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marine intelligence.
LOCAL AND CEXERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.
i j.itor* to the Philadel
phia Ynelit May—Heavy Freight on
Ihe Steamer Clifton for
n ?il I ort Hoyai—The Heavy Fax
lit and From the Hirbor—Vessels
to Arrive at This Fort.
The dense fog, which hung over the
l tbor for the past few days, raised yes
1, ,ay morning, and the steamers which
1 : i b.en delayed proceeded to sea. Sev
, : sailing vessels were ready to sail, but
v , n the weather cleared up the tide was
i, suitable. They will sail to-day.
l ie report of a cotton fire at Genoa
£ .rday, in which 6,000 bale© were burn
,, including 1.50 C bales from Savannah,
appeared in the cable dispatches of the
jl,ruing News yesterday. The cotton ar
ri.,d at Genoa Jan. 16 on the steamship
F . kingham, which sailed from this port
p,... 20, 1897. The full cargo on the Buok
i cun was 7,539 bales of cotton and 2.000
t s of pig iron. Strachan & Cos. were
the agents for the steamer.
Hundreds of people visited the handsome
si, am yacht May, which lay at C. H. Dix
on & Co.’s coal wharf yesterday. They
were not allowed to go on board, but got
a pretty good view from the wharf and
admired her beautiful lines and fittings.
The steamer Clifton had an enormous
freight for Port Royal and Beaufort yes-
Ic rday. It consisted principally of. molas
s. ;. cement and groceries.
The steamer H. G. Day arrived from
Augusta and way landings last night, hav
ji g 47 bales cotton. 100 sacks seed, 54 bar
i :; rosin, a lot of miscellaneous merchan
dise and a full passenger list.
The steamer W. S. Cook, which left Sa
vannah for Augusta Tuesday, ran aground
7riday morning on Buggs’ sand bar, a
few miles below Augusta. The vessel was
still aground Saturday morning when the
steamer H. G. Day passed down the river
from Augusta, but as the water was ris
ing, she probably got afloaj and proceed
ed.
The pilot boat Philadelphia picked up
Friday nineteen barrels of oil adrift seven
miles east by south, from Cape Henlopen.
The pilots report hundreds of barrels and
cases containing oil drifting out to sea.
The wreckage is supposed to have been
from the Italian bark Francesco R., which
recently foundered in Delaware Bay.
A dangerous wreck was passed at night
near the Azores by the British bark Law
hill, which arrived at Philadelphia Fri
day from Fleetwood to load for Japan.
Owing to the darkness It was impossible
lo discover what kind of a vessel the
wreck was. Those in charge of the Law
hill consider themselves fortunate to have
seen the derelict in time to avoid striking
I; Its exact position will be given at an
other time in order that other vessels may
be able to clear it.
The Norwegian bark Mentone, from Sa
vannah for Hamburg, which was towed
to Nieuwe Dlep on Jan. B after being
ashore at Texel, as before reported, has
finished discharging, and the amount of
cargo received at Amsterdam is 2,185 bar
rels of turpentine and 1,444 barrels of
rosin. Besides this 103 barrels of turpen
tine and 27 barrels of rosin washed ashore
at Texel.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at 6:36 and sets at 5:52.
High water at Tybee to-day 8:07 a. m.,
and B:2S p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
Phases of tlie Moon for February.
Full moon, 6th, 0 hours and 24 minutes,
evening: last quarter. 13th, 6 hours and So
minutes, evening; new moon, £oth, 1 hour
and 42 minutes, evening; first quarter, 28th.
5 hours and 13 minutes, morning; moori
in apogee, Ist; moon in perigee, 17th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
A easels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamer City of Macon, Savage, Boston
' ..i New York.—Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
l ark C. Wroidsen (Nor), Nielsen, from
7 ybee.—Dah! & Andersen.
Schooner Charles M. Patterson, Tunnel,
Key West.—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Steamer H. G. Day, Hadden, Augusta.—
R A. Ivey, manager.
Xessel* AVent to Sen Yesterday.
Steamship Essex, Baltimore.
Steamship Tallahassee. New York.
Steamship Olaf Kyree (Nor), Bremen
®nd Hamburg.
Steamship Sir Walter Raleigh (Br), Bar
celona and Genoa.
Schooner -\i, Luella Wood, New York.
River Steamers Departed,
Steamer Clifton, Strobhar, Beaufort.—
George U. Beach, manager.
Shipping Memoranda.
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 20.—Sailed, barks
Agostinb M. (Ital), Rio Janiero; Queen
(Nor), Taliansan, Bosto.-k.
Charleston, s. C„ Feb. 20.—Arrived,
•Mearners Commanehe, Pennington, New
ork, and proceeded to Jacksonville;
roquois, Kemble, Jacksonville, and pro-
V 1 ew York; Delaware, Ingram,
Jacksonville, and proceeded to Boston;
crooner Young Brothers, Raynor, Dry
J ortugas.
S’ i.d, schooner Susie 11. Davidson,
Doughty, Baltimore.
V'W 1 ork, Feb. 20.—Arrived, steamer
Algonquin, Jacksonville; Deutschland,
r.oiordam.
Sailed, steamer Mobile, London.
Notice to Mariners.
- Hot charts and all hydrographic infor.
. 1,0,1 " ill bo furnished masters of ves-
I’ - frr<‘ Of charge in United State© hy
ciographic office in custom house. Oap
4‘" ’ aro requested to call at the office.
,' l‘ o, 'ts of wrecks and derelicts received
-or transmission to the navy department.
•T 1 ° ti ? K ‘ *>®ll on Cotton Exchange drops
’- m., 75th meridian time.
Steamer Passenger*.
