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SPIRITS GETTING HIGHER.
Ml.i> AT 42% (TATS IN THE SA
VANNAH MARKET.
t ( a1 o(l Demand for (lie Unlit Ofler
int£—Hosin Elrm mi l Unchanged.
( otto,, Firm amt I nchaugcd.
w hole Mile Market* Steady.
Savannah, Jan. 28.—The most Interesting
' ure m the local markets, to-day was
<he a .ivance of 1 cent in the price of spirits
turpentine. The market was strong and
the offerings being light there were buyers
a , ly 10 take them at the advance. The
rO -m market remained firm and unehang
d Cotton was firm and unchanged, with
’ 63 ] CS reiiorted. The wholesale mar
kti9 w ,. re quiet and steady. The follow
ing resume of the different markets will
. ,uv th? tone and the quotations at the
close ip-day:
COTTON.
Ttl( . 10. ,ii market was firm and unehang
f,i hut no transactions were reported. Fu
(P wore a t an advance and offerings
Q .j w ,re light. At the Cotton Ex
", ,t the first and last calls the mar
r, ‘ , IS u,i.l. lined firm and unchanged,
with no sales reported.
T1)1 . tuiii wing were the official spot quo
tation-. at the close of the market, at the
ivimu Exchange, to-day:
Good middling <H4
Middling 5*
I ~.v middling °Vt
Good onlinary
Ordinary
Market firm: sales, none.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stock—
Receipts this lay 5,15f>
Receipts this flay last year 2,316
r,,. this day year before last... 3,327
Recripis since S< pt. 1, 1898 91G,946
р, m .. i last year 956,667
j eminent, this day 4,855
pV.‘ k • t land this day 119,908
g anK , ,i i V la.-t year 121,089
r. ;ml Stocks at the Ports—
Ih-u • > -lay 23,724
This !iy last year 28.191
ore last 20,757
Total r< < ipis since Sept. 1, 1898 6,635.555
Same time ast year 6,544,978
Same lim- year before last 5,521,207
Sieck at the *>rts to-day 1.087,610
Siock same day last year 1,257,154
Daily movements at other ports—
Galveston—Firm; middling', 6; net re
ceipts. 5,6f>1; gross, 5.604; sales, 431; stock,
240,465.
New Orleans—Quiet and steady; mid
dling. 5%.
Mobile—Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts. 293; gross, 293; sales, 500; stock,
charleston—Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts. 385; gross. 385; stock, 24,187.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 574; net re
ceipts, 983; gross, 983; stock, 13,645.
Norfolk—Firm; middling. 6; net receipts,
1,630; gross. 1.630; sales, 592; stock. 35,702.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 6V4; net
receipt?. 1,951; gross, 3.624; stock, 39.451.
New York—Quiet and steady; middling,
6%; net receipts, 177; gross, 2,587; sales, 30;
stock, 104,503.
Boston—Quiet and steady; middling, 6%;
net receipts, 2,245; gross, 4.056.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 6%; net
receipts, 683; gross, 683; stock, 11,287.
Daily movements at interior towns—
Augusta—Firm; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 586; gross, 586; sales, 908; stock,
42,858.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 2,063; gross, 2,444; sales, 1,800; stock,
101,310.
St- Louis—Steady; middling, 5 13-16; net
receipts, 282; gross, 2,180; sales, 50; stock,
78.477.
Cincinnati—Steady; middling, 5 7 4; net re
ceipt. 1,242; gross, 1,342; sales, 300; stock,
15,555.
Houston—Steady; middling, 6; net re
'' ’i is. 4.354; gross. 4,354; sales, 448; stock,
159.615.
Louisville—Active and firm; middling,
6%.
Exports of Cotton This Day—
M obi le-Coa stwi.se, 1,218.
Savannah— To the continent, 4,855.
Norfolk-Coastwise. 372.
NVu York—To the continent, 1,739.
'lota! foreign exports from all ports this
day—To Great Britain, 8,814; to the con
tinent. 6,594.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 189S
•-1 * Greai Britain, 2,654,166; to France,
&'l.nS '; to the continent, 1,865,308.
Liverpool, Jan. 26, 1 p. m.—Cotton, spot,
Prices unchanged; American mid
'' '-!6 1. The sales of the day were
Li.is. of which 500 were for speculn
,l“n an( l export, and included 4,900 Ameri
‘ u; receipts, 11,000 bales, including 5,000
American.
: ui'Ui.s opened quiet, with a fair de
nJ.an7 aml closed barely steady at the de
'p< ; American middling, low middling
r'VvV' January - sellers; January
-1 uuar.v, 3.i5<rz3.16d buyers; February
l 1 ; 1 ': 1 ! 1 ’ 31r, buyers; March-April, 3.16
se *iers; April-May, 3.17d buyers;
May-June, 3.18d sellers; June-July, 3.19.1
b is; July-August, 3.19<g3.20d sellers;
August-SeptemlDer, 3.19r[r3.20d value; fiep
i* m wr-Oatober, 3.19d buyers; October-No
temaer. 3.19d buyers; November-Decem
w. Z.mvm sellers.
N> \v York, Jan. 28. —Sentiment on ihe
? f,Mn ,iX< bange continues of a pronounc
-h fh * ,rac ier. This was demon
‘ 1 beyond all question this morning
. *‘£ n l‘ rir ' s moved up four to five points,
m r ° f very English cables. The
1 ‘‘ opened steady in tone with near
L"2 points lower, and far months
ui* ninged to 2 points higher. f
, ,rr a brief period of hesitation, natu
l ,n v ' vv a W&3 points decline in
a "ipooi, investment buying set in on
1( ', ,re< ‘ scale Q nd sent prices up with a
IV. i r ° ns were dismayed by this un
h / ’ or " Hon of the market and ma le
> scramble to cover, thus adding
he firmer undertone.
u > I * l Lo tor of no small importan?e
° n ' ial news from Washington that
j, v,ave of the most severe tyi>e was
SS ,>raUy much over the entire
|J; a ,1, Wj, h snow, sleet and rain in
a some sections. Picking was re
j, ~’ y l ,r *vate dispatches at a stand
;,il farming operations were
retarded or brought to a
f ( .V' halu Lhe bad weather and
(( 1 ', “ ' l ° preparations for the i.ew
, 1 lo niateria.ly strengthen spot
~ ■'offerings to-day were r'eport
;i 1 " " ,1 * c hi^hcr ‘ New Orleans was
j !* nerous buyer in the local inar
,, .j ‘' r, ,s initial orders from Liverpool
, *“ ( o,l dnent were for the sale of the
i) ~ n ,in, hs. The unexijccted firmness
r , '' ' l our market caused a sharp
k | ! or. ,gn representatives purchas
'■ f rc<ly the March, May and Au
\ ut liveries.
