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PART TWO.
iVERLAND TRIP TO THE YUKON
e >FAPEK man writes a story
OF HIS JOURNEY'.
i, ( . of Dos Jumped to BL3O Eacli,
an( | Re Decided to Huy Oxen 1 11
„t, ml—Each Ox Drawing; a Tohog
j. It Fourteen Feet Long Carrying;
,;O Pounds—Don Trains a Funny
Siiilit List of the Provisions Car
ri
( , , ( pyright by the Associated Press.)
j.. one, N. Y-, Feb. 28.—Lucius C. Pease,
newspaper man well known on the coast,
bo left a position on the Seattle Post
, I( igencer for a trip to the Yukon,
ritea the following interesting letter to
is aunt, Mrs. Sarah J. Chesley, of Ma
le. N. Y:
[_j.i Timber, Skaguay Pass, Jan. 23, 1898.
j ran scarcely excuse myself for delay
t anting you but everyone that attempts
lb, nip knows how it is. There is bare
ly , for more than a line and I want
to wait until I could send full partic
.mil this first stormy day gives me
L hance- We brought four big oxen
, fl i ihree months feed for them. I decid
j l a oxen for two reasons. The man
pon whom we had depended for dogs
ihe price to double that agreed
con. hut fortunately I had learned some
lir.g by a trip I made to Skaguay and
yea some two months ago for the pur
of acquainting myself with the needs
[;> trip. 1 found that oxen were about
j c most satisfactory animals of all the
irieiies of quadrupeds that have been
led on this trail since the rush began,
met Willis Thorpe, the old timer, who
is made money during the past two
mons taking stock to the Yukon over
it Dalton trail. He said oxen would go
rier horses could not be made to go and
feat they would haul twice as much on
S- • une feed and could stand more cold,
s lira will not haul much more than to
t himself in the journey to Dawson,
tt you have got to take a lot of dogs
trail a man’s outfit. When I returned
mm .Skaguay my partner agreed with
* and when the dog man wired us
it tie could not give us the dogs for
if- in SSO each, we telegraphed back,
Jo hogs; thanks. We shall put out trust
rf i and oxen,” and we have been hug
ip ourselves ever since that we did so.
rakid the country with a live toothed
mb to get just the oxen I wanted, and
if have them here. The four average
fchteen hundred pounds each. They are
sung, lively and exceedingly gentle and
rk singly in harness, each drawing a
cm toboggan fourteen feet long, with
ire* shoes bolted on the bottom to pro
of n from the wear of the ice and rough
fund and to ’ keep it from sliding
(denays down a slope. Each
if-vyan will take as a nice shaped load,
ii undred pounds of pressed hay, 690
urn is of corn and barley, and 800 pounds
Diiufit lor ourselves. This is forty day’s
revisions for the ox, and four toboggans
ib our entire outfit which Weighs 3,000
Minds, and includes tools and one year’s
ro i“ions for the men. The oxen travel
s.nglc file stringing out into quite a re
ntable caravan. You should have heard
D omments as we passed up through the
nfvr of Skaguay from the dock. “There
> the newspaper syndicate outfit;”
v s the most sensible Klondike outfit
hut has ever struck this trail;” “beats
®Ss all hollow, don’t it?” “Yes, and then
|>"k at all that beef too!” The town is full
' ail sorts of curs. Y'ou see men with all
Hh. way from one, to six dogs, and a small
■' I endeavoring to train the former to
'9 with the latter. If one knows nothing
1 ui* Alaska excitement and should
i'pen unexpectedly upon this town he
* ■ 'id be apt to think That many of Its dti
,f'ns had returned eorly to their chlld-
i so juvenile does it seem to these big
blips tearing about with the poor little
' shouting “Moosh! Moosh!” which
11, ms to he dog for "get up.” There is
omethlng so laughable about the
laele of a bearded Klondiker
lumped up on a little sled
is face set with the expression of a biey
l' scorcher doing his best to control the
lavements of a lot of capricious dogs. Ai
i3t, we could afford to smile, for the
vmpßrison was by far in our favor. It
mains to be seen how we shall get along
•vith them in the Interior. It is certain,
owever, that they will take us to the
ikes, and that Is always looked upon as
calf the journey. We shelter them every
light In a tent by. themselves.
A list of our “grub” outfit may prove
'foresting to you; Beverages, 25 pounds,
cans condensed coffee and milk; 5
"mils coffee; 12 cans extract of beef; 98
ns condensed milk: Cereals, 100 pounds
1,1 bread; 100 pounds cornmeal; 100
inds peameal; 50 pounds wheat flour; 6
ti cans baked beans; 100 pounds rice;
pounds barley; 150 pounds small beans,
pounds rolled oats. Meats, 50 pounds
er; 250 pounds bacon; 100 pounds salt
u:pounds cheese; 5 ixtunds smoked
1 rinks 5 pounds ham. Besides this, we
a good deal of fresh meat to eat and
have about a ton end a half to sell
$1.50 a pound) when we butcher our
' Sweeps, 1,000 sachnrine tablets; 100
" nds sugar; 5 cans of molasses. Hvap-
I goods, 25 pounds soup vegetables,
vinds potatoes; 50 pounds onions; 5
I raw onions; 2 pounds squash; !i
's evaporated eggs. Dried fruit, 75
■mi'D raisins; 50 pounds apricots; U
plums; 25 pounds peaches; 125
French prunes; 25 pounds cur-
Mlscellaneous. 1 can pepper; 20
1 salt; 8 pounds baking ipowder, mus
i-oda, celery sail, horseradish; 10
-oap; 2 cans coal oil; 2 boxes can
matches galore. Total weight, 2,230
"Is, with boxes. Total cost, S3OO.
