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PAKT two.
IS QRGIA AND FLORIDA.
MAS, OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
g,.,i t lenient A. Evans Takes No
„ to ,. k i„ narlied Wire Fences ns a
tlieek to an Army—School Teacher
, vtlanta Shoots Himself—\eees
>ione> Assured to lluilii a New
Iliiilding for the School of Tech
nology.
GEORGIA.
Th- Morning News correspondent at
was mistaken about the
Fl ,, , M Band playing there on the
1 .urn The Quitman Concert Band filled
the engagement.
\ ~ew commander has been named for
fori McPherson which is now the most
jnll , n t army post in the United Slates,
c i ,i Richard Comba is the officer
lieen selected to succeed Col.
u' nrv c. Cook, who was retired a few
jay. ~go for physical disability.
Dr. Joseph Palmer of Houston county Is
j, ,1. Hi entered the Confederate service
lr ,6] as first lieutenant in the Southern
Guards,'and served the entire four
V ar- t . it g promoted to giajor before the
close tin war. He was elected ordinary
of Huii.-ton county six years ago, and was
hilii - that office at the time of his death.
Carrie Milner, the negro woman who
fitlit Henry McDow’s head open with an
ax at Rome about two weeks ago, has be
come a raving maniac. Sunday night in
j a i; sin tried to cut her throat with a
knife and inflicted several wounds on her
cclf. Jailer McLeod had a desperate
struggle with her before he secured the
knife. She was tried for lunacy Monday
and will be sent to the asylum. McDow
is stiil living, but will die.
Josepa Thomas, a negro 10 years old.
died at the Grady hospital at Atlanta
Tuesday from wounds received on Satur
day afternoon. Tom Smith, another ijegro,
13 y, ars old. stands charged with the
murder. Saturday the dead boy went into
Fincher's store. He was followed by
Smith, who had a knife in his hand. ‘I
will kill you!” yelled the larger boy, and
he began cutting. The knife entered the
side of Thomas and made a terrible
wound. Smith has escaped.
"A body of infantry would sweep away
a barbed wire fence like so much brush,”
said Gen. C. A. Evans, at Atlanta, the
other day “If it is like our barbed wire,
and the Spanish are reported to have
bough! it in the United States, the soldiers
could cut it to pieces in a moment with
axes or clubs, or they could twist it off
with their guns, or they could fall on it
and break it down. Cavalry could not
go over it, but infantry would not be
checked a minute in tearing it to pieces.
Infantry will go through almost anything.
I have seen them break through a fence
made of stout stakes with the ends sharp
ened and projecting outward. There is
very little that can check the advance of
inon men except a terrific storm of shot
and shed."
J- H. Latimer, a school teacher of At
lanta. sent a pistol ball into his head
Monday night while sitting on the front
pc -h of his residence. He had been
< 'aning his revolver and talking to his
vi:. or some time before the shot was
find .Mrs. Latimer left her husband for
a A iv minutes and went into the house
while there she heard the pistol shot, and
ru.-hmg to the porch found her husband
r.rosiraie. The bullet entered the right
ns'' oi i'to head just under the upper
la iv:passing under the right eye and
came out through the skull almost over
tni'l'd- temple. It was at first feared that
f wo,i and die immediately after reaching
no*,'dal, but he now seems to have
a' ok . lor his life. Mr. Latimer went to
Atlanta from Jonesboro.
Tr. requisition for the-SIO,OOO from the
Fiat, for the textile department of the
Tfeiinoiogi.mi School, was presented to
Aik in son Tuesday for his approval,
in machinery amount to
, 11 ■'ho donations in cash to date
1 to 5f.076.65. Tlie total donations, in
•'■ equipment, amount to *12.3)8.06,
'—383.05 in excess of the arrfount
as'th raised he bill. As soon
1' ‘ Governor approves the requisition
lrom 'he state will be at the
hniMa ‘ >f .,' he trustees. Plans for the
,' e wdl b° made according to best
w i,, Tract ice in mill construction, and
t,,,, r, '"‘y h y Aug. 15. By Nov. 1 the
Prc- ," l^,r} Uil>ment w,n be in place.
•' it Hall is confident that the dona
i r, ‘ ach $15,000. and perhaps a
" as many people have held back
i r a ’ , l< '. p f ss of 'be enterprise is as
" iii Hall is anxious to pre
la - , ." inspection of the next legis
|.- ,ulln £ an <i equipment costing
oi sji " UJrn lor state’s investment
FLORIDA.
C.V,v, ’ i '''" Ce of Wiliifm Hindle, at
wh i!' , burned t 0 the ground Monday
-N "••vn.-r was absent at Titusville,
'he house was saved.
J w - Carroll is on trial at
Itix charged with bicycle steal
ctssiv, ' S attrib uted to the ex-
T / ‘ 1 ‘ c °cnlne and morphine.
been . drainage canals have just
i 1 on the Prairie at Ojus under
n i ’ . l ' n H. Sherard. Both
i umbfounding bay. Tarpon
'' r\ plentiful in the creek
p.ot few days.
Bh> • n ," y and * he dwelling of Editor
ai ' Citrus County Chronicle,
o Sunday night at about 9
Wit „ 1K thought by some that the
*' a * Incendiary, but es
*' ..J MrK Shertfood had an
hr ' p around tliere, it is hard-
Co'. r Salvation, owned by A. D.
r :: . . Hailed up Crooked river from
* uesday loaded with hay and
, '•. and When she reached
* • red ; . n ar Mclnt yre. the hay
i iu . bf ‘ on flre - Tne fire |n
. :i ;J^“ er .* r a °tal ioss.
.the fireman, was se
•'° lives were lost.
■ : ■ ftshier, and R. a. Mofisal
-1 of the Union Bank of
; > the pub,4c that
uank would go into volun
r a . rea * on is Signed.
