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PART TWO.
jN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
Ntn s of the two states told
IN PARAGRAPHS.
IlorewUll>pli>B Story From Lincoln
(Oil—Lut ol' Ansuit' Jitw Honil
ls*ue Sold—Sudden IJentli at Atlnn
,o—Alleged Wife Murderer to Be
l-lnced on Trial In Clayton County.
GEORGIA.
Anew Baptist Church was organized
Sunday at College Parle.
John McCullough of Clayton county, ac
cused of wife murder, will be placed on
tnal for the third time next Monday at
jemsboro.
The entire Issue of SIOO,OOO of 3(4 per
t i.nt. bonds of the city of Augusta to re.
(t orn a like issue soon falling due has been
sold by the city.
Ernest E. West, professor of science in
the Boys’ High School at Atlanta, has re
signed his post. Mr. West gives as his
it .eon for resigning his wish to read and
practice law.
Avery sudden and pathetic death o*
curred at Atlanta Monday. Mrs. George
y (Baskin was feeling ill and
the telephone and called up her physician.
She told him she was very ill and asked
Mm to come to her house at once. She
was too ill to walk from the telephone
hack to her bed, and was assisted by her
maid. In a few seconds after she had
laid down she gasped, and her maid dis
covered that she was dead. Mr. Glaskin
was absent in St. Louis, and had tele
graphed his wife to meet him at the train
Monday night.
The full story of the horsewhipping of
L. K. Smith, a highly respectable and
well-to-do resident of Washington, has
just come out. For some time Mr. Smith
has been paying attention to Mrs. W. H.
Groves, of Lincolnton, the widow of the
late Dr. W. H. Groves, who was the lead
er of his profession in that section of
country. The advances of Mr. Smith
were kindly received and had so far pro
gressed that the announcement of their
marriage on the 15th of March next had
been made. It was for the purpose of dis
cussing with the lady the tijial details of
this interesting event that y Mr. Smith
went to Lincolnton during the week.
While there he was subjected to consid
erable contumely at the hands of Cole
nan Groves, the son of his financee, as
well as from her brother-in-law, C. L.
Gloves, and Dr. J. M. Caldwell, who had
succeeded to the practice of the late Lir.
Groves. At 7 o’clock at night Mr. Smith
entered his buggy for the purpose of drlv.
ina across the country to Washington.
11 hen about a mile out of Lincolnton,
There the road entered a thickly wooded
grove, three men jumped out in front of
the conveyance and commanded the rider
alight. The speaker was Dr. J. M.
Caldwell, who fired a pistol shot at his
victim as he got out of the buggy. The
three men then closed in upon Mr. Smith
and, with pistol to his head, commanded
him to disrobe. When thi£ was done the
Groveses held pistols to his head while
hr. Caldwell, with a stinging horsewhip,
applied the lashes to the unfortunate
rnrui s back until he was severely chas
'd. When they had satisfied their ven
geanoe they ordered him to get back into
buggy and to drive off quickly and
ii\.r to show his face in that section
again. Mr. Smith, however, will return
,° lincolnton on March 15 to claim his
time’s hand, even if he has to be accom-
Wncd by a regiment of Georgia militia.
FLORIDA.
During the past few days something like
I.CM bales of Cuban tobacco have been im
ported into Tampa.
Commissioner of the United States Land
Office at Washington, Mr. Herman, has
gone to Florida for a stay of ten days,
gill incidentally will inspect the slate
land offices.
The body that was found floating in the
river near Mayport a few days ago has
heel, identified as that of A. B. Curtis.who
"*' s ' r I be employ of the government,and
"ho was drowned at Pilot Town on the
night of Dec. 24.
The state convention of the Woman’s
< hristian Temperance Uhion closed its sea
* ion at Sanford Monday. Tampa has in
'itcd the convention to meet at that city
Il<xt ycar > hut no action was taken, the
lection of a place of meeting being left
10 a committee.
Sunday night the 6 o'clock eastbound
Florida Central and Peninsular freight
11 in, while going over the grade west of
i”*'' 11 ®* broke a coupling which was not
oii-covered by the engineer or conductor.
-Alter the engine and about one-half of
ars had come to a stop, suddenly,
' i’ warning, the second section came
'An against them, completely demolish-
Lvo cars and doing great damage to
' others. Fortunately no one was ln
' deed to Springfield, a suburb of
•1 ksonvllle, by which it was
•‘■'cii-ht to convey the property for the sum
' 1.000,000, has not yet been recorded,
Hi I it is reported that action may be tak
*'l, 10 obtain an injunction from the court
0 prevent it being made of record. Cer
a"i persons are already enjoined from
"i mlng possession to the property, and
‘A said that this will act in the present
' lance to prevent the deed from being
recorded.
Ihe Jacksonville custom bouse reports
fur February, show that there was a total
exportation of 9,508,496 feet of yellow pine
j '"I cypress lumber. Of this amount 7,552,-
-'4 v> 1 "°re shipped to home ports, anil
412.496 feet went to foreign, while
' 1 °* l * le 1011,1 was cypress shlpp
’ ' >o domestic ports. During January the
• pnu ms of lumber amounted to 10,704.-
i This includes foreign and domes
shiMjrints of both yellow pint- and cy-
lumber.
Polities in Georgia.
Judge William H. Fish has announced
'r re-election as a Justice of the Supreme
’ ourt of Georgia.
