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PART TWO.
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Oci'.la is lo have a bank at an early
date.
\ Ware county family has a wash pot
tl. i: lias been doing service since 1702.
Flunk Adams, a white man, was found
etaiiy in the recorder's court, at Augusta,
Tuesday, of false registration in the
Fr urth ward, and was bound over for
trial in the Superior Court.
Macon county is to have a prohibition
.Vetion. A petition is now being circu
lated. The election will likely take place
about the first of December, and it is
i bought that the county will go dry.
A hill to reduce the number of county
commissioners of Washington county from
seven to three will be introduced in the
legislature. This will reduce the excuses
of the county ahout S6OO to S7OO per an
num. •#
Mr. William Seago, an old and well
"known farmer of Richmond county, liv
ing near Hephzibah, died Tuesday morn
ing. On Friday last he fell out of his
porch and sustained injuries which ter
minated fatally. He was 72 years of age.
Mrs. Hatcher Peterson died at her home
i:i iho southern part of Rowndes county
last week. She had been ill for some time
and her death was not unexpected. She
ire: the daughter of \lr. George Herndon
of Rake Park, and was well known
throughout that section.
Mrs. Robert Patten died suddenly at
Mllltown on Sunday. She had fever a
week, but was so much improved that it
was thought she would recover. Sunday
she became much worse, and died in a
short time. She was the daughter of Mr.
James Raskins. She leaves a husband and
one c!i lid.
11. H. Sutton, a prominent farmer living
mear Oglethorpe, happened to a serious
au-ciden* a few days ago. While ginning,
his hand and arm got caught in the ma
chinery, and was badly mangled. It was
found necessary to amputate the arm. Mr.
Sutton only a few months ago suffered
the fracture of an arm.
President George A. Smith of the Ma
tron Navigation Company is now hopeful
of having the City of Macon floated. It
was capsized some weeks ago near Bruns
wick. and was thought to have been seri
ously damaged by the recent storm along
the coast. Capt. Tupper has taken a con.
tract to raise the vessel, and will start
work on it at once. He Ts confident he
will succeed in floating the steamer.
Dr. P. W. Alexander of Tifton has pat
ented a device for lighting railroad trains
with electricity generated by the move
ment of the car wheels. It is so construct
ed that, while the wheels are in motion,
i quantity of electricity is stored-for light
ing the train when the wheels cease to
turn. Dr. Alexander is confident that his
invention will prove a success, and has
had many assurances from railroad men
that they believe it will successfully light
trains. The doctor has secured patents on
his invention in this country, England and
France.
Rome Tribune: Ben Akerman of Car
tersville, a well-known young man of that
place, was in Romo yesterday with some
ot the richest specimens of gold ore ever
seen in Rome. Some of the quartz rock
specimens, as large as a man’s two hands,
were honeycombed with the yellow flakes.
He also had some pretty nuggets of gold.
Most of the specimens came from North
Carolina, but some were from Paulding
ounty. in this state. Mr. Akerman has
toneluded to abandon the North Carolina
mine and will put up $15,000 worth of ma
chinery on the Paulding county property,
which he thinks will pay better and which
Is owned try Rome parties.
The wedding of Edward Roberts Hines
of Milledgeville and Miss Nell Womack of
Covington, Ga., has been announced. It
will occur in Covington Wednesday, Nov.
Mr. Hines Is a member of the Mil-
I'dgevilte bar and a graduate of Emory
college and of the University of Virginia.
-M -s Womack is the daughter of Col. Em
nett Womack, formerly solicitor general
1 ' the Stone Mountain circuit and now an
"flieial in the interior department at
Washington. She Is the author of many
darkling poems, and last spring pub
lished a volume of her poems entitled,
Waifs From Wild Meadows.”
FLORIDA,
Miss Bessie Porter, daughter of George
H Porter, and Rieut. A. Hayes of Com
pany L. First Florida Regiment, were mar
red at Rive Oak Sunday at the residence
■>f the bride’s parents by Rev. Curtis
Grubbs of Rake City. The wedding was
,l very quiet affair, only a few persons
• “sides the family being present.
John Kidd ant) John Sheffield of'Marian
na went to Greenwood on Saturday, and
while there they began drinking. While
" turning home, near Dellwood, they began
quarreling over a pint of whisky. Shef
b M cut Kidd, then Kidd took a board
end killed Sheffield. An Inquest was held,
and ihe verdict was justifiable homicide.
Kidd was released.
Tuesday at Geneva Henry Chapel shot
and mortally wounded Joe Rinsey. Both
no n are negroes, and were working for
Culhreth & Saunders. A crowd of the
hands were gambling, and these two fell
out about 50 cents that Chapel claimed
Rinsey was due him. when, without a
word of provocation, he pulled his pistol
and shot Rinsey. No attempt has been
made to arrest Chapel.
Hr. 8, j. Rnnknight, a merchant of
Dunedin, who moved there four months
ago from i Istachatta, Fla., died Sunday
morning at 8 o’clock of appendicitis. He
owned several steamers on the Ocklawaha
r *ver some years ago, and was well known
ihroughout South and East Florida. He
was a widower, leaving one son. Dr.
g inkidght waa married in Jacksonville,
'la., twenty-three years ago to Miss
la>uiso Rohr.
The two men who shot and wounded
Richard Price near Apalachicola and at
tempted to escape on the sloop H. R.
■rally, were captured Monday afternoon
V Deputy Sheriff McCormick, John Cook
end Dr. M. T. Alexander, fourteen mites
st of Apalachicola, and were landed
■ Rely in Jail there Monday night. The
aptured men are supposed to be escaped
■evicts. They have refused so far io
give their names, or any information show
‘"g where they are from. Reports re
ceived from points in Calhoun county
state that these two men have robbed
several houses in the last two weeks.
