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TO CARRY NEWS OF STORMS.
A PLAN TO MAKE HOMING PIGEONS
DO SIGNAL SEH¥SCE WORK.
They Are Being Trained With a
View to Having Them Carry News
of Approachins Storm* to the Sea
Island* Alons the Coast Dr.
Stone’s Homing Pigeonß and the
Results of His Experiments With
Them. > ; . ' •
There is a well defined movement now
on .foot to organize a branch signal service
for the benefit of the sea islands near Sa
vannah by the use of homing pigeons.
Several gentlemen, who own property on
some of the sea islands are now devoting
considerable attention to this matter, and
lofts of homing pigeons have already beer,
established for the;purpose o( carrying
out this object.
Dr. George H. Stone now has a loft of
seventeen pigeons at his residence, at
South Broad and Habersham streets. He
has eight of these birds under training,
and expects to have them soon so that
they will, when released at Wilmington
Island, return to Savannah. Yas-terday
morning he released them at Cattle Park,
about five or six miles from their home,
and they were back in eight minutes.
Dr. Stone’s idea is thal lofts of homing
pigeons should be established op each of
the sea islands along the coast! near Sa
vannah. He has been in correspondence
with Observer P. H. Smyth ci the weath
er bureau, looking to the establishment of
a loft for the pigeons on the top of the
signal service office. During the months
when the severe storms occur the pigeons
could be brought from Wilmington, Dau
fuskie, Tybee, St. Catherine's and the oth
er islands along the coast to the loft at the
signal station. By this mpans word could
be sent to the islanders Os a coming
storm. The pigeons travel about three
fourths of a mile a minute, and go in a
bee line, so that almost any of the coast
Islands could be reached within a half to
three quarters of an hour. ■
Mr. E. R. Middleton has a loft of these
pigeons on WUmipgton Island, and they
are npw being trained to return there
from the
ers will have a loft on St. Catherine's
Island, and in addition to fils loft in Sa
vannah, Dr. Stone expects to establish
one also on Wilmington. If a loft is put
up over the signal service office it is ex
pected then t,hat lofts will be established
on all the islands along ths coast, and a
system for storm warnings will then be
established.
Dr. Stone has given considerable atten
tion to the training of these pigeons. The
homing pigeon is from the old carrier
Digeort and the dragoon pigeon. The hom
ing pigeon is now used extensively in Eu
rope, and in many countries the govern
ment protects the breeding of them, and
in fact, it is encouraged all over. Europe,
but especially in France, where they are
u«ed a sreat extent. There are over
2.000 lefts in Antwerp alone. The racing
of these pigeons is tn many places an in
teresting sport.
It is a question whether, at this time,
homing pigeons oould be Imported advan
tageously, as those here, are already ac
climated, and the breed is fully as good a
bird as those of the old country. In breed
ing a homing pigepn no regard is paid to
the color of the bird, but they are mated
for their qualities in flying; those that do
the best work being put together. They
are mated and unmated year after year,
according to their achievements. The
homing pigeon Is a faithful mate, and
two ohce mated will usually remain to
gether during a season.
In training the pigeons they are first
taken;only a mile from the loft, and they
easily, find the way back. The second
tffrow is two miles from the loft, and the
third throw four miles, the fourth eight
miles, and the fifth sixteen mjles, the dis
tance -being doubled each time. If the
birds have arty trouble they are thrown
a second and third time even from the
same distance, until they are able io make
it without any difficulty. This is usually
determined by the time they take to
reach their loft. When the distance gets
up to 500 miles little attention is paid to
It thereafter, and it ip peculiar hut true
that PUeon will make the distance of
500 miles or more between sunrise and
sunset-
Whtfa the bird is four days old it is
by , having a. little platinum ring
with the date and number slipped over
its foot and onto the leg. If five days
pass the foot grows too large to get the
ring on, and at two or three days the foot
H. B(> .Htnall that tne ring would slip off.
The homing pigeon usually lives about
fourteen, years, and can be used during
that time. The homing pigeon shot near
Jones .Hill in the eastern part of the
city several days ago was one of Dr.
Stone b.
The establishment of such a service
would be quite a Unique departure, but
no doubt a very beneficial one. With
timely warning of a severe storm- the in
habitants of the sea islands would be en
abled to make much of their property
safe before leaving themselves for a place
of safety. 'She warnings from the weather
bureau, while they serve all the purposes
of the people In the city and in places
easy qf access from the city, often do
not reach the sea islands in time, and
widespread disaster Is often the result
/ PJ' ch 'I warning us would be furnished
through this mean* would ba one to which
attention would be at once directed, for
everyone would be Informed beforehand
what It meant, and would regard it.
THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Preparations Being Made for the May
Convention Here.
Preparations are being made for the
•tate Sunday school 1 convention, which will
be held here May fcl, 22 and 23. The conven
tion, as already announced in the Morn
ing News, is really that of the Georgia
State fiunday School Association. It is ex
pected there will be an attendance from
all parts of the state. The constitution of
the association says:
"An association shall be composed of
one dalegate from every three hundred
members of Sunday schools composing
the cognty association, and the counties
where ho association exists, two delegates
for every representative to which the
county is entitled In the general assem
bly of the state. In counties where no
association exists, the delegates will be
appointed by the superintendent and sec
retary of the district In which the coun
ties are located. The officers of the as
sociation, including all the district super
intendents and secretaries, will be ex
it peered to attend as members of the con
■?. vention.”
The services will be held at Wesley
Monumental church. An effort is being
made to bring John Wanamaker here, if
possible, to address the convention.
The cititens of Savannah will furnish
to all delegates free entertainment, and
in addition to this they will compliment
the convention with a free excursion to
Tyb*<* “fid a basket dinner.
Arrangements have been made with the
railroad# to transport all delegates and
those In actual attendance upon the con
vention for one fUH tare going *nd one
third sere returning. Btt* the rectificate
plan. Persons coming from points at
which through tickets to Savannah can-*
M not be procured should purchase tickets
to Atlanta. Maven, Augusta or Jesup (as
may be moat convenient) and there re
purchase to Savannah, taking certificates
• from both of the agent# from whom tick
ets are secured.
The cartlfieage obtained from the agent
at Atlanta. Macon. AuguMa or Jesup will
be honored at Savannah for the reduced
rate returning to the point at which it
was secured, and the other will be hon
• ored for the reduced rate returning, thence
to the starting potnt. it presented on or
before May 27.