, bat no one will lose a
l 1 " ai ‘divn a “? n - Uis also un
tl en i* were not iarge
is "' y the bank in continuing
A i
° { ’ he board °t County
hold at Inverness Monday,
the board acted on the matter of the
money Involved in the failure of the two
Ocala banks by Collector King and Treas
urer Harman, and relieved Messrs. King
and Harman and their bondsmen of any
liability of the loss. The action of the
board meets with the approval of the cit
izens at iarge.
Hundreds of fish are lying dead, float
ing on the surface of McCoy’s creek, in
the western part of Jacksonville. The
cause Is a mystery yet to be explained.
To the knowledge of the oldest inhabi
tant nothing of the kind has ever hap
pened before, and although numerous pos
sible theories have been advanced by peo
ple living along the creek, no explanation
as yet offered seems to be satisfactory.
Dying hyacinths may have something to
do with it. Negroes think that the fish
have been poisoned.
The Democratic executive committee of
Sumter county met at the court house
Monday to declare the result of the pri
mary- election, held on Saturday, for the
nomination of county officers. The fol
lowing ticket was declared nominated: For
representative, J. C. B. Koonce; for tax
assessor, D. L. Belton; for tax collector,
F. L. Rutland; for treasurer, Reuben
Marsh; for members of school board, R.
L. Caruthers, George R. Mobley, and
Smith Futch. W. C. G. Kilgore of Wild
wood, who was a candidate for tax asses
sor, appeared before the committee, and
demanded an investigation of the vote of
the Webster precinct. He claimed that
about thirty-five more votes were counted
at that precinct than were qualified, even
if all the qualified voters were Democrats,
The committee took the position that the
managers at the precinct were the sole
Judges of the qualifications of the voters,
and refused to investigate the matter.
UHIXSIVICK S niUUET.
Grand Lodge of the Colored Knights
of Pythias.
Brunswick, Ga., July 6.—The meeting of
the grand lodge, colored Knights of
Pythias, now on in Brunswick, has
brought big delegations together from
every portion of the state. The opening
exercises on the first day consisted of an
address of welcome on behalf of the col
ored citizens of Brunswick from Past
Chancellor Charles A. Clark, who Is pre
siding officer of Atlantic Lodge, this city.
The response was by Past Grand Chan
cellor T. J. Davis of Savannah. The
Pythian address was delivered by E. J.
Matthews of Dawson. Following the ad
dresses the parade was formed under the
direction of Chief Marshal Charles A.
Clark. Those participating in this parade
were the local uniform rank and two local
lodges, representatives of the grand court
of Calanthe, in carriages. The parade was
led by the Glynn cornet band. Upon the
reassembling of the grand lodge reports
were received from the grand chancellor
and other officers.
Lieut. C. L. Elliot yesterday received
notice from Col. Cahdler that Surgeon
Harris would report to him Saturday
morning to examine recruits for his com
pany. As fast as the men are passed they
will be enlisted and sent to Griffin. Lieut.
Elliot states that he will carry sixty men
away from Brunswick and vicinity.
The failure of the boat races on the
Fourth to materialize successfully has
created much discussion as to the respec
tive merits of various boats around Bruns
wick and the result is efforts are being
made to arrange a big race for an early
data A considerable purse will be made
up for ihe event, and the question of su
periority settled.
It is probable that the shipments of naval
stores from Brunswick via steamships
will be more numerous now. The Johnaton
line have one tramp in port taking on a
cargo partly lightered from Savannah.
Heretofore the naval store shipments have
been confined almost exclusively to sail
ing vessels. The introduction of steam
ships into this trade will add largely to
the annual report of values on exports.
The cypress timber trade is reported lo
have cause a big deal recently by which
the Taylor mills of Brunswick, get all the
cypress on Dr. D. D. Atkinson's lands
in Camden county. This is a valuable
lot of timber and will supply the mill
for sometime. After the .trees are dead
ened and cut down they will lie rafted to
Brunswick. The Hilton & Dodge people ere
operating the Taylor mill anti the con
tinued demand for cypress has caused
them lo branch out in their purchases.
The Shaker colony has just completed
the purchase of,two blocks of land, one
owned by Mcsgri.i John Du/oberly and
Theodore Clark, and the other owned by
Mr. David Dubberly. These two blocks,
cpnsjsttijg in all of over one thousand
acres, were purchased more for the pur.
pose of squaring up the land they now
own than for any other reason. As some
of it is good rice land, and is now being
cultivated, they will continue with the
crops for the coming season. After that
time it is a question just what disposi
tion they will make of it. While the
Shaker colony of Glynn own the colony
site of 51,030 acres recently purchased in
Camden, Pierce and Ware, near Hoboken,
the two lots of land will be disposed of
differently. The Hoboken site will be sold
to and settled by a tine class of North
westem farmers. The Glynn county
property wiil be retained for the personal
use of the Shakers. This, which consists
cf several thousand acres of iand and fine
buildings, is now being converted into one
ct the finest’properties in the South. A
Ijirge ,for<;> of men are at work laying
roads' building fenbes, reclaiming rice
lands ah<l building- accomodations for
stock. Stock and sheep raising will be a
feature of the colony industry, and their
purchases on this line are heavy. The
Shaker representatives are in the markt
all the time with cash to pay for cattle
and Ihe sums they are expending on this
und other improvements are astonishing
to those who are not used to cash deals
in big lots.
How Entries Fisli.
From the Kennebec (Me.) Journal.
Down among ihe oaks and other timber
that line the shores of Merry-Meeting bay
a colony of eagles has lived for genera,
lions. During the summer months they
subsist largely on fish. The mode of pro
curing them is very ingenious. Most any
dny they may be see n perched upon a con
venient stump or bough near the waier's
edge like gray, grim sentinels silently w.iit
inu for something to turn up. That some,
thing is a fishhawk, and when he makes
his appearance and slowly circles around
in search of his prey the eagle eye is fol
lowing him. and when at last he
succeeds in bringing up a fish,
the eagle starts in pursuit.
