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marine intelligence.
I<ot VL AM. GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPIN*.
jorwi'B* oll Steamship Aground In
the Savannah River—Steamer Gov.
Salford Arrive* From Brnontlck
VAilli a Dirfco of Cotton—An Iron
Steamer to He Built at Hath, Me.,
t„ < ompete With Foreign Tramp*.
T], Norwegian steamship Drot, while
ewin-’ n S in the rlver at the Central rail
loa,l wharves yesterday morning, got
aground and could "not be pulled off by
two tugs, which worked on her. The
steam'd was drawing over twenty-two
and it was at high tide when she
struck Itottom. The tides are on the
w. a. . and unless an easterly wind should
the water in the river, she will prob
abiy have to lighter a part of her cargo
or wait for the spring tides a week hence.
Th' Drot arrived here Sunday, Nov. 6,
front iVinandina, and got aground before
sir was docked. She afterwards tinished
loading with cotton for Bremen. She
w i to have gone to sea yesterday.
The schooner Mary F. Godfrey, which
sail'd from Tybee Oct. 9, after a series
of disasters previously, and for whom
th> re Wits considerable anxiety as to her
safety during the recent storms, arrived
at Philadelphia last week. She Is now
undi rgoing repairs.
Th' Norwegian bark Seier, which arriv
ed at quarantine Thursday from Table
j-jai, via Barbados, was released yester
day. and was towed to the city. She had a
small quantity of ballast taken on board
nt Itio Janeiro some months ago, which
had to be discharged.
The schooner Emily F. Northam, Capt.
Johnson, from Philadelphia, arrived yes
t< rday with a cargo of coal consigned to
the agent of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway.
The steamer Gov. Safford, from Bruns
wick, arrived yesterday with 206 bales of
cotton, to be loaded on the Norwegian
steamship Olaf Kyrre, which will sail in
a few days for Bremen.
Mr. Justin McCarthy, who was superin
tendent of the building of the Port Royal
dry dock, and who is now engaged on a
large government contract at Norfolk, Is
in the city engaging men for the work.
A peculiar marine libel will shortly be
heard in the courts at Baltimore. Mr.
James Ronaldson, the master and owner
of the barge R. J. Ronaldson, through his
attorney, has filed a libel against the
tug Peerless, claiming $12,000 damages.
The barge, with a cargo of car w'heels,
valued at $6,000, was In tow of the Peer
less, en route from Baltimore to Ports
mouth. Va., when she sunk in the bay,
off Eastern Bay, in a storm, and, in con
sequence, as alleged, of the tug’s refusal
to make a safe harbor. The barge was
valued at $4,000.
The Bath iron works, at Bath, Me., has
closed a contract for building a steel cargo
steamer for a New York house. The di
mensions of the steamer will be: Length,
303 feet; breadth, 42 feet; depth, 25 feet;
dead weight capacity, 3,818 tons. She will
have triple expansion engines of 1,300
horse-power, capable of driving the craft
at ten knots. The steamer will be com
peted next May, and will compete with
fft-elgn tramps. She will be the first ves
sel of the kind built in, America.
Statistics just prepared show that Amer
ican square-rigged vessels are rapidly dis
appearing. In 1871 there were 2,466, while
to-day there are only 456, a decrease of
2,010. The decrease In the number of
Ships was 607, barks 739, and brigs 664.
Masters of vessels bound into Norfolk
report narrow escapes from collisions with
hulk of schooner Walker Armington, load
ed with coal, which was sunk on Horse
shoe some time ago. and which was drag
ged on bottom by recent storm a distance
pf some 1,200 yards to a position in the
center of James river channel, where
she now lies a menace to navigation.
It is said that schooner C. S. Glidden,
which stranded at Egmont Key, near Port
Tampa, while on passage from Tampico
for Port Tampa, is in a bad condition, and
feared that she will be a total wreck. The
loss will be a heavy one, as the schooner
was comparatively new.
The Merchants and Miners’ steamship
Essex will arrive this morning from Bal
timore, in command of Capt. Billups. She
is one of the larger ships of the company,
being 2,530 gross and 1,873 net tonnage. She
takes the place of the steamship D. H.
Miller, which is laid up for repairs at Bal
timore.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., Nov. 14.—Three
vessels came into port yesterday, more or
less damaged by the heavy winds of the
post week. The 'Schooner .limes D. Sew
ell, Newport News for Boston, came In
with the loss of her main and part of her
mizzenmasts.
The schooner Commerce, Rockland, for
New York, carried away her jibboom dur
ing a heavy westerly squall off the Isles
of Shoals on the 10<h inst.
The schooner Henry Lippett, Brunswick,
Da., for Boston, while anchored off Vine
yard Sound yesterday, had her windlass
so badly damaged by the heavy seas that
she could not Weigh anchor, and the Gay
House life-saving crew went to her assist
'uiee. After working some hours, she was
‘"'"ally gotten under headway.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at G:52 and sets at 5:08.
High water at Tybee to-day 11:04 a. m„
m l 11:34 p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
Phases nf Moon For November.
First quarter, Ist, 8 hours, 58 minutes,
m. ruing; full moon, 9th, 4 hours, 11 min-
O ' morning; last quarter, 17th, 8 hours,
minutes, morning; new moon, 24th, 3
*•< Mrs 41 minutes, morning; first quarter,
3uth, 9 hours, 36 minutes, evening.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessel* Arrived Yesterday.
link Seier (Nor), Christophersen, Tnble
D.v (before reported at Quarantine).—
Diih! & Andersen.
■ imer Gov. Safford, Brunswick—Mas
, hooncr Emily F. Northam, Johnson,
‘ ■ ladelphia—C. \V. Howard & Cos.
Rent to Sen Yesterday.
mi,unship Great ham (Br), Barcelona.
