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with a like desire with yourself to have
the debate come off at the time ana place
already mentioned, Notwithstanding the
unfortunate experience OF our ia'e icl'c
scntatives, Iacceptthc following qucstiohih
yourlist, namely. that silver ana Soiu s''o"iu
have equal rights at the mlnts, assu'lIius
that you mean tie mints OF the thi'cu
states, and that by equal rights you mean
that there should be no discrimination III
favor of either metal in the matter Of coin
age.
Assuming that this is satisfactory 10
YOU, l am willing that the terms herel"
fore agreed upon by our late representa-
tives shall remain unchanged; that Is 10
say, that the debate shall take place at
Convention Hall, Friday evening, October
l6, Mt O'Clock; that admission shall De
by ticket only, the tickets to be equally di'
yided bet ween you nd me, and no seats TO
be specially reserved; and that the meeting
shall be under the presidency OF MIR. A. l.
Britton, and, if he will not serve, then
under the presidency OF some one else To
be selected byus.
ORDER OF SPEAKING.
There remains but one small detail
upon which must insist, namely: The order
OF spea king shall be decided by lot, the
first speaker shall speak one hour, the
second to follow for one hour, each to
have reply of fifteen minutes in the
same order This gives each an even chance
OF having the first or the last word, and
gives each an opportunity to correct any
possible misapprchenson OF his position
and to reply to the arguments OF bis adj
versary a fairer scheme Icannot conceive.
This shall be my last word on this al
ready too protraCtcd subject. If you VIII
meet me on the terms indicated, wiliXepcct
your prompt reply To that effect; il you de-
cline so TO do, ! Will thank you to make
your reply equally prompt. Yours truly,
HENRY L. DAVIS"
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SUGAR STILL HEAVY.
Stocks Reached Lowest Point Since
Downward Movement Began,

DOWHWHTU MOVtHeut Bexnn.
New York, Oct. 9.-Stocks during the
first hour OF business were quiet and gen.
orally firm in tone. The impression ranged
from Ia to 1 3-S per cent, Manhattan,
the grangers, and Leather preferred lead
ing. London bought St Paul and Louis
vile aud Nashville, and the local shorts
also purchased the leading issues ON
The evening times., 1896-10-09

was called in order that their organiza-
ton might be perfected
This afternoon the delegates. under the
guidance of the entertainment committee.
visited the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and the new Library building.
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London, Oct. 9.-The body of George Du
Maurier, the celebrated artist and novelist,
who died yesterday morning, will be Gre
mated tomorrow, October o, at Woking.
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Condition of the Water.

High and low :::::.es are officially recorded
at the navy yard today us follows:
High. Low.
9:I5 "a. m. 3:34 a. m.
9:45 D. M. 1888 D. m
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished 10y Seymour Bros, bank.
ers and brokers. members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office, Rooms 3 and IA. Sun Building
r. A, Breen, manager
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How Are You Fixed?
Have You any idle money in bank? If
30. The Times Real Estate Bureau can
get you q per cent. and good security, too
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KILLED AT COLUMBIA.
Fatal Accident at the New Opera
House.

1t is reported at 2:45 O'Clock this after
noon that a man Ia Is been killed at the new
Columbia opera House, Twelfth and +
streets, by falling from the roof to the
raftcrs below.
The mans name is Frank Walker. He
was twenty-five years of age. and lived at
No. All street northwest.
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$I.39 each.

Well again offer you the
all-wool plaid cheviot and
cashmere short pants suits
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HECHT & COMPANY.
SIS Seventh St.

You're going to get the
best of the deal. but we
want you to. We are go
ing to offer all our mems
SIS and SIS suits, Begin
ming tomorrow and for the
balance of the week, for
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INSURANCE WORK FINISHED.
Two Sessions Rolled Into One
for a Good Reason.
BANQUET GIVEN TONIGHT
Able Papers on the Requirements OF
the Day In Local Associations and
Other Topics of Live Interest to
Members-No nations of Officers.
Brisk Contest Over Presidency.

