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DECLINE IN COTTON.
THE TONE OF THE SPOT MARKET
« VIET.
All Groden Dropped Vs Cent Except
Good Ordinary, Which Declined
1-16 Cent—A Fair Demand Hut
Small Salem After the Decline—
Spirits Tarpentine Very Dull, With
Market Bulletined “Nothing; Do-
Ronin Firm and Unchanged,
Willi* Light Salem Reported-
Changes in Flour, Provisions and
Sagar.
Savannah, March 12.—Dullness reigned
in the local markets to-day. The cotton.
market was quiet at a decline; there w?
nothing doing in spirits turpentine o .id
although, bulletined firm and un
changed, the reported sales were only- 238
barrels. There was a decline of r/everal
points on Sugar; meat were lowe r, com
pound lard declined and flour was 10 cents
off on the barrel. Other marJ-.iets were
quiet and unchanged. The following re
siinc of the different markets, / local anil
telegraphic, will show the torje and the
quotations at the close to-day:,
COTTON.
Jpupnese prevaded the market to-day
‘until after a decline in the quotations. At
the Cotton Exchange, at tb/e first call, the
market was bulletined quiet and easy and
unchanged with no sales reported. At the
last call at 1 o'clock the re was a decline
of % cent on all grades except good ordi
nary, the latter declining 1-16 cent. The
Reported sales at the cluse were 271 bales.
The following were tine official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange today:
Good middling 5%
Middling 5 9-16
Low middling 5%
Good ordinary - 5
Market quiet; saleti, spot, 271; L o. b.,
975.
Sea Island Cotton—There was a fair de
mand, and some eal<*s made on a basis of
the following quotations:
Extra choice Floridas 14 @14%
Choice Floridas 13 @13%
Extra fine Floridas 12%@12%
Fancy Georgias 12%@12%
Extra choice Georgias ~..12 @12%
Choice Georgias 10%@11%
Extra fine Georgios 10 @lO%
Fine Georgias 9 @ 9%
Medium fine Georgias 8%
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks—
Receipts this day 2,037
Receipts this day last year - 1,709
Receipts this day year before last .. 3,319
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 1,084,151
Same time last year 777,312
Same time year before last 674,244
Stock on hand this day 75,572
Same day last year 56,443
Receipts and Stocks at the Portal-
Receipts this day . 27,151
This day last week 12,888
This day last year 11,604
This day year before last 11,707
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897....7,600,317
Same time last year 6,065,383
Same time year before last 4,583,196
Stock at the ports to-day 1,063,1'2,1
Stock same day last year 788,941
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 11,604 Wednesday .... 7,451
Monday ...10,127 Thursday 7,921
Tuesday.,.. 15,547 Friday 13,686
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Quiet and steady; middling,
Ui; net receipts, 1,425; gross, 1,425; sales,
242; stock. 140,546.
New Orleans—Easy; middling', 5 9-16; net
receipts, 6.686; gross, 6,686; sales, 2,100;
stock, 475,672.
Mobile-Easy; middling, 5%; tvet receipts,
1,122; gross, 1,122; sales, 300; stock, 29,723.
Charles ton’-vQuiet; middling. 6%; net re
ceipts, 1,023; gross, 1,023: stock. 25,583.
• Wilmington—Dull;
ceipts, 230; gross, 230; stock. 16,212.
Norfolk—Quiet; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 486; gross, 486; sale*, 1,136; stock,
62.671.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 6%; gross
receipts, 640; stock, 31,862.
New York—Easy; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 879: stock, 190,890.
Boston—Easy; middling, 6 3-16; net re
ceipts, 912; grosa, 1,134.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts. 545; gross, 546; stock, 13,392.
Dally Movements at Interior Towns-
Augusta—Quiet; middling, 516-16; not re
ceipts, 238; gross, 238; miles, 838; stock, 48 -
95C
Memphis—Steady; middling, 511-16- not
receipts, 1,194; gross. 1,194; sales, 2.600;
Stock, 100.148.
St. Ixmils—Quiet; middling, 511-16; net
receipts, 78; gross, 2,476; sales, 10; stock,
68,084.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 6; net re
oelpts, 1.394; gross, 1,394; sales, 800; stock
9,812.
Houston—Easy; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts. 2,921; gross, 2,924; sales, 490; stock
41189.
Louisville—Steady; middling, 5%,
Exports of cotton this day—
Galveston—To Great Britain, 5.R35; to
the continent, 626.
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 5.700;
to the continent, 196.
Mobile—To Great Britain, 10.681; coast
wise, 354.
Charleston—Coastwise. 1,354.
Ncwfolk—Coastwise, 80.
New York—Forwarded. 115.
Boston—To Great Britain, 5.706.
Total foreign exports from all ports to
day and thus far thia week—To- Great
Britain, 40,232; to France, none; to the
continent. 824.
Toral foreign exports since Sept. 1 1897
Britain, 2.712.410; to France.
710,339; to the continent, 2,255 rtoe
Liverpool, March 12. 4 p. m.A'o’tton clos
ed. spot, limited demand; price favor buy
ers; American middling. 3»»c. The sales of
the day were 7,000 bales, of which 500 were
for speculation nnd export ami included 6 -
American. Receipts, 8.300 bales nil
AmcrivMn.
. Futures opened easy with a moderate de
mnn<V closed quiet; American low mid
dling clause. March, 3.ist>3.i9d. sellers;
J 1 "" k *»era; April-May.