Mr. J. T. Welts is chairman of the local
committee of arrangements, among other
members of which are W. B, Stubbs, \v.
F. Johneon, Mias Hattie Saussy. a. L.
Fario, Dr. 8. A. White. Mias Fannie Mun
tin, John Nicholson. Jr., C. H. Medlock,
Miss Maud Harden, L, T. Turner, P. M.
Dougan.. Mrs. Julia McLeod, George P.
WlggliWi, H. W. Clark, Miss Eula Thorpe,
James *T. Wells, O. F. Pace, C. B. Hen
drix, M*lss Daisy Willett, E. F. Cunning
ham, J. Rowland, Miss Gertrude Pease.
Mr. 'A. B. Reppa-rd of this city is chair
man v ,f the executive committee of the as
sociation of which Asa Gs Candler of At
lanta. ia president.
LETS OUT.
7i*he owners of Savannah wealth are jub
il'ant over the decision of the United
S tates supreme court, declaring certain
s ections of the income tax law unconsti
tutional and Inoperative.
Under the law, as it formerly stood, re-
I turns of property andj incomes were re
quired from 200 or 250 of Savannah’s cit
izens, and the number would probably
have been nearer the latter, but it Is esti
mated that the new turn the matter has
taken will cut down the number making
returns from Savannah at least 25 per
cent, if not more. There are many whose
incomes would go considerably over $4,000
If that portion of it from state and munic
ipal bonds, and from real estate rentals
were included, but without these amounts
will fall far short of that figure of the
Income which in every case is made ex
empt.
A great many have not yet made re
turns, and some of those who would oth
erwise have done so, will be relieved un
der the supreme court’s decision. A great
many of those with weighty incomes who
were o-n the anxious bench called on Dep
uty Collector H. E. Wilson yesterday for
some Information with regard to their
returns under the decision, but he was un
able to furnish anything further than
what has appeared in the papers, as the
commissioner of internal revenue has not
had time to send out the additional In
structions. It is probable that these in
structions will be received to-day, as they
were to have been sent out from Washing
ton yesterday.
The principal information with regard
to the changes, however, will probably
have to be obtained from press dispatches,
on account of the fact that the time is
so short in which the returns can be
made. The returns must all be in by
April 15, and no doubt those that are now
left to come will come in with a rush,
as many have been waiting for some time
to see what the supreme court was going
to do with regard to the law. The in
come tax law has been much discussed
here, and In this city it has many warm
opponents. They have been exulting over
the victory of those of its opponents who
fought it to a finish, and they hope the
opposition will be continued until tne en
tire law has been removed from the
statute books.
"Why,” said a gentleman, who is some
what Interested in the matter, “the law
as it stands, after the ruling of the su
preme court, is manifestly unjust, be
cause it practically lets out all the wealth
ier men, or, at least, to- a great extent it
does. The man who has his wealth
amassed In state or municipal bonds and
real estate Is exempt from the payment
of any tax, no matter though his in
come goes up in the hundred thousands.
But, on the other hand, the man who
through the efforts of his brain and la
bors makes a salary larger than is made
In the ordinary walks of life, must sub
mit to the law and pay the tax. This' is
evidently unjust, and I believe will cre
ate such a clamor against it, that con
gress will yield to the pressure and re
peal it altogether. The law will undoubt
edly have a hard road to travel in its
present shape.”
ON ACCOUNT OF A BOND FEE.
Sidney Lllienthal was shot last night
on Broughton street by W. J. Britt, a
special constable of the magistrate’s
court of Justice A. J. J. Blois. Lllienthal
was made aware of the fact that Britt
had a pistol in time, however, to jump
and prevent the shot from making a vital
wound, and it struck him in (he left arm.
Britt, acting in th# capacity of con
stable, it is stated, has been making some
arrests among various classes of people
on warrants, and among them were a
number of lewd women. Those against
whom the charge was preferred usually
paid the $3 required for the drawing of
their bond, and were allowed to keep
their freedom.
A party in the fort was served with
such a warrant, and It Is stated that
Lllienthal advised her not to pay the $3
for the drawing of the bond, but said he
would see to having it done, and she
would not have to pay this amount into the
justice’s court. This, it is stated, Britt
regarded as an unwarranted interference
with his business, and he started out to
make an investigation of the matter.
Shortly before 10 o’clock last night Britt
went to Deputy Sheriff Charles Collman’s
cigar store on Broughton street in search
of Lllienthal, but did not find him there.
After a little talk, he started off up
Broughton street toward Bull. Between
Barnard ahd Whitaker, on Broughton, he
met Lllienthal and approached him With
regard to the matter, on account of which
he had sought him.
Lllienthal, it Is said, told him he was
doing a pretty low business and some
pretty strong language followed on the
part of Britt when Lllienthal threw off
his coat and started for Britt in pugil
istic fashion. He struck a couple of
blows when some one in the crowd that
was attracted shouted to Lllienthal that
Britt had a pistol in his hand. Lllienthal,
who was not armed, saw the pistol as it
was raised, and quickly jumped to one
side. As a result the shot that would
have struck him in the abdomen entered
his left arm, inflicting a painful, but not
a serious wound.
No other shots were fired and the row.
which by this time had attracted a police
man, was brought to an end by his arrest
ing Britt. A#, he came up. Britt handed
him his pistol, and submitted to arrest
without a word. Britt was placed in the
barracks on a charge of assault with in
tent to murder, on which he will appear
before the recorder this morning, while
Lllienthal went eff to hunt a physician
Considerable exdtememt was created
on Broughton street by the affair and
a large crowd was attracted. Crowds
were around discussing the shooting for
sometime after it occurred, and the causes
that led to the difficulty are similar to
those which have frequently been dis
cussed and qommented on.
THIRTEEN YEARS, t
My Wines and Liquors Have Been
Considered the Beat in Quality and
Price Offered to the Trade.
Convince yourselves by sending me an
order with the following prices enclosed:
Best quality 1-year-old rye whisky, $1.50
per gallon.
Best quality. 2-year-old rye whisky, $2
per gallon.
Best quality’3-year-old rye whisky, $3
per gallon. ,
Beat quality] 4-year-old rye whisky, $4
per gallon.
Best quality 1-year-old gin, $1.50 per
gallon.