: ■ umshlpk Thyra (Br), Antwerp and
and teidam.
■ unship Aeolus (Br). Bremen,
uk Friedrich (Stvd). Wilmington, N. C.
Shipping Memoranda.
1 harleston, Nov. H.—. Arrived, steamer
• cues (Non, Corneliusen, Honduras.
■■' uteri, steamers Lobelia (Br). Owen,
-i\ < rjjool; Calrncrag (Br). Gibson. Liver
-1 Arion (Hr), Clough. Bremen,
mzurd, Nov. 12.—Passed, steamer
PAINE, YIIiRPHY & CO.,
. BROKERS
Orders Executed Over Our Private Wires
For
COTTON,STOCKS,GRAIN A PROVISIONS
, For Cash or on Margins.
Local Securities bought and sold.
„ Telephone 53a
Board of Trade Building, Jackson Building,
Savannah, Ga. Atlanta. Ga.
Strathdon (Br), Philip, Savannah for Bre
men.
Notice to Mariners.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
12 m., 75th meridian time.
Steamer Passengers.
Passengers per steamship Birmingham,
from New York, to arrive this morning—
A. C. Elgin, M. Downey, J. Wallace. A.
Entrialgo, P. Lyons, H. E. Diggs, A. Dar
ra. H. Flynn, L. Salisbury, M. Sears. F.
I. Maefarlane and wife, Mrs. Thrasher,
G. 11. Feinald qnd wife, Mrs. Lawton,
Rev. W. H. Collins. Mrs. D. W. Martin,
Miss S. S. Jones, W. T. Jackson, H. O.
Wright and wife, Miss Daughton, George
W. Allen, Mrs. G. W. Allen.
VESSELS BOUND FOR SAVANNAH.
nisliips.
Ratho (Br), 2,747 tons, Nisbet, at Philadel
phia; to Id Savannah or Brunswick.
Buckingham (Br), 1,876 tons, Leighton,
Tampico Oct. 29; to Id cotton for Ge
noa.
Obi (Br), 1,951 tors, Magill, at Amster
dam Oct. 1 in dry dock for repairs; cot
ton for Genoa.
Urania (Aust), 1,318 tons, Dunchich; due
Nov. 20, to Id cotton for Trieste.
Htllcrag (Br), 2,081 tons, ; at New York
Nov. 10; due to Id cotton for Liverpool.
Edgemont Castle (Br), tbns, .
pue Nov. 12, to Id cotton for Bremen.
Repton (Br), 1,852 tons, Hamburg; sld
Nov. 8.
Elfie (Br), 1,229 tons, Nielsen, Leghorn,
sld Nov. 1; due Nov. 20 to Id cotton for
Bremen.
Rauza (Br), 3,434 tons. Stanhope, Gibral
tar Nov. 1, via Hampton Roads; due
Dec. 6, to Id cotton for Bremen.
G. R. Booth (Br), 1,548 tons, Thompson,
Shields; sld Oct. 23; due Nov. 20 to Id
cotton for Bremen.
Martin Saenz (Sp), 2,500 tons, Ogamez, at
Havana, to sail Nov. 15, to Id cotton for
Barcelona. ’
Kelvin (Br), 1,815 tons, O'Neal, Hamburg;
sld Oct. 27; due Nov. 28 to Id cotton for
Bremen.
Axminster, 1,231 tons, Clarke, Belfast; due
Nov. 20, to Id cotton for Barcelona.
Harrow (Br), 1,660 tons. Smith, Barry; eld
Nov. 4; due Nov. 20 to Id l cotton for
Havre.
Sidra (Br), 2,033 tons, Atkinson, Genoa;
sld Nov. 7.
Ships.
Else (Ger), 1,375 tone, Springer, Bremen;
sld Aug. 31.
Heinrich (Ger), 1,484 tons, Reiners, Ham
burg; sld Sept. 30.
Roland (Ger), 1,343 tons, Kobbe, Bremen;
sld Sept. 19.
Thor (Nor), 1,054 tons, Andersen, Harburg;
sld Oct. 14.
C. H. Watjen (Ger), 1,762 tons, Kobbe,
Cape Town; sld Oct. 1L
Darks.
Marjory Glen (Br), 1,013 tons, Lillia, Ban
kok; eld Sept. 18, via Rio Janeiro.
Chiarina (Ital), 601 tons, Maresca, Cicata;
sld Aug. 26.
Prospertno (Ital), 904 tons, Ollvari, Buenos
Ayres; sld Aug. 12.
Ajax (Nor), 748 tons, Pedersen, Hamburg;
sld Sept. 11.
P. D. Metcalf (Nor), 1,157 tons, Larsen,
Hamburg; sld Sept. 9.
(Aust), 704 tons, , Marseilles;
sailed Sept. 24.
Conductor (Br), 1,063 tons, Lombard, at
Santos Oct. 10.
Oscar (Nor), 720 tons, Schrader, Fleet
wood; sld Sept. 27.
Ole Smith Ploug (Nor), 651 tons, Andersen,
Rotterdam; sld Oct. 6.
Norrskenet (Swd), 1,184 tons, Bylund,
Hamburg; eld Sept. 18.
Vitez O. (Aust), Gesazlea, Hamburg, sld
Oct. 8.
Celestina (Ital), 4SI tons, Pagiltarl; Venice,
sld Oct. 8.
Cornelia (Dutch), 654 tons, Stramwitz;
Rotterdam, sld Oct. 15.
Alfredo (Ital), 910 tons, Arpe; Galway,
sld Oct. 11.
Gler (Nor), 649 tons, Amuntsen; Liverpool,
sld Oct. 22.
Doctor Mezger (Nor), 623 tons, Engelstad,
Havre, sld Oct. 23.
Undal (Nor), 1,0% tons, Hansen, Rotter*
dam; sld Oct. 25.