ire now near the summit, where the
timber Is found, and I can scarcely
'' ze that nearly a month has gone since
gan this. I haven’t written a line In
time, and my pencil feels unnatural
ny fingers, which have already grown
used with work. We are camped down
i very wild gorge, the rocks towering
above us on oil sides. Our tent is
ied on the snow, which Is about 10 feet
■ under us. I am seated, Turkish fash
on my sleeping big, which is spread
' a few armsful of evergreen boughs
tlly gathered In the neighborhood, a
1 fire Is roarln* In our Yukon stove,
the north wind is howling and drlft
-11 the snow outside. Our cattle are still
and In good condition, and are snugg
led In a snow shed, wlifch we dug
of, the side of a huge snow drirt
[ inst’ the wdll of the canyon. Wo work
f! until u o'clock on the stormy night
<Jljr iUormmii fftto£
of our arrival here to get that shelter
tor tnem, so that they might not freeze
to death. There were six of us, and
when we had that done and our own tent
up and some dry wood collect-
Jor a Are, we had coffee
and a hurried supper and rolled
into out blankets pretty thoroughly tired
out. You should have seen me grab a few
slices of fat bacon out of the frying pan,
sandwich them between a couple of soggy
hunks of bread and working it all down
with a little hot coffee. Yes, we are
through the worst ot the pass with all our
outfit and haven’t found It so dreadful af
ter all. We waited at Skaguay until Jan.
12, getting our oxen shod and everything
ill readiness. Then we moved our outfit
six miles up the Skaguay river to the
mouth of the canyon. Here we camped,
and began moving our outfit in small loads
to a cache in the pines about five miles
further up. It took us seven days of hard
labor, hut we found it very exciting. The
Skaguay river runs very rapidly through
this canyon which is thickly strewn with
boulders, many of them as large ad> a
house. Of course, when the river froze,
the surface was left about as even as a
storm-tossed sea. Then the river fell and
the ice began to cave in, leaving numerous
holes, down in the depths of which the wa
ter roars and tupibles. There are scores
of places where a slip would mean the
certainty of being carried over into one of
these holes and whirled quickly out of
sight under the ice. The can
yon is very narrow from where we
first camped all the way to the summit,
and where the way winds around and be
tween those holes there is difficulty in one
sled or animal passing another. Goodness
knows what trouble there will be when
the rush is fully on a month hence. You
see a blockade is caused by either of two
things, too great a number going up with
loads, trying to get past others running
down “light” or someone party having
trouble. The others cannot get by so all
have to wait. Thank heaven we are out
Of it In good season, in advance of the
rush. We are among the first to arrive
at this point. One of the most unpleasant
features below our present camp has been
the constant danger of Ice giving away
under one. A huge shelf of lee gave way
one morning just ahead of us and dropped
six pack horses into the icy water. For
tunately the river was shallow at this
place and the animals were saved with
great difficulty. We had no accidents ex,
cept with one load. The ice cracked un
der the head steer in a narrow place. He
jumped and saved himself and all but the
rear portion of the load, which slipped
into a deep hole. I caught sight of it as
it was being drawn under in the whirling
water. The recent snow storms have
doubtless improved the canyon be
low. We have to wear ice creep
ers to keep from slipping as we
handle our loads. The steers are acting
splendidly. Recently a dog team undertook
to dispute the road with us. We had the
right of way as we were loaded, but the
dog driver cursed our steers and "sicked”
his dogs at old Doxology, the leading ox,
which I was driving. Old Dox just lowered
his head and charged. The air was filled
with tossed dog for a moment, and then
the way was cleared. Having all our goods
cached five miles from our first camp, we
broke camp and came on, expecting to
reach this spot the same day, so that we
should only have to make the camps be
tween Skaguay and the lakes. Three men
joined us to help in return for the help
our oxen gave them. We were caught in a
powerful snow storm and had to make
camp at the first available place, which
was about three miles below here. We
were a cold, wet, hungry and bedraggled
lot that night. We came on here next day
and are now hauling our stuff from the
cache to the summit, two and a half miles
above. When all our goods are at the sum
mit we shall take no more 500 pound loads
but shall put on a ton to the ox and make
a rush for the first timber on the other
side which Is which is 20 miles. That done
we shall consider half our journey to the
Yukon accomplished. Some days like to
day it is impossible to approach the sum
mit, owing td the storm raging there.
We may be delayed for some
time should a period of very stormy
weather set In, but we have cattle feed to
last fifty days, and we are contented in
the knowledge that the hardest part of our
journey over the pass is done. We are
well and my appetite is enormous. Have
been anxiously been looking for letters
from you but none have arrived as yet.
My lantern is going down, so must stop.
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE "TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.
T. C. Parker, the proprietor of the Brown
House at Macon, who has leased the Wig
wam at Indian Springs, expects to pul on
a line of herdies to run between Floviila
and the W'igwam.
Jeff Burke, an ex-employe of the South
ern Railway, filed suit against that com
pany at Atlanta Soturday for $15,000 dam
ages. He alleges that on Jan. 27 he was
working in the repair shops and was
struck on the head and seriously Injured
by a piece of machinery that was not in
its proper place,, owing to the negligence
of the company.
Katie Sweat, a girl 8 years of age, filed
suit by next of friend in the Superior
Court at Atlanta Saturday afternoon
against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
fur $5,000 damages on account of injuries
alleged to have been received Jan. 6, 1893.
She alleges that while crossing Ihe tracks
of the company she was struck by a
train backing out of the city and was se
riously injured.-
The Confederate veterans organized at
the court house at Isabella by the elec
tion of Hon. W. L. Story, captain; G.
