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HOUSTON PRICE CURRENT


\ LIi GREASE--Diamond. N.75 per
sross. rra2ler IN TN box $. $500 per
E.osS. 10iaen 6Wd iOc per dozen boxes
ca Ui ,v9n 'Sc, Boston coach oil. per
, 4 ANN NJ, milton Powder, per keg 5000
%.e2' nleasune powder SIS per kcg, nserts'
SiSoal q, r,
sb ~ % Ia Wholesa lie. grocers charge.
ss9rI b eiear at oSHed sNlIc in sacks e
YORK York dry salt bellies I%c; Western dry
SAT- peines &c; smoked bellies .}sc
rd nAGS ;. Nc 80 -, AND TiEs-From store:
ATOM YES ~;
. BAKING pow DER-AreN, | Id 800; IL
Zoe d, no H. :, 7G 10 ri Nietor H. per dom
70 p,r dozen g 70, y III si.35; u ID SIC,
"a - ~ " FkU Per dozen; straw
9 y, ~. !OcnIoo; pineapples, standard sl25
MiWs seconds NcoN.p0; pears, STANDARD
e@gY W. SIsoi Cipner, Bartlett pears. ID s.10
IL siZqq %. seconds, ID VOCAL .; stand
5rH . ID N.1oalsi; 3 ID seconds s,3o1l 30,
l H. pie peaches 500 SOC: blackberrles soQ Sc
- s!andard apples S5G9Oc.
c,' ~ pN-flain candy 6qGAc; wrapped
lCaiiS: ....'...l~
peas '22 SG Lima beans S5a oc string
60yqG5'ac: ID sOq9Oc; red kidney beans,
~ ~ gsc.
~ iFORNtA CANNED ,GOODS-Per
osE plums Sl.l0Ul15; epricots N0Onl25
pears 81 ! loM 30. green cages lOql 10; nee
aadiInSs Mp; grapes 10; white cher-
q sitS Sl,sg; black cherries SSO, blackberries
' % - , a., ,,,,,, , no
g., ~ y y ~ MEATS-Rohst heef. i 10 ~ "
hLSO; Ii &2og2 g5; ID corned beef,
- @4 -, ~ i l'H 70 lib lunch tongue. dozen
-! '"s''u, Z 10 ehpped beef dozen Sl,SlF
-, - 1 ID oxford SAUSAGE. dozen 500;
IaIihil,I, sausage. lb 81 50. :. 10 potted
HaIl. = dozen J0n SIC Z III potted ham, .
epHen Si.5a; 4 ID dcNilcd ham, I dozen Icq
'ci < " W deEiled ham dozen sl.S' s,,oo.
~ ~ " l.s-Sranite IS and rs, SHn9c,
10 ~ par4i.he, assorted col9rs, 9H,Ll;e
MIN, M ia. Tito :. ana GordoNa Iair Me e
pn,,lne lN9tNl9c; choice l9aC lsirc' fancy ."P
'wae: peaherry Ilsn2laic. Roasted coffee y;
; n ,So pnaSis 100 10 cases, 20 q; ArpucHls
u w. IN cases ?O.N1; IN rs lb cases 2lS''
'l9Ii,' c, ana Java fancy blend S1N;
cyea naC Is. ERS-A y soda 5isc; Lemon
lam sc. ginger snaps Sc, pearl oyster
9E; Dalsy oyster Che vanilla waters Aei
Flpu Rnridal Wave, 81 90: Sea Fairy.
second roller patent, $40; Sea Nymph.
extra + Her fancy $3.50; Sea Pearl, $500:
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PAINTS AND OTT.s

.OII-Linseed. In bbls. raw 4lc; boiled
iec; petroleum,. $50 test, in bbls lie. in
stove gasoline, In cases sl.So In barrels
loo; Eupion oil. In bbls lac. In cases $50.
castor oil. medical pure $780, turpentine,
MITE LEAD--strictly pure sflcIc.
WINDOW GLASS-In boxes 90 and 10
TO 70 and 20 per cent discount, new list
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. February Ii:-Money on call
firm at 3H5 per cent, last loan per
naner 5ism7 per cent; sterling exchange
oIiet. with actual business In bankers
Ellis nj S7ik6ii .S7S, for demand and $50
al SGis for sixty days; posted rates AMp
~ and 4 sS,tMi. SO: commercial bills i.so'a;
bar silver Ga: silver certificates u 49,
Mexican dollars 52h.
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COFFEE.


