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DECLINE in rosin market.
GENERAL diiop ok five cents
POSTED AT THE OPENING.
T ),e Market Firm nt the Advance,
Tiiongli No Great Volume of Bnsl-
Woo Done—Advance Was on
.soles of u Round Lot—Cotton Nonit
n„l nnd I'nckinced—South. Con
tinues a Seller—Local nnd Tele
graphic tlorketu.
Morning News Office, May 26.—The fea
(un of the markets to-day was the decline
of 5 cents on all grades of rosin on sales
• i round lot, which were reported at
(h( , opening. The market was firm ot the
Oe iine, though there were no further
transactions reported during the day. The
e; ,rly closing rule brought business to a
close a t 2 o'clock. The turpentine market
firm at lit cents, with a good demand for
the offerings, which are somewhat re
stricted at present owing to the demand
for stuff for contracts.
The cotton market remains unchanged.
The demand is light, and nothing develops
to add interest to the local situation. The
future market reported a net advance of
from 2 to 11 points. Slight timidity was
shown on the part of the bull element,
,j. this was not so manifest when for
t,j, buying orders were received in. eon
sid, ruble volume. The South continues to
sol! under apparent belief that prices ore
to go lower before a great while. The
wholesale markets were steady. In the
produce line lemons show advances, tho
price stiffening gradually as the season
progresses. The following resume of the
different markets will show the tone anil
quotations at the close to-day: .
pc, ; ,le of the frontier of Texas by exhlb-
The cotton market opened nominal and
closed unchanged. The receipts for the
,l av were 729 bales, against 668 last year,
and the receipts this season 1,085,611,
1 i,i 472 last year. No demand of conse
qu i c prevails, so that the local situation
is without any interest.
COTTON.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day. •
: pThis [ Last
j j day. | Year.
Good middling ...J. (9 7-16 [614
Middling |9V4 |5%
Low middling |9 |6%
Good ordinary ..................|B% J 4%
Market—Nominal; sales, none.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and StoWks.
Etceipis this day 729
Receipts this day last year 668
Receipts this day year before last.. 728
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,065,611
Same time last year 1,061,472
Same tipre year before last 1,174,426
Stock on hanjl this day 21.852
Same day laSt year 20,414
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports.
Receipts this day 2,296
T is day last year 3,747
T. is day year before last 4,089
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899. .6,301,377
Same time last year 8,084,924
Same time year before last ........8,452,359
Stock at the ports to-day 264,344
Stock same day last year 679,912
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Quiet; middling, 8 15-16; net
receipts, 219; gross receipts, 219; stock,
23.788.
New Orleans—Firm; middling, 8 13-16: n t
receipts, 524; gross receipts, 524; sales, 7- 0;
stock, 100,399.
.Mobile-Nominal; middling. 8 13-16; net
rec-ipts, 13; gross receipts, 13; stock, 5,612.
Charleston—‘Nominal; net receipts, 7;
gross receipts, 7; stock 6,563.
Wilmington—Nominal; net receipts, 115;
gross receipts, 115; stock 3,144.
Norfolk—Nominal; middling, 914: net re
ceipts, 120; gross receipts, 120; stock, 10,-
632. -
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9%; stock,
4,252.
-New York—Quiet; middling 9 5-16; net re
ceipts, 644; gross receipts, 691; stock, 79,757.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 9 5-16.
Philadelphia—Steady; middling. 9 9-16;
net receipts, 25; gross receipts, 25; stock,
6,464.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Quiet; middling. 9*4; net re
c' iots. 2; gross receipts, 2; sales, 602; stock,
8,456.
Memphis—Quiet; middling, 8%; net re
ceipts. 100; gross receipts, 103; sales, 109;
stock, 40.537. ~
St. Louis—Quiet; middling, 8 15-16; net
receipts, 3; gross receipts, 481; stock, 41,-
892.
Cincinnati—Steady; middling 9%; net re
ceipt.,. 4; gross receipts, 142; sales, 200;
stock. 10,356.
Houston—Dull; middling, 9; net receipts,
212; gross receipts, 212; stock, 13,065.
Louisville— Firm; middling, 9%.
Exports of Cotton This Pay—
N> " Orleans—To Great Britain, 5,300; to
the continent, 8,200.
Mobile—coastwise, 1.104
Toi.il foreign exports from all ports
this flay; To Great Britain, 5,300; to the
continent, 8,200.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1899:
To Gn at Britain, 2,124,255; to France, 686,-
sth: o the continent, 2,544,747.
COTTON ITTt lIES.
New York. May 26 —The cotton market
Oi • i st, ady In tone with the nearer op
tions hi to 16 points higher and the new
crop positions 7 to 12 points higher on a
Hum of general buying led by local
shorts. The improvement originated in de
cidedly Letter Liverpool cables than the
ti rie had been led lo expect considering
the ncti n of our market last night. Buy
ing orders of considerable Importance
"ere rec. ived from Europe, while the out
-8 T . colic also operated on the bull side
at the start. Following the call, however,
.‘■horis senned to recover from their early
irighi and not only ceased covering, but
* 1 the remote months under the belief
that the favorable crop and weather re-
D’rts, In conjunction with rumors of low
er spot markets and a bearish weekly re-
Vl '"' hy the Chronicle warranted a re
aumption of bear speculation on a moder
s ale. Oir the early rise a prominent
I L adclphia export house was a fair pur
r of the May, June, July and August
Jr ilv 'ics, causing relative firmness In
months. Af.or the call the market
and off under selling from NVw Orleans.
>e late forenoon the crowd was dis-
j >,! " dto procrastinate pending develop
•fcnts over Snuday in the crop country
•' l further information from the Eng-
II h market.
mar ket for futures closed steady
.. 1 i’-iees net 3to 12 points higher.
York, May 26.—Cotton futures
'"I stiady at the advance and closed
Prices as follows:
jOpen. (High. |Low. |Cloe.
r-?h" nrv I 7.7S I — 7.74 \~T.f1~~\~ 7.69
M l n ! Jr y ••••! 7.77a .... I .... | 7.71
“® ri ' l h I 7.791) 7.73 | 7.73 | 7.73
J' ay I *.7ib a'ii I s.'so 1 sisi
“ 8.82 8.85 | 8.83 | 8.75
• ’ rtiber ...| 8.11 I 8.11 : 8.0 1 8.06
v-„,' f I 7.36 | 7.86 7.80 | 7.81
j.? m "T ...j 7.73 | 7.73 7.67 ! 7.68
~,'" nil,er •••■! 7.70 | 7.70 7.65 j 7.71
Ma oh" 7 •••■ 777 ! I 7 - 71
-V h ._: | 7.79 I I 7.73
V'" 001 . May~26.—Cotton: Spot. 11m
-I'' mand; prices, l-32d higher; Atrieri
-1 n >i.l.|li n(?) falr _ 5 jjoo.i mia
*l “V4<l; middling, 5 l-32d; low. mid-
MURPHY & CO., INC.,
Board of Trade Building, Savannah.
