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PART TWO.
GEORGIA knd @
‘vJ ® FLORIDA. *
GEORGIA.
Mrs. J- J. Francis, the woman who bore
twins in prison at Atlanta, has been ad
judged insane.
Warren Jones of Cartersville, a boy 10
years of age, fell between the wheels of a
dray loaded with coal at a late hour Tuos
(■ afternoon, and the wheels passed over
t, - breast, crushing him into an almost
lifeless state. He cannot live. The lw>y
Jumped on the moving vehicle, and in some
w.tv lost his balance.
While “Judge” Brooks Frank Clark,
two negroes of Dawson, were cleaning the
r ties at the Dawson Guards’ armory Tues
duv afternoon, one of the guns was acci
d' nially discharged, the ball entering
brooks' leg between the knee and the an
k> of right leg, fracturing the leg bone
so badly that the limb had to be arnpu
t ud just below the knee.
The municipal- primary for the nomi
nation of a Mayor and three aldermen in
Jiiwson passed oft quietly. Mr. W. B.
Cheatham was nominated for re-election
over I’rof. J. W. F. Lowery by a vole of
uto 119. Aldermen Jennings and Dean
m renominated, and F. Nasworthy was
r .minated to succeeed Alderman W. H.
Da vis. who was not a candidate.
Judge Sam Harris adjourned court at
T.aGrange Tuesday morning on acount of
small-pox in the northern part of the
c.iunty. Some important cases were to be
tried at this term of the court. Besides
several important civil cases, there
are two murder cases, Dr. John
Hardy, charged with the murder of a ne
gro. and Joe Redding, charged with the
murder of his brother John. V
Mrs. Mary Augusta Holcomb filed at At
lanta Wednesday a suit for divorce from
her husband, Sam B. Holcomb. They were
married in Gretna Green romance last De
. mber, in opposition to the wishes of 'he
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer. The
t, nor of the youifg wife's complaint is that
sh,- was moiher-in-lawed into a sea of do
mestic trouble wihch reached a climax in
her husband taking sides with his mother
and heaping abuse upon her. "If we had
lived alone.” she said in an interview, “we
would to-day be living happily together.
i'pon the consolidation of the returns in
Appling county, W. G. Brantley has a ma
jority of 90 votes. For some unknown rea
son the returns from Hazlehurst district
did not got In in time for consolidation.
Some of the leading negroes seem to think
that the Populists did not stick to their
bargain, ar.d deliver the votes promised,
but marly all the Populists who voted at
all voted the Republican ticket. Many of
them refused to vote at all. Some Popu
lists who are now holding office, as a re
sult of fusion, refused to vote. One lead
ing negro stated publicly that they had
accomplished their purpose in establish
ing a white Republican party in that sec
tion, a thing which did not exist before.
Pacts which have been received at Col
t.m'ous totally contradict the story that
Rev hid. F. Ccok, chaplain of the First
Georgia Regiment, has been subjected to
til treatment at Brown’s Hotel, in Howard,
on the night of Oct. 14. The publication lo
this , ffect went on to say that the hotel
ki-per, with a drummer who was one of
1a- guests for the night, entered Mr. Cook’s
loom and insisted upon his drinking whis
ky and so on. The contradiction of 'he
■ 1 cirv comes from Mr. Cook himself, wito
d* lares that he was hospitably received
nid well treated by all with whom he met.
T was true that the hotel keeper and the
mummer in question, in ignorance of Mr.
' k's profession, had offered him a drink,
but that upon learning that he was a cler
• V nan apologized most earnestly and
treated him with the highest possible re
spect. .
Por the second time ihe case of W. H.
Raglcy, at Cussetta, charged with murder
ing J. M. Adams, a prominent citizen and
< mccrat of Chattahoochee county, was
lostponed again Tuesday. The illness of
-Mrs. Parkman, alleged to be one of the
n: tin witnesses for the defense, was one
"■ the points made; another was that Hon.
J H. Morrill of the defense, the leading
reunsel. it was affirmed, was detained by
sickness in his family. The claim was
made Monday lhat Mrs. Parkman was not
t' o ill to go to court, but her relatives stat
'd to-day tnat she was. These two points
* l l illness wore argued so intensely that the
" urt pent for Dr. Walker of Columbus, lo
give testimony in them. The defense Anally
von the light for a continuance, the trial
Reing postponed until the first Monday in
1 übruary. An elegant speech by Tom
'Raison helped turn the tide. Judge Butt
■" lined all witnesses to be present at that
tune or he would have them in jail, and
th u he would accept no fine in lieu there
-1,, - He also added that long sentences
""u'd he imposed in any cases of intiml
h.ihon of vvii nesses.
FLORIDA.
Arrangements for Jacksonville's Jubilee
me being made rapidly and the event
1 remises to be a most successful one. A
programme for the four days has been an
nounced.
Maj. Sidney Herbert, always correct and
efficient In historical motier, has entered
a protest against spelling Lake Jesup and
i'ert Basinger with more than ones. Tlte
,ll; jor says the former place is named for
'■■'it. Jesup and the latter for Lieut. Bas
inger.
