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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
ANNOUNCEMENT.

F.. The State Herald is authorized to an
nounce A. G. Lowrey as a candidate for the
office of Mayor of the city of Birmingham,
subject to the will of the people at the gen,
eral election. first Tuesday in December.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Let no one throw anything IN the way,
Give the republicans fair chahee am,
if they bring general prosperity all wen
and good Its prosperity the country
stands in need of.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
WILL work FOR BIRMINGHAM.

DIR. P. T. Hale, pastor of the South
Side Baptist church, left last night for
Nashville to attend the fourth annual ses-
sion of the Baptist congress which con-
vened in that city yesterday. DR.. Hale
will make a strong effort to have the
next session of the congress held in Biz
mingham.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Lebanon, Pa, Nov. 10-The big plant
of the Pennsylvania bolt and nut works
resumed yesterday, giving employment
to upward Of 1900 men.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

While Mark Hanna continues his cam
paign the people will quietly size up the
effects of Mr.. McKinley's remedy Tor
hard times.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
INDUSTRIAL.

Reading, Pa, Nov. 10.-The Monticello
Brick company, which has been working
four days, will go on full time Monday.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.

Effective Nov. s, the Alabama Great
Southern railroad will inaugurate the
fastest schedule ever known between Gin
cinnati and New Orleans. This excel
lent time is faster by several hours than
any other line, between Birmingham and
Cincinrati, only thirteen hours and forty
five minutes. and between birmingham
and New Orleans. only ten hours.
These trains carry Pullman drawing
room slespers, anS run solid without
change.
The shortest route north and northwes.
and south and southwest.
c. M. BILLHEIMER,.
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

West and south of Pennsylvania MI
Bryan received fair majority Oh the
votes polled.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Waynesboro Pa, Nov. 10-The Geiser
Manufacturing company started up yes
terday after six weeks shut down, with
500 men.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

The following table shows that
change of %, 255 votes properly distributed
would have resulted in the election Oh
VIM. J. Bryan to the presidency.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Piqua, o., Nov. 1O.-The corrugating
works rolling mill, Snyder bent wood
works and Orr llnseed mill started yes
terday, giving employment to 600 hands.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

mesticity as opposed to mentality, or the
predominance of mind over matter, or the
superiority of the feminine over the mas
culine mind. She is the only club that is
so sure of her superiority as to invite
husbands to hear the discussions.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

The great value of Hoods Sarsaparllla
as a remedy for catarrh is vouched for by
thousands.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Cleveland, O., Nov. 1O.-The Walker
Manufacturing company, of this city, one
of the largest concerns manufacturing
electrical goods and other high grade
machinery will double it's force of $50
men this week.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

LORD SALISBURY SPEAKS PLAIN
On the occasion of the induction of the
new lord mayor of London into office
Monday night, in London, England
United States Ambassador Bayard and
Lord Salisbury. together with other high
officials, were present. Ambassador
Bayard. the cablegram informs us. re-
sponded to the toast. 'The Foreign Rep
resentative." What Mr.. Bayard said on
that occasion was not given. but judging
from the words of Lord Salisbury in re-
Spouse to the toast, Our Ministers" the
ambassador took occasion to express his
delight over the defeat of the democratic
party in the United States. OF this fact.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11


Perhaps the oldest bale of cotton in the
world, says the Augusta (Ga) Evening
News, was purchased last Wednesday
by Mr.. Allen Fleming. of Fleming & Fos-
ter's Compress company. The News
adds:
The cotton was grown in Laurens
county, South Carolina, in 1884, by an old
man by the name of Watts. The cot
ton, though DID, was snowy white and
not the least tinged with yellow. 1t
was a curiosity to the cotton men Of to-
day, and attracted considerable atten-
ton. Tho bale was of the usual size, and
was packed in coarse homemade cloth,
woven from old rags into a sheet. The
ties which held the bale together were
made from grapevineS and were as hard
and taut as rawh3de thongs. The cot
ton has been in the family ever since it
was made and dumped from the cotton
press into the yard. 1t was then taken to
the old barn, where IL has been safely
sheltered from the weather for more than
sixty years. Mr.. Watts, though fairly
a rich planter, refused to sell the cot
ton at any price Old man Watts, after
his crop was ginned and baled, in 1884,
set one tale aside from the entire lot,
saying to his son at the time: Il may be
a poor man when | come to die, and in
case 1 am 1 want that bale of cotton
tpointing to the particular bale) sold and
and the proceeds used to defray my flu
neral expenses" The years rolled by,
he continued to add to his wealth, and
when he had lived his allotted time he
was pretty we'll fixed in this worlds
goods and the cotton was left unsold.
Some time before Mr.. Watts demise he
took occasion to remark to his son that
in case the cotton was not used to keep
it in the family, guarding it carefully,
and not to sell it under any circumstances
except for funeral expenses. The bale
was then taken in charge by young
Watts and was more carefully watched
by him than by his father. Mr.. Watts,
Jr., was Industrious. and when he passed
over the river it was not necessary to
dispose of it to pay the expenses of the
funeral. Before the young man died he
made will to his sister, and in that will
it was his expressed wish that the pre-
cious bale be disposed of only for the
purpose of obtaining money to pay her
funeral expenses, if it be necessary.
When she died she was wealthy and the
cotton was not sold. Miss Watts recent
ly died intestate, and when the final wind
| ing up of her estate was made the cotton
was put on the market and sold.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

