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PART TWO.
/TEsORGIA 3SND ®
*<J ® FLORIDA.*
GEORGIA.
Homer Bradshaw, a young white man, j
hn , been arrested, charged with stealing
a horse anil buggy in Upson county. (
The Augusta depot matter, which was
to have come up tor consideration before
, Georgia Railroad Commission, in At
lanta! Saturday, has been postponed for
thirty days.
The Chattahoochee flood sufferers at
Franklin are still coming In to draw the
t wen tv davs' army rations furnished by
, he government. The department of the
" l f hi- already issued these rations to
a'yiut 1 iteople in Heard county, and
’, U I tm -v eoint . It is a godsend to many,
for some of them are destitute.
Avery sad accident occurred at Frank
lin Saturday night. Paul, rhe sweet little
t iear-old daughter of Ur. John W. Dan
i'j while plaving near an open fire in
, h .'. commercial Hotel, was very seriously
burned her clothes being almost totally
burned' off. Prompt assistance by a gen
tleman who was near saved her from be
ing cremated. She is resting easy, and
rome hopes are entertained for her recov-
The Atlanta Poultry, Pigeon and Pet
Stock Association is the name.of anew
organization which has been formed for
lh. purpose of encouraging the growing
of poultry and |iet stock of all kinds. A
number of pet stock, owners have already
entered the association, and efforts are
being made to enlarge the membership so
to include every one in and around At
lanta who is interested in poultry, pigeons
and pet stock.
The Standard Scale Company, whose
plant has been shut down for two
months, will start up again at Rome in
a tew days. A large amount of new ma
chinery has been put in, and the capacity
of the plant largely increased. This in
dustry is one of very few of the kind in
the South, and scales made by them go
lo all parts of America and Europe. Mr.
I’. E. Grant is in New York, it is un
derstood. for the purpose of organizing a
stock company.
.Camilla Clarion: There was a fearful
run-atvay scrape after the Sabbath School
closed last Sunday. Mr. Tete Holton help
ed his best girl in the buggy, and Mr.
Holton started to get in the buggy, and
the mule made a dash down the road. Mr.
Holton missed his aim and got in between
the wheels and the mule running. The
buggy struck a stump, and w’as upset,
throwing the girl out and breaking Mr.
Holton's nose, besides giving other Inju
ries. The. girl was pretty badly shaken
up, as well as scared.
Telfair Enterprise: We find in traveling
over the county that there is an abundant
supply of Georgia syrup in the hand 9 of
our planters. The crop in hand runs from
two to twenty barrels in the hands of
each planter. What we need now is a
cash market for the prodfict. We under
stand that steps are being taken to handle
the crop of Syrup made in this section.
This would be a fine thing for the farmer.
There is no reason why there should not
he a great demand for this syrup, as It is
claimed to be of very fine quality.
Rochelle New Era: A colored boy
preacher arrived In the city Monday and
preached at the Colored Baptist Church
Monday and Tuesday nights. His preach
ing created a lot of curiosity and excite
ment among the colored people, and some
of t lie white people also. He had large
congregations each night. He is about 13
years of age, and says he has been preach
ing for about five years. He certainly
knows how to conduct a meeting. After
services he took up the usual collection,
and received some $3 or J 1 each night.
Gn account of the bad weather the
farmers of Quitman county have made
hut little headway with their farming op
erations. Indeed, the weather since the
tiew year began has been so unfavorable
< tat outside work of ul! kinds has been
giratly retarded. The amount of guano
erib'"'i" lK ' used tll,s year will be consid
, I h'ss than in any previous year. So
-I not one ton has been shipped to
saTTv, 10 "" A mlml, er of farmers have
!!' h thfy wou '*l not use any guano
'Phosphate, as it did not pay when cot
mi was below- the cost of production.
Moultrie Observer: One of the largest
'■ittlesn.ikes, common to this section, was
,u* *!* Rocky Ford, on the Okopilco
1 v"m aSt vv . eelt ' The snake was killed
mati *{”'**• Will Lanier and Spencer Nor
j_ ' ,!,*° young men who were out liunt
„r ' 1 , r **°~ came upon it in the mouth
oiic.H r 1 * lo ' e - L measured six and
roiif * * !' f | in length and carried eleven
for Af . As ' ! * s to ° Lite in the season
that tr'’ Rna * ces *° travel, it is presumed
, fr . 113 ° no had taken up winter quar
'his gopher hole, and had only
“t Hamsun' 1 orcasion *° Bet a filimpse
r AI 'Ota Journal: The legislature, at its
" ~ i"n, passed an act which makes
< 1 " ui ationai institutions in this state
tax.irio,! 5 W ! a nd, for Kain subject to
co l111 s 1 a act ls to be taken into the
Tel,i, ?■’. ttst <ase being made by Lucy
a ; w ll uu - w *th Judge Alex S. Erwin
s huni ,“ unsel - Jt > contended that this
H. I I’®* conducted for gain. It Is
k he trustees to a principal for
*moiin| l tii"’ of (he BroBS receipts. The
Int received Is expended for the
tension f i ins titute and the ex
lik, fm!., n!° ,k ' In ,hls respect it is
1 ol| ege, Mercer University,
can.,, ,i several other edu
, institutions in Georgia, ir Lucy
h,. u, ”V' !s subject to taxation, so
s• ai,. -i-i several other schools in the
;i - ' whi °h Judge Erwlti will
I- -h. hich will be finally decided
wa!oi i „,|’ i!.t me Gcnirt, will, therefore, be
ci . 1 " great interest by thousands
" oi Ueorgia.
Florida.