The Florida game law provide* that deer
tny be killed from Oct. 1 to Jan. 31. Vcn
-1 'ii cannot bo shipped out of one county
1 to another or out of the stale. It can
tot ue sold except in the open season, and
i-n only in the county in which It tv.ti
V Ued.
. John Mllfigan, of Sioux City, It>„ is In
Ormond for the winter. Mr. Miliiean is
having one hundred and thirty-five ean
-1 is tents mode for Ihe protection of his
'range irees. He will stretch u lent over
•oh tree, und place an oil stove in each
''tit, and in this way hopes to save his
b'ts from frost.
The cattlemen of Mlakka are engaged In
Slithering two hundred and fifty beef cat
for shipment to the Cuban market. This
" and make about two thousand head that
; iv e been shipped from that net lion since
misust. The hog raisers have not been
%\)t Ifcfrtinfl
o successful but are ready to furnish one
thousand big, fat porkers when a demand
for them shall arise.
The large barn owned by the estate of
E. E. Johnson, at Manatee, accidentally
caught fire and was burned to the ground
on Monday afternoon. It contained sev
eral tons of hay and a quantity of oats,
which were burned with the barn. The
Manatee County Advocate printing office
is located about sixty feet from the barn.
It was saved with difficulty.
A city primary was held at Dunnellon
Tuesday to nominate officers for the next
year, and resulted as follows: C. G. Lcit
ner, present Mayor, renominated for same
office; T. R. Payne, present marshal, re
nominated for same office; for aldermen,
J. G. Baskin and E. C. May; assessor and
collector, William Mixson; C. E. Hood,
clerk; K. A. Leitner, treasurer.
At Palatka about 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, while unloading logs at tlie
Georgia Southern and Florida wharf, Tom
Gardner, a colored man, was caught be
tween a log and the trestle from which
the logs were being thrown into the river
and both of his legs were crushed, and
he was otherwise injured. Gardner was
taken to his home, and died in a short
while.
The agents of the new Tampa-New Or
leans line of steamers have received in
formation to the effect that the first ves
sel on lhat line is to be at Tampa within
a short while, and that a large cargo of
freight is awaiting another vessel, which
will be loaded and sent out before the
other vessel gets back. This starts the
new line with two steamships, and the
agents say tint the prospects are that It
will take more than that to handle the
business.
OIT OF THE ORDINARY.
Gordon county has a giant, who is badly
wanted by a Philadelphia museum, the
proprietor of which having recently read
a story of his existence, and has since ne
gotiated with the curiosity, looking to
ward engaging him for one of its features.
John Ferguson, a remarkable physical
speoiman of manhood, ( who has won the
title “Mountain Giant,” lives in the moun
tains of Gordon county, and ekes out a
bare living at farming. Ferguson is 50
years old, and is over eight feet in hight.
He weighs 316 pounds; but so evenly dis
tributed is his weight that It would be
impossible to call him a fat man. The de
velopment of his strength has a very pe
culiar history. Up to the age
he was an invalid, but after that time he
increased in brawn and muscle with mirac
ulous rapidity, until at the age of 30 he
was, as he is now, a veritable giant. One
of his favorite amusements is to take a
500-pound bale of cotton on his shoulders
and carry it any distance on a wager or
for the amusement of his friends. At the
age of 30 he was apprenticed to a black
smith, and whenever an unruly mule was
brought in to be shod Ferguson was sent
for, and he would hold the hind legs of
the infuriated beast while his employer
placed the shoe In position. Ferguson is
forty-eight inches around the breast, and
forty-four around the waist. He wears
No. 13 shoes and a No. 8 hat.
At ail the fruit stands of Albany are the
finest fresh pecans for sale. They are ob
tained from the farm of Capt. G. M. Ba
con of Mitchell county, and are the paper
shell variety. Some ten years ago Capt.
Bacon set out a peach orchard and a pe
can orchard. The pecans have proved
much more remunerative. He gets $3 per
bushel on the farm. The trees bear every
year. The pecans are very large and very
tender, and in taste seem a cross between
the scaly bark and English walnut.
Macon News: Buba Anderson, a small
negro boy living at 306 Ash street, swal
lowed a strong solution of potash a few
nights ago and died from the effects of It
last night. It seems that the negro thought '
that the solution was water and drank
several swallows. He began screaming in
a few minutes, and a doctor was called
in at once. He worked with the boy for
several hours, but saw that his work
would be useless. The boy suffered agonies
for three days, and last night be died.
F. O. Iwanowski, while excavating shell
near Daly’s grove, a few miles from St.
Augustin Tuesday, unearthed a brass re
ceptacle about the size of an ordinary
glass, but of an urn shape. The vessel Is
very old, and was evidently used by the
Indians for a medicine bowl. It is solid
brass, and all carved by hand as is Indi
cated by imperfect lines in certain parts.
Mr. Iwanowski treasures his find, and
will retain It as a curiosity.
DEATHS IN FLORIDA. .
Mrs. S. C. Harris of Planty City died
Tuesday. She had suffered for some time
from the continued fever which prevailed
in that section. 1
Mrs. Fuller, who lived with her daugh
ter near Seneca, died a few days ago at
the age of 94. She had been in poor health
for a long time.
