 28,448; to the continent,
60.161.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1,1894
To Great Britain, 1,012,702; to France, 285,-
884; to the continent, 850,783.
Liverpool, Nov. 28, noon.—Cotton—Fair
business done; prices easier; American
middling 3 7-32 d; sales 10,000 bales; Amer
ican 9.100 bales; speculation and export
1,000 bales; receipts 16,000 bales, American
14,600 bales. Futures opened easy; demand
Futures—American middling, low mid
dling clause: December and January, 3.06,
also 3.07; January and February, 3.07, also
3.08; February and March, 3.10; March and
April, 3.12, also 3.11; April and May; 3.13;
May and June, 3.16, also 3.14; June and
July, 3.16; July and August. 3.18. Futures
quiet at the decline. Tenders at to-day’s
clearings none.
4 p. m.—Cotton, Vmerican middling fair,
3 25-32 d; good middling, 3 11-32 d; middling.
3 3-16 d; low middling, 3 l-32d; good ordi
nary, 2 29-32 d; ordinary, 2 23-32 d.
Futpres—American middling, low mid
dling clause: November, 3.07, sellers; No
vember and December, 3.07; December and
January. 3.07, sellers; January and Feb
ruary, 3.07@3.08; February and March, 3.09,
sellers; March and April, 3.10©3.11; April
and May, 3.13. sellers; May and June, 3.13©
3.14; June and July, 3.15©3.16; July and Au
gust. 3.17, sellers. Futures closed steady.
Manchester. Nov. 28.—The Guardian, in
its commercial article, says: “Seller are
firm, owing to the advance in the price
of cotton in Liverpool. There has been
a fair sprinkling of offers from some di
! rections, often, however, at prices lower
I than those paid last week. Selling has
I therefore been difficult. Eastern offers
have been discouraged by the weakness
of exchange and the sudden drop in the
price of silver. It is thought possible that
there may be a further decline in the rate
of exchange. The sales of yarns have been
poor. Spinners have asked an advance in
prices in sympathy with the rise in cot
ton, but it has only been paid by buyers
needing supplies.”
New York, Nov. 28.—Cotton futures
opened steady, as follows: December, 5.73;
January, 5.79; February, 5.80; March, 5.92;
April. 5.98; May. 6.03.
New Orleans, Nov. 23.—Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of 91,700 bales, as
follows: December, 5.36; January, 5.40;
February. 5.45; March, 5.51; April, 5.56;
May, 5.61; June, 5.67; July, 5.73; August,
I 5,78.
I New York. Nov. 28.—The Sun’s review of
to-day's cotton market says: “Cotton de
clined 12 to 13 points and closed barely
steady. The sales were 269,000 bales. New
Orleans declined 10 points. Spot cotton
here was l-16c lower and also in New
Orleans. New York sold 104 bales for
spinning. New Orleans sold 7.000 and
Memphis 3,200 bales. The ports receipts
thus far this week are 242,891 bales against
237,239 bales for the same time last week.
Liverpool declined 4 points for futures
and l-32d on the spot, with sales of 10,000
bales. Manchester was weak. Silver was
declining, partly owing to rumors, it is
said, in connection with Japan and the
war Indemnity it is likely to demand of
China. The semi-weekly receipts at
thirteen towns as reported from New
Orleans were 135,000 bales against 112,000
bales in the big crop year. The total re
ceipts at the ports this week are esti
mated at 350,000 bales against 347,034 bales
last week and 292,894 bales last year. The
New Orleans receipts for to-morrow were
estimated at 15,000 bales against 12,698 bales
last week and 18,551 bales last year. The
amount coming into sight this week is
estimated at 470,000 bales against 402,000
bales for the same week in 1891, the 9,000,-
000 year. Mississippi offers spot cotton,
it is stated, at a decline of %c, and Ala
bama at a decline of %c. Local and south
ern liquidation, together with liberal port
and interior receipts and a decline in Liv
erpool, caused lower prices here on New
York to-day.”
New York, Nov. 28.—Riordan & Co. say
of cotton to-day: ‘‘A moderate break in
Liverpool and fresh indications that the
receipts this week will be .very large
caused a selling movement here to-day
under which prices opened somewhat
lower than yesterday’s closing, and then
broke about 10 points further, closing
barely steady at the lowest of the day.