I , s , ~ ' i men from Orlando went out
B# " ld hMled 13 deer and more than
Mr. p,
Fity of i ' r " ! rh °mlon, seeing the neces
, ~ "ion against Are In, Apalacht
ercs, lo !,' r ™ p ‘" g to arouse sufficient ln-
p ef i -anize n fire department.
f ..’to, . X ' W3: Flprida wants all the
ir- f: „ /"* can belter, and Pensacola all
f •! I !" !,!,.! p ., can havo - The Industrial
nny state Kad beyon<l control In the
Cull of ih M " amboldt has accepted the
“ 13; ptist Church at Lake City,
fpje itinrning ffetoi.
to tili the pulpit two Sundays In each
month for the ensuing year. Mr. Warn
boldt will fill the pulpit on the first Sun
day In February.
This is the season of the year when
peach trees bloom, and brilliant effects
are to be seen in the orchards around Tar
pon Springs. On the Vinson place alone
are 2,000 trees, nearly all of which, Mr.
\ inson says, are In full bloom.
St. Augustine Herald; T. C. S. Crosby,
was baptized a few days ago by Dr.
Speicher by triune Immersion, which is one
of the rites of the Christian Catholic
Church founded upon the Gospel as prac
ticed by ancient English custom, in the
first centuries.
It is generally conceded that there are
more visitors in Florida to-day than there
were at the same date last year. There
ate so many- places of interest, especially
on the East coast, that It narrows the
business down to very much less than It
used to be a few years ago, to each place.
Titusville Advocate: Gov. W. D. Blox
liam has invited the governors of all the
states to send practical military men to
attend the national military convention to
bo held at Tampa next month, for the pur
pose of discussing and formulating meth
ods for reorganizing. the present defective
state militia systems. We hope the varl
ous governors will give practical aid to
Gov. Bloxham in this important matter.
The seventh annual convention of the
clergy and delegates of the Episcopal
Church was called to order at Melbourne
by the Right Rev. W. Crane Gray, D. D.,
bishop of the jurisdiction, at Melbourne’,
on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25 (the festi
val of the conversion of St. Paul). There
was a large attendance of the clergy and
lay representatives of parishes and mis
sions, as well as of visitors and the gen
eral public.
The docks of the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad building near its
freight depot at Fernandina, are being put
up in a manner that insures a structure
that will remain indefinitely. At deep
water a substantial bulkhead was first
put up, then the shore space was filled In
with stone and earth. Docks constructed
in this way are somewhat more expensive
than those put up on piles, but when built,
no further repairs will be necessary.
C. L. Myers, superintendent of the
Southern Express Company, has just pur
chased two valuable blocks south of and
just in front of the Polk street passen
ger station of the Plant System at Tampa.
These blocks are excellently located. There
are trV<3 separate and distinct rumors con
cerning the purpose of this purchase. One
ls to the effect that the Plant Hotel Sys
tem will soon erect an elegant and modern
hotel to cater to transient trade all the
year. No better location could be secured.
Another story is to the effect that the
two lots will be used lo build a general
cliy office fos the Southern Expfess Com
pany. It is w-ell located for this purpose
also.
Hon. John Denham of Key West is the
recipient of a unique Christmas present
from his friend, Assistant Engineer T. M.
Dick of the United States ship Mary. It
is a solid grass smoking set, each piece
of which has a history- in connection with
the war between this country and Spain.
The baseplate is a piece of the Ardois
signal system of the Spanish cruiser Al
mirante Oqufpdo, the legs are made from
a piece of a rudder of a torpedo recovered
from the.Vizcaya, the large brass shell,
or clgarh&lder, is a part of a fi-pound shell
recovered from the Spanish flag ship Ma
ria Teresa, and the fliher two pieces are
parts of a 1-pounder taken from the Maine
wreck.
Sheriff Spencer is out with anew declara
tion regarding the Sunday whisky selling
at Tampa. He says that if his deputies
find any saloons open next Sunday they
will make cases in the Police Court of the
city. If the city administration does not
give relief by making fines, he will make
arrests next Sunday and he will refuse
to take bonds from any person so arrested.
This he says will make it necessary for
him to confine a number of shloon men in
the county jail, and this right, he says,
he may be forced to use before the fight
is over. It is known that he came very
near exercising this right a few Sundays
ago,, and the proposition caused quite a
sensation.
BEAT THE SEVEN SLEEPERS.
Celebrated Cases of Long-Distance
Somnambulism.
From ihe San Francisco Chronicle.
Among the cases of extraordinary sleep
ers is that of a young American who slept
from November, 189-1, until the middle of
January, this year, a period of thirty-eight
months. He was engaged to be married to
a girl, but his parents were strongly op
posed to his choice of a wife. They per
sisted in their objection in spite of every
thing he could urge, and the constant irri
tation at length affected his brain. One
day in a fit of ungovernable passion he
shot and killed both his father and moth
er. He was, of course, arrested at once,
for he did not attempt to run away or to
hide the evidences of his crime.
Before he could be brought to trial, how
ever; he fell asleep, and asleep he remain
ed for the time mentioned, scarcely ever
getting awake at all. When he finally did
awake he remembered nothing of the
crime he had committed, and nothing can
convince him that he had not been asleep
only a single night.
A short time ago the German medical
papers recorded a case of a patient who
was asleep and who had been sleeping for
more than four months.