1,. ( 1 that the crop movement would
. r ■ one this week, and a bullish
(• i 1 s *atemcnt added to th. bcc
x. ' ‘‘‘tf all around.
f u iiregu .tr la.-t tifteen minutes th*
y rket closed firm with prices 1
J m ,! n, Di K t ll,Sfher i closing quotations:
, • 6-13 c; February, 6.14 c; March,
Ji ll , ;! r 6.21 c; June, 6 21c;
(t ... ,r' < .’ AugURt * € -27 c; September. 6.11 c;
с. • , llc ; November, 6.11 c; December,
ni: . l, ' rl 1 r *'*>pe at the ports for the
7 „ i , W.~ last week.
/ I lst ■ vp ' l r - For the week. 170.010
... •, ■ l ’’ r ainst 1 " 0 ’" 97 last week, and 213.120
'• Yoilt ' Jon. 2S. noon.—Cotton fu-
PAINE, MC3PHY ft CO.,
~ , BROKERS
orders Executed Over Our Private Wires
COTTON ,ST I K’Kv.. HA I N * PROVISIONS
_ , For Cash or on Margins.
Local Securities bought and sold
, Telephone 530i
fc oard ot Trade Building. Jackaon Bidldlng
Ga.
tares opened steady; January, 6.07 c; Fet>-
ruary, 6.0 c; March, 6.11 c; April. 6.D.V;
May, 6.18 c; June, 6.19 c; July, 6.22 c; Aa
gust. 6.24 c; September, 6.10 c; October, 6.11 c;
November, 6.10 c; December. 6.L2c.
New Orleans, Jan. 28—Cotton futures firm;
January, ,7.77 c bid; February, 5.77 c bid;
March, 5.79C0 5.81 c; April, 5.83@a.85c; May.
O.S7@-5.88c; June. 5.89@5.90c; Ju.y, 5.92@5.93c;
August, 5.89@5.90c; Sepiemlier, 5.76@5.75c;
Ootolser, 5.77(d5.78c; November. 5.79®5.81c;
Decemlx-r, 5.80@5.81c.
New York, Jan. 28.—Paine, Murphy &
Cos. say of cotton to-day: “The volume
of speculation is strikingly illustrated by
the fact that the average transaction
daily for the past week have been in the
neighborhood of 300,000 bales per day, and
the trend of prices has been steadily up
ward. encouraged by increased activity
and higher prices in the Liverpool mar
kets, where thel-e was an advance Thurs
day equal to 15 points in American money,
reduced receipts and strong spot markets,
both here and in the South; tad weather
in the cotton belt, backwardness in plant
ing prepara (ions for the coming season,
unusually small sales of mules and ferti
lizers, talk of a curtailment of acreage,
the upward tendency of cotton goods, and
in fact, them is nothing that cap be men
tioned, which would foreshadow a possi
bility of a check in the present bull cam
paign. Among the most prominent buyers
to-day xyere the New England mill people,
and from this source alone we will receive
a stimulating influence, which should hold
the market steady on present level.”
New York, Jan. 28.—Hubbard Bros. &
Cos. say of cotton to-day: "Europe re
fuses to participate in the speculation cur
rent in America, believing that the move
ment is restricted by the bad weather and
not by the absence of cotton. Our mar
ket, however, is governed by the specu
lative feeling in the country that all arti
cles of produce must follow in the foot
steps of the stock market and benefit from
the improvement in trade. This diverg
ence of opinion is shown in the fact that
ours is now- the highest of all markets,
opening steady at a shade lower than
last evening in response to the decline
abroad. The market advanced quickly on
the buying by the interests which liquidat
ed yesterday’s closing firm at about the
best prices. Heavy snowy weather is re
ported from the South, and brought the
principal support outside of the demand
from the local sellers of yesterday. Cur
rent estimates of the crop in sight for the
coming week are for a decrease of nearly
90,000 bales, including corrections."
DRY GOODS.
New York, Jan. 28.—The week’s record
in dry goods has been a fairly satisfactory
one. The movement in woolen and worsted
goods has been quickened by the opening
of several new' and important lines. Manu
facturing clothiers, however, are still slow
buyers, although the situation is a good
one in retail quarters. They have so far,
deferred heavy buying. Much the same
is true of dress goods, though some lines
of staples have sold fairly w'elf. In staple
cotton goods, the week’s results have been
satisfactory. Brown goods for American
consumption have been in sbeady demand.
Export goods have shown good results.
Print cloths have been sold Iheavy enough
during the week to reduce the stock at
Fall River to a minimum. Extras are
quoted at 2%c.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—There was another
advance of 1 cent in the price of spirits
turpentine to-day. There was a good
demand for the light offer in; ps and report
ed sales were larger tiuin the receipts.
At the Board of Trade at the first call
the market was bulletined, ta at 42 cents
with sales of 174 tales. Ax the last call
the market closed firm ai 42 1 /a cents, with
sales of 126 casks.
Rosin—There was no chi aige in the rosin
market to-day. The demand was fair, but
reported transactions wen? light. At the
first call at the Board of Trade the mar
ket was bulletined firm and unchanged,
with sales of 468 barrels, iAt the last call
it closed firm and unclta. nged, with no
sales reported. The following were the
quotations'.
A, B, C $1 00 I $1 35
D 1 00 K 150
1 00 M 1 60
F 1 00 N 1 75
G 1 05 AY G 2 05
H 1 20 W W 2 35
Naval Stores Statement—
Spirits. Rosin
Stock on hand April 1. 1898 . 16, 773 138.683
Received to-day IMO 2,565
Received previously 317,2 03 983.523
Total 334,21 Ti 1,124,771
Exports to-day 495 781
Exports previously 319,885 877,369
Total since April 1, 1898 ..320,060 878,150
Stock on hand this day .... 14,176 246,621
Stock same day last year .. 38.810 191,438
Receipts this day last year 218 2,280
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 28.—Turpentine
market firm; 42c; sales, none. Rosin
steady, unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington, N. C.. Jail. 28. Spiri ts tur
pentine thm. 42^4@43%c.; held high r; re
ceipts. 11 casks. Rosin firm. 90c ai id 95c;
receipts. 405 barrels. Crude tur; xnline
firm. $1.35 and $2.40; receipts, none. Tar
steady, $1.10; receipts, 223 barrels.