Amal (Nor), 448 tons, Knudsen; at Bahia,
Sept. 16.
Anltra (Nor), 546 tons, 'Simonsen, Belfast;
sld Oct. 22.
Feliciana Ferrari (Ital), 823 tons, Olivari;
Marseilles; sld Oct. 22.
Edward Perry (Nor), 862 tons, Pettersen,
Paranague; sld Oct. 20.
Stanley (Nor), 651 tons, Andersen; eld
Nov. 3. ‘ I
Casma (Dan), 639 tons, Jorgensen, Caleta
Buena; sld Oct. 30.
Castello Dragone (Ital), 664 tons, Ollvari,
Amsterdam; sld Nov. 8.
Embla (Nor), 513 tons, Larsen, Rotterdam;
sld Oct; 28.
Germania (Ger), 826 tons, Dierks, Rio Ja
neiro; sld Nov. 7.
Lancefleld (Br),' 947 tons, Grant; at Rio
Janeiro, Sept. 26.
Schooners.
Rob Roy, 746 tons, Norbury, Philadelphia;
sld Nov. 4.
John G. Schmidt, 450 tons, Norbury; at
Philadelphia, Nov. 10.
Fannie L. Child, 401 tons, Fuller, Provi
dence; sld Nov. 2
J. E. dußignon, 459 tons, Turner; at New
York, Nov. 13.
Hilda, 564 tons, Rlnes; at Baltimore,
Nov. 13.
Stephen G. Loud, 402 tons, Pierson; at
Boston, Notf. 13.
Harriet C. Kerlin, 491 tons, Denean, at
Philadelphia, Nov. 13.
Margaret A. May, 510 tons, Jarvis, at Bal
timore, Nov. 13.
Roger Moofe, 312 tons, Miller, at Wil
mington, N. C.
Weekly Market Review
Cotton has ruled again lower during
most of the week, but the situation ap
pears a trifle more hopeful for the bulls,
in so far as the amount of the net de
cline was comparatively small, and recent
developments give a prospect that at
some future day there may be two sides
to the market, Instead of only one. Early
in the week prices ruled very heavy, and
lost some 14 points, January selling as
low as 5.58 c. A steadier feeling followed,
knd on Thursday there was a sudden and
unexpected burst of strength, prices ris
ing nearly 20 points, January reaching
5 84c. The rally was only temporary, for
by Saturday January had dropped back to
5.61 c, and closed only slightly better, at
5.64 c; (May, 5.83 c. The net loss for the
week is 7ffß points. Of course, the heavy
movement continues to be the chief de
pressing factor, yet all supplies are ab
sorbed about as fa^ t as they come in.
The Liverpool future’ market has shown
no buoyancy, but the spot business there
continues very good. The bureau report
appeared on Friday, and stated the nver
nge yield per aero for the whole country
to be about 182 pounds. Figured on the
bureau’s acreage, this would give a crop
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1897.
of about 9,300,000 bales. Evidently it is
absurd to attach any weight to estimates
so made, as, indeed, past experience
abundantly shows; and the skeptical trade
treats with heartless derision the added
information that the figures given repre
sent the real condition. Ordinarily, such
a report would exert some supixirttng in
fluence; but this year it exerts less than
the arbitrary guess of some minor trader
with a few hundred bales "short,” who,
following the cue of the more reputed es
timators. informs the public that the crop
cannot fail to reach 11,000,000 bales. The
market is undeniably very soft, but with
the price a cent or so below tho cost of
production and large trading going on is
liable to sharp flurries at any moment.
The more conservative bears realize this,
and are disposed to be cautions. The low
est priegs were reached about this time
of the year in 1894. and the market al
ways looks the weakest when at the very
bottom.
Wheat was weak early, and declined
over 2 cents on Monday and Tuesday, but
the bears received a rude shaking up in
an opening advance of near 2c on Wed
nesday. Afterwards the market ruled
quieter and with more moderate fluctua
tions, the main feature being a consider
able widening of the premium between
December and May, the difference at the
close being 4V*e. December closed Dc high
er, at 94(4c; May, l%c lower, at 90c. The
cause of this Is said to be the apprehen
sion that there will be less wheat in Chi
cago available for delivery on December
contracts than was calculated on, owing
to the strict Inspection and high grade
required. Manipulation of December is
feared; otherwise the news has been most
ly of a bearish tenor.
William T. Williams.
Visible Supply of Cotton.
From the New York Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle, Nov. 13.
The visible supply of cotton to Nov. 12.
as made up by cable and telegraph, is as
follows. The continental stocks, as well
as those for Great Britain and the afloat,
are this week's returns, and. consequently,
all the European figures are brought down
to Thursday evening. But, to make the
total the complete figures for Nov. 12. we
add the item of exports from the United
States, including in it the exports of Fri
day only;
1897. 1896.
Stock at Liverpool, bales.. 429,C00 525,000
Stock at London 3,000 8,000
Total Gt. B't’n stock.... 432,000 533.000
Stock at Hamburg 10.000 19.C0)
Stock at Bremen 49,000 80,000
Stock at’Amsterdam 1,000 5,000
Stock at Rotterdam 200 200
Stock at Antwerp 7.000 8,000
Stock at Havre 59.000 90.000
Stock at Marseilles 4,000 5,000
Stock at Barcelona 41,000 47,000
Stock at Genoa 5,000 14,000
Stock at Trieste 5,000 21,000
Total cont'l stocks 211,200 289,200
Total European stocks... 643,200 822,200
India cotton afloat for Eu
rope 10,000 49,000
American cotton afloat for
Europe 887,000 821,000
Egypt, Brazil, etc., afloat
for Europe 72,C00 68,000
Stock in U. S. ports 921,505 1,092,814
Stock in United States in
terior towns 442,3.55 458.286
U. S. exports to-day ....... 26,502 46,787
Total visible supply 3,002,562 3,358,087
Of the above, totals of American and
other descriptions are as follows:
(American—
Liverpool stock, bales ...... 341,000 407,009
Continental stocks ". 171,000 205,000
American afloat for Eu
rope 887,000 821,000
U. S. stock 921.505 1,092,814
U. S. interior stocks 442,355 458,286
U. S. exports to-day 26,502 46,787
Total American 2,789,362 3,030,887
Total East India, etc. ... 213,200 327,200
Total visible supply 3,002,562 3,358,087
The Imports into continental ports the
past week have been 85,000 bales.