France also shares with Germany the
distinct loti of having had recently a lineal
descendant of the Seven Sleepers. He was
a man who was arrested for being drunk
and incapable. While walking along one
of the chief streets In Paris two gendarmes
suddenly pounced down upon him and took
him to the police station and put him into
a cell. Next morning, however, he was
still quietly sleeping on, and when a phy
sician examined him no symptoms due to
alcohol could be discovered, so he was sent
to a hospital, where he continued to sleep
undisturbed for about a month, and at
length awoite, presumably much refresh
ed.
A similar case to the last two, differing
only In the length of the sleep, occurred in
Cheltenham not long ago, the sleeper be
ing a girl who, however, awoke after she
had been in the "land of nod" for a week.
SAVANNAH, CIA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1899.
HOW KEELY DUPED VICTIMS.
MRS. KKEI.Y'S ATTORNEY ADMITS
THE MOTOR WAS V FRAUD.
Worked by Water Power—Rubber
Tubes Through Walls and Under
Floors Connected With Carefully
Concealed Bulbs—Foot Pressure
Started It.
From the New York Herald.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 28.—Ever since the
exposure of the remarkable manner in
which the late John W. Keely secretly
applied power to his mysterious moter in
his Philadelphia laboratory efforts have
been made to secure a statement from
some of those interested.
1 learn to-day that Mr. Charles J. Hill,
attorney for Mrs. Keely, has made a
statement concerning Mr. Keely and his
motor for the New York Journal, which is
copyrighted by \V. R. Hearst, by whose
permission these extracts from the state
ment of Mr. Hill are made:
Would Not Conceal Fraud.
"At ihe very outset of my connection
with the case I distinctly stated to Mrs,
Keely, whom I believe to be a woman ab
solutely innocent of any dishonesty in her
husband’s work, that In event the whole
thing was essentially fraudulent I could
not be a party to its concealment, and that
I conceived it my duty to protect the public
from being imposed upon any further if
there was no truth in it. I requested to he
relieved from the case if my course was
objectionable to her. I was not released,
and in the two months that have elapsed
every doubt I have had has been swept
away. Every machine brough to Boston
is palpably fraudulent, and every interest
involved demands immediate explanation.
"Several contemplated movements in the
slock of the Keely Motor Company have
come to my knowledge which If consum
mated w-ould mean that some innocent
buyer parted with his money for a worse
than worthless consideration. The differ
ent books treating of Mr. Keely's work
from the point of view that it was honest
are, I am told, in process of preparation
at great expense. Such things as these,
which will entail both financial loss and
social ridicule, manifestly should be pre
vented.
"I have therefore countenanced the pub
lication of the whole matter by Mr. Bridge.
It is a case where justice to the many
must in importance transcend the com
fort of the few.
First Evidence of Fratnl.
“It was arranged between the president
of the Keely Motor Company and my
self that on Dec. 20, 1898, I should ad
dress the stockholders, giving my views,
as Mrs. Keely’s counsel, as to the best
course to pursue. Shortly after this agree
ment, while examining the laboratory, Mr.
Kinraide discovered the first evidence of
fraud.
“Till that moment our confidence in Mr.
Keely’s integrity and honor was as firm
as any of his friends who had invested
thousands. Here was anew element, that
of self-evident fraud, affecting, however,
only one machine, and not vitiating, no
far as we know, any other of the numer
ous machines Mr, Keely employed.”
In the statement made by J. Ransom
Bridge he says:
"When Mr T. Burton Kinraide took
charge of Mr. Keely's laboratory, one of
the first discoveries was how Mr. Keely
did his experiments. He could vary the
initial performance in a dozen ways, but
the principle was a’ways the same.
Rubber Tubes Used.
"In his operating room the remnants of
rubber tubes beteewn the floor and walls,
in various places, and also receptacles for
rubber bulbs told how he could do the
trick from various locations by pressing
his foot on a rubber bulb concealed un
der the carpet or in some out of the way
place,
“He often would take a harmonica into
the adjoining’ front room, and, looking
through the connecting window, play
‘Home, Sweet Home.’ When he struck
the right chord away would go the motor.
He would thon stop and start it at will
as he played.
"This was particularly effective. One at
least of the larger and discarded trans
mitters is still intact with the rubber dia
phragm, ana works to perfection in mak
ing the compass needle revolve.”
Mr. Bridge gives a detailed statement
of some of Mr. Keely's exhibitions, such
ns the rotation of the compass needle, the
vitalized disk, the narmonlca and trans
mitter and the disintegrator, and then tells
how the motor was worked in this sum
mary:
“In taking down the posts which held
the stationary axis on w’hich revolved the
hub of the motor, with its arms, the first
fraud was discovered. This framework
had no apparent connection with the en
gine, beyond serving as a support for the
stationary shaft or axis which passed
through the hub of the moter.
Fulsc How mill Hollow Tost.
“A false box, a hollow post and a hole
extending down through the floor led to
a careful investigation. Under the floor,
between it and the celling of an unused
store room beneath and always kept lock
ed, was found running through the timbers
supporting the floor an iron shaft with a
small pulley on It. The pulley and the
hole in the floor were directly tinder the
hollow post of the engine.
“The iron shaft was followed to the side
wail. At Its termination was another pul
ley. Directly beneath this, but just above
the ground floor of the room, another iron
shaft came through the wall, also with
a pulley on It. A small, well worn belt
was found, which fitted over and exactly
connected these two pulleys.
“Going Into the small rear room, mostly
filled with old junk and the floor of which
was raised considerably above that of (he
middle room, there was discovered be
neath a box and an oilcloth spread out ou
the floor a trap door. This trap opened
over the shaft which came through th
wall.
Concealed Water Motor.
"Here it was found that the shaft con
nected with a small water motor of pecu
liar construction, the water being sup
plied by a lead pipe coming in from the
outside of the building. Extending from
this water motor was a small rubber tube.