MIR. HANNA HAS FIGURED ON IT.
A great deal is being said about the
popular majority which Mr. Mckinley re-
ceived in the recent election over Mr..
Bryan. 1t is true that the republican
candidate received a large majority of
the vote poled, but we must not loose
sight of the fact that that large MAORI
ty came from four states alone. If we
deduct the majority received by McKin-
ley in the states of New York Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts and New Jersey
from the whole we find that in the re-
naming forty-one states Mr.. Bryan re-
ceived majority over the republican
candidate.
Not only that but the fact is that a
change of $4,000 votes would have result
ed in the election of Mr.. Bryan. This can
be figured out as follows: A change of
1850 votes in California would have given
the democratic nominee the nine elector-
al votes of that state A change of 260
votes would have given him Kentucky
IS votes; change of 10,100 votes would
have given him Indiana's Is votes a
| change of rs votes would have given him
South Dakota's votes; 2,100 votes from
Mckinley to Bryan would have given
the latter the three votes of North Da-
kota; a change of 1000 votes in Oregon
would have landed the electoral votes
of that state In the Bryan column. In
West Virginia a change of 6100 votes
from Mckinley to Bryan would have
placed the votes of that state in line
| for the democratic nominee.
With the popular majority coming
| from four states alone and with a MAORI
| ty in the other forty-one states and the
| necessity for change of only $4,000 votes
| to have given Bryan a majority in the
| electoral college it can readily be seen
| that Mr.. Mark Hannas head is level in
| resolving to keep his headquarters open
and continue the fight for the gold stand
ard far four more wears
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11
ANNISToN.

Plaster and hair-Mayberry C Watson.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Mrs Scflwab, of New York, is visiting.
her sister, Mrs. Sinnge, and Is ON her
way to Texarkana her former home.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Elwood, Ind, Nov 10-The Pittsbure
plate glass factory will start Nov. 20 with
a full force of 500 men. The WetheralG
rolling mill at Franklin, will also resume
on full time and the window glass fac
tories will start soon with full forces.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-11