* be Republican executive committee of
‘ oyd county meets at Rome next Satur
hiy. An cfTort, it is rumored, -.dll be made
' fuee with the Topullsts on a state ticket.
II it fs understood that the Populists are
iiisficd up to this time with the political
' editions so far ns Floyd county is con
-1 rued. The Populist executive commlt
" "hi also meet In Rome next Saturday,
111 T it is this coincidence which has lent
color to the rumor of a coalition.
Wtifi JKoftting Itogl
LET I S H WE PEACE. *
R liat Vlenr General Kelley- Say.
About tlie Cathedral Fire.
“Editor Constitution: I dislike spoiling
a story which was told so nicely as the
once in your paper of Wednesday last
under the caption, ’Strange Story of Two
Fires, but your Augusta correpondent
was misinformed by someone. The true
sjory, which you will readily perceive
differs in a few trifling respects from
the published one, is this: Bishop Becker
did not ‘receive an exactly similar thing,’
nor did he receive a ’magazine with the
statement that the Cathedral would he
burned to the ground 0 n Feb. 6, 1898.’ In
fact. Bishop Becker received his first
Intimation of the story from the news
papers. It is a very ingenious story un.
fortunately entirely untrue.
R e do r.ot ascribe the burning of our
church to any anri-Cathoiic sentiment, nor
any kind of sentiment. We have no idea
how the fire originated, but do not be
lieve any one would destroy our church
to gratify spleen or malice. Our Protest
ant and Jewish friends have been exces
sively generous in helping us to rebuild
our church and we cannot thank them
sufficiently for their sympathy and aid.
I fot one am heartily sick of ascrib
ing every accident which happens to Cath
olic institutions to A. P. A.-ism or antl-
Catholic prejudice. Let us have peace
The occasion of the letter is eminently
suggestive of the remark that if any of
my numerous friends—Catholic, Protest
ant or Hebrew-in Atlanta desire to see
our Cathedral rebuilt I will not object to
receiving and acknowledging such contri
butions as they may send me. Respect
fully. Benjamin J. Keiley, V, G.”
A MONSTER GIN.
will Throw a. Projectile Fifteen
Miles—For New York.
From the New' York Press.
In the gun factory at Watervliet arse
nal the government is constructing the
most tremendous rifle ever made. It is
a 16-inch gun, and, when completed, will
have cost $390,000. It is 49 feet 2 inches
long and weighs 126 tons, six tons more
than the giant Krupp exhibited at the
World’s Fair.
This gun will be mounted on Romer
•Shoal, inclosed and protected by a turret.
From this position it will have a full sweep
of the channels entering New York har
bor. With a 900-pound charge of powder
it will throw a 1,000-pound shell fifteen
miles. This shell will move 2,000 feet a
second, with a striking energy equal to
that of a 2,000-ton ship moving at full
speed.
No known armor or material can with
stand this fearful impact. The heaviest
protection would be as cardboard, and open
in huge, jaggefi holes, while the shell
would tear and rend the very bowels of
an enemy’s warship.
So delicately is this greatest of the
world’s armament built, and so perfect is
the system of sighting and firing, that the
enormous shell flies straight and true to
its target, miles away, as surely as a
sharpshooter plants his bullets in the butls
eyc with unvarying accuracy.
FACTS AHOI T DEAD LETTERS.
Tlielr Number Decreasing in Late
Years, nml More Returned to
Senders.
From the Washington Evening Star.
Visitors to the dead letter office who
turn the leaves of the immense photograph
albums to examine the soldiers’ pictures
saved during the war and gaze down at
the long table where a dozen men are
opening letter never realize the amount
of work it takes to produce* order in the
chaos of letters and parcels gone astray.
Ranged along the sides of the great room
where the openers are, and also in several
rooms near by, ore the bookkeepers or
recorders. Their labor is seldom appre
ciated, because its results only are seen.
Without them it would be impossible to
answer the many inquiries for missing
mail, or to locate any article which the
office has receiver. Uncle Sam’s business
methods are often criticised as Intricate
and laborious, but the necessity of a sys
tem of records of this kind cannot be
doubled.
About 15 per cent, of the 7,000,000 pieces
received yearly contain valuables. An ac
curate record of each article is made, giv
ing its address and disposition. Six sets
of books are used for this purrose, one
for money, one for papers which have a
money value, as notes and mortgages; one
for other valuable papers, such as receipts
and certificates; one for stamps, one for
photographs, and one for property and
miscellaneous articles received in pack
ages.
These are all returned to the sender if
the address is given. If there is no ad
dress, but a legible postmark, they are
sent to the postmaster at the mailing of
fice for delivery to the sender. If there is
no address nr.d no postmark, or if the
postmaster fails to deliver the article and
returns it to the department, It is filed.
In the cAso of property the articles filed
are kept two years and then sold at pubiie
auction, excepting such books as are se
lected for the department library. Sev
eral hundred books are added each year
to the library, which is for the use of the
officials and clerks exclusively. They com
prise largely works of fiction and poetry
Intended for gifts.
The money which cannot lie returned to
the owner is kept for three months ana
then deposited in the Uniied States treas
ury. It may be reclaimed within four
years. In these books one cent receives
as much attention as $59, a receipt being
signed by each clerk through whose hands
it passes. No red tape is spared on ac
count of small vaiues.
