About The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1894)
THE MAOOlir TELEGRAPH: MOHDAT MORNING, DECEMBER IT, 1894. 3 THE WORLD OF TRADE. Reports by Wire 'From the Great Markets. New York, Dec. 15.—Money on call was nominal at l)£a2 per cent. Prime mercan tile paper, Hat per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business In bankers’ bills at 4.87%*a4.S8 for sixty days and 4.88% to 4.89 for demand. Postal rates, 4.89a4.90. Commercial bills, 4.86Vfea4.87%. Govern, ment bonds firm; state bonds dull; rail road bonds steady. STOCKS AND flONDa k i RAILROAD STOCKS, N., C. and 8t. L.. 65 U. 8. Cordage.... do drefd; 14*? New Jersey Cen., 93^2 New York Cen... 90% V. Y. and N. E.. 31% Norf. and W. prof 19% vvSt Northern Pacific- do prefd. 17% Northwestern... 99% do prefd.142 Pacifio Mail. 21% Reading 14% R. and W;Pt.Ter 1G$ llock Island 63% fet. Paul 68% do profd.119% Silver CerUfio’es. 60% Tonn. C. and I... 17 do prefd. 70 Texas Pacifio.... 0% Union Pacific.... 11% W. f Bt. L. and P. G% do profit 14% Western Union.. 88% Wh’l'g and L. E. 10% do prefd. 39% Southern R’y 5s. 89% - con. Xiiy$ “pf,d. 36% Amer. Cot. Oil. — 24% do prefd. 69% Am. Sugar'Refin; 92 do prefd. 91% Am. Tobacco Co. 97% do prefd. 105 A...T. andS. Fe. 4% Balt, and Ohio-. C3% Canadian Pacifio 59% Chesa. and Ohio. 18 Chi. and Alton. .116 Chi., B. and Q... 72% Chicago Gas 70% Dot. L.andW*.. 160% Die. ana Cattle F 8% IS. T.. V. and G do prefd Erie. 9% do profd. 23 Gen.Electric.... 34% Illinois Cen 89% Lako Eno and W 17 do prefd. 71 Lake Shore 136% Lou. and Nash... 53% Lou. and N. Alb. 7% Manhattan Cons.104% Mem. and Char.. 10 'Michigan Cen.,. 97% .Missouri Pacifio. 28% Mobile and Ohio. 18% STATE BONDS. Alabama clasa A.103% Tenn'seo old 6s.. 60 « •• B.104 " •* O. 92% La. stamped 4’s..lOO -- - N. Carolina 5s. ...101 Virginia 6s nego. 8% •• 4a. ...121 “ lundeddebt 01% GOVERNMENT BONDS. U. S. 4a regist’d..H4% iU. S. 4s regular.. 97 V. b. 4s coupons.115% 1 Bank Statement. Now York, Doc. 15.—The associated banks make the following statement for the week ending today: Reserve, increase $ 453,175 Loans, decrease ^61,900 Spocio, increase Legal tenders, decrease 6,211,300 Deposits, decrease 1,216,300 Circulation, docreaso 20,900 The banks uow hold in excess of re quirements of the 25 per ct. rule-.$33,3!5,825 COTTON. Macon, Deoember 15u- The Macon market for spot cotton is quiet at the following quotations- Good Middling 6% Middling 6 Clk«*t.«A T mm M t. /. 1 11 ti ir receipts ‘it some of the Interior towns and the announcement that by a correc tion 10,900 bales had been added to the stock at Little Rock. If the market went up yesterday on decreased Interior re ceipts it- was only logical that It should go down today on Increased Interior re ceipts. Private messages said Houston’s receipts today would be double those of last year. The official figures for Flou^ ion proved to be 16.175. against 7,196 last year, so the case was worse than hid been supposed. Memphis* receipts more- over reached 4,608 bales, against 3.138 this day last year. New Orleans dispatches^ estimated the receipts at the ports tills* week at 315,000 bales. Brunswick Is ex pected to get about 14,00 bales. Velasco 6,000 and Port Royal 10,000. We hear that some of the rivers tributary to the Mis sissippi are rising and this would be apt to cause larger receipts. The close hero steady at a net decline of 1 point, with sales of 8S.300 bales. New Orleans advanced 4 points, but lost this and de clined 2 points. Liverpool advanced l-32il on the spot, with sales of 7.000 bales. Fu tures there were 4 points higher, closing firm. It remains to be seen what Liver pool will say on Monday to the increased Interior reeitps reported today. The Chronicle states that excellent progress has been made during the past week In maketing the crop and that picking Is generally drawing to n close. Rain has fallen during the week In almost all sec tions of the South, and in some locali ties the precipitation has been heavy. The crop brought In sight during tho past week was 454,270, against 401,209 for the same week last year. The total In sight last night was 6,876,921, against 4,696.917 for the same time last year. Unless re ceipts decrease prices must decline. Stevens & Co. Strict Low Middling. Low Middling Good Ordinary Ordinary LOCAL RECEIPTS. This Day.. Yesterday i> £ « n 248 258 j 259 274 1 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. BiooE on hand September 1,1891.77771 1,400 eceivod since September 1,1894 55,739 PORT RECEIPTS, Saturday. Monday Tuesday Wednesday.... Thursday Friday Total this week 8* 49,8‘J1 47114 evyi.u 67080 47,114 47062 37023 23043 45920 34892 23,043 Now York, Dec. 15.