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SEMI-MU MMET REPORT
Spot Cotton Market.
Atlanta. >t«*dy. 3%c.
N«w Orleans, steady. 7%c.
New York, steady. 3%c.
Liverpool, steady. 4%d.
Charleston, steady. f%c.
MoblU. normal. 7%C.
, Savannah, quiet. 79-14 c.
A rusts, dull. 7 IJ-Mc.
■ Wwaln<ton. Arm. 7%a.
St. Louis, quiet. Bc.
Cincinnati, quiet. 6%c.
Norfolk .steady. 7%c.
Galveston, quiet. B%c.
• • Betti more, normal. »%c.
Boston, quiet. Mho.
Philadelphia, quiet, B%c.
Memphis, quiet, 3c.
New York Cotton.
■ NKW YORK. Oct. 23.-The cotton market
Opened steady with prices : points higher to
> points lower The room was mixed as to
Just which side to take and there was not
sufficient orders tn hand-to give the Market
special leaning either way. The English cables
were about as expected, port receipts were
quite as predicted and the weather south re
mained unchanged. Soon after ths call room
longs sold out It. expectation of a sags.ng mar
ket tn the absence of public support. These
oflerlngs farced the entire list oft to 7.M for
January and caused Liverpool to settle back
to last night's final blds. Nevertheless the
bear contingent was slow to assume aggressive
tactics as indications pointed to rainy condi
tions over the western belt tomorrow while
temperatures tn the northwest were seer, to
be dropping rapidly.
At tr.iddajr the market was steady but very
dull with prices net 4 to 5 points lower.
■pot cotton was quiet and unchanged: mid
dling uplands quote-1 B%c; do. gulf. B%c.
NEW YORK COTTON.
The following were the ruling prices In the
exchange today:
Tone, barely steady: middling. >%c. steady.
Last Close
Open High Low Sale Bld
January ~.. .. 7.89 789 7.81 T.tl T.SI
—wemaary .. ... 7.81 7.81 ?.» 781 7.77
Ma<c&..\a. T.M ?.w T-2 t. 75
April .. y7. .. TTIT* 7.77 7.77 T. 77 7.74
May T.T7 T.7S 7.74 7.74 7.74
June T.T4 T. 74 7.71 7.71 7.71
July 1.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.70
October 7.17 7.87 7.77 7.77 7.77
November .. .. 7.85 7.8* 7.» 7.79 7.77
December t.M 7.11 7.M 7.0 7.83
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
The following were the ruling quotations on
the floor of the exchange today;
Tom. steady.
January ... ... 7.58
February ... ... ... .» 7.57
March ... 7.54
April ... 7.56
May 7.K
October ... .. 7.41
’. November 7.41
December .x, 7.44
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
■ By Private Wire to Murphy A Co.
The following were the ruling quotations in
7 the exchange today:
• Tone, quiet; sales, 4.000; middlings, 4%d.
Opening Close
January and February 4.1 S 4.15
February and March 4.M 4.15
March and April ....>. 4.17 4.14
April and May 4.17 4.14
May and June .... 4.17 * 4.H
Jum and July 4.17 4.13
July and August .. 4.N 4.13.
September and October .... 4.13 4.30
October and November 4.33 4 »
November and December ..» 4.M 4.17
December and January *•«. 4.18 434
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS.
ISSfi-O im-0 1800-1 1701-3
Galveston ..8.M3 15.863 15.807 14.087
New Orleans 14.478 14.633 MM3 18.157
Mobile 4.449 LBS 3 434 1.877
Savannah.. 12.744 6.04 8.438 13.307
Charleston.. 3.M 2.948 L«M 1.3®
Wilmington 1.858 3.043 1.761
Norfolk.. ........ ..4.371 1.353 &0» 6.8 K
New York „ .. LUI W » K
Boston 5,335 4» L»3 L 551
Philadelphia.. .. .. .. 1 775 SO 130
Total at all ports.,. 71.447 44.575 55,864 *44. W
•Estimated. .
ESTIMATED COTTON RECEIPTS.
Houston expets tomorrow 30. to MOW
bales, asuinst 11.448 bales last year.
New Orleans experts tomorrow 17,W0 to 11.000
bales.
Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO. Ort. M— December wheat opened
today unchanged to a shade higher at 70%©70%c
on steady cables. The trade was dull, however,
and tanked any tnlueottai factors. The tetereat
was centered mainly In the Argentine drouth
news, but fresh reports of damage had but a
slight bull’sh effect here and practically none
In the foreign markets. which are usually
moot influenced by that crop. Following a
private caple December advanced to 70%c. but
soon eased again to opening prices. Local re
ceipts were 97 cars, none of contract grade.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported 541 cars, mak
ing a total for the three points of 08 cars,
against 681 last week snd O- a year ago.
There was very little trade tn the corn pit
early. December opened a shade lower to a
shade higher at 55%0*.%c, oa indifferent cables.
The line weather still favored a freer country
movement and offerings were liberal, yet on
the somewhat firm feeling in wheat and on a
alight demand December spld up to 65%065%c-
Receipts were 157 car*.
There was a dull lower market early In oats.
December was not quoted until late In the first
hour, hut by that time the pit had firmed a
little with the other gains and December
opened higher at 33%c. Receipts were 140
CBF9
Provisions opened easier on liberal receipts of
bogs, but advanced somewhat as hogs brought
fair prices in a strong market. January pork
opened 3%03c down at 814,97 to 515 and sold
to lard SSc lower at MB7 and
tonebed 89 and Jaauhry ritw unchanged at |T SB
and advanced a shade
Chicago Quotations.