, Passengers per steamship Naeooehee
cm New York.-John Wild, C. Barker,
u - Seaward, F. Freehof, Manfred
• Mr - K. J. Boyd, J. B. Stanley, Alex.
Maxwell.
VESSELS BOUND FOR SAVANNAH.
Steamships.
! ' b. 2. via Tenerife; due to load cot
ton for Reval.
Cambria (Br), 1.252 tons, , at Buenos
.. ‘V-res. j an . 3 .
tv'mon (Aust.). 1,244 tens, , Sicily; due
1 °b. 28, to Id cotton for Genoa, IJarcelo
■l. Venice and Trieste.
Haleb (Aus ), tens, , due Feb. 28, to
PAINE, MURPHY k CO.,
... . BROK.ERSS
Orders Executed Over Oar Private Wires
COTTON,STOCKS.GHAIN A PROVISION'S
For Cash or on Margins.
Local Securities bought and sold.
Telephone 530.
board of Trade Building. Jackson Building,
Savannah. Ga. Atlanta. Ga
Id cotton for Naples, Venice and Trieste
Buckminster (Br), 1,297 tons, Elmes, Ge
noa; due March 15 to load cotton for Re
val.
Dorset (Br), 1,636 tons, Souter, at Liver
pool, Feb. 15; due March 1 to load cotton
for Barcelona.
Trunkby (Br), 1,608 tons, Carty, Mar
seilles; sld Feb. 12; due March 1; cot
ton for Barcelona and Genoa.
Benedick (Br), 1,581 tons, Sullivan, Shields;
due March 1; cotton for Bremen and
Hamburg.
Bannovk (Itr). 1,201 tons, Craig, Demcra
ra; ski Fob. 11; to idg cotton Bremen.
Maverick, Philadelphia, with S. O. barge.
Ships.
Kaiser (Ger), 1.240 tons, Faust, at Liverpool
Jan. 31.
Haras,
Leviathan (Nor), 1,006 tons, Frlvold, Hel
singborg, sld. Dec. 20.
Florida (Nor), 523 tons, Evensen, Barrow,
sld. Dec. 22.
Paul (Rus), 744 tons, Johansson, Harburg,
sld. Dec. 23.
Chili (Swd), 682 tons, Andersson, Algoa
Bay; sld Dec —.
George Thompson (Br), 1,430 tons, Jen
kins. Rotterdam; sld Jan. 8.
Hera (Nor), 1,213 tons, Sarensen, Rotter
dam; sld Dec. 24.
Rigi (Nor), 499 tons, Zopff, Shields; sld
Jan. 24.
Fristad (Nor), 915 tons, Damelsen, London;
sid Jan. 14.
Maria T. (Ital), 935 tons, Trapani, Table
Bay; sld Jan. 5.
Jorgen Bang (Nor), 713 tons, Christensen,
London; sid F'eb. 1.
Marco Polo (Nor), 733 tons, Halvorsen,
Gatston; sld Feb. 5.
Sibal (Nor). 512 tons, Gundersen, Port
Natal; sld Jan. 24.
Dictator (Nor), 326 tons, Johnson; at
Bierra, Dec. 9.
Doctor Mezger (Nor), 623 tons, Horne, Rot
terdam; sld Feb. 5.
Aristof (Nor), 512 tons, Axelsen, Havre;
sld Feb. 11.
Ludvig Holborg (Nor), 1,022 tons, Kaldog
er, Table Bay; sld Jan. 21.
Oscar (Nor), 72 1 tons, Schrader, Manches
ter; sld Feb. 9.
Quelle (Nor), 563 tons, Wagle, Para; sld
Feb. 7.
Giannina (Ital), 615 tons, Cacacei, Balti
more; sld Feb. 9; to Id lumber for Vigo,
Spain.
Barkentine.
Albert Schultz, 473 tons, Hubbard; at
New York, Feb. 9; via Port Royal.
Sehooner*.
Thomas A. Ward, 765 tons, Lyman; at
Baltimore, Feb. 8, via Port Royal.
Horace P. (Shares, 393 tons. Mount, Phil
adelphia; sld Feb. 14.
Charles H. Sprague, 260 tons, Hooper, Bos
ton; sld Feb. 8.
John G. Schmidt, 450 tons, Norbury; at
Philadelphia Feb. 16.
Morris W. Child, 487 tons, Beck, Balti
more; sld Feb. 11.
Emily F. Northam, 316 tons, Johnson; at
Philadelphia Feb. 16.
Edward P. Avery, 452 tons, Hawley; at
New York Feb. 16.
George Taulane, Jr., 442 tons, Magee,
Philadelphia; sld Feb. 11.
Nellie W. Howlett, 540 tons, Bierman, Bal
timore; sld Feb. —?
Oscar C. Schmidt, 513 tons, Crawford; at
Philadelphia Feb. 16.
Charmer, 376 tons, Johnson; at New York
Feb. 16.
Jennie Thomas, 576 tons, Young; at Balti
more Fob. 16.
Fannie Brown, 483 tons, Lamson, New
port News; sld Feb. 15.
Ida Lawrence, 459 tons, Campbell, Balti
more; sld Feb. 15.
Ida L. Hull, 473 tons, Gabrielsen, New
York; sld Feb. 18. via Norfolk.
Margaret A. May, 510 tons, Jarvis Balti
more; sld Feb. 18.
Neison Bartlett, 609 tons, Willey; at New
York Fob. 16.
Douglass Gregory, 524 tons, Stilwell, Phil
adelphia; sld Feb. 18.
Weekly Afarket Review.