—Spot cotton qutst; middling gulf 6; middling uplands 6%. Sales 126 bales. Tho future market opened quiet and dosed ouiet. Sales 108,866 bales. | Opened | Close J. January February March April. May Jane July - August September October. November December 5 62 5 65 5 70 6 75 6 79 6’ 85 6 00 6 55 5 58 5 G3 6 68 5 73 5 78 5 83 6 87 5 89 RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS. Consolidated net receipts.. “ Exports to G. Britain. ** Exports to Franco.... “ Exports to continent. Stock on hand at New York To-day. 49,821 49,698 14,718 11,984 1.17G.125 For the Week. 49,851 49,698 14,718 11,034 Total since Bept. 1—Net recoipts.... 4,418,870 " “ “ Exports to G. B. 1,362,591^ u “ ** Exp. to France. 404,917 M ” “ Exp. continent. 1,112,016 THE WORLD’B VISIBLE SUPPLY. Tho total visible supply of cotton for for the world is 4,399,062 Of which are American., 4,070,832 Against the same time last year..... 4,308,697 Of which were American 8,876,097 Receipts for the week at all interior towns 264,101 Reoeints from plantations 377,710 Crop brought m eight since Septem ber 1, 1894 5,878,921 NEW ORLEANS CLOSINO FUTURES. New Orleans, Doo. 15.—Cotton futures closed steady: sales 18,800 bales. IJVERrOOL. Liverpool, December 15.—Spot cotton market demand fair, with prices steady. American middlings 3 23-32. Sales 7,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and export, and included 6,300 American. Recoipts 19,30*1 bales, of which all were American. Futures firm. December.. .... Deo.-Jan Jan.-Feb Feb.-March March-April April-May May-June June-July July-August..... Aug-Bopt Opened, j Closed. ..ti 3-4413 4-64 3 3*64a3 4-64 3 3-64a3 4-64 3 4*C4a3 5-64 3 5*64a3 6-64 3 7*64 3 8*64 3 9*G4a310*64 3 U-Gl 312*G4a3 13-64 3 2-64 3 3-64 8 4-64 5-f»4a3 6-64 7-64 3 8 64 3 9-64a310-64 NEW YORK PRODUCE. New York, Dec. 15.—Butter quiet; fancy, about steady; state dairy, 12a21; state creamery, 17a23; Western dairy, 10)4al5; Western creamery, 15a23; Elglns, 24. Cotton seed oil—Dull, steady; crude, 24a24%. Petroleum—Dull, nominal. Rosin—Dull; strained, common to good, 1.35&1.40. Turpentine—Quiet and steady at 5fi)4a%. Rice—Fair demand, steady; domestic, fair to extra. 4%a6; Japan, 4%a4)£. Molasses—Foreign nominal; New Or leans open kettle, good to choice, 28a38; quiet, firm. Coffee—Quotations opened barely steady and closed easy at 6al5 points down. De cember, 13.60; February, 12.75al2.80; May, 12.10al2.20; October, 12.15. Spot Rlo-i-Dull, steady; No. 7, 15*4. Sugar—Raw: Dull steady. Fair refin ing, 24. Refined: Quiet, steady.; off A, 3%a3%; standard A, 3 13-16a4; cut loaf, 4 7-16a4%; crushed, 4 7-16a4%; granulated, 3 15-16a4)&; cubes, 4 1-I6a4%. Freights to Liverpool—Market dull and weak; cotton, 9-64d; grain, 2Vfcd, nominal. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Chicago, Dec. 15.—Wheat bumped on “puts” continuously during the early trad ing today, but with equal determination endeavored to force an opening through “calls” during the last half hour, but the business was light, so that the pressure to sell was offset by the demand on week ly and dally “puts” and “calls.” The outsiders were out of the market, local speculators, and mostly small ones at that, controlling the market. May wheat was dull and steady. Corn was weak with wheat early and later took some strength from that grain and in tho continued light receipts, not withstanding the favorable weather for the movement from the Interior. Predic tions for rain throughout tho West for tonight and tomorrow' lessened the pros poet of heavy arrivals and made more emphatic the closing firmness. May corn opened at 49%, sold between 49%a49-% and 50%, closing at 50Vta50%—of a cent higher than yesterday. Cash corn was % of a cent per bushel higher. Oats—For quite thirty minutes after the opening today no trading took place in oats. The balance of tho session did not exhibit muoh Improvement, although some transactions were recorded which showed that tho direction was, as usual, the same followed by wheat and corn. The close was a shade over yesterday for May. each oats were firm with prices unchanged. Provisions.