January opened at 5.79 and closed at
5.69 bid. The selling was mainly the
liquidation of long contracts. We have
now reacted nearly 25 points from the
highest. If Liverpool responds to our de
cline prices may be lower on Friday, but
in that case we advise buying for a rise.
Those who sold cotton to-day under the
impression that the advance is over may
have to pay dearly for their mistake.”
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—The market opened
and closed firm, with sales of 1,211 casks
reported at the Board of Trade, at the
first call, and none at the closing. The
quotation was 25c for regulars.
Rosin—The market was rather quiet, and
unchanged in prices. The sales, reported
at the Board of Trade, at the first call,
were 763 barrels, and none at the closing
of the market. The following were the
official quotations:
A, B, C $1 00 I .....$2 00
D 1 05 K 2 30
E 115 M 255
F 1 20 N 2 70
G 1i........ 1 35 W W 3 10
H Mtl 160 W G 290
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 11,634 109,977
Received yesterday 803 3,868
Received previously ...230,827 686,780
Total 243,264 800,625
Exported to-day 848 2,528
Exported previously .....210,038 688,120
Total .210,886 690,648
Stock on hand and on ship-
board to-day . 32,370 134,808
Stock same day last year 15,402 135,298
Receipts same day last year.. 999 3,803
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 28.—Turpentine
firm; 25c; receipts, 13 casks. Rosin, good
strained, firm, $1.00@1.05; receipts, 186 bar
rels.
Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 28. Rosin
quiet, but steady; strained, 97%c; good
do, $1.02%. Spirits turpentine firm at
24%c; receipts, 101 casks. Tar quiet at
95c. Crude turpentine firm; hard, $1.10;
soft, $1.50; virgin, $1.70.
New York. Nov. 28.—Rosin, quiet, steady;
strained, common to good, $1.30@1.35.
Turpentine, dull, steady at 27@28c.
FINANCIAL.
Savannah, Nov. 28.—Money is steady.
Domestic Exchange—The tone of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at
1-16 per cent, discount and selling at 1-16 to
% per cent, premium.
Foreign Exchange—The market is
firm. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, $4.86%;
sixty days, $4.85*4; ninety days, $4.84%;
francs, Paris and Harve, sixty days,
$5.19%; Swiss, sixty days, $5.20%; marks,
sixty days, 95.
Securities of Central system are dull;
Southwestern stubbornly held.
State Bonds—Georgia, 4% per cent. 1915,
114 bid, 115 asked; Georgia 7 per cent. 1896,
104% bld, 105% asked; Georgia 3% per cent,
long dates, 98% bid, 99% asked.
City Bonds—New Savannah 5 per cent,
quarterly January coupons, 105% bid, 106
asked; new Savannah 5 per cent. Febru
ary coupons, 105% bid, 105% asked.
Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold ss, 88
bid, 95 asked; Central consolidated mort
gage 7 per cent, coupons, January and
July maturity, 1898, 118% bid, asked; Sa
vannah and Western railroad 5 per cent,
trust certificates. bid, 56 asked; Sa
vannah, Americus and Montgomery 6 per
cent.. 48 bid, 50 asked; Georgia railroad 6
per cent. 1910, 108% bid, 110 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida, first mortgage 6
per cent., 86 bid, 88 asked; Montgomery
and Eufaula first mortgage 6 per cent.,
indorsed by Central railroad, 105 bid,
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first*mort
gage 7 per cent., 103 bld, 104% asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent., due 1920,
97% bid, 98% asked; Columbus and Rome
first mortgage bonds, Indorsed by Central
railroad, bld, 43 asked; Columbus and
Western, 6 per cent., guaranteed, 110 bld.-
asked; City and Suburban railway first
mortgage 7 per cent. bld, 85 asked;.
Savannah and Atlantic 5 per cent., in
dorsed, bld, 31 asked; Electric railway
first mortgage 6s. bid, 60 asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per
cent., 106 bid, asked; South Georgia
and Florida second mortgage, 105 bid,
asked; Alabama Midland, bid. 90
asked; Brunswick and Western 4s, guar-,
anteed, 74 asked.