New York, Jan. 28.—Rosin st ieady;
strained, common to good, $1.35. Tu fpen
tine firmer; 45545V&C.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market is
steady. The following are the Savat aiah
quotations; Commercial, demand, $4., 41(4;
sixtv day*. $4.84%; ninety days, H.l V%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.2 H 4;
Swiss, sixty Jays. 6.29%; marks, g,. :ty
days, 93 13-16.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks a re
buying at par and selling as follow.?:
Amounts up to $25. 10 cents; $25 to SSO, 15
cents; SSO to SIOO, 20 cents; s2bo to SSOO, %
per cent, premium; s2'io to SI,OOO at % per
cent, premium; SI,OOO and over, $1 per sl,-
Seeurities —The demand is not so urgent
for investments, but offerings are light.
Stocks and Bonds —State bonds—Georgia
3% per cent, bonds of 1930, 110 bid, 111 ask
ed; Georgia 3% P pr cent., due 1915, 108
bid, asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bonds,
1915, 121 bid, 122 asked; Georgia 4 per cent.,
due 1920, 116 bid, 119 asked; South Carolina
4%s 115 bid, 116 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 4% per cent., 1933
106 bid - asked; Augusta 3%. 1928, 101%
bid, 102 asked: Augusta 4%5, 1925. 107 bid,
108 asked; Augusta 7 per cent., 11l bid, 112
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 11l hid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 107 bid, 108
asked; Macon 6 per cent., 115 bid, ask
ed; Macon 4%5, 3926, 105 bid, asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent., quarterly April cou
pons, 112% bid, 113 asked; Savannah E per
cent, quartely February commons, H2'4
bid, 113 askta; Charleston 4s, 101\ bid,
102% asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah. Florkla and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent. Interest coupons, 120 b'd, 121
asked; Savannah. Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 percent, gold bonds, due
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1890.
1924, 110 bid. 111 asked: Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals ss. 94
bid. 95 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds. 118
bid, 119 asked; Central of Georgia Hail wav
first consolidated mortgage ss, 93 bid,
94 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes. 40% bid. 41% asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre
ferred incomes 13 bid. 13% asked; Cen
tral of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, 6 bid. 6% asked; Georgia Railroad
6s. 1910, 134 bid, 116 asked; Charlotte. Co
lumbia and Augusta first ss. 106 bid. 107
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7b, 117 bid. 118 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new ss. 1080*
bid 109%: asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage 7s, 100 bid, 101 asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1926,
105 bid, 106 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds,
101 bid, 102 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per
cent.. indorsed. 99 bid. 100
asked; Brunswick and Westei n
4s, 82 bid, 83 asked; South
Bound Railway ss, 93 bid, 95 asked; Geor
gia and Alabama first preferred ss, 105
bid, 106 asked; Georgia and Alabama con
solidated ss, 100 bid, 101 asked; Eatonton
branch, 9 1 bid, 100 asked; Central of Geor
gia, Middle Georgia and Atlantic div ision
ss, 96 hid, 97 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 106 bid, 107 asked; Southwestern.
106% bid, IC£% asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock. 118 bid, 120 asked; Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent, certificates,
101% bid. J. 02 asked; Georgia, common, 200
bid, 203 as iked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
24 bid, 25 asked, ex-div.
Bank Sitocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, ]ll%
hid, asked: Chatham Bank, 100
bid, 101 asked; Germania Bank, 112 hid,
askedi; National Bank of Savannah,
127 bid, asked; Merchants’ National
Bank of Savannah, 85 bid, 87 asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
104% bl a, 105% asked; Southern Bank of
the Stifle of Georgia, 127 bid, 128% asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 104%
bid, —j asked; Chatham Real Estate and
Impro fement Company, A, 53 bid, 54 ask
ed; Ij, 52% bid, 53 asked: People's
Savin js 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
Phett ix Mills 6 per cent, bonds, due 1928,
101% bid, 103 asked; Bibb Mfg. Cos., 106 bid.
110 aiiked.
Fac (ory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 55
bid, (5 asked; Graniteville Factory, 140
bid, 1,45 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid
101 as iked; Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, (94 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Comi lany, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Man
ufaci uring Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vann ah Brewing Company, 105 bid, 106
askei 1.
Nc v York, Jan. 28.—The weekly bank
state ment shows the following changes:
Surp fits reserve, increased, $4,538,350; loans,
increased, $6,020,600; specie, increased. $6,-
411.80 ; legal tenners, increased, $1,267,400;
circu Ration, decreased, $739,300; deposits,
incre psed. $12,563,400.
Th e banks now hold $39,232,025 in excess
of t he requirements of the 25 per cent,
rule.
Ne tv York, Jan. 28.—Money on calf was
firmi ;r at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, p%@3% per cent.: sterling exchange
stea< ly, with actual business in bankers’
bills at $4.84%@4.85 for demand, and at
$4.82’%@4.83 for sixty days; posted rates,
$4.83 % and $4.85%; commercial bills, $4.82.
SilvGr certificates nominal, 59%@60%c. Bar
silve I. 59 3 5 c. Mexican dollars. 47%c. State
bond B were inactive; railroad bonds were
irregfular; government bonds were steady
Ne w York, Jan. 28.—The market was
quite irregular to-day. The opening was
stron g in spite of the irregularity of the
Lond pn market, because in part of the ab
sence of disquieting Philippine advices,
which, apparently has been expected by the
traderß who started covering short con
tracts. Presently there was a renewed at
tack on values on predictions of an unfa
vorabfe tank statement, but when the
statement appeared it upoet all calculations
by being very favorable. This was the
signal for the re-purchase of stocks sold
earlier, which gave a strong tone to the
closing'. There was some recessions in the
railroads, however, on the evening up of
contracts for the week. Sugar and Glu
cose gained over a point each, but it
seemed 4o be the impression of traders
that Sugar was advanced in the interest
of sellers, while in other quarters the sim
ultaneous advance of Glucose and Sugar
was surmised to presage favorable trade
developments.
Among the Pacifies there was an ad
vance of a point in Northern and Southern.
The movement in Northern Pacific was at
tributed to more confident gossip regarding
its dividend standing. Pacific Mail was
strong on the more favorable outlook for
the mail subsidy bill in Congress. Minne
apolis and St. Louis at one time displayed
strength on the possibility ot the first pre
ferred stock being retired. The prospect
ive advance in coal rates at Western points
was reflected in some strength in Read
ing.