—There was no relief to the Inactivity generally prevailing to be found In the market. Prices started at a de cline from yesterday, live hogs being cheaper and grain weak. So little dis position to trade succeeded the opening transactions that prices scarcely -moved a fratlon either way during the balance of the session. Tho close was 12% cents under yesterday for January pork, 5 cents lower for January lard and 10 cents lower for January riba. April May..... ’ Juuo.... 0 19 July .. 6 54 6 27 August .. 5 67 5 35 . 539 September... October...... .. 5 61 .. fi 64 6 44 November.... 5 49 December.... ... 5 18 PORT QUOTATIONS. I Galveston, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling, 5 3-16; net receipts, 11,332; stock, 288,413. Norfolk, Dec. 15.—Firm; middling, 5)£; net receipts* 7,069; stock, 79.3S3. Baltimore, Dec. 15.—Nominal; middling, 5%; stock, 24,878. Boston, Dec. 15.—Quiet; middling, 5%; net receipts, 1,838; stock, —. Wilmington, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling, 614: net receipts, 1,960; stock, 29,537. Philadelphia, Dec. 15.—Firm; middling, 6; net receipts, 724; stock, 10,417. Savannah, Dec. 15.—Quiet and steady; middling, 514; net receipts, 4,487; stock, 121,178. New* Orleans, Dec. 15.—Quiet and steady; middling, 5H; net receipts, 15.560; stock, 373,406. Mobile, Dec. 15.—Dull; middling, 5; net receipts, 2,013; stock, 82,098. Memphis, Deo. 15.—Quiet; middling, |6 3-16; net receipts, 4.608; stock, £2.697. Augusta, Dec. 15.—Steady; middling, 5%; > # net receipts, 1,642; stock, 32,220. Charleston. Dec. 15.—Steady; middling, 5%; net receipts, 2,361; stock, 81,923. Cincinnati, Dec, 15.—Steady; middling, 6%; net receipts, 2£23; stock, 12,501. Louisville, Dec. 15.—Quiet; middling. 5%. St. Louis; Dec. 15,-QuIet; middling, 5 3-16; net receipts, 1.407; stock. 59.586. * Houston, Dec. 15.—Steady; mIddJing,5H: net receipts, 16,175; stock, 74,114. STEVENS* COTTON LETTER. toy SpeSal Wire to Lyon & James. New York, Dec. 15.—The reflex action of the New York advance was seen in the rise In Liverpool this morning, and primarily it was duo to the decreased re ceipts for the week at Interior towns, as reported last night. New Y’ork respond ed this morning to the advance in Liver pool, partly owing to buying by litw Or leans, and prices ran up 8 to 9 points. Then the rite was lost, owing to increased FUTURE QUOTATIONS The leading futures ranged as follows: Dec. • « • • May. t • • • July CORN— Dec. • • • « Jan. i May. . • • • OATS— Dec. . . • . Jan. • • • « May PORK— Jan. • . • « LARD— Jan. • • • May. . . . RIBS— Jan. • • w May. • , . Onnlncr. Htghst. Lwst Closg. 64 Vi 6IV4 54 64% 58% Wk 6S% 5S% 691* 63?i 59% 69% 46V4 47V4 46% 47% «Vi 47% 47 47% 49-T* 60'/* 49% 50*4 m 29% 29% 29% 2>V4 29% 31% 29% 3254 32% 32% 32% 11.85 11.85 11.72% 11.77% 13.12 Vi 12.12% 12.06 12.10 6.SS 6.85 6.82% 6.85 7.10 7.10 7.06 7.10 5.85 6.85 5.85 6.85 6.10 e.i2% 6.07% 6.10 CASH QUOTATIONS. Flour waa steady with a quiet trade. No. 2 spring wheat. 68%a61. No. 2 red wheat, 54M. No. 2 corn, 47Vfc. No. 2 oats, 28%a30. Pork, U.80al2.00. Lard, «.77)4a6.80. Short rlW sides, 5.82»4a5.90. I Dry salted shoulders, 6.00a5.12)£. •- * Short clear sides, 6.25a6.37H. f • Whisky, 1.23. : * 00; window glass, 3.25; water white, 3.50. Charleston, Dec. 15.—Spirits of turpen. tine dull at 25 cents; receipts, 41 casks. Rosin—Good strained firm at 1.10; re ceipts, 156 barrels. micohTond andItockhefort. STATE OF GEORGIA BONDS. Btd.Ask’4 per cent bonds. Jan. and July coupons, maturity 1896 106 107 4)6 per cent bonds. Jan. and July coupons, maturity 1915.... 115 116 4% per cent, bonds, Tan and July coupons, maturity 1922 116 117 3Y4 per cent bonds. Jan. and July coupons, maturity long date..100 101 MUNICIPAL BOND& Savannah 5 per cent, bonds 104 108 Atlanta bonds, price as to rate of interest and maturity 100 U0 Augusta bonds, price as to rate of Interest and maturity 100 116 Rome bonds* 8 per cent <....104)4 J05 Columbus 5 per cent i*onda ... .103 101 Macon 6 per cent bonds, quar terly coupons ....