? 1MJ3.19d buyers; May-June, 3.18@3.1M
buyers; June-July, 3.lß<jXl9d. buyers; July.
August, Auaruat-September. 3.1!Hf3.20d sell
era; September-October. MHJLJOd. sellers;
November-December. 3,1*1. buyers Dedem
het-January, 3,19 d. buyers.
New York, March It-The cotton mar
ket opened at a decline of i to t points
under quite active local and foreign aell
»hg. promises of * duplication of i a9t
week a port receipts and lack of outside
mtpport. Shortly after the first call pro
npunced weakness developed under sen
, ecal liquidation led by Wall street inter
etts. induced by a panicky stock m irket
remora that the crisis in ( he Spanish
American trouble was at hand und further
depression of American and Spanish secur
ities abroad. A considerable part of early
transactions was for the evening up of ac
counts over Sunday. There was further
HquMatlon later in the forenoon under re
ports that the Montgomery had blown up
with the market finally easy at about the
lowest point tMth a net loss of 4 to 8
point a.
New Turk, March 11. noon —Cotton fu- I
lures opened Meady at the decline; sales 1
13, tgn tuilcs, March. 5.91 c; April. 6*<c; May
XMc. June aISc; July, 6cue; August, «Uc- 1
September, Utile: tX-tober. » “ie. Novcm- !
» b*r, 4.00?; December, 4.01 c; January. <Q3c.
New York, March 12, 1 p. m.—-J'quuca j
closed easy; sales, 155,100 bales; March,
5.87 c; April, 5.88 c; May, 5.90 c; June, 5.93 c;
July, 5.98 c; August, 5.99 c; September, 5.97 c;
October, 5J a~c; November, 5.97 c; December,
5.99 c; Janv iary> 6.02 c.
New Or -leans, March 12.—Cotton futures
closed st .eady; sales, 47,100 bales; Marcn,
5.53@5.5f x;; April, '5.51@5.52c; May, 5.55@
5.56 c; J,une, 5.58(@5.59c; July, 5.62@5.63c;
September, 5.61@5.62c;
Octob- jr, 5.63(§5.64c; November, 5.63@5.64c;
Deed nber, 5.65@5.66c; January, 5.68@5.70c.
Ne' K York, March 12. —Riordan & Co. say
of t jotton to-day: “A decline of about a
qur irter of a jfient, based largely upon the
treme probability that a war with Spain
1?. imminent, has been the result of the
’ /eek’s trading in cotton. Other bearish
influences, such as a weakening of the
. Southern spot market and a continuance
of the appalling movement, have assisted
the decline, but the war scare encouraged
enormous liquidation on the part of Wall
street operators. This was the chief con
tributor to the break.
‘To-day the market was weaker. Liver
pool was two-sixty-fourths lower, and the
opening here was 1 to 4 points down. The
trading during the day was marked by
further heavy liquidation, and prices gave
way from start to finish after the opening.
The bears hammered vigorously, and ma
terially Increased their short lines. May
opened at 5.98 c, declined to 5.90 c, and
closed at 5.91 c to 5.92 c, with the tone of
the market easy.
“The immediate future of the market
will undoubtedly hang upon the develop
ments in the crisis with Spain. What
the outcome of this crisis will be no one
can say, but the outlook at the moment
is at most sensationally gloomy. Stocks
have broken badly, as well as wheat ard
cotton. The bears, however, are not re
lying alone upon the possibility of war.
They claim that the big spot demand is
disappearing: that the political outlook in
Europe is dangerous; that there is im
mense long Interests still to be liquidated,
and that the South is going to plant a full
acreage and fertilize it almost as heavily
as usual. It must not be forgotten, how
ever, that just as the recent rise tended
to stimulate planting, so a break now
will work the other way, -and that we are
rapidly approaching a time when neither
acreage nor immediate demand will be so
potent, as the weather reports from the
cotton fields. Just now there Is little of
encouragement in view, but on good
breaks we think that buying will be worth
a chance.”
The total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897,
have been 10,515 bales, against 9,366 bales
for the same tim? last year. The exports
since Sept. 1, 1897, have been 8,746 bales,
against 7,240 bales for the same time last
year.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Received this day 2,566
Received same day last year 1,196
Received same day year before last 1,003
Received past week 17,100
Received same week- last year 15,833
Received same week in 1896 11,370
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1897, 1,082,114
Receipts same time last year .... 775,603
Receipts same time year before last 670,925
Exports this day, continent 5,725
Exports this day, coastwis 4,198
Exports/past week, continent 29,745
Exports past week, coastwise 8,221
Total Exports for week 37,966
Exports Since Sept. 1, 1897
To Great Britain 73,740
To France 32,544
To the continent ...’ 539,202
Total foreign 645,400
Total coastwise 371,139
.Total exports 1,016,539
Exports Same Time L a9t Year—
To Great Britain 48,263
To France 15,341
To the continent 333,204
Total foreign 396,808
Total coastwise 347,644
Total exports 744.452
Stock on hand this day 73,535
Stock on hand same day last year .. 54,734
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 20,149
This day last week 22,783
This day last year 9,199
This day year before last 18,287
Receipts past week 143,522
Same week last year 74,908
Same week year before last 70.737
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897....7,573,163
Same time last year 6,053,779
Same time year before last 4,571,492
Stock at the ports to-day 1,071,090
Stock name day last year 792,350
WEEKLY COTTON REPORTS.