New York. February i.-Cofree-Options
opened nj decline OF l0nl5 points, ruied
barely steady throughout the session IN
der weak European advice and foreign
LIQUIDATION. decline checked by sleodior
ruling OF local spot market closed qul !
at to 90 points net decline; sales, u o
bags March, 12i5ffi2Lo. Spot coffee Rio,
market steady. No. !. 1871 mild. quiet;
Cordoya, 1914 m77,. Warehouse deliveries
from New York yesterday, 1850; New
York stock today. Pc 100. United states
stock, 3Ss KS, afloat for the United States,
100 600; total visible for the United states.
i5S SIS, against i3d, 500 last year
Rio. February H-Stcady; No. Z. 1900
rcis per 10 kilus: exchange, $50; receirt3.
300D cleared for the United states, 1000
stock, POI, 900 bags,
Santos, February B-Quict; good aver
age Santos, 1900 refs per 10 kilcs' re-
ceipts 5000. stock s27,o 90
Uavre. February li-Ciosed steady, I'M
changed 10 net decline. sales, 1900.
New Orleans. La, February lt.-conee
dull: Rio ordinary TO fair, lb,tulb-
Hamburg. February 1f-Quie'. I'M
changed
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Kansas city. February ii..Wheat prac..
ucaIly Ufeless. No. hard 653l66ls; No. 3
uuoonnii3aiiy 5GI s.; rejected nominally SjsI 40:
NJ > red g. Coril-Fair demand for mixed /,
10. mixed %; No, 2 White = s-s oatss
,,'bI,e ID, 49O. Rye. No. nominally s..
Ia verv dull. timothy lo.0lull.b0. pairie
~ ta55,7 All Receipts-Wheat q. 200 corn A.
s0o oats loo. Shipments" neat @1'VVo'
corn and oats none.
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ERIrITS AND NUTS.

APPLEs-Ben Davis 800 Willow Twiss
and Genetons $3.50,
ATANTS--sl 256i1 10 per bunch.
CRANBERR1ES = Cane Cod ss.5)gs.c0
per barrel; ss;0oaS95 per crate an ...
iV Gp APrs-Malaga ss.5OG6.50 per cask.
fEMoNs-M s2.50Q3.0O; extra fan
'NTTs-Brazn lie per III; filberts, Sicily,
o., Naples .2sac; w0lnuts lie; peanuts
5it06c. almonds. Taragona lac per ID. BE
nsr sack: California almonds Joe; new
necans 3ie6Gc. ,.o.e,
0RANGFS - California seedlings S2o11
. N. nayels $500; Jamaicas and Messinas
%s;TTIR SAtwBERRIEs-ss oDQ4,oO per crate
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BUTTER AND EGGS.

