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PIMMI CANAL
KNOCKED II
Mirai.
ALABAMA SENATOR DECLARES HE
WOULD NOT GIVE 30 CENTS FOR
THE PANAMA ROUTE AND
TELLS WHY.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-It to conced
ed by senators and congressmen alike that
Senator John T. Morgan s shrewd inter
rogation of M. "Edouard I.ampre before the
senate committee on Inter-oceanic canals
has effectually- stopped the scheme to
sei! to the United States the Panama
canal eoncesstone and franchises. La no pre
k is the man sent to Washington by the
Panama Canal company to make • of
fer to'•ell their ditch for 84fi.«*.0fi0.
tor Morgan made him practically admit
that if this government bought the ditch
it would buy a tremendous law suit along
with IV as it was clearly shown at the
hearing that the present canal company
bad no clear Ut»as to give with the conces
sions and franchises.
The Panama route once eliminated it
goes without saying that the senate will
pass the Hept urn bill, providing for a
canal across Nicaragua. • •
Store the meeting of the senate com
mittee Senator Morgan has openly de
clared the bill will pass the higher branch
of congress.
“I shall report the Hepbugn bill favora
bly." he said. •’There will not be an
amendment. I believe, and not even a line
will be changed in the wording.
•As for the Panama route, *i came up
‘dk> a balloon and it went out. whoot!
like a cloud of smoke.
"The Nicaragua canal Is going to be
bunt and work on It is going to start very
sooty as a southerner I am anxious to
dig the ashes off some of the southern
gulf states and let the embers that are
hidden thbra blase up again, and that is
exactly what the bunding of the canal
will do. And we won't interfere with the
business interests of the Panama Canal
company* either."
President Roosevelt Is heartily in fa
vor of the canal as mapped out 'in the
Hepburn bill for Nicaragua. Within the
past few days be has stated to several
senators and representatives that they
had better pass the canal bill and pass it
quickly unless they wanted to be called
to Washington for an extra session in the
, middle of the summer.
It to believed the btli will reach the sen
ate this week and the opposition to it will
come from those senators who favor the
Panama Mute, though they are said to
be in the minority now. especially since
the word pounding Senator Morgan gave
the Frenchman last week. If advocates of
the Panama route show any strength at
all it is believed the Nicaraguan advo
cates. led by Senator Morgan, will attack
them from a legal standpoint. In other
words, the Nicaraguans will argue that
the Panama route cannot be sold to this
government legally on account of the
number of French and Colombian people
who are stockholders In the old canal
company and who will undoubtedly make
' trouble if the sale is made without their
consent, and thia consent has not been
given. Aside from this the Nicaraguans
argue that the route they present is vast
ly more economical tn the long run than
Ute Panama route, which has already
bankrupted the first men of France, not
only In money but tn character.
Here are some of the arrows Senator
' Morgan shot into M. Lampre before the
senate committee:
"You have dug several miles of your
trench through swamps and unfavorable
country and then you have allowed it to
- fill up again by nature’s work—A thing
that looks to me like sheer neglect. I can
not conceive how. if ever your company
considered completing the canal, it should
so neglect the work already done that it
should become undone. Tell us plainly, did
the Panama company ever intend to com
plete the work?"
"It did not." said M. Lampre. whose
gounternance had begun to show the un
easiness be felt at the boring questions of
the southern senator.
"Didn’t the company." continued Sena
. tor Morgan, “think they saw a good thing
■ in the United States government? Didn't
the company know-that at some time we
would build a canal, and didn’t the Pana
ma company think it saw a chance to sell
us the unfinished -canal when the time
came?"
To this shaft the Frenchman did not
reply.
"How about the stockholders and the
bondholders?" the senator relentlrssly
asked. “They have yet, you say. an inter
est 'of R.1.0U0.000 in the company. Why
should they want to sell out? Who gets
the If we buy your ditch? You
' say yourself the stockholders will get
none of it."
The Frenchman was still silent.
"You wouldn't sell that canal for $30,000,-
•M. would you?" e
"I would not.”
"Nor for twenty, nor for five, nor for
•nc?"
"No."
••And I wouldn't give you thirty cents
for it." were the exact words of the sena
tor's quick rejoinder. "You know, as I
know, that the American republic and the
French republic have been friends for
' over one hundred years. France came to
our assistance when we were fighting our
battles for Independence against Great
Britain. France, in al! the years that
have followed, has never levied tribute
nor declared war against us.
"Now. as you yourself Indicated, there
are five hundred thousand Frenchmen
who hold interest, great or small, in the
Panama Canal company. This govern
, ment cannot afford to mak» enemies of
these five hundred thousand and their
children and their friends by buying some
thing. which, under our laws, we have no
right to buy without the full consent of
every man Interested, though he have but
a franc's interest in the concern.
"When 1 say I wouldn’t give thirty cents
for your unfinished ditch. I mean I
wouldn't take It under any consideration,
because It would not be fair to those who
have their money Invested in the com
pany."
When the French gentleman had with
drawn Senator Morgan was asked if he
would be given another hearing.
"I think he doesn't want another." the
■senator replied.
There is the strongest kind of a senti
ment in both branches of congress against
*delay tn getting-down to actual work on
the canal. One of the biggest objections
found in the house against the Panama
offer was the fact that negotiations over
the purchase of that ditch would delay
work on tne canal and for this reason
the canal advocates would not listen to
the offer in any shape.
"For years and years we have been try-'
Ing to get a canal down there." Congress
man Hepburn said in his speech for the
bill, "and each year something has come
to delay the project. Now here comes
this Panama project. I believe It Is noth
ing more than a scheme to delay us
again."