The above figures indicate a decrease in
the cotton in sight to date of 355,525 bales,
as compared with the same date of 18%, a
falling off of 505.582 bales from the corre
sponding date of 1895, and a decrease of
702,288 bales from 1891.
India Cotton Movement from All Ports.
—The receipts and shipments of cotton at
Bombay have been as follows for the
week and year, bringing the figures down
to Oct. 28;
Bombay Receipts and Shipments for
Four Years—
Shipments This Week-
Year. G't B’t'h. Continent. Total.
1597 .. 3,000 3,00)
18% 5,000 5,000
1895 8,000 8,000
1894 2,000 2,000
Shipments Since Sept. 1—
G’t B’t’n. Continent. Total.
1897 9,000 9,000
1896 1,000 63,000 64,00)
1895 1,009 67,000 58,000
1894 5,000 17.000 22,000
Receipts— This Week. Since Sept. 1.
1897 3,000 28,000
1899 16,000 83,000
1895 ....23,000 136,000
1894 3,000 31,000
INTERIOR COTTON BUYING.
Excessive F. O. B. Offers Said to
Cause the Depression.
The following communication has been
received and published by the New York
Evening Post:
Sir: The price cotton Is selling for Is a
great disappointment to the south. It was
not anticipated, as consumption and pro
duction were close on each other’s heels,
and the stock on hand was of extremely
meager proportions. Judged in the light of
past experience, It looked as If the crop
would bring two cents per pound more
than It Is notv bringing. However, In the
factors that formerly fixed the price of
cotton, one element differs now, and to
this difference, in the estimation of many,
is due the low price now ruling.
The difference consists in the way the
bulk of the cotton crop Is now marketed
as compared with the method in vogue
seven or eight years ago. Formerly the
crop was marketed through the cotton fac
tor in the cities of the south. Now it Is
done largely through the local buyer at
the "cross-roads” depot. The advent of
the local buyer was hailed with great re
joicing. The farmer could then sell direct
to the "spinner buyer.” The cotton factor
would be eliminated as a useless expense,
and the one-half cent per pound cost of
marketing saved. In the light of recent
events it looks as if the farmer had to a
considerable extent accomplished his pur
pose of saving the two and one-half dol
lars in commissions and charges, and lost
ten dollars per bale in the value of his cot
ton; a delightful bit of rural financiering.
Formerly the crop was concentrated in
the large cotton centers with cotton fac
tors. It was in strong and comparatively
few hands. The higher the pricq of cot
ton, the better it was for both factor and
grower. Factors having control of the
spot cotton, declines In price could often
be successfully resisted and advances In
values maintained. How different the con
ditions now! The cotton is scattered in
the hands of many, many thousand cot
ton farmers, each marketing his cotton
alone and without reference to the other;
in the hands of parties mainly who are
in debt and must sell their cotton to pay
the country merchant's store bill.
The thousands ot llttle railroad stations
each has Its little local buyer. Each coun
try buyer Is a force continually acting to
lower the price ot cotton. He is either
Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Cos.
M Miles Shortest Line to Turn pa, 31 Miles Shortest Line to Jacksonville.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT SEPT. SO, 1.N07.
NORTH. I Train | Train SOUTH f TralnT Train"
I 36 | 38 I 35 I 37
*° th meridian time. [ Daily.) Daily. 90th meridian time. | Daily. | Dally.
f"'' Tampa ] 7 30am| 8 10pm||Lv Ne w York 12 liamT!3opra
, Orlando j 8 loom; 8 16pm||Dv Philadelphia 3 50aml 6 55pm
L\ Ocala 11 47amj 2 llaml Lv Baltimore 9 22am 9 2'ipm
Lv Jacksonville 1 7 uupm| 8 16am’|Lv W ashington 11 15amil0 43pm
lv rernandina ...| 6 45pm 7 Sem! Lv Richmond lEQOa’nj |ooam
t I 8 15pmI SoDam.iLv Asheville 105 pm !
Lv Darien ; 4 25pm| 9 30ami|Lv Columbia 12 47anVU65aii
Ar Savannah jll 25pm 12 13pm! Ar Savannah j 5 00am’ 4 35pm
Lv Savannah li 36pm 12 20pm-,Lv Savannah "5 h'nihf 4 43pm"
4; uguMa j 8 lOamjlO 46pm|j Ar Darien I32Bpm|7l6pm
Ar Columbia ( 4 24atn 4 15pm||Ar Brunswick 7 46am 8 O-'nm
Ar Asheville ..**.*.■,. 2 40pm| Ar Fernandina .’ 9 30am[ 9 30pm
Ar Knoxville | 7 28pm;..., Ar Jacksonville 91f)flm ft3opm
Cincinnati ..... j 7 15am, ||Ar St. Augustine 1030 am
Ar Richmond I 6 36pTn 6 00am Ocala 3 65pmj j.psam
Ar Washington 9 ftopml 6 42am Ar Tampa 6 . p ul IMOamf
Ar Baltimore 11 25;>mj S 06ami Ar Tallahassee 3 30pmj.,
Ar Philadelphia j 2 56amj 10 16am Ar Pensacola 11 00pm|.'.,
Ar New York j 6 23am ,12 43pm |Ar Mobile ... 3 05am|
pAr Ni w Orleans | 7 40umjt
j Train I | | Train -
I I 40 ]j [_ 39
Lv Savannah .] ....[ 5 00pm ||Lv Denmnrk ....!.. I 4 00am
Ar Denmark ] 9 30pml|Ar Savannah | | 9Soum
Tra fn 5~39 and 40 daily c x cept Sunday, stop for lo ■al bus fines s.