G Ford first; Hon. J. M. Summer, sec
ond and Judge J. J. McDowell, third lieu
tenants, and Judge J. W. Price, orderly
sergeant and secretary and treasurer.
They selected Poulan as their camp and
christened it “Gamp Bill Harris." in honor
of that dead hero of two wars. Forty
live were present and joined the company.
At Atlanta Saturday Judge Lumpkin
granted a decree in Ihe case of the es
tate of William McNaught against W. M.
Scott, a real estate dc-aier of that city.
The decree requires that Scott pay to the
estate $4,855.23. This litigation grew out
of the sale of some land owned by Wil
liam McNaught. which was cut up Into
lots and sold as the property of the Mc-
Naught Land Company. Mr. Scott and
Mr. McNaught were the principal stock
holders.
' FLO ft IDA. j~.
The seventh annual _ cqvn.tlon of the
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 189S.
Church of Christ in Florida will meet this
week at Ocala.
Nicholas Argnd, a well-known Gorman
citizen of Jacksonville, died Saturday.
A drought of eight weeks’ duration has
prevailed at Arcadia lately, and the dam
age to vegetable crops is very material.
Charlotte Powell, a colored woman ot
Jacksonville, has been arrested on sus
picion of causing the death of her hus
band.
Miller & Allin secured the contract from
the South Florida Railroad Company to
cut 2,000,000 crossties this yogr, and have
begun cutting near Fori White. They
have over 200 hands at work. They have
extended the J. W r . Pitts Railroad five
miles Ip Alachua county to get timber.
Gainesville Sun: The lettuce market ap
pears to have collapsed. The proceeds or
sale barely pay the shipper. This is In
all probability due to the extensive ship
ments of the past week. Monday and
Tuesday 6,000 packages were shipped over
the Gainesville and Gulf Railroad alone.
Cattle owners at Fort Myers are becom
ing alarmed over the scarcity of water
on the range, and some of them say many
cattle will perish If it does not rain within
tne next few weeks. Five or six years
ago there was a drought similar to this
one and the loss of stock was large, but
many of the cattlemen have provided for
just such an emergency by having large
artesian wells bored in their pastures.
Polities in Georgia.
Thomasville Times-Enterprise: It is our
private opinion, publicly expressed, that
the labored platitudes and promises formu
lated and sent broad cast over the state
by candidates for Governor, jyill not cut
much Ice. The people are growing dubious
about accepting tliestf declarations as gos
pel truths. They understand that the ob
ject, rather, is to catch votes.
Griffin Call: Bob Berner should write a
letter for publication, explaining away
some of the demagogical features of his
platform. To write to friends and say that
such planks were put in his p atform mere
ly to catch votes, won’t do.
THE NEGRO MEMORY.
Examples of It Remarkable Fidel
ity to Auricular Impression.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Memphis. Tenn.—Every one who heard
Blind Tom knows that conscious intelli
gence did not influence his reproductions
of sounds—that he was but a sound-re
cording and sound-reproducing ma
chine. The enormous capacity of
his memory was a phenom
enon of secondary importance. Its
wonderful exactitude was what most im
pressed refiecjlj3,nsin4S' The Globe-
Democrat correspondent has recently
come upon two minor but noteworthy ex
amples of this same gift.
Jim Caisson is an Idle, ignorant negro of
about 30 years, who hangs around various
hamlets in Mississippi and Crittenden
counties in Arkansas. He works a little,
upon dire necessity, but has no vocation
unless it be dice-throwing. He has never
been seen with paper or book In hand, and
his most intimate associates say be can
not read. But last fall Jim was persuaded
to endure a few days’ labor in loading cars
with lumber. He and his fellows chat
tered almost incessantly, the intervals be
ing filled with snatches of song. One day
every member of the crew, except Jim,
had gotten off some favorite rigmarole of
song or story. When the diversion of the
company had devolved upon him, he start
ed in promptly in dignified, recitative tone.
Of course, his comrades gave him “the
floor.” He rambled on for five minutes
before your correspondent comprehended
that Jim was getting off one of Joel Chan
dler Harris’ best “Uncle Remus” stories
—the ‘‘Tar Baiify"— and in very artistic
style, too. As Jim proceeded the aston
ished white man became more and more
keenly appreciative of an elocutionary
treat. It was to be expected that Jim
would mange the “dialect” all right, but
he did more —he gave to every phrase its
due rhetorical value, and employed all the
little elocutionary tricks of a trained pub
lic reader. Nor did he, as far as the nar
rator’s memory serves, omit a single
phrase of this long and complex “Uncle
Remus” fable. If Jim had devoted weeks
to its rehearsal it was really a wonderful
performance for an illiterate negro. When
the story was done your correspondent In
quired: i
’’Jim, have you read Joel Chandler Har
ris' book?”
"Joe Chambler Harris? Who’s he?"
“Why, the man who wrote that story,
and a lot of others like it.”
“No. white folks; I’se nevah read miffin'
like dat.”
“Well, where did yon learn the ‘Tar Ba
by,’ then?”
“Oh, dat stuff, white folks, was what I
heerd in one of dese here talking machines
down to Jericho” (a naar-by village).
"How many times did you hear it?”
“Only once—hit cost a nickel, and I jlst
had de price.”
The writer took some pains to ascertain
whether Jim had really learned this com
plicated composition in Southern folk lore
by once hearing It, and all the testimony
went to show that the fellow had had but
chance, and that was when a liulc
\ on show made a stand at Jericho, near
where Jim was picking cotton, and that
the darky had spent his last nickel on this
phonograph entertainment.