The stamps are the most numerous of
all valuables received. Every time the
department issues a fraud order against
any swindling concern that concern is not
allowed to receive Its mail. Its letters are
stamped ''fraudulent’’ and sent to the dead
letter office. Thousands of dollars yearly
are thus saved by the department and re
stored to the people in money and stamps
alone. The stamps which cannot be de
livered are destroyed each month.
The photographs and valuable papers
which had been kept on file were allowed
to accumulate until the summer of IBS3,
when the oldest files were destroyed, ex
cepting only such papers as marriage cer.
Uficates, wills and others of exceptional
value At present only those photographs
and papers filed within the last three years
are kept intact. The rest are destroyed.
Thus Uncle Sam, with Yankee practl
IS AY ANN AH, GA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2. 1898.
cality, utilizes everything that comes in hts
way. He realizes a neat little sum each
year from the auction sale of packages,
fiom the deposit of lost money and alec
from the destroyed matter sold as waste
paper.
In addition to these records is a book
which gives the postal history of iost
manuscripts, which number about 1,000
yearly.
There Is also n record of inquiries for
missing mail and a record of registered
matter. The registered articles received
are not distributed among the six desks
named, but a separate record is kept or
them, so that these are the largest of the
record books and the articles kept on file
here are miscellaneous in character.
Every month the periodicals which have
gone astray in the mails and reached the
dead letter office are distributed among
the charitable institutions of the district.
They are the department missionaries that
cheer the sick and bless the lonely.
It Is expected that the recent order to
postmasters in regard to the plainer
stamping of Setters will facilitate the work
of this office to a large degree. Postmas
ters are now ordered to stamp each letter
distinctly with the name of the mailing
office. It sometimes requires half a dozen
clerks with magnifying lens and every
facility for “blind reading” to decipher a
single postmark. This kind of stamping
is usually done in the smaller offices. The
letters from large cities almost always
have a legible postmark. When this rul
ing is enforced the percentage of matter
returned will be increased.
The amount of matter received at the
dead letter office has decreased in the last
few years. This is probably due to the
efficiency of the “Don't” circulars, which
are sent to ail postmasters for the dissem
ination of rules of precision to be ob
served by patrons of the mails.
This office might be called the headquar
ters of Santa Claus. At any rate, it is
where his mail is received. Every au
tumn his letters come in by hundreds, and
later by thousands. There is every varie
ty of spelling and childish chlrography.
There is also a variety of places assigned
as his abiding place, such as the North
Pole, Fairyland, and other places not
within reach of the postal service.
But the little folks are not the only ones
who send indefinitely addressed letters.
Two examples will serve to show the rare
discriminating powers assigned to the pos
tal employe by the public mind.
"Please deliver to a physician w’ho is a
native of either Nova Scotia, New Bruns
wick, or Prince Edward Island.”
Evidently the area involved was too
wi(Y? and the authorities gave up the
search.
“Forward or give to a widow, age 32 or
oyer, with dark/brown hair and eyes;
hight, 5 feet 2 inches; name unknown.”
At a glance this would seem an easier
task. To find a widow is simple enough.
To find one with dark hair and eyes
would be a more specific task, but still
not objectionable, perhaps. But making
it plainer by using the age limit put
things in a different light. It was too
delicate a task for a postman. He was
human and loved life. He gave up the
job.
TELEPHONES IN THEATERS.
Ways iu Which They Facilitate the
Business of the House,
From the Chautauquan.
In the best theaters the use of the tele
phone has-been most comprehensively de
veloped. It connects the manager with ail
the departments of the house. Seated in
his sanctum off the box office he is in
equally prompt and expedient touch with
the treasurer, whose life is being made
weary with “dead beats” and "profession
als” soliciting the privileges of a perform
ance of which they will often be the most
uncharitable and uncompromising of crit
ics,and the Cerberus at the stage door who
has scarcelv less onerous duties, keeping a
stern front against too susceptible "John
nies” and taking charge of the current of
outside business that sets toward the back
of the house from morning to midnight.
The telephone also enables the manager
to sneak with the engineer who regulates
the steam effects on the stage, the temper
ature of the stage and the auditorium,and
the general ventilation of the building. The
electrician may be consulted when there
are fluctuations or interruptions in the
suddlv of current, or instructed to turn
on an extra bank of ornamental lights in
side the house when the sight of the le
gend “standing room only” in the lobby
warms the managerial heart. When there
is "big line” at the box office, the man
ager may telephone to the stage man
ager to hold back the ringing up of the
curtain, which saves those already seated
from being disturbed when the piay be
gins, and the late comers from disappoint
ment.
One specially interesting use of the tele
phone in the theater is that made by the
nhvsieian attending the play. He leaves
his seat number at the box office, so that
if he is calied up during the performance
ho may be immediately warned by an ush
er. He can thus find out whether the case
to which he may be summoned Is urgent,
or whether he can go back and enjoy the
rest of the nlav.
—Lady (in general store); Have you any
powder?
New Yes'm. What kind—gun,
baking or face?—Chicago News.
SICK HEADACRE
Positively cured by these
Little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per.
,'cct remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi.
. :ss, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue
Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They
Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
Small PHI. Small Dose*
Small Price.
HIGHEST PRICE IN YEARS.
SPIRITS TERPENTINE ADVANCED
TO 85!4 CENTS A GALLON.