Best quality 2-year-old gin, $2 per gal
don.
Best quality 3-year-old gin. $3 per gal
lon.
Best quality 1-year-old com whisky,
SI.SO per gallop.
Bast quality 2-yeur-old corn whisky, $2
per gallon. / * »
Best quality domestic port wine, $1 per
gallon. ’
Best quality domestic Catawba wtna, $1
per gallon.
imported Port wine, $2. $3 and $4 per
■ gallon.
Imported Sherry wine. $2. $3 and $4 per
i gallon.
Without charge for package.
Nicholas Lang,
—ad. 19 Barnard street. Savannah.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895.
HOW TO GET FACTORIES.
THE CITIZENS’ INDUSTRIAL COM
MITTEE DISCUSSES THE SUBJECT.
A Number of Building Sites Offered.
The City to Be Advertised in the
Manufacturers’ Record and Other
Publications—Pamphlets Showing
Savannah’s Advantages Being Sent
Out to Manufacturers.
The citizens industrial committee met
at the city exchange yesterday after
noon. The members present were Mayor
Myers, chairman; Capt. W. W. William
son, Col. William Garrard, Col. J. H. Es
till, Col. J. L. Whatley, Mr. M: J. Sol
omons, Aiderman G. A. Hudson, Mr. D.
B. Lester, Mr. P. A. Stovall, Mr. Jacob
Paulsen, and Mr. W. W. Chisholm, and
the secretary, Mr. J. J. Doolan.
The only business before the meeting
was the receiving of reports. Mr. Sol
omons, chaii-man of the committee on
roads, drainage and agriculture, reported
that a petition with the requisite num
ber of names had been presented to the
ordinary, requesting him to call an elec
tion upon the fence question. An extract
from the law bearing on the subject was
presented with the petition. The ordinary
pronounced the statement of the law cor
rect, and stated that the election would
be ordered according to law, a notice in
due legal form to this effect appearing in
yesterday’s Morning News. The thing to
be done now', Mr. Solomons said, is for
every member of the committee and all
others Interested to set to work to arouse
Interest in the question.
Mr. Lester, chairman of the committed
on location, said that a number of sites
had been offered to the committee. A
few land-owners had refused outright to
make any offer of sites, but the majority
of those approached had been very will
ing to make such offers. Mr. Lester
said that he now has offers of ten to
fifteen good sites for manufacturing pur
poses. The chief trouble, he said, is that
property owners are willing to make
these offers for an indefinite length of
time, as they might have opportunities
to dispose of the|r properties before their
offers of site were accepted, and they
would not like to have such offers stand
ing in the way of any deal they might
make. However, Mr. Lester said, the
efforts of the committee have met with
such success as to show that there will
be no difficulty in securing free sites for
such manufacturing industries as desire
to locate here.
Col. Whatley said there would be no
difficulty in getting factory cites. The
chief thing to be done is to interest out
side people. This he had found very diffi
cult to do. "Savannah Is a very poorly
advertised town,” he said, “and the best
way in which the appropriation of the
city to the committee can be spent is in
articles in the Manufacturer’s Record and
other publications, which will bring Sa
vannah before the people of the country
generally. A committee should be ap
pointed to prepare such articles and they
should begin with the local papers first.”
Col. Whatley said he had a letter from
his agent in the north, who is engaged in
securing subscriptions for a cotton fac
tory here, saying that the prospects are
very "air for getting $150,000 for a mill at
Savannah. Col. Whatley commented on
the fact that in his efforts to secure a cot
ton factory he had found that Savannah
was hardly known among the manufac
turing people of the north. He alluded
to the failure of the New’ England manu
facturing committee, which recently made
a tour of the south, to visit Savannah as
an instance of this. Col. Instill took issue
with Col. Whatley on this. There were
good reasons, he said, why the manufac
turing committee did not visit Savannah..
It was evident that the committee’s itin
erary had been mapped out beforehand
and that it only desired to visit points
where manufacturing industries were al
ready established. The committee did not
visit any seaport cities and consequently
Savannah had no reason to feel slighted.
“Savannah is a well established, pros
perous commercial city," said Col. Estill,
"it is as well known as any city of its
size in the country'. It is looked upon as
a commercial and not a manufacturing
city. Our population is a commercial one,
not acquainted with manufactures to
any large extent. I contend that our peo
ple are more enterprising than they are
given credit for. Show them that there is
money in any thing and they are ready
to go into it at once. The numerous
prosperous home enterprises prove this.
We have not gone into manufactures be
cause, heretofore, money could be more
profitably Invested in commercial enter
prises.”
A discussion of some length followed
between Col. Garrard, Col. Whatley, Col.
Estill and Mr. Chisholm as to the relative
profits in various lines of business and the
classes o-f manufacturing industries which
could be most readily attracted to Sa
vannah and would prove most profitable
here.
Col. Garrard said that while a great
deal of money has been made in commer
cial lines in Savannah this did not prove
that manufacturing industries would not
prove even more profitable. He instanced
the success of the mills at Columbus. As
chairman of the law committee Col. Gar
rard said that he would undertake a cor
respondence with the cities and towns of
the state with a view to bringing about
concerted action for a constitutional
amendment to allow municipalities to
make distinctions in taxing personal and
real property and to grant exemptions to
new manufacturing indqstries. There
could be no objection to such an amend
ment from the country counties, he said
as the change would in no way affect
them.
Col. Whatley said that Fall
River, Mass., paid a dollar a
ton more fcr coaJ than It could
be had for at Savannah, while Savannah
has the cotton at her doors. ‘lt only re
quires good management to make a suc
cess manufacturing here,” said Col.
Whatley. "Establish one good manufac
turing institution on a solid financial ba
sis aa an example and the question Is
solved."
Capt. Williamson, chairman of the com
mittee on statistics, said the committee
had sent out 1,170 pamphlets to manufac
turers of yarn, and would now begin the
work of sending them to manufacturers
in other lines. A copy of the letter pre
pared by the committee, to be printed in
the Manufacturers’ Record of Baltimore
showing the advantages of Savannah for
manufacturing industries, was read and
approved.
Mr. Chisholm said he had recently re
turned from a -trip through Southwest
Georgia. He found the people there pros
perous, energetic and pushing, and man
ifesting the same interest in obtaining new
industries that is being shown in other
parts of the south The cigar manufac
tories of Thomasville, he said, are doing !
well and the managers told him there were
no reasons why such factories would not 1
pay in Savannah. In fact, they thought
the situation at Savannah more advanta
geous. If a part of the capital were sup
plied at Savannah a cigar factory could
easily be secured here, he said.
