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P XARD FIGHT AT COLUMBIA.
TIL? 7IAN TAKKS A HAND IN THE
SPHECHMAKING.
The Patton Substitute Killed by a
Vote of 117 to 20—The Suffrage
Committee Then Makrn Several
Amendment* to It* Article a* Re
ported CongreßHniiin Wilson
Wr<e» That the “General L'nder
ataadißi” Provision He Made Per
petual.
Columbia, 8. C., Oct. 30.—1 n the consti
tutional convention to-day there has been
a battle royal all day on the all-important
suffrage problem. The question under dis
cussion has been the Patton substitute,
which would make all confederate and
union soldiers and their descendants qual
ified. There has been no end of talk about
fraud. The article reported by the com
mittee with its “understanding” clause
has been attacked with great force on all
sides, and denounced as a mere subter
fuge. Strong speeches have been made
by Messrs. McGowan, Bryan, Farrow,
Gov. Sheppard and others. When the
hour for a recess arrived Mr. Bryan of
Charleston was attacking the constitu
tionality of the Patton scheme and sus
taining the committee’s report. An. ef
fort was made to force a vote on the sub
stitute, but it failed.
At the night session there was quite
a lively time. Mr. Patton’s scheme was
killed by a vote of 117 to 20.
The committee then made several
amendments to its article as reported,
and left the Important clauses reading
thus;
(C.) Up to Jan. 1, 1898, all male persons
of voting age who can read a clause in
this constitution or understand and ex
plain it when read to them by the regis
tration officer, shall be entitled to regis
ter and become electors. A separate rec
ord of all persons registered before Jan.
1, 1898, sworn to by the registration officer,
shall be tiled, one copy with the clerk of
court and one in the office of the secretary
of state on or before Feb. 1, 1898, and such
persons shall remain during life qualified
electors, unless disqualified by the other
provisions of this article. The certificate
of tihe clerk of court of the secretary of
state shall be sufficient evidence to estab
lish the right of said citizens to any fu
ture registration and the franchise under
the limitations herein Imposed.
(D.) Any person who shall apply for
registration after Jan. 1, 1898, if other
wise qualified, shall be registered:
Provided that he can both read and
write any section of this constitution,
or can show tha.t he owns and has paid i
all taxes collectable during the previous
year on property In this state assessed
a.t S3OO or more.
Congressman Wilson offered a substi
tute tor sub-division “C.” which was to
make the “general understanding” pro
vision perpetual, and the only qualifica
tion. He spoke to this at great length.
He wanted to make the report of the
committee doubly secure against tne
fourteenth amendment. There were
things In the report which should
not. be there. Had ft not been for these
two amendments—the fourteenth and flf
tenth—there would be no need for this
convention. They might ransack all the
ages of vandalism and nowhere could
they find a parallel to the crime com
mitted by the union when the war was
ended. The negroes had only just
emerged at that time from a state of
• savagery. It was a crime to put them
In charge of the southland.. From 1881 i
to the present time there had been no
fraud whatever. He wished to deny that i
< South Carolina had ever been
f controlled by fraud. Rut they
■vote now at. at *■ rosd cro j «ing. I lie
committee entue and prewuted a.
reasonable Plan, » «vod plan. , It rhj
-*» • he. ' i.o i»* « •»"’ J ,
1li«» dem ‘ vice rii-m .>f nniljlui 'A< ■» ri
'n- tin fon.'t nd ... r-
I>*hth zmenonvent. ar-- het>• to
fraic" < on-4.1t tit M.-I 1)n»1 is flic !.<•?( for
the great ma*M of the. people. The gn ai
mass of them were until for the educa
tional qualifications. He was going to
do his duty, guided by his conscience.
They did not nave to be controlled by
what the north might say. The idea of
thia clause was all right, but it goes too
far. Three years from now what will be
the condition of the negro race. They
.are being educated rapidly. Why restrict
the qualification to education, when the
'broader distinction is possible to be
made. Refinement and civilization
could soon change the matter. He want
ed to keep the distinction there not only
Up to 1898, but on for eveby year.
Senator Tillmaji then rose and the crowd
ed hall was instantly so quiet that one
could hear a pin drpp. Senator Tillman
made a remarkable speech. He said: "It
has been my purpose from the beginning
of this day to have something to say on
this article as a whole, but that time has
not yet arrived. I am sick, and nothing but
willpower has kept me on this floor since
yesterday morning. 1 shall confine myself
to a very brief answer to tho gentlemen
from Spartanburg. More of a statement
than argument. The trouble here, sir,
seems to be in the mind of some men that
the poor white men must be protected at
any and every cost (with scornful empha
sis.) If there is one man on this floor who
*£■ has tried to do more to elevate the poor
white man of this state; to help them, to
give them a chance to educate themselves
and their sons that they might have
equal protection of the law in the govern
ment than myself, I do not know nim. It
is a cheap and demagogic, argument which
some gentlemen delight- in. I have been
myself charged with demagogism because
I have championed the rights of this class
of citizens. The gentleman from Spartan
burg presents to us a scheme which sim
ply perpetuates the existing evil. We are
held up to the scorn of this nation by rea
son of our political registration and eight
box laws, anti when this convention was
called for the purpose of relieving us of
the necessity of continuing that system.
I had hoped we would not be brought face
to face with the champions of that system
to be perpetuated, and if possible made
■worse. * ..
“Mr. President, this convention dare not
adopt the amendment presented by the
gentleman from Spartanburg. The con
vention considered the Mississippi plan,
which' is based on this idea, ana we uni
versally agreed that to make it perma-
Ai bent was to jeopardise the entire fabric
which we are constructing here, and at
the same time to continue the evils which
. now exist. Some one has said: ’Why do
1 you bring it in temporarily?’
1 “Simply because we desire to have a
i, scheme that will take care of the poor
1 white man and of such negroes as were
J’ qualified by reason of good citizenship
I and high character and Intelligence who
I might be able to understand the clause
I of the constitution when read to them and
I not draw the color line.
I “The legal arguments presented at the
I conference were. I thought, disposed of in
L tbo mind of every man on this floor. You
■ cannot make this understanding clause
B prominent. The idea was presented and
I withdrawn in that conference, and it is
I bniuglo back here to-day for what?
“I dont’ want to impugn anybody's mo
tive, but the gentleman from Spartan
burg cannot come here and legislate for
Spartanburg county alone. He has a
two-thirds white majority in Spartanburg,
whereas the general thing in the state is
a two-thirds negro majority. If we are
to let men into the rights of registration
and the ballot on a question of under
standing merely, as we have heard to
dav to ad nauseam about intrusting the
rights of the citizen to the discretion or
*•” any man, that provision is nauseous and
I only swallow enough of it to preserve
the rights of the poor man. After that
hue bean accomplished 1 am willing to
give it up that we may lift ourselves out
of the bog and mire that we have been
wallowing in for the last twenty years.
