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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-08


Flour firm with a fair demand; hard
wheat spring patents was $3.OOa3.25, in
wood. No. spring wheat, 56hc to 5S14c;
No. 2 oats, i1%c. Mess pork sSi2i55s 81
Lard, $5.40@5.42Is. Short rib sides, $4456D
4:5O; dry salt shoulders, $4.37i2d4S21a; short
clear sides, A.621ad475. Whisky, $1.22.
Lamson Bros. & Co.'S Chicago market
letter, by private wire to T. Il. Johnson,
broker. Provident building:
chicago, Jan. IA very strong under
tone developed at the opening and the
bulls had absolute possession of the mar
ket the entire session. First trades were
from 74c to &c decline, to 1-l6c advance
from yesterdays closing. after which the
markets steadily advanced 11ac, with only
slight Intervening reactions. The strength
started from a good demand both from
professionals and elevator people, and at
tack of offerings by several of the large
traders, who yesterday were talking bear
ish, seemed to take different view of the
situation this morning, and were good
buyers from the start. Later on a sec
ond Liverpool cable quoting that market
nervous and " up, shorts began buying,
and the purchases for this interest were
conspicuous the remainder of the session.
Bradstreet made a decrease in the worlds
visible supply of wheat of 100000 BUSH
els. The foreign news regarding the po-
litical situation would tend to indicate
that it is very uncertain. Coarse grains
were strong and higher, mostly in SYM
pathy with wheat. The market has a
healthy appearance, and the trading has
been the largest for some time.
Cincinnati, o., Jan. Flour less active,
unchanged. Wheat market quiet, steady
unchanged. Corn market quiet, barely
steady; mixed ear, 29c; yellow ear, 30c;
No. white, 29c; No. 3 yellow, 29c. Oats
quiet STEADY; No. mixed, 1S1ac. Pork
active, firm; mess, $3.50; clear mess SO so;
family, $l0.5O. Lard firm; steam leaf, SIC;
Kettle lard, 55sc; prime steam, sales, 5.40c.
Bacon firm; loose shoulders, SC; short rib
sides, SIC; short clear sides, 53sc boxed
meats "a more. Dressed meats steady more
active; shoulders, 4Ac; short rib sides,
acc; short clear sides, 49sc; boxed meats
Ac more. Whisky quiet, steady, at $122.
st. Louis, Jan. 7.-Wheat higher; Janu-
airy, 5612c; May, 602sc bid; July, 591kc.
Corn higher; January, 24s4c bid; May, 257bc
bid; July, 261ac bid Oats higher, Janu-
airy, 1774c; May, 1870 bid. Pork, stand
prime steam, 1925; choice, S5.S5. Bacon,
clear sides, SIC. Dressed meats; should
ers, 43sc; longs, 45sc; clear ribs, 47sc; clear
sides. 47sc. High wines steady, at S122
Baltimore, Jan. Flour, steady about
unchanged; wheat strong: No. 2 red spot
and January, 66% G67c; March, 68a6SLc ;
May, 687sQ691sc; southern by sample, ga
CSC; do on grade, 64067c Corn, strong,
mixed spot and January, 39G33lsc; Febru-
airy, 331sG33Ac; March, 3A033I6c; May,
3424c bid; steamer mixed spot and January
33GlS31sc; February, 331s@33Ac March, 1914
G3312c; May, 3431c bid; steamer mixed, 31A
1317sc; southern, 32033c. Oats, firm; No.
2 white western, 34Gp341&c; No. mixed do,
221aG23c. Rye, dull; No. ?. Ale. Hay very
firm; choice timothy, $1,000 asked. Grain
freightS steady. Other articles unchanged.
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DOWN WENT COTTON.
-srV THE LOCAL MARKET DE-
CLINED = CENT.