The overshadowing influence in the mar
kets during the past week has been the
disaster to the American battleship Maine
in the harbor of Havana. Reckless erd
unscrupulous politicians and newspapers
have endeavored, and are still endeavoring,
to exaggerate the deplorable calamity into
a casus belli between this country and
Spain, but. fortunately, those directing ait
fairs on both sides have so far kept their
heads cool, and the possibility of serious
complications seeifis very remote. Natu
rally, the unfavorable influences of the
war talk was more marked on the Stock
Exchange than elsewhere, and securities
suffered a pretty severe decline, the weak
ness being most pronounced on Saturday.
Cotton was quiet and rather easier,
prices declining about 10 points, May clos
ing 6.02 c and August ('.l2c. Under the cir
cumstances, cotton he'd up surprisingly
well, for, in addition to the depressing in
fluence of war rumors, the movement con
tinues very large. Still, however large the
crop may be, it appears that the trade
is ready to take it all; and it is hard to
see where the big excess of surplus stocks
at the end of tyie season, predicted by the
bears, is to accumulate. The chief menace
to the future of pricer, lies in the alarming
indications that there wi’.l not be the ma
terial reduction in the next acreage ex
pected a month or two ago. Suicidal as
such a policy is, it really looks now as
though planters Intend to put as much
ground into cotton as they' possibly can.
They ought certainly to realize that this
course means poverty and ruin next fall.
It was a sensational week in the wheat
market; aided by the war scare and the
report of the sale of a large part of their
spot holdings, the bull clique found little
i rouble in moving prices upward at a
lively rate. By Thursday May had sold
ns high as $1.06, and July 9114 c. Speculat
ive realizing caused a r< action of about
3'4c. but on Saturday the excitement ran
higher than ever. The shorts, terrified by
more and more convincing assurances that
the market is securely cornered, gave the
bulls liberal assistance in their efforts lo
cover, and May was rushed up to 81.09,
and July' to 9418 c. At the close prices had
reacted to $1.06 and Sl’lc. Advices are ex
tremely bullish, and there Is every indi
cation of prices moving higher before the
corner Is settled. When the position is
liquidated, however, there will be a ter
rific tumble, and those who are clever
enough to sell at the judicious time and
then follow the decline, may secure a for
tune. William T. Williams.
Visible Supply of Cotton.
From the New York Commercial and Fi
nancial Chronicle. Feb. 19.
Tlia visible' supply of cotton to Feb. 18, as
made up by cable and telegraph, is as fol
lows. Continental stocks, as well as those
for Great Britain and the afloat, are this
week's returns, and consequently ail Eu
ropean figures are brought down to Thurs
day evening. But, to make the total the
complete figures for Feb. 18, we add the
item of exports from the I’nltod States, In
cluding in it the exports of Fridas, only:
1898. 1897.
Stock at Liverpool, bales .1,168,000 1,384,000 |
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1898.
Stock at London 3,000 9,000
Total G't B’t'n stock ...1,171,000 1,398.009
Stock at Hamburg 7.000 20,000
Stock at Bremen 329,000 201.090
Stock at Amsterdam 3,000 7,000
Stoek at Rotterdam 300 300
Stock at Antwerp 7,000 9,000
Stock at Havre 253.0U0 230,100
Stock at Marseilles 4,000 5,000
Stock at Barcelona 65.00 J 64 000
Stock at Genoa 41,000 46.000
Stock at Trieste 4,000 13,000
Total cont'l stocks 746,300 595,800
TotaJ European stocks.. .1,917,300 1,985,300
India cotton afloatrfor Eu
rope 49,000 54.000
American cotton afloat for
Europe 560,000 366,000
Egypt, Brazil, etc., afloat
for Europe 37,000 39,000
Stock in U. S. ports 1.256.675 980,362’
Stock in United States in
terior towns 540,768 401,905
U- S. exports to-day 23,971 23,235
Total visible supply ....4,414,714 3,882,803
Of the above, totals of American and
other descriptions are as follows:
American—
Liverpool stock, bales ' 1,043,000 1,217,000
Continental stocks 713,000 535,060
American afloat for Bu-
r !>e 560.000 366.000
U. S. stock 1,286,675 980,362
U. S. interior stocks 540,768 401,905
U. S. exports to-day 23.971 23,236
Total American 4,167,414 3,523,503
Total East India, etc 247,360 359,300
Total visible supply 4,414,714 3.852.803
Imports into continental ports past week,
150,000 bales.
The above figures indicate an increase In
the cotton in sight to date of 531,911 bales,
as compared with the same date of 1897. a
gain of ,i90,249 bales over the corresponding
date of 1896, and a decrease of 408,833 bales
from 1895.
India Cotton Movement From all Ports.
The receipts of cotton at Bombay and the
shipments from all India ports for the
week ending Feb. 17, and for the season
from Sept. 1, to Fob. 17 for three years
have been as follows:
f~ 1897-98. j| 1896-977
( | Since || | Since
Receipts at— |VVeek.(Sept.l.||Week.|Sept.l.
Bombay ~~f 59,000) 466,000)1 57,000 628,000
Receipts at— 1595-96 -
Bombay 59,000 %7,000
Exp'ts [ For Week. || Since SeptTT
From |G7b. (Coni'; Tot.| g7BT| Cori7pfot~
B’bay ,| | | 'll | j
1897-9S ,| I 7,000) 7,000)) 1,000) 80,000 ) 81,000
!896-97 -I | 1 || 7,000)181,000)188,000
1895- ,| j 3,000 5,000 24,000 257,000,281.000
eic’ta |
1897-98 ,| ] j |j 2,000; 9,000| 11,000
1896- .j j | jj 4,00(4) 19,0001 23,000
1895- .j j, 6,000 9,000; 14,000
M’d’as ! | | || | |
1897- ,| j j j| 2,000| ,000| 8.000
1896- ,| | j |i 9,0001 17,000) 26,000
1893-96 I | || 18,000) 14,000 ) 32,000
All oth-| | | || | |
ers ~ I I II I |
1897- .] I j || 9,000) 23,000 | 32,000
1896- .j j 1,0001 1,000)I 13,000| 41,000| 54,000
1895- ,| j j jj 19,000 j 30,000 j 49,000
Tot*! I iI II I | ~
all- I I I II I |
1897- ,| | 7,000 7,000 1 H.OOOjllS.OOO: 132,000
1896- ,| j 1,000 1,000 ] 33,000|238.00t> 291,000
1895-96 .j j 5,000) 5,000, j 66,000)310,000|376,000
According to the foregoing Bombay ap
pears to show an increase compared with
last year in the week's receipts of 2,000
bales. Exports from all India ports record
a gain of 6,000 bales during the week, and
since Sept. 1 show a decrease of 159,000
bales.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIEW’S.