Comparative cotton statement for the
week ending March 11, 1898 and March 12,
1897:
~l 1898. 18977
Net receipts at all U. S.|
ports for this week | 143,522| 74,908
Total receipts „ '7.573,163 6.053.779
Exports for the week | 177,434] 132.246
Total ex|K>rtH to date |5.642,823i4.794,761
Stocks ut U. S. ports |1.071,090; 792.350
Stocks at interior towns ~..| 449,431| 310,242
Stocks at Liverpool |1,211,Q00|1,383,000
Stocks of American afloat |
for Great Britain | 170,0001 102,000
Comparative statement of net receipts
at all the ports for the week ending
Friday evening, March 11, 1898, and for the
same week last year:
1898. 1807.
Galveston | 31,929 15,882
New Orleans | 60,612:23,244
Mobile | 4,150| 4.402
Savannah | 17.160116,832
Charleston | 4,107| 2.856
Wilmington ’ | 1,704; 678
Norfolk | 5,163 7,794
Baltimore | 1.721| 773
New York j 2,1»5| 929
Boston | 3.283! 1,724
Philadelphia | 1.063' 794
Pensacola j 2,100 j
BrunOqflck | 6.801
Newport News | 1,135, 1
Port Arthur ~..| 3001.... Z
Tori
Comparative statement of net receipts at
all the ports from Sept. 1, 1597. to Fri<7ay
evening. March 11. 1898. and from St p'., i (
1596, to Friday. March 12. 1897;
Receipts since Sept. 1— | 1897-98. ‘.896-97.
Galveston 1 1.796,08’ 1,272.773
New Orleans
Mobile | 334,’,70j 277,833
Savannah ,1,053 no 774,470
Charleston | 4lfr,M3 378,503
Wilmington | J 4.463 232.241
Norfolk I ’509.596 647.710
Baltimore j 61,708 53,112
New York 122.167 99.4+)
Boston ' 158.243 141.954
Philadelphia 65,093 i 32.937
West Point ...j ( 50
Port Royal ....| 53,662 58.767
Pensacola 1 95.942 33.672
Brunswick j 19S.$eO 92.296
Newport News | 9.873
Port Arthur [ MBo|
Texas City J | | 47.874
"Total .... J. 573.1636.053779
Stock of cotto'a at all ports March 11,
IK'S, and on tb e same day of the week
last year:
Ports— r'iR9S issr?;
j New drtear.3 474.884 9M.418
Mobile | 89.635 19.724
Galveston ’ | 145.581 78.922
Savanna*.) ‘ 73.535 m.Tm
Chari. 1 25.914 38.656
*VS i.mlr . x ton j 15.982 13.237
‘ Norfo dt <2.196 G 7.313
I New York 158.224 243.101
j OCr.-r ports 45.179 28 171
I -'A'OUI iVTVSOi 732,330
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MQ.XDAY MARCH 14, 1898.
DRY GOODS.
New York, March 12.—The close of the
week is quiet in dry goods at ffi-st hands.
Staple goods show no change from ■ the
market conditions prevailing at the open
ing of the week. In cotton lines there
has been a well sustained demand for sea
sonable styles, particularly in printed ard
woven colored goods. Staple cottons, in
brown and bleached goods alike, are prac
tically where they were at the week’s
opening. The firm attitude of sellers is
remarkable in the face of the decline in
print goods, and the decidedly quiet de
mand registered.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—lt was another dull
day in the market, and at the Board of
Trade, at the Mrst and last calls the mar
ket Was bulletined ‘‘nothing doing.” There
were no reports of offerings at any price,
and the trade is expecting a decline from
35c, the last official quotation.
Rosin—There was but little doing in the
market to-day, although prices were un
changed. The reported sales at the Board
of Trade were 238 barrels, at the first call,
wjth the quotations unchanged from yes
terday, and the tone firm. At the last
call the market closed firm and unchanged
with no sales reported. The following
were the quotations:
A, B, C ~..51 20 I $1 60
D 120 K 1 65
E --~ 1 25 M £ 65
F 136 N 170
G 1 45 W G 1 so
H 1 GO W W 200
Naval Stores Statement —
Spirits. Rosin
Stock April 1, 1897 4,B?i€ 177,339
Received this day 34 409
Received previously ....,,...306,788 1,101,282
Total 311,658 1.279,030
Exports to-day
Exports previously 295,409 1,126,069
Total since April 1, 1897.. .295,803 1,126,899
Stock on hand this day 16,852 152,140
Stock same day last year.... 7,572 210,321
Receipts same day last year 233 1 803
Charleston, S. C., March 12.—Turpentine
market firm at 35%c; sales none. Rosin
firm and unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, N. C„ March 12.—Turpentine
quiet,
firm, $1.25 and $1.30; receipts, 455 barrels.
Crude turpentine nothing doing, unchang
ed; receipts, 200. Tar steady, $105; receipts,
375 barrels.
New York, March 12.—Rosin steady
strained, common to good, $1.42%@1.45
Spirits turpentine steady; 36%@37c.
RICE.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots in first
hands: f
Fail \ 4 @4%
2 ood 4%@1%
F F lr ? e 4%@5
Choice ...- 5%05%
Rough—7sc to sl.lO per bushel.
FINaAGIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market is
weak. The following are the net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial demand.
$4.82%; sixty days, $4.80; ninety
$4.78*2; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 5.25%; Swiss, sixty days, 5.27%,
marks, sixty days, 94 3-16.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to $25, 10c premium; $25 to SSO, 15c premium;
SSO to SIOO, 20c premium; S2OO to SI,OOO, %
per cent, premium; SI,OOO and over $1 per
SI,OOO.
Securities—There is some inclination to
buy securities on the slump, but the mar
ket on the whole is rather dull.
Stocks and Bonds.—State Bonds Georgia
3% per cent, bonds of 1930, 105 bid, asked;
Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915, 105 bid,
asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bonds. 1915,
116% bid, 117% asked; Georgia 4 per cent.,
due 1926, 113 bid. asked; South Carolina
4%5, 110 bid, 112 asked.
City Bonds—-Atlanta 7 per cent., 103-bid
asked; Augusta 4%5, 1926, 105 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 110 t>ki ( m
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 112 bid, 113
esked; Columbus 5 per cent., 103% bid, 104%
asked; Macon 6 per cent. 114 bid, 116 ask
ed; Macon 4%5, 1926, 103 bid, 105 asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent, quarterly .April cou
pons 110% bid, 111% asked; Savannah 5 per
cent, quarterly May coupons, 110% bid, m
asked; Charleston 4s, 95 bid 96 asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent, interest coupons, 117 bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 108% bid, 109% asked; Cen-
tial Railroad and Banking Company col
lateral ss. 88% bld, 89% asked; Central of
Georgia Railway first mortgage ss, 50-
year gold bonds, 116 bid, 117 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mortgage ss. bid, 91 asked; Central of
Georgia Railway first preferred incomes,
37 bld, 88% at:ked; Central of' Georgia
Railway second preferred incomes, 12%
bid. 13% asked ; Central of Georgia Railway
third preferred Incomes, 6 bid, 7 asked;
Georgia RaZroad 6s, 1910, 113 bid, 114 asked;
Charlotte. /Columbia and Augusta first ss.
107 bid, 10yasked; Charlotte, Columbia anti
Augusta /econd mortgage 7s, 117 bid, 118%
asked; CB-orgia Southern and Florida new
ss, I<X) b/1, 101% asked; South Georgia and
Florida/ first mortgage 7s, 102% bid, 108%
asked;/ South Georgia and Florida second
morts/ige 7s, 103 bld, 106 asked; Ocean
Stean/shtp 5 per cent, bonds, 1926, 105 bid,
106 /sked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds, 84 bld,
flstyed; Alabama Midland, 5 per cent, in
dorsed, $6 bid, 90 Brunswick and
IVestern 4s. 75 bid, 77% asked; South
V ound Railway ss, bid, 75 asked; Geor
/ ria and Alabama first preferred ss, 103 bid,
104 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. ss,
88 bld, 89 asaed; Eatonton Branch, 85 bid
88% asked; Central of Georgia, Middle
Georgia and Atlantic Division ss, bid, 81
asked. *
Railroad Stocxs—Augusta and Savannah.
93% bid. 94% asked; Georgia com
mon. 175 bid, 180 asked; Soutn
western, 92 bid, 93 asked; At
lanta and West Point stock. 108% Nd, 104%
asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent,
certificates. 103 bid. 104 asked; Savannah
Construction Compqny. bid, 75 asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock.
22 bid. 23 asked; Electric Light and Power
Company. 73 bid, 77 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Cltixens Bank, 109%
bid, 110 asked; Chatham Bank. 48%
bld. 49 asked; Germania Bank. ICO
Nd. 110 asked; National Bank of Savan
nah, 125 bid, 126 asked; Merchants
Bank. 84% bid, 85 asked; Oglethorpe Sav.
Ings and Trust Company. 105 bid, 106
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, bld, 138 asked; Savannah
Bank and Trust Company. 108 bid. 102%
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Im
provement Company, A, 55 bid. 56 asked ; B,
64% Nd. 55 asked; People’s Savings ana
Loan Company. 95 bid. 97 asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory. 101
Nd. 102 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu
facturing Company. 5 per cent, bonds. 38
Nd. 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com.
pany. 6s. 100 bid. 102 asked. *
Factory Stocks Augusta Factory, 60
bid. 75 asked; Graniteville Factory, 145 Nd
151 asked; Factory. 101 bid. I<H
asked; Enterprise Factory, common. 93
Nd. 96 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid, 106 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company. 70 bid. 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company. 50 bid.
asked.
MISCELL SNEOI S MARKETS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations;
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 6%c; dry salted clear rib
sides, 6%c; bellies, 6%c; sugar cured hams,
10c.
Bard—/Market firm; pure, in tierces, 6%c;
50-pound tins, 6%c; compound, in tierces’
4%c; 50-pound tins, 4%e.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 16@17%c; gilt edge, 22@23c; creamery,
23@24c; fancy Elgins. 25@27c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, ll@ll%c; 20-pound average, 11%@
12c.
Flour—Firm; patents, $5.40; straights,
$5.00; fancy, $4.55; family, $4.50.
Corn—Market steady; white, job lots,
51c; carload lots, 49c; mixed corn, job lots,
50c; car load lots, 48c.
lots, 38c; job lots, 40c.
Texas rust proof, job lots, 45c.