There was some further general talk
upon the fence matter and other ques
tions. __
MRS. JOHN D. GOULIT DKAD.
Carried Off After at Short Illness
From Pneumonia.
Mrs. John Gould died yesterday morn
ing at 5:05 o’clock, at the residence of her
husband. No. 85 Second street, after a brief
illness from pneumonia. Her funeral will
take place at 10:30 o’clock this morning
from the the Second Baptist church on
Duffy street. The interment wifi be in
Laurel Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Gould was Miss Sophie Sweat’ «
daughter of the late Samuel Sweat and
was a lady highly esteemed for her Chris
tian character and womanly graces The
deceased was 22 years old and had been
married bu£ashort time.
Indian River's Victims Found.
Titusville, Fla., April 10 —The bodies of
Miss Skill and Mr. Munson, who were !
drowned while boating Sunday, were
found floating to-day in the Indian river,
near this place. Miss Skill’s home was
at Petersburg. Va., and she was here on
a visit
PAID BACK ILL-GOTTEN GAIN-
An insurance company, with an agency
in this city, Is $7,000 better oft, which it
can credit to its conscience fund, if in
surance companies have such a fund.
Though they are supposed to be particu
larly conscienceless corporations, some of
their patrons possess consciences, and
now and then return amounts which they
have unrighteously secured from the com
panies.
When the conscience stricken party is a
Roman Catholic he usually makes restitu
tion through the priest to whom he con
fessed his misdeed. This was the case in
this instance. The sum mentioned was
returned through Vicar General Cafferty
to an insurance company doing business
in this city one day last week, it is said.
A number of parties seemed acquainted
with the fact, though they would not say
how they came by their information. It
is supposed that tlje story was told by
the agent of the lucky company. As the
story goes the now conscience stricken
offender set fire to his property, said to
have been a storehouse, several years ago.
The property was destroyed and the own
er secured several thousand dollars fraudu
lently from the company carrying the in
surance. Being along in years now and
desiring to make preparation for another
world, he confessed his crime to the
priest, and by his advice determined to
make restitution. In order to save ex
posure the restitution was made through
Father Cafferty. Those who have heard
the story are Cudgelling their brains to
fix upon the party who thus satisfied his
conscience by restoring the money which
he had acquired unlawfully.
A similar instance to the above oc
curred in ' Savannah several years ago
in. very much the same manner. The
penitent who was preparing for his entry
to another world was refused absolution
until he had made restitution of the money
obtained by him by setting fire to a lot
of cotton some years before. The priest
undertook the office of restitution. The
insurance agent to whom the amount was
paid over was at a loss to know what to
do with it. He represented several com
panies, and whether the property which
was destroyed was insured in all of these
companies tr only one or twq of them
he could not tell. As he was not given
the name of the party and the date of the
crime he could not locate the loss. He
wrote to his companies about the matter,
but they were as much at sea as he was
and the matter was finally adjusted by
prorating the amount among the com
panies represented by the agent.
It is said that such occurrences are not
infrequent, though they are not as frequent
as the insurance companies would like
to have them.
A YOI'KG LADIES’ SEMINARY.
Savannah’s Advantages for the Es
tablishment of Such an Institution.
The advantages of Savannah as a point
for the establishment bf a school or sem
inary for young ladies are frequently
spoken of by those' who visit this city,
and who have made observations con
cerning the climate and general condi
tions. ; • ; , . .
Prof. George L. Jtaypiond, professor of
aesthetics at Princeton College, who is at
the De Soto, has given some attention
to this matter, and it is his idea that Sa
vannah is a capital place far the establish
ment of such an institution. Prof. Ray
mond was asked yesterday about his
views on this subject,
“I don’t know of a better place,” he
said, “for the establishment of a young
ladies’ -school than right here in Savan
nah. In the first place it is well situ
ated, and just about ffce right distance
from New York and IF • to seeUre
the. proper climatic conditions. The cli
mate here Is such 'thjit northern people can
remain here with comfort from November
until May, whereas such is not the case
with Florida.”
"But that would require the enlistment
of northern capital,” was suggested.
“Yes,” he said, “It would have to have
a good endownment.and it would undoubt
edly be necessary to interest northern cap
ital irt such an undertaking, but once on
foot with ample resources, It would with
out doubt be a success.
“You can very well, see,” he said,' “why
Savannah would make a good place for
a young ladles school, where it would
not do so well for a college or university
for men. The northern climate is such
between November and May that girls
attending schools are almost wholly con
fined indoors, while here they would have
abundant opportunity for being out of
doors which is just what a great many
of them need. This would not only at
tract them to Savannah, but would in a
great many instances bring their parents
with them during such a season.
“A young ladies’ seminary endowed with
a million or a million and a'half dollars
would attract the best educational talent
in the country, and it could not be other
wise than a success under the favorable
conditions that would surround it. Such
an enterprise would prove of much ad
vantage to the City, and I would be glad
to see It taken hold of.”
CAPT. CRAWFORD WILLIAMS DEAD.
Ills Demise at St. Joseph’s Infirmary
From n Complication of Diaeuacn.
Capt. Crawford Williams died at St.
Joseph’s infirmary yesterday morning.
He had been in ill health for a long time,
and his death resulted from a complica
tion of diseases. He had been a sufferer
from Bright’s disease for several years.
Capt. Williams was a native of Hudson,
N. Y., and was 58 years old. He came
south after the war and was for a num
ber of years In the steambbat business.
He was agent of the Georgia and Florida
Inland Steamboat Company, which ran a
line of steamers between Savannah and
Fernandina and Jacksonville, and later
on was agent for the ill-fated St. Nich
olas at the time of the St.
Augustine creek drawbridge disaster. Fail
ing health compelled him to retire from
business and he went north to live, but
returned here several weeks ago and for
a time his health was somewhat im
proved. The disease from which he was
suffering had too firm a hold upon him and
a few days ago he began to sink and grew
worse until he died.
He leaves two daughters, Misses Emma
and Nellie Williams, and one son, who
holds a responsible position in the First
National Bank of New York and who was
telegraphed the news of his father's death.