Demand Fair and sales Larger
r,,n for Several Days-spirits
-~,-nentine Advanced 10 2sc With
=. Receipts All Taken-ROsin In
Hanged with Good SaIes-seeuri-
,,.s Quiet-whOIesale Markets
indy and Observation-Disclosures by
Telegraph.
e.,snnah. Jan. There was little
-, ~ business in the cotton market to-
b,,t il was done at the sacrifice of
,---.,es The prices having dropped Is cent
49,, was little encouragement for hold
as futures persisted in declining, and
-,-s followed suit. The naval stores
-.at was fairly active; spirits turpen-
---, advanced to 2Sc for regulars, and
-, was in good demand with sales quite
80 other markets were quiet and
--.siv and unchanged. The following re-
nc Of the local and Geographic markets
-.-.,I show the tone and the quotations at
.,-, close to-day:
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Birmingham for
New York-469 bales upland cotton, 439
bales sea island cotton. 112 bales domes-
tics and yarns, 102 bbls cotton seed oil,
] $50 bbls rosin 500 bbls spirits turpentne,
10000 feet lumber, II cases cigars, Is bbls
lamp black, % bbls fish, Z bbls fruit %
boxes fruit, IS bbls' vegetables, 205 boxes
vegetables $50 tons pig iron, 2 bbls ter
rapins, S37 pkgs mdse.
Per schooner Carrie A. Norton for New
York--S65,62S feet pitch pine lumber
Georgia Lumber Co.
Per schooner Maggie S. Hart for Cam
den, Me.-45s,OOO feet pitch pine lumber
Z. B. Hunting & Co.
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New York-AIiss Lucy Boyd, Mrs DR. FL
lott Mrs Carleton, Miss q Allen, N
Jacobus and wife, Robert Jacobus, Mrs
II n Wakeman. Mrs Mary Wakley, Mrs
S VOORHEES,, Miss Voorhees,, Mrs II A Hill
lard, Miss Bessie j Straw, II NJ Gaines,
wife and child, j Il Saunders and wife,
George w Bellinger, L b Curtis, George
Tarrant
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits THrpentine-The strong demand
for the light receipts caused an advance
of &c at the opening. The receipts OF the
day We're sold at the current price At
the Board of Trade, at the first call at II
O'Clock a. M the market was bulletlned
firm at 2Sc for regulars with sales OF 80
casks; at the last call at O'Clock p. m,
casks.
Rosin-There was no change in the quo
tations nor the tone of the market to-
day. There was nothing doing in pale
grades; out of sales of 1000 barrels, but
Is were of the higher grades. At the first
call at the Board of Trade, the market
was bulletined nominal for water white,
window glass and n, and firm for NJ and
below, the sales being 800 barrels. AT the
last call, the market was unchanged with
sales of 1858 of which were window glass
and 10 n grade.
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SAILED YESTERDAY.

Steamship City of Birmingham, New
York.
Steamship Dorset (Br), Barcelona and
ST. Louis du Rhone.
Schooner Maggie S. Hart, (Jan. g. Cam
den, Me-, instead as before reported
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DEPARTED YEsTERDAY.

Steamer Ethel. Carroll Augusta and
way landngs-W. T. Gibson, Manager
Steamer Gov. Stafford. Strohbar Beau
fort-D. j. Murphy, Agent.
Steamer Alpha, Hainsworth, Beaufort
c. H. Medlock, Agent. So
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VIZ. T. WILLIAMS
BROKER.

Board of Trade Building.
Local Securities, Cotton, Stocks. Grain and
Provisions.
Firstclass New York and Chicago connec-
TONS and ample facilities for execution Of or
ders for future delivery on the various ex-
changes. Ofcial quotations constantly receiV
ed. Out Of town correspondence invited.
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DETROITs STREET RAILWAYS.
The Mayor VetOes the New Fran
chise Ordinances.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. Mayor Pingree
tonight sent to the common council his
vetoes of the ordinances passed week
ago granting new franchises. running
thirty years, to the Detroit Citizens Street
Railway Company, and to the Fort
Wayne and Belle Isle Street railway. The
mayor was Overwhelmingly supported.
The talk of doodle" in connection with
the granting of the franchise TO the Citi-
zens company undoubtedly caused the un-
expected flop to the mayor on the part of
many of the aldermen.
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Steamship Nacoochee, Smith, New York
&C. G. Anderson, Agent.
Jan. 6.-Steamer D. H. Miller, Billups,
Baltimore.
Steamship City of Macon, Louis, Phila-
delphia.-C. G. Anderson. Agent.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Nacochee, Smith, New York
&C. G. Anderson, Agent.
Steamship Tallahassee, Askins, Boston
&C. G. Anderson, Agent.
Schooner Carrie A. Norton, Wylie New
York-Harriss & Co.
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GRAIN. PROVIsIONs. ETC.