In view of all the foregoing, and also
the additional fact of the great victory of
the bill in the bouse where it was passed
by a vote of 306 to 2. it is generally believed
that the senate will give the measure a
vote as patriotic and overwhelming as the
American people could wish
The only senator who has expressed
himself against the bill Is Senator Depew,
and he has just returned from France- Ho
wants the Panama canal.
GENERAL DELK ARRESTED;
ESCAPES HEAVY SENTENCE
General Delk, of' the famous Delk fam
ily of Georgia criminals, was In police '
court Monday charged with creating (
a disturbance on Marietta street last
Tuesday night. Evidence showed that he
was net at the dance at the beginning of
the difficulty and that he had been called
by his sister to get his brother. Jake, out
of trouble. The fact that he went with
a pistol made the recorder impose a fine
of $5.75, otherwise he would have gotten
off without a fine. The officers think the
witnesses were afraid to testify against
him. ~
There was some disturbance at the
dance and Delk’s Sister went home and
asked him to go and get their brother.
Jake. This he did. Jake has now disap
peared. A shot was fired just outside the
house where the dance was being held,
but the officers were unable to get a wit
ness who would say the shot was fired
while General Delk was there.
Delk says his pistol has not been fired
tn six months.
General Delk has only recently finished
a seven-year sentence tn the penitentiary.
Tom, Delk, a brother of General, was
hanged three years and a half ago for
the murder of Sheriff Guinn, of Pike coun
ty. Taylor Delk, their father, is now serv
ing a life sentence for complicity in the
crime.
bomeo"gavellabm
TO SPANISH BBAVES
BUGLER WHO SOUNDED ALARM
WHEN DEWEY’S FLEET EN
TERED MANILA BAY IS
NOW IN ATLANTA.
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MBMHKI z
FULGENCIO ROMERO.
Fulgencio Romero, the • young Fili
pino. who is the bugler of company I.
Twenty-third infantry, which arrived at
Fovt McPherson Friday afternoon, was
formerly a bugler In the Spanish army
and claims to have been the man who
gave the general alarm to the Spanish
when Admiral Dewey sailed Into Manila
bay preparatory to cleaning up the ene
’ my’s fleet stationed there.
Romero refuses to talk, because he has
a horror of newspaper reporters, but the
boys of the company say that when he
first became the company's mascot in the
Philippines more than three years ago
they heard from authentic sources and
from Romero himself that he was the
first on land io see the American ships
entering the narbor and his bugle call,
sounding to arms, was the first intima
tion to the Spanish of Manila that the
redoubtable admiral was approaching
with his fleet.
Rcmero now, however, is as good an
American as he was Spaniard. He did
not become the mascot of the company
until the close of the Spanish-American
war. He was an orphan and was adopted
by the company as a whole. When they
returned to the United States he returned
with them. At Salt Lake City his excel
lence as a bugler caused' his friends in
the regiment to persuade him to enlist.
During the year and a half that he has
bem in the regular army he has never
been rebuked by his superior officers
for neglect of duty and he has become a
general favorite among both officers and
privates at the post. He is about 19 years
Old.
He has the small muscular figure,
straight biack hair and copper complexion
characteristic of his race. He has a pe
culiarly manly bearing. His use of En
glish is almost perfect.
BROTHER HE SOUGHT
WAS NOT HIS OWN
NEW YORK. Jan. 13.—Though disap
pointed just when he thought he had
found the brother for whom he had been
looking for two years. William T. Doher
ty* an architect in this city, has conso
lation of knowing his effects have brought
joy to a family who bear the same name
as his own. though they live in Charles
town. Mass.
John A. Doherty, a brother of William,
still remains undiscovered among the
thousands of fighting men. in South Af
rica. John P. Doherty, the son of a prom
inent physician of Charlestown is now
known to be a prisoner of war in Ceylon
and his family, who almost had come to
mourn him for dead, are preparing to take
every means to procure his speedy re
lease.
John A. Dpherty. who is 2S years of age
was a builder, but when the Spanish war
broke out he enlisted with a New York
regiment and went to Cuba. After serv
ing In the Cuban war the parents of Doh
erty died and the builder wen. to South
Africa In search of a fortune. He dis
appeared and his brother wrote to the
war department. He received *ue follow
ing:
"Army Headquarters. South Africa.
"PRETORIA. Nov. 25. 1901.
“In reply to your letter to Lord Kitche
ner. asking if any such person as your
brother, John A. Doherty, is a prisoner
of war in South Africa. I am to inform
you that the only prisoner of war of that
name is John P. Doherty, who gave his
address as No. 7 Lawrence street. Charles
town. Mass. This man Is now in Ceylon
and will remain there until t.e cessation
of hostilities.”
This proved the death blow to all Will
iam Doherty's hopes, but he lost no time
in sending on the letter to Charlestown,
and he has just received a reply telling
him of the happiness which his news had
brought to the other faiqily.
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
WANTS SCHLEY TO SPEAK
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 14.—The sen
ate adopted Senator Byron's resolution
commending Admiral Schley and inviting
him to address the general assembly.
The resolution received the votes of every
senator present.
THE SEMbWEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, im
ms fflitups
15 MUTED
MN
TROUBLE WAS RESULT OF 3 1-2
CENT BREAK MONDAY IN RYE.
SUDDEN CALL FOR
MARGINS.
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CHICAGO, January I.—A notice was
posted at the opening of the board of
trade today calling for the closing of all
open deals with George H. Phillips, the
former “corn king."
A heavy call for extra margins is said
to have been the cause of the posting of
the notice.
The call was made yesterday afternoon
and Phillips and his staff worked all
night over the firm's books. The trouble
is said to have been due to a 3 l-2c break
in rye yesterday.
Phillips is credited with holding a line of
1,500.000 bushels of this cereal, mostly in
May options. The break yesterday was
caused by a sale of only 50.000 bushels.