James Rogers, a native of St. Augus
tine, but more recently of Jacksonville,
died in the latter city Tuesday night of
pneumonia. He was about 27 years of
age. His remains were interred at St.
Augustine.
Henry Lindoerfer of Chicago arrived at
Tarpon Springs last week to spend the
winter and died Sunday. He had been in
poor health tor a long time and spent his
winters at Tar|>on Springs. His remains
iv< re taken to Chicago.
THE JACKSONVILLE BOY’S ARREST.
His Father Thinks n Great Injustice
XVns Done the Boy.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Nov. 9. 1598.-Editor
of the Morning News; 1 feel that a very
great injustice has been done my little
boy, Frank, by his arrest end imprison
ment in your city, as published by the
Morning News yesterday. It is true that
he followed his ft tends and a cousin from
the camps here to Savannah, but I was
promptly advised and consented for him
SAVANNAH. GA„ FRIDAV, NOVEMBER 11. 189a
to remain with his c*r in for a short time
in camp, io cure a strange fascination
which the soldier's life seemed to have for
him. I had Just had a letter from his
cousin, saying that Frank had enough of
it, and was sending him transportation
when I received notice of his arrest for
running away, so I at once wired, ar
ranging transportation, wlthouy the slight
est idea that the little fellow had been
in jail for twenty-four hours, on a false
and unauthorized charge.
He reached home Tuesday night at 9:30
o’clock, and tells this straightforward
story: “I was over in the city Monday
and borrowed George Bunting's bicycle to
go over to camp with a party, thinking
to be back by a certain time, but did not
get back until late in the afternoon. Not
being able to find George, I left his wheel
at the place where he works. It seems
that his disappointment so angered him
that he decided to have me arrested, and
he knew I had left home without permis
sion (and had known it all the time), so
as he could do nothing else, he had me
arrested out of spite. If they had tele
graphed my father at once I would not
have cared, but I find they did not do it
till next day. The policeman that arrest
ed me would not let me explain anything,
but would twist my arm and abuse me
,if I tried to speak on the way. The po
liceman who took me to the train the next
night was very kind to me. I ate nothing
for nearly two days.” The foregoing, I
am sure, is the correct version of this
unfortunate matter. I regret that your
city police force have no more regard for
a young boy than to thus shut him up
in a cell as criminal, when the means of
ascertaining the facts were given by the
child, and a simple wire at my expense
to the address given would have set
things O. K. We have numerous rela
tives all over Georgia nnd Florida who
read the Morning News and know the
boy, hence I trust that you will give both
sides of this story equal prominence.
J. N. Jones, D. D. S.
A LITTLE GIRL IN EGYPT.
Some of the Queer Things to Be Seen
In That Old Country.
A little girl writes an Interesting com
munication in the “Letter Box” in the No
vember St. Nicholas. She says:
I have lived all my life in Egypt, except
the summer months. We leave for Europe
in Kay or June, but already then it is so
hot that we do not know what to do with
ourselves. Last winter was exceptionally
cold. We have not had many khamsins
yet. On a bad khamsin day everybody
stays indoors with shut windows, as it is
much hotter out than in. It is a hot, hot
wind that blows from the desert, whirling
burning sand along with it. In the even
ing swarms of little flies come In, attract
ed by the lights, and die all over your pa
per if you are writing a letter. The damp
ness is another very disagreeable thing in
Alexandria, which is not dry like Cairo,
But the real plague of Egypt is the black
beetie. It is a continual fight to keep
them from swarming all over the house.
Some are enormous and even have wings.
We call all the natives Arabs, though real
ly there are many tribes—for instance, the
Bedouins of the desert, who pitch their
dirty tents among the country houses of
the Europeans. Whole families live in
one tent. Some gentlemen pay the chief
Bedouin of the family not to rob them and
to prevent other from doing so. I was told
once that they descend from some Greeks
of the time of Alexander the Great. They
keep up family feuds as the ancient
Greeks did. They have sheep, fowls, don
keys, calems and buffalos (which they call
giamoose). In fact, they live the same
kind of life as the patriarchs in the Old
Testament, wandering about with their
flocks and herds. The women wear black
robes and bright-colored sashes; the men
a sort of burnoose folded gracefully about
them. We go sometimes to sketch their
tents, and the children come to watch and
ask for "bakshish.” The Arab men wear
a scanty long skirt of different colors, and
the red fez called tarboosh, or a turban.
Usually they go barefooted. Some of the
women wear a long robe, with glass or
brass bangles on their wrists and ankles;
others a sort of scarf turned over their
heads, and a veil covering their faces be
low the eyes, which Is tied behind their
ears.
They wear a plait of coton mixed with
their hair, stain their nails red and their
lower eyelids black. The women of the ha
rems wear black silk clothes with a white
muslin yashmak. They never go out ex
cept carefully veiled. The carriages they go
in have the blinds drawn. On the railway
there are special compartments In which
they are locked in. At the theater they
have before their box a wooden latticework
so that they cannot be seen. At the wed
dings of the lower clasess the furniture
is paraded round the town on carls, and
in the evening the bride Is brought home
by torch-light, while little street (Arabs
dance about to Ihe of a fearful
band.