fresh ISHali. Butter. steady. dairy @ls,
creamery HAS.
ST. Louis, February N,-Eggs hrm and
i,nohanged II. Butter d9ll ara un-
Kansas city. February N.-Eggs tirnn
II. Butter weak. creamery l2nlL dairy
l3UlE.
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New orleans. February li-llog products
ouiet pork l0L, lard, refined tierces 5-SN
a., boxed meats shoulders 3, sides 3-S
bacon s.des 6A; hams, choice sugar cured
nis1l0i9 Flour. extra fancy 3O5n5.eO. pat
erts i0I 10 Corn meal uuict, l.i5 Bran
nil Corn steady; No. . sacked white and
mixed 20. yellow "a. Oats Quiet; No. 2
sacked aGAgH. Rice rough. receipts 1928
Ills season i0i577 same time last year
XXI Isl. sales $50, quotations nominal.
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QuotatIons are from 7obbers; sneclal
prices given on large shipments.
BARBED WIRE - Glidden, ralvaulzec
$3.50 per 100 lbs; painted wire s2.65. Wan
kegan l0c righrr than Glidden.
WIRE NAlLS-Rate S3.oO per key. ad
vances, 10 TO GO penny 50c: and penn,
boc; and I penny 15c; and 5 penny Que
penny s20; penny SLIGO.
CUT NAILS-Rate t2T5 per keg; sam,
advances as on wire nails.
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Nao, York. February l4-Wheat-Ex-
~" M 40. spot irregular: No. red SDle;
% o b gis aaoa;, Options opened We weak UNI
ger ,ua, arraers and turned strong. assisted
hhu ,Ss,nsall spring wheat receipts, cold wave
w 49, S"' artiye cloavances and later by good
c w demand here: No. red 1874; May
49,.
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STOCKS.
Tho following were ths 9 nijng quotations on the
I'm atlr L az Inc n .M Ely .nanpn inhnA.
FINANCIAL.

Galveston. Texas. February "A. In
the local exchange market sterling
sixties sold al si,3V. buying at Ns5; Me-"
York sight selling at a premium buying
at is discount; New Orleans sight selling
al a premium, buying at is discount
American silver selling at par, buying at
+, discount.
Galveston bank clearings, f60S 0aj,
New York. February lA-Sterling ex-
Grange bank rs sixth s, ALSO .04 51tz, com
mercial sixties. $3.50: reichmarks, ~ Lisa
CIV; francs. bankers sixties, b.lsa4; COM
morclal sixties. 5l9F.
New Orleans. February li.--Sterilng OK
change. commercial Skies, SLSj1in nj. @A {;
francs commercial sixties. BIB s-o Ne"
York sight. bankers, $3.50 premium; com
mercial. Soc premium.
London, February li-Bank rate, per
cent; street rate. 3-l6 per cent; silver, 30
day lOS T-l6.
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~ PRUNEs-Crop 1895: California pruncs
silver and ruby prunes i0c ''1N'
lRSAislNS-Califotnia l.. L.. boxes si4oti
l'oO; Z crown l.. NJ: raisins, so 10 boxes ic;
crown l.. NJ. 80 ID boxes 4AU4isc.
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WOOL.
Houston Hiaes ana Wool.
SUGAR.

New York, February i.--sugar--RAw.
firm. refined. quiet.
New orleans. La. February ii.-sugar--
Open kettle, steady, 2tsft3 9-l6, .centrifu-
whites a-i6fpI,e; yellow, 3'sNiA; seconds.
2i6m3h Molasses, quiet, open kettle, $50
2S, centrifugal, GAIT.
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DRIED FRUITS

ApPIFS-Fancy sliced in boxes fhH5c;
choice evaporatod 6Ag6Ac: fancy eVapo-
rated 6sl@7c.
APRICOTS-Evaporat Joe.
CITRON-lic per ID. ., l..
CiTRRANTS - Fancy cleaned 5Ac' IN
cartons &c. ,.,sh ,ayar i5c
FIGs-Evaporat Sc; TURKISH layer i'''
NIcCTARINES-Ev aporated lVc'
HES-Evaporated SC.
ARS-Evaporated &c.
PlUMS-Pitted l0c.
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LONDON CONSOLS.

London. February 4.-Consols Tor
money losis. for account los 5-s' bar SILVER
10 l5-i6d per ounce. money u per cent
rate OF discount in the open market Tor
short and long bills lhalh per cent.
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HOUSTON.

Market we'll supplied with cattle: calves
IN demand. ovcrstocked with sheep nnd
hogs.
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BEER-Schlitz quarts $3.50 per Dbl
pints sll.oo per bill; A II { bohemian.
quarts $500 p!nts $3.50; Weiss beer 81. y
per case. two dozen in case.
HIGH WGNES-N.22 per gallon.
WlIi%NN-ler gallon. nished goods on
nigh wine basis Si.22. straight Bourbon
and rye, according to age and quality,
Nl5uSO0; blended Sl.750S.50.
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Now Orleans, La. February IA The
firm and unchanged. oil weak; prime
crude oil In bulk 2pI5; prime summer ycil,,
low, IN barrels 25is; meal l7.20. cake ihSO
per short ton.
New York, February it-cotton seed oil
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WEEKLY REPORTS.