*. 112 113 RAILROAD BONDS. July coupons, due 1900 103 101 Savannah, Amertcus and Mont gomery railroad 6 per cent, bonds. Jan. and July coupons.. 50 51 Georgia Southern and Florida railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jan. and July coupons, duo 1972.... 86 87 South Georgia and Florida rail road indorsed 7 per cent bonds* Jan. and July coupons Northeastern railroad indorsed 6 per cent bonds. May and November coupons 106 loo Macon and Northern railroad certificates of bonds, March and September coupons. 44 46 Charleston. Columbia and Au gusta railroad 7 per cent bonds 99 101 RAILROAD STOCKS AND DEBEN TURES. Central railroad common stock.. 16 17 Central railroad 6 per cent dt- betures 22 23 Southwestern railroad stock.... 70 73 Georgia railroad stock 152 155 Atlanta and West Point rail road debentures 90 92 Atlanta and W r est Point railroad stock SO 82 Central railroad joint mortgage 7 per cent bonds. Jan and July coupons 119 Georgia railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jan. and July coupons, due 1897 ...» 102 Georgia railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jau. and July coupons, July coupons, duo 1900 102 Georgia railroad 6 per cent bonds, Jan. and July coupons, due 1922 U0 Montgomery and Eufaula rail road, 6 per cent bonds, Jan. and July coupons, due 1909....102 Ocean Steamship bonds, 5 per due 1920. Columbus and Western railroad 6 per cent July coupons U0 Columbus and Rome railroad 6 per ceit bonds; Jon. and July coupons ...31 Augusta and Knoxville railroad 7 per cent bonds, Jan, and LOCAL BONDS AND STOCKS. Macon Gas Light and Water consols, May and November coupons WeBleyan college 7 per cent bonds. Jan. ^nd July coupons. .109 Macon Volunteers* Armory 7 per cent bonds. Jan. and July cou pons, 194 Bibb Manuiocturlng Company 6 per cent bonds, April and Oct coupons 109 Progress Loan and Improvement Company 58 Southern Phosphate Company stock 76 Acme Brewing Company 100 120 103 113 lift iue m The following aro strictly wholesale prices: Fish—Kit, white fish, -60c; In half Darrels, 84; mackerel In half barrels. No. 8, 85.75; No. 2 In kits, 85 cents. Flour—Best patent, per barrel, 83.25; second patent 33.15; straight, 82.75; fam ily, 82.DO; low crudes. 83.25. Sugar—Standard granulated, 4)4 cents; extra C New York, 3% cents; New Or- leans clarified, 3% cents. Bay—We quoto -today No. 1 Timothy at 818 and fancy. 819. Meats—Bulk sides, 6% cents. Corn—58 cents per bushel. Oats—Mixed, 45c; white. J8o. Lard—Tierces 8 cents; cans, 8)£ cents; 10-pound cans, 9 cents. Oil—lie. Snuff—Lorlllard's Maccaboy snuff, stone jars. 45o per pound; glass jars, 45o per pound; 2*ounce bottles, $9,900 »er gross; 2-ounce cans, $8.60 per gross; pound cans, $3.96 per gross; Kauroaa snuff, 1-ounce glass, 6o; 1-ounce ‘tins* 94.25 per gross. Tomato catsup—Pints, 80o; quarts* $1.25. Hominy—P<*r barrol, $3.75. Meal—Bolted. 55 cents; plain, 55 cents. Wheat—Bran. 85o. Hams—10)4 to 13 cents. Shoulders—9 l-2c. -* HIDES. WOOL, ETC. V . BANK STOCKS. First National Bank stock 129 American National Bank stock.. Exchange Bank stock Union Savings Bank and Trust Company stock Central Georgia Bank stock Macon Savings Bank stock Central City Loon and Trust Company stock 70 DRUGS, PAINTS AND OILS. Corrected Every Saturday by Henry J. Lamar & Bona Clnamoa Bark—Per wound. 12 to 15a. Claves—Per pound. 15 to 25c. Drugs and Chemicals—Gum assaloo* tida. 35c pound; camphbi gum. 65 to 65a pound; gum cplum $2.40 to $2.6 ( J poundr morphine. l-8s. $2.25 to $2.45 ounce; qul* nine (according to size) 33 to 00 cents ounce; sulphur. 4 to 6a pound; salts. Ep som, 2 1*2 to 3o pound: copperas, 2 to 3o pound; eait petrw, -0 ':o 12a pound; bo rax, 15 to 18o wound; bromide potash, 60 to 55c per potmdi chlorate, 25 to 30c per pound: carbolic acid. 60o \o 81.75 pound\ chloroform, 75c tb 91.40 pound; calomel, 85o to 91: logwood. 16 to 20c pound, cream trrtar, commercial, 25 to 30c. PRY GOODS. Corrected Every Saturday by 8. Waxel* l-aum Sc Son. Prints—Berwiok. 3 l-2c; standard 4 1-2 to 6c; turkey red, 4 to 5 l*2c; indigo blue, 4 to 4%c.; solids. 