Capt. Williams was a soldier in the fed
eral army. ’He ehlisted in the One Hundred '
and Fifty-ninth regiment, infantry. New
York state volunteers, amt was commis
sioned as lieutenant of Company c, by I
Gov. Morgan. Later on he was promoted
to captain, his commission being signed
by Horatio Seymour. He resigned from the
One Hundred and fifty-ninth and was later i
f commissioned a captain In the One Hun
dred and Sixty-seventh regiment. He had
recently made an informal application for
a pension, and the matter was in the
hands of Mr. S. F. B. Gillespie, who, as
a friend of Capt. Williams, was looking
after it in his interest. The records of 1
his service were in New York and were
sent for. They were received yesterday
after his death.
The arrangements for his funeral are not
yet complete. His body may be taken
north for burial.
End of the Season on Jekyl.
Brunswick, Ga„ April 10.—The Jekyl
Island Club season closed to-day and ail
the guests are gone. On the private yacht
Ituna this morning H. Q. Armour, Ed.
Isham. Jr., and N. K. Fairbanks of Chi
cago left for Charleston. Mrs. Owen j
Wister, one of Philadelphia’s *OO. who has
been wintering on Jekyl, ateo left.
SPOT COTTON ADVANCED.
A GAIN OF l-16c, BIT VERY LITTLE
STOCK TO SELL. ’*
Sales of 2,000 Casks Spirits Turpen
tine to Re Delivered by April 20.
To-day’s Price Unchanged—Rosin
Firm, With Sales of 2,000 Barrels
Reported—Other Markets Steady.
Savannah, April 10.—There was very lit
tle doing in the leading markets to-day.
Prices, however, were firm, but the offer
ing stocks were limited. Cotton advanced
l-16c in the local market, on account of
a rise of 10 points in the New York mar
ket. Spirits turpentine was firm and un
changed, with but little to sell. Rosin
was firm, with sales reported at the first
call at the Board of Trade. The wholesale
markets were fairly active, with prices
generally unchanged.
The foliowink resume of the markets
will show the tone and the quotations
at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market advanced l-16c on the
strength in futures, but there was very
little done, the offerings being small. At
the Cotton Exchange, at the first call,
the market was bulletined firm and un
changed from yesterday’s closing, with
sales of 14 bales. At the second call, it
was bulletined at l-16c advance on all
grades, with sales of 77 bales; at the last
call, it closed firm and unchanged, with
further sales of 55 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at
the Cotton Exchange, to-day:
Good middling •••6’4
Middling 5%
Low middling 5 9-16
Good ordinary ........5 3-16
Ordinary 4 11-16
Market firm; sales, 146. '
Sea Islands—The market was steady,
The following quotations being unchanged
from the last report.
Choice Ga.’s and Fla.’s 16@16%
Extra fine Ga.’s and Fla.’s full 15
Extra fine Ga.’s and Fla.’s scant....l3
Fine Georgias and Floridas ll7*
Medium fine Ga.’s and Fla.’s 11(611%
Medium Ga.’s and Fla.’s 10(9)10%
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 1,713
Same day last year 1,091
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1894 901,411
Same time, last year ...913,022
Exports, coastwise, this day 350
Stock on hand'this day 44,648
Same day last year ( .. 48,819
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 8,081
This day last week 19,967
This day last year 8,942
Receipts past five day 5.............. 62,9 k)
Same time last year - 40,187
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1894...7,460,683
Same time last year ........5,559,895
Stock at the ports to-day 846.979
Stock same d'ay last year 711,385
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 10, .« ednesday...... 8,942
•Monday 9,375jTbvr5day........ 5,910
Tuesday 11,219| Friday 17,356
Dally Movement at Other Ports.—
Galveston—Firm; middling,, 5 13-16; net
receipts, 1,426; sales, 395; stock, 80,315.
New Orleans—Firm; middling, 5%; net
receipts, 2,232; gross, 2,461; sales, 5,9501
stock, 313,449.
Mobile—Steady; middling, 53i; net re
ceipts, 417; sales, 600; stock, 28,276.
Charleston—Steady; middling, 5%; net
receipts. 391: stock. 35.302.
. Wilmington—ateady; middling, 5%; net
receipts, 5; stock, 17,530.
Norfolk—Firm: middling, 6; net receipts,
437; sales, 168; stock, 46,071.
Baltimore— middling, 6%; gross,
3,826; stock, 24,146.
New York—Quiet; middling, 6%; gross,
3.845; spies, 66; stock, 232,789.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 6%; net receipts,
1,369.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 6 11-16; net
receipts, 109; gross, 309; stock, 14,469.
’ Daily Movement at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling 6%; net re
ceipts, 290; sales, 283; stock, 18,735.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 5 15-16; net re
ceipts, 203; gross, 487; sales, 3,C00; stock,
56,037.
St. Louis —Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 704; gross, 1,999; sales, 250; stock,
53,830.
Cincinnati—Steady; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, SOO; sales. ItX); stock, 13,371. >
Houston—Finn; middling, 5 13-16; net re
ceipts, 1,503; sales, 516; stdek, 29,090.
Exports of Cotton This Day—
Mobile—Coastwise, 571. •
Savannah—Coastwise, 350.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 861.
Baltimore—To Great Britain, 2,592; con
tinent, 5,214.
New York —To Great Britain, 2,332; con
tinent, 551; forwarded, 929.
Boston—To Great Britain, 670.
Philadelphia—Coastwise, 200.
Total foreign exports from all ports to
day—To Great Britain, 5,594; to the con
tinent, 5,965.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week—To Great Britain, 24,954; to
France, 1,074; to the continent, 39,934.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1894
To Great Britain, 2,933,467; to France, 714,-
245; to the continent, 2,102,660.
Liverpool, April 10 —12:30 p. m.—Cotton,
good business at firm prices. American
middling, 313 32d. Sa’es, 25,000 bales: Amer
ican, 23,800 bales; speculation and export,
1,500 bales; receipts, 100 bales, all American.
Futures—American middling, May-
June, 3.25; June-July, 3.26; July-Au
gust, 3.27; August-September, 3.28®3.29;
September-October, 3.30; October-Novem
ber, 3.31; November-December, 3.32; De
cember-January, 3.33. Futures quiet, but
steady, at the advance, demand moderate.
Tenders, 400 bales new dockets and 100
bales old dockets.