Among the low-priced shares St. Louis
and Southwestern preferred rose 4 points
and St. Louis and San Francisco second
preferred K%; Pittsburg, Cleveland. Cincin
nati, Chicago and St. Louis, American Ex
press and Southern Railway were also
strong.
Among the Industrials, American Steel
preferred and American Salt were weak.
Canada Southern and Cleveland, Cincin
nati and St. Louts preferred also showed
declines.
Pronounced strength characterized tho
bond trading to -day. During the week the
market showex’i less feverishness than in
stocks. Many issues were brought prom
inently forward owing to dissemination of
rumors regar ding their standing toward a
union with other properties. Dealings were
on an immense scale, with purchases for
out-of-town account exceptionally large.
United Staitos 3’s receded % and the o’s
coupon adv: kneed % in the bid price.
Total sale s of stocks were 567,800 shares,
including 5,275 Atchison; 38,520 Atchison
preferred; 8, ,000 Central Pacific; 5,110 Chesa
peake and Ohio; 7.900 Burlington; 9,425
Louisville find Nashville; 6,375 Manhattan;
5,565 Motri tioltian; 13.400 Reading first pre
ferred; 30/ >2O Northern Pacific; 8,610 Onta
rio and Western: 7,755 Rock Island; 12,300
St. Louts and San Francisco; 12,220 St.
Louis an .1 San Francisco second 1 'tv
ferred; O.i 85 I'nion Pacific; 11,220 St. Paul;
12,850 Sot ibern Pacific; 12.220 Southern
Railway; 10,080 Southern Railway pre
ferred; 500 Texas and Pacific; 16.820 Union
Pacific: 10;>X> Bay State Gas; 10,160 Federal
Steel; 18.7 H 1 Southern Steel preferred; 29,420
People's <’ias; 6,000 Brooklyn Transit; 17,-
•620 Pacific, Mail; 52,550 Sugar; 11.720 Tenn
essee Coa.l and Iron; 14,900 St. Ix/u sand
Southwestern; 9,850 Chicago Great West
ern. * t
1 few York Closing Stocks.
Atehlso .1 22% do do 2d pref.. 4°%
do pr if 62%; St. L. & S. W. .. 10<%
Balt. ■tc Ohio ..72 j do do pref. .... 28%*
• Can. I *aciflc .....86 |St. Paul 12W,
Can. :'outturn .. 61 | do pref 107%
Cent. Pacific .. 49% St. P. & Om. .. 97%
Ches * & Ohio .. 29% do do ;tref. ...]7u
■ Chi. & Alton ...169 So. Pacific ..... 39%
• '., B. ft Cl 137%. So. Railway 13%
• ’h'l. &E. LI. .. 07'i do pref 4;;?^
•' o pref 116 ,Tex & Pac 17%
<ll it. O. W 17%j Union Pacific .. 47%
( pi., Ind. & L.. 9%! do pref 81%
do do pref. ... 34 |U. P. D. & G. .. 321,
• fhl. & N W. . .119% Wabash 8%
do pref 187 I do prof 23%
C. C. C. & St. L. 58%; Wheel. & L. E.. 8
do do nref. ... 99 do do pref. ... 30%
Del. & Hudson..ll4%; Adams Kx. 109
Del., L. & W. ..155 ; American Ex. ~H3
1
Den. & Rio G. .. 30% U. S. Ex 55
do pref 72% Wells Fargo Ex. 125
Erie (new) 15%; A. Cot. Oil 35%
do Ist pref. .. 48% do pref 89%
Ft. Wayne ISO Am Spirits 14
Gt. Nor. pref. ..166'-. do pivf 38%
Hock. Valley .. 3 Am. Tobacco ..146%
111. Central 119%| do prof 137
Lake E. A- W. .. 30% Cons. Gas 190%
do do pref. ... 73 Cora. Cable C0..190
Lake Shore 300% Col. F. & Iron.. 34%
L. & N 68%| do do pref, ... 92
Manhattan L ..115% Gen. Klee 11l
Met. St. Ry. ...216% Haw. Com. Cos.. 59%
Mich. Central ..115 | Brooklyn R. T . 93
Minn. & St. L. . 44 |lnt'n'l Palter ... 65%
do do Ist pref. 98 j do pref 93
'Mo. Pacific .... 47% La Clede Gas .. 53%
Mobile & Ohio ..36 j Lead 38%
M. K. &- T. ... 14V do pref 113
do pref 38%: Nat. Lin. Oil .. 7%
N. J. Central ..102% Pacific Mail 54%
N. Y. Central ..135*.,! People s Gas ....116%
N. A- St.L. 16%| Pullman Pal. ..156
do do Ist pref. 70 Si!. Certificates.. 59%
do do 2.1 pref.. 36%| Stan. R. & T. .. 10%
Nor. & W 19-%) Sugar 138%
No. Amer. Cos. .. 7%] do pref 113
No. Pacific 51%;T. C. A Iron ... 46%
do pref S'i%: U. S. Leather .. 7%
Ontario & W. ..23 j do pref 71%
Ore. R. & N. .. 49%|U. S. Rubber .. 52%
O. Short Line .. 44% do pref 117
Pa. Coast Ist pf. 85 Wi t. I'nion ... 0% ;
do 2ds pref. .. 65 j Fed. Steel 53%
Pittsburg 180 j do jaef 86%
Reading .t.. 23% N. A W. pref. .. 69
do Ist pref. .. 63 |U. P. Pref 81*i
R. G. W 40 | Ore. Nav. pref. .. 76
do pref 74 j Pa. Coast 49%
Rock Island 120%|C01. Southern .. 7%
St. L. & S. F. .. 7%| do Ist pref. ... 56
•lo do pref. ... 7:4 1 s | do 2d pref 22%
Hon. is.
IT. S. 3s 107%! do 4s 104
U.B. new 45,reg.128%| No. Pacific Ists.lls
do coup 129%. do 3s 69%
U. S. Is 112 i do 4s 103%
do coup 112%1 N.Y.C. A 5t.L.4.107%
do 2ds 99%| Nor. A W. 6s ....129
U. S. 5s reg. ..311%i Northw. eon. ..144%
do 5s coup 113 j do dob. 5s ....122
District 3 65s' . .119% O. Nav. Ists 313%
•Ala. class A ....107 |G. Nav. 4s 102%
do B 107 j O.S. Line 6s, t.r.130
do C 100 j O.S. Line ss, t.r.110%
do Currency ..100 | Reading 4s 8.8
Atchison 4s 102% R. G. W. ists .. 94%
do adj. 4s ..... 83%jSt. L. A I. M.
Can. So. 2ds 110%! con - 5s 109! &
Chi. Terminal 95 | St. L. & S. F.