The other story In point comes from the
Hotel Kiech, at Nettleton, Ark. Last No
vember a traveling man brought in a
Globe-Democrat and read an hour or two
before supper. He left It on the office ta
ble when he went out. Presently a negro
6table hand came in, and, picking up tie
paper, be seemed to read aloud a most
gtaphic and florid account of the Johns
town flood. The breaking of the great
dam; the wild race of the messenger of
warring; the awful development of the
calamity with its detailed horrors, were
narrated as from the practical pen of a
gifted newspaper correspondent. It ran on
for more than a column, and closed with a
gloomy forecast of the succeeding day’s
developments. When the negro had Hni.iii
*d his performance he clapped on his hat
and went about his duties. Another trav
eling man, curious to know how such on
ancient paper came to be in the hotel of
fice in such good*condition, caught It up
and found that it was a copy of that day's
Issue, and contained pM one line about the
Johnstown flood.
He hunted up the negro and had no trous
ble In getting him to admit that he had
committed this striking descriptive com
position bv hearing It read once as a piece
of news in a cotton plantation commi/sary
stoic. Then he recited it at every oppor
tunity! *
SPIRITS STILL BOOMING.
ANOTHER ADVANCE OF 54 CENT TO
345, CENTS A GALLON.
Strolls Domestic Demand and Sales
Exceeding Receipts— Rosin Firm
and 1 ncluinged—Cotton Market
Quiet nod lnehaed—Wholesale
Markets Fairly Active—Markets by
Telegraph.
Savannah, Feb. 28.—There was another
advance in the price of spirits turpentine
to-day. The domestic demand was strong
and the price rose to 3454 cents. The re
ceipts were light, being only 165 casks net.
The gross receipts were 016 casks, 500 of
which came from Brunswick. This makes
1,800 casks received from that port during
the present season, which are added to the
gross receipts at Savannah.
The rosin market was bulletined firm
and unchanged, with a fair demand for
the offerings. The cotton market was
quiet, wit’ll sales of 532 bales spot and 690
bales f. o. b. There was a fair movement
In the wholesale departments, with the
tone of the market steady. The following
resume of the different markets, local and
telegraphic, will show the tone and the
quotations at the dost 1 to-day:
COTTON.
The local spot cotton market was quiet,
with reported sales of 532 bales. At the
first call the market was bulletined steady
and unchanged, with sales of 43 bales. At
the second call the market was bulletined
quiet and steady and unchanged, with
sales of 383 bales. At the last call the
market closed quiet and unchanged, wllh
sales of 1(M bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling .6 1-16
Middling J 5%
Low middling ...,.5 7-16
Good ordinary 655
Market quiet; sales, spot, 532; f. o. b.
600.
Sea Island Cotton—The market remained
quiet and steady, with light transactions.
The quotations are as follows:
Extra choice Floridas 14 <915
Choice Floridas 1354
Extra fine Floridas ; 13
Fancy Georgias 12*4013
Extra choice Gergias 12 @1214
Choice Georgias 11 @1154
Extra fine Georgias ,10*4
Fine Georgias 9 @954
Medium fine Georgias (554
Common Georgias g "
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks—
Receipts this day 3,993
Receipts this day last year ],952
Receipts this day year before last.. 2,018
Receipts since Sept 1, 1897 1,060,653
Same time last year 750,702
Same time year before last 650,709
Exports, coastwise, this day 1,400
Stock on hand this day 95,640
Same day last year 63,379
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 34,855
This day last week t 9.599
This day last year ... 14,006
This day year before last 13,824
Receipts past week 51,532
Same week last year 32,115
Same week year before last 39,511
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 .. .7.323A13
Same time last year 6.92L985
Same time year before last 4,i>so'tl?,
Stock at the ports to-day ..1,321,425
Stock same day last year 830,362
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 18,100 Wednesday 9,955
Monday 14,006 Thursday 11,758
Tuesday 17,638 Friday .17,535
Daily movements at other ports—
Galveston—Firm; middling, 6c; net re
ceipts, 1,620; sales, 608; stock, 156,331.
New Orleans—Quief; inldilling, 5 11-16-;
net receipts, 6,01!' sales, 4,950; stock, 564.926.
Mobile—Steady; mbkillng, 51!-16c; net re
ceipts. 1,231; sales, 190; sto k, 46,425.
Charleston—Steady; middling, 5%c; net
receipts, 2,149; sales, 1; stock, 39,025.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 5%c; net
receipts, 40S, stock, 20.580.
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 5 15-16 c; net re
ceipts, 608; sales, 347; stock, 63,376.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 614 c; net
receipts, 1,408; stock, 2,035.
New York—Dull; middling, 6 5-H6c; net
receipts, 770; gross, 9,326; sales, 600; stock
200.616.
Boston—Quiet; middling, L-w, net re
ceipts, 244; gross, 7,724.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 6 5-]*c; net
receipts, 697; stock, 11,215.
Dally movements at interior towns—
Augusta—Firm; middling, 6*4c; net re
ceipts, 851; sales, 838; stock, 54,627.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 5%c; net re
ceipt? 2 984; sales, 3,600; stock, 109,416.
St. 1 v-Firm; middling, 584 c; net re
ecipt*. 5; sales, 130; stock, 70.127.
Louisville—Middling, 5%c
Exports of cotton this day—
Galveston—To France, 4,084; to the conti
nent, 316; coastwise, 5.159.
New Orleans—Coasi wise, 3,120.
Mobile—Coastwise. 600.
Savannah—Coastwise. 1,400.
Charleston—CoaHtwlse, 339.
Norfolk— Coastwise, 1,441.
New York—To the continent, 5,213; for
warded, 3,790.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
"(lay: To Great Britain, 1; to France, 4,081;
to ihe continent, 1,023.