When the arrest was first attempted the
prisoners resisted and attempted to shoot
one of the deputies, but on account of the
quick eye of Deputy Cook the prisoners
submitted to arrest.
Jacksonville Times-Fnion and Citizen: A
special dispatch received by the Times-
Unlon and Citizen last evening from Ver
sailles, Ky., was as follows: ’’Samuel H.
Smith, aged 75 years, of Platt City. Mo„
and Mrs. Mary Dean, aged 57, widow of
Col. Richard Dean, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
were married to-day at the Dean Hotel
by Rev, R, I,ee Bowman, pastor of the
Versailles Baptist Church, who is a neph
ew of the groom. Each has several grown
children and grandchildren.” Another dis
patch received from Hopkinsville, Ky.,
contained the announcement of the mar
riage of J. W. Porter of Hypoluxo, this
state, a wealthy fruit grower, and Miss
Ella Ferguson of Hopkinsville. They left
immediately for Florida. The dispatch
stated that Mr. Porter, who formerly liv
ed at Hopkinsville, met Miss Ferguson for
the first lime only two daj-s before the
wedding.
AIBAWI KALI, CARNIVAL.
Thursday, \nv. 17. Selected as flu*
Date of the Rig Event.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 26.—Thursday, Nov. 17,
will not only be hay day in Albany, but
will be the occasion of a fall carnival that
will eclipse the hay day of 1895. The Al
bany Board of Trade has definitely decid
ed to take a hand in the preparations for
the occasion. The first hay day of No
vember, 1885, was an unqualified success.
The exhibit of native grasses seen that
day on the two main streets of the eitv
was a sight never before seen anywhere.
There was no hay day in 1896 or 1897, but
in March last it was decided that Albany
should have hay day again in 1898, and
Thursday, Nov. 17. was named as the date
for the event. The Board of Trade guar
anteed the five cash premiums Glut were
offered, and scores of planters went lo
work to prepare their crops of hay.
At a meeting last night the Board of
Trade decided to arrange an attractive
programme for hay day, somewhat after
the nature of a harvest carnival. The
proper committees have been appointed to
look after the arrangements.
A MESSAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
lied Cross Agent at llrunsnTck En
Route to Washington,
Brunswick, Ga,, Oct. 26.—R. J. Hinton,
special agent of the Red Cross Society
now here en route to New York from
Cuba, reports that the suffering on the Isl
and is still terrible. He states that those
who have not starved to death are slowly
going that way. As to the Cuban side of
the question he announces himself as
bearer of a message from Gen. Gomez to
the President, in which the general re
quests tnat the Cuban be given a chance
at self government for which they have
been fighting these many years. The gen
eral is quoted as saying that the Cubans
also place the utmost reliability in the
United States looking out for their inter
ests in the settlement of the Cuban ques
tion with Spain, and that any expressions
to the contrary are but those from a few
hot heads. Out of his army of 35,000 he
claims 10,000 well educated and intelligent
young men, rapable of self government,
and 6,00i) of whom can speak English
fluently.
RH INS Wit K’S 11 AYOK A LTV.
Administration Folks Favoring
Mayor Mason’s Kenoiuinatlon.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 26.—Considerable lo
cal interest centers in the man whom the
administration people will select to lead
their fight in ihe coming municipal elec
tion. There is a Mayor and four aldermen
to be elected and these will control the
Council for two years. There is a strong
feeling that the administration folks
should put up no other man than the pres
ent incumbent. Hon. E. H. Mason. The
past few years’ administration of city af
fairs have been devoted to pulling Bruns
wick out of the great debt she was plung
ed into through defalcations and other
causes, and the people do not set- any rea
son why the ones who have worked so suc
cessfully to that end ehould not be con
tinued in office until the final and com
plete accomplishment of their work.
VALDOSTA NEWS.
Congressman Urnniley to Speak at
Haliiru Friday Afternoon.
Valdosta, Ga.. Oct. 28.—Mr. I. A. Card
well of Columbus was married this even
ing to Miss Mattie Davis of this city. The
ceremony was performed at the residence
of the bride's parents, and only relatives
and a few friends were present. The
couple will make I heir home here.
Congressman W. G. Brantley will speak
at Hahira Friday afternoon, and arrange
ments are being made for a grand pemo
oratlc ra.'ly there. It is expected that a
large crowd will be on hand from Brooks,
as well as from the northern part of this
county.
Maj. J. O. Varnedoe has gone to Macon,
whore he will be stationed as chief of the
commissary department of the First Di
vision. under Gen. Wilson, to be located
in that city.
Mr. Mills Brinson, a farmer two miles
above this city, has a field of Mexican June
corn in which the ears are nearly all
twelve feet above the ground. Some of
the stalk are eighteen feet high.
To He Married To-day.
Brunswick. Ga., Oct. 26.—The marriage
of Mr. Albert Fendl* and Miss Rosalie
Borehardt the Jewish syna
gogue to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Interest taken in it is not confined
solely to the state, as malty from dis
tant places are here in attendance.
A feature of the ceremony at the syn
agogue will be the electrical arrangements
In the way of decorations.
After the ceremony a reception will be
tendered the friends of Ihe bride and
groom at >he Oglethorpe Hotel, from 7
to 12 o’clock.
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1898.
FASHODA THE KEY TO A ROUTE
FRANCE CONTENDS Til NT IT IS IN
NO M NN’S LAND.
Control of Till* Point Govern* n Yn*t
Territory—Row Frunee Hun Plan
ned to Secure a Vast Empire Ex
tending From the Atlantic to the
Red Sea—Hl atopy That Throw*
New Light oil tlie Present Clash Be
tween Great Hrttuin and France.
