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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 ■ ’ A' FO L- i F I > I falWI I THOMPSON Who Wa* Shot In Savannah —He Has Many Friends Here. 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. FAILING POWER ... - .4 . 1 1|O S •• ' m IBWa ■* I jfc MIV AVfl 11 An abundance of Nerve-Force makes a Strong, Healthy; Vigorous man. No man can be Strong and Powerful unless he has a great reserve simply of Electricity In his system, for Electricity is the Nerve-Force, the Vigor, the Vitality and the very Life itself of everything that lives and breathes. If there is a Scarcity of Electricity in your System, this deficit Is quickly felt by gradual decline of your Vital Powers; the Nerves and Muscles become Weak, and the once strong person is soon only a specter of his former self. A PHANTOM This Weakening of the Nerve-Power Is the Phantom in the lives of persons so afflicted, for the mind is constantly brooding on the subject, and this, to gether with the Weakness, totally unfit them to occupy rank among men; their energy and ambition are destroyed and for them to succeed in any undertak ing or calling is utterly impossible-they have not the force necessary for suc cess. Electricity will make you Strong. Vigorous and Manly, if it is properlv applied, and Electricity, as applied by the medium of my Electric Belt is thu only proper and perfected method of supplying the needed current for a resto ration of Nerve Force and Power. My appliances are now used with success in the radical cure of these Ailments of a Nervous Origin all over the world, and If you will cast poisondus, nausea ting and stomach-wrecking drugs and nostrums aside and apply the life-giving, life-prolonging current of Nature's most potent remedy—Electricity—you will make no mistake. Your restoration to health will be rapid, perfect and permanent. Dr. Bennett’s Electric Beit Do not confuse my Electrical Appliances with so-called electric belts. I ca’l my appliance an Electric Belt because that is the proper name for it. the appli ance, for convenience, being worn around the body like a belt Every success ful article calls forth numerous counterfeits, which trade upon the reputation of the genuine. Had I called my Appliance by some other name than ‘‘Elec tric Belt,” that name would he counterfeited. My Pelt is unlike all others. Is the only perfected and effective method of applying Electricity for the radical cure of Nervous and Kiridred Ailments. It has soft, silken, chamois-covered sponge electrodes which do away with that frightful burning and blistering caused by other belts, which have bare metal electrodes and which accumu late verdigris, a deadly poison. My Belt has Interchangeable Battery Cells and can be renewed when burned out for only 75 cents; when others burn out they are wcrthless. My New Electrical Suspensory free to male patients. Two Valuable Books Free to All My two books. “The Finding of the Fountain of Eternal Youth” and "Ner vo-Vital Ailments and Their Cure by Electricity,’’ are sent free, postpaid, or given to all who apply for them. Secure these books todav; they will instruct you regarding the mysterious influence of Electricity in the radical cure of human ills in a more satisfactory and plain manner than any other electro medica! publication. My Electric Belt wifi cure any form of Weakness in either sex. Vari cocele and all Nervo-Vital Diseases: restore Lost Vigor and Power; cures Rheumatism in any guise; Kidney. Liver and Bladder Troubles; Constlpatloa, Stomach Disorders. Nervous Debility, all Female Complaints, etc. Call or write today. Sacredly confidential. I have written two books on Nervo-Vital Ailments and their cure by Electricity that will tell you all about it. Sent free, postpaid, for the asking. Advice and consultation without cost. Sold only by DR. BENNETT EL S££ ELT 92 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga ' 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. 3