Private leased wires direct to New Tors.
Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New Tork office. No. 61 Broadway.
Office# in pnncipal cities throughout lbs
Bouth. Write for our Market Manual and
book containing instructions for traders.
dling, 4 29-32d; good ordinary, 4 25-32d
ordinary, 4 19-32d.
The sales of the day were 6,000 bales,
of which 500 were for speculation and ex
port and included 5,700 American; re
ceipts, 5,000 bales, including 2,300 Ameri
can.
Futures opened and closed steady at
the advance; American middling low
middling clause: May, 4.61d sellers; May-
June, 4.59d sellers; June-July, 4.56d sell
ers; July-August, 4.54d sellers; August-
Sept ember, 4.46#4.47d buyers; Septemhr-
October, 4.30@4.31d buyers; October-No
vember, 4.20@4.21d sellers; November-De
cember, 4.17d sellers; Deeember-January,
4.15d sellers; January-February, 4.13;i4.14d
sellers; February-March, 4.13d buvers
New Orleans, May 26.-Cotton 'futures
firm for old, steady for new crop.
ay 8.70 [November ..7.41(87.42
“ u^ e 8 -76 Deceml>er ...7.41(87.42
Avgust 8.28ft/B.29|February ...7.42^7.43
September [.March 7.44Q7.46
October 7.52@7.54j
COT TO If LKTTKKS
New York, May 26.-Hubbard Bros. &
Cos. say: Liverpool reacted to-day, re
covering most of the decline of yester
day. Closing - steady. Our own market
has been very steady all day, with a
demand for July to cover sales made on
the break and a gradual adjustment in
all the summer positions. A large amount
of spot cotton has been thrown back
on the merchants, who naturally look
with favor on the substantial reaction, in
tho hope of attracting buying from spin
ners. This condition exists in Liverpool
and the spinners’ actions will be watched
by every one. The trade are tired out
and not ready to take a fresh view of
the outlbok until the situation is more
settled. They think spinners may buy
on the decline, wirile on the other hand
the question of whether the spinners,
after having successfully withstood the
effect of the gigantic speculative attempt
to advance prices may not decide to buy
from hand-to-mouth. j The South sold
new crops with freedom.
New York, May 26.—Murphy & Cos. say:
Cotton in Liverpool advanced l-32d on
spots; sales, 6,000. Futures ot>ened 2g>4
points higher, but closed 6 points higher
than yesterday on old and 4 points up
on new crops. This market opened 10gl9
points higher on this and 7(gill points
up on next crop positions. Europe and
Wall street both became weak after the
opening on locals and some Southern
selling. Weather Is favorable through
out the cotton belt; temperature in Tex
as ranges from 72 and 75 degrees; else
where 60 to 72 degrees.
• DRY GOODS.
New York. May 26.—The week elofees
without change from previous conditions
in the dry goods market. The demand is
slow in all departments from the home
trade. Brown sheetings and drills are sell
ing for export again. Bleached cottons in
active at previous prices. Coarse colored
cottons are selling in many small lots
only. Print cloths are idle. No change.
Prints and ginghams are in quiet request
at previous prices. American cotton yarns
inactive and very irregular. Woolen and
worsted are dull and inclined in fa
vor of buyers.
THE HICE MARKET.
The following are the Savannah quota
tions:
Choice None
Prime 454@4%
Good 4 @4%
Fair 35i@354
Common .....2 @254
Rough Rice—None offering; season over.
NAVAL STORES.
Saturday, May 26.
Spirits Turpentine—The market for tur
pentine opened firm to-day at 49 cents,
and closed firm with reported sales of 597
casks. The demand was fairly good, and
a fair volume of business was transacted.
The tendency a few days since was for
lower prices, but it has been checked, and
the prospects are now favorable for the
maintenance of present prices awhile. The
receipts were 3,769, sales 507, and the ex
ports 909.
Rosins—A general decline of five cents
was posted in the rosin market at the
opening on reported sales of 5,103 barrels.
The market was firm at the advance, how
ever, though no further transactions were
reported during the day. The receipts
were 3,293, sales 5,103, and the exports 996.
The following were the quotations:
A, B, C.l $1 15 I 150
D 1 15 K 160
E 1 20 M 175
F 1 25 N 205
G 1 30 W G 229
H HO WW 240
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
1901 1900.
Stock on hand April 1, 1900 2,197 142.506
Receipts this day 1,769 3,293
Received previously 56,067 106.799
Total 60,033 252,59S
Exports to-day 909 996
Exports previously 37,675 144,770
Total since April 1, 1900....38,584 145,766
Stock on hand this day 21,44 9 306,832
Stock same day last year ....18,561 98,489
Same day year before last ... 1,600 3,321
Charleston, S. C., May 26.—Turpentine
market quiet at 4744 c; sales none.
Rosin quiet, unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, N. C., May 26.—Spirits tur
pentine, 4804844 c; receipts, 98 casks.
Rosin firm; $1.0501.10; receipts, 141 bar
rels.
Crude turpentine firm; $1.8002.10; re
ceipts, 103 barrels.
FINANCIAL,
MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up
with the supply.
BANK CLBARINGS-The hank clear
ings during the past week were $2,812,905.38,
against $1,965,699.64 for the corresponding
period last year, and $1,654,345.94 for the
corresponding period of 1898.
Clearings by Days—
Saturday $ 576,095 75
Monday 478,567 10
Tuesday • 328,903 93
Wednesday 423,472 09
Thursday 541,195 96
Friday 464,670 55
Total $2,812,906 38
FOREIGN EXCHANGE—Market Is
steady. The commercial demand, $4.57%;
sixty days, $4.84*4; ninety days, ?4.82'4;
francs. Paris and Havre, sixty days, 6.19%;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.25*4; marks, sixty
davs. 94%; ninety days, 94.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady;
banks are buying at par. and selling aa
follows; Amoun4s to and including
$25, 10 cents premium; $25 to S3O, 15 cents;
SIOO to S2OO, 25 cents; S2OO 40 SI,OOO, 44
premium; over SI,OOO, $1 per thousand.
SECURITIES—The market Is fairly
steady.
Stocks.
Bid. Asked.
Augusta and Savannah R. R 11l 112
Atlanta & West Point ~.125 126
do 6p. c. certirs 106 10*
Augusta Factory 85 90
Citizens Bank 1.130 131
Chatham Bank 11114 11214
Chatham R. E. & I. Cos., A 57 58
do do B 56 57
Eagle & Phenix Mfg. Cos 103 106
i .-a r.jtd '
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 'll, jyw.