From the Chicago Times-Heruld.
If the news of ihe European cable is lo
be believed. Great Britain and France are
in a serious diplomatic entanglement re
specting Fashoda. It is even asserted that
rather than withdraw empty-handed in Gic
face of the British claims lo priority of
Egyptian title, President Faiire would in
vite a war, which might at least prove a
diversion for the revolutionists.
The object of the French advance on
Fashoda was lo defeat the British plan of
establishing a line of communication from
the North to the South of Africa by
snatching territory which would invest
France with a vast empire extending from
ihe Atlantic to the Red Sea. That this
scheme was "arranged with the utmost de
liberation some time ago is now evident.
The Bahr-el-Ghazal ie a former province
of the Egyptian Soudan, south of Kiiar
toum and north of Equatoria. It may be
described as about five times aw big as
England, and is covered with forests and
mountains and oeamed with low valleys
subject to inundation. It Includes the larg
er iiortion of ihe basin watered by the
Bahr (or river) Ghazal, which, with its
affluents, the Bahr-el-Arab, Jur, Rohl and
Roa, forms a labaryntn of streams. Fa
shoda Is situated on the Nile proper, just
northward of this labyrinth, and • lienee
commands accees to all the streams which
feed the great river. It is the capital of
the Shilluk country, and H was annexed
to Egypt nearly half a century ago.
In 1869 Sir Samuel Baker, on behalf of
the Khedive, carried the Egyptian flag as
far south as Uganda. It was Gordon, now
ever, who first undertook to introduce a
settled administration into the Soudan, and
for this purpose he appointed Romolo Gewsl
Pasha governor of the Behr-el-Ghazal. Hie
energy cleared the province of its hordes
of slave dealers and created in the dem,
or camp of Suieiman (also called Dem
Zobeir) a capital, which soon developed
into the largest and busiest township on
the upper Nile. When Gessi died Lupton
was appointed to succeed him ae governor,
and he held this position until the rising
tide of Mahdism flooded the province, de
stroyed his army and carried him Into
captivity to Khartoum.
The expulsion of the Egyptians from the
Bghr-el-Ghazal opened a possible route for
the French across the African continent
connecting their Congo colony on the wcwi
with their possessions on the Red sea.
Their activity was no doubt stimulated by
the fact tha. England claimed the R'pper
Nile provinces as within her sphere of in
fluence, and obtained the recognition of
her claim in African conventions negotia
ted with Italy and Germany in 1890 aid
1891. It is a part of the British case at
the present moment that these treat! s
were duly notified to the French govern
ment, and that, although they were never
expressly recognized by I' ranee, they were
never disputed by her.
The first indication that the French in
tended to penetrate to the Upper Nile be
came apparent in February, 1894, when
they negotiated a treaty with Germany
In regard to the Cameroons and Rake
Tchad. This treaty had the effect of open
ing a way for an eastward expansion of
the French Congo colony. Rord Kimber
ley then hit upon the idea of enlisting
the friendly services of the Congo Free
States, which was in a |iositlon to at
once occupy and administer the province.
With this view he negotiated the unhappy
Anglo-Cor.golese tretity. which leased the
Bahl-el-Ghazal and other territories on the
R’pper Nile to Ihe Congo state.
He put too much in his treaty. By a
clause providing for a road at the back
of the German East African colony con
necting British East Africa with Nyas
saland he offended Germany and thus
aroused a fotmiduble opposition against
the agreement.
France took full advantage of Rord Kim
berley's blunder, and Joined hands with
Germany in openly denouncing the Anglo-
Congolese treaty. Both Powers brought
pressure to bear on King Reopold to with
draw from the treaty, and in due course
the clauses against which they protested
were, with the assent of the British gov
ernment, abandoned. Then France con
cluded a treaty of her own with the Con
go state, the effect of which was to so
“rectify” the Franco-Congoiese frontier
that a road to the Upper Nile was definite
ly opened to France.
By this time the French had, inofficial
ly at least, thrown off every disguise. The
object of the Franco-Congoiese treaty was
stated with cynical frankness at the time
by Mr. De Brazza, who occupied the re
sponsible position of commissary general
of the French Congo. “This treaty," he
said to an Interviewer, on Feb. 12, 1595,
"assures to the French the access to the
valley of the Nile. It is our duty to pur
sue the road open to us. and to disregard
all obstacles which may be placed in our
way by foreign Powers. The consequence
of this treaty will be our possession of the
Bahr-el-Ghazal province. This is the only
means we have of solving the Egyptian
question in accordance with our Interests.”
' The government seemed to have been
of the same opinion as Mr. De Brazza.
Mr. Delcasse, the then colonial minister,
who to-day is minister of foreign affairs,
gave instructions “for the formation of
a column lo protect French interests on
the Upper R’banghi"—in other words, to
organize the advance. The scheme was
well understood in France, and the
French chamber, without asking any ques
tions, voted $400,000 for the expenses of
the expedition.
The latest contribution to the French
contention that Fashoda is not Egyptian
territory is a letter alleged to have been
written by Uubar Pasha at Cairo last May
to Emin Pasha, governor of Condukoro,
in which he says that the rising In the
Soudan compels the Khedive's government
to abandon those regions.
It is further shown by the French that
the acts of the Khedive’s government
were in harmony with its language. No
attempt was made to establish a regular
system of communication between Egypt
and the upper Nile regions by way of
Zanzibar and Uganda, though that would
have been an easy task. For live years,
from Isß4 to 1889, Emin did not •receive
a single cartridge or an/ provisions, /
SHOOTING SI NKS.
Score* of Ten* of Them Renelt the
Earth'* Remotest Corner* Daily.