C. A O. 4%s .... 96 j gen. 6s 124
C. & O. 5s 119 j St. P. con 163
0., H. A D. 4%5.104%!5t.P.C. A P. lsts.ll9
D. & R. <3. Ists.loß%! do 5s 121%
D. & R. G. 4S . .101%l So. Ry. 5s 106%
East Tenn. Ists.lo4%| Stan. R. & T. 6s 90
Erie gen. 4s 74%; Tenn. new set 3s. 96
F. W. & D. Ists [T. P. L. G. 15t5.109%
t. r 86%| do reg. 2ds 46%
Gen. Elec. 5s . .112%! U.P.D. A G. Ists 90%
G. A S.A. 65..108 j Wabash Ist 5s ..115
do 2ds 107 ] do 2ds 99%
H. & T. C. 5s ..110 | YV. Shore 4s 113
do con. 6s 110 [ Va. Centuries .. 87
la. C. Ists HO i do deferred .... 8%
La. new eon. 45.108 |Wis. Cent. Ists.. 59
L A N. uni. 4s. 96 jM. A O. 4s 85
Missouri 6s 114%! N. A W. con. 4s. 92
M„ K. & T. 2ds. 69% U. P. 4s 165%
do 4s 93%|C. of G. 5s .... 92
N. Y. C. Ists ....117%i do Ist inc 40%
N. J. C. 5s 116%| do 2d tnc 11
N. Carolina 6s ..130 ]Coi. Southern 4s. 87
New York, Jan. £8. —Standard Oil closed
472@473.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon— Market is steady. Smoked clear
sides, 6%c; dry salted clear sides, 6c; bel
lies, 6c; sugar cured hams, 9%@10%c.
Lard— Market firm; pure in tierces. 6%c;
60-pound tin. 7c; compound, in tierces,
4%c; 50-pound tins, 4%c.
Butter— Cooking, 17c; gilt edge, 20c; June
20c; fancy June, 21%c; fancy Eights, 21c.
Market steady.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy, full-cream
cheese, 10%c; 20-pound average, ll%c.
Flour—Market steady; patent, $4.50;
straight. $4.15; fancy, $3.90; family, $3.65.
Corn —Alaiket steady; white, job lota,
55c; carload lots, 53c; mixed corn, Job lots,
54c; carload iots, 52c.
Oats—Carload lots, 41c; Job lots, 43c.
Texas rust proof oats; job lots, 47c;
Southern seed rye, sl.lO.
Bran—Job lots, 90c; carload lots, 85c.
Hay—Markets steady; Western job lots,
75c; carload lots, 70c; Eastern. 72%c;
job lots, 67%c. (
Meal—Pearl, pen barrel, $2.50; per sack.
$1.12%; city meal, per sack, bolted. $1.07%;
water ground, $1.07%; pearl grits, per bar
rel $2.55; i>er sack, $1.17%.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 5.30 c; standard granu
lated, 5.18 c; cubes, 5.30 c; confectioners’ A,
E.osc; white extra C, 4.68 e; extra C, 4.62 c;
golden C, 4.43 c; yellow, 4.36 c.
Coffee—Dull; Mocha, 26c; Java, 26%c;
Peaberry, 12%e; standard No. 1, 10%c; No
2, 10%c; No. 3,10 c; No. 4. 9%c; No. 6. 9c-
No. 6, B%c; No. 7, Bc.
Cabbage—6@Bc per head.
On lon 5—52.00@2.26.
Potatoes, Irish—Sacks, $2.00: crates. 80c.
Potatoes. Sweet—Yellow, 60c; white.
50c.
Cocoa nuts—s3.so.
Lemons— Market steady; $3.50 box.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, 5@5%c.
Apples—Barrel, $4.25@4.75 for reds and
$3.5b#4.00 for russets.
Oranges—Florida. $3.5004.00; California
r.avals. $3.0003.60.
Nuts—Almonds, Terragona, 13c; Ivicas,
12c; walnuts, French, 10c; Naples, 11c; pe
cans, 8c; Brazils, 7c; filberts, 10c; assorted
nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes, 10c.
Raisins—L. L., $1.65; %-box, $1.00; loose,
00-pound boxes, 6%c per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 4%c", hand-picked, per
pound, 3%c.
Eggs—Market quiet; candled, per dozen,
15c; country, 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; in fair demand; half
grown, 30040 c per pair; three-quarters
grown, 40@50c per pair; full-grown fowls,
50060 c per pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half-barrel, No. 1, $8.50;
No. 2, $7.00; No. 3, $6.00; kits, No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3, HOc. Codfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c. Smoked
herring, per tax, 17c; Dutch herring, in
kegs, $1.10; new mullet, half barrel, $3.50.
Syrup—Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 2u<ft22%c; selling at
22%@25c; sugar house at 19@22c; Cuba,
straight goods, 23030 c; sugar house mo
lasses, 15® 20c.
Salt-Demand is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
200 pound sacks, 68c; Job lots, 754/900; com
mon fine salt, 125-pound, in burlap sacks,
carload lots, 41M f c; common line salt, 110-
pound burlap sacks, carload lots, 38%c;
common fine salt, 100-pound burlap sacks.
36c. Same in cotton sacks, 2c higher.
Hides. Wool. Etc.—Hides—The market
firm; dry flint, 14c; dry salt, 12c; green
salted. 7%c. Wool, nominal; prime Geor
gia, free of sand burrs and black wool,
16c; blacks, 14c; burry, 8010 c. Wax, 24c.
Tallow, 2c. Deer skins, 15c.
Oil—Market steady ; demand fair; signal,
45050 c; West Virginia black, 9@.12c; lard.
68c. Neatefoot, 61076 c; machinery, 16025 c;
linseed, raw, 47c; boiled, 50c; kerosene,
prime white, 10%e; water white, 11%e; fire
proof. 13c; deodorised stove gasoline, bar
rels, 11 %c.
Gun Powder—Per keg, SLOO; half keg,
$2.25; quarter keg, $1.25; Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $2.25; Austin, Dupont,
and Hazard smokeless, half kegs. $11.25;
quarter kegs. $5.75; 1-pound canisters. $1.00;
le"s 25 per cent.
Shot—Drop. $1.25; B B. and large, $1.50;
chilled, $1.55.
Iron—Market very steady; Swede, 4@
4%c; refined, $1.55 base.
Nalls—Cut, SI.OO base; wire, $1.90 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Deo. 1, 1896.