I think no one can say that you will stoop
to any fraud to accomplish this, or that
vou intend any fraud in the operation of
thia clause,
“For the good of the body politic and
the preservation of the rights of the poor
white man—and I say that anybody who
comes Sere and claims that he is a better
friend of the noor white man than this
committee is claiming more than he can
prove. Let me point out the miserable
situation that will exist If you make thia
provision lasting and permanent. The one
idea that predominates In the mind of
every patriot in this body Is that the
Anglo-Saxon civilization which we have
inherited shall Iw preserved and that the
white man shall govern in this state.
We have had a taste of what negro dom-
ination, or the domination of the white
man through the negro can accomplish,
and I say that that danger is ever preseht
until we have gotten such restrictions on
the suffrage as will largely reduce the
number of these people that can vote,
and thereby put it so that if we divide,
and divide we must, we will still have a
white government and a decent govern-,
ment in this state, even if the negro
should hold the balance of power.
“Let us suppose that you leave it to
the discretion of the registration officer
to say who can understand—mind in per
petuity, while we limit to two years. Let
us conceive that this convention is car
ried away by the pleas for the poor white
boys who cannot read and write and nev
er expect to try to learn, and in the
future, when these white men have di
vided and we have two white, parties and
one negro party, and the registration law
gives the power to reach out and increase
the suffrage through the understanding
clause, isn’t it clear enough that
the temptation to make more and
more of the negroes understand
will not be resisted? Vv nen the
party in power makes enough of them
understand to perpetuate its grip upon the
offices and deprave the white majority,
then we would feel the consequences of
It. It is too plain, too easy; therefore, it
is preposterous to adopt it. We have
to be done with it. The committee proposes
to have done with it in two years. And we
then propose to put in force such laws in
regard to our schools as will give every
poor white boy an opportunity to qualify
himself to become a white voter. Let the
gentlemen vote thus when the time comes
and not come hefle and give them lip ser
vice, but such actual service in increasing
and improving the free schools as will do
away with white illiteracy in South Caro
lina. He will then be called blessed by the
poor white men of South Carolina. But
when he comes here and talks as he has,
I fear I must call a halt.” He continued
in the same earnest manner.
The Wilson measure was then voted
down by a vote of 129 to 18. Several other
measures were voted down In like man
ner.
Other amendments are pending. At a
late hour the convention adjourned amid
such confusion, a batch of propositions be
ing rushed in to be printed.
Senators Tillman and Irby will both
speak to-morrow on the question proper.
HILL SPEAKS AT ALBANY.
A Letter From Cleveland Read and
Received With Cheer*.
Albany, N. Y„ Oct/ 30.—Senator David
B. Hill returned to Albany to-day from
his trip through the state of Ohio, where
he has made several 1 political speeches.
To-night he addressed an immense demo
cratic mass meeting at Harmanus Bleeck
er hall. Ho was escorted from his law
office amid a blaze of fireworks by the
democratic phalanx and several local
democratic organizations. The senator
, reiterated his views on the tariff ques
tion, commenting upon the good times
which he said had resulted from the oper
! ation of democratic legislation. He toucn
' ed upon the increased state taxes, whicn,
he claimed, was due to |tho extravagance
and corruption of the last republican leg
l islature, and dwelt at some length upon
the excise question, charging the repub
licans with inconsistency in their various
positions on this question throughout the
state,
a Ex-Senator Warner Miller again came
“n for considerable criticism at the hands
of Senator Hill for his recent utterances
in regard to the excise question.
In closing the senator said: “Our re
publican friends say I am deeply inter
ested in the election of a democratic
legislature that 1 may be returned to the
United States Senate. No one has been
authorized to suppose that I seek re
election. The legislature to be chosen
this fall does not elect my successor. So
far as T am concerned, the field is open
to every loyal democrat that wants to
1 aspire for the place. Give us the legis
-1 lature now. The question of electing a
1 United States senator can be disposed of
! two years hence. Every democrat de
. sires she aucc.»,s* of our state Uwet arid
hopes m -v ■ a democratic legislature
elected * le vela nd and lltli and atli u.ie
ri.acraie rii. de mo-r a i !<■ siti-ccsi e !s
I all thill-,. I Ilin - |i li 11 s i ill pc itjjho'Vr
*n t' lcjCein. Vee*<lV*cf It' tills city to-da.v.
ivldch llhisi Hies <iw interest tvhiih ail
democrat* have in out success this fall:
" ‘Ex• l .iiih Mansion Washington, f~>.
<*., Oct. 36, 1895. To Charles' Tracey, Al
bany, N. Y.: I have your letter and beg
1 you to convey to my Albany friends and
former neighbors at the democratic ratifi
, cation meeting this evening, my cordial
congratulations on the wise and patriotic
declarations of their state platform con
' cerning the leading questions before the
American people, and the assurance of my
; earnest wishes for the success of our ex
; cellent state ticket. Grover Cleveland.”
The reading of the above created intense
‘ enthusiasm and the speaker was roundly
applauded as he concluded his remarks.
TURKEY AND THE ARMENIANS.
>
1 The Latter Declared to Have Been
; the AggreNMOi'K,
' Constantinople, Oct. 30.—The porte has
: sent a circular note to the Turkish rep
' reaentatives abroad in regard to the re
, cent disturbances in the provinces, in
t which It Is declared that the Armenians
• were the aggressors. Order prevails
L everywhere now, the circular says, except
I- In B&lburt, where 400 armed Armenians
• are menacing the Musselmans there.
According to Turkish sources of infor
mation, 26,000 Armenians have revolted at
’ Zoltun. The porte has decided to call out
’ part of the reserves, but lack of funds
5 renders mobilization of the troops difti-
■ cult. The porte is endeavoring to obtain
L another advance of 150,000 Turkish pounds
1 from the Ottoman Bank on account of
1 the conversion loan.
Washington. Oct. 30.—Minister Terrell
has cabled the state department from
Constantinople that he has warned the
j port that Turkey will be held responsible
ior tlie safety of every American mission
i ary. Mr. Terrell confirmed the press dis
, patches abopt the Armenian riots of a
f few days ago.
. London, Oct. 30.—0 n the Paris bourse
r to-day all Turkish securities were weak
I from the opening. This had marked ef
j feet on other groups, and there waa a
complete collapse of xtocka
t The Official Messenger of St. Petersburg
9 commented strongly on the course of
. England in regard to Turkey and Ar
, mention affairs, and sold that the double
. dealing of British diplomacy almost
. raised the question of a partitition of
j Turkey.
t In Berlin, the bourse opened flat, ow
i ing to adverse news of the financial po-
> sltlon aft Constantinople. Towards the
close there was a heavy fall all around,
i the panic being ascribed to the comments
r of the Official Messenger. At Frankort
s ami Vienna the markets were also much
) depressed.