4 to 5 cents. Sheetings—3*4oS)4* *a4o.; 44s4*t 5 cents. Tickings—From 5 to 12c. Checks—<3 1*2 to 6c. Bleaching*—Fruit of tbs Loam. 6 8*4 to 7 1-2C. • I 1 ‘ FRUITS AND NUTS. i Corrected by A. A. Cullen. NEW ORLEANS SUGAR, AC. New Orleans* Dec. 15.—Sugar and mo lasses were steady. Sugar-Centrifugal: Granulated, 3H: oft, 8%*3 9-16; choice white, 3 5-16a3)4: off white, 3)4a3)4: gray white, 3a3 1-16; /noice yellow, 3 1-16; prime yellow, 2 15-16a3; off yellow, 3%a3T4; seconds, 1 7-16a2%. Molasses—Open kettle: Fancy, strictly prime, 19a22; good prime, 16al7; prime, 13 to 16; good fair, llal2. Centrifugal: Strictly prime, 7; good prime, t; good fair, 5. new syrup. 2al6. Rice—Easier: fancy, 6>/4a5^; choice, 4)4 to 5; prime, 4%a4H: good, 4a4%; fair, 3*4 to 3T4: ordinary. 3T4a3)4: common, 234a3U. NAVAL STORES. • Wilmington. Dec. 15.—Rqgln firm at 96 cents for strained; good strained, 1.0) bid. Spirits of turpentine 24)4 cents. ‘Tar firm at 96 cents. Crude turpentine steady; hard, L10; soft, 1.50; virgin, L70. Savannah, Dec. 15.—Spirits of turpen tine firm at 25U cents; sales. 1,5*) casks; receipts. 697 casks. Rosin—Firm; sales, 1.009 barrels. Quote A. B. C, L00; D. IM; E. 1.15; F, 1.20; O. 1.30; H, t«; I, 2.10; K, 2J0; M 2.75; N, 7ig***Pry, choice, 12 1-2 tb 15 cents. Peanuta-^North Carolina, 2 1*2 cents; Virginia. 4 and b cents. Lemons—3.DQa4.GO. Nuts—TflLrragonla aimonas, 15 cents pei pound; Naples walnuts, is cents; Frencu walnuts, 10 cents; pecans* ID cent a Apples—Sun dried. 6 to 7 cento per pound. Raisins—New In market, 1.75 per box London layers. 2.00 per box; loose Mus catel, |2 per box. Irish Fotatoeo—».* per sack. ^ CANNED GOODS. ’~T Corrected Every Saturday by 8. B. Janues A Tinsley Co. App1e*-3-pound cans* 9L* per dozen. Blackberries—2 pound cans. 91 per dozen; 2 pound ctng. 91.05 per dozen. Corn—2 pound cans, 90 cents to 9L50 per dozen- Stnnw Beano—2 pound cans, 00 cento per dozen. Tomatoes—2 pound cans* per dozen, cento; 3 pound can*, 9L Okra and Tomatoes—2 pound cans. 81.10 pe^ own. June Peas—* pound cans, 91.25 p« r dozen. Red Cherries—2 pound cans, 91.60 per dozen. White Cherries—2 pound cans,9L7i per dozen. Lima Beans—6L25. Pe&che*—2 pound cans* |L50 per dozen. Blfibapples—1 pound cans. 81.60 to 82.25 per dozen; grated. F* A W.. 82.25. Raepbeiftea—2 pound cans. 91.8s per dbzen. Strawberries—2 pound cans* 81.59 per dozen. • Peaches, pie—2 pound cans* 91.35 per dozen. Apricots. California—8 pound 12.25 p*»»* dozen. Peaches, c all founts—12.25. Pig Feet—2 Parana cans* 83.25 per dozen. Roast Beef**'! pound cans, $1.20 per dozen: ^ pound cans. 12 per dozen. Com Beef—2 pound cans, 8L85 per dozen. Potted Ham—1*4 pound cans, 65 cento per 'iozen. i-2 poimd cons, 91.25 per dozen. Lunch Tongues—4 pound cans, 92 per dozen. Tripe—2 pound cans. 81.95 per dozen* HARDWARE* Cocreated Every Saturday by, Dunlap Hardware Company* _ u Axes—$6 to $7 per doezn. Bar Lead—6c per pound. Buckets—Point/. 31.25 per dozen; ce dar, three hoops, 32.25, Cards—Cotton, 84. Chains—Trace* 93.60 to 94*0 per dozen. Well buckets—13.25 per dozen. Rope—Manilla, 10c; slsel, 8c; cotton, 12a 12 cents. Shoes—Horse, 94; Mule, 95. Shovels—Ames, $lo per dozen, h Shot—Drop. 91.35 per sack. Wire—Barbed. 2)4c per opund. Corn Beei—2 pound cans 83 per dosen. Nails—$1.65 base, wire; cut, 8L35 base, base. Tubs—Painted* 92.35; cedar* 94.50 per no«t. Brooms—$1.25 to 35 epr dozen. Htunes, Iron bound, 33. Measures—Per nest. |1, Plow Biades—4 cents per pound. Iron—Swede, 4 l-2o per pound; refinsd, 2c basis. Plow stock—Halmen, 91; Ferguson* 00c. MISCELLANEOUS GROCERIES. THE TROUBLES OF CHINA. Corrected Ever, Saturday by the 11. Jauue- & Tinsley Co. Hides—Green salt, 3 cents per pound; dry Hint, 5>4 rents per pound. Goat sklns-10 to 20 cents each. Sheep Skins—20 to 60 cents each. Ueee.-A’ax—16 to 23 conts. Wool—trashed, lb to 20 cents per pound; unwanted, U to U cents; burry, 7 to 10 cents. LIQUORS. Corrected Every Saturday by U Cohen & Co. Whisky-Rye 31.10 to 33.60; corn. 3t.» to 31.60: gin. 31.10 to 31.75; North Carolina corn,31.10 to 31.60; Georgia corn, 3LD0. Wines—30 contn to 31: high wines, 31.23: port and nlierry, 31 to 33; claret. 36 to 310 case: American champagne, 37.60 to 58.60 per case; cordials, 512 pet dozen; bitters. 