WHEAT— Open High Low Close
October.. .. .. .. •• .» .... •••• ..»• ' W
December 70% 71% 7C% 71%
May ... 74% T 3% 74%
CORN—
December.. .. .. .. .55% 58% 55% 56%
May 57% 41% 57% U%
May 37% 57% 37% 37%
. PORK- „ „
January.. ..44.47 16.10 M. 77 15 14
May.. .. - •• - ~ ..15 M 15.13 15. M 15.13
LARD- . - •
eo •• eq »w •• ooue uweo •••• V«wß
January.. 3-C7 >93 S.SS t.K
May.. > W >77 « M >97
SIDES—
October.. .. •-« « » ’» 880
January 7.84 7.85 7.80 7.85
.May . - T.K 7.95 7.87 7.M
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
Folkrwtag are the quotations in the Liverpool
grain market today: •
WHEAT-
December 5s B%d. 5s B%d.
CORN—
November... ... 4s 10%d. 4s 10d.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK. Ort. M—Butter—Receipts 5,148
packages: creamery, 15<S%c; June, do..
fc%c; factory. 13%#13c.
Cheese—Receipts, 13.145: quiet: fancy large,
colored. »%c: do. white. Fkff»%c: fancy small,
colored. 10%c: do. white. 10«l«%c.
Eggs—Receipts. 4.843 packages; steady: west
ern candled. 31%c: do. uncandled. iMitlc.
Sugar—Raw. firm: fair refining. 3%c; centri
fugal 84 test. 3%e; molasses sugar, 3%c.
Refined sugar steady; crushed. 85.40; pow
dered. >5.38: granulated. 85.10.
Coffee—Unsettled and nominal; No. 7, Rio.
7 cents.
Molasses steady.
Naval Storch.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Oct. M— Turpentine firm.
M: sales 341 Rosin firm: W W. M 48: W G. 8X45;
N. M«: M. M BS: K. 81-86: L 81-40; H. >1.85;
G. MM; F, >1.14; E D C B A. SLM. Receipts,
spirits turpentine l.Wl; rosin 3.0 M.
Llvo Stock Market.
CHICAGO. Oct. M—Cattle—Receipts. 18.500.
Including 300 Texans and westerns; steady
to 10c lower; good to prime steers. »S04.8O;
poor to medium. M7>6«o"; Texas steers, >3 50
•3.80: western steers. BXCSffS.3S.
Hogs—Receipts today. M.OOO; tomorrow, 77.000;
left over. 3.461; strong; mixed and butchers.
KM04.50; good to choice heavy. 84.3MN.55;
light. 85 8S9C10: bulk of sales. 85.3004.30.
Sheep—Receipts. M.4M; 10015 c lower; good to
Choice wethers. BS-509X90; fair to choice mixed.
82 9003.40; western sheep, 83 0003.50; western
lair be. MOOO4.TV
KANSAS CITY. Oct. M-Cattle—Receipts.
MOM Including 1.9 M Texans; steady; weak:
native steers, 84.7308.38; Texas steers, 83.40©
175: Texas cows, 8L80G3.90: cows and heifers,
P<sfi6ia wtoeker* and feeders, 82 7504.15;
calves. 81.3503.35.
Hogs—Receipts. 15.800; steady; bulk of sales.
46 KG4.XS; heavy, 88 3C©B 40; packers. M-46©
850; mixed. light, 85.80©8K; pigs,
|s.>k>esfrX.
Sheep— Receintr 3.500; steady; muttons. MTS
f4.M. Lambs. M75W4-73; range wethers, MX u
50; ewes. '81T5©3.3; Stockers and feeders,
M4bM>4s-
CINCINNATI. Ort. M—Hog* quiet; lower;
butcher* and shipper*. F 0308 35; common.
M7W4 75-
Csttle —Steady: fair to good shippers, >4.50
•6.35; common. |1.73«3.75,
Steady. Jl OO03t«
Lamba-Stea ly. K OC4M.M.
Sugar and Coffee Quotations.
new YORK. Ort. sX—Mnndard granulated.
• to. fWffew: jabbing. 0%e.; tnvoiev. p%c. i
NEW URLKANB, Oct. X 3 -Uumdard grant*-
lated. >5.10: fine granulated same as standard.
ATLANTA. Oct. 33.—Standard granulated.
5%c. Roasted coffee—Arbuckle. 100-lb. caseq
>IX3O: Uon. 100-lb. cases. 110.80.
Wool Quotations.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 33.—W00l quiet: territory and
western medium. 14©14%c; fine, 11©15%c;
coarse. 13©15c.
Chicago Cash Quotations.
CHICAGO, Oct. n. -No. 3 red. 71%©73c; No.
S do. 70071 c: No. 3 hard winter. WW. No.
3 do. 49%07014c; No. 1 Northern spring, 71073 c;
No. 3 do. C9%071c; No. 3 spring. 46070.
Corn-No. X 53%c; No. X 55%©55%c.
Oats—No. 3. 36c; No. 3. 35%c.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
Cotton.
ATLANTA. Oct. 23. Middling eotton quiet
at 7%c.
California Fruit.
Peaches, 84 1001.35: pears. 8X00; Tokay grapes,
MOO.
Cotton Seed Products.
Cotton seed oil quiet. 30c per gal.; eotton
seed. 810 per ton t. 0. b. station; cotton seed
meal. 823 per ton; cotton seed hulls, bulk.
86.50 per ton; bale hulls. 88.50 ner ton.
Country Produce.