WEEKLY REPORTS
New Orleans. February 1i.-Weekly net
receipts 3, .OS2: gross receipts 4l.4l6; exports
to Great Britain 80 $50, France s2J7 cont.
nent II ,sii. coastwise GIT. sales y, 49,
New York. February lt.-Wcekly net re-
ceipts 1876 gross = 2ei. exports TO Great
Britain lghl. France i6l. continent b6i2i
forwarded 1851. sales 9s6. sp.nners baS.
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COMMERCIAL BRIEFS

New York. February 1i..-Clearing sl26,-
O23. s23. balances. IS, 2o5,9S0
New York, February i4.-Bides steahy
Wool quiet. domestic fleece lSg2 puiieu
10.
New York February li.-Govsrnfneh'
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prrJrsH WHEAT OPINION
IMPORTING EGYPTIAN SUGAR.
TOUT l2,S00 tons of sugar are now atioat
[ths way To phnndclnhln from AleXan-

the way to Philadelphia from Alexan-
Egypt. on board British tramp
emers, and are due about March ],
Importation in large quantities OF
Epuan suear Is new thing. made
fssary through apprehension that the
aa crops, by reason OF the war, will
wy poor. III addition to this large
tauy considerable sugar is being
eled from Hamburg in British steam
ana from Honolulu In American
E1er Shine
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COMPARATIVE SPOT MARKET
The following are the closing quotations
for cotton on the spot today al the Lead
ing markets. together with closing OF mid
ding yesterday. with today's Gales.
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GRAIN AND HAY
SOTn.
CORN--Sacked c4dSSc.

Car load lots, job cars, from mill: deal
ers charge from store 5lilOc more por Ico
corn. ~
CORN--Sacked SidS5c.
BRAN--65c
oATS-25d26c; No. white soaslc; com.
mon 2ln23c. wan
CHOPPED CoRN--65c per 100 lbs.
HAY Alfalfa $la0u ii.O0 per ton: mil
yet $40. 50ul25D, timothy sli.5JtllsOO; NortL
!exas prairie $500; South Texas S6.5Ju
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Sonds heavy; state bonds dull; railroad
sonSs Arm.
,~'- rehri,o.- - -.r'Nc .atoi SAFES
@-N~ today were 2ss t5S shares, IN
GLIDING: American Sugar. $500, American
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COTTON-SEED PRODUCTS.

Hamburg, February 1f-Quiet. u
changed.
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NEW YORK srOCK MARKET