New York, Jan. Flour steady and
quiet; city patents A'99q4;ZS; others IN
changed SoGtneTa d n9Tr a umdGhange1
No. red store and elevator 7O%c; afioat
72hc; options were more active and strong
and 11sq19sc up; No. 2 red, I657sc; Feb
Corn spots dull and firmer; No 2, f3513c
elevator; 361sc afloat; options were quiet
and firm at ssq3sc advance; January
spots quiet and firmer; No. 2. 2S34G24c; No
2 white, 25c; mixed western, 24Q25c; OPP
tions dun and firm; January 23s4c; Feb
ruary, 24c; May, 2412c. Hay, good demand
choice, 9OcGS1.O0. Beef dull, steady and
unchanged; beef hams quiet 1880 There
ed beef dull and unchanged; cut meats
steady and unchanged. Lard quiet and
lower; western steam, 5.65c; city, $3.50
590c; January, 5.65c nominal; rehned dull
continent, 6.10c; South American, 6.40c;
compound, 49sQ5c. Pork STEADY; mess,
S9.5O61OO0. Butter, moderate demand and
unchanged Cotton seed oil quiet and I'M
changed. Rice firm and unchanged. Mo-
Iasses fairly active and unchanged. Pea
nuts firm; fancy hand picked, 41AQ45sc.
Coffee weak, % points down; February
12S5c; March, 12.S5q19l Zoe; May. u 40 400
d2.5Qc; September, l175q11 Soc; spot Rio
raw. quiet and firm; fair refining, 3ssc;
centrifugals, So test, 3$4c; refined quiet
and unchanged. Freights to Liverpool,
market quiet and unchanged;
Chicago, Jan. z, noon.-The market
onened for wheat, January, 56Bc; corn,
January, 2614c; pork, May, $40; lard, jan
nary. S. 42la; ribs, January, S4-4o.
chicago Jan. THE prominent factor
In the wheat market to-day was unques-
tionabIv the South African question and
the strained relations between Germany
and England on the matter. Foreigners
were credited with enormous buying at
the seaboard and thirty loads were taken
for immediate export at New York. New
Xori-ars were buying in this market, and
local professionals, of the official sort,
wera arrayed on the long side, or were
covering Short stuff. The tone of the
arI<et was extremely nervous and respon-
sjH-e 10 every scrap of bull news, whilst
the offerings were not of a character to
caI1se much of an impression. The clear
ances al Atlantic ports were large $685.
so h11sheIs) the inference being that the
wants of Europe were urgent. Early quo
+otions of British consols were 9-i6 lower.
bI,t later reports to the effect that the
decIine had been recovered were receiv-
81 continental markets showed an adj
Wancing tendency, the fact confirming the
heIief in serious political difficulties. The
strength of the market was most marked
at the close about which time the high
est quotations were made. May wheat
onened from 5S7sc to 591sc, sold between,
5slc and 6OAc, closing at 6VSsc-l1salssc
bieber than Yesterday. Cash wheat was
tScne and lie per bushel higher.
corn responded to the same influence
uybich cut so Important a figure in wheat
rI-bere was nothing of weakness in the
Situation and prices showed a decided
gain at the close. Buying was strong. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-08
vIRGINIA's CATTLE LAWS.
The Assembly Urged to Guard
Against Infectious Diseases.

Against Infectious Diseases.
Richmond, Va, Jan. THE state board
of agriculture tonight appointed a com
mittee to urge upon the general assem-
bly, of Virginia the adoption of laws to
prevent infectious diseases among cattle
in the southwestern part of the state
This committee is also to ask the govern
or to set back the Texas fever line so as
to embrace only such counties in Vir-
ginia as properly come within the infected
region. This latter request is to be made
so as to protect the great cattle export
ing industry of certain counties Of the
state. not at all affected SO far.
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LIoUOR LICENsEs.