Railroad Stbcks—Central common, 15 bld,
17% asked; Augusta and Savannah 7 per
cent., guaranteed, bid, 84 asked; Geor
gia common, 152 bid, asked; South*
western 7 per cent., guaranteed, includ
ing order for div., bid, 73 asked; Cen
tral 6 per cent, certificates, with order for
defaulted interest, bid, 24% asked; At
lanta and West Point railroad stock, 85
bid, 87 asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
per cent, certificates, 93 bid, 94 asked-
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Southern Bank of
the State of Georgia, 163 bid, 165 asked;
Merchants’ National Bank, 92 bid, 93
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, bid, 102% asked; National Bank of
Savannah, 130 bid, 131 asked; Oglethorpe
Savings adn Trust Company, 98 bid, 99
asked; Citizens’ Bank, 101 bid, 102 asked;
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company, 52 bid, 52% asked; Germania
Bank, 101 bid, 102% asked; Chatham Bank
48% bid, 49% asked; Savannah Construction
Company, 73% bid, 75 asked; Title Guaran
tee and Loan Company, 77 bid, 79 asked.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, B%c; dry salted clear rib
sides, 7%c; long clear, 7%c; bellies, 7%c;
sugar cured hams, ll%c.
Lard—Market firm; "pure in tierces, B%c;
50-pound tins, B%c; compound, in tierces,
6c; in 50-pound tins, 6%c.
Butter Market steady; fair demand;
Goschen, 20c; gilt edge, 24c; creamery, 25c;
Elgin, 27c.
Cheese—Market dull; 10%@12%c; fancy,
full cream cheese, 13@13%c; 20-pound av
erage.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel. No. 1, $8.50;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3, $6.00. Kits, No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herrings, per box; 20c. Dutch herring, in
kegs, SI.OO- new mullet, half barrel, $3.75.
Salt—The demand is fair and the market
steady. Carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 55c; Virginia, 125-pound
burlap sacks, 35c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 38c; smaller lots higher.
Syrup—Florida and Georgia new, 35c:
market quiet for sugar house at 30@40c;
I Cuba straight goods, 23@30c; sugar house
i molasses, 15@20c.
Tobacco—Market quiet and steady ; Smo
king, domestic, 22@60c; chewing, common,
sound, 24@27c; fair, 23@35c; good, 36@48c;
bright, 60@65c; fine fancy, 65®80c; extra
fine, $1.00@1.15; bright navies, 25@45c.
Flour—Market quiet; extra, $1.35; fam
ily, $3.00; fancy, $3.45; patent, $3.65;
I straight, $3.40.
Corn—Market is steady. White corn, job
lots, 67c; carload lots. 64c. Mixed corn,
job lots, 65c; carload lots, 62c.
Oats—Market firm. Mixed, job lots, 46c;
carload lots, 43c; Texas rust proof, 55c.
Rye—Southern seed, $1.60.
Bran—Job lots, 95c; carload lots, 90c.
Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots,
90c; carload lots, 85c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $3.25; per saek,
$1.35: city meal, per sack, $1.20. Pearl grits,
per barrel, $3.25; per sack, $1.45; city grits,
per sack, $1.30.
Coffee—The market Is dull. Mocha, 28c;
Java, 27c; Peaberry, 22c; fancy, or stand
ard, No. 1,21 c; choice or standard No. 2,
20%c; prime or standard. No. 3. 19%c; good
or standard No. 4,19 c; fair or standard
■ No. 5,18 c; ordinary or standard No. 6,
17c; common or standard No. 7,16 c.
Sugars—Market dull and lower. Cut loaf,
I sc; crushed, sc; powdered, 4%c; XXXX
powdered, sc; standard granulated, 4%c;
cubes, 4%c; mould A, 4%c; diamond A, 4%c;
• confectioners, 4%c; white extra C, 4%c;
extra C, 3%c; golden C, 3%c; yellow 3%c.
Liquors—Market firm. High wine basis,
$1.23; whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100
proof, $1.35@1.75; choice grades, $1.50@2.50;
straight, $1.45@3.50; blended, $2.00@4.50.