It was found that by attaching a rubber
bulb to this tube the water motor could be
started by pressing the bulb and would
stop when the pressure was released. This
water motor ia now in the laboratory of
Mr. Kinraide In Boston.
“The rubber tubing was found also to
extend between the walls and celling from
the water motor to a point under the
Keely motor, then up through the station
ary post of the engine and to terminate
in the binding post, or socket, into which
the end of the wire was Inserted which
connected the motor with ihe transmitter.
“Further investigation revealed Ihe fact
that there were In the laboratory different
sots of transmitting wire, exactly alike
in external appearance, hut one was hol
low, the other solid, both, ns mentioned,
about the sisse of a knitting needle, and
with connecting tips that made it impos
sible to toil which was hollow and which
was solid, except by cutting or trying lo
blow through them.
Ilad a Duplicate Transmitter—
‘A duplicate, an exact copy in external
appearance, was found of the latest per
fected transmitted, 'the gradual perfection
of years of patient study and Improve
ment.’ The duplicate transmitter exactly
resembled its mate, but upon opening it
the Chladni plates and the resonators
were lacking. Instead was a rubber dla
phragm stretched across the sphere, di
viding it vertically into two airtight com
partments.
"The long screw with Its head in the
little bulb on the side of the sphere, and
which in the exhibition transmitter regu
lated the position of the resonator, in the
duplicate transmitter worked In a tine
thread through a small brass plate clamp
ed In the center of the diaphragm. By
turning the knob the diaphragm could be
thrown backward or forward.
“By connecting the motor and the real
transmitter by means of the hollow wire,
then turning the knob in the proper di
rection. the diaphragm would be thrown
forward, the air forced through the wire
and down through its various connections
to the water motor, releasing an auto
matic cut-off and setting the water motor
in motion.
Axle Concealed In Shalt.
“A more careful Investigation of the
Keely motor showed that the stationary
axis was hollow. Within this shallow
shaft, which was only a dummy, the real
axle revolved, over one end of which pass
ed the belt which ran down through the
hollow post to the pulley underneath on
the end of the iron shaft described. This
inner axle, run by the belt, carried the
hub of the motor and caused the same to
revolve when it revolved.
"How simple! Yet this device has been
too much for some of the best mechanical
experts In the country, to say nothing of
the crowd of open-mouthed laymen.
“Mr. Keely would work off his philoso
phy, screw up his transmitter a little, and,
while the air was finding its way to the
water motor, he would find the proper
chord. Then, presto! aw'ay went the ch
gine, run by the ‘sympathetic negative at
traction of the triune polar stream.’ ’*
Mr. Klnrntile India limit.
The substance of thf& ex pose was placed
before Mr. Burton .Rinraide. He was
greatly surprised that Mr. Hill had writ
ten anything against the Keely motor,
and refused to say anything or even to
see me until he had seen Mr. Hill, as he
doubted very much the correctness of the
report. He was unable to find Mr. Hill,
but consulted his lawyer Instead. On the
advice of his counsel he declined to give
out anything further than this statement,
which was carefully written out:—
"If, os you inform me, Mr. Hill has
made a pretended, expose of the Keely
motor in the New York Journal, and used
my name in connection therewith, he has
done so without my knowledge or assent,
and I conskler tf a gross outrage and a
dastardly breach of faith,”
VALUABLE WALKING STIC KS.
Historical Facts tlimit Some Famous
High-Priced Canes.
From Tit-Bits.
In a hairdresser’s window at the health
resort of La Bourboule some little time
ago an ugly, ungainly cudgel worth about
6 pence was displayed, together with the
notice, “A stick of genuine olive wood from
Jerusalem. It formerly belonged to Pontius
Pilate in the year 27 of our era. Price 7,000
francs." Any one desirous of wasting a
little time might have asked the vendor
for proofs of his veracity, but we, having
duly recorded the existence of this remark
able stick, will pass on to that of Dr. H.
Hale of Detroit, which is, to the best of
our belief, the most valuable stick ex
tant.
It was formerly the practice of physi
cian, as old prints prove, to carry canes
In the hollow heads of which some disin
fectant was placed, which the doctor
smetled through the perforations in the
gold top; Dr. Hale's fumous staff, how
ever, boasts of a head containing a fine
chronometer, and is, with Us jeweled or
naments, worth about £SOO.
It is somewhat of a coincidence, that two
of her majesty's most fumouS walking
sticks should be Intimately connected with
the 9'uart regime, but such ls the case.
The staff of the stick she habitually uses,
we learn, Is of stout English oak, and’was
made for an presemed to Charles II by a
loyal subject at Worcester, the wood being
culled from a branch of the famous tree
whose leafy laughs gave the wandering
King shelter from the Cromwellian sol
diery. The original head of gold was re
moved some time ago and replaced by an
ornament taken from Seringapatam at the
fall of that city, In order to give her
majesty a better grip.
The Prince of Wales, who possesses no
fewer than 172 walking sticks, 1* obviously
also a collector, but we very much doubt
whether he possesses a more interesting
siiecimen than that purchased at. the Cul
loden sale by her majesty, the Queen, in
July, 1897. The stick in question was made
of hazel wood, and the head was fashioned
so as to represent Wisdom and Fo'ly, hut
the special Interest it |>osse*ses ls the fact
that it was once the property of "Bonnie
Prince Charlie." Her majesty became its
owner by an outlay of £l6O.
A stick of more than ordinary interest
is one fashioned from an oar belonging to
one of the most famous vessels of this
half century, the Confederate steamer
Alabama, that eventually cost this nation
some 13,500,000.