From the Rondon Standard.
Sir Robert Ball, presided of tin Royal
Astronomical Society, delivered, In the
Blrkheck Institute recently, the first of the
lectures arranged for the present session.
His subject was “The Rumors of Heaven,”
Idling a!>out the great showers of shoot
ing stars that may be expected In Novem
ber, 1898. or 1599. For a per.od of a thou
sand years gre.it showers of stars had
recuircd every thirty-three years with
more or less regularity. The first that
took place in this century was on Nov.
13, 1833. An ordinary shooting star, even
though It traced out a brilliant streak
across the star-spang ed vaults, was by
no means a targe object. A meteor was
not so big as the moon. The shooting star
was less than a mountain or a hlil; it was
not so large as a rfiiurch; It was even
smaller than a eottkge; not often were
the shooting stars so heavy as a turnip, or
even as a potato; and many o bright
shooting star was no larger ihan an ordi
nary bean; they were frequently not so
large as a pea. Among the Innumerable
myriads of shooting stars many were, in
truth, neither larger nor h .tvler than the
grains of sand on the roa shore. For
thousands of years—he believed for lens
or hundreds of thousands of years—the
little meteor had been hurrying through
space with that extraordinary speed which
utterly transcended any velocity that
could be produced on earth. The earth
was bombarded by shoot ng stars, day and
night, year in and year out, by hundreds
ot thousands of thm, (which, though emu.l,
possessed extraordinary power for doing
mischief. If the meloors were not arrest
ed in their frenzied Iligiii, and rendered
perfectly harmless, he could not tell what
the result would be. They were often ex
actly in Gie line of tire of ihe great No
vember shower, and the very tnry with
which these lances of heaven tried to get
at us was the source Of our salvation. The
Sliced of their flight was so preposterous
that the shooting star became transformed
into a streak of harmless and beatlful va
por. On the most moderate compulation,
scores of ions of meteoric mailer were add
ed each day to the previous mass of ihe
earth. Since the Queen came to the throne
the earth had acquired not less than half*
a midion ions of additional matter, which
had been gathering from ihe depths of
space. No one could tell where this mat
ter was not to be found. On lofty Alpine
summits, amid the eternal snows, whose
purity had never been sullied by smoke
lront furnaces, minute particles were
found, hearing evidence of having been
fused by Intense heat. Such particles were
the poor residues of glorious shooting stars
which had originated in comets. Amid the
ojzo that came up from the bottom of
the Atlantic were many little particles
which hail merely exchanged thVlr poat
tion from the depths of space to the
depths of ocean. For they were the spoils
of the shooting i- tanr which had dropped
into the sea. Tnf more* wßlch ' floated
so beautifully in the sunbeam frequently
comprised heavenly contributions. The
furrows turned over by the plow of the
husbandman contained no insignificant
proixirtlon of material which In the lapse
of illimitable ages of geological time had
been gathered In from the tails of mighty
comets. Grains of corn owed something
to the gentle rains of a more familiar de
scription. The loaf as it came to the ta
ble contained within it particles which
had voyaged for uncounted thousands of
centuries of time through Illimitable mil
lions of miles of space. Thus to provide
the actual material of our hodlly frame,
the remotest realms of space had been
laid under contribution. The life of every
one present was at that moment tndnti
ifiate assoilation with particles that had
been brought thither by shooting stars.
These wonders of the shooting stars did
but lead them to think of those fine words
of Ruskin: “It Is but the outer hem of
God's great mantle our poor stars do
gem.” The lecture was Illustrated by lan
tern pictures.
DEATH’S DEADLIEST BAt ILLL'S.
Malaria lla* Mare Victims Than Nay
Other Disease Which I* Known.
From the Rondon Mail.
Malaria claims more victims than any
other disease. The annual aggregate runs
into several millions. A scientific com
mission has been appointed to investigate
the mode of dissemination of malarial
poison.
This poison is. In fact, a minuie parasite
that attaches itself to the blood corpus
cles. Seen under a microscope it resem
bles at the first a fungus fixed to the
round cell of the corpuscle.
The fungus eats its way Into the healthy
cell and finally leaves it shriveled and
bloodless. Hence the pallor so noticeable
in persons that have suffered much from
tills disease; the corpuscles that give color
to the blood have la-en largely destroyed
by the malarial parasite.
The life history of the bacillus after it
has entered the human frame ts well
Known to doctors.
Much, too, Is known of Its previous his
tory, But a link is missing. How is its
transfer from the soil to man accomplisn
ed? This the commission is to investi
gate.
I’here are many theories. The poison is
believed to enter the system both In the
air respired by the lungs and In the food
and water taken in by the stomach.
Water drinking Is regarded in many ma
larious countries as the. most frequent
form of Infection, and it is the practice
to boil all waters before imbibing it in
order to kill the germs.
At night, over low-lying valleys, a
heavy mist will rise, which seems in very
truth to be a deadly miasma, This white
shroud of malarial fog has gained for
many a valley In many a land the ill
omened appe latlon of the valley of death.
No one who has cx|>erienc<d such an at
mosphere, with its xjioky smell of rotting
vegetation and a ghostly, close-clinging
chill which penetrates through the warm
est garments, will ever forget It. A I*on
don fog Is genial weather compared to it.
The lateet theory is that malaria is dis
seminated by mosquitoes. These plagu
ing Insects rise from the swamps and low
lying lands, and It is contended that they
carry in their bodies a germ of malaria
which they deposit in the flesh of the hu
man creature whom they delight to tor
ment. This theory is to be carefully in
quired into.
Malaria ravage* every land within the
tropics, and many in more temperate cli
mates. Hitherto my systematic investiga
tion of the causation of the fever has been
conducted.