Edison Electric Ilium 104 106
Enterprise Mfg. Cos 100 103
Germania Bank 130 131
Georgia & Alabama 29 30
Georgia Railroad, common 2b 211
Graniteviile Mfg. Cos 165 170
J. P. King Mfg Cos. 105 106
Langley Mfg Cx 115
Merchants National Bank 11l 112
National Bank of Savannah 150 155
Oglethorpe Savings & Trust ... 112 113
People's Savings & Loan 104 105
Southwestern Railroad Cos 11l 112
Savannah Gas Light 2454 2554
Southern Bank 158 160
Bavannah Bank & Trust 120 m
Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta 90 95
Savannah Brewing 100 101
Dunaa.
Bid. Asked.
Char., Col. & Aug. Ist 6s. 1909.. 106 107
Atlanta city, 4545. 1922 11l 112
Augusta city, 4s, 1921 105 106
do 4545. 1925 11l 112
do 7s, 1903 1U 112
do 6s, 1913 US 119
Ala. Mid. ss. ind’d. 1928, M. & N..101 103
Augusta Factory, 6 per cent.,1915.110 111
Brunswick & Western 4s, 1938.... 83 84
C. R. R. & Banking, collateral 5s 9254 9354
C. of G. Ist ss, 50-year gold, 1915
F. &A. 118 119
C. of Ga. con. ss, 1945, M. & N.. 92 93
C. of Ga. Ist incomes, 1945 43 44
do 2nd Incomes, 1945 13 14
do 3rd incomes. 1945 6 t
C. of G. (M. G. & A. Div) 55,1947
J. & J 9554 9954
C. of G. (Eatonton Blanch), 5s
1926, J. & J 99 100
City & Suburban R. R. Ist 75..10954 11954
Columbus City ss, 1909 106 108
Charleston City 4s, 1945 103 104
Engle & Phenix Mills 6s, 1928 ...108 109
Edison Electric Illuminating 65...104 105
Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 lnl 102
Georgia Railroad Os, 1910 115
G. S. &F„ 1945. J. & J 11l 112
Georgia & Alabama Ist ss, 1945. .105 107
do consolidated ss, 1915 96 98
Georgia state 3545, 1930, J. & J.. 106 107
do 3545, 1915, M. & N 104 106
do 4545, 1915 118 119
Macon city 6s, 1910, J. & J 118 119
do 4545. 1926, Jan. quar 108 110
Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 10654 108
Savannah city ss, quar. July,
1013 112 113
do ss. quar., August. 1909 111% 11254
South Carolina state 4545, 1933 11754 119
Sibley Mfg. Cos. ss, 1903 102 103
South Bound 5s 98 99
8., F. & W. gen. mt'ge 6s, 1934...123 124
do do Ist ss. gold, 1934 U 054 11254
do (St- Johns XJiv.l Ist *s- 1934... 94 a*
WEEKLY HAMv STATEMENT.
New York, May 26.—'The weekly bank
statement shows the following Changes:
Surplus reserves increased $2,257,100; loans,
increased $4,695,600; specie, increased sl,-
783,300; legal tenders, increased $2,471,300;
deposits, increased $7,990,300; circulation,
increased $342,510.
The banks now hold $18,812,326 in excess
of the legal requirements.
New York, May 26.—Money on call was
easy at 2 per cent.; prime mercantile
paper, 3*40414 per cent. Saerling exchange
steady, with actual business in bankers’
bills, at $4.874404.87% for demand and at
?4.84%®4.84% for sixty days; posted rates,
$4.8514 and $4.88*4; commercial hills, $4,810
4.8414. Silver certificates, 60061 c; bar sil
ver, 60*4c; Mexican dollars, 47%e. State
bonds inactive; railroad bonds Irregular;
government bonds steady.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
New York, May 26.—There was no
change in conditions in the stock market
to-day. The influence of
Thursday’s fanure continues to overhang
the market and to discourage any specu
lative activity. A large proportion of the
day’s small business was given over to
transactions in settlement of the failed
firm’s affairs.
The firm of brokers whose buying yes
terday was said to represent a transfer
of tire accounts of the customers of Price,
McCormick & Cos., was again a conspic
uous operator to-day. These operations
represent a re-entry into the market of
some customers of the failed firm, to whom
loans were paid oft when their contracts
were closed out, under the rule of the
exchange, or whose commitments are tak
en over from the suspended firm by other
houses. This operation is a sustaining in
fluence on prices and was especially evi
dent to-day in Union Pacific.
The prevalent belief that the banks
which hold the firm's collateral for loans
will not, all of them, throw the collateral
on the market for forced sale to liquidate
the loans also served to relieve apprehen
sion to some extent. Authoritative denials
of some of the rumors put in circulation
of further financial difficulties, was an
influence towards relieving depression.
These factors* it will be observed, were
rather negative in character, but they
served to keep the market pretty steady.
The sharp rally in cotton was a favorable
factor.
The shorts covered in sugar, railroad
earnings reported were favorable, especial
ly the April statements of net earnings of
the Hocking Valley and the Atchisons and
the strength of those stocks helped the
rest of the market. The close was never
theless steady at concessions from highest
prices. American Ice declined further on
the prosecution instituted against the com
pany. Brooklyn Union Gas rose on the
belief that it would benefit by the settle
ment of the gas war, and Union Bag pre
ferred reobvered from the weakness caus
ed by forced sales yesterday. The hank
statement was about as expected and was
without influence on the market.
Dealings in bonds have bpen small and
unimportant.
United Stales refunding 2s, when issued,
declined *4. and old 4s and 5s % in the bid
price. The 2s advanced *4 per cent.
The total sales of stocks were 84,860
shares, including Atchison preferred, 8,714;
Union Pacific, 8,623; Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit, 5,060; Sugar, 9,710.
New York Stock List.