3S per dozen. THE GIANTS’ NEW CAPTAIN. George Haris Wilt bead Them While Jolin Ward Studies Law. Tho Now York olub la looked upon by mnny ball plnyora as ono ot tho most tor mltlablo clubs In tho race tor tho pennant ot 1805. It flnlshod In second plnoo this year and aftorwnnl defeated tho champion Baltlmoros In tho Temple cup aorlos. The retirement of John Ward, who will com ploto Ills law studies,' placos In control ot tho team Goorga ti. Davis. Ward has an- Col. Charles Dauby as a Finished Diplomat and Lawyer of Talont. THE CHINESE LEGATION BUILDING A Look at (ho Edifice From Aoroos the Street—9ome Appalling Figures of War and Famine—And Still the Heathen Rage, [Special Correspondence. 1 Washington, Doo. I\—It was 28 years ago last April and in tho rathor dingy old oourtliouso in Evansville, Ind., that I first mot and talkod with Colonel Chnrlos Donby, whoso rooont experience in China lias interested all Amorioans. Ho hadsevoral kinds of tal ent and considerable learning, but I think if I had been charged to solect a diplomat from tho ontiro southern In diana bur ho wonld havo been among GKOROK 8. DAVIS. nounccd hla retirement before, however, and tho probabilities aro that lie will bo attached to basohall In Homo capacity dar ing 1805, dcsplto his announced intention of finishing Ills legal clerkship, with a vlow to hanging out Ills shingle. Gcorgo Davis, who will rcplabo Ward as captain and manager of tho New York olub, has been a rnombor of tho team slnco 1803. Davis did brllllniit work for tho Clovoland club in 1802. Ho supplant ed Buck Ewing ns a Giant, tho latter go ing to Cleveland. Tho Now Yorks* new captain-manager is a fino athlnto and plays baseball with pleasing enthusiasm. Davis lias only been playing about six years. Ho is 23 ye ars of ago and a Now Englander by birth. II« 1h an unassuming and popular playor, weighs about 1G5 pounds and Is C feet 8 Indies in holght. Ho was signed by tho Clovoland club In 1800 and remain ed with that organization until ho was mignged by tho Now Yorks. D«vl» 1m a scientific batsman and a speedy ba«o run ner and is capabloof filling acceptably any position in tho out or In field. Wliat Well Known Jockeys Are Worth, Jockey Wllllo Martin Is said to bo worth over 9200,000. Successful wagers enabled Him to gather this immense fortune. Pat sy McDermott is also pretty comfortably "fixed" In tho matter of money, as It U reported that ho has real estate that is paying him fully as much as his jockey work. Fred Taral got 918.000 from the Kn ri'-s for llrht call on his services during tho past season and has saved a great deal ot money that has been well Invested In good New York real estate. Lost season, In addition to IiIh princely salary, Taral had tho winning mounts on Dr. Rice in tho Brooklyn and Ramapo in the Metro politan and Suburban Handicaps. These and other other outside mounts increased his earnings to not less than 980,000. So fond is bo of his business that ho declares that If ho wero worth a million bo would still follow tho horses. Willie Sims earned 920,000 or more last year whllo under contract to the Dywersand Richard Cro- ker. fc'lms Is a light mulatto and ha* been known as one of the leading jockeys for about four years. He has saved a great part of, his earnings and could retire if ho so desired. Doggett first came Into promi nence through his engagement with Frank Ehrot in 1802. Tho next year ho went to tho Oneck etablo, of which he Is now the first jockey. He receives about 120,000 and has about all be can do forotberown era. COLONEL CHARLES DENBY. tho last I should havo thought of, for his abilities certainly Boomed to be in other linos. Ho was a splendid looking young lawyer, tall and well made, qulto fair, with soft bluo eyes and modiura hair and a voico that had a sort of ap pealing or caressing tone in it A Cleveland Mystery. Colonel Donby waa thou In tho full tido of success as n rising lawyer and especially aa an ndvocato in criminal etisoa, whilo I was just admitted to tho bar and onrn<ng an oocasiounl dollar by roporting ovidonoe for tho old follows, but ho was always vary friendly to bo ginnors. Ho was born in Virginia and oducated at a military bcIiooI, bnt wont to Indiana in oarly manhood, and oarly in tho oivil war bocamo lloutonant oolo- nol of ono of tho