Being swift of wing, he soon overtakes
the hawk, who makes a slight effort to
get away, but without avail. The eagle
scales under the hawk, who by this time
becomes so thoroughly frightened that it
drops the fish, which is easily caught In
the talons of the eagle, who flies swiftly
to the shore and devours the stolen meal.
SAVANNAH. GA., THURSDAY. JULY 7. IS9S.
ENORMOUS HAULS OF FISH.
HERRING USED AS FERTILIZER l\
VIRGIN! V Til IS YEAR.
Fishermen NVIio H -sitat:* to Draw
Their Nets on Account of the Great
'lasses of Fish A Paradise for
Sportsmen Life in an Isolated
Part of Virginia A Traditional
Terror.
Washington Letter in New York Sun.
"I thought I had seen big fishing in my
time,” said a Western man who has spent
the spring months in Virginia, “but it was
all amateur work and child’s play com
pared with the fishing on Chesapeake bay
and the Lower Potomac. Few strangers,
at any rate Western men, can have the
faintest idea of what good fishing is until
they take in this bay and its tide waters.
I thought I had seen large catches of
white fish in Lake Michigan, but they
could not be compared with the hauls I
have seen lately. The white fish is a no
ble fish. It is to Chicago what the shad
is to New York, but shacl fishing near
New York and fishing for the whitefish
in the great lakes cannot compare with
any kind of fishing here.
“My first idea of big catches was form
ed twenty year? ago at Geneva lake,
which is now a, summer resort for Chica
go people. It is i Wisconsin, and is
known best as the siie of the astronomical
observatory that contains the great
Yerkes telescope. In this little body of
water in the first ten days of every June
there is a run of cisco. This is a fish
that resembles the herding, does not grow
large, and is regarded as a delicacy. For
a long time it was 1 supposed to be confin
ed, in the Northwest, to Lake Superior
and Geneva lake, but now it is found in
the small lake at Conomowoc. Its pres
ence in the Geneva water supported the
theory of a subterranean river from Lake
Superior—A river that formerly swept,
wide and strong, the lull length of Illinois
to the Ohio. The idea was that tlie cisco
came by this underground channel in
June and then returned, when not caught;
for it is almost impossible to find a cisco
at any other time. His fancy for dark
places was supposed to indicate his under
ground habit. During his season, howev
er, the fish does not try to conceal him
self. The farmers for miles around leave
their agricultural pursuits for days of
profitable sport. They back their wag
ons into the lake and with hand nets
scoop up the fish. The cisco does not ex
actly climb up the wheels, but he makes
no trouble about being caught. The line
fishermen who are at all sportive find h.m
too easy.
"As there is a ready, even eager market
in Chicago and in Milwaukee for the fish,
the amphibious farmer makes a good thing
of it, besides having the fun. The grangers
of that region are given to side speculation,
anyhow, being impatient of the beaten
paths to wealth. A few years ago Wiscon
sin river pearls found a place in the - jewel
market, and incredibie finds were reported
wherever the gentle mussel reposed. A
great rush was made for the streams of
the state. On the banks of .every river and
creek the farmers encamped with their
families .and not a mussel shell escaped.An
occasional perfect pearl was found, but
as a whole it was a uasle of effort, and it
eliminated the mussel. But cisco fishing
pays for a few days.
"The spectacle of a procession of wa
gons loaded with the shining fish is im
pressive, but it is tame in comparison with
the display made by a single haul of a
Chesapeake or Fotomac seine in the her
ring' season. The shod here is larger,firm
er. and more abundant than anywhere
else. This year, especially, the catch of
every kind of fish bus been great. After
the shipments are made to the larger mar
kets and the small lisa dealers have filled
their sail boats, one cun buy a huge roe
shad for 10 cents ai any fishery along the
river or bay. But in is tlie countless tons of
herring that astound the inland stranger.
Many of the fishermen refused to draw
their seines this season, fearing the enor
mous mass of li.sh would tear them to
strings. Those who managed to scoop up
boat-loads df herring did not know whet
to do with them. The near markets were
glutted. Finally the fish were d.tposed of
in an a way to break the- heart of a man
wiio thought about the poor that needed
them as food. Tin fresh, -linn her
ring. glittering' hki! burnished sliver, .were
sold at the price $5 for every 10> bushels
to be used to fertilizer the red soij of, Vir
ginia The owners of the'few large estates
along the river buried hundreds of bushels
in great ho’.es, intending to spread the
mass ever the fields in the autumn. The
email farmers, including tlie negroes who
own their homes and a few acres, plough
ed them into the soil. It is said this will
enrich the iand more than any of the fer
tilizer;- of commerce. There has never
been any lack of oyster shells for the soil,
ns the only cost is in hauling them frorri
the shore.
The stranger is surprised not only by the
enormous number and prodigious size of
the shad and herring caught at a single
haul, but quite as much by the length of
the seines. A seine a mile long is by no
means unusual. The man of sportive ten
dencies has his blood bounding in the
spring months, for the quack of the can
vas-back is forever in the air. Almost
from Mount Vernon to the sea every bay
and inlet has Its blinds, from which the
duck hunter may knock over ajf many
birds as his weary dogs can *gather in.
Every farmer is also a sportsman, and
has his breech-loader, his boat, and his
decoy ducks, which are painted every
season. The planting of mere crops is of
ten suspended because of the quacks that
mingle with the petulant cries of the gull
and the croak of the buzzard. There is
more profit In the sale of ducks than in
following the plough. Many of the indus
trious negroes have their sailboats, In
which they go down to the hay fisheries,
where they load up with shad, herring]
and terrapin for the town market. This
spring duck meat was cheaper than the
poorest cuts of beef at the capital. Be
sides shad and herring, an almost num
berless variety of other fishes abound in
these waters. They Include rookflsh, bass,
perch, sturgeon, sheepshead, chub, spots,
Spanish mackerel, crabs, lobsters, and
other things unknown to the Western
man. The Potomac and the smaller fish
water streams are well stocked with many
fine varieties. The Potomac fishermen,
however, think a grave mistake was made
when the German carp was planted here.