Today's session, which winds up the
proceedings OF the seventh annual con-
yention OF the National Association Of
Life Underwriters, was perhaps the most
Interesting of the series.
Although the program called for two
meetings today it was announced by Presi-
dent Calef that both would be combined
in one, owing TO the fact that the manage
ment of the hotel wish to have possession
of the hall as soon as possible in order
that they may have time to complete
the elaborate preparations for the banquet
to be rendered To the visitors by the local
association this evening.
That the meeting might be ended earlier
President Calef requested the delegates
to be in their seats promptly at 10 O'Clock;
but, as on previous meetings, however,
they were dilatory in coming in, and il was
1870 before tue meeting was called to
order
The principal feature OF today's busi-
ness was the election OF officers and the
selection of tue time and place OF the next
meeting
AS in previous years nominations were
made by Committee The Committee,
composed OF one member from the delcGa-
ton Of each State, met in the pariors orthe
Arlington last night, and made the list.
The race for the nomination for president
was especially close, the successful candi-
date winning by the small vote Of fifteen to
thirteen.
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$2.9S each.

Some with pants having
double seats and knees
some with extra pair OF
pants-your choice of either.
The evening times., 1896-10-09

Well make it interesting
for you in the boys depart
men tomorrow BY offering a
lot of boys $3.50 suits for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-25

holidays. In spite of a rather discourage
ing Liverpool report, prices showed great
stubborness at the opening, and after
wards hardened, closing about the same
as yesterday. March opened at $3.50. adj
Xanced to !.04e and closed at 7d7.O1c, with
me tone quiet and steady. We would
rather buy than sell. The exchange will
not reopen until Monday
New York. Dec. A.-The Sun says of
cotton; There was more slxylarking than
trading on the Cotton EXCHANGE to-day.
The speculation. what there was of it,
was OF an evening-up character, and prices
showed very little change. The floor COM
mlttee set aside all rules for the day and
allowed smoking during business hours
PRESIDENT Hopkins cabled the Liverpool
Cotton Association as follows: 'Compl-
ments of the season to officers and MEM
bers of your association President DEL
rlchs cabled the following answer: We
All heartily reciprocate your good Wishes
The receipts at the ports to-day were con-
sidered liberal, and the receipts next week
are expected to be fun. The port receipts
this week are estimated at sos, 900 bales,
against $4,000 bales last week and go 900
bales last year. The interior receipts for
the week are estimated at 10000 bales
against 1SS,000 bales last week and $4,000
bales last year. The quantity to come into
sight is estimated at $4,000 bales to $4,000
bales"
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ing. quarter keg. $2.25 Austin. Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless. half kegs SS.45;
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, 10 firm. Ordinary sizes, $1,000
12.0O: difficult sizes. $l3.00M1S00; flooring,
boards, S15OGd22.OO; ship stuff, sl65Oa20.OO;
saw WIN ties. $1,000.
Poultry Steady, fair demand; spring
chickens Csc per pair; haf-grown to
three-quarterS grown. SOC to 35c pair;
full-grown fowls, zoe per pair
Eggs-Market fully supplied; candled,
per dozen, zoe; country, &c less.
Hides, Wool, Etc.-1des-The market
firm; dry flint, 10iaG11c; dry salt &c; green
sailed, SIC Wool-Nominal prime Geor-
gia. free of sand burrs, and black wool,
13c; blacks, lie; bury, Sc. Wax, 25c Tai
low, &c. DeerSkins, 15c
Bagging and Ties--The market is quiet
iute bagging, 2A-pound, SEC 2-pound, 6c
1%-pound, SIC; quotations are for job lots
small lots higher; sea island bagging, TAO
Sc; Standard Arrow ties, steel, IS pounds,
large lots, 75c; small lots, 90c.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4Q5c; Georgia brown
shirtings, a, SIC; x, 4l4c; IA brown sheet
ings, SIC; white. osnaburgs, 7d7l5c; checks
4q5c; brown drillings. 5d6iRc.
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THE MARKET QUIET.
COTTON UNCHANGED WITH SMALL
SALES FOR THE DAY.