Southern seed rye, sl.lO.
Rice—Job lots, fair, 4%@4%c; good, 4%@
sc; prime, 5@5%c.
Bran—Job lots, 90c; carload lots, 95c.
Hay—Market steady; Western, job lota,
80c; carload lots, 75c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2.25; per sack,
$1.05; city meal, per sack, bolted, 95c; city
meal, water ground, 97%c; pearl grits, per
barrel, $2.05: per sack, $1.07%.
Coffee—Steady; Mocha, 26c; Java, 27c;
Feaberry, 17c; standard No. 1,14 c; No. 2,
13c; No. 3, 12%c; No. 4, ll%c; No. 5, 10%c;
No. 6, 9%c; No. 7, B%c.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 5.49 c,“ standard gran
ulated, 5.30 c; cubes, 5.49 c; confectioners’ A,
5.18 c; wjjiite extra C, 4.74 c; extra C, 4.68 c;
golden C, 4.49 c; yellows, 4.36 c. Tone firm.
Cabbage—Native, barrels, per head, 6@
7c; crates, $1.50.
Onions —Barrels, $3.25; crate, $1.15.
Potatoes—lrish, sacks, $2.75.
Apples—s4.2s@4.so.
Oranges—California, $3.75@4.00.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $2.75@3.75.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, 5@5%c.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragona, 12c; Ivicas,
10%c; walnuts, French, 10c: Naples, 11c;
pecans, 10c; Brazils, B%c; filberts, 10c; as
sorted nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes,
10@10%c; cocoanuts. $3.75 per 100.
Raisins—L. L., $1.65; %-box, $1.00; loose,
60-pound boxes, 6%c per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy, hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c; hand-picked, per
pound, 4c; N. C. peanuts. 4c.
Eggs—Market firm; candled per dozen,
ll@12c; country, 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; half
grown, 25@35c per pair; three-quarters,
grown, 40@50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
55@65c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8.50;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3, $6.00; kits. No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, per box, 20c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, $1.25; new mullet, half-barrel, $3.50.
Syrup—Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 18020 c; selling at 20@
22%c; sugar house at 19032 c; Cuba straight
goods, 23Q30c; sugar house molasses, 15
@2oc. ,
Salt—Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 57c; job lots, 650’JOc; com
mon fine salt, 125-poun4. in burlap sacks,
carload lots, 36c; common fine salt, 125-
pound, in cotton sacks, carload lots, 39c.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The marKct
firm; dry flint, 15%c; dry salt, 13%c; green
salted, B%c. Wool—Firm; prime Georgia,
free of sand, burrs and black wool, 18c;
blacks, 16c; burry, 7@loc;. Wax. 24c. Tal
low, 2c. Deer skins. 15c.
Oils—Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 45@50c; West Virginia black, 9@l2c;
lard. 48055 c; neatsfoot, 60075 c; machinery,
15025 c; linseed raw, 46c; boiled, 48c; kero
sene, prime white, 8e; water white, 9c;
tire-proof, 10c; deodorized stove gasoline,
barrels, B%c.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $4.00; half keg.
$2.25; quarter keg, $1.25; Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $2.25; Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, $11.25;
quaiter kegs, $5.75; 1-pound canisters, sl.w;
less 25 per cent.
Shot—Drop, $1.25; B. B. and large, $1.50;
chilled, $1.55.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4(g).
4%c; refined, $1.55 base.
Nails—Cut, $1.50 base; wire, $1.90 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. 1, 1896.
Dry Goods—The market is firm; demand
brisk; prints, 3%@5c; Georgia brown shirt
ings, 3c; %, 4c; 4-4 brown sheetings, 4%@
sc; white osnaburgs, 6c; checks, 405 c;
brown drillings, 5%06%c.
Lime, Calcined Piaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia line in fair demand,
and selling at 75c per barrel, bulk and ca/
load lot, special; calcined plaster, $1 50
per barrel; hair, 4<≻ Rosedale cement
$1,100)120; carload lots special; Portland
cement, retail, $2.20; carload lots, $2.00.
OCEAN FRKIGHT9,
Cotton—Market easy; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale $1 ->5-
New York, per bale, $1.00: PhiladielphTa’
per bale, $1.00; Baltimore, per bale $1 oo’
Direct—Barcelona, 53c; Reval, 49b; Brem
en, 40c; Trieste, 55c; Venice, 55c; Naples
55c; Hamburg, 43c. Via New York—Liver
pool, 40c; Bremen, 45c; Amsterdam, 45c-
Hamburg, 43c; Havre, 45c; Reval, 53c/ Ge
noa. 55c. *
Lumber—By Sail—Freights are firm at
ruling rates* Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4 00/i
4,50 for a range—including Baltimore and
Portland, Mt. Railroad ties, base 14 feet,
to Baltimore, 12c; to Philadelphia. 13c: to
New York, 13%c. Timber rates, 50c051.00
higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and windward, nominal; to Rosario,
$12.00013.00; to Buenos Ayres and Monte
video, $10,000'11.00; to Rio Janeiro, $14.00;
to Spanish and Mediterranean ports, $11.30
011.50; to United Kingdom, for orders,
nominal for lumber, £4 5s standard. »
By Steam—To New York, SS.CO; to Phil
adelphia, via New York, $5.50; to Boston,
$6.00, via New York; to Baltimore, $4 00.