> The article in the Official Messenger has
s materially stirred the continent, especially
i Vienna, where the press makes extensive
comments, deducing from the Messenger's
s comments the existence of a serious ten
i sion between England and Russia. It is
i also regarded in Berlin as of extreme
s politicallmportance, for although the arti
-1 cle appeared in the unofficial columns of
> the Messenger, it was circulated by the
Northern Telegraph Agency, which is di-
- rectly controlled by the foreign officer
The Times’ Vienna correspondent In a
r dispatch which will appear to-morrow
t says the article is supposed to foreshadow
. the end of French and Russian co-opera
s tlon with England. “It 13 not insignifl
» cant," says the correspondent, “that a
i curious Item comes concurrently from
- Constantinople that the sultan is convinced
- that every effort is being made by cer-
• tain powers to isolate Great Britain. It
r j is not clear whether these powers are
t ! Russia and France only. The idea appears
e> l to prevail in the Y'ildia palace that Ger
t many would not move a finger to save
t» ■ England from a diplomatic fiasco, or
t ; worse. It is remarked that the hostile
i tone of the Russian press dates chiefly
i. from the visit of Prince Lobanoff, the
8 j Russian foreign minister, to Emperor
t I William. There is a strong impression
f ' hero that Prince Lobanoff obtained some
I sort of pledge of Germany’s absolute
I ' neutrality on various important eastern
r I
Five Killed in a Fight.
i St. Louis. Mo., Oct. SO.—A special from
■ I Monclova Mex., says a party of twenty
s j young men of prominent families went in
> I wagons from Arreon to attend a dance at
fI a neighboring ranch Monday night On
• the return trip a quarrel took place, be
» tween members of the party and a des
» perate conflict occurred. Five of the party
k j were killed and ten outers seriously
• | wounded.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMESA-WEEK) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1895.
FITZSIMMONS A_ PRISONER.
A SHERIFF BAGS HIM ON A TRAIN
NEAR TEXARKANA.
The Slugger Taken Back to Texar
kana and Is to Be Hustled to Little
Rock Via Pine Bluff—The Proposed
Fight at Hot Springs To-day Now
an Impossibility—Tlie Governor
Calls Out Militia, But Subsequently
Countermands the Order,
Texarkana, Ark., Oct. 30.—Fitzsimmons
passed through here this afternoon at 3:10
o’clock. Little Rock officers, backed up
by the sheriff of this county, arrested
him as soon as the train reached Ar
kansas territory. The Hot Springs sher
iff’s claim of prior arrest was ignored by
the first named officers, who disputed his
right on the authority of the governor of
the state to act in any official capacity.
The train did not stop in Arkansas, but
remained in Texas until ready to pull
out. When last seen through the window
the sheriff of this county was reading the
warrant to Fitzsimmons, and the sheriff
of this county has men on the train with
courage to back up all his orders to the
death, if necessary.
Fitzsimmons was taken from the train
at Fulton, twenty miles north of here,
and brought back to-night, arriving here
at 7 o’clock, by Sheriff Dillard of this
county and Deputy Sheriff Howard of Lit
tle Rock, who is acting as the personal
representative of the governor. He will
be taken to Pine Bluff to-night over the
Cotton Belt road and thence to Little
Rock. The proposed fight at Hot Springs
to-morrow morning cannot tazee place, as
it is now impossible for Fitzsimmons to be
there.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 30.—The fight
situation developed here in earnest this
morning, when Gov. Clark ordered the
militia to arms, and noon the state
house yards were lull of bpys in blue,
with muskets and other necessary ac
coutrements.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon, however,
the governor countermanded his order
sending the militia to Hot Springs. This
was because Attorney General Kenswor
thy telephoned the governor from Hot
Springs to the effect that Corbett would
be tried before a justice of the peace in
Hot Springs this afternoon, and after that
has consented to come to Little Rock
for trial before Chancellor Martin.
Chancellor Martin to-day issued a war
rant for the arrest of Sheriff Houpt, in
Arkadelphia, charging him with conspir
acy.
Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 30.—Attorney j
General Kinsworthy arrived here from ,
Little Rock this morning at 7:30 o’clock. (
He reported that proceedings under an-
I other law will be instituted against Cor- '
| bett and his party.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 30.—A special to the <
! Chronicle from Hot Springs, Ark, says
1 that W. A. Brady has given orders for
the construction of a 24-foot ring at Whit
tington Park, to be completed at mid
night.
Corbett has been instructed to be pre
pared to enter the ring at any time to
morrow morning after daylight.
The statement is made that Deputy Sher
iff Gate has mustered 700 men as deputies
to quell any violence or mob. Word was
sent to Spring Lake this afternoon for all
hands to be ready to fight to-morrow
morning, but President W. T. Babcock of
the Hot Springs Athletic Association says
that the fight will not come off until after
Nov. 1. and that no fight can be arranged
until after Julian and Fitzsimmons get
here and articles of agreement are drawn j
up and signed. He says the fight will
not be pulled off in private and will take
place some time between Nov. 1 and i
Nov. 7. He declares that when it comes
, Off it will i’e at Whittington Park, and
net In p/ivate Asked if ibis siatrmenr
I could b< positively lelicd on as official, i
i he said: but. qi.<<liflnd ii bj saying
J , l-Uaa'■ ini.- , ~' l -j ■ ■■
■ t’Te' rvanns rtTTli* lb«-nl rTnb and mi m> t,.';
’ t»'s an J fight Indnprndenily of them there
I \vns no vxy io prevent it.
I The citizens committee and nftirvrs of
the Hot Springs Athletic Association are
now in consultation at Ute Arlington ho
tel.
LONGSTR EET“AND~IfIEE.
Corre*i»ond«*nce on the Subject of the
Recent Interviews.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 30. —The following
correspondence, relating to the inter
view between Mrs. Virginia Stuart Mosby
Coleman and Gen. Longstreet, which the
former published in the New York World,
and other papers, has been made public
here:
Philadelphia, Pa„ Oct. 19, 1895.—T0 Mr.
J. Taylor Stratton, Richmond, Va.: Dear
Sir—We enclose ctiby of a letter just re
ceived from Gen. Longstreet, which we
think should satisfy the newspaper
critics. We have no doubt that your
newspapers will be glad to insert the
letter, or extracts from it.
J. B. Lippincott Co.
Gainesville. Ga., Oct. 26. 1895.-J. B.
Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Pa.: Dear
Sirs—Y'ours of the 23d inst., with in
closures, received and carefully noted.
Regarding a recent newspaper interview
I would state that the reported saying
about Gen. Lee is untrue. I have denied
some of his alleged sayings about my
self, significantly current only since his
death, and have produced evidence In
support of the denials. It is generally
concedend that there were some mis
takes in the campaigns of the confederate
armies—Gen. Lee has said so too, and I
have quoted him and his letters upon
that point.