And yet no greater boon could be given
to the world than a safeguard against a
disease which not, only brings death to
millions, hut where It does not actually
kill leaves behind it misery and wasted
ilves. *
SPIRITS FLYING UP.
TERPENTINE IN STRONG DEMAND
NT 93(4 t ENTS N GALLON.
Fire In New Yack Retired to Hiilse
•lie I’rlee—Raxlu Firm at I llt-haim
eil Prices—4 Jit ton Rnlet and I tl
dimmed \N ith Hina 11 Sales—Other
Market* steady.
■Savannah, Oct. 26.—Spirits turpentine
was still on a boom and reached 35>4c at
ihe close. This is the highest price reach
ed during tlie naval stores year. The
rosin market was firm and unchanged,
with no sales reported. Tlie cotton mar
ket was quiet and unchanged. Quotations
c-n corn and oats were higher. Other
markets were unchanged. The following
resume of the different markets will show
tue tone, and the quotations at the close
to-day;
COTTON.
The market remained quiet and un
changed, with sales Of .'.67 hales. At the
Potion Exchange the markt i was bulle
litnd quiet. The same conditions were at
tlie second and last calls.
The following were the official spot quo.
Unions, at the close of Ihe market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 5 1-lfl
Middling
Roiv middling 4.1,.
Good ordinary 1
Ordinary jij
Market quiet; sales, , r ,r,7.
Sea Island Colton—Thire has been no
change in the s.tua ion of the market
during the past few days. Receipts con
tinue in good volume and the demand Is
fair, with sales on a basis of the follow
ing quotations:
Extra choice Floridas 131. J
Choice Floridas 12$i®!3
Extra flue Floridas 12 (ft 1214
Fancy Georgias 12)47418
Extra choice Georgias 12 *
Choice Georgias ... 10%#H
Extra fine Georgias 10 fql()'4
Fine Georgias fl W 91,
Medium fine Georgias B>4
Common Georgias 8
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks—
Receipts this day 12,746
Receipts this day last year 8,669
Receipts this day year before last.. 4,776
Receipts since Sept. 1. 1898 396,303
Same lime last year 373,730
Same time year before last 287.568
Exports, coastwise, this day 5,699
Stock on hand this day 1*81,107
Same day last year 128,(97
Receipts and stocks at the |H>rts—
Receipts this day 69.212
This day lust year 57,107
This day year before last 55,182
Receipts past five days 268.041
Some days last your 270,342
Same days year before last 222.918
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1898... .2,162,802
Same time last year 2,021,201
Same time year before lasi 2,203,117
Stock at the port* to-day 0T5.447
Stock same day last year 725,923
Daily Movements at Other Pori*.
Ga.veston— Quiet; middling 4 15-16 c; net
receipts, 19,863; gross. 19,863; sales, 120;
Block, 315,779.
New Orleans—Easy; middling, 4 13-lo;
net receipts, 14,478; gross, 15,135; sale*, 1,10);
stock. 206,698.
Mobile—Quiet; middling, 4V: net re
ceipts, 4,419; gross, 4,449; sales, 1,000; stock,
27,48-4.
Charleston—Easy; middling, 434 c; net re
ceipts, U.IOS; gross, 3,108; sales, 200; stock,
49,410.
Wilmington—F)rm; middling, 4%c; net
receipts, 1,852; gross. 1,852; stock, 49,780.
Norfolk—Quiet; middling, 6 l-l 8c; net re.
celpts, 6,378; gross, 6,378; aaies, 1,273; stock,
53,422.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, r>%c; gross
receipts, 308; mock, 7.459.
New York—Dull and easy; middling.
5 7-iOc; ret receipts, 111; gross, 8,126; sales,
284; stock, 74,095.
Boston—Dull; middling, 5 7-lflc; net re
ceipts, 5,225; gross, 9,454.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 5 11-lSe;
net recelpis, 2; gross, 2; stock. 6,703.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns.
Augusta— Steady; middling, 5 l-!6c; net
receipts, 3,504; gloss, 3,504; sulcs, 1,745;
stock. 35,983.
Memphis—Easy; middling, sc; net re
ceipts, 1,975; gross, 5,199; sales, 2,850; stock,
75,376.
St. Routs—Quiet; middling, sc; net re
ceipts, 1,407; gross, 6,931; sales, 179; stock,
45.872,
Cincinnati—Quiet, middling. 5',4c; net re
ceipts, 1,445; gross, 1,445; stock, 12,203.
Houston—Steady; middling, 4 15-16 o; net
receipts. 26,315; gross, 26,315; sales, 517;
stock, 171,806.
Boulavllls—Firm; middling, 5%c.
Exports of cotton this day—
Mow Orleans—Coastwise, 827.
Mobile- To Great Britain, 11,441.
Savannah—Coastwise, 5,498.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 3.37*.
New York~To the continent, 100.
Boston—To Ureul Britain. 2.628.
Philadelphia—Coastwise, 5,899.
Total foreign exports from all port* this
day—To Great Britain, 14,089; to the con
tinent, 100.
Total foreign export* from all ports thus
far this week—To Great Britain, 121,088; to
France, 27.710; to the continent, 42,992.
Total foreign exports since Hept. 1, 1898
—To Great Britain. 651,080; to France, 115,-
825; to the continent. 404,285.
Biverpool; Oct. 28.—Cotton, i>ot, fair de
mand; price* steady; American middling,
8 l-16d. The sale* of the day were 10,000
bales, of which 500 were for specula lion
and export, and Included 4,800 hales Amer
ican; receipts, 14,000 bales. Including 11,000
American.
