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JOHN A. STEWART ?R : ' “ A ' *• ‘ L ! ’ J ' ' " ••» ‘ ' COKE S. DAVIS /• rPWj.in .?n’ rJqxn’A *i« sh ~ ' ■• • STEWART & DAVIS , ’■ • ' Life, Accident, Casualty and Surety Insurance 504-5-6 PRUDENTIAL BUILDING. ATLANTA, GEORGIA MANAGERS: THE MARYLAND LIFE INSURANCE CO., of Baltimore; THE GENERAL ACCIDENT, of Perth, Scotland; THE METROPOLITAN SURETY CO., of New York. Live Agents in Georgia cities and towns can increase their writing capacity and earnings by communicating with us. ■ Special Inducements Offered First-Class Men the building were quickly followed by flames, and it was with difficulty that the fifty-five inmates escaped. ‘ The constitutional convention, after completing its work of drawing up a set of laws to govern the proposed new state of Oklahoma, adjourned sine die Thursday. The constitution as pre pared will be submitted to the people of Oklahoma and Indian Territory for ratification or rejection at a special election August 6 next. R Saturday the president issued an ex ecutive order fixing the compensation of Major Sibert and Major Gaillard, of the army, and Civil Engineer Rous seau, of the navy, as members of the Isthmian canal commission. These of ficers are to receive $14,000 a year each, including their pay as officers of the branches of the service which they now occupy. n Saturday the Porto Rican house of delegates unanimously adopted a reso lution, introduced by Luis Munos Ri vera, leader of the Unionist party, de manding self-government for Porto Ri co. The resolution, which is to be forwarded to President Roosevelt, is to be printed in several languages and mailed to foreign countries for distri bution there. Governor Folk is quoted as saying that he will soon issue a call for a special session of the legislature, to consider measures for the regulation of the public utilities, corporations and dram shops. Bills covering these subjects and favored by the governor were killea by the session which has just ended. n Two large railroad construction eon tracts at Omaha suspended and al most a thousand men withdrawn from jobs, one of them nearing completion, are evidence of the sincerity of the * , retrenchment policy of the Harriman <7 lines. The absolute impossibility of a raising the funds to carry on the work is the reason given by Vice President Mohler for the action taken. Complying with petitions presented by numerous commercial organizations of the Mississippi Valley, President Roosevelt has decided to appoint an inland waterway commission, whose duty it will be to prepare a compre hensive plan for the .improvement and control of the river systems of the United States. Eight public men have been asked to serve on the* commis sion, and Representative Theodore H. Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the rivers... and harbors committee in the last congress, is to be chairman. | MARK'ET 'REPORT. | «. SPOT COTTON. Net Markets. Middling. Recpts. Atlantalo 7-8 Galvestonllll-16 12,227 New Orleans 10 13-16 7,088 Mobile 10 1-2 695 Savannah 10 3-8 3,182 Charleston 392 Wilmington 10 1-2 881 Norfolk 111-4 1,991 Baltimore 111-8 New York 11.20 570 Boston 11.20 387 Philadelphia 11.45 35 Miscellaneous 432 Totals today 27,448 do. 2 days 53,009 do. since September 1... .8,692,851 PORT RECEIPTS, 17th. The following table shows receipts at the ports on the 17th, compared with the same day last year: 1907. 1906. New Orleans 7,088 4,862 Galveston 12,227 2,165 Mobile .. 965 473 Savannah 3,182 3,056 Charleston 392 238 Wilmington 881 158 Norfolk 1,991 1,166 New York 570 40 Boston 387 50 Philadelphia 35 249 Pensacola 1,906 Various 342 Totals 27,448 14,363 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1907. 1906. Houston 8,104 2,436 Memphis 7,597 1,349 Augusta 1,091 362 St. Louis 3,401 1,119 Cincinnati 371 529 Totals 20,064 5,795 COTTON SEED OIL AND MEAL. .I • ’ Memphis, Tenn., March 18. —Cotton seed oil, prime crude, 35c; choice meal $23.30. New York, March 18.—Cotton seed oil was firm on light offerings. Prime crude f. o. b. mills 39@>40e; prime summer yellow 47c; off summer yel low 44 @ 46c; good off summer, yellow 45@46c; prime white 55c; prime win ter yellow, 52c. THE WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. REIVIEIVIBER in writing to “Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine” or to “The Weekly Jeffersonian” to address all letters to our new offices: 608 TEMPLE COURT, Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY Under the management of the long established SOUTHERN SHORT HAND and BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA GA. Received appli cations for five S6O per month operators in one day. Telegraphy, Short hand, Bookkeeping, Typewriting taught. Enter now. Catalog free. A. C. Brisco, Pres. L. W. Arnold, Vlce-Pres. 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