Atchison 254i[Union Pacific .... 5344
do pref 70* /4 ! do pref 73%
Balt. & Ohio ... 76 |Wabash .......... 8
Can. Pacific .... 93441 do pref 2244
Can. So 51 ; Wheel. & L. E... 944
Ches. & Ohio ... 27*4| do 2nd pref. ... 2644
Chi. G. W 12491 Wis. Central .... 15
Chi. B. & Q..... 126 |Third Avenue ...114
Chi. Ind. & L 23 |Adams Express. 113
do pref 52 |Am. Express ....150
Chi. & E. 11l 102 lUnited States ... 45
Chi. & Nw 16544|We11s Fargo 118
C. R. I. & P. ...106%|Am. Cot. Oi! .... 34
C. C. C. & St. L. 58441 do pref 90
Cos. So 6 |Am. Malting .... 3%
do Ist pref. ... 42 ! do pref 2144
do 2nd pref. ... 16*4! Am. S. & Refng. 37%
Del. & Hud50n..113441 do pref 88*4
Del. L. & 4V....177 |Am. Spirits 2%
Den. & R. G. ••• Wi 1 do pref 17
do pref *744!Am. Steel Hoop. 2044
Erie 11441 do pref 70
do Ist pref. ... 25VAm. Steel & W.. 34%
Gt. Nor. pref.. .153*4] do pref 7344
Hocking Coal .. 15 I Am. Tin Plate .. 2244
Hock. Valley ... 37%] do pref 73*4
Illinois Cent 112VAm. Tobactoo .... 92*4
lowa Central .... 1744! do pref 130
do pref 48 iAna. Min. Cos. ... 41
K. C. P. & G... 17 |Brook. R. T 71%
L. Erie & W 27 |c’ol. F. & 1r0n.... 36
do pref 91 jcont. Tobacco ... 24
Lake Shore 212 ] do pref 7844
L. & N 78%: Federal Steel ... 34%
Man. L 69*11 do pref 67
Met. St. Ry 154Vc,en. Electric ...134
Mex. Central ... 1244]Glucose Sugar ... 1544
Minn. & St. L... 62 | do pref 99%
do pref 93 I Inti. Paper 22
Mo. Pacific 5544] do pref 6344
Mobile A Ohio - 39Vl.aoledo Gas 68
Mo. K. & T 11 I Nat. Biscuit .... 29%
do pref. ....... 3249; do pref 80
•N. J. Central. ...117 iNatlonal Lead ... 19%
N. Y. Central ...131441 do pref 91
Nor. & W 35VNational Steel .. 28*4!
do pref 78*4' do pref 86
No. Pacific 59%]n. Y. Air Brake.l22
do pre.f 74*4!North American. 1474
Ont A W 2044:paciflc Coast .... 48
Ore. R. & Nav.. 12 ) do Ist pref 80 i
do prof. ....... 76 | do 2nd pref. ... 5854
Pennsylvania ...129%| Pacific Mali 28
Reading 16%jPeople's Gas 99
do Ist pref 55541 Pressed S. Car... 4354
do 2nd pref. ... 28 | do pref 76
Rio G. W 67541 Pull. Pal. Car ...180
do pref 875s|‘3: Rope & T 5%
St. L. & 3. F... 10 (Sugar 114
do Ist pref. ... 68 j do pref 11054
do 2nd pref. ... 3Ss4|Tenn. C. * Iron.. 7251
St. L. Sw 11 |U. S. Leather .... 10%
do pref 26% j do pref 68
St. Paul 115541 U. S. Rubber ...-. 28%
do pref 172 | do pref. 96
St. P. & Om. ...112 [West. Fnton .... 79%
So. Pacific 33%] R. I. & S 14
So. Railway 12 j do pref 56
do pref 54541 P. D* D. St* L. 5654
Texas & Pac— 16%l
Bonds.
U. S. 2s, rfg. ..104 I Mo.. K. & T. 1
do 2s, reg 995*1 2nds 685a
do 3s, reg 100'si M., K. & T. As. 93
do 3s. oou. ..10954; M. & O. 4s 8554
do new 45,reg.13454|N. Y. C. Ists ..111
do new 4s, c011.13454|N. J. C. gen. 55.12154
do old 4s,'reg.lls%!N. C. 6s 130
do old 4s, cou.llo%;N. C. 4s 106
do ss, peg 113%1 No. Pa. 3s 67%
do ss. cou. ...113% No. Pa. 4s 101%
D. of C. 3 65s ..121 IN. Y., C. & St.
Atoh. gen. 4s ..101 | L. 4s 106%
Atoll, adit. 4s .. 84% N. & W. con.4s. 96%
Can. So. 2nd5...106%j N. & W. gen. 65.131
C. of G. 5s 92 [Ore. Nav. Ists ..111
do Ist inc 4254|0re. Nav. Is ....104%
do 2nd inc. ... 12 jOre. S. L. 6s ...129
C. & O. 454s 99 j Ore. S. L. c0n.55.H344
C & O. 5s 107 j Read. gen. 4s ... 88
C. & Nw. C. 75.14154!R- G. W. Ists .. 99
C. & Nw. S. F. |St. L. & Ir. M.
Deb. 5s 119 | con. 5s 110%
Chi. Term. 4s .. 95 ! St. L. & S. F.
Col. So. 4s 86%| gen. 6s 121%
D. & R. G.lsts .101541 St. P. cons 170%
D. & R. G. 4s .. 99% St. P., C. & Pa.
E. TANARUS„ V. & G. | Ists 120
Ists 103 | St. P.. C. & Pa.
Erie Gen. 4s ... 7254 5s 121%
F. W. & D. C. (So. Ry. 5s 112
Ists 72% 1 So. Pa. 4s 82%
Gen. Elec. 5s .120 |B. Rope & T. 6s . 71
G. H. & S. A.65.11l |Tenn.new set.3s.. 9654
G. H. & S. A. |T. & Pa. Ists ..114%
2nds 108 |T. & Pa. 2nds .. 67
H. &T.C. 5s ..110 jUn. p a . 4 S 106
H&T. C. con. j Wabash lsls 116
6s lll%jWabash 2nds ...102
la. C. Ists 113541 West Shore 4s ..112%
K. C,P. &G. j Wis. Cen. Ists .. 90%
Ists v 71 |Va. Centuries ... 93
La. new eon. 4s. 108541 Va. Deferred ... 8
L. & N. Uni. 4s. 99541
New York, May 26.—Standard Oil 5550557.
MISCELLANEOUS markets.
Note.—These quotations ore revised
daily, and are kept as near as possltile
In accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices Official quotations are not used
■when they disagree with the prices whole
salers ask.
Country nnd Northern Produce.
POULTRY—The market Is steady. Quo.
tations: Half-grown, 85050 c per pair;
three-qtfarters grown, 65©S0c per pair;
full-grown fowls (hens), 65070 c per pair;
roosters, 40c per patr; turkeys, $1.2502.50
per pair; geese, 75cg51.00 per pair; ducks,
60®65c per pair.
EGGS—The market is steady at 110-12.
BUTTER— The tone f the market is
steady. Quotations: Extra dairies 20c;
extra Elgins, 22c.
CHEESE—Market- firm: fancy full
cream cheese, 12013 c for 25-pound aver
age.
ONlONS—Bermuda, $1.7502.00 crate;
Egyptian. $3.25 sack; crates, $1.30.
PEAS— Black-eyed, $1.8502.00 per bushel.