A Strong Dome.tie Demand for tlie
Receipt.—ttosln Firm anil Higher
on Several Grade*—Cotton Hotel
mill l iielninged—\\ liolesnle YSnr
lvetn Steady— Mnrket* by Tel
egraph.
Savannah, March I.—The main feature
in tlie leading departments of trade to
day was the advance in the price of spir
its turpentine to 3514 cents, the highest
figures at which the product has sold in
many years. There was a good domestic
demand, although the official price at
New York was not advanced. The rosin
market was firm with an advance in sev
eral grades. The cotton market was
quiet, willi light transactions. The whole
sale markets were fairly active, with quo
tations steady and unchanged. The fol
lowing resume of the different markets,
local and telegraphic, will show the tone
and the quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local spot market remained quiet
and unchanged, with a fair demand, but
light sales to-day. At the Cotton Ex
change at the first call, the market was
bulletined quiet and unchanged, with no
sales. At the second call, the market
was bulletined quiet and unchanged, with
sales of 57 bales. At the last call the
market closed quiet and unchanged, with
further sales of K4t) 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 5)4
Low middling 5 7-16
Good ordinary 514
Market quiet; sales, spot 190; f o. b., 975.
Sea Island Cotton—The market remain
ed quiet and steady, with light transac
tions. The quotations are as follows;
Extra choice Floridas 14 rqls
Choice Floridas 1314
Extra fine Floridas 13
Fancy Georgias ; 12(4®13
Extra ehoioe Georgias 12 (ti 12V4
Choice Georgias 11 <51114
Extra fine Georgias 10(4
Fine Georgias 9 @ 914
Medium tine Georgias 8(4
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks;
Receipts this day 4,011
Receipts this day last year 2,723
Receipts this day year before last 3,049
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 1,054,664
S ime time last year 753,425
Same time year before last 653,749
Exports, continent, this day 4,SCO
Exports, coastwise, this day 999
Stock on hand this day 93,852
Same day last year 00,on
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 30,469
This day last week 23,544
This day last year 17,638
This day year before last 15,177
Receipts past four days 81,992
Same days last year 49,753
Same days year before last 45,688
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 7,353,873
Same time lasi year 5.939,623
Same time year before last 4,465,9-59
Stock at the ports to-day 1,203^493
Stock same day last year 882,967
Receipts this week last year—
Saturday 18,109 Wednesday 9.955
Monday 14,000 Thursday 11,758
Tuesday 17,638 Friday 17,535
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Firm; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, 4,709; gross, 4,709; sales, 2,443; stock,
161.040.
New Orleans—Steady; middling, 5 11-16;
net receipts, 7,606; gross, 8,296; sales, 2.900;
stock, 532.049.
Mobile—Firm; middling, 5%; net receipts,
442; gross, 442; sales, 1,500; stock, 46,719.
Charleston—(Steady; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 449; gross, 449; stock, 39,474.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 515; gross, 515; sales, 114; stock, 20,-
866.
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 5 15-16; net re
ceipts, Dll; gross, 911; sales, 588; stock, 64,-
135.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 614; gross
receipts, 783; stock, 32,813.
New York—Dull; middling, 6 5-16; net re
ceipts, 714; gross, 4,054; sales, 11,700; stock,
200,196.
Boston—Dull; middling, G 15-16; net re
ceipts, 746; gross. 4,406.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, C 9-16; net
receipts, 171; gross, 171; stock, 11,386.
Dally Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling, 6 1-16; net re
ceipts, 1,693; gross, 1.C93; sales, 93; stock
55,299.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 544; net re-’
eeipts, 1,632; gross, 1,632; sales, 1,850; stock,
108,870.
St. Louis—Steady; middling, 5%; net rc
ce pts, 374; gross, 3,863; stock, 69,811.
Cincinnati—Firm; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, 1,165; gross, 1,165; stock, 7,754.
Houston—Steady; middling, 5 13-16; net
receipts, 9.838; gross, 9,838; sales, 1,110;
stock, 59,715.
Louisville—Firm; middling, 6%.
Exports of Cotton This Day—
New Orleans—To France, 12,100; to the
continent, 17,874; coaswise, 36.
Mobile—-Coast wise, 146.
Savannah—To the continent, 4,800; coast
wise, 999.
Wilmington—Coastwise, 12.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 152.
New York—To the continent, 4,103; for
warded, 671.
Boston—To Great Britain, 651.
Total foreign exiwrts from all ports this
day; To Great Britain, 10,741; to France,
12,100; to the continent, 26,771.
Total foreign exports from all port* thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 18,435; to
France, 32,517; to the continent, 60,240.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897:
To Great Britain, 2.543,208; to France, 691,-
742; to the continent, 2,116,352.
Liverpool. March 1, 4 p. m.—Cotton, spot,
fair demand; prices favor buyer; Amgri
can middling, 3 7-16d: 4he sales of the day
were 10,000 of which 500 were for
speculation ai)d export, and Included 9,500
bales American; receipts, 48,000 bales, In
cluding 42,100 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand, and closed quiet; American mid
dling, low middling clause, March, 3.23®
3.24d, sellers; March-Aprll, 3.23®3.24d, sell
ers; April-May, 3.23®3.24d, sellers; May-
June, 3.23®3.24d, buyers; June-July, 3.24d,
sellers; July-August, 3.24d, sellers; Au
gust-September, 3.24d, sellers; Septeraber-
Octobor, 3.2303.24d, buyers; Oclober-No.
vember, 3.23®3.24d. value; November-De
comber, 3.23®3.24d, sellers; Decembcr-Jan
uai-y, 3.23®3.24d, sellers.