Tlie Financial Outlook as Seen From
Wall Street.
New York, Feb. 19.—Wall street again
begins to show some uneasiness on the Cu
ban question. Another dry, or military,
season is now approaching its close; the
experiment of autonomy may prove a
failure; the Spanish forces have accom
plished but inadequate results as yet to
wards the subjugation of the insurgents;
and thus another year has passed without
the accomplishment of the extinction of
the rebellion. Meanwhile our government
continues subject to a heavy expense in
the maintenance of its neutral obligations
and our people suffer from a heavy loss of
trade with the island, while the sufferings
of the Cubans continue to appeal to our
humane sympathies. The administration
is reticent as to its future action; and Con
gress shows less zeal and urgency; but it
is suspected that the latter is due to an
understanding between the administration
and the Republican jingoes which is satis
factory to the latter. The uncertainties
as to the outcome about Cuba may suf
fice to produce a more or less unsettled
feeling in Wall street until further light
is thrown on the prospect and until after
the Maine investigation and the complete
settlement of the De Lome incident and
the reciprocity negotiations.
The attention of Wall street has been
attracted to the probability of another im
portant consolidation of railroad interests.
Apparently on good authority, it is given
out that the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy and the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas have exchanged views relative to a
consolidation of the two systems. It is
understood that the M., K. and T. would
require a guarantee of 4 per cent. u|n iis
preferred stock, to which the Burlington
probably will not object; it may, however,
hesitate about guarnteelng the M., K. and
T. 4 per cent, gold bonds, as it has always
disfavored contracts payable in that form.
Should this negotiation be accomplished. It
will add 2,197 miles to the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy system, making iis
total track 9,377 miles. This is another step
in the direction of economy in railroad
finance.
The bureau of statistics furnishes an
other evidence of the extraordinary ex
pansion of our export trade. For the
month of January the exports of merchan
dise (including silver) amounted to $112,-
800,009, which is $15,700,000 in excess of the
figures for the same month of last year.
The Imports were valued at *53.3(0,000,
which fails SBOO,OOO below January, 1897,
The month’s exports show an excess of
$59,500,MX) over tlie imports. From this,
however, must be deducted $3,090,000 for
our net imports of gold during the month;
also n liberal allowance must be made for
Ihe interest and other minor accounts
during ihe month, which would leave a
net balance to our credit of probably $30,-
OtiO.OX), to be added to the already extraor
dinary floating indebtedness.of othfer coun
tries to the United States. This is an
additional reason for antlelpaiing pro
tracted ease In the local money market.
CHEAPER MONEY IN ENGLAND.
Austrlnn <n:l Russian Remand f„ r
Gold Censes. ,
London, Feb. 20.—The weathercock of
the money market is again pointing to
ward lower rates. Owing to the fall in
the price of gold and to the belief (hat
the Austrian and Russian demand lias
ceased permanently, fresh arrivals will
probably go to the Bank of England.
The Stock Exchange has been disturbed
by political conditions, and prices have
dropped all around, American securities
Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Cos.
53 Miles Shortest Line to Tampa, 34 Miles Shortest Line to Jaeksonvllle.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JAN. 24, 1898.
READ DOWN. ii 71 READ UR
I 37 I 35 I 81 || || 32 | 3o j 38 j 40
Daily | Daily | Daily j Daily || Time shown south of|| Daily | Daily Daily D.uly
ex Sun| | |ex 6un|;Co:unibla Is 99 meridian ||ex Bun| | |ex dun
I SuOam, 4 oupm; i,Lv faostonTT.77. Ar(| | 3 (gpm■ lit 06pmT
| 4 Sopm;l2 15ain|12 10pm; Lv ...New Yarn ... Ar; ,353 pm 6 23am 12 43pm
- m| 360 am. 2 36pm; l.v ..Philadelphia.. Arp 1 18pm; 2 56am!10 loam'
I 92i'pmi 6 22am| 4pm|jLv ....Baltimore.... Ar||ll 06am,11 25pm SOVim
I 1 55am| 2 23pmj 8 55pm, Lv Charlottesville... Ar; 6 45am, oji'pmj 3 35ami
| 9 Ssam,lo 20pm; 364 am Lv ....Charlotte Ar ,11 3Spm| 9 15am 8 15pm
I | 800pmj jjLv ..Cincinnati Ar|| |7 20am| |
jll 55am 12 47am 5 50am Lv Columbia.... Ar;; 7 39pm, 4 4onm 4 10pm
•••”••••! 5-oam| | ||Lv ....Augusta Ar]j 9 45pmj 6 55amj |
4 00am| 1 32pm| 2 26am) 7 oSam: Lv Denmark... Arj| 0 14pm, 2 Mam! 2 42pm lOOOprrt
9 50a mi 4 40pm j 620 am. 9 24ani|!Ar ....Savannah.... Lv|| 3 57pm,12 14am|12 ISpmj 5 00pm
33 | 37 | 35 | 31 I fj 32 j 36 j 38 Fit
Dally | Dally | D*fiyJexMon|| ||ex Sun| Dally ) Dally | Dally
4 laamj 4 47pmt 6 30am; 9 22am Lv Savannah — Ar|| 3 49pm|12 05am 12 11pm 855 pm
•••_■ | 7 27pm|12 30pm| ||Ar Darien Lvj| | j 9 loam] 4 40pm
7 50am| 7 50pmj )12 10pm|;Ar ...Brunswick.... Lv|| 105pmj 9 10pmj 9 30:m|
7 30am: 7 50pm| | jjLv ...Fernandina... Arj| | 9 15pm| 9 30am| 5 20pm
8 55am 9 25pm 9 20am; 1 10pm Ar ..Jacksonville... Lv]|l2 lopm; 8 OOpmi 8 15am 4 00pm
I 8 40am jlO 30am j 220 pm ,Ar .St. Augustine... Lv||llooam 635pm| 7 00am) 2 05pm
i 2 55am| 1 33pm| j Ar Ocala Lv), t 11 47am, 2 05am,
| 9 10am| 4 50pm| 11Ar ....Orlando Lv|| 830am|815pm|
| 8 10am, 6 20pm) Ar ....Tampa Lv|| 8 00atr. 8 10pm
| |lloopm| j|Ar ...Pensacola Lv|| 7 30am
j 305 am; | Ar Mobile Lv|| 12 20am
j | 7 40am) ;:Ar ..New Orleans.. Lv|| 7 45pm|
Trains 31 and 32 solid vestibule between New and St. Augustine.