This fish was alleged to tie nearly as good
as brook trout, but nobody along the
river wiil touch it If he can get anything
else. It is a voracious and. persistent
eater, fattening on the best of other fishes,
but soft, flabby and far from fine eating.
Yet in the Western hatcheries ns much
attention is paid to its culture as to that
of the speckled beauties of the brooks.
Washington people fancy crawfish, for
which they pay a penny apiece. There is
an extensive variety of terrapin, from the
huge soft-shell to the small, highly deco
rated, hinged land turtle. Tin latter is a
curiosity to the inlander opt the prairies,
its exclusive feature being hinge ap
paratus. The forward half of the under
case can be raised or lower, t. having a
hinge. When he choose* to be exclusive
and to shut out the sight and sounds of
the world, the turtle raises this part and
shuts head and legs in completely. He
can sleep or meditate without fear of dis
turbance. Besides aquatic game, the
sportsman may knock over quail, grouse,
wild pigeons, and somethin geese and
turkeys, though on many of tlie estates
all shooting is prohibited.
“There cannot be two opinions about the
delights of a spring in that part of Vir
ginia which borders tlie Potomac. Besides
the game the natural scenery is as neat
ly’ id-oai as it is possible to find it in this
country. A country roadside in the Old
Dominion in the spring is incomparable.
But a summer in the same region must
be another thing. When it seemed to be
my fate, to spend the heaHd term neat
tho national capital. I was promised a
coo ing breeze on the river hank for every
day. But after contracting for a fur
nished house near Mount V. rnon, I dis
covered there were prohibitions. One must
not go into tho dark, enticing woods, be
cause of Che wood ticks, or on grassy
spots on the sands of the riv. > shore, be
cause of ciiigres, or near the shrubiiery
because of snakes, or sit out of doors in
the evening because of malaria, or have
edibes In the house because of ants, or
light a lamp because of mosquiioea, or
keep frail ornaments on the mantels lie
cause of the thundering, jarring guns at
the lnoian Head testing grounds, and the
women must not wander out of sight or
hearing. When vegetation V gins to de
cay late in summer, rio amouri of quinine
can save the stranger from malaria, which
first takes tho form of old-fashioned ague
of the Wabash tyim.
“There are mountain regions of Virginia
that are rarely visited by the stranger,
which is in no way surprising, as there
is a lack not only of railroads, but also
of tolerable wagon roads, but it may sur
prise many to learn that wiihin a few
miles of the naiioii’s capital there is iso
lation as complete as in the Dako as. Tiieie
are people almost in sight of the Washing
ton monument who have n. iin i thq dis
position nor the means to venture across
the boundaries of their native counties.
The tliou-'ands of acres of poorly worked
or idle land near the home of Washing
ton would sufiport a large population in
comfort if put under modern methods of
cultivation. In the larger towns of the
state, however, there is noi less of enter
prise, though less of prosperity, thin in
Northern communities of ihe game size.
There is a very striking difference between
the people, white and black, of >he iso’at
ed farm region and of such towns as Rich
mond, Lynchburg and Danville, Among
the blacks of both town and country arc
a few survivors of slavery days wiio pre
serve the ty-|K> of the courteous, amiable
negroes, offending none, and haying no
disposition lo qssert themselves. In tile
third of a century since the war they
have accumulated money and some. are
rich. Negroes of flic new generation have
few of the qualities of the old. Many
are well educated, mcasutcil by the South
ern standard, having passed through the
High School. These arc not always ami
able or respectful In their bearing toward
any class of whites.
■'Those who earn good wages spend
them largely in dress. S '.ting on a Lynch
burg veranda one Sunday morning' 1 saw
among the passing thrones refined women,
swcet-faced children and old gentlemen
with the grace and dignity of colonial
days, all well dressed .n clothes carefully
preserved and r.ot of the ia.est fashion.
More numerous were the colored iieopip,
some of them overdressed, particularly
the children, and other dressed in good
taste and the latest styles. 1 followed a
crowd of negroes into what proved to be
the aristocratic Baplist colored church. It
was certain.y as fashionable a congrega
tion as could he found in ihe town. The
services were dqcorous, with a studied se
datencss of manners and the self-restrain
ed worship of the white aristocracy. The
choir had good voices aid attacked ambi
t.ous music. Of course, tlie towns all
have their ragged, loUd. and indolent class
of colored laborer*, some of whom are
vicious and dangerous. The lines are as
distinctly drawn between these and the
educated negroes as Ik i ween any two
c.a.-es of white jybople.
‘ In the interior of one of the Blue Ridge
counties, where the railroad .joes not pen
etrate and the stranger is an object of
curiosity, the colored ;*• opie who were
slaves are a thrifty class, owning their
email farms dnd Nometfmes pretty cabins.
They spend iltile for clothe* and nothing
for drink and have rndney in bank. Here,
as in town, the hesffbe's of the new gener
ation are untike those of I lie old. There is,
however, no educated class. Many are re
pined to tie indolent, improvident and un
trustworthy as laborers, caring more for
a picnic than for employment. It cannot
be said, though, that they have a stirring
example of industry in the white* of the
neighborhood. To the housekeeper It is
difficult to say which is the greater afflic
tion, the picnic or the revival. One morn
ing br< akfu.-it at the village tavern was
late, and the cause was said to be that
the cook was seeking.’ Tlie seeker never
leaves the meeting house, night or day
until salvation is found. This may fe
a matier of many days. The more obsti
nate the case, the more interesting to Hie
congregation. Another source of complaint
is the superstition that on quitting a place
the domestic servant lc.iv< * a sped ihe
force of which id not dissipates* for a week.