POTATOES—Northern, old, sacks, sl.7s
01,90.
BEANS—Navy or peas, $2.2502.50 per
bushel.
Early Vegetables.
IRISH POTATOES—New, No. 1, $8.51
per barrel; No. 2, $2.00@2.60; culls, sl.oo®
1.25.
SNAP BEANS—Round, 75c®1.00 crate;
flat, 50075 c; wax, 60®75c,
CUCUMBERS—Per crate, $1.0001.25.
EGG PLANT—HaIf barrel, cfates, $1,500
2.00.
SQUASH— DuII at 75c051.00 per crate.
CABBAGE— Per barrel crate. $2.2502.75.
STRAWBERRIES—LocaI stock, 7@loc
per quart; Florida stock, 5010 c.
Ureadstuffa, Huy nnd Grain.
FLOUR-Market easy; patent, $4.20;
Straight, $3.90; fancy, $1.60; family, $3.40.
MEAL— Pearl, per barrel, $2.50; per sack,
$020; city meal, per rack, bolted, $1.1244®
115; water ground, $1.124401.15; city grist,
seeks, $1.1744; pearl grist, Hudnuts', per
barrel, $2.75; per sack, $1.25; sundry
brands, $1.20 sack.
CORN— Market firm; white, Job lots,
80c; carload lots, 59c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed, carload, 35036 c; Job
Ots, 37038 c; white, clipped (37 to 42 pounds),
40042 c.
BRAN—Job lots, $1.00; carload lots, 95c.
HAY—Market strong; Western, Job lots,
97c; carload lots, 92*4c.
Bacon, tlnnis and Lara.
BACON—Market higher and advancing;
smoked clear sides, 844 c; dry salted clear
sides, B%c; belließ, 844 c.
HAMS-Sugar cured. 1244@1844c.
LARD—Market firm: pure, in tierces.
844 c; 60-pound tins, B%c; compound. In
tierces. 744 c: 60-pound tins, 7%0.
WEEK’S BANK CLEARINGS.
New York, May 25.—The total bank
clearings at the principal cities of Hie
United States for the week ending May
24 were $1,524,704,071, a decrease as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year of 18.8 per cent.; outside New York
city, $602,099,319, an increase of 1.3 per
cent.
Sugar and Coffee.
SUGAR—Board of Traoe quotations:
Cut loaf s.9B|Diamond A 6.58
Crushed s.9SConfec4loners A.5.38
Powdered s.6B|White XC 5.13
XXXX powd .. .5.73 iExrra C 5.03
Stand, gran. A.,s.sß|Golden C 4.93
Cubes 5.73 (Yellows 4.83
Mould A 5.83
Hardware nnd Building Snpplle*.
LIME. CALCIUM, PLASTER AND
CEMENT—Alabama and Georgia lime In
fair demand and sell at 80c a barrel; spe
cial calcined plaster, $1.50 per barrel: hair,
405 c. Rosedale cement. $1.2001.25: cur
load lots, special: Portland cement, re
tail. $2.25; carload lots, $2.0002.20.
LUMBER, E’. O. B. VESSEL SAVAN
NAH-Minimum yard sizes. $14.00015.00;
Car sills, $16.00016.50; difficult sizes, $16.50
025.00; ship Stock, $25.60030.00; sawn ties,
$12.50012.00: hewn lies. 33036 c.
01l Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal. 45050 c; West Virginia, black. 9@]Je;
lard. 58c; ncatsf.iot, Guo7Oc: machinery, 16
025 c; linseed oil. raw, 68; boiled. 79: ker
os* ne prime white, 15c; water white, 14c;
Pratt's astral, 15c; deordorlzcd stove gas
oline, drums, 1244 c. Empty oil barrels, de
livered. 85c.
GUN POWDER—Per keg, Austin crack
yhot. $4.00; half kegs, $2.25; quarter kegs,
$1.25. champion dueklng. quarter kegs.
$2.25; Dupont and Hazard smokeless, half
kegs. .$11.35; quarter kegs, $>.75; 1-pound
canister, $1.00; less 25 per cent.; Trolsdorf
smokeless powder, 1-pound cans, $1.00; 10-
pound cans. 90c pound.
SHOT—Drop, Sx.CU; B B and large, 1.85;
chilled. $1.85.
IRON—Market very s'eady; Swede. 5440
6e base; refined. 3c base.
NAILS—Cut. $3.00 base; wire. $3.90 base.
BARBED WIRE—*4.SO per 100 pounds.
Ermrs and hats.
BANANA S-$1.250 2.25.
LEMONS—Market strong and advanc
ing, at $4.00. i
NUTS—Almonds. Tarragona. 16c; Ivlcas,
I€c; walnuts, French, 12c; Naples, 12c; pe
cans, 12c; Brazils, 7c; filberts. 13c: assort
ed nuts. 50-pound nnd 25-pound boxes, 10c.
PEANUTSi-Amole stock, fair demand:
market firm; fancy hnnc-olcked, Virginia,
per pound, 4t%c; hand-picked. Virginia,
£%@4o N. C. seed peanuts, 4c.
RAISINS—L. L. $2: Imperial cabfnets,
$2.25; loose, 50-pound boxes. 80844 c pound.
Dried anil Etaporutrd Fruit*.
APPLES-Evaporated, 8%09e; sun-dried,
•4io.
PEACHES—Evaporated, pealed, 17%o;
unpealed, 954@10c.
PEARS—Evaporated, 1254 c.
APRlCOTS—Evaporated. 15c pound.
Salt, liilieb unil IVuol.
SALT—Demand is fair and the market
steady; ce-load Jots, 100-pound burlap
sacks, 44c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 45c;
126-pound burlap sacks, 5454 c; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 655x0; 200-pound burlap sacks,
15c.
HlDES—Market firm; dry flint, 1554 c; dry
salt, 1354 c: green salted, 75c.
WOOL—Nominal; prime Georgia, free
of sand, burrs and black wool, 21c; black,
18c; burry, 10@12c. Wax, 25c; tallow, 40.
Deer skins. 20c
Luituu llagging and Ties.
BAGGING—Market firm; Jute, 254-
pound, 9%c largo lots, 954 c small lots;
2-pound, 8%(j9o; 1%-pound. 85@5540; sea
island bagging, 1254 c.
TIES-Standard, 46-pound, arrow, largs
lots, 21.40; small lots 81.60.
lllaeellaneouß.
FlSH—Mackerel, half-barrels. No. 1,
18.50; No. 2, J 7.00; No. 3, 18.00; kits, No. L
31.26; No. 2, $1.00; No. S. 80c. Codfish,
1-pound bricks. 654 c; 2-pound bricks. 6c.
Smoked herring, per bo*, 17c. Dutch her
ring, in kegs, 31.10; new mullet, half-bar
rel. $3.50.