spirits Turpentine Qhiet at % Cents,
with No Sales RepOrted-ROsin at
a Decline on Medium and Pale
Grades-The Wholesale Markets
steady and Unchanged-The Elk
changes to Be Closed Friday ana
saturday.
savannah, Dec. 24.-The markets pre-
scented a holiday appearance to-day. Buy
ers in the leading departments were few
and far between. The cotton market re-
manned unchanged, but the tone was quiet
and the transactions were small. Spirits
turpentine was in Slow request, not bid
having been offered for the receipts. The
rosin market was active at the close, at
the expense of values in medium and
male grades. other markets were steady
and unchanged. The Cotton Exchange
and Board of Trade viii be closed Friday
and Saturday, and the usual weekly re-
norts of the market will not be received.
The following resume Of the different mar
kots, both local and telegraph, will show
the tone and quotations at the close to-
day.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale Sf25;
New York, per bale, 500; PhiladeIphia
per bale, SLIGO; Baltimore, per bale 81 90:
to Liverpool, via New York, 40c; Bremen
via New York, 45c; Antwerp, via New
York soc; Havre via New York. SIC; Am
sterdam. via New York. 53c; Genoa via
New York. SOC; Reval, via New York, 6sc
Hamburg, via New York, soc. Direct
Bremen, 45c; Barcelona, soc; Genoa, 55c
Liverpool, 44c. fe1g sarff
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business Is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $500
also for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A feet
Ice. Timber rates, 50cu$l 90, higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
windward nominal; to Rosario S12 GOA
1900; Buneos Ayres and MOntevideo, 5000
@llO0; to Rio Janetro Sl4.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, 81. 30n11.50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pound SIS standard
BY Steam-To New York. 800; to Phil
adelphia, 800; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market is
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders, are
as follows Rosin Is Cd; for barrels of 80
pounds and per cent. primage; spirits, So
Sd; Genoa, rosin, Is 3dd2s Cd; Adriatic, Is
6d@2s Cd; South America. rosin, 65c per
barrel of $50 pounds. Coastwise-Steam-
To Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, SOC
on spirits; to New York. rosin, SEC per 100
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Dec 4.-Flour dull. unchang-
ed; southern flour dull, unchanged. Wheat
spot market, quiet, firmer; No. red, f. o.
b., 99%c; ungraded red 90caSi. 90; OPTIONS
were fairly active and firm at 3sGAc adj
vance; No. 2 red, December, 90c; January
S95sc; May, S7%c; December. SOC. Corn,
afloat; options were dull and firm at 1s6Illc
advance; December and January, 29Ac;
May, Sl1&c. Oats quiet, firm: options dull,
steady; December. 221sc; January. 2sc;
May 24Ac; spot, No. q 22Ac; No. white
Zoe; mixed western, 2lq2ic. Hay, dull easy;
shipping, 55c; good to choice. 7O077lkc.
Hides, quiet. unchanged. Leather steady
unchanged. Wool quiet. firm, unchanged.
Beer, steady, quiet; family. $10.00d1050.
Beef hams dull, firm $500; tierced beef
l300Q1.O0; cut meats. slow, steady; picked
bellies, 4lAc; shoulder &c. Hams, SNd9c
Lard easy; moderate demand; western
steam, 4.O5c: city, 3.6212c; December 405c
nominal; refined dull; continent 44Oc;
South American, Also; compound. 4ss6I4lbc
Pork steady, better demand. new mess
g. &QS.T5 Butter quiet; state dairy, 100
cry 14Q22c; Elgins, &c. Cotton seed oil
dull steady: crude, 20c; yellow prime DC
hice far arr demand, firm unchanged. Mo-
Coffee irregular, 15@20 points up: Decem-
Der, 9.55M96 soc; March, 9.6On9.65c; May. 96O
M9.65c; July. 97Oc: spot Rio dull, steady;
NO. q lOc. Sugar raw, active; fair refining
3-l6c; refined dull.
Chicago, Dec: 2l.-noon.-wheat; De-
cemDef, ioc. corn May, Z03sc. Pork
January, H.55n7 .57I5. Lard: January
$S.nl9M3. 80. Ribs; January, SO so.
Chicago, Dec. A.-The wheat market to-
day was in every respect typical holl-
day one Trading was light news
scarce, and confined to a few invete crate
scaipers. Notwithstanding the apparent
indifference existing, prices made a sub
stantial gain over yesterday. May wheat
opened from size to Stsz0S1afc. sold be-
tween 8l5sc and S1kc closing at the top
1sGfssc higher than yesterday. Cash wheat
was firm and re higher.
Corn was steady at and around The oDen-
ing, but soon afterward went the way or
wheat, declining IN sympathy With fhat
grain. The market was Iifeless, but u fem
scattered small lots being dealt In. The
close was firm. in sympathy with the ad-
vance in the adjoining pit. May corn
opened az 2JSsc, sold between 253EfI25i5c
and 25l4c, closing at the outside--a shade
over Yesterday Cash corn was easy, with
prices unchanged.
Extreme quiet reigned In the oats mar
ket No effort at trading took place. and
no news was received. May oats closed
"A shade higher than yesterday. The mar
rownoss OF the range speaks for the dull-
ness Of trade. Cash oats were steady to
A0Ac per bushcl lower.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. prevailed IN pro-
duct the feeling being derived from tho
hog market The trade was occasionally
moderate, but more frequently dun and
Inactive. No feature developed. and
prices changed but little. AZ tho close
Nay pork and lard were each p shade
higher and May ribs a shade lower.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-25
NATURES QUEER FREAKS.
A Turtle a Century Old, Three Crows
and "A White Deer Captured.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Think of turtle more than a century
old. After It had reached that age the
thought that 1t was too old 10 fight would
be justifiable. Fact Is a great enemy of
supposition, and the truth of the state
uent has lust been proved off Cliff Island,
near the coast of Maine. John Petungill
is the man to whom this remarkable ex-
periment fell, and 1t came very near cost
ing him his life, for a battle with a sea
turtle weighing 1852 pounds Is something
for which no man is anxious, especial y
when he is on board a frail dory and his
enemy Is In its native element.
Clear over the other side of the conti-
nent a bird fancier of Oregon has secured
three curioslties just as notable in their
way as the big turtle landed by the GIN
Islander. The trio Of natural wonders
consists of three white crows. They are
rare birds, indeed, and one might travel
several months OF Sundays where crows
abound without dreaming that such
thing as a white crow was in existence.
These are genuine, however and, odd
enough, with them Is a brother, FULL
blooded brother, as black as the blacklist
ace of spades. The owner OF these Curl
Gus feathered specimens Is r. A. Stuhr, the
Seventh street bird man of Cottage Grove,
Oregon. They were brought TO him by +.
NJ. Veatch, who found them IN 3 nest N
the vicinity Of the bohemian mines, not
far from Cottage Grove. The curious
feature is that MIR. Veatch found the three
white crows and the black one In one nest,
so there can be no possible dispute re-
garding the fact that they are all Of the
same family.
Another queer animal freak il a white
deer which was killed by Carl Lukens OF
Wilmington, o., who was hunting mar
Jackman, Me.
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DRY GOODS.