New York, Murch I.—Liquidation of
long contracts rather than aggressive ac
tion on the part of the shorts, caused a
decline of 3®6 [mints in the price of cot
ton. ns seen at the lowest level of the
market, after opening quiet and easy,
with near months 1(02 points, and the re
mote portions 3<04 points. Covering be
came quite active in the afternoon, fol
lowing predictions of smaller receipts, and •
on very heavy export clearances. The
market was finally steady with prices 2 j
points lower to 2 points higher. The in- 1
fluences governing to-day's market woe
not particularly bearish. The decline was j
4>artly the result of the uneasiness on
account of Cuban questions. An out
break, however, would stimulate demand
for spot supply in this country and
abroad.
New’ Y’ork, March 1, noon—Cotton fu
tures otiened quiet and easy; stiles, 6,500
bales; March. 6.05 c; April, 6.08 e; May, 6.12 c;
June. 6.150; July. 6.17 e; August, 6.20 c; Sep
tember, 6.16 c; Ociober, 6.15 c; November,
6.15 c.
New' York, March 1, 4 p. m.—Futures
closed steady; soles, 125.7iH) [tales; March,
6.09 c; April, 6.12 c; May, 6.150; June. 6.18 c;
July, 6.21 c; August, 6.24 c; September, 6.19 c;
October, 6.18 c; November, 6.17 c; December,
6.19 c; January, 6.21 c.
New Orleans, March I.—Cotton futures
steady; sales, 22.000 bales; March, 5.71®
5.73 c; April, 5.73@5.74c; May. 5.78QG.7c;
June, 5.83@5.84c; July, 6.88©5.89c; Augrtst,
5.88*15.90c; September, October and No
vember. 6.86®5.88c; December, 5.88®5.90e;
January, 6.9205.94 c.
New’ York. March I.—Rtordan & Cos, say
of cotton: “On a moderate volume of bus
iness the cotton market held its own well
to-day. At the start the outlook was not
favorable. Liverpool was one and one-half
sixty-fourths lower this morning, and was
a liberal seller in this market, particular
ly of the new crop months. Prices here
opened one to two points down. Wall
street, hbwever. was a very heavy buyer,
after the opening, and this buying re
sulted In sustaining prices. Slocks were
on a boom, and the feeling regarding an
amicable settlement of the Maine incident
was cheerful. Exports were large, and the
South was firm. May opened at 6.120, de
clined to 6.J00, rallied to 6.16 e. and closed at
6.15 e to 6.16 e, with the tone of the market
steady. It looks as if the market will go
somewhat higher.”
lIRY GOODS.
New York, March I.—The situation In
dry goods shows no change of mgment.
Trading at first hands is perfunctory. The
mull order business is of small propor
tions. The price tone in both cotton a nit
woolens is strong. Woolen and worsted
goods are selling less freely than hereto
fore. Agents are not pressing sales and
the course of the woolen market is still 11
matter ol speculation. Re-orders are fair
ly heavy, but new goods are takfcn wifh
conservatism. Staple cottons show prac
tically the same conditions as have pre
vailed heretofore. Print cloths are un
changed in quotation. Prints are firm and
generally well distributed in demand.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—The upward trend of
spirits turpentine continued to-day, anti
with the strong domestic demand ttie mar
ket rose to 35L cents, the highest price in
years. At the Board of Trade, at the first
call, the, market was bulletined firm at
3444. cents, the reported sales being 43 at
34'i cents, and 23 at 3414 cents. At the last
call, the market closed at 35(4 cents, the
reported sales being J 9, at 3444 c, and 56 at
35<4 cents.
Rosin—There was a strong demand for
rosin to-day, and the sales amounted to
8,279 barrels. At the first call, the market,
was bulletined firm at an advance of 5
cents on the lower grades, with sales of
3,935 barrels. At the last cull, the market
closed firm, with sal"s of 4,317 barrels at
the following quotations:
A, B, C $1 25 l $1 65
I> 1 25 K 1 75
E 1 3i> M 1 80
F $1 30® 1 35 N 1 90
G 1 40®1 45 W G 1 95
H 1 60® 1 65 W W 230
Naval Stores Statement—
Spirits. Rosin,
Stock' April 1, 1897 4,836 177,33)
Received this day 175 2,046
Received previously 303,790 1,087,968
Total 308,802 1,267,353
Exports to-day 679 8,185
Exports previously 290,395 1,105,662
Total since April 1, 1897 291,074 1,113,847
Stock on hand this day 17,738 154,602
Stock same day last year... 18,742 248,414
Receipts same day last year 104 1.693
Charleston, S. C., March I.—Turpentine
firm at 83(40 bid; sales none. Rosin firm,
unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, March I.—Turpentine steady
3t®3l(4c; receipts 50 casks. Rosin firm at
$1,204/1.25; receipts, 501. Crude turpentine
firm, $1 50 and $2.00; no receipts. Tar steady
at 95c; receipts, 224.
New York, March I.—Rosin steady,
$1.42(4. Turpentine firm, 35(4c.