The head Is carved to represent Capt.*
Semmes of the Alabama; below the bust Is
a dog symbolical of Mr. John Lancaster’s
yacht, the Deerhound, though whose agen
cy many of the Alabama's crew were sav
ed when Ihe ship was sunk by the Kear
sage, off Cherbourg, in 18M. Four cannon,
beautifully designed, from the upper part
of the stem, and the remainder of the
shaft is carved to represent hempen cables
—altogether a walking stick not less inter
esting than the one with a gold handle
shaped Hite a cap of Liberty, bequeathed
by Franklin to George Washington.
In July, 1890. a walking stick, once the
property of George IV, and before him of
George Hr, was sold by auction for £lB.
The staff was of ebony with a top of gold,
upon which were engraved "G. R." and eu
crown; the top also contained some locks
of hair of the Princesses Elizabeth, Mary
and Sophie.
It ia somewhat strange that the stick of
Napoleon Bonaparte, Great Britain's ter
rible opponent at the time of the regency,
should be sold during the reign of the
fourth George for £3B—the stick by the
way, was of tortoise-shell.
UPWARD TREND OF SPIRITS.
SALES MADE AT L'l% CENTS Foil
HKGII.A lIS.
% Strong Drill nml frr tlir Limited
ft>rhini—Honlii 111 Strong: Dritinnil
nml the Prli'ei on Several Grade*
Advilneed—Cotton Stead > and In
rli H ll nr il AVltli 1,1 mli I 011 i‘ rI n Ki
ll t hi* r llnrkrti Steady.
Savannah, Jan. 31,—The first month of
the year ended with a firm feeling tn the
leading markets. There was an advance
of Vic In spirit* turpentine to-day, and u
rise of 5c on several grades of rosin. The
cotton market was steady and unchanged,
with light offerings and sales. The whole
sale markets were quiet and steady. The
following resume of the different markets
will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market appeared In good ren
dition to-day on account of the stability
of futures, the sales, however, were light,
beirtg only 12 hales. At the Cotton Ex
change, at the first call, ihe market was
steady and unchanged, and at the second
and last calls it was the same. The sales
were 35 bales at the second call and 7
bales at the lasi cull.
fhe following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Colton Exchange, to-day:
Good middling #'4
Middling Mi
Low middling S’, 4
Good ordinary 4%
Ordinary 4(4
Market steady; sales, 42.
Sea Island Cotton—The market was quiet
and firm, with some transactions being
made on a basis of the following quota
tions:
Fancy Floridas 14’4
Extra choice Floridas 13(4
Choice Floridas 13
Extra fine Floridas 12 411214
Fancy Georgias 13 @13(4
Extra choice Georgias 1214
Choice Georgias 11 @11(4
BJxtra fine Georgias 10(4010%
Fine Georgias 9*4010
Medium fine Georgia* B(4@ it
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts. Exports and Stocks:
Receipts tlds day 7,251
Receipts lhis day last year 4,.T0
Receipts this day year before last .. 4,753
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 928,531
Same time last year 984,021
Exports continent this day 18899
Exports France this day 4,237
Exports coastw ise this day 4.'128
Stock on hand this day 98,681
Same day last year 100,033*
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 65,039
This day last year 26.733
This day year before last 43,789
Receipts past four days 113,578
Same day last year 121.-1?
Same days years before last 51,975
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 ...6,725,409
Same time last year 0,633,004
Same time year before lust 5,562,079
Slock al the ports to-day 1,040,527
Stock name day last year 1,268,987
Dally Movements at Other Forts—
Galveston— Steady; middling, 0 1-10; npt
receipts, 7,500; gross, 7,502; sales, 1,298;
slock, 219.717.
New Orleans— Steady; middling, 5%; net
receipts. 20,708; gross, 21,576; shies, 3,150;
stock, 168,24.3.
Mobile— Firm; middling, 541; net receipts,
1,040; gross. 1,640; sa.es. 300; stock, 84,900.
Charleston—Firm; middling^&•%; net re
ceipts, 250; gross, 250; sales, 51; stock,
17,396.
Wilmington—Firm; middling. 5 T 4l net re
ceipts, 713; gross, 713; stock, 14,312.
Norfolk—Steady; middling, 6; net re
celpts, 3,229; gross, 3,229; sales, 308; stock,
37,373.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling. 6%; net
receipts, none; gross, 1,558; stock, 42.207.
New York—Quiet; middling, 6 7-18; net
net receipts, 823; gross, 4,258; sales, 8,125;
stock. 94,940.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 5,182; gross, 10,864.
Philadelphia—Firm, middling, 5 11-16; net
receipts, 587; gross, 1,855; stock, 8,549.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Firm; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 415; gross, 415; sales, 781; stock,
41.600.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 544; net re
ceipts, 994; gross, 1,082; sales, 1,200; stock,
101,501.
St. Igiuls— Steady; middling. 5 13-18; net
receips, 025; gross, 4,155; stock, 77,783.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 6 7 6; net re
ceipts, 2,311; gross, 2,311; stock, 14,232.
Houston—Steady; middling, 6 1-16; net
recelp's, 8,546; gross, 8,546; sales, 267; stock,
154,541.
Ixiuisville-Firm; middling, .
Exports of Cotton This Day—
Galveston—To Great Britain, 4,891; con
tinent, 2,224.
New Orleans—To the continent, 8,503;
coastwise, 1,215.
Mobile—To Great Britain, 6,871; coast
wise, 521.
Savannah—To France, 4,237; continent,
18.9n9; coastwise, 4,628.