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville and New York on trains 35 and 36 and Jack
sonville and Cincinnati via Asheville without chnnge.
Pullman buffet vestibuled sleepers between Tampa and Now York on trains 37
and 38,connecting at Charlotte with southwestern vestibuled limited train.
For full information apply to A. O. MACDONELL, G. P. A., Jacksonville, Fla.
N. S. PENNINGTON. Traffic Manager, Jacksonville. Fla.
I. M. FLEMING, Division Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
Trains leave from central depot, corn er West Broad and Liberty streets.
endeavoring to get the farmer to accept
the extremely low bid of the shrewd spin
ner at a price that will net the buyer Jf>
or 50 cents a bale, or he Is flooding the
different markets with telegraphic offers,
wilding endeavoring to pluck orders from
his almost innumerable competitors. The
number of offers alone causes the amount
of cotton Offered to be largely magnified.
In many instances the local buyer is im
pecunious, and iftts adopted cotton-buying
after having failed In every other line.
This has, however, not prevented him
this year from selling ahead thousands of
bales of spot cotton, which It would be
impossible for him to deliver were tile
market to advance. He can readily do
this, ns he has nothing to lose; and if the
market goes his way, as it has done, he is
so much the -jainer.
During the present crop the price has
been put down notch by notch by the
enormous offers of spot cotton by these
local buyers, in spite of the fact that the
size of the crop is purely prospective and
the actual movement Is smaller than with
the crop last year, a crop which, although
a large one, lacked 300,000 bales of supply
ing consumptive requirements.
That cotton should bring the best possi
ble price is a matter of national concern.
Many schemes have been proposed for
marketing the crop, but, on account of the
large area of territory and the
number of parties in interest, nothing
feasible has been proposed. Lalssez-fntro
must be trusted to bring a solution of tho
problem. W. Collier Estes.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26.
RANKER CLEWS’ VIEWS.
Wall Street From a Financial Polnf
of View.
New York, Nov. 13.—‘During the past
week, the stock exchange market has con
tinued unsettled; but nevertheless has ex
hibited an improved tone and a partial
recovery in prices. Tho despondent and
semi-panicky Jeeling has disappeared, and
the downward pressure appears to have
exhausted its force. This improvement
has come in an entirely natural way. The
reduced range of prices has been regarded
as low compared with the condition of the
country, the large earnings of the rail
roads and the prospects of future traffic.
There has been a general feeling that, at
some later stage, there must be a re
action which, with an easy money market,
may carry values approximately near to
the level of those of September; and this
has brought buying orders Into the mar
ket, which have produced a rise of fully
two points on most of the active stocks.
The purchases have not been on a large
scale; but the fact
has resulted from such moderate buying
is evidence of the intrinsic strength of the
market.
In some respects, conditions affecting the
securities market have improved. The yel
low fever has almost died out at all points,
wlijA will have the effect of reviving busi
nr™ in localities at which it has been
suspended for some weeks and of trans
ferring to the railroads large quantities of
freight which have been held In quaran
tine. The roads connecting with the gran
ger states still show large increases of
earnings, notwithstanding that the farm
ers are holding back their grain in the
hope of higher prices. Advices from the
west indicate the prospect of an extraordi
nary trade next season with 4he agricul
tural states, as the farmers will then be
in receipt of the whole proceeds of their
crops. The fall in the price’ of anthracite
coal has been construed as an unfavora
ble factor on Wall street and was the
cause of some selling. It does not mean,
however, that there has beeh any failure
in the demand for coal. but< rather that
the producers have taken a 'too sanguine
view of the prospective consumption and
run into an excessive output. Nor Is It
considered how much benefit this reduc
tion In the cost of power brings to the
industries and the railroads. The coun
try can never be hurt by reasonably cheap
coal. London has been, during the week,
a free buyer of our stocks, and also a sel
ler; but its purchases are estimated to
have exceeded its sales by about 20,000
The following Is a synopsis In brief of
the situation: The forces working for an
improvement in the financial kltuation are
substantial. Those in the opposite direc
tion are mainly sentimental. The basis
of the recent advance In railroad securi
ties is still in existence, of which the rail
road earnings are the evidence. I venture
the prediction that the coming spring bus
iness of this country will be the largest on
record. A better understanding between
this government anti that of Spain, which
is very perceptilde, will make war rumors
of materially less inqiortance hereafter.
Tlie decision of the supreme court in the
Alabama railroad case was not only im
portant as a decision, but also in showing
a more favorable attitude to railroads; the
recent decision of the appellate court In
this state, which weakettfeß the Lexow at
tack under the trust law, on the anthra
cite coal properties; the London change of
front in becoming more favorable to Amer
ican securities; and the continuation of the
large exports, esiieclally of wheat—all
these factors combin'd furnish a strong
backing to the side of confidence, and take
the sharp edge off the bears' weapons,
which have lately been irresponsible ru
mors. The market has already suffered
a very heavy decline, and will soon have a
fair advance as a natural reaction at least.
BOOK NOTICES.
Chatterbox for 1897, published by Estes
& Lauriat, 301 Washington street, Boston,
is a particularly bright and interesting
volume. Children will be delighted with
it. The illustrations are numerous and
striking, and the articles are deeply Inter
esting, particularly for young folks. For
a Christmas gift to a child it would be
hard to find anything more attractive.