Naval Stores—The market is steady;
medium sized vessels, Cork for orders.
2s 9d for barrels of 310 pounds, and 5c
primage; spirits. 4s; larger. 1%03d; Genoa,
rosin, 2s 3d: Adriatic, 2s 6d; Brazil, 80c for
barrels of 280 pounds; Java, 3s 6d; River
Platte. 72c; Australia, 3s 9d. Constwisg?—
Steam. 10c per 100 pounds on rosin; 90c on
spirits to Boston and B%c on rosin, and
80c on spirits to New York.
COL. DEVEAUX SWORN IN.
Vow Collector of the Port Takes the
Oath of Office.
Col. John H. Deveaux was sworn in as
collector of the port of Savannah at 10:30
o’clock yesterday morning, before Clerk
H. H. King of the United States court,
who also administered the oath to Collec
tor J. F. B. Beckwith when he went into
office.
The ceremonies, which were brief, took
place in the collector's office in the cus
tom house Col. Deveaux, who had been
notified that the office would be turned
over to him at that time, was there on
the minute, received his cortmission and
swore to properly perform the duties of
collector and support and defend the con
stitution of the United States.
Retiring Collector Beckwith, who was
present to turn over the property in his
possession to his successor then made a
few appropriate remarks, and Collector
Deveaux replied in terms suitable to the
occasion. Outside of Collector Beckwith
and Clerk King, only the employes of the
custom house were present, together with
one or two personal friends of the new
collector.
All of the officers of the custom house,
in whatever capacity, went tn and ten
dered their congratulations to the new in
cumbent. and during the morning he had
a number of callers on the same mission.
A Taste of Spring.
In addition to our “marked down” sales of Heavy Weight Suits*
Overcoats and Trousers, we have brought forward the re
mainder
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Carried Over From Last Spring,
and can offer some catching inducements in Spring Suits—just
the right weights for the weather that is coming in vogue, and
while they are NOT THIS SPRING’S STYLES, the prices will
please many with whom “style” for everyday wear CUTS NO
FIGURE.
B. H. Levy & Bro.,
BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS.
COLLECTOR BECKWITH’S FUTURE
CAREER WILL LEAD HIM.
Expects to Go to New York About
Sept. I—Will Be Associated With
the Ward-James-Rhea Combina
tion—To Read “Hamlet” in Atlanta
For Charity in a Few Weeks—Has
High Recommendations —He Will
Relinquish His Office to His Suc
cessor at 10:30 O’clock This Morn
ing.
From the Morning News March 11.
The commission of Col. John H. De
veaux as collector of customs of the dis
trict of Savannah arrived yesterday morn
ing, and with it the oath he is to take on
entering office.
The new collector addressed a letter to
Cbllector Beckwith asking him when it
would be convenient to turn over the
Custom House to him and the property
connected with it. Collector Beckwith
replied at on<s fixing the hour for 10:30
o’clock this morning, at which time Col.
Deveaux will take the oath of office prob
ably before Clerk H. H. King of the
United States court, in the office of the
collector.
Collector J. F. B. Beckwith lays down
the reins of his office with the warm
personal friendship of all with whom he
has come in contact during its occupancy.
He has conducted the affairs of the office
with ability and entire satisfaction to all
who have had dealings with it, and his
courteous and affable manner on all oc
casions made him generally liked.
It will be no small surprise to Collector
friends to learn that his fu
ture career will lead him before the foot
lights.
When asked yesterday what he would
do, Collector Beckwith replied that he
would for the present continue the prac
tice of law with his partner, Mr. A. S.
Way.
"But it is reported that you expect to
go upon the stage?” was suggested Inter
rogatively.
The question was no small surprise to
Mr. Beckwith, who Was wholly unaware
that his intention had become public. He
was not at first inclined to say anything
about the matter, but said, finally:
“It is true. I dc>£expect to go upon
the and have been making some ar
rangement with that object in view. It is
likely that I will go to New York about
Sept. 1.”
It is said among Mr. Beckwith’s most
intimate friends that he had an offer from
Collin Kemper, who was here with Louie
James, to go with that company within
four weeks to play the King in “Ham
let,” but Mr. Beckwith could not make
arrangements to leave Sav.-innah within
that time. Mr. Kemper, it is stated, was
much pleased with Mr. Beckw’ith’s work,
and told him he was one of the best ana
most satisfactory readers who has ever
come before him.
An arrangement was made, it is said, by
which Mr. Beckwith is to go to New York
about Sept. 1, and take a part in the Ward-
James-Rhea combination, which is expect
ed to be one of the greatest theatrical
companies the next season will afford. The
King in "Hamlet” is one of the particular
parts Mr. Beckwith expects to take up
with that company.
Mr. Beckwith has recently made a pro
fessional study of Shakespearean plays un
der Alfred Ayers of New York, one of
America’s most famous readers and teach
ers, and the following from Mr. Ayres is
considered a rare testimonial:
“To Those That Are Interested: Inas
much as Mr. J. F. Brockenborough Beck-
W’ith of Savannah, Ga., has supplemented
his natural gifts with a careful study of
all that part of Shakespeare's "Hamlet”
that usually is read in public, I shall be
disappointed if he be not found, at the
least, quite the equal, as a reader of the
said tragedy, of the best of our profession
als.
“Early in November of this year, Mr.