RICE.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots in first
hands:
Fair 0414
Good 4%®4%
Prime ' 4^405
Choice 5(405(4
Rough—7sc 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,
$4.8344; sixty days, $4.81(4; ninety days,
$4.80(4; francs, Parts and Havre, slxtv
days, 5.24%; Swiss, sixty days, 5.26(4;
marks, sixty days, 94 1-16.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling s follows; Up
to $25, 10c premium; $25 to SSO, 15c premium;
SSO to SIOO, 20c premium; S2OO to SI,OOO (4
per cent, premium: SI,OOO and over, $1 per
SI,OOO.
Securities—The market Is steady. South
western Railroad stock Is still scarce. The
Maine disaster scare appears to have lost
Its force. Securities are held firmly.
Stocks and Bonds.—State Bonds- Geor
gla 2(4 per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid.
asked; Georgia 3(4 per cent., due 1915, 106
bid, asked; Georgia 4(4 per cent, bonds,
1915, 117 bid, 118 asked; Georgia 4 per cent.,
due 1920, 112 bid, asked; South Carolina
4(45, 108 bid, 109 asked.
City Bond*—Atlanta 7 per cent., 103 bid,
asked; Augusta 4(4>, i.w, 102 bid, 104
asked; Augusta 7 p?r cent., 105 bid. 106
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 107 bid, 108
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 103(4 bid. 105(4
asked; Macon 8 per cent., 115 bid. 117 ask
ed; Macon 4(4, 1926, 103 bid, 105 asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent, quarterly April cou
pons, 11014 bid. 111(4 asked; Savannah 5 per
cent., quarterly May coupons. 110(4 bid,
llO'i asked; Charleston 4s, 93 bid, 95 asked
Railroad Bond*—Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent, interest coupons, 117 bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
tirst mortgage 6 per cent, gold bonds, due
19-4, 1081 > bid, 1119% asked; Cen
tral Railroad and Ranking Company col
lateral ss, Til bid, 91% asked; Central of
Georgia Railway first mortgage ss, 50-
year gold bonds, 116 bid, 117 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mortgage 6s. 90% bid. 91% asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first preferred Incomes,
40% hid, 41asked; Central of Georgia
Railway second preferred Incomes. 13%
bid, H'j asked;Central of Georgia Railway,
third preferred incomes, 7 bid, 8 asked;
Georgia Railroad Bs, 1910, 114 bid, 115 asked;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first sa,
110 bid. 11l asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 115 bid, 118
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
Os, ltd) bid, 101 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s, 102% bid, 1031s
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, lot; bid, 106 asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent. iKinds, 1930, 105 bid,
100 asked; City uiul Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds, 84 bid,
asked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent. In
dorsed, S6 bid, 90 asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s, 75 bid, 77% asked; South
Round Railway ss. 74% bid. 73% asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred ss,
103 bid, 104 asked; Georgia and Alabama
cons. ss, 88 bid, 89 asked; Eatonton
Hraneh, 87 bid, 89% asked; Central of
Georgia. Middle Georgia and Atluntlc Di
vision ss, 80 bfd, 82% asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savannah,
id bid, 95 asked; Georgia, common, 175 bid,
ISO asked; Southwestern, 93% bid, 91%
asked; Atlanta and West Point stock. 102
bid, 101 asked; Atlanta and West Point (1
per cent, certificates, 102 bid, 104 askisl;
Savannah Construction Company, 79 bid,
SI nuked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Eight stock,
22 bid, 23 asked; Electric Eight and Power
Company, 73 bid, 77 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Rank, 109%
hid, 110|*i asked; Chatham Rank.
bid. 49 asked; Germania Hank, 108
bid, 109 asked; National Rank of Savan
nah, 123 bid, 12ti asked; Merchants National
Hank, 87 bkl, .97% asked; Oglethorpe Sav
ings nnd Trust Company, 103 hid, 10C
asked; Southern Rank of the State of
Georgia, bid, 138 asked; Sa
vannah Rank and Trust Company, 102
hid, 102% asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, 55 bill, 58
asked; B, 51% bid, 56 asked; People’s Sav
ings and Ix)an Company, 98 bid, 99 nskert.
Factory Ronds—Augusta Factory, 82
bid, 84 asked; Granttevllle 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.itcville Factory, 145 bid,
151 asked; Eangloy Factory, 104 bid, 105%
asked; Enterprise Factory, common. 93
bid, 96 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 104 bid, 105 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Browing Company, 85 bid, 87 ask
ed.
New York, March I.—Money on call was
active at 1%4i2 per cent., the last loan
was at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
;|U'?, t per cent- Sterling exchange firmer,
with ntfftml -business In bankers bill* at
$1.81% for demand, and at $4.X1%1i4.X2 for
sixty days. Posted rates $1.82474.83%. Com
mercial bills, $4,814(1 81%. Silver certificates,
55V„ ViKjC. Par silver, 5G%0. Mexican dol
lars, 45%0. Government bonds strong. State
bonds were dull. Railroad bonds were
strong.
New York, March I.—The stock market
took no well defined character to-day
until after the publication of the state
ment attributed to the Secretary of the
Navy, that the element of Spanish official
responsibility for the (Maine explosion
might tie considered to Is* eliminated from
the situation. This was in the last hour
of the session, nnd the whole short Interest
appanntly rushed to cover the short lines
that huve been tail out In the Inst few
days on the developments following the
Maine disaster.
There has been covering of shorts early
in the day In continuance of yesterday’s
movement, but a little later other short
selling developed on the theory that the
market would certainly sag again nfter
the large short interest had been covered.