Butter, Georgia Jersey. 20022%c; Tennessee
Jersey, 18020 c: Tennessee choice. 16©J>e:
sweet potatoes. 35©40c; Irish potatoes, 81.003
81.10 per bushel; onions >1.3501.40 per bushel;
honey, new crop, strained. 607 c; comb,
607 c; chinquapins. >2 bushel; chestnuts, 8202.25
bushel; white peas, 81.76 bushel; mixed peas.
35c per bushel; stock peas, 85c per bushel;
eggs. 17H018C.
Fish and Oysters.
Pompons. 15c: Spanish mackerel, lie; trout,
salt water, «%©7c; trout, fresh water. 7%©Bc;
blue fish. 7c: snapper. 6%©7c; bream, 4c; mixed
fish. 4%05c; Grouper. 4®sc; mullett. 88.0008.50
per barrel; market active.
Oysters—Extra selects. 81.2501.35 per gallon;
selects. >1.1501.20 per gallon; stews, 80090 c per
gallon.
Meat, Lard and Hams.
Reg. R., S»e; half ribs. 9c: rib 8.. 9%09%c;
fat B. Vic; lard, best. U%e; 2d. 10%c; break
fast bacon, 13©15c; hams, 13©14c, according to
brand and average. Cal. H.. 9%©10c.
Fruit.
Florida oianges, 83.000X25 per box; lem
ons. choice, demand slow, 83.00fi'3.50; fancy,
8X3603.50; bananas, straight. >1.25 bunch; culls.
•OCOBI.OO per bunch; prunes. 504 c; currants,
»01&c; peaches. 811001.40 crate: pie peaches.
3-lb.. 82.50 crate; table. 2-Ib., 82.50 : 3-lb., 83.60;
raising 82.000X50; apples. 83 0004.00; pears,
81.750X00 barrel; pine apples. S 3 000X50.
Fleur and Grain.
Purs winter wheat Diamond pat
ent. >4-76; first patent. >4.45: straight, |X80;
extra fancy. 83 80: fancy, 83.50; choice family
MS: family. 83.15; spring wheat flour, first
patent. >4 76: bran, large sacks. 81.10; small
sacks. 81-06; com meal, plain. 78c: bolted,
73c; grits. 84.10; bag*. Hudnuts. 82.00;
corn, choice white, >lc; No. 2 white, 80c; No. 1
mixed. 7»c; Texas rust proof oats. 70c;
white oats, 64c: No. X mixed, 50c; hay.
timothy. No. L large bales, 8L10; small bales.
8100; No. X 90c; Georgia rye. 8110; Tennessee
rye, 81.40; barley, >1: amber and orange cane
seed, good demand. 81.350X50; victor feed. >l.a
per 100 pounds.
Snuff.
Railroad mills. 1-Ib. Jav«. 47%c: 1 ox. Msccs
boy, 4X70 gross; 1 1-3 o*. Msccaboy. >9.50 gross;
1 os. Sweet Scotch. >6.40 gross: 1 2-3 ox. Sweet
Scotch, 88.25 gross: LorWard, 1-Ih. Jars. 47%c;
extra fresh Scotch, per case 1 gross. 1 2-3 os..
36.00; extra fresh Scotch, per case 4 dosen, 1
oa., M OO; Ralph's Scotch, per case. 4 dosen, 1
os.. 82 90: Ralph's Scotch, per case. 4 dozen. 1
3-3 ox. Mw: Bruton’s Scotch, per case, 4 dozen,
I ox. MTS; Bruton's Scotch, per case, 4 dozen,
1 2-3 ox, 84.30.
Live Poultry.
Hens 30036 c each; fries, targe. 23025 c: medi
um. 13030 c; small. 15017 c; cocks. 15©17%c;
guineas, 15c; geese, full feathered. 40c; ducks,
puddle. He; ducks. Pekin, 30©32%c; turkeys,
live. »0100 per pound.
Vegetables.
Cabbage. Virginia green, 101%c per pound:
tomatoes. >1.600X00; egg plants. 75c081.00 per
dozen; celery, Kalamssoo, 35045 c per dozen;
beans. 8X0001.25.
Bagging and Ties.
2% lb. per yard. 7%c; 2 lb. per yard. 7c; 1%
lb. per yard, 6%c. Ties, 45 lb. steel arrow, per
bundle, fI.S.
’ Crackers.
Standard soda. 7c; milk. 7%c; XXX cream.
7%e; lemon cream. 9c; cornhills. 8c; assorted
penny eakes. 8c; assorted Jutnblex 10c; lunch
milk. 7%c: XXX soda. 4%c; XXX ginger snaps.
<%c; pearl oyster. 7c; excelsior. 7%c.
Groceries.
Coffee—Fancy. 10%c; low grades, 2010 c; Ar
buckle roosted. 81180: Lion. 811.30. Sugar—Cut
loaf. 7%c; cubes. 4%c; powdered. 4%c; granu
lated. New York. >5.40: New Orleans. 85 36;
extra C, 4%c; refined yellow, 6c; New Orleans
clarified, 4%©5c. Candy—Assorted stick, per
box, 7c; per barrel. 6%07c. Matches—2oos,
81 1008 00; 40s. 45055 c. owing to brand. Soda-
Box. BX4S; keg. 83©2%C. Rice—Fancy head.
B%c; head. 7%c. Starch—Pearl. 3%c; lump.
4%c. Cheese—Fancy full cream, 12%013c; full
cream. 12%c.
Powder—Rifle, >4 per keg: drop shot. 81 40.
Feathers.
Geese feathers, new. white, 60066 c per lb.:
old geese feathers. 15c: duck and geese mixed.
30040 c; duck feathers, pure white, 35040 c; lb.;
duck, colored. 25c lb.; chicken. 10c.
Lime, Cement and Plaster.