Dime, Calcined, Plaster and Cement—Al
abama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at 75c per barrel, bulk and car
load lot, special; calcined plaster. $1.50 per
barrel; hair, 405 c; Rosedale cement, Jl lU'f
1.90; carload lots, special; Portland ce
ment, retail. *2.20; carload lots, *2.00.
Lumber, F. O. B. Prices—Minimum yard
sizes, *9.20; car sills, *10.00; difficult sizes.
*ll.oo® 12.00; ship stock, *15.00® Hi.S); sawn
crossties, *9.25; hewn crosslies, 29c per lie.
Market quiet and steady.
Bagging—Jute, 2%-pound, 7%@Sc; 2-
pound, 70 7%c ; 1%-pound, 6%c; sea Island,
B%c.
Cotton Ties—Standard Arrow Steel, 45-
pounds. large lots, Buc; small lots, 90c.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market dull; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale, *1.25; New
York, per bale, *1.00; Philadelphia, per
bale, *1.00; Baltimore, per bale. *1.00; via
New York—Reval, 57c; St. Petersburg. 57c;
Rega, 57c; Antwerp, 45c; Hamburg, 46c;
Amsterdam, 45c.
Direct—Genoa, 45c; Bremen, 30c; Barce
lona, 45c; Havre, 35c; Liverpool, 30c.
Lumber —By Sail—Freights are dull;
foreign business Is dull. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at *4.0004.75 for a range—lncluding Balti
more and Portland, Me. Railroad lies,
base 44 feet, to Baltimore, 13%c; to Phila
delphia, 14%c; to New York, 1614 c. Timber
rates, GOc®*LOO higher than lumber rates.
By Steam—Lumber—To Baltimore, *6.00;
Boston. *7.00; New York, *7.75.
Naval Stores—The market Is dull;
medium size vessel. Rosin—Cork, for or
ders, 2s 9d for barrels of 310 pounds, and
5s primage. Spirits, 4s. Larger vessels.
Rosin, 2s 6d; spirits, 3s 9d. Steam, 12c
per 100 pounds on rosin, *I.OO on spirits to
Boston, and 10c on rosin, and 90c on spir
its to New York.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New Y'ork, Jan. 28.—Flour firmly held,
quiet; winter patents, *3.8504.10. Rye flour
steady; good to fair, *3.3§03.40. Buck
wheat flour dull; *1.90. Buckwheat quiet;
GGc. Cornmeal steady; yellow Western,
84<gi85e. Rye steady; No. 2,6714 c. Barley
quiet; feeding, 46*-.0 17' -c; malting barley.
58065 c; barley malt steady; Western, 55
®6Bc.
Wneat, spot, quiet; No. 2 red, 86%c; op
tions oi>ened firmer on a demand from
shorts. Both local and outside trade was
less active and later in the session real
izing made an unfavorable Impression on
the market, particularly July wheat, which
closed 14c net lower; May was finally 14c
higher, and the general closing tone un
settled; March closed 8514 c; May closed
81^4c: July closed 79%c,
Corn, spot, steady; No. 2, 45%®46%c; op
tions, after a steady opening with wheat,
yielded to general selling and closed easy
at 14c. net decline; May closed 43%c; July
closed 44%c.
Oats, spot, steady; No. 2,35 c; options
dull.
Beef steady; family, *10.00011.00; extra
mess, *8.50@9.00; beef hams, $18.00018.50;
packet. $9.50010.00; city extra India mess,
j15.00@16.iX). Cut meats steady; picked bel
lies. 5®5%c; do shoulders, 4c; do hams. 7c.
Lard quiet; Western steamed, $6.06; Janu
ary. *6.07, nominal; refined quiet. Pork
firm; mess, *9.75010.50. Butter steady.
Western creamery, 14@19c; do factory, 127?
14c; Elgins, 19c; imitation creamery. I.l#
1614 c; slate dairy, 13®17e. Cheese steady,
large white, 10%c. Potatoes steady; Jer
seys, *1.12',401.50; New Y’ork, *1.2501.6214;
Long Island. *1.7502.00; sweets, Jersey, *1.25
02.50. Cotton seed oil quiet, but film;
prime crude, 19® 1914 c; butter grades, 28#
29e. Petroleum dull; refined, New York.
*7,10; Philadelphia and Baltimore, *7.35;
do in bulk, $1,85. Rice firmer; domestic,
fair to extra, 4!4#7c; Japan, 5@5%c. Cab
bage dull; *2.00®<4.00 per 100. Coffee options
oiiened steady at unchanged prices to 10
points decline, following less favorable
European cables, causing disposition to
liquidate recently acquired long accounts;
declining tendency arrested by higher
market cables from Rio and Santos, out
side speculative Interest In coffee subsid
ed; closed 5015 points net lower; sales,
17,5(10 bags, including February, 5.56 c,
March, 5.6505.70 c; spot Rio steady; No. 7.
Invoice, 6%c; No. 7 jobbing, 714 c; mild
steady; Cordova, 7%il4<\ Sugar, raw.
steady; fair refining, 3%e ; centrifugal, 96-
test, 4'4c; molasses sugar, 39-16 c; refined
firm: mould A, 514 c; granulated. sc.
Chicago, Jan. 28.—Heavy realizing safes
to-day caused a set-back in the price of
wheat. After an advance of %c early In
the session May left off at a decline of %c.
Compared with last Saturday's closing
prices, final figures to-day Bhowed 6%c ad
vance; corn droped %#•> 4c, but was still
%@%c higher than a week ago. Oats de
clined %<&’ 4c. Provisions looked strong at
one time, but closed without notable
change.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening.Highest.Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
May 78%0/78% 78'4 76% 77%
July 75%075% 7514 74 74%
Corn, No. 2
Jan 37 37'4 38% 36%
May 39%039% 39% 38%038% 38%@38%
July 39%®39% 40 38% 38%@39
Oats, No. 2
May 28% * 28% 28% 28%®28%
July 27% 27% 26% 26%®26%
Mess Pork, per barrel—
May *lO 70 *lO 75 <lO 60 *lO 60
Laid, per 100 Lbs.—
May 5 97% 600 5 92% 595
July 6 12% 6 12% 605 605
Short Ribs, per 100 Lbs.—
May 5 27% 5 32% 525 525
July 5 37% 5 37% 5 37% 5 37%
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady; winter straights, *3.5003.70; pat
ents, *3.90014.00; spring specials, *4.2504.40;
hard patents, *3.7003.90; soft patents, *3.40
#3.60; straights, *3.1003.20; No. 2 spring
wheat, 72075 c; No. 3 spring wheat. 68#
73%c; No. 2 red. 76077 c, No. 2 corn, 37%e;
No. 2 yellow corn, 37%®38c; No. 2 oats,
28c; No. 2 white, 30%031c; No. 3 white,
30031%c; No. 2 rye, 58%®58%c; No. 2 bar
ley, 43053 c; No. 1 flax seed, *1.16; North
western, *1.20; prime timothy seed, *242%;
mess pork, per barrel. *10.35010.40; lard.