He was true to the last to the right of
secession. I left it with the prayer that it
might rest in peace in its big grave at Ap
pomattox, 1 appeal to the public to read
before they condemn.
When asked why pursuit was not made
after the first Bull Run, I said: It was not
clearly understood; that a report in the
army at the time was that Johnston and
Beauregard were in favor, but the Presi
dent objected. This was only mentioned
as a camp rumor.
Referring to newspaper reports of
speeches and interviews. I will say that
they will rarely bear scrutinizing. For in
stance, a late letter refers to a speech re
ported as made by me recently in Chicago
about her majesty’s government and peo
ple. I have not been in Chicago since Maj’
30, and when there made no criticism of
that government, nor even mention of it,
nor was it at any time in my thoughts.
I did say recently at Chattanooga, that
we should care for the Monroe doctrine,
and that is ail that has been said in ref
erence to the subject that can be con
strued into a feeling adverse to our kins
folk of the other continent. On the con
trary. my admiration for the government
and people is unlimited.
My narrative is a statement of
facts as recorded In the reports of events
as they passed, and in that differs with
accounts made since through newspapers,
and may be offensive to those who refer
to post bellum fame. If truth is offensive,
then I have offended.
To claim that the people went apart
from the union to embark in a hopeless
cause, will be to put them in a false
light in order to conceal individual in
discretions. for events have illustrated rea
sonable hope of success and justify their
noble appeal to the power of the sword
their fortitude, patience and courage have
exalted their character in the eyes of the
world, the light of truth should adofn
tho record of their heroic struggle and
will when time has smoothed the asperi
ties that are left by rough usages in war
and in politics. There seems to be an
undercurrent at work to prejudice mv
book before It is published, but I have
faith that the time has arrived when peo
ple are not averse to reading facts sun
ported as thej’ are by records of the events
as they transpired. I remain respectfully
and truly yours, James Longstreet.
Given Six Year* for Connterfeizing.
New York. Oct. 30.—Dr. Orland E. Brad
ford. the dentist who was last week con
victed of having in his possession nlatM
for counterfeiting SIOO bills, was this af
ternoon sentenced to six years in the
King’s county penitentiary.
San Domingo** Uprising.
Kingston. Jamaica. Oct. 30.—Advices
fro San Domingo say that further serious
uprisings have occurred in the northern
ana eastern parts of that republic Gov
ernment troops have been dispatched to
i j the scene of the disturbances.
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We will make it a rule
from now on to tell you some
thing about our business ih
each issue of this paper.. We
shan’t say much but it will
pay you to look for it every
time you get the paper. We
are trying to get .our busi
ness so good and so favora
bly known that whenever
you think of a place to buy
clothing or gents’ furnishings
or hats our name will pop
right into your mind. We pin
our faith to clothing that,
when worn, brings you back
here for your next .supply.
We ship anything, anywhere
C. O. D. subject to approval.
FALK CLOTHING CO.
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ELEVEN - ! BURNED.
The Girls’ High School Building Also
Goes Up in the Blaze.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 36.—The most dis
astrous fire this city has experienced for
years occurred to-day. Between 11 and
12 o’clock an alarm was turned in from
Fifth avenue. The roof of a residence
in the middle of the block was in flames.
The wind was heavy. Tqpre - has been
no rain in this section for nearly two
months and everything was as dry as
tinder. The Are quickly spread to the ad
joining houses despite the earnest ef
forts of the firemen. Eleven handsome
residences and the girls’ pub
lic high school building were
destroyed before the fire could
be checked. One side of one of the
handsomest residence blocks in the city
was completely wiped out. The entire
fire department, consisting of three first
class steamers, a chemical engine, hook
and ladder company and several hose
companies were jn constant.. service for
about three hours. The high, wind blew
the live coals all over the city and at
one time St. Luke’s Methodist church, the
bagging factory and a store a quarter of
a mile away were on fire. Coftton in one
of the warehouses was also ignite'?. but
was extinguished 'Ai on» time
.11 like halts th® ’svhy would
hilt th»* fl’remsii fc- ,41 -r,, fbipperi tn»-
with hcuVla r sf v;.'. W The -
schoip an ~]<i r. r,(•,,!<>.. jtt rjuunro. : to
'ionics high. Th** in nra ppon ;Us
building ,va S
AN INSURANCE COMPANY SUES.
It Accuses n Ainu of Intent ionnlly
Shooting Off Ills Hniu],
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30.—A sensational suit
was filed in the superior court to-day
by the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers and Mutual Life and Accident
Association of Cleveland, 0., against
J. W. Palmer, Mrs. C. B. Palmer and
James R. Collins. Palmer is alleged to
have had in the association three poli
cies, each of which provided for the pay
ment of $1,500 If a hand was accidentally
lost. In June of this year Palmer lost
a hand and claimed that it was due to
the accidental discharge of a firearm,
which necessitated amputation. Upon sat
isfactory proof being submitted the asso
ciation on Oct. 5 paid Palmer $4,500. Since
paying this money the plaintiff has learn
ed that Palmer held a $5,000 policy in the
Union Casualty Company of St. Louis, Mo.,
which provided for the payment of one
half that sum upon the loss.of either hand.
When demand was made, upon the St.
Louis company for $2,500 it refused to
pay and decided to defend any suit that
might be brought against it. Palmer
therefore compromised with them for sl.-
000. The Cleveland association now claims
that Palmer shot hfs hand intentionally,
obtained the insurance money fraudu
lently, and it wishes to recover it. It
is charged that the $4,500 was left with
Banker J. R. Collins in the name of Mrs.
C. B. Palmer. Judge Lumpkin restrained
the bank from making any disposition
of the money until the case is given an
other hearing.
MIRDER IN THE WILD W EST.
A Man Employed iu the Cooking De
partment Kills a Companion.
Atlanta, Ga„ Oct. 30.—Janies Doyle shot
and killed Albert Emmett at Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show early this morning. Both
men were employed in the cooking depart
ment. They were friends and messed to
gether. Doyle escaped. There was no wit
ness and the motive for the shooting is
not known. The whole company turned
out to hunt for the fugitive, but neither
the Sioux braves nor the county chain
gang bloods could follow his trail, and
he has not been captured. Emmett
was from Manchester, Vt., and Doyle is
said to be from Maine.
ELOPED WITH TWO WOMEN.
Two Wives and a Man Give Inver
ness a Sensation.
Ocala, Fla., Oct. 30.—Last Saturday
Adolphus Snowdon of Inverness, a young
man of 22, eloped with Mrs. Burlison and
Mrs. Dickson. The women left Inverness
at 4p. m. for Ocala. At Orlando they met
Snowden, and it Is presumed they took
a train going south, for nothing has been
heard from them since. The husbands of
the women are well known. One is a
merchant and the other overseer of a
grove. Each woman left a family of sev
eral small children. The occurrence is
proving the greatest kind of a sensation.
Jealousy Leads to Murder.