J. F. Meegan of Atlanta has compiled
and published a "Cotton .Buyers Ready
Reckoner. *• This book contains the divis
ions of a cent to sixteenths and fortieths.
The body of the work giving the cents
from two to thirteen, inclusive, divided to
quarters. The calculations are placed in
such a compass as to be conveniently car
ried In the pocket of the cotton buyer.
The price of the book is SI.OO.
TO-DAY’S WEATHERFORECAST
•Forecast for Savannah an<l vicinity un
til midnight Monday, Nov. 15, 1897.—Fair
weather; no decided change in tempera
ture.
Weather from Washington—
For Georgia and South Carolina: Fair;
southerly winds.
For Eastern Florida—Easterly winds, be
coming southerly.
For Western Florida—Fair; southerly
winds.
General Conditions: Clear weather is re
ported along the eastern slope of the
Rockies, in the Missouri valley and
throughout the southern states. Cloudy
and threatening weather is generally ob
served in all other portions of the coun
try, with rain falling at Washington City,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Detroit and St.
Louis.
Warmer temperature changes are noted
throughout the south. The highest tem
peratures, 76 degrees, at 8 p. m., was re
ported from Central and Southern Texas,
and the lowest, 36 degrees, from Boston.
Light to fresh westerly winds ere blow
ing along the North Atlantic coast, and
light southerly off the South Atlantic,
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah—
'Maximum temperature, 3 p. m.. 73 degrees
Minimum temperature. 7:30 a.m. 48 degrees
Mean temperature 60 degrees
Normal temperature 58 degrees
Excess of temperature 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Nov. 1 .. 31 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. 1 189 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal 07 inch
Deficiency since Nov. 1 83 Inch
Excess since Jan. 1 3.86 inches
River Report—The flight of the Savan
nah river, at Augusta at 8 a. m. (76th me
ridian time) yesterday, was 5.0 feet, no
change during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken Nov. 14, 1897, 8 p. m.
(75th meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News:
" Name of Station! H-T.| *v. |Rain
Boston, clear I 36 10 I .00
New York city, cloudy ..I 40 6 | .00
Philadelphia, raining |42 6 | .01
Washington city, raining I 40 L | .16
Norfolk, clear | 50 L | .00
Hatteras, clear ~..| 58 6 j .00
Wilmington, clear | 58 6 | .00
Charlotte, clear j 62 8 | .00
Raleigh, clear | 56 L | .00
Charleston, clear •.... 62 6 | .(X)
Atlanta, cloudy 66 8 j .00
Augusta, clear 61 L j .00
Savannah, clear 60 L .00
Jacksonville, clear 66 L j .00
Jupiter, partly cloudy ... 74 18 | .00
Key West, partly cloudy.. 74 22 | .00
Tampa, clear 68 6 | .00
Pensacola, clear 70 10 I .00
Montgomery, clear 70 8 | .00
Vicksburg, clear 72 8 | T
New Orleans, clear 68 6 j .00
Galveston, clear 72 8 j .00
Corpus Christl, clear .... 76 18 | .00
Palestine, partly cloudy . 76 10 j .00
Memphis, clear | 68 10 I .00
Cincinnati, partly cloudy 162 L | .18
Pittsburg, raining |42 L j .72
Buffalo, cloudy | 38 16 | T
Detroit, raining | 42 I. | .60
Chicago, cloudy 158 18 j .06
Marquette, raining | 36 12 | T
St. Paul, cloudy | 43 L | .02
Davenport, cloudy j 54 L | .00
9t. Louis, raining ...I 64 6 j .16
Kansas City, clear . ...| 64 |lO j .00
-j -TANARUS, temperature: *V, velocity of wind,
J. M. Sherier,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
LEGAL NOTICES.
''oeorcuX county“-
Notlce Is hereby given that I have made
application to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county, for leave to sell 1 share
Odd Fellows' Hall Association slock; 3
shares stock Savannah cotton mills of par
value, SIOO per share; lots Nos. 77 and 78
Johnston ward, In city of Savannah, and
improvements.
One-half undivided interest In lot, num
ber twenty-three (23) Beaulieu tract in
Chatham county, Georgia, and improve
ments.
Lots numbers six (6) and seven (7).
Stephens ward. In city of Savannah, and
improvements.
number 30. Merest ward, In the
city of Savannah, and improvements.
Said property above described belonging
to estnte of Claus Gerken, deceased, for
the payment of debts and distribution, arid
that said order will be grahted Decem
ber term, 1897, of said court, lift)can ob
jections arc filed thereto.
GEORGE SCHROBPER,
Administrator Estate of KjOaua Gerken,
deceased.
Gl3O RGIA CHATHAM rr' NT v'-'
Notice is hereby given that I haVe'made
application to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county, for loave to sell the
southern half of lot of land number twen
ty-two (22), Curytown ward, In the city of
Savannah, Chatham county, Georgia
measuring thirty-nine feet, more or less’
on West Broad street, and extwi'llfig east
wards eighty feet, more or less, to lot
number twenty-one, Currytown ward,
with tho improvements thereon; also the
northern three-quarters of lot of land
number twenty-three (23). Qurrytown
ward, in the city of Savannafi, Chatham
county, Georgia, measuring sixty feet,
more or less, on West Broad street, and
extending enstwardly eighty feet, more or
less, to lot number twenty-four, Cbrrytown
ward, with the Improvements thereon, be
longing to estate of Robert Sissons, de-
Plant System.
aln* ®P?> rated by iM>th iivnuiau Tl me—one hour alotver than City Tlinfl,
N . || xISTia C aku JJ head’ up.
ii j 7S j 22 | j 11 35 I 23 n “*
y |Dally| <
pCf ....Savannah!.. Aril 8 34a| 2 40aI 7 44)pl '7ZZZ
|H 50a;. : | j Ar Augusta Lv 1 Lst>
u l ® J*“l 4 “dbi.Ar ....Charleston... Lvn 6 308,11 05p 3 isp 777! ""7.1
j* **l*l J ata.Ar Richmond... Lv| 7 3opj 9 05a.