Phillips is said to have on his books also
from four to five million bushels of May
wheat and about 3,000,000 bushels of May
corn. It was said that the elevator in
terests would take over Phillips' entire
line of rye at a figure close to the market.
The effect of the notice posted by Sec
retary Stone was instantaneous, the whole
list opening off sharply. Wheat opened 1
to 1 l-2c lower; corn 1-2 to 1c down, and
oats nearly a cent depressed. Mr. Phillips
could not be seen following the announce,
ment of the closing of his deals, but mem
bers of his staff stated that he was still
in good financial condition.
H. Hurlburt, Phillips’ office manager,
declared that it was the suddenness of the
, call for the extra 10 per cent margins
which had embarrassed Mr. Phillips. He
stated that Phillips had traded but little
on his own account, the grain for the most
part belonging to customers.
Phillips opened negotiations with ele
vator men before the opening of the board
in an endeavor to dispose of his rye out
side the pit. The negotiations fell through
and May rye. which closed yesterday at
«G 3-4 c, opened with sales from 61 to 60
cents. The whole Phillips line was dump
ed into the market. Brokers acting for
Armour & Co., however, bought nearly all
of It. and the market. In consequence, ral
lied sharply to 65c.
Later Jacob Ringer, attorney for Mr.
Phillips, gave out a statement saying that
his client had been practically wiped off
the financial slate. I
"He is broke,” said Mr. Ringer; "men
whom he worsted in former deals went
1 after him and they ‘got him.’
Mr. Phillips gave out a statement in
part as follows:
"The amount involved in my trouble of
today is about s6o,Cfift. My customers had
their trades well margined and if the
trades closed out today bring a fair price
1 can meet all my obligations. I was
•long’ about 1,200.000 rye. 5.000.000 wheat
and 000.000 corn, and oats. Saturday a
member of the board Interested in back
ing rye sent notices calling for an extra
margin of 10 per cent on rye. This natur
ally caused selling orders Monday and the
representative of the member mentioned
finding the market bare of orders, forced
the market down 3 cents.
"This was done yesterday and the news
flashed all over the country, caused con
sternation among holders of rye contracts,
many of whom sold on a weak market. A
decline of 1 cent in wheat, coupled with
rumors reflecting on my strength, resulted
in unusually heavy calls for margins. 1
was for the moment unprepared and the
only alternative left was t,o close out. I
have no excuses to offer and no complaints
to make.”
LONGSTAPLECOTTON
GROWERS TO MEET
GAINESVILLE. Fla., Jan. 15,-The long
staple cotton growers of the state will
meet In convention tomorrow at Alachua
for the. purpose of perfecting organisation
and uniting with the Southern Interstate
Cotton Growers' Protective association.
President Harvie Jordan, of the Interstate
association, has been invited and will be
present to perfect the organization.
The long staple growers in this section
Os the state have whipped the fight for
better prices this season by co-operation
and now feel that by organizing on a
strictly business basis that they will here
after be able to regulate the price of their
staple independent of the buyers.
The present plan under contemplation,
after organization has been perfected, is
to build warehouses of sufficient capacity
to store their cotton and then undertake
to sell direct to the long staple manufac
turers, thereby saving to themselves the
profits which at present go into the pock
ets of intermediate buyers. e
The Farmers’ club of Alachua county
decided a few months ago to pool their
cotton, which amounted to 2,000 bales, and
refuse to sell a pound of it at prices then
being offered, which were seventeen cents
per pound. In the face of the persistent
advice of the buyers here, that long staple
cotton would fall in price to fifteen cents
per pound in the near future, the hold
ers of this cotton stood firm and recently
offered the whole lot at twenty-one cents
per pound as their minimum price. A buy
er from Blackshear, Ga.. came down* and
closed the trade at the figure demanded.
By co-operation an advance of five cents
per pound was secured over original prices
offered and a net sum of $50,000 gained
for the members of the club.
With a better system of handling their
cotton, perfected through general organ
ization, the long staple growers of the
state are determined in the future not to
part with their staple at a price less than
its intrinsic value.
A big old-fashioned Georgia barbecue
will be given to the delegates attending
the convention tomorrow, and as a larger,
attendance, is already guaranteed a royal
good time will be had after the business
of the convention has been attended to.
Alachua is already the largest long staple
cotton market in the state, and with in
creased and better facilities for handling
the crop which are now in prospect, it will
probably become one of the most Import
ant markets for that staple in the south.
WANTED—AGENTS.
PORTRAIT men and canvassers; men and
women make money selling our photo jewelry
buttons, medallions; made from any picture:
beautiful work; great sellers; liberal terms;
write today. Reed & Co., 113 Adams street, Chi
cago.
Miscellaneous.
WANTED —Ladies to write for us at home;
straight monthly salary: no fake; enclose
■tamp. Address Agents* Supply Co., Douglas
ville, Ga.
WANTED—Every lady who lost on the cherry
tree and napkin rtax work to eefid self-ad
dressed stamped cnveTbpe to Mrs. Charles Fea
gin. Winterville, Ga., for information to their I
interest.
AN EDUCATED, refined young woman, worth
$20,000 wants husband who would be good bus
iness partner. Address "C,” Box S 3, St. Louis,
Mo.
SEMI-WTEKLT MMET REPORT
Spot Cotton Market.
Atlanta, steady, 7%c.
New Orleans, steady, 715-16 c.
New York, steady. B%c.
Liverpool, steady. 4 19-32 d.
Charleston, firm, 713-16 C.
Mobile, normal. 746 c.
Augusta, steady. B%c.
Savannah, quiet. 7%c.
Cincinnati, steady, 8%c.,
Wilmington, steady, <%c. ,
St. Louis, quiet, 715-16 c.
Norfolk, steady, Bc.
Galveston, quiet, 7 15-loc.