Ocala, Fla., Oct. 30.—Yesterdy Tom Shan
non shot Captain Williams at Reddick and
the latter, after running some distance,
dropped dead. Jealousy was the cause of
the deed. Williams was walking on the
railroad track with Shannon’s wife. Both
are negroes. Shannon gave himself up.
A Negro Killed by a Train.
Waynesboro. Ga., Oct. 30.—A negro man
was knocked from the Brier creek trestle
near here by the early morning passenger
train to-day and sustained injuries from
which he died before the train, upon which
he was taken, reached Augusta. He gave
his name as Jake Carswell and said he
lived at or near Waynesboro.
—The British premier has not been un
l mindful of the attitude of the American
press with reference to Venezuela, and
i it is now believed that he will make some
i concession to public sentiment here.—
I Sun's Washington Dispatch.
VALUES STILL INCREASING.
THE COTTON MARKET ADVANCED
BOTH IN SPOTS AND FUTURES.
Middling Cotton at 8 7-1 Gc With a
Strong Demand and Fair Sales.
The Feeling Bullish in All Quar
ters—Spirits Turpentine Being Held
Instead of Selling Freely at the
Current Quotation —An Advance in
Low Grades of Rosin—The Whole
sale Markets Active With Priees
Steady and Unchanged—Reviews of
the Markets.
Savannah, Oct. 30. —It was the first act
ive day for over a week in the local cotton
market. Spots advanced %c and factors
decided to release some of their holdings.
The demand was good and sales, though
reaching about 1,500 bales, would have been
larger if buyers could have secured more.
Prices of spots were higher throughout
the south, and futures were advanced at
all of the controlling markets. Spirits
turpentine was quiet, but firm, with small
sales. Rosin advanced on the lower
grades. The wholesale trades were busy
with an increased movement to the coun
try. The security market was steady at
the ruling quotations. The following re
sume of the different markets will show
the tone and the quotations at the close
to-day;
COTTON.
Several factors contributed to the ad
vance in cotton to-dav; Liverpool sent an
advance; there was a firmness at Man
chester; the port receipts were small and
prices for spots throughout the south
were higher. January futures reached
8.95 c at New York at one time. The lo
cal spot market brightened up under the
advance of %c and selling was freely done,
reaching about 1,500 bales for the day. It
was noticeable that all of the southern
markets were selling, sales at Memphis
reaching 10,000 bales and 10,000 bales at New
Orleans.
At the ‘Cotton Exchange, at the first
call at 10:30 o’clock, the market was bulle
tined firm and unchanged, with sales of
179 bales; at the second call it was bulle
tined firm at an advance of with
sales of 277 bales. At the last call the
market closed firm and unchanged, with
further sales of 1,000 bales.
The quality of the cotton received here
seems to be too good for the market. The
most of the receipts are of good mid
dling, while middling and lower grades are
in strong demand and very scarce. The
I reason accounting for this is that the re
cent weather has made a fine quality of
cotton, while there has been no rains to
injure the open bolls. It has been very
unfavorable to the growth of the top
crop, which is said to be very scant.
The following were the official spot quo
tations. at the close of the market, al
the Cotton Exchange to-day;
Good middling '.....8%
Middling X 7-16
Low middling ...8 3-16
Market firm; sales 1,456 bales.
Sea Island—The market remained
steady,- with a fair demand at unchanged
quotations, as follows:
Extra choice Georgia 16
Choice Georgias 154 i
Extra fine Georgias Ulj
Fine Georgias 14
Medium fine Georgias Nominal
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this daj’ 5,853
Same day last year 10,452
Receipts since Sept. 1, ’95 288,448
i Same time last year ....367,011
; Exports, coastwise, this day 6,599
Stock on hand this day ...102,139
i Same day last year -...1-43,262
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
’ Receipts this day 37,749
This day las' we*k .. SA;-322
'i'liis i.a\ las »■»»r 81,691
I'Ll-' in 1893 .. .’. 12.111
Jj'-ift-Unts nA.-”'- (U* days ...■■«-■«.-<•. ISr.VW
'S>t:if ime la.-t year 301.2R8
Toi.-l "I’jpis .•sine* Sept. 1. 15’*?,..1.M:;,, S.-p
Same i i>>i<- ia.-t year j.i'*:: 4.3:t
sair" time in 18f.‘t 1,721,1.14
Slock al -i* por>s to-da> 902.02:;
Stovh same day last year .... ... 9«4,012
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 53,899 Wednesday ....81.G91
Mondav 91,922 Thursday 50,391
Tuesday 73,726 Friday 77,874
Daily Movement at Other Ports—
Gal vest u.i—Firm; middling, 8 7-16; net re
ceipts, 6,603; sales. 679; stock, 130,854.
New Orleans—Firm; middling, 8%; net
receipts, 15,003; gross, 15,603; sales, 10,250;
stock, 320,731.
Mobile—Firm; middling, 8 5-16; net re
ceipts, 2,118; sales, 100; stock, 24,506.
Charleston—Firm; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 1,659; stock, 49,905.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, B’6; net
receipts, 192; stock, 23,448.
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 2,467; sales, 276; stock, 35,663.
Baltimore—Quiet; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, —; gross, 2,539; stock, 14,155.
New York—Steady; middling, 9; net re
ceipts, none; gross, 5,615; sales, 77, all
spinners; stock, 173,691.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 1,137; gross, 4,007.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 9’4; net
receipts, 639; stock. 7,689.
Dally Movement at Interior Towns-
Augusta—Firm; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 1,626; sales, 570; stock, 30,438.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 3,631; gross, 3,690; sales, 10,500; stock
81,871.
St. Louis—Firm; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 1,427; gross, 5,297; sales, 800; stock,
24,697.
Cincinnati—Steady; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 1,579; stock, 6,931.
Houston—Firm; middling, 8 7-16; net re
ceipts, 4,906; stock, 49,399.
Exports of cotton this day—
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 8,100;
continent, 7,461; coastwise, 3,620.
Mobile—To Great Brit pip, 5,280; conti
nent, 1,510; coastwise, 1,’302.
Savannah—Coastwise, 6,599.
Charleston—Continent, 6,300.
Norfolk—To Great Britain, 5,589; coast
wise, 515.
Baltimore—Coastwise, 100.
New York—Forwarded, 1,316.
Philadelphia—To Great Britain. 106.
Total foreign exports to-day: To Great
Britain, 19,07a; to the continent, 15,271.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 52,628; to
France, ,28,898; to the continent, 45,035.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1895:
To Great Britain, 339,585; to France, 72,012;
to the continent, 285.854.
Liverpool, Oct. 30, 12:30 p. m.—Cotton,
good demand; prices fair; American mid
dling, 4 23 -32 d; sales, 14,000 bales; Ameri
can, 12,800 bales; speculation and export,
1,000 bales; receipts. 22,000 bales; Ameri
can, 11100 bales; futures opened steady;
demand fair; American middling, low
middling clause, November-December.