Their funerals are very singular. They
used to throw the body over I heir should
ers and take it lo Vie buried. Now they
are not allowed to do that. They put the
body on a kind of stretcher cover it with
a piece of cioth. At the head of the corpse
they fix a stick of wood, on which is put
Ihe fez of the deceased, if he Is a man.
Four Arabs carry this, and on the way
any passes-by ofTers lo help, for they soy
that the person that is dead prays for
each one that carries him. A crowd fol
lows, walling, shouting, and making a fran
tic noise. The women wave their hand
kerchiefs, pull their hair, and make a
funny sound with the tongue. There are
special women paid to do this,
have I seen them laughing at the same
lime. The cemetery is not inclosed, and
the tombs are made of stone, with a pole
sticking up on one side. Moslems shave
ail over their heads, except one tuft, which
they leave for Mohammed to catch hold
of and drag them into heaven by. Their
Sabbath day is Friday. They have tv.o
Ramadans. or fasts, the great and the
tittle. A gun is fired at sunrise and sun
set, between these guns they may not eat
r.or drink. They make up for it by feast
ing and rioting in the open air ail night.
The longest lsyM? about thirty days, and
It must be dreadful in the hot weather
when they cannot drink a drop of water
all dry long. The great Ramadan is kept
to commemorate a day when Mohammed
lost his camel. He prayed all day long
to find it, and at sunset he discovered that
be wax sitting oh it! They do not know
exactly which day of the month it was.
so they fast thirty to forty days so as to
hit the right one. Tlie fast ends when the
moon is seen reflected in a certain well.
The event is telegraphed all .over, guns
.... > an( j the great Bulratn, or feast,
sets in.
BEING A GENTLEMAN IN SPAIN.
Government Employ or n Pension
Prizes for AVlilelt All Strive.
Dr. Field in New York Evangelist
How is a higher class so numerous as
lhat in Spain to be supported? Some may
become officers in the army or navy, but
for the larger part there is little hope of
anything "fit for a gentleman” except to
get some employment under the govern
ment; and lo obtain that, however hum
ble the position and petty the pay, is the
ambition of many a man in whose veins
flows the blue blood of the proudest fami
lies of old Spain.
A Spaniard would rather die than not
keep up appearances. If he aspires to a
position in society, he will try to appear
rich, or, at least, Independent, while in
reality he may be desperately poor. To
this end there are two things which are
more important to him than food and
drink—a carriage and a box at the opera!
To show himself in the Prado at a cer
tain hour of the day, and in the opera
at night, satisfies his ambition. For the
rest, how he lives, nobody knows and no
body cares. He need not give dinners; in
deed, he may not have a dinner 'o give,
or even to eat himself. When he comes
back from his daily drive, and alights at
his door, he may retire into the recesses
of his chamber, and there partake of the
meanest food to satisfy ihe cravings of
hunger, and nobody be the wiser. The
Spaniards have a convenient proverb that
“the stomach has no windows!” What a
man wears on his back is exposed to the
gaze of all men; but what he eats, no
body sees. Or if, indeed, he does not eat
at all, nobody can see that his stomach is
very lean and hungry, when he muffies
his cloak about him, and sallies forth to
meet the world with an unruffled counte
nance. Some of the stories which were
told to me in Madrid of the petty econo
mies to which gentlemen in good society
were reduced, were quite equal to any
thing in the shifts of Don Quixote.
But the Spanish cavalier is not yet at
the end of his resources or the attainment
of his highest felicity. There is one more
prize to be gained, and his happiness will
be complete; it is to get a pension—a hope
which would be chltVierlcal in a country
where such rewards were bestowed only
for distinguished public services. But they
do these things differently in Spain. Here
pensions are given for all sorts of ser
vices, or for none. The most trifling claim
is recognized by the assurance of a cer
tain sura from the government. It may be
very, very small; but no matter for that—
it is fixed; and so long as it secures the
recipient from absolute want, it is enough.
From that moment he will set up as a
gentleman, and not do another stroke of
work to the end of his days.
Thus It is that the pension roll of Spain
has become so great. EtverjThew admin
istration that comes in has a fresh army
of favorites to be rewarded for devotion
to their political leaders, and the number
swells larger and larger from year to year.
All this Is a burden which the state has
to carry, and as It lakes the labor of two
able-bodied men to support a third idle
one, the drain upon its resources is enor
mous.
But what cares the happy pensioner?
For him life’s woes are ended, and its joys
are but Just begun. Every day he will
spend his morning at the cafe, where he
will sip his coffee, read his journal, and
twirl his cigarette; the afternoon he will
take his ride or drive (except Sundays,
when he will go to the bull-ring); and the
evening he will s(*end at the theater or
the opera. When life flows on with this
smooth and even current, in a perpetual
round of amusements, who can wonder
that the Spaniard is perfectly satisfied
with himself and his country? Why should
he not he? Is not Ills country the greatest
in the world*
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
New Zealnnd Provides Pensions for
All Over Sixty-five Years of Aire.
Dispatch lo the Montreal Gazette.
After eleven days discussion in commit
tee at Wellington, the old-age pension hill
has been passed on third reading ip the
House of Representatives by a majority
of 10. The bill provides that every person
of the age of 65 and upward, of good moral
character, whose yearly Income does not
exceed £34, and who has resided for twenty
five years in the colony, will be entitled to
a pension of £lB per annum.