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Coun-
ell, Jan. 6, 1S96.-The following applica-
lions to retail liquor during the year 1896
We're read at meeting of council Jan. /,
1896, and referred to committee of the
whole. A. N. MANUCY,
Clerk of Council.
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dun at 26l5c; receipts lS casks. Rosin,
good strained, firm, $l.1Od125; receipts 29S
barrels.
Wilmington, Jan. 7.-Rosin, steady;
strained, S1.30; good strained, $l.35; spirits
turpentine firm: machine, 2Sc; irregular,
271ac. Tar steady at soc. Crude turpentine
steady. Hard not quoted Soft. $1.40; virgin
$3.50.
New York, Jan. 7.-Rosin steady;
strained, common to good, $l6212ql65
Turpentine firm, SOAdS034c.
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High water FIT Pulaski, 8:15 am, 1:OS pm.
High water, Savannah, 9:15 am, 2OS pm.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
12.OO m. 18th meridian.
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MARINE INTELLIGEXCE.

S~-~~~~~@~---~~~-~~~-~~~
SAVANNAH, Wednesday,, Jan. 8, 1896
sun rises .....-.........-.......... 1:C4
Sun sets Observation-Disclosures. 1855
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FINANCIAL.

New York, Jan. Money on call easy
at 1 per cent, the last loan was at per
cent, and at the close was offered at
per cent Prime mercantile paper, 7q9
per cent.
Bar silver, $685.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business in bankers bills, at $4s715d4S7s4
for sixty days and $4.S9G4.S91z for demand.
Posted rates, $4.SS12q4.9O; commercial bills,
Government bonds firm; state bonds
lower; railroad bonds weak.
Silver at the board was dull.
New York, Jan. THE treasury bal
ances were as follows: Coin, $92, 912, 15S
Currency, 49,, 1863, 321.
New York, Jan. T. noon-Erie, 1872;
Northwestern, So; preferred, IA; Lake
Shore, 1854; Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred, 6s; Western Union, S3A; Southern
Railway common, Sls; Southern Railway
preferred, 24A; American Sugar, 941s;
ern, 461s; st. Paul, 65; Rock Island, 60; Del
aware and Hudson, 100; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, 1862; Manhattan,
SO; Michigan Central 92; New York Cen
The sales to-day Of listed stocks aggre-
gated 1881 shares and unlisted stocks
New York Stock List-Closing Bids
Stocks and Bonds: American Cotton Oil,
1914; do preferred, s.; Sugar Refinery, SO;
do preferred, 100; Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe 1875; Baltimore and Ohio, 36;
Canada Pacific, 81; Chesapeake and Ohio,
lington and Quincy, 70; Chicago Gas, 633s /;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
156; Distillers Cattle Feeders 143s Erie
1874; do preferred, 20l1; Edison General
Electric, by; Illinois Central, 80; Lake
Erie and Western, IS; do preferred, 6415 !;
Lake Shore, 1851; Louisville and Nash
vile, 40% Louisville and N. A, IA; Man
haitian, SO; Memphis and Charleston, Is
asked; Michigan Central, SO; Missouri
Pacific, 2234 Mobile and Ohio, 81; Nash
vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis, 65; u.
S. Cordage 5; do preferred, 8; New Jersey
Central, 9515; New York Central, "a; n.
Y. and N. E., %; Norfolk and Western
preferred, 6; Northern Pacific, %; do pre-
ferred, 49, Northwestern, 96A; do prefer
red, 40; Pacific Mail, "a; Reading, "a I;
Rock Island, 60; st. Paul, 651s do prefer
red, 12415; Silver Certificates, 81; Tennes-
see Coal and Iron, 231s; do preferred. 100;
| Texas Pacific, 74s; Union Pacific, 3h;
| Wabash, ST. l.. and p, 62s; do preferred,
| 14A; Western Union, 1885; Wheeling and
| l.. E, 1915; do preferred, S41a; Southern
! railway SIS, SS16; Southern railway COM
mon, s; Southern railway preferred, "a
State Bonds-Ala bama A, 1870; do b, los;
| do c, 100; Louisiana stamped As, 49,;
| North Carolina As, 100; North Carolina
! 6s, 100; Tennessee, new set, 3's, 81 bid;
! Virginia 6s preferred, 6; Virginia Trust
Receipts 51a; Virginia Funding Debt, 6O;
South Carolina AIS, 104.
| Government Bonds-United States As,
! registered, 1OS12;. United States AS, cou-
pons, 100; United States rs, registered, Sc.
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MEMORANDA.