Total fbreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: Tb Great Britain, 7,694; to
France. 20,447; to the continent, 33,463.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1837:
To Great Britain, 2,532.467; to France, 679-
642; to the continent, 2,089,575.
Liverpool, Feb. 28.—Cotton—Spot, good
business done; prices lower; American
middling, fair, 3 27032d; good middling,
3 19-32d; middling. 3 7-16<l; low middling,
3 5-16d; good ordinary, 354d; ordinary, 3d;
the sales of the day were 12,090 bales, or
which 1,000 bales were for speculation and
export, and Included 11,200 American; re
ceipts. 13,000 bales, including 7,000 bales
American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand, and closed quiet, but steady;
American middling, low middling clause,
March. 3.24#3.25d buyers; March-Aprll, 3.24
W3.25d; April-May, :j21!&3.25d buyers; May-
Jane, 3.23d sellers; June-Jufy. &2sd value;
July-A"gust, 3,25.1 buyers; Augiist-Septem
ber. 3.25*1 buyers: September-Ootober, 3.25d
value; October-November, 3.245(3.23d buy
ers; Novemher-December, 3 2t?13.2.’.l buy
ers; December-January, 3.24©3.?6d.
New Y’ork,,Feb. 28.—A decline of 2%d In
the price of spot cotton at Liverpool this
morning led to sales of 12.009 bales, and all
Indication* point, to eager buyers of spots
at any concession. After opening steady
at a decline of 2@3 points, our market
showed encouraging signs of Inherent
strength. Liverpool was an active buyer
of spring and summer position?, while the
South appeared to be meeting the demand.
Later, however. Southern orders changqd
and buying for Southern and outside ac
counts generally checked the decline and
caused something of a rally. Competition
between American spinners and foreign
spot buyers in the cotton belt was report
ed, The market was finally barely steady
at a net loss of 406 points, having weak
ened near the close under realizing.
New York, Feb. 28, noon.—Cotton fu
tures opened steady; sales, 5,68); Febru
ary. 6.16 c; March, 6.95 e; April, 6.12 c: May.
6.15 c; June, 6.17 c; July, 6.26 c; August and
September, 6.22 c; October, 6.19 e; Novem
ber, 6.lSc; December and January, 6.220.
New York, Feb. 28, 4 p. m.— Cotton fu
tures closed barely steady; sales, 109,300;
March, 6.07 c; April, 6.10 c; May, 6.13 c; June.
6.16 c; July, 6.18 c; August, 6.22 c; Septem
ber. 6.20 c; October, 6.18 c; November, 6.I80;
December. 6.21 c; January, 6.23 c.
New Orleans, Feb. 28. -Cotton futures
barely steady; sales, 25,200; March, 5,65,if
5.65 e; April. 5.6u®5.69e; May, fi.7305.7V,
June, 3.77575.79 c; July, 5.82<ii5.83c; August,
3.82010.830; September, 5.82fi0.840; Oclohei,
5.82@5.84c; November, 5.8205.85 c; Decem
ber, 5.8205.85 c; January, 5.85 c bid.
New York, Feb. 28.—Riordan & Cos. say
of cotton to-day: "Liverpool showed a
disposition to call a halt to-day, and as
the strength shown there has been Hie
mainstay of the advance, coiton was low
er here. The Liverpool cables reported a
decline of Lfe-fitd and our market opened 2
points down. Thedocnl bulls made an ef
fort to advance prices after the opening,
but there was no enthusiasm, and the ef
forts failed. The demand for spot cot
ton in the South was less active. Just
before the close there was considerable
liquidation, and the market closed at the
bottom. Reports from the South indicate
little decrease in acreage, if any, and this
was discouraging. The feeling concern
ing possible war was quieter, but this feat
ure may .exert a pronounced Influence at
any time. May opened at 6.15 c, advanced
to 6.18 c, declined to 6.13 c and closed at
6.13 c to 6.14 c, with the tone of the mar
ket barely steady. The bulls are not dis
couraged by the setback of to-day.”
DRY GOODS.
New York, Feb. 28.—At the opening of
the new week there Is much of Interest In
the dry goods situation. Buyers at sec
ond hand are quite plentiful, and Jobbers
are again looking forward to a lucrative
week. At first hands the market is still
quite firm. The demand coming forwar.l
for cotton goods Is still limited. Mail or
ders showed generally fair results to-day,
but store buying is soil limited In nearly
all quarters. Staple cottons continue ir
regular. The constant and consistent de
mand which finds Its origin in the needs
of the converting and finishing trades,
continues a hopeful feature of the market.
NAVAL STORES,
Spirits Turpentine—There was a steady
demand for the small offerings and the
price rose to 34% cents. There was a
specially strong demand for supplies to
be shipped to domestic ports. At the first
call at the Board of Trade the market
was bulletined firm at 34 cents bid. with
sales of 132 casks. At the last rail the
market closed firm at 3454 cents, with sales
of 57 casks. The reported receipts to-day
were 665 casks gross, 500 of which came
from Brunswick to an exporter. The net
receipts were 165 casks.
Rosin—There was no change in the sit
uation of the market to-day. Quotations
w'ere unchanged, with a fair demand for
the offerings. At the Board of Trade the
market was bulletined firm and unchang
ed, with sales of 1,325 barrels reported. At
the last call the market closed unchanged
with no sales reported. The following
were the quotations:
A, B, C $1 20 f $1 65
D 1 25 K 1 75
E 1 30 M 1 80
F 1 30 N 1 90
G 1 40 W G 1 95
H 1 60 W W 2 15
Note—ln the review of Saturday’s mar
ket it was stated that there was a de
cline in pales of 10 eenis on water while
and 5 cents on window glass and N grades.
The figures in the quotation table did not
show the decline. The prices should have
been the same as above.