Pullman buffet sleepers Jacksonville and New York on trains 35 and 3G and
Jacksonville and Cincinnati via Asheville without change.
Pullman buffet vestibuled sleepers between Tampa and New Y’ork on trains 37
and 38, connecting at Charlotte with southwestern vestibuled limited train.
Pullman buffet sleepers from Jacksonville to Kansas City and Cincinnati on
train 36 via Everett and Atlanta.
Pullman sleeping cars between Jacksonville and New Orleans.
For full information apply to A. O. MACDONELL, G. P. A., Jacksonville, Fla.
I. M. FLEMING, Division Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
Trains leave from Central depot, corner West Broad and Liberty streets.
being especially depressed. Even consols
have gone % point lower, and home rail
ways have suffered a general decline of
from 5 to 2 points. Internationals show a
fall from 14 point to % point in Europeans,
and still bigger drops in South Ameri
cans.
The fall in American railway shares
ranges from 1 point to 3% points, including
Louisville and Nashville common, which
has fallen 3Q points; Atchison, Norfolk
and Western preferred, Southern Pacific
preferred and Union Pacific, which have
fallen 2% points each, and Illinois Central
214 points.
South American railway shares have
generally declined.
DESTITUTION’ IN CAROLINA.
Families Made Homeless and Hungry
by Forest Fires.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 20.—There are
hundreds of families in this state made des
titute during the past week by forest fires.
The matter will probably be laid before
Gov. Ellerbe to-morrow, and public sub
scription started. Columbians have already
been asked for aid.
Reports are slow in coming in, and the
full damag- . ill never be known, but it is
probable th . c over 1,500,000 acres of forest
and grass fields have been swept in the
counties that have suffered most. The
damage in this (Richland) county is prob
ably a fair sample of that sustained in
eight or ten other counties. A gentleman,
who lives fifteen miles from Columbia, de
scribes the lire as follows;
“It was the most terrible conflagration
ever experienced in this region. It was
useless to undertake to stop it in Ihe
woods. The wind was so fearful that
burning bark and sap from dead pines
would be hurled half a mile, and in less
th(an a minute there would be another
patch of burning woods to still further
spread the flames. There was literally a
raining storm of burning bark, sap, coals
and cinders.
Many families moved their effects into
the plowed 'fields to escajto the burning
houses. Many are destitute, and unless
there is outside assistance given there will
be untold suffering. The more fortunate
ones are giving the destitute all the as
sistance they can.”
Another prominent resident of the coun
ty gives the names of nineteen families
in one neighborhood who lost dwellings,
farms and provisions. One man iost SBSO
worth of crossties and another 2,000 cords
of wood cut for the railroad.
Turpentine farms were ruined. W. D.
Davis, a prominent farmer, writes to Col
umbia: “The loss of corn and provisions
and the consequent distress leaves a num
ber of people in an alarming condition.
Appeals for help and for bread are heard
on every hand and the' Governor should
lead off in appointing relief committees.”
A message just received from Camden,
Kershaw county, which adjoins this
(Richland) county on the east, says that
Mr. Richard W. Seegers, with a colored
driver, left Camden to drive to his home
some ten miles distant. He was driving
two mules to a light wagon. When in the
midst of heavy oak and pine forest a fierce
fire swept down upon them. The mules
were put to the run and the men lay
down In the wagon. Soon the mule on the
side most exposed to the licking flames
was overcome and fell, the wagon at the
same time catching fire. Mr. Seegars and
Ills driver managed to cut the other mule
out and rode away on Its back, but they
were both terribly burned and are not ex
pected to live.
MANCHESTER MAHKET.
Prices Firm With u Good Demand in
All Departments.
Manchester, Feb. 20.—The market <ast
week was very firm, with a good demand
in all departments except for the strictly
home trade, prices retaining the gains
made before the cotton reaction. There
was a fair business done, and more was
referred back for better limits. There was
a more extended delivery for India, though
the trade was hampered somewhat by Hie
severity of the Bombay plague, and also
by the knowledge thin shipments for Bom
bay this month may reach 50,000,000 yards.
Besides India, China and Japan, the mi
nor European and South American mar
kets have been bearish. The home trade
alone drags, the engineers’ strike having
crippled the retail business and leaving
large unsold stocks.