Charleston—To the continent, 6.670.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 2,261.
Baltimore—To the continent, 400.
New Y oik— To Great Britain, 3,207;
France, 1,224; continent, 8,493.
Boston—To Great Britain, 5(10.
Total foreign exports from ail ports this
day—To Great Britain, 22,708; to France,
5,461; to the continent, 45,396.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week—To Great Britain. 59,048; to
France, 11,919; to the continent, 52,885.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1898—
To Great Britain, 2.740,400; to France, 582,-
999; to the continent, 1,911,599.
Liverpool, Jan. 31, 4 p. m.—Cotton, spot,
moderate demand; price* 1-32d lower;
American middling fair, 3 13-36r9; good mid
dling, 3 15-32d; middling, 3 9-32d; low mid
dling, 3 3-32d; good ordinary, 2 29-32d; or
dinary, 2 23-32d.
The sales of the day were 7,000 bales, of
which 500 were for speculation and export
and included 6,700 American; reetpta, 52-
060 bales, Including 48,000 American; fu
tures opened easy, with a fair rk-mand, an i
closxl steady: American middling, low
middling clause, February, 3.14@3.15d buy
ers; February-March, 3.)4@3.15d buyers;
March-April, 3.15@3.16d sellers; AprU-May,
3.16d buyers; May-June, 3.17d buyers; June-
July, 3.180 sellers; July-August, 3.18@3.19d
buyers; Augus (-September. 3.19d sellers;
September-October, 3.18@3.19d sellers; Oc
tol>er-NovemN r. 3.18@3.19d sellers; Novem
ber-December. 3.18@3.19d value.
The tenders for delivery at to-day’s
clearings were 1,300 bales new dockets.
New York, Jan. 31.—There was no let up
in the outside speculative Interest In cot
ton to-daV. Trading, however, was small
er, and was marked by considerable Irreg
ularity. A weak undertone prevailed at
the opening, but this was succeeded later
by a revival of strength. The foreign mar
kets were weak, with spot sale at Liver
pool of only 7,000 bales, and futures clos
ing at a net less of 2% points. On the
weakness shown in the early cables, prices
easnl off 2®S points below last night at
the opening, on considerable selling. There
was a further decline of I@2 points, after
w hich a slow recovery on buying by com
mission house and Wall street and the
South. During Ihe afternoon the market
ruled steady, and held most of the early
recovery until Just before the close, when
realizing set in and caused a sharp re
action. with the market closing steady at
1 Imi lit to 3 ixtlnts net decline.
Nov York, Jan. 31, noon.-Cotton futures
steady at the decline; February, 6.08 c;
March, 0.10 c; April, 6.12 c; May, 6.16 c;
June. 6.17 c; August, 6.20 c; S< ptember, 6.01 c;
October, 6.04 c; November, 6.04 c; December,
6.04 c.
4 p. m.—Futures closed steady;
February, 6.13 c; March, 6.14 c;
April, 6.16 c: May, 6.19 c; June,
6.19 c; July, 6.20 c; August, 6.23 c; Septem
ber, 6. 00 e; October, 6.05 c; November, 6.05 c;
December, 6.07 c.
New Orleans, Jan. 31.—Cotton futures
Steady; February, 5.75 c; March, 6.73<i5.7tie;
April, 5.78®0,80e; May, 5.8251 5.83 c; June,
5 8306.84 c; July, 5.85®5.86c; August, 5.544 P
5.95 c; September, 5.7205.73 c; October, 5.72<?f
.i.7le; November, 5.72® s.Tie; December,
5.7305.75 c.
New* York, Jan. 31. Hubbard tiros & Cos.
say of cotton; "Again the market shows
its strength In fae. of discouraging advices
from Liverpool, where spinners arc un
willing to believe that they must pay high
er prices Tor what they believe will bo an
other surplus from this crop. The Increase
In the interior movement yesterday and at
the. ports 10-day caused them to believe
they were correct, and they retire front the
markets taking the smallest amount from
Liverpool tor many weeks. Mere, no at
tention was paid to their action, Ihe mar
ket opening steady at a Might decline, and
advancing on large buying for Wall street,
the South an.l loco! parties, who believe
the Intense cold weather throughout the
cotton belt will check the movement and
lead to lighter receipts next week, which
will, in turn, tiring fresh buyer* In Liver
pool and a higher market to-morrow. The
temper of the trade is exceedingly bullish
and confident for a further advance. The
short interest is the smallest for years,
except that against eoiton in Liverpool or
here. In the absence of Wall street buying
at the close, the market lost the advance
of the noon hour, closing barely steady.”
DRY GOODS.
New York, Jnn. 31.—The market for cot
ton goods continues strong and further
advances reported In staple and other
lines. Hope, Blackstone, Forget-Me-Not,
Farmers’ Choice and Forest Mills bleach
ed cottons advanced (40. Prints occasion
ally 2% per cent, higher in both staples
and fancy lines. There has been an Im
provement in volume of general business.
Print cloths have moved up l-16c, with
sellers refusing further bids thereat.
NAVAL STORES,
Spirits Turin mine—The firmness In the
market continued, and >4c was added to
Ihe price. The receipts were a little larger
than for Ihe past several days, but they
did not affect the demand. At Uie Board
of Trade, at ihe first call, Ihe m/trkei was
bulletined firm at 48(4c, with sales of 57
casks. At the last call, the market closed
at 43(4c, wlih no sales reported.