Lime, per bushel, 40c; per barrel, 65c; bulk,
Wc; Louisville cement, paper sackx >1.36; Om
aha plaster, per barrel. 82.25: Buena Vista,
Tax. plaster. 830 per ton; Portland cement,
foreign. 83 per barrel: American. 83 per barreL
Hides, Skins ana Old Metals.
Hides—Green salted hides. No. L 40 lbs. and
up. B%c: No. 2. 40 lbs. and up, 7%c; No. 1, un
der 40 lbs.. 7c; No. X under 40 lbs., 4%c; No. 1
and No. 2 dry flint hides, all weights. 13%c;
No. 1 and No. 2 dry salt hides, all weights.
H%a; green and salted shearlings. 25c each;
green salted lambs, 35046 c each; green salted
sheep, 45075 c each; green salted goats, 25c
each; green salted hone hides, 82.00 each:
green salted mule hides, 82.00 each; colts and
ponies. 8100 each.
Tallow— lm cakes. 4c; in barrels and tuba,
Beeswax 24c.
Old Metal—Heavy red brass, 11c: heavy yel
low brass. Sc: light brass, 4c; copper, 13c; light
copper. 11c; bottoms, 10c; zinc, 2%c.
Scrap Iron—Mixed scrap. 0; stoves and pots,
P‘ per gruss tea.
Woodenware.
Two-hoop pine palls, per dosen. >1.40; 3-hoop
pine palls, per dozen. 8X55; 3-hoop brass bound
palls, white cedar, 83.78; 3-hoop brass bound
palls, red cedar, 84.00; shoe brushes, 85c to 84;
brooms, from 82.25 to 83.00; clothes pins, per box
of 5 gross, 75c; washboards, from 85c to 8X00;
pine tube, 8 In nest,-per nest, 82.40; galvanized
tubs, 4 In nest, per nest, 82.40; bread trays,
from MOO to 84.60 per dozen; wood-rltn sieves,
per dozen. 90c; ax handles. 60c to 81.25 per
dozen: No. 1 chimneys, per case of 4 dozen,
5; No. 3 lamp chimneys, per case of 6 dozen.
; No. 1 pearl top chimneys, per case of 6
dozen. 84 20; No. 2 pearl top chimneys, per case
of 6 dozen. 83 40.
PICKPOCKETS ROB HARGROVE.
Money Was In 620 Bills and Stored
Away In an Inside Pocket.
Twenty 820 bills disappeared from an In
side pocket of W. H. Hargrove, of
Waynesville, N. C., Saturday night in the
union depot before the owner could say
Jack Horner.
Hargrove went to the depot for the pur
pose of taking a train for his home, and
placed the >4OO in his pocketbook just be
fore entering the depot. He noticed sev
eral tough looking characters hanging
around the depot as he entered, and thinks
one of them touched him.
The robbery was reported to the police
and an effort made to locate the pick
pocket, but without success.
Hon. E. C. McAfee Dies in Cumming.
CUMMING. Ga.. Oct. a.—Hon. E. C.
McAfee died at his home in this place at
1:15 o'clock this morning at the ripe old
age of 81 years. He had been in failing
health for a year or more; and his death
was not wholly unexpected. Mr. McAfee
had been a prominent citixen of Cumming
since 1849. He was a member of the Geor
gia legislature from this county for two
terms and later was elected to the state
senate for the 39th senatorial district,
comprising Cherokee, Forsyth and Milton
counties.
He is survived by his wife and seven
children: Captain Jo McAfee and Mrs.
,L. P. Lockhart, of Canton. Ga.; Mrs. E.
M. Roberts, of Atlanta; Mrs. J. R. Knox,
of Villa Rica. Ga.; Mr. Weslej’ P. McAfee,
of Chicago. 111., and Mrs. J. G. Puett and
Mr. B. F. McAfee, of Cumming.
He will be burled tomorrow, the fun
eral services being conducted at the Meth
odist church here, of which he had for
many years been a leading member.
A woman doesn't consider herself a good
housekeeper unless she discharges ths cook
;three times a day.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1901.
POWERS JOfiY WILL
VISITSCENEDFCRIME
DEFENSE ANNOUNCES THAT ITS
CASE WILL PROBABLY BE CON-
CLUDED BY TODAY.
GEORGETOWN. Ky.. Oct. 22.-The at
torneys for the defense in the trial of Ca
leb Powers, say this morning that they
will close their case on Thursday or
Friday.
When the defense rests the jurors will
be taken to Frankfort to Inspect the capi
tal buildings and other places mentioned
In the testimony.
On Saturday the arguments will be
heard and it is now believed that a ver
dict will be rendered before the term of
court expires Saturday at midnight.
P. M. O’Reilly, an insurance man of
Louisville, who was in the senate cham
ber when Goebel was shot, said it was his
impression that the shots were.flred di
rectly in front of the state house and not
from the executive building.
Former State Treasurer George W.
I<ong said that on the morning of January
30, the day Goebel was shot,, he was in
structed by W. S. Taylor to go to Louis
ville with Caleb Powers and Walter R.
Day and make arrangements to bring
men to Frankfort from western Ken
tucky. The witness said that when Pow
ers heard that Goebel had been shot he
said all chances for the Republicans to
win the contest had been ruined.
Mr. Long said he was never consulted
about bringing the mountain men to
Frankfort and had nothing to do with
bringing them. He only paid the board
of some of the men on a claim presented
by Powers, who was one of the Republi
can contestants.
Ed Mentx. of Glasgow Junction, and J.