4.42<§4.44d; December-January, 4.43®4.44@
4.43 d; January-February,
4.44 d; February-March, 4.44®4.45<a4.46(&
4.45 d; March-April, 4.46@'4.47@.4.4«d; April-
May, 4.47 d; May-June, 4.48@4.49d; futures
quiet; tenders at to-day’s clearings 400
bales, new dockets.
4 p. m.— Cotton, American middling fair,
5 5-16 d; good middling, 4%d; middling,
4%d; low middling, 4 21-32a; good ordi
nary, 4 17-32 - ordinary, 4 11-32 d; futures
October, 4.47@4.48d, buyers; October-No
vember, 4.47 d, buyers; November-Decem
ber, 4.46 d, sellers; December-January,
4.46®4.47d, sellers; January-February,
4.47 a, sellers; February-March, 4.48 d, buy
ers; March-April, 4.49 d, buyers; April-May
4.5041 AMd, sellers; May-June, 4.51@4.52d,
buyers; June-July, 4.53 d, sellers; July-
August, 4.54 d, buyers; futures closed firm.
New York, Oct. 30. —Noon.—Ootton fu
tures opened firm; October, 8.60 c; Novem
ber, 8.64 c; December, 8.76 c; January. 8.86 c;
February, 8.90 c: March, 8.97 c; April. 9.01 c.
New York, Oct. 30. 4 p. m.—Futures
closed steady; sales, 317,600 bales; Octo
ber. 8.77 c; November, 8.77 c; December.
I 8.83 c: January, 8.89e; February, 8.95 c;
I March, 8.99 c; April, 9.03 c; May, 9.ußc; June,
9.13 c.
New Orleans, Oct. 30.—Cotton futures
steady; sales, 93,400 bales; October, 8.72 c;
November, 8.72 c; December, 8.75 c; Jan
uary, 8.79 c; February, 8.82 c; March. 8.88 c;
April. 8 92c; May, 8.96 c; June, 9.00 c.
New York, Oct. 30. —Riordan & Co. say
;of cotton to-day: “Cotton again showed
, great strength to-day. Early Liverpool
cables were not particularly encourag
ing, but later the light receipts caused
I the market to advance sharply. Our
j opening was five points higher. January
selling at 8.85 c on the first call. There
j seems to be a great disinclination of
holdres to sell their cotton and the mar
i ket steadily advanced. After the opening
Ito 8.95 c. Realizing sales then caused a
reaction to B.BBc. but the undertone of
the market all day was distinctly strong.
After a recovery to 8.93 c and another
slight decline, the market closed steady
with 8.89 c bid for January. The receipts
are being narrowly watched and while
the temper of speculation is bullish at
moment the future course of prices
will be governed very largely by their
volume.”
New York, Oct. 30.—The Sun to-day
l n ?' ts cotton review says:“These seem
!° oe Elysean days for the bulls in cot
ton. Ihe outside speculation is not so
targe as recently, the trading being for
the most part for people of ample finan
cial resources. As one firm expressed it,
Ihe outside speculation is much less
important than it was during the recent
bulge, and the market seems to be in
a much healthier condition generally.’
’he planters are not disposed to sell
freely ait present prices and partly, no
doubt, for this reason, the receipts at
the ports and the interior towns are de
cidedly smaller. Neill Bros, adhere to
their estimate of 6,800,000 bales on the
crop in stead of lowering it to 6,250,000
bales; but the higher estimate is con
sidered bullish enough, and the bears
were unable to make any capital out
of it, and prices advanced sharply. The
close was steady at a substantial net
gain for the day.”
Cotton letter received from New York
by T. F. Johnson, broker, says of to-day’s
market: “A rise of *l6 to 19 points to-day,
was due to an active and higher market
in Liverpool, firmness in Manchester,
advancing quotations at the south, and
small receipts at the ports and interior
towns. New England spinners are buy
ing futures in New York, as they can
make such purchases here to better ad
vantage than they can buy the actual
cotton at the south. Boston, it is stated,
bought quite freely here to-day, and so
did Europe and the south. While there
was also more or less buying for Wall
street account on the long side, and con
siderable local covering. The market has
advanced quite rapidly of late, and a re
action would therefore not be at all
surprising. But the general trend of
prices, considering the brisk speculation,
the excellent demand for the actual cot
ton, and the smallness of the crop move
ment, is believed to be upwards.”
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—The buyers succeed
ed in makng purchase of 249 casks this
morning at their bid of yesterday after
noon and therefore the price bulletined
at the opening call at the board of trade
was 25%c. There -were no more sales re
ported and the market closed firm and un
changed. Several of the factors refused
to release their holdings at the official
quotation.
Rosin—Pale grades continued to be quo
ted quiet, while the lotver grades were
very firm and at an advance of 2%c. At
the first call at 11 o’clock there were sales
of 3,565 barrels at the following quota
tions:
A, B, Csl 20 I 51 70
D 125 K 1 85
E 1 35@1 37% M 2 15
F 1 40@l 42% N 260
G 1 45® 1 47% IV G 3 00
H 1 50 W W 3 25
The sales included 5 barrels of water
white at $3.00; 155 barrels w’ater white at
$3.25; 152 barrels window glass at $3.00; 105
barrels N at $2.60; 19J barrels M at $2.10; 93
barrels K at $1.85; 206 barrels I at $1.70;
396 barrels H at $1.50; 813 barrels G at
$1.45 and 192 at $1.47%; 622 barrels F at
$1.40 and 188 at $1.42%; 209 barrels at $1.35
and 102 at $1.37%; 77 barrels D at $1.25 aiid
2 at $1 27%; 60 barrels C at $1.20.
At the last call at 4 o’clock the market
closed firm and unchanged.
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1895.. 2,421 89,280
Received to-day ■ 863 3,366
Received previously 236,381 680,939
Total 239,665 773,585
Exports to-day ’..... 405 897
Exports previously 221,324 638,283
Total 221,729 639,180
• - ■
Stock on hand and on ship-
board to-day 17,936 134,405
Stock same day last year .... 40,937 112,347
Receipt® same day last year . 905 3.210
Charleston. S. C.. Oct. 30.—Turpeittlne
firOn hi ’s',c; recvipis, 9$ . asks. Rosin,
good sirs in-'Ci tl>Tn at j yscipt.;,
*4.’ hs reels.
Wilmington, N. «».•!, :i". Itosln tlrin,
sl.niiufi. 51.20; good strained. M.'J’. Spir
its . iirpeniine steady: machine, . ir
its int pent I nes teadj" iiiochlm . Ir-
regular. 24%e. Tar steady at $1.40; crude
turpentine firm; hard, 31.10; sol':, $1.50;
virgin, $1.60.
New York. Oct. 30.—Rosin firm, scarce,
strained, common to good, $1.65@1.70, Tur
pentine, quiet, steady, 28%®28%c.