Futures opened quiet, but steady, with
a moderate demand, and closed quiet, but
slcady; American middling, low mid
dling clause. October. 2.63ft3.00d sellers;
October-November,. 2.83d sellers; Kovem
bor-Deecmber. 2.62d sellers; IJecembcr-
January, 2.62<1 sellers; January-February,
2.2d buyers; February-March, 2.6202.63d
buyers; March-AP'H. 2.68'')/3.00.1 scl.ers;
Anrll-.Vlay. 3.(8*33.01(1 sellers; May-June,
3.01d buyers; June-July, 3.C2d value; July-
August. 3.03d sellers; August-Beptcmber,
8.03143.04(1 sellers.
New York, Oct. 26.—The entire scope of
towlay’s market was a matter of only 4
points. The general policy of traders was
lo go slow and watch the movement of
the crop. The more Immediate Influences
were the Liverpool cables, which showed
an unsatisfactory response to the bullish
overtures made by our market yesterday,
these caused a decline of l®2 points on the
opening call, which finished with the mar
ket steady In lone. The bear contingent
was disposed to be conservative on ac
count of the continued lower temperature,
following the heavy filling frosts reported
last night.
The unsettled affairs In foreign political
circles was another drawback to trade.
The fact that the stock market was :n
better shape failed to stimulate specula
tion in colton. Supplementing yesterday's
heavy reports of cotton were claims of
continued export Interest in the Southern
spot markets and a prospect for a con
tinued outward movement, limited only by
the capacity of oce.ts tonnage, notwith
standing the high freight rates prevailing.
As compared with yesterday's closing fig
ures, to-day’s market at the lowest point
showed a decline of 2ft4 point*. The
market was finally steady ol a net loss of
2ft'3 points.
New York, Oct. 26. noon.—Cotton fu
tures op. lied steady ut the decline; Oc
tober. 5.18 c; November, 5.15 c; December,
5.21 c; January, 6.28 c; February, 5.34 c;
March. 5.34 c; April, 3.38 c; May. 5.42 c;
June, 3.46 c; July, 3.49 c; August, 5.52 \
4 p. m.—Futures closed sieady; October,
5.14 c; November, 5.150; December, 5.21 c;
January, 5.26 c; February, 5.30 c; March,
5.34 c; April, 5.38 c; May. 5.42 c; June, 5.48 c;
July, 5.49 c; August, 5.52 c.
New Orleans. Oct. 26.—Cotton futures
slcady; October, 4.76 c bid; November, 4.60
(fil.Klc; December, 4.85 ii 4.86 c; January,
4.90<ft'4.91r; February, 4.9lKit 1.96 c; March,
5.00ft;5.01c; April, 6.054t5.(0; May, 5.10 ft
5.11 c; June, 5.15®6.16c; July, 5.19ft5.21c.
New York. Oct. 26.—Hubbard Bros. A
Cos. say of cotton: Coble advices from
Liverpool to-day reported u somewhat bet
ter feeling politically that was not antic!-
pattd, but the constant rumors uml agi
tations wu* unsettling business. Our mar
ket opened at a slight decline from the
dose of yesterday hut business was very
light. A few buying orders stimulated
price* slightly, but selling orders from
the Potithwcst nut the demand. Tlieso
latter would appear to Indicate that dam
age from frost I* believed there to nc only
u remote probability.”
mi v aooiis.
New York. Oct. 26.—The continuance of
mall order* In fair quantity In the dry
goods market ha* kept the average of sales
up to a high eltindir<l. Dependence iiikjii
(tie coming of buyers Into the'market Is
l*iecurlous. To-day. for instance, the op
erations of this class, Influenced no doubt
by the unpleasant weather, were on a
small basis. Near-by operators showed
no special activity. The mail orders are
now for larger amounts than has hitherto
been the case.
NAVAL 4T014E6.
Splilts Turpentine—The market advanc
ed fully lc over yesterday. At the first
call at the Board of Trade the market
was bulletined linn ut 81%c. with sales of
587 casks. At the !nt call the market
was bulletined firm at 35%c, with sales of
70 cask*.
Rosin—There was a fair demand for rosin
to-day, although the quotations were un
changed. At the Board of Trade at the
first and Ihsl rail* the quotations were
unchanged from yesterday, and were a*
follow* with no sales reported;
A, B, C *1 10 I $1 50
IJ 1 10 K 1 50
15 1 2) M 1 66
F 1 25 N 170
G 1 SO W G 1 90
H ....• 1 45 W W 230
Naval Stores Btmement—
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1898... 13.773 138,883
Received this day 655 2,307
Received previously .... .253.937 . 013,792
Total ...” 271,38* *14,893
ICxtKtrl* to-day 901 1.931
Exports previously 253,977 643,247
Totul since April 1, 1893 237,881 650,191
Stock on hand this day 11,481 154,194
Stock same day last year.,.. 38,510 182,160
Receipts this day last year... 450 2.973
Charleston, 3 Oct. 2J. —‘Turpentine,
market firm at 31c; sales none. Rosin
quiet; saDs none; unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 28. Spirits ttir
penilfie llrm, 34‘,-jdO, 34c; receipts, so casks.
Rosin firm, *I.OO, *1.05; receipts, 541 bnr
tel*. Crude turpentine firm, *1.25, *1.90
and *1.90; receipts 11 Inure s. Tar firm at
*1.13; receipts. 70 barrels.
New Yolk, Oct. 28, Rosin strong, *1,40.
Turpentine strong; nominal, 42c naked.