In New Zealand the poor have hitherto
been relieved almost entirely by the state,
charitable institutions for that purpose
doing but a small part of the work. In
1896 it bill very similar in its provisions to
Ihe one in 'question was Iniroduoed Into
the House of Representatives. There It
met with a determined, opposition, one
amendment providing that everybody of
and over the age of 65 years should be en
titled to the pension, whether he was In
need of assistance or not. That was a
Socialistic suggestion that, if adopted,
would have turned the whole colony into
one huge friendly society. Eventually the
bill was thrown out. In the following year
a fresh bill confining the pension to the
poor was brought In, and after a hard
wrangle it went through its third reading
by a majority of 15, only to be thrown out
by the upper house.
Still undaunted by failure, the suppor
ters of the principle of old age pensions on
a discriminating basis, brought In a third
bill this year, and now, after a desperate
struggle, for eleven days (which In New
Zealund, where speeches of only ten min
utes were allow* and in j* de
bate of exceptional severity), the but has
passed Its third reading by the smaller ma
majoity of ten.
It Is expected lhat 6,500 persons will dur
ing the first year draw the £l(4. or part of
it, and lhat about £IOO,OOO will lie so ex
pend! and. So far there is rio mention of ad
tional taxation in connection with the
scheme.
A Patriotic New York Citizen.
From the New York Press.
"Well, old chap, what do you think of
the result?”
"Well, my boy, I’m satisfied. Had a
cinch all the time. Made a years sal
ary.”
“How did von manage lhat? I thought
you were betting on ”
“Both. Certainly. Think I’m In politics
for the benefit of the people? Not much.
I bet $6,000 to $10,600 on Teddy and $6,000
to SIO,OOO on ’accession’ Van Wyck. Net—
s4,ooo."
"For whom did you vote?"
“Neither. When I saw I had a sure
thing I didn't give a darn who was elect
ed. If the chance to hedge ha.ini come
of course I’d have vo'-d t* Die tnan I
bet on first."
LOCAL MARKETS STEADY.
HEI’ORTKD TRANSACTIONS LIGHT
IN LEADING DEPARTMENTS.
Cotton Market Quirt anti Steady and
tDchaiiKril in Quotation*—Good
Demand for Spirits at :t4 Cents.
Rosin Finn and In Fair Request.
Corn ami Corn Product* I,oner.
Savannah, Nov. 10—There were only
moderate transactions reported in the
leading markets to-day. Cotton was
stronger in tone and setters were not anx
ious to dispose of offerings at the un
changed prices. The spirits turpentine
market was firm, with a good demand, at
34c. Rosin was firm and in fair demand.
Other markets were fairly active. The
following resume of the different markets
will show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market was stimulated to-day
by the advance in Liverpool and New
York early In the day. After the bureau
report was issued there was a decline in
futures. The local market was quiet and
unchanged at the first call at the Cotton
Exchange, with sales of 258 bales. At the
second call it was quiet and steady and
unchanged, with sales of 195 bales. At
the last call the market closed unchang
ed, with no sales reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 4%
Middling 4 9-18
Low middling 4 3-16
Good ordinary 3 13-16
Ordinary 3 6-16
Market quiet and steady; sales, 453.
Sea Island Cotton—The market remains
quiet and steady on a basts of the follow
ing quotations:
Extra choice Florida* 13*4
Choice Florida* 1254®13
Extra fine Florida* 12 ©l2*4
Fancy Georgias 12*4® 13
Extra choice Georgias 12
Choice Georgias 10%®11
Extra fine Georgias 10 ®)OV4
Fine Georgias 9 @ 9Vx
Medium fine Georgias BV4
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 7,476
Receipts this day last year 7,344
Receipts this day year before last .. 5,061
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 468,877
Same time last year 505,845
6ame time year before last 364,106
Exports continent this day 7,903
Exports coastwise this day 1,196
Stock on hand this day 163,231
Same day last year 136,111
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 68,160
This day last year 62,685
This day year before last 62,747
Receipts past six days 387,148
Same days last year 344,185
Same days year before last 224,466
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 ..3,075,255
Same time last year , 2,835,428
Same time year before last 2,839,828
Stock at the port* to-day 1,129,278
Stock same day last year 846,0a8
Dally Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Steady; middling, 4 7 4; net re
ceipts, 22,538; gross, 22,538; sales, 1,918;
gtock, 367,003.
New Orleans—Quiet; middling, 4*4; net
receipts, 13,357; gross, 13,357; sales, 3,200;
stock, 288,088.
Mobile—Quiet; middling, 4 11-16; net re
ceipts, 3,061; gross, 3,061; sales, 800; stock,
31,987.
Charleston—Steady; middling, 4%; net
receipts, 5,872; gross, 5,872; sales, 260; stock,
51,304.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 4%; net re
ceipts, 3,500; gross, 3.5(f); stock, 44,637.
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 4 15-16; net re
ceipts, 5,222; gross, 5,222; sules, 610; stock,
66,221.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 6%; gross
receipts, 3,181; stock, 7,686.
New York—Dull and easy; middling,
5 5-16; net receipts, 1,664; gross, 3,691; stock,
75,432.