SYRUP—Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 28@30c; selling at
82@35c; sugar houee at 10#15c; selling at
straight goods, 23@30c; sugar house mo
lasses, 15@20c.
HONEY—Fair demand; strained, in bar
rels, 55@60c gallon.
High wine basis, $1.235401.2554.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
COTTON—Savannah to Boston, pel
bale, $1.25: to New York, per bale, $1.00;
to Philadelphia, per bale, $1.00; to Balti
more, per bate, $1.00: via New York—
Bremen, 60c; Genoa, 60c; Liverpool, 45c;
Reval. 70c; direct. Bremen, 43c.
LUMBER—By Sail—Freight strong, Sa
vannah to Baltimore, per M, $5.75; to Phil
adelphia. $6.00; to New Y’ork, $6.75; to
Boston and Portland. $7.00@7.75; to Ha
vana, $7.00; toSt. Jonn. N. 8., $8.00; cross
ties, 44 feet base, to Baltimore, 15c; to
Philadelphia. 17c; to New York. 18c.
BY STEAM—Lumber—Savannah to Bal
timore, $6.60; to Philadelphia, $8.00; to New
York, $6.00; to dock. $6.75; lightered—to
Boston, (o dock. $8.25.
NAVAL STORES—The market is firm;
medium size vessels. Rosin—Coik for or
ders, 3s per barrel of 310 pounds and 5 per
cent, primage. Spirits, 4s 3d per 40 gallons
gross and 5 per cent, primage. Larger
vessels, rosin, 2s 9d; spirits, 4s. Steam,
11c per 100 pounds on rosin; 2154 c on spirits.
Savannah to Boston, and 954 c on rosin,
and 19c on spirits to New York.
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, May 26.—Flour dull end a
shade weaker; Minnesota patent, $3.600>
3.80; winter patents. $3.6003.85. Rye flour
quiet. Corn meal easy; yellow Western,
82c. Rye steady; No. 2 Western. 62%. Bar
ley quiet. Barley malt nominal; Western,
554166 c.
Wheal—Spot dull; No. 2 red, 78c; elevn
tor; No. 2 red, 8144 c; options opened steady
on continued drought In the Northwest,
but meeting sales for European account
soon eased off. Large spring wheat re
ceipts and weak cables also favored the
bear side during the afternoon. The close
was dull and weak at 44e decline; May
closed, 71 44; July closed, 7244; September
closed, 7344-
Corn—Spot, market weak; No. 2,42 c;
opttbn market was quiet and easier, owing
to weakness abroad, favorable home crop
conditions, liquidation and larger country
acceptances. Closed weak. 44c net decline;
May closed. 41c: July closed, 4174 c; Sep' ent
ire r closed, 42%c.
Oats—Spot, quiet; No. 2. 27c; track mix
ed Western, 27028*4; options dull and
barely steady.
Beef quiet; family, $12.70012.50. Cut
meats steady; pickled shoulders, 644 c;
pickled hums, 104401044 c.
Lard weak; refined easy.
Pork dull; family. $14.00014.50.
Butter steady; Western creamery, 1644
@2044; State dairy, 16019 c.
Cheese steady; fancy large white, 111 c.
Eggs firm; state and, Pennsylvania, 140)
1444 c; Southern at mark, 1044012 c.
Potatoes steady: New York, $1.0001.00;
Jersey sweets, $3.0004.50.
Tallow dull.
Petroleum weak; refined New York,
SS.I6; Philadelphia and Baltimore. $8.10;
do In bulk, $7.45.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good.
$1.56.
Turpentine quiet, 50®51440.
Rice firm; domestic fair to extra, 4%®
644 c; Japan, 4%®4%c.
Peanuts quiet; fancy handpicked, 3440
4c; other domestic, 3@344c.
Cablmge quiet; Florida per crate, $1,250
1.75.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 27c.
Coffee—Futures opened barely steady at
5010 points decline, following lower Euro
pean cables, ruled moderately active, with
a weak undertone, under disappointing
spot market and the entire lack of public
speculative demand. The market rail Pd
partially later on covering started by re
ports of more bubonic plague cases In Rio.
Closed steady at unchanged prices to 3
IKjlnts lower. Total sal’s. 13,500 bags, In
cluding June at 6.6306.70; July, 6.700)
6.80 August, 6.86. Spot coffee; Rio barely
steady; No. 7 Invoice, 744 c; mild quiet; Cor
dova, 944@13%c.
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, 4c; cen
trifugal. 96 test, 444 c; refined firm; stand
ard A. 5.10; confectioners' A, 5.10.
New York, May 26.—Cotton seed oil dull
and more or less nominal. Prime crude
barrels 3103444 c nominal; prime summer
yellow, 57c; off do 36440 37c; butter grades
nominal: prime winter yellow, 40@42c;
prime white 400>41c; prime meal S2B.
CHICAGO Mtlt K I/I’S.
Chicago, May 26.—The grain markets
ended a stagnant session to-day in a
rather -weak condition, wheat a shade,
corn %@*,4c and oats 44@%c under yester
day. Provisions closed 74401244 c down.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
May 66% 66% 66% 66*4
July 6744067% 67%@7% 67%@67 67
Corn, No. 2
May 31% 36% 36%®36% 86*4
July 37 037% 374 •'% 36%
Sept 37% 37%®37% 37*% 37%
Oats, No. 2
Mav 2144 31% 21% 21*4
July 21%021’/4 21%®®% 21*4 21 %®/21%
Sept 2044 2042 20% 20%
Mess Pork, her barrel—
July ....sll4O sll4O $1132*4 $1132*4
Lard, per 100 pounds—
July .... 6 87*4 690 B2>4 6 8244
Sept .... 6 87*4 690 6 82*4 6 82*/,
Short Ribs, per 100 pounda—
July 6 55 6 55 6 50 6 50
Sept .... 655 655 6EO 65)
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull; steady; winter patents, $3.6003.70;
straights, $2.9003.40; clears, $2.700 3.20;
spring specials,' $3.8003.90; patents. $3-00®
3.45; ftralghts. $2.6002.90; bakhrs’, $2.0002.40.
Nq. 3 wheat. 62&6'>*4c; No. 2 red, 720.7244 c.
No. 2 corn, 3703744 c; No. 2 yellow, 37440
37%c. No. 2 oats, 21 %®22%0; No. 2 white,
2402444 c; No. 3 while, 23%024*4c- No. 2
rye, 5644 c, Good feeding barley, 36*4c; fair
to choice malting, 37040 c. No. 1 flaxseed,
SI.BO. Prime timothy seed, $2.45. Mess pork,
per barrel. $10.30011.35. Lard, per 100
pounds, $6.7*)06.82!4. Short ribs sides, loose,
$6.4006.66. Dry sailed shoulders, boxed,
$6.5006.75. Rhort clear sides, boxed, $6,95@
7.05. Whisky, basis of high wines, $1.23,
Clover, contract grade, $7.50.