4 p. m.—American middling, fair, 4 l-32d;
good middling, 3 19-32 d; 10-w middling,
3 5-16 d; good ordinary, 3 3-16 d; ordinary,
3d.
Futures—April, 3.22 value; April-May, 3.22
value; May-June, 3.23@3.24; July-July, 3.25
sellers; July-August, 3.26 buyers; August-
September, 3.27@3.28; September-October.
3.28@3.29 value; October-November, 3.30;
November-December, 3.31 buyers; Decem
ber-January, 3.32; January-February, 3.33®)
3.34 sellers. Futures closed quiet, but
steady.
New York, April 10, noon.—Cotton fu
tures opened steady; April, 6.36 c; May,
6.39 c; June, 6.37 c; July, 6.38 c; August, 6.42 c;
September, 6.46 c.
New York, April 10.—Cobton .’futures
closed firm sales, 211,900 bales. April, 6.43;
May, 6.45; June, 6.43; July, 6.46; August,
6.48; September, 6.50; October, 6.54; Novem
ber. 6.58; December, 6.62; January, 6.67.
New Orleans, April 10.—Cotton futures
closed steady; sales. 105,200 bales: April,
5.95 c; May, 6.01 c; June, 6.09 c; Juty, 6.16 c;
August, 6.20 c; September. 6.24 c; October,
6.27 c; November, 6.31 c; December, 6.34 c;
January, 6.38 c.
New Orleans, April 10.—New Orleans cot
ton exchange statement: Semi-weekly
movement at thirteen leading interior
towns: Receipts this year, 23,198 bales,
against 12,896 last year and 10,762 in 1892;
shipments, 33,546 bales, against 23.398 bales
last year and 20,112 bales in 1892; stock,
214,438 bales, against 186,812 bales last year
and 296,290 bales in 1892.
New York. April 10.—Riordan & Co. say
of cotton to-day: “The activity and
strength of Liverpool overcast the ap
pathy of our market to-day, and the
bulls were elated by a substantial ad
vance. The early trading, though at an
improvement of 1 to 2 points; as compared
with yesterday’s closings, was not marked
by much enthusiasm, but as the day wore
on the desire to buy became more general
and apparently prices rose easllv. At
times there was heavy selling to realise
profits and the market weakened; but th»
offerings were readily absorbed. Ip the
end there proved to be more buyers than
sellers, and final prices were about the
highest of the day. August opened at
6.40 c. advanced to 6.49 c and closed at 6.48
®9>.49c, with the tone firm. Opinions are
pretty well divided to-night whether
prices to-morrow will halt, advance fur
ther or recede, but most of the traders
who predict lower prices are waiting and
wishing for a reaction that will give
them a chance to get aboard.”
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—There was but little
offering to-day, a large buying having
placed orders for about 2,000 casks to ar
rive by April 20. The receipts to-day were
556 casks. At the Board of Trade, the
market at the opening and closing was
bulletined firm at 27%c for regulars, with
sales of 137 casks reported at the last
call.
Rosin—The market was bulletined firm
at the Board of Trade, with quotations
unchanged from yesterday. Sales of 1,877
barrels were reported at the first call
and none at the close. The sales included
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25 barrels W. W., 11 of W. G., 5 of N,
•64 of M, 61 of K, 153 of I, 172 of H, 441 of G,
418 of F, 407 of E, 113 of D, and 7 of C.
The following were the quotations at the
Board of Trade:
A, B. Csl 00 I $1 90
D 1 25 K 2 10
E 1 25 M 2 50
F 1 40 N 2 60
G 150 W G 2 70
H 175 | W W 2 80
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1895.. 2,421 89,280
Received to-day 556 1,163
Received previously 3,301 13,804
Total 6,278 104,517
Exports to-day 382 7,503
Exports previously 2,642 18,231
Total 3,024 25,734
Stock on hand and on ship-
board this day 3,254 78,813
Stock same day last year 13,922 106,289
Receipts same day last year .... 814 2,424
Charleston, S. C., April 10.—Turpentine
nominal; 28c; receipts, 11 casks. Rosin,
good strained, $1.10@1.15; receipts, 81 bar
rels.
Wilmington,. N. C., April 10—Rosin, firm;
strained, $1.15; good strained, $1.20 bid;
spirits turpentine, nothing doing; tar,
steady, at 95c. .Crude durpentine, quiet,
but steady; h»rd, $1.20; soft, $2.00; virgin,
$2.50.
New York, April 10.—Resin quiet and
steady; strained, common to good, $1.52%®
1-57%. Turpentine dull and easy, '3l%'g'
31%c./ •
RICBL ‘ k •
The market was steady. The following
quotations were posted at the Board i of
Trade:
Clean Rice —
Common, 3<@>3%c per pound: fair, 3%@
3%c; good, 4@4%c; prime, 4%c; choice,
head, 4%©5c.
FINANCIAL.
Money is steady, with fair demand.
Domestic Exchange—The tone of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at par
and selling at % per cent, premium.
Foreign Exchange—Market firm. The
following are net Savannah quotations:
Commercial demand, $4.88%, sixty days,
$4.87%; ninety days, $4.86%; continentals,
steady, francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, $5.18%; Swiss, sixty days, $5.20;
marks, sixty days, 95 3-16.
Securities—The market Is steady, but
dull.
State Bonds—Georgia, 4% per cent., 1915.
114% bld, 115% asked: Georgia 7 per cent.,
1896, 104 bid, 105 asked; Georgia 3% per
cent., long dates. 101% bid, 102% asked.
City Bonds—New Savdnnah 6 per cent.
July coupons, 105% bld, 105% asked; new
Savannah, 5 per cent. May coupons, 106%
bld, 107 asked.
Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold ss, 90
bld, 95 asked; Central consolidated mort
gage 7 per cent, coupons, January and
July maturity, 122 bid, asked; Savan
nah and Western railroad 5 per cent, trust
certificates, 51 bld, 52 asked; Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery 6 per cent., 48
bid, 49 asked; Georgia railroad 6 per cent.,
1910, bld, 110 asked; Georgia Southern
and Florida first mortgage 6 per cent., 88%
bid, 89% asked; Montgomery and uEfaula
first mortgage 6 per cent., Indorsed by
Central railroad, 100 bld, 101 asked; Au
gusta and Knoxville first mortgage 7 per
cent., bid, 100 asked: Ocean Steamship
5 per cent., due ta2o. 97% bid, 98% asked;
Columbus and Rome first mortgage bonds,
indorsed by Central railroad. bid, 43
asked; Columbus and Western 6 per cent.,
guaranteed, 110 bld, 112 asked; City and Su
burban railway first mortgage I per cent.,
hid, 85 asked; Savannah and Atlantic 5
per cent., indorsed, 15 bid, 25 asked: Eleo
tric railway first mortgage 6s. bld,
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage 7 per cent., 109 bid, 110 asked;
South Georgia and Florida second mort
gage, 108 bid, 109 asked; Alabama Midland,
bid, 91 asked: Brunswick and Western
4s, guaranteed, 72 asked.