I>er 100 pounds, *5.7605.77%; short rib
sides, loose, *4.9505.25; dry salted shoul
ders, boxed, *4.2504.37%; short clear sides,
boxed, *5.1005.20; whisky, distillers’ finish
ed goods, per gallon, *1.27.
THE CITIZENS BMIL
Of SAVANNAH.
—CAPITAL $500,000
Transact* a General Banking Business.
Solicits Accounts of Individuals.
Merchants, Batiks and
other corporations.
Collections handled with safety, econo
my, and dispatch.
Interest compounded quarterly allowed
on deposits In our Savings department.
Safety *>eposU Boxes and Storage
Vaults.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President
MILLS B LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Lor it 1 mill C a <-ii>ral News of Slii|* nml
Shipping.
The British steamship Drummond, Capt.
Miils, from Hamburg, arrived yc*trday
with a cargo of k-iinit and sulphate of
potash. She Is consigned to J. F. Minis
& Cos.
Supervising Tns|>eetor General James A.
Dumont has notified .ill inspectors that
hereafter boilers built for marine purposes
shall he required to have the rivet holes
in the shells, heads, steam and mini drums
and all other parts of the boiler (except
for longitudinal and circumferential seam
In flues for same, l inches outside diame
ter and under), fairly drilled instead of
punched. Boilers to be entitled to the 20
per cent, additional pressure allowed by
law must have the longitudinal la pa of
their cylindrical parts double riveted.
Passengers by steamship Chattahoochee
from New York Jan. 26—Rev. T. W.
Broderick, Rev. J. J. Quinn, H. Watrous.
Passengers ly steamship City of Birm
ingham for New York Jan. 28—C. M. Fer
ris, R. Gilmore.
Passengers by steamship City of Macon
for New York Jan. 28—Miss EllzaUdh
Haskell. Mrs. Mary Bindeo and two
daughters, C. Fora hoe, M. D. Rendskeff,
F. B. Bushingame and wife, George T.
Gann, J. J. Warrier, James i\ Cullen,
Michael Jensen, P. J. AVymea, Nathan C.
Guile, James Hennessey, John llosey,
Samuel llanniwell, Martin Egan, Joseph
Me reliant.
Passengers by steamship Alleghany for
Baltimore—Miss L. M. Hughlett, Miss H.
Goldsberry, W. Falk, W. Reid, J. F.
Freezer, William Kelee, Jacob Johnson,
Lawrence Kills (colored).
Sit vn it it nli A linn nno.
Sun rises at 6:19 and sets at 5:11.
High water at Tybeo to-day at 9:09 a.
m. and 9:20 p. m. High water at Savan
nah one hour later.
Plumes of Hu* Moon for Jnnmiry.
Last quarter, 4th, 9 hours and 43 min
utes, evening: new moon, 11th, 5 hours and
11 minutes, evening; first quarter, 18th, 10
hours and 58 minutes, morning; full moon,
26th, 1 hour and 56 minutes, evening.
ARRIVALS AND DEFARTERE9.
Vessels Arrlvsd Yesterday.
U. S. transport Mlnnewaska, Cuba.
Steamship Drummond (Br), Mills, Ham
burg.—J. F. Minis & Cos.
Tug J. C. Watson.—U. 9. quartermaster’s
department.
V*sseln Clenred Yesterday.
Steamship Kansas City, Fisher, New
York.—Ocean Steamship Company.
Schooner Maggie M. Keough, Tilton,
New York.—C. W. Howard & Cos.
V#*mn*ln Went to Sen.
Steamship Alleghany. Baltimore.
Steamship C‘ty of Macon, New York.
Steamship City of Birmingham, Boston.
U. 9. transport Chester, Cuba.
Steamship Betholey (Br), Bremen.
Shipping Mem ornnilo.
Fernandlna, Fla., Jan. 28.—Cleared,
schooner Hugh Kelly, Haskell, New York.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 28.—Entered,
schooners Joel Cook, Frazier, Havana;
Rlille S. Derby, Naylor, Philadelphia; An
nie E. Ketchum, 9tille, Philadelphia.
Entered and cleared, steamer Algonquin,
Platt, New York.
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 28.—Arrived,
schooner Anna K. Kranz, Brown, Vera
Cruz.
Sailed, bark Hannah Blanchard (Rus),
BJorquist, Antwerp.
Cleared, bark Lacarauna (Ital), Flgarl.
Alexandria. Egypt; Barba Lingi (Ital),
Scot 10, Genoa.
Key West, Fin., Jan. 28.—Arrived, steam
ers Aransas, Hopner, New Orleans, mid
gulled for Havana; Nueces, Risk, Galves
ton, and sailed for New York; tug George
W. Childs, Pent. Havana; schooners Ad
miral Sampson, Bussell, Havana; Irene,
Torrez, Havana; Lillie, Russell, Tampa.
Charleston, Jin. 28.—Sailed, steamer
IMedlterraneo (Aust), Seopineh, Savannah.
Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—Arrived, schoon
ers Margaret A. May, Savannah; J. R.
Penrose, Brunswick.
New York, Jan, 27.—Sailed, steamer Iro
quois, Charleston and Jacksonville.
Notice to Mnrlner*.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnlsed masters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office in custom house. (Tap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
ContwU** Exports.
Per steamship Alleghany for Baltimore
—2Ol hales upland cotton, 2,730 bids rosin,
57 casks spirits turpentine, 188,559 feet lum
ber, 84 boxes oranges, 188 boxes vegetables,
40 bhlg rosin oil, 60 bids cotton seed oil, 723
sacks clay, 218 pkgs mdse, 156 pkgs domes
tics and yarns, 78 hales hides and wool, 209
bales Unices, 80 bales moss, 225 cases can
ned goods, 65 bbls pitch and tar.
Per schooner Maggie M. Keough for New
Y0rk—445,367 feet pitch pine lumber.