Rosin—The market was firm, with a
good demand, which was demonstrated by
Iho advance on several grades. There were
no sates reported at the first call at the
Board of Trade, the market being bulle
tined firm and unchanged. Al the last
call ,there was an advance of 6c reported
on water whilp, I, H, G, and F, wllh sales
of 1,431 barrels. The following quotations
were bulletined at the Board of Trade:
A, B, C *1 to I *1 35
D 1 00 K 1 50
E 1 00 M 1 60
f : l or. n 175
G 1 10 W G 205
H 1 25 W W 240
Naval Stores Statement—
Spirits. Rosin
Stock on hand April 1, 1898 . 16,773 338,683
Received to-day 517 5,523
Received previously 317,570 988,548
Total ..334,860 1,132,759
Exports to-day 1.029 12,Ml
Exports previously 320,398 883,946
Total since April 1, 1898....321,427 895,957
Stock on hand this day .... 13,433 236,802
Stock same day last year ... 38,900 192,720
Receipts thia day last year .. 329 3,774
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 31.—Turpentine
market firm; 43c, sales, none. Rosin
steady; sales, nqne; unchanged.
Wimlngton, N. 0., Jan. 31.—Spirits tur
pentine, firm, 13(4@44c; receipts. 11 casks.
Rosin, firm, 90 and 95c; receipts, 311.
Crude turpentine, firm, 81.85 and $2.40; re
ceipts, 227. Tar steady, $1.10; receipts, 9.
New York, Jan. 81.—Ro* n steady; strain
ed, common to good, $1.82(4#1.85. Turpen
tine firm; 45@15(4e. ■
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market Is
strong. The following are the Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, $4.8414;
sixty days, $4.82(4; ninety days, $4.81'/,;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 6.22V*;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.27(4; marks, sixty days,
94%.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows;
Amounts up to $25, 10 cents; $25 to $5O, 15
cents; $5O to $lOO, 20 cents; $2OO to $5OO, %
per cent, premium; $2OO to 81.000 at V* per
cent, premium; $l,OOO and over, $1 per $l,-
Becurltles—The market is quiet; desira
ble securities are very scarce.
Stocks and Bonds—Stale ls>nds—Georgia
3V4 per cent, bonds of 1930, 110 bid, 11] ask
ed; Georgia 3(4 per cent., due 1915, 108
bid, asked; Georgia 4(4 per cent, bonds,
1915, 121 bid, 122 asked; Georgia 4 per cent.,
due 1920, 116 bid, 119 asked; South Carolina
4(45, 115 bid, 116 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 4V4 per cent., 1923.
106 bid, asked; Augusta 3(4, 1928, 101(4
bid, 102 asked; Augusta 4(4*, 1925, 107 bid,
108 asked; Augusta 7 iter cent,, 111 bid, 112
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 11l bid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 107 bid, 10S
asked; Macon 6 i>er cent., 115 bid, usk
,-d; Macon 4(45, 1926, 105 bid, asked; Sa
vannah 5 per eenl., quarterly April cou
pons, 112(4 bid, 113 asked; Savananh 5 per
cent, quarterly February commons, 112(4
bid, 113 asked; Charleston 4s, 101% bid,
102(4 asked.
Railroad Bonds —Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
S l*r cent. Interest eouitons, 120 bid, 121
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first, mortgage 5 iter cent, gold bonds, duo
1924, 110 bid, 111 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals ss. 94
bid, 95 asked; Central of Georgia Hallway
first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds, 118
bid, 119 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first conso.ldated mortgage sa, 92% bid.
93(4 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 39(4 bid, 40(4 naked;
Central of Georgia Railway second I,re
ferred Incomes 13 bid, 13(4 asked; Cen
tral of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, 6 btd, 6(4 asked; Georgia Railroad
6s, 1910, 116(4 bid, 117 asked; Charlotte, Cos
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lumbla and Augusta first ss, 106 bid, 107
asked: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7s, 119 bkl, 121 asked;
Georgia Southern and Florida new ss, 108%
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 firsi mortgage 7 per cent, bonds.
101 bkl, 102 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per
cent., indorsed, 99 bid, 100 asked; Bruns
wick and Western Is. 82 bkl, S3 asked;
South Bound Railway ss, 93 Md. 95 asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred ss,
lO.i hid, 106 asked; Georgia and Alabama
consolidated 5s ion bkl, 10l asked; Eatotn
tori branch, 97 bid, 100 asked; Central ct
Georgia, Middle Georgia and Atlantic di
vision ss, 96 bid, 97 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 106 bid. 107 asked; Southwestern,
106% bid, 106% asked; Atlanta and West
Point stock. 118 bid, 120 asked; Atlanta
and West I’oint 6 per cent, certificates,
101% bid. h ti asked; Georgia common, 202
bid, 205 asked.
tins Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
24 bid. 25 asked, ex-dfv.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank. 111%
bid, -- aaked; Chalham Bank, 100 bid, 101
asked; Germania Bank, 112 bid, asked;
National Bank of Savannah, 127 bid,
risked; Merchants’ Nutlonal Bank of
Savannah. 85 bid, 87 asked; Oglethorpa
Savings and Trust Company, 104% bid,
105% asked; Southern Bank of the State
of Georgia, 127 bid, 128% asked; Savannah
Bunk and Trust Company, 104% bid.
asked; Chatham Real Estate and Im
provement Company.A, 52% hid. 63% asked;
11. 52% bid, 53 asked; People s Havings und
Loan Company, 97 bid, 98 asked
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 105
bid, 106 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 102 asked; Eagle and
Phoenix Mills 6 per cent, bonds, due 1928,
101% bid. 103 asked; Bibb Mfg Cos., 105 bid,
110 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 53
bid, 65 asked; Granitevllle, Factory, 140
bid, 145 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, 94 asked; .1 R. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Ba
vuttnah Brewing Company, 105 bid, 1(81
asked.