New York, Dec. 24-There was no ex-
pectation that business in the dry goods
market to-day would prove other than
quiet and consequently there was no dis
appointment over the prevailing dullness.
The tone Of the general market is extreme
~ dull, more so than accounted for by mere
holiday influence, and the tendency in
prices in several staple cottons is distinct
~ in favor of buyers In the wooden goods
division likewise is very dull, but a gem
orally steady tone in this is noted.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market was
quiet. There were no bids on the market.
The price remained at % cents with no
sales reported. At the Board of Trade at
the first call the market was bulletined
steady at % cents, with no sales. AT the
last call the market was bulletined quiet
and unchanged with no sales.
Rosin-There was a regular holiday drop
in the price of rosin to-day. The medium
and pales were lower when exporters be-
gan to buy. AT the first call. at the Board
Of Trade, the market was bulletined steady
and unchanged with no sales reported. At
the last call ii was firm with sales of 1881
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-25
Leading futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull; steady; prices unchanged NO. 2 spring
wheat. 7S@7Sa4c; No. red, S0lsc; No. ?
corn, 22Isq23c; No. 2 oats, 17i4c; mess pork,
SO. 75G3.95; dry sailed shoulders, %.25M4 80;
short clear Sides $4.OOa4 12l5; whisky 81, IS.
Cincinnati, o.. Dec. A-Flour, winter
patents, $475Q495; fancy patent, $3.50
4.5O; family, $3.65Q3.9O. Wheat quiet; No.
red, 500. No. 2, corn, active; No ?,
mixed 2ld21i5c; No 2, white, 22l2c oats
slow; No; 2. white, Soc Pork clear lear fam m
prime, 3.7Oe bid. Dry sailed meats, shoul-
ders, sac short rib sides, FAC; short clear
&c; clear bellies, 41ac; boxed clear sides,
4l%c Bacon, loose shoulders, &c; loose
short rib sides, 4Isc; short clear, 412c; clear
bellies, 4sic; boxed clear Sides 4Ac' Whis-
St. Louis, Mo, Dec. 2i.--Flour steady and
unchanged. Wheat higher: December,
9l5sc asked; May, 905sc bid. Corn lower;
December 20c asked; May, 22asc bid. oats
lower; December, zoe, nominali May,
2O3sc Other articles unchanged.
Baltimore, Dec. A.-noon. nrm
but unchanged. Wheat inactive; spot,
92a92i5c; May, SSai@s9c. Corn steady; SPOT
ISL 0f2s3sc; southern white and yellow
221An2752c.
baltimore, Dec 24-Flour firm and un-
changed Wheat inactive; spot, 92192zgc;
May SSA@S9c; southern, by sample, 929
93c; on grade, SSl5M921sc. Corn steady;
suot, 2SA@2s2sc; year, MAq2155sseei
January, 27lAaA5sc; ,o5 February, ;, M e,.s
white and yellow, 22laG27Ikc. Oats steady
22lkNJ23c. Rye steady; No. 2, near by. 4lW
42c; No. western, 43l4Slsc. Hay steady
choice timothy, $l3.50d14.00. Grain freightS
quiet and unchanged.
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Stock on hand this day w 34,121 $50 4O3
Stock same day last year -. 1903 2OO615
Receipts same day last year. Holiday
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 24--Turpentine
rm sales 5 none af I b B. bo9s s s.
G, $1.45; II, $1.50; l, S1.65; K, S1.70; NJ, $1.30;
N, $500; w G, $3.50: w w, $3.50.
Wilmington, N: c., Dec. A.-Crude tur-
pentine quiet and steady; hard, $1.4O; soft,
S1.90; virgin, $780,
New York, Dec. 2+-Rosin quiet; strain
ed common to good, $l75 Spirits turpen-
tine, fair, 26s4G271ac
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-12
good width between the eyes. The