FIN tM IAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market Is
steady. The following arc the. Savan
nah quotations; Commercial demand,
*1.84>4; sixty days, *1.80%; ninety days;
*4.78*4; francs, Burls nnd Havre, sixty
days, 5.27; Swiss, sixty days, 5.29%; marks,
sixty days, 93%,
Domestic Kxehungc—Steady; banks are
buying at 3-lfi per cent, discount und
selling as follows; Amounts up to *25,
10 cents- *25 to *SO, 15 cents; *SO to *IOO, 20
cents; *2OO or over at par; *I,OOO and over
at I*l6 per cent, discount.
Securities—A fair Investment demand,
but light offerings. Very little doing.
Stockfi and Bonds—State Bonds—Georgia
3% |*T cent. I Kinds of 1930, 107 bid, 108%
asked; Georgiu 3% per cent., due 1915, 100
Hid, 106 asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bunds,
1915, 118% bid, 120 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1930, 114 Old, 115 asked; South
Carolina 4%5, 111 bid, 112 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta, 4% per cent., 1923.
108 bid, asked; Augusta 4%5, 19*6, 107
bid, 108 asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 11l
bid, 112 asked; Augusta 6 per eerft., 11l bid,
113 asked; Columbus, 5 per cent., 106 bid,
107 asked; Macon 8 per cfcnt., 116 bid, 117
asked; Macon 4%*, 1928, 106 lad, 166 asked;
Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly January
coupons. 111 bid, 111% asked; Savannah 5
per cent, quarterly November coupons,
112 bid. 112% asked; Charleston 4s,
96 bid. 97 arked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah. Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
8 |>er cent. Interest coupons, 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, goftl bonds, due
1921, 10* bid, 109 asked; Central Railroad
nnd Banking Company, collateral 6s, 99
bid, 93 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bond*.
116 bid, 117 asked; f'enlral of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage s*. M)
bid, 91 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first preferred Incomes, 36 bid, 37%
asked; Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred Incomes, 11 bid, 12 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred Incomes. 4% bid, 574 asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910. 115 bid, 117 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first S.
106 bid, 107 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 117 bid, 118
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
6r, 106'i bid, 107 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s, 102% hid, 103%
asked", South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 102% bid, 103% asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1928, 101% bid.
105% asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage per cent, bonds, 100 bid,
102 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent., In
dorsed, 92‘% bid, 93% asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s, 73 hid, 75 asked; South Bound
Railway ss, 82 bid, 83 asked; Georgia nnd
Alabama first preferred ss, 103 bid, 101 ask
ed; Georg,a and Alabama cons. ss, 90 bid,
91 asked; Eatonton branch, 90 hid, 9! asked;
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division 5, 83 bid, 81 asked.
Railroad Stocks Augusta and Savan
nah, 99% bid, 100% Baked; Southwestern,
99*4 bid, 101 asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock, 110 bid, 112 asked: Atlanta and
West Point 6 per cent, certificates, 103%
PAGES 9 TO 10.
bid. 104% asked; Georgia common, 195 bid,
197 asked.
Gas Btorks—Savannah Gas Bight stock,
2C bid. 23 asked; Electric Bight und Pow
er Company, 75 bid, 75% asked.
Bonk Stocks. Etc.—Cfiixens Bank, 110%
hid. 110-% awked; Chatham Bank. 48 hid,
48fa asked; Germania Bank, 110% bid, 111%
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 128
hid, 127 asked; Merchants’ National Bank,
81 ‘dd. 80 asked; Oglethorpe Savings
Ind Trust Company, 105 bid. 107 isked;
Southern Bank of ihe State of Georgia,
130% bid, 132 asked; Savannah Bunk and
Trust Company, Kl3 bid, 104 asked;
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company. A. 56% bid, 56 asked; H, 55 bid,
55% asked; People's Savings and Boan
Company, 92% hid, 93% asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory. 193
bid, 106 asked. Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, tie, 100 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory. 63
hid, 65 a*k< and: Granitevlile Factory. 140 bid.
145 asked; Bangley Factory, 100 bid, 101
asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, 94 naked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid. 101 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company, 70 bid. 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company. 101 bid, 193
asked.
New York. Oct. 26. —Money on call was
• asy at l*4ft2 per cent; the laSt loan was
at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 3ft)
4 per cent. Sterling exchange strong,
with actual business In lmnki-rs bills at
*1.85%(1t4.*r,% for demand and at *4.*2%ft)
4.*2 ! <i for sixty days. Posted rates. *4,834if
4.83% and *1.86%ft4.87c. Commercial bills,
$4,81. Silver certificates, 60(ftlc. Bar sil
ver, o*4e. Mexican dollars, 47%c. Gov
ernment bonds firmer; stats bonds Inac
tive; railroad Muni* strong.
New York. Oct. 26.—The stock markefc
showed a tendency to fail Into qiitetuda
again to-day as though in sympathy with
the dullness and uncertainty on foreign
exchanges. But there was a quiet abaorp
tlon of standard slocks all through the
list, a generally firm tone and marked
strength In a few cases, so thot the aver
age of price* Is quite materially lifted as
the result of Ihe day’s trading. The re.
actionary tendency In ihe wheat market,
Ihe falling off in the export demand for
both wheat and corn, and the weakness
In the foreign grain markets were appar
ontly without effect. The reason for tha
apparently Illogical movements for tha
past few days obviously, I* that the mar
ket is entirely In the hand of professional
traders without uny participation by tha
outside public.
The exciting causes of Ihe traders ac
tivity of the last few (lays having subsid
ed, the market became comparatively dull
to-duy, und the trader* betook them
aelves to the highly speculative Indus
trials.
Tobacco moved feverishly below yester.
day’s level and Sugar above on largo
transaction* without any definite reason
In either case.
The recovery on sterling exchange was
the effect of Ihe renewed stringency in
the London market, caused by the needs
of to-morrow's Stock Exchange settle
ment. Exchange on Purl* showed an eas
ier tone, reflecting the pressure for tha
movement of funds from that center ow
ing to the threatening aspect of domestlo
politics lltere.