RICE.
The market is steady. The prices are
as follows:
Clean—Per pound, 2%@3c; good, 3%@
3%c; prime, 3%@4c; choice head, 4%@5c.
Rough—Per bushel, country, 40®4>0c; tide
water, 65@90c.
FINANCIAL.
Money is easy; demand fair.
Foreign Exchange—The market was
firm. The following are net Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, $4.87;
sixty days, $4,116%; ninety days, $4.86;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days,
$5.20%; Swiss, sixty days, $5.21%; marks,
sixty days, 94%. .
Domestic Exchange—The tone of the
market is steady. Banks are buying at
% per cent, discount and selling up to $25
at 10c premium; $25 to SSO, 15c; SSO to SIOO,
20c; SIOO to $206, 25c; over S2OO at par.
Securities—The market is fairly steady
at ruling quotations. The offerings of
bank stocks are light and demand moder
ate.
Stocks and Bonds.—State Bonds—Georgia
3% per cent, bonds, of 1930, 101% bid, 102%
asked; Georgia 3% per cents., due 1915,
101% bid. 102 asked; Georgia 4% per cent,
bonds, 1915, 114% bid, 115% asked; Georgia
Smiths, maturity 1896, 103 bid, 104 asked;
South .Carolina 4%5, 106 bid, 108 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 107 bid,
asked; Augusta 4%5, 1925, 105 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 114 bid, 115
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 110 bid, 111
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 103 bid, 104
asked; Macon 6 per cent., 115 bld, 116
asked; Savannah 5 per cent., quarterly
January coupons, 107% bid, asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent., quarterly November
coupons, 108% bid, 109% asked; Charleston
4s, 95 bld, 96 asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent, interest coupons, 115 bid, 116
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated 7 per cent, coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 104% bid, 106 asked;
Central consolidated mortgage 7 per cent.,
127% bld, asked; Central Railroad and
Banking Company, collateral gold ss,
bid, asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1910, 112
bid, 113 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta first ss, 108 bid, 108% asked:
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage 7s, 115% bid,ll6 asKed; Montgom
ery and Eufaula first mortgage indorsed
6 per cent., 114 bid, 115% asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new ss, 98
bld, 99 asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida 6s, 109 bid, 110 asked; Savannah
and Atlantic ss, indorsed, 30 bld, asked;
South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
7s, 108 bid, 109 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage 7s, 107 bid,
asked; Savannah and Western ss, trust
certificates, indorsed by Central railroad,
64 bld, 65 asked; Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery ss, 49% bid, 50% asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1920
98 bid, 99 asked; Columbus and Rome first
Indorsed, 6s, bid, 31 asked; Columbus and
Western 6 per cent, firsts, guaranteed, 116
bld, asked; Augusta and Knoxville rail
road 7 per cent, rtrst mortgage bonds, 120
bld, 121 asked; City and Suburban rail
road first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds, 79
bld, 81 asked; Electric Railway ss, due 1935,
20 bid, 25 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per
cent, indorsed, 95 bid, 97 asked; Bruns
wick and Western 4s, 73 bld, 74 asked;
South Bound railroatl ss, 76 bid, 78 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 90 bid, 91 asked; Central common.
14% bld, 15% asked; Georgia common, 175
bid, 177 asked; Southwestern, 94% bid, 95%
asked; Central 6 per cent, certificates,
23% bid, 24% asked; Atlanta and West
Point Railroad stock, 100 bid, 101 asked;
Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent, cer
tificates, 100 bid, 101 asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gaslight stock
20% bid, 21 asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 63 bid, 63% asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens’ Bank, 110
bid. 111 asked; Chatham Bank, 49 bid,
49% asked; Germania Bank, 107 bid, 109
asked; Merchants’ National Bank, 104
bid, 105% asked; National Bank of Sa
vannah, 132 bid, 133 asked; Oglethrope
Savings and Trust Company, 100% bid, 101
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia. 164% bid, 165% asked: Savannah
Bank and Trust Company, 109 bid. 110 ask
ed; Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company, A, 53% bid, 54 asked; B,
50% bid, 51% asked; Savannah Construc
tion Company, 78 bid. 30 asked; Title
Guarantee and Loan Company, 90 bid, 95
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 6
103 bid, 104 asked; Sibley Factory 65,-1
bid, 103 asked; Enterprise Factory 6s, 1
bld, 104 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Mam
facturlng Company 6 per cent, bonds, i
bld, 90 asked.
Factory Stocks—Savannah Cotton Fac
tory, 62 bid, 65 asked; Eagle and Phoenix
Manufacturing Company, 22 bid, 25 asked;
Augusta Factory, 73 bid, 76 asked; Gran
iteville Factory, 158 bid, 160 asked; Langley
Factory, 106 bid, 108 asked; Enterprise
Factory, common, 97 bld, 100 asked; J. P.
King Manufacturing Company, 106 bid, 108
asked; Sibley Manufacturing Company,
77 bid, 80 asked; Savannah Brewing Com
pany, 85 bid, 87% asked.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 6%c; dry salted clear rib sides,
5%c; long clear, none; bellies, 6%c; sugar
cured hams, 11C.
Lard—Market firm; pure in tierces 6%c;
50-pound tins, 7c; compound in tierces,
5%c; in 50-pound tins, 5%c.
Butter—Market? steady; fair demand;
Goshen, 15c; gilt edge, 19c; creamery, 20a;
Elgin, 24c.
Cheese—Market dull; 8%@llc; fancy, full
cream cheese, 10@12c; 20-pound average.
Fish—Mackerel—Half barrel, No. 1, $8.59;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3, $6.00; kits, No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
brlclfs, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 60. Smoked
herrings, per box, 20c. Dutch herrings, J.n
kegs, $1.60. New mullet, half barrels, $3.50.
Salt—Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots f. o. b., Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 48c; Virginia, 125-potmd
burlap sacks, 32c; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 35c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup—Market qulot; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 23c and selling at 23®
25c; sugar house at 18@32c; Cuba straight
Tobacco—Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestic, 22@60c; chewing, com
mon, sound, 24@27c; fair, 23@35c; good, 36@
48c; bright, 60@65c; fine fancy, 65@80c; ex
tra fine, $1.00@1.15; bright navies, 25@45u.
Sugar—Steady; equality plan quotations
for Savannah being ,18c added to the re
finers prices; cut loaf, 5.44 c; cubes, 5.56 c;
XXXX powdered, 5.43 c; powdered, 5.18 c;
fine granulated, 5.31 c; standard granula
ted, 4.81 c; confectioners’ A, 4.77 c; fancy
extra C, 4.37 c; white extra C, 4.31 c; extra
C, 4.08 c; golden extra C, 4.12 c.
Flour—Market steady; patent, $4.45;
straight, $4.15; fancy, $4.00; family*, $3.75.