Railroad Stocks —Central, common, 11
bid, 12% asked; Augusta and Savannah 7
per cent., guaranteed, 75 bld, 80 asked;
Georgia, common, 167 bld. 159 asked; South
western 7 per cent., guaranteed.'including
order for div., 68% bid, 69% asked; Central
per cent, certificates, with order for de
faulted Interest, 16 bid, 17% asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 92 bld, S 3
asked; Atlanta and West Point 6- per
cent, certificates, 93 bid, 94 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank,
1(6 bid, 103% asked; Chatham Bank
45 bid, 46 asked; Germania Bank
102% bid, 103% asked; Merchants’ National
Bank, 98% bld, 100 asked; National Bank
of Savannah, 131 bld, asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
98 bid, 100 asked; Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia, 164 bid, 165 asked; Savan
nah Bank ana Trust Company, 105 bid, 106
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Comoanv, 52 bid, 53 asked; Savan
nah Construction Company, bid, 75
asked, ex-dlvldend asked; Title Guarantee
and Loan Company, 77 bid, 79, ex-divldpnd,
asked. Brush Electric Llgbt and Power
Company., 59 bid, 61 asked; Savannah Gas
Light Co., 20 bld. 21 asked.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 7%c; dry salted clear rib sides,
7%c; long clear, 7%c; bellies, 7%c; sugar
cured hams, 11c.
Lard—Market firm: pure in tierces, 7%c;
50-pound tins, B%c; compound, in tierces,
5%c; in 50-pound this, 6c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand;
Goshen, 18c; gilt edge, 23c; creamery, 24c;
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. 95c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herrings, per box. 20c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, SI.OO. New mullet, half barrels, $3.50.
Salt—Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots. f. o. b., Liverpool
200-pound sacks, 49c; Virginia, 125-pound
burlap sacks, 33c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 36c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup—Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 20c, and selling at
22025 c; sugar house 'at 18032 c; Cuba
straight goods, 23030 c; sugar house mo
lasses, 15020 c.
Tobacco—Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestic, 22060 c; chewing, com
mon, sound, 24027 c; fair, 23035 c; good, 36@
48c: bright. 60065 c; fine fancy, 65@«0c; ex
tra fine, $1.0001.15: bright navies, 25@45c.
Flour—Market quiet; extra, $2.75; fam
ily, $3.00; fancy, $3.45; patent, $3.65; straight,
$3 40.
Corn—Market is steady: -white corn, job
lots, 65c; carload lots, 62c; mixed corn,
none. . , ,
Oats—Market advancing; mixed job lots,
46c; carload lots, 43c.
Bran—Job lots, $1.00: carload lots, 92%c.
Hay—Market steady; western job lots,
90c; carload lots. 86p. , „
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $3.15; per sack,
$1.40; city meal, per sack. $1.25. Pearl grits,
per barrels, $3.25; per sack, $1.50; city grits,
per sack, $1.35. .
Coffee—Market firm: Mocha, 29%c;Java,
29c; peaberry, 22%c; 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. i, 19%c; fair,
or standard. No. 5,18%c; ordinary, or stan
dard. No. 6, 17%c; common, or standard,
No. 7. 17%c.
Sugars—Market firm; cut loaf, 5%c;
crushed, 5%c; powdered, 4%c; XXXX pow
dered, 5%c; 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, 4c; golden C, 3%c; yellow,
3%c.
Liquors—Market firm. High wine ba
sis, $1.28; whisky, per gallon, rectified 100
proof, $1.3501.75; choice grades, $1.5002.00;
straight, $1.4503.50; blended, $2.0004.00.
Wines—Domestic, port sherry, cataw
ba, low grades, 60085 c; fine grades, SI,OOO
1.50; California, light, muscatel and an
gelica, $1.35*8’1.75; lower proofs in propor
tion. Gins, 1c per gallon higher. Rum, 2c
higher.
Apples—Northern, steady; $4.5005.00 per
barrel.
Oranges—Messina, $2.75@3.00.
Lemons—Market quiet; per box, $2 75
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, B%@
10c; common, 7@Bc.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragona, 16c; Ivacas,
14c; walnuts French, lie; Naples, 12%c;
pecans, 10c; Brazils, 6c; filberts, 10c; as
-1 per 1 pound 3 ’ 50 ’ pound and 25-pound, 10@12c
’ Peanuts—Ample stock, fair demand:
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c; hand-picked, per
5y and ’ smadl hand-picked per pound,
Cabbage—Scarce, $2.75@3.00 per crate
Onions—Crates, $1.25; barrels, $3.25.
p 9 tat s ) e ®~ lrish > New York, barrels, $2.75;
sacks,
rA? a A ls .T Market steady; base, 60d, $1.00;
50d, $1.10; 40d, $1.25; 30d, $1.25; 20d, $1 35- 10<L
$1.50; Bd, $1.60; 6d,’51.75; 4d, $1 3d? $2 2oJ
Finishing, 12d, $1.60; lOd, $1.75;
8d $1.90; 6d, $2.10; sd, $2 25 ; 4d, $2.45. Wire
nails, $1.40 base.
w S n ho « t rJ ir ? i: B - sl ’ ls = B and lar *
ger, $1.40; buck, $1.40.
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, 4%®
Ec; refined, $1.70 base.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $3.25.
O ll3 ,— Market -steady; demand fair; Sig-
P al \ 4 fi^7 C n : Y eSt Virginia, black, 9@l2c;
lard, 65070 c; kerosene, 10c; kerosene? 150
degrees; white, U%c; neatsfoot, 60@
13c; guardian, ll%c.