Advices from Germany report a contin
ued good demand for yarns, but a resist
ance to any advance.
Cloth margins are more than slender.
The French market is quiet, and shows
no change whatever.
BEHEADED BY A TRAIN.
Drunken Man Torn Limb From Limb
While Asleep on the Track,
Quitman, Ga., Feb. 20.—Sam McLany, a
white brick mason of this city, was killed
and the body frightfully mutilated by the
west-bound passenger train on the Plant
system, which passed here this morning at
J o’clock. McLany was intoxicated when
last seen, about 12 o'clock last night, and
was on his way to his boarding house
across the railroad. It is supposed that
when ho got to the track of the South
Georgia Railroad he -walked down the "Y”
and passed his crossing on the Plant rys
tem. He. went about 150 yards down ihe
“Y.” and attempted to get on the road,
falling Into a deep ditch between the mud.
He climbed out of the ditch and sat down
on the track, where the train struck him.
liis head was severed from his body, and
divided in halves from the nose.
The balance of the body was chopped
in small pieces and strewn for 200 yards
along the track.
The skin of the face was pulled off, Ijeaid
and all, and this was the only part by
which the laxly could lx> Identified.
The coroner held an inquest and render
ed a verdict that the death was accident
al.
McLany had no relatives in this sec
tion. He came here about two years ago
from Thomasville, and It is said that be
had a wife in Griffin and a sister in At
lanta. He was a tine workman, and was
liked by the people here. He was his own
worst enemy, as he would get drunk. The
remains were buried at the expense f fhe
county in the potter's field. He was about
45 years old.
SHOT I!\' THE III!EAST.
Sunday Game of Pool at Atlanta
Likely to He Followed by a Death.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20.—A Sunday game
of pool in a Decatur street resort will
probably cost Charles C. Courtney, a
young white man, his life.
This evening Courtney and Henry Day
less fell out over their game ami Laylcss
shot the other through the breast, Indict
ing a wound that the hospital physicians
regard as hopeless.
Lay less was found at Folsom's Hotel,
where he fled after the shooting and plac
ed under arrest.
He was drunk when arrested and affect
ed total ignorance of the shooting. Court
ney is a bookkeeper and Uayless a painter.
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March Is tilled with excellent features, and
light articles of merit. It contains the
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The frontispiece Is a colored portrait of
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time of the battle of New Orleans. One
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comes just at a time when the attention
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LEAD DOWN.' j] TIME - CARIX fj REAETup; *
1 38 | |7B | '32- ,1 |f j iIS7 I
I K 1 I I | I In Effect Feb. IJ. 1888. || I I ! Fla. I
|Bp. c I Dally|Dally|Duy|| ||Dai!yjDaily!Dally;SpecT|
■ • ISaj i Lv ....Savannah Ar;| 8 Isa| lMa*TsßpjT (On ....Z
-
* i 15pj 4 00aJ Ar Richmond.... Lv|| 7 30p| 9 05a 10 OOp - “
“ |ll 30p| 7 41a jAr ...Washington.... Lvlj 346 pl 4 30a 6 20p ..
I J i 3 fiOajll 25aj,Ar ...Philadelphia... Lv||l2 09p 12 05a 2 52p ..
H i 6 43p . | 6 53aj 2 03pjjAr ..New York Lvjj D 30aj 9 OOpj 12 30p
Fiu. | 25 | 21 T 23 j 35 J f.-hrtinrr
siVi'l Daily I >ailv Dally Dallyfl |iDally|Dally|DallyjDally|Bpeen
/I'm 1 !,' n ' ,lr,, ‘ in-* 8 35a Lv ...... Sa van na hTTTTT! Ar!ll2 45p| 1 20aj 8 20ajll OOpj 7 2Jp
~ -*-*. •* 00,1 8 51l 3 47. 10 01.1 Ar J.'SUP Lv||ll 21a|U 42l>| 27a 9 23p| 5 57p
'' 1 s *l'. 4 50,1 10 War A Waycross Lv 10 12a|19 35p 5 15a 8 Sup 5 dtp
1 •*l’ 1 • t "h 10 Sop| I 1 3op: Ar ....Brunswick Lv|| 8 00a| S 00p| .......
r I l|Ar Albany Lvj| I | 1 30a 1 30pj
I "40a! | !jAr Columbus ....Lvjj | |lO 10pl0 05a|
1 . I ">‘ 1 ""l* 10 15pi 7 3*i;i Itp /.rT. Jacksonville.'.. Lv|| 8 20a| s' OOp|. .77... 4 40p| 3 IS*
- J.'l 2oi> .... s (0;i; 2 20p| Ar ..St. Augustine... Lv|| 7 00a 6 35p| > 2 06p
i . 3'l‘ 12 ".'.pi 3 35p,| Ar ....Gainesville.... Lv 3 15a| 4 30p
S ; '."l’ 1 55p! 5 AipMAr Ocala Lv|| 1 30al 2 25p|
5 '' 11 ""P 7 -V.p||Ar Tampa l.v | 7 37p 10 65a 8 10a 8 10a
_s i"!| 8 0,.p 9 6 15p: g or,p| Ar ..Tam B. Hotel.. Lvj; 7 25p“10 40a| 8 00a 8 00a
1 ,; 'T ' I SOp Ar Valdosta Lv 1 ; I3a| 6 21pf. ..77^
r,: !!' - :, 1 ' 1 - 3 't Ar ..Thomaavlile.... 1.v,, 2 06a 5 lOp
- ’ - '', p ' -' 1 1 11 *>l Ar ... Montgomery... Lv| 7 45|>10 &a
I4 I I 40a| s b>n- ! 7 40a: Ar ...bb w Orleans... Lv 7 sf>a| 7 45p _
5 ir“, J ‘c'' 6 50a| Ar ....Nashville I.v j 9 15aI 1 34a
J l "P; 4 ft.Pl I 0.1; ! 4 06| 1 Ar ...ClncbinaM Lvj| 11 00p| 4 05p
N. B.—Nos. 37 and 38 uro the New Yo-k and Florida Special, a solid vestibule
run, con-dating of Pullman's finest sleeping, parlor, observation and dining cars,
1 I* 11 \ u <m< * eltvtrlc lighted. Runs eolld between New York and Jacksonville.
, illvlib's at Jacksonville, part going to St. Augustine and part to Tampa. No. 37
v''".o , w except Sunday. Leaves Savannah daily except Monday.