Beckwith was in New York long enough
to take thirty-two lessons on the reading
of “Hamlet,” which, I am confident, is
more time than any public reader of to-day
has ever spent, under the guidance of an
expert, on any one of the Shakespeare
plays. Alfred Ayres.’
Mr. Beckwith will read “Hamlet” in At
lanta the latter part of this month, or
sometime early in April for the benefit of
the Grady Hospital, or some other public
charity. He expects to continue his stud
ies and be prepared to enter the profes
sional arena early in September next.
LOW RATES FOR BRIMMERS.
Half Fare Granted by the Railroads
For Their Convention.
From the Morning News March 11.
The rate to govern the travel of the
drummers to and from Savannah during
the week of their convention has just been
decided. Members of the Travelers' Pro
tective Association of Georgia and every
body else who may desire may come from
their homes, within certain limits, for one
fare for the round trip.
The drummers put in a request some
time ago to have the railroads name a low
rate for the convention. The roads inter
ested requested the rate from the South
eastern Passenger Association’s confer
ence committee. The general passenger
agents think a good travel to Savannah
during the week of the convention will be
had on account of the public being then
able to make the return trip pt one-half
the usual cost.
When rates as low as one fare for the
round trip are granted by the railroads
they never shut out the public from the
privilege of riding at the reduced figure.
The privilege is not restricted, as in some
cases, io the members of the organization
'for which the rates were secured. When
the certificate platr is worked, only those
going to conventions as delegates can
travel on the reduced rate.
The tickets to the Savannah convention
will be on sale April 19. They Will be good
on the trains scheduled to reach here the
morning of April 20, which is the first
of the three days the convention is to
be in session. The final limit of the tickets
will be April 23. The application for the
rates by the committee of the drummers
was only made from certain points and
others intermediate. Many cities have no
posts of the T. P. A., so rates from them
were not requested. The places from which
tickets will be sold are Jacksonville, Fla.,
Thomasville, Albany, Eufaula, Ala., Co
lumbus, Carrollton, Atlanta, Macon,
Athens, Augusta, and intermediate sta
tions.
RATES FOR WAR MATERIAL.
Government Wants 400,000 Tons of
Coal Carried to Key West.
From the Morning News March 11.
The Plant System has been receiving in
quiries of late regarding rates and trans
portation facilities for carrying govern
ment material of different kinds from the
North to Key West.
The latest inquiry was to ascertain what
rates could be named for the transporta
tion of 400,000 tons of coal from Charles
ton. The road cannot carry the coal on
account of a lack of sufficiently large
steamers plying between Port Tampa and
Key West. The system has a line, but
the vessels, while excellent for the large
passenger business and the lighter classes
of freight they handle, are inadequate for
the transportation of such great weights
as it is desired to ship. It is said the
rates, even if furnished, would be too high
by the rail route to admit of the govern
ment sending its coal that way. It would
cost from $2 to $3 per ton to haul the
coal as far south as Port Tampa. Barging
or shipping by steamers from that place
would be an additional cost. The estab
lishment of the intended coaling station,
toward which the request for information
regarding transportation evidently points,
at Key West will prove a good means of
getting rid of a part of the big extra ap
propration made for defense by Congress.
Four hundred thousand tons of coal wih
cost a round sum at the mines in Penn
sylvania. Add to this the transportation
charges to Key West and the million-mark
is overreached by several hundred thous
ands.
It is thought by the railroad people that
the coal will not be shipped by rail, un
less a special contingency, as probable war,
should arise. They believe vessels will
be chartered to carry ihe coal from Bal
timore or Norfolk to Key West', as this
would prove a less costly method for its
transportation. When the enormous quan
tity of coai is considered it can be under
stood that the government would hardly
resort to such a method if there Were any
urgent need of the immediate establish
ment of the coaling station.
If ten steamers, each capable of carry
ing 3,000 tons, were secured, it would take
the fleet something like four months to
move all the coal. It is estimated that
the freight trains of the railroads could
get the entire shipment through in far
less time. The interrogatories received by
the general freight office of the Plant Sys
tem came from the Pennsylvania lines,
which had evidently been approached by
government officials.
CANDLER MEN IN LINE.
Permanent Organization Will Be
Perfected Monday Night y
From the Morning News March 11.
The Allen D. Candler Club held Another
meeting at the court house last night to
receive the 'report of the committee ap
pointed to select district canvassers. In
cidentally considerable other business
was transacted.
The committee on permanent organiza
tion, composed of Col. M. W. Dixon, Capt.
John R. Dillo*., Maj. G. M. Ryals, Messrs.
Waring Russell and H. M. Lofton, was
not ready to make a report, but sMill has
in consideration the selection of a presi
dent, who will be some prominent Savan
nahian who has not taken a prominent
part in local politics. The president will
no doubt be selected at the next meeting
of the club on Monday night.. This com
mittee will only select a president, and
the vice presidents of the club will be
chosen by the club itself.
The names of about seventy-five new
members were enrolled, brought in by
those who attended the first meeting.
This was before any of the canvassers
had been named.
The same spirit of harmony as be
tween the members of the two local fac
tions that was noticeable the night before
pervaded the meeting, and the only de
termination of the members is that the
county shall give their candidate a big
majority. The committee on district can
vassers reported the following committees
for the different militia districts, which
will be furnished with application blanks
and urged to bring in as many new mem
bers as possible when the next meeting
is held at the court house at 8:30 o'clock
next Monday night:
First District—James McGuire, R. Wick
ham, R. H. Clements, C. C. Jordan, Wil
liam McCormack. W. F. Corbett, C. A.