ONE MILLION HIDES WANTED
DRY FLINTS 15c
DRY SALTS 130
GREEN SALTED 7c
H. KIRKLAND,
Buyer of Old Halle, Scrap Iron end Metala
417 to 421 St, Julian street, west.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General fiese of Ships nnd.
Shipping'.
The opening of the Georgia and
Alabama’s terminals across the river will
about double Savannah's harbor room by
taking many vessels to that side to load
and discharge cargoes. There has not
.been and complaint of a lack of harbor
room this year because of the less number
of vessels which have arrived, but it is
possible later that many will be hero at
the same time, as has been the case in
years past, so that the more ecqrnnodioue
berth room makes any Inconvenience in
docking vessels improbable. Vessels ha ye
been entering the new slips for some time,
and some are now discharging cargoes
there.
Two excursions will be run by river
steamers to-day. The steamer Santee will
leave the foot of Abercorn street at 9
o'clock and Thunderboldt at 10:30 for War
saw Island. The Alpha will leave the foot
of Whitaker street at 3:30 this afternoon,
for old ocean, giving the excursionists a
trip off Tybee.
The schooner Jennie Thomas arrived
yesterday with a cargo of coal consigned
to the Herman Coal and Wool Company,
and the Isabella Gill with coal consigned
to the Domestic Coal Company.
The steamer Clifton, which hae been on
Willlnk'e Marine Railway several days,
was hauled off yesterday.
The pilot boat J. H. Kfitlll is being rap
idly repaired at the foot of East Broad
street. .
The tug Regis, which was recently dam
aged by fire, will probably be ready to haul
out on the marine railway to-morrow or
Tuesday.
Pnaaengera by Steamship*.
Passengers by steamship City of Macon,
New York for Savannah, May 34.—H. O.
Hines, John Beckwood, C. Hanks, George
Nohl, M. Baron and wife.
Passengers by steamship City of Bir
mingham for New York, yesterday.—-R.
P. Comstock, Dr. 8. C. Benedict. Dr. W.
H. Elliott, J. J. Clark, H. W. Newman,
Mrs. F. Neuberger, Mrs. K. Hall, K.
O’Brien, Miss Irene Baker, W. W. Zapp.
P. D. Whitaker, Miss Helga Heuch, Miss
Sofie Luidvlg, James McCaw and wife,
J. L. Girton, A. G. Riehert, L. H. Kap
lan, R. V. Conneerat. F. Wlldon, A. B.
Spalding, and eight Intermediate.
Passengers by steamship D. H. Miller
for Baltimore yesterday.—ll. L. Kurts,
C. C. Hodges, Mrs. Hodges, Annie Green,
B. levy, H. La. Braun. W. W. Ballard,
Miss Kyle, Miss Jamison, Miss J. Knowl
ton, Miss J. N. Knowlton, Newcomb
Cohen, Mrs. Cohen, Miss Bedding, G. TANARUS,
Jones, H. J. Everett, J. P. EJehtemach,
Miss Fairbanks, Miss Carrier, Miss Lock
wood, Miss Hodgettß, D. F. Sheehan, H.
Thomas, H. R. Riley, Miss Mary Peters.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises 4:54 a. m. and sets 7:00 p. in.
High water at Tybee to-day at 6:26 a.
m. and 6:51 p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
Phases of tha Blown for May.
First quarter. 6th. 7 hours and 39 min
utes. morning: full moon. 14th. 9 hours and
96 minutes, morning; last quarter, 21et, 1
hours and 31 minutes, evening; new moon,
28th, 8 hours and 60 mlnutee, morning;
moon In apogee Bth: moon In porlgce 24th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Itasca, Diggs, Baltimore—J.
J. Cardan., Agent.
Schooner Jennie Thomas, Young, Balti
more—Howard & Cos.
Schooner Robert C. McQulllen, Harking
New York—Master.
Schooner Isabella GUI, Coll bon, New
York—Master.
Vessel* Cleared Yesterday.
Schooner Julia Elizabeth.>(Br), Sweet
ing, Nassau, N. P.—Master.
Vessels Went to Sea.
Steamship City of Birmingham, Burg,
New York.
Steamship I>. H. Miller, Peters, Balti
more.
Alilpplng Memoranda.
Charleston, B. C., May 26.—Arrived,
steamer Algonquin, Platt. Jacksonville,
proceeded New York; schooners, Percy
and Dtllie, Anderson, New York; Pasa
dena. Hlgbee, New York; Bertha F.
Walker, Moore, Baltimore.
Jacksonville, May 28.—Entered, schoon
ers W. H. Albufy, Russell, Hope Town;
Addle P. McFartden,, Stuart. New York;
Charles D. Hall, Falklngburg, New York;
Jeremiah Smith, Parsons, Providence.
Cleared, steamship Comanche, Penning
ton, New York.
Port Tamv>a, May 26.—Sailed, steamer
Olivette, Smith, Havana, via Key West;
bark Louise (Ger), Horstmanti, Hamburg.
Fersandlna, Fla., May 26. —Arrived, bark
Vilasa (Span), Barcelona; schooner Nor
man, Gray, Boston.
Cleared, steamer George Farwell, Picket,
New York; schooner William J. Lipsett,
Huntley, Philadelphia.
Sailed, steamer Faika, Thornqulst.
Aarhuss, May 24.—Arrived, steamer In
dia, Fernandlna.
Table Bay, May 17.—Sailed, Actsira,
Pensacola.
Maderla, May 18.—Sailed, stoamer Swan
ley. Port Tampa.
Bilbo, May 24.—Arrived, steamer Cairn
rose, Pensacola.
Plymouth, May 25.—Arrived, steamer
London. Punta Gonda.
Baltimore, May 26 —Sailed steamers B.
O. tug No. 2, Jacksonville; Alleghany,
Savannah.
, Notice to Mariner*.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic Infor
mation will Ire furnished masters of veo
sels free of charge In United Slates hydro
graphic office In Custom House. Captains
are requested to call at the office. Re
ports of wrecks and derelicts received for
transmission to the navy department.