. ■ - b ,iv. s 1 aitiiHi and dly; leaves St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Savannah daily
except Sunday.
All trains except Nos. 23. 32. 35. 37, 38 and 78 make all local stops.
I unman Buffet Sleeping and Parlor Cars, and Plant System Parlor Cars are
operated ns follows:
... No -, 3r '' sleej>ers. New Yorlt and Jacksonville; New York and Port Tampa via
Br in wi t’ " nyi,roa a <l Cincinnati via Montgomery, l’arlor car Waycross and
No 27. derm.lS Waycross and Jacksonville, Waycross and Port Tampa via Jack
t-oinin., and VIM Will Coast. Waycross and Cincinnati via Montgomery, Waycross
ami Nashvillt* via Atlanta. Parlor car Waycross nrul Brunswick.
No. 23, Hoopers Savannah and Jacksonville (car open for passengers at 8 p. m).
Now fork and Jacksonville; Waycross and Jacksonville; Waycross and St. Peters
bnig \ta .iii lronvillr. Palatka, Cicala and Trilby. Parlor ear Jacksonville and Port
Tampu via Sanford.
No 21, sleep, i , Waycross and St. Louis vln Montgomery; Waycross and Bt.
Louis via Allmy. Columbus, Birmingham and Holly Springs; Waycross and Nash-
Vllie via Atlanta; Waycross and Port Tampa via Jacksonville and Sanford.
No. 37 connects at Waycross with sleeper to Cincinnati via Montgomery; to Port
Tampa via West Coast, anil parlor car to Brunswick.
No. 52. sleepers, Jacksonville and New York; Port Tampa and New York via
TVest Coast, l’arlor ear, Brunswick and Waycross.
No. 7.X, sleeper. Jacksonville and Savannah (passengers are allowed to remain In
car ui Savannah until 7 n. m.); Jacksonvtle and New York. Parlor car Port Tampa
and Jacksonville via Sanford.
Steamships leave Port Tampa for Key West and Havana 9:00 p. m., Mondays and
Thursdays. For Mobile. 10:00 p m. Saturdays.
E A AItMAND, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, De Soto Hotel.
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager.
H. C. McFADDEN, Assistant Genera! Passenger Agent.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA RAILWAY.
SAVANNAH SHOUT LINE.
Passenger Schedules. Effective Dec. 12, 1897.
74 Miles Shortest Operated Line Between Savannah and Montgomery. 28 Miles
Shortest Oported Line Between Savannah and Columbus.
F, c. &P. |i' A. C. LirieTTi ~~~ IPX! C. Line. | P. "C. AP.
1215 am i JOpiri 9 00pm 516 am Lv ...New York.... Ar| Iftltmi i, „ . :.itn !2 43pm
3 Goam| 6 55pmfl2 06 n't|l2 09n'nj|Lv ...Philadelphia. Ar 11 25am| 3 45am| 2 56am 10 15am
C22amj 9 20|>m| 2 50am| 2 25pm||Lv ....Baltimore.... Ar 9 05am| 1 08am|ll 35pm 8 00am
II loamjlO 43pmj 4 30om 3 46pm|,Lv ..Washington... Ar 7 40am|U 10pm| 9 25pm 6 42am
j ;ll 13pm] 6 13am, Lv ...Charleston— Ar| 5 08pm 6 13am
10 15pmi 9 25am, l.v ...Charlotte Ar 8 50am 8 20pm
12 47amjll 56amj | ||Lv ....Columbia.... Arj 484 am 4 16pm
6 00am| 4 34|imj 1 50praj 8 ISamjjAr ....Savannah.... Lv]| 106 pm 1 45am|ll 40pm 12 20pra
1 I ~l I 17' It j - ~IS | 20
7 15pmj | 7 26am |Lv ....Savannah ... Ar| 1120 pm 8 10am
10 00pm ] 9 35am |Ar Collins Lv 9 05pm 5 55am
I2 otarr |ll 35am |Ar Helena Lv 6 40pm 336 pm
12 57am 1 12 26pm Ar ....Abtieville.... Lv 5 60pm 2 40am
•9 15am 6 36pm jAr ...Fitzgerald.... Lv 11 15am 9 20pm
jOOOum ] 7 25pm |Ar Oellla Lv 1020 am 8 00pm
2 15am | 130 pm jAr Cordele Lv 4 45pm 136 am
318 am | 2 66pm Ar ...Amerlcus Lv 339 pm 12 28am
4 I4nm |Ssspm||Ar ....Richland.... Lv 2 40pm 11 SOptn
12 00n’n| |6 20i)m||Ar ....Columbus... Lv 10 06am 300 pm
12 39pm I 7 45am jAr ....Dawson Lv 7 10ain 2 58pm
1 30pm| | 8 60pm||Ar Albany Lv 6 00pm 2 10pm
4 34. mil | I 417pm;,Ar ....Lumpkin.... Lv 2 17pm 1110 pm
6 07am | | 6 56pm Ar ...Hurlsboro.... Lv 12 38pm 9 36pm
8 00am | | 8 00pm||Ar ..Montgomery.. Lv 10 45am 7 45pm
1030 am I |ll3opm||Ar Selma Lv 420 am 330 pm
1201 pm | |l2 26 n't||Ar ..Birmingham... Lv 7 58am 4 (JOpm
7 00pm | | 6 60am||Ar ...Nashville Lv| 128 am 9 15am
2 23.im 1 112 25 n't||Ar ...Louisville Lv] 8 10pm 2 50am
7 05am I I 4 10pm|]Ar ..Cincinnati Lv| 350 pm 1100 pm
12 40am I |il 09amj|Ar ..Evansville.... Lvj 9 00pm 350 am
8 55am ! | 8 l7pmj|Ar ....Chicago Lvj 100 pm 7 65pm
7 20am | I 7 32pmj Ar ....St. Louie.... Lv 7 sam 8 55pm
345 pm | I 30T,am||Ar Mobile Lv | |L-20n’t 12 68pin
8 10pm ....I | 7 40a m 11 A r New Orleans. ■ Lv|| | 7 40pm.... 7 55am
•Daily except Sunday.