w" iHiNi> SAPSN MAhhEi
New York, February NATURALIZATION
by tho speculative leaders was again TO-
day the feature of tn stock market. Out
side business was very lignt and there
wa; II dcarth OF news bearing leeitimatcly
upon prices aside from "A snpp5intlng
turn in the Lend II market for sccuri les
The usual conflicting and in on istent Il Us
sip was circulated regarding the active
Industrial stocks ana they exhibited rela-
lively much greater activity than tho
railroad list Tho cour,,, Of prices was
giraffe London hag been expected 20 fol-
low the strong closing Of the local mar
ket. hut as matter OF fact prices from
that center showed declincs Of iajlh nor
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New York. February B--Thc cotton
market opened higher on "A better class
of cables than had been expected. Later
the market weakened ON Indications Of
freor interior receipts aud "A large move
mont at the ports for next week These
Indications were attended by weak nd
vices ms TO spot cotton IN the Southern
markets.. During the afternoon The mar
kot became decid dly local on outside
pressure and closed easy with prices
unchanged to points lower Ms compared
with Yesterdays figures after having
shown ut ono time an advance of 3da
points.
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Value. b BID Sellers.
IIAVRE MARKET.
IInvrc, February M-Spots quiet. steady,
VI lower; futures iAMhf higher sellers AT
quotations,
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Santos. February N.-Quiet; good ave-
age Santos, 1900 refs per 10 kilcs u
ceipts, 5000. stock. s27 900
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Reported FOR Tho Post daily except
Thursdays aud sundays by Albert Mont
geometry 4 Co. u'mted). live stock com.
mission merchants.
Coed fat fod hceVes .....,.. 3itd1 Sib
Good fat grass bteves ....... 2s41f 3
Common 10 fair bccvcs..... . a 2ia
Good fat COVE ................ 2iau s
Good fat ye8rlinps..........ii 90 u1e 3,
Common 10 fair cows. head on mli o.
Common TO fair warnings. 40 fllu 90
Common To- rood calves ...... 6 90 Utp -
Good cornfed hogs..........., 10 a.,
Common to fair....4............ q Re-
Good fat sheep .............. a 81,
Common TO fair sheep, head " q ! 10
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MONEY And INVESTMENTS.
Doings Of Day NTH Wall Stree,
Operators.
MANlPuLAl0RS PUT PRICES LOWER.
Lowcr London aud weak Domcs lie Aided
the Onslaught NJ tho Brars-WRsh-
tnGton Bought Sugar.

New York, February l4-(Speciai.l lin
roundabout way the stock market got hit
hard and lower. There was an early In
activity followed by general weakness
and all because London sold on the latest
Transvaal advises. which were of a scary
kind TO London. ON the other hand there
was a general lack of outside support
and this. with Londors action. was taken
advantage of by professianol manlpulators
to depross the market, which they sue
ceeded In doing.
Some high price stock yielded with vio-
lence: Missouri Pacific receded la1N per
cent at the opening reaction. on the
return to strength Rio Grandc Western
preferred moved up IAN. Bear traders
downed Missouri Pacific.
Washington houses who sold sugar GER
tincates some days ago on the introduce
ton of the Lindsay bill in the senate
wcro the principal buyers OF that stock
today.
Sterling q SIS: Mexican dollars 55ie and
5ii.. Supply OF cotton bills moderate
Cotton-Cables from Liverpool were
much better than expected and under
ordinary circumstances they would have
doubtless caused iirmor and higher mar
lkets here. The movement OF the crop,
however. at both the ports and interior
towns continued quite heavy aud the
bulls have been so badly "whipsawed'
of late that few OF them showed any
disposition to render any substantial sup
yort to the market.
The market opened mp In sympathy with
better Liverpool markets. but the buying
power was not strong enough to sustain
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Facts Cleaned In Fulton.

Quite an interesting and pretty marriage
took place on Wednesday, November llth,
at the Pamunkey Baptist church, near
Lester Manor when Mr.. James +. Brad
BY made Miss Elmira Page his bride. The
contracting parties are descendants OF
that honored and historic Pamunkey tribe
OF Indians The marriage ceremony was
very impressively performed by the Rev.
=. II. Throckmorton. After the ceremony
an elegant reception was held at the
groom's new mansion, located on the Pa
munkey river.
Among the many delegates to the Bap-
fist General Association who are being
entertained by the Fulton people are Rev.
u. G. Elsom, a former pastor and Rev.
w. b. Haislip. Of Boydton.
Rev. j. r. Harrison is a delegate TO the
association from Fulton Baptist church.
Rev f. b. Hatcher. pastor Of the First
Baptist church in Norfolk. will preach at
Fulton Baptist church on Sunday morning
at II O'Clock. Rev. u. G.. Elsom, Of Dan
vile. former pastor Of Fulton Baptist
church, will preach at the evening services
AT 1880 o'clock.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Mr..
William II. Boltz TO Miss Caroline NJ
Ginder Tuesday morning. November nth,
at s o'clock, at st. Mary's German Catho-
lie church.
Messrs. James p. Roach and l.. d.
Green left Wednesday for Baltimore. Be
fore returning they expect 10 visit several
other northern cities.
General G.. w. Randall, OF Henrico. will
leave Monday on visit 10 Portland, Me-,
his old home. He expects to be gone seve-
raj weeks.
Mrs. John IT, Pease. OF West Point, was
on a visit to her brother Mr. Fred. H.
Garhnr this week.
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Julius Sy6LE { son. TIE TOWER 0Qraer S60QlQ and Broad