Lime, Calcined'Plaster and Cement-
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at 85c per barrel, bulk and
carload lots special; calcined plaster,
$1.60 per barrel; hair, 4@sc; Rosedale ce
ment, $1.30@1.40; carload lots special; Port
land cement, retail, $2.40; carload lots.
$2.10.
Lumber—Demand both foreign and do
mestic, is steady. Oxdinary sizes, $11.00(®
12.00; difficult sizes, $13.00@18.00; flooring
boards, $15.00@22.00; ship stuffs, $16.50®
20.00; sawn ties, SIO.OO.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides.—The market
is active; -good demand; receipts scant;
dry flint, B%c; dry salt, 6%c; dry butcher,
6%c; green salted, 4%c. Wool nominal;
prime Georgia, free of sand, burrs and
black wool, 12c; blacks, 9c; burry, 7@9c.
Wax, 25c. Tallow, 4c. Deer skins, fine, 20c;
Sixltocl 15c
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; grown
fowls, per pair, 55@65c; % grown, 40045 c;
ducks, 65©85c.
Eggs—Market steady; country, per doz
en, 11 to 12c.
Bagging and Ties—The market firm; jut*
bagging, 2%-pound, 7%c; 2-pound, 7%c:
1%-pound, 6%c; quotations are for- job
lots; small lots higher; sea island bagging,
9%@10%c. Iron ties, large lots, 85c; small
er lots, 90@81.00.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet; de
mand light. Prints, 3@sc; Georgia brown
shirtings, %, 3%c; % do, 3%c; 4-4 brown
sheeting, 4%c; white osnaburgs, 6@Bc;
checks, 3%@5c; brown drillings, 5@6%c.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market quiet. Rates quoted ara
per 100 pounds. Direct—Barcelona,
40c; Genoa, 40c; Reval, 42c;
Havre, via New York, 43c; Liverpool, via
Boston, 30c; Amsterdam, via New York.
40c; Antwerp, via New York, 40c; Genoa,
via New York, 46c; Hamburg, via New
York, 39c; Reval, via New York, 53c; Na
ples, via New York, 53c; Trieste, via New
York, 57c; Venice, via New York, 60c; Bos
ton, per bale, $1.25; New York, per bale,
$1.00; Philadelphia, per bale, $1,00; Balti
more, per bale, SI.OO.
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,l4c. 'timber rates,soc@sl.oo higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
Windward, nominal; to Rosario, $12.00
©13.00; Buenos Ayres or Montevideo, SIO.OO
011.00; to Rio Janeiro, $14.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, $11.30011.50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, £4 5s standard.
By Steam —To New Y'ork, $7.00; to Phil
adelphia, $7.00; to Boston, $8.00; to Balti
more, $5.00.
Naval Stores—By Sail—The market is
quiet. Large-sized. Cork for orders are
placed at 2s 4%d03s 7%d, small-sized, 2s
9d and 4s. Genoa, 2s-3d@3s-6d; Adriatic,
2s-6do3s-9d. South America, rosin, 65c per
barrel of 280 pounds. Coastwise—Steam
—To Boston, 11c per 100 pounds on rosin,
90c on spirits; to New York, rosin, B%c
per 100 pounds, spirits, 85c; to Philadel
phia, rosin, 7%c per 100 pounds, spirits,'
80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%c per 100
pounds, spirits, 70c.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
New York, April B.—Palmer & Frost
quote: Strawberries, refrigerators, 300
40c; strawberries, open express, 20@35c;
asparagus, $5.00@6.00; prime string beans,
$6.0007.50; green peas, $5.0006.00; lettuce,
barrel, $2.5005.00; baskets, $1.0003.00; cu
cumbers, $4.00@6.00; celery, $1.28; bunch
beets, $2.2502.50; tomatoes, carriers, $2.50®
4.00; crates, $2.0002.50; cabbage, $4.50@5.50;
potatoes, $6.00@7.00.
CASTELLANE’S MILLIONS.
Anna Gould’* Fortune of $15,000,000
Was Settled on Her Husband.
From the New York World.
Paris, April B.—The Marquis de Cas
teilane admits that there was a marriage
settlement when his son, the Count de
Castellane, wedded Miss Anna Gould in
New York.
The sum of money setled upon the count
was $15,000,000.
George J. Gould, when seen at his resi
dence last evening, said:
“I do not care to again deny a. story
which I have already denied.”
There was a good deal of gossip before
the wedding as to the amount of the
settlement. George J. Gould denied at
all times that there was any settlement
whatever. At her wedding the Countess
Castellane was worth at least $15,000,000
as her share of her father’s estate.
Rumor had it she had given her titled hus
band $2,000,000. He was said to have ad
mitted this was his portion.
In France the husband has control of
the Income or of the lump sum of money
contributed by the wife under the mar
riage contract. If the Countess Castel
lane should die childless her property
would revert to her brothers and sis
ters, with the exception of the marriage
settlement, if any were made.
A telegram from London dated Feb.
12 stated that the count’s mother, be
fore sailing for this country, cabled him
these words: “What settlement?” The
count, it is stated, sent back these words:
“Settlement fixed—ls,ooo,ooo francs.” The
count’s friends all admitted that there
was a setlement of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,-
000 made to the count outright, and they
spoke positively, as though having re
ceived their information from headquar
ters. _■
Laying: of a Corner Slone.
Quitman, Ga., April 10.—The laying of
the corner stone of the new Methodist
church, now being built at this place, was
appropriately celebrated yesterday. The
ceremonies were opened by singing that
old hymn, “How Firm a Foundation, ye
Saints of the Lord.” This was followed
by a prayer by the pastor, Rev. O. A.
Throuee, and reading the ritual service as
contained in the discipline of the Metho
dist church. Appropriate addresses were
then delivered by Rev. J. P. Ward, pastor
o-f the Presbyterian church, and Rev.
John M. Henry, the Nestor of Methodism
in Brdoks county. After this the follow
ing articles were deposited in the vault:
A Bible, a hymn book, a Discipline, a
sketch of Methodism in Brooks county and
Quitman, a copy of the Wesleyan Chris
tian Advocate o-f the Woman’s Mission
ary Review and the names of the present
officers of the church, of the building com
mittee and the Sunday school officers.
Services were then closed with the long
meter doxology and the benediction.
—Duncan McGregor, owner and builder
of the Drexel cottage, on Mount Mc-
Gregor, Mihere Gen. Grant died, is dead.
He was 82 years of age.
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