There ale few servants who risk being
conjured by entering a house from which
another has recently depan and.
In some ways the white people are
hardly more reasonable. They never ie
tire at night ’ without a feeling of real
uneasiness, though ihere is no apparent
cause, it Is a tradition, a relic of more
than sixty yeara ago. As far as I could
see, the colored people were as harmless
as they were happy. Yet they were sup
|*>sed by the Whites to tie capable of a
massacre. Never, since the Nat Turner
insurrection of 1821, have the white peo
ple of the rural districts felt themselves
secure. A citizen, a man of middle oge,
iv ho was bom in the houae he occupies
to-day, and has never gone a hundred
miles away, said that often in his child
hood his mother had gathered her children
about her In the absence of the father and
lied to the woods, where they spent the
night in terror. Tlie cause might be the
noise of an escaped mule rushing througn
the bushes. Any unusual noise was re
garded as a probable uprising of slaves.
The impression made on the minds of
the children stiil survives among a peo
ple who are not in close touch with the
busy world.”
—The reason why Christopher Columbus
has not yet been numbered among the
saints may not Ire generally known. It
seems thut his beatification has been
urged for centuries, bui has never lieen de
creed because hin marriage certificate
could noi be produced, and consequently
was considered concubinage.
SPIRITS HOLD THEIR OWN.
BIDS ON THE HtiIKKT FOll TO-UAV
AT CENTS.
Drmaul Sufficient to \bsorli the Re
ceipt*—Rosins Quiet mill the Out
look Not Satisfactory—Cotton In-
< > liaiiat‘il Hut With it Weaker Tone.
Savannah, Ga., July 6.—The cotton mar
ket remains unchanged as to prices, but
is even duller than for the previous few
days, and with a weak lone. In naval
stores there is no change. Spirits are in
strong request and bids are understood to
be on the market for Thursday's receipts
at 23% cents. Rosins are quieter and
their condition is not satisfactory. A re
view of the markets in detail follows:
COTTON.
The market opened easy and unchanged,
and at the closing call was posted quiet,
with no change. No sales were reported.
The following were the official spoi quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 6 1-16
Middling 5%
Low middling 5 7-16
Good ordinary 5 3-hi
Market quiet.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 455
Receipts this day *st year 69
R< el| st his day y< ar bt ft ire last .. 13
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1537 1,186,259
Same time last year 810,391
Same cm. year before last 753,688
Exports, coastwise, this day "35
Stock on hand this day , 11,423
Same day last year 11,452
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 2.i33
This day last year 1,052
This day year befone last 1,134
Receipts past live days 6,074
Same days last year 2,611
Same days year before last 3,699
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 8,574,598
Same time last year 6,596,679
Same time year before last 5,143,980
Stocks at the ports to-day 294,030
Stock same day las', year 170,061
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Quiet; middling, 5 13-16; net
recepts, 192; gross, 152; sales, 96; stock,
19,836.
New Orleans—Quiet and steady; mid
ding, net receipts, 553; gross, 1,320;
sales, 650; stock, 101,232.
Mobile—Nominal; rri.tldllng, 5%; net re
ceipts, 16; gross, 16; stock, 4,290.
Charleston—Quiet; net receipts, 4; gross,
4; stock, 6,753.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 57*; net re
ceipts, 3; gross, 3; stock, 6,889.
Norfolk—Nominal; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 585; gross, 585; stock. 17,133.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 6%; net
receipts, 237; gross, 572; Stock. 13,509.
New York—Very dull; middling, 674;
gross, 2,104; forwarded, 761; spinners, 80;
sales, 480; stock, 104,141.
Boston—Quiet and steady; middling, 674;
net receipts, 389; gross, 875.
Philadelphia—Steady; middling, 6>-fc;
stock, 8,794.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling, 6 3-16; net
receipts, 4; gross, 4; sales, 137; stock, 19,-
Memphis—Dull; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 94; gross, 94; sales, 375; slock, 28,-
245.
St. Louis—Dull; middling, 57*; net re
ceipts, 34; gross, 622; sales, 175; stock, 35,-
042.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, 323; gross, 323; slock, 9,873.
Houston—Qtnet; middling. 5%; net re
ceipts, 238; gross, 238; sales 147; stock, 8,875.
Louisville—Steady; middling, 6*4.-
Ex ports of cotton this day—
Galveston—Coastwise, 190.
New Orleans—To the continent, 5,2,’1;
coast wise, 492.
Savannah—Coastwise. 335.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 302. , •
New York—To Great Britain, 12"; con
tinent, I,Kit-
Boston—To Great Britain, 2U>.
Total foreign exports from ail ports, ‘his
day: To Great Britain, 376; to th& i.on i
ftenl, 6.838.
Total foreign exports front all pone thus
far this week; To Great Britain, 6.587;
to France, 431; to the continent, 12,093.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897:
To t*renl Britain, 3,438.367; to France
812,195; to the continent, 2,927,637.
Liverpool, July 6, 4 *>. m.—Cotton, spot,
quiet. The ra’es of the day Were 10,000
bales, including 9,7*9 bales American.
Futures closed quiet, but steady; July,
3.24d; July-A*ligust, 3.24 U; Auguat-Septem
ber, 3.24d; September-October, 3.2203.23d
sellers; Octo'er-Novcmber, 3.2103.23d; No
v< mbe r-December, 3.2b/3.21d; Deccmber-
January, 3.206/3,210; January,-February,
3,21d; February-March, 3.2!03.22d; March-
April, 3,2203.23d; April-May, 8.23d.
New Y'oj-k, July 6. Speculative interest
in cotton futures continues slack, to-day's
market being exceptionally stupid. The
opening was steady, with prices 1 to 2
points higher in response to generally fa
vorable Liverpool news, a feature of which
was the sale of 16,000 bales of spot cotton.