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Ro?ln.
Stock April 1, 1807 4,836 lw7,.irt
Received this day *665 1,096
Received previously 303,133 1,087,968
Total 306,636 1,266,403
Experts to-day 353 11,984
Exports previously 290,040 1,093,678
Total since April 1, 1897....290,395 1,105,662
Stock on hand this day 18,241 160,711
Stock same day last year ... 18,898 256,165
Receipts same day last year. 143 2,260
•500 casks spirits received from Bruns
wick.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 28.—Turpentine
market firm at 32V4c bid; sales, none. Rosin
firm; sales, none; unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C„ Feb. 28.—Spirits of
turpentine firm at 3354034 c. Rosin firm
at $1.2001.25. Crude turpentine quiet; $1.30
02.00. Tar steady; 93e.
New York, Feb. 28,-Spirlts turpentine
quiet; 3554 c. Rosin firm; $1.4254.
RICE.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots in first
hands:
Fair 4 13414
Good 41*01%
Prime 4%or>
Choice 55455>4
Rough—73c to sl.lO per bushel.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market is
weak. The following are the net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$4.8354; sixty days, $4.80%; ninety days.
$4.7954, francs. Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 6.25; Swiss, sixty days, 6.26%;
marks, sixty days, 93%.
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: sl,oou and over, $1 per
SI,OOO.
Securities—The market is steady. South
western Railroad stock is still scarec.
Htocks and Bonds.—State Bonds--Geor
gia 354 per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid,
asked; Georg.a 354 per cent., due 1915, !0G
bid, asked; Georgia 454 per cent, bonds,
1915, 117 bid. 118 asked; Georgia 4 per cent.,
due 1926, 112 bid, asked; South Carolina
4545, 108 bid. 109 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 103 bid,
asked; Aujusta 4%5, 102 bid, 1(M
asked; Augusta 7 p?r cent., 106 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 6 per cent.. 107 bid, ’OB
asked; Columbus 5 per cent,, 10354 bid.
asked; Macon 6 per cent., 115 bid. 117 ask
ed: Macon 454, 1926. 103 bid, 105 asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent, quarterly April tou-
pons, 110% bid. Ill', asked; Savannah 5 per
coni., quarterly May coupons, 110 bid,
lift’*, asked; Charleston 4s, 93 bid, 95 asked.
Railroad ltonds-Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad pen era I mortgage bonds,
6 |x-r cent, interest coupons, 117 bid, 11*
asked: Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924. 10R*i bid. 109% asked; Cen
tral Railroad and Ranking Company col
lateral ss, 91 bid, 91% asked; Central of
Georgia Railway fim mortgage ss, 50-
year gold bonds, lit! bid, 117 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mortgage ss. 90, bid, 91 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway tlrst preferred Incomes,
40 hid, 41 asked; Central of Georgia
Railway second preferred Incomes, 1314
bl‘l. 11% asked;Cenlial of Georgia Railway,
third preferred Incomes, 7 bid, S asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910. 114 bid. 115 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta tlrst ss,
110 bid. 11l asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 115 bid. 118
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
ss, 99% bid, 100’.. asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s. 10214 bid, lU3V4
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 103 bid, 105 asked; Ocean
Steamship 6 per cent. bonds. 1926, 105 hid,
lot! asked; City arid Sul.iirlHiu Railroad
first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds, 84 bid,
asked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent. In
dorsed, 86 aid, 90 asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s, 76 bid, 77% asked; South
Bound Railway os, 74V bid, 7514 asked:
Georgia and Alabama first preferred ss,
103 bid. 104 asked; Georgia and Alabama
cons. ss, S8 bid, 89 asked; Eatonton
Branch, 87 bid, 8914 asked; Ceiural of
Georgia. Middle Georgia and Atlantic Di
vision ss, SO bid, 821* asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savannah,
94 bid. 95 asked; Georgia, common, 175 hid,
iso asked; Southwestern. 93% bid, !H%
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock, 101V4
bid, 103 asked; Allanta and West Point 6
per cent, certificates, 101 Vj bid, 103 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, bid,
8114 asked,
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Right stock,
22 bid, 23 asked; Electric Light and Power
Compuny, 75 bid, 77 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, ©9%
bid, 11014 asked; Chatham Bank,
4884 bid, 19 asked; Germania Bank, 108
bid, 109 asked; National Bank of Savan
nah, 125 bid, 126 asked; Merchants National
Bank, 87 bid, 87*4 asked; Oglethorpe Sav
ings and Trust Company, 105 hid, 106
asked; Southern Bank of the State of
Georgia, bid, 139 asked; Sa
vannah Bank and Trust Company, 102
hid, 10214 asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, 55 bid, 56
asked; B, 5414 bid, 55 asked; People's Sav
ings and Loan Company, 98 bid, 99 aHked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 82
bid, 84 asked; Grajiiteville Factory, 145 bid,
150 asked; Eagle and Phoenix Manu
facturing Company, 5 per cent, bonds,
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 101 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 80
bid, 83 asked; Grar.iteville Factory, 145 bid,
151 asked; Langley Factory, 104 bid, 105*4
asked; Enterprise Factory, common 93
hid, 96 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid, 105 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked: Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 85 bid, 87 ask
ed.
New York, Feb. 28.—Money on call was
steady at per cent.; the last loan
was at 2 per cent; prime mercantile pa
per, 3*/4rl per cent. Sterling exchange
weak, with actual business in bankers
bills, at $4.8404.34% for demand and at
$4,8114(94.8114 for sixty days; posted rates,
$4.82144(4.83 and $4.8504.85%. Commercial
hills, $4.81(1/4.81'4. Sliver eertlfieates, 55840
56%c. liar silver, 55't.c. Mexican dollars,
45’4c. Government bonds were weak; state
bonds were dull; railroad bonds were firm.