Wines—Domestic, port, sherry, catawba,
low grades, 60@85c; fine grades, $1.00@1.50;
California, light, muscatel and angelica,
$1.35@1.75; lower proofs in proportion. Gins
1c per gallon higher. Rum 2c higher.
Apples—Northern, steady, $2.75@3.00 bar
rel.
Oranges—Florida, $1.50@1.75.
Lemons—Market firm; per box, $2.50@2.75.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, I's%@
16c; common, 9%@10c.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragonia, 17%@18c;
Ivicas, 15%@16c; walnuts, French, "12%c;
Naples, 14c; pecans, 12%c; Brazils, 9c;
filberts, 10c; assorted nuts, 50-pound and
25-pound boxes. 10@llc per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; demand fair;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c; hand picked, per
pound, 3%c; small hand picked, per pound,
3%c.
Cabbage—Northern, B@9c head.
Onions—Crates, $1.00; barrels, $2.50.
Potatoes—lrish, New York, barrels. $2.50;
sacks, $2.25.
Nails—Market steady; base GOd, $1.20 : 50d.
$1.30; 40d, $1.45; 30d, $1.45; 12d, $1.65; 20d
1.55; lOd, $1.70; Bd, $1.80; 6d, $1.95; 4d, $2 10:
sd, $2.10; 3d, $2.40; fine, $2.80. Finishing, 12d
$1.85; lOd, $1.95; Bd, $2.10: 6d, $2.30; sd, $2 45-
4d, $2.65. Wire nails, $1.65 base.
Sh<^Tn F1 £ m: . d ™P to B ’ sl ’ 2s; B a nd lar
ger, $1.50; buck, $1.50.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4%@
sc; refined, $1.90 base. **
Oils—Market steady; demand fair- Sig
nal, 45@50c; West Virginia, black, 9®l2e:
lard, 65@80c; kerosene, %c; neatsfootf 60®
85; machinery, 20@30c; linseed, raw 58 c
boiled, 61c; mineral seal, 16c; homeliaht’
13c; guardian, 11c. ’
Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement-
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at 85c per barrel, bulk and car
load lots special; calcined plaster $1 60
per barrel; hair, 4@sc. Rosedale cement
$1.30@1.40; carload lots special. Portland
cement, retail, $2.40; carload lots, $2 10
Lumber—Demand, both foreign and’do
mestic, is quiet. Ordinary sizes, $11.50(8)
12.50; difficult sizes, $13.00@18.00; flooring
boards, $15.00@22.00; ship stuffs, $16.50®25 00’
sawn ties, $10.00@10.50.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
is steady; good demand; receipts, none
dry flint, 4%c; dry salt, 2%c. Wool, nom
inal; prime Georgia, free of sand, burrs
and black wools, 14%c; blacks, ll%c; bur
ry, 7@loc. Wax, 22c. Tallow, 4c. Deer
skins, fine r 20c; salted, 15c.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; grown
fowls, per pair, 50%60c; %-grown, 35@45%c;
grown, 20@30c; ducks, 65@75c.
Eggs—Market steady; fully supplied;
country, per dozen, 19@20c.
Bagging and Ties—The market firm;
jute bagging, 2%-pound, 7%c; 2-pound,
7%c; 1%-pound, 6%c: quotations are for
job lots; small lots higher; sea island bag
ging, 9%@10%c. Iron ties, large lots, 85c;
smaller lots, 90@51.00.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet; demand
light. Prints, 4@sc; Georgia brown shirt
ings, %, 3%c; % do, 4c; 4-4 brown sheeting,
sc; white osnaburgs, 6%@7c; checks, 3%@
5%c; brown drillings, 5@6%c.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—By Steam—Market firm. Rates
quoted are per 100 pounds: Direct, Bre
men, 47c; Barcelona, 55c; Genoa, 50c; Liv
erpool, 45c; Havre, 52c; Havre, via New
York, 60c; Reval, via New York, 66c; Am
steardam, via New York, 50c; Antwerp, via
New York, 47c; Genoa, via New York, 53c;
Hamburg, via New York, 47c; Bqston, per
bale, $1.25; New York, per bale, $1.00;
Philadelphia, per bale, $1.00; Baltimore,
$1.0(1
Lumber—By Sail—Freights are quiet at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or
less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4.00®
5.00 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, basis, 44
feet, 14c. Timber rates, 50c@$1.00 higher
than lumber rates. To the West Indies
and Windward, nominal; to Rosario, $12.00
@13.00; Buenos Ayres or Montevideo, SIO.OO
@11.00; to Rio Janerio, $14.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, $11.30@11.50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, £4 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York, $7.00; to Phil
adelphia, $7.00; to Boston, $8.00; to Balti
more, $5.00.