Baltimore, normal, B%c.
Boston, quiet, B%c.
Philadelphia, steady, B’ic.
Memphis, quiet, 7%c.
New York Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady with priced 4 to 7 points
higher on fairly active demand from
both sides, brought on by an unexpected
stiffening of spot cotton and the nearer
deliveries of futures in Liverpool. A fall
ing off in port receipts to nearly the fig
ures of last year and moderate European
demand for near months here, for a time
held local values well up to the opening
blds, when profit-taking by local holders
and by smaller speculators caused'prices
to ease off a. few points. May selling to
8.17, against 8.21 opening. As the morning
wore along operations dwindled down to
a scattering business with the room con
tingent slow to assume new responsibili
ties on either side. The south and Wall
street bought sparingly; commission
houses sold. ,
At noon the market was very quiet, but
steadv. with prices net SOS points higher. A
light estimate for tomorrow's Houston receipts
checked short selling. There was little new
speculative business.
Spot cotton ruled quiet and very steady; mid
dling uplands quoted at B%c; middling gulf,
B%c; held higher.
NEW YORK. COTTON.
Following were the ruling quotation* in tha
exchange today: ■
Tone, quiet; middling, 816 c, Steady.
Lari Close
Open. High. Low. 'Sale. Bid.
January ••• •• ..,8.01 8.02 8.01 8.02 8.01
February 8.05 8.05 8.05 8.05 8.07
March '.. 810 8.13 8.08 8.13 8.12
April 8.17 8.19 8.15 8.19 8.18
May 8.20 8.22 8.18 8.22 8.21
June 8.22 8.22 8 22 8.22 8.22
July 8.23 8.25 8.20 8.25 8.24
August 8.08 8.10 8.05 8.10 8.16
September .. .. 7.73 7.75 7.72 7.76 7.77
October .. .. -.. 7.67 7.69 7.67 7.69 7.70
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
The following were the closing quotations on
the floor of the exchangs today:
Tone steady.
January 7.96
. February .. .. 7.97
March T. 8.08
April 8.06
May 8.11
June 8.14
July 819
August 7.97
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Bv Private Wire to Murphy * Co.
The following were Che ruling quota
tions in the exchange today:
Tone, steady; sales 8,000; middling 4 9-16 d.
Open. Close.
January and February .. ~ 4.31 4.31
February and March.. 4.30 4.30
March and April >••• •« 4-30 4.80
April and May.* 4.30 4.30
May and June .. •. .... • • 4.31 4.30
June and July •• 4.31 4.30
July and August 4.30 4.30
August and September..,«. .. 4.26 4.25
September and October 4.1 S
December and January.. .. .. 4.33 4.62
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS.
1838-9 1899-0 1900-1 1901-3
Galveston 4.136 5.053 8.344 9,581
New Orleans X 7.9 M 10,522 13.1%7 10,952
Mobile 961 744 216 ......
Savannah... . 1.925 4.500 6,646 1,645
Charleston. ... ... ... 586 461 714 330
Wilmington 382 1.568 1,147
Norfolk. 1.242 1.193 1.224 1.934
New YoVk 291 - 300 1,706
Boston 1.658 338 676 3,767
Philadelphia.. 273 401 353 ......
Totals at all porta. .'24,069 41,224 33,051 ’35.000
•Estimated.
Estimated Cotto** Reeelots.
Houston expects tomorrow 2,500 to 4,000 bales,
against 6,598 bales last year.
New Orleans expects tomorrow 11,000 to 11,300
bales, against 7,598 bales last year.
Murphy & Co.** Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16 —The market was again
higher this morning. Satisfactory cables favored
the bulls to advance prices 6 to 7 points. Re
ceipts at ports were less stupendous and dwin
dled to about 36,000, against 33,000 last year.
Statistics were disregarded and there was a
feeling that the market is going to be advanced
materially, not necessarily this week or next,
but during the season, no matter what receipts
may be or what trade conditions may be. There
is no inkling of what receipts will be, while the
general opinion is that trade conditions are
quite satisfactory, more so than heretofore sup
posed and good enough to prevent the bears
from securing any advantage for some time.
A reactionary movement of 3 to 4 points fol
lowed the opening and the market was ex
tremely dull. Cables closed a shade higher.
Talk of exhausted stocks was plentiful, but
the movement for the week was fully up to
figures predicted last week. The towns report
ing stocks from 29 to 90 per cent below last
year are numerous and there Is a deluge of
such advices pouring in day after day. It is
contended that we do not hear from the towns
where excess stocks over last year are held.
It is known that inquiries addressed to hun
dreds of places have elicited responses only
from points where the stocks at present are
below those of a year ago. Now and then a
town turns up with receipts equal or better
than last year, but a large proportion ot the
inquiries elicit no replies whatever, and it is
* contended that the silence is due to the fact
that the present stocks are so far in excess Os
lats year that it would not help the market
to announce the fact at present.
Money and Bonds.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 —Money on call steady
at 4% per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 4H©5 per cent.
Sterling exchange barely steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4-87@4.87H for de
mand and at 94.8494.84 H for sixty days; posted
rates, $4.85 and $4.88.
Commercial bills, $4.83^04-83%.
Bar silver, 53*4c.
Mexican dollars, 44>4c.
Government bonds weak: refunding 2s regis
tered and coup., WB\6; 3s reg., 10794; coup.,
108>>s; new 4s reg., ex-int., 138’.5; coup.. 139>S;
old 4s reg. and coup., 113*4; 5s reg., ex-lnt.,
10616; coup., 107’6.