| * *|U 25a,; Ar ..Philadelphia... Lv! 12 12
~Z~ •*-■**“ - I 6 s ” a i “ 03pj|Ar . ..New York.... Lvij 9 3uaj 9 00pj... (
Ex'- 21 1 23 I 3i !! ~ 11*32 j7B I L |26 W
!™;J UU! jUwlttuttlfSiiss.ar
1 j i 2 S® l* 11 .'^ v Savannah.... Ar 12 30p|12 30a| 9 50a| 8 50a | 6 lap
6 7 r JJ?, 1 , 1 ?m 1 Lv ! u O' 7 *! 10 7 31a; 7 07a 19 30a
. 1 J, ’ l ~?j U °° a !'^ r ••••Waycross Lv 10 10a| 9 3np 6 00a 6 00a 6 10a
. 1 °" u l I 2 25 PJI Ar ••••••Albany Lvj| | 3 40pjlj 65a'12 55a ..’."77
I 3 *®Pl s 20a| 1 OOp|;Ar ...Jacksonville.. I,v|| 8 20a| 7 OOdI. . ~ '
J l2 15*1*1 4 J°P||Ar ....Gainesville.... Lv,| 3 15al 350 p . 777 777! ’’ ”".7
! 9p I *^L Va,^O, *S • •• Ia 5 15p| 4 )2a 4‘12a~.‘.~
’= 2 ® p \* r -Thoniasvme.... I.v; 3 66p{ 3 00a 3 00a
I J 2? 9 2 ® p !i i ? r Lv 7 66a) 8 OOp 8 000
‘ 2, 'P 7 40aj Ar ..Now Orleans... Lvi 7 50n| 7 56a 7 Iva
SI *•••• 7 258 1 4 '" |l Ar ••.Glnclnnatl Lv 1 n SOajll OOp 11 OOp !!!77
All trains except Nos. 23, 32, 35 and 78 mako all local stops ' ' —*
Pullman buffet sleeping cars are derated ns follows; Nos. 35 and 32 between ’
New York and Jacksonville. New York and Port Tampa via
Jacksonville and Nashville via Montgomery. Nos. 23 and 78 between New’
and Jacksonville. No. 21 between Waycross .and St. Louis via Montgomery War.
cross and Nashville via Atlanta, Wayeross and Jacksonville, and Jacksonville
Port Tampa. No. 32 between Port Tampa and Jacksonville Jacksonville and
Thursdays!’“ >S ' eaV6 P ° rt Tampa f ° r K ' y West a,ul ‘ 4 “vana 9.00 p. m. Mondays and
E. A. ARMAND, City Tasscngcr and Ticket Agent De Soto
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager. * Soto llotel -
H. C. McFADDEN. Assistant General Passenger Agent. '
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY^"
SAVANNAH QRORT 1.1. NE.
Passenger Schedulea. Effective Oct. 3, 1897.
72 Miles Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah and Montgomery. 26 Miles
Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah end Columbus.
■F.C. & P, |A. C. Line. [| FT A. C. Line. |F.C. 4P. ‘
12 15am| 4 30pir|lToupm| A 35am||Lv ...New York.... Ar|| 2'tj3pmri 53am 6 23am 12 43nm
3 Scan I: 6spm|l2 05 n't|l2 09n’n||Lv ..Philadelphia. Ar||ll 25am 345 am 2 66am 10 loam
•V,! t ' ll 5 lm ° re -- Ar N 9 05am112 53 n’t 11 35pm 8 00am
11 15am 10 43prn 4 30am| S46pm||Lv ..Washington... Ar | 7 4dain 11 10pm 9 25pm 6.12 am
1 9 ooam| 7 30pm||Lv ...Richmond... Ar 4 2t)am G6opm
10 15pm 9 25am| | Lv ..Charlotte Ar: sVioam ’s 20nm
12 47am 11 55am| | Lv ....Columbia.... Ar| 4 24am 4 iSnTI
1 806amj Ar .G. & A.crosslng Lv| * >B *
500 am 4 35pm| 2 40am| 8 24am||Ar ....Savannah... Lvi 12 SOn’nfli’so n’t U3snm ii’aiA™
1 —20“
7 20pml I 7 56am [Lv ...Savannah .. Ar 8 36pm|....;...nr5i)am
7 4r ’Pm| ! 8 Wam ! A r .C. A9. crossing Lv 8 28pm u liam
10 26pm| [lO 03am | Ar Collins I.v | 6 23|>m gp am
12 55am 1158 am Ar Helena...., Lv 4 15pm 5 47am
2 14am 12 48n’n Ar ....Abbeville.... Lv 325 pm 4 35am
•915 am 4 36pm Ar ...Fitzgerald... Lv 11 25am .... *6 OOnm
335 am | 150 pm |Ar Cordele Lv 2 20pm ’ a ir,m
1100 am | |Ar Albany Lv | JiZ
6 07am 309 pm Ar ...Amerlcua I.v | 12 53n’n 1 29<im
6 15am | 4 00pm lAr ....Richland.... I.v n 55am ... "12 loam
*lO 30am| | | 5 20pm||Ar ....Columbus... Lv 10 30am ..’...77 *4 15pin
12 47ptn *8 16am! Ar ....Dawson..... Lv *6 10am 307 am
6 36am 4 21pm| Ar ....Lumpkin.... Lv 11 28am ! 11 43nm
8 26am 6 09pm!|Ar ...Hurlsboro.... Lv 9 46am 9 66nm
10 45am 7 55pm||Ar ..Montgomery.. Lv 7 50am 777 " 7 40pm
H 30pm[[Ar Selma Lv 4 3f)am 330 pm
7 30pm 12 22 n’t||Ar ...Birmingham. Lv 4 51am 4 OOnm
8 20pm|[Ar ....Chloago Lv 1010 am 7 00pm
360 pm 3 06am||Ar Mobllp Lv| [l2 20 n’t 1268n’n
810 pm 7 40am|[Ar ..NewOrlehnfl.. Lv|| | 7 50pm 7 56am
‘Daily except Sunday.