Ryan withdrew, accompanied by the law
yer, Elhu Root, OF New York.
The effect, It is said, Of the latest phase
in the situation Is that the control Of
the property VIII remain in the hands
OF the Hoffman interests for the present.
In certain circles the belief prevails
that outside interests, which seek 10 con-
troll the property, are responsible for
the seeming collapse I'm the negotia-
tons IL is said that the Louisville and
Nashville is after the property, and II
IS expected that the struggle for the
control of the property will be attended
by interesting developments.
Mr.. Ryan. and Chairman Blackstone. OF
the Reorganization Committee of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. had
q long conference in Baltimore to-day.
and it is thought that IN the future that
property and the Seaboard will be closely
allied.
1t IS pointed out that the developments
OF to-day show the value OF the Seaboard
as an eastern and southern outlet. and
the interestingtpart it is TO play in the
southern railroad situation.
As it stands Mr.. Ryan. with the pur-
chase Of the Gill holdings. to-day. owns
between four and five thousand shares
or the Seaboard and Roanoke stock.
which makes him the largest individual
shareholder in the company.
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IRISH CROP FAILURE.
1T is NOT THOUGHT 1T WILL RE-
SUIT IN FAMINE.
TURKEY And THE POWERS.
Engiand's Humilihting Position I'm
the Present Situation of Annirs-
Sultan Really Fears.
Especial London Cable)

LONDON November 14-Endeavoring
to obtain from official sources further in
formation regarding the impending famine
in ireland, a representative OF the South
ern Associated Press learned that, al
though the local Irish authorities had
reported on the failure Of the crops in
many districts. the official view was
that no serious or widespread famine was
anticipated. A leading Board
official, who is in a position to know, said
that there would be distress Of a
severe kind in many districts, but no
actual famine. There can now be no
really extensive famine in Ireland. the
arrangements for relief having been so
perfected that the central authorities in
Dublin can assist the local authorities
at almost a moments notice.
Into the question Of the suspension of
rent-payments by the farmers. the Of
ficials interviewed decline to 80. From
other sources II can be affirmed that the
Dublin Castle authorities have been warn
ed Of the wholesale refusal of the
smaller farmers to pay their rents. on
the simple ground of inability. Their
crops have been destroyed and they have
nothing TO pay their rents with. There
has been until now a remarkable absence
of .agrarian crime in Ireland.
When the pinch of winter comes. IL is
feared that the old record OF outrage
will be renewed, unless the landlords
hold their hands and cease prosecutions
and evictions.
THE PROMISING" TURK.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Sui
tan had promised TO execute sweeping
reforms throughout his cominions, his
promise is still looked at askance by
those who have had experience of his
artfulness and lack of good intention,
and this, in spite of the fact that orders
have already been given for the putting
into effect OF some OF the reforms prom
Used. The jubilation among the newspa-
pers over the restoration OF the concert Of
the Powers, which. Ii Is claimed here, is
responsible for the pressure brought 10
bear upon the Sultan, which compelled
him to grant the reforms. may be short
lived. Cynical observers OF the situa-
ton do not place much faith In the
claims that Great Britain had a promi-
nent part in the concert. They maintain
that Russia, acting through France. is
the country that deserves the credit for
forcing the Sultan; and that he must
mend his ways and do something be-
sides making promises that he never
intends 10 fulfil. II this is really the
case, there is little room TO doubt that
there will be radical change In the
Turkish policy, for Russia is really tho
only power of which the Sultan stands
in fear. Great Britain may blow and
buster. but the ruler of Turkey well
knows that she is utterly impotent to
do anything more than make threats.
and she is not threatening now as much