good width between the eyes. The mouth and chin might almost have been cast in the same mold as Bryan's own, so striking is the resemblance in firm ness and determination.
 Mrs. Bryan would sacrifice and en- dure anything once she had made up her mind that thing was right. She has ideals and will consider her hus- bands nomination as righteous and a step toward what the Bryans maintain is the correction of the wrongs of the masses of the people. She has sweet and we'll trained voice in talking, and the men and women who penetrate her reserve appreciate her honesty of pur- pose and sincerity She despises shams of every kind. and, above all. is natural and unaffected.
 It would require more than the pos sibility of ruling in the White House to turn this woman's head. With all this, Mrs. Bryan is not at all assertive. Mrs. Bryan might elect to run White House affairs according to her own ideas and not after the manner of so called official society, but no one who came in contact with her could help respecting her, and i'll time admiring her character.
 Bryan and all his friends admit the wife has held up the hands of her hus- band more than effectively, and Bryan himself takes no praise that does not in- clude his wife.-Mrs. McGuirk ill New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-12
SOME OLD CIGARS.
They Were Made Before the War-An
 odd Will.

They Were Made Before the Wsr-An
 odd Will.
 The will of the late Thomas Boni- field, an aged and highly respected citi- zen of Danville, Ind, was opened the other day, and ill distributing the house. hold goods there was found large box containing nearly 5000 old fashioned, handmade cigars, the history of which is as follows: MT. Bonifeld formerly lived in Kentucky as farmer, and his wife, as a means of assisting ill making the living, began manufacturing cigars, the tobacco for which they raised them selves, and she succeeded ill making a success of the undertaking.
 This was before the war and before any revenue tax was put on tobacco, and when that went into effect her stock in trade amounted to the cigars just found, and never. having taken out 6 license they were kept in a tightly closed box, and when the family came to Indiana the cigars were brought along. Mrs. Bonifield died some four years ago and always took a delight in telling of her skill in rolling cigars Those heirs who received the cigars dis tributed them to the smokers of the town, who pronounced them first class, even though they had been made close to 35 years ago. Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-09-12

terbury ono day and lord chancellor the next? To be leader of the house of com mons is the present ambition. It is a most splendid thing''-the dreamer eyes looked up into space with the old light in them-''a most splendid thing ito lead the house-to sway the house. But don't know, he sighed. "It will take an awful lot of work, and the Cambridge business did take it out of one most tremendously. didn't be- lieve, Nell, that I had such an amount of work in me. '
 "You have been so gloomy lately, Will Was that fatigue?"
 Ambition on the brain, Nell," he replied, ightly-as lightly as of old success had not destroyed the old gayety of heart. "I've consulted learned phy- sician, Dr. Sydenham Celsius Galen, Wimpole street. He says that an en- gagement with the right girl-he is ex- tremely particular on that point, so that I do hope, Nell, we have made no mis- take-is a sovereign remedy for all mopey, glum, dumpsy, moody, broody, gloomy, sulky, i'll conditioned vapors It is, he confessed, the only medicine in his pharmacopeia. All his clients have to follow that prescription. You will