Frank Taylor, of Glasgow, testified that
on January 30 they received telegrams
from 8. W. Long calling them to Louis
ville, and when they reached Louisville
Mr. Long told them he wanted them to
bring some men to Frankfort from west
ern Kentucky, but the shooting of Goebel
had upset all plans and that the men
would not be brought.
“Keys in My Pocket,” Testifies Powers.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oet. 22—Yester
day was court day, and there was a big
crowd in attendance at the trial of Caleb
Powers.
Nearly ail the prisoners’ witnesses have
arrived in Georgetown, and among them
are former Adjutant General R. D. Col
lier. Dr. A. P. Morgan Vance, one of the
physicians who attended Goebel, and ex-
Judge W. H. Yost and Holland Whitta
ker, of Butler county, Taylor’s home
county, and nor/ under indictment as a
principal In the crime, is here to testify
in behalf of Powers. Whittaker was re
leased some time ago on a >IO,OOO bond.
When the court convened yesterday
Powers resumed his testimony in chief.
Powers said that no one ever had his
personal key to his oi..ce, except Leo
Davidson, son of Assistant Secretary of
State Davidson. He gave Davidson his
key to keep while he was away from
Frankfort from January 12 to 17. Powers
said:
“I want to say that there Is a possibili
ty that the shots may have been fired
from the secretary of state’s office. Dupli
cate keys could have been made. But
when Goebel was shot I had the keys to
my office in my pocket.”
Powers denied most emphatically that
he had ever conspired with any human
being to do violence to William Goebel or
any other Democratic official. His cross
examination was conducted by Attorney
Campbell.
BIG BALLOON MADE ESCAPE..
Air Ship Eluded Keeper* and Went
High But Finally Lands.
The captive war balloon, which escaped
from its moorings Monday afternoon at
the Interstate fair grounds, was located
during the gray hours of next morning
near Social Circle, a distance from Atlan
ta of fifty-two miles.
The huge airship floated peacefully
down upon the plantation of W. S. Johns,
mayor of the town, and C. C. Vandiver,
its owner was wired that morning of its
whereabouts. The escape of the balloon
Monday caused much excitement. It
was a few minutes before 5 o’clock, just
as the last race was about to be run, and
thousands of people thronged the fair
grounds. There was no one in the basket
and just as it was being drawn down to
the earth, t..e cable was in some way dis
placed and was cut by the sharp edge
of a small pully.
For fully fifteen minutes the balloon
rose rapidly without changing its position
and finally after rising to the height of
over a mile and a half It looked like some
tiny bug Instead of the huge form that
was moored on the plaxa a few moments
before.
Within another ten minutes the balloon
struck a current of air and sailed peace
faily away, and soon all track of it was
lost. The people at the fair grounds
knew that no one was in the balloon, but
thousands In the city believed they saw
in it the figures of a man and woman.
LIFE TAKEN BECAUSE OF DEBT.
Columbus Merchant Shoot* Will Mc-
Gehee to Death After a Quarrel.
COLUMBUS, Ga. t Oct. 23.—Adrian Ken
ney, a merchant at the corner of Seventh
avenue and Eighth street, shot Will Mc-
Gehee to death at the store of the former
st about‘B o’clock yesterday morning.
Both parties are white men.
The difficulty is said to have arisen
from a misunderstanding about an ac
count About four or five shots were
fired, all taking effect.
Kenney gave himself up. McGehee was
employed by the Southern railway. Ho
leaves a wife and several children.
BOAT AFIRE O?THE HUDSON.
Burning After Safely Landing All of
Her Passenger*.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.—Fire was discov
ered in the boiler room of the ferry boat
Elizabeth, of the Central railroad of New
Jersey yesterday while she was. making a
trip between New York and Jersey City.
There were few passengers on board at
the time and they were all pyt ashore in
safety. As the fire spread rapidly the boat
was taken out into midstream and water
was pumped into her hold.
The fire was under control after an
hour's work by the firemen and the boat
was beached on the Jersey flats.
Loss is estimated at >50,000.
MRS. L S. LEDBETTER DEAD.
CEDARTOWN. Ga.. Oct. 21.—Mrs. L.
8. Ledbetter, wife of Mayor
of this city, died at 9 o'clock this morn
ing. She was loved universally for her
many traits of character and this city
is grief stricken over her death.
Mrs. Ledbetter was about 43 years of
age and leaves five children, two sons
and three daughters, to mourn her de
parture. Mrs. Ledbetter was very promi
nently connected here, being a. sister of
Mr. J. H. Dodds and a niece of the late
Calvin Philpot.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.
Charity begins at home and ends abroad.
A man can reform himself; nobody else can.
Most of us don't tell the truth to ourselves
any more than we tell It to others.
The more men a girl lets make love to her
the more certain she Is not to get married.
When a married woman's flirtation gets
dangerous she eases her conscience by as
suring herself that a good woman's Influence
belua the worst of men.
HOLLY THOMPSON WOUNDED.
Holly Thompson, the 14-year-old boy
who proved such,a wonder to the gun ex
perts in the September shoot of the At
lanta Gun club, met with a serious acci
dent several days ago near Savannah. He
was out hunting with some friends when
a load of shot from the gun of one of
them took effect in ills thigh, causing a
very ugly and serious wound, but not
necessarily a fatal one.
One of the boys in the party was show
ing a new gun. He unbreeched it and
then was trying to piut it together again
with the gun still loaded when the ham
mer got caught and the gun was dis
charged, the entire lo’ad of bird shot land
ing in Thompson’s leg.
He was taken to his home in Savannah
by his friends, and When the physicians
had examined the wound declared it was
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not fatal. It, however, would have been
fatal if it had gone a fraction of an inch
higher.