New York, Feb. 28.—The Evening Poet's
London financial cablegram says: "The
Block market here was heavy and dull to
day, due not so tnuen to the later politi
cal news as to the liquidation of ac
counts by defaulting clients at the settle
ments to other forced closing of ac
counts, A sharp fall In Spanish stocks
was also an adverse feature. Americans
opened dull and lifeless. There is little
business in them hero, recent buyers
awaiting developments In the United
States. New York absorbed all the stock
ogored, and the market consequently clos
ed steady to firm."
New York. Feb. 28.—T0-day's stock mar
ket was strong, hut the activity was
largely centered In ihe leading stocks,
such as Sugar, the Grangers, Union Pa
cific preferred and a few others. The
most notable strength was also shown hy
these stocks. The total sales showed a
considerable falling off from the recent
averages, and the market lacked breadth,
business being |K>oriy distributed.
was a seller of stocks to-day for
Ihe first time In a considerable period
The local market was as little affected by
this movement as it was by London's
persistent buying during the recent de
clines, ff a temporary heaviness at the
opening lie expected. The fall In Interna
tional stocks In ihe early dealings was
sharp, but was for only a brief lime.
Added to the day's net gains, the early
weakness makes the ranges of prices In
the stocks affected very considerable. Ap
prehension over the Cuban question seem
ed to be in abeyance and the course of the
market was continually upward after the
opening, with the exception of a slight
reaction after noon and some yielding
from the highest at the close on profit
taking.
The noon reaction was attributed to dis
appointment because the Supreme Court
refrained from handing down its decision
in the Nebraska maximum freight rate
case.
The sentiments of London and New York
on the Cuban question seemed to be; com
pletely reversed, for the recent disposi
tion In London to look confidently for a
peaceful solution gave way to depression
to-day, the declines in Spanish 4, both
In London and Paris, being particularly
significant. In London it was % and in
Paris 13-32d. But It Is none the less high
ly significant that the simultaneous decline
in stock prices In London and the rise In
New York were accompanied by a stiffen
ing of money fates in la/ndon and n not
ably easier tone In New York,
Cull loans were mode low as *4 per cent,
there to-day, presumably in response to
the gold sh pments, *1,600,000 additional be
ing announced to-day. Sterling exchange
failed to be stiffened by the gold move
ment. and demand bills fell to $1.84, posted
rates for long and short being marked
down >4 per cent. Additional shipments of
gold are, under the circumstances, ex
pecied later in Ihe week. There Is talk
also that efforts will be made to have the
remaining government deposits of Union
Pacific money left in New York blanks
for the present, although notice has been
given of the intention to withdraw them
In 10 per cent, weekly installments.
The amount of these deposits remaining
In New York is estimated at SI6.ofIO,PY).
The average debit balance of the sub
treasury at the denrlng house shows a
constantly dtaalnlstflng tendency, and to
day’s statement shows a ainall credit bal
ance, due to the fact that the govern-
PAGES 0 TO 10.
ment's obligations for the last few days
of February are small.
The replenishment of the money market
by a government deficit Is much lesa
heavier than was the case a few weeks
ago. The day's net gains in active stocks
range up to 2 jier cent., and in a few
cases over that. Sugar had gained 4
points.
The bond market was not active to-dsy,
and showed early depression, but recov
ered in sympathy with the strength In
stocks. Sales were *2,400.000. United
States new 4s registered declined $4. cou
pons % and the old 4s and the ss, Vs per
cent. bid.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
381,200 shares, Including Atchison prefer
red. 7,882; Burlington, 36,137: Manhattan.
12,320; Missouri Pacific, 1,24n: New York
Central. 10,527; Northern * Pacific, 10,490;
preferred, 10,990; Rock Island. 3,370; at.
Paul. 50,592; Union Pacific, 6,515; Tobacco,
14,195; People's Gas, 14,720; Sugar, 57,882;
Western Union, 6,503.
New York Closing Storks.
Atchison Ill* St. P. A 0 73 |
do pref 27%| do do pref ....150
R. A Ohio 16 |St. P. M. & M. .134
Cun. Pacific .... 82%;50. Pacific IS’*
Can. Southern . 49 |Bo. Railway .... 8%
Pen. Pacific .... 12 | do do pref .... 2884
C. & Ohio 20%;T. A Pacific .... 10%
C. & Alton ....160 |U. Pacific 30%
c.. b. a y 95 |u. p. D. & a.... 914
Phi. * E. H 1.... 54',4|Wabash 6%
C. C. C. A; St. 1,. 32 j do pref 16%
do do pref .... 75 |Wheel. A L. E. 2%
Del. A- Hudson.. 109 | do do pref .... 9%
Del., L. & W.... 152 Adams Ex 112
Den. A R. G.... 12 (American Ex ...126
do do pref .... 47141 U. S. Express... 42
Erie (new) 13%W.-Fargo Ex ...115
do Ist prof .... 38%j A. Cot. Oil 17%
Ft. Wayne 169 | do do pref .... 71
Gt. Nor. pref ...15314|Am'n Spirits 7%
Hock. Valley ... %| do do pref .... 18%
111. Central 102 |Am. Tobacco ... 89
I*. Erie A W..,. l j do do pref ~,.11*
do do pref .... 70 ] People's Ga* ... 92
B. Shore 191%|Con. Gas 183%
B. & N 54%'Coin. Cable C0.,165
Man. L 108%|Col. F. A 1 20%
Met. St. Ry ...140%| do do pref .... 78
Mich. Cen 107*4|Gen. Electric ... 33%
Minn. A St. L . 27%|111. Steel 47
do do Ist pref. 84 jLa Clcde Gas ... 41
Mo. Pacific 27%|Lead 31%
M. A Ohio 28 | do pref ........105
M. K. & T IP4INat. Un. Oil ... 13%
do do pref .... 3614;0re. Imp. Cos ... 27
C. Ind. & L.... 714! Pacific Mall 28%
do do pref .... 27%!Pu11. Palace ...177%
N. J. Central... 93 j Silver Cer 55%
N. Y. Central...ll3 'B. Rope & T 4
N.Y. C. A St. L. 12%;Sugar 126%
do do Ist pref. 68 j do pref 111%
do do 2nd pref. 34 |T. C. A Iron 20%
Nor. A West... 13%;U. 8. Leather .. 6%
N. Amer. Cos ... 5%; do do pref .... 62
N. Pacific 23 |u. 8. Rubber..., 76%
db do pref .... tS2!4| do do pref .... fid
Ont. A VV 1514| W. Union 87%
O. R. & Nav.., 48 (Northw 123%
Ore. H. Line... 28%' do pref 175
Pittsburg 169%1 St. L. & S. W... 4
Reading 19 1 do do pref .... 9%
ltock Island .... *6%jn. G. A W 23
81. L. A B. F.... 6%| do do pref .... 67
do do Ist pref. 55%; C. G. W ll>%
do do 2nd pref. 24% ; Hawaiian C. C.. 30%
St. Paul 9314| Heading Ist pref. 44%
do do pref ....146 |
Bonds.