Grain and Provision*.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Grain opened compara
tively dull, but firm, after yesterday's tur
moil. Cables were again surprisingly firm, Liv
erpool showing some small improvement. May
wheat opened 1601$C to ’<®%c higher at 81140
811»c on this Influence. There was some liqui
dation which pressed May down to 81O81c. but
continued reports of no precipitation in the suf
fering growing wheat belt supported the mar
ket to a rally back to opening prices. The out
side markets were dull and In the northwest
there was a tendency toward weakness. Min
neapolis reported May 4%c under Chicago quo
tations. Local receipts were 45 cars, two of
contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth report
ed 394 cars, making a total for the three points
of 439, against 404 last week and 885 a year
ego.
At one time early in the session May sold
up to 819»c. but immediately general selling
set in. Cables began to weaken and the bear
crowd pounded the market to the close, which
was weak for May, %@"«c .lower at 8014 c.
Corn trade was much the same as wheat.
Cables were firm and May opened unchanged io
14c up at 6516«r»51ic. Receipts were small, but
Indications were for a freer country move
ment. May sold up on a light commission house
demand to 65HC, but on a scalping trade later
hovered around opening prices. Receipts 83
cars.
Corn broke on the wheat slump and on a
weakening cash situation slid off badly. May
closed very weak, l*6c to lower at 5?96c.
Oats were dull early . Country offerings were
reported freer, but the slight strength in other
grains and some small professional buying kept
prices flrm. May opened HSlic higher at
4596(®45?6c and fluctuated during the first hour
between these figures. Receipts 120 cars.
Provisions started out active and strong. Hog
receipts at the yards 12.000 short of the esti
mate yesterday, and prices there accordingly
went up. Some outside buying abetted by a
packing house demand advanced prices. May
pork opened 7’6®>1216c higher at 817.25®17.30;
May lard 7>6<ffloc advance at and
sold to 8:1.90 and May ribs 50716 to 7'*olOc
up at $8.7508.77’i.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.
The following wers the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
WHEAT- Open High Low Close
January •* "Bt6
May BU4 81*6 8016 80'4
July 81 81*4 80 80
CORN—
January . . .... 601,
May AS'* «s>j 63H 63%
July .... 65 65’6 63% «3»6 I
OATS- . i
May 45% 46% 44% 44% |
July «. ....40% 40% 39% 39%
PORK- .
May 17.35 17.32 17.05 17.07
LARD—
January ..... .... 9.60 9.66 9.45 9.L .
May ....
SIDES—
January ..... 8.47 8.47 8.32 8.32
May 8.75 8.80 86U B.GO
Chicago Clozo Quotations.
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.—Wheat— January, 7616 c;
May, 80%c; July, 80®80%c.
Corn—January, «o%c; May, 63%c; July. 63%c;
September, 62%c. A
Oats—January, 44%c; May, 44%c; July, 39%c;
September, 33c.
Pork—January, 818 67; May. 817.07; July,
Lard—January, 89.45; May, »9.70; July, $9.72
®R‘lbs—January, 88.32; May. $8.5038.62.
Flax—Cash, northwest. $1.69; southwest, $1.66;
May, $1.71.
Chicago Cash Quotations.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Wheat—No. 2 red. 85®
S6c; No. 2 red, winter. 81085 c; No. 2 hard win
ter, 78©81c; No. 2 hard winter. 77079 c; No. 1
northern aprlfig. 79080 c; No. 2 northern spring.
77©79c; No. 3 spring. 74078 c
Corn—No. 2. —; No/ 3. 61c.
Oats-No. 2, 45®46%c} No. 3,45 c.
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO.
Today. Est. Tomorrow.
Wheat 46 cars 40 cars
Corn 83 cars 85 cars
Oats 120 cars 125 cars
Hogs 25,000 head 30,600 head
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
Following were the quotations in the Liver
pool grain market today;
WHEAT— Opening Close
May../ ... 6s 5%d. 6s 2%d.
CORN—
May ... 5s 2%d. 6s 2%d.
St. Louis Quotations.
Ht. LOUIS, Jan. 15.—Wheat lower; No. 2 red,
cash elevator, 87c; track, 88%c; May, 8616087 c;
July. 8014 c; No. 3 hard, 81®84c.
Corn lower: No. 2 cash, «2%c; track, «sc;
May, 65%c; July, 65%c,
Oats lower; No. 2 cash, 47c; track, 48®48%c;
May. 46%c; July, 39%c; No. 2 white, 49c.
Rye dull, 66c.
Pork lower; Jobbing, $16.20.
Lard lower, $9.20.
Lead-dull. $3.85%®9.10.
Spelter dull. $4.1504.17%.
Poultry steady; chickens, 7%c; turkeys, 8c;
ducks, 7%®Bc; geese, 5%c.
Butter quiet; crcpmery. 18®25c; dairy, 15@
Eggs steady, 27c.
Wool Quotations.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 15.—W00l firm; territory and
western mediums, 15017%c; fine, 11®16%c;
coarse, ll@l6c.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH. Jan. 15.—Turpentine firm,
3314; sales 253. Rosin firm: W W, 83.85; W G,
$3.60; N, $3 24: M, $2.66; K, $2.25; I. $1.70; H,
$1.40; G. $1.25; F. $1.20; E. $1.15; D, C, B. ,A
$1.10; sales 2,340. Receipts spirits, 314; rosin,
4,401.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Butter—Receipts,
217 packages; steady; creamery, 15®21c; fac
tory, 13015%c.
Cheese—Receipts, 1,911 packages; firm; state
full cream, large fall made, fancy 10%®%c; do.
small. Ul4®ll%c; late made, best, large, 9%c;
do. small, lOo%c. r
Eggs—Receipts, 2,260 packages*, steady; west
ern at market, 27®33c; southern at market,
26032 c. ' .
Sugar—Raw. nominal and easy; fair refining,
3c; centrifugal, 96 test, 3%c; molasses sugar,
2%c; refined barely steady; crushed, $5.15;
powdered, $4.75; granulated. $4.55.