Naval Stores—By Sail—The market is
very dull, with no demand for either spot
vessels or vessels to arrive. Large Cork
for orders are placed at 2s 4%d@3s 7%d;
small sized, 2s 3d and 4s. South America,
rosin, 70c per barrel of 280 pounds. Coast
wise—steam—to Boston, 11c per 100 pounds
on rosin, 90e on spirits; to New- York,
rosin, B%c per 100 pounds, spirits, 85c; to
Philadelphia, rosin, 7%c per 100 pounds,
spirits, 80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%c per
100 pounds, spirits. 70c.
CONGRESS.
The Greater Part of the Day Spent on
the Resolutions.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov., 28.—The trans-
Mississippi congress spent the greater
part of the day considering in committee
the mass of resolutions that had been
offered. At 2:30 o’clock the resolutions
that had passed the committee’s scrutiny
were reported and adopted in block.
Among them were the following: Approv
ing the appropriations for approving riv
ers, and asking their enlargement, with re
newed work for the betterment of the
Mississippi jetty system on the Gulf of
Mexico; requesting legislation for gov
ernment aid for the Nicaragua canal and
interior canals connecting the great lakes
with the Atlantic ocean; approving Sec
retary Herbert’s action in purchasing all
supplies for the navy in America; recom
mending legislation to enlarge trade re
lations with the West Indies and South
America; authorizing the chairman to
appoint a committee of five to meet with
the forthcoming conference of industrial
bodies to discuss tariff and commercial
questions; recommending to the United
States congress the repeal of all laws re
stricting the coinage and. use of silver, and
urging the passage of a law requiring free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1; asking the attention pf the in
terstate commission to the unjust rail
way tariff that forces the farmer to raise
from four to six bales of cotton to get one
to the European market.
The committee favored the resolution,
asking for a bounty on exported agricul
tural products, but recommended that it
be referred to the next congress, which
was done.
There was no debate until Congressman
Bryan’s silver resolutions were reached.
This called forth a minority report by
ex-Gov? Stanard of Missouri, who,wanted
the congress to ask for an international
commission on the subject. The debate
was spirited and called forth the best
men on both sides. Gov. Stanard cau
tioned the congress against hasty action
and urged delay. He recognized that sil
ver always had been and should now be
legal money, but said this ' antry could
not alone make it so.
He w-as surpassed in his opposition to
free silver by Hon. George E. E. Leigh
ton of St, Louis, who demanded the single
gold standard.
Congressman Bryan supported his reso
lution eloquently. F. Shafroth of Colo
rado, Gov. Pence of New Mexico, L.
Black of Washington, Gov. Waite of Col
orado and others followed their leader in
favor of free silver.
The result was never uncertain, and the
minority report was defeated by 164 to 72.
The main business of the congress seem
ed to have been accomplished and the rest
of the resolutions were rushed through.
A WHITE MAN 7 TO HANG.
Tom Allen Convicted of Murder in Bibb
County Superior Court.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 28.—At 9:30 o’clock to
night the jury in the case of the state
vs. Tom Allen, charged with the murder
of Charles Carr last October, brought in
a verdict of guilty without recommenda
tion to mercy. The trial lasted two days
and the case went to the jury to-night
at 7 o'clock. Alien received the verdict
without any show- cf emotion. With the
exception of Tom Woolfolk, Allen is the
first white man to receive such a verdict
in Bibb county since the war. Allen killed
Carr in cold blood last October in Cas
sidy's bar room. Carr had only been in
the city four days, had bought an interest
in the bar and was tending bar for the
second time. The verdict was in accord
ance with the expectations of the peo
ple. Sentence has not been passed yet.
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