Train No. 17 makes close connection at C. and S. crossing with C. and S. train
No. 35 from New York, Washington. Richmond and Charleston.
Connecting at Savannah by all trains, with steamship lines for Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, New York and Boston; with Plant system, and Florida Central and Pen
insular; Atlantic Coast Line for points north; with Savannah and Atlautio Rail
way for Tybee.
At Collins with Collins and Reldsvllle railroad and Slillmore Air Line.
At Helena with Southern railway for all points thereon.
At Cordele with Georgia Southern and Florida for Macon and beyond; also with
Albany and Northern railway for Albany.
At Richland with Columbus division for Columbus. Dawson and Albany.
Trains 17 and 18 carry Georgia and Alatiama Railway new and magnificent buf
fet parlor cars.
Trains 19 and 20 carry Pullman Palace Bleeping cars between Savannah and
Montgomery. ,
Tickets sold to nil points and sleeping car berths secured at ticket office, corner
Bull and Bryan streets, or at West Broad street passenger station.
CECIL GABBETT, First Vice President and General Manager.
A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. C. C. MARTIN, Agent. •
J. L. BECK, Soliciting Agent.
CHAS. N. KTGHT, Assistant General Passenger Agent.
A. M. MARTIN, Ticket Agent, corner Bull and Bryan streets.
Central of Georgia Railway Cos.
fichedules | n prtrc-t Nov, 1-4, 10017,
GOING WEST, READ DUWNjj || GOING EAST, READ UP7 1
No. 9 | Nor 77’ No. 3 | No. 1 || Central ll No. 2 | No. 4 | No. 8 | No.lft
except lexcept | daily. ( daily. || or 90th || daily. | daily. |except |except
Bund y|Sund y| | || Meridian time. || | |Sund’y|Sund’jr^
2 oopm boopruf 9 00pm 8 45am Lv ..Savannah A7j]
305 pm 7 04|)rti 10 03pm 9 59am Ar ...Guyton..., Lv 5 2fpm| 4 61am 6 48am 346 pm
it 19pm 11 10am Ac .RoekyFord Lv 4 llpm 342 am
t 1 40pm t 8 60pm Ar MilledgevUle X.v t 6 30am t 3 4ipm
t 320 pm tlO OOpm Ar ...Eatonton.. Lv t 5 26am t 1 30pm
t 660 pm j [Ar ..Covington. Lv t 9 46am
’ 6 43am 6 37pm|Ar Barnesville. I.v 10 20am 9 60pm
’ f 105 pm Ar .Carrollton.. Lv t 2 10pm
7. 9 35am 8 40pm Ar .Fort Valley Lv 6 39am 6 30pm
7.7 207 pm 1001 pm Ar .Americus... Lv 618 am 127 pm
77... 335 pm 1105 pm Ar ....Albany... Lv 4 15am 1160 am
77. 4 60pm Ar ... Eufaula.. Lv; 10 40am
77 7 35pm Ar Troy Lv 7 65am
7777! 77 6 27pm Ar .Birmingham Lv 9 45am
’ ~ BETWEEN SAVANN AH AND TYBEE. ' •
|ex. Sun. ] only
Going, leave Savannah | 515am| 2 00pm79<am
Returning, leave Tybee | 6 30amj 4 30pm|10 10am
Trains markedT”fun dally, except Stinday. "
Time shown Is 90th meridian, one hour slower than Savannah city time.
Solid trains between Savannah. Macon and Atlanta.
Sleeping cars on night trains between Savannah nnd Augusta. Savannah and
Macon, Savannah and Atlanta. Parlor cars between Macon and Atlanta.
Paseengers arriving Macon at 3:55 a. m. can remain In sleeper until 7 a. m.
For further Information and for schedules to all points beyond our line, apply
to W. G. BREWER, City Ticket and Passenger Agent. 39 Bull street.
J. C. HAILE, General Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga.
TIIEO. D. KLINE, Gen. Superintendent. E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager.
LMIiAL sofICES.
ceased, for the payment of debts and dis
tribution, and that said order will be
granted at December term, 1897, of said
court, unless objections are filed thereto.
ANN SISSONS,
Administratrix of Robert Sissons.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Whereas, Jordan F. Brooks has applied
to court of ordinary for letters dlsmissory
as guardian of the property of Cherry L.
Buntz, minor. These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all whom It may concern
to be and appear before said court to make
objection (if any they have) on or before
the first Monday In December, next, oth
erwise said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L.
Ferrlll, ordinary for Chatham county, this
the 30th day of October. 1897.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
OLD NEWSPAI’ERS, 200 for 25 cents, at
Business Office Morning News,
QUICK CASH.
DRY FLINT HIDES I ~..14VdS
DRY SALT
BUTCHERS’ GREEN* SALT 8 c
WOOL, WHITE ...20 c
WOOL. BLACK ...18 c
FURS and SKINS wunted. Highest
market prices paid.
Write for quotations.
A. EHRLICII & BRO. t
Wholesale Grocers and Liqours,
111, 113, 115 Bay street, West.
1,000,000 Pounds Hides and
Wool Wanted.
WHITE WOOL ...20 o
BLACK WOOL 18 0
DRY FLINT HIDES M 0
DRY SALTED HIDES u „
GREEN SALTED HIDES 8 c
BEESWAX 0
R. KIRKLAND.
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