New York, Jan. 31.—Money on call was
steady at 2%03 per cent.; the last loan
was at 3 |r cent.; prime mercantile paper,
2%03% per cent. Ster.lng exchange firm,
with actual business In bankers' bills, at.
$4.85% for demand and at $4.8304.83% for
sixty days; posted rates, *4.8404.86; com
mercial hills. $4.8204.82%. Silver eertifl
eates, nominal; 59%Q60%c; bar silver, 59%c;
Mexican dollars, 47%c, Government bonds
Irregular; stale bonds inactive; railroad
bonds Irregular.
New York, Jon. 31.—The average reces
sion In slock values to-day was fractional.
There was no pronounced pressure to sell,
as was shown liy the diminished volume of
business. There were transactions lit
about three-quarters of a million shares,
which formerly would have been cosldernl
a large day’s business, but which is tho
smallest amount traded In In some lima
for a lull day’s session. London continu
ed a moderate seller on balance and the
market showed alternate spells of strength
and weakness. There was considerable
selling for Chicago account. The traders
were free sellers ut Ihe opening and price*
ran off fractionally except for declines of
a point and over in Reading first preferred.
New York Central and Tennessee Coal and
Iron.
Buying orders appeared in various di
rections, and there was a number of re
coveries from one to two points, including:
Tennessee Coal and Iron. A decline Ire
R titling first preferred was on rumor*
that the coal deni was not developing art
well as expected. Centraf and Southern
Pacific, Mobile and Ohio, Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, Chicago and Si. Louis, 1/ong Is
land, Chicago Terminal Issues, Southern
Railway preferred, American Cotton Oil
and some other specialties were consistent
ly strong. A vigorous bear attack, which
was partlculary directed against Sugar,
eaustsd that stock to drop 4 points from the
highest prices which tt had attained on a
continuance of the talk of some arrange
ment with the Glucose Sugar Refining
Company. The facts concerning the com
pany’s Intentions are of course known only
lo Ihe Insiders.
New York Air-Brake took a dive of
altotit 7 points. There was activity and
strength among high-priced investment
stocks, Including New York, New Ilaveti
and Hartford, which touched 204; Great
Northern preferred, which made anew
high record of 176; Consolidated Gas, which
touched 20t%, and Brooklyn Union Oas.
149%. The strength of there two gas stocks
was on various consolidation rumors. Ire
regard to lie slrengih of Great Northern
stocks there was gossip that there might
lie another "melon" to be cut by the com
pany, perhaps In the form of some distri
bution to the stockholders.
The time for such action was clothed ire
much mystery. Generally speaking, the
market went through the process of digest
ing recent realizing sales, ami speculative
interest was largely centered In special
ties.
The bond market was very Irregular,with
nn easier tendency toward the close. Total
sales, $4,750,000.
Fulled States 3’s advanced %, and the
new 4’s declined % In the bid price.
The total sales of stocks were 786.909
shares, Including 5,571 Atchison; 22,895
Atchison preferred; 29,660 Central Pacific;
6.180 Chesapeake and Ohio. 9,315 Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy; 14,064 Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. igruis; 6.500
Denver anfl ltio Grande; 6.485 Louisville
and Nashville; 19,125 Manhattan; 32.210
ltiadlng first preferred; 6,390 Missouri Pa
cific; 7.610 Mobile and Ohio; 9,620 New York
Central; 6,530 Rock Island; 6,4*) People’ll
Gas; 7.731 Hi. Louis und San Francisco;
11,775 St. Louis und San Francisco second
preferred; 11,225 Union Pacific; 19,180 St.
Haul; 21,189 Southern Pacific; 14.140 South
ern Railway; 28,712 Southern Railway pre
ferred; 8.300 Texas and Pacific; 20,286 Union
Pacific preferred; 16,230 American Cotton
Oil; 5.700 Tobacco; 2,286 Federal Steel; 24,-
787 Federal Steel preferred; 20,385 Consoli
dated Gas; 9,035 Pacific Mai!; 67,390 Sugar;
17,950 Tennessee Coal and Iron; 13,420 Chi
cago Great Western.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 22%j St. L. & 8. W.. 10%l
do pref 81 i do do pref 26%:
Balt, tii Ohio .. 71% St. Paul 128%
Can. Pacific ... 86%| do pref 168
Can. Southern .. 59 St. P. & Om. .. 93
t’en). Pacific ... 60%j do do pref. ...168
Cites. & Ohio .... 28%: So. Pacific 42
Chi. & Alton ..171% So. Railway .... 13%
C., B. a Q 136 | do pref. .. 50%
Chi. & E. 111. .. 67% Tex. & Pacific .. 19%
do pref 116 Union Pacific .. 46%
Chi. G. W 16% do pref 74)%
Chi., Ind. & L.. 9 U. P. I), &O. .. 13
do do pref. ... 3o Wabash 8%
Chi. & N. W. ..147% do pref 23%
do pref 191 Wheel. A L. E„ 12
C. C. C. & St. L. 58% do do pref. ... 3.4
do do pref. ... 97 Adams Ex. ......109
Del. & Hudson.ll2% American Ex, ..142
Del., L. & W. ..153% U. S. Ex 55
Den. & K. G. .. 21% Wells Fargo Ex. 125
do pref 72%; A. Cot. OH 37%
Erie (new) 15%l do pref 80%
do Ist pref. ... 40% Am. Spirits .... 13%
FI. Wayne 178 I do pref 37
Ut. Nor, pref. ..176 |Am. Tobacco ...UT