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 1o.-The cotton
mills at Hampden, in the outskirts of
Baltimore, are about to start up on full
time. The orders for work have been
coming in with rush since election day
and nearly all the spindles in the differ
ent mills will soon be turning out cord
age, cotton and ducking as fast as ma
chinery can drive them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Dec. 10.-Flour dull, irregu-
lar; winter wheat, low grades, s2.20a3.SO;
fair TO fancy, $3.40Q4.S5; patents, 5000
$40; Minnesota clear. S3.6od4.15; patents,
$lJO95.1O; low extras, $220Q3.SO; south
ern -four dull, easy; common to fair extra,
s30jG3.6O good to choice, do, $3.60N3 90.
Wheat spot market moderately active.
weaker; freight on board 96ssc ungraded
red, S0I97c; options declined 11M5sc, ad-
vanced %W1c: declined 7sM1hc, closed
steady at 12Gts4c under yesterday. Deem
Der, S5Ac; January, S5s4c; March ahc
May. S43sc. Corn, spots duh firmer; No.
2, 29b6f29tzc elevator; 3OiAc ahoat; options
were duh and weak at &c decline; Deem
Der. 2Szsc; May, 3l%c. Oats spots more
active, easier; options moderately active,
weaker; December 22lkc; January, 23hc
May, Nhc; spot No. 2. 22lz6221c; No. 2
white, 25hc: mixed western, 22Q24c. Hay
quiet; shipping 621kc good TO choice. 75n
SOC. Wool firm, unchanged. Beef quiet,
firm; family. s9.5OllOOO; extra mess, 1900
800. Beef hams firm, s17.JOn1SOO Tierced
beef strong, wanted; city ext india me, S ,
$l3.00dl4.00. Cut meats firm; picked bel
lies. SC; shoulders, SIC; hams. SQ87tc. Lard
frmer, quiet; western steam, Attic; city.
39tc; December, Aloe nominal refined
quiet; continent, 445c; South
America 475c; compound, 43sd4Ikc. Pork
quiet, firm; new mess, $S.2JlI875. Butter
quiet. unsettled; state dairy 1la20c do
creamery. 15q23lsc; western creamery, 150D
2ilsc; Elgins, Alsc. Cotton seed oil quiet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds. Boston. per bale. H.25;
New York. per bale, s1.00; Philadelphia,
per bale, 800; Baltimore, per bale, H.0O;
to Liverpool via New York, 63c; Bremen,
via New York, zoe; Antwerp. via New
York, &c; Havre, via New York, 75c; Am
sterdam, via New York, CSC; Genoa, via
New York. 73c; Reval, via New York, SOC;
Hamburg, via New York, Gee. Direct:
Bremen, SIC: Barcelona. &c: Genoa. Coo
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business is moro
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $500
6450 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A feet,
16c. Timber rates, 5OcG$1OO higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
winward nominal; to Rosario, $12. 000i3.O0;
Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, $4,000
II 90; to Rio Janeiro, $l4 90; to Spanish and
Mediterranean ports, 81 S0G11 80; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber 4-pound IS standard.
BY Steam-To New York, 81 90; to Phil
adelphia, 800; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sall-The market il
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders, are
As Cd; Genoa, Is 3ddSs Cd Adriatic. Is Cd
as Sd; South America, rosin, 65c per bar
rel Of 2S0 pounds. Coastwse-sSteam--To
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, SOC on
spirits; to New York, rosin, S1sc per 100
pounds; spirits, SIC; to Philadelphia, ro-
sin, TIC; per 100 pounds; spirits soc; to
Baltimore, rosin, TIC per 100 pounds; spr-
its roc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market remain
ed firm at Csc, with a good demand. At
the first call at the Board of Trade the
market was bulletined firm at 25c, with
sales of ,25S casks. At the last call, the
market remained the same with no sales
reported.
Rosiu-There were changes all around
in the price of rosin to-day. Water White,
Window Glass and grades were advanc-
ed cents, and all the balance excepting
H, declined cents. AT the first call at
the Board of Trade, the market opened
firm at the changes above noted with
sales of 6,757 barrels. At the last call, the
market was unchanged, with further sales
of 81 barrels The following were the
..,,,t a tin,.. tho Board of Trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
COTTON TAKES ADRoP.
FUTURES sLUMPED 20 POINTS
AFTER BUREAU REPORT WAS
ISSUED.

c,,e Local Market Declined 1-i6 Cent
with the Tone Easy and Demand
Sto,Y-Spirits Turpentine Firm at
=, Cents with Good Demand.
uosin Firm at n Decline on Com
,,ou and Medium Grades and an
ADVANCE on PaIcs-other Markets
Unchanged.
savannah, Dec. 1O.-The government bu-
.oan report knocked the bottom out of
,he cotton market to-day. AS soon as it
voc issued futures dropped about 20
ootnts. and the local market declined 1-16c
=, all grades. There was a good demand
Cor spirits turpentine at 25c for regulars,
and fine sales were large. Rosin was in
GOOD demand at a decline of &C on COM
nan and medium grades. and an advance
e 5c on pales. The wholesale markets
nsre steady and unchanged. The follow
TO-. resume of the different markets, both
local and Geographic, will show the tone
and the quotations at the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11

quarter kegs, $3.50; 3-pound canister, $40;
1-pound canister 75c. Less 20 to 10 per
cent. Off.
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle, is firm Ordinary sizes, S1i.O01l
1900; difficult sizes. sl3.OOd1S00; flooring,
boards. $l5.00G2200; ship stuff SIG. 50Q2OOO;
sawn ties, $1,000
Poultry--Steady, fair demand; spring
chickens, 25c per pair; half-grown to
three-quarters grown. SOC to 35c pair:
full-grown fowls, zoe per pair.
Eggs-Market fully supplied; candled,
per dozen, 2Od21c country. &c less.
Hides, Wool. Etc Hides-The market
Is strong and advancing; dry flint, 11hc;
dry salt, y1ac; green saI,ed, &c. Wooi-
Quiet prime Georgia, free of sand burrs.
and black wool, 12c; blacks, 1Oc bury so
&c. Wax, 25c. Tallow &c. Deerskins, lie.
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm
jute bagging, 2h-pound, &c; 2-pound, Gxc;
1%-pound, 7c.; quotations are for job lots
small lots higher: sea island bagglng Sa
SEC; Standard Arrow ties. steel. 40 pounds.
large lots. $l.4O; small lots bagging, Sd
sac; Standard Arrow-ties, steel, 45 pounds,
large lots, 81 20; small lots Sl.25.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4@5e; Georgia brown
shlrtings, T. Sac r. SC; A brown sheet
ings. SC; white osnaburgs, 7d7iac; checks,
4G5c; brown drillings, 5M6Hc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
Money-Easy.