Coffee easy; No. 7 Rio, 6%c.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, 37042 c.
Kansas City Quotations.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.—Wheat—May, 79c;
July, 78%c; cash. No. 2. hard, 78079 c; No. 2.
red, 89091 c; No. 2. spring, 76®77%c.
Corn—January. 64%c; May. 66%c; cash. No.
2, mixed, 6314@66c; No. 2, white, 68%®69%c.
Oats—No. 2, white, 48%©48%c.
Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 15.-Cattle-Re
celpts 6,000, including 1.000 Texans; steady; na
tive steers, $4.7806.75% Texas and Indian Steers,
$3.7505.35; Texas cows. $2.4004.00; native cows
and heifers. $2.6005.40: stackers and feeders,
$3.5ft@4.75: bulls. $2.80@4.90; calves, $3.5006.10.
Hogs—Receipts 13,000 ; s®loc higher; bulk of
sales. $5.6006.50; heavy, $6.6006.75; packers.
$6.2506.56; medium, $6.1006.50: light. $5.5006.25;
yorkers, $5.3506.10; pigs, $4.50@5.30.
Sheep—Receipts 2.000; market strong; mut
tons, $3.7504.75; lambs, $5.0006.15; western
wethers, $4.00©4.65; ewes. $3.7504.25.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15.—Cattle—Receipts 2,500,
including 1,700 Texans; market steady; beef
steers. $4.4006.25; Stockers and feeders. $2.45©
4.20; cows and heifers, $2.0004.75; Texas steers,
$3.2505.20; cows and heifers, $2.4503.75.
Hogs—Receipts 7,500; market 5010 c lower;
pigs and lights. 6.0006.15; packers, $6.1006.35;
butchers, $6.2506.65.
Sheep—Receipts. 10,000; market strong: na
tives, $3.5004.55; lambs, $4.5006.10; Texans. $3.20
Jan. 15.—Cattle—Receipts 22.000,
including 500 Texans; best steady; others weak;
good to prime Steers. 45; poor to medium,
$40006.25; stackers and feeders, $2.2504.50;
cows. $1.2504.75; heifers. $2.0005.00; canners.
$1.2302.30; bulls, $1.75®4.50; calves, $3.0006.50;
TAxas fed steers, $3.2503.60.
Hogs—Receipts today 34,000; tomorrow, 35,000;
left over, 4,061; about 10c higher; mixed and
butchers, $6.9006.45; good to choice heavy, $6.30
©6.65; rough heavy, $5.4306.25; light, $5.10@6.15;
bulk of sales. $5.90®6.35.
Sheep—Receipts 16.000; steady; lambs, 10@15c
higher; good to choice wethers. $4.2505.00; fair
to choice mixed, $3.7504.40: western sheep, $4.00
©4.75; native lambs, $3.5006.00; western lambs,
$5.00® 6.00.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 15.—Hogs strong, higher;
butchers and shippers, $6.3506.45; common, $4.75
0410.
Cattie active, strong; fair to good shippers,
$4.8005.65; common, $2.50®8.25.
Sheep steady. $2.2504.25.
Lambs steady, $4.7u®5.85.
Sugar and Coffee Quotations.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—Standard granulated,
$4.70. Coffee—Jobbing, 7%c; Invoice, 6%c.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15.—Standard granu
lated. $4.60; fine granulated same as standard.
ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—Standard granulated,
$5.00. Roasted coffee—Arbuckle, 100-lb. cases,
*11.80; Lion, 100-lb. cases, $11.30.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
Cotton.
ATLANTA. Jan. 15.—Middling cotton quiet
at 7%c.
Vegetables.
Cabbage; New York, 1%01%C per pound;
tomatoes, $3.0003.50; egg plants, $1.2501.50 per
doxen; celery, Kalamasoo. 30©40c per dozen.
Country Produce.
Butter— Georgia Jersey. 20®22%c; Tennessee
Jersey, 18@20c; Tennessee choice, 14@15c;
sweet potatoes, yams. 60@70c per bushel;
white, 40050 c per bushel; Irish potatoes, $1,150
1.25 per bushel; onions, $1.7501.90 per bushel;
honey, new crop, strained, 7®Bc per pound;
comb, bright, 9010 c per pound; white peas.
$1 7502.00 per bushel; stock peas, $1.2501.40
per bushel; eggs, fresh, 27c; cold storage, 24
025 c.
Meat, Lard and Hams.
Reg. R-. 9%c; half ribs. 9%c; rib 8., 9%®10c;
fat 8., 9c; lard, best, ll%c; 2d, 10%e; break
fast bacon, 13015 c; hams, 12®14c, according to
brand and average; Cal H.. 8%©9%c.
Poultry and Game.
Hens. 30c each; fries, large, 20©22c; me
dium. 17c; small, 15c; cocks, 15©17%e;
guineas, 15c: geese, full feathered. 40c; ducks,
puddle. 22%c; Pekin ducks, 27%©30c; turkeys,
live, 9c per pound; quail, 12%c each; wild
ducks. 25035 c each; wild turkeys. 12%c per
pound; dressed rabbits, 8c each; dressed
turkeys. 10®12%c; dressed fries, 14015 c; dressed
hens. 11013 c; dressed ducks, 11%©12%c; live
opossums, 26035 c each: dressed opossums, 100
lie per pound.
Cotton Seed Products.
Cotton seed oil strong, 32%®33c per gallon:
cotton seed, sl2 per ton f. o. b. station; cottan
seed meal. $34 per ton; cotton seed hulls, bulk.
$6 00 per ton; bale hulls, $7.30 per ton.
I Nuts.