Washington. D. C., May 21.—Notice is
given by the Lighthouse Hoard that cn or
about Jam’ 1, 1900, this fixed white laniern
light will be re-established fourteen feet
above mean high water, on the siructure
recently erected in about six feet of wuter
off Old Field Point, northwesterly side of
the Elk river, tributary to the upper iart
of Chesapeake Hay. The light will Illu
minate the entire horizon. The structure
consists of a wooden pile, surmounted by
the laniern and surrounded by a trian
gular protection of plies. The approximate
geographical position of the light wl 1 be:
Lat. 39 30 38 N; lon. 75 51 W. Bearings
and distances of prominent objects from
the light will be; Toms Point. NE%N, %
mile; Court 1 House Point, 1544N, % mile;
Old Field Point, NW 1 , 400 feet. Bearings
are magnetic; miles are nautical miles.
Foreign Exports.
Per British schooner Julia •Elizabeth,
for Nassau, N. P., cargo of general mer
chandise—Cargo by Savannah Grocery
Company.
Note—The Norwegian hark Russell, Capt,
Hansen, previously reported cleared,
should have been credited to James Fario
Jr.
Coastwise Export*.
Per steamship City of Birming
ham for New York, May 26.
232 bales of upland cotton, 321 bales palm
fibre, 203 bales domestic*. 577 sacks rice,
684 barrels rosin, 1,829 barrels cotton seed
oil, 224,439 feet lumber, 280 bundle* hides, 7
turtles, 5 barrels fish, 80 crates cigars, 467
boxes fruit, 1,480 barrels vegetables. 2,197
orates vegetables, 98 lone pig iron, 50 bar
rels rice, 7 bales llnters, 53 boxes tobacco,
13 sacks clams, 280 packages merchandise.
Per Steamship D. H. Miller for Balti
more.—432 bale* upland cotton, 1.560 bar
rels rosin, 258,010 feet lumber, 3 cars scrap
iron, 495 packages vegetables, 117 sa ks
bones. 300 packages merchandise. 235 pack
ages domestics and yarns, 40 bales hides, 67
bales llnters, 50 cases canned goods. 100
barrels pitch.
TWO CONVICTED OF ASSAULT.
Some Heavy Sentences Pnnsetl by
Court nt Valdosta.
Valdosta, Ga., May 26.—The Superior
Court adjourned yesterday. Spencer,Sco t,
the negro who was convicted of an assault
upon a lltile negro girl, was sent to ti e
penitentiary for twenty years, the Jury
having recommended him to the me c y
of the court.
A young white boy named Charlie Mil
ler was on trial for a similar crime, com
mitted in the western part of tho city
two weeks ago. He was only fifteen years
of age. He was convicted of an assault
with intent to commit rape upon a little
negro girl, and was sent to the peniten
tiary for seven years. A great many
negroes were in the court house during
these two trials and they seemed highly
pleased by the sentence imposed upon tho
white boy.
Richard Finch, who obtained S3OO from a
bank upon drafts which he had forged,
pleaded guilty and was sent to the peniten
tiary for seven years.
Isaao McFadden, the negro who stole
cows and killed them in order to get their
hides to sell to Junk dealers here, also
pleaded guilty and was sent <up for four
years.
Arthur Jones and Archie Jenkins were
sentenced for one year on the chain-gang
in default of SIOO fine, having been con
victed of stealing hides wllh a recommen
dation for mercy.
Will Davis was on trial for assault with
intent to murder. Marshal Buck Martin at
Lake Park some time ago. Davis went
to sleep in a store and was discovered
by the proprietor during the night. The
proprietor thought he was trying to bur
glarize his place, so a posses was called
to help arrest him. The negro ran and
Martin was shot, though, a number of pis
tols were fired at the same time. Under
all the circumstances, the Jury recom
mended that he be punished as for a mis
demeanor, so his fine was placed at SIOO, or
a year in the chain-gang.
MF/r WITH A WATER SPOUT.
Stirring Experience of a Little
Schooner In tle Pacific.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
“It swayed end zigzagged over the ocean
like the staggering gait of a drunken man.
then swept with a roar Just under our
etem and carried away the spinnaker bo n
with It.”
That was the way Capt. Rice described
the encounter his vessel, the schooner
Met ha Nelson, had with a waterspout on
the morning of Oct. 18, about thirty miles
northweet of Point Reyes, while she was
making for this port. The schooner was
bound from Makamell, Hawaiian Isisnls,
with a cargo of sugar. She had fair weather
during all the voyage until the capes which
mark the entrance to the harbor were al
most In sight, when the wind began to
freshen and come In fitful gusts.
The schooner was holding well up to the
northeast to get a good slant of wind for
the port, after taking bearings fiom iha
Farallone light. The wind, which had
been pretty brisk at the break of day. kept
increasing, and a few hours after the sun
ibroke through the banks of fog clouds In
the eastward It was almost blowing a hur
ricane from thg northwest.
When nearly abreast of Point Reyes the
vessel’s course was changed, and she was
bowling in toward the harbor, with the
wind almost astern.
Suddenly and almost directly nhead of
the vessel there arose a great, till column
at water.
For a moment It stood almost directly In
tho track of the schooner and only a few
yards in advance of l<* jihboozn. Just a* tn 0
vessel seemed about to pierce It, It moved
slowly from the schooner, (hen, swung off
to starboard. Capt. Rice ordered the helm
hard oner, to pass to port of the column,
and at the same tlmo Jumped down from,
the poop deck to give the mien a hand In
hauling up the sheets.
The work was hardly half done ami the
Jibe and mainsails were flapping In the
wind, when the great column of water
changed Its course nnd came swirling back
toward the schooner, us If to strike It al
most amldship.
This time It came racing over the ocean
with a roar and with the speed of an ex
press train. The sailors dropped the rop s
on which they were hauling and sought
the protection of the heavy beams of the
forecastle head from the spars
of the rigging. that they ex
pected the next moment would
be torn from the vessel and come tumbling
down, a mass of wreckage, on. the deck.
Almost before the men could reach the
shelter the vessel was caught In the vor
tex of air which accompanied the mighty
twluling column of water, and she spun
around like a top, lurching her port sides
under the wuter as she went. The ves
sel’s stern swung Into the twirling base of
the waterspout and it was lifted high In
tfie air, while th bow sunk down, into
the waves and tho water rushed in on tha
sailors over the bulwarks forward.
It was only for an Instant, but In that In
stant there was a cracking of timbers,
and the little, heavily laden vessel groan
ed us though the life were bring choked
out of her. Thete was a loud report of
smashing timbers in the midst of it all.
Then the vessel’s bow rose, and with a
quick roll to starboard- that put her al
most on her beam end the vessel sprung
around, tho waterspout I raveling almost
parallel to her Inclined decks. The point
of the Jibboom all but poked into tha
twisting column as tha schooner twirled
around.
Slowly the schooner righted, and wheo
she came to an even keel the waterspout
was well off to starboard of the vessel ami
traveling rapidly away. All danger to tha
vessel was past, and the greatest surprise
to the crew was the little damage that
had been done.
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