Mouey-Easy
Foreign Exchange Market firm. I've
following are net Savannah quotations.:
Commercial. demand. $4S5s4 sixty days,
Si.s2lt. ninety days, S4Sl; francs. Paris
and Havre, sixty days. 522i4, Swiss. sixty
days. 5.2i: marks. sixty days. % TIC.
Domestic Exchangc-Steady Banks
are buying at Is per cent discount and
selling as follows: Up to $25. 10c prem
ium: S25 10 $50 15c premium: $50 to 500. 2Oc
premium: 800 to 500, 25c premium: 500
and over at par.
Securities The market IS quiet with
fair investment demand.
stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
r,a 81 per cent. bonds OF 1890, 102 bid, -
asked; Georgia $40 per cent. due 1915, 10l
b.A 102 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds.
1915 li3 bid IA asked, Georgia per
cent. due 1926. no bid ll0is asked: South
Carolina. 4ihs. 1851 bid. 1868 asked.
city Bonds-A tlanta Z per cent. lg5 bid.
loG asked. Augusta p5s. 1925. JOG bid. Jos
asked Augusta z per cent. ~ bid. IA
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11

Continued on Sixth Page.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
DRY GOODS.

New York, Dec. 10.-The general tone
of the dry goods market is without alter
alton. Staple cottons are still easy to
buy. but new spring goods rule generally
steady. Wooden, worsted and other dress
goods also show a generally steady front;
whilst in mems wear fabrics the tone is
firm, despite continued quiet demand.
Silks are also firm with a moderate bust
ness reported.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11

preferred, 1885; Western Union, Sc; Wheel
ing and L. e., IA; do do preferred, 30;
Southern Railway IS, 92l4; Southern Rail-
way common, 1Ols; Southern Railway pre-
ferred, 29B.
State Bonds--Alabama A, 1921 do B,
102; do C, SO; Louisiana stamped As IS;
North Carolina As. 100; North Carolina 6s
1l9; Tennessee, new set IS, so; Virginia 6s,
preferred, 3; Virginia Trust Receipts, z;
Virginia Funding Debt, 6l1a South Carroll
ma as 100.
Government Bonds.-United States Is,
registered, 1093s United States As coupons,
11015; United Stahes IS. registered. 951a
United States As, new, registered, 100;
United States As, new, coupons, 100.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11

Charleston S. c., Dec. 1O.-Spirits tur-
pentine market firm at 24Ac. Rosn firm;
sales, none.
wilmington. y. c., Dec. 1O.--Rosin firm;
strained S1.45 good strained, $3.50 Spir-
its of turpentine, nothing doing Tar
steady. at 81 10. Crude turpentine quiet,
hard, $l.40; soft. $3.50; virgin, $3.50.
Receipts turpentine 15 casks.
New York, Dec. 10.-Tosin quiet. steady;
strained common to good, $is215. Tur-
pentine quiet, 27AG25c.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-07-10

battle Of Waterloo, and already we
can hear with distirctness the beat
ing of the waves on the shore of st.
Helena" Great applause.)
The American nation was able to
decide on every question without the
aid of any other nation. On such is ,
sue made in this platform the Demo
cratic party could carry any single
State In the Union. He would not,
he said SANDER the great states of
Massachusetts or New York by say
ing on such issue they would declare
the helpless impotence in the Ameri-
can nation to attend to it's own bust
ness. The speaker referred to the
merciless domination of the gold
power in the past and added: "But
l warn them, they shall not cruelty
the Democratic party on the cross of
gold"
The conclusion Of Bryan's speech
was marked by the most enthusiastic
demonstration of the convention up
to that time. The whole convention
sprang to it's feet and twenty thous-
and throats roared, while twice TWEEN
ty Thousand arms waved frantically,
handkerchiefs and flags flew wildly,
hats were hurled aloft, umbrellas
were waved and men shouted like
maniacs.
Suddenly the Texas delegation up
rooted the banner OF the Lone Star
State and carried it to where STOOL
the standard of Nebraska. Other del
egates grasped the stats of their DEL
egations and pu she'd their way to the
Nebraska delegation. Soon the stats
of two-thirds of the States we're
grouped about the purple standard of
Bryans State. Only the standards of
the gold delegates were left standing
when the demonstrations was at it's
height.
After fifteen minutes of this dis
turbance the delegates and crowds
sank back exhausted. When all we're
seated Delegate Salisbury of Della
ware climbed on his chair. He and
his three silver colleagues of that
State gave three cheers for Bryan,
which we're answered with a shout
from the gallery of 4What's the mat.
with Bryan for PRESIDENT"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-07-10
BRYAN Is NOMINATED.

CHICAGO, July TO- Eight candi-
dates for President we're placed in
nomination last night and this M orn-
ing, as follows: Bland, Bryan, Matth-
ews, Boies, Mclean, Pennoyer, Pat
tison and Teller.
TIE roll call has been ordered on
the first ballot. .-~.,...