Holly Thompson was a surprise to all
the gun cracks who were here at the big
tournament, and he came out of the four
days’ shoot many dollars ahead. His per
centage was above that of anyone else at
the shoot and he made a new record for a
straight break for the club.
He was a guest of the manager of the
club for several weeks, and was quite a
favorite with the members and guests of
the club.
MAY~VIsiT AMERICA.
Crown Prince of Germany Expected
Here Next Spring.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—According to The
Herald, there is a possibility that the
crown prince Wilhelm of Germany will
visit the United States about April and
May of next year. Emperor William is
having constructed n<yw at a ship yard in
New Jersey a yacht, ordered through the
German minister at Washington. He in
tends ultimately to give the yacht to the
crown prince, and on this account is de
sirous of having his son present when
the trial trip is made; He also wants the
prince to study American methods in ship
building. The yacht will be ready in April.
The crown prifitee, If ’ffk pomes, will be ac
companied by several naval officers.
RESPRISALS~A~RE DEMANDED.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.—The Vienna cor
respondent of the London Times and the
New York Times quotes the Pester Llyod,
which says it learns from The Hague that
Mr. Kruger, Dr. Leyds and Messrs. Wes
sels, Wolmarens and Fischer have held
a council of war at Villa Caracasa to con
sider what answer is to be made by the
Boers to the executions in South Africa.
There is said to be no doubt among the
Boer leaders that the diplomatic protests
are Inadequate. All present at the meeting
except Mr. Kruger, says the report, ad
vised immediate reprisals; that for every
Boer prisoner executed a captured British
officer be shot. Mr. Kruger opposed this
plan on the ground that he did not wish
to give the campaign the character of a
war between savages, although it had al
ready become a war of extermination.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
A rough pencil sketch made by Queen Vic
toria thirty-five years ago »vas sold in London
the other day for 8300.
The New England Cotton Manufacturers' as
sociation Is to erect a tablet to perpetu
ate the memory of Eli Whitney, at Kock Creek,
Ga., where his cotton gin was first put Into
practical operation.
Str Ixjuls Davies, minister of marine aod
fisheries, who until quite recently was con
sidered next In succession to Sir Wilfrid Eau
rler as leader of the Canadian liberals, has re
tired from politics. He has been appointed
Justice of the dominion sunreme court, suc
ceeding the late Justice King.
A San Francisco girl wrote tc Rudyard Kip
ling, asking for his autograph and “a senti
ment.” She had to pey half a sovereign ,$2.30>
to a London charity before he would comply.
Mr. Kipling sent her his autograph and this
‘•sentiment:” ‘Hurrah for California!” -It
was hardly what she had expected, but she
thinks it cheap at the price.
K. Hatoyama, a professor in the imperial
Japanese university, who has arrived m this
country to attend the Yale b<co’'tenr.ial, is to
deliver under the Storrs bequest .1 series of five
lectures to the Yale students on the Japanese
code of laws, comparing-,them with the code
laws of France, German}’ anl England. In
addition to this he will deliver a lecture to the
law students exclusively on the practice of the
profession.
The citizens of Kent county, Maryland, hqve
decided to erect a monument to the memory
of General Philip Reed, hero of Caulk's field.
General. Reed was commissioned lieutenant In
the Third regiment of the Maryland line Octo
ber 13, 1778, and served through the war of the
revolution. He commanded the militia which
repelled the British at Csrulk's field, nenr the
Cecil county line, and was made brig-idler
general. He was United States senator from
Maryland from 1806 to ISIS.
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt goes to her romnn
,tlc castle to escape civilization. She only ree«
two or three intimate friends there and spends
her time yachting, boating, fishing and, gener
ally spanking lives as much on or In the sea
as possible. One of her pet hobbles is collect
ing curious marine plants. Os those she has
some remarkable specimens, which she has
used as motives for decoration In leather and
meta! work. This year Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
went In for yachting a great deal.
Norwegian Hotel Fire Escape.
London Mail.
Nor do the hotels themselves console
you. Built of wood, their chief merit lies
in the fire escape, which is to be found
in the chief room upon every landing. At
Vlsries I'spent a happy night answering
the questions of nervous travelers who
came trom hour to hour to see if the fire
escape in my room was working properly.
Angry assurances were powerless to con
vince timid, if ancient ladles. Did I really
think the rope would work? Was there
any danger? Had I tried the contrivance
myself? Excellent souls! As if the
printed notices were not enough!
Ah, lihat printed notice! I have a copy
of it by me as I write. It is the complete
instruction, in English, to the traveler
threatened by fire in a wooden hotel in
Norway. Let me give it to you as I found
it: '
“Fire escape to throw out the window.
"The plaited snotter shall be found In
every room.
“To Increase the hurry, let down the
bodj’ one by one until -all shall be left.
“N. B.—The cord shall be put out the
ground from the shoulder thereunder.” |
If a pessimist Is born with a silver spoon I
in bls mouth he expects It to choke him to I
death sooner or later. 11 j
MAILS CLOSED TO
MENTAL SCIENTISTS
OFFICIALS OF FLORIDA ISSUE
FRAUD ORDER AGAINST MRS.
WILLIAMS-POST.
The arrest of Mrs. Helen Wllllams-
Post, the head of the Mental Science cult
of the south, at Daytona, Fla., recently
and the placing of herself and her hus
band, Colonel C. C. Post, under bond for
their appearance before Judge Locke, of
the United States court at Jacksonville
next December is of peculiar Interest to
Georgians in general and Atlantlans in
particular, inasmuch as Colonel Post was
I at one time the leader of the Third party
movement in this state and had a contro
versy with ex-Governor Northen in
which the lie was past and Mrs. Post
called on Georgians in general to protect
her from the highest official in this state.