Boston—Steady; middling, 5 5-16; net re
ceipts, 1,021; gross, 1,021.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 5 9-16; net
receipts, 19; gross, 19; stock, 5,826.
Dally Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Very firm; middling, 5; net re
ceipts, 2,378; gross, 2,378; sales, 1,014; stock,
37,799.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 4 16-16; net
receipts, 5,638; gross, 5,872; sales, 6,000;
stock, 109,266.
St. Louis—Steady; middling, 4 15-16; net
receipts, 1,909; gross, 6,653; sales, 625; stock,
61,316.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 5(4; net re
ceipts, 1,324; gross, 1,324; stock, 11,884.
Houston—Steady; middling, 4(4; net re
ceipts, 22,786; gross, 22,786; sales, C 80; stock,
173,857.
lxnilsvtlle—Steady; middling, 5.
Exports of cotton this day—
Galveston—To Great Britain, 7,734; coast
wise, 4,249.
New Orleans—To the continent, 6,900.
Mobile—To Great Britain, 250.
Havannati—To the continent, 7,903; coast
wise. 1,196.
Charleston—To Great Britain, 4,212; coast
wise 891.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 3,465.
New York—To Great Britain, 6,706; to the
continent, 550.
Boston—To Great Britain, 956.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 24,058; to the conti
nent, 15,353.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 163,041; to
France, 34,691; to the continent, 85,310.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1898:
To Great Britain, 1,024,660; to France, 176,-
499; to the continent, 692,658.
Liverpool, Nov. 10.—Cotton, spot, good
business done; prices hardening; American
middling fair, 3 17-32d; good middling,
3 7-32d; middling, 3 l-32d: low middling,
2 27-32d; good ordinary, 2 21-32(1; ordinary,
2 15-32d. The sales of the day were 12,000,
of which 1,000 were for speculation and
export, and Included 11,100 American; re
ceipts, 4,000. Including 3,900 American.
Futures opened steady, with a moderate
demand, and closed quiet, but steady;
American middling, low middling clause,
November. 2.C2d sellers; November-Decem
ber, 2.6002.61(1 sellers; December-January,
2.60d buyers; January-February, 2.60d
buyers; February-March, 2.61d sellers;
March-April. 2.61@2.62d buyers; Aprll-
Ma.v, 2.62d buyers; May-June, 2.63d sell
ers; May-June, 2.63d buyers; June-July. 3d
seders; July-August, 3.< 07* 3.01(1 buyers;
August-September, 3.01d buyers; Septem
ber-October, 3.01@3.02d buyers.
New York. Nov. 10.—The feature of to
day's news in the cotton market was the
publication of the yearly estimate of lint
cotton yield per acre, by the department
x>f agriculture. The opening of the mar
kei was very steady, with prices 203
point* higher, following an unexpected
Improvement in both spot and future cot
ton at Liverpool, a bullish weather re
port and statements from many of the
Southern s|>t cotton markets to the effect
that exporters were being obliged to pay
1-ltie to '*o better prices for the medium
grades with offerings light, even at the
advance. Then, too, there were quite gen
erous buying orders in hand from promi
nent New Orleans houses and Liverpool
•Irma l > ni a time the market showed a
disposition to do better, but aitli the sat
isfaction of early orders and somewhat
conflicting subsequent English cables, re
alizing set in on n small spate and the
early gain soon melted away. At midday
the government report was received show
ing an average yield of 219 pounds cotton
per acre. This figure was considerably
larger than the greater part of the trade
had anticipated ami led to a momentary
flurry of liquidation ami bear hammer
ing. Under this pressure prices further
broke 5 to ti points and for the rest of the
day the market showed very little recu
perative energy. The scalping contingent
were In control of the pit during the great
er part of the afternoon, but wore readily
Influenced by late news from the cotton
belt und operated very sparingly. The
close was barely steady at a net loss of
407 points.
New York, Nov. 10,noon —Cotton futures
opened steady at the advance;
December, 5.16 c; January, 5.20 c; Feb
ruary, 5.23 c; March, 5.25 c; April, 5.32 c;
May, 5.37 c; June, 5.41 c; Jujfy, 5.45 c; Aug
ust, 5.47 c; September, s.file.
Now York, Nov. 10, 4 p. m.—
Futures closed barely steady; November,
sc; December, 5.08 c; January, 5.120; Feb
ruary, 5.16 c; March, 5.20 c; April, 5.24 c;
May, 5.28 c; June, 6.32 c; July, 5.35 c; Aug
ust, 5.39 c; September, 6.39 c; October, 5.42 c.
New Orleans, Nov. 10.—Cotton futures
steady; November, 4.67 e bid, December,
4.72ft4.73c; January, 4.7704.78 c; February,
4.82(it4.83c; March. 4.8771.4.880; April, 4.920
4.93 c; May, 4.9604.99 c; June, 6.03@G.04c;
July, 5.0705.00 c.
New York, Nov. 10.—Paine, Murphy &
Cos. say of cotton: "Liverpool responded
partially to the advance here, but wav
ered, and Anally closed a shade lower, but
one point advance from yesterday. Spot
sales were 12,000 bales at l-32d advance.