U.S. new 4s,reg.l2l’(.< do 4s 103
do coup 124 ]N. Car. 6s 725
U. S. 4s 110 |N. Pa. lets, 0fd..119 '
do coup 112 j do 3s 61
do 2ds 99%l do 4s 95%
H. S. 5s rog. ..lmiiN.Y.C. A 8t.L.45.1(1f,%
do 5s coup. ...111%'Nor. A W. 6s ..126
District 3 65s ...117 jNorthw'rn con.
Ala. class A ...10S%| ofd 1428%
do B 107 j do deb. 5s ....117%
do C 100 O. Nav. Isis ...US'*
do Currency .. 95 JO. Nav. 4n #4%
Atchison 4s .... 90%:0.8.Line 6s, t. r. 120
do adj. 4s 59% OjS.Llne 6s, t. r. 99%
C. So. 2ds, 0fd..109%10. Imp. lsts, t. r.llO
Chi. Term. 4... 46%l do ss, t. r 5*
C. A O. fis 115 ;Pacific 6s, ’*5....108%
C„ H. A I). 4’%5.104i Reading 4s 83
IJ. A K. O. lstM.lo9',4!R. G. W. lets... 82%
D. A R.G.4s ofd. 11l ; St. L. A I. M.
East Tenn. lsta.lflfl%i con. 6s 88%
• Erie gen. 4s ... 71%i8t. L. A S. F.
F. W. A IJ. lsts ■ gen. 6s, ofd. ..118
t. r 7914 St. P. con. ......140
Gen. Elec. 6s ..101%!St. P. C. A P.
G. H. A 8. A. 6s | lsts, ofd 120
ofd 109 | do 5e 116%
do Ms 105 jSo. Ry. 5s 91%
H. A T.C.Ss ofd. 112 (Stan. R. A T. os. 57
do con. 6s 106 [Ten. new set 3s. 90
la. C. lsts 101 ;T. P. L. G. lsts.loo
K. P. con. t. r. 107% do reg. 2ds ... 33%
K. P. Ist (Den. |U. P. lsts 127*4
dlv.) t. r Isl%| y •••• pajjajop op
La. new con. 4s.l<T i%oi pjo ’sapi
L. & N. uni. 4m. 88 | -njuao n|U|ai
Missouri 6s .....100 iTT.P.D. A G. lsts. 56%
M. K. A T. 2ds. 60%!Wabash Ist 5s ..107%
do 4s 87% I do 2ds 78
N. Y. C. lsts ...116%!W. Shore 4s ....110%
N. J. C. ss, 0fd.113%|
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market le steady. Smoked
clear sides. 6%c; dry salted clear rib
sides, 6%c; bellies, 6%c; sugar cured hams,
9’,40'10c.
Lard- Market firm; pure, In tierces, 6%c;
60-pound tins, 6%c; compound, in tierces,
4%c; 50-pound tins, 4%c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 1617%c; gilt edge, 220230; creamery,
23@24c; fancy Elgins. 25027 c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 11011*40; 20-pound average, 11*4©
12c.
Flour—Firm; patents. $5.60; straights,
*5.10; fancy, *4.95; family, $4.50.
Corn—Market steady; white. Job lots,
51c; carload lots, 49c; mixed corn, job lots,
60c; car load lots, 48c.
Oats—Carload 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%®
6c; prime, 5®5%c.
Bran—Job tote, 90c; carload lota, 95c.
Hay—Market steady; Western, Job lots,
80c: carloud 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, $2.30; tier sack, 11.05.-
Coffee—Steady, Mocha, 26c; Java, 27c;
Peabcrry, 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, 6.74 c; standard gran
ulated, 5.43 c; cubes, 5.62 c; confectioners’
A. 5.30 c; white extra O, 4.93 c; extra C.
4.80 c; golden C, 4.65 c; yellows, 4.49 c. Tono
firm.
Cabbage—Native, barrels, per head. 6®
7c; crates, *1.75.
Onions—Barrels. *3.25: large, Spanish,
*1.25 crate.
Potatoes—lrish, sacks, $2.75.
App1e5—54.2504.50.
Oranges—Florida, $3.7504.00.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $3.0003.25.