Mrs. Williams-Post and her husband
were arrested at Daytona in August and
at a hearing in Jacksonville were placed
under bohds for their appearance before
the United States court there. The charge
against the defendants is fraudulently
using the United States mails.
Since the hearing In Jacksonville a
fraud order has been issued taking away
from the defendants the use of the mails.
The defendants were required to go to
Washington to show cause why the order
should not be issued and they were ac
companied by Governor Jennings, Senator
Mallory and Congressman Davis, of Flor
ida, who testified’as to the general char
acter of the defendants and endeavored
to prevent the issuing of the fraud order.
The Mental Scientists, of which the de
fendants are the head, with headquarters
at Daytona, Fla., declare they can treat
and cure any known disease or ailment by
means of mind reading. No medicine is
necessary. It is said the receipts from all
parts of the United States amounted to
>2,000 each week. The Williams-Posts are
now Immensely wealthy.
This is the wording of the terms to ap
plicants for treatment.
“Read This Carefully.—ln answer to
your request. I will say that my terms
for absent treatment are >3 per week,
paid weekly In advance, or >lO per month,
paid monthly in advance.
“Patients are anxious to know how long
it will take to cure them. I cannot an
swer this positively, as so much depends
on the patient. A patient who follows the
directions earnestly will get well in half
the time It takes to cure one who is
careless and neglectful. This much, how
eve, I do say most emphatically, that
mental science will cure any disease, no
matter what it is, if the patient will hold
faithful to this thought long enough to
give it a chance to work; and, as a rule,
this is not very long.
"I cannot enumerate the various dis
eases I have treated, but I believe my ex
perience—which covers a space of ten
years—will take in almost the entire list;
and, remember, I have not merely treated
them, I have cured them; often In a short
time. I can cure any patient who is as
persistent in his effort to get well as I
am in the effort to cure; I have found
that earnest endeavor and faithful con
tinuance in the pursuit of relieving suf
fering always wins In the realm of the
mental forces.
“You can send money by money order,
registered letter, check or draft. Small
bills may be sent without registering in
letters carefully sealed. I have had the
most of my money eome in this appar
ently careless way, and have never lost
any of any consequence.
“Instructions to patients are all print
ed, and a copy is sent to each patient
on receipt of the first remittance. Write
anyhow and . state your case. Consulta
tions free. Be careful to write your ad
dress legibly.
“Hoping to hear from you again, I am,
very respectfully yours,
“HELEN WILLIAMS.
“Seabreeze P. 0., Volusia County, Fla.”
In connection with the mental science
Mrs. Williams-Post published a weekly
paper, devoted to the Interests of the
science - cure and its circulation ran into
the thousands. It was on account of this
that the arrest followed. Postoffice In
spector Fred D. Peer worked up the case
against the defendants and swore out the
warrants for their arrest.
Since the trial at Jacksonville the
Posts have called on all mental scientists
throughout the world to assist them in
what they term the "oppression” of the
government and much money has been
sent them for this purpose.
While in. Atlanta Mrs. Post resided at
296 Crew street and was known as Mrs.
Helen 'Williams. She came here from Chi
cago and her husband. Colonel C. C.
Post, was a recognized third party leader
In Georgia. He was somewhat of an agita
tor and was called by Governor Northen
an anarchist. To this remark Post re
sponded by denouncing the governor as a
lair and at that time there was much
newspaper talk made, a three column ar
ticle appearing in The Atlanta Herald
on July 9, 1893.
Mrs. Williams did not treat Atlanta peo
ple and advertised In books that were
without circulation in this state. At that
time her method of treatment was to go
into a trance twice dally, remaining thus
for 15 minutes each time. At exactly the
tame time she went Into a trance her
patients, all over the country, were sup
posed to think of nothing but her and
their ailment and in time this would
effect a cure.
It is said that Mrs. Post claimed to heal
and cure any and every disease known.
At one time her hair was snow white,
but later It changed to a bright golden
color. She stated to her patients that she
merely willed this and it became so. She
could grow new teeth In her patients: have
hair cover bald spots on any one, change
the color of the eyes and, in fact, make
an entirely new person of any of her pa
tients.
The movements of the Williams-Posts
while in Atlanta were watched with In
terest by the residents here and they will
also look with equal interest to the out
come of the cases made against them by
the postoffice inspector and carried into
the United States courts.
womantargetVor bullets.
After Shooting Annie Horne, Fernan
dez Then Killed Himself.
NORWICH, Conn., Oct. 23.—Annie B.
Horne, alias Clara Moore, was shot and
dangerously wounded yesterday by Jose T.
Fernandez, of Buenos Ayres, Argentine,
said to have been her former lover. Fer
nandez afterward committed suicide. The
affair occurred in a resort kept by the
woman. On a postal card in the suicide’s
pocket there was written the following:
‘I am from Buenos Ayres. My name is
Jose Fernandez. My father is Julio Fer
nandez. Her name Is Annie B. Horne, her
father’s. James Horne. Her sister is a
school teacher. Margaret B. Horne. Her
family Ilves in Bethlehem. Pa, I tried to
do this long ago and whenever I asked her
to behave so as to avoid the present
scene she always used to laugh and make
fun of me."
The woman, who is 29 years old, is at a
hospital in a critical condition. She has
three wounds in the face and one in the
shoulder. Fernandez was 22 years of age.
Both he and Mrs. Horne formerly lived in
the city of Mexico.
Lipton Has Sailed For Home.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Sir Thomas Lip
ton sailed for home yesterday on the
steamer. Celtic. His steam yacht, the Erin,
sailed at noon today.