Per steamship City of Macon for New
York—s 62 hales upland cotton, 409 bales
sea island cotton, 243 bales domestics, 600
bbls cotton seed oil, 1,011 bbls rosin, 174
casks spirits turpentine, 67,051 feet lumber,
20 bbls rosin oil. 6 turtles, 20 bbls fish, 40
cases cigars, 525 boxes fruit, 13 bbls veg
etables, 760 crates vegetables, 71 eases eggs,
21 ha lea Haters, 100 bbls pitch, 4 bbls terra
pin. 254 pkgs mdse.
Per steamship City of Birmingham for
Boston—3,B6B bales upland cotton, 46 bales
wool, 25 bales domestics, 100 sacks rice
chaff, 1,066 bbls rosin, 107 bbls turpentine,
4,698 staves, 38 bills hides, 170 bbls syrup,
1 bbl fish, 53 bales sweepings, 11 i>oxes
fruil, 59 pkgs vegetables, 6 bbls oysters,
28ft sacks cotton seed meal, 164 pkgs mdse.
Receipt* nf ItnllrondN.
Per Central of Georgia Railway, Jan. 2S
—2,760 bales cotton, 75 tons pig Iron, 105
pkgs domestics, 121 pkgs mdse, 137 bbls
roAIn, 42 casks spirits turpentine, 13 curs
lumber, J car fresh meat. 1 car wood.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway, Jan.
27—782 bales cotton.
ll*iirll*MM Joker I*uiiinlied.
From the Montreal Witness.
Judge Dorion rendered an interesting
judgment in the Circuit Court this morn
ing in the case of T. Gullpeau against J.
Reiss. The plaintiff claimed $25 damages
on account of a practical Joke played upon
him last spring. At the end of March
the present defendant had an advertise
ment published In the Presse offering light
employment for fifty young men and girls,
with a wage of $7 to IH a week, and the
applicants were directed to apply at th
residence of the plaintiff, Guiipcau, at
certain hours. The result was an Immense
gathering in front of Galipcau’s residence
of people who deeply resented the insult
of having been called there under false
pretenses, and threats were even made
against the ioor man, who had to face the
victims. Hence the present action, to
which Reiss pleaded that the whole mat
ter .was merely an "April fool" joke. The
court did not approve of the joke, how
ever. and Reiss was condemned to pay
$lO damages, the plaintiff having reserved
his recourse against two other parties
supposed to have been implicated in the
matter.
GUATEMALAN! CLAY EATERS.
A Strung:#* llaliit That Possess#** the
< lilllr‘ii of That Country,
From the Washington Star.
"Ramundo died last night, patron?,”
sard the old Indian to the admlnistradof
of the coffee plantation, or **flncg,” as
they are called in Guatemala. The Indian
was what is termed a “Caporal.” or, in
English, a foreman. He was making his
morning report to the overseer. He con
tinued in Spanish:
"We had l>ecn expecting It for several
days, senor. You yourself have seen how
the l*oy was swollen. He had not touched
food for a week. He could not move. I
was awakened some time In the night by a
scream which made my blood run cold.
Then there was a sound as If something
Ibid exploded. I lighted the candle. It
was Ramundo, patrona We could not
make him stop eating the clay, and now
he is dead.”
Directions were given for interring the
l tody of the 14-year-old boy, who had
become, one of the hundreds of annual
victims of the deadly habit of eating a
certain kind of ciay which is found in
many sections of Guatemala and of Cen
tral America.
The craving which afflicts the children
of the Indians is almost an inexplicable
one. even to those who have studied the
subject. The only theory which has been
given is that the victims are attracted
by the sweetish taste which the clay pos
sesses.
In appearance it is gray, with flecks of
some mineral shining substance through
it which somewhat resemble© mica. When
tiist discovered on the hillsides, where
the soil has been washed away by the
heavy rains of the wet season, it is soft to
the touch, about the consistency of putty.
On being exposed to the sun for a short
while it hardens and can he crumbled to
pieces in the Angers, On tasting it it is
found to have a decide#! saccharine flavor
mixed with the earthly one. It is hard
to conceive how it can appeal to the pal
ate of a human being, but it is a fact that
from the lime the baby is, emancipated
from the mantle which binds It to its
mother’s back, and can toddle about un
watched, the little half-breeds, with un
erring instinct, find the clay, and, not be
ing content with putting It In their mouths
and sucking it, swallow it in
toto. No amount of scolding or
even beating will prevent a child
who has one© tasted the stuff from
Indulging his or her craving for it again
and again. The strictest watch must be
kept over the little ones continually by on
older person, and instances are known
of where the watcher has even succumbed
to the disease, for such it must be without
doubt.
It is not only the small children who ar©
numbered among the clay eaters, for
those within a few years of attaining
their majority likewise die from the ef
fects of tilling their stomachs with the
clay.
The symptoms are so marked that in
Guatemala they are noted Immediately.
The on© Indulging in the strange habit
presents a sickly, pallid, bluish color. With
no appetite, there in an apparent plump
ness about the body. The face becomes
puffed out, the abdomen Is greatly dis
tended, and the limbs swell up terribly.
The sufferer is loath to move, and will
not do so unless forced. The eyes sink in
the head and become glased. The whole
appearance is that of a person with the
dropsy. When eaten the clay has a cu
mulative effect, and the various organs
fail to perform their functions. The pa
tient Anally dies a horrible death, the body
not Infrequently swvlling so thut it bursts,
and death results from suffocation.
The only real cure known, or what Is
supposed to Is* one, is the use of strong
tobacco. If a child of not more than 3 or
4 years of age is seen putting away at a
puro, a big, Mark, native cigar, it is a
certainty that the kid has been caught in
the act of eating day, and that the smok
ing Is to take away any further craving
In that line which may exist. The smok
ing is not supposed to injure flu* child in
the least, as the youngsters of l|e tropics
take to this as naturally as a duck does
lo water. The us© of tobacco does not
appear to have the slightest ill effect up
on them.
It may T* that th© Mltle Guatemaltecos,
as the natives of that country are eaJled,
having no candy, as do those of other
countries, 4o satisfy an inherent desire for
sweets, select the clay as the next best
or next worst thing, as the case may be.
Many deaths are caused by It, and, so far,
the only remedy appears to Im* in watching
the chtfd so closely that it is not allowed to
satiate Its craving for something that will
in the end caus#* death as certainly as if
the most noxious poison were used.
To satisfy their longing for "duice,” or
something sweet, the children also make
themselves ill by sucking the coffee tree.
Two coffee beans, with their flat skies to
one another, grow in a hull which l al
most Identical in looks with the ox-heart
cherry. The inside of this has a bitter
sweet taste, which, when there is no clay
to bo had, Is much sought after. While
not as dangerous as the ofay, it still has a
bad # ffeet on the child who eats it.
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