Charleston. s. c., jan ARRIVED
schooners Emma L. Cottingham, Van
Glider, Newport News; Clara A. Phin-
ney Phinney, New York; Emma c.
Knowles, Rodgers, New York; Alice j.
Crabtree, Goodwin, Cuba, bound for New
York; main boom broken, sails gone and
short of provisions.
Cleared schooner John r. Holiday
Moore, New York.
Sailed, steamer Avalon (Br), Nicholson,
Liverpool.
Mobile, Jan. ARRIVED, steamer Lucia
Porter (An), Tarroro, Tampa.
Cleared, steamer TyIian (Br), Cook, Gil
bara, Cuba; bark Neritas (Nor, Hansen
Baltimore Jan. 5.-Arrived, schooners
VIM. Nicely, Thompson, Port Royal, s.
c.; Isabella Gill, Collision, New Orleans
Portland, Jan. 4.-Cleared, schooner
Grace Bradley, Barter, Fernandina.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of yes
sells free of charge in United States Hy-
geographic Office in Custom House. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office
Reports of wrecks and derelicts re-
ceived for transmission to the navy de-
partment
For additional shipping news see other
cclun1ns.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship City of Birmingham for
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7. F. JOHNSON,
BROKER

Cotton, stOclSs,Grain and Provisions.
The only house in Savannah with private
wires to New York, New Orleans and Chi
caEO.
2 Sco6tSs 2 and 1 PTOyident Building.
Telephone No. ssa
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asandh
Nos 7and f8Wilu
Com. AGENT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02
FUNERAL OF COL. WEITZEL
Remains Will be Forwarded to Cincinnati
Today for Burial.


Funeral services were he'd yesterday
at the home of Col. Weitzel. on the corner
of Emporia avenue and Oak street, and
a great many of the friends of the FAM
lily gathered there TO pay the tribute OF
respect to the remains OF one who had
been q distinguished defender of the au-
tonomy of his country, prominent cit
iZen and a good man. The services were
held by Rev Mr.. Shane, who delivered
an address, that was TO some extent re-
Inarkable for it's capacity 10 soothe the
afflicted and to impress those present
with the certainty of death, and the i'm
portance OF being prepared for ii. He
paid high tribute to the character Of
the deceased.
The honorary pail bearers were Col
E. r. Powell, L. G. Whittier, Sam Hess,
David Ross and DR.. Rentz.
The body. with that of his mother who
recently died here. will be forwerded to-
day, via the Missouri Pacific railway, at
2:10 p. M, to Cincinnati, for burial. Mrs.
Weitzel and her son Louis and her sister
Miss Carrie Palmer will accompany the
remains.
Headquarters Garfield Post No. %, G..
a. R., Department of Kansas.
All members of Garfield Post No. 25,
q. A. r., and all ex-Union soldiers are
requested to assemble at the undertake
ing rooms of H. w. Kendall on North
Main street at o'clock D. M. today to
escort the remains Of our deceased COM
ra1e Colonel Louis Weitzei, late of the
Twenty-eighth Ohio volunteer infantry.
to the Missouri Pacific depot Colonel
iWeitzel belonged to a family of soldiers
and himself being distinguished for gall
lantry it is but proper that ex-Union
soldiers should show his remains that re-
spect which bravery and patriotism
merit. BY order of J. NJ. Minick. Post
Commander. II. I. Kramer, Adjutant.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02
1T Is A GREAT THING
Something New in Geography That Every
body Should Have.