Dr. M. M. Burke Dead.
COLUMBUS. Mtrs.. Oct. 23.—Dr. M. M.
Burke, a prominent and highly respected citi
zen of this city, died Monday evening at his
home, from Bright's disease.
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REV. H. M. SMITH MISSING.
Young Methodist Minister, Who is
Probably Insane, Disappears.
AUGUSTA, Ga.. Oct. 21—Rev. H. M.
Smith, a Methodist minister from Dah
lonega, disappeared from the city last
night, greatly to the worry of hie friends.
He had come here on the Invitation of
a local minister several weeks ago, and
had been in continuous service first at
Hephzibah and for the last two weeks at
Bethseda church at Gracewood, in this
county.
During the last week it was noticed that
he acted strangely, claiming that God di
rected him through the will of a young
convert who he said was the prophet
Nathan. He had fasted for three da/s
consecutively and created a scene at the
church service yesterday. In the afternoon
he was brought to the city to be the guest
of Rev. C. S. Wright, of Broad street
Methodist church, where It was hoped rest
and quiet would restore him.
Meantime his father had been telegraph
ed for to take charge of him. In the early
part of the night, however, the sick man
disappeared, and though his friends, aid
ed by the police, have searched for him
everywhere no trace has been found. It
Is thought that he is trying to make his
•way home, yet it has been ascertained
that he did not leave the city on any of
the trains
KOCH THEORY IN CRUCIBLE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—Determined to
disapprove by actual tests if possible the
declaration of Dr. Koch, the eminent Ber
lin specialist that human tuberculosis and
bovine tuberculosis is not intercommunl
cable, a most important and thorough ex
periment will be begun today (Tuesday) in
Brooklyn. Dr. George D. Barney will con
duct the tests.
Dr. Barney, the prime mover in the mat
ter, like many other physicians, refused
to accept as well founded. Dr. Koch’s
statement made before the international
tuberculosis congress in London last Au
gust. Dr. Koch at that time claimed that
tubercular bacilli of a cow could not in
oculate a human being, contrary to the
accepted medical view of such conditions.
Dr. Barney said yesterday:
“If Dr. Koch’s statement be true, just
consider how much money has been wast
ed and is still being wasted every day. I
understand the state of New York has
already spent something like two million
dollars in the destruction of cattle af
flicted with tuberculosis.
“Immediately after I heard of Dr.
Koch’s theory I determined to test its
serious soundness, as I am convinced that
It is wrong.
"Selecting a cow and taking great care
that she had been in the best of condition
of health, we have made several tests to
prove that she is In a perfectly healthy
condition and we have concluded to Inocu
late the animal with the human tubercular
bacilli. This experiment will soon show
conclusively the truth or falsity of Dr.
Koch’s proposition.”
Killed Little Girl, Then Himself.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.—Mabel
Franklyn Mayer, aged 13, was killed early
today at the home of her parents by-
John Stano. aged 22, who then placed the
revolver to his own head and put an end
to his life.
Stano, who is a native of Smyrna, Tur
key, a waiter by occupation, was formerly
employed on the United States transport
Meade. He was infatuated with the Mayer
girt
MORE POLITICS
THAN COMMERCE
SEARCH FOR OFFICE IN PHILIP-
PINES MORE ENERGETIC THAN
EFFORT TO GET TRADE.
NEW YOHK. Oct. 22.—The Manila cor
respondent of The Journal of Commerce
I sends the following details concerning the
trade iu the Philippines:
The invasion of the markets of the
Philippines by American merehaialist
and merchants is less complete as ye*.<
thnn the invasion of the islands by Ameri
can political ideas, but there are indica
tion*! that American goods will come hove
in increasing quantities within a short
time. Judging from the exterior of the
shops American establishments arc com
paratively few, but judged front the inte
rior the footing obtained by American
goods is more obvious.
One of the difficulties with which
Americans have to contend in the market
is the fact that the cwtAblfahed channels
of trade are with Spain, France, Germany
and Switzerland, rather than with Amer
ica. The representatives of the Span st
chambers of commerce appreciate iht
fact, however, that a new era is begin
ning in the Philippines.
The retail trade in many lines here has
been based upon the principle of charging
what the traffic will bear rather than up
on the maximum prices enforced by com
petition. Merchants have been content
with large profits upon small sales rather
than small profits on large sales. Consid
erable work will be done by Civil Gov
ernor Taft and the Philippine commission
in organizing civil government and pre
paring to extend American methods of
cultivation and American methods of
transportation throughout the islands. It
was only with the termination of the
military contract when the work could
be begun in earnest. Government has to
be created from the ground up, with little
to build upon that is worth anything
from the remnants of Spanish authority.
A THRILLING CAREER.
Much <Jf Hi* Life Spent in the Excite
ment of Strife in Battle.
NEW YORK. Oct. 21—Dr. A. A. Mc-
Cain. who died lately at the Broadway
hotel, this city, according to accounts
published here, had an unusually remark
able career. Dr. McCain, or General Ar
tuero McCain, as he usually signed him
self, is said to have been graduated from
Oxford college and held diplomas from
the Royal College of Surgeons in England.
He was also captain and surgeon hi tho
United States volunteer* army during the
war with Spain, surgeon general with the
rank of major general In the army of
General Isldor Jiminez during the expe
dition in August, 1899. against President
Hereaux, dictator of San Domingo; in ad
dition he was the man who negotiated a
loan of 1,000.000 francs from a French
syndicate, which made the success of the
expedition possible. McCain, who was at
one time the “power behind the throne” ■
jn San Domingo, was, however, suddenly
banished from the island.
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