Following the call there was a further
slight gain on local covering and some
buying for Wall street account. Through
out the rest of the session dullness ruled.
The close was quiet with prices 1 point
lower to 1 higher. Total sales of futures
were limited to 29,300 bales. The crop
news and weather reports were of bear
ish average, but had been discounted to a
great extent. Bulls and bears alike were
extremely cautious in view of the critical
stage reached in political developments.
New York, July 6—Cotton futures
opened steady; sales, 2,110 bales; August,
6.10 c; September. 5.99 c; October, 6.00 c; No
vember, 5.99 c; December, 6.00 c; January,
6.01 c; February, 6.08 c; March, 6.11 c; April,
6.14 c.
New York, July 6, 4 p. m.—Futures
closed quiet; sales, 29,300 bales; July, 6.07 c;
August. 6.08 c; September, 5 99c; October,
6.00 c; November, 5.98 c; December, 6,01 c;
January, 6.04 c; February. 6.08 c; March,
6.11 c; April, 6.15 c.
New Orleans, July 6.—Cotton futures
dull; sales, 4,200; July. 5.72 c; August, 5.6571
5.6 c; September, 6.05®5.66c; October, 5.630
5.64 c; November, 5.6505.66 c; December,
5.6805.69 c; January, 5.7105.73 c; March, 5.77
05.79 c.
Dullness anil Declines In Cotton.
Savannah, Ga., July .—Paine, Murphy
ft Cos., in their cotton letter, say: Liver
pool spot prices unchanged this morning,
with sales of 8,000 hales, while futures con
tinued quiet. The first call in our market
and subsequently early trading, was at
advances of 1 to 2 points over yesterday's
close. The sentiment at New York was
strictly In accordance with crop news, but
the trading was small and narrow. After
the second call, dullness ruled supreme
until the closing hour, when some little
liquidation caused declines, ranging from
2 to 3 points, with the closing about the
lowest of the day, and nothing In sight
of an encouraging nature. While we hope
tor bitter prices, the wish i- merely "A
father to the thought.” Sales to-day, 20,-
366 bales.
DRY GOODS.
New York. July 6.—The progress made
In the dry- goods market is very small.
There are not only buyers in the first
hand market. With Jobbers there is little
trade locally.
N V\ \I. STORKS.
Spirits Turpentine- The market opened
and closed firm at unchanged quotation,
with total sales report/ and for the day of
761 casks, but with actual transactions
much larger. Two large buyers were re
ported in the market and there was a
good demand.
Rosin—While quoted firm at unchanged
values are said to have not as good an
undertone owing to the limited number
of buyers in the market at present. The
sales posted to-day' were 1,535 barrels.
Quotations—At the close of the market
to-day the following quotations were bul
letined at the Board of Trade:
Spirits Turpentine—Firm at 23%e for
regulars.
Rosin firm.
A, B, C *1 00 1 II 40
D 1 00 K 1 45
E 1 10 M 1 50
F 1 20 N 1 60
G 130 VY ( i 175
H 1 40 W W 1 85
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1898 16,773 138,683
Re’elvcd this day 2,634 6.510
Received previously 134,787 273,476
Total 154,194 417,669
Exports to-dav 4,128 259
Exports previously 127,146 253,89)
Total since April 1, 1898.. . .131,274 254,140
Stock on hand this day 22,920 163,529
Receipts same day last year.. 2,746 7,438
Stocks same day last year.. 21,409 167,481
Charleston, Ju’.j6.- Turpentine steady at
23c bid. Rosin quiet; unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C.. July 6.—Spirits tur
pentine steady at 23023*40; receipts, 11XJ
casks. Rosin firm at SI.OO and $1.05; re
ceipts, 257 barrels. Crude turpentine dull
a' SI.OO and $1.50; receipts, 87 barrels. Tar
steady at $1.30; receipts, 143 barrels.
New York, July 6.—Rosin steady. Tur
pentine quiet.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market Is
steady. The following are Ihe net Savan
nih quotations: Commercial demand,
$1.85; sixty days, $4.83*4; ninety days,
*.B2*j,: francs, Bari* and Havre, sixty
days, 5.2814; Swiss, sixty days, 5.26; marks,
sixty days, 94 7-16.
Domostir Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at 1-16 per cent, discount and sell
ing ns follows: Up to $25, 10c premium;
$25 to SSO, 15c premium; SSO to 1100, 20c
premium; SSOO to $1,030, 65c premium; SI,OO-J
and over, 1-16 per cent, premiunb
s. urlties—The market is quiet, but
firm, it is difficult to buy readily slate
and municipal securities.
Stocks and Bonds—State Bonds—Geor
gia 3*(_. per cent, bon is of 1930, 107 bid, 10814
asked; Georgia 3*4 i'r cent., due 1915, 105
hid. It 7 asked; Georgia 416 per cent, bonds,
1815. 111*4 bid. 115*4 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1926, 111) bid, 111 asked; South
Carolina 4%5, lit) bt 1, 112 nsked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 102 bid.
asked; Augusta 4*4*. 1925, 105 bid, 106
asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 110 bid, 111
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 112 bid, 113
n 'teil; Columbus 5 per cent. 103*4 bid, 104 1 -4
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 115 bid. 116 ask
ed; Macon 4*4s, 1926, 103 bid, lot asked;
Savannah 5 per cent., quarterly October
coupons, 110 bid. 111 asked; Savannah 5
per cent., quarterly August coupons. 110*4
bid. 111 asked; Charleston 4s, 95*4 bid, 96*4
asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida and
We: tern Railroad general mortgage bonds.