Lamotte, Henry Garwes, William Reagan,
M. J. Barrett, D. J. Kiley and E. W.
O'Connor.
Second District—T. J. Sheftall, H. M.
Lofton, Waring Russell, Frank McDer
mott, E. J. Whelan, Neil Gildea, W. J’.
Bailey, H. E. Wilson, Charles Collman,
Theodore Groot and B. O. Rogers.
Third District—J. H. Estill, George W.
Owens, W. C. Hartridge, G. M, Ryals,
Gustave Fox, T. S. Morgan, Jr., John R.
Dillon, John Rourke, Julius Perlinski,
John D. Robinson, A. J. Garfunkel, R. J.
Warrick, Charles Brant and J. H. Helm
ken, E. A. Silva.
Fourth District—Samuel Reynolds, Pope
Barrow, v Edward Karow, U. H. McLaws,
G. Riesling, J. F. Fallon, John J. Staf
ford, James Mcßride, John A. Goette,
Frank Gaffney, John Carr, F. W. Cam
pos, Patrick Buttimer, William M. Wal
lace olid I. D. Goodwin.
Fifth District—B. J. Mclntyre, Henry
Ambos, J. A. Sawyer, George W. Wyl
ly, Jr.
Sixth District—W. J. Shuman, Wash
Nelson, J. F. Guilmartin and B. S. Wells.
Seventh District—W. J. Cleary, P. L.
Constantine.
Eighth District—J. B. Newton, C. R.
Patterson, David L. Christian. '
It will also be decided at Monday night’s
meeting when and where the first Cand
ler rally in Chatham county shall be held.
BLAZE in brewery vat room.
Firemen Unable to Get at the Fire
and Flood the Place.
Fire was discovered in the vat basement
of the Savannah Brewery shortly before 8
o’clock last night. An alarm sounded from
a neighboring box summoned the entire
fire department, with one exception.
At 1 o’clock the fire had not been accu
rately located on account of the dense
smoke which issued out the three small
windows leading to the vat house, and
which rendered it impossible for the fire
men to enter. The only means they had of
fighting the fire was by throwing water
through the windows, which was kept up
from the time the department arrived. The
result was that the pump room, adjoining
the vat house, and the beer storage room,
also adjoining it from another side, were
submerged. Five feet of water was stand
ing in the pump room at 11:30 o’clock,
though there was little smoke there, the
main volume being in the beer room,which
was kept tightly closed in order to hold
down the fire.
On the floor above the basement, in
which the fire started, where hops' is stor
ed, while on the top floor are storage’ bins
for malt. While the beat was intense, still
it was not thought the fire would reach
those floors, and neither was the stock on
them apt to suffer from smoke that oozed
through. With these floors protected, it
is reported the loss will not be heavy, even
though the vats in the basement are de
stroyed.
Mr. W. W. Starr, manager of the com
pany, was one of the first to arrive after
the alarm was telephoned to engine house
No. 2. The entire surroundings/were then
enveloped in smoke, and it required some ■
time to even locate the blaze in the vat
house. This being done, the firemen work
ed energetically, and under disadvantages
succeeded in getting water in the building.
It was soon realized, however, that the
best method to handle the blaze was by
drenching the basement with water, as H
v. as impossible to send men inside. At one
time the door leading from the beer room
on the west side, and which connects by
a narrow passage with the basement, -was
opened in order to run a string of hose
inside, but the smoke burst out in such
dense volumes that the door had to be
closed again.
Just how the fire started is a mystery
which cannot be solved until the firemen
get inside. It is the supposition of those
connected with the brewery, however, that
it originated in the packing and saw dust
between the ceiling. The vats in the
basement are old wooden vessels, which
have hot been used since the addition to
the brewery was built some years ago. No
one ever has occasion to go there, though
it is reported one of the employes was in
the basement during the afternoon for
some purpose. He was questioned by the
other men and said he had no matches
or other ignitable substance in his pos
session. It is impossible for any of the
bgewery officers, several of whom were on
the ground, to come to any conclusion
about how the fire started.
It was agreed by the firemen to be the
worst fire ever handled by department.
Several of the nervy fellows who went
into the smoke were overcome and had to
be taken to their homes. Firemeh became
deathly sick and went to fresh air In
termittently in order to keep from being
suffocated.
Manager Starr stated that the loss wquld
not amount to a great deal unless the
floors above the basement were damaged.
The plant was fully covered by insurance,
however, had the damage been gregtet.
The inconvenience was not sufficient to
stop operation, he said, or interfere with
the company in filling orders.
USED KNIFE AND RAZOR.
A Negro’s Vicious Assault on a Wo
man of His Own Color.
The police were called to stop a fight
on West Broad street last night in which
J. T. Woods and Lena Hankerson, col
ored, were engaged.
Woods stabbed the woman several times
and also passed a razor over her throat.
She was taken to her home and is report
ed to be in a dangerous condition.
Detective Garrity placed Woods under
prrest and lodged him in jail, charged
with assault with intent to murder.
—Diggs—Hanks, doesn’t seem to have
any pity for the unfortunates of this great
city." Figgs—From what do you judge
that? Diggs—l saw him put a forty-page
Bunday paper into the slot of the hospital
box.—Harlem Life.
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