Mixed nuts, 12%c; Brazil nuts. 16®17c; Eng
lish walnuts. No. 1. 12%c; No. 2. 9%©10c;
North Carolina peanuts, 4%c; hand-picked Vir
ginia. 4%c; extra fancy Virginia, 5%c; almonds,
13014 c; pecans. 11@12%c.
Fish and Oysters.
Pompano, 13c; Spanish mackerel 11c; trout,
salt water. 7c; trout, fresh water, 7%c; blue
fish, sc; snapper, 86%©7c: bream, 6c; mixed
fish, 4c; Grouper. 4®sc; mullet, $6.0006.50 per
barrel; market flrm.
Oysters—Extra select. $1.15 per gallon;
selects. SI.OO per gallon; stews, 75®80c per
gallon.
Fruit. •
Florida oranges. 82.2502.50 per box; grape
fruit. s4.oe per box; lemons, ‘choice, de
mand good. $4.00 per box: fancy apples, $5 06
©5.60 per barrel; pineapjples, 42.7503.00;
bananas. straight per bunch. 81.2501.60,
mills. 75e 9 SI.OO per bunch: prunes, s©6c per
rund; currants, 8010 c per pound; pie peaches.
lb, $2.50 per crate: table 2 lb., $2.50; 3 leb.,
$3.50; raisins, $1.5001.60 per box; cranberries,
$9.00'010.00 per barrel.
Crackers.
Standard sods. 7c; milk, 7%e; XXX cream,
7%c; lemon cream. »c; cornhills, 8c; assorted
penny cakes, 8c: assorted jumbles. 10c; lunch I
milk t%c; XXX soda, 6%c; XXX ginger j
snaps, 6%c; pearl oyster, 7c l excelsior,‘7’ic. j
Flour and Grain. |
Pine winter wheat flour—Fancy Diamond •
pctent. $5.00; first patent. $4.85; straight. 84.35- |
extra fancy. $4.05; fancy. $3.85; choice family. .
43 25; family. $3.25; spring wheat flour, first I
pnlont, $o.00; bran, large sacks. $1.25; small |
sacks. $1.25; com meal, plain, 83c; bolted, ,
78e; grits. $3.70; bags. HddhutS. $2.15. Corn— .
mixed, SBc; white. 90c: Texas rust proof oats.
7.c; white cats, «3c; Ne. 2 mixed. 60c; .hay,
tiibothV, No. I. large bales. $1.10; small bales,
$1.00; No. 2. 90c; Georgia i/e. $1.10; Tennessee
rye. $1.00: barley. -$1.00; victor feed, $1.50 per
lilO pends.
Groceries.
Coflee—Fancy. 10%c; low grades, 7®loe; Ar
buckle roasted. $U SO; Lion. stl.?o. Sugar—Cut ■
loaf. 7%c; cubes, <i%c: powdered. 6% C ; granu- I
lated. New York. K.U6; New Orleans. $5.00; 1
extra C. 4%ct refined yellow, sc; New Orleans *
clarified. 4%03e. Candy—Assorted stick, per I
box. b’ .c: per oarrel. 5%0. Matcher—3oos. •
$1.1002.W': Cs. 4505'h-. owing to. brand. Soda— j
Box. $3.45: keg. 2©2lsc. Rice—Fancy head,
B%ct head, "%<:. Starch— Pearl, 3%c; lump,
3c. Cheese—Ffncy full cream. 12%@13c; full
cream. 12%c. ..
Powder—Rille. $4 per keg; drop shot. $1.60.
Bagging and Ties.
2%-lb., per yard. 7%c 2-Ib.. per yard, 7c; i%-
lb., per yard, 6%c. Ties, 45-lb., steel arrow,
pet bundle, sl.lO.
Snuff. <
Railroad mills. 1-lb. jars. 47‘js; 1 oz. Maeca-
boy. $5.70 gross; one ounce bottle. $6.00
>per gross; 1 3-3 ounce Maceaboy. $9.50 gross;
1 ez. Sweet Scotch. $5.40 gross; 1 2-3 oz. Sweet
Scotch. 89.25 gross: LorillartTs 1-lb. Jars, 57%c;
extra fresh Scotch, per ease 1 gross, 1 2-3 ox.,
$6.00; extra fresh Scotch, per case 6 dozen. 1
oe . $6.00;, Ralph’s Scotch, per case, 6 dozen, 1
oz,. $2.90; Rolph's Scotch, per case, 6 dozen, 1
2-3 oz.. $5.10; Bruton's Scotch, per case. 6dozen,
1 oz.. $2.75: Bruton s Scotch, per case, 6 dozen,
1 2-3 oz., $4 80.
Woodenware.
Two-hoop pine pails, per dozen, $1.40; 3-hoop
pine palls, per dozen, $1.55; 3-hoop brass bound
pails, whwite cedar, $2.75; 3-hoop brass bound
pails, red cedar. $6.00; shoe brushes, 85c to $4;
brooms, from $2.25 to $3.00; clothes pins, per
box of 5 gross, 75c; washboards, from 85c to
$3 00; pine tub.s 8 in nest, per nest, $2.40; gal
vanized tubs. 4 iti nest, per nest, $2.40; bread
trays, from $2.00 to $4.50 per dozen; wood-rim
sieves, per dozen. 90c; axe handles, 60c to $1.25
per dozen; No. I chimneys, per case of 6 dozen,
$2.00; No. 2 lamp chimneys, per case of 6
dozen. $3.00; No. 1 pearl top chimneys, per case
ot 6 dozen. $4.20; No. 2 pearl tap chimneys, per
case of 6 dozen, $6.40. •
Feathers.
Geese feathers, new, white,' 55060a per lb.;
old geese feathers, 15025 c; duck and geese
mixed. 30048 c; duck feathers, pure white, 350
400 lb.; duck, colored. 25c lb.; chicken. 10c.
* Hides, Skink and Old Metals.