The opening here was strong at two to
three points advance near last night’s
closing, but after remaining steady until
the government report was announced, a
break followed, and considerable realizing
took place. The report shows an average
yield of 219 pounds lint per acre, which is
above the previous year’s estimate. Esti
mating on this the value of crop will be
enhanced considerably. Activity followed
the report, hut after a decline of 5 to 6
points, the market became dull and closed
about the lowest for the day.”
New York, Nov. 10.—Hubbard, Bros A
Cos say of cotton to-day: "Our market
opened with a slight Improvement, due to
the advance In Liverpool, where a good
business was reported In spot cotton. The
demand fell off after the opening, and the
market grew dull In antklpation of the
bureau report. The yield reported as prob
able of 219 pounds to the acre brought in
selling orders from New Orleans and else
where, and prices declined In consequence.
The further estimate of the bureau of a
crop of 10,000,<8)0 bales, or thereabouts,
was considered amusing. The estimate of
219 pounds to the acre compares with nn
estimate of 181.9 last year, which was
much under the actual outturn.”
mtv oooui.
New York, Nov. 10.—Dry goods spot bus
iness to-day has been, slow, owing to bad
weather Interference. Orders for seasona
ble lines of cotton goods were Indifferent,
but fair sized ;some coming forward for
spring lines 111 prints. ginghumH, white
goods, etc. The outlook for spring, busts]
on current Indications, was considered
promising. There were no changes in
prices.
91A VA I- STORK*.
Spirits Turpentine-There was n steady
demand for the offerings at 34c, the sales
for the day i>elng 1,229 casks reported at
the Board of Trade, where the market
was bulletined firm at 34c, at the opening
and closing.
Kosln—An advance of Be was recorded
in E grade at the first call at the Board
of Trade, wilh other grades unchanged.
The reported sales were 177 barrels. At
the lust call E dropped back to yesterday's
closing quotation, and the reported sales
were 268 barrels. The following were the
quotations at the close:
A, B, C $1 00 1 $1 40
D 100 K 145
E . 1 OS M 1 55
F 1 15 N 1 73
O 1 20 WO 2 25
H 1 35 W W 270
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1898.. 16,773 138.683
Received this day 8.31 3,010
Received previously 268,057 716,375
Total 285,661 858,068
Exports to-day 77 529
Exports previously 267,447 701,208
Total since April 1, 1898 267,524 704,737
Stock on hand this day 18,137 1 53,331
Stock same day last year 39.193 167,564
Receipts this day last year... 1,398 4,179
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10.—Turpentine
market firm at 32c bid; sales none. Rosin
quiet, unchanged; sales none.
New York, Nov. 10.—Rosin steady. Tur
pentine quiet.
finaaclal.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market |s very
weak. The following are the Savannah
quotations; Commercial demand, |4.84;
sixty days, $4.8014; ninety days. $(.7914;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.2414;
Swiss, sixty days, 6.29*4; marks, sixty
days. 93%.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; hanks are
buying at % per cent, discount and selling
as follows: Amount* up to $23, 10 cents;
$23 to SSO, 15 cents; SSO to SIOO, 20 cents;
$218) or over at par.
Securities—Southern securities of un
doubted solidity command good prices.
Stocks and Bonds—State Ronds—(Jcorgla
3*4 per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid, 10sv 2
asked; Georgia 3% percent., due 1915, 10554
bid, 106 asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bonds"
1915, 11914 Old, 120 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1920, 114 bid, 115 asked; South
Carolina 4%5, 111 bid, 112 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta, 4*4 per cent., 1923
100 bid, asked; Augusta, 4%5, 1925, 107
bid, 108 asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 11l
bid, 112 asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 11l
bid, 113 asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 106
bid, 107 asked; Macon 6 per cent., 116 bid
117 asked; Macon 4%5. 1926, 105 bid, 106
asked; Savannah ,5 per cent, quarterly
January coupons, 111% bid, 112 asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent, quarterly February
PAGES 0 TO 10.
coupons. 111',4 bid, 112 asked; Charleston
4s, 96 bid, 97 asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 tier cent. Interest coiqions, 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 108 bid, 109 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company, collateral ss, 90
bid. 93 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage s*. 50-year gold bonds,
116 bid, 117 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage 3*. 90
hid, 91 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first preferred Incomes, 36 bid, 37
asked; Central of Georgia Railway stcond
preferred Incomes 11 bid, 12 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred Incomes, 444 bid, 6% asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 115 bid, 117 a*k"d;
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta first ss.
100 bid, 107 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s. 117 Md, 118
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
ss, 106% bid, 107 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s, 100 bid, 101
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 100 bid, 101 asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1926, 194% bid,
106% asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 7 l>er cent. lionds, 118) bid,
102 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per rent., in
dorsed. 90 bid, 91 asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s. 73 bid, 75 asked; South Bound
Railway 6s, 84 bid, 85 asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred ss, 10R bid, 104 nrk
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. ss, 90 bid,
91 asked; Eatonton branch, Jo bid, 91 asked;
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division 6s, 84 bid, 85 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, lUO bid, 101 asked; Southwestern,
100 bid, 101 asked: Atlanta and West
Point stock, 110 bid, 112 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 6 per cent, certificates, 103
bid, 101 asked; Georgia common, 197 bid,
198 asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock.