1--WE should give very prominent men
ton to what is perhaps the GREATEST at
tempt at an American geographical atlas
that has ever yet been made. While
Rand, McNally & Co.'S enormous work
deals with the whole world. its treatment
of the United States is naturally very
much more elaborate thar its presenta-
ton of other countries. It's publishers
declare that they have adhered to the
rule that geography and history are twin
sisters. which can not be separated with
out injury to each of them. They have
accordingly printed in connection with
each map an enormous amount OF his
torical, descriptive and statistical ma
terial. The maps are newly drawn and
remarkably minute. This is particularly
true Of the great maps OF the separate
states of the Union, upon which the
smallest cross roads village and country
postoffice is faithfully presented. The
most valuable new feature, perhaps, is
the series of great detailed maps OF the
principal cities of the United States. The
size of the page IS fifteen by twenty-five
inches. and when il is explained that
great double-page maps are given 10
each Of such cities as New York. Brook
Ign, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Chicago,
Montreal. Washington, Cincinnati. De-
troit, San Francisco and 81 Louis. ana
that full pages are given 10 smaller cities
ike Louisville. Milwaukee or Buffalo. the
extraordinary usefulness OF the atlas viii
al once be perceived. The general maps
OF the various countries OF the world are
newly drawn from the most reliable
sources upon an elaborate scale. and the
general Information upon the history and
production end other statistical details,
is astonishingiy diverse ard complete.
This atlas il certainly a wonderful pro-
ductior. Review of Reviews
This atlas is handled by Mrs. ]. L. Hill
who is the company's agent in this city.
and a copy OF the atlas can be seen az
Goldsmith's book and stationery store or
East Douglas avenue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02
JACKS IDEA OF SPORT
Man Who Glasses shooting Scrapes With
Other AmusemeDts.

"Say. look here said Jack Davidson
last night TO an Eagle reporter. you had
a mistake in the paper this morning"
The STst one on record, thought the re-
porter, what was it,"
you said that Jake Pecora killed
Norris Jetty. That's not so.
WHO killed Norris Jetty, then?"
Don't you know? Don't you remem-
Der that Norris was killed by a colored
fellow. You a sport, and didn't know
that"
Wei. who did Jake Pecora kill. then p"
''Well. for goodness sake. don't you
Know that, and You a sport Don't you
remember when Jake Cline was killed?
Wen, Pecora killed Jake. Don't you re-
member that he first tried 10 kill Clancy
and Jake came between them and whiz
went bullet through Jake?"
The reporter thanked Jack for the in
formation.
'Oh. tDat's all right said Jack, "only
/ wanted you TO get il right. Any time
you want to know anything about sport
ing matter come around TO me. I can tell
you the name Of every man killed during
the past twenty years and who killed
him. / have a pretty good memory for
sDortiuC affairs -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-02
CHAPTER FROM GENESIS
How . Wichita Man Entertained Preac h
err Long Years Ago.


A good story is told on F. T. Allen of
this city. and one that will be appre-
cIaled by every young student of the
Bible.
1t was away back in Indiana some
twenty and a few odd years ago. Mr..
Allen had been married about two years
and, at that time, had more room in his
house than ne needed for his small fam
fly.
A Presbytery was held in the city and
ministers had gathered there from all
over Indiana. AS is the custom the min
listers, during their stay in the city, were
assigned to private families.
Brother Allen said the committee.
"can you accommodate Brother Porter
for few nights"
why. certainly" said Mr.. Allen. Il
shall be glad to do So
the Allen home and was given the warm
hang by his host.
Mrs. Allen had the poultry all fixed
up and Mr.. Porter says even unto this
day, he partook of the finest supper he
ever had before or since.
Mr.. Allen began TO think about bed
time 1t bothered him. He knew ex-
actly how TO put a friend 10 bed-that is
an every day friend-hut as 10 the form
and ceremony OF putting strange
preacher 10 bed he was not quite sure
about it.
All" he thought. 81 have it. We will
have family prayers This idea was
followed by another idea, and that was.
who is going TO do the praying?
Il suppose the preacher viii" thought
Mr.. Allen. but suppose he calls on me.
What then?'
He went out into the stable and prsc-
ticed on a good prayer. II il he had a
strong invocation OF the blessings Of
heaven Upon the ministers assembled and
especially upon his guest
When the time came for retiring Mr.
Allen said: Brother Porter, before re-
tiriay il is proper that we should have
some religious ceremonies. What would
you suggest, sir?"
head a chapter from the Bible Rroth.