Corn—Market is steady; white corn, job
lots, 52c; carload lots, 49c; mixed corn,
job lots, 51c; carload lots, 48c; cracked
corn, job lots, 95c sack.
Oats—Carload, 32c; job lots, 35c; Texaa
rust proof, 50c; Georgia, 60c.
Bran—Job lots, 95c: carload lots, 85c.
Hay—Market steady; western job lots.
$1.00; carload lots, 92%c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2.50; per sack,
$1.15; city meal, per sack, 95c; pearl grits,
per barrel, $2.60; per sack. $1.17%; grits, per.
sack, sl.lO.
Wines—Domestic port, sherry, catawba,
low grades, 60@85c; fine grades, $1.00@1.50;
California light muscatel and angelica,
$1.35@1.75.
LiquorsT-Market firm. High wines
basis, $1.22; whisky, per gallon, rectified,
100 proof, $1.35@1.75: choice grades, $1.50®
2.00; straight, $1.45@3.50: blended, $2.00®
4.00; lower proofs in proportion. Gins: io
per gallon higher. Rums 2c higher.
Lemons—Market quiet; per box, $6.00®
6.50.
A pp1e5—52.25@2.75.
Dried Fruit—Applet, evaporated, B%@
10c; common, 7@Bc.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 45@50c; West Virginia, black, 9@l2cj
lard, 65® 70c; neatsfoot, 60® 85c; machinery,
20@30c; linseed, raw, 44c; boiled, 47c; kero
sene, Georgia test, 9%c; water white, 10%c;
fire proof, ll%c; guardian, ll%c; deodor
ized stove gasoline, 13c.
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 cement,
$1.30@4.40; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $2.40; carload lots, $2.10
Nuts—Almonds. Tarragona, 16c; Ivacas,
14c; walnuts, French, 11c; Naples. 12%c-,
pecans, 10c; Brazils, 6c; filberts, 10c; as
sorted nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound. 10® 12c
per pound.
Cabbage- Northern. 7®*per head.
TeariiHs— -AtnnD sth'lv fair fiaiu«u»4t
iiiark- t sleady; 'fancy hand picked Vir
ginia, ; »■■■' pound, se; hand picked, per
pound, 4%c; small hand nicked, per pom d,
4c.
Onions—Cratrs, 90c; barrels. s2.l<'.
PotaiQcs —Irish, barrels, 51.85; k.s. $L ;5,
Nails—Market, firm; steel. 10d to 60d In
clusive. $2.91 per keg; Bd, $3.01; 6d, $8.16; »d,
to sd, $3.31; 3d, $3.61; finishing, lOd to 12d,
$3.06; Bd, $3.16; 6d, $3.31; sd, $8.51; 4d, s3.i«;
3d, fine, $4.01. Spikes, all sizes, $2.91. Wire
nails, lOd to 60<l inclusive, $3.21; Bd. $3.31;
6d, $3.46; Id to sd, $3.61; 3d, $3.91, Finish
ing, lOd to 20d, $3.36; Bd, $3.4G; 6d, $3.6% id,
$3.81; 4d, $3.96.
Shot—Firm; drop to B, $1.30; B to larger,
$1.55; buck, $1.55.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4%®
sc; refined, $2.00 base.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $2.75; half lag,
$1.65; quarter keg. 95c. Champion Duck
ing, quarter keg, $2.25. Austin smokelbsi
half keg, $8.45; quarter keg, $4.30; 3-po jfhi|
canister, $2.10; 1-pound canister, 75e. Llips
20 and 10 per cent. off.
Lumber—Demand both foreign and do
mestic, is firm. Ordinary sizes, sll.o(ks
12.00; difficult sizes, $13.00® 18.00; flooring,
boards, $15.00® 22.00; ship stuffs, $16.50@20.t?i;
sawn ties, $16.00.
Poultry—Market firm; grown fowls, per
pair, 60@70c; %-grown, 45@55c; half-grown,
30® 40c. ,
Eggs—Market firm; candled, per dosien,
17® 18c; country, 2c less.
Hides. Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
is weak; receipts, scant; dry flint, 9?;
dry salt, 7c; dry butcher, 6c; green salt
ed, sc. Wool—Quiet; prime Georgia, fr£<
of sand, burrs and black wool. 14c; blacks,
11c; burry, 7@9c; wax, 25c; tallow, 4c. Deer
Ekins —Fine, 20c; salted, 15c.
Bagging and Ties—The market is firm;
jute bagging, 2%-pound, 6%c; 2-pound, 6%c;
1%-pound, 5%c; quotations are for Job lots,
small lots higher; sea island bagging B%c.
Iron ties, large lots, 8O@85c; smaller lotp,
90c.
Dry Goods—The market is firm and ad
vancing; demand brisk. Prints, 4®’s%c:,
Georgia brown shirtings, %, 4%c; %, sc; 4-4
brown sheetings, 6c; white osnaburgs. 7%cj
checks, 4®3%c; brown drillings, 6®7%c.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market quiet. Rates quoted
are per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, $1.25;;
New York, per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia,,
per bale, $1.00; Baltimore, per bale, $1.90;
to Liverpool via New York, 35c; Bremen
via New York, 40c; Antwerp via New*
York, 87c; to Havre via New York, 40c;
Amsterdam via New York, 40c; Genoa via.
New York, 45c; Reval via New York, 48cx
Hamburg via New York, 53c. Direct::
Barcelona, 43c; Genoa, 42c; Bremen, 35c;;
Hamburg, 35c; Havre, 370; Trieste, 47cj
Venice, 47c; Reval, 47c; Liverpool, 35c.
Lumber—By Sail—Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business- is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and.
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4.25®
5.50 for a range including Baltimore ana.
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base 44 feet,
16c. Timber rates, 50c@>1.00 higher than,
lumber rates. To the West Indies and.
Windward, nominal; to Rosario, 812.00®
13.00; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, SIO.OO
@11.00; to Rio Janeiro, $14.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, $11.30@11.50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York, $7.00; to Phila
delphia, $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
4s 9d; Genoa, 2s 3d@3s 6d; Adriatic, 2s 6d@
3s 9d; South America, rosin, 65c per barrels
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 Philadelphia, rosin, 7%c per 100 pounds,
spirits, 80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%c per
100 pounds; spirits, 70c.
%A/ALL\ PAPER
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Beautiful Gold Paper sc. per piece tin.
Paper Hangers’ larire Sample books now ready for
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Chas. M. N. Killen, 1233 Filbert St. Phila.,Pa.
JOHN SCREVEN, JR.,
Rice Broker and Miller, Savannah,
Ga,, solicits conulgnmentj of Rice
and offers for sale fresh Rice Flour.
All bnslness Riven careful end
prompt attention.
wXnted, every one to know
they can get fresh >ice flour and cl tan
bedding at the Upper Rice Mills. Tele
phone SS. . . .
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