stato's regiments. In tho fail of 1802 ho resigned, and os it wns often charged that ho did so on ac count of tho emancipation proclamation, and it has novor boon doniod, that must stand as history. Ho was oxtromoly consorvntivo on nil tho questions of tho time, and when warmed in a spoooh ills southern accent came out qulto no ticeably. Hostuak to tho law faithfully and made money, paid llttlo attention to politics, vory seldom mndo a speech and seldom or nover sought a nomination or took a loading part in party manage ment, and just how and why ho wns ap pointed minister to China is a Clovo land mystery- Novortholess we havo tho uniform testimony of all who know, including tho Chlnoso legation boro, that lio has mado a success of it and is oxtromoly woll liked at tho imperial oonrt. Tho moro fact that ho hold ovor Ropublican administration and still holds tho plaoo is a high proof of his success. On ono point, howevor, ho seems to have boon seriously mistaken and to havo overestimated his Chinese frionds, for whon ho was horo last ho was vory positivo that Japan wonld not doolaro wnr against hor big noighbor, and that if sho did sho would gain nothing by it. It Is imposslblo for a correspondent to ovon got into tho bnlldlng ocouplcd by tho Chinoso logatlon, and vory fow congressmen oan make it in those trou- blosomo tlmos, but anybody oan stand in tho streot and admire tho somowhat curious structure. It oooupios probably the most commandingnud advantageous point in tbo olty—namely, at 2702 Fourteenth streot, on tho vory crown of tho hill in tho northern section. At first view it seems a rugged and Irregular pllo of old rod sacdstono, and it wonld tako a oollogo of architects to dosoriba tho stylo, but this vory ruggodnoss gives it assort of grandour which is attract ive. Minister Yang Yu nud all the at taches are oxtromoly busy, and only tho Interpreter, or, as thoycall him, studont translator, Mr. tizo, ti. K. A., 1ms time to talk to any ono, but as ho has noth Ing to do with any basinoss until it is completed and ready for print his talk is not in tho nature of nows, China m a Trader, 1 In tho bountiful library of tho state department are soveral lato reports on China and a fow bound volumos just is' sued from tho English press, bnt it would glvo an ordinary American the blues to rood thorn. Tho English have penetrated almost everywhere in thoir zeal for trade and havo evon mapped ont and to a great extort survuyod the rapids, shallows and cataracts on all tho largo rivors of tho empire. Bat at tho omi of it appears a rathor molan oholy plaint in tho very last report that tbo trado of China still amounts to bnt ono-thlrtteth of Great Britain’s exports and ono-flftleth ot her imports. They find a sort ot consolation, howover, in tho conclusion that, small as it is, it equals that of all othor western nations combined. Tho ngonts whoso statements aro summed up in this yoar's report find some encouragement in the incroaS' ed wlllingnoss of tho natives to tolerate Englishmen, bat it half thoysay is true lifo in that country is cortainly not worth living. Tho best of theso volumes aro “Threo Yoars In Western China, ,r by Alexander Hosio of tho British con solar service, and “China and Hor Neighbors,” by R. ti. Gnndry, a minor British diplomat, and thoy bring the description down to midsummer 1898. Aa every fellow writing for the general press on China contradicts every other fellow, it is a real satisfaction to get views token on tho spot by men who nover mention tboir religion and do not profess to have any extraordinary mor als, but merely want to find out how the peoplo live and how rnnch they oan whack up Slightly Anti-Mongolian. Mr. Hosio was tbo first Englishman and probably tbo first Aryan sinoo Mar co Polo to explore tho provinco of Yun nan and all its bordering regions, and ho finds that a very large proportion of tbo peoplo are not Chiuoeo; that a region oomprising nearly ono-balt ot the em pire is capable of sustaining but a vory soant population, and that in all proba bility the figures on tho swarming mil lions aro grossly exaggerated. A nervous man or one of dolicato susceptibilities really has to hold his nose in reading somo parts of this report, there is suoh a