Hides—Green salted hides. No. 1, 40 lbs., and
up, 8c; No. 2, 40 lbs. and up, 7c; No. 1, un
der 40 lbs., 7%c; No. 2, under 40 lbs., 6%c: No. 1
and No. 2, dry flint hides, all weights, 13c;
NO. 1 and NO. 2 dry satt hides, all weights,
lie; green and waited shearlings, 25c each;
-frreen salted lambs, 35045 c each; green salted
sheep, 45075 c each; green salted goats, 25c
each; green salted horse hides, $2.00 each;
green salted mule hides, $2.00 each; colts and
pnoies, SI.OO each.
Tallow—ln cakes, 6c; in barrels and tubs, sc.
Old Metal—Heavy red brass. 11c; heavy yel
low brass; 8c: light brass, 6c; copper, 13c; light
copper, 11c; bottoms, 10c; zinc. 2%c.
Scrap Iron—Mixed scrap, $9; staves and pots,
$6 per gross ton.
Bell Bros.’ Fruit and Produce Letter.
'<ATLANTA, Jan. 16. 1902.
Receipts tn eggs are normal with but little
or no change in price from last week’s market.
Warmer weather will tend to depress the mar
ket .and we advise holders of eggs to place
them on the market while the weather Is cold.
Live iwultry of every description continues
Scarce and stiff prices prevail. Dressed tur
keys are somewhat more plentiful and moving
slow, while all other fowls are extremely scarce
and active. Game of all kinds, such as quail,
rabbits, 'possum, etc., are much scarcer for
the jjast week than at any time for the past
fifteen days: In fact, not half enough are
coming to supply the dtimand. Stock peas are
still on the advance and continue scarce; white
peas are moving more freely and we look for a
much better market by'the time another week
has passed. Sweet potatoes are in normal sup
ply and moving fairly well, but it Is useless
to ship white stock when yellow yams are to
be had. Oranges are more brisk and a much
better feeling exists. Grape fruit continues dull
and hard to move at reduced prices. .Celery Is
much more active, due to light receipts. Green
Florida cabbage are anxiously sought for and
will'command paying prices. lettuce, well
headed, finding ready sale. Strawberries move
slow during the cold weather, and the best only
will sell at anything like satisfactory prices.
Tomatoes are much more plentiful and In con
sequence our market has declined from 50c to
SI.OO per cratS. Bell peppers, new Irish pota
toes. snap beans and egg filant are all very
scarce and will bring fancy prices. Everything
In the fish line, with jhe exception of mullet,
continue scarce and finding ready sale on ar
rival at quoted'prices.’*"
TWO BLOWN TO ATOMS
BY EXPLODING DYNAMITE
MACKAY, Idaho, Jan. 15.—Two men
wtre killed and three badly Injured in an
explosion today three miles west of here.
Tha killed:
Benno htntekhclzer.
JAMES PERSON.
The names of Injured are not known.
Hinterholzer was blown to pieces and it
was with difficulty that enough of hia re
mains could be gathered to hold an in
quest over. The accident was caused by
the men attempting to take out an old
change of dynamite which had failed to
explode.
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TOES om
IF OFFICE
NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL WAS
SWORN IN WEDNESDAY BY
CHIEF JUSTICE FUA.JLBR AT
WASHINGTON. --
.WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Tfi the pres
ence of the cabinet, the ’entire Wisconsin
delegation in congress. Governor BiirTrtn,
of Indiana: Senator Hanna and a. number
of other friends, Henry C.’ Payne, of Wis
consin, was sworn in as postmaster gen
eral at 10:05 o'clock this morning, in the
cabinet room at the white house.
The oath of office was administered by
Chief Justice Fuller. ‘
The retiring postmaster general. Charles
Emory Smith, also was present, as well
as Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Payne, wife of
the new member of the president's official
family.
At the conclusion of the ceremony Pres
ident Roosevelt advanced toward Mr.
Payne and with a smile and a hearty
handshake addressed him as-" Mr. Post- 5
master General.”
Mr. Payne then received the congratu
lations of all present, after which he en
gaged in a long private conversation -with
the president.
virgTnialdgietv
WILL HONOR
GENAEE
A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD
AT THE GRAND OPERA HQUBE,
FOLLOWED BY A *
BANQUET.
Arrangements have been completed by
the Virginia Society of Atlanta for the
celebration of the birthday of General
Robert E. Lee, which will take place next
Monday.
It is announced that Governor A. J.
i Montague; of Virginia, who will be the
I speaker of the day, will arrive in Atlanta
I in the private car of First Vice President
A. B. Andrews, of the Southern railway,
which was tendered the Virginia society.
After breakfast he will call on Goverjrtr
Candler at the capitol, reaching the gov
ernor's office about 10 o’clock.
During the afternoon Governor Mon
tague is expected to attend a meeting of
the Daughters of the Confederacy to be
held at the capitol. His address to the
Virginia society will bs delivered at 8
o’clock in the evening at the Grand. The
address, to wjiich the public is invited,
will be followed by an elaborate banquet
At the banquet Governor Candler will
respond to the toast, "Georgia”; Mayor
Mims, to "Atlanta:” Rev. Bishop Kelley,’
of Savannah, to “Virginia;” Clark Howell
and H. H. Cabaniss, to the ’’Press." and
A. H. Davis, to "Our Guests." J. Carroll
Payne and Hamilton Douglas will also
speak at the banquet.
Governor Montague will leave Atlanta
on Tuesday at noon for his home.
Madman’s Act Obliterates .Family.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 15.—Neighbors made
the discovery of a terrible tragedy at
Spring Alley, this city, this forenoon.
A family named Vensulick, Polish, was *
found horribly beaten with a rail cutter.
The wife was dead, the husband dying
and the three small children badly cut and
bruised.
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