22 bid, 23 asked; Electric Light and Power
Company, 74 bid, 75 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 110%
bid, 111 asked; Chatham Bank. 47 bid,
48 asked; Germania Bank, 110% bid, 111%
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 126
bid, 127 asked; Merchants' National Bank,
84 bid, 85 naked; Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 105 bid, 107 asked; South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia. 130 bid,
131 asked; Savannah Hank and Trust Com
pany, 103 bid, 104 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, A, 55%
bid, 56 asked; B, 55 bid, 55% asked; Peo
ple's Savings and Loan Company, 93 bid,
94 asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 105
bid, 106 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 102 asked; Eagle and Phe
nlx Mills 6 per cent, bonds, due 1928, 101
bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 55
bid, 65 asked; Granitevllle Factory, 140 bid,
145 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid, 101
asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, 94 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 1(8) bid, 101 asked; Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 101 bid, 103 ask
ed.
New York, Nov. 10.—Money on rail was
steady at 2<?i2>4 per cent.,the lasi loan was
at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 3©4
per cent. Sterling exchange weak, with
actual business in bunkers bills, 31.85Vi®
4.85*4 for demand, and at 34.824M.82Vi for
sixty days. Posted rates. 31.83ftf4.83H and
34.864f4.87. Commercial bii.s, 31.81*4. Sil
ver certificates, fiOVid/til'/ic. Bar silver,
60'4c. Mexican dollars, 47c. Government
bond* strong. State bonds strong. Rail
road bonds strong.
New York, Nov. 10.—Price* surged up
ward on the Stock Exchange to-day, with
what can only adequately be described as
a rush and a roar. It was a day of furious
activity throughout In all department*
and the closing was at boiling point, and
at the best prices of the day. The great
est Interest and activity wus shown in the
railroad securities of all classes, and near
ly all of these, which were traded In, show
at least 1 per cent, higher for the stock.
The majority show gains of between 1 and
2 per cent. The Industrials and other spe
cialities fell Into the background, both
relatively and absolutely and were almost
totally neglected until the later dealings.
Sugar, Brooklyn Transit, Federal Sioel
stocks then sprang Into activity, and
scored substantial advances before tns
close. In the case of some stocks high
record prices were made to-day, and In the
case of many other.* the high prices of the
year, which prevailed alrout the first of
September, were approximate. There can
be no doubt that the strength-of the mar
ket Is attributed to the feeling of relief
that the unsettling doubts and uncertain
ties over the election are a thing of the
past, and to confidence that the generally
pros|>erous condition of the country t sure
to assert Itself and lift values lo a higher
level. Baltimore and Ohio rose 2%, and
Norfolk and Western preferred, was at one
time up 3*4- Reports from the Iron trade
of a drift toward a lower range of values,
which might ordinarily be expected to
have a marked effect on the stock market,
were passed unnoticed.
Ixjmlon buying was again a marked fea
ture, and commission house business was
on an enormous scale, fairly taking the
market out of the hands of the traders
and eating up all offerings to take profits
without appreciable cheek to the day's
continued advance.
The duy’s business In bonds hold the
record in volume of transactions. All
classes of mortgages were In demand, hut
the reorganization Issues continued the
favorites, there was, however, a well dis
tributed business In high grade bonds and
many speculative Issues were brought for
ward in the movement. Total sales 310.-
045,000.
United States new 4s registered advanced
%c, new 4s coupon %, the 2s and the 3s
registered V 4 and the old 4s registered and
the as registered In Ihe bid price. The to
tal sales of stocks were 733,500 shares, in
cluding 10:200 Atchison, 75,020 Atchison pre
ferred, 237175 Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 7,000 Denver and R!o Grande pre
ferred, 19,720 Louisville and Nashville, 11,-
920 Manhattan, 5.908 Metropolitan Street
Railway, 7,320 New York Central, 41.220
Northern Pacific, 10,420 Northern Pacific
preferred, 9,020 Risk Island. 19,020 Union
Pacific, 69,165 St. Paul. 37,820 Union Paclflo
preferred, 14,550 Tobacco, 13.620 Steel, 26,-
520 Steel preferred. 15,120 People's Gas, 56,-
720 Sugar, 6,480 Tennessee Coal and Iron.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 13*4;84. L. & S. F.... 7',4
do pref 39*41 do do |>ref 65
Balt. & Ohio .. 47V do do 2nd do .. 3044
Can. Pacific ... 83*4 SI. L. & S. W... 5*4
Can So 54*4i do do pref 12*4
Cent. Pac 26*4;St. Paul 112*4
dies. & Ohio ..23 | do pref 162*',
Chi. & Alton ..151 St. P. & Om 84N4
Chi. B. & U 118 jdo do pref 161
Chi. & E. 111. .. 58 |9t. P. M. & M... 173
do pref 106 So. Pacific 24*4
Chi. G. W 14%|50. Railway 9
Chi. Ind. & L.. 7 | do pre-f 37
do do |>ref. ...126 jTexas & Pac. ... 14*4
Chi. & N. W...l3s*i|Vnion Pac. 3444
do pref 180 | do pref. 67*4