6 [sr cent, interest coupons, 115 bid, 116
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
firs/ mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 104 bid, 105 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collateral ss. 91
bid, 93 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds,
IKAi bid,ll7 asked Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated martgage ss. 89 bid,
03 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 39 bid, 40 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 1244 bid, 13*4, asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred incomes, 6 bid, o*4 asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 112 bid, 114 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta tlr*t os,
167 bid, 108 asked; Cher’oite, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 115 bid, 116
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida now
ss, 103 bid, lilt asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s, 191 bid, 102
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 101 bid, 102 asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent. 1 winds, 1926, 103 bid,
1,14 asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 6 per cent, bonds, 101 bid, 103
aßked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent, in
dorsed. 85 bid, 88 asked; Brunswick ar.d
Western 4s, 72 bid, 75 asked; Sotitn
Bound Railway ss, 68 bid. 72 asked; Geor
gia and Alalmma first preferred ss, M3 l id.
Hit asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. ss,
9i bid, 91 asked; Eatonton branch, 82 bid
85 asked; Central of Georgia, Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division ss, 79*4 bid,
82 asked.
Raliroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 94 bid, 95 asked, ex-dlv,';
Southwestern, 94 bid, 95 asked, ex
div.; Atlanta and West Point
stock, ICC bid, 104 a.<ked; ex-dlv. Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent, certificates, 100*4
bid. 101*4 asked, ex-interest; Georgia com
mon, 190 bid. 192 asked; Savannah Con
struction Company, 68 bid, 70 asked.
Gas Slocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
23 bid, 23*4 asked Electric Light and
Power Company, 70 bid, 72 asked, ex-dlv.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 10986
bid, 110*4 asked, ex-div.; Chatham Bank,
45*4 bid. 16 asked, ex-div.; Germania Bank,
110 bid, 111 asked, ex-div.; National Bank
of Savannah,l24 bid,l2s asked;ex-div.;M *r
ohams’ National Bank, 83 bid, 85 asked,
ex-div.; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos.,
163 bid, 101 asked, ex-div.; Southern Bank
of the State of Georgia, 127’4 bid, I*o asked,
ex-div.; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, 100 bid, 102 asked, ex-div.; Chatham
Rea) Estate and Improvement Company,
A. 55 bid, 55)4 asked; B, 54 bid, 5444 asked,
ex-div.; People's Savings and Loan Com
pany, 95 bid, 96 asked.
Factory Bonds.—Augusta Factory, 101
bid, 102 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, 6s. 100 bid. 102 asked.
Factory Stocks.—Augusta Factory, 68
b'd, 75 asked; Oraniteville Factory, 143
bid, 151 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked: Enterprise Factory, common.
90 bid. 94 asked; J. It. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid, 78 asked;
Savannah Brewing Company, 93 bid, 97
asked.
New York, July 6,3 p. m.—Money on
call was steady at 101)6 per cent; the
last loan was made at I*4 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper, 3)404 per cent. Sterling
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exchange steady, with actual business In
bankers' bills tit $4.85864/4.85% for demand,
and at $4.84%04.84% for t days. Posted
rates, $4.8504.86*4 and $6.86*404.87. Commer
cial bills, $4,834/4.83*4. Silver certificates,
61tft58*4c. Bar silver 58V*c. Mexican dol
lars, 45) 2 c. Government bonds strong.
New York, July 6.—The sentimental ef
fect of Commodore Schley's victory was
entirely dissipated to-day, and the stock
market drop:* .1 Lack tmo the condition of
lethargy and of waiting for developments
w nich haif marked it for some time pre
\ ious to this week.
The quick satisfaction of the demand
aroused by the news of the victory is a
striking demonstration of the fact that
the war is little taken account of in the
stock market. The financial colla|>se of
Spain is fell to lie inevitable, and the
longer the xtraln is maintained the greater
the damage that will be inflicted by the
final disaster. The lmnkrupley of the
Si sin is ii government must inevitably have
far-reaching effect in the financial world,
and is 'nound to be reflected In this coun
try even in the face of triumph and pros
-1" rity; for forced liquidation will seek the
strongest market to realize in.
The expectation that a naval victory
would awaken speculative activity having
h lt disappointed, to-day’s dull and slug
gish market was the natural outcome,
vv th the hears nibbling to find weak spots
w *th so lit tB success as to be led to covet
on most short contracts before the day's
dose. Changes as a rule were therefore
small and unimportant.
The volume of business In bonds was
small, and there was no important change
in prices. Total sales, $1,785,000.
1 niteil States new ts and the old 4s reg
istered advanced *4 in the bid price.
New York Closing Slocks.