Bond* were moderately active at ad
vancing prices. Total sales were *3,190.(88),
United Hintcs 3s. coupons, and the old 4s,
coupon, advanced %c and the 3s, register
ed, %c in the bid prices, while the ss,
coupon, declined %c In the bid price. Thera
were heavy dealings In the coupon 3s &b
106%.
'l’fw total sales of stocks were *07.,0*
shares, including 14.250 Atchison preferred;
12,960 Louisville and Nashville; 12.930 Chi
cago. Burlington A Quincy; 8,720 Northern
Pacific; 5,814 Union Pacific preferred: 75,-
880 American Tobacco; 5,13 Tennessee
Coal and Iron; 63,176 Sugar; 10,495 Hublier.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison B*4' do do pref .... 62*41
do pref 36%| <lo do 2nd pref . 30
Balt. * Ohio ..44 fit. B. A H W... 5*4,
Can. Pac 81%j do do pref .... 13%
Can. Sou. 61% St. Paul 108%
Cent. Pac 25 j do pref 162 Vs
Che*. A Ohio ... 21%,58 P. A Om 79%
Chi. K Alton ...153 j do do pref ....15*
C. B. A Q 16*4|SU P. M. & M. 168
Chi. A K. 111. ... 53%|H0. Pacific 22%
do pref 195 So. Railway .... 8%
Chi. O. W 14%, do do pref ... 34%
Uhl. Did. Si L. .. 7 'Texas & Pacific 13%
do do pref .... 27 Union Pacific ... 32%
Chi. AN. W 131%| d<4 Pref
do pref 176 |U. P. D. A G.... 6%
C.u.c. Si St. 8.. 39 |Wabash 7%
do do pref .... 85 | do pref 20%
Del. & Hudson 102 Wheel. A L. E. 3
Dc.’. B. Si W 140 do do pref ....
Del. A Klo G... 12V4;Adam* Ex 110
(Jo do pref .... 54% American Ex .. 134
Erie (new) 12%’United Slates .. 41
do Ist pref .... 32%|Wells Fargo ....119
Ft. Wayne —l7l |A. Cot. Oil 37%
Gt. Nor. pref ..137 | do pref 86'4,
Hocking Val. .. 4% Am. Spirits 1170
Illinois Cent. 7 ..108%! do pref 34%
Bake E. A W... 14 Am. Tobacco .. 128'%
do do pref ....63 do |>ref 125
Bike Shore ... ,190%|Cons. Gas 175
Bouts. Si Nash.. 5564'C0m. Cable Cos ..175
Manhattan L,. 96% Col. F. A Iron.. 20%
Met. St. Ily . ...159%| do do pref .... 80
Mich Cent 105 Gen. Electric .... 82%
Minn A 81. E.. 27 Haw. C. Cos 45
do do Ist pref 90 Illinois Steel .... 92’<jl
Mo. Pac. 32*4 Inti Paper 51
Mo. K. A T. ... 11 do pref 86%
do do pref .... 32*4 La Clede Gas .. 48
N. J. Central .. 87 Bead 1 33
N. V. Centrul ..114%' do pref 109%
N. C. A St. B. 11 iMtnn. Iron 126
do (lo- l*t pref 60 j.N’at. Bin Oil .... 570
do do 2nd pref 30 I Pacific Mall 33
Nor. Si West .. 12 People’s Gas .... 103*0
No. Ant. -Co 6 Pc.'.man Pal ..195
So. Pacific .... 40% Silver Cer 60
do pref 75% S. R. A T s*f
Ontario A W.... 14% Sugur 115
O. R. St N 52%| do pref 108%
O. S. B 27 IT. C. A Iron ... 28%
X'ac. Ist pref. 97 IT. 8. leather ... 6%
do do 2nd pref. 59 do pref 61%
Reading 16% IT. 3. Rubber .... 41*4,
do Ist pref .... 38%, do pref 103%
R, G. W 27 West. Union .... 91%
do do - pref .... 65 ;Federal Steel .... 29%
Rock Island ~..101%| (Jo pref 70%
St. L. A 8. F.... 7%|
Bonds.
U. S. new 4*,reg.127% do M 100%
do coup ..! 128% N. Y. C. A. St.
U. 8. 4s 11l B. 4s 105%
do coup 112%jNor. A W. 6* ...123
do 2d* 99 j Northw. con. .. .143'%
U. S. ss. reg. ~112%i do ,let * 58 ••••120
do 6s, coup ..113%10. Nnv. lts ...111
District 3 66* ...117% O. Nav. 4* 99*2
Ala. Class A. ..108 |O. 8. Bine tia, t.r.128%
do B 108 jO. 8. Line ss, t.r.107%
do C 100 'Pacific 6a of 93..102%
do Currency ..105 ,Heuding 4b 30%
Atchison 4* 1378; R. G. W. lsts... 87%
Can. So. 2d4 ....108*4 St. Bouls A Ir.
Chi Terminal . 90 | M. con. 5s 97%
C. A Ohio 5* ..118 S. B. & San F.
C. H. A D. 4%5.104*4! gen. 6s 119%
D. & R. G. Ist*.lll St. P. con M 9-&
do do 4s £7% 81. P. C. A P.
E. Tenn. Ifts ..106*4, Ista 119%
Eric Gen. 4s 68%: do 5s ..118
F. W. A D. late, So. Ry 5* It*
t. 75%'5. Rope AT. 9*4. 77
Gen. Elec. 5a ...109 ,Tenn. new set 3*. 91
U. H. &3. A. 68.102 j Tex, Pac. B. li. j