Connecting at Savannah by all trains, with steamships lines for Baltimore Phil
nde.phiu, New York und Boston; with Plant system, and Florida Central and Pen
insular; Atlantic Coast Line for points north; with Savannah und Atlantic Rail
way for Tybee.
At Collins with Collins and Reldsvllle railroad and'Stlllmore Air Line.
At Helena with Southern railway for all points thereon.
At Cordele with Georgia Southern und Florida for Macon and beyond; also with
Albany and Northern railway for Albany.
At Richland with Columbus division for Columbus, Dawson and Albany.
At Montgomery with Louisville and Nashville railroad for all points west and
northwest. . ~ .
Trains 17 and 18 carry Georgia and Alabama railway new and magnificent buf
fet parlor cars.
Trains 19 und 20 carry Pullman Palace sleeping cars between Savannah aad
Montgomery.
Tickets sold to all points and sleeping car berths secured at ticket office, corner
Bull ami Bryan streets, or at West Broad street passenger station.
CECIL GABBKTT. First Vice President and General Manager
A. POPE. General Passenger Agent. c. C. MARTIN, Agent
J. L. HECK. Soliciting Agent.
CHAS N. KIGHT. Assisant General Passenger Agent.
A M MARTIN, Ticket Agent, corner Bull and Bryan street*.
Central of Georgia Railway Company
XHfroBCIA SCHEDULES IN EFFECT FEB. 13, 1898.
GOING WEST, READ DOWN;| || GUING EAST. READ u£.
"No. 9 So 7 No. 3 J No. 1 j| Central I jj No. 2 No.' 4 | No. 8 No 10
except |except | daily. I dally. I or 90th II dally, dally. |except except
Sund'yjSund’yj _ if Meridian time. j| ISund'y Sund'y
2 (Aipmj'i uopm 9 00pm| 8 45am Lv ..Savannah.. Arj 6 00pm 6 00am 7 48a in 4 OOnrn
305 pm 7 04pm 10 03pm] 9 59am Ar ...Guyton.... Lv 5 00pm 451 am 6 4Sam 346 nm
” t 11 18pm| 11 10am Ar ..Rocky Ford Lvj 350 pm 3 42ara
■’ l4Spm 1134 am Ar ....Milien.... Lv 325 pm 320 am “
’’ 12 50am 12 35pin Ar ..Wadk-y Lv 2 3tpm 2 25am "
1 52am| 156 pm Ar ...Tennille... Lvj 1 37pm 130 am
"" t 1 15pm|t 8 30pm Ar .Mllledgevllle Lv| t 630 am t 345 in
t 3 (JOpm flu OOprn Ar ..Eatonton.. Lv ; t 5 2Fam t 1 .Worn
t 6 50pm Ar ...Covington. Lv t 9 20am
1 20i>rnj Ar ...Athens.'... I.v 300 pm
t 105pm] Ar .Carrollton.. Lv| t 2 10pm
I 8 60am | 8 40pm: Ar .Fort Valley Lv I 6 39am| 6 27pml' V f
I | 1 4.'!pm| lOOlpm 'Ar .Amerlcus... Lv 5 18am 1 28nm
i | 3 15pm| Uospm|;Ar ....Albany... Lv 4 15am 1150 am
i , 4 .r; j ' >m ( i iAr. ..Euiauia.. lv 1040 am
| 7 J.pm| li.Vr Montgomery Lv 7 45am
..j | 7 25pm | | Ar Troy Lv 7 55am.""”
I |lU6am| liAr ...Columbus. Lv; 4 00pm .
| i.,5 50pm! ||Ar .Birmingham Lvj 9 30am |
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TYBEE. ' ———.
Savannah and Tybee. j only | Daly |cxM dy
Going. I 6 15am| 3 30pm|10 OOaiii
Reiurning, leave Tylx:-e | 7 20am| 6 00pmjll~u? )^7^
Trains marked i run dally, except Sunday.
Time shown 1 90th meridian, one hour slower than Savannah city time, except
that between Savannah and Tybee city, or 75th meridian time. Is shown.
Solid trains between Savannah end Macon and Atlanta.
Sleeping cars on night trains between Savannah and Augusta. Savannah and
Macon. Savannah and Atlanta. I’urlor cars, between Macon and Atlanta.
Passengers arriving Macon at 3:53 a. m. can remain In sleeper until 7am
For further information and for schedules to all pointa beyond our line oddli
to W. G. BREWER. City Ticket and Passenger Agent, 39 Bull street. *
J. C. HAILE, General Passenger Agent. Savannah. Ga.
THEO. D. KLINE, Gn. Superintendent. E. H. HINTON, Traffic Managw.
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