The market had apparently swung to a
standstill, and ♦as drifting ralher aim
lessly, without yielding when a buying
movement set in on the Eong statement
uml the trading took on all the appear
ance of a runaway bull market.
Some, of the advances were violent,
Metropolitan Street Railway being pushed
up to 153%, a net rise of 13 points. This
stock closed at 151. Manhattan, Sugar and
New York Central were also conspicuous
In the movement, the former showing an
extreme advance of 5 points ami the latter
2 points each. The whole list felt the up
ward movement to a very noticeable ex
tent, and this late bulge added to the very
substantial advance already achieved,
makes a showing of very striking net
gains, ranging from 1 lo 4 points In the
general list, and übove that In exceptional
cates.
Buying for Eondon account helped the
strength in the early dealings. There was
some recovery In Spanish securities In
Eondon and this seemd to restore confi
dence to some extent over the relations
between Spain and the United States. The
resumption of buying for Indon account
Is In face of a continued hardening of the
money market In Ixmdon. The Inquiry for
gold for American account In Eondon and
Paris Is reported to be still very keen, but
no further engagements of gold for imjiort
were announced for to-day, and the rate
for exchange hardened a fraction, but Is
still at the gold import point. The condi
tions tn the local money market have be
come more settled, the Interior demands
for currency being somewhat less eager.
The announcement by the treasury that no
further withdrawals will be made for the
present of government deposits tn New
York banks of Union Pacific payments
also aided this result.
The bond market was somewhat more
active to-day. and prices were higher all
around. Total sales, $3,800,000. United
States new 4s registered showed a recovery
of 1%, and 4s coupons, the old 4s regis
tered and the 5s of 1 each, and the old is
coupon of % per cent, bid, and the 2s de
clined % per cent.
The total sales of stocks were 452,700
shares, including Atchison preferred, 6.290;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 29.835;
Ixiaisville and Nashville, 6,881; Manhattan,
32,630; Metropolitan Street Railway, 10,120;
Reading first preferred, 5,820; New York
Central, 16,854; St. Paul, 33.980; Union Pa
cific, 8,020; Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf,
5,100; People’s Gas, 10,020; Sugar, 9,820;
Western Uuion, 7,220.
New Y’ork Closing Stocks.
Atclffson 12%15t. P. & 0 73 |
do pref 28%| do pref 150 |
Balt. A Ohio .. 16%; St. P. M. & M. 132 |
Can. Pacific .... 84%|80. Pacific 18%
Kan. Sou 50 | So. Railway .... 8%
Cent. Pac 12%| do pref 29%
Ches. & Ohio ... 21%| Tex. * Pac. ... 11 Vi
Chi. A Alton .. 162 j Vnion Pac 31
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C., B. & Q 96% j U.P.D. & 0 9%
C. & E. 11l 54%| Wabash 6%
C.C.O.A St. E. 32%| do pref 16%
do pref 78 ; Wheel. A E. E. 2%
Del. & Hudson 110%; do prof 9%
Del. L. A W. .. 152 I Adams Express 97
Den. & Rio G... 12 j American Ex .. 125
do pref 48%| United States Ex 42
Erie (now) 14%| Wells Fargo .. 115
do Ist pref .. .’!9%j Reading Ist pref 45%
Ft. Wayne 169 |Am. Cot. Oil .. 19%
Gt. Nor. pref .. 136 | do pref 73
Hocking Valley 6%-j Am. Spirits .... 8%
111. Central ... 102%|. do pref 19%
1-ake Erie & W. 15%; Am. Tobacco ... 90%
do prof 70%| do pref 116
Enke Shore ... 191%; Chicago Gas ... 94%
Eouls. A Nash. 56%; Cons. Gas 186
Manhattan I. .. 106 |Com. Cable Cos.. 175
Met. Traction ..151 (Col. F. A Iron 20%
Mich. Cent ltw%| do pref 78
Minn. A St. E. 28 | Gon. Electric .. 34
do Ist pref ... 86 | Illinois Steel .... 46
Mo. Pacific .... 28%|Ea Clede Gas .. 43%
Mobile A Ohio ..2S%|Eead 32%
Jlo. K. A T. .. 12 | do pref 108
do pref 37%; Nat. Eln. Gil ... 16
Now A. A Chi. 7 | Ore. Imp. Cos. .. 27%
do pref 28 | Pacific Mall ... 28%
N. J. Central .. SM%| Pullman Palace 180%
N. Y. Central. 116%j Sllv. Certificates 66%
N. Y. C. A St.E. 12%| Stan. R. A T. .. 14%
do Ist pref .... 68 j Sugar 129%
do 2d pref .... 34%| do pref 111%
Nor. A West. ..14 |T. C. A Iron ... 21%
No. Amor. Cos. .. 6%|U. S. 1-eather .. 6%
No. Pacific .... 24%| do prpf 63%
do prof 63%) U. 8. Rubber .. 17
Ont. A West .. 15%; do prof 67
Ore. R. A Nav. 49 ; West. Union .... 888 J
Ore. Short Elne 2S%| N. W 124%
Pittsburg 169 | do pref 175
Reading 19%|St. E. A S. W... 4%
Rock Island .... 88%| do pref 10
St. E. A S. F. .. 7 |R. G. W 23
do Ist pref ... 56%[ do pref 67
St. Paul 94 | Chi. G. A W. .. 11%
do pref 147%| Hawaiian C. Cos. 32%
Bond Eist.
U S new 4sregl24%N. J. C. 6s ...113%
do coup 134%| North Oar. 65..126
U. H. 4 11l | do 4s 1(B
do coup 113%;No. 'Pac. Ist ..118
do 2lids 99 I do 3s 61%)
IT. R. 5s rog ..112% do 4s 96
do 5s coup ...112 |N Y C A St E 45106
District 3 65s ..118 [Nor. A VV. 6s ..125
Ala. class A....1b8%|N. W. Con. ...14:*%
do B 107 | do deb. 5s ....117%
do C 100 | O. Nav. Ist ..114%
do Currency 100 |O. Nav. 4s 94%
Atchison 4s .... 92%10. S. E. 6a t.r.122
do adj. 4s .... 61%|0. S. E. 54 t.r.. 99%
Can. So. 2nd ...106%;O. Imp. Ist t.r.. 110
Chic. T. 4s ... 85%; do 5s t.r 59
C. A O. 5s ....115 [Pacific 6s of 95 103%
H A I> 4%s.lo4%Reading 4s .... 84
D A R a 15t...110% R. G. W. Ist .. 82%
Ii A R O 4s ... 91 |Bt E A I M C 5s 89
East Tonn. Ist 106%:5t E A S F O 6sllß
Erie Gen. 4s .. 72 (St. P. Con. ...141
F W A D Ist tr 71%j8t. P. C A P 15t121%
Gen. Elec. 55...101%| do 5s 116
O H A 8 A 6s. 109 (So. Ry. 5s 92%
do 2nd* 106 Stand R A T 6s 57
H A T C 55....112 |T. new set 35.. 88
do con. 6 ...100 |T. P. E. O. Ist. 100%
Iwa. lt ...10SHI do Reg. 2nd .. 34
Kan. P C t.r....109 |Unlon Pac. Ist 127%
K P Ist (DD)t.rl3l%|U P D A O Ist 58%
Ea new <3. 45.101 IWab. Ist 5s ....107%
E A N IT. 45.. 88%] do 2nd 79%
Missouri 6s ....100 W. Shore 4s ....110%
M. K. AT 2nd. 62 IVa. Centuries .. 69
do 4s 88% j do deferred .. 4
N. Y. C. 15t...11f1%i
HMCEH*4neon markets.
The following are the Savannah Board
of 'Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides. 6%c; dry salted clear rib
sides, 6%c; bellies, 6%c; sugar cured hams,
9%4f10c.
Eard—Market firm; pure. In tierces, 6%cj
60-pound tins, 6Vic; compound, in tierces,
4%c; 60-pound tins, 4%c.
Blitter —Market steady; fair demand; Go.
shen, 18{fl7%c; gilt edge, 2211230; creamery,
234124 c; fancy Elgins, 254727 c. •
CPecae—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 114U%c; 20-pound average, 11%(@
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,
50c; 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%®
sc; prime, W|6%c.
Bran—Job lots, 90c: carload lots, 95c.
Hay—Market steady; Weatem, Job lots,
80e; carload lots, 75c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2.25; per sack,
J 1.05; city meul, per sack, bolted, 96c;
meal, water ground, 97%c; pearl grits, pe*
barrel, $2.30; per sack, $1.05.
Coffee— Steady; Mocha, 26c; Java, 27c|
Peaberry. 17c; standard No. 1,14 c; No. 2,
13c; No. 3, 12%c; No. 4, ll%c; No. 6, 10%c$
No. 6. 9%c; No. 7, B%c.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations; Powdered, 6.74 c; standard gran
ulated, 6.43 c; cubes, 6.62 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. Tong
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,
App1e8—54.25©4.50.
Oranges—Florida, $3.75@4.00.
Lemons—Market quiet; Messina, nest
per box. *3.00®3.25.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9cJ
common, 6@5%c.
Nuts—Almonds, Tarragona, 12c; Ivicas,
10%c; walnuts, French, 10c: Naples] llcj
pecans, 10c; Brazils, B%c; filberts, 10c; as
sorted nuts, 60-pound and 26-pound boxes,
10<3>10%c; cocoa nuts. $3.75 per 100.
Raisins—L. L., $1.65; %-box, $1.00; loose,
60-pound boxes, 6%c per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock: fair demand;
market steady; fancy, hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c; hand-picked, per
pound, 4c; N. C. peanuts. 4c.
Eggs—Market firm; candled per dosen,
16c: country 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; half
grown, 25©35c per pair; three-quarters,
grown, 404)50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
55<E/66c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8.50;
No. 2, $7.50; No. 3. $6.00; kits. No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, per box, 20c; Dutch herring. In
kegs, $1.25: new mullet, half-barrel, $3.50.
Syrup—Market quiet; Georgia nnd Flor
ida syrup buying at lSIJIOc; selling at 300
22%e; sugar house at 194)320; Cuba straight
goods, 23©30c; sugar house molasses, 13
©2oc.
Salt—Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b.. Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 67c; Job lots, 65©90c; com
mon line salt, 125-pound, in burlap sacks,
carload lots, 3Cc; common fine salt, 125-
pound, In cotton sacks, carload lots, 39c.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
firm; dry flint. 15%c; dry salt, 13%c; green
salted, B%c. Wool—Firm; prime Georgia,
free of sand, burrs arid black wool, Uo|