Atchison 13%|St. Paul 991*1
<>‘B Pref 3386i do pref 149 |
Rail. ft Ohio .. 11641 St- P. ft Orn... 77
Can. Pacific B3%| do do pref 152
Can. Southern.. 52 ! St. P. M. & M .145
Cent. Pae 13b N So. Pacific 18*4
Cites. ft Ohio ... 22%|50. Railway .... B*4
Chi. & Alton —l5B jdo pref 30%
C. B. * Q 105%: Tex. ft Pac 12
Chi. & E. 111 ... 57 i Union Pac 59%
C.C.c. & s#. L.. 40%jU. P. D. ft 0.... 6%
do do pref 86%: Wabash 7
Del. ft Hudson 109 <lo pref 18%
Del. L. ft W.... 157 I Wheel. *L. E... 1%
Den.'ft R10G... 12 I do do pref .... 8%
do pref stt%| Adams Ex 99
Erie (new) 13%| American Ex. ..127
do Ist pref .... 36*41 United Slates ... 40
Ft. Wayne 170 I Wells Fargo ....117
Gt. Nor. pref ..126 |A. Cot Oil 20%
Hocking V/tl .... 6 | do pref
Illinois Cent 105*41 Am. Spirits 13%
Lake E. ft W.. 14 * do pref 36%
do <kt pref .... 70 | Am. Tobacco ....121
hake Shore 186%| do pref 113
l/Mtis. ft Nash., 53%| Peoples’ Gas .... 98%
Manhattan L. ..106%!Cons. Gas 196
Met. St. Ry. ...158 | Com. Ca ble Cos.. .175
Mich. Cent 104 Col. F. ft 1 22
Minn, ft Ht. L... 28 | do do pref .... 90
do do Ist pref. 29 I Gen. Electric .... 40
Mo. Pacific .... 34%1 Illinois Steel ...57
Mobile ft t)hlo .. 25*4’ La Cledo Gas .... 60
Mo. K. & T 11%i Lead 33%
do pref 33%j do pref 106%
New Alb. ft Chi. 10 (Nat. Lin. Oil .... 16
do do pref .... .‘)o |Pacific Mail .... 28%
N. J. Central .. 92 | Pullman Pal 208%
N. V. Central ..115% Sil. Certificates. 59
N. Y. C. & St. L. 12%! S. R. ft T 5%
tlo do Ist pref. 65 (Sugar 139%
'do do 2nd pref. 30 | do pref 113
Nor. ft West.... 14 jT, C. & 1r0n.... 25%
No. Am. Cos 6%|U. S. Leather .. 7%
No. Paeific .... 29%| do pref 66
do pref 69%; U. S. Rubber ... 24%
Ontario ft W.... 15 | do pref 87%
O. It. ft Nav... 49 j West. Union .... 92%
O. S. Line 28 j North western ...125
Pittsburg 170 j do pref 171
Reading 18%'St. L. ft 8. W.. 5
do Ist pref .... 45%; do do pref .... 10%
Rock Island .... 95% j It. G. & W 26%
St. L. ft H. F... 7%j do do pref .... 66
do do pref .... 61 |C. G. W 14%
do do 2nd pref. 28%' Hawaiian C. Cos. 23%
Bonds.
TT.S. new 45,reg124%l do 3s 62)41
do coup ,124%l do 4s 98 |
17. S. 4s 110*4 N. Y. C. & St.
do coupllr)%:1 r )%: L. 4s 106
do 2ds 95 Nor & W. 6s ...122%
IT. S. 5s reg ....112*4 N. W. c0n5015...142
do 5s coup ...112*4 <>o db. 5s ....110%
District 3 05s ...116 O. Nav. lsts ....111
Ala. class A ...107% O. Nav. 4s 96%
<lo B 100 O.S. Line Gs, t. r. 126
do C 90 O.S. Line ss. t. r. 104%
do currency .. 90 Pacific 6s of 95..101%
Atchison 4s .... 83% Reading 4s 84%
do adj. 4s .... 67%|R. G. W. lsts .. 89%
Cap. So. 2d* ...109% St. Louis & Ir.
Chi. Ter. 4s ....85%| M. Con., 5s .... 96%
C. ft Ohio 5s ..114% St. L. & San Fran.
C. H. ft D. 4%5.104% Gen. 6s 117%
D. ft R. G. lsts. 108 St. P. Con 144
D. ft R- G. 4s .23 St. Paul C. ft P.
East Tenn. 1515.104 lsts 117%
Erie Gen. 4s ... 73% do 5s 115
F W. ft D. Isis So. Ry. 5s 93%
t. r 75 8. Rope ft T. Cs 70
Gen. Elec. 5s ..103 Tenn. new set 3s. 81
O. 11. ft S. A. 6s. 105 Tex. Pac. L. O.
do 2nds 102*4 lsts 105%
H. ft T. C. 5s ...110% do reg. 3ds ... 40
do con. 6s ...108 |U. P. D. & Gulf
Iwa. C. lsts ...101 1 lets 62%
La. new consols | Wab. Ist 5* ....110%
4 H 100 1 do 2nds 86%
I, ft N. Uni 4s. 88%| W. Shore 4s ...,lt%
Missouri 6s ....100 Va. Centuries .. 70
M K ft T. 2ds. 63%| do deferred ... 4 .
do 4* ) IM. ft 0 80
N. Y. Cent, 15t5.115%; N. ft W. 4s con. 81%
N. J. C. 5s 113 )C. of Ga. 5s con. 87
N. Carolina 65..126 I do Ist inc 39%
do 4s 101 | do 2nd Inc. ... 16
No. Pac. lsts ..115 1
miscellaneous markets.
The following are the Savannah Board
Of Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market Is steady. Smoked
clear s'des, 7%c; dry salted clear rib sides,
6%c; bellies. %c; sugar-cured hams, 9%c.
Lard—Market firm: pure, In tierces, 6%c;
50-pound tins, 7c; compound, in tierces.
sc; 50-pound tins, 5%c.
H Ut i er _jjarket steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 15c; gilt edge, 17c; creamery, 18019 c;
fancy Klgins, 20c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 10%c; 20-pound average, He.
Flour —Pure wheat, firm; patents, $5.35;
straight, $5.00; fancy. $4.75; family, $4.50.
Mixed Hour prices according to percent
age of corn product contained In same.
Corn—Market steady; white. Job lots,
f,2c; carload lots, 51c; mixed corn, lob lots,
52c; carload lots, 50c.
Texas Rust-Proof Oats—Carload lots, 39c;
Job lots, 37c.
Bran—Job lots, 95c; carload lots, 90c.
Hay-Market steady; Western, Job lots,
82%c;*carload lots, 77%c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2.35; per sack,
$1.10; city meal, per sack, bolted, 93c;
water ground", $1.06; pearl grits, per bar
rel, $2.45; per sack, sl.lO.
Coffee—Dull; Mocha, 36c: Java, 26%c:
Peaherry, 12%c: standard No. 1. 10%c; No.
2,10 c; No. 3. 9%c; No. 4. 9%c; No. 5,9 c;
No. 6. B%c: No. 7, Bc.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered. 5.80 c; standard granu
lated, 5.55 c; cubes, 5.80 c; confectioners' A,
5.43 c: white extra C. 5.12 c; extra C, 6.06 c;
golden C, 4.87 c: yellow, 4.80 c. Tone firm.
Ca bba ge—N one.