painful monotony of dirt and poverty, kioks and cults, hungor and fonl weath er, with tbo most debasing suporstition mid utterly reokloss and indiscriminate lying. In the western part of Yunnan he seriously questions whether any mau really boliovea his most Intimate friend. In short, if ono reads and bolievos Mr. Hosio, ha is compollod to ooncludo that our California frionds wore quite with in bounds, almost too meliorate, in fact, in tlioir anti-Mongolian invootivos. All who talk on tbo snbjoct soon; to ngreo that thoro Is some radical moral dofoot in tho present day Chinaman. And truly tho history ot tho aountry sooms to indloato that ft needs a revo lution and tiio infusion of a liorco and vigorous elomont. Thoro appears to havo boon a regularly recurring oyclo in Clii- ncso affairs. First, tboro was nu inva sion by a barbarous but energotio raco, which gave tho country a forward im- pulso. Thou it ilogonernted rapidly to tho stagnant condition, and witli stagna tion onmo cowardice, after which thoro wero doaay and rotrooession till tho noxt invasion or revolntion. All tlio world has hoard ot China's oxtravagant claims to an antiquity so groat that a littlo discrepancy of 20,000 yoars is accounted a trifling variation, and tliu most crit ical western scholars allow her nil au thentic history of near 3, S00 years. I confess to being so impressed with this foot that I cannot form a lively aonoop- tion of a young Chinaman. Evory man ot tho raoo looks to mo as if ho wore thousands of years old. Tho knowledge of ago In tho raco cumplotoly overcomes the senBo of youth in tho individual. 3V«r and Fatuluu. I am oven more ovorcomo by tho up- palling figures in thoir accounts of wur and famine. Man sooms but a wood in thifco awful regions. Homo 15,000,000 wore slaughtered in a war when tho population of tho oountry was supposod to bo ecanty. Oar own oivil war oausod ub to ovorlook tbo groat Tal-Plng rebel lion in Cblnu, and yot at loast 7,000,000 livoH ttfero lost in that struggle. Tho British agents tblulc that 0,000,000 diod in tho last famine, nnd, ns for tho mil lions on millions drowned In tho various overflows of tho Yellow rivor, it mnkes ono sick nnd fatigues tho imagination to oompnto them. To understand tho present condition, howovor, wo nood only begin with Gen ghis Khan, first emperor of tho Moguls and Tartars. His history has boon writ ten by tho Chineses, Persians, Arme nians, Syrians, Arabians, Grooks, Rus sians, Poles and Hungnrinns, and wo may cortainly credit onali of tlioso whan thoy dosorlbo thoir own disasters and humiliations. For 20 yourH ho poured a continuous stream of burbarimiH upon nil his neighbors, nnd tho sontliorn Mo- hammodnns admit thnt in the battlo of Jaxartos thoy lost 100,000 mon. Ho ovorran all tho prosont Chinoso otnpiro oxcopt that part known as Yollow Cni- na, and in vlow of what is probably go ing au in that region now it is inter esting to read that at tho slogo of Po king in tbo yoor 1212 tbo inhabitants Were oompollod by fnmino to devour thoir slain follow oitlzons. Tho Chinoso historians add that thoy fought as long as thoy oould stand, and whon thoir reg ular ammunition was spent thoy dis charged ingots of gold and silver at tbo foo, but tho Moguls undermined tho olty, nnd tho groat palnoowas destroyed In a conflagration whloh lasted 80 days. This was tho beginning of Mogul or Tartar rnlo In China, bnt there havo boon sovoral revolutions, nnd tho pres- ont, or Ming, dynasty dates back but 2 H oonturlos. Tho vory latest docu ments nt tho state dopnrtmont show that onr relations with China wore at their very beet just before Chinoso affairs reunhod thoir worst. The treaty con cluded hero tho 17th of lost March by tho signatures of Boorotary Gresham and Minister Yang Yu has boon ap proved by the Chincso government, and THE CHINESE LEGATION DOILDIHO. Minister Den by has received many ns- ■nranocri of a willluguosa to extend tbo most liberal terms to Americans uugng- od In business hi China. The Chlncso frankly admit that thoy don't tako to missionaries, but show an increasing liking for traders. J. H. Beadle. Original Cm ot Church Bella